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T1IE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; TqUESPAY , SEPTEMBER 27. 188a THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVKIIY MOHNING. THUMB Or BUIISCRHTION. Dully ( Morning Million ) including SUNDAY llKK.Ono Year . 110 00 For HU Months . t > W ForThrco Months. . 'M THIS OMAHA HUNDAT llr.r. , mailed to any mlilrfBH. Ono Year . 300 OMAIIAUmCKNOS.UHANI > PlljrAHNAMHTIlF.hT. New YOIIKUITICF , HnoMH it ANII IGTiiniUNn lltin.DiNO. WARIIINOTON OFFICE , No. 61J 8T11KF.T. . All rommiinlratlnna relating to news nnd edi torial nuttier should bo addressed to the KlUTOlt All business letters and remittances should bo mldifBKcil to TUB HF.F. I'UIII.IRIIINU COMPANY , OMAHA. Drnfls , checks nnd postolllce orders to be made payable to thu order ot the company. TheBccPfllillsliing Campy , Proprietors , I ) . ROSEWATEU , Editor. TI1K DAlIjY HKK. Sworn Statement ol Circulation. Etnt of Nebraska. I _ Oouiity of Douglas , j B > " Itobtrt Ilimlcr , clerk for The Omaha lice , docs solemnly swear that the actual circulation of TUB DAILY HKB for the week ending Sep tember S3 , IWfl , was as follows : Sunday. Sept. W . HWfB Mondiiy , Sept. 17 . If.W'J Tuesday , Punt. 18 . 'WU Wednes'Iiiy. Bcpt. 1'J . . lH.fl.Vi Thursday. Sept. ! . . . HVWl Vriihiy.Bupt.UI . 18.071 Saturday , buut.UJ . 19.cm Average . 1B.OSU KOIIKHT HUNT Hit. Sworn to before me nnd subscribed In my prexenco this Zd day of Hcptembcr , A. I ) . 1881. tienl. N. I' , nuii , Notary 1'ubllc. Plate of Nebraska. I _ _ Comity of Douglas , ( Sl " Oeorgo 11. TzHcliuok , being first duly sworn.de- | ) O < 'S BIK ! snystlnithe Is bccretury of The lleo I'nblishliig company , that the actual avuragu dally circulation of TUB DAILY HKK for the month of September. lbS7 , was 14.JHH copies ; fo.t October. 1IW , K. CI copies ; for November , INT. ] r > , ! 2fl copies ; for December , IfrW. 1.1.W1 cop ies ; forJnmmry. * * , liysui copies ; for Fubmury , JH * . IS.Irtt ; copied ; forMarrh.ltW.K'.mu ' copies ; for April. lHs , ] H,7 loples ; for Slay , 1P K. 1 ,181 conies ; for , Iune,1Fi-S , I'.i.'JI ' Icoples ; for July. 1888 , JS.UK ) copies : for August. IKW , 18.is.-l copies. OKO. 1J.T/.SCIIUCK. Bworn to lieforo me and subscribe' ! In my prefcence this tth day of Foptomber , A. I ) . . 1B88. N. P. FKIJi Notary Public. WITH trcmlinp on the British lion's tall nnd pulling China's queue , tlio de partment of state ntis'nt boon so llust- orod for ninny a long day. ruii man is this Edison I Ho not only bridles the litihtninR in the clouds , but ho thinks ho holds in his bunds n simple remedy to kill yellow fovcr microbes. IF Grover Cleveland , the "Falstnff of destiny , " thinks ho cun secure ro-olcc- tion by blustering1 with Canada , and by boating up n , war with Mexico , ho is mightily mistaken. THK talk of putting Mr. Van TVyck on the democratic ticket to oppose Mr. Conuoll is the veriest bosh. Mr. Vnn Wycl : would not accept the nomination for congress even if tendered to him on a silver platter. WK do not hear so much democratic praise in favor of Cleveland's retalia tory policy as wo did. It is the habit of the untorrifled to eheor lustily at every thing done by their leader , and then to lapse into a disgusted , disgruntled and deep silence. Tnn doctors and the undertakers have arranged to play a game of base ball. The railroad ticket agents have chal lenged the press gang , and the real cs- tnto agents are aching to do up the champions. What has Omaha done to be thus ufllictedV * GKNKltAli FISKK and his prohibition supporters will bo glad to learn that the hop crop thin year is small. But their joy is short-lived when they contemplate the possibilities of the quantity of juice which can be extracted from the enormous corn crop. SKCIUJTAIIY FAHICIIILD is paying a pretty steep price for his bonds. Lusl week ho purchased two million five hundred thousand dollars worth of 4 poi cents at n premium of thirty cents on the dollar. Paying three-quarters of a million dollars tribute in order to in duce bondholders to sell their securities Js reckless extravagance. Wu DO not obtain much insight intc the yellow fever scourge in the soutli from the dispatches sent , for they are rather confusing than otherwise. Bui it"does seem n. strange coincidence thai there should bo a similar spontaneous outbreak of the same malady at San tinge do Cuba at the extreme eustorr end of Cuba. Is it in the nir , this yellow low fever ? EVKIIY foreigner who desires to vote nt the November election in Kobraski must take out his declaration papers ho Joro October 0. This is the law of the state. The constitution requires a residence donco of six months In the state , nnd : declaration to become n citizen of the I : United States nt least thirty days before fore election. Tins man whom Mr. Cleveland on dorscd for district attorney of Now Yorl has just been summoned before tin H. courts of that city on a charge of wrong fully withholding the money of an es 'i ' tate for sixteen years. But Colonel Fel lows has been too good n lioutonan among the rank and file of the dome orntio party to have his standing affected fectod in Mr. Cleveland's oycs. IT is impossible not to regard tlv rumors of lighting at Rio Grande Git ; on the line between Texas and Moxic with so in o apprehension. The dange : is loss in the situation itself than in th fact that Secretary Bayard ia a weal creature given to bullying whenever h thinks ho can do so with impunity And ho mny convert n border skirmisl * into a misunderstanding from whiel there can bo no alternative ! save a wa v with Mexico. i ( HOW DDKS President Cleveland rolls bolng stabbed in the back by Edlto Dana of the Now York Sim at every oj portuultyV The peppery Dana call upon Mi- . Cleveland to testify his i.itoi * * * est in the efforts made by Governor Ilil i < * ' of Now York for ro-olootion by u dc oldud and emphatic noknowlcdgmsnt o his support. It is quite evident , hoover \ \ over , that Cleveland dreads any