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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 26 , 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED KVEIIY THllMS OF SUIISCIUrnON. Dnlly ( Morning Edition ) including Sunday llKK.Ono Year 7 . ,810 00 TorSlx Months ( i W ) yor'Jlirco Months M. . . B tt ) The Omaha Sunday HER , mailed to nuftid- rtrcvi , One Year t 2(0 ( OMAHA Owen , NO.HH Awnflli J'AHNAM STUFF T. NKW YOHK OKFICK , Jtooviiv. , Tniuufu : JIUII.IH i. > u. WAMUMITON OKI-IDE , No. G1J 1'ouii- TLKNTII BTIIKKT. - coiuinsi'ONnnN'rn. All communications relating to nrwn nnJ editorial mutter should , lie addressed to the EWTOKor Tin : UKK. iiusiNKss iirrrnns : All buslnoM letters nnd rcmlttnncci should bo nddrrmcilto TIIK : I'IJIIMMIIMI Co > iiMNr , OMAHA. Draft * , checks nnd pfntolllco orders tote to mndo payable to the order of the company. The Bcc Publishing Company , Proprietors , [ 13. KOSEWATEH , KniTon. TIIK DAIIiY nBK. Sworn Statement of Circulation. SI ut c of Nebraska , I. _ County nf . I ( Ico. 11. TirfcLlmck , tccretnry o Tlio lice Pub lishing company , does noli-mnlr aurar that the nctual clrctilatlon o thii Dally Iko for thu week rndlnKOct. "I. 17 , wns ai lollov-ii : Bnturdivy , Oct. 15 . 14.407 Bnudny , Oct. in . J4.2IU Monday. Ort. 17 . , . 14.71S5 Qlu-yday. Oct. 1H . 14.1U ) Wedm-hdiiy , Oct. ID . HW I Thursday , Oct. ) . U.C'l ' 1'Tldoy , Oct. : il . .HJiiil Average . H.-VJ Or.o. 11. T/PCIIUCK. Sworn to nnd Knb crlbpd In uiy presence this Slid duy of October , A. D. lt7. ( SKAT. . ) Notary 'public Etntoof NebrnHVn , I , _ . < B > County of Douglas. fs duo. 11. Tzschuik , heinc flret duly sworn , doT - T > o i'H nnd says that ho is SITI etitry of The lleo I'libHtdiliiK company. thnt thn nctunl aveniKO clr.llv clrrulatlon of thti Dally lleo for thu month llflllV Lilt lltlllJl'll mi' i rut i j ti\j\ > * \t KIVJ iiii'iii of October , IhM ) , lU.Vh'J toplei ; for Nu\ umbel ] N-il , l.'l.illH copies ; for December. 18M1 , ] ' 1. copies : for January , If87 , IB.Uitl copies : for 1'eln miry. 1N-7. H.1U8 coplrs ; for Mnic.li. IM. 11.4UO . . . . . M J.vf. J /.on u urv. Bworn to and mbt-crlbed In my picspnro tills Cth dny of October , A. D. 18H7. N. 1' . mil , . Notary Public. Tun ward bummers nro holding back tlioir influence until the candidates liuvo bought them those promised over coats. , DIJNVKII papers arc now engaged in giving news of the Crow outbreak. Sonio people suspect that it is another Colorowdy uprising. WK have hoard of sword swallowers and burning coal caters , but Mr. Mc- Shnno employs a cannibal on the Jlcrahl who swallows an anarchist for breakfast every morning , and Htill goes hungry nil day. Ouii neighbors across tlio water-way nro afraid their liills will disappear by excavation. Council Bluffs hasalways put the accent on the "blulTs , " and if they should vanish the oldest inhabitant would fool very lonesome. THE man who is supposed to take care of the pest house , which has not had an inmate for two years , will draw his pay next week ns usual , but the policemen wbo are faithfully doing their duty will bo refused their hard earned wages. WITHOUT registration there is notoll- ing what may happoji on the 8th ol November. The only way to block ro- pcators and fraudulent voters will bo to arrest the first man who attempts any thing crooked. SAN FJIANCISCO papers state that the transcontinental lines are beginning to bo afraid of tlio public growling against railroad extortion and discriminations nnd predict bettor things after Novem ber 1. Such predictions have boon made before several times but they do not materialize. THE anthracite coal robbers of the Lohigh region in Pennsylvania now state thnt the strike of the miners will probably soon bo at an end. The mine fr . barons have made no concessions. If Starvation and cold weather came to their aid , helping them to maintain the most inhuman slavery at present exist ing on this side of the Atlantic. TUB democratic organ is trying to make a scapegoat out of County Clerk Noedham for all the shortcomings of the commissioners. It charges that ho has given some of his clerks moro pay than the law allows. Suppose this is true , how could those clerks got their pay if the commissioners did not vote the allowance ? What has this over pay of clerks to do with George Timme's extra mileage and pay for services not rendered ? A TEST of the Wcstinghousc air-brake applied to freight trains was made nt Chicago the other day with satisfactory results. Those showed that a heavy train , ol two thousand feet , going at a rate of nearly forty miles nn hour , could be brought to a standstill within five hundred feet. Ono experiment bhowcd that a long train could bo broken in the middle and both sections slopped in two seconds. There hnvo boon great im provements in the air-brake since it was first used nearly twenty years ago. It then required about eighteen fceconih to stop u train which can now bo stopped in two. The inventors have done much In bringing railroad trafllc to n state ol safety nnd convenience. It now remain * for the companies to bo moro liberal toward tlio public und toward their em' ployes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A MUNICIPAL election will take place in Baltimore to-day , which will furnish the first test of what hew Loon aoconip liahod by the reform campaign bo vigo rously prosecuted thoro. The promise of success for the republican and iurto pendent democratio ticket is rcgardot ns very favorable , and if the rcgulni democratic ticket should bo defeated ii \J. the city there will bo very grout probn bllity of the success of thu republican * in the state election. The Gornmi crcv/d will not hesitate at any sort o extent of cheating to win , but over ; r pondiblc precaution has been taken ti prevent fraud. Baltimore has rarely i ever known so vigorous und exciting i campaign , and the result of to-day' election there will have an intorcs throughout the country. U is to lx hoped It will bo in the interest of hones nnd decent politic * . ' . Working. Together. . It is gratifying to observe a spirit of harmony nnd n disposition to 'work to gether nmong the business communities on the Missouri rlvor in rolntion to the important matter of defending their in terests ngalnst unjust railroad discrimi nation fuvorublo to eastern trade con- tors. The grievances of which these communities complain , nnd which it is the intention to present to the consider ation of the intcr-stnto commerce com- mlbslon , nro BO plain nnd obvious that it ie hardly possible the commission will do otherwise than direct such remedial action on the part of the railroads ns it is within its power to require. The pol icy of the railroads with regard to Mis souri river points has become rather more glaringly unjust under the inter-state law than ittis before , and discrimina tion , practiced in every possible way , has been carried to n point where it is no longer to bo quietly tolerated. Tli'o law says that It shall bo unlawful for any common carrier to make or glvo any undue or unreasonable prcforc'nco or nGvantngo to nny particular locality , or to subject uny particular locality to nny undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatever. It can bo clearly shown that the present practice of the railroads with regard to Missouri river points affects these un lawful conditions , which it is now pro posed to aggravate by additional dis criminations. It is inevitable if the policy pursued by the railroads , with the lidded disadvantages to Missouri river merchants thnt nro pro posed , is permitted to stand , the busi ness of every trade center on that river must Buffer seriously , while Chicago , St. Louis and other eastern points will have the benefit. The ac tion of the railroads is thus manifestly giving un undue preference und nd- vantage to thoio points to the prejudice nnd disadvantage of the business com munities on the Missouri river. There ought to bo no difficulty in making a strong und convincing case ugainst the railroads , but it is highly essential that it shall have the united support of the communtics interested in the correction of the discriminating policy. Tlio disadvantages are felt by all in very nearly equal degree , und there must boa common and harmonious effort for their removal. This scorns to bo the general view , and there is favorable promise that the demand from this section for relief from undue and unjust discrimi nation will bo unanimous. AVnntcd A Manufacturers' Exchange. Leas than two yours ago the Kansas City board of trade organized u bureau which is known as the Manufacturers' exchange. Its functions are to stimulate - late manufacturing industries by pro curing sites for factories and lending other material assistance to parties desiring - siring to embark in industrial enter prises in Kansas City. The exchange employs a hccrotnry who compiles stat istical information in regard to advan tages nnd resources of their city , which would accrue to the benefit of manufac turers , nnd keeps u register of all the lots und lands that can bo secured nt reasonable figuresand are conveniently located for railway connections. The secretary also keeps up corre spondence with all parties in other cities who are contemplating a reloca tion , and if any of them cull ut his of fice ho is ready ut all times to show them the locations nnd give them all the Information possible that may in duce to establish factories in or near Kansas City. The result of this bureau so far is the acquisition of seventy-five manufacturing concerns , small and largo , in und around Kansas City , und the permanent employment of over two thousand workingmon. This means an addition to the population of that city of fully ton thousand , and the assur ance of a continued increase us the fac tories are enlarged to meet the demands of a growing business. Why cannot the Omaha board of trade establish a manufacturers' exchange ? What was piacticublo in Kan sas city can hardly full in Omaha. In many respects Omaha affords bettor facilities for manufacturing enterprises than Kansas City , nnd our manufactur ers have a bolter territory to supply. A prominent Kansas City business man , who is also Interested in Omaha , is now in this city , und expresses himself as willing to give the Omaha board of trade the bonelit of his observations upon the workings of the Kansas City exchange nnd the methods there pur sued to stimulate industrial enterprise. It scorns to us that the board should not lese this opportunity. Evidence TItat Docs Not Proye. The demonstrations made by the un employed laborers of London , suid to n.umber twenty-five per cent of the working people of that city , are being referred to by papers of strong protec tion views as evidence favorable to the system they advocate. A Boston con temporary asks : "Have wo any such percentage of laborers unemployed in the United Slates under the policy of protection ? " There will be no pica for free trade involved In saying that a fair illustration of the operation of the trade system of England with respect to labor cannot bo made by reference to the con dition of the working people of London. It can only bo made by referring to the general condition of labor in the coun try , and more particularly in the manu facturing districts. London is not a great manufacturing city , and the great mass of its working people nro mechanics for whom there is em ployment necessarily during only a part of the your , und common laborers who must depend on such casual em ployment an u great city affords. Thou sands of these people flock to London every year , and once in the meshes of tlu great city they nro unublo to extricate - cato thomwlvch. They go there just as people In this and all countries , partic ularly the unskilled , go to the largo cities in tlio hope of finding bettor em ployment and larger reward , only to discover thut the supply of labor exceeds - coeds the demand. But how is it in the great industrial districts of England , where skilled labor finds demand ? Is there uny such percentage of idleness , iu these localities us therois in London ? Evidently not , or we should hoar of such complaints from unemployed labor elsewhere as have come from London. It will not i > o questioned thnt tho. situation of labor in this country at present is more fnvoru- blo than that in England. Wo have hnd two years of exceptional