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WE still desire to know how much
longer thu Pacific Express company will
continue to incite anarchy in Omaha
through its auditor , Councilman Ucchul.
COMMISSIONER COI.KMAN values the
cnttlo of tliis country at f 1,500,000,000.
Tills shows an enormous increase in tlio
business during the last ton or fifteen
.years : The railroads ot the country ,
however , have mutlo more money out of
cattle raising than the farmers and ranch
men.
TIIK reul estate booms throughout the
rouutry nro having their effect uuon Wall
street gambling ami speculation in the
necessities of life by the withdrawal of
money from them. Real estate booms
may bo wild nt times and in some locali
ties disastrous , but they entail no such
losses us are sustained in stock gam
bling.
PKOFKSSOH G. HKOWN OooDE , assistant
secretary of the Smithsonian institution ,
has been appointed to succeed the late
Professor Uaird , as commissioner of llsh
nnd fisheries. Solicitor McUue lias re
signed the position , for which ho was
eminently unfitted. Tlio new appointee
is thoroughly qualified for the duties of
the position and familiar with the meth
ods of his eminent predecessor.
TIIK examining committee of the Chicago
cage board of trade reports the discovery
of nearly 400,000 bushels of inferior
wheat in the elevators of that city. It
baa been stored awav as No. 3 , but had
deteriorated below the required standard
by being Kept in the bins too long. This
Bluff has been an incubus on the market
for some time , but has now been taken
off and an upward tendency in prices 19
looked for in the wheat market.
CANADA has furnished nn example
which the United States might well imi
tate. Joseph llickson , general manager
of the Grand Trunk roiul , has been in
dicted by a grand jury at Montreal for
manslaughter , the result of the railroad
wreck of July 13. If the courts do their
duty and the people have nssuranca that
railroad officials will bo hold responsible
for disasters caused by reckless negli
gence , there will bo greater safety in
railway travel.
ANOTHKII attempt is to be made by oil
producers to come out from under the
oppression of the giant monopoly , the
Standard Oil company. A stock company
has been formed at Lima , O. , known as
the Ohio Oil company , with a capital of
$500,000. If tjils concern is no more suc
cessful than its predecessors it will bo n
dismal failure. For .years the small pro
ducers have been held in abject subjec
tion by the Standard , and although they
liavo combined time and again to escape
from the clutches of the millionaire mag
nates , their efforts have always proven
abortive.
Tins is labor day in the leading Amer
ican cities. Now York City will have its
usual monster parade. In some way the
movement has become peculiarly iufec
tious , and oven the grain gamblers passed
n resolution that they would adjourn the
exchange nnd enjoy the holiday. 1'erhap.1
they think that by tins "mark of respect1
to the tellers they will bo able to pacifj
in a degree thu feeling which has boor
raised against them by Powderly'i
masterly arraignment ol the transaction !
in which they are engaged. Organized
labor , however , judges its professed
friends by their daily deeds , not by holi
day demonstrations.
TIIK stool mil ring of Pennsylvania
1ms made its first allotment for the noxi
year of 800,000 tons. This amount will
be divided up among the mills in ratio tc
tlio capacity of each , The design of this
attempt to limit the out-put la simplj
that the prlco of homo product may bo
kept up to nearly 100 per cent above n
Seasonable figure. That this is true is
proved by the fact that foreign rails con
tinue to be imported at a tariff of 100 poi
cent. Still , In the face of this palpabli
extortion an increase in the duties 01
iron and steel is demanded , la there n <
limit to the greed of our gigantic monop
Host The plea that a higher tariff will in
crease the earnings of the laborers am
mechanics in the rail mills , is dlsprorec
by the fact that no material increase ha
boon made by the steel rail syndicat
during the past two years , although rail
have gone up from $ 'J3 to $13 par toi
llnco 1835 ,
Ohio * Wool Men Moving.
The Ohio wool growers have An
nounced that they will renew the effort
before the next congress for a restoration
of the tariff on wool. They have pro
claimed their hostility to the manufac
turers who use largo quantities of for
eign wool as enemies to the producers of
the country , alleging that it was their In
fluence that brought about the tariff leg
islation of 1833. The manufacturers of
the domestic product nro to bo invited to
unite with the producers In the effort to
procure n restoration of the tariff. The
Indications nro that the pressure upon
congress is to bo renewed with Increased
vigor , but In the present temper of the
country the effort must bo a hopeless one.
The Ohio wool growers claim that under
the reduced tariff the sheep husbandry
in the United States has ceased to bo
remunerative. This staple argument
of all Interests seeking protection may
have force as to the Ohio producers , but
t Is extremely questionable whether it
will hold good as to tlio producers of the
whole country. The fact that the pro-
luctlon of wool has rapidly Increased in
Jullfornla , Colorado and Now Mexico
must bo accepted as pretty good evidence
hat it is not an unrcmunoratlvo Industry
u those sections. It is true that the con-
lltions there nro much more favorable
lian In Ohio , but If the producers of that
state must contend ngainst odds which the
sheep husbandry of the mountain ranges
of the far west escape , the consumers of
ho country will not see tlio justice of oil-
setting this disadvantage by iucrcas-
ng tariff duties which they
must pay. At every session of
congress for the past four years
the wool growers of Ohio have come for
ward with this satuo appeal to have the
arid'restored , that they have been unable -
able to make a case that commended
tsclf to serious consideration. Even Sen-
itor Sherman , who voted for the reduc
tion in 1883 , has not seen his way clear
to the support of the demand for the res-
oration of the duty , nnd certainly ho
would bo as likely to look with favor
upon the claims of the Ohio wool pro-
iluccrs ns any man , if ho could find any
sound and sufficient reason for doing so.