or dorsomont of the candidacy of Hill , as burnt child dreads the flro. Politician or Btntcnmnn ? The Now .York World has obtained the opinions of a largo number of con gressmen , Including representative men of both political parties , regarding Pres ident Cleveland. This symposium may not possess nny very great value , since the views nro necessarily moro or less colored by partisan bins , but it has a certain interest as showing the Impres sion which Mr. Cleveland has made on the minds of the men who hnvo had the best reason and the best opportunity to study his qualities of mind and charac ter. The conspicuous fact in the presentation is that most of these congressmen esteem the president n much better politician than states man. There are some , of course , who profess to regard him n great success in both. There are others who pretend o think that ho is very little of a poli- iclan and very much of n statesman. Jut the larger number entertain the pinion that Mr. Cleveland has not do- , -olopod very marked statesmanship , , vhilo ho has been notably successful in Acquiring nnd practicing the arts and devices of practical politics. One re publican representative said : ' 'As a talesman Mr. Cleveland is a failure. s a. politician ho is a success. Pro- 'cssing to have convictions , they do not land in his way if they constitute a bar rier to success. " A democratic ruprosont- live , afler implying that Mr. Cleveland lad not had the study , observation and urge experience necessary to sUites- imnship , said : "As a politician ho is a uccess. Ho knows what to do in an smorgcncy , nnd has the faculty of tuni ng apparent adversity to a good ac count. " There was much more said in similar vein , coupled with a proper recognition of Mr. Cleveland's strong ivill , energy and Industry. If Mr. Cleveland is anything he is a roliliciun. A review of his record made n the most generous and candid spirit nust show that ho is not a statesman. iVliorc is the evidence of statesmanship' ? In what direction has ho given any simi during his public career of an ability and breadth of view higher than that of the politician socking the advance ment of personal ambition ? In what respect as governor of Now York did ho show any of the qualities of n states man ? That state never had a moro commonplace executive , and it is notor- ous that during Cleveland's incum bency the administration was largely directed by a few bosom politicians who md achieved his confidence , chief among whom was the late Daniel Man- ilng. Mr. Cleveland , however , devel oped an ambition , nnd improved his opportunity to learn something of prac tical politics , of which ho know very little when ho became governor. Until this time Mr. Cleveland , bo fai ns the world knows , had given no con sideration whatever to affairs of state. Ho was a very ordinary lawyer , and his general intellectual equipment was by no means groat. How could such a man develop into a statesman in a public life of llvo years , having at the beginning absolutely no knowledge of statecraft ? Wo think of Webster and Clay and Calhoun - houn as representative statesmen of this country , and Gladstone and Bismarck of Europe , but no ono who cares for his judgment would associate Mr. Cleveland - land with any of those. Ho hna originated no now policy and carried his party to the sup port of no now principle. Ho did have the courage to shape a course for the n-vrty regarding the tariff , and succeeded in uniting it in support of the policy ho outlined. But there was nothing new in this policy , nnd since it was proclaimed Mr. Cleveland has found it expedient to explain to the country that ho didn't mean what the general judgment of the country uc- coptod as his meaning. It is the polit ician , not the statesman , that bulks and hedges in this fashion. What sort of statesmanship has boon shown in the management of the financial affairs of the government , when the money in the treasury that should have gone di rectly to the people was deposited to swell the gains of the banks , nnd to-day the treasury is paying four per cent more for bonds that it could have purchased them for lost January ? Whore is the statomanship that has distin guished our international relations , which under the present administration have humiliated the country as it was never before humiliated ? And so with respect to the whole course of Probidont Cleveland there is not to bo found n single evidence of btatcsmunship. But on the other hand the proofs o : the politician's planning are abundant. They are found in the open violations of the civil service law that have boon permitted in the foisting on the pub lic service of men having noithoi capacity nor character at the domain' of political bosses ; in the course tha has recently boon pursued in turning out competent and faithful republican clerks in the railway mail borvico tc make places for democrats ; in the effort to Increase the complications of the controversy trovorsy with Canada ; in the course pursued regarding the Chinese question unit in other respects familiar to all intelligent telligont observers of events. Nor is Mr. Cleveland an altogether skillfu politician , for ho has never boon able te conceal the motive of his conduct. The candid judgment of the country is no in doubt ns to Mr. Cleveland's positior ns n public man , and it does not rcgare him as a statesman. Clicnp Campaign Capital. At the outset of the campaign , the chairman of the democratic committee announced that the canvass was to be free from all personalities fco far ns the democracy were concerned , and purely educational in its character. The part ; organs profc&sod to bo agreeable to this and except u few misstatomcnts regard ing the republican candidates that won easily shown to bo such , they have qulti generally confined themselves to a dis cussion of thu campaign issues. The temptation to got out of this decant and respectful course has , however , beoi strong , and whenever an opportunity has presented to make a drive at Mr Blftlno in particular It has boon fulli improved. Such an opportunity was furnished i few days ago in the publication of a letter tor of Mr. Conkllng , written nearly tvvonty-throe years ago to a Now Yorl rolltlclan who is now nn octogcnnrlnn , n which the writer said some bitter hlnjjs ngnlnst Mr. Blnlno. The letter vns written shortly after the ttmo when 31aino and Conkllng had their oncoun- or In the house of representatives vhlcli caused the bt-oach between ( hem hat never was closed , although many efforts wcro made by mutual friends to effect n rcconcilintlon. The old poltticlnn o whom the letter wns written was nn nr- lent friend of Mr. Conkllng , and conso- luontly be en mo nn enemy of Mr. Blnino. 