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. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. OCTOBER 20 , 1887. THE DAILY BEE. r PUBLISHED LJVKHY MORNING. > - * * TiniMs OK sirnsciurTioN. Dally ( Monilng I'.dltlon ) Including bumlny _ lliE.Uno Year . .11000 S" TY > rHlx Months ft to i , J'orThrcu Months Sto ' The Omalm Sunday Iltr , mailed to nny nd- dross , Ono Year 200 OuAliAOruCK , No.IiHA.vu'JlsrAnsAHHTnEr.T. NEW YOIIK Ot FICK , JlDOM TllllIUNK Iltm.l- INO. WASIIIMITOM OWJCE , NO. C13 TOUIl- IEKNT1I STltET.r. COllHlISl'ONDr.NCr. . All communications rtlatlnn to nnwo ixml editorial matter should bo addressed to thu I'.ntTon or TIM ; HKE. 1IU91NES3 I.KTTr.nSs All business letters nnrt rcmlttnncpi should bo nrtdrrs'cd to TUB DTK I'iriii.iHiiiNn COMPAMT. OMAHA. Draftt , checlcs and postolllce orders to be made payable to the order of the company. The Bcc PnWisliing Company , Proprietors , IH. ItOSEWATEIi , EDITOU. iuio. Sworn Stntcincnt or Circulation. State of Nebraska , County of Douglas , f8' " ' ( leo. II. 'IVschuek , secretary of Tlio Dee Pub lishing romtiiiny , iloes solemnly s ear that the urtual clrcnlatloii of the Dally Hi u for the ucek rndliig Oct. 14 , Its"MW as follows ; Katiirdny , Oct. H 14.R05 Hundny , Oct.W 14aW Monday. Oct. 10 U.tei" TiifiMlny. Oct. 11 U.WU Wednesday , Oct. 12 1VJOO Tlnirwlny , Oct. U H.7TO 1'ilday , Oct. It 1I.2JO A\crngc . . . Ono. H. TrsrnrcK. BHonitonnd subscribed lit my presence this Itth day of October , A. D. lb&7. ( pr.At , ) Notnry'l'iibllc State of Nebinskn , I . " > B > County of Douglni. | ( lio. II. 'I ? > buck , being Ilr t duly tmnrn , dc- poxet and s.iys that he is seerutiiry of'Ibo IJco I'nbllshlng company , that the nctiml mc-rngn dully circulation of the ] ) ally lice foi tbu mouth of October , l K ) , li-.Ub'l rcipleo ; for Km ember , ] Wi ( , ii4H ; ! ! topics ; for Drfcmliei , IhHi , 11.-17 copies ; for January , ! Kb7 , lii.l'Wl copies ; for IVb- luury , issj , ll.UHcopIes ; for .Minch , 1W , ll,1t ) er , > . . cope. ( no.ji.'i7.sciiucic. : Fworn to nnd Hiibscrlbcd In invprewmre this Cth din-of October , A. 1) . 18f > 7. N 1' . 1'UIU ( BlJAM Notary 1'ubllc. Tins Third wud Iwrsuro nearly unun- linoiiH for Leo E&tollo. Tin : dcmoonitio county ticket will not IISUSH muslcr on the non-partisan platform. From Guy to Tiinino it is bourlwn. How would . .7ud'oVnkoly ( look com- inRup hoforoO. II. Ballon sitting on the bench ? O. H. HAr/LOtrand P. O. Hawos have formed a co-partnorship. Bullou jiuts in his money against Hiuvcs' oxporience. \Vhon the campaign is over Hawes will liivvo the money , and Ballon will have the oxperionco. A MAN who passes for a very great lawyer tit Pupillion might cut a very email swath on the district lionch in Omaha. That great Papillion lawyer is not likely to sign his John Hancock as judge on the district docket. Acuoituixo to the ItepiMican the Blue Supports only cloven out of sixteen straight republican candidates on the Judicial and county ticket. How about Judge HopewellV Docs ho rank ns a democrat because ho is on both the ro- jiublican and non-partiwin judicial ticket ? DKMOCIIATIC contemporaries are beginning - ginning to mention the name of Secre tary Whitney as a probable nominee ( or president. lie is a New York nris- iocnvt with n barrel but has a respoct- tiblo fund of common sense , much more taet than the present incumbent , so that democratic politicians might go farther and faro worse. THE first suit growing out of the Kouts disaster has boon instituted ngainst the Chicago & Atlantic rail road company in Chicago. It is for 810,000 and was brought by a passenger who received bodily injuries and lost his baggago. This will do for a begin ning and if suits for each death and in jury will follow promptly , n wholesome reform in railway management may Voon bo inaugurated. Tnr. agents of the Lohigh , Pennsyl vania , coal company , have announced thnt coal-mining will bo stopped for ono year unless the strikers go to work bv the 20th of October. It is not likely that operations will bo resumed and the bituation is a gloomy ono , both for con- Bumors and miners. Individual opera tors also are at the mercy of the monop olists and apprehensive that their busi ness will bo completely ruined , while the miners and their families are starv ing. LAST week there arrived at San Fran- uisco the pioneer steamship of a fleet that is to ply regularly between that city and Panama , touching nt all inter mediate ports , and which will consequently quently run opposition to the Pacific Mail lino. This addition to San Fran- cibco's facilities of commercial inter course is hailed us of the highest im portance , and the most gratifying ro- Bults are predicted. Among other ben efits looked for , it is thought that some day San Francisco may be as important us a cofteo center ns Now York or Htivro , while many other valuable ar ticles of commerce produced in Central America and Mexico will go to that city for distribution. The enterprise owes its origin to the Marquis dolCampo , who is understood to have ample capital nt command to maintain it. THE problem how to utilize the enormous water power of Niagara falls has exorcised inventive minds of Into years to a considerable extent , and many schemes have been suggested and abandoned. The offer of $100,000 for the best contrivance to harness the tre mendous power of the fall still further incited activity in this direction and a trial is now about to bo made of