The Ohio wool growers will discover that
the time is less propitious than ever be
fore for the success of tbeir efforts. The
country demand ? a policy the opposite
of that they desire , and it is at loost cer
tain that there will be no increase of tar
iff duties. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Some Plain Talk.
The "few plain words" which John A.
McShano's editor takes upon himself to
address to the president of the board of
trade , in connection with the call for the
meeting Saturday night , reminds us of
the fable of thu inflated bullfrog. Who
is this person who assumes to instruct
the board of trade of Omaha as to what
they should and should not doat the
forthcoming meeting ? Is this person a
taxpayer or in any way responsible ?
Why should the board of trade take its
instructions from n hired man who can
pack nil his valuables in fifteen minutes
by the watch , pick up his grip-suck and
bid good bye to Omaha any day in the
year ? Hut oven if this person voices the
sentiment of the proprietor of the Herald ,
his impudent and dictatorial talk is sim
ply unbearable. "You are probably
aware , sir , " says this adventurer , ad
dressing himself to Max Meyer , the
president of the board
That Mr. Edward Kosewater yesterday
circulated a petition among certain selected
business men , the purport of which was a re
quest by the signers tbat you , as president of
tlio Omaha board ot trade , call a meeting of
business mentaxpayers and leading citizens ,
at which meeting the differences between tlio
city council and tlio police commissioners ,
( both bodies being present by Invitation ) ,
with a view of harmonizing existing differ
ences.
"You are also doubtless aware that It Is Mr.
Kosowater's plan to exclude from that meetIng -
Ing any citizen whom you fall to Invite.
"You are further aware that Mr. Kosowater ,
the projector of Oils mpotlng ln bis paper
announced that tbo purpose of the meeting
was a partisan one to make the council re
trace from ita position.
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"Now , tbo Herald makes bold to say that
It that meeting resolves upon a partisan and
uncompromising stand , It will not help mat
ters one bit. It Is within the knowledge of
tlio writer that the city council cannot bo bull-
do/.ed out of its position.
"There can bo no comnromlse of any kind
whatever unless Webber S. Seavey U de >
posed , from the position of chief of police. "
Now let us say a few plain words. The
object and purpose of thu meeting is
plainly set forth in the call. The board
of trade is composed of more than twc
hundred bankers , merchants , manufac
turers , real estate dealers and profes
sional men. They nro called together
for tlio purpose of voicing their unbiased
sentiment on the course of the council
with regard to the police force. Other
respectable taxpayers who are not mem
bers will bo invited in numbers limited
by the capacity of the chamber of com
merce. The mayor , council and police
commission are also invited to bo present.
They are , however , expected to listen
nnd hear the views expressed , rather than
monopolize the time by ventilating their
grievances or explaining their conduct.
The mooting is called with n view of
impressing upon our public servants tlu
fact that they are expected to represent
tlio will of their constituents , and in
order that they shall not bo in the dark
us to thnir sontimont.1 on the matter o
police management. The mooting is
under thu auspices of the board of trade
In view of last winter's oxporicncft n
the charter meeting which was dls turboc
nnd nearly broken up by n gang o
roughs nnd hoodlums , the board has vorj
properly excluded all outsiders who arc
not invited by the secretary. The meet
ing will bo n representative gathering o :
business men and tax-payers.
The notice served by Hivscall's mouth
piece that the dismissal of the present chie
of police is the ultimatum of the coun
cil is in itself sodlcloua. It is proof posi
tlvo that the chief conspirator arrogate *
to himself powers which the law express ! ;
confers on the commission. If otho
counciluien who have been his dupe
propose to defy public sentiment and ig
nore the law as defined by the olty Rttor
ney they will prove thnmsolroi rocrean
to ttiolr trust. This is plain talk.
The nuslucii Men'a i'rotrct.
Tlio call for a special meeting of the
board of trade , to which loading buslnoa
men nnd taxpayers have been invited
will bo the first opportunity for a publii
expression of popular sentiment on the
course of tun council in obstructing tin
police commission in its effort to glv
this city proper police protection.
To tlio' business men and prop
rty owners of Omaha , thl
is a question ot vital concern.
An efficient , well-disciplined police is
essential to the protection of life and
property. The experience of other cities
has demonstrated that the only way to In-
sttro ofllcloncy in the police force Is to
divorcu it from politics. To this end the
framers of our charter have created a po
lice commission with full and exclusive
power to appoint nnd remove policemen ,
and govern the forco.
The desperate nnd lawless effort of
the council to nullify the charter in this
regard and Its audacious attempt to in
timidate nnd stampede the regular po
lice , appointed by the commission , by
publicly denouncing thorn as pretended
policemen , and notifying them that no
pay will bo allowed for their services ,
incites resistance to authority , disorder
nnd anarchy.
At this stage it behooves our law-abid-
ng and tax-paying citizens to pu-t in a
protest. And that protest , whether
heeded or spurned , should bo emphatic.
There can bo no .compromise with an
archy , even when the conspirators and
abettors are councilmcn.
It is to bo hoped that every member of
the board of trade will be present.
Tim Case of Stanford.
The country is watching with a good
leal of interest the case ot Lcland Stan
ford , chiefly with reference to whether
the administration will take any action In
this matter or will permit this recusant
witness go his way conscious of having
practically set tbo government at defi
ance. Although it has been decided that
tbo investigating commission has not the
power to compel Stanfoid to answer
questions , the courts are open , and the
country believes it to bo the duty of the
government to appeal to the courts.
