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TIIK cold wnvo Hiitf has been hoisted
and It does not seem to htivo been tnotli
eaten in its summer retifomcnt.
ITIIKHK is no necessity of pontoon
brldgo across the Missouri at Omaha
And it is nil moonshine that such i
bridge will bo built within the next livt
years.
Hour goes up to ten dollars !
barrel there is a kind of grim humor it
contemplating that although corn doei
not make flour , it makes excellent hoj
and hominy.
COKOUKSS Ims made a new treaty will
the Peruvians. If it protects Amcriciu
capital invested there , we cure very little
tlo if they gobble up every English rail
road in sight.
TriK people ot Chicago do not mind t
tie-up of Mr. Yorkcs' cable line due t <
the strike of the grip-men. The roai
had a way of breaking down continu
ally. Now the people walk and sav <
their nicklcs to boot.
THE indications are that the ceremonies
nies connected with the opening of tin
now bridge b'otwcon the sister cities o
Omaha and Council BlulTs will bo mos
( impo&ing. It is not a mere local affair
The two great states of Iowa and No
brabka are deeply interested in tin
union. The occasion will bo a mem
arable one.
TIIKUH appears to bo considorabli
mystery connected with the rnilroai
that is pushing its way through Wiscon
sin , Minnesota and Iowa to Omaha
The question is , who are its backers
It is known as the Winona & South
western and is said t bo a link in th
Delaware & Lackawana system. Bu
there are knowing ones who claim tha
it is being backed by a no less powcrfu
syndicate than the Canadian Pacific
It is well known that the Canadian Pa
ciflc has recently undertaken sovcru
projects of magnitude. There may b
some color therefore to the reportsine
that railroad has obtained a strong fool
hold in Wisconsin and Minnesota am
is pushing out feeders in various dircc
tions.
WK do not propose to impugn the me
tives which actuate the chairman of th
republican county central committee ii
holding back the call for a mooting c
the committee to lix the date of th
coining county convention.Vo d (
however , consider it imprudent for th
party to delay its nominations unreiu
onably. At least ten days' notice shoul
bo given of the primaries and convei
tion , and two weeks is not too long for
county campaign which involves th
election of twelve members of the legi ;
Inturo. Owing to the submission plan
the advantage in this campaign is wit
the democrats of Douglas countj
The odds against the republican ticki
by reason of local defections must 1 :
made up in a ticket of the very bci
material nt the party's disposal , and th
candidates must have time to make
personal canvass that will rally to thel
support elements that are disposed to I
hostile and perfect an organization tin
will bring out the voters on eleclic
SlNCK electricity has boon substitute
for hanging in the execution of crim
nals condemned to death in the state <
Now York , several scientists have con
forward to advocate the old system i
capital punishment. Among those D
Richardson and Dr. Hammond , we
known in their profession , claim tin
there is danger that the criminal wi
not bo killed by the electric shod
They are answered , however , by se
oral French and English scientists wl
have made a careful study of the su
joct. Death is not only iiintnntnnoou
but the electric shock , when right
directed , would kill any living objc
if the tension of the induced current wi
made sullieiently strong.- There can bo i
question that the substitution of ole
triclty for hanging is to be desire
Hanging is brutal and a survival of
barbarous custom. Execution by elo
tricity is not only humane , but in kco |
ing with the progress of the ago. Thoi
can bo but little doubt that every sta
in the union will follow the example
Now York by putting the gallows tri
in the chamber of horrors and adoptii
electricity as the ugnut for inflictir
capital punishment.-
Nebraska's Pi-ojjreiss.
The present year has not been marked
by exceptional progress in any quarter
of the country. There lias been a larger
addition to the population than last
year from immigration , but much of
this has remained in the larger cities ,
and the rest has distributed Itself
pretty evenly over other attractive sec
tions of the country , a greater proportion
tion than usual going to the southern
state ? , some of which have been holding
out strong inducements to immigrants.
Nowhere lias there been any boom , and
on the other hand only in spots , where
the most extravagant and groundless
speculation had prevailed , has there
been any serious depression. A
degree of reaction from the extraordi
nary real estate and building activityol
la t year was expected , but those whc
.solemnly predicted n gone nil break
down in the business of the country ,
widespread failures , and a period ol
general financial and commercial hard
ship , are shown to have been fnl c
prophet' ' . The whole country has been
advancing steadily , if slowly , along the
lines of progress , and unquestionably is
more subatantlnlly prosperous now than
it wn i a year ago.
Nchru'tlta has certainly shared in tint
progress. She has grown in population ,
though perhaps not very largely. Shu
has advanced in improvements , al
most every considerable town in tin
slate being able to show a better condition -
tion than a year ago in the possession ol
those things which contribute to the
convenience and comfort of the com
munity. Her farming population is ; it
t < whole better oil' than it was a ycai
ago. More land has been cultivated
and with splendid results. An unprece
dented crop of the state's staple cereal
"King Corn , " has rewarded the labor.-
of Nebraska'- , farmers , assuring in tin
higher price it is certain to brinij
n much greater prosperity that
they had looked lor. The incrcasei
yield and the advanced value ineani
millions of dollars of obligations wipet
out within the next twelve months
placing every thrifty farmer in the stall
on a surer and more independent basis
The metropolis of the state , whosi
llnuncial and commercial activities shov
unmistakably the course of the busines ;
current throughout the state , has move (
steadily forward , gaining in population
in business , in improvements , and li
permanent wealth. While a number o
older and larger cities than Omaha hav <
from week to week shown a decrease it
their linancial transactions as compare !
