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JH11AI. . ) Nolan" Public.
BAI-T.OU and Estollo tied up in thnit
scramble tor judicial honors , mill they
will both bo buried in tlio Biimo ditch.
Foil once free whisky nnd temperance
locked urins , when Estollo and Ballon
made their combine. ICxtroniesdomcol
sometimes.
GitOKK has been snubbed , in-
United and Htuniped upon by the rowdj
republican convention. That is n higli
compliment to his integrity and oflicial
capacity.
WHKK a drunken bummer like Pal
Ilawes and an iron-jawod blathorskitc
like Vandorvoort are allowed to dictate
judicial nominations in this district il
IH liiffh time that Bolf-respectiny ropub-
licaiiH put their veto into the ballot-
box with a bip thud.
CAUKT wtw voryactivoaguinhtJudgof
GrofT nnd Wakoloy. "A rogue no'oi
felt the halter draw , with good opinion
of the law , " and a professional joblwi
ib sure to resent any effort on the purl
ot honcBt otllcialH to keep his pilfering
maw out of the public crib.
LAND COMMISSIONER SI-AUKS , in hii
annual report , makoa out a long list o
corruptioiiH in the surveys and transfer !
of public lands. It is about time thai
Homothing decided wore done to brinj
the thievish monopolies that luivo boor
Btculing public lands on such a colossa
Bcalo , to justice.
TIIKUI : is such a thing aa slopping
over with party loyalty and beer , jus
when you want to keep your brain cool
This fact was forcibly illustrated at th <
judicial convention when it refused ti
observe the common courtesies botwcoi
gentlemen nnd declined to receive i
delegation from the district bar.
Fnost present indications Colono
Fred Grant seem likely to bo electee
secretary of state of Now York. Hi
Bsiiil a short time ago that if elected In
hoped to allow that ho had inhoritci
some of his father's ability to faithfull ;
perform the duties devolving upon him
The Now York Ifcmld has come out ii
bis support.
Mil. GUOIUIK WILLIAM CURTIS say
in a tone of injured innocence in lltti
fcr's M'cfA'/// , that the domoeratic part
"has given fair warning that it docs nc
invite votes as a party of reform. " Blcs
his trusting mugwump heart , wo coul
have told him as much many years ag <
Bomotlmcs it doea not pay to bo too ur
ophisticatcd.
THE folly of fools has boon ropcatc
T in spite of the Church Howe lesbon (
twelve months ago. Asking decent an
( „ intelligent republicans of this distru
" to make judges out of ward bums an
* jack-piano lawyers is putting part
loyalty to a greater strain than it coul
f possibly boar. Fortunately this is a
r off year , and a sharp rebuke will bo ai
* ministered without remorse.
ANOTHKR instance of the injustice <
/ justice has come to light. A man i
Ionia , Mich. , was , in 1880 , sentenced 1
twelve years in the penitentiary f (
f shooting a man during a dark nigh
IIo was convicted on circumstauti :
evidence and always protested his inni
cenco. The real culprit has been foun
in Iowa. The innocent victim to tli
law was no doubt a poor man.
AN effort is being made \Vashini
ton to secure the next national rcpubl
can convonlion for that city. The cnri
till is certainly not a suitable local ! '
for holding such convention , situated i
? ' it is near the cdgo of the nation. Tl
i largo majority ol delegates would 1
I needlessly compelled to travel thousam
ol miles. Fairness in this respect won
ii require the selection of a mooting phu
f- as near the geographical center ol tl
r country as possible. No city in tl
| country fulfills this condition belli
> than Omaha , nnd hero the convontlt
ehould bo hold. Ucsldcs , Iho propos
II tion to hold it at Washington scorns
P * . emack ol jobbery. It is proposed to alt
7 ono ol the largo market places lute
* public hall. This property has nlwa
boon n white elephant on the ownoi
* ' hands , and they have for years tried
* dispobo of it. The convention boom
DO doubt a scheme invented lor th
'
purpose.
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Tim Judicial Conventions.
The convontlono to nominate four
judges for this , the Third , district have
been hold and wo rcgrot that the out
come is not very creditable to the re
publican convention. In contrast with
the rommondablo sacrifice of partisan
bias by the democrats , who nominated
the two republican judges appointed by
Governor Thayer , nnd associated thorn
on tholr ticket with Elcazor Wnkoloy ,
the recognized poor of any man on the
district bench , and Mr. Stowo , an ex
perienced and respected attorney , the
republican convention spurned all over
tures from the bar and Insulted the in
telligence of the rank and file of the
republican parly by nominations which
are sure to bo repudiated at the polls.
The nomination of Judge IIopowcll was
only conceded after n. desperate struggle
ngainfat the combination bctweou
ward bummers nnd political
hacks who made great parade
of tholr party loyalty which is usually
in the market about election time at
figures to suit the purchaser.
