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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1887. THE DAM BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or * U5. cniiTio > ! Dully ( MornljK Edition ) Including Uunday Ur.K. Ono Year . 81000 For Bli Months . 6 00 ForThroo Months . S tO The Omnbn Sunday Hec , malltxl to nuy uddroM , Quo Year. . , . . . , SCO OMAHA Omen , No. 914 ANI > oil FAnvAv STtirmi jjitw VimK OKMrr. rio' i C. Tninii.xii cor.nt3roKnr.NCE : \ All communications rolntln ? to news nndodl- lorltil matter Miould bo oU'lrcBsod to the Kui- it TOIl Or THE IlEK. All liutlnoj. ' Icttom and remittance * nhould l > n addressed to THE HE * I'ani.tsiiiNn COMPANY , OUAIIA. DrnrtM , checks nnd poilnfflc-ii orders to be rondo pojrublo to the ortltr of the company , WE BEE PBBLISHIJfiiipAH , PBOPBIITOBS , E. IIOSEWATEH. KniTou. , THE PAIIjY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation , BUt * of Nebraska , I - . County of Douflan. ( " " ( leo. 15. TzscbucK , Bec'retarv of The Ben Publishing company , does solemnly swear Hint tlio ncttial rirriilatlon of tlm f ) lly Bee for the week ending Sept. 'J , 1K > 7 , waa aa follows : Haturclav. Sept. 3 . 14r.M Hiindav , Sept Monday , Sept , 5 . i Tuesday. Sept. 0 Wednesday. Sept. 7 . H.SWI Thursday. Sept. a . lUno Friday , Sept. 0. . H.2H5 Averaeo . 14 .42 1 OKO. U. TZSCIIUCK. Sworn to nnd subscribed In my presence this loth day of September , A. I ) . 18S7. H. P. Kmr- fSKAL.l Notary Public. Btnto of Nebraska , 1 Douidns County. Cas ( Jco. 1) ) . 'IVseliiick , being first duly sworn , dcpOBfs nnd says that ho la secretary of The lieu Publishing company , that the actual Avernpn dally circulation of the Dally Bee for the month of September , 1S > 0 , 13,030 copies ; for October , ISfcC , 12,989 copies ; for Novem ber. 1880 , 13M8 ! copies : for December , IbSO , 13.BW copies : for January 18b7. 10.2M copies ; for February , 18S7 , 14 , MM copies ; for March. lb , 14/.00 copies ; for April , 1887 , 14,310 copies : for May , 18S7 , 14.IW7 copies ; for June iwr , H.147 copies : for July. 1887 , 14- 093 copies ; for August , 18S7 , 14,1 Bl copies. OKO. B TzscnucK. Sworn and subscribed In my presence this Mh dayot h'opt. A. I ) . , 1887. ( SKAL.I N. 1' . KKIU Notary Public. Tun secret boom manufactories are already Humorous in tins country as the underground bomb manufactories in llussia were some years ago. ONK hour of Grover Cleveland Is all Jhal Dan can promise Omaha. Sixty aiinutcs for the hungry and thirsty oflice- Beckers is cutting it rather closo. THE number of non-candidates among the politicians 13 very largo just now. There is no occasion to fear ft candidate famine later on , however. In the world of politics things are not very often what they seem. THE injunction against the Red Ilivcr Valley road is now dragging its slow length through the courts nt Winnipeg. The case will probably go against the province , as justice , in tlteso days , goes with the side having the Heaviest liuan oial batnllions. * the first half of September there has been a marked increase of ac tivity in the commercial nnd industrial business of the country. Speculation , on the other hand has slackened. This denotes a healthy condition of things beneficial to nil classes. THE special faros to Philadelphia tins week have occasioned a rate war among the eastern roads which will probably continue after the centennial celebration is over. Such contests among corpora tions give the public a chance , and the oftener they occur the better. CAITAIN MICHAEL CUKQAN , whom Mr , Rice , editor of the North American lie- view , tried to expel from the republican county committee in Now York last win ter , has now loft politics behind forever , Ho was a machine politician , not over' pcrupulous as to methods , and was ac cused of selling out the republican candi date last fall. WHILE the heat nnd the drouth holil iway the outlook for our farmers was not promising. IJut the rains which fol lowed changed the aspect of things ver.t materially. The late crops will bo good oud the increase of acreage will make the actual amount of the crops nbovo the average of past years. That there is , it consequence , a feeling of buoyancy among the farmers was quita evident ul the recent fair hold in this city , and this la noticeable now during the state fail being hold at Lincoln. The exhibits from the agricultural districts are above the ordinary in many respects. THERE is open war between cx-Speakei Randall and Postmaster Harrity , of Phil adelphia , now. Thus political friends fall out. Mr. Harrity was made post master through KundaU's exertions , am for a long lime ho did the bidding of hi ; political creator , but alter a time ho tiret of this and struck out on an indcpcndon road in the matter of appointments , etc Now each is at the head of a determine ) faction. This story teaches that tin modern democratic statesman 1ms not si wholly renounced personal motives in In would liavo us believe. TflR annual report of the treasur ; iigcnt who has charge of the Alaskai teal Islands has just been made public llo says the department cannot place toi high an estimate on the value of sea property and suggests that t % small armei vteam yacht bo provided to drive ol marauders. Probably ao.OOO skins-han boon secured by the latter during tin past year. When it is remembered tha probably not more than ono in ten seal killed is secured , the lawless dostructioi of these valuable animals becomes ap parent , it would be well for the govern inont to liced the agent's suggestion. TUB fight nmde by the HUE six years agi ugainst ttio Holly waterworks job lavni the city more than half a million dollars The BHB'ssamhtono injunction suits threi yours , \go broke up the corrupt nicthoi of giving out paving jobs in disregard o the choice of uroporty owners who pa ; for the paving. The injunction suits o the BEE this year bave also bad thcl wholesome effect against jobber by compelling competition. Jo