ono of the inventions that has boon ( submitted. It la an endless chain with feathering buckets. If the test proves successful a stock company with a capital of $1,000,000 will bo formed , It is said. A 1,000-horbO-powor machine will cost about J10.000. All this may result in something practical , but it is rather I doubtful. At least the absurd Idea that r , the whole state of Now .York may bo V 'supplied with motive power , which was | . . . ouco entertained , boa boon exploded. , llsnircclng Statesmen. There may have boon eomo exaggera tion in the reports that hare come from Washington within the last few days regarding a vital disagreement between the secretary of state and the attorney general ; but it is by no means unlikely that Mr. Cleveland will find on his re turn to Washington that the situation in his official household is not so peace ful aa when ho loft. That Mr. Bayard seriously contemplates making a de mand upon the president to decide whether ho or Mr. Garland shall bo re tained in the cabinet nobody will be lieve who has nny knowledge of the secretary of state. The grievance that would impel him to any such extreme course ns this would have to bo very much moro weighty than that which is reported to exist. Mr. Bayard is not only exceedingly fond of publio olnco , but ho hoa a con viction that ho is in the place of all others where lie belongs. His numerous mistakes therein , and the opinion of the country froquon.tly nnd forcibly ex pressed that ho la entirely out of place , have not in the least degree lessoned Mr. Bayard's faith in himself as a dip lomatist , of which ho fondly hope ? to yet convince the world. Ho will do nothing , therefore , to imperil his hold upon his position , which might bo the case were ho to insist upon the presi dent choosing between himself and the attorney general. It is by no means sure that Mr. Cleveland does not prefer the latlor. The cause of the alleged dilTorcnco between these statesmen is said to bo the position taken by the United States district attorney for Alaska in the cases ngainst the British vessels fcoizcd for capturing seal in Alaskan waters. Briolly stated the district attorney assorts the jurisdiction of the United States over the whole of Bch- ring sen , agreeably to the position taken by the department of justice and the treasury department that the limits of Alaska , within which the taking of seals by any ono but the Alaska com mercial company is prohibited , correspond spend to the limitations feet down in the treaty of cession with Hussia , regardless of the general principles of jurisdiction in the seas. This is understood not to bo in accord with the views of Mr. Bayard , which are supposed to bo much less liberal to the United States and to bo in line with the protest of this government many years ago against Russia's assumption of oxclussivo right to the navigation of Bohring sea. The attorney general is hold responsible for the position taken by the district attor ney , and hence an Hsxio which is said to nivo been marked by some uncotnpli- nontary reflections upon the legal wis- lom of the head of the department of ustice. The Alaskan matter appears quite Certain to bo a source of more or less prolonged and perhaps aggravated dip- omatic controversy , in view of which ho country could bo congratulated if ny present disagreements between he secretary of state and the at- .ornoy general should result in ho retirement of both of them. The withdrawal of the latter to irivato life would gratify a very general mblic desire entertained for moro than year past , while the country would 'eel safer with respect to the fair settle ment of any controversy with a foreign ; Hwcr'if almost any other man of recog- lized ability were in the place of Mr. Bayard. Doubtless , also , the president would feel relieved and the administra tion would not bo weakened if both these statesmen wore out of official life. It is to be feared , however , that the Wash ington dispatches have somewhat over stated the nature of the alleged disagree ment , and that the president will not have the opportunity on his return to Washington to dispense with the services of ono or both of these members of his cabinet. Itiillou'H Monomanias. Mr. Ballou has been n standing can didate for office over since ho struck Omaha. In fact the man is actually de mented on the subject of office. Ho would run for anything. About ton years ago ho wanted to bo probate judge , and was beaten by over COO majority while other republican candidates on the same ticket carried the county by hand some majorities. A few years later ho blossomed out ns a candidate for slate superintendent of public instruction , and actually secured a majority of the delegates of the state convention by trading , but before the chair had an nounced the vote his unfitness for the position dawned upon the convention , and the delegation changed over to Su perintendent Thompson , and loft poor Ballou high and dry. Then ho began working for the United States marfehal- ship , and came so near securing the po sition that Pat Ilawes gave him n serenade with n brass band , paid for with Ballou's money. But that also was n delusion and snare. In the midst of the festivities there came u dispatch announcing that Biorbower had knocked down the persimmons. Then ho tried to bo postmaster but failed to connect. Lofet winter Mr. Ballou , nothing daunted , started upon another office-seeking tour , and besieged and