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AcroitniNo to the ropurt ot the ni- :
tlotml bureau of agriculture ) Nebraska's
crop of corn has never been excelled
and equalled only three times in the
past ten years.
Ol7li taxpayers are anxiously awaiting
to hear the exposures of the paving
frauds. Certain ollieiiilsund ox-ollicials
have promised to make startling reve
lations. Lot the taxpayers ho kept no
longer in suspends. Out with it.
TIIK money orJor department of th °
Omaha jmstotVutodid a local business fet
the last fiscal year of over five million
dollars. This of itself shows the
fjrowth of the postal business in the eitj
nnd the neceisity of now and enlarged
quarters. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK additional powers asked for b.\
the board of health in order to improve
the sanitary condition of the cjty should
bo granted by the council without delay.
An earnest elTort to inuko Omaha the
cleanest and best kept city in the
country should be encouraged.
TUB Swedish voters of Omaha can nol
be hoodwinked and mustered blindfold'
od into the democratic ranks. The
nttomntof local democratic politician !
to make capital for their party out of at
anti-prohibition mooting of our Scan
dinavian citizens proved a dismal fail
ure.
TIIK county committee has fixed UK
dates for holding the republican prim
aricB on the 15th inst. , and the con veil
lion the next day. This is very shor
noticu to the rank and file , but it maj
have been proper tactics in view of tlu
action of the democratic county com
mittoo.
TIIK unprovoked warfare which no
torious blackmailers and boodle M whc
prostitute Omaha journalism are wag
ing on Mr. Kiorstead is beneath con
tempt. Because Mr. Kiorstoad hac
manhood enough while in the counci
to resent the importunities of thesi
bloodsuckers to lend himself to thol
nefarious schemes , ho is subjected t <
the most vile abuse.
TIIK shocking disaster which occurred
currod on the Lohigh Valley railroai
near Wilkesbarrc , Pa. , adds anothc
chautor of horrors to the list of railroai
collisions that could have been avoided
It is certain that a lack of proper pro
caulloa on the part of railroad olllciali
in running several sections of crowdoi
excursion trains close together was tin
cause of the terrible accident.
As A result of the Hutchlnson whca
corner at Chicago and the efforts rnadt
by those caught in the rise to pull tin
market down , eight hundred thousani
bushels of wheat on an average arriyoi
daily iu Chicago during the past fev
days. But very little was reshippcd
Under this pressure prices weakonc
nnd may go lower if this unprocedento
shipment , of wheat to Chicago is kept ur
INDIANA is being talked to derdh. I
is literally Hooded with oratory
Twenty-live hundred campaign speak
era nro going from farm house to fan
liouse to drum up recruits. . Thcro is n
Blato in the union whore political can
vasslng is.rodni'ed to such a nicotv , nn
there is no state in the country whor
the two parties nro making such desperate
porato efforts to win its vote.
Tlic number of business failures ft
the year 1SSS so far is about four pc
cent greater than during the corrc
spending time last year. As compare
with the same period of 1880 it is loss
nnd it is about fifteen per cent loss tha
the corresponding periods of 18S
or 1884. The business situation , e
measured by these comparisons , hi by n
menus as unfavorable as it has hoc
painted.
DOCTOR. WILLIAM PKITKII , of Phllr
flolphla , who attended General Slier
dan during his long sickness , refuses 1
accept any pay for his services. In
letter to Colonel Sheridan who r <
quested him to render his hill , Doctc
Pepper replied that ho wished his sci
vices to bo regarded only as an o ;
prosaion of the deep and lasting obligt
lion which he , in common with other ;
owed to General Sheridan. This is i
marked contrast to the oxtorttonnt
foes charged by the physicians who a
tended President Gadtold and Genen
Grant during their last days.
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Cabinet Politicians.
It is about tlmo for the lion. Don
Dickinson , postmaster general , to mnko
his promised reappearance In Michigan
to discuss the relations between the
west nnd New England , nnd to vindi
cate , if ho can do so , his assumption that
the former section has no interests in
common with the latter. Hut as we sug
gested tome time since in reference to
this extraordinary attitude of the Michi
gan statesman , ho hns probably boon ad-
vifcd not to make the proposed speech ,
or If so advised ho may have con
cluded from a careful reading of
what Mr. Blnino hns said on this
nubjcct that it will bo wlsu to omit it
from iiny future efforts ho tnuy make to
convert the people of Michigan to
democracy. Thorn has been no inci
dent of tliis campaign whore a comple
tions leader of either parly was so com
pletely annihilated as Mr. Don Dickln-
M > II has been by Mr. Blainc. livery
statement and assumption of the former
regarding New England , so far as re
lates to tlio commercial relations of that
section with other portions of the coun
try , is shown by Mr. Blnino to have no
authority or foundation in the
facts. Mr. Dickinson made his
statements wholly without knowl
edge , and as an exhibition
of malicious partisan zeal there
has been nothing more reprehensible in
our political history for the past quar
ter of a century. It supplied an oppor
tunity , however , of which Mr. Blaine
has made excellent use in Michigan ,
and the effect of which cannot fail to
have a much wider scope.
The politicians of the cabinet have
not covered themselves with glory in
the part they have thus far taken in the
campaign , and Mr. Cleveland must bo
greatly disappointed in the political
value of his immediate lieutenants. The
tour of Secretary Vllas in Wisconsin
failed to arouse any democratic
Mithusiam in that state , and if report1'
: an be trusted loft the situation there
'or his parti' worse than he found it.
Mr. Whitney's visit to New York for
the purpose of reconciling the warring
factions in that state , was a complete
failure , although he had the ublo assist
ance of Colonel Latnont. Secretary
Bayard has made a brave effort to vindi
cate the foreign policy of the adminis
tration with no other effect than to
.trongthen . the popular conviction that
the policy has been a failuro. It is al
together a very unprofitable work that
the cabinet politicians have done for
their party , and if the campaign man
agers nre wibc these gentlemen will not
be called upon to again leave their posts
of duty , wlioro they should have unin
terruptedly remained , to contribute
further to the canvass from their rather
limited stock of political wisdom.
