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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 22. 1888. THE DAILY 33EE. IVKKY SIOHNIXO. TRUMS OK Dally ( Morning IMltloin Including SU.NIIAV HRK , One Year. , . 510 m rorHIK .Months . fi t J J'orThrco Months . . . . . 2 5'J ' TDK OMAHA Hi'Niuv Hun , mailed to any address. One Vo.ir . 200 OMAHA omcx.No .ui I AxnPin KAIINAM STIIKKT. NKW VOllKOmC > : , ItOOMS II AND lliTlllllV.ST. WAPIIIMITOX Ornci : , No , OU Smr.F.T. . Alleommtinlrntlotn rclntlnt : toitewianu till- torlnl ni.it.tor should bo addressed to tlio KiiiTOIt Ot'TIIKllhK. IIURlNIISa IBTTiitP. : All business IdteM and remittance * should bo nddruased to Tim HKB I'UIIMSIIIMI COMPANV , OMAHA. Draft * , checks and iiostofllco onion * to be made payable to the order ol the company. , Proprietors , K. ROSE WATER , Ed I tor. UUE. Sworn Statement ol Circulation. State of Nebraska , I. Connty of Douglas. | B > " ( leo. n. Tzschurk. secretary of The flee Pub- llHliltiu company , dons nolumnly sw enr that the actual circulation of TIIK inn.v HBE for the week ending September 15,1 SS , was us follow * : Rnndiiy.Hopt.li 1B.2.V ) Monday , Ht-pt. 10 1H.024 Tuesday , Sept. 11 lV > - > 4 Wednesday. Sept. la 18.070 Thursday , Bept. U IS,0 ) Friday , iJcjit.lt IH.oro BftturUay.ScOt. 15 1H.I11 AveraKO 1B.OM GKO. H.TZSCHUCK. Sworn lo boforn mo and niib < orlbid In my picseuco this 15th day of Soiiteinber , A. I ) , IBds. N. P. FKII , . Notary Public. Etato of Nobranlsa , I . _ County of DouRlas. f " " ( icorgu II. TzKcnnck , liclnc first duly sworn.do- pofea and SHJ-H th.it ho Is sect clary of The I lea I'nbllhliliiRcompany , that the actual avenge r dally circulation of THE DAU.Vt.t \ \ for thn month of Hcntember. 1CS7 , was H.31'1 copies ! tat October , 1887 , ll.ajl copies ; for November , 117. Ifi.iai copies : for Derember. 1M7 , r.i | cop ies ; forJunuary , 1S ? , ir > , ,1 lcopies ; for Kebrnaiy , IHUl.l.'i.WBcopies ! for Mnicll.lbb8.lli.iABconies ; for April , JHSS , 1B.7O copies ; for May , 1WS. 1H.1S1 copies ; foi Jime.lHM ? , liU4Jcnplei | : for July , 188 l , ta copies ; for Aufiiist. )8Nj ) , llsi : coplet. OKO. B.TZSCHUCK. Bwornto beforn mo nnd t < nbsilhad In ray pre.ienco thlibth day of September. A. 1) . . 18IM. N. P. KKIL Notary Public. Foil once Omaha nns not been snubbed and sat down upon in a con gressional convention. TIIK thlrty-sovcn delegates from Douglas did not come homo on the swearing train this lime. JOHN SHKUMAN stuck a pin into the retaliation bill and will keep it in the committee on foreign relations as long as ho can. BY next Wednesday we shall know who is to bo the victim of the demo cratic congressional ticket in this dis trict. COUNCILMAN LKB has introduced a timely ordinance for licensing employ ment agencies. It will to a great ex tent protect those seeking employment from impostors and sharks. ALTHOUGH Mayor Hewitt , of Now York City , is not acccpt blo to cither > Tammany or the County democracy i politicians , his popularity with the business men and taxpayers may compel his renomination as a stroke of policy. BY Till ! time South Omaha procures -proper plans for sewerage and draining from some export engineer , it will bo ttmo enough to lot the contract for her sowers. Any other mode of procooduro is like building an expensive block without plans. Tim bill to create an executive de partment of the national government , to bo known as the department of agri- 'culturo , passed the senate yesterday. The senate and house differ on some provisions of the measure , and it will now go to a joint conference com- mlttco. TIIK August statement of earnings for ono hundred and eleven railroads shows a net gain of about two and ono- quurtor per cent over the corresponding month last year. The mileage of thcso roads increased during the year from sixty-one thousand to sixty-four thou sand miles. A better exhibit could hardly have been made. IT WAS a happy inspiration that en I1 tered the mind of an Italian laborer at Pr Aspen ( Colo. ) , during the con test for a right-of-way between the Rio Grande and Colorado Midland railroads. With his shovel doing service as the sword of victory , ho shouted , "Garibaldi and Liberty. " it was au inspiriting battle cry , and his 150 follow Italians wielded their shovels with tolling effect and won the duy. Till ! Chinaman who applied for naturalization papers in Nebraska a few days ago may have no bettor suc cess than the celestial recently refused citizenship by the courts in St. Louis. It Is a question whether the naturaliza tion act can bo made to include Chinese among thos j who may avail themselves of its provisions. The United States court of California has passed directly upon the question , and it was decided there some years ago , that a Chinaman could not bo naturalized under the naturalization law. TIIK most encouraging reports from Jacksonville , Fin , , do 110 not allay the fears that yellow fever cannot nuio.li longer bo confined to the region where it first mndo its appearance. Refugees have scattered to all quarters of the * couth and reports come in every day ol eases breaking out hero and there Which uro liable to infect whole dis > trictu. The situation ut Jacksonville , in stead of improving grows rapidly worse . There is an increase in the death rut < and confusion in the cure of the sick AU this tends to put the south in a blatc of panic , unsettling the minds of mor uiul making them a ready prey to UK insidiona disease. TUB Second Ward 'Republican Flam bolu club wm l the procession to night that will maroh to the i.Llaucc of W. J. Con neil to congratulate him upon his nomination for congress by the republicans of the First district. It I : fitting that the republicans of the Second end ward should load in this demonstra tion of approval. Before the rodls tricting of the city into nine wards Mr , Council was u voter of the Second , Hit