with corresponding periods of las
year , those of Onmhu have ex
hibited an increase , and it
every department of her commercia
aflairs there has been growth. In overj
branch of public improvements the re
suits of the year will compare favorabl ;
with thooo of any preceding year , am
while the aggregate outlay for buildnif
will not equal that of last year , it ha
still been on a very generous scale. Ks
pecially in the construction of residcne
buildings of the better class the preset !
year will make a better showing thai
last.
last.Thus
Thus Nebraska has in all respect
achieved some progress during th
present year , whatever pes.si
mists may say to the con
trary. The growth has been real
substantial and permanent. It is in
addition to the solid foundations befor
laid , and which have successfully re
sisted all the adverse inllucnces tha
have assailed them. And the people a
Nebraska may confidentially look for
ward to a more rigorous advance in th
ensuing year. The splendid ngrieul
tural record of the state must attrac
population , the prosperity of our farmers
ors will advance the general pro&peritj
legitimate enterprise will bo stimulate
and steadily and ( Irmly this great coir
monwcalth will move forward on th
path of progress. Nebraska is all right
Fuller's Installation.
The installation of Melville W. Fulle
as chief justice of the supreme court c
the United States will take place tt
morrow. It will be the eighth event <
the kind in the history of the govern
mentand though usually attended wit
only the simplest ceremonies , its relativ
importance is not thereby dimini.shci'
for the induction into olllco of the chic ,
justice of the greatest judicial tribuns
on onrth is a matter only loss soriou
and significant than the inauguration c
a president of the republic. When Chic
.lustice Chase was inaugurated the cere
mony wasextendcd somewhat beyond th
practice that had before been observci
and it is understood that a similar cere
mony will be gone through with in th
case of Chief Justice Fuller. The la
requires the chief justice to take tn
oaths , the first being the one which a
ollicials under the government , oxcei
the president , must take , and which d <
clares past loyalty and future faith an
allegiance to the government. Tli
other Is the oath originally prescribe
and taken by all the chief justices an
associate justices since the foundatio
of the government , and is a pledge 1
administer justice impartially an
faithfully dibclrargo the duti <
of the otllco. This onth
taken in open court , while the custo
has been to administer the first In tl :
robing room with only the associal
justices present.
When Chief Justice Fuller takes h
place on the supreme bench the polit
cal division of that tribunal will be s !
republicans and three democrats. Tl
precarious health of Justice Matthov
has created an apprehension that tl
time is not remote when his place wi
have to be filled , while it is high
probable that two or three of the othi
justices will retire within the next foi
years , us it will bo their privilege to d
It is quite possible , therefore , that thei
will bo a change in the political divibk
of the supreme court within the ne ;
two or throe years , and this possibilli
has Eonio significance in conncctic
with the quo btlon of who it ) to be tl
next president.
An Attractive Krnttirc.
Commencing with its Sunday issue
October 14 , TIIK BHK will begin tl
publication of an interesting series
letters upon ' 'tho out of way place
of Asia , " from the pen of Mr. Frank (
Cur pen tor , who hna made hitnsolf f
IUOUB over the wull known signature
"Carp.4' Undct the agreement
made with Tut ; HUB and sev
eral of the great American
dallies , Mr. Carpenter will traverse
and write up sections of the Orient not
usually visited by the average "globe
trotter , " and the results are tlic exclu
sive property of the journals inter
ested. Air. Carpenter's llrst letters will
be from Japan , thence he will journey
to China , drifting from the Flowery
Kingdom through the islands of the
western Pacific to Slam , and thence by
way of the Straights of Malacca and
Ceylon to India. From India he will
go to Palestine and Turkey , and thence
to F gypt and the palace of the
khedivo. Displte the Uussian rage
against American newspaper cor
respondents duo to George Ken-
nan's articles on Siberia , "Carp1
proposes to traverse the Cnucassus and
southern Russia visiting the domains
of the czar and Greece. This Is a nota
ble programme and promises the collec
tion of a fund ot interesting information
from out-of-way places which will prove
of great novelty and interest. That the
letters will bo more than readable goes
without saying. No journalist of the
day writes more piquant and channlnjj
gossip than "Carp. " He has an eye foi
novel situations , a nose for news and t
pen which interprets as truly as a pho
tographer's camera. The readers o
TIIK BKK can be assured that a genuine
treat is in .store for them during tin
coming year from Mr. Carpenter's1 ver
satile pen , and they will no doubt awaii
his successive letters with all the impa
pfitionce of a reader interested in r
novel which is "to be continued in oui
next. "
Responsibilities tn Kqulty
The American Bankers' as.socintioi
adjourned from the convention at C'in
cinnati without paying any regard t <
the necessity of some check to proven
the possibility of frauds similar to thos <
perpetrated by Bedell. This swindle !