beseecbed Governor Thnyor to make him a district judge by appointment. The governor knew his man , and thought best to appoint Mr. S. Groff. Even this did not euro him of his mono mania. He began laying pipes for the nomination early in the spring , and has boon at work night and day with the ward "bums" and political wirepull ers to capture the judicial conven tion. In this ho succeeded. But it is another thing to run the gauntlo1 of the voters of the district. The monoj ho has invested , Cadet Taylor , Pa Hawes and Vandorbum will bring very poor returns on election day. But that probably will not bo a lasting cure Ballou would just as leave run for citj engineer , if there uns a vacancy , and ho is just as competent to bo a civil engineer gineer aho is a district judge. Ho never will rest contented until ho has an office. A Halt in Itallwity Construction. At the beginning of the present year according to Mr. Henry V. Poor , provision sionwas made for tha con btruction , within the ' year o fully Uvelvo thousand miles of rail oad. Over flvo thousand miles lave boon constructed , nnd most lines that are well advanced will probably bo continued , but this will not bo done In ill cases , and it seems to bo pretty well assured that the total railroad construc tion of the year will fall considerably short of what was at the outset expected , irobably not exceeding two-thirds of , ho extent projected. A Denver paper , speaking apparently on authority , says the Burlington will do nothing in Colorado rado for a year to come , the manago- nent having concluded that it Is wiser ; o build two hundred miles of 'eedors in Nebraska than to expend its money nt pres ent in the construction of its proposed California line west from Denver. The Santa Fo Is expected to discontinue work on reaching Denver , the Midland will build to Aspen and Glonwood Springs and then stop , while the Rio Grande will finish the work it is en gaged in and may extend its line some what farther. The Denver , Texas & Gulf will bo completed , and it is possible , ho Rock Island will not stop conslruc- , lon until it reaches Denver. In other lircctions a disposition is being shown , o curtail enterprise in railroad con struction where the necessity for con- inuing it is not urgent. Undoubtedly f actual necessity had been made the ncnsuro in till cases of the extent of oad to bo built , it would bo much less .linn it will bo. Intelligent observers ngrco in' the opinion that a good deal of oad already constructed this year muster or some time continue to bo unproflt- iblo. iblo.Tho The monetary stringency is of course , ho immediate cause of the policy of restricting construction. The cxpendi- , uro for this purpose during the year dll not bo loss than $200,000,000 , , which n connection with other exceptionally icavy demands lias made a severe strain tpon the financial resources of the country. But the development of a feei ng of distrust respecting this railroad expansion is in no small degree respon sible for the change of policy. The idea laving obtained that enterprise in this direction was being pushed beyond a safe limit , capital became timid and con tinues so. At present a railroad oan is not the easiest thing .o negotiate , and hence it is absolutely iccessary for some of the roads to cur- ail operations. It is not questionable .hat in time all the extensions in now unprofitable territory will pay , and homo may become very valuable. Mr. ? oor says that never before in our his- ory has the construction of railroads > eon conducted so legitimately and with such cnio and economy as in the > ast two years. Ho believes that every nile built will benefit the country to an extent many times greater than its cost. But the general judgment is not n full accord with this view , and at all events does not see the wisdom of an- .icipating the possibilities of a remote uturo. The tendency of the financial world is to a circumspect conservatism , ind perhaps it will.'not bo the least of its wholesome effects if it shall put a cheek upon unnecessary railroad expansion , nnd leave to another year the carrying ; > ut of some of the projects intended to 1)0 put through this year. Meantime it may bo noted that the aggregated carn- .ngs of the railroads of the country con tinue liberal and show large gains over those of last year. A Stem Winder. Cadet Taylor wants the republicans to take their coats olT for the straight judicial ticket. How would the follow ing straight ticket suit him ? PAT O. HAWKS , JULIUS S. COOLEY , DAVID VAN ETTKN- , FUANK WALTEU. If you want straight goods hero you have them. The republicans will take off their coats nnd work as enthusiasti cally for the above ticket as they will for Ballou , Estello and Hancock. WITH all the solicitude of the Amer ican people in behalf of publio educa tion , there is not a city in the country that has not a greater or loss number of children who are unable to got the ben efit of the publio schools by reason of inadequate accommodations. There may bo an excuse for this in compara tively young and rapidly growing com munities , where it is not easy to esti mate closely as to future requirements and the school system is not perfected , but it is not so with old communities where those difficulties are not in the way. For example there ought to bo no trouble in making provision for every child of school ago in Philadelphia , and yet the deplorable fact is authora- tivoly stated that there