Interest In republican success was noi confined to the duty of voting , but when iv hard battle was to bo fought ho was always in the thickest of the fray , ant none know it bettor than the republicans cans of his old ward. Our Next Tho. republicans of the First Congros- Htonal district nro to bq congrntulatod upon the nomination of W. J. Connoll. No man in this stale is better equipped for the duties and responsibilities de volving upon a , member of the national legislature , and no man could have been named who would at this critical junct ure have inspired greater confidence in his election next November. It is a foregone conclusion that the First congressional dis trict of Nebraska will bo represented in the Fifty-first congress by a republican , no matter who may bo the democratic nominee. Mr. Con- noil's record in public Hfo is unassailable. As prosecuting at torney of this judicial district , which during his term embraced one- third of the entire state , Mr. Connell macio a reputation as an energetic and most successful public prosecutor. As corporation attorney for the metropolis of Nebraska , Mr. Connell displayed signal ability and thoroughness in the very intricate work which the position imposed upon him. It is conceded by his personal and po litical opponents that Mr. Conncll was the most ufllciont city attorney Omaha ever had or is over likely to havo. It goes without saying that Omaha has reason to feel gratified ever Mr. Council' : ! selection for the congressional nomination. Identified as he is and has been with the material growth and prosperity of this city , this community fools assured that her intoro.sta at the national capltol will not suffer while ho holds a seat in the house of representatives. While being loyal to Omaha , Mr. Council is a man jrond oiiouFh in his makeup to realize .hat . a congressman may servo Omaha without neglecting the welfare of his onstituoncy in other portions of the district , and , for that matter , the inter- sts of the whole state. In the prime of life , with n laudable nutrition to servo the people , and in so iloing clovuto himself to a higher plane f activity , Mr. Conncll can bo de pended upon to devote his best energies to the promotion of every measure that will tend to increase .ho . prosperity of our city and advance .ho . growth of our state. A self-made man , who has risen by his own industry und perseverance , Mr. Conncll's nc- ive sympathies have been , and will con- imto to bo with the industrial , toiling masses , and while respecting and up- "lolding the rights of corporations ho vill curb the power of monopolies und abor to have them relegated and re stricted within their proper domain. A Better UndorHtnmliiiK Nontlctl. The democratic loaders who by com mission or solf-appointinont are ex plaining to the people the tariff policy of their party should endeavor to roach a common ground and stand upon it. Fn order to do effective work party .eaders musk bo in some sort of agrco- nont , but thcro is a conspicuous lack of .his among some of those who are promi nent in defining und explaining demo cratic taritl policy. In his letter of acceptance Mr. Clovo- and said his party was not en gaged in a crusudo of free trade. Mr. Carlisle , who has as much authority to speak for the party as the president , and very likely has a moro ncournto knowledge of its real purpose , said in his speech accepting the re- nomination to congress : "Now , the rent question you are to decide is whether this system of taxation is to bo continued indefinitely or whether the country shall return to the methods of taxation which prevailed in this coun try before the war. " Everybody at all familiar with our tarift history knows that before the war the country had comparative free trade , the average duty under the tariff act of 1848 being twenty-live per cent , and under the act of 1857 twenty per cont. If , therefore , Mr. Carlisle correctly states the aim of his party in this matter the house tariH bill goes loss than half way toward the point whore the democratic party would place the tariff if allowed to. Obviously this does not lit well with the assertion of Mr. Cleveland that the party is not engaged in a crusade of free trade. Another democratic loader who has some right to speak for his party is Senator Vest , of Missouri. Ttiut gontlo- mnn recently said that the president had "challenged the protected industries of the country to n fight of exter mination , and that the fight is to the death.9' It is not possible to misunder stand the meaning of this language , and it certainly implies the conviction of its author that his party is engaged in a crusade of free trade , which is the policy by which alone the protected in dustries of the country could bo exter minated. Still another democrat who enjoys a high place in the councils of the party , Mr. Henry Watterson , in n recent speech declared that the Mills bill did not suit him by a long shot , the trouble with it being that it does not go far enough in reducing duties. fie was willing to endorse it in order to secure democratic harmony , but ho had hoped for something far moro swooping something that would have come nearer to the methods of taxation that pre vailed bolero the war. Wo submit that thcso emanations from responsible democratic sources do not fit well with the assurance of Mr , Cleveland that the democratic party ia not in n crusade of free trade , while they do go very far to justify the asser tion of General Harrison in his letter ol acceptance , that "tho Mills bill is onlj a stop , but it ia toward an object thai the leaders of democratic thought and legislation have clearly in mind. " There should bo abettor understanding among the gentlemen whoso distinguished ' mission ii , : of the democratic Colored Democrats. No doubt Mr. Thurman was entirely sincere in what ho said to the delega tion of colored