could not have utiliy.ed the check whicl
he received from a customer for hi :
bogus mortgages because it was madi
out to his employers , the linn of Ship
man , Barlow , Laroquo < fe Co. , but hi
gave It to his accomplice , Henry , whc
deposited it to his own credit in hisowi
bank , and then Bedell a short titnt
afterward obtained from Henry hi
check and placed it to his own credit it
his own bank. Could this have beet
done without awakening soiTio suspi
cionV Is not a bank something mori
than a more machinn for the exchange
of values ? Whilst there can bo in
desire to impose upon banks tin
duties of detectives , they ough
to be something more than mere auto
mata. A bank must know pretty thor
oughly the extent of a man's business
and the bank with which the notar ,
Henry deposited his funds must hav
had strong suspicion that the checks c
Bedell's firm were not in the rcgula
line of his every day transactions , bu
were of a suspicious . character. Th
fraud was devised obviously bccaus
Bedell was certain that the bank woul
take no cognizance of anything whicl
was correct according to the system
and so long as banks maintain this attitude
tudo , there will be other frauds frov
time to time based equally upon th
mechanism of banking and transpai
ently clear from the common-sonbc poin
of view. Is it not a fair questio
whether all banks have not obligation
in equity besides those which rest upo
the technicalities of the law. Th
State Bank of Now York City is con
testing its liability for the Bedell fraud
purely upon a technical point. Thi
cannot bo considcrod'commondable.
TKKUK is a necessity for the revisio
of the banking laws In nearly over
state of the union. Under the lax sys
tern of state control and inspectioi
wild cat hanking has been encourage
so that there are now in existence stat
banks rotten to the core and liable t
tumble at the llrst outset of financi ?
slringcjicy. It is a sad commentary o
the laws of the state of Illinois , when a
institution , such as the Traders' bank c
Chicago proves to be , was allowed to d
'business for years apparently withon
responsibility to anyone. Controlle
by its president alone , without even th
check of directors or stockholders o
his management , he had finoopporlun :
ties for misusing the savings of many
poor man. The abuse calls loudly fo
reform. It is the duty of the state t
sco to it that tlio depositories for th
keeping of people's money arc rcspons
ble for every dollar of deposits.
TWO IIUNDltKD AND V1ITV DOI.I.A1I
were appropriated by the rcgenl
of the Nebraska slate univorsit
to curry on inoculation in th
swine plague in the physiologic :
and hygienic department of domesti
animals. It would bo interesting t
know whether the two hundred an
fifty dollars go for the purchase of th
hogs , the virus or the plague. Tli
truth of the matter is that the oxtei
sivo experiments which the univorsit
has carried on in the agricultural an
veterinary departments have prove
valueless. They have been an oxpci
sivc hobby and should bo abandoned.
VOICK OF TII10 STATIC I'UKSS.
Of the bridRO-bnlldlng candidate for tl
stiito spmito In Hall county , the Gram ) Islsi
Independent remarks : "Tlio gulf bctwci
John L. Moans und a senatorial sent w
prove the most diftlcult body to bridge th
liu over tackled. "
The Schuylor Sun nnnounccs that it is "d
flilcdly in favor of the next legislature )
thlsstuto passing a law that will enable tl
people to directly elect the railroad cotnml
sionors and that they bu men noloctcil fi
that purpose nlono and not of the state ot
cers. "
"Kvcry farmer , " says the Ulysses Di
p.itch , "no runltor what his politics , shou
vote for William Lco > o for attorney genon ;
A reduction of freight rule * will bonollt tl
democratic ! as well as the republican farmc
und curtainly no man could do more to bru
about fair , Just and couitablo railroad rat' '
than William Lucso. "
Now that the sci < atorl.il squabble in tl
Twenty-fourth district Imi been satUfn
torily settled in favor of ICcckloy , the Voi
candidate , the Flllmoro papers Hre swlngli
into llnu In liK support. Says the Fainno
Signal : "H Is pcncrally known that thu r
suit of the senatorial eonvcntlcn led to mui
dissatisfaction. The Sltfiml waited tor
satisfactory AOttlAmcnt of tlic question wluc
It.It new must co'mo. Thu matter was r
ferred to the state , , .cj > ntral comuiltloo and
they decided , on Monday In favor of C. R ,
Kcckley , whom thJ , Signal cheerfully en
dorses. "
The Weeping iVator Republican says :
"The democrats In their nomination of .1 ,
Sterling Morton for congress , could not have
named a man whim Lt would bo so easy la
defeat. His con Jcctron with the U. & M ,
railroad will take every laboring man1 !
vote away from iltul while his free trade
Cobden club ideasflll ! drive the reading
democrats lo vote for Hie other candidate. "
The legislative campaign in Adams countj
waxes decidedly warm , but the Hastings Nebraskan
braskan remarks : "Stripped of nil side Is
sues nnd local questions , only raised to eon
fuse the voter , iho issue is plainly bcfcru UH
people of Adams county whether they shall
send democrats or republicans to represent
thorn In the state legislature. The prohibi
tion and union labor candidates cannot
muster enough votes to secure election. Tlu
election of cither the republican or doniO' '
cratiu caudidales is inevitable and Iho In
telligent voter in such an emergency urns' '
decide which ho prefers. "
The Madison Reporter sums up the Lawi
matter ns follows ; "Secretary Laws , ii
Border to make sure of his nomination , voice
last July , with Attorney General Leeso am
Treasurer Willard for the reduction of rail
road rates on all thu roads in the state ; am
Inter , when he ns one of the statu board
voted to allow Hie dlfTcrenl roads more timi
to present evidence , the pcopli
thought he was mi honest mai
yet , and that ho would bo fai
bclwccn Iho roads and the people when tin
time came , litllu dreaming that ho meant ti
betray them as soon as he received the nouil
tion at their hands. : so man of this stripi
should bo allowed to hold an office who wil
not recognize the people who send him fortl
to deal justly by all , and falter by the way
side for his own Individual benefit. Part ;
linus must be laid aside long enough to roll
out these tools in politics. Laws has m
right to expect the support ot the party tha
nominated him after he hns betrayed it , am
shown to everybody that he is a dlshones
tool , or not competent to fill the place h
sucks at the hands of the republican part ;
of Nebraska. "
October.
i /or The He.