10 now Intends to vote ngnlnst Ilnrrl- 011 on the assumption , wholly gratuit ous , that if the republican candidate ia elected Mr. Blnino will occupy the chief place in his cabinet. The main object in publishing the otter at this timn is to influence the riends of Mr. Conkllng against the rn- mblican candidate for the presidency , ind very generally the Now York demo cratic organs hnvo given it all practi cable prominence. We do not believe , lowover , that such cheap campaign capital will bo found to yield very urge results. Mr. Bluino 1ms very > ropcrly declined to discuss the letter , saying thai nothing could induce him o enter into a controversy over Couk- itH''s grave. It is to bo regretted that , ho olel friend of the dead statesman elid lot have this proper consideration for , ho man who reposed conlidonco in him , 'or the publication of the letter is more ikely to harm the memory of Mr. Conk ing than to injure the possible polit- cal aims of Mr. Blnino. The whole country know the hostility that existed 'or moro than twenty years between , heso two republican leaders , but the loath of one ot thorn should have obliterated nil the memory oft " t , nud it is a grave ind unpardonable wrong to the dead to Iraginto a political canvass expressions made almost a generation ago in conli donco , and which undoubtedly ho never ntomlod should bo given publicity. Wo have no doubt every sincere friend of Mr. Colliding will repudiate an act which can do his memory no good , which cannot injure Mr. Bluino or in the slightest degree influence the course of the campaign , and which only icrves the purpose of supplying a little cheap campaign ammunition to t'ivort the attention of democratic organs in Now York from moro &crious matters. Inspector Whitlock plumes himself on living up strictly to the city ordinances relative to the construction of buildings , but he persistently ignores the plain letter of tlio law as laid down in the charter for metropolitan citieis. The char tor vests the power of building inspection in a board composed of thrco members , two of whom at least shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board. This body is constituted of the building inspector , city engineer and chief of the fire do- pnrttrcnt. In defiance of the law , Mr. Whitlock has monopolized the olllco and ignored his colleagues on the board , which is never called together and has had no part in building inspection. Such arbitrary ac.iou ( on the part of a public officer lays him justly liable to criticism , to use a mild expression. It makes void all his acts which the charter expects the board to perform , and leads to abuses of power ol which the permit to the Now York Life company to permanently occupy a public thoroughfare for private Ubp is a strik ing oxamole. IT JS high time for property owners and taxpayers to combine for their own protection. They must hire their own inspectors if they expect the paving and soworing for which they are taxeel to be done according to specifications. Tlio.\ must retain their own legal counsel tc invoke the power of the courts if thoj wihh to protect themselves against im position nnd fraud. No reliance can longer bo placed upon contractors oi public works. No faith can be put upon the integrity of city inspectors. The few officials in the service of the cltj who are trying to do theit duty arc laughed at for thoii pains and nro powerless te enforce obedience to law and obliga tions. The people can expect no re' dress when taxpayers sit helplessly bj and allow themselves to bo robbed , Lot an example bo made of t-omo ol these robbers. An appeal to the courts by property owners directly intorcstoi ! in public improvements will have ti most snlutory offoct. BASK iiAi fi in the west is by no moans the ono elcop , boul-ubsorbing pursuit which it appears to bo in the cast , if the local papers mny bo trusted. In Brook lyn and Boston and Philadelphia , three cities which plume themselves on boinj intensely American , it is considered i solemn duty to bo posted about the re spective nines , ami every malu i nimbi taut from seven to seventy is expected to be able to criticize the battery ami the run-getting abilities of every mem ber of the team. This will pass away as other fads have done. The farmers of Nebraska must have noticed that as the price of silver as ccnds , so does the price of wheat. It if known to all who have studied the sub ject , that if the secretary of the treasury ury would coin the full amount of silvoi every month , which ho has power to di by act of congress , silver would bo a par , and wheat would go up with it But what hope is there of such 'Xisdon under n democratic president win hates silver , and a subservient faocro tary who has no convictions of his own Tin : now Industrial exposition ol Augusta , Ga. , which was to bo inaugurated > guratod October 10 , has had its opening postponed until November 8. The change is due to the terrible llooi which swept through the city recently Right on the heels of this disaster cam < the yellow fever affliction , casting its pall ever the entire south. In splto o these discouraging aspects the people of Augusta are going right ahead with their enterprise ) Such pluck dosorvoi oncourugomcnt and success. A Sucker State. Monctr I'resi , The remarkable case with which ono Jamo Edward Bedell raised the sum of $350,030 01 nothing painfully illustrates the fact that li * . iftftHiii"JAMAS. frj.