democrats who called on him Thursday. It is very likely that lie has never felt any onmlty to ward the colored race , though as a strict partisan ho certainly never did anything to the advantage of the race. Ho was a pro-slavery democrat and stobd always firmly In line \ylth his parly in support of the Institution of rfnvory. But It is conceivable that ho did this without any fooling of enmity to the enslaved raco. It may also ba conceded that Mr. Thurman was entirely sincere in saying that ho believed in the full equality of colored cltlzona be fore the law , and that they should bo allowed to enjoy all their rights equally with white citizens. But It is a reflection not altogether fortunate for Mr. Thurman that an ur gent political exigency , in which ho is n cor.s { > tr.uous figure , was necessary to draw from him tlioSO proper r.r.'A honor able admissions , and that but for iho part ho has boon called upon to play the colored voters would never have known that ho was a friend' and recog nized their legal equality. Yet thcro has boon abundant opportunity for his making this known before. Mr. Thurman has had tlio knowledge possessed by all other in telligent citizens that for yoafs the col ored voters in every southern state have boon denied tljolr rights , and ho has every reason to believe timt in most of thcso states they will not bo allowed to freely exercise them next November , lie is unquestionably fully Informed re garding what has occurred in Arkansas , Louisiana and Mississippi during the present year in the form of outrages against colored citizens for political reasons. lie known , or if not , ho may easily learn , that the sentiment in most of the southern states against per mitting the colored citizens to enjoy their rights , is as strong to-day as it has ever been. But hav ing this knowledge of the wrongs to which the colored citizens were being subjected in the old slave states , Mr. Thurnmn has never until now uttered a word to indicate that ho was not in full sympathy with the persecution. As a party leader of influence it was possible for him to have done something for the amelioration of the hard condition of the colored citizens in the south , but it is not of record that ho ever spoke a word in their behalf or uttered a syl lable in deprecation of the unjust treat ment they wore subjected to. Mr. Thurman will have hard work to show that ho has any just claim to the votes of colored citizens. He may never , as ho claims , have been their enemy , but it is nowhere in evidence that ho has ever shown them any friendship. T AUTIIUU once said to the editor of TIIK OIK : that the greater por- ion of his time was taken up with ap plications for promotion in the regular : irmy and the squabbles of the Nebraska delegation in congress. Wo venture , o say that the greater portion of Grover - vor Cleveland's time for the last six months has been taken up with the muddle ever the Chicago xMoillco. After wrestling with this poslofllco mudulo through many sleepless nights Graver has iinally decapitated Postmaster Judd by [ ippointing General Walter C. New- bury in his stead. It was eminently appropriate that the execution should , ako place on a Friday. Mr. Cleve land's experience as high-executioner at Buffalo has prejudiced him in favor of hangman's day. Postmasters in other cities who have transgressed will take duo notice and govern themselves ac cordingly. TIIK farmers of the bouth are organ izing against the jute bagging trust , and the Atlanta Constitution says if they nro every where as earnest as in Georgia the trust will bo destroyed. Two re sources in favor of the farmers have boon developed , ono being the manu facture of bugging from cotton , which , it is claimed , can bo done as cheaply as from jute , and the other , still experi mental , is bagging made from the liber of the inner bark of the corn stalk. This Is said to bo stronger than jute , and would thornforo bo more durable , while the bagging made from the fiber would cost less than from jute , which is imported. The southern farmers are thoroughly aroused in this matter , and the outlook appears to be-that the trust will have to succumb. TIIK death of Mr. R. Bowden , a well- known journalist of Jacksonville , of yel low fever , was a peculiarly sad one. Ono month ago. just as his family was ready to start for the north , ono of his children was taken siok. This was the beginning of a siege of sickness which included ton members of his household. Mr. Bowden was the last to bo stricken by the scourge. Worn out by constant care and watching , his constitution was in no condition to withstand the dread destroyer , and ho joined the silent ma jority. TlliKVKS robbed a pay car on the Lake Shore road , In the outskirts of Buffalo , of 340,000 yesterday. The thloves were evidently the "goiitlo- mcn" of their profession. Unlike the Texas train robber , who usually com mands the quiet attention of l\ia vic tims withca six-shooter , the Now York desperados avoided resistance by ad ministering other to the occupants of the car. When It comes to robbing railroad trains the olTeto east Is far ahead of the rowdy'west. THE Omaha coal trust Is trying to scare people into laying in their full winter's supply of coal at hlgh-yrater- mark ratos. By the way , what benefit has the cash system .boon to anybody except the coal trust ? Heretofore the dealers have always complained that they have had to add to the price ol coal the estimated heavy losses from doadbeats. These looses no longer can afford an excuse for increased rates. SUXATOII PLUJIK , of Kansas , takes no stock in the department of the geolog ical survey. Hu characterizes it as an invalid hospital which provides 3oft " - - hs for relatives of congressmen , urn . . , , th joetry in the f * Thoru is m6ro vru. . . bluff Kansau's remark. Death Slops the Stanley Kctlof. UittmsELS , Sept. 21. Advices from