October's sheen is on the trees ,
His breath is In the air ;
And on the misty mountain top ,
His purpling glories are.
Low in the valley rank on rank ,
In many a broad platoon ,
The rustling corn a murmur makes ,
Mid crlspcr airs than June.
The sumach with Its leaves anlow ,
Flaunts out beside the rih >
And blood-red banners mark thy step ,
On every sloping mil.
Thou art the choicest of them nil ,
Oh , month of' garnering grain ;
I love to feel thy cooling breath ,
Upon my check ng.iin.
Kt'OBSfB UlAV FUUOUSON.
/.Oifotn Cull.
Give us free lurnbcr'or drive up the hearsi
TouoTiInjj.
Jjflffrtlfl ( 'all.
Ono touch of jvinr makes the whol
world shake. i > „
Tlio Bllgh ; ot Civilizatioii.
PiOHttn , Prut
The Sioux Indian commission , in Chieag
yesterday , inform'cd ' ( m interviewer th :
Young-Man-Afralcf-of-His-Horscs was at tli
Lower Brulo ageopi' putTerinfr from Bright
disease. If this steady march of civilizatlo
and ethical culture continues among the re
men , we need not bo surprised to learn an
day that Old-Man-With-a-Nose-Like-a-Call
opo is suiTenntr from hay fever.
Scnil UH a Sample.
Denver Kepulillenn.
In the Omaha UIK of last Sunday the fo
lowing : appears as an editorial paragraph
"Perhaps It it is necessary to whisper in tli
ears of the board of education that a hill
less attention to base ball and a little mo :
regard toward warming school rooms is th
proper tning for this season of the year.
What a contrast this is to the condition c
educational matters in Denver. Denver hai
with one exception , the largest high schoc
building in the United States , and the schoe
boards are alive and wide-awake to the it
torests of public instruction.
The Two Rills. ,
C/ifc / < TO < > Trlbiuu.
Now that both parties have presented the !
schemes of tariff reduction , the voters at
brought to the forks of the roads. On
party proposes a reduction of $55,003,001 ,
much of it taken off wool , and the other c
t70,000,000 , two-fifths of which is to comoo
sugar. THe means and methods proposed t
reduce the surplus are widely different. Tli
democratic party is struggling and lightin
to take the road which leads to frco tradi
while the republicans are determined to tali
the other fork and keep inside the Hues t
protection.
The Cold Truth.
SHniitaiwUi Tilbune.
The high license law has closed a thousan
saloons in Minnesota. A votu for the thir
party prohibition candidate Is a vote to ope
not only that thousand but several thousan
more , simply to allow some Impractlcabl
people to try to close them u different wa ;
They would probably succeed in n gre :
many of the smaller towns , but for ever
saloon closed in the country there would li
two opened in the cities and larger towns <
the state. The best way to go forward
not to take two steps backward but to hoi
the ground already won and fight for more t
add to it. Regular and steady progress I
the total abolition of the saloon lies throng
the Intermediate means of high license an
local option.
Tlio l'cnat > los of Truth.
t'omiiifrciiAilvtrtlier. / .
"Here are these 'coilfoundod ' newspapei
telling the truth again , " is a complaint wluc
Htatcsmen have bean often called upon t
make. Bismarck Uiow reiterating it againi
the editors of the Rvmdichau for their publ
cation of extracts , 'froih ttio late Kmpon
Frederick's diaryj hlijh extracts , thoug
Bismarck at first said that they were ga
bled , arc now , bj j tb National Gazett
which has tiad thorn compared with the orif
inal , said to ngroo ftvltl } it , word for won
The conauctors of the National Gazette wi
now have to ansifprt t the prince for th
assertion , and likely'enough they will soc
find themselves in jjlL } ! JProfessor Geffckci
who is charged with furnishing the Rum
schuu with the oittr'JJta : 'from ' the diary , h :
been arrested and 'is' ' on the high road t
prison. Uchold how good a thing it Is to to
the truth under despotism I
Corn if )
In tho-old ante-bellum days the sturd
farmers of the northwest were wont to ai
swer the vainglorious boast of the soutl
"Cotton is king , " by saying "No ! Corn ;
king. " Whoever studies the relation )
which uinlzo stands to American cconomh
will bo strongly Impressed with a sense >
the klnglyness of Ills subject. Not far froi
2,000,000,1)00 ) bushels of this product ui
raised annually i > i the United State * , is
other " " product approaches this I
value. Rye , oats , barley and ey
wheat , are insignificant item * , L
comparison. Cotton , rlco and sugar
nro left so far behind as to ba almost
out Of sight In the race. Vow people hi this
liart of the country have any idea how com
pletely they urn dependent for many of the
necessaries and comforts of llfo on the
mighty corn fields that lie in the valley ol
Mississippi. Every pound of becfpork , or mut
ton that Is brought Into Fan cull Hall market
from tlio Chicago packing house has been
fattened on Indian corn. Few of us could
have our Christmas and Thanksgiving turkej
if the cars of yellow maize wore blasted.
