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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 22. 1888.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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* *
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.
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_ , , , , ' " ' "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.
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