Stanley Falls state that Pnjf. Jamieson , engngcd in organising an expedition for tlio rojiof of Iloury M. Btuuloy , died of African fovcr at lilncolas , on the Congo , August 17. The organization of another relict exposition U now regarded as hopeless. Other liii'iids 'limit Our * . There Is a Rcnanvl eotnirtomJatlon nthotiR falr-ntlnde.il people of the conduct of the Pi r ncll commission ut lit first session. Tlio r.irnollittu nt the outset gnlncul from the commission n fi-.uiJulout concession which tlioy vainly onde.ivoroil to noeuro from the house of common * . The Judges Imvo decided that they constitute not an nll-ombrnclug In- qulsltorbl tribunal , but a court of luw organ * Izod to try a spaclllc c.no. TliU moan * Unit the Times must tippaar in the role of prosecutor cuter , ntid must definitely formulate Its charges. But tills , as Its tulvoc.ito plainly showed by the vvlnlo tenor of his argument , was the very tbltig the Tiuim does not want to do. It wislidil to appear a * a kind of nmlciis curltu , and promised to nffor.l the court all the "information" In Itx pawur. Hut .lustlco Hunneii , tlio president of the commission , inuilo It clear tint ' 5:2t the court wanted w.is not dlseurMvo Information , utit an ex plicit case. That was the first paint soared for Mr. 1'arnoll , and It was ono of capital Importance. Another concession of vital moment was the decision , reached in spite of strenuous opposition on the p.irt of the coun sel for the Times , that avery alleged incrimi nating letter which should bo demanded by the lawyers for the Parnellltm must bo pro duced. This covers not only the letters of which fiic-slmiles have boon published , but also tlioso to which any reference has bean niado In the O'Uonnoll trial or in the "Par- nollism and Crime" articles. It is , of course , conceivable that the Tluioi may possess other letters , about which it has hitherto preserved a strict sllehce , but , considering the anxiety displayed throughout the discus sion of the subject In Its columtu to sustain its charges , wo venture to pronounce this ex tremely Improbable. The next sossiou of the commission will bo October 'Ji. 4r * That the resignation of Prlnco Ulsmarclc , which lias been Hcvcr.il times hinted ut of late as Impending , would produce a pro found Improislon In Buropoau politics is of conrso umiucstlonablo. The case Is qulto different from that of General MoltUo's withdrawal from active military life , which caused hardly a ripple of sensation. The great Hold marshal's work w > u done , and It had been recogni/.ed that ho could not take the Held for the Immediate direction of another campaign. But Bismarck Is only seventy-three years old , while Moltko Is nearly eighty-eight ; and never has the Ger man chancellor exercised a moro controlling Influence upon the destinies of Europe than now. The statements , however , of his pur pose to resign undo by the Berlin corre spondents of London newspapers anil by the Independence Ualgo seam to , rmt on no tangible basis. They appaar from mere conjectures that the restlessness and love of control which characterize the now ompuror must eventually bring him into conflict with the chancellor In matters where the latter has become accustomed to hnvo his own un questioned way. No particular , however , is yet mentioned In which such a .conflict has arisen or is likely to nriso. # * If Stanley is the white pasha and Is work ing his way northward toward Gondokoro and Ouidurman , the fate of the mahdl is sealed. A tyrant oC nis kind will bo deserted by his troops ut the lirst chwU of arms , and Stanley is no mean general. It may bo re served for him to complete the work which Wolscloy was unable to accomplish and to uvcngu the doatlfbT Gordon. If this should prove to bo his destiny , nnd if this was his objective point when ho loft England , how admirably the secret has been kept. There is nothing incredible in the conjecture. The opening of ciiatoriU [ ; Africa , ono of the most fertile populous 'si.ytions ' ol the world , to civilization and "trade , Involved two prior conditions the ovoHhrow of the slave trade nnd the extinction of Mosli'iu intolerance of the foreigner. The inahdi was a fair type of both. Ho is not known to have boon u slave trader himself , but ho was the ally of the slave traders , and in one satm-o a protector of their nefarious traflic. Of the savage bigotry of the ancient Moslem ho Is ono of the few surviving representatives. Ho believes in destroying Giaours bec.iusu they are Giaours. If helots them live , it is in order that ho may subject them to Indignity and humiliate their religion in their pardons. The time ha ? passed when civillzo.1 nations thought It their duty to go to war to propagate a re ligious faith. But the time has not passed when spirited nations hold it to be a solemn duty to rescue their citizens from the clutches of barbarians. Ami if this is the errand on which Stanley Is Dent , this country , at all events , will wish him Godspeed. * The destruction wrought in Central Africa by Arab slave stealers within the past live or six years is appalling. In rojions where Livingstone , Stanley and Cameron saw largo populations , no human Inhabitants can now bo found. Most of them have boon captured or slaughtered , and remnants of tribe * have escaped into other districts. Along three hundred miles of the Congo , between Ny- angwo and Stanley falls , the Arabs , accord ing to Gleerup and Lcnz , have depopulated about 15,000 sriuuro miles of territory. The numerous tribes whom Stanley first saw have become slavoi or in greatly depleted numbers wanuor through the forests far from the river. About 10.0JO square miles of the rolling prairies wast of Tippu Tib's homo at ICnsongo have been utterly drained of their pooplo. About 20,003 square inllcs on the western headwaters of the Congo are no longer u profitable fluid for slave hunting. In