The carriage horses and the street car horse ?
are strong because they are fed on this mosl
nutritious of grains. Directly or indirectly
a great share of all the Industries and of nl !
the material enjoyments of the American
people have their basis In mal/c.
CUHUIONT TOIMCH.
A Ilitliliuli at tin ; Huh.
In Uoston tlio election of a president ha1
become a matter of secondary consideration
The burning question in the Hub Is con
nccted with the administration of the public
schools. A reader compiled by the wel
known John Swinton was objected to , ami
the objection was subsequently sustained , be
cause it contained a foot-note intimating
somewhat ambiguously that the Catholii
priesthood sold indulgences which were no
only pardons for the sins which had been com
milled , but a virtual absolution for sins ye
to bo done. The fact that the objection wa1
sustained aroused a very bitter feeling union }
the Protestant women of Boston , and as thej
can vote upon school questions numbers do
termlncd to register ami elect a school bean
that should be distinctly Protestant. Whei
n knowledge of this increased registratioi
cauie to the oars of the Catholic women o
the Hub , they Immediately proceeded ti
register also , and up to dote 25,14 ? womei
have registered with an estimated Protest
ant majority of 1,000. , Now this will puz/1
the western mind , for in Nebraska the fall
city of IJoston has always boon considerci
transcondcntally liberal , and this whole buai
ness savors of bigotry.
Tianjjtry'H Hat.
There are some women who can bo con
soled by a hat for the loss of a husband , and
perhaps , Mrs , Langtry Is one of them. A
least , it is to bo hoped so , for the sake of he
public performances , which are really excel
lent. Yesterday's telegraphic letter fron
Paris to Tun HBK informs us tha
Madame Augusta has created for the Lily ;
new typo of hat , not , the reader will observe
a new combination of existing types , but ai
actual creation. The feminine mind will n
once be on thorns of expectation to knov
what sort of thing this now creation is , bu
this will never be known until the footlight
reveal it on her opening night. The quostioi
arises , whether thu art of tne costumer is no
becoming somewhat too prominent in thing
theatrical , for it must be remembered thu
the infection has spread from actresses toac
tors , and ICyrlo Uellew has obtained fron
Worth a series of costumes for Romeo tun
will , by their iwetry of conception and splet
dor of color , utterly eclipse any Interest th
public might be supposed to feel in the line
of Shakespeare.
On the Second.
In the discussion as to the pronunciation c
Sebastopol it seems to have escaped nolle
that the word is bastard Greek , a survival o
Hyzantine days. It is a combination o
sebaste , the feminine of sobastos , monnin
August , with the sense of imperial and pol
city.If , as is reported , thu excellent whit
c/ar pronounces the word with the accent o :
the third syllabic , one can only say that i
would have bettor become his Imperial mout
to have placed the aqcent on the secon
syllable. This Is in substance what the actoi
Macrcady , said to King George , the Fourtl
of England , when he condescended to ns
the nctorto obleegehlm with apinchof snufl
Even kings and emperors make mistake :
but the world need not follow them hit
error.
Hob Won't Ijlke It.
A Philadelphia court has taken a stand o
the infidel question which will certain !
arouse the wrath of Robert Ingorsoll and n
the mora because its constitutionality ma.
bo called into controversy. A Hungnria
applied for his llnal papjrs of naturalizatioi
When asked to tnko the oath he stated tha
he neither sworn nor afllnned , and furthc
that he did not believe in any kind of poit ;
The judge then refused to proceed with th
ceremony , upon the ground that if he did nc
take the outh of allegiance ho could not ol
tain his papers , and he added to this dccisio
the unkind cut that there wore too many li
lidels in this country already.
Hlcotrlo Execution ,
On and after the ttrst day of Januarj
1SS1 > , throughout the great state of Nei
York all criminals condemned to the deatl
penalty are to bu executed by electricity
This certainly is not progress , though i
masks under that name , and it Is qucstionr
bio whether the legislature , in making thi
law , was not actuated by a morbid curiosit ;
to know how the new-fangled system woul
work. There will certainly como a roaotto
against electricity , which has shown itsul
to bo a dangerous agent , hard to control , am
presenting many undesirable features , 1
probably will be retained in some forms , bu
its use as a universal factor of force Is ul
terly chimerical , for it is only cheap undc
certain conditions , and it can never bo mad
perfectly Innocuous , even to the operative
who constantly handle the wires.
lloniocidal Tip.
Adam Forepaugh's elephant Tip has kllle
another man , making a homicidal record tlui
is Hearing twenty. Ought showmen to b
permitted to retain creatures that arc coi
stantly killing human beings I Charle
Ronde , In ono of his short stories , advance *
the theory that all elephants had homicidi
longings , whether they were indulged or no1
This seems to bo disproved by sufficient ov
donee. Hut some elephants arc notoriou
man-killers and they ought to be shot. Ti
is ono of them , and his doom should bo pr <
nounced instanter.
Miseries oT Women Workers.