prosperity , which has called into service all the labor of the country and generally paid it well. But it must not bo forpotton that under protection we huvo hnd periods when u vast amount of labor , in cluding all classes , could not find em ployment , nnd when distress wns wide spread nnd clamorous. Nor should the fact bo lost sight of that oven during the present period of prosperity the number und extent of labor conflicts in this country have been very much greater than in England. Certainly this must ho regarded ns showing that the work- ingmcn of England as a whole are moro contented and satisfied than those of the United States. Granting thut there is not twenty-five per cent of the laborers of the United States unemployed , nnd conceding for tho'sake of argument that this is duo to protection , will our contemporary toll us what this system is doing for the thousands of minors in the anthracite coal regions who nro engaged in n bat tle for the mcuns of u monger subsist ence which the protected coal barons refuse them , while they exact from the consumers of the whole country nn out rageous price for their product ? And what is it doing for the women nnd children of the cotton nnd woolen mills of the cast , who have driven mon from employment and are working for starva tion wages ? As n. mutter of fact the prosperous workingmen of this country are not those engaged in the pro tected industries , but those whose labor has no protection , as carpenters , stone masons , bricklayers , painters and many others. Wo do not hesitate to say thut the average earnings of those employed in the protected industries of the United States nro uot greater , taking into ac count the difference in the cost of liv ing , than are received by the people of England in similar industries. Candid people will see that there is no relation whatever between the free trade policy of England and the present condition of the London labor market , and they will not bo easily convinced that the high tariff is to bo credited with the prosperity of the United States which has given general employment to labor. THE recent decision of Judge Collins in Chicago , giving the bucket shops u now lease of life , has attracted very general attention us affording a support to these objectionable institutions very likely to start them into general oper ation again. The Chicago board of trudo attempted to drive out the bucket shops by refusing to give them quotations , und wns to a largo extent successful. There was resistance , however , and a case coming before Judge Collins ha de cided that the hoard of trade had no right to discriminate against bucket shops by refusing them quotations , holding thnt the quotations of the board have become necessary to the conduct of business und therefore it is unsafe to vest in any ono individual or company the power to discriminate against nny ono. The judge evidently had no par- tiullty for the bucket shops , which ho thought should bo suppressed by crim inal prosecutions , but ho was clearly of the opinion that they could not law fully bo put down in the way intended by the board of trade. There is no question regarding the evil those insti tutions are capable of doing , and both public policy and morality require thut they shall have no moro toleration than other gambling institutions. The sim ple und direct way to deal .with them is to prohibit them by law as gambling places and proscribe such penalties for carrying them on as are provided for the punishment of other forms of gambling. This should bo done by every state in which they exist or can find the op portunity of existence. THE police commission was created in April and the members wore appointed in Muy. They filed thoir. bonds with the council moro than five months ago. At the end of throe months , after a great deal of pressure , the council ap proved the bonds of two of the , mem bers. The bonds of the other two mora- bors still remain in the capacious pocket of the judiciary committee , and yet councilman pretend thut they nro not trying to hinder the proper organiza tion of the board. While it is not es sential to the vitality of the commission that its bonds bo approved , the course which the council has pursued in hold ing back its acceptance of the bonds shows on its face a deliberate attempt to nullify the charter and suppress a co-ordinato branch of the city govern ment. How much longer does the council propose to hold those bonds ? i I Tnn city of Omaha pays a hundred dollars a month for a sidewalk inspector whoso duty It is to see that the or dinances relating to sidownlks are properly enforced. So fur us wo can observe the inspector devotes his time to ward politics. The ordinunces re garding sidewalks remain a dead letter. JUDOK GUOKK is n very bad man to allow himself to bo voted for on the nonpartisan - partisan ticket , but wo would bet a five dollar bill against u nickel thut Ballon would not refuse to run on a nonpartisan tisan ticket if ho could only induce any body to put him on. PUOM1NENT PEUSONS. Hunlon , the oarsman , has Just arrived a Sydney. Ho is looking badly , and seems thin and worn. Maurice Bc-rnh.irdt has fought nm wounded a Puri hm journalist , who wrote ni article reflecting on his mother. Walker Blnlno recently received a letter from hi fnther , dated ut Hamburg , in whicl the writer stated that he was in better health than fur ten years past. Mr. Edmund Dwyer Gray , M. P. for Dub lin , editor and propritor of the Freeman's Journal , will leave on the CCth instant to in 1e a tour of America. Count Mltklcwicz Is a peculiar man in nn- pcarunco. Ho Is of slender figure , florid com plexlon , and wears carefully trimmed reddish side whiskers. His nose ls prominent. HIi oycs have a curious habit of enlarging and contracting as ho talks. W. 1C V ndeibilt , the duke of Norfolk nnd .Lady Colin Cutnpbell wcro recently no'tlced as the occupnnls of n restaurant able nt Buxtpu , 'England. The phrenologist who recently examined Jiiy Gould's Lead reports thnt it consists merely of ono vast bump of ncqulsltlveness covered with soft dark hair. Senator Hlscock U physically n very Indo- cnt man , But ho keeps his bruin busy most of the timo. Ho snys ho