-i > * * i--- * t > Cow York some men nro born suckers , seine nclilcvo 8UckorbeyjJ.jvbllo others , by a cor- nln IJiosyncrnsy f ature , have suckorhpod hrust upon them. A Hnnilny OninpnlKn. aiole Democrat , Tlio spoctnclo ofca president holding a con- 'crcnco on Sunday with ttio bosses of bis urty for the puiyoso of promoting his own ntcrcsts as n ciuulUlato foi rc-cloctiou Is the ntcst novelty ot the campaign ; nnd it is nlso an additional reason why nil good citizens should unite In bringing the political career of Graver Clevelundjto a close nt tbo earliest opportunity. Where Ilo Could Watch Him. Sun I'tmichtti Ctifonlcle , Mr. Cleveland says in Ills letter ot nccr-pt- unco that bo 1ms "un unalterable hatred ot tbo schemes of trusts , and that ho counts on checking their bnloful results. " Wo suppose Llint was bis object when ho put tbo soil-in , aw of Standard Oil 1'nyno in Ins cabinet , lie wanted to keep Whitney , the bold , bad man , where ho coulil watch him. Civil Horvioi ; Deserted. Clcrduiiil 7c < i < l < r. Now the w.trmost supporters of the Cleveland - land administration acknowledge that the cause of civil service reform lias been descried - scried by the president nnil bis subordinates , deserted openly and brazenly , In splto of fee- protestations , now nnd then , of lognrd for the principles to which Cleveland owes his politlc.il prominence. The Now York I'ost , the ablest newspaper organ of the mugwump , bus llntly declared that tlio ad ministration is utterly discredited touching ; he question of civil service reform , and liundrods of undisputed facts coming to light In various parts of tbo country Imvo shown the complete supremacy of the spoils men In the national government. Thu I'rcslilcnt mill In 11 Hole. C'/ifcii/n / ( Ti lljunc. The president is still in the hole which ho liggod for the republicans , nnil unless he .in pull himself out by his boot straps , ho will have to remain thoro. The reasons why China refused to ratify the troity , which the Administration declines to make public , have at last leaked out. It now turns out that bad not the ofllcloua Scott rushed his bill through with such unseemly haste thu Chinese gov ernment would have ratified the treaty ; but when the Chinese minister c.iblnd that the liouse had passed tlio treaty and subsequently that It had gene through the sunnto nlso , no other resource was loft that government butte to reject it. This loaves the president still in bis liolo. Ifo ho fails to sign the bill the situation reverts - verts to the old nnd undesirable ) order of things. If ho signs it ho convicts Ills ad ministration ol an unfriendly act towards : x foreign government , involving a breach of courtesy which is tantamount to an insult , and all the moro au insult because wo were on terms of cordial intercourse at the time it occurred. CnllcriA Morlms. jr < iJ7iViTifoii ; Critic. In the old Uoiu.m Forum : Groverius Good 'morrow , friend Thur- inanieus. How gu.thp nuKurics ! Thucmanleus They greatly favor us , Gro- venus ; as much as 10 to S. Uroverius 'Tia well , Thurmanicus ; and bow art thou i Thurmaulcus ( lightly ) As skittish ns a colt unbroUe , Grovevius. 13ut yet withal a little weary from sitting up lust night with one Colleria Morbus. Grovorms ( Jealously ) And who , prithee , is this Colleria , so fair ) Another ono of these Port Huron maids I Mcthlnks , Tiiurmameus , the kbaos that thou Ulsseth have tongues to toll the other maids unkUscd the story < > f thy gallantry , and yet are dumb when they do touch my name. Thurmunicus Grovorius , you're of ! your Grovenus Oft me no otTs , Thurmanieus. I'm on to you. Hut I utn well disposed. I eloubt mo not thu Morbus family is quito large , and.votes for hisses is such fair ex change I would not have you lese a vote for worlds. Get gone , Thurmanicus. h POINTS. There nro but fourteen Catholics ! n the house of representatives. " female woman" Is the "Every way an In diana senator introduced a bill into con gress. A Kansas City man estimates that 51,000- 000 will bo paid out for campaign oratory this fall. Mr. Charles H. Treat Is a candidate for congress in Delaware. The bummers of both parties will go for him. Miss Bertha Miller , llfteou years of age , is making speeches for the assistant demo crats in Kansas , licrtha is too young to know any better. The Swedish-American republican club of Chicago has bad over 100 parsons natural ized in the last few weeks. They will all bo expected to vote the repuulican ticket. Ex-Governor Foster of Ohio announces his candidacy for the senatorial seat now held by Henry H. Payne , whoso term expires next year. Foster's republican competitors will bo Governor Foralter and Congressmen But torworth and McKinloy. There seems to be some bitch about the anti-prohibition victory at Atlanta , Ca. , in the primary ballot for legislation candidates last week. The democratic executive com mittee claims that the primaries were not properly conducted , and refuses to declare thu result. Graham , Mo. , had n novel barbecue re cently. Members of the three political par ties democrats , republicans and prohibi tionists mot for three days nnd devoted a day each to the presentation of their several doctrines. Nineteen oxen were slaughtered and SKJ ( persons ate of the flesh and heard tbo speeches. STATI3 AM ) TIOItUlTOlir. Nebraska Jottings. The Southern Nebraska Medical society mot at Hebron Wednesday. A largo number of steers are being shipped into Hroken How from the northwest for feeding. Two citizens of Hroken Bow' have sud' dcnly become wealthy by drawing prizes in n lottery scheme. ' ' Mrs. Silence D. Sweeney , an old resident of Franklin county , who settled there In the earlj * seventies , is dead. John Sullivan , of Howard , : sufrcriua with a couple of brokfinlrlbs because bo tried to rldo in a buggy ana Jjad a balky horso. Mrs. M. A. H , Martin ) of Broken Bow , Is compiling statistics abdut the old settlers of Custer county and incidents of their life on the frontier. A four-year-old son of Silas Morse , llvinfi near Alexandria , was lost in a corn Held last week and was only found after the whole neighborhood bad searched for bisj n whole day. / General Brisbln , who was to have ad dressed the Dawcs ctnuAy veterans at thou camp Urn nt Crawforiftifvas unable to attend , as bo lias not ree rcrcd from his recent stroke of paralysis. $ Harry L. Bennett , n footsore and hungry tramp , was taken in and cared for by W. G , Willoughby , of Harvard , two weeks ngo , After bolng stall-fed for ten days and allowed to rucuporato , ho repaid his benefactor b > stealing a watch and skipping out. A re ward Is offered for his arrest. Vigilantes in Blaine county nro nftor a far mer uatnod L. Hutter , living near lluwlo > Flats , and hove sent him the following warn , ing : "Friend , you ate notified by those presences , and , I. conguroyou by tbo. llvlnc God. Not To Troublo. yourself About Con- tcsTlng or causing to bo Goniosted. Lands. In. your Country Or. The rlgolout Comity will wait on you in full Force. Wo Defend the Hlehts oF Man. VIQBLIXT Couirr. " A correspondent of the Hrewstor News from Edith Valley says : "Wo road In Tun OMAHA BEE that lightning skinned a oat In Waverly recently , and that the feline prom ises to survive for many years with her other eight lives. Wo have nn almost equal for the above. During the recent cyclone that so demoralized things nt J. Hodcnbous' , elec tricity cntlrolv dispossessed poor pussy of her coat of fur , nnd n moro pitlablo , ema ciated species of the follno kind wo never witnessed , nnd It lived. Now the ouery is , If the Waverly cat had eight lives loft , how many lives will the pussy in Edith bo entitled to without furl"t Inwn. The Congrogatlonallsts of Crcston will bo summoned to worship by a (2,000 bell. A Dycrsvlllo farmer named Charles Harris fell from a load of straw nnd broke his neck. Fifty-two naturalization papers havn been Issued during the present term of the district court nt Davenport. Thcro Is no coal dealers' trust nt Spencer nnd. the residents nro reaping the advantages ot lively competition. Joseph Muchmoro , n young man twenty- one years of nge , wns digging n well nenr a cesspool In Osceola , last Fi iday , when the cesspool burst through the wall nnd burled him. Ho was dead when ho was taken out. An Iowa cxchango has this to say on the subject of prohibition : The saloons are wide open in the H lulls. In proportion to the pop ulation there are twice as many as thcro are in Omaha. If compelled to pay n license half of them would close at once. Why Is It that the police can not see this , and act upon It. Prohibition Increases drinking ami Increases crime. It Is a dangerous nnd an Inadequate remedy. It calls the scoundrels who sell poison , liquor dealers , nnd it allows them to dispose of liquor Insanityntnn unusual price. Tlio old rule of allowing all liberty , and mak ing a man responsible when ho passes the boundaries , is the best ono nfter all. If n parson were to bo suddenly put down In Council Hlulls ( which is u prohibition town ) and Bee the gambling shops nt work on floors facing the street , ho might think that there was feoinotbing wrong with the morals of the place. It might strike him that the manners of prohibition were somewhat peculiar. Ilo might recollect that , in high license states , the infamy of public gambling is absolutely forbidden , and Unit there is something pecul iar in finding it so pleasantly rccogni/cd in n prohibition state. These are what are called Inconsistencies. ThuUroit .NortlnvcHt. Helena , Mont. , will build n system of sewerage - erage costing $14",8.'M. Many counterfeit ? 3 nnd $1 bills have been shipped into Wyoming recently. The Wickes tunnel of the Montana Central will bo open for tralllc October 10. Tlio assessed valuation of Gallatln county , Montana , property is placed at ? l,0 JOXX ( ) . A jJWO.OOO hotel is to bo built at MMiltou , Colo. , before the opening of the scnsui next year. The Montana grand lodge I. O. G. T. will hold its annual session in Bozeman Octo ber 10. John Misncr , a citizen of Ilock Springs , Wyo. , has mysteriously disappeared. Ho has been missing since July 15. Charles E. Corker cleaned up f 1,400 nt his placer claim near Glenn's ferry , Idaho , this season , working only ono man. C. M. Kussell , the "cowboy artist" of Mon- tuiin , is going to Italy to study and rope In a few pointers from the old masters. The Pr . - sbtorian , synod , composed of dele gates from Wyoming , Colorado , New Mexico and Arizona , will meet at Cheyenne Octo ber 11" " . The murderer of S. Morris Wain nnd Charles L , . Strong , the two Philadelphia uicn who wore killed In Wyoming by a treach erous guide , lias been arrested at Lander nnd is now In Jail at Hawlins. Edward Young , sou of nn Episcopalian minister , was found dead in a Chinese opium Joint at Walla Walla , W. T. Death was caused by paralysis ot the heart produced by an over indulgence in the deadly drug. Another effort is to be made to save the life of Carter , tlio condemned Carbon county , Wyoming , murderer. It is said that the cast ! will bo i-arriod to the supreme court of the United States if funds for that puiposo can bo obtained. The Spokane ( W. T. ) Herald stys n sea serpent has been scon nt Ilaydcn Lake by two Portland men. They claim it was u real live reptile us round as a barrel. It was not in a bottle , as most snakes arc , but was crawling along tlio lake shore. The shipments of ere from Aspen , Colo. , last week amounted to 2.7W ) tons , of which 1,161 tons went over the Midland and l,57ii over tlio Denver & Kio Grande , 'J.U'.U tons going to Denver , ! IVJ tons to Pueblo , 108 tons to Leadvillo and 21)3 ) tons to Kansas City. Tlio Lnramio , Wyo. , city council has passed an ordinance ] making itobligatory for a saloon