Nell Ncllson , who exposed the miseries o
women workers in the wholesale furnishin
houses of Chicago , has been engaged by th
Now York World , and her llrst article upo
the metropolitan e'op shops appeared ulmos
simultaneously with the publication of he
Chicago experiences in book form. Thi
lady is doing excellent work , and over
honest man will wish more power to her per
Something must be wrong in the systei
which Is repeating in a Christian land , an
in free America the horrors of ulTolo Horn
in the ago of Aurolmn. Uut no one nee
lese faith in America for all that. Ever ,
civilization which has ever existed upon thi
earth has perished from vices Inherent in it
system , and there can bo no more hopefu
sign than the appearance ofjiur inherent dc
fects at a time when wo | K > ss'ess the strcngt
and elasticity of youth and can conque
them. Our conquest over slavery has mad
other victories the oa&lcr , for these who or
pose reform can figure accurately now th
strength which lies in popular detestatlo
of wrong , and the power of the people to pu
that detestation into practical legislation. I
U possible that there may be dlsugrcomcn
among reformers ns to the cause of the atat
of things which Nell Nollsonhas pointed oui
and this would lead to diffcronccs as to th
necessary remedy. For dur pnrt w
belicvo that the root of the evil lies in tw
things-the practical divorce between thos
who rna'.tu and those who sell la the flr *
place , ntul secondly the over-crowding into
cities. It seems to us that no one reform
will remedy both of these things , ntul that
two change * arc nercssary. Let us take
first the sopiratlon between the maker and
the seller. The duo remedy that h s been
levlscil for this Is co-Opdr.itlon , and it has in
variably proved Inoperative. Wherever It
lias been tried capital has been on the alert ,
and has put down prices to such n point that
the co-operatlvo workers have boon com
pelled to give up the contest. Then the
linces went up again. There nro illimitable
funds nt the back of these great slop shops
whose dens outdo the bolgias of Dante , and
in n CJtitest between a firm with no capital
save knowledge and industry and another
controlling the Fortunatus's pause of un
bounded credit , the Issue is not and cannot
bo doubtful. In our opinion tlio only remedy
is in thu Introduction of the guild system
with such modifications as the changed life
of modern times demand. According to the
guild system the cloaks and dolmans made
in Now York city could only bo sold In Now
York city. It is clear that if New York city
insists upon making men's und women , s fur
nishing goods for the whole republic , the
women of many cities will ba without the
work which belongs to them as a sacred right.
If the shirts worn by men in Omaha are
made in Now York , then the workwomen of
Omaha will follow their work to New York ,
and it is this congregating together in the
metropolis of myriads of women begging for
Christ's sake to employers to give thorn work
that they may rcmuln pure and honest , which
enables employers to pay thorn just what
they choose. They go itito tne market for
labor , and buy the cheapest article they can
got. What this means is bumg told by Nell
Ncllson. It means that n delicate woman is
being treated worse than n brute beast , or u
piece of machinery , ; that her capabilities of
work are squeezed out of her by the most
hideous slavery , and that she Is worn to
death in a few years. This could not be if
Omaha women made cloaks for Omaha
women and shirts for Omaha men , which is
tlio true law of protection. For then each
great city like Omaha would be the natural
center for nil that work which is done
in the filthy dens of New York and Chicago
Much of the work is botched , because the
workers como from everywhere and do not
know how to matte the articles properly , or ,
If they have the knowledge , arc so driven bi
their inhuman taskmasters that they cannot ,
The adoption of the guild system would end
this unnatural state of things , since none
could bo mombi'rs of a guild save those who
wcro thoroughly qualltlod. This reform will
be considered by capitalists as u blow at
their rights , but it is the outcome of a cry
for a change which is not to bo withstood ,
The workers suffer , the interests of consum
ers are disregarded , and the time has conic
for a new system. _
Donth or n Joiirmilist.
The suicide of Edward Grey , the Jap
anosc scholar , has boon wrongly attributed
to pecuniary troubles. It was known to his
most intimate friends that lor the past twelve
months he has complained of dreadful p'iin <
in his head , the result , as ho believed , ol
ulccration of the brain. It seems only toe
probable that in a paroxysm of agony toe
great for endurance ho rushed for his rcvol
ver and ended his life by a bullet through hi'
head. Ho had just returned from Japan
where ho had made extensive purchases foi
his Japanese art emporium , and he was en
gaged in a work on Japanese metallurgy
part of which had been completed. He hat
many friends among American journalists
having been on the New York Herald fo
some jcais as on art critic and gcnen
writer , _ _ _ _ _
The SharkH ul * Ihn Hod Son.
An English paper spreads n note of alarti
that the ferocious sharks of the Red Sci
have found their way Into the pcaccfu
Mediterranean by the Suez canal. Hut then
have always been man-eating sharks in tli"
Mediterranean , as the coral fishers of Naple
and the South of Italy Know to their cost.
Thu Whitcchapcl Horrors.
The devourcrs of romances arc asking fo
the whereabouts of Robert Louis Stevenson
whose name is greatly in men's ' mouths sinci
the commencement of the Whiteclmpcl her
rors. Scientific men seem to incline to th
view that the monster is a man of high at
tainment leading a dual life in the Hyde am
Jckyll way , and the thought lias evencrossei
some minds that the crime was suggested t
the criminal by Stevenson's ghastly talc. Ii
the meanwhile the author is blissfully tin
consc'ous ' of all the hubbub , for when las
heard from ho and his devoted wife were 01
their way to the islands of thu Pacific. Prob
ably this means Tahiti , for Mrs. Steven
son' ( laughter is living there with her hus
band , Edward Strong , a Califorian artist en
gaged by King Kalakana to paint frescoes 01
the walls of the royal palace.
Jokes Will Ho Hr-rlou * .
Robert J. Uurdctte , the wcll-knowi
humorist of the Biookl.vn Eagle , has joined
the liaptist church ut Philadelphia , and beer
licensed to preach. The Rov. Sydney Smith
of England , had a similar experience , anil
wicked wits said of him after his translation
that he mixed his two professions , and hi-
jokes were sermons , and his sermons jokes ,
Thpoilori ) ThoiiiitK llntiros.