NOVH II\'H Stnkp.
Nevada has but three electoral votes ,
yet the democratic party would very
much like to capture them and its man
agers profess to bo hopeful of doing so.
They can hardly have seriously consid
ered , however , the stake which that
state has in the question of the reelection
tion of Cleveland. The people of Ne
vada arc not likely to forgot that the
president has been the persistent enemy
of its chief industry , silver mining , fet
the evidences of what that hostility has
accomplished to the injury of their wel
fare is steadily before them.
Mr. Cleveland declared his
hostility to silver before he en
tered upon his duties as president ,
and at no time since has ho shown thai
his views have undergone any change.
The recommendations of his first and
present secretary of the treasury re
flected the opinion of the executive as
to the policy that should bo pursued re
garding silver , and they wore unquali
fiedly hostile. Obstacles of every kinil
have been thrown in the way of tlu
free use of silver through the agency ol
the treasury department , and every pos
sible device has boon resorted to to restrict >
strict the use of silver as money. The
interests of Wall street have stcadilj
dominated at Washington , and as far ai
possible the great silver-mining indutr
try of the country has been negloetei
and discredited by the administratioi
and the democratic house at its dicta
lion. A striking instance of this wa <
the dcfoat of the proposition of demo
cratic senator , Beck , to increase the.
coinage of silver in order to prevent t
contraction of the currency in rouse
quencc of a retirement of bank note :
following the surrender of bonds.
Other instances of the undoubted hos
tility ot silver might easily be cited
and they are all familiar t (
the pcoplo of Nevada , anc
most naturally they ascribe tin
decline of the silver-mining industry it
that state largely to this cause. Thoi
know , also , that while the dcmocratii
platform bays not a Sword about silvei
the republican platform declares dis
tinctly In its favor. It is necessary ti
suppose that the people of Nevada have
not the intelligence to understand theii
most vital interests in order to boliuvt
that they will vote to continue in powoi
an executive who has been the moi
persistent and por&ovoring enemy o
those interests.
Not a Oooil AVI HUMS.
The lion. Hugh McCulloch has an
nounced his intention to vote for Cleveland
land if ho is physically able on the da ;
of election to get to the polls. The fac
that Mr. McCulloch was secretary of thi
treasury in three republican ndmlnib
trations causes his conversion at thi
time to bo balled with a great deal o
satisfaction by the democrats , nnd under
dor some circumstances the ncces ioi
might bo regarded as important. It i
possible that it may exert a slight in
lluoncc in certain capitalistic circles ii
the east , but it can have no extomlei
olTect upon public sentiment anywhere
though the attempt will bo nmdotogivi
it potency.
Mr. McCullooh profosbes to regard tin
administration of Mr. Cleveland as hav
ing been particularly able and upright
and ho finds nothing in thu record fo
disapproval , not even the fact of it
having permitted the banks to make th <
profits on sixty millions of the surplu
deposited with them without jnyin |
anything for the privilege. He , al&c
sees nothing in the Mills bill to flm
fault with , the manifestly sections
character of thU measure having tnad
no impression on him. Ts the
ctoran financier a good witness for
tlr. riovelnml against the party with
vhlch he has hitherto acted ?
A negative answer will be found in
circumstances of Mr. McCulloch's
juslncss relations for ti number of years
iast. lie has been an eastern banker
vith London connections , and the len
iency of this has not been to strengthen
ils concern for American interests. It
s true that for some years ho has ad
vocated tariff reform , but not on the
democratic lines , nnd the fact that
10 is now willing to follow those
lues shows that ho has become
strongly imbued with the sentiments
general in Wall street , and to which
hla administration hns been peculiarly
subservient. The hope that Mr. Clove-
ami has of carrying New York is in no
small measure formed upon the service
which the national treasury has ron-
lored to the bankers of the metropolis ,
ind whether or not Mr. McCulloch
shared in the benefits ho is natural ! } in
sympathy with the element of which he
: ias been , if he be not still , a part. An
other attraction possessed by the prosl-
lent for the ex-sccrotnry is
his well-known hostility to silver ,
of which Mr. McCulloch has
ihvnys been a persistent op
ponent. There may be other reasons
why the ox-secretary of the treasury ,
after being repeatedly honored by the
republican party , now renounces it , but
these nro sulllclcnt to materially weaken ,
if not to destroy , the value of his testi
mony in behalf of the present adminis
tration. Had Mr. McCulloch remained
a western banker he would not have
changed his political affiliation.
The Yorker * Syndicate.
It now appears that Mr. Yorkos rep
resents the interests in Chicago of a
syndicate owning transit franchises also
in Pittsburg , 1'hiladelphia and New
York. This fact shows that combina
tions arc being formed which menace
the individual welfare of localities. That
the an airs of a horse car line in Chicago
cage should bo controlled by capitalists
living in Philadelphia and Now York
was something which was not foreseen
when Chicago gave it its charter. II
is obvious that power must be given tc
the local authorities to deal with ques
tions of a certain kind , because mani
festly the tendency is for securities tc
drift away from local holders , and to be
come concentrated in one or two great
eastern cities that have no intercut 01
sympathy with western citic save the
dividends , that can be wrung out of thorn ,
In the homely proverb of the Scotch ,
"every herring must hang by its own
tail1 Chicago must manage its transit
companies. As the case stands at pros
cut , the city of Chicago in transit mat
ters is virtually controlled by New Yorli
or Philadelphia. If an amendment is
added to the constitution of Illinois giv'
ing mayors power to arrange all contro
versies between franchise companies
and their employes , this very danger
ous stale of things will cease. Virtu
ally , the strikers represent the interest :
of Chicago , and Mr. Yerkcs represent :
the intcrcbls of individuals in Philadol
phiaand Now York , who contribute
nothing to the prosperity of Chicag <
save the taxes paid upon their roads.