keeper to bccuro the signatures of a major ity of the property owners on both sides of the street in tlio block in which tlio saloon is to bo located before he can obtain a license. Advices from Grant county , Idaho , report that l.ako Malbeur , a body of water that covers moro than seventy square miles nnd has been without un outlet , is rushing through n bubtotrancan passage with u great roar. It is said that miles of formerly sub merged laud is now visible. Mrs. Shannon , the Nevada woman who is under arrest for committing night orgies witli drunken Indians , is the mother ot thrco little children. Efforts will bo made bv of ficers of the law and tlio board of orphans' homo nt Carson will bo interceded with in behalf of the children to have thorn admitted in that institution ns half orphans. Their father died a few years ago. AMUSUMKNTS. Nat Goodwin In a Ooubln Bill at Iloyil's. Nat Goodwin occupies an exclusive and conspicuous nicbo in the tcniplo of comedy. Among the comedians of to-day ho holds a place ns distinct as In the past W. E. Benton and Charley Burke held , and It is a place not lesi nonorablo than was theirs. Absolutely original , ho stamps his individuality so strongly on whatever ho undertakes , and with such full success in achievement , that whoever shall walk in the path ho has trodden must run the risk of suffering by comparison. An analysis of bis comedy suggeists a spontaneity and nn unstudied ef fort which denote the highest order of talent. All there Is of humor in a character ho grasps with a faultless intuition and devel ops to the last detail. Ho never leaves the auditor with n sense of insufficiency , n fooling that something has been Ignored or slighted. Every part is rounded out to its full proportions and given nil the expression and meaning thcro is in it , nnd this bn- causu thu actor is always full of his part , apparently enjoying the humor it compels of him not less than these to whoso pleasure ho contributes. Mr. Goodwin's art , if ho may bo said to practice nny art , rather than following the plain and simple prompt ings of temperament and intuition , is com plete ) at nil points. Every attitude and ges ture and ladul expression is to the pur | > ese and of unfailing olToct , the more so because it never appears to nim at effect , as it is the habit of tbo average comedian to do. We should expect a man , under similar peculiar conditions in which the characters imperson ated by Mr. Goodwin nro placed , to nctquito ns ho docs , and it is this natural nnd seem ingly unstudied portraiture which gives to the characterizations of Mr. Goodwin their delightful I'hnrm and Indelllble effect , and keeps the oldest of them In perennial fresh ness. This bolng conceded , it goes without saying that tlio audience which crowded Bnyd's opera house last night enjoyed most heartily Mr. Goodwin's Golichtly In "Lend Mo Five Shillings" and Caraway Bones In "Tuined Up , " two characters which give nu excellent idea of his versatility and scope though certainly not exhausting the possl- bilitles of his talents. Mr. Goodwin is ex ceptionally well supported , and has evidently infused his company with something of his own buoyant spirit , which it may bo re marked , extends Itself beyond the stage. Whore all did so acceptably , It might bo deemed Invidious to particularize. Tor this evening there will bo another at tractive double bill , embracing the now ono net comedy , "A Koyal llovongo , " and the comedy which Mr. Goodwin lias rendered widely jwpular , "Confusion. " It is entirely safe to anticipate another crowded houso. Pounded nn InotroiiHlvo Mnn. John Bishop and four of his companions were drinkinc In n saloon yeaterday evening on Seventh nnd Lcavenworth streets. D. Jncobson , a Swedish laboring man who was on his way homo from work , walked Into the saloon nnd drank a glass of beer. The other follows tried to start a row with him but did not succeed. Bishop nnd his friends wanted to slug some ono , so they piled on to Jacob- son. He was badly used up , and when the polloo hove In sight Bishop's pals ran away. Bishop was caught and arrested ; the others escaped. PRE-EMPTING THE HIGHWAY , The Now York 'Life's Pro-omptlon of Seventeenth Street , WHITLOCK'S STRANGE PERMIT. Ho Accords Tliom the Privilege or Uxcnvntlng Almost to the Contro of tlio Street fbr Tliclr Holler and Tlio Power House Umlnr Ground. Tuesday morning several drivers nnd teams with plows made their appearance on Seventeenth street nt the Now York Llfo In surance company's building and commenced to plow up the street. They were followed by n force of men with teams who began to excavate to within eight feet of the middle of the street , n stretch which extended sixty- eight feet southward from the alley north of Fnrnnm. The superintendent of Tin : Hen building in course of erection on the opposite ) corner , ellrcctcd Mr. Hosowatcr's attention to the matter and Informed him that the ex cavation was being uiado to enable the Now York Life people to put their power house under ground and under the street. "Thero must bo some mistake about this , " said Mr. Hosowator. "It is not possible that they have the right to ovcuvate and occupy the streets for such n purpose. I'll see nnd put a stop to It. " This was at 5 o'clock In the evening nnd nt that time the excavation was nearly three feet de-op on nn average. Mr. Hosewater went to Mr. .Vliitlock , the superintendent of buildings. That onleial informed him that ho had Issued n permit to the New York Life people to make nn excavation - cavation forty-two feet out from tlio building lino. lino."How "How does it " nskod come , Mr. Uosowotcr , "that you gnvo to the Now York Llfo people such a permit to occupy thu street t.venty- two feet beyond the curb line when you would not allow us an area of two feet back of our new building in the alley , which com pelled us to change our plans and close up windows which wo had designed for light ! " ' "Hint's another thing , " said Whitlock. "Wo don't