"While Judges Wakcloy , Groff nnd
Hopowcll kept entirely aloof from pri
maries and i-ounty conventions , the bra
zen-checked trinity of political traders
whom the convention placed on the
ticket had labored for weeks to capture
delegates nnd procure proxies that
gave thorn control of a majority.
This barter nnd bargain was disclosed
by the first ballot when Otis II. Ballou
nnd Lee Estollo were nominated by ex
actly the same number of votes. Hav
ing rejected Groff and omitted Wakoloy ,
they tacked on young Hancock of
Sarpy , who is ono of the lightest weights
of the profession in the district.
Tlio work of degrading the bench to a
more political trading-post having
been completed , the republicans of
the district will bo given the choice of
being branded as bolters and lashed by
partisan pharisccs , or swallowing the
dose and helping to foist upon the
people incompetent , disreputable and
untrustworthy candidates to malad-
minibtor justice. The temper of the
republicans of this district has
always resented every attempt to
debase the judiciary to the pot
house level. The republicans of this
city and district realize that in the
choice of judges their duty to society
and the state is above bigoted partisan
ship. They want good gbvommont
above all things. If the party respects
that sentiment , they remain loyal to its
candidates. If party conventions de
fiantly do violence to individual con-
M'ioneo and thrust upon the party for
judicial places men who arc
morally and professionally unfit
to administer justice , they repudiate the
nominations and assort their loyalty to
principle at the expense of more party
bucccsft. This wo have no doubt will be
their course in the present campaign.
The democrats , having conceded
Judges Groff and Hopowoll , who arc
good enough republicans for any loyal
partisan , the substitution of their
judicial ticket for that of the roustabout
and bummer convention will bo very
general throughout the district.
Trndo and Money.
The bank clearings of the country for
last week show a slight increase over
the- previous week , and very generally
a considerable gain over the correspond
ing week of last year. The returns ol
the Omaha banks were more than one
million "dollars in excess of the previ
ous week , and the increase over the crtV'
responding week of last year was nearly
forty per cont. Those figures give ovl
donco of a general movomcntof business
which may bo regarded as satisfactory
and of a local movement that is highly
gratifying. As compared with last yoai
St. Paul shows a very small increase
Minneapolis is a good deal bohiiu
Omaha in the percentage of increase
while the returns of Kansas City show i
Miiall decrcnbo. People who give attention
tontion to these figures nnd undorstnm
their significance will not fail to bo 5m
pressed with the veiy favorable light ii
which they represent the financial operations
orations of Omaha.
Reports regarding the general tradi
movement show that while no
onpecially active for this soasoi
it is on the whole of fai
volume and is moving in a healthy
course. All the markets appear to bi
unusually free from speculative infiu
uenco , the absence of which has per
milted prices of some commodities ti
decline. The aggregate of exports fo
September was bomowhat larger thai
for the same month of 1SS6 , chiefly b ;
reason of a considerably enlarged for
eign demand for cotton. The oulwun
movement of the country's products a
present is quite sufficient to maintali
the balance of trade in our favor. Th
most notablq weakness is in the markc
for steel rails , and with a docreasini
demand it Is eaid some manufacturer
are contemplating a stoppage of prc
duction. The continued dullness c
Iho stock market , with a tendency t
lower prices inevitable to that condi
tion , itGun interesting phase of th
situation.
In view of the lact that the treasur
has added nearly forty million dollai
to the circulation bince the 1st of So ]
tomber , Iho failure of prices to advance
especially the prices of stocks , hr
somewhat puzzled those who had c :
peeled iv different result. The imini
diato effect of a declaration of th
treasury policy was to improve coni
donco and infuse a little fresh life inl
block operations , but it did not las
In seeking explanations the ono upo
which there appears to bo the mo :
general agreement is that given in
recent interview by Rufus Hatch , (
Now York : "Too much railroad ; te
many bonds ; too many stocks. " Tli
estimated cost of railroads bui
this year is $210,000,001
The mileage equals twolv
straight lines from Now York to tli
Mississippi river , and nearly all of th :
has been built west of that river. 0
a good deal of it running expenses wi
not bo earned for several years to conn
There has been a vtibl increase of ral
road indebtedness , and the results i
extensions do not in all cases make
favorable showing in gross earning
and the immediate outlook docs not a ]
pear flattering. A combination' of cii
culubtunccs , coupled with souio sad e :
pcrlenccB of the past as the consequence
of oxccssivo railroad construction , con
duces to extraordinary caution on the
part of investors , both at homo and
abroad. There is a general want of
confidence in this cms ? of investment ,
a widespread feeling of dls-
, rust. When such a corpora-
.Ion as the Baltimore & Ohio
s forced to pass n dividend , what may
not bo expected of weaker companies
hat have expanded far beyond safe
imitsV Those who carefully study the
sltualion find no encouragement to put
inonoy into railroad stocks nt present ,
and yetsoino of them scorn to bo ex
tremely cheap , and would bo if they
could certainly escape the effect of
disaster which is believed to bo impond-
ng over others. But BO interwoven are
the railroad tystcm and interests of the
country that ouo cannot bo seriously
damaged financially without doing more
or loss ( Ifltr.i'go to all.