SKNATOKSTKWAUT , of Nevada , hai
introduced a resolution in congress o
importance to the mining interests o
the west. It provides that the commit
tee on mines and mining shall ascertait
the number of aliens and foreign cor
porations owning mines in the terri
lories and the effect that such owner
ship hub had upon the growth of thi
territories. This resolution is no
brought forward with any hostile in
tonlion toward alien ownership. Ot
the contrary , it is supplementary to thi
bill of Senator Hearst , of California
passed homo months ago in the senate
but still pending in the house , amend
ing the alien land law , which permit
the purchase of mines by foreigners it
the territories. A report from the committee
mittoo on mines and mining favorabl
to the foreign ownership of mines , it i
thought , will have a good effect in in
ducing the houbo to pass the Hearst bill
THE death rate in Omaha for thi
month of September was less than ten
per cent of each thousand of the popu
lation , a rate not paralleled , it is safi
to say , by a dozen other cities in thi
country. The healthfuluess of this clti
is proverbial ainoncr those of its citizen
who have given the matter anyjattontion
but it is not as well understooi
as it bhould bo by the outside world. Ii
this respect the record of Omaha is wol
toward the head of the list of the mos
healthful cities , and with the progres
of improvements in paving and sewag
it is certain to rise higher. With a pop
ulation of one hundred thousand , i
monthly deaih rate of eighty-nine is ;
record that may safely challenge com
parlaon. > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
VAIHOUS correspondents in Jacksonville
villo send the curious news that th
death average has been increased b
the attempt to euro yellow fever by ai
clei'tropoiso machine , introduced durin ;
Hie epidemic with most unsatisfactor ,
results. It appears Unit ll was operalei
by Ihe patentees or their agents. It i
surprising that such willosband disgust
ing quackery should have been pei
milled by the Jacksonville board o
health. There Is in most states a hu
covering such cases , and mailing the ol
fonbo manslaughter wherever death en
buesvhethcr the patient dies of th
disease or of the treatment. It is to b
hoped that Florida has such a law , am
that it will bo enforced.
IF IT bo true , as Charles Franci
Adams slalo , Unit the preoidonl of th
Burlington road rofu&es to join th
Union Pnclfle in the proposed unloi
depot , Omaha is in position to indue
Mr. Perkins to withdraw his opposition
It Is a matter of fact that the ground
now occupied by the B. & M. road fo
passenger station and tratiiilor wa
donated by Ihis oily to the Union Pacl
lie railroad company for n union depot
and this ground was to revert to th
c'ity whenever it was used for an
other purpose. The Union Pacific ha
no right to sell this ground to any otho
road , and unless Mr. Perkins recede
from his position it may become IIOCHS
sary for our citizens to take steps fo
ho recovery of these1 lands. There nro
also other ways and mentis within leglt-
male reach of this community to com-
pel/air trcatiiil'iit nt the hands of rall-
end companies Ihnl derive an enormous
revenue from the patronage of Omaha.
ACCOV.DINO to Charles Francis
Adams our wrotehed transfer facilities
nnd the failure to construct the great
union depot tit Omaha is duo entirely to
the refusal of Mr. Ilewitl of Iho North
western , and Mr. Perkins of the Bur
lington road , to join the Union Pacific
nnd pay their share towards building
the union depot. According lo Ilewlll
and Perkins Iho responsibility for Iho
miserable depot and transfer accommo
dations at Omaha Is with the Union
Pacific , whose policy has been lo get an
enormous income from bridge tolls.
Now , who is deceiving us , nnd who is
prevaricating ? In plain English , who
is the liar ?
. who have taken nn interest in
the beneficent movement of the So
ciety of the Homo of the Friendless
will be glad to learn that their assist
ance has boon fruitful of Iho most gral-
ifying results. The reports submitted
to the convention of the society , in ses
sion at Lincoln , show steady progress
in the excellent work and much good
accomplished. The labor in which the
society is engaged appeals strongly to
the philanthropise , and the response
should be generous. There is no better
cause to which the charitable ) may devote -
vote a portion of llieir benefactions.
IT is refreshing to learn from Mr.
Andrew Carnegie's own lips that trusls
arc bound to go to pieces sooner or later ,
nnd that they involve in Iheir ruin
Ihoso who arc so foolish as to embark in
them. Whllo all this may bo true , it in
nevertheless a fact that Iho pcoplo of
this country are to-day paying enhanced
prices for commodities owing to the
formation of combinations among manu
facturers. That stage in the evolution
of trusts has yet to set in when they
shall become so toil-heavy as to go to
pieces by their own weight.
THK live-stock shippers met at South
Onmhc. yesterday. The association
numbers nearly one hundred and fifty
members , and ono of its objects is to de
mand just treatment by railroads. A
complaint w s made of discrimination
against South Omaha by the Fremont ft
Elkhorn road , and another against the
Burlington growing out of late trains.
In those days of close competition it is
safe to predict that these busy shippers
will got the relief they ask.
IF ANY ono should ask Governor
Swineford , of Alaska , for whoso benefit
the United States purchased that terri
tory from Russia , ho would reply em
phatically , "For' the Alaska Commer
cial company , beyond a doubt , " In his
last year's report ho declared that
wherever it had obtained a foot-hold
neither white man nor native could , live
in peace , oxcoptby its sufferance.
i thq vigilonco of the police in
enforcing Mayov-Broatch's order for the
suppression of the social evil , the vice
has scattered itself in several respecta
ble neighborhoods. That was to bo ex
pected. The flames of a tank of burn
ing oil cannot bo stamped out by pouring
on it a dipperful of water.
: AND TKIIKITORY.
NobraHkn Jottinus.