are from twenty to twenty-five thousand children in that eity who are not attending school be cause there is no accommodation for them , and the majority of these are children who are most in need of pri mary instruction. The birthplace of the constitution and the declaration of independence should sot a bettor exam ple in caring for the intellectual and moral welfare of its children. TUB purchase of a controlling inter est in the Now York Graphic by n num ber of prominent republicans , who have ample capital to push the enterprise , and the character to give it prestige , will give the republican party another organ in Now York which ought to bo made of great service to it. The paper has in the past pui-sucd a somewhat er ratic course politically , but has never bqon a very great influence. Hereafter it may bo expected to grow into some thing of a power , and it is understood thnt special effort will bo made to give its weekly edition an extended circula tion. With ample means behind it this ought to bo practicable. This will give the republicans of Now York three or gans , the others being the 7Vi/jioiCand / the J/cifJ untl i'xicss. The purchase of the Gnipltic is an evidence of the enrn- ObtnobS with which the republican lead ers are preparing for next year's battle. HON'KST GBOIIOB TIMMK'S organist denies point-blank that Timmooted himself pay for the Fourth of July , although ho claims to have done some hard work for the county an tl o na tional holiday as u member of the board of equalization. Wo cheerfully credit him with this deuiul.but wo should like to know how Tltnmo could put in bills for 313 working days in the year when there are fifty-two Sundays , nnd Christmas , Now Years , Washington's hiilhday , Fourth of July , and Thanks giving mtfdo legal holidays. What service did Tiinmo pcrfoim for the county thnt took up every working day in the year , oven when ho was kept at homo by storms , extreme cold weather , and sickness of himself or his family ? And how docs ho explain away his ex travagant mileage account ? The only excuse which Tlmrao makes through his Gorman paper is that the other commis sioners voted him the overcharges , but that is no justification for official larceny. _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IT is announced that Mrs. Fred Grant , who is a lady of rare beauty , intelli gence and energy , will accompany her husband on his campaign tour through Now York. She was led to this de cision by the enthusiasm with which she was received at a recent political meeting , nn experience which may prove fortunate for Colonel Grant. The lady can refer to moat respectable prec edents for assisting her husband polit ically. Among numerous examples that might bo cited arc those of Mrs. Fre mont and Mrs. Logan , while in England Lady Churchill actively canvassed for Lord Randolph the last time ho was a candidate for parliament and was n great help to him. It is easy to under stand that a handsome and agreeable woman would not bo without influence in a business of this sort , and the world no longer sees any impropriety in her engaging in it so long as the limits of iadyliko discretion are not overstepped , which of course they will not bo in this caso. j < _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i WE would advise the council to go slow on submitting bond propositions. The bonded debt of the city is already over $1,000.000 , with fully 8200,000 moro bonds authorized to bo issued for public works now under way. The board of education has decided to nsk for author ity to issue $200,000 in bonds for the erection of now school buildings during the coming year. This will make a total of about $1,400,000. Add to this $100,000 for paving during the next year and wo shall have a round million and a half of bonded debt exclusive of projected park and boulevard bonds. This will bring us to the limit for which the charter allows the city to bo bonded. The council can hardly afford to block future necessary improvements , such as sewers , fire engine house , viaduct approaches preaches , nnd so ion , by encouraging any issue of bonds for projects that can bo put off. PROMINENT I'KOPLE. Thonms Hughes is writing a memoir of Dr. Livingstone. The scene of Mr. Haggard's next novel is to bo Cyprus. Archdeacon Farrar.ls . writing a book on church history. t Ex-Governor St. John is talking prohibi tion in California. ' Pi inco do Tallyrand of France , is doing the United States. Sir Robert Hall , the Irish astronomer is on a tour of America. Patti has a duplicate in paste of every pre cious stone she possesses. James C. Flood , the California millionaire , has been ordeicd to Carlsbad by his pliysl- slcians. Mrs. Ole Hull denies that she is to bo mar ried during the coining season. She has taken a house in Boston. Mrs. T. U. U. Cobb , of Atlanta , Ga. , has the original draft of the confederate consti tution ns it came from the committee which drafted it. The duke of Marlborough has a high opin ion of American real estate. Ho is .said to have Invested a number of ducal pounds ster ling in the same. Francis Jatnos , ex-bandit , has determined to leave the grocery business nnd become a drummer for an Atlanta house. His train ing has eminently fitted him to command orders when no other man could probably get them. Thomas A. Edison , the inventor , Is an In veterate piiw smoker. It is said that he has invented a new kind of pix | > which will make a sensation- the world