allow any projections in the alley. I gave the permit to the Llfo insurance people ple because they are putting up such n costly building. " "It seems then , " said Mr. Uoscwntcr , "that citl/ons of Omaha , who have been hero twonty-llvo years and helped to build up tlio city are to bo discriminated against. Wo have pretty nearly us good n building ns they have , but you have given them a privlleeo which will seriously interfere with our con venience in the street without consulting user or anybody else on the strector adjoining the New York Llfo building. " "Well , " said Mr. Whitlock , "I consulted Mr. Balcombo nnd several councilman and they thought It was all right. " "Isn't this a dangerous precedent to sot , to let people put power houses into the street. Hnvo you ever permitted anybody else to do "No , up to this time , wo have only allowed them to go to the curb line. Tliej First Na tional bank has a boiler under the sidewalk , and so have several others. " "That's all right , " said Mr. Uosownter. "I should not object to their excavating un der the sidewalk and using the space , but I most decidedly object to your allowing tlio streets to be torn up and used by anybody opposite our building. " In the evening , several of the counclimen who had gathered at the chamber expressed their very great surprise that the building inspector should allow the streets to be un- elermined and occupied for any purpose. Chairman Balcombo etonled that Whitloek had had any conversation witli him on the subject , or at least ho could not rorall such a conversation and was equally surprised with the others that the street was to bo torn up. Mayor Broatch said that It was an unwar rantable proceeding nnd the building inspector specter should have consulted the council before fore allowing such a thing. Ex-City Attorney Council , who was called in , said that the ordinance loft n wide lee way for the Inspector. It was not expected that ho would exercise his power to such a dangerous extent , nnd ho would advise the council to amend the ordinance and repeal the clause that would permit the streets to bo used beyond tlio curbstone for anything ex cept for public use. Mr. Whitlock was unable to name moro than ono councilman whom bo claimed to hnvo consulted , and that wns Mr. Kierstoad. Mr. Kierstead , when called upon yester day , denied that ho had over had such u con versation. Chief Gnlligan and tlio city engineer , who are members of tlio board and who have au thority to issue permits , de-nied that WhU- lock had consulted them about the permit. "Do they want the earth ? " asked nn uppr > r Farnnm street man yester day , when told about this now departure of the New York Llfo. "They fenced in tlio street to within three foot of the horse car track before they started for a distance of half a block , and actually went so far as to sell advertising space on the boards of their fence for two years in nd- vance. They haven't had any use for this fence for moro than two months , but Whit lock allows them to monopolize the street with that unsightly board. They've had Seventeenth street to themselves , blockaded with sheds and mountains of rubbish , which should have been carried awav long ago. Wo appreciate , of course , the advantage of hav ing foreign capital invested In Omaha , but whv should foreign capital and foreign con tractors have privileges which no citizen of Omaha can get ? " Upon investigation it was found that the original plans did not contemplate a building beyond the curb line A year ago last sprint' , before they began building , the Now York Life nsked that the curb line bo set back from thirty to twenty feet. The council com plied with thu request. The plan of the boiler andengino house covers nn area of-l'2x- ( > S f cot which are to bo all undergiound. Then ) were two permits issued , the liistono was for twenty feet under the sidewalk. Thcio was no date to the lust permit. Mr. Kosowntcr yesterday notified the con tractors to cease work so as to save expense , until the m ittcr could bo settled by thu coun cil or in tlio courts , but no attention was paid to the notitlcr.tion. Mayor Broatch yesterday instructed Inspector Whitlock to have the work In excavation - cavation stopped until the council could act , but at last reports it was still in progress. HUNTING A CANDIDATE. Tjocnl Democrats at Sea on tlio Con- KrcKHlonal Question. The Douglas county delegates to the demo cratic congressional convention held a cau cus early last night nt the rooms of Julius Meyer to decide on their course of action In to-day's contest at Nebraska City. Mr. Uuclid Martin was in the chair at the start , but , being called out , yielded Uio guvcl to Mr. J. J. Muhonuy , ' The chief purpose of tlio meeting was to agrco upon ti candidate to recelvo the solid support of the delegation. John Fitzgerald , of Lincoln , nnd Charles H. Brown and A. J , Popplcton , of this city , were dismissed as being out of the Hold by thler own declara tions. Judge Broady , of Unge county , nnd Judges Savage and U'akoly , of this city , were inontioncu and their availability canvassed. The con clusion reached was that tlio delegation would suppoit Judge Wnkuly If ho would ac cept. Messrs. C. J. Smytho and John Drexel were appointed a committee to convoy the wishes of the delegates to the Juilce , get his answer and report. Judge Wakciy declined unequivocally to bo the democratic candidate for congress. There wcro u dozen reasons , he said , but two or three would sutlico. If hn were young and ambitious ho might have been totnptcel , but ho now felt himself too old to cngago in nu ll vo political campaigning , His position on the bench was congenial and one he desired. Ho felt luted for it and thought ho ought to keep it. Ho thought the democraov could llnd n younger and better man to enter the lists. As for Ulmsulf , he would not like to bo compelled to go to Washington and leave his family , and ho declined to permit the use of his name. Judge Savage Is