The burglar with tlio Hsu pole for his tool
is operating at Ueatrico.
Johnson county is short on school Icachen
and ( s advertising for a few.
An enormous amount of hay has been put
up by the farmers of Kearney county this
year.
The Gothenburg canal project IB moving
along smoothly and the town is preparing foi
a boom.
A lltllo boy living near Macon , Franklin
county , took a drink of whisky Iho othoi
day and in a short tlmo was a corpse.
O. G. Halley , candidate for the legislature
has been elected president of the Frankllt
County Soldiers' and Sailors' association.
Tccumsch has a resident who takes dcllgh
in going around nights and spitting tobaccc
juice on the windows of the business houses
The Mln Jen church authorities are going ti
"put the law on" the ycung men who slant
around the sanctuaries on Sunday and raise
disturbances.
The young ladles of Minden are about U
give a leap year hugging uarty , the proceed :
to bo devoted to Iho purchase of a winter' ;
supply of chewing gum.
The board of supervisors of Platte countj
has employed counsel to test the validity o :
the MlXJ.OOO bonds voted in 1879 lo alii Ihc
Lincoln & Northwestern railroad and has in
Btructed the county Ireasurer lo pay no uion
InlorcBt coupons until the mailer boa beei
decided.
A young man named Adams , working on t
farm near Ponca , has mysteriously dlsap
pearcd. Aboul Ihrce weeks ago ho was neni
out to Iho hay Held alone lo work. Since
that time ho has not been seen or heard of , t
diligent search and inquiry revealing nothing
as to his whereabouts. He loft at the house
a good suit of clothes , a month's wages anc
about $30 in cash.
Dr. 13. D. Harretl , of Beatrice , wa * nr-
rcslcd at ilurwell last week on complaint 01
Charles Hennlch for obtaining money undei
false pretences. Some lime ago Iho ' 'doctor'
come along nnd offered lo cure a child of Mr ,
Hennich's for Iho sum of f 100. Ho look Mr ,
Hcnnluh's nolo for Iho amount , lefl some
medicine and went to the bank anil sold tin
note. That was the last heard of Un
"doctor" until ho < made his appearance ii
Loup county , when Mr. Hennlch had him ar
rested. Ho was norpaittcd on tcchnlca' '
grounds , bul narrowly escagcd an "egging1
from an indignant populace.
The Seolia Herald announces Ihal Ihert
will bo a wrestling match at the Prcshy
terlan church next Sabbath monilngbutweui
Iho paslor mid satan , catch-us-catch-can , bcsl
three falls out of live. Olhcr novelties wil'
follow in iuick succession. This announce
ment is made on the suggestion of the Ladles
Sowing Bociely , who fully discussed Iht
subjects of melhodi At inducing Iho male
population of Scotia M attend church at llioli
last ineetlnpr , and Hnaily concluded to rccom
mend wrestling match'es , base ball , footraces
and other popular amusements.
A Schaller man vflU make -17,812 heads o )
cabbage Into sauor kft ! this full.
During Iho pasl two weeks MO acres ol
school lands in Webster counly have been soli
at * 12 and f 13 per oc.ro.
In Hie Marshall counly district court the
Jiowimms wore each lined ? 7.r > 0 for selling
liquor In the original packages. The case wil
bo appealed.
Hluo vilrol was thrown into Haskoll's sprinp
at Fort Dodgo. from which Ihe Hock Islam
depot , gas works , and many families are sup
piled. 11 was discovered in lime to proven' '
harm.
The salooulsls of Lyons are reported to b <
hedging , alarmed at the public scnilmen
aroused against them. The word is thai the :
had a muDlIng and pledged themselves undo :
f.0 forfeit lo observe the city ordinance rola
live to uloilng nights nnd Sundays.
A few dav ago whHo O. W. Ellis was engaged
gaged m digging a wo I for J. M. Doan , h
Cuss , after going ninety feet through drj
earth the drill suddenly dropped nine foot
The pump was put in and water perfect ! '
clear drawn. ANo some'pcbble * re embllnp
thOHO found In river beds * It N nupiw-wd
Hint an underground reservoir or lake has
been struck.
Albert lli-Uerlms filed a $10 000 damage
Mill In Ihe district court nt Keoknk iipiilnst
M. H. llinman , of that oily. The p ! litlon
states that the plaintiff , who 1 < thirteen yeius
old , on October Hi. IS u , fell Into it Inno pit
negligently placed no.ir the street bv the defendant -
fondant , nnd thai Ihe lime entered one eye
nnd doAtroyod Iho sighl and also damaged llio
other eye , making him substantially blind.
Dnkotn.
The total expense to Clay county for Its
clerk of the court during the Iwo ycari h.is
been f 150 , or about $75 per ye.ir.
Isaac DalTer has resigned his ofllco as
nherlff of Charles Mix county and Dan
Walters lias been appointed to llll the va
cancy.
Information bus reached Vnrgo of the
death In Honduras of J. W. Mllllgnn , a
prominent citizen of thai city , and a p.irt-
tier in an extensive gold mlae In thai coun
try.
Duplicate charges against Governor
Church have been mailed from Grand Forks.
Tlieso are In addition to the specifications
scnl Ihe pri'sidutil Rome lime since. They
will prob.ibly bo laid away wllli Ihe original
batch.
I. Coacher , for many years a llirlfly
farmer resident of Yankton county , has sold
his farm near Ullen and will move lo soulh-
ern Nebraska. Mr. Coachor's ' objecl In
making Iho change is lo secure Ihe- benefits
of a milder climate.
Nine of Ihe heaviest creditors of the de
funct Hank of Hitchcook , having become
wearied of walling for something to turn up ,
have sworn out writs of attach men t , and
have attached Iho whole property of Iho de
funct llrm , and will tesl Iho validity of the
assignment.