It does not seem probablehoweverthat ,
this will bo done. The assistant attorney
general is quoted as saying that it would
bo hardly proper to proceed in the courts
until the investigation is completed. Why
such a proceeding would not bo proper
is not apparent. There is no room for a
doubt respecting the ability of the srov-
eminent to make a case ngainst the cor-
ruptionists. The evidence already se
cured and the still more important evi
dence to which it points , is believed to be
ample to wan ant proceedings. It is not
pretended at the department of justice
that this is not so , but there appears to
bo a disposition to evade responsibility
and leave Mr. Stanford to be cared for
by some other power. The effect will be
that he and his colleagues will gain more
time In which to prepare for defensive
operations , and undoubtedly they will
improve it.
The administration seems to bo blind
to its opportunity in this matter. There
is n chance to strike a most effective
blow for popularity , but the administra
tion evidently lacks the courage to do it.
lioss Hascall has completely lost his
head , as be always dors when ho is given
a little brief authority. Hecuuse he ran
ahead of his ticket last spring for the first
time in bis career ho imagines lie has the
whole city by the horns , and can do just
as ho pleases , law or no law. lie will
probably find out that ho caunot defy
public sentiment with impunity just as
he could six years ago when ho stood out
as the leader of the Holly boodle gang in
the council , nnd forced leading taxpay
ers to appeal to the courts for protec
tion. Hascallity was given a very black
eye by the courts nnd Huscall himself
was consigned to private life on Thir
teenth street for a few years.
We arc not finding fault with Pat Ford
in doing everything in his power tocro-
ate disturbance and give countenance to
thugs and habitual law-breakers. lie is
notably the special representative in the
council of the Third ward roughs and
bums. JJut such men as Uailoy and
Counsman , who pretend to respectability
and decency , ought to bo ashamed of
themselves in playing cat's paw for lias-
call and Ford.
Wn.r , Boss Hascall or any of his dupes
toll our citizens why they passed that se
ditious resolution , notifying regular
policemen that they have no right to
make arrests and will get no pay , just on
the eve of the fair and grand army re
union ? Is it not plain on its face that
they mean mischief nnd want to precipi
tate disturbance ?
OLD Mnnville , who bus been living on
the city OVI.T since his olcctum and naa
lived on tlio top shelf of the saloons on
$50 a month , wants to be one of the
county commissioners. That would be
nice , wouldn't it ? What a line chance
for bumming and Doodling that would be ,
ANY concessions which the council
may make on the appointment of special
policemen during the fair , cannot and
will not justify its seditious course in re
fusing to vote pay or give olliciul recog
nition to the regular police.
TIUIK : : can bo no talk about the ap
pointment of a new chief of police sc
long as the council bosses persist in in
tcrfering with and dictating to the com
mission. The council must learn to re
spect and obey the law.
PAT Foitu says that the HKK calls ovor.v
member of the council a boodler who re
fuses to vote it the city advertising , Thi *
is not true , but wo do say that overj
boodler in the council is down on tlu
Other LnnrtH Than Onri.
The war of the British government or
the land league continues the chief topic
of discussion in Great Britain. It was in
timated a few days ago that the cabinc
was considering the expediency of modi
tying the proclamation , but their hi : :
been no evidence thus far ( hat it had an ]
such purpose. On the contrary all thi
indications appear to bo that the govern
nient will mlhoro to the policy it has sc
far piirsucd , and may oven increase tin
harshness of its measures. Mcanwhili
the league is active and aggressive , hold
ing meetings with regularity which an
largely attended and characterized b ;
_ roat enthusiasm. The course of tin
government has really given the league i
prestige , and it has within a few day ;
admitted to its ranks several proml
nent Englishmen. The trial of Mr
O'llrinn opens on the 8th of this month
Any attempt by the prosecution to straii
the moaning of thu crimes net as affect
ing Mr. O'Brien's case will bo the ooca
sion of a Gerco protest by his colleague
in parliament. The conservative whip
will bo obliged to keep 200 member
within hail to prevent a surprise , Thi
appointment of Mr. Chamberlain us the
chief of the llrltish- fisheries coramlisRm
appears t'o bo regarded with entire satis-
fadtion by the English press. His super
ior qualifications for the work are ad
mitted , and there Is a feeling of confi
dence that this controversy Is now mak
ing satisfactory progress toward settle
ment.
In the 10co of all the difficulties which
hare been raised in the last six months
to check the preparations of the French
Universal exhibition of 1830 , the authori
ties still push on their project , nnd nro
now beginning daily to announce some
now success Thus , It Is no longer quite
clear that Germany , Russia , and Austria
will definitely decline to porllcipato oven
officially. The campaign waged against
the Germans and their commercial role
may possibly prevent Germany from
sending any but artistic contributions ;
but many modifications of opinion may
occur within the next fifteen or eighteen
months. South America , naturally North
America , and most of the smaller Euro
pean countries , which nro cot directly
within the Influence of the Triple Alli
ance , have sent in their com
plete adhesions , and the French
government li using every oflbrt to make
it clearly understood that the celebration -
bration of the ccntcnnary of the French
revolution and the Industrial and nrtistio
universal exhibition will bo entirely sep
arate and distinct. This separation is
wise as well as necessary , anil so great
is still the prestige of Paris in Europe
tbat when the time comes we may expect
to sco upon the Champ do Mars a much
larger grouping of Industries and arts
than In 18U7 or in 1878. Certainly the
preparations are grandiose enough.