In Boston , and a telegram was sunt him asking if ho would take the nomination If tendered , He is expected to penil an answer to Nebraska City to-night erin in the morning. The Douglas county democracy fool that they should bo allowed to name * ' the candi- date. They think the thing should bo kept In the family , and will make that demand In the convention. Some of the delegates wont to Nebraska City last night , and the others go down this morning. On the arrival of the latter another rnuclin will bo hold for the purpose of agreeing on a candidate to bo sup ported. It may bo Judge Snvngo if ho con * scnts , but ono of the most Influential of the delegates said last night ho believed It would bo Charles II. Brown. Ho believed the latter would yield to n pressure that Is to bo brought to bear on him this morning. Mr. Drown was chosen chairman of the delega tion. Congressman McShane , Mr. Kuclid Mar tin of Omaha , and Major James 13. North of North 1'latto , members of the democratic ex ecutive committee , held a long meeting at headquarter * last night to discuss plans for the conduct of the campaign. No ten. The republicans of the Second district of the Ninth ward will hold a meeting Friday evening , commencing at 8 o'clock , In Hertz- mnnn's hall , corner of Mercer and Eureka. Impoitnnt measures are to bo considered , A number of young women in the Second ward completed the organlrntlon of their Frances Cleveland club Tuesday evening. Tlia meeting was hold at Sixteenth and Wlllhima strceUs. The following onicers wcro elected : Mms Shaw , president ; Miss Mary Holmes , vice president ; Miss Nast , secretary , and Miss Dalton , treasurer. It Is the Intention of tlio club to meet nt 7UO : i > . m. every Tues day. * IN Till IIOM3. The Democrat to National Committee AlmoHt Sn-ninpod With DclilH. Nr.w YOHK , Sept. M. [ Special Telegram to Tin : HHK. ] There Is most serious trouble in the democratic national committee. They are in tlio hole. They know not which way to turn for succor and the outlook Is dark and forbidding. In a word , the committee has no money , has overspent its exchequer , and is now engaged in the extremely dispir iting occupation of retrenchment , and ro- tronchmrnt HO radical and unprecedented that old heads in politics are simply bcsldo themselves. Mr. Bnco lias boon swinging things for several weeks and ho has BO far mired the democracy that there appears to bo no hope for their extrication before the November day which shall bring the two parties into close conflict. The committee ten days no was f lbO,000 in debt. Hills are accumulating and being pro- Rented daily. At the time indicated the com mittee had expended moro than was paid out for all campaign purposes In 1881 and moro- than was over known at an equal period In any past campaign. Tlioy have simply gene recklessly head over heels into debt , antici pating nn early recovery of their llnanclul fortunes , nnd llnd themselves now without money and nearly $ 'iOlH)0 ) ( ) in debt. In struggling to cscapo from its entangle ments the committee proposes to muko tha IIrat attack upon its own extravagant meth ods by wholesale decapitation and retrench ment. Nearly GO per cent of the omnloyos of the national headquarters will bo discharged , and then these who are left will oxporlenco the severe pang of a reduction of salary amounting to U3 > ff per cent. COIjOKUl ) OID FKljLO WS. Iiincolii Mcinuoi'H Frntcruifo With Omnhn Ilrothcrs. The colorol lodges of the I. O. O. F. enter tained their brethren from Lincoln yester day in this city , to the number of about thrco hundred people. The entertainment occurred in tlio Exposition hall , nnd at the announced hour the hall was crowded. Mayor Hronch mudo mil address of welcome , which was responded to by Mr. Crampton , ot Lin coln. Dr. M. O. Kickots mudo an eloquent , reply. There were many happy speeches winch were Inlorhmlud with musical boloo- ticns by the Lincoln colored band and Uio Excelsior band of Omaha. At 7 o'clock last evening the colored Odd Follows foil into line and gnvo a grand tfa- rade. There were at least ono hundred nnf ) llf ty men in line in tOTiiila. Tlio Lincoln mail Excelsior bands mnrcl.ol with them , and the parade wns a success in uvury way. The Odd Fellows mot again at tlio Exposi tion hall and hold a literary and musical en tertainment and banquet. It was opened with an oration by Dr. M , O. Kickots , who was followed by SOUKS and piano solos. Speeches wcro mnUo by A. W. Parker and O. W. Franklin , Interspersed with vocal and instrumental music. Mr. M. F. Shij/toton was master of ceremonies. Tlio bnnquot fol lowed and was not the least enjoyable feature of the ovcniiig. Want the Ilo'nds Him H ! > ; lit. New YOHK , Sept. 20. Tlio London corre spondent of the Times telegraphs that for- eignjslmrcholdors , not only of the St. Pau road but also of the Burlington , Santa Fo and Northwestern , propose to take action to secure the running of those roads In the In terest of investors Instead of the directors. Milwaukee' * Pollen .Oliloi' in Trouble. MILWAUKEE , Sept. 20. Mayor Hrown to day suspended Chief of Police Ilois of this city for incompctcncy. Serious charges against Hcis are pending investigation by the board of police and fire commissioners. Vic Kosowator , son of the editor of Tun Bin : , loves for Baltimore this evening. Ho enters ttio Johns Hopkins university next week. Ho is accompanied by Miss Ncllio Kosowater , his sister , who returns to her studies In the art department of Cooper In stitute , Now York. Its superior excellence proven in millions o nomcs for moro than u quarter ot n century I In nsfil by the Unltoa Htntoj Government. 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HlnitH , tjhlpn , llonlx . , .Vo , liiHiiranro Companies moom- mend thum nn u nfo means of employing Fulplmr. r ' "Al\vayiiu oIi'NFON'8l ! > l.\8 TMII for uchnii unel STEEL PENS COLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION 1S7S , Nos. 3O3-4O4-I7O-6O4. THE MOST PERFECT OP PENS