docs some of his most effective thinking in bed , Mr. Snmuol Parker , a noble of the Hnwailnn kingdom , and former pi Ivy coun cillor , is traveling In this country ; n magnifi cent specimen of the native nice of the slmuls , snys a recent interviewer. Clvll-Scrvlco Commissioner Edgcrton , of 'ndinna , is now sevcnty-flvo years of ngo. Ho s a very active man , however , extremely mrticular about his clothes , and ho looks many years younger than ho really Is. Gabo Rlcl , the brother of Louis Kiel , who conducted the rebellion In Canada , is bitter nnd fanatical In his dcsiro for revenge , nnd openly nvows his intention to organize another rebellion to avenge his brother's death. Samuel Proctor , a well-known Wnshlngton caterer , is dead. Ho cooked President Lin coln's meals in 1S01 , and for eight years ran the Senate restaurant. Afterwards ho kept what was called "Tho Hole in tlio Wall. " in .ho room now used by the congressional 11- jrary. Wlgglna MnkcH n Correct Prediction. Detroit Free Pi CM , Prof. Wiggins predicts that Christmas will como on the ! J5th of December this your. A Competitor Throws Up tlio Sponge. Cleveland PMndealcr , The newspaper liar who got up the story nbout the northwestern Ohio oil wells spout- ng up stones with Greek inscriptions on them will please go to the head. Ho is the cham pion liar of the season. Sympathetic Henry Grndy. Katwu City Journal. When Mr. Henry Grady got near enough to Mr. Vilns to hear the buzzing of the vice presidential bee , ho looked upon him with : ompnsslou and snld , sympathetically : " 1'vo Ijcen there. You'll get over it. " TIio Truth iu a Nutshell. Huston 2Vaii cHj ) < . Dakota has attained the proportions of statehood , and should bo let In on the merits of her caso. It is nobody's business how Dakota people would vote in 1883 , but as a matter of fact they are republicans by a big majority. _ _ Another Sunstroke. Kcw Yoih Sun. Indeed , the election of a non-partisan presi dent would bo an Impossibility if tlio voters know beforehand that ho was not a strong party man. Only by violation of his promises and pledges , only by Ingratitude nnd treach ery can n president fall .In his duty to his party. - _ _ At the Expense of the People. St. JsiuU RcinMlcan. Every dollar taken from the people for a treasury surplus , Is a dollar withdrawn from legitimate circulation ; nnd every million paid out of the treasury surplus "to relieve strin gency" is a million taken from safe business to swell speculation. ' ' ' , _ - Is the Officer Worth ns Much. Chicago MM. Marshal John Jolly of , Butte City.Montana , is the owner of the most cxinmslvo pollco- m an's star In the United States. It Is of solid gold , and has five points. At the end of each point is a diamond costing $125 , and hi the centre Is n monogram of Mr. Jolly's name in diamonds. This Applies to Omaha. Kew York World. It will be instructive for the average citi zen to reflect as to how much ho has to do with the selection of the men whom ho haste to vote for this fall. How much Influence has he ujxm the few individunls who nro dick ering among themselves with regard to the nominations ? An inquiry in this line of in vestigation will lead to the deduction that n few cliques have assumed the self-appointed task of governing the city. An October Day. Kew Orleans Times-Democrat. To the far hills the veil of mist still clings , Though the high sun sours to a summer sky ; Frightened by last night's chill , there flutter by Belated butterflies with yellow wings ; The daring spider's glistening slack-ropo swings From weed to bush ; in golden bower nigh , A bird bound southward , lingering louth to fly. Snatches of his forgotten love song sings. The of summer's loss chirping things com plain , In querulous chorus linked with long re frain Sad-hearted songsters , that no sun beguiles To blest forgetfulness of frost's keen pain ; Wbilo the doomed primrose still unconscious smiles. And dazzled violets look for spring again. GAMBLEKfT CINCHED. The Police Make Another Big Haul of " Speculators. " A clover capture of some nineteen gamblers over the Turf Exchange was planned and effected by Captain Green and a squad of flvo policemen yesterday afternoon. The gam blers have been running in full blast in spite of the new law , and have boon giving the police the laugh for their continual baffled efforts to suppress the tiger. This time Cap tain Green determined to have a "dead cinch" on them and posted two detectives In the room over the Turf Exchange where the gambling was going on. These two men wore in the room watching the gamblers forever over half an hour , aud they say they can furnish testimony enough against every man arrested to convict him. At the tlmo It became known that the police wcro at the door , the cards , poker chins money and other appliances wore hurriedly locked up in the safe , nnd when the police entered the room there were no signs of the gambling that had just ceased. On the way to the central police station the gamblers jeered at the officers , but when they reached the sta tion nnd learned of the presence of the de tectives they changed their tune. Below ore the names given ut the station by the gam blers : James Bulrus , Jake Muck , George E. Tur ner , John Eaton , H. Buck , Will Swart ? , H. P. Hays , F. T. Jacobs , E. E. Beck , Tom Bitter- son , Fred Stover , C. E. VnnDcvoro , E. B. Cook , E. A. Mclnlosh , A. E. Shockluy , Tom Shownrd , Buck Hondcrshot , Joe Wallace , L. E. Kyan and BUI Myers. .A real estate man who gave the assumed name of F. T. Jacobs , seemed to have been the luckiest man in the games that day , hav ing over a hundred dollars In bis pocket. The gamblers were arraigned before Judge Berkn after a short stay behind the bars , uni their trial flxcd for Friday nt 2 p. m. The Kcllcy Murder Trial. A special venire of jurors was ordered yesterday to sit nt the trial of John Kelley charged with murder In the second degree This alleged crime was committed July D 18S7 , and the victim was William Nugent. At 3K : ! ) yesterday afternoon the ompanncling of tlio jury was completed , nnd the case o | > onod befoio Judge Wakeley. It had beei intended thut Judge GrofT should try this case , but ho was in Sarpy county holding court. After the opening statements to the jury by counsel , tlio state commenced Its case. The witnesses were Sergeant Mostyn Lawrence Casey , Dr. CofTmun and Jacob Elbans. Shoitly before Ii o'clock the state's evidence was completed and court udjouniec until U o'clock this morning. Contractor Llllis , the veteran monop olist of the cable rail way contracts in this city , Kansas City and other places boa arrived and is at the Paxtou. THE NON-PARTISAN TICKET. Judgb Donno IB Added' to the Ju- dicltvl Ticket of This District. MAKING A VERY BIG FOUR' Xho Ticket Unfilled li.nst Night By a Ulg Meeting Other Ii County nnd State Polities. roiir Good Men. The meeting of citizens to ratify tlio non- imrtlsnn Judicial ticket In the coming clcc- llon was held lost nl ht , agreeably to call in ! ho Grand opera houso. There wcro about 500 citizens present some of whom arc lenders in both mercantile and professional walks of life. Precisely at 8 o'clock , the gnllicrlnf ; was called to order by W. V. Morse , who rend the call published in the 13nc , Biipgestlng that Jiulgo Lake act as chairman of the niecling. There was no opposition to the suggestion , and Mr. John "Wllbcr , of the Omaha Savings annlt , assumed the position of secretary. As Judge Lake canio forward to announce the object of the meeting , ho was greeted with long nnd loud np- | ) laU8C , Ho Bald that the ou- | ect of the meeting , ns ho understood it wat designed In the Interest of uoii-parlisau Itidgos for the district court nnd to tale sue n steps as might bo rendered necessary to endorse for positions on the district bench Judges Wukcloy , Groff , IIopowcll and Donno , nnd to do what might bo considered prac ticable and Just to seciuo their election. Ho supported the Judges who had been rcnomi- natcd because they wcro in every manner lit for the positions they now held. Judge Wukoley was a veteran in the practice of the law and In his Rorvico on the bench in which the speaker hud found him more than thirty years ago when ho became acquainted with iihn. Ho had been too good a lawyer nnd too good a Judge to bo retired to private life so long ns ho retained the ability to servo them. Of Judge Groff , the speaker said ho had to say that ho hud known him for twelve years and before ho had ever as pired to tlio bench , and hud always found him an upright and honorable gentleman and would he was sure if uguin returned to the bench prove to bo a painstaking , honest nnd upright Judge. For those reasons the npcakcr said no was anxious to do what ho could for the furtherance of the objects of thomeeting. Mr. Hitchcock said that the meeting hud been called by about fifty citizens of Onmlm who felt called upon to state that the time had come to raise n now issue in the politics ol the district. They were called upon in November to elect Judgcsof tliodistrlct court , Judges to preside over coses involving life , property nnd liberty. Realizing the impera tive necessity of selecting men who stood ubovo reproach , Who were learned in the raw and unprejudiced In any case which. might como before them , the bur long ago recognized the necessity of aiding or recommending to tbo different parties the advisability of electing judges regardless of party tics. Sonio time ago. there was a largo meeting of the bar hold. It was , perhnps. the largest and most representative assemblage of lawyers which the district had probably ever witnessed. Upon the mention of Judge Wakeloy's name , that meeting broke forth in tumultuous n ] > - plauso. When thnt Judge said that ho would not enter a political strife for the purpose of securing a nomination , the bar well knew what thut old Judge meant. The petty salary which ho receives , it is well known is no in ducement to him to seek to retain the po sition. It would not recompense for his ser vices did ho not find the labors of the po sition exacting and laborious , congenial to him. him.Tho name of Judge Groff was received with scarcely less demonstrations of approval , and tlio sumo was true also of Judge Hopowcll's when his was brought before the convention. The sneaker then told of tlio endorsement of those judges by the bar , the treatment the same had received from the democratio nnd republican convention , how it was received and nctcd upon by the ono nnd condemned by the other. In referring to the management of the latter , the speaker said it fell under ono of the worst horde of political bummers which had ever disgraced n republican con vention. A horde of ward politicians hud knocked at its doors for ofllco , and while ho hud nothing to tmy against the personal in tegrity of any of the men , yet compared with the other men. they wcro unable und un worthy to sit on the bench. The speaker continued at some length and then intro duced the following : KCSOI.UT1ONS. Wo , the citizens of the Third Judicial dis trict assembled , without regard to party , for the purpose of expressing our views In refer ence to the approaching election of Judges in said district , do dccluro and resolve : First , That wo believe that the Judicial of ficers of a state should , us far as possible , bo free from partisan bias , untrnmmelcd by party obligations , undolllcd by the wrangles and contamination of bitter partisan warfare , and selected solely with reference to their qualifications for impartial und just decisions of questions involving the lives , liberty nnd property of their fellow citizens. Second , That wo bellovo that the selection of Judges made by the bar of tnis district , and uccoptcd by ono of its political conven tions , was intended to bo non-partisan in its character , and was designed to remove the bench , by all practicable menus , from the strife and slanders of a hotly contested polit ical campaign. Third , That wo hereby declare our high confidence in the learning , integrity , impar tiality and ability of the gentlemen BO se lected , and cordially commend the district judicial ticket on which their names appear to the suffrages of all voters in the district who dcsiro the maintenance of a pure and in dependent judiciary. Fourth , That a committee of flvo persons bo appointed by the chair , whosoduty it shall bo to prepare un address