of puffers. There U no electricity about it but the inventor hopes it will como into current use. Roscoe Conkling has taken up his rcsldcnco at the Hoffman house , und now divides the attention of strangers with the "Nymphs and the Satyr" and Billy Edwards , ex-champion pugilist , and bouncer of the palatial bar room. Air. Conkling no longer appears In the faultless garb for which ho has so long been lamous. Ho now wears a short and heavy double-breasted jwa-jacket of the kind affected by sailing-masters , and a black slouch bat with a brim that a cowboy might envy. General Sheridan lives simply but com fortably in the house on Hhodo Island nvo- mio , Washington , bought with the fund pre sented to him by his admirers after the war. lie is at his olllce early in the morning , usually walking down in fair weather , and returning about f > o'clock. Ho is immensely fond of his children , who nro handsome , healthy , little youngsters. Sheridan re ceives as LIoutcnantrgener.il of the urmy a salary of $11,000 a ye.ir , with allowances w hich bring the amount up to fia.OOO. The Size of Mitklewlcz'H Want. Cfitaioo Ilerahl. Count Mitklowiez might organize a libel trust and biing all lii actions against Ameri can ncwspapois together. Howants fCl,000- , 000 in all from this source. That Rnl > blt'H lllndfoot , CMcauJl tribune. 'Tis not a time foe idle scorning , Grover C. , $ This gift convcySn timely warning Meant for theo. T Your mouth hath now and then exploded At half-cock > s You did not know the thing was loaded 'Twas a shock. This rabbit's hlndfoot , I've a notion , May suggest That , to prevent , premature explosion , Tib not best Your own unwieldly foot to interject Into jour mouth ; Just use this gift Instead ; and recollect You'ro in the south. ArlHtocrntio Diversions. I'lttslmru Cummeiclnl , M present anstociatio England is busy shooting partridges und pheasants. Between slaughtering birds and lackicnting tenants the average Englibh lord manages to have a ie.il Jolly time. Trembling in thu JRalanco. Chlrafft Tilliune. The fate of Secretary Vilas hangs tremb ling In the balance. Unless the Mississippi mrtn who sent the president that left hind foot of a graveyard rabbitt killed in the dark of the mtoli , oan , procure 0110 for Mr. Vilas 1 , also , the star of tho' eloquent secretary disappear behind the blackest cloud that over frowned In the political sky. How AVattcrson Refused Ollleo. Atlanta Ccmitttutlun. Now that Brother Wattcraon has refused on compulsion to hold an oftlco , let nil editors follow his example. They can well afford to. Tliclr Nnmo Is Tjcilon. Manetie Icr tftifon. It would bo interesting to know how many penniless criminals In Now York hnvo been detected , arrested , convicted nnd railroaded to Slug Sing slnco proceedings were first begun ngainst Jacob Sharp. STATE AND TKURlTOItY. Nebraska Jottings. The Beatrice Democrat advises real estate men to replenish with sand and shout for the town. Plnttsmouth is unable to negotiate her 6 per cent paving and sewer bonds , and work will probably bo delayed until spring. Nebraska City bonsts of a coal dealer who believes that 2,000 pounds makes a ton , but corroborative proof is required that his wagons do not leak between the coal yard and the consumer. The Plnttsmouth Gun club has cm- barke.d on the regular fall slaughter , accompanied by a car-load of ammuni tion with the usual label. Previous to the departure the members wore cau tioned to keep their feet dry at least. The Kearney County Democrat nt Minden bus been sold to C. W. Spence and H. H. Dunkles. The purchasers arc posted on the boxes , and will have to rustle if they improve on the beauty and clean typography of the Democrat under the management of Mr. Stein. The icjoieing in Hastings will bo slightly mellowed when it learns , on A 1 authority that the $ iJO,000 recently voted the Missouri Pacific will botscd in building the foundation of the com pany's big depot in Omaha. Other thriving towns desirous of contributing to the good cause can do so without cere mony. Helen Dauvray , the dashing actress who recently married a base ball cap tain in Now York , roused a flame of consuming admiration in the sluggish bosom of a Plattsinotith clothing clerk a few years ago. His name is Joe Gold- ing. The Journal says he monkeyed "around under her window nt her hand some brown stone front until ho was ar rested and enjoyed no end of gratify ing nororioty and advertised her bettor than could any quantity of flaring pos ter printing or ordinary newspaper criticism. Poor Joe Gelding , howovcr , now sells pants for a Chicago house. Joe knew a good thing when ho saw it , but ho allowed the flies to roost on him and a ball tosser will live in the luxury and the brown stone front that Joe had marked for his own. " Iowa Items. A three-legged duck constitutes a show at West Liberty. Traces of soft coal have been found a short distance from the surface , on the Maddox farm , six miles fiom Burling ton. ton.At At the recent Chicago encampment the Decorah drum corps was awarded the first prize. The ton drums awarded nro of rose\\ oed with silver mountings and are very beautiful. Their value is about $250. A broom factory , foundry and ma chine shop , live now store buildings , largo livery barn and several now dwell ings , with a largo now hotel being erected are among the improvements at Herndon this season. The school reports from the south eastern portion of the state show that while the school census is increasing in the cities , in the country it is decreas ing. The small farms are being sold to those who have largo farms , and with the largo price received larger farms are being purchased where land is cheaper. The democratic state committee has invited federal officeholders to contrib ute to the campaign fund. The invito.- tion states that civil service reform is no bar to aiding a good cause , and says : 'Presidential postmasters are generally contributing from $25 to $50 ; fourtn class postmasters , from $2to $25 ; railway postal clerks , $10 to $15 , memb'ors of pension examining boards , $10 to $15 , and other federal officeholders in pro portion to the amount of salary received as compared with the officials named above. Wo make no demands or assess ments. " Dakota. Snow fell at Sturgis last Saturday. Governor Church figures that the in crease in population the past twelve months was JH,000. ) The farmers near Columbia have a strong organization , and will hereafter ship their own grain. Coal from the Hay Creek mines is being wagoned to Dead wood , where it sells for $13 a ton. It takes throe days to make the trip. The total bonded indebtedness of Da kota , according to Governor Church's report is $1,098,800. This has boon ex pended in seventeen publio buildings which the territory now owns. Handsome Elk , tried for the murder of another Indian , at Chamberlain , has been acquitted. The killing was clearly proved , but the wife of the dead victim swore that it was done in solf-defonso. A unique sign on the streets of Mitchell Thursday was a procession of thirty wagons , containing every variety cf produce , from the farm 01 D. G. West , north of town , to show what Dakota can do. Montana. Bo/.omun is building an opera house and a city hall. The now insane asylum at Warm Springs will bo opened November 15. The grain crops of the Gallatin val ley this season will approximate 1 , < ! 00- 000 bushels. The total output of the Drum Lum- inon mine for the month of September was $180,200 , and the working expenses $57,000. A carefully compiled table of the div idends paid by United States raining property to October 1 , 1887 , credits Mon tana with $9,203,280. Missoula county's assessment roll is $2,025,000 , an increase of $300,000 over last year. Joffornon county has $2,700- 000 in taxable property. The territorial supreme court fell upon James A. Murray , of Butte , for attempt ing to influence the court by a fraud ulent dispatch , and fined him $500. Placer mines are reported to have been discovered at Red Lodge , sixty miles south of Billings , which yield , besides - sides largo nuggets , 10 cents to the pan. An irrigation ditch , twenty-six miles in length , has just boon finished in the Big Horn country. It opens up a fine c'ountry home 30,000 acres. The esti mated cost is about $70,000. What an empire Montana is ! In cattle 1-)0,000 ! ( ) , In horses 100,000 , in sheep 2,000,000 and In gold and silver $20,000- 000 per year. A tremendous common wealth is growing up there ; the terri tory is now ready for statehood , ready in property , ready in population and ready in the spirit of her people. ' For the quarter ending September 30 nt the Ifolona land office there were 10,078 acres of land sold under the pre emption law , 695 acres of mineral lands. 037 acres of coal lands , 10,109 acres of desert land,170 pre-emption declaratory statement * ! filed , 53 mineral applications filed , 88 homestead entries filed for 13,091 acres , 04 timber culture entries for 8,378 acres. The receipts of the office for thu three months amounted to 638,378. CITY AFFAIRS. Tlio Council Orders tlio City Hnll Foundation Ijowcrotl. An adjourned meeting of the city council was hold last evening. Presi dent Bcchol occupied the chair and Messrs. Alexander , Cheney , Counsnmn , Kiorstcnd , Kitchen , Lee , Snyder and Van Camp wore absent. The trustees of the Omaha Charitable association asked for permission to erect n frame building on the lot at the corner of Nineteenth and Harncy streets , which has been leased to them by the city for a tcim of ten years. The request was granted. The following communication was re ceived from the chairman of the board of public works nnd after a short discussion was placed on file. I most respectfully suggest that It Is not necessary or advisable to dlstuib the founda tion of the city hall building nnd the east supposed to bo rcudoied Insecure in eonso- mienco of the unusual depth excavated for the foundation of the BEK Publishing com pany's building. If this is done at this lute period of tills working season it is liable to result in nearly n year's delay In the comple tion of the city hall for use It will ftnnlsh our procrastinating contractor with n pretext for not completing the foundation wall of the basement this season , nnd an excuse for occupying their premises the better part of another summer season nnd prevent the contnictor for the construction of the silpcrslruetui e , when ob tained , from beginning his work until the winter following. Wo will bo forced to let the picscntbaso- mcnt contractors put In the additional wall in their own time , and it will result In an ox- pcnso of several thousand dollais. Mr. E. E. Myers , the architect of the city hall , and the architect of the Br.i : Publishing company's building after mutual consulta tion and consideration came to the conclusion that a lotalning wall sixteen inches thick built of the mmio quality