A man giving his name as John Cam while
Intoxicated made an unprovoked attack upon
Virgil Kuthbttrn , ono of Grolon's besl cill-
7oiis , and , being worsted In Ihe encounter ,
afterward approached Huthburn from bu-
hind and stabbed him In tha side. Uuthburu
lies In a critical condition.
There is still In Dakota government land
open to settlement under the homestead and
pro-emplion laws over i.,000,0H ) ( ) acres of lander
or a district about the sl/o of Maine or Indi
ana , and larger than half a dozen small stales
combined. In addition to the public land
area there yet remains nearly 27,000,000 acres
of Indian reservation not yet open to settle
ment and several million acres of railroad
land which is sold on long time al a low
flgure.
AMUSKMKNTS.
The Kccttnl foe tlio Honellt of the
Omaha GtinrdH.
A good humored audience of aboul Iwo
hundred greeled Mr. A. Gordon Hotrinow
lasl evening in his dramatic recilal given nt
Iho armory of Iho Omaha guards. Aside
from Ihe numbers furnished bv Mr. Hobino-.v ,
Mr. A. C. McMahon impersonated Henry K.
Dixey inIt's English , You Know.1' Mr. S.
lloyd took the Dart of Casslus to Uobinow's
Urutus in a sccno from "Julius Caesar , " and
In another scene , lakcn from "Henry VIII. , "
Mr. Uoyd represented Cromwell. The musi
cal part of the programme consisted of a
number of vocal solos by Mrs. Martin Calm ,
also a number of solos rendered by Mr. W.
C. Long , and a number of selections by the
orchestra. Mr. Hoblnow recited the "Dream
of Eugene Aram , " "XotOn the Programme"
and appeared as Hrutus and Cardinal Wolsey
in a number of Shaksixjarcan selections.
His renditions were all heartily encored , and
iiuleou the outiro programme met with much
favor.
The lloytl.
A change of bill for the performance of
the Madison Square Theater company Sat
urday evening , from "Jim Ihe Penman" lo
"Sainls and Sinners" has been announced.
The play was produced at Ihe Uoyd two
years ago by the Madison Square Theater
company , and is one of the strongest plays
over presented on the American stage. In
the hands of Mr. Palmer's company it has
no better interpreters either in England or
America. J. H. Stoddnit , the venerable
actor , does not appear in "Jim , the Penman , "
nnd Mr , Uoyd was desirous that the patrons
of his house might bo permitted to see Mr.
Stoddarl once more in the splendid chaiactcr
of Kuv. Jacob Fletcher , minister of Uclhcl
chapel. It Is one of his most effective parts ,
and when once seen will never be forgotlcn.
Tlio Grand.
"Two Old Cronies , " In which Wills and
Henslmw and May Ten Hroeck , well-known
favoriles , sustain the principal parls , will bo
Ihe fun-making attraction al Iho New Grand
Ihis eve uiug. The box ofllco is uow open.
THE ADAMS KXPKESS.
It Scoured Admission lo Omaha Orcr
the C. , M. & St. P.
A lelegram from Now York announces
that Iho Adams express company has con
cluded a conlracl for a lerm of years for the
express facilities over Iho Chicago , Milwau
kee & St. Paul railroad. It Is
claimed that the inovo is in pur
suance of a policy of the Adams ex
press company to extend its service to the
extreme norlhwesl and California. The express -
press service on the road In question between
Chicago and Omaha has heretofore been
supplied by the United Stales company ,
whose agent here is Mr. S. A. Iluntoon , who
Is also agent for Ihe Pacific express company.
This gentleman slated Ihal ho had heard
nothing of Iho change , and knew nothing
about it until the telegram referred to
was brought to hit notice. He did not know
how the change was brought about , whether
by cancellation or expiration of the express
company's contract with the road in ques
tion.
tion.Mr. . E. M. Morseman , president of the Pa-
cine Express company said that ho had not
heard of the change and could not toll what
had brought it about. It could have been oc
casioned by the expiration or cancellation of
contract or by the receipt of a more favorable
offer for the business by the Adams. A gen
eral offer of railroads for the privilege of do
ing their express business was forty per
cent of the receipts. The Adams company
mighl hara increased this bonus.
This change leaves the Ilock Island road to
the United States but will in no man
ner effect the employes of the
company at this point. II also
displaces Ihe American company from
Iho St. Paul road's business In the norlhwesl.
It gives the United States an entrance to the
south of Iowa , Minnesota , Wisconsin and Ne
braska , nnd will result in the establishment
of an ofllco In tnls city. In the event of the
company hit-etching still farther toward the
west , il may lead to the establishment of n
division lie.idquaitors nt this point. Just
how it hopes to go further west cannot now
bo explained , because it ' .s understood the
Wells , Fargo Express company have a hold
upon the U. it M. , and the Pacillc , Mr.
Morscimm claims , has a contract for ten
yoais wilh Ihe Union Pacific.
Dlstrc-sslnt ; Cane.
As far back as the iiSlb of August lasl
Mrs , Richard Brown slrayed away from her
homo on Ihe corner of Twcnllelh and Clark
slrcels , Ihls city , and since thai lime nolh-
ing authentic has been hoard from her. Mr.
Richard Urown is , and has been for years ,
foreman of the tin and shoot Iron shops of
the Union Pacific railway here , and Mr. and
Mrs. Urown are old rcsidenls of Ihe city.
Mrs. Brown has been long and widely known
lioro for her many line trails of character.
For over a year now she has been the victim
of Ills of despondency and unsound inind
Every possible means has been usc'd to find
her in the city nnd vicinity , but all search up
to this date has been unavailing. This search
has been so thorough and has bc-cn made by
such numbers , thai ll is now feared Ihat shu
has loft thu city. When she left homo she
was attired In a gray woolen dress nnd black
straw hat. She has dark brow hair imtl blue
eyes , and somewhat over the average height ,
and forty-eight years of age. TUci l.ttlo lin
ger of her left hand is crooked.