Many thousands of workmen have been
toiling on the Champ do Mars for moro
than six mouths. Most of the founda
tions of tbo vast buildings have already
been laid ; tlio great basin in which the
Eillbl tower is to stand is partly built ,
and the French jurors on the difYorcnt
groups number some 1,800 of the leading
industrial , commercial nnd artistic digni
taries of the land.
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A temperance movement is making
extraordinary progress in Norway , it
has especially talon : hold of the peasan
try and the laboring population in the
cities , and is working a great change in
the sentiments of the Norsemen on this
subject , and their habits are showing a
corresponding change. The consump
tion of alcoholic liquors averaged , ten
years ago , six litres annually for each in
dividual ; in 183-1 the official statistics
showed a reduction to three ; and if sta
tistics were obtainable for the last two
vcars , a very largo reduction even from
this figure would probably bo observed.
Within a few years ) 030 total-abstinonco
societies , with a membership of 70,000 ,
have boon formed , besides a number of
Good Templar lodges and blue rib
bon societies , which will unite in light
ing the drink evil. Prohibition is , for the
first time in the history of Scandinavia ,
beginning to attract attention as a possi
ble political factor , and an address to the
Starthing demanding a law prohibiting
the manufacture and importation of al
coholic liquors obtaiuod in a short time
the signatures of 03,000 , men and women
over twenty-one years of age , although it
was not by nny means generally circu
lated. In tlio province of Christiansand
a similar address obtained 33,000 signa
tures. Twenty or thirty members of the
Storthing are also members of.total absti
nence societies ; but they were not elected
as representatives of this idea. In short ,
wo may look with confidence for a pro
hibitionist party in Norwegian politics in
the near future ; and in Sweden and Den -
mark there are indications that similar
forces are at work.
*
Cuba has always been a hotbed of revolution
elution , nnd the atrocities which have
from time to time boon committed there
have scarcely been paralleled in modern
history. The island is again in a condi
tion of revolt ; nnd , contrary to all prece
dent , the volunteers , between whom und
the native Cubans there have always
existed bitter jealousy and enmity , have
joined tiie rioters. Any progress
which might have been made in the
prosperity of Cuba lias been obstructed
by the oppressive character of its gov
ernment 'and by the venality of tlio
captains general , who have always been
sustained by the authorities at Madrid.
The present revolt , however , difiors from
previous uprisings. Captain General
Marin is opposed by political bodies who
have evidently boon profiting by tlio ad
ministration of Salamanca , nnd who
therefore resent his removal. The fight
is a struggle of corruption against purity ,
nnd illustrates anew the capacity of any
branch of the Latin race for appreciating
the advantages of good and progressive
government. If the uprising shall not bo
promptly quelled wo shall doubtless soon
hear of a revival of filibustering by sonic
of our soldiers of fortune.
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It scorns to bo certain that China has
at Jast granted to American capitalists
the railway and telephone concessions
which English , French and German syn
dicates have been eagerly seeking for
fioino years. This is u most importhnt
commercial event. It moans not only
the opening up of China by railways
and the stimulus of trade all over that
grout empire , but the creation of a great
market for American goods , particularly
iron nnd steel for the construction of
these roads. It moans also the creation
of a great market Jor American silver.
The development of railroading in China
by American capital will work of course
great industrial results not only for this
but for other countries. England will
expect to furnish the stool and Iron. She
can undersell any other nation , but
American steel and iron men are
so highly protected nt homo that
they can well ; afford to , nnd
without doubt will/put * their products
upon the Chinese market at much lower
figures than , upon the homo market.
They will thus successfully compote with
England or Germany in this respect , and
will bo favored by the Philadelphia syn
dicate. Silver is tbo standard ot value in
China. Heretofore India has been the
chief market for silver for coinage pur
poses , but the stimulation of trade in
China by railroad building would oi
course greatly increase the monetary
circulation and create a wide demand for
American silver. In short , the com
mercial supremacy of the United Stales
in China will bo eiVucttmlly ostabllahn d
if Mr. Barker succeeds in ratifying tbu
proposed agreement.
The riots at Ostond are said to , have
'made a difference In the supply of the
London fish markets. The Belgian toilers
ot the sea urge that they are put to a dls *
advantage by the lack of R tariff against
foreign fish entering their homo ports
while their own must pay charges in
llrltlsh nnd French markets , llonco ,
when an English bark last week sought
.0 enter at Ostond with n cargo of fish ,
.ho local population attacked the crow
nnd destroyed their fish , Of course this
was conduct for which the authorities ,
liad they allowed it , would have been
licld answerable to the British govern
ment , nnd hence the police nnd mllltiri
were called out with the serious results
already recorded in loss of life and in
wounds. The troubles may not yet bo
over , slnco the fishermen will be rein
forced by their returning comrades , and
new attempts of English vessels to cuter
may create fresh trouble. What the
Belgians want is cither free trade in the
ports of their duties or else duties at
tiorao on the imports of those who impose
like restrictions on Belgian fish.