etead ot paying CO cents pc % square to the llcpublican the pub Ushers ot that paper gladly take iba contract for 37 cents par square. Tin BtK's injunction suits have saved tbj city more than halt of iho adrurttaing ex Tlio Condemned Anarchist * . The anxiously awaited decision bf the supreme court of llllnolss , in the casrj of the convicted Chicago anarchists , tvaa rendered yesterday , nllirinlng the judg ment of the court below The opinion of the court Is very elaborate and was con curred in by the entire bonob , although one of tllu justices explained that he did not conccda there wore no errors in the reeortl , as there wore , but not of so Im portant or serious a character as to war rant a reversal of judgment. The deci sion was not unexpected by the public , and probably not oven the condemned men have at any time felt at all sanguine that the result would bo dlfl'erent from what it is. They are ordered to bo executed on the llth of November next , and although one of the attorneys holds out the promise ol inter position of the supreme court of the United States there is but llttlo hope in this for the condemned. The trial , con viction and execution of tlicso in on will constitute ono of the moat notable chap ters in the criminal history of this coun try. It possesses an interest peculiar to Itself , and also convoys an exceptional lesson. It is impossible to say with cpr- taiuty what fruits it may bear in the far future , but the present feeling is that it is necessary to the conservation of law and the protection of our institutions from the ussnults of the reactionary elements - monts of society. The Oak Vlow Conference. The interest aroused by the conference held last week at the private homo of the president , understood to have reference to tarilF legislation by the next congress , was short lived. This is doubtless to bo explained by the circumstance of its having been a one-sided affair , and there fore not likely to bo productive of any practical result. A meeting of the presi dent , the secretary of the treasury , and Mr. Carlisle to discuss the tariff and per haps formulate a measure of revision i s not an event which can bo regarded as especially reassuring , TJiero are no troublesome differences to bo arranged between thcso gentlemen. So far as the country knows they are in substantial agreement as to what ought to bo done with the tariff , and there is no probabil ity that this accord will bo disturbed by by anything that may hereafter occur. No authentic statement of what occurred at this conference has been given , and and any surmise is very likely to bo widely astray. It is quite possible , how ever , that the talk was not limited to the subject of tariff legislation. Why may not some serious consideration have been given to the question of how to deal most wisely and effectually with Mr. Randall , snide this is really the knottiest problem with which the administration and the majority of the democrats in the next house of ropresentativcs will have to deal ? It is intimated that another conference will be held , to which Randall will bo invited. It is ex pected to take place as soon as the prop ositions agreed upon at the conference already nel.l shall have bean put into form for submission to the Pennsylvania congressman. If , as supposed , the Oak View programme contemplates Iho abolition lition of the tobacco tax and u long and deep cut in the customs duties , including wool , iron , coal , anil other articles dear to the Pennsylvania heart , it is entirely safe to predict that it will not bo ac cepted by Mr. Randall. Nothing is more sure than that ho will rcfuso any such concessions from the tariff as the sup posed plan is thought to require , and ho will bo neither coaxed nor driven trom this position. Unless , therefore , the Car lisle wing of the party has something more attractive than this to offer by way of compromise , conferences will bo use less , and the splits of the last two con gresses will bo ropected in the next , pro vided Randall can hold his following to gether. There is a hope that ho may not bo able to do this , it is thought not improbable that tlio inlluuuce of tlio administration and the obvious importance to the party on the eve of a national campaign of tak ing action to reduce the revenues , will lead somn of the followers of Randall to desert him , ahd there can bo no doubt that the pressure upon him to do this , should ho remain obstinate will bo very groat. Strong temptations ol administration favor will bo hold out , the necessities of the party will bo urged with all possible force , and no argument will be wanting that can appeal to the ambition and the party loyalty of men tc induce the allies of Randal to abandon him. The promise seems favorable foi some very interesting experiences and developments in the democratic camji very soon after the assembling of con- gross. Meanwhile Oak View may ac quire additional interest and fame as the scone of further conferences in whiob Mr. Randall shall bo called upon to play a part. The PUI-MIU of lllalno. Regarded simply from a business stand point , it was not an unwise stroke on the part of the Chicago News in bending a correspondent to follow Mr. lilaine on his Kuropoan tour and chronicle the events ana incidents in which ho is a participant. It was inevitable that someone ono or more of the enterprising news papers of the country would do this , the wonder being that Mr. lilaine has not a t-eoro of correspondents at his heels , and the fact of the News having done HO shows that it nas a keen eye for a finan cial opportunity , which is made in this case more valuable because it is permit ted to enjoy it without active competi tion. It is not questionable that the News is finding It a paying in vestment , besides attracting to itself o great deal ot attention from which it will doubtless derive permanent advantaze , As to the propriety of the business then is certainly room for a difference