Theodore Thomas is going out of the con
cert field. This will uwukon regret in the
minds of nil lovers of music , but it is incvi
table , for he has been for the past three
years a target for constant abuse ot the most
vmicmous chnr.ictcr from musicians , and he
has not received compensating support from
the general public to a corresponding degree.
Thu plain fact is that Americans llko music ,
from the domestic piano-playing standpoint ,
mid are not enthusiastic over classic liar
monies. The experiment has been tried sc
often that the fact is notorious. Theodore
Thomas himself has been thu hero of count
less musical untcrprlsc.1 which wore remun
erative so long as they were fashionable ,
and which ceased to bu fashionable when
the gloss of novultv had worn off. Wo arc
what wu are , ami cannot bo made otherwise
by the most eloquent lamentations of the
music-minded.
Autumn.
( Ktultr J'dWe Till/- / .
October ha/o o'crhangs the willing Earth ,
And nature In her garb of gaudy tints
Hares hur fair brow to catch thu fan of Au
tumn.
O bounteous Autumn ! Surely tliou art she
Whom Earth should meet with kisses.
Eagerly
She cravu.s the fruits that load thy mellowing
lap -
fresh and th' all-tem
The , crisp mornings , -
pered days
Now pregnant with thy vigor-giving breath ;
Twill brace her for thu time -it cumus upuco
Whun melancholy winds , through wood and
grove ,
Fetch their deep sighs , ana moan , mid fret
thy leavus
To fall , and dance and whirl like giddy
maskers
In the ball-room mu/e.
'Tis called thusobbing-timnof yuar , and then ,
Scar Earth , stripped for her shroud , all
lifeless lies ,
And trees with widowoil branuhlcU web
tlie skies.
KtnaniHlil | > ArrlvaU.
At New York Uuibria and Uotlmia from
Liverpool.
At Livoipool Italy from New York , nnd
Kansns from Boston.
At ljucciifalown Ktrurlu from Now York.
At Amsterdam Eutkttio from Now York ,
At Rotterdam Rotterdam from Now
York.
At London Lydlan and Monarch from
Now York.
Passed Sollly Steamer Wiclaiid from
Now York.for Hamburg. '
NOUTHEUN 81'ATK
Will be Carried In November by liar'
rlnitn nnil IMorlon.
C. > T. Albock , of the iron firm of Peton ft
Co. , of Plttsburg , arrived in town yesterday
fresh from a tour through a number of east
ern states , He has been a close observer ol
tlio political demonstrations in a Jo by tlio
democrats and republicans In favor of thol (
respective presidential nominees , and as a
consequence makes assertions which RO to
show the certain election of Mr , Hardsou
nnd Mr. Motion. Now York , ho claims ,
will go republican by Sl.OOO , the majority it
gave to Cinrficld. Thcro is not n manufac
turer In the state , ho chums , who will votfl
for Cleveland. Connecticut , ho says , will go
republican by at least 1MW. This statement
he buses upon the fact of the Increase of 500
In thu late election two weeks ago.
Indiana will glvo tlio same majority It gave
to Garllold of 7.0W . , and that is not tlio high
est figure it may reach. "Thcro Is not i
northern stnto that will go for Cleveland ,
und I know it , " ho says. "I have been
through all of them. I have been through
them In other campaigns. I was In Indiana
In tlio Garlield campaign , when Hancock
was crying tarirt reform. I was on that
'still-hunt , ' which you remember. 1 loft my
valise nt Fort Wayne , nnd It remained them
for live weeks , 1 went down to Evansvllle ,
Kokomo , Richmond , and several othuil
places , I had live others with me , nnd when
wo with others had madu our canvas * , it was
found that the statu was 0,000 for Hancock.
We met democratic talkers , and every tlnui
they cried tariff reform , wo shouted
I , ( WO for Garlield. When wo got to Evans.
villu 1 wrote back to John C. Now , 'Write It
down 0,00(1 ( for Garlield.1 When wo reached
Richmond I sent back word , 'Put It down
7,000 for Garllold. ' That's ' what Garllold got.
That's what Harrison is going to get. Thu
people there don't want democratic heresy
on thu tariff , and won't have it. The ether
night in Cairo , Governor Palmer of Illinois ,
who is now u candidate for governor in that
.state , made a speech. He said that Iron
workers in England woru receiving # J..r > OVer
day ; that if the tariff wore reformed thu
same wngt-.s would be paid hero and the man
ufacturers would still liavo a margin on
which to live. I convinced him that iron
workers were getting only SO cents a day ,
while hero they were paying over ? -J.OO. On
the question of spirits ho said that it
the tariff wcro cut , spirits would bo
fi cents cheaper. I showed him that
there was not a dealer in Cairo who was not
selling calico at r > cents per yard ; that If thu
tax were removed , these same dealers would
have to give their goods away. You ought to
hoar that umlioncu yell. They wcro nil work'
Ingmon. Palmer said that those wcro ques
tions he would like to have time to look into ,
nnd then the midlenco yelled again. That's '
what nil democratic speakers want. They
want timo. If they took and studied up their
questions they would sco the hopelessness of
convincing honest workingmen of the folly
that they can lic-nellt their condition by suU
milling to a reduction of their wages. "
API'ISOPKI/YTION 1)0010119 ,
Will the Omnhn Mcdlcnl Cullo c Go
to tlio I'lilvcrnHy ?