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An evidence of the suspicion and un
rest which prevail in Europe is scon in
the arrest of the two secretaries of the
minister nt wur for disclosing to a news
paper a plan for carrying the mobiliza
tion scheme , which the government
wished to keep secret. Not only Franco
but also Germany nnd Russia are using
every effort to kcop tbo results of their
army mobilization a profound secret
from each other. Those maneuvers
have virtually the same relation to a
rent battle tbat a dress rehearsal haste
to the public production of n play. They
test the efficiency of the various corps ,
and tlio result often brings about a
change in diplomatic tactics. That there
is a strong war feeling in Franco cannot
be doubted ; and the premature divulging
of the government's plans , if it should
lead to even a temporary abandonment
of the scheme , might servo only to in
crease the spirit of defiance and cause
manifestations which would widen still
further tlio breach between the two
countries.
KINGS AND QUEENS.
King Kalakaua used to pcddlo bananas in
Honolulu when be was a boy ,
A gorgeous Spanish helmet lias been sent
to tne 1'rlnco of Wales by ( Jueen Christina ,
Thu king and queen of Savonv opened the
International bakery exhibition at Dresden.
America Is largely represented.
Qucon Victoria will arrive at Balmoral
until cold weatiior drives her south. She Is
now encaged In writing another book , the
subject and date of publication belns kept a
profound secret.
The Empress Elizabeth , of Austria , always
takes tbo zither with her whenever sue visits
her mother , the Duchess Ludovlca , of Ha-
varla , who Is very fond of hearing her daugh
ter perform on this Instrument ,
"The shah of Persia Is coming to Europe
nnxt April , " says London Truth , "and will
visit all the .principal capitals , Invitations
having already been received at Teheran
horn London , St. Petersburg and Paris. "
The YIeuna nowsnaners statu that when
the train In which Prince Ferdinand trav
elled to Olsova reached Teinervnr a superior
stall oflloer who was waiting lor him on the
platform asked him cither to remain in the
country or toslzii a paper installing his com
mission In the army. Of couiso he chose the
latter alternative. Tbo Incident shows bow
anxious the Austrian government was to let
the world know that It bad nothing to do wltb
the prince or Ins friends.
The kine of Saxony and of the Belgians
are contrasts In every way. The former If
the more regnl of the two. though shorter by
several Inches , says London society. Ills
face has much dicnltyot oxpie.sslon , besides
a look of bhrcwdness nnd common sense ,
which Is by no means a usual characteristic
of nltlior Imperial or regal persons. The king
of Belgians Is very tall , but does not Impress
OIK ; with any Idea of klngline.ss ; bis gait Is
almost slouching and his eyes Imvo a shifty
look. His queen , on the contrary , has
a charming face. Her eyes look stralgnt at
the person she Is talking to wltb a sort ot
laugh in them ; her beauty Is as unmistakable
now as when , some years aio , she was one of
the brightest stars In tbo tiruiaincnt of the
Austrian court.
Good MiaMonnry Field.
Atlanta Conttltitttnn.
In Boston they put a man in jail for
pieachlnc without license. If there Is any
city in this country that needs missionary
work , It Is Boston , and U should not bo re
stricted by such oppressive laws.
A Slnciitar Spncinclo ,
Kew York CumnwirM Ailcertl'Cr ,
It Is n singular spectacle , Senator Gorman
atone of the president's can and ( Jcorgo
William Curtis at the other. It Is singular
to see the Independents In Xowlork pro
posing to support Mr. Cleveland tor a second
term , and the same class of voters In Mary
land organizing a revolt within the demo
cratic party on account ot their dissatisfac
tion with the president's partisanship.
A Financial Uevll-Plsh.
Chteago Herald.
Hut a trust company a corporation of cor
porations , what U that ? What butasna-
devil In the moral world ? It Is the embodi
ment of famine ; Its multitudinous tondancles
each vital and each Insatiate. It thrusts a
sucker into every homo. The measure of Its
hunger Is the need of Its prey. It drains the
product of the muscle-forco and brain-power
of every bread win nor tor its ravening maw.
Born of greed , what is a "trust" but an ap
petite unappeasable for told ? Fed to grow.
It grows only to feed. And reversing the
ordnr of nature the baser organization gluts
Itself In the nobler ; avarice feeds on the
Intellect , the affections and tbo lives of men.
No New lirlnk.
W. Lout * l\Hl-ntfKiMi. )
The alleged establishment ot a milk cool
will create no sonsatlon. People are so ac
customed to drinking pool milk that thuy re
fuse to get excited about It ,
lotillc-Hnrr < ; lcl Proof.
JViflai ! p7ia ( Jv ' ; uiicr.
As reported by Thomas Davidson In the
Now York World , Ignatius Donnelly lirst
proves by Argument that Bacon wrote
Shakespeare's plays and tlinn proves It
ngaln by the cryptogram ho has dug out ot
the works themselves. The proof is almost
strong enough to convince Bacon himself.
Tlio lleHCi-tod Farm.
F. Jr. Clarke.
Far up the slope of yonder eastern bib ,
A lonely farm house lingers in decay ;
Deserted , cheerless , debolato nnd grny ,
The sport of winds that mock It at their will ,
The farm Is barren ; but the stony-rill
That babbles through It , answered to tbe
plav
Of children once , who grew , and went
awav.
With recollections that are tender still.
Now , In the New England of the West ,
Offspring ot this have other homos up-
grown ;
Whntico loving hearts fly back to yonder
crest ,
Like birds of passage from n kindlier rene ;
In fond reniRmbraiicn of the parent nest ,
Aa oncu U was , before the brood lud flown.
STATE AXU TEnUlTOIXY.
\chrnHkn Jolting * .
Oxford contracted for n $7,000 nohool
building and n $4,000 brick store , and had
a iOO lire all in one day.
II. W. Foster attempted to mount a
moving freight train tit Alma and fulled ,
The wheels cut him severely.