the very region where Livingstone died und whore his heart w.is burled , extending southeast from LaUo Banweolo , and cm- bracing ubout 15,000 square miles , the Arabs , wo are told by Glrauu , hnvo completely rav aged the country. And from all thcso cen ters of devastation the paths of the destroy ers leading to slave marts and shipping points may bo traced by the bones of tha victims who full by the way. It cannot bo possible that the civilized world will much longer permit this colossal crime of the cen tury to add to Us murderous results without taking earnest measures to put a stop to it. * * * It is uncertain whejhor or not Russian Influence - fluonco has anything.to do with the revolt of Islmk Khan In Afghanistan. Ishak has mili tary and orgnnizin lclll nnd his desire to maUo himself stronger nnd moro independent has been known foij Jjovcral year * . He hns moro than once , hqwovcr , disclaimed beini : subject to Russian Influence , and for that reason the impros'liln has prevailed that his present nttltudo Jesuits from a Derxonal quarrel with his cousin or fron ) the lattor's suspicion of his ambitious projects. Still , it may bo that UusshjuYntrlgups have been ut work to induce l < lai to throw off allegiance to Cabul. If ho cold maintain himself In independence iu tucuiorth the way might ba paved for Kussianu qpKrcsskm tlicro , Mai. uicnavuero the last buttle occurred bo. twecn Islmk's forces and the Amner's , U on the main roulo from Ualkh to Herat , being about half way between Suripul and Bala Murglmb. This is ono of the routes on which a Uusslan advanca might take place. Hut it appears likulv that Jsljak Khan has overestimated hU strength in thus ineiuur- h.'K ' swords with the Ameer , nnd that ho wjUbo driven as a fugitive over the border which ho crossed a an ally eight years ago. * * _ , , , , ' " ' "oublo between the There is again soriou. . pope and the Italian government. Thn i > oj > o has sent a circular dispatch through his nuncios to the various European govern- nionts , describing in strong terms the in creasing annoyances and Inconveniences of his situation in tlio Vatican. Ono of the things which trouble him is neither moro nor Ins's than the adoption of n new pcntxl coilo In Italy , which provides sovcro penalties for everybody convlctptl of destroying , or trying ovcji m-word.3 , to destroy , the territorial hi tcgrity of Iho kingdom. This bt course covers the case Of all persons advocating publicly the restoration of the tcmi > oral power , a class which Includes n great many priests ami bishops. Moreover , n recent de cision of the Italian council ot state make Im perative , in order to give thorn validity a re gards church property or functions , , the regis tration in ths usual manner of nil decrees , or orders , or decisions Issuing from tlio Vatican. Falling such registration , the courts are Co treat them as null and void. This llid pope treats as a direct blow at the "exterri toriality" which Is supposed to have been guaranteed to him , These nro positive nnd definable grief9' There nro others which , though not posltivo , are none the loss real. The nil mission of Italy to the triple alliance and the friendly way Ju which Austria und Gormnny treat her , nlso wounds the pope , and makes him feel that thcro U not much real feollnir behind - hind the compliments which the powers lavish on him , nnd the deference with which , his place In the world Is spoken of. His re cent encyclical , too , In which ho pointed out the snares nnd falacles and dangars of mod ern liberalism , has somehow fallen very Hat. Nobody has paid much attention to it. The newspapers have not even discussed It. Finally the people of Home , who have hith erto boon supposed faithful to the papal tra dition , have gone nnd elected for the first time u municipal council with a liberal ma- jorlty. It is not wonderful that under theao circumstances he should begin to feel that he is regarded simply as ono ot the venerable antiquarian relics of the Eternal City , ami talk once more of moving to sotno place where his purely spiritual character would como out in stronger relief. * * Native parties In Africa have often proven treacherous and In many ways untrust worthy , bit until the murder of Major Bart- telot no Instance can b3 cited , except in north Africa , of the killing of the white Cuin nan- dor of an expedition by members of his paity. Barttelot is said to have mot his death at the hands of Manycma porters. This Is the first occasion on which thcso natives have been employed in the service of white men. Within the past few years their country be tween Lake Tanganyika and the Congo has been ravaged by the Arabs , nnd most of t ho Mnnyonm are now slaves. Thci c is no doubt that those cannibals wore supplied to the ex pedition by Tippu Tib , into whoso hands ninny hundreds of them fell while ho was still n slave hunter. The suggestion that Bnrttclot's death is due to the treachery of Tippu Tib has no reasonable foundation. Captain Van Gelc , who was sent to Stanley Falls last spring with ro-inforcomoiils for Tippu Tib , and who has returned to Europe direct from that station , ftillv confirms the other reports heard us to ttio fealty and faith fulness of Tippu Tib. # * * The civil war that has broken out in the island of Samoa was predicted by nil Ameri cans who are familiar with the natives. Here Is a Gorman consul attempting to confer the royal title of Molictoa upon u usurper who owes his place solely to the tcrrror of the Gorman gunboats. The Sumo- ans are a proud race and they naturally re sented this crowning indignity. They bore with great patience the deposition of their old ruler , and the levying of taxes , but when It came to clothing the impostor in the royal robes , which lit him as ill as the lion's skin did the ass , then their gorge rose and they whipped the army of the protender. The re sult will