None of the fears nOTr expressed may
) o realized , and it is very much to bo
loped that they will not. At all events
hero is very little reason to apprehend ,
is some appear to do , that the country
s in danger of experiencing n repetition
of the financial nnd business depression
of 1873 , which followed a notable era of
railroad conslruclion nnd general spcc-
ulalion. Only lo a very limited extent
s the situation at this time similar lo
, hat which prevailed fifteen years ago.
Tot only is the country very much
stronger financially now than then , but
t is Inking the precautions ncccbsiry to
avert disaster. All interests save those
hut live upon speculation nro disposed
o pursue a careful and conservative
> olicy and to keep in the path of as
sured safety. While this disposition
continues the danger of serious financial
.rouble . will bo kept in abeyance , for the
expected panic rarely or never comes.
Honest George.
George Timino has been a member of
, ho board of county commissioners since
January , 1835. During his term of thir-
.y-throe months ending with the 1st of
October he has drawn out of the county
treasury $4,002.10 The pay of a county
commissioner as fixed by law is $3.00 for
each day's actual service and five cents
icr mile for the diblanco traveled from
lisplaco of residence to the county seat ,
tfow the distance from Mr. Timmo's
lomo to the court house is about ton
miles and ahalfwhich would on title him
, o ono dollar nnd five cents for each
iimo ho is required to attend a meeting
of the commissioners. During Iho firsl
year Mr. Tiuimo allcnded one hundred
md six meetings of the commibsionors ,
which entitled him to three hundred
ind eighteen dollars and mileage ,
xmounting lo one hundred and eleven
dollars and thirty cents , making a total
of four hundred and twenty-nine dollars
ind thirty cents , but Mr. Timmo drew
wy for three hundred and thirteen days ,
amounting lo nine hundred and thirty-
line dollars , and three hundred and
eighty-five dollars and seventy cents
niloago , making in all ono thousand
; hrco hundred and twenty-four dollars
ind seventy cents , instead of four hun
dred and twenty-nine dollars and thirty
cents. Assuming that Mr. Timmo ren
dered fifty days' extra service , inde
pendent of the commissioners1
meetings during that year and
traveled forty miles on each
of the fitly days ho would bo enlillud
lo $250 in addition to Iho $429.30 , or a
lotal of $018.30 , while in fact ho drew
nearly double thai amount out of the
county treasury.
The second year Mr. Timmo's pay
ran up to $1,542.80. During the yoai
1880 Mr. Timmo attended 108 meetings
of the commissioners , or two meetings
more lhan ho did in 1885 , yet ho draws
$218.10 moro for the year 188G than he
did for 1885 , when ho had already pock
eted twice as much pay as he was entitled -
titled to.
During Iho first nine month !
of the present year Timmu has actually
drawn cloven hundred ninety-foui
dollars and sixty-four cents. During
these nine months ho has attended onlj
seventy-eight meetings , which ontillei
him to a per diem and mileage amount' '
ing to three hundred fifteen dollar !
nnd eighty cents. In other words
Honest Gcorgo has taken out of lh <
treasury during the last nine month !
eight hundred bovonty-eight dollar :
nnd oighly cents for extras beyond thi
regular pay for attending the commis
bionors' meetings. To make up thii
sum ho has put in vouchers for over ]
week day , Thanksgiving , Christmas
New Years , and Fourth of July , beside :
an extravagant amount of imaginary
mileage. And this man has the impudence
donco to como before the people o
Douglas counly and ask for a re
election.
Nnmo Them.
By luo way , how long is it since the gentle
man who is about to erect a $300 ,
000 building adjoining tlio city hnl
was engaged in a deliberate at
tempt to nssusshmto the character of rcputa
bio Oinalm business men , followed by a bas
attempt lo injure Iho credit and busines
standing of these same gentlemen ! Itm *
diity piece of business , in keeping with
pirate's methods. Will this sauio gcntlcmni
explain why ho opposes eorao gentlemen fp
ofilco to-day who wcro guilty of the ueniou
ofTcnso of compelling him to pay his hones
debts but thro years ngol Republican.
This is an outrageous libel , coined b ;
Cadet Taylor , who stoops much lowe
than Rolhacker over did in Iho in
famous work of personal villiflcation
Wo dare him lo name any busines
man in or out of Omaha whoso crcdi
the BHE or its odilor has overbought I
injure by any underhanded means. W
dare him lo name the man who is no\ \
or over has boon a candidate for office
who three years ago compelled th
editor of the BEE lo pay his dcbls. ]
ho does nol make good his charge b
naming those men , wo shall brand hii
as a cowardly slanderer , beneath th
contempt of all decent men.