C. F. Smith , editor of the Grant Senti
nel , stdnp'cd on the tender feelings of Attorney -
tornoy 8. B. Heed and contracted a crim
inal libel tult.
The Grand Island Independent shouts
In rabid tones ! "Mnnderxon call off your
dog.hynottrytho load method of
scuttling a bark ?
The Nebraska Sangerfost. which will
bo held in Plattsmoutli October 4 , 6 and
0 , has been translated by the German pro
fessor of the Herald Into "Sugar Feast.1 ,
The Lincoln Democrat is rushing to the
front rapidly ns a neat and knotty news
paper. The addition of afternoon dis
patches and Colorado zephyrs fill the
only want in the Democrat family.
There will bo n grand rally and agri
cultural picnic at Dannebrog September
U. Largo crowds from Uullalo , Howard ,
Hall nnd Sherman counties are expected ,
Hon. C. H. Van Wyck will road the gos
pel of the day to the multitude.
The Grand Island Independent sug-
. that the natural gas exports hi
83.sts tap the city council and save ex
pense. The Independent forgets that no
pipe of sufficient diameter has vet been
cast to maka n snug joint with the mouth
of the average nldcrniau.
The North Bond Flail goes to the un
necessary expense of notifying the community -
munity that Its Job department Is fullv
equipped for dispatching the most intri
cate work in that lino. The county com
missioners and tux shirkers at least 'are
thoroughly convinced of the fact.
The Fremont Herald has improved Its
circulation wonderfully. Business was
entirely suspended n day or two ago , and
the staff wallowed in tlio blushing In
terior of a watermelon with a forty-three-
Inch waistband. It was the greatest ef
fort , and local lunch stands are now enjoying -
joying a season of profitable repose.
The Dccatur route to Omaha is one of
the early certainties. The extension of
the Illinois Central to the metropolis of
the state is practically assured , and its
coming will force the Milwaukee nnd
other Chicago roads into a closer alli
ance with tlio commercial interests of
this city.
The Nebraska Daily News is the latest
venture in journalism in Hastings. The
name of George A. Stickney appears at
the head n * buslnos-t manager , while the
rest of the staff will remain in tlio back
ground. This makes three dailies in the
town , with prospects of a fourth.
The body of Peter Mastnrson , the en
gineer who wont down in the Union Pa
cific wreck at Sand Crook last week , has
not been recovered. It is'buried in the
sands of the creek or washed out into the
Plattn , in which latter case It may yet be
found. Mr. Mastcrnon was formorlv a
resident of North Plutte , nnd was well
liked. Ho leaves n family , now residing
at Sterling , Colo.
The editors of the Grand Island Inde
pendent and Tunes have invoked the
courts to mil'//.IB their endearing expres
sions and pay datnagos for past profes
sional courtesies. Uotli paper ? have imi
tated the metropolitan style , but nothing
moro dangerous than wood cuts and
threats of bodily carcssings floated on the
deluge of ink. As the blind goddess has
grabbed both by the ears , she can bo depended -
pendod to hold on without much effort.
Mr. L. I. Abbott has taken temporary
charge of the Crete Globe , pending a
health recruiting trip of Mr. E. E.
Snuncer. Abbott is believed to be the
author of thu motto : "I am something
of a liar myself , " and ho proposes to
stick to the text till the paste sours. The
renders of the paper are cheerfully In
formed that brief shadows of truth will
flit through the pages occasionally , time
and circumstances permitting.
Omaha enterprise is penetrating nnd
working regions near and remote. A
rusher of risks struck Greenwood , Ca s
county , a few weeks ago , and having
plastered the natives with policies , is
now running for county judge. His gall
is built on the Goodyear plan and will
bound into the oOico if boosted by re
publicans , The jonlous local press ad
vises him to soak his head and avoid n
rupture.
Jcnvii ItoniM.
DCS Molncs has nn anti-swearing so
ciety. Its membership now numours 750.
Davenport is the onion market of the
state. Garlic also grows luxuriantly
there.
The waterworks system of Marion will
bo increased by the laying of § 25,000
worth of mains.
It is now expected the now sojdiors'
homo at Marsballtown will bo ready for
occupancy about October 15.
It will cost Iturlington ? . )2,000 next
year to run the public schools , the levy
this year being increased by \ mill.
The now German Lutheran church at
Boone is nearly completed. It will bo
one of the finest in the city. Its spire is
ninety-six tout high.
Tno total indebtedness of Marshalltown
is $07,51)1.51 ) , M,4M.C4 less than the -gal J
limit. The total assessed valuation of
the city is § 1,838,800. nnd the amount of
indebtedness any oily may incur is 5 per
cent of its assessed valuation.
Seventy nu-n are engaged nt present
on ' .ho railroad bridge at Sioux City , and
the force will bo increased in a few days.
Piling has been driven and tracks laid on
the same for quite n distance into the
river. For bomu days n pile driver has
been driving piles for supporters for the
caissons which a gang ot mechanics are
framing on tlu : bank. Stone for thu
piers and abutments is arriving daily and
being unloaded near the site of the bridge.
Ditkota.
The reduction in coal freights at Yank-
The Baptist university at Sioux Falls
begins its fall term Sept. 18.
Aberdeen is getting leady to expend
? ! 1,000 in a sewerage system.
The cracker factory nt Sioux Falls intends -
tends to make 200 barrels of crackers per
day.
BurclnrN made n $500 haul on Ucdalli's
jewelry Moro in Yanklon Wednesday
night , nnd escaped.