of opin ion , and such difference exists. The News ha boon roundly condemned foi its course by some papers , which affect to regard it as grossly unjournalistlo , n piece of unwarrantable espionage upon s private citizen , and altogether disreputa ble. The News justilloB Itself by assort ing that Mr. lilamo is not u private citi- vtou , traveling as a harmless soarchei after recreation and information , but h giving quite a.s much care and attention to his uolitiual machinery as if ho wore at homo. Ho has simply chunked hU base ot operations without biirrou'lorina ' auy part of his political ( risk. Honr.ii he is n propon-aubject u ncwbiiaper attontioQ , quite as much n : he would be if not abroad , in order thai thu people may bo properly Informed ro ! surUiug his actioni and ihur : aptiurvn designs. The defense , U mltst bo con fessed , has plausibility. Hut there is some reason to suspect that the real motive of tha News in this matter is not the business advantage to bo gained , nor yet the legitimate ob ject of keeping the public fully and au thentically informed regarding the move ment and public conduct of n distin guished American citizen for whom a great many of the countrymen feel a very earnest Interest. The tone of uvory dis patch ncnt thus far by the correspondent of the News denotes a settled purpose to give every event nnd incident a color and ' significance disparaging to Mr. Blaine , and some of thcso have been so trifling and inconsequential as to bring out. boldly this apparent purpose. Lapses of etiquette , the failure to keep appointments at the exact moment des ignated , alleged uncivilitics , nnd such minor concerns , which are merely ques tions of breeding and deportment , are given a most exaggerated and wholly indefensible application , nnd because Mr. Ulalno docs not put a curb upon every friend and admirer who seeks to make a social lion of him it is assumed that ho secretly approves such efforts and that his public conduct is evidence of duplicity and hypocricy. If the purpose of the News is to do- prcciato Mr. Ulaino at homo nnd injure him politically its correspondent in Europe must find some very different material from that he has up to this time forwarded. . The fact that Mr. Blaine has declined to show an obsequious homage to the royalty and nobility of England , that ho affronted a cheap princess by going late to dinner , and that by reason of thcso and other breaches of foreign etiquette , as the correspondent alleges , ho is not m favor with the British aris tocracy , will certainly not bo the least bit to his disadvantage in this country , but is far more likely to benefit , him. It is very probable that the News would willingly forego all tbo financial gains of Its enter prise rather than it should result in any profit to Mr. Blnino , for it very heartily dislikes him , but it may reasonably ex pect this cfleet unless its correspondent shall find something different for the pur pose of disparagement from what ho has so far sent ( Being on his guard , the shrewd Matno statesman will not bo likely to furnisli the enemy with any very damaging ammunition. HiroatenliiR the The insolent threat of the Republican to visit dire vengeance upon the head of Judge Groff for enjoining the fraudulent contract engineered by Taylor and Rothackor through Iho council in Juno , will hardly affect the standing of Judge (5roff in the eyes ot' honest men , especi ally taxpayers. The job was so bare faced that no honorable judge could have refused under the statutes to enjoin its consummation. Taylor had filed three bills , withdrew the two lowest and with out ooninction trom anybody induced the council to vote him a con tract at CO cents per square , which ho was very glad to take on a competing bid at twenty-seven cents per square. In other words Judge Groff , by annulling the fraudulent bid and bogus contract has caused the reduction of the expense for city advertising by more than one-half. This action of the judge makes tlio cor morants his mortal enemies , just as the refusal of General Tliaycr to appoint Rothackcr and Ballon on the police com. mission , at their dictation , has made him a target for the venom of thcso reckless adventurers. The boast that the Republican "has no judicial wings , but gets there all the same , " is an insult both to Judges Wake- ley and Groff. Both of thcso judges is sued injunctions against the lawless method of letting the city printing. Both those judges stand high in the com munity and in the state. If the threats against them are carried further than insulting flings of the rowdy ana boodlor's organ , the people of this city and district will administer a rebuke in a way that will show that the courts have their support in the fearless discharge of duty. * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CUTTLEFISH TAYLOK can turn a corner about as adroitly as a railroad pig can dodge a car wheel when trying to cross a railroad track. When the BEE in response to his impudent intimation thta fraud has been practiced on the city by its publishers in overcharges for adver tising , demanded an investigation , it in cidentally called attention to the fact that the Boo Publishing company was perfectly responsible , none of its property being covered by mortgages. This reference to mortgages is twisted by the cuttlo-iish jobber into an insulting snocr at the poor workingman. Pity Cadet Taylor , the poor workingmanl Ho and his partner toiled and labored in the government printing ofiico for nearly three long years on salaries that barely paid their living expenses. When they left Illinois for Washington they were generally considered worse than bank rupt , but by.industry and thrift they man aged to scrape up and scoop in a small fortune out of tlio government printing office. Lo , the poor workingmanl Don't insult them , if you please , by talking about mortgages ! It is as delicate a sub ject as 10-cent mlc at from § 2 to $1 per pound. Br the time