" Tllinttfcun bo no question that th
republicans of Virginia are hcavll
handicapped in having Muhono as thei
leader. Valuable as ho undoubtedly !
a.san organizer , an adroit and zcalon
worker , and a hard and intrepid llghlci
ho is not the sort of man to inspiv
either respect or confidence. lie doc
not as a leader give character to th
party or.assure Iho. fulfillment of an
pledge , and .he is at the further .disac
vantage of being known to have no
other or bettor purpose in vlow than
.ho gratification ol his personal ambi
tion to bo returned jto the Bonalo. IIo
would certainly "ho an improvement
there uponlUddlobcrgor , but a party is
most unfortunnlo that is placed in Iho
position of a moro instrument to
further ono man's personal alms ,
nnd this is the altitude in which
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the republican party of Virginia is now
presented. Under n thoroughly patri
stic , unselfish anil trustworthy leader ,
there would bo fcxccllont reason for ex
pecting the success of the party in No
vember , which might put Virginia
safely in line for the republican can
didate in 1888 , but the accomplishment
of this with Mnhono in leadership can
not reasonably bo looked for. The
revolt from Mahono of Congressman
Brady , who is ono of the most active
republican politicians of the stale , is a
serious mailer for the party in the pres
ent campaign , but it shows that the
usurping bossibin of Mahono and the
wholly selfish turn ho has given
to the contest had bccc-mo intolerable
to a largo and very likely the bettor
class of republicans , who will refrain
from voting , or the better to insure the
defeat of Mahono will vote with the
democrats. It will bo n fortunate day
Tor the republicans of Virginia when
this solf-soeking politician shall bo per-
inanonlly retired.
BOTH Governor Leslie of Montana
and Governor Stevenson of Idaho refer
Lo the alien hind law in ils application
lo mining properties as working nn in-
iury lo Iho intercsls of Ihoso territories.
The former says that in keeping foreign
capital from investment in and Iho de
velopment of Iho mines of Montana the
law has already been agrcatw.cightand
hindrance to Iho people , and un
doubtedly Iho ill ofTocls will bo sllll
more strongly felt in the future , if the
law is not changed. It is said that Idaho
lias suffered moro from the law Hum
any other territory , though all have
found itasoriousdrawbackto their prog
ress and prosperity. It was entirely
obvious when Iho law was passed that
this would bo Iho effect of
the clause relating to the invest
ment of aliens in mining proper
ties , and having at the time noted this
objection lo the act we are not at all
biirpribcd at the statements of the gov
ernors of these terrilorics. The policy
if prohibiting the absorption of large
ireas of land by aliens is wise , neces
sary , and imibt bo a'dhcrcd to , but min-
ng properties cah judiciously bo excepted -
cepted from the operation of the law
without injury to this policy , or in the
.easl degree affecting it. Such proper-
, ics never embrace any considerable
quantity of land , an'd ' surh as they do islet
lot available for any other use. Pur-
.hermoro , foreigne capital is indispen
sable to llio steady and as ured develop
ment of the mining interests of the
territories. Confjrcss cannot ignore
the complaints that will bo addressed
Lo it of the injury nlrcndy sulTored from
ilie operation of this law , so far as re
lates to the mining interests , and it will
liardly fail to be convinced that a , mis
take has been made which calls for
prompt correction.
TIIBKB seems likely to bo a serious
liitch at the oulsot of the nogotialions
which Mr. Bayard is boon lo enter upon
regarding the dispute over the Canadian
fisheries. The advices from Canada in
dicate that the temper there is not
altogether such as promises a calm and
thoroughly judicial discussion of the
controversy , but rather denotes a dis
position to insist in advance on certain
concessions. Among these it is an
nounced thai Iho Canadians will agree
to no arrangement unless their fish arc
allowed to como into the United Stales
free. Apart from all considerations as
to Iho desirability , in Iho interest ol
her own peopleof admitting
Canadian fish free , the commis
sioners on the part of this
country would very promptly subject
themselves to popular condemnation
were they lo make a concession of Ibis
or any other point at the dictation ol
Canada and as a condition precedent tc
her acceptance of any arrangement
upon which the joint commission might
agree. If this is the spirit in 'which
Canada proposes to enter upon the con
sideration of this controversy thosoouoi
Mr. Bayard drops the matter Iho bcltoi
ho will please Iho American people.