In the Lincoln column of yesterday's
HKK will bo found a reference to the attempt
to revive the medical department of thu statu
university at Lincoln. It states that Dr.
Moore , of this city , who is a member of the
faculty of the Omaha Medical college , made
a proposition to the regents of the university
that If a certain appropriation could bo su *
cured to sustain the college as n department
of the state university , the Omaha college
would bo disbanded in Its favor and
the faculty would give every possi
ble aid for its success nnd perpetuity.
It is stated that Dr. Moore has roprcsontcd
that the college bus outgrown its present
nuarters and that a liberal application to
pockets must be madu to cruet a new collude ,
It is also reported that the college here will
live until the proposed change is made.
The announcement has caused some sur
prise to the iivorago clti/cn , but not to a
class of physicians who have long been iden
tified with thu late medical department of
the state university. Ono of these was seen
to-day , and gave a history of the move. At
the requestor the regents of the university u
number of physicmnsof the statu volunteered
their services to establish u medical depart *
ment of that institution. The Inttor wera
told that there was no money to pay Ilium ,
but that when the next lugislnlre niol , an ap
propriation would bu secured for the conduct
of thu place. The doctors worked two years.
The session of thu legislature came anil
went , nnd no appropriation was made. It
was claimed that Hie Omaha Medical roilegu
was rcpie.Munlcd by a lobby which killed thu
appropriation. Two more years passed . an
other legislature met. No appropriation , ux-
copt in a general way for the support of thu
university , was made , and from this the re
gents wcro to extract ns much as
tlioy ' thought advisable to reimburse
for past services nnd pay for
the future work of the faculty. Only u nom
inal sum was .suggested. The faculty wcro
dissntistiol. They refused to net , anil early
in the summer of the present year the medical -
cal department closed. "Now , " said ono of
the faculty , "these people wanlto go in with
the university when before limy did all limy
could to kill its medical department. Wo
\\on't do anything about it , howovur. There
were nine of us in the university. Wo gavu
four years of time ami oxporiunco for noth
ing , lost money and had about fifty pupils.
The college hero last year had txvonty four
students. It is paying expenses that i.s
about all It is doing. The professors haven't
been able to gut anything. "
\ DiHUstroiiH IIn ; at nn Marly lloni'
Sni u rd ay Morning-
A destructive lire occurred about I o'clock
Saturday morning at thu coiner of Miglitli
street and Capitol avenue , near thu Union
Pacific- shops , in which about f'.t.COJ worllt
of property wont up In smoke.
Thuro were two frame bulldimiscoiibiimod ,
both of which wore formerly occupied b.y Ilio
barb wire company. Of late thu ono on tbo
corner was used by thu Omaha Coal , Cora
and Lime company as a storage houitu for
limo and cement , and thu other was
used as an agricultural implement
warehouse by William Oeunng &
Co , There was in It a large quan
tity of reapers nnd mowor.i , sleighs and val
uable household gonils. To dny it had Ix-un
intended to put in about ! ' ,001 worth of lum
ber. The loss Is over 17,01 0 and is but par
tially covered by insurance , having n p-ilu-y
with tlio Now York Insuranru company lor
f2,0K ( ) . The loss of the foal. Coku and Limn
company is los- . than $ iK'0 ( mid Is also par
tially covered with insurance.
The eniise of thu llro is unknown , but it U
supposed that it was caused by u spark from
a passing locomotive or wus set on llro by
trumps and nuw.sboys , who , it is stated , hnvo
beim making their rendwous under the
building , The structures worn old and
the lire spread so rapidly that
by the time the fire department rouuhud Ihn
scene it was too latu to save anything and
both buildings and nearly thu untiro contents
worn consumed.
After ho firemen loft two or threa mon
remained to watch thu nuns to sou that
nothing was tukun away , nevur'.hi'loss ttomo
sllvurwaru and clumiwaro which had bcoa
stored thuri ) wcro stolon.
IJeoring Ac Co. will erect a 11 MM brick warehouse -
house on this spot neit spring.
NHirnHku. nnd Iowa Pension * ,
W. .8iii.NoroN , Ocl. C. [ Special Telegram
to TIIK HKK.Pensions for Nobraskun :
Original invalid Fred P. Uihrrim , Homer ;
Robert Wilson , Rod Cloud ; John Stockton ,
Chostur. Reissue John Wilson , Ilayo *
Ctmlor.
Pensions for lowans : Original Invalid-
John T. Johnson , Atlantic ; Alonzo M. Page
Liinnox. Incnuso GI-orgM A. Hanso Mifo-
William H. Hill , dccoasud. Waverly. R01
issuo-l'oubon C. Hyde , Independence ;
mrriiS 'rv ' . 1'atterson ; Edwin
, ,
Rhoados , Oltumwu ; Alberto. Hull. Taintor.
- . . . . - - . ( ) . . iiitijuvv-Vf . .JUJ , ' "
Ma.-tlu , widow of Joseph Manner , Uodsc-
vlllo.
Kvnituollrnl AHHQOIUUII | | ConvniUUm.
Uii-io.N , O. , Oct. O.-Thoannual session of
the uvungollciil a Siicf.itlon of America la be
ing bold , uoru with ono delegate from
eaclioonforenooliroiii ! ; ! > uth.jUiilte'lSt - ic
and CuimJa.