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' ' ' ' ' ' V/V' / ' S TUEDAY. OCTOBER 13. ISQS , ' V THE DAILY BEE. PUUMSHII > KvniiY MOUSING. TF.UMS Of HUHSCHIITION . Ilftlly ( Morning IMlllon ) Including BUNIKV mr.Onn Year . HOW J'orSlx Months . . r. ( X ) I'orThrfoMontlm 2 80 / ! ! > OMAHA HI-MHY HKK , mailed to any ndiliess. cine Vuiir 2(0 OMMIAOmi K.N04.UMMltllO 1'AIINAMSTnilT. Nl w VniiKOtriiT , KOOMS M AND PiTiinil'Nf ; 111 It DIM ) . WASIIIMJTOf. UfHCK , NO. 6U STIIKKT. touiiEsroNunNcK , , . All commmilint Ions lelnllmj tonewinnil edi rial matter should bo aildie cd to the LmiOH r8iNissiBTOns. : All business iHttvrit mid rcmlttHiices should , I ) * " nililrcssiMl to'liiK llhi : I'UIII.IHIIIMI COMI-VVV , OUAII * . Drafts , checks nnd imstofflce orders to be mailu paj ableto the order of the company. , Proprietors , K. KOSKWAT UK. Editor. Sworn Statement ol Circulation. Btntffof Nebraska , l _ Comity of DuuKla * . t 0 < Sl ( Irorgo II. Trsclmck , rerietnryof the Heo 1'ilb- llslilnn company , does foleinnly nwerxr that thu nrtnnl circulation of Int. IMil.v 1U.E for tin neck ending October 0 , lb 9 , was us follows : Hmidny , Sept ) . . I8.-W Moiiln > , Ort 1 lHlft > Tuesday. Oct ! i H.IH * Wedneit'tny. Oct. a 1WH. Tliiirmlay. Oct. 4 . . . . , Frldny. Oct.5 > . Baturilaj , Oct. 6 Aviraco . . IS.ObS G Conor. n.Tzsciiiroic. Sworn to before me and Mibscrlbocl in my prexence tlila Clli day of October A. l > . , ItWd. .Seal. N 1' . 1'KI U Kotary 1'ubllc , BtnUs of NebraRkn , I _ . County otlouKl. ) > < < . ( ss < ( Jeorce It. TzHcliuck , bolus duly sworn , do- POM-S und sajs that he IK hocrutary of Hie Ileo I'liblhhlng company , that the urtuil Hvernpo dally circulation or TIIK IHn.v HFC for the montn ot October , 187 , 14liiioj : > ies : for No- ellll > r , IhS7 , 15S ! > icopies ; for Doceinber , 188" , 16,011 copies ; for January , I8 s , liV.'ini copies ; for rebriiaiv. IWf. Vi'tM copies ; for March , 1K8S , I'l ' vi copies ; for April , 1S8H.1H.7U copies ; for Mn ) . IHiSM , IH.18I ropier ; foi June , \r \ \ l ) , ai I rojle ; for July , 1 > W8 , 18,011 roplea : for AllKU t , J8Nf , 1MSI toplef ; for Septembpi , ISJW , AMIS 1H.151 copies. UKOniii : 1I.T7.K Ht'CMC. SMOIII to beToro find subscribed In my pro- eucc , thli Oth day of October. A. I ) . ltw . N. P. FKlIi , Notary Public. .Tt'iHiK TmntMAN can make better telephone arguments than he can cam paign speeches. Mil. HLAINK in his trip through In diana is carrj ing every thing before him. It is his march to the sea. NKIIUASKA'K representatives in the house are letting congi ess take care of it&elf just now. There are some fences at home that need ( ixin1. TIIK senior member of an embarrassed wheat-broking firm in New Yoik City committed suicide. That is ono of the penalties of being on the wrong side of the recent wheat corner. IT CAN hardly bo called an opportune time for Sitting I3ull and the other Sioux chiefs to visit Washington. The Tammany braves are all that the great father can attend to for the next three weeks. THE next naval launch will be the gunboat Petrel. Only a few days ago the Baltimore , the largest and best equipped American war ship yet con structed , was floated. At this rate the new American navy will soon bo put 'Into commission and do honor to our party. SicomrAKY : FAIKCIIIM > has already purchased sulllciont bonds to moot the requirements of the sinking tund for the present liscal year. Whatever pur chases ho now makes will bo voluntary. This would indicate that the treasury is amply prepared to extend adequate relief in case of a money stringency. iTAi'i'KAKS that the recent collision on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad , by which a Cincinnati and St. Louis express - press was wrecked and several lives lost , was caused by the blunders of men who had boon on duty for forty hours without sleep. It is high time that this abuse bo corrected in the interest of the traveling public nnd the overworked .men subjected to this strain. THE nomination of Abram Hewitt for mayor of Now York City by the county democracy is the fire brand which has not the whole state ablaze. The strained relations between Hill nnd Cleveland have bcon smouldering for' a long time , nnd only needed the Hewitt incident to fan the embers into a disastrous confla gration. Mr. Cleveland will crawl out of the ashes a singed and unhappy man. IT is positively asserted that Lcland Stanford will retire from the presidency of the Southern Pacific at nn early day nnd will be succeeded by a son of the late Charles Crocker. If the young man buccceds as well as his father did in manipulating the Central Pacific , the producers of California are in a fair way of being Ilecccd for all that the trafllo will bear. WASHINGTON dispatches mention the arrival of sixty Sioux chiefs. It was generally believed when objec tions wore made to the sale of their lands in Dakota that the real reason was that the big chiefs thought