Tnn Inlo holocaust at Kouts slalion
has revived Iho assaulls on Iho cai
slovo , which slubbornly holds ils place
in spile of all dcnuncialion and all ihc
horrible consequences lhat have proceeded
ceoded from ils use. Although the ag-
ilalion for gelling rid of Ibis inslru-
monl of torture and the most terrible
deaths in a railroad wreck was slarlet
early in Iho year , very little has boon
accomplished for its removal. Two 01
three railroads are cxpacted to wholly
or partially abandon Iho slovo Ibis win
lor , bul on nearly all Iho roads of the
country this terror 'of the traveler will
continue to be foundin _ full blast , ready
to cremate caged and helpless humnnilj
whenever an opportunity oilers. There
has boon ample time for every road ii
the country to have been provided will
olhor moans of healing , but in the ab
bonce of legitlalion ompalling Ihein l <
do Ibis very few have paid any alien
lion to il. It in tobo feared that tlu
terrible btovo will 'remain ' until legislation
tion absolulcly prohibiting its use becomes
comes general throughout Iho country
CASHIER BAiindx was murdered ii
his bank nine years ago at Dexter
Mass. , and his slayer was arrested las
week. At first much sympathy was ex
pressed for his widow , but export detectives
tectives , who were unable to obtain nn ;
clue lo Iho murderer , advanced tin
theory thai Iho dead cashier had com
milled suicide , and his character wa
bhwkcnod by the surviving bank ofll
cials and other townsmen. The wldov
was ostracised from Iho select society o
Iho village , and many indignilie
henpod upon her. Bul now Iho real cul
pril , il is believed , has boon run dowi
by a New York reporter and arrested
If those good phnrUees who have beoi
engaged in persecuting the widow o
the man who was killed at his post o
.duty have any conscicuco left , now i
the time for its activity it over. And
the detectives ? Wellthoy areas desti
tute of conscience as of ability.
THK behavior of the officials ol the
Chicago & Atlantic railroad , in connec
tion with the calamity at Kouts station ,
has boon of a naluro lo indicate quite
plainly that they were conscious ol
faults and omissions which if confessed
would render them proper subjects for
the attention ol a grand jury. Now
facts nro daily coming to knowledge
which show that the discipline of the
road was terribly defective , while the
continued efforts of the officials to suit-
press everything and to shut Iho mouths
of those who may have some knowledge
to disclose warrants a suspicion that n
great deal remains to bo told which
might bo exceedingly damaging in its
character. Surely men who by an open
and straightforward course could vindi
cate themselves would not have re
course to the conduct alleged against
these officials. Justice to the victimB
of this calamity demands that the affair
receive the most thorough investiga
tion. _
THE Standard Oil company has for n
month or moro boon at work upon n
scheme to restrict the production of oil ,
and it is claimed that the monopoly is
likely to be successful. Four-fifths of
the producers have pledged themselves
to stop all drilling operations for a
year. The object is to reduce the stock
of oil on hand so that higher prices maybe
bo realized. The Standard Oil cormor
ants nro evidently dissalisficd with
possessing the earth only. They want
the universe. Soon the most terrific
battles on record must take place. It
will bo between Gould and Rockafollor.
There is not room enough on the glebe
for bolh. Ono of Ihem will have to bo
pushed off.
WONG Cum Pee , who recently told
this country why ho was a heathen ,
had to pay a duty of $50 on himself to
get inlo Canada last week. Mr , Pee is
u small man physically nnd his heathen
flesh Ihus cosl him about 60 cents per
pound. Ho is in a lowering rage , nnd
will lay his case before the authorities
at Washington. Ho has been a nat
uralized American citizen since 1874 ,
lived six months in Montreal , not nec
essarily ns a boodlor , and has crossed
over into Canada many times before
unmolested. Even the Canadians
themselves denounce the
pigheadedness -
ness of the collcclor who would lislcn
to no arguments. Mr. Pee will now ,
no doubt , have additional reasons for
remaining a heathen.
BISIDIS Dakota , the next congress
will doubtless bo called upon to consider
the claims of both Montana and Wash
ington leriilorios for admission to the
sisterhood of stales. The former now
has a population sufficient to ontillo il
to admissionand in all other respects it
is well equipped lo become a stale.
Washington may still bo somewhat short
in population , though it cannot bo much ,
and is certain to have the rcqtiired num
ber of people before the next congress
bhall iiavo ceased to exist. Both of
Ihcso great terrilorics are making splen
did progress , and along with Dakota and
Utah should occupy a place in the
galaxy of states before the country cele
brates in 1SU2 Iho four hundredth anni
versary of the discovery of America by
Columbus.
NOIIODY who has any inlcrcst on up
per Parnnm strcclisvery much , alarmed
over Iho clatter of certain jobbers and
professional blackmailers who are
clamoring for the relocation of the city
hall building. If these masked road
agents imagine they can make inter
ested property owners hold up their
hands while they are going through
their pockets they are very much mis
taken. On its face the pretense that the
city musl move away from upper Farnam
to escape Iho boodlors is very gauzy. II
is a cry of wolf from a pack of coyolcs.
THE price of coal is raised in many
parts of the country this week. In Chicago
cage the pcoplo nro discussing Iho ques
tion whether gas could not bo used as n
fuel. It has been demonstrated that
gas can bo manufactured in that city for
about fifty cents per 1,000 feet , and
would consequently bo a cheaper fuel
than coal at ils present prices. No
doubt gas could bo manufactured for a
similar purpose in Omaha also , which
would bo cheaper than using coal. If
Iho extortions of the coal robbers should
load to Iho invention of a cheaper fuel
lhan is now in use , wo would have a
very pleasing instance of monopolistic
greed working its own defeat.