Sioux Falls' monthly pay roll to work
men engaged In thn.Ktono' business there
amounts to $17,000.
ton is 30 cents per ton. The reduction of
75 cents uunounced was the average re
duction to all Dakota points.
Tim Dakota university at Mitchell be
gins its fall term September 38. It lias n
preparatory , n collegiate , ft normal and a
musical department.
St. Stephen's Episcnmil church at Cus-
snlton was dedicated Tuesday by Hinhop
Walker. This church was tircctod , furn
ished complete nnd given the society by
General Cabsof Now York city. It is the
handsomest stone church in north Dakota ,
and is in .stylo of architecture old English
of the thirteenth centurywith a detached
tower. Tlio cost was if.'i.fiOO.
Bishop Marty , of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Dakota , states Unit thu iliocc.se
has grown to such proportions that it is
impossible for him to handle it nlono. It
will bo divided on the forty-sixth parallel
nnd he will have charge of the southern
half. Speaking of the wonderful trrowth
ot the church the bishop said : "When 1
took the charge in 1880 there wen ; only
three nrlii.stt ) in the territory and about
0,000 Catholics. At the present lime there
nro ninety priests ftnd CO.OOO members.
Wo havnK ( ) churches and about fnOO.OOO
worth ot property. Tins is more than
ono man can look after. By the division
two-fifths will he-in north Dakota and
the other three-fifths in south Dakota. "
JUS COMM1SK10N ON
A \ \ e.Known \ \ Countable Arrmucd
On the Chni-Ro of Thnft.
On complaint of August Weiss , acting
us atont of Fred Mctz , Constable Paul
Stein was arrested yesterday on the
charge of embezzling f 1W ) belonging to
MotHo was put under $1,000 bonds to
appear for ( rial September 10 , at 2 p. m.
Hans Wiggors signed the pabors guaran
teeing tils aupoaranco at that thuo ,
Stein's story is this : About a week ago
Weiss asked him to purchase n mortgngo
on three mules belonging to George Itos-
nkor , nnd to make the best subsequent
disposal of the mules that ho could. Ho
foreclosed the mortgage , and sold ouo ol
of the mules for 9100 cash , Ity the ad
vice of Wniss ho delivered the othur two
mules to Tom Holding : for $100 cash anil
n promissory note for $50 , Fielding giv
ing the note and money to Wcls * ,
as Mot/'s agent. As his commission fo (
his services Stoln charged $25 and thii
added to his expenses In the transactions
amounted to 37.75 , Ho deducted ( hit
from the $100 ho received for the llrsl
mule sold and otlnred the rcmnlnlun ; '
JO1.1,25 to Metz. Mctz grew furious nt I
what ho considered tbo exhorbltant commission - .
mission and refused to accept the $03.25 ,
Twice subsequently Stotn has offered tho. '
motioy to Metz. but it was refused. Meta '
next uluinod Stoln with receiving | 5Q
from Fielding that had not been turned
in , and finally swore out a warrant for (
his arrest for embezzling * 150. Stoln'a I
friends say it is a case of malicious prose- i
cation.
Ho Wanted the Ilnno. '
Yesterday Peter White , n black man ,
living in the tented fields in Harbaugh'd '
addition , cast covetous eyes on a Una (
horse owned by n Lcvito named Lovl 1
Levin , No. 1410 Twenty-second street ,
and bantered him for an exchange with
ono of his own angular steeds. But the
Jew would not trade. Not at all daunted
by the refusal , nnd snapping his lingon
nt the arbitrary laws of ownership , the
( luruey went to Levins' stable a tow hour *
later , stole the covotcU steed , and in-
Btulled htm In his nomadic encampment ,
where he was found by the police an
hour or so later. Despite his earnest as
surance that ho had just merely bor
rowed the horse to see how ho would
drivn. ho was taken to the central station
and thrown among the common felons.
SOUTH OMAHA M2WS.
The telephone line was put in nl Al
bright station yesterday.
The nun Thursday night filled nearly
all the cullers in the city.
The carpenter work on the now Kcod
house is completed , and the painters nro
at work giving it the first , coat.
It is settled that n three-story flour
mill will bo erected south of the carriage
factory. Tlio work will begin the com
ing week.
Judge Routhcr had before him four
vagrants , two of whom ho sent on
their way rejoicing , and thu others to the
Douglas county "retreat. "
George C ; Smith , of Clinton , Nob. , was
in the city looking for his son , who , ho
thought , was working horo. Up to last
accounts ho had not found him.
The Knights of Pythias held a meeting
Thursday night and Initiated seven new
members in tlio second degree and ono
into the first and second.degrees.
The Gospel army has not yet put in its
appearance , and the idlers about town
are getting anxious to have them como ,
as they auticipalo : in otherwise dull sea
son.
son.Dr.
Dr. Klrkpatrick and wife have gone to
Atlantic , la. , to attend the bedside of the
doctor's father , who is quite ill. Dr. ftlc-
Coy , of Omaha , will attend Dr. Kirkpat-
ricVs calls.
Miss Mattie Wallace , of Ida county ,
Iowa , is pending a low days at the
BCIIHOII hou.io beinro taking her depar
ture for St. Paul , Minn. , where she will
attend school this winter.
Tbo merchants on N street are much
worried over the prospect of having bnlf
their buildings submerged by the grad
ing of the street. There is some tulle of
an injunction to prevent the city from
doing the proposed grading.