probably bo the ordering of Gorman gunboats to Apia , the punishment of the lending natives and the further reduction of the freedom of the people. England acquies ces because she has small Interests in the island and the United States agrees because wo have a minister of state without back bone. STATE AM ) XKItKlTORV. Nctirnfiku Jottlniis. The old settlers of Phelps county will pie- ulc at Holdrcgo October 13. Hurry Wilson , n Holdrcge bicyclist , rode his'machino to Lincoln , l&O miles , in three days. Herbert Scott , n sixteen-year-old Ulysses boy , is missing , nnd his mother is udvci Using for news of his whereabouts. Nebraska City now has a city engineer with "an HUe eagle " and the eye an , city ex pects to have honest work done. Hev. D. W. Comstock , pastor of the Con gregational church at Grand Island , has re signed on account of failing health. The Plutto river Is reported to bo com pletely dry in some places in Platte county and multitudes of lish hnvo perished. The Madison papers don't like the music of their brass band and think thcro ought to bo fi reorganization for the sake of harmony. The senatorial convention , composed of Burt and Cumlng counties , is called to meet nt West Point , Wednesday , September 2 ( ( . Hush O. Fellows began his eighth year as editor ot the Auburn Post with its last issue nnd remarks Unit everything looks prosper- our. our..Incob .Incob Hubcr. a Madison farmer , was thrown from hii wagon Monday last , the wheel passing over his head , fatally injuring him. him.Tokamah Tokamah had a bachelor club of thirteen members , but the number proved unlucky. Nearly nil of the members have fallen Into the matrimonial trap. The Weeping Water Eagle reports that a human bone , supposed to bo from the arm of some person who lived In this part of the county when Adam was n boy , was takcu from u well being dug in that city recently. John Belles , who conducted what is known - ' " business at the York us -'bootleg" county fair , was arrested Thursday while in the uct of selling liquor nnd Jailed. Uollcs Is nlso nccused of "doping" some whlslcoy und rob ing a young man. The Independent , published In the pro hibition town of Oakland , remarks ; "Judg ing from the amount of baer that is arriving in town it Is expected that the money will bo put in the tills of the saloon keepers and the imm themselves will bo put in the lock-up. " Ono of Pintle county's mechanics who runs n farm clo irod $1.000 lust year on hogs , nnd thinks they are decidedly the bobt paying property on the tarm , says the Columbus Journal. Another year ho will ba still butter prepared to care tor them , although ho now grinds nnd steams their feed , Iowa. Twenty-five congenial citizens liavo [ de cided to locate in. a suburb of DCS Molnes mid ouch one will build u | J,500 house. A number of hogs in the vicinity of Mag nolia are reported mud as the result of bites from n rabid dog a couple of weeks ago. Incendiaries have sot tire to several grain stacks In Moscow township , Musuatlno county , of late , nnd great Indignation ls felt. The total number of transcripts tiled with the clerk of the supreme court for the term which opens at DCS Molnes week utter next wus aro. The greatest curiosities in the state Just now nro the Sioux City man who hasn't a liver and llvu citizens of Dubuque who don't drink beer. It is beinff whispered that a certain your.fi woman In Muscntino accompanied a female friend to the ouora house the other night in mnlo attiro. The deception was complete ) and no ono would hnvu been aware of th daring feat but for u uoundante. An investigation of the book * of Collector Webster shows no diminution in. the number of retail or wholesale dealers in malt liquor iu the Third revenue district as compared with the number to whom licenses were iusued for the annual period \yhich bozan over a year ago , ThoroU , liovvavor , a fallmg off in the sale of beer stamps. Mnkotn. " , " i . ' - " ' 0 There Is now inuuiy-ono convict * iu , _ . Sioux Pall * penitentiary. The memorial window at St. Augusta's cathedral which will bo ercctod utHloux Fulls , will cost ever $1,009. Bishop Haru has gone to Pine RIdge and ilosobud ngcneloi to Inbjr with the Indians tkoie In b'olmlt Of the Sioux treaty. A cltlrous' mooting hn4 boon called nt Yankton for the purpose of talking ever a iirojocl to build n pontoon bridge across iho Missouri nt Ynnkton. Three Union county saloon kcoicr ; < , who Bold liquor In violation of the law , have been assigned quarters In the Sioux Falls peniten tiary. This atlr.io'.s attention bcoiuso the lawdcOitiOt authorize the confinement of this class of offenders in the penitentiary. There nro numerous applicants for the place ot adjutant general of the territorial mllitl.i recently mndo vacant by the death of General Jenkins , of Chamberlain , U Is Iho most Important position In the militia , nnd ono most sought after , us much for the sal ary ofIOUO n yearns for the distinction wii.'oh Is conferred. Thcrjnortof the commissioner of pensions ho\\s that Halntn cnnUim I , UN ) pi n tloners , drawing In petitions Mi.'CS.IO ' per quarter. Yr.n'iton c-nu'ity contains "ixty-ilvo pons'O ' i- crs , draw lag ? ' , 117 quarterly UOUi the pen sion fund Beadle oiunty heads tlio list , with 185 pensioners , nnd Plerc' , 11 rlliiR and Tower counties possess ono pensioner apiece. Dakota contains moro pcnslonuis than llfteen of the states. TAIiKS OF TWO TKAVKLKHS. Rclurn of Itov.V. . J , Ilnrslia nntl Ctinrlcs Dcwoy From Kitrope. The Uov , W J Hnrslia returned from Europe yesterday looking greatly re freshed from his three month * ' recreation. Ho enjoyed his trip greatly and as It was his first across the sea , ho Is full of enthusiasm In recounting ills travels. Ho spent ten days in London attending the Pan-Prcsb.vtorlan council to which ho hail been sent as n delegate. The Duke of Argyle nnd nearly all the Scotch nobility , belli ) ; members of the Presbyterian church , were In attendance. The international council ot the Epis copal church was nlso in session at the same time und us nearly nil the English noblemen arc members of this church , Mr. Harsha got n chance to sec them also. Both councils wcro on the most friendly terms. Liverpool nnd u number of other English cities wcro visited and the only tiling ho saw that was in nny way mi Improve ment on American methods was the manner in which the English street car tracks are laid in the pavements. Instead of being nn annoyance to buggies uud other vehicles us they uro here the tracks uro laid deep In the pavement. The rail Is made with a groove along the center nnd In this runs the tlange of the car wheel. The system not only makes the streets smoother but is cheaper than other systems. Mr. Holmes , one of the of- llccrs of the Chicago stivct railway company was with Mr. Harsha at the time , and was so pleased with this method of laying the rails that ho will probably introduce it into Chicago. Mr. Harsha next went to Paris , nnd was lucky enough to bo thcro July 14 , the great national fete day In honor of the destruc tion of the bastilo. It Is estimated that about 3,0J,000 ( ) strangers went to Paris to witness the celebration. Abut this time oc curred the famous duel between Boulungnr and Floquet , and Mr. Harsha had the pleas ure of seeing the hoary-headed statesman , who had proved moro than n match for the mimic Napoleon In u hand to hand encounter. Mr. Harsha nlso witnessed the drilling of tbo French army , and saw the mag nificent spectacle of 00,000 armed soldiers going through their evolutions. Brussels was the next place visited ami the reverend gentleman saw the king in nil his glory. It was the fifty-seventh anniversary of the accession of the monarch's father to the throna nnd his majesty with nil his no- bios attired In their gorgeous robes went in state to the cathedral. In Germany the educational centers nnd watering places wcro visited. A good chatico was civcn to study student life. Mr. Harsha says that duelling exists thcro. nnd the most hideous of scars from sword thrusts are re garded us marks of honor. He witnessed the graduation of Bismarck's Bon nt Heidelberg. The young man had been so abused by his fellow students , who belonged to the liberal party , that ho had been foicad to leave the university nnd pursue his studies at Berlin under u private tutor. Iu July , ho returned to the university to pass examinations nud take his degree. Mr. Hnrshn next visited all the places of Interest In Switzerland , nnd says that there is nothing there that will compare with the grandeur of the Uocky mountains and the Yosomlto , and the wonders of the Yellow stone park. In Switzerland ho mot the Millnrds , Browns , and other Omaha people Home , Venice , Naples , Florence , Milan nnd nil the noted cities of Italy were visited and their attractions enjoyed , ami a swim was taken iu both the Adriatic and Mediter ranean seas. Last evening Iov. Harsha met all Ills friends nt the church parlors , on the corner of Scvonteenth und Dodgo. Next Sunday ho will preach on "Kellgious Impressions of a Traveler in Europe. " Army llnmlmnstcrs. Mr. Brthur A. Clappo , professor of music , United States Military academy , West Point , writes tbo following inter esting article in the American Musician , on "Army Bandmasters" : Loss than thirty years ago the bands of British regiments' wcro nearly all under the direction of foreign musi cians , many of whom wore totally ignor ant of the language of tlio men under their charge. Furthce than this , quite a number of those men , apart from playing well upon sotno ono instrument in particular , understood but little , if anything , of those requirements now so commonly recognized as the essential knowledge of a military bandmaster. This was the state of things in the "good , old days , " ( V ) when an unpro nounceable name , an assumption of being - ing musical , and murderous English wcro Obteomcd before the unquestion able ability of a fellow countryman. As time advanced , nnd army olilcors be came moro enlightened in musical matters - tors , they became conscious there was something radically wrong in the system , and a desire to remove the abuses speed ily became manifest. The outcome was the establishment of n military school of music , wherein musicians for the army should bo trained , and from which all bandmaster * ) should graduate. The building purchased by tlio government and devoted to the above purpose is de lightfully situated , between Twicken ham and Ilouiihlow" , abouthalf nn hour'ti ride from Waterloo station , London. It was formerly the residence of the emi nent painter , Sir Godfrey Knoller , hence the name by which it is gener ally known Knellor hall. It is now olllcially Htylcd the "Royal Military College of Music. " Hut lo return. The bandmasters of the army , supported by their friends , inojt strongly opposed the establishment of the school , for in its success they very truly discerned the first blow on the pn- toring wedge that was to shatter the system upon which thoyund their pred ecessors had so long thrived. The op position , however , though retarding somewhat the development of the plans laid down nt the time , eventually sub- aided , and to-day England boasts an in- btitution for the training of bandmas ters and bandsmen unique in its purpose and unequalled by nnyjn the world. At first , witli a moderation doing credit tea a sense of justice on the part of those in authority , tlio old civilian band masters wore allowed to remain , pro vided they could give evidence of the possession of what was then considered the requisite musical knowledge. Many of thuno men availed themselves of the opportunity to assure their posi tions by passing the examination , but others , probably fearing the result , de clined , and in