THE handful of readers of a so-called
newspaper in these parts were Irealod on
Sunday morning to a tirade against per
sonal journalism , while ono half of the
edilorial space of lhat shoot was devoted
to personal villiflcation and malignant
abuse. This is in perfect accord with
the ostrich policy of the impostors and
hypocrites who are trying to raise the
old hulk from Iho reefs on which il ia
stranded.
Mil. HANCOCK has nalhing to lose
and everything to gain by his candidacy
for judge. IIo can afford to bo dofoalcd ,
ns ho surely will bo , for Iho sake of Ihc
advertising. But the 800 lawyers in Ihe
district who are head and shoulder *
above him in poinl of ability must fool
highly flattered when their own choice
is repudiated.
How insignificant the magician whc
swallows swords and other iron implo-
monls must feel when ho sees Knight ol
"Black Friday" storing a whole rail
road or telegraph system in his maw
without wincing.
A coitONKii's jury in the Kouts dis
aster has mildly censured the railroad
company , as usual , and laid the chic ;
blame on overworked and underpaid
employes.
TiliniK wifs a combine nt Iho republi
can rouslaboul convention. There wil !
also bo a combine at the election whoi
Iho roustaboula will bo snowed under ,
IT will take Honest George Timmo c
great deal ol time and paper to oxplaii :
bow ho came to draw pay for. pretcndut
commissioner services during every day
in the year , and why ho has pillaged the
county treasury for thousands of miles
ol mileage which ho never traveled.
KINGS AND QUUKNS.
The Prince of Wales is snid to bo an expert
performer on the banjo.
Prince Ferdinand seems to have the bulge
on the so-called great powers.
The emperor of Russia plays the cornet.
Can this bo the real secret of nihilistic no-
llvltyl
Prlnco Napoleon is a very active man and
Is at his dcak every morning at 7 o'clock
ready for work. '
Christina , queen regent ol Spain , wears
deep mourning Btlll , but her dresses nro olo-
guutly nnd stylishly mado.
Pnrls physicians any that Dom Pedro's
brain la affected nnd Hint ho will never be
nblo to rcsumo his duties as emperor ol
Brazil.
Tlio king of Holland , who only the other
day was reported as ill beyond nil hopes ol
recovery , has apparently no intention ol
dying Just yet
Tlio king of Corca , furnished his winter
palace with 118,000 worth of American chairs ,
beds nnd tables. Ho also bought an Ameri
can steamer for 123,000.
Prince Albert Victor , of Wales , was se
verely stung by wasps the other day nt Bal
moral. Ills royal highness sat inadvertently
on a nest and being attired iu a kilt ho soon
discovered that Scotch wuspics and bnro
knees nro sworn foes.
Princess Irene , of Hesse , who ia nbout to
marry her first cousin , Prince Henry of
Prussia , is prettier than most of Queen Vic
toria's granddaughters. She has n spirited
face , beautiful hair mid a very graceful fig
ure. The young couple will receive from the
provincial Diet of Sculeswig a magnlflclont
wedding gift seven painted windows for
their palace nt Kiel.
The czar has found in tlio Princess Waldo-
mar n companion who ia nt once Jcuno fcmmo
ct clmrnmnl garcon. Ho ia always in nllcn-
dance on her. As she waa accustomed nt
Clmntilly to go nflclil nnd nforcst in nil
weathers , she does not let the rainy climate
of Denmark interfere with pedestrian excur
sions which have been planned. Tlio Prin
cess Marie nnd the czar walk when the other
ladies of the court have to ride in covered
carriages. Ho wanta plenty of exorcise , and
her example prompts him to take it.
A Conundrum.
Lowell Citizen.
The good men nro continually going wrong.
When , oh when , will the bad men commence
to go right ?
No Surprise in California.
San rranclsco 1'ost.
Jusllco Field cxiu-osscd surprise when ho
learned that Judge Iloftmnn had written au
adverse opinion in tlio railway commission
case. No one was surprised at the opinion
that Justice Field wrolo
Opportunity.
J3. 11. SUl.
This I beheld , or dreamed It in a dream ;
There spread n cloud of dust along a plain ;
And unilcinoath the cloud , or In it , raged
A furious battle , and men yelled , and swords
Shocked upon swords and shields. A prince's
banner
Wavered , then staggered backward , hemmed
by foes.
A craven hung along the bailie's edge ,
Aud thought , "Huil I a sword of keener
steel
That blue bludo that the king's son bears
but this
Blunt thing ! "ho ennpt and flung it from
his hand ,
And lowering , crept away and loft the field.
Then came the king's ' son , wounded , sere bo-
stcad ,
Anil weaponless , nnd saw tlio broken sword ,
Hilt-buried in the dry und trodden Band ,
And run and snatched it , and with buttle
shout
Lifted afresh ho hewed his enemy down ,
Aud saved u great cause thut heroic day.
STATE AND * 'ioilUIl'OUY.