to the electors setting ting forth the reasons for our indejxmdent support of the individuals BO selected und the considerations which have induced u to take this action. Fifth , That the chair also appoint an execu tive committee of five to circulate addresses , print tickets nnd take all necessary steps to enable electors to exercise their right of voting ing for the men of their choice. Mr. Hitchcock moved the adoption of the resolutions. Judge George F. Brown seconded the mo tion. . Mr. Ambrose in supporting the resolutions said that ho had been a lawyer for twenty years and was also u republican. Ho had hud something to do with the calling of the bur convention. Thnt convention adopted u recommendation which had been ignored by the party of which ho was u member. Hut the itpcukor hud said before the bar that as so long as ho had a vote , ho would not con sent to the departure of Eleazer Wakeloy from the bench. Ho had said moro before that bar meeting and it was that a lawyer who was not willing to submit his claims to the bar who knew him was not worthy of the place. C. S. Montgomery then read the following corrosiKJiidcnco which contains a request from the gentleman mentioned and the an swer to it by Judge Wukoloy : COUllESl'ONDKNCE. OFFICB OP MONTOOHKKT & .TErrnEr , OMAHA , Nob. , Oct. 24. Hon. E. Wokeley , My Dear Sir : At the recent mooting of the members of the bar of the Third Judicial dis trict of Nebraska , you and Judges Groff nnd Hopcwcll wore selected ns candidates for the offices of Judges of said district , and wore unanimously recommended to the democratic and republican conventions then about to convene , a.s the most fit for nomination for such positions , and with a view to the selec tion of uon-p.irtisun Judges. Such choice was duly approved by the democratio conven tion without u dissenting vote. There has been some doubt regarding your acceptance of the nomination , which , it Bcems to mo , should now bo solved by u definite expres sion from you. As chairman of the demo cratic Judicial committee , I now nsk for such expression , hoping most sincerely that you will waive personal considerations nnd respond spend to the urgent demands of the public with nn nnlrmativo reply. Very truly yours , C. S. MOMTOOUKUr. OMAHA , Oct. 25. Tlio Hon. C , S. Montgom ery , Chairman of the Democratio Judiciary Committee Dear Sir : Your communication of yesterday's duto , touching my nomination for district Judgo. Is received. I hnvo not , at any tluio , been solicitous for a re-election to the oHico , nor have I , UIUH fur , done anything to invite or promote u move ment therefor. Uut I bavo been very grate ful tor the confidonro In my Judicial rcctlttulo nnd fitness ormcwl by the voluntary nnd unanimous , expression of * the bar , to which you allude , mm for the endorsement'of Its no tion by tlio undivided vote of the delegates in the convention for which you -speak. 1 nm also assured , upon evidence which I cannot doubt , that n largo nnd Inlluentlnl number of citizens throughout the district , Irrespective of their imrty afilliations , desire that 1 should bo n candidate , mid believe that urgent reasons therefore exist. Accepting the judgment of others , who are deeply Interested , as to what my duty In the present situation is , t have concluded to per mit my name to stand for the suffrages of all voters who may bellovo thnt my election would bo for the public good , and to accept the oillco if elected. Very respectfully , F. WAKn.r.r. Judge Savngo snlil thnt Judge Hopowell hnd been called nway by his judlclnl dutte.s In Harpy , but that before going ho had said that ho would bo willing to nllow his unuio to bo used by his friends. Mr. E. Hosouator was called for and snld that his opinion as to tlio action the meeting proKud | to tnko was well known nnd ho diu not think ho could in nny wny add to the esteem and respect In which thu Judicial candidates on the non-partisan ticket by the people who knew them. It was not the first tlmo theio had been division In the party la the selection of judges. Ho hoped it would not bo the lust time , either. Ho hoped that in tlio mat ter of the Judiciary that contests could bo di vested of nil partisan bias and personal feel ing , and that people would vote for the men only who weio worthy of their suffrage. Ho would not draw a contrast between tlio two tickets because from Wnkoloy down to the last man , the nominees were known to bo capable , fearless in the discharge of their duties , und honest. Tlio manner in which the republican judlclnl convention hnd been held was disgraceful. It was discourteous , unkind , and , on thu principle of the devil take the hindmost. It hud almost defeated oven llopewell. If Groff was tainted because of contact with the democrats , so was Hope well. This business of dragging the Judiciary into the sllmo of politics , of making it a mat ter of party , should bo rebuked by the pee ple. It had been rebuked bcfoi o and should ngnln In November. Tlio Judiciary should ro- inain free from partisan bias. It should hnvo ns exponents men in whom the people could place confidence. The man on tlio beach in a county of 175,000 , people should bo a muu of mature years and extensive information and experience. Ho would not bo willing to al low in public place a man whom ho could not allow or , trust in his business , and ho would not have n Judge on the bench whom ho eouldjnot entrust with his private affairs. Whllo the meeting wns not , perhaps , ns largely attended as it might have been , still ho know that the Insolent wny thut the republicans hud put up their ticket would bo rebuked on election dny and would bo taken part in by men who were not pres ent , men who built the homes of citizens nnd working in our mills nnd factories these men , too , would support the ticket which the meeting would ratify that night. The speaker hoped that every man who was there last night would bo on bund on election day so that the farce of thu nomination might never bo enacted again. Mr. A. H. Scott next spoke men tioning nmong other things that no opposition hud ever been made to Judges Groff nnd Wnkoloy until they had rendered decisions in the case of the city printing. The