consequence retired from their positions at the expiration of their contracts with their respective regiments. In a few years , by retire- * " ' death of the foreign incum- tnent au- - > iitlft'iv onon to bents , tlio field beaum * , , . the graduates from Knollor Hull , aim at the present time it iu trafu to Bay no English regiment with the exception of Iho Royal Enclncors and Marines at Chatham has a bandmaster who has not passed to his position from the Royal Military College of Music. These bandmasters are essentially military men atul musicians , most of them luxv- ing received their Ilrst musical train ing as boys in Rome ono of the regi ments of the English army. The law is now such that no man can rccuho an appointment as bandmaster unless ho has served seven yours in the army nnd , of course , can pass the required examination. It is ono of the purposes of Knollor Hall to further educate and lit Intelli gent musicians for the above positions , and that it achieves the attentions ot its originators , is amply shown In the high standard of excellence generally prevailing - vailing among Iho bands despite the ex istence of a very short term of service , and which makes U nooeesary that the bandmaster shall spend continuously a iiii'jjo portion of his time in the drudg ery of elementary training , in order to have men titled to fill the frequently oc- curlng vacancies. To give an idea of what the English Government considers the necessary ac complishments of her nrmy bandmasters , It is only necessary to look at the thor oughly organized military band , with Its piccolo , lluto , clarionets , oboes , bas soons , cornets , trumpets , alto horns nnd French horns , trombones ( slide and valve ) , baritones , euphoniums , E Hat and 13 Hat basses and drums , and say that they ( the b.-xmlmastors ) must pos- scbs a practi&U knowledge of each ono of these separate instruments. In addition to this maybe bo mentioned harmony , 001111 tor- point , fugue , composition , instruinontii- iion , musical history , musical forms , acoustics and nbovo all a display of antl- tudo for teaching and directing. The course , except under specially favorable circumstances , extends ever a period of about three years , at the expiration of which , and on appointment us band- muster , the student receives his di-i. . plomu. It will be POOH from the forogotf < ing that the bandmaster of nn English' ' } ' ' regiment nust necessarily boanudu- ' calod musician , and from his previous 4 training possess _ considerable oxpcri- ] cucc in his special line. On appoint ment he is given rank us a warrant otliccr , a positive hiatus , next below the grade of commissioned otliccr , and ono step above the non-coinmissloiiod olliccrs. For a long time efforts have been put forward to induce the govern ment to grant the rank of commissioned olllccr to bandmasters who , entering the lowest grade , would become eligible for promotion htep by step to the higher ranks up to major or colonel. Last year Mr. Dan Godfrey of the Grenadier Guards was given the rank of lieutenant - ant , and no doubt other promotions will follow. fS-Thoro can bo no doubt the system adopted in England , by which a man of good character and musical ability becomes eligible lor entrance lo the Royal Military college of music , to bo specially trained to till the honorable , responsible , nnd well-paid position of bandmaster , exorcises a most salutary effect on the morale of the army bands. It must unquestionably stir up a fool ing of emulation , und , inciting mon to aspire thereto , tend to make thorn both studious and careful in their behavior. The place is within the reach of each bandsman , and whether he shall buo- cccd in reaching it depends entirely upon himself. l ll nity tlio Child of Conceit ? 1 The Homo Maker : Intolerable as is conceit , some risks must bo taken in that direction in bringing up boys. It has grown to bo a proyerb that the proper dose to give them every day is , - . ' ten parts praise to ono part fault lind- ing. The poet bays : "The love of pr.xiso is planted to protect AnJ propagate tliu RlorJos of the mind. " Under the stimulus of judfcious com mendation wo can all perform feats which otherwise wore entirely beyond our power. And how else can that self- confidence bo engendered which is ono of the most essential aids to success ? Self-confidence is one of the distinguish ing marks of the character of Wash ington , of Gladstone , of Bismarck , of every great man. It is only another name for dignity. If wo can give our boys dignity , it is a gift greater than any fortune in money. Then lot us treat them with dignity , treat their occupations and interests , not as though they transcended our own or the rest of Creation's but as though they were worthy of attention , and wo shall go a long way toward developing dignity in the child hinibelf. A Committee Sitting. Washington Post : "I would like to see Representative , " baid a news paper correspondent to a committee clerk at the capital a few days ago. "Ho went into the house about nn hour ago , " baid the clerk. "Not there now ? " laconically sug gested the reporter. "Want to see him very particularly11" queried the attache. "Yes. " "Woll , you go up to the room of the committee on , and give fcoven de liberate raps at the door ; then pnuso a few sccomlfi and give thruo more thumpi ; that'll bring him. " The instructions were followed out to the letter and tlio door was opened , showing the missing congressman in 'company with three other * , all hard nt work endeavoring to add to the pile ot chips which stood at each man's right Ivuul. The scribe waited until Iho game was concluded and then inter viewed the btalcbinan , while the three other mumbers shulllcd the cards and adjubtcd their accounts. SIOK HEADACHE ' Positively Cured by CARTER' tlieio l.Utlo Fltla. 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