Mr. Dcuol , assistant superintendent of
the Union Pacific , informed the BIK that
the carpenters are now at work forming
the parts necessary for the new depot
and that as noon as they are completed
the work of erection will be commenced.
A fellow went into the "Wild West"
saloon yesterday , und attempted to
take the management of it into his own
hands , without iirst observing the pro
scribed rule of giving u consideration.
The proprietor objected , und then ensued -
sued n spirited conflict , which resulted in
a number of faces being disfigured.
W. M. Hewitt , tbo contractor who is
putting in the motor line railway , in
formed tbo Biu ; that the track Ig laid
from ,1 street to North street nnd thU
grading is being made on F street. Tlio
track will all bo completed within * n
week. The cars are now being built in
Pullman , 111 , and will bo propelled by
the Ynnderpoo ! motor , by which a speed
of twenty miles an bom' can bo attained.
A few tlavH : ice the fourteen-year-old
daughter of a hotel keeper at tlio "An
nex'1 was sunt to n neighboring flsiloon
for some beer. She remained longer than
was necessary and on returning homo
told her parents that the bartender de
tained her and made criminal advances
to her person. This angered the fatliar
and he went to the Haloou , called the pro- ,
priutor and demanded his bill , stating
that he wished a settlement. They had a
dixputo and blown closely followed the
words. The father and the girl
called on a police officer and told him
the circumstances un < l snid tluiy would
lilii Information against the saloon keeper
and bartender on two charges.
SCRATCHED 28 YEARS ,
"
A Scaly , Itching , Skin Diseases with End-
lees Sufl'uring Cured by Cutictira
Remedies.
If I had known of the CiiTictmA HCVKDIKH
twenty uitrht yearn ago It would huvo xitvttil rno
J'-MO.UU ( t o li und red dolliirs ) uml an Immense )
amount of suirorliur. My dlsomo ( I'mirlnsHlnnd
coiumoncod on my liotul In it Bpot not iHrifrr
tlmn 11 cent. Itspread rupidly nil ovur my
body iindKot under my nulls. 'Iho hfiiltis would
drop elf run all Ihf time , nnd my aiiircrlnv wnx
fiidlosH nnd without rollof. Ono thousand ilul-
liirs ould not toinpt mo to IIUVH tills ilieoufcu
over iik'iiln. 1 nni it poor mini , but fool ilcli to
ld rollovi'd ot wlnit sumo of tlio doctor * said
WHS loiiosy | , some ling-\ionn , j > iorlin < tH , utu.
1 took nnd SHSHnirilliia ]
ever onn yoir and u hnlf but no cure. I uennot
iinili-o tlio Cunouin HUKKIUKS to much They
tuuo inadu my Bklu u.s clour nnd fn-o from
cul 5 nfl a liaby'x. All I used nt them \vi\i
tliruu boxusof CllTlCUKA , Hint three liottloi of
CUTIUIHIA JlKjOI.MNr , Illld tlVDCIlkfU Ot UlITI-
( ; unSOAP. . If ) on bad been hum und nuldjou
would Imvo am til mo for f.'O ) , } ou would luivet
hud tlio money. 1 looked lilco the jileluro In
jour book of I'sorlusli ( I'lcturo nuinhor two
" 'llow to Cure . klu Ulseiisos , " ) but now I m
ns clour us nny roreon ever vrui. ThiDiiyli
forcoof hiiblt 1 nil ) my haniU ever my iirras
iindlo sto ecnilLh onuo In u whilo. but to uo
litrposo. ) 1 nin all woll. 1 norulclioil twenty-
olcht > eHri and It wet to bo n kind of u Hecond
nnturo to iiui. 1 thiuik you u IhoiiMind llmefl ,
Anything that you wimt to know , wrllo mo. or
liny ono who tt-nclB this mnv wrlto to mo una I
willnnsworlt. DKNNIH DOWNING.
f , VT. , Jan.-Otli , 1W.
IVorlnsls. Kpjomn.'fpltor. Illnifworm. Mcliou
I'ruritun. ? CH ! | llci.d. Milk Crust. IiundriifT.linr-
ber'B , linkers' . Orocern' and WuNhorwomMii' *
Itch , and ovorr Bplcios of lluriilntr. ItoQInif.
Scnly. I'lmply llumon of tlij > rikln and acmlp
ami Illood. wlih I/IM of Hair , , are poaltlrelr
cured by UUTICUIIA , the vieut Hkln Curo.uml
CWTIUUIJA Souon OXtjuKito Bkln Botutlller
fixtoniallr , and OimcuR * Itesni.VRttT , th j now
Illood 1'iirlllcr internal , when phjalejiun unit
nil o ! tier romuJK'H fall ,
UuTiomu HcMKMKa are ola ororywhero.
I'rlco , iHrnrtmA. M coiitu ; IIKSOI.VKNT. fl.OD :
HOAI2i i-onts. I'reparnil lijr iho Poniu I ) MHO
AND C'llEMiuu. Co. , llofton , Must. B nd for
"HOW TO CfllB BK1. . IJlSKASBS. "
miJIl'M'.S , DliicMiORdi , Skin llltiulitia * . MI !
rllll Jlaby Humors , u o Cutloura tioap.
KIDNEY PAINS.
With ilio wenry.rtuJI , nchlnir , llfolcss ,
nil none ronsiitlon , IIKMEVKII IN ONI
Ml Vnii hy tlio Cutloura AiU-1'ulti
_ I'lnttrr.vnrrnnloii Atdruirfclitt , '
cants. 1'olturUrUL'Ca. , liotton.