them- elves entitled to the delights of a big Oimo in the national capital at the na tional expense. . After they have seen the Big Father , whoso sio will prob ably otfcito their admiration , and have visited the sights and eaten the white man's substitute for boiled dog and parched corn , it is supposed that there will be no further obstacle to the sign ing of the treaty. In this case Dakota will be warmly congratulated by her neighbors nt the tin owing open for actual battlement an immense area , much of which is fine wheat land. THE republican < iomonstratlon in Omaha last night was ono of the largest political displays over made in this city , und showed conclusively that the party has lost no ground in Omaha. The brilliant host ot torch-bearers , it la well to note , was composed , with very few exceptions , of voters , and not a few of these were young men who will cast their first ballot in a national election on the Cth of November. There was no fact in connection with the demonstra tion more gratifying than this. The great crowds that witnessed the procs eioti was evidence of the popular sym pathy with the republican cause , strongly manifested in the enthusiasm that everywhere prevailed. It was an event so successful in all respects that it must oxcrt a very favorable effect. " * * * V The reports from all quarters of No- 1 > rn ka show that the republicans are thoroughly alive to the duty that is be fore them , and that they are working harmoniously and /.ealously to maintain the high rank of Nebraska in the list of republican states. There is no Milll- clent reason why this state should not 1)0 found In November as securelj in the republican line us it has always boon. Its prosperous farmers , for whom there was never a future of brighter promise than is now before them , mani festly have nothing to gain by giving their votes to the party whoeo representatives , after months of labor , were unable to pio- duce a revenue measure that would bo equitable in its operation and just to all sections and interests. These intelli gent eiti/ons , while fully believing in the necessity ot a wise reform of the tarilT , cannot be drawn intothodelusion that such result would be accomplished by the house tariff bill , which discrimi nates generally against the agricultural products of the west and northwest , while protecting the sugar and rice glowers of the south. They have not failed to find in the democratic revenue policy , framed by southern men , a palpable purpose to guard every southern Interest and in dustry , not excepting the moonshine whisky distillers of that section. They are in favor of a reasonable pro tection to all American industries and to American labor , and they understand that under the Mills bill nuuij indus tries would have no protection , while others would bo unduly cared for. Against this sectional and unbusiness like effort of southern democratic repre sentatives to reform the tarilT and re duce revenues is the assurance con tained in the Eouate tarilT bill , and in thu pledge of the republican candidate for the presidency , that the tariff will be revised on a national basis if the re publican party is given the power to do 10. There can bo no doubt of the incerity of these assurances. They ivill bo kept if there is the op- > ortunity to Keep them. The ques- ion the voters of Nebraska should ask homsolvcs is , whether it bo wiser and ; afcr to intrust this most important duty to the party whoso policy it has ilvvays been to consider the welfare of American industries and labor , or to commit it to the political organisation A Inch in all its history has never mani- 'ested any concern for either. Tariff eform is not in doubt. It is certain to come. But it is to be brought about with justice to all interests and to all icctions. and this the democratic plan of reform will not accomplish. It is far more objectionable than the existing tarilT in the extent and gravity of its inequalities. The republican candidate for the pres idency is in need of no defense or apol ogy. In whatever station ho has been > laccd he has shown himself cnp.iblo , upright and trustworthy. " No candi date was over subjected to a severer or deal than ho has passed throughand ho has acquitted himself to the admira tion of all candid men as a man of su perior intelligence nnd judgment. Ho is worthy of the confidence of the people ple , and the voters of Nebraska should attest their confidence by giving him an old-time majority. Civil Services Abuspq. The report of the majority of the sen ate speciul committee to examine into the condition of the civil service adds some facts to what had been previously known regarding abuses in the service , and strengthens by unquestionable tes timony what was already of public knowledge. The committee found that there has been a very large number of changes for purely partisan reasons , and without the s'jghtcst ' pretense that the Interests