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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , OOTOBEB 17 , 1887. THE DAILY BEE. KVJ311Y THUMB OF { Dnlly ( Morning Edition ) Including Sunday m.K.Ono Your . 7 . . .110 OC ForSIx Months . r ( V jkprTbrco Months . y W tthnOmMia Bundiiy UBB , mailed to any ad- dre'icj , Ono Year. . . ! . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00 OMAHA OmcK.No.tiMAKi ) inn FAUNAM8THF.F.T , NKW YOHK Of tier. , HOOM ( - , , TIIHIUSE Jluu.n- INO. WAHiiiNOTo.t urricc , No. 013 rouit ar.F.NTit SriiKKT. _ coiinnsroNDENcn. AH communications relntlnc to nown nnd editorial nmttor Hhould bo nudrea&ed to the liiHTOiiOF TDK HKK. MJBINKSS LETTHnS ! All business lottorn and remittances should be Afldrmsed to Tun HKK I'RIII.IRIIIMI COMI-ANT , UMAIIA. Drafts , chocks and jx > stolllco ordcm to be ui Uo puyulilu to the order of the cumtmur , The Bee Publishing Comnany , Proprietors , . E. UOSEWATEH , EniTon. TJIK DAII/irlJKK. Sworn Statement or Circulation. State of Noliraska , l _ . County of DmiKlas. ) " 'B > Uco. lI.'J'ZHclmtk , Kecrotnry of The Iloo 1'tib H.Hlilm ; cointmny. ( lovs solemnly nw < ar that tin autiiat circulation of tlio Dully lice for the w tell ndlnoOct , 7. 1W , v as as follows : Baturduy , Oct. 1 . II-- * Bundny. Oct. a . 14,17 : Monday. Oct. H . ] 4fi7i Tnosday , Oct. 4 . 14,4" WvdncMlny , Oct. 6 . I'l.vsj TtmrKdar , Oct. 0 . 1I.1K ! 1'ililay , Oct. 7 A\crnge . 11,20 ; GKO. H. TZSCIIUCK. B worn tci and subscrllii-d In my presence thli BUl day of October , A.I ) . lt > S7. N. P. FKir , , ( RMAIi. ) Notary I'tibllc BtnUiof Ntibratka , l _ . fs > B > County ot DoiiKlas. ( Ic'o. II , T/.sc liiu k , being llrst duly Hworn. deposes poses ami Hiiys that ho is Hccrutiiry of Tlie Ho < I'ubllHliliiK ( oinpuny. tluit thu actual dally circulation of tint Dully lieu for the motitl of October , ! , K.0yj roples : for November 1PNI. 13ns : roplos ; for December. 1HM. ] .lsr cojiles ; for January , ] ts" , IB. wi copies : for I'eb ruury. 1W7. 1I.19H coplos ; for March , 1887 , I MM copies ; for April , JhH7 , 11.3111 conloi ; for May JRH7. 14,127 Coiilcs ; for Juno , 18X7 , J4.147 coplcti for July , 1HNJ. ll.tf.tt cnple-s ; for August. IbST , 14 , OCl cojiles ; for Scptembor , 1SS7 , 14. : n ( onto * . uno. 11.T/.8CMUCIC. fi orn to and subscribed la my prewnro tUL' Clh day ot October , A. 1) . 1887. N. IM'KIU ( SliAI. . ) Notary 1'ubllc. A UOUONKII'S jury in the Kouts ilia aster has mildly censured Iho railrout company , us usual , and laid the chio blame on overworked and undorpait employes. A GUANi ) ISLAND paper remarks lha' ' the I'ublio Fountain has again begun t ( flpw regularly. It Hhould not bo ex pected that the Fountain could supply t baby and the public at the same time. " " How insignificant the magician wlit BwallowH swords and other iron implements ments must feel when ho sees Knight o "Black Friday" storing a whole rail road or telegraph system in his mav Without wincing. now settlers in the Texas Pun handle region are undergoing a pro cess of evictions at the hands of a "coin puny. " Perhaps it would bo well fo this country to stop declaiming ubou the evictions in Ireland until our owi are stopped. ANOTHHK political party was born a Springfield , * 111. , last Friday. Thi makes the ninth now in the field. It wa named the "Industrial Heform" party and Mrs. Lockwood , late presidentiii candidate , is its guardian ungol. Th courage of the woman who brought i forth must bo out of the ordinary , as th day was Friday. THK price of coal is raised in man ; parts of the country this week. In Chicago cage the people are discussing the ques tion whether gas could not bo used as fuel. It has been demonstrated tha gas can bo manufactured in that city fo about fifty cents per 1,000 foot , an would connoquontly bo a cheaper fuc than coal at its present prices. N doubt gas could bo manufactured for similar purpose in Omaha also , whic would bo cheaper than using coal. ] the extortions of the coal robbers shoul load to the invention of a cheaper fuc than is now in use , wo would have very pleasing instance of monopolist ! greed working its own defeat. Tiuc late holocaust at Kouts stalio lias revived the assaults on the ci ; stove , which stubbornly holds its plac in spite of all denunciation and all th liorriblo consequences that have pri coedcd from its use. Although the aj itation for getting rid of this instn went of torture and the most torribl deaths in a railroad wreck was slarlc early in the year , very little lias boo accomplished for its removal. Two < three railroads are expected to wholl or partially abandon the atovo this wii tor , but on nearly all the roads of tli country this terror of the traveler wi continue to bo found in full blast , read to cremate caged and holplo.ts humanil whenever an opportunity oilers. Thoi lias boon ample time for every road i the country to have been provided wit other moans of heating , but in the al Bunco of legislation compelling them 1 do this very few have paid any attot tion to it. It is to bo feared that th terrible stove will remain until logish tion absolutely prohibiting its Ube bi comes general throughout the countr ; TltKUl ! s-ooms likely- bo a , sorioi hitoh at the outset of the ncgotialioi which Mr. Bayard is soon to enter upc regarding the dispute over the Canadin fisheries. The advices from Canada ii dlcato that the temper there is n altogether such as promises a calm ar thoroughly judicial discussion of tl controversy , but rather denotes a di l > osition to insist in advance on corta : concessions. Among these it is a : nounccd that the Canadians will agn to no arrangement unless their fish a allowed to come into the United Slut free. Apart from all considerations to the desirability , in the intercut her own people , cf admittit Canadian fibh free , the commi sioncrs on the part of tli country would very promptly subjo themselves to popular condomnatii wore they to make a concession of tli or any other point at the dictation Canada and as a condition precedent her acceptance of any arrangemo upon which the joint commission mig agrco. If this Is the spirit in whi Canada proposes to enter upon the oo Bldorutiou of this controversy the boon Mr. Bayard drops the matter the belt ba will please the American people. Mercer and Shields. Omaha Herald ! The HfeR lnttmntcath.it there nro "several thousand worklngmen in Omaha who will veto ngnlnst Mr. Ocorgo Shields and for Mr. David Mercer , solely because - cause Mr. O. J. Smyth did not receive the democratic nomination , What ! In politics with the Br.B spltowork of the kind which would tulvlso the defeat of nn honest , deserving young man who hns been Bclf-mndo in Omaha before the eyes of Its people , and for the s.iko of a man who was a paid lobbyist of the Union Pacific rail * roudt Where Is the BEE'S consistency In opposing Leo Estello for the Judiciary nnd supporting David Mercer ? The BCK has given no support to David Mercer nnd it never will recom mend him as a fit person to fill the posi tion of county judge. But it also declines to oxcrt its influence on behalf of Mr. Shields. It is a notorious fact that Mr. Shields was nominated to rebuke - buko Hon. C. J. Smyth for supporting General Van "Wyck and opposing the charter mutilators in the last legisla ture. Rothackor , Morrissey , Moynilmn and the strikers and desperadoes that train with that disreputable combine were on the floor of the convention working with might and main for Shields and against Smyth. The spokes man of , this infamous gang , Dan Angel , openly raised the Van WycK issue be fore the convention in a most insulting harangue. Mr. Shields may not bo responsible for the character imd conduct of hia backers , but the BEE will not stultify itself by giving oven an indirect en dorsement to any man who owes hia nomination to venal wretches and black legs who prowl around conventions , city councils and legislatures like wolves and hyenas in search of prey among carrion on a battlefield. Furthermore , the BEE docs not pro- poio directly or indirectly to give coun tenance to the remotest reflection on any representative who was loyal to hia constituents , stood up manfully for the rights and intorestsof the industrial cltibses in the halls of legislation , with stood the pressure of corporate power and resisted the corrupting influenced jobbers and public thioves. It is unfor tunate for Mr. Shields that this issue lias boon forced through his nomina tion. Ho should never have accepted it under the circumstances , and ho will have to charge his defeat up to the reckless , vindictive and unprincipled combine of which the editor of the Her ald is on o of the master spirits. Open Sessions. To-day the Omaha board of trade will inaugurate open sessions for the trans action of commercial business , and it is to be hoped the occasion will ho signal- x.ed by a general attendance. There is a great deal in hlarting right. If onlj few manifest interest in the outer- ; > ribo it would very likely happen that iUbsequont sessions would show a de clining attendance until finally the dailj meetings become more informal gather- ngs without purpose or valuo. There should bo a general and hearty interest nanifestcd at thobeginningandbteadilj naintained. Every business man win is a member of the board car nfford to devote an hour daily , or ai east three or four times a week , to thest sessions , even though ho may not trans- ict any business at all thoro. Associa tion with other business men , loading to an interchange of views relating tc the general welfare , ho will certainly find to his advantage , and then his ex ample will bo useful. The experienced and intelligent bust ness men of Omaha who are members ol the board of trade , and many of when doubtless have boon connected witl other similar organizations , do not require quire any advice or suggestions as t < what should bo done or how they shouli conduct themselves in a matter of tin kind. They may safely bo assumed toun derstand fully what is meant by an opei session of the board and just how to pro ceed therein. It may alto bo suppose * that they will discern what is necessar ; to bo done from time to tirao lo advanci the usefulness and attractiveness o these sessions. Wo feel quite sure tha however grateful they might bo for thi solicitude which manifests itself ii formulating instructions rcspoctin ; what shall bo done and how it shall b done , they do not need it. But it is entirely tirely proper , and may oven bo ncccs sary , to urge upon them the wisdom aiv importance of making a right start b , such a general exhibition of concern fo the succobs of the enterprise as wil have an impression and olToct not con fined to the business men of Omaha The first open session of the boar to-day should bo fully attended by th members , and all should feel it to b an important part of their daily duty t bo present at the&o sessions. Few wh do so , wo venture to predict ; will fail t find that they have profited by it. VIlnH for Second Place. There can bo very little doubt thti Postmaster General Vilas desires th democratic nomination for the vice prei iilency next year , and there is bom reason to believe that Mr. Clovolan has a preference for him. The cand : date will almost certainly bo taken froi the west , anil Mr. Vilas has had an o > cellont opportunity to convince th prcbident that there is no more availt bio man Jhan ho. The postmaster gcr oral is a very plausible gentleman , I quite an orator , and bears a militar title which ho won by merit. Th recognition of the soldier which woul bo implied in his nomination would I expected to atone in a measure for th past course of the administration n gtirding this element , and to glv promise of bettor things in the futun As to his democracy it is of tli through-and-through kind , and no men bo r of the administration has boon 11101 industrious and zealous , according i hi > > opiKH-tunitlcs , in replacing ropul licans by democrats. So eager was 1 to "turn the rascals out" that very soc after entering into olllce ho addrcssc his attention to finding a thorough an expeditious- plan for affecting a cleti bweopi the result being the famoi secret circular to congressmen. Th notable example of the political acumc and partisan zeal of Mr. Vilas would 1 recalled by a certain class of democra to his advantage. As to the prominoni bo has'eujoycd during the later portlc of the president's lour , it may not Lave been prearranged , but it is not easy to dismiss the idea that it has a purpose fVndod to affect the choice of * ho national democratic convention. Meanwhile it is interesting to note that Colonel Vilas is not the unanimous choice of the democracy of his own state as a candidate for the vlco presi dency. It hns just developed that there is a very considerable opposition to him there , who charges him with having manipulated appointments in his state in his own interest , nnd in BO doing ling wrecked the party. This allegation lua friends warmly deny , and the imme diate promise is that there will bo n pretty thorough discussion of the issue among Wisconsin democrats. It might not make any serious difference to Colonel Vilas whether ho shall have the full support of the delegation of his own state or not if ho is secure in the favor of Mr. Cleveland and it is deter mined that the president prefers him for the second place. . The outlook is that everything will bo done in the next national convention of the democ racy to gratify Mr. Cleveland , and it is altogether probable that ho will not hesitate to make known what will grat ify him. If nil signs are not misleading , Vilas is a little the safest man to bet on for second place. Mn. J. L , Webster has become a very great man in his own estimation since ho was hoisted into a three thousand dollar attornoyship on the city pay roll. Ho actually threatens to enjoin the erection of a three-foot wall on the BKE Publishing company's own ground adja cent to the lot owned by the city , under the pretence that the wall will endanger the city hall building. This is rather cool , to say the least. Lot Mr. Webster got that injunction , by all means , and lot him also put up a sufficient bond tc pay all damages for delaying and ob structing the building , which will in clude also the rental of the building for at least six months if the foundations are not allowed to bo put up in this season. Mr. Webster is doubtless willing to let the city pay thcso damages , but wo doubt whether the taxpayers of Omaha will permit him and others to carry out a little personal spite work at the city'a expense. TIIEIIK will ho two registration days this week , Wednesday and Friday. The results of the first day of registration showed a general lack of interest in this most important and necessary dutj of the voter which was hardly to bo ex pected , alid which is very much to be regretted. It is to bo hoped that the opportunities that will bo given this week for registering no voter will ne glect to avail himself of , as but one more chance will bo afforded after these and it is not safe to put off this duty t < the last day upon which it can bo per formed. The election in November ii important , and every voter should be prepared to exorcise his right on thtr occasion. In order to do so his name must appear on the now regibtry lists Attend to this vital duty this week , go it off your mind and bo on the safe side THEKE are several delegates in tin elistrict judicial convention from Doug las county , who , wo are informed , an almost openly in the market to the high cst bidder. For the benefit of thesi boodlcrs vo will htato that the now election tion law makes the buying or selling o delegates to any convention a penitentiary ary ollenso. The provision as to dele gate covers the alternate , whenever h < acts in capacity as a delegate. THE democratic county ticket is i dead cock in the pit from the start. I the candidates had all been what the ; should bo , they never could have com mantled their full parly support afto the send-off that was given them b ; Burchard Angel , and the threats o McShano's bull-dozing editor that In would support no man who had votci for Van Wyok last year. COMsnssiONEU TIMMK has been th hardest-worked official in Dougln county. Ho has labored both day am night for his constituents and draw pay for Fourth of July , Thanksgiving Christmas and Now Years. He hu drawn mileage enough in six months t have traveled around the world. WHEN any citizen of Omaha has enterprise torpriso enough to undertake the oree tion of a three hundred thousand della fire proof block , it is very becoming i councilmen and city officials to von their personal spleen by throwing ol ; structions in the way of improvement IF the beggar on horseback who wa peddling out worthless nowspapo stock to Ballon and other dupes flhtid i in his power to pay on ? his creditors wit judgeships wo have no doubt ho woul gladly do it. Van Wyck in Sioux City. 6'oul/i .SfoiLc Cily Sun. Ex-Senator Van Wyck , one of th most widely known western men , dolu orod the opening address at the cor palace , Monelay evening. Many thoi sand people were in attendance. Th strictest attention was given the gran old man. Original and eccentric , ole quont and wonderful , Mr. Van Wye held his audience to the end. Yet th address was not just what many peopl expected to hear. They supiH.sodsoni of them , that his speech would bo sophoinorieal essay , a carefully sludie lecture on corn and Sioux City's growl but it was not. Ho paid a glov ing tribute to the cntcrpriE nnd courage of Sioux City citizens and complimented tli magnificence of the palace as a now an novel idea. Striking the key note froi Iho beginning , by asking who raise the corn to whom the treasure shoul be given , ho went beyond the potty aj pUcation , and scored the millionair railway robbers in no uncertain lorim The idea was not now to him , and hi address was listened to by UUHO wh immediately saw the soundnoHS of hi logio and appropriateness of dolivorln it , in that place and at thai timo. When ho said that two inonoiwllsti millionaire railway magnales could H in a parlor at Saratoga and dictate th jirico on corn the product of two mi lion tellers the audience roturnc rounds of applause , Ho told all abet the conflict between capital and labor- and wondered ia his surciuUc style , wh the man who had stolen n lo'pcnny loaf of broad was eont to prison and ; \vhy Gould nnd Vandorbllt and other great public plunderers who have stolen their millions were never invited to partake of the hospitalities of r. jail. Mr. Van Wyck hns that happy man ner of saying what ho thinks , and also possesses the necessary apparatus to think wilh and regardless of what people ple want to hear , ho makes them hear what ho wants to say to them. Yet in the audience were a few men who immediately insisted that Van Wyck was a domtigoguo and a crank , because they had heard their musters say ho was. But domtigoguo or crunk , madman or idiot , ho is the ely person in this now wesl who bus had Iho courage nnd ability to battle for the rights ol the down-trodden nnd oppressed. Ho know better than any other inan in the vast audience Monday night , the ends and measures to which railways will go to secure legislation favorable to their interests , lie hns repeatedly charged men in the senate of the United Stales , with boingcorruptandpurchnscublo.but all the other mcun nnd coulcmpliblo things that the monopoly press and monopoly hirelings have said about Van Wyck , they have never been able to show that ho over attempted to levy blackmail or aid them in their dis reputable work of plundering the labor ing men. Out of politics , out of office , Mr. Van Wyck is the sumo hard shoulder striker that ho was during his lust six years in the United States somite. The Sun hns said before , and it firmly believes , that the next legislature oi Nebraska will bo solid for him , almost to a num. And if ho is elected , those who know him best know thut the people ple will find in him u still stronger friend und God knows thai what this western country needs is some kind of u balance wheel , something to helil Ihe railroads partially til buy or every farm in Iho western part of the United Stutes will covered with a mortgage , and Iho railwnyu will foreclose Iheiu. Quiii llolinnon'H Peculiar Case. Chicago Herald. At borne lime previous to the year 188 [ Quin Bohtinon , of Nebraska , killed n man named Cook. Thojmu rdoror was found guilty in the second degree and sentenced lo imprisonment for life. Bui ho thought the sentence too harsli and carried his case to lliersupromc court. That tribunal reversed and re manded Iho cause. II came again fet trial in Iho lower courl on the old in dictment , when the sentence was fixed ut death. Thereupon Bohanoti went tigain before tlio up per bench , submitting that lit hud been tried twice for his life , in con travention of the liflh amendment te the federal constitution , which declare : that "no person shall bo subject for the same offense to bb twice put in jeopardj of life or limb. " The supreme court of Nebraska hold that ho was wrong and should bo hanged' . To this proceeding the convicted prisoner interposed ar appeal to the supreme court of the United States , in which body the record has just made its appearance. D'lhe stale declares that it has nol twice put Bohtinon's life in jeopardy , 01 that , il it have , the fifth amendment o : the Federal organic law does not extent to the states. But it would seem thai Quin Bohtinon , nevertheless , was twice in danger of lhd hemp which he ne doubt richly deserved. The case is one of broad intcrestand the delay involved stretching over' fm interval of more than five years , may bo patiently borne by the stuilenl of criminal procedure as the finding of Iho highesl court wil cover many cases other than that o Bohiinon. In fact , it will have to cover othci cases if it cover anything al all , as Bo htuion escaped long ago , and Uns par ticular murder may by this lime have dropped entirely out of his mind. A Noted Forger nt Liberty. Now York World : Sing Sing lost OIK of its most noted and best behaved frei boarders yesterday , in Iho person o William E. Brockway , Iho colobrntcc counterfeiter and bond forger , who wa sentenced to u term of five years foi forging n number of Morris and Esso : railroad bonds in 18S ; { ; but for good be hiivior the usual one year and fivi months was deducted rom the sentence Ilis tallspare form'over six feel ii height , is us erect us over , while hi deep sunken eyes seem to possess all tin old time fire , Brockway first came to notice as i forger in 1850 , and his exploits through out the principal cities of the Unitei Slates soon became well known to al Ihe "Uniled States detective' ' . It order tp become more proficion in his calling ho cntoret Yale college , sludicd chemistry graduated with high honors and thei thoroughly mastered Iho printing am elcctrotyping trades. His escapades a a criminal would fill a largo voluinotln most noted of which was the forging o 8201,000 worth of United States bonds. For this crime Brockway and Charles Smith wore arrested , in e-onncctioi with James P. Doyle , and sentenced foi ten years. The bogus bonds und note were found in Doyle's possession whet arrested , and Brockway was convietct on the evidence of Smithand sentence ! lo thirty years' imprisonment. Ho then promised lo surrender all thi plates for forging notes and also t < make known the whereabouts of othe counterfeiting establishments. Hi performed this portion of the work si satisfactorily that ho was soon given hi freedom. In the Morris und Essex forgery , fo which ho bus jubl completed his term o service , Jio was assisted by Louis It Martin and William B. Foster , tin former being sentenced to ton years imprisonment , but on u new trial tin verdict was revoked and Martin dis charged. Shortly after Martin wa stricken with blindness , and he is no\ in California. , The Coming Cat. London Truth : . , Fiishion has lonj been favorable tplogs. / . Cut * are no\ coming forward. ,801110 , charming belle at Luchon thought , this season of usinj the Pyrenean cul-rwl > ich is u jirett ; creature , and not po wild as it looks a u suivcz-moi , jouno , hoinme. The nc lion sprung up in J.his way. A beaut1 down there was glvc.ii , in one of her ex cursions , a lovely eat. Hut , a her arm we-ro laden with mountain ( lowers , ho\ carry it ? A peasant , suggested cutUni a hole ul ono ot , tlio end.s of a hand basket for needlework just largo enougl for the cat's neck tp bo hold in withou stntngulalion when Ihe lid was fastcnoi down. As the basket was padded inn lined with satin und bedizened witl fringe nnd ribbons , pus&y did not obiec to being u prisoner therein , and t being placed on Iho lady's bustle us pack. There was no olhor means < i carrying the feline unless there. S the basket was filled up wilh strings t tie on to the waist , and so borne int Luchon. The arrangement was during original and piquant. It found im i tutors , and in a few days there wer nol Pyrenean cals enough for Ihe ladies buslles. Fashion even dared to invad Iho sanctuary at Lourdes with u inoun tain torn or tubby on the dorsal hum ] A fashion prophet tolls mo that nex winter the buck part of the muff wil contain a pouch in which a cat is to lie STATE AND TERIUTOIIY. Nebraska Jottings. Aurora's halo is n foaming schooner. Earnest Conn , a ton year old , was killed by the cars at Sutlou last Thurs day.Frank Frank D. Taggart has purchased the Kerr opera house in Hastings for $7C,000 ! The new station recently located five miles north of Platte Center hns been named Burrows. Sownrd and Hastings now rejoice in direct connection with Omuhii over the Elkhorn Valley road. The Second regiment band , of Ne braska City , captured the llrst prize in the second-class at Chicago. Tlio milkmaids of Plattsmouth gave a public pull a few nights ago. The milk consisted of big dollars. Christian Weinberger , of Hall county , toyed with a separator in motion , and lost the fingers of bis loft hand. The Nebraska City board of trade is dying. Tlio president and secretary have resigned. "A solid growth beats a boom. " J. A. Ernest , of Columbus , tumbled down an elevator shaft in his store and seriously bruised his head and internal machinery. The seven-year-old son of J. D. Pur- rlngton , of So ward , losl an arm in Iho rollers of a cano mill. Amputation at the shoulder was necessary. The Norfolk Journal sumsitupbriefly : ' 'President Cleveland has gazeel upon the motrojKlis ) of Nebraska and now re turns to Washington satisfied. " The Beatrice Free Lance threatens to inovo to Lincoln and bury itself in the political pustules flourishing thoro. An enemy could not wish it a worse fato. The Fremont Tribune considers the candidacy of Tom O'Dny ns a supreme joke. The Herald of the same town de clares that he does not catch on like a prairie firo. Salino's deputy sheriff is well named. When ho guyed at the shining barrel of Ford A nidi's gun ho promptly Legged for shelter. Ho is a man of peace with rapid running gear. York will soon have facilities for hel loing direct with Omaha. The sons and daughters of York are well eared and can readily accommodate Iho largo vol ume of sound of the metropolis. The Hastings Democrat adds this mite to the volume of praise : "Omaha , however - over , did herself proud on the occasion , and the presidential party cannot help but have a good impression of No- braska. " The West Point Progress is stumped for words to describe the president's re ception in Omaha. "Wo can only say it was grand in the extreme. The city was highly decoraled and everybody was happy. " The Cheyenne Leader says : ' 'Mrs. Cleveland's share of the Omaha property is valued at & ! 00,000. so it may bo taken for granted that she look with much in terest for the first time on the nourish ing far western porkopolis. " Several stale papers moderately ap plaud the saloon order of Acting Mayor Beeliel during the presidential visit and the sillings of the democratic con vention in Omaha. Giving the bourbons bens unlimited rope anil unlimited whisky is considered the best means of killing otl the party. "Ho laughs best who laughs last. " Conductor llallett of Ihe conslruclion train al Iho Nebraska Cily bridge , slood on Iho end of a plank chuckling at a man who had taken an involuntary bath in Ihe ) river. The plank broke undHal- totl tumbled in. The ducking changed his tune considerably. The Columbus Democrat says of the reception : "Tho welcome extended tc President Cleveland and wife by the citizens of Omaha and Nebraska , was cordial and hearty. Everybody was en- Ihusiaslic and jubilant , the guests wore smiling and happy , Omaha was at her best , and the weather conlribuled to the enjoyment of the occasion. " One hundred men are at work open ing the Quior quarries at La Platto. It is said thai Iho B. & M. railroad has an interest in the deal and will put in a crusher lo furnish crushed rock for ils road between Omaha and Platlstnouth. Fifty thousand dollars was Iho amount paid for Iho quarries containing 10J ( acres of land in the vicinity. The Blue Springs Sentinel , during n spiisrn of dry rot , perpetrated a funeral oration on the republican party. Fear ing that its colicky lamentations could not ponetrale the decayed caloric of ite lungs , copies of Iho paper wilh blue pen cil exclamations have been sent out. The party continues to live , however , and will cheerfully help to bury the Senti nel and all oilier cranks in its pathway. The Freeman Herald is not disposed lo embrace every democratic candidate without question , and quotes approv ingly the following from President Cleveland : "It behooves us all lo guard against a blind , selfish and unreasoning party feeling , regardless and thought less of the country's welfare , and which leads us away from good citizenship as well as true democracy. " The Lu/.yman's club , of York , hae thrown its combined weight and adipose tissue on woman's rights , and thus de fines ils ils position : "Resolved , That this august club is decidedly in favor ol woman s rights , and are therefore op posed to the heathen Chinese coming tc York , and doing the washing that rightly belongs lo our dear wives , and consequently deprives them of that much of their nalural right , and us men of the > income thereof. " Iowa Items. The now Jewish temple at Dos Moines will bo dedicated next Friday. The now Catholic church nt Osage will be dedicated next Sunday bj Bishop Hennessey. Fri'dorick Wise , an old settler of Dubuque - buquo , died Thursday. lie hael resided in that city since 18-14. The total cost of the Kennedy murdoi ease at Dubuque will amount to fullj JU.OOO , and the end is not yet. The work on the now Burlington , Cedar Kapids it Northern depot al Cedar Falls is progressing rapidly. Davenport capitalists are invited tc subscribe $150,000 to secure the build ing of the Chicago , Iowa & Northern road. The will of the lalo Ebonozor Sher man , of Davenport , has been admillcd to probate. The cstalo is valued al $80,000. The glucose works at Davenport arc busy filling orders that come in from all parts of the United Stales and Europe. Tlio capacity is 11,500 bushels of corn per day. Most of the corn coming in now is from western Iowa. The matrimonial misfit record in Scott county is sixteen desertions ol wives in ten months. In nearly overj instance the abandoned wives arc young , good .looking , good nutured , in dustrious and economical. The Creston Independent American disputes the assertion of Governor Lar- ubeo thai the farmers of Iho state arc prospering , and declares that "ho knowt that 85 per cent of our farms are mort gaged nud thai our people are sinking deeper and deeper into debt each year. Railroad Commissioner Coffin , in o recent lecture at Dubuque , stated thai In the nnet ntno years there have boon killed in this state , while coupling cars and being caught in frogs , over 200 men , maimed and crippled for UfoKV ) ; killed by falling from curs chiofiy , 241 : crippled , 474 , making a grand total of 7,8bO men , or nearly two regiments of soldiers. 9 Dakota. The cry of the Yanklon press con tinues for a railroad to Omaha. A big colony of Polanders arc settling at Crystal Springs , North Dakota. The ineandcsont electric light has been tested in Sioux Falls and found to work like a charm. The banks of Yank ton report greatly increased business activity since tbo crop began to move. The mountain of tin discovered near Custor City is wiid to bo the most exten sive body of tin yet found in the Black Hills. The extension of the Elkhorn Vnlloy road north from Rapid Cily is going on at a lively rate. The track layers reached Sturgls Saturday. Four Yanktou manufacturing estab lishments nro run by motors supplied from the city artesian well and ono Yunkton manufacturing establishment is run by its own artesian well through a turbine wheel. Charles W. Mcloy , a slick swindler only nineteen years of ago , is resting in the Yankton jail on the charge of using the mails for unlawful purpo'scs. Ho organized wildcat banks in different parts of the territory and hud drafts , checks nnd bills of exchange printed. Whenever ho got hard up ho drew on some outside bunk , and generally suc ceeded in gelling funds. Ho used-Iho mails in disposing of his drafts and thus incurred the enmity of Unelo Sam. The parents of Moloy reside at Burbank and tire highly respected people and keenly feel the shame which their boy has cast upon them. "Wyoming. The now capilol building will bo en closed in two weeks. A ranchman near Luramie raised 21(1 ( bushels of potatoes on half an acre of ground. The amount of money received at the United Stales land oil Ice. in Evanston for Iho quarter ending September i0. ! 1887 , is $ t > 3,102.01. The Standard Gas company , capital $100,000 , has been incorporated in Chey- onno. Ono of the idcorjwrators is Ihe nolod Bob Ingcrsoll , of Now York. Buffalo , Wyo. , is nothing if not en terprising. Her latest move is in the direction of securing electric light , nnd the town will accordingly bo lighted by electricity within ninety days. Lander is showing remarkable evi dences of enterprise when even the Chi nese laundrymen take double column display advertisements in the Mountain eer. The Lander Celestial is a cuckoo. McCoy , the escaped murderer , man ages lo keep out pt roach of his pur suers , and is now in the wilds of central Wyoming. The last hoard of him was in the neighborhood of Lusk , where ho held up a man for S40. A largo number of men tire on his trail. Colonel Rhodes , one of Iho Nebraska excursionist ) ) to Cheyenne , paralyzed the residents with aso'riosof astounding predictions in a public speech. With a single swipe of his tongue ho declared that the Northwestern road would bo in Cheyenne inside of eighteen months , that the Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fo and also the Denver & Rio Grande will bo there in less than throe years , thai Ihe Colorado Central will shortly bo re opened , that the Illinois Central will' come before 1890 and thai in ton years Cheyenne will have a population of from 100,000 to 150,000 souls. The Cheyenne Loader says : "Of all the English snobs of great pretensions who flow high and sunk low probably the Fro wens are the chiefs. Their career in Wyoming , as great cattle kings , will long bo remembered. They planted oysters on Ireland's coast ; or ganized a bat guano cave stock company in Texas ; constructed a beef packing house on the summit of the Rocky mountains ; made cowboys of freshly im ported English lads ; maintained a princely establishment on the frontier that would have bankrupted Menlo Crislo ; creeled a city residence in Cheyenne which they occupied less than ono month a year ; established relay stalions so as to make lightning journeys through Iho territory ; had flowers shipped by the wagon load to their "ranch , " and conducted business in general upon a high pressure , go-as- you-pleaso sj stem Unit was a constant surprise to even the most reckless and extravagant Americans. " To them is duo in part the collapse of Post's bank in Cheyenne , and bringing discredit on the cuttle business of the west. They cut a swath in the horizon like the trail of a rocket and came down bnnkruptund useless. A I R Hur of llulllon. Helena Inelcpendcnt : The second largest bur of bullion over moiled in the United States assay office in Helena was handled yesterday by Moltor Moy- ondoff. It came from the Jay Gould mine , weighed about two thousand five hundred ounces and was worth about $27,000. The gas furnaces wore not nearly largo enough to handle it , and ono of the great coke furnaces , now sel dom used , waa heated up. When it was thoroughly reduced to a liquid , molten mass , a sot of grippers was at tached to the melting-pot , and by the aid of chains and pulleys it was lifted out of Iho bed of burning coke and char coal and dumped inlo a mould , When it had changed from a liquid into a solid but red-hot bur it was immersed in water until it had suf ficiently cooled to bo handled. The operation , which included several in- lercsling features other than those de tailed , was intently watched by a small party of visitors , who were much inter ested in seeing $27,000 changed from n solid to a liquid form and then to solid again. The only larger bar over handled in the office was ono of about three thousand three hundred ounces , but several have been melted of larger valuo. Since January 1 , the office has received about ono thousand deposits , many more than for the corresponding period of last year , and of considerably larger aggregate valuo. Kx-Scnntor Jones' Serious Anniston , ( Ala. ) Hot Blast : Ex-Seiva- tor Jones of Florida is undoubtedly dy ing of brain disease. Ho was not n tem perate man , but harmed himself more than any ono else. In mind us in phy sique ho was robust and masculine. Rising from humble life and honorable toll at the carpenter's bench , ho became a great lawyer and noted United Stales senator. His liberations of mind were noticed some years ago , hut did not be come a public mutler until ho aban doned his seal in Iho "houso of lords" , at Washington and ramiicd out at De troit. While Mr. Jones was presumed to bo in purmiil of a weslorn heiress , wo once asked a senator what was really the mutter wilh him. Ho said : "Jones is cru/y on sovcralsubjecls on religion , on women , on liquor and on Iho consti tution. It is a sad case. " This unfor- lunalo man hud a lovable , genial , al most boyish tcmnonnont. allied logrcal strength of mind and body. Ho showed his metal by the progress made from the bottom of the ladder almost to the top. Strange Itullnn Panc < 3. Cosmopolitan for October : The night of my arrival at Fort Rene was bright and clear. Tlio garrison was strong ! the Indiana were hold well in chock. I not troubled with fcnrs for pommul safety. A noise of voices and drums lloatcd through the still night from the tepees several miles tnvny. Mr. Curtis , ono ot the fort scouts , saddled a couple of horses , and after supper wo gulloiHul across the level prairie in the moon light to attend an Arnpahoo dunce. An old drum was on the ground in the center of the tepco ; around it squatted six men lustily boating the drum , nnd at the same time bawling nt the top of their powerful lungs. No notu'o was taken of our en trance. Wo qulotly placed ourselves in the braves' corner. Presently a squaw arose , and with a kind of reeling mo tion tulvnncod toward us. She glanced a moment nt a row of bucks , then tup ped ono on the hctid ; ho arose and stood in silence. The squaw scanned again the faces before her. She scorned about to tap mo on the head , but hesi tated , and finally bestowed her favor upon Mr. Curtis. Ho arose to hia feet ; the squaw placed herself between her two partners , her faeo looking in. Iho opposite direction from which they looked ; then putting her , arm around the two men's nocks , all three begun springing up and down , howling in con cert with Iho howls of Iho men beating the drum. Other squaws came forward , selected partners , and joined in tlio strange dance. I congratulated myself on being ti wall-flower ; but my polf-grutulalions were premature , for when the row of bnu es was protly well thinned out , a kind-hearted maid look plly on my loneliness and tupped mo on Iho head. Her other villainous-look partner was a - ing Indian , who could doubtless have run nil day without tiring. Certainly the springy motion , which was excess ively fatiguing to mo , did not seem to please him. " Moka Wolftruck ( that was the name of my squaw partner ) \\tis un sparing in the looks of contempt she bestowed on the tender-foot palo-fuco from the east. Perhaps a blunder made in the very outset helped to forfeit her gootl opinion of mo. From sheer force of habit , when I arose to dance , I put my arm under her shawl , around her waist ; there was naught there but the bare and yielding flesh. Moka removed the arm with n jerk and an indignant glance that is hard to forget. She looked for the moment as if she- would have liked to perforate my body with splinters , and Ihon sol them on lire and watch mo slowly siz/.lo. At the conclusion of the dance , after springing up and down until completely exhausted , my partner did a singular thing ; she turned and gave mo a kiss square on the moulhl 1 submilled with what seemed to mo a very good grace indeed , but Moka , nevertheless gave mo another savage look , abruptly removing her arm from round my neck and retreated to her corner , apparently disgusted as well us offended. My olTcnse , as I subsequently learned , lay in nol transmitting from my mouth lo hers , when she kissed mo , some bead or other trinket , as is customary. Mr. Curtis , who was acquainted with the custom , transferred to his partner , by kiss , a bright blue bead , and so came out of the dance with as much eclat as though ho were a real Indian , instead of a mere Indian scout. A Million Dollar Diamond. A model of the Victoria , the Great White Diamond , or Iho Imperial , boa been sent to Now York city , and Mr. G. F. Kunz gives in Science the following : "Concerning its early history very little tlo is known ; in fact , whore the stone was found is only a mailer of conjec- lure a remarkable circumstance when \yo consider that it is the largest bril liant in the world. " An explanation by a lotlor in the London Times was given tis follows : "This stone was not found in English domains tit till , but in the neighboring Orange free stale ; that it hud been found by u boor on his farm , who ; knowing it to bo a diamond , but fearing to bo turned out of his farm by a mob , kept the secret a whole your , until a Mr. Allonberg of Port Elizabeth saw it and forwarded it to London. " It is , however , believed that it wua found by some ono in one of the Kimberley mines , South Africa. The first intimation that any of the various mining companies had of its existence was when they hoard of its safe arrival in London. It is generally supposed that in the month of Juno or July , 1881 , the stone had boon found by ono of the surveillance of ficers of the Central Mining company in the Kimberly mines. It being his duty to search othersho had the privil ege of nol being searched himself , and so the stone was juisscd through the searching house , and ho was afterward supposed to have found means of coia- municating with illicit diamond buyers. Before cutting , it was estimulod that the crystal would furnish either of the following gems : If cut us a briallette , oOO curuts ; as a drop , 230 to 240 carats ; us u lozenge , 250 carats , and us u mathe matically perfect brilliant , 160 carats. If cut in the lallor form it would have furnished cleavages that would cut into ono 40 carat , ouo 20 carat stone , and 40 carats of smaller stones. It was finally decided to cut it into the largest possible brilliant , still preserv ing u good shape , and Amsterdam wus selected OH the place whore the gem could bo best cut. It was accordingly sent to the polish ing mills of Jacques Molz , who creeled a special workshop for the purpose. In order to boiler obtain the brilliant form of culling a piece was cleaved off which furnished a 10 carat diamond and was sold to the king of Portugal for 4,000. The culling , of Iho largo stone , which was commenced on Iho Uth of April , in the presence of the queen of Holland , took about twelve montlissiiico , instead of being cut by abrasion with another diamond , us diamonds are usually cut.it wot. polihhcd down the scaifund a great amount of lime was consumed by the cooling of the stone , IIH il heated after an hours running on the wheel. The cutter of Iho stone was M. B. Baronds. The stone in its finished condition weighs 180 caruls , and is Iho largest brilliant in the world. It is 1 0 10 in ches long , 1 11 04 inches wide. 1C 10 of an inch thick , being exceeded in size by ono diamond only , the OrlolT , belonging - longing to the Russian crown , which weighs 10IJ carats , bul is a largo deep rose , und not a brilliant. The Victoria exceeds the regent in weight by Hi curtils. | The Kohinoor weighs only 100 1-10 carats. The form of Iho imperial is nolemlirely ovon. On ono siduof thoglr- dlo tlio ro is quite u fiat place , u natural unpolished surface , necessary in cutting to preserve the largo weight of the stone. It is , however , a perfect CH facet brilliant. The original weight of the stone was 457i carats , 3 1X ) ounces troy. The stone to-day is held by a London syndicate for X200XX ( ) . Two men were fishing on the Kincho- foono creek , in Georgia , when ono got a bite and saw his cork go down like a shot. Ho began pulling in and with the tisslhtanco of his companion suc ceeded , after a good deal of difficulty , in bringing out nnd killing a turtle thai weighed 200 pounds Graders on the Burlington extension are at work within the city UiulUcI Cheyenne. 1 ' ' . ' ,