resolutions were then unanimously adopted. On the suggestion of Mr. Hitchcock the chairman appointed as the committee on ad dress Judge Savage , K. Hosewutcr , John Jenkins , George W. Ambrose and W. S. Curtis. Tlio committee on election preparation , is Clinton Powell , J. J. Brown , H. W. Yatcs , G. M. Hitchcock nnd H. II. Bridges. On motion of Mr. Hitchcock , the meeting adjourned. No moro orderly , buslncss-liko and intelli gent po litlcnl gathering ever convened in the city. ACTION OP THK DEMOCRATS. George " \V. Donno ns W. A. Stowe's Successor for Judicial Nominee. At a meeting of the democratic central committee of the Third judiciul district held yesterday in C. S. Montgomery's oflleo , pursuant to call , nil the counties of the district being represented , the following resolution was introduced und unanimously adopted "Resolved , Thut wo , the members or the Third judicial district democratio committee , do greutly deplore and regret the death of Hon. W. A. Stow , whereby tlio democratic party has been deprived of un able rorescntu- tive , and the community of a valuable mem ber , who in publio position would have served impartially , honestly and ably. " In view of the vacancy UJKHI the judicial ticket , caused by the death of Judge Stow , thu following resolution was introduced and unanimously adopted t "Whereas , The members of the bar of the Third Judiciul district of Nebraska , irresi > co- tlvo of party , have largely requested Hon. George W. Doano to allow his name to bo used as ono of the candidates for judge of said district ; and Whereas , His ability , legal learning , in- tcgiity nnd fitness for suid position designate him us the proper person for the place , there fore be it Resolved , Thnt In compliance with snlct request - quest wo , the members of the democratic committee of said district , do hereby place the Hon. George W. Doano in nomina tion for ono of the judges of said district : and , believing that able , upright , impartial nnd tried men only are worthy to bo elevated to such on important trust , wo cordially com mend him , with Juddcs Wnkoloy. Hopowoll and Groff to the doctors of said district. " It was moved and carried that the chair man of the committee , Mr. Montgomery , act as n committee of ono to acquaint Judge Doano with the action of the committee. A BRE reporter was told by Charles H. Brown yesterday that Judge Doano hud said that , If appointed to the position , ho would run for the position of district judge. STATE : CENTUAIJ COMMITTEE. Headquarters Opened Yesterday For Work In the Mlllnrd Hotel. Walt. M. Scolcy , well known in the repub lican ranks of this city , and as the rapid man nt the desk of the last senate , has been placed in charge of the headquarters of the Republi can State Central Committee which hnvo been opened In the Millard hotel. He signalized his assumption of ofllce yesterday by the passage among the visitors of the Senators Manderson nud Paddock cigars , whiffs of which ho also enjoyed himself. Ho will be pretty busy for some time in opening up the corro- spondcnco incidental to the campaign , and answering the letters which now demand attention. The chairman , Senator Mulklo- john , of Fullerton , will bo In uttondunco at thu ofllco ut frequent intervals , and help to make the business rush along with ability und dispatch , Political NotcH. The Fifth Ward Republican club met last night. Ed. J. Brenmin , secretary of the Second Ward Democratic club , has announced a mooting of that organi/ation for thU evening at S o'clock , for tlio transaction cf important business , at the comer of Six teenth and Williams streets. The Fifth Ward Republican club meets Thursday evening nt WM North Sixteenth. Tlio Bomhcian republican club of the second end ward organized last night at Hoffman's hall. Fully flftcn members joined , untl the utmost enthusiasm prevailed. The follow ing ofllcors wcro elected. Picslilenl. Frank Kaspar. Vice President , 1C. W. Bartoas. Secretary , Frank W. Bundhnuer. Treasurer , Frank Vodlca. There will be n meeting next Monday night nt the sumo nlixco , nnd It is believed that the membership will bo nearly doubled. The second ward republicans will hold a grand mass meeting this Wednesday evenIng - Ing at Miller's hall , corner of Eighteenth nnd Bcnton streets. All the candidate * will bo present , and n great tune is expected. STATE AND TEUKIXOIIY. Nebraska Jottings. A convention of Congrcgationalists opens in Lincoln to-day. Now the coal dealer cheerfully ex claims "Raw Ihcrol" A substantial iron bridge ia being built over the Republican river ut Red Cloud. The Nebraska City News Eiiggcfcts that Lincoln , Hastings nud Beatrice are as competent to take care of u national convention us Omaha. Nebraska City , fortunately , Is out1 of tho'rncoi Sh can't hold her own. ' " ' . . Hastings continues-to 'lend her coin- , potltors In works nf art.and comfort. The latest is tin Inflated buSttlo or "Jn- fallible poll bang agitator , " "When the worn or sits down , " says the fashion nrtlstof the Democrat , "tho nlrebi-npcs nlong her spine , loowns her corset ttrlngs and blows her back bangs Into the most fashionable pose. When she stands up the suction tightens the strings nnd expands the buMlo , whistles to her dog , sticks a pin in her drowsy ufci-oi't ntul other things. " Two Saiitoo squaws have been ar rested and jailed tit Is'lobrura on tlio charge of murdering the favored wife of .loo Campbell , n half-breed , last week. It appears thut Joo's domestic arrangement Included thothrco women , who snared his affections on the Mor mon plan. The murdered woman cap tured moro than her share of Joo's at tention , and Hred the hearts of hop mates with jealousy. Catching her alone at a slough they foil upon her and crushed her skull with an axe. C. F. Robertson , secretary of the Wyoming Heal Estate & Trust company , has boon arrested for fraudulently removing moving mortgaged property fromOlioy- enno county. Ho is in jail nt Sidney. Roberts-on , who is a young man of about thirty years of ago , wont to Cheyenne from Nebraska six months ngo. On his arrival ho organized a real estate com pany with a big title , nnd announced with considerable flourish of trumpets his