Any Information from tiny portion of the
country thai would lo id lo her dlscovoo
will be gratefully received by liar grief
stricken family and husband.
Angostura Hitlers are the best remedy
for removing indigestion. Ask your
druggist for iho genuine , prepared by
Dr. J G. B. Siegcrt < t Sons
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Gontlmmtlon of tlio Debate on the
Now TnrltT Motisuro.
CULLOM ANALYZES THE DILL.
Tlio Tncvltnlilo Ucsult of the Preo
Trade Policy of the Dcinocrnllu
Party Cm lUlc'a Cuurao
CrltlolRed.
Senate.
ov , Oct. 11. In the senate lo-
day Iho liouse bill appropriating $ V > ,000 for
the enforcement of the exclusion net was re
ported by Mr. Allison and paused.
Mr. Mitchell then proceeded to address the
senate In advocacy of the bill to reduce let
ler poslage lo 0110 cent.
The bill was referred to the committee on
postoftlcos.
The senate then resumed consideration ot
the tariff bill , and was addressed by Mr. Cul-
loin.
loin.The
The question before the senate and before
the country , Mr. Cullotn said , was whether
the American system of protection to Ameri
can Industries and American labor should
bo maintained , or whether the policy of frue
trade or , which was the same thing In effect ,
o "tariff for revenue only , " should bo adopted.
His remarks were not confined to a discus
sion of items , cither In Iho house bill or In
Iho senate bill , because lie had but lltllo
lime to consider those bills and for further
reasons that In his Judgment It was utterly
impracticable to havetho.so bills con
sidered Item by Item at the
present session of congiess. There
fore his remarks would bo somewhat
general. The people would decide the ques
tion at the polls In November , whether the
senate did so or not , and he believed that thu
decision would be In favor of the republican
parly and ils policy. The republican party
had always believed In the doctrine of piotce-
tion. The democratic parly did not. Thai
parly diil nol believe In a protective tarllT ,
although since the Issue had bc-en made Its
leaders Mills , Carlisle and others talked
about the amount of puiteclion which their
bantling , the Mills bill , gave lo Ihe various
Industries of the country The ndupllon of
Ihe Cleveland Mills-frce-lrado policy would
nol for a time , in his opinion , reduce the rev
enues. It would pui moru money into the
treasury from imiiort duties , but it would
llnalli reduce Iho revenues by bankrupting :
the people , so that they could not buy either
lmMirted | or domestic goods. The surplus
would then disappear , and the nation would
commence a system of borrowing money-
business in which the democratic admin
istration was engaged before the late
war , when it sold its bonds at a discount
In order to pay Ihe current expenses of the
government. After a comparison of thoplal-
forms of Ihe two paities of 1934 and 18bS , he
declared Ihal Ihe democratic party was a free
trade party , if ft wan anj thing , and had been
for lifty years. Ho crilicisod the speeches of
Carlisle and Thurman , complaining Ihat Iho
luxes wore too high , and asked whoso fault
that was. Why had a roducllon not been
made I The democratic party hud control of
the house for sixteen years , mosl of Ihe lime
under Carlisle's ' speakcrshlp. The demo-
cralie parly was responsible for iho hlch
taxes , and not the republican party. The
republican party would , however , revise the
tariff , would rudtico Ihc surplus , and would ,
at the sanio time , protect Ihc labor and in
dustries ol Iho counlry. Ho referred lo Hip
house of representatives as having a south
ern man for speaker and a southern man for
chairman of Iho most important committees ,
and said that he did nut believe in a Texas
statesman. He believed thai If Ihe policy
expressed in the Mills bill , and expressed by
the Texas senator , were to prevail il
would resull in ruin lo the busi
ness of the country. The proK | > sed
tariff legislation of which the gentleman
from Texas was the reputed author , would
be , if enacted , worsu than Texas fever among
catllf. II would be a Texas fever among the
business interests of the country , paralyzing
them , and would be followed by poverly and
distress.
Mr. Cullom went on to illustrate the effects
of a protective tariff in stimulating competi
tion and cheapening products , and instanced ,
among other cases , that , of watches. It was
not many years , he said , since Iho manufac
ture of watches was commenced hi the United
States. Tlicro had been a small duty levied
on imported watches , and the efforts made to
manufacture in this country failed , but when
the duly was increased Ihe manufacture of
watohes was established , and now fitly or
sixty establishments in the United States are
engaged in Ihat business , giving employment
to many thousands of skilled workmen and
lo many women , girls and boys al good
wages , and American watches as good
watches as made anywhere wcro so cheap
thai everybody had one now , whereas , Ihirty
years ago , It was a rare article in a country
community. la the course of his remarks ho
made reference to Mr. Vest's letter , hereto
fore frequently referred to as a struggle ,
being a light to the death.
Mr. Vest said Ihal ho wanted lo make a
statement as to that loiter. It was a private
letter , written in thu senate during a debate ,
and afterwards typo-written by his secre
tary. If he bad thu slightest suspicion that
it would have been made public ho would
certainly have boon more particular In fram
ing its sentences and In the verbiage used ,
but to any fair minded man the letter was
plain and unequivocal. Mr. Vest added that
any man who did not appreciate Iho differ
ence between a letter written under circum
stances under which this letter was written ,
and ono wrlllen to be submilled lo Ihe fierce
criticism of political oppononls , would have
no further information from him What he
wanted , and what the letter , fair
ly construed , did say , was that
the issue between the principle of
absolute and unlimited protection , which
ho understood the republicans to advocate ,
and the position of the democratic party ,
which was Iho raising of a revenue of laxcs ,
properly adjusted , was a flghl to the death.
Mr. Vest also complained of a small hand bill
misrepresenting his letter. The man or men
who did this who took two entirely distinct
and separate portions of the letter and put
them together , leaving out the intermodule
and explanatory sentence would disgrace
the striped clothes of a penitentiary.