size nnd material used In the main wall of the Bin : building nnd adjoining the founda tion of the BBIJ basement wall would bo ample protection to the foundation of the now city hall building. Architect Moyois has left in this office his written recommendation nnd nppioval of this course. Therefore in view of the opinions of these two architects of consldoiablo note , with thoexpicssions of opinions to the 3:11110 : effect , corroborated by Information sought froniBoveiul expciionccd builders seems tome mo that the city authorities would bo per fectly Justifiable in adopting their recom mendation , and the expense would bo several thousand dollars less than the cost of the ad ditional foundation wall as proposed. Bids for construction of a ictniiiing wall might bo advertised for ono week and the contract let so ns to have this wall built this fall simultaneous with the BEE wall. It might bo well at the same time nnd in the same contract to provide for a grauito pavement with the joints filled with coarse gravel and tar on a concrete Inise , to cover the entire space between the city hall nnd the BEE building , so as to cxcludo all moisture from the caith between and under the foun dations of both buildings. Hoping these suggestions will not bo con sidered obtrusive , I am most respectfully yours , ST. A. D. BAI.COMIIK , Chairman of Board of Public Works. Mr. Hascull opposed the recommenda tions , and stated that the opinion of the architect of the BKE Publishing com pany's building could not weigh much , lie stated that there was no need of making any agreements , as the city has its own ground and its own way. Ho believed that the council should pro ceed us the superintendent of buildings suggests. Mr. Bedford asked if it would not bo well to concrete the whole space be tween the walls as suggested by Chair man Bnlcombo. Mr. Hascall stated that it would bo cheaper nnd bettor to put the wall down where ho claimed that it belonged , and ho suggested that the board of public works bo directed to have the work done immediately. Ho believed that it could bo completed before the winter weather set in. Mr. Lowry asked who would do the work. Mr. Hascall thought that it would bo beneficial to have the present contract ors do the work , and that the board of public works could make the necessary contract at reasonable rates. The regular ordinance for _ the pay ment of September liabilities was passed. It included the bill of the Morse Bridge company , and that of the inspectors on the construction of the Eleventh street viaduct. The committee on paving , curbing and guttering made a report recom mending that the petition from the Missouri Pacific railway asking for a change of grade on Jackson street cast of Ninth , be granted. Tlio report was adopted. The following resolutions were intro duced : By Rasper That the sidewalk inspector specter bo and is hereby instructed to cause to bo repaired the sidewalk on the north side of Leavonworth street be tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets , also on the north side of Wil liams street , between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. Adopted. By Burnham That bids and propo sitions heretofore made und submitted to the board of publio works for paint ing the Sixteenth street viaduct , und by said board reported to the city coun cil and not us yet acted upon , bo and the same are hereby referred to the committee on publio property and build ings for their report and recommenda tion at the next mooting of the council. Adopted. By Manville That the street com missioners bo directed to put Twonty- seventh avenue , between Burdotto and Grant streets , in passable condi tion. Referred to the committee on streets and alloys. By Lowry That the city council donate - nato the wooden building on the north- oust corner of Harnoy and Nineteenth streets to the trustees of the Omaha Charitable association. By Lowry That the street commis sioners be und arc hereby instructed to put Arbor street , between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets , in u passable condi tion. Referred to the committee on streets and alloys. By Hascall That the board of public works i-uuso the east wall of the nifwcity hull to bo lowered so us to correspond with the foundation walls of the JJin : Publishing company's building proposed to bo erected east of the same , nnu > that they mulcu the necessary contract for that purpose. Adopted. By Lowry That the comptroller at tend all regular meetings of the council the same us the city engineer , city at torney and others have to. By Bailey That the city engineer bo and is hereby instructed to hot stakes for the prpposod change of grade of Jackson street , and that the contraotor proceed with the paying of said btrcot. Adopted. Tlio following ordinances wore passed : Levying a special tax and assessment to cover the cost of curbing Twenty- fifth avenue from Furnarn to Dodge streets ; declaring the necessity of changing the grade of Webster street from Twenty-first to Twenty-third btrouts ; declaring the necessity of changing the grade of Fifteenth street from Pierce street to Pacific street ; lovj ing a special tax for covering cost of curbing California Btrcot from Six teenth to Seventeenth ntrco(8. ( The meeting then adjourned for ten minutes to tvwnlt the arrival of Mayor Broutch , who was to ho present for the purnoso of naming appraisers. Snorlly after 9 o'clock the mayor ar rived and the call for a special meeting was read. Ordinances wort ) then passed aa fol lows : Changing the grade of .TnclcHou street nnd Jones street from Eighth to Ninth street ; declaring the necessity of grading Fifteenth street from Pnellfu to Williams street ; declaring the nec essity of grading Twentieth street from Davenport to Cass street ; declaring the necessity of grading Dodge street from Twenty-second to Twenty-fourth street , FATAIjfiV INMURK1) . Peculiar Accident to n Nlue-Yenr-Oltl IJojr. Little Frank Lobock , a nine-year-old son of Mrs. Mary Lobeck , was fatally injured yesterday afternoon. Ho was riding on the projecting tlmbors of n house that was being moved down Wil liams street between Twelfth nnd Thir teenth streets. On account of the steep incline in the road the trucks became unmanageable and went rolling down the hill. A depression in the road caused the timber on which the boy was sitting to separate for a moment from the ono above it. When the two cnmu together again his leg was caught between tweon them , and he thus hung sus pended , screaming with pain , while the jolting of the trucks throw him violently ngainst the sharp ends of the tlmbors. The weight of his body finally caused him to drop , leaving a piec-o of the fleshy portion of his leg between the timbers. The workmen , who by this time had rttshud up attracted by his screams , nicked the little follow up and carried him to his homo near the south- cast corner of Williams and Thirteenth streets. Dr. Stout , who has nn oillco just u block away , was summoned , but when ho discovered that the injured boy was a son of Mrs. Lobcck , ho is said to have refused to render any medical help because that lady still owes him a bill for waiting on her husband re cently when ho was fatally hurt by the cars. Dr. Ralph was summoned , who did all ho could for the little eulToror. The boy has sustained internal injuries that nro likely to prove fatal. AMUSKMKXTS. Nat Goodwin AppcnrH nt tlio Boyil In a New IMny. Mr. Goodwin's "Turned Up" seeing destined to bo a success. It is calcu lated to cause pcoplo to laugh , and it at tains its end. The audience last night laughed almost incessantly. It laughed when Mr. Goodwin was olT as well as on the stage , though , of course , the thun ders of applause greeted the efforts of the star. Mr. Caraway Bones is anew character for Mr. Goodwin. It is in many respects a new ono on the stage. Mr. Bones is an undertaker , though lugubrlosity is not one of his character istics. It is a creation of his own and in it ho does some of the finest funny work ho has over done on the stage. The company afforded excellent support and the lady members of it are very pretty. The audience filled the house , Another Stuirs Needed. There are a number of flights of steps leading from the viaduct andapproachos on Eleventh street to the ground on either side , but singularly , there nro no stops where a flight is most needed , on the south of the railroad tracks to connect with the walk which leads to Eleventh street from Tenth. Hundreds of pcoplo pass there every day and others , who are now compelled to cross the tracks on Tenth because of lack ol means to reach the viaduct when leav ing the depot , would bo enabled to make use of the protection the bridgu affords in coming to the heart of tha city. Annual CIcuriiiR House Meeting. The annual meeting of the Omaha clearing house association was hold at the Nebraska National bank at 7:80 : p. in. All the banks wore represented , The following officers wore elected foi the ensuing year : President , J. II. Millard , of the Omaha Nutlonul bank ; vice president , H. W. Yates , of the Ne braska National bank ; member of com mittee of management , M. T. Barlow , ol the United States National ; manager ol the clearing houses , W. H. S. Hughes , of the Nebraska National bank. Mr. CiimmtiiK RCHIKIIH. It is yoportod that Mr. George M , Cumming , assistant general manager of the Union Pacific , has tendered hia resignation , nnd will stop down nnd out December 1. The probabilities are that ho will Ixj succeeded by Mr. Thomas L. Kimball , for so many years general traffic manager of the Union Pacific , and now occupying the position of as sistant to the lust vice president. Church Incorporated. Articles of incorporation of the First Presbyterian church , of South Omaha , was filed at the office of the county clerk yesterday. It names James Clark and Robert Bishop as ruling ciders , R. T. Maxwell , Chester Case and A. W. Hibbnrd trustees for ono year , and Robert Bishop as clerk. A Tjincoln I'ntient. County Agent Mahoney was compelled to receive the young man SwniiBon whom Lincoln sent to this city to bo cured for , although sulToring from typhoid fever. The young man is in a critieul condition nnd is not expected to live. Constitutional Catarrh , dlsciibo hits I'litallud inoio Hiiirr or ImHUinoil thu tirrukiiiK npnf thu constitution than Cutjiiih. 'Jim so USD of smell , of liihto , of Al'ht ( , of heniliiK. the hnmun volco , tlui mind one or muiv. Hiul bometlmcH nil , yield to ItM do- Htimtho Inthiuncu. Thu poUou It dlxlrlbntuH throughout tlin Hj'Htorn ntturks every vltiil forcn , and Inraku up the most lobust of constitution ) ) . jL'iiorud. l > uc.iu u hut little iimleiHtood , liy moHt ph > Mcluns , Inipotuntly UHsnlled bymmtks und charlatans , these HiKliirliiK fiom It nuvu little hope to hu rellm od of It this Hide of the Kruvi ) . 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