Intention of corralling the eutlro real estate business of that city. Dur ing the past month or so ho 1ms been chiefly known in business circles for his pertinacity In endeavoring to negotiate loans ranging from $1 to $10 for his own boiiolit. lown Itcnm. The State Teachers' association will moot In Cedar Rapids December " " - ! ! ( ) . A wire nail factory , with a capacity of 25,000 kegs per annum , is to bo built ut Dubuquo. Over $50,000 worth of cedar block paving has been put down in Cedar Rapids this year. Burglars hit the till of the freight oillco of the Northwestern road at Dos Moincs for $1115 last Monday. The number of hogs killed this season' to date at the Cedar Rapids packing house is 1(13,310 ( as against 220,703 for a corresponding period last year. The biggest How of J natural gns yet found in Iowa was struck last Saturday within forty rods of the corporate limits of the town of Angus , Boone county. Laura V. Falls 1ms broughtsult against the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul road , claiming $20,000 for the death of her husband , ono of the conductors killed In the recent Eagle Point acci dent near Dubuquo. Sioux City ranks fifth among the cities of the state in postoflleo receipts , the amount being $3i ) , ( > l8 for lust your , an Increase of (13 ( per cent. Dos Moines ranks first , followed by Dubuque , Bur lington and Davenport. Council BlulTs holds the sixth place , with receipts of $38,000 , nn inerenso of CO per cent. The South Sioux City Sun Is sending booms of dazzling light Into the prohi bition pretenses of her Iowa namesake. Hero are a few choice rays : "Sioux City claims proudly and boastfully to bo u prohibition town in a prohibition state. Many of her so-called loading citizens , men who never possessed a sin gle sacred thought , call upon God to witness that what they say Is true , when they know that their town is full of 'joints' and a largo number of her popu lation is full of whisky. They speak ol their town iia a 'moral' community. Such a claim is the coldest irony over indulged in by mortal man. " Dakota. The contemplated now paper mill at Ynnkton , if built , will cost $50,000. Deadwood capitalists contemplate building a narrow guago railroad to connect the city with outlying mining camps. The deed has boon made out which transfers to Yankion city , for park pur poses , forty acres just west of West Yunkton , belonging to the Catholio sisters. It is now definitely unlorstood that the Black Hills branch of the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Vallo5f will ostab- lihh a winter terminus at Solbio , ton miles north of Sturgis. Chester Kingsloy , of Minneapolis , pur chased the stock ranch of H. F. Conger , at Steclo , for $20,000. It is ono of the largest ranches in North Dakota , con taining 1,000 acres of land. At the Aberdeen conference of tlio Methodist churoh of south Dakota , it was snid that for every $1,000 the Da kota conference contributes to the so ciety , it gets $0,000 in return , while bomb of the eastern conferences con tribute $ J,000 for every $1,000 received. From the report of the committee on state of the church , the following facts are gleaned : In 18(11 ( , Dakota hud ono Methodist circuit with forty members and not a dollar's worth of churoh prop erty ; in 1887 , there wore 127 circuits , with a membership of 7,081 and church property valued at $390,000. SKIN SCALP BLOOD Having been a sufferer for two years and a 1ml f from a dlsrmie caused by a brulxo on the leg and InwliiK been Lined by the CuilcimA ItKMKDiKH whoa nil other methods niicl rumfillca fulled. I dcoin It my duty to recommend them. 1 visited Hot SpilnRt to no avnll , mid tiled Hey. orul doctors wli linut micceis.und nt lust our prln- climl dniBKlHt , Mr. John I' . Klnluy ( to whom I xhull over feel grateful ) , Npolco to me nbout CUTICIIIIA , nnd 1 consented to clve them a trlul with the result that 1 urn perfectly cured. Ther * Is now no sore about me. 1 think I can nhow tlioliiigCHtaurfftce wheni my HUtTerlnKx sprung from o ? any one In the xtute. Tlio CUTICUIIA. KFMKDIEH are the bent blood anil nkln cuien inunui'iictuied. I refer to driiKKlut John I * . Pin * luy and lr. 1) . (3. Montgomery , ) > oth of tills place , and to Dr. Smith , of Lake I.fo. Miss. ALiXAN : Dl'.lt IIUAUIl. Ureoiwllle. MlM. Mr. lleiich um-d the CUTICIIIIA HKMMUKS , at our roniiCHt. with rehiiltH HH above ntnted. A. U. FIN LAY 4 : CO. , Hnvrd My Mothnr'n Mfo. Kver hlnro I ran remember , my mother hns Milfered front a milk leg. NotlimK would do her nuyuood. Hliu hud thu bi-st meillpliml talent. but they all illrtlier no good. Blie nuffereU wltli li r leg for thirty > eau aijl ; never knj u duy. tvbo would lime to Hit up half the ulKht , holding up her ICK and immnfiiK. Ulie had no l > uce. 81m UMtd ull the bent know remedies In the country without cited. 1 asked her to try your CUTICUIIA UKUBUIKS. ( lot tier a bottle of CUTICUIIA Kmot.vKNT. and she took It , and has taken In all about fclx or < m-n bottlen. and now hliulauMoll \ > omnn to-duy. Her leu U ontlieljr iiraltd , anil her health MUD never better , Hlia can go out nvcry duy , RnmnthliiK 8bn liimnot done In ten yeai x , ho you xco I cannot help nUl- ln to you about your wonderful CUTicuni KKMKDIKS. You have wived my mother'n life , I cunnot Und wordK to express my gratitude. I have mlvcrtbted ) our CUTICUIIA lUiiEDlEa far nud nritr. UUWAIID LUHDKU. 1MB Ilroadway , K. V. CtmcunA , th great skin cure. CuTinun * Bo * p prepared fiom It , exteninlly. mill Cirri- VUHA ItKHOt.VKNr , tlio now blood puilller , Inter' r.nlly , nru a i > ot.ltlvo euro for ou-iy form or tkln and blootSdUoasa from pimples to ecrofuln. Sold everywhere. I'rlce. CUTICUIIA. Wo ; HO 2ftcj HKSOI.VKNT , $1.00. I'letiarcd by the I'OTTKU Dliirtl ANliUllKMlCAi , Co. , Huston , Ma.su. | 3T"8end for "How to Cure Bkin Diseases , " d pugos , 60 IllUbtiatlons , nnil IW teatlmonlaU. _ ' . , blucklieuda. chapped und ally flkln prevented by CUTICUIIA MKIIICATKU BOAI * . NoRheumatiz About Me ! IN ONK MINIITi : tllBfllTICi'llA ANTI- TAIN I'LAhTKii relieves UlienniHtte , atlc , Midden , nhurp , ami liervoni im. Btr ln and Weakne en. Thi Unit aud only pain-killing 1'ltuttor. B6c conU. 7 v ( ,