Mr. Cullom remarked that the explanation
made the matter no better. There was no
mistaking Ihe fact that the senator from
Missouri had said th.it the president had chal
lenged the protected Industries to light for
extermination.
Mr. Clmcu next addressed the senate , di
recting his remarks to the contrusl between
Iho republican und democratic administra
tions In Iho management of the | > ostul horvico
of the country. Without concluding his re
marks , Mr , Chaco yielded thu door and the
senate adjourned till to morrow ,
ANOTIinit TKIlltlliljE ACOIDKNT.
l-'ivo Hundred People Injured by the
Fall of an Amphitheater.
QriNcn , 111. , Oct. 11. Five hundred people
ple wore injured , half of them bcnously , hist
nlgnt , by the collapse ot Ihe amphitheater
erected to assist in Iho big annual c-cMobralion
of Quincy. A scaling capacity of 5,000 had
been provided for thosu wishing to witness
the pyrotechnic display. Al 8 o'clock , when
Iho tirsl rocket was llrc-d , Iho supports at
the west end crave way , and the entire slruc-
lure , COO feet long , wavered and foil to iho
ground , carrying wilu ll Us mass of living
freight. The night was very dai-K , and
through it all arosu the groans and cries of
the imprisoned multitude. Those who had
presence of inlnd at once set about extricat
ing Ihoso who wera secured by Iho debris ,
and slrotcheri wore piocuied a quickly as
possible , and the wounded conveyed from
the scene to the adjacent houses , which wcro
changed Into impromptu hospitals.
AH fur as could b * learned there were not
less than 500 injured , und half of that num
ber received jcrious wounds. 'Ihe only
fatal Injury rcporlcJ w s that of Albert
V. Wells , ao attorney of this city and
a candidate for the luglslature. No hope U
entertained of his recovery. The excitement
was so great all niKht that Ihe slrocU re
mained crowded , and newspaper ofllces were
besieged by anxious people who sought the
namcof friends or relatives who might have
been Injured. There is no doubt that a num
ber of these injured will dlo.
The casualties from the falling amphithea
ter at tha fireworks display are more numer
ous than at first reported , but BO far none
bavn proved fatal. Reports are still being
received of Injuries. In the ex
citement following the crasli
of these hurt were carried away nnd
inBtiy names hnvo not yet been reporlcd.
About throe hundred arc ) moro or Ion in.
Jured. Among the most seriously hurt are :
A. W. Wells , rib fractured mid ntikld
sprained ; Charles King , leg broken ;
Dr. 1. T. WIlBon , Milno Injured ;
Mrs. T. D. Woodruff , leg broken ; Mngglo
Williams , leg brokenA. . Brown , hand
nmshcdj Theodore Herr. leg broken ; Ed.
Wheeler , ankle broken ; Mrs , J. II Vatidor-
boom , leg broken ; Superintendent Levy of
Long Pine , foot mushed ; Mrs W L.
Dlstln , foot mashed ; Mrs. Herring , lo
broken : John Merrill , log broken ; Mrs. ,1.
N. Welltnnn , leg broken : Dr. Bowman , col
hir bone dislocated nnd left lung ruptured ;
Charles Baunmn , nose broken ; II. T Bowen ,
log broken ; Mrs. F O. Hood , leg broken ;
Mrs /eke Clowes , arm broken ,
UAIlllY ATTACKS POWUKIUiV.
The (3ener.il MnntorWorkmnn Charged
With Orons MlMimnngoiiUMU ,
Nr.w YOIIK , Oct. 11. | SpecialTelegrani to
TIIR BII : : 1 Thomas Barry , nntll recently u
member of the execullvo board of the
Knights of Labor , addressed a throng nt
Cooper's union last night. Referring to Mr
"
Powderly he saltt ' 'Wo ' lfl to
; pay * a day n
man studying law and languages. " Hurrv
said he was sent down lo Massachusetts to
help the sinkers In Salem and Pcnbodv ,
M.'JOO In number , who were starving. Al
Ihal lime there was f 17WX ! ) in the general
treasury. Harry begged for (10,000 lo help
the strikers , tmt could not got It until just
before the Richmond convention. Then il
was done to make votes for Iho admlnlslra
lion. Mr. Harry directly charged Mr. I'ow
derly with ordering the 25.00(1 ( pork packers of
Chicago to go back to work after Hurry had
seemed nn agreement from the employers
granting the demand * of the men. The
speaker said that Mr. Powderlv was Jealous
of him and feared that If successful Barry
would supplant him. Mr. Barry said Knights
of Labor had been discharged In the general
ofllces at Philadelphia and their places tilled
by "scab" help , two of which wore young
and pretty girls , who sat around all day and
read novels. During the lasl four years iho
board had spent $47.1,000. "How and for
what , jou do not know nor daru ask , " added
the speaker. Mr. Harry said that while the
head of the order had advocated temperance ,
wine formed an important item In thu year's
bill. In conclusion the speaker said the labor
movement of Iho lasl Iwo J ears1 hud been u
miserable ) farce. The order llml Iwo years
ago had JOJ.OOO . members had bul UOO.OOO In
il now ,
Nohrnuka and Iciwn PciiMonn.