the council comes limping along with Its ordinance regulating the construction of street railways and pro hibiting the promiscuous tearing up ot pavement , Dr. Mercer and his motor gang will have blocked and tornupovor.y thoroughfare between Fort Omaha and the stockyards. KIXOS AND QUEKNS. The czar of Russia Is suffering from rheu matism. Princess Beatrice Is a spiritualist , and she says she doesn't care who knows It. The prince ami princes of Wales will celc' brate their silver wedding next year , The ameer of Afghanistan killed his doc tor because he could not cure him of a boll. Queen Victoria directs that her jubilee clfl be publicly nxulblted In the St. James palace for tbiee months. Kins Kalakaua has Invited San Franclscc yachtsmen to assist In celebrating his fif tieth birthday on November 10 next. Princess Clementine , mother of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria , U assiduously pray Ing , at various sbrliien , for the success of hoi sou. sou.The The German emperor has ( tlven 1,001 marks to tlio fund for the erection of a nion ument in Bnrlln to the memory of the farnotu Uetman Ket Chamlcso. The perlodj ) of Insanity of King Otto , o ! Qtvana. are beeonilnn' lest -freiiuont , bu their likeness to the late Klne laidwlg's at tacks Is becoming stronger dally. The empress of Austria , when In England , chose for her rcstlni ; place the primitive lit tle town of Crotner , on the Norfolk coat , a healthy , Invigorating place , but ono with no pretensions to fashion or fashionable amuse ments. It Is n town yt 1,500 Inhabitants. It Is rather amusing to road tint Klne Pomurvo V. , the rulot of the Society Islands , has commenced a divorce acalnst his baby wltn , a frisky youne woman by the name of , ) oliMinit\vho owns to the partlculary charm- lag ano of tifteen. Ills majesty accused his queen of Imvlntr a loror In the sliapo of a call or on board a Fruiich nmn-ofwar. I be lieve her macsty | retaliates ncctislne the kliiRof Intemperance } desertion and Infidel ity , and so the casa Is to bo tried In the OtahUo courts. It will thus be seen ( bat mar ried life , even In the Society Islands , Is not always a bed of roses. The adipose heir to the .British throne , whom his HCKQ subjects Irreverently term "Tummy , " recently fell In love with tlio handsome wife of a London artist and Invited himself to call upon her on a certain evening. The wlfo and the husband did not appreciate the honor , which would have cost the lady her good name , but finally hit upon a plan to cot oven with her stout admirer. They Issued cards ot Invitation to all their friends to meet the Prlnco of Wales on that evening , and when ho came to con quer ho found a crush. Tha joke was too good to keep , and Wales wout otf to Ham burg for his health to escape the universal laughter. Prince Ferdinand , of Saxe-Coburg's de termination to go to Bulgaria was.accordtng to the Paris Figaro , made known in Vienna In rather comical fashion. Several of thu prince's chief servants were let Into the secret In order to make the necessary pre parations. but were strictly bound over to hold their tongues. However , Prince Ferdinand's favorite coachman was so proud of his new dignity In the household of a rnlgnluc prince that IIP went post haste to a Viennese stationer and ordered some visit ing cards to t > a printed Mead Coachman to his Koyal Highness the Prlnco of Bulgaria. An attache of one ot the embassies , coming Into the Mationcr's , saw the cards ready to bo sent homo , and thus the secret was out. Advice to ttio O. A , It. Let the association ( the O. A. It.j keep Its skirts free from political Intrigue and not permit Itself to bo used for schemes to de plete the trcasuty , which are denounced by tbo most distinguished union soldiers , and public opinion will stand by the organization as at first. The \Vorst Worm ofAII , Chicago Tribune. The much talked ot worm that Is said to bo destroying the steel rails of some European roads Is an Insignificant thing compared with the voracious creature that Is doing the same thing for so many American railways. The scientific name of the latter Is the Jayifoulds Amerlcanls. It can cat up a whole road In a season. _ _ Assault on the Surplus Kecommcniletl. New 1'ojfc Herald The democrats , therefore , must assail the surplus or It will bo left to accumulate and ultimately to produce a tremendous commer cial crisis. Mr. Cleveland Is on record again and again with r'ccpmmondatlons to his party to go to tlio source of this trouble and stop the useless Inllux ot money Into tlio na tional treasury. Shalcspcaro'anil Uacon. Satnnlay Ifevteic. First came Lloblc , Justus Lktblg , Lli-big of the Lleblg Extract , Who , some thirty years neo , had Bacon's sense and Bacon's text racked , Shoeing what a fool was Bacon. Then came Itolchol , showing clearly Bacon stole and spoilt the Oig'uon Bacon was a robber , merely. Last , the critic , darkly brooding , Has tlio final naltns taken , Solving all the famous myst'ry Ot tbo "iiriua Shakspoare-Bacon. " Sliakspoaro wrote the "Novum Org'non ; " liacnn stole It , but susoi'cted How by learned future Germans All tno fraud would be detected ; And despairing of admission 'Midst the pliilosouhlc Lamas , Like an overrated person , Went and wrote all Shakspoaro's dramas. STATE AND TEIUUTOIIY. Nebraska Jottings. The Odd Fellows of Broken Bow are building a $1.,000 hall. Pavements nnd sewers are on the list of next year's improvements in Hastings. The incandescent system of electric lighting was turned loose in Hastings last night. Nebraska City's cannery is working to its full capacity , and turning out a largo amount of goods. The advent of the Adyentists in Grand Island has had a mellowing elluct on the warring editorial elements. The Daily Herald lias boon turned loose again in Plattsmouth , after several years in the cemetery of repose. The Ladora Independent has boon painted a sickly red , owinj' to an undi- gcstible delay in the arrival of its patent interior. The Hastinsrs Daily News is rushing to the front as a well regulated , newsy paper , a credit to the publishers and a blessing to the third city. The Melntyro & Heath corps of wan dering gags soared too high for the na tives in Nebraska City , and two members fell to thu earth ana smashed a limb each. The Hon. Pat O. Ilawcs is working his jaw in Plattsmonth in behalf of Sioux Falls granite. It is the nearest approach to perpetual motion that the town has scon since the flood. Norfolk t hews a watermelon 50x40 and weighing fifty-three and three-fourths pounds , the product of a farm near War- nersvillo. A number of prominent citi zens are ready to load on exploring party into the interior. The convocation of the Episcopal church of Nebraska , North Platte dio- cease , will bo hold in Norfolk , at Trinity church , September 21 , 22 and 23. Bishop Worthington and a number of prominent clergymen of the state will bo present. Nebraska City has accepted tlio street railway choker of Silos Clark and will wear it for nincty-nlnO years. The alac rity with which the present sacrifices coming generations" for a bobtailed flush excites mingled feelings of admiration and pity. ; ; Hog cholera provaili in parts of Cass county. : ; Miss Tosalio Ilartoagol lost a roll of f 1,000 in Burllngtool I Boone has raised # 3BOO to experiment with an artesian well. ) A condensed milk factory is being built in Cedar Uapids. DCS Moines is trying to raise $50,000 to secure the location there of Llbblo's sow ing machine plant.-tOf this sum $31,000 has been pledged. ' * * The brewers and distillers In the state have but ono peg to hang their hopes of salvation on the federal stipromo court. Pending a decision , however , they are expected to keep corked their jugs of wrath. The coroner's verdict on the Aftou railroad disaster waa that the collision was duo to the culbablo negligence and criminal carelessness of ono A. K. Jones , a brakonmn , and S. B. Childs , a conduc tor. They have been hold on the charge of murder. The famous Trappist monastery , twclvo miles from Dubuque , established forty years ago , has now about sixty monks within it. In connection there Is a tarm of 1,800 acres.There Is but ono other house of this TruppUt order in the United States , The Dos Moines Lender announces that . "Major Anderson , the next governor of Iowa , called upou William Larraboo , the present gnvonor , the other day. " The reporter forgot to add that the prevail- unco of prohibition prevented William from "smiling" with the major in the chivnlrlc style of South Carolina. ilnkotn. John B. Finch Is lecturing for straight goods m the territory. Ynnkton IB advertising for bids for the erection of a city hall. Around West Point the whc t harvest averages twenty-llvo bushels to the acre. About 25,000 copies of the now book on Dakota , by the commissioner of immi gration , will bo printed. Huron Is jubilant over its prospects of getting cheaper coal by way of the Man itoba railroad now building to that city. Nineteen miles of grade on the Fre mont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley road north of Rapid City is ready for the iron. The boss Black Hills cuouuibcr meas ures four feet six inches in length , and contains n sullicicucy of cramp for the entire population. Rev. NYolf Glenn Is resting In jail in Yankton charged with incest. The bcantly rascal dispensed Methodist sul phur in largo chunks among his flock. His stock was inexhaustible , as his rela tions with Old Harry were harmonious nnd friendly. Ho is from Hutchinson county. Colorado. The Denver exposition opened yester day wilu a big paratlo and a trade's dis play. Denver claims to bo the bricklayers' paradise. Wages range from ifo.OO to $0 per day. A new theater and miisco was opened in Denver Monday night. It is located on Lawrence street. The homo run of the Colorado militia from the land of Colorow is said to iiavo boon a graceful and masterly one. Tat tered battle Hags are the only trophies of the campaign. The B. & ttl. tracklayers have reached Sterling on their way to Choyonuo. Depot and sidetrack grounds are being prepared and thu railroad comuany pro pose to rush work in order that regular trains from there to the east may bo put on in a few days. Sterling is looking for an extraordinary influx of population this fall , duo'entirely to the arrival of the Burlington. The town is about ninety miles from Cheyenne. Utah and Idaho. The product of gold from the Snuko river placers in Idaho this year will reach $70,000. There are 200,000 bushels of grain to bo threshed in Cassia county , Idaho , this season. Silver City , Idaho , will make a show ing of $200,000 in dust and bullion from the placers and ledges in tier-vicinity. The foundation for the new school house at Shoshouc is completed and the frame work for the first story in position. The Idaho Central railroad , a branch of the Oregon Short Line , has been com pleted to Boise City. The event was ap propriately celebrated. The sheep herds within a radius of seventy miles of Nampa , Idaho , ship an nually from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 pounds of wool to eastern markets. Tlio country around Boise City has many irrigating ditches , while the pro posed canals will more than double thu present acreage of cultivated lands. Salt Lake capitalists have subscribed liberally to the stock of a railroad to be built from Salt Lake through Skull val ley to the Nevada state line , a distance of 105 miles. The Union Pacific will back the enterprise. The metal shipments out from Salt Lake for the week ending Saturday , September 10 , inclusive , were fifteen cars of bullion , 879,181 pounds ; five cars of copper ore , 1-10,900 pounds ; total twenty cars , 520,081 pounds. The receipts of gold bullion for assay at the United States assay ollice in Boise City for August amounted to ? 102,2J1.85 ; , being more than double the amount ro- cnived in any previous August in the history of the olllcp. The deposits for the four mouths ending August 31 were as follows : May , $81,180 ; June , * 84,282 ; July , $181,035 ; August , ft02,7il ; ; being a total for the four months of , f-152.934 , and an average of $ U3,235Jpor ! mouth. Montana. Butte is alluded with opium joints. Seven hundred pupils were enrolled at the opening of the schools in Helena. A cloud burst on Careless creek , in Fergus and Mcaghcr counties , drowned 1,200 sheep. The shipments of bullion from Btitto last week amounted to ninety-six bars valued at $137,728. Helena claims to bo the richest city of itssi/.o in tlm United States. The actual capital employed in establishments in the city is $10,01)0,000. ) , The cattlemen of Montana have pur chased pack.s of hounds to protect their herds from the depredations of wolves and mountain lions , J The Helena Herald says Montana will belong to the railroads that will occupy and develop it. The confession will bo empha.si/.cd with loud'profanity in years to come. The county law has effectively demol ished the surplus in the territorial treas ury. Scalps of squirrels , wolves , and prairia dogs have boon cashed in by the thousands. Hundreds of hunters are making fortunes out of the territory's liberality. Mr. Mnckay'd Kortiine. Mr. Mackay is a capitalist around whose financial resources fame has shed a sort of halo , mainly on account of the astonishing display of wealth which his wife has made in the capitals of Europe. A belief in the boundlessness of Mr. Mackay'H capital has been the corner stone of the public's confidence that the light of iho Commercial cable company against the Western Union's cable would never bo abandoned. It is very possible that Mr. Mackay's wealth , like that of in liny other people , has boon unduly ex aggerated in the estimation of Wall street and the world at largo by his lav ish use of it. And in any case , it cannot 1)0 ) pleasant oven for a twenty times mil lionaire to supply an enormous annual deficit for supporting an institution like the cable in an apparently hopeless fight. TnoVestern Union sustains its cable losses by heavy telegraph profits , and in any case its losses fall upon the shares of many investors. Mr. Mackay's cable is n drain upon his own personal pocket ( for Mr. Bennett's share is not believed to bo large ) , and has no corresponding compensation. This is why some of the ehrowdest Wall street leaders believe that the eablo war is soon to reach a compromise. m Ainnrlcnn and Russian Petroleum. Mr. Boverton Rcdwood.who is u recog nized authority on petroleum , recently delivered a lecture on the Russian petro leum industry in London. After careful photometric tests he has deliveicd judg ment somewhat in favor of American petroleum. He finds that the Rus sian oil does not give so high an illuminating power as American oil , but there is considerably less dimmutkm of the light as the oil in the reservoir of the lamp falls , The inequality in illumi nating power , however , is only a matter of refining. "So that. " says the Pall Mull Ga/.otto , "with the inexhaustible supply of the Baku wells and the com petition with America , gas is threatened with another serious competitor ; indeed , the oil suspension lump for drawing ami dining rooms is already becoming a great favorite TO HUSTON. nov. Wlllarrt Scott's Flnttorlna OfTci From mi Influential Church. Rev. Willard Scott , pastor of the St , Mary's Avenue Congregational churcli of this city , lias received n unanimous call to the Union Congregational churcli of Boston , Mass. , and is now holding the proposition under advisement. This call is the result of Mr. Scott's visit to the cast the past summer , nt which time ha occupied the pulpit of the Boston church , and proved so acceptable to the people that ho was last Friday chosen from n host of candidates as thu successor to Roy. Dr. Meredith , the noted divlnu who 1ms for so many years filled the pul pit of tlio Union church. The olllclal notice of his selection did not reach Mr , Scott until to-day , although tlio action that the Boston church would take has been known among his Omaha congre gation for some little timo. The St. Mary's Avenue church , although grati fied that the pastor should bo honored with this distinguished preferment , would greatly regret to part with him , and a movement has already been started to endeavor to parsuado him to decline the llattonng offer. A committee has been appointed with a view to securing pledges among the people to increase the salary , ana to put forth such other inducements as will iuiluence Mr. Scott to remain In Omaha. At the meeting of Iho Boston congre gation at which the call was extended , Rev. Dr. Meredith eulogized Mr. Scott as follows : I have beiift acquainted with 'Mr. Sc.ott for several years and 1 may suythat 1 know him. 1 have thought of him as the most suitable man for this church ever since It became clear to mo that 1 was to leave. Before-1 went away I said very little to iny one about this man. nothing tnoro than to .suggest that ho be looked UD. I thought about tlm matter a good deal , though , and was very glad when 1 letuined last week to llnd that things were going on hero In just the direction 1 felt was best. Tills man Scott Is young. Ho Is a thoroughly manly follow , too. Full of Ideas and notions ai < d thliiKfl. a man who Im con victions , and withal a man ot a good deal ot sanctified originality. Now you know w'mt ray opinion Is worth , and can take It for just so much and no more , but 1 think that this Is the man of nil others lor this church nnd tl at he will , with God's help , carry on Urd's work In this church with uloriou.s sifccess. In speaking of the call extended by the Union churcli , the Boston Evening Jour nal of September 10 says ; Rev. Willard Scott , who Is heartily called to ono of the most Iniluentlnl Congregational pulpits In Boston , is a native of Amsterdam , N. Y. , a Williams college man , and a gradu ate of Union Theological Seminary. His first ministerial woru was at the Bethany Mission. Now York city , under the supervi sion of Dr. William Taylor , llo filled accept ably several pulpits , and about seven yc.irs ago took charge of the St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church In Omaha , which was then helped by the Homo Missionary Society. Mr. Scott , by Indomitable efforts , not only made thu church self-supporting , but brought It Into such vigorous condition that several missions were started by it , which have In turn become self-supportlnc. Mr. Scott , al though only thirty-sovon years of ago , Is the leading clergyman of Nebraska , llo has a wlfo and family. KOIl C11IIIST1ANITV. The Laylnir To-fllorrow of tlio Corner Stone of the Y. M. C. A. ItulldliiK. The iron , stone , brick and lumber for the Young Men's Christian association building arc on the ground. The iron has been put in proper shape for the first story by Paxton & Vicrling. The stone is drcsseil and cut in artistic forms by Drcxcl & Foil ; the lumber , all but thereof roof , is on the ground cut and framed. Mr. Itnor has thu foundations laid , and it is expected that November will see the building entirely enclosed. The past year has been one of unusual activity in the interests of this enterprise. For years the association has occupied a rented house. Hut the association idea has been growing and developing in the city. Its utility in other cities has been carefully studied and measured , until Omaha has finally determined togivotho association a homo for its work. A sub scription was started a year ago for this ontornriso , Mr. Himobaiign pledging him self to give one-tenth of the whole amount promised. About f25,000 was subscribed and there it remained until a year ago , when Mr. Warren Swit/.ler was president of the association. It was de cided to employ a man of sufficient ability and reputation to dcvole his time exclusively to thn raising o ! this lund. Through the international committee at New \ orkJ. E. Ensign.of . Syracuso.N.Y. , was commended to the directors hero. Ho came , and as a result of his coming , tlio association is able to build oven bet ter than had been intended. The corner Rtono will bo laid tomorrow row , Thursday , at 4 o'clock p. m. Every body is invited to bo present , Mr , Hinio- baugh's subscription to this enterprise has already amounted to $5,000. llo is the father of iho enterprise , lie was selected to lay the corner stone , but ho is not well. Ho requests the vice president , J. L. Kennedy , to act in his stead. I'UOQKAMMK. Music U. P. Band. Kinging Quartette Prayer Kov. C. W. Savidge Address . . .Robert Weldonsal General West- tern Secretary Y. M. C. A. Address lohn M. Thurston Report by Financial Secretary..J. E. KiiHlgn Laying Comer Stone. . Vlco President J.I * Kennedy. Singing Praise God From Whom All lilcsslngs Flow Music U. P. Band All ministers of the city are especially invited to bo present. A BlUIlDKIl"KiCAMji ; > . The IJomlsmeii or Iternmii Mlttmitn Called to JitdRinciit. Yesterday County Attorney Simcrnl filed a petition in the district court on be half of the slate of Nebraska againbt Her man Mittman , Gottlot Ximmerman and William Mack , praying for the naymont of $5,000 , and costs of suit. It is alleged that at the January term of .the court information for murder in thu second de gree was filed against said Mittman ; that on the thirtieth day of March following the defendants Zimmerman und Mack , entered into bonds in the Hum of $5,000 for the appearance of Mittman at the May term of the court , and on the fif teenth of Juno , during said term , the defendant was called for trial , but did not appear , and his bonds were forfeited. Hence the state prays judgment on the forfeiture for thu amount named. It will be retnembcired that Mittman is the burly siiloon-koopor who shot and instantly killed \Valtor Durham , a bridge contractor , on September 22 , IS'iO. ' Tlio murderous ull'air occurred in Mitt- man's saloon at Millard and was considered so unprovoked that Miltman came very near bning lynched , Durham was an export nt his business unit consid ered n quiet , unoffensivo man. He was one of tlio trusted employes of Costing & Mallory , prominent railroad contractors. OIT l 'i r tlio Stit Pair. The soono at the IS. it M. depot yes- tcrday wns an exceedingly lively ono. The platforms were crowded with repre sentatives of Omaha's beat citizenship bound for Lincoln and tlm .stato fair. The Capital ( 'ity will have no cause to complain of the pntrouugo given by this city to thorn and the state agricultural exhibition. The 8-10 special took down nlnu cars , including Manager G.V. . Holdrcso'B special , which contained General Ticket Agent Eustis and sev eral other prominent officials of tha B. & At. uud their fricuds. Thu regular train which did not leave until nearly i ) o'clock had ton cars all densely crowded the platform being no exception. Amoriij the prominent Omahans win ) went down were Senator Mandcrson , Congressman McShano , Fred W. Gray , \V. U. Bowen , Churchill Parkor. R. C. Gushing , Jiimnj Croigliton , Chief of Police Soavuy , J. T. Clark , J. 11. McShano , Dennis Cunning ham , Gcorgo P. Bemis , Dr. J. S. Cham * bers , F. A. McShane and 11 , G. Clark , The exhibition trot of Jay Eye See is onu of the principal attractions to-day. Mvclj Ilmi.iw.iy. Yestanlay mortilujr , shortly after 7 o'clock , a spirited team attached to onu of the Alorchants' express wagons made things oxcltlngon Tenth .street. They were standing in front of Paxton & GulU- ghur's wholesale house , and becoming frightened at n passing locomotive , started at a break-nook speed up the street. Fortunately there were few Vehicles on the street at the early hour. At the corner of Jackson street , how ever , the team suddenly swerved to the right and ran into the roar of a licensed vendor's wagon , wrecking it pretty badly , and scattorinc the potatoes with which it was loaded in all directions. This stopped the runaways , but started the owner of thu potato wagon , one M. Strom pf into great excitement , lie sci/ed the express tnain nnd swore ho would not release them until his dam ages were settled. Ofiicor Dempsey was promptly on the scene and quieted the disturbance , informing Strompf that the owners of the team were the proper pur- tics to see regarding damages. In Mourning nt No. K. The fire laddies at the No. 3 onglno house are in a high Ktato of dudgeon. Homo thief carried off their pot Australian magpie cage and all. The bird was loft hanging out in front of the engine house , as has been the custom all summer , and the idea of any ono steal ing it has never entered the boys' heads. It is a valuable bird us well as a great one , having boon taught many interest ing tricks. It talks with a volubility that would make a city councilman turn green with envy. A Cnttlnc Affray , Yesterday Charley Wearno , ono of the pupils of the Lcavenworth school was seriously cut in the hand by a street gamin. It scorns the school boys were at play in the yard when this strange youth entered and began interfering in their games. An attempt was made to drive him away , young Wearno being fore most in the endeavor. All nt once the tram m drew a razor and inflicted a cut onVoarno's hand from which he nearly bled to death before a physician arrived. His condition is quite "serious and fatal results may follow. DnncoroitM Practice. The conductor of thu Benson steam motor Is in the habit of allowing the children attending the Walnut Hill school on Hamilton avenue to jump on the car while in motion and otherwise play around the motor. If this is continued accidents will certainly occur. A 8AL.T . CONCHUT , In Which Several Omnha Hinders Took Fart. SALT LAKI : , Sopt. 0. [ Correspondence of the HuK.l The farewell concert ol Mr. B. B. Young and Mine. Maz/.ucato Young Thursday evening , September 8 , was n complete social nnd financial success , and in many respects a uratify- ing artistic triumph also. Thu Salt Lake theater was well filled with an audience of representative citizens , who evinced their appreciation of the favorite baritone - tone by the unmistakable and unfeigned cordiality with which Mr.oung'a ap pearance was welcomed. To one who has been afibrded an opportunity of making the com parison , the contrast between an Omaha audience and a Salt Lake audience is palpable and curious. The apathy and conventionality of the former is proverbial and alike oppressive to bingor and auditor. On the contrary , a Suit Lake audience , judging from the ono studied at this entertainment , is anything but American in its demoiistrativenoss. A warm current of sympathy circulated through the house , and ouch face wore an expression of pleased expectancy or sin cere auproval. Of courto , whuro homo talent figured so largely , criticism would huvo been heresy , and each gurgling maiden and btishful young man was en couraged with a readiness of upphiuso that speedily banished trepidation , and put the raw disciples of this iiivine art un easy terms with themselves. Salt Lake has its share of good material , but it exists in a state of crudcncss that Is appalling considering it is HO frequently on exhibition. AH culture advances among the inhabitants ot this picturesque valley the conviction will coino homo to them that it would have profited them to retain nt any cost the only two of thu resident musicians qualified to become the preceptors ot their artistic develop ment. Among the selections most deserving of notice was tbo opening duet by Mine. Young nnd Mr. Mclntyre , the latter a rising youni , pianist , which was executed with great brilliancy , accuracy and force. Mr. Young first ar > pcarcd in Pinsuti's "Queen ot thu Earth , " which was given so satisfactorily us to merit a recall. Ho was especially fortunate , however , in his second number , the recitative and aria "Lund Mo Your Aid " In Guunod'a opera , thu "Queen of Sheba. " Adoniram , the sculptor , sings this invocation for divine aid , at the moment of casting the great brtiss fountain for the temple of Solomon. The aria is full of dramatic grandeur and forcible declamation , nnd could only be done justice to by a singer of the utmost capability. Mr. Young was more than equal to the exactions of the piece and it i.s to be hoped thiit it may hoi caller have a prominent nlaco in his repertoire. Miss Bertha Bavllt , < ri , u young soprano of some local distinction , appeared in two numbers , displaying a voice of good compass , with true bwei-t upper tones tlmt possess a violin quality that i.s very plcasmtr. Miss Bavliss will accompany Mr. and Mrs.oung to Omaha to pursue her studies und em bark in a musical earner. Expectation ran high regarding Oma ha's popular tenor Mr. Bngham , and in no pniticular did that gentleman fall to reali/e the most favorable anticipations. liismollow voice rang sweet and full throughout the auditorium , winning without effort hundreds of admlnirs. His success was unmistakable ) and amounted to an ovation. Mr. Willaid Weihu's per- [ ormance of "Souvenir do Hado" deserves particularizing as ho is a young mr.n of lecided genius und gentlemanly pres ence Attention to his art would gain him recognition any where. Tlm accompani ments were exquisitely played by Mma. Mu//.ucato Young , who possesses thuurt not only of sustaining tlm singer , but ot putting hi-rsulf tliDioughly in sympathy with him Thu succe.ss of the tiiKlertiilc- ing resulted In Messrs. Brighnm and T Voting giving n sonu n ital Suturdtiy iftcrnoon. The day following Mr. Young , Mr. Brlgiiam , Mrs. A 11.Vinu niul Miu Young made an excursion to thu Ink' ) . 1'ho Omaha visitor was utilhusiastle o\or .he bathing , and became to convinced of the desirability of Salt Laku as u plaro of residence that real estate in tha city of saints will no doubt receive u tremendous deus bnotn on hu return to Nebraska. M' K W ' > < _ _ _ _ _ Offensive breath vanishes with the uv of Dr , Hagu's/JikUirrl : Remedy.