Nebraska Jottings.
Thursday will bo soldiers' day in
Grand Island.
The Missouri Pacific has squeezed an
other $20,000 out of Hastings.
The Elkhorn Valley road paid out
$123,000 for right of way in Hastings.
" "
"Tho Omaha & North Pintle branch of
Iho B. & M. has reached Sohuylor.
Broken Bow has contracted for the
erection of a school house to cost
$10,980.
Tlio contract for the erection of u
court house , at Ainsworth , has been lot
for 8l,750. !
Rapolleo's Jokinello has collapsed.
It was too funny to live in north
Nebraska.
Tlio old settlers of Sownrd are booked
for it reunion at Milford to-day. There
is no mistake about it ; it's a Shogo.
Tlio Bqnkolman Notfs has boon
bwainpcd in a sea of toil and trouble.
Its circulation was impaired at birth.
The latest sensation in Nebraska City
is that the charming young ladies in
the telephone olllco are partial to
switches'
S. K. Follon , of Omaha , has secured
Iho contract for the construction of
waterworks in Long Pino. The price
is5,533. .
Prof. Couch , the old reliable Nebraska
prophet , predicts that the 8lh of Novem
ber will bo a cold Day and advises cau-
didales to got under cover.
Mayor Sawyer , of Lincoln , and T. C ,
Hayden , of Nebraska City , are pulling
at opposite ends of Iho judicial siring
in Iho Second district , They have boon
named by the democrals for the Novem
ber slaughter.
Tlio Sarpy County Democrat ha1 ? np-
poared at UiogaloH of 1'orlal , under the
guidance of John Bradford. Portal is
tlio nursling of ambitious town builders ,
with it future chock full of promise as
" Omaha. "
the "gateway lo
The bright and pretty two-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Her ,
living near Dakota Cily , was choked to
death last week. She was playing with
n screw and dropped it inlo her throat.
It bccamo fast in her windpipe and
strangled her in a few minutes.
Nebraska makes a novel contribution
to the sensations of the day. A luir-
tcon-year-old lias started out from Sterl
ing on a wild career of train robbing ,
armed with a thrilling glnnco nnd a pea
shooter. To guard against surprise ,
travelers should carry switches.
The Nebraska Pacific railroad , hav
ing secured a mortgage on Adams
county , has in turn mortgaged ilsolf lo
Edwin Gould , Iho bocond bon of Jay. If
Iho young Goulds develop and enlarge
on Iho father's methods the great lakes
will have to bo enlarged to supply water
for tlio family stock.
Any attempt of the slnlo board of
transportation to bargain away the
rights of the state as the price of rail
road concessions to Lincoln will bo fol
lowed by lively music from the press of
other towns. The Norfolk News warns
the board that "no compromise will bo
accepted that falls short of being jusl to
every town in the btalo. "
Al Fairbrothor , of the South Sioux
City Sun , presents the following sketch
of Iho Pawnee railroad lool , which will
bo readily recognized by all acquain
tances : ' 'Captain Humphrey , the most
notorious and unscrupulous railroad
blatheiskito ; in the slalo of Nebraska ,
is running for judge in the Or , dh > -
trlct. Shades ol John L. Sullivan anfl
all other chumps ! Humphrey la an
original pool ( lend. IIo is a railroad
tool. Last winter his boast was to show
books of trip passes. IIo ntlouiplod to
bulldoze voters at tlio polls in 1'awnoo
Cily , nnd because ho couldn't run
things iust his wnv , assaulted nn old
man and took lo the woods. Coward ,
cur nnd chump. The good people 01
the first dlstrli'l will see lo It that ho la
snowed under. "
Iowa lioniH.
The tin pcddlnr ia ono of Iho lost
arts in the stato.
The Glebe Plow company , -of Daven
port , has collapsed.
The building record In Atlantic this
year will reach $160,000.
Transactions in real estate in Sioux
City last week amounted to $91,093. ,
Pour hundred marriage licenses have
boo.n issued at Davenport in elovcn
months.
Dubuque has cloven school build
ings , 4,000 pupils und sovonty-flvo
leachors.
Sioux City has reached the proportions
tions of an un Hated toad and is posing
for u jump on the Black Hills.
The racords of Hnrdln county show
that during the year ending October 1.
there were in the county seventy-eight
deaths and 200 birlhs.
John Holland , living near Kcokuk ,
died last week , aged HHI. IIo was born
in Ireland in 1781. Ho was ono of Iho
oldest citizens in Iowa. Tlio use of to
bacco for ninety-six years contributed
much to his early demise.
The school statistics of Scott county ,
including Davenport , shows that tlio
attendance at school is incronaing in
the city and decreasing outsido. The
number of persons between tlio ngos ol
ninety-five and twenty-one in the county
is ir , ! i95 7,070 males and 7,710 females.
The total attendance is 8,710 ; mole
teachers employed , 7C ; female , 183.
Cost of tuition per bond , $1.1)1. ) There
are 101 school houses in the county-
valued at $121,800.
Dakota.
Hard coal ban reached the $20 notch
nt Ilnpld City.
A five jiouud potatoo is ono of the nug
gets exhibited in Doadwood.
There nro sovoiity-flvo students In at
tendance at the Methodist university at
Mitchell.
Tlio Yauklon papers are quite confi
dent that that city is lo got the Duluth
and Denver lino.
The settlers are to bo evicted from the
Pipeslono reservation. The government
Hunks the Indians need it all.
The Methodist college for Western
Dakota has been located nt Hot Springs.
The prize cost $10,000 in cash.
The surveying corps of Iho Chicago &
Northwestern railroad have reached
Pierre. Tlio line as surveyed comes
from Gettysburg , Potter county.
BTKIX'S HAD BUKAK.
In Persecuting a Tilttlo Itoy lie Kinds
lliiiiNClf Hold for Perjury.
Lewis Stein instigaled Iho arrest ol
Charles Hayes yesterday morningoharg-
ing him with attempting to provoke a
fight. Stein is a big muscular German , a
fine looking follow , who works in the
Union Pacific railway shops , while Hayes
is a mild-mannered , insignificant look-
ingyoulh not moro than sixteen yours of
ago. Stein is big and stout enough to
pick him up with ono hand and shako
the life out of him. Haj-oa
testified that Stein happened along near
the corner of Tenth and Davenport
slrcols whore n crowd of urchins wore
playing. IIo ordered them to disperse ,
and ono little follow , Phillip Worm ,
asked him where they could go to
play , when Stein slruck the lad a fear
ful blow in the eye , knocking him off
the board walk into the gutter , dis
figuring his face frightfully. Probably
appreciating his cowardly action , nnd lo
save himself , Stein starled oil with the
remark that no boy could stone
him , and he'd have Ihom all arrested.
Young Hayes and Norris' brother fol
lowed him , intending to complain them
selves to the lirstofllcorthoy mot. They
had proceeded about half a block when
Sloin turned nnd , grabbing Hayes ,
called to n , policeman and turned him
over to him. Besides Stein and Hayes ,
throe litllo boys were before the court
yesterday morning , and the tosllmony
of the latter corroborated that of young
'
Hayes. Assistant City Attorney'Davis
then asked Stein if ho had struck the
boy. Ho said no. Davis asked him if ho
would mnko Iho statement under oath
Ho said ho would and was sworn and did
so. Then Mr. Davis said lie would take
Iho boys' story before ho would fifty
mun like Stein , nnd at once ordered that
all the boys who witnessed the oc
currence bo subp < cnacd , signifying lhat
if their stories subslanliatod that of
those who had already testified ,
ho would prosecute Stein for perjury to
the very best of his ability. Officers
were dispatched to serve Iho writ , and
the hearing was fixed for 4 o'clock in
the afternoon , when Slcin was fined
$20 nnd costs. Ho was then roarrcstod
on Iho charge of perjury.
SOUTH OMAHA NEWS.
Alderman Slralhman has removed to
Omaha , and resigned his scat in the
cily council at the moeling last night.
Richard Collins , of the B. & M. ollico ,
has received word that his mother is
dying. Mr. Collins loft for his homo in
P'otoska , Michigan yesterday.
Tlio now fertilizing process recently
put in at Fowler's packing house , had
its first practical trial yesterday and
worked satisfactorily.
Yesterday men began work exca
vating for Iho foundation of the now
Barry building on Railroad street.
Lots 1 and 2 in block 2 , Hammond's
place was bought yesterday by Theodore
Oloson for $1,050. Tlio purchasers will
begin at once the erection ol two store
buildings and two residences.
The brick work of C. M. Hunt's now
building near the corner of Twenty-
blxth and N street is completed.
The work of enlarging the stock yards
has been commenced. When the addi
tion is completed the yards limit will
roach lo Iho railroad tracks.
Mr. Sloano's resignation as postmas
ter lias not as yet been acccpled.
Yoslorday morning two blacksmiths ,
Nelson and Pax ton , engaged in a jlslio
encounter , in which Nelson received a
severe pummelling. Bolh gave bonds
for Ihcir appearance.
Saturday evening n "squatter , " resid
ing In a shanty near Ihe railroad , ran
brcalhlossly down Railroad street until
ho oncounlorcd an otlicor , to whom ho
Btatod lhat a fierce looking cowboy , with
throe revolvers , had possession of his
homo. Two officers wont with him ,
and on reaching Iho house
found the family badly frightened , und
on entering discovered u mis
erable looking tramp curled up on the
lloor beside the slovo. wrapt in peaceful
slumber. IIo was rudely awakened and
escorted to the jail , whore ho was given
quarters for the night.
Heavy 'I'mIns ,
The travel from the west still con
tinues to bo very heavy. The overland
train from the west duo hero at 7:50 :
arrived in four sections. The last from
Ogdcu was fpur hours lato.
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