WAHIIINOTOV , Oct. 11. [ Special Telegram
toTiiKUKi ! . ] Pensions granted Ncbraskans
Original Invalid Lucius C. Gould , Hastings ,
Jerome O. U raver , Wnyno. Increase Loren
W. Hasllngs , Aurora ; Thomas HerrlnStock
ville ; .lames K , Eads , York. Reissue -Harris
J. Curtis , Tccurasch. Original widows
Kli/abcth Oldham , former widow of William
J. Breeding , Perdun.
Pensions for lowans : Original invalid-
Edward D. Roberts , Des Moines ; O. O. Pat
terson , Webster City ; Israel Potts , Storm
Lake ; Andrew J. Abbotl , Plum Hollow ,
.labcz Winslow , Panora ; Aaron Lewis ,
Lasollo ; Burlon S. Dawson , Kayolto ; Lean
der Keever , Prcscott ; ElisliaMcEvcrs , Uivur
Sioux. Increase-Homer Matthews , Tools-
bore ; ( old war ) Nelson Dctnlck , Gravity ;
Charles J. Harrington , Cedar Falls ; Samuel
A. Webber , Summit Hill ; George W. Ualrd ,
Hloomtluld ; Reuben E. 1'oole , Holt ; Ernest
X.immcrinan , Burlington ; John H. LJnder
man , Wapelio ; Jacob Rosser , Conrad Grove ,
William H. Iturnlmm , Klngsloy ; Peter H
VanMyck , Des Monies. Reissue Clark H.
Robinson , Iowa City. Original widows
Mabala , mother of Gcorgo W. Adams , Web
ster City ; Ada , widow of Judsou W. Harden ,
Fayelle. Mexican survivors Henry Hatson
pillcr , DCS Molnos.
In Ncvr York.
NEW Voiut , Oct. 11. A lire broke out early
Ihis morning ou Hoard Iho steamer Havis ,
lying al Iho wharf of Iho Pennsylvania ami
Scranton coal company , al iho foot of Norlh
Tcnlh street. Tlio flames extended lo
olher vessels , communicating from the vessels
sols to Iho pier and from there to the ship
ping department and buildings of the Stan
dard Oil works , which cover a whole block.
Aa sooth as the tire reached tha
oil It was beyond the conlrol of
tlio firemen. The Dutchland , Kllavoao , Lee
pold Hall , and Iho steamer Havis were par
tially destroyed. The explosion of an oil
tank injured six firemen , who
were conveyed lo Ihe hospital. Tlio
loss Is thought to bo two hundred thousand
dollars , and It Is believed there was very ht-
llo Insurance on Ihe properly.
1'oHtal Chnnccg.
WASHINGTON , Ocl. 11. [ Special Telegram
oTnc HEI ! . ! Ellas S. Hunter was lo-day
appointed postmaster at Golomaa , Valley
county , Nebraska , vice Isaac M. Huff , re
signed. A postotllco has boon established
al Pearl , Chasn counly , with Henry H.
\Vaggner as postmaster. Tne poatofllco at
Elkton , Nuckolls countywill bo discontinued
from October 20.
Evan M. Ward was to-dav appointed postmaster -
master at Pace , Page counly , Iowa , vicn
John Sloops , resigned. A poslofllco was cs
tablishcd ul Rake , Winnebago county , with
Aront A. Hake as postmaster.
The nnptUts Elect Oltlocrn.
NEIIHASKA GIFT , Neb. , Oct. 11. [ Special to
THE UBK.J The Nebraska Baptist associa
tion , now In session in this cily , clouted the
following officers for the ensuing year : Key.
E. D. Bennlck , of Palmyra , moderator ; Hov.
Thomas Stephcnson , Weeping Water , secre
tary ; Fred U. Davis , Nebraska City , treas
urer. The attendance at the convention I *
largo and lhi sessions decidedly interesting.
The moctine will adjoui n to-morrow.
Taken to Jail.
GKAXi > IhHNi , Nob.Ocl. 11. [ Special Tel
egram te TUB HHK. ] J. Pearson , who was
arrested for enticing young girls away from
homo and using thorn for immoral purposes ,
had his preliminary examination before
Stjulro Smith and was bound over to the dis
trict court in the sum of (1,000 , m default of
which be went te jail ,
MlnitH HU Pooketbook.
NBIWASKA CITV , Neb. , Oct. II. [ Special
lo TMR HEI : 1 Lust evening about 0 o'clock ,
J. B. Norlhcutt , a grocer , left $1.10 lying on
the top of his safe. While lie waited on a
customer in another part of the store it was
taken by sorno sneak thief.
I'or l-'lciot ItoproHnntntlve.
H\Viiorr , Neb , Oct. II. [ Special lo TIIK
BII : : ] At thedcmocratio float ropiosanlii-
live convenlion for Iho counties of Ginning
and Dakota held titiro yesterday , P F.
O'Sullivan , of West Point , W.IH nominated
by acclamation.
Lnlrd nnd L.IWH at IMcCook.
MtCooit , Neb , Oct. 11.-Special [ to TIIK
HBK.I Hon.'iwnes ' Lnlrd anct S , L , Laws
will address the people of McOoolc at the hall
Saturday evening , Octobc-r lit. Preparations
aiu being made for a monster demonstration.
Death ol" lli-nki'innn White.
SIUNBV , Nob. , Oct. 11. [ Special Telegram
te Tin : BFK. ] ( Joorge White , lUo brakeman
Injured in the llru on Tuesday night , dlod
early this morning. Upon Investigation it
was found thai Iho cur contained 150 cans of
blasting powder and coal oil in barrels. Cor
oner Birncy ii now holding an Inquest.
Millionaire Flood DnngerouHly III. - 1
SAN FiuNcii > > , Oct H. Cablegrams were
received from Heidelberg , Germany , yosler-
"lay " , by young James Flood , giving accounts
of a dangerous relapse suffered by bis fsUier ,
Ihe bonanza millionaire , at Hint place.
rylhlnn Itrlgnilo
W. L. Dayton , brif.adior general of the
uniform rank of tic Knlghls of 1'ythlas Iu IhU
city , was in town Wednesday night and couj
forrca with locilmcmbeis ofthoorder with
respecl lo Iho holding of a hncado encamp
ment. The project was , warmly fuipportod
nnd determlnrd upon , bul no dale was sol.
It Is not likely Ihal the encampment Trill beheld
held before next spring.
Jarvis uiedlcaA brandy thu best *
i