of the public service re quired the changes. This was especially the casa in the larger eastern cities. The flagrant partic ipation of federal officials in politi cal caucusses and conventions was found to have been widely extended , and in no case has an official thus offending been disciplined , though evi dence was found whom such interfer ences wore rewarded. The report says that assessments for political purposes have continued without interruption , and it is certainly a fact that they are being very generally made at present. A good deal of attention is given to the civil service abuses in Indiana , where they have been rather more prominent , if not more serious , than elsewhere. The report is timely , and although it will doubtless have no cITect with democrats , except possibly to in crease their admiration for the administration , it ought to produce some serious reflection on the part of the independents who have had such implicit faith in the sincerity of the president's reform promises. They can not with uny show of reason hold him free from responsibility , for they will not question that ho has been fully In formed of the abuses and has made not a single olTort to correct them or to punish any one for their commission. A few examples ivould have operated as a chock , prrticularly in the cases of ollicinlj meddling offensively in politics , but the failure of the president to do anything in such cases has naturally encouraged these violations of law. It is an unanswerable arraignment of the course of the administration regarding the civil sarvico. TIIK democrats are deriving some comfort f torn the progress of registra tion in Now York and Brooklyn , and on the surface they appear to have i eason for doing so. The democratic districts show larger gains than do the repub lican districts. But the exceptional nature of the democratic situation in Now York and Brooklyn must be taken into account in considering the value of these figures. In those cities this year there will bo democrats and democrats those of the Cleveland stripe and those of the Hill stripe , Hewitt demo crats and Grant democrats and there will bo an unprecedented amount , of trading between them , as the re sult of which the whole demo cratic establishment may fall to the ground. Every day the complications increase and the difficulties In the tray of harmonizing the warring factious be- \ como greater. At this time It seems hardly pgsslble that they can bo brought together , since Mayor Hewitt 1ms abso lutely refused to Withdraw. As matters now look , the democrats must mnke very much greater gains in New York and Brooklyn than they are estimating on the basis of the registration figures to s-ave themselves from disastrous defeat. Tin : stories of enormous arrivals of wheat at Chicago must bo taken with grains of allowance. The facts are ngainst belief. The price of cash wheat in Chicago where these immense sup plies arc said to have been delivered is $1.11 , five rents higher than in St. Louis , 45c higher than in Milwaukee , i : Jc higher than in Kansas City and so on. Chicago feels the wheat pulseof the entire country and the advance in price in other sections comes grudging ly because the merchantj there have not the full knowledge of the true state of things with regard to wheat , pos sessed by the Chicago dealers. The movement in Hour in England , and the advance in bread in America and the attitude of the French government to wards the bakers of Paris all tend , to show that the rise resls upon a holiil foundation , and that it will not be checked dcllnitcly until cash wheat is $1.25 a bushel for delivery. In the meantime millers who are in desperate straits for wheat in spite of the enorm ous arrivals ( alleged ) naturally resort to bear tactics to scare the farmers into coining forward. That game will not succeed. IT is said that a wealthy syndicate is being formc'l at Kansas City with the object of inaugurating direct commer cial intercourse with Mexico , and the movement is reported to have received encouragement from a representative of the Mexican government. Kansas City s perhaps as eligible a point as any from which to direct such a project , but ts succesb will depend upon other con ditions than location and capital. This country will have closer and enlarged commercial relations with Mexico only when the tarilT systems of the two coun tries arc materially modified , and this a matter of the indefinite fu ture. Meantime , England , Prance : ind Germany may be ex pected to continue to en joy nearly the entire Mexican trade , which is neither small nor unprofitable. However , the scheme of the Kansas City capitalists is not to be discouraged , since it may , if carried out , have the effect of hastening the removal of the tariff obstacles to a more extensive com merce between the two countries. : is probably more cry than wool in the attempt to create public sentiment against the Union Pacific bridge on the ground that its new piers in the Missouri are an obstruction to navigation. When navigation at this point is confined to one or two wheezy crafts a year it docs not seem likely that piers two hundred and fifty feet apart in a river whoso currents constantly change would interfere with navigation to any considerable extent. Other hands Than Ours. The state of things In I'aris looks morcand more ominous , and at any moment news may come of Dread riots which may start a ievo lution wl'osc end no mau can foresee. Fiance U a protectionist country , and imposes a heavy duty upon wheat from which the gov ernment derives considerable revenue , ami as the harvests of wheat in every part of the country arc short , to the amount of forty or fifty million bushels , the price of Hour has gone up very seriously. In Paris nnd all the large cities the bakers are compelled to fur nish loaves of a certain weieht at the rate fixed by the govetiimcnt , and this is known as pain do regie. The baiters luvo icmon- strated with the administration and have asked for an increase In the rate for this bread on account of the rise in flour , but the government has refused to listen to them Some bakers nave resorted to adulteration and others have uiado an exceedingly limitei amount of government bread. So great has been the suffering in consequence that ltha ° been found possible to make a profit in the importation of broad from Belgium , whicl country imposes no duty on imported wheat There are many stores in Paris where 13el giau bread is sold In large quantities and the anomaly exists of a government taxing heavily a raw material and admitting dutj free a manufactured article made from tba same product. The government winks at It because a lioarso mui mur is going up ainoiif the workmen of the faubourg St. Antohu and every Parisian knows well enough what that preludes. * * The Mexican government is considering i proposition made by a syndicate of Mexicans and Americans to establish a gaming rcsor in the stjlo of Monte-Carlo in the diuiltiu tivo possessions of the Prince of Monaco The syndicate wishes to locate it in the Citj of Mexico , but the president , Portlrio Diaz is opposed to this. Ho has stated that he sees no objection to the scheme so long a ; the gaming halls are in some place where the population is limited , and where there is little commerce. He has suggested differ ent localities in the northern provinces o Mexico , but this does not meet the views o the syndicate , and it is probable that tin matter will be allowed to drop. * * Lord Honald Cower , the sculptor of th < statue of Shakespeare which was unvcilec i ecently at Stratford on-Avon , is brother ti the Duke of Sutherland , the head of tin house of Lovlson-Uower. The family has ai undoubted strain of Jewish blood , whicl probably accounts for the aitistlc feeling which has now distinguished them for live generations. The country seat of the Duk < of Sutherland Is a perfect museum , fo almost ever } thing in it In this ago of niachl ueri is hand-made. It has been the custoa of the Levlson-Gowers to wait until the : could catch a genius In wood-carving , o ceramics , or in mosaic , or atono-carving , am engage his services at the tucst liberal rate for the decoration of their palace. TUoj have not bcon collectors iu the ordinary sensi of the word , but the beautiful objects whicl in other great houses are gathered into oni room and labelled , have been nut to use , am form a real part of the furniture and decora tious. * * Htsmarck is more than ever the prime fac tor In European politics , and the Frencl papers in the Interest of Uoulanger are at tributiiig to him a now scheme for the ag grandtrcment of the German empire , \\hlcl would bo fatal to French Interests , am would reduce that country to a second rat power. The old king of Holland is nearlnj his end , and I31smarck' policy contemplate the annexation of hl kingdom after hi death. Uosldea Holland it Is thought , ho in ten us to consolidate and round off German ; by the seizure of Luxembourg , nd either a ! pr part of Belgium , according as France i ylllltig to co-oiKTutc or not. If willing , slio vould lie rewarded with the southern half of Iclgiuui , If unwilling she would get nothing ave a Canus belli If disposed to ask for re- iRc for Sedarii Austria Is to be rewarded or complicity by a huge slice on the eastern hoics of thu Adriatic from the Turkish dominions , Including some possessions iu tlu > ligcati sea , Kussi is to have Cot.stuutltioplc , ho eastern half ol the Balkan land , and her way la Asl.i Minor. Giccco is to be old to be quiet > r she will bo piomptly spanked. Kussla' ' 3 pet , the llttlo principality jt Montenegro , Isj to have some trlfllnp ex tension of territory hi Albania. Kiigland Is o bo iiruorcd , flouted and isolated. This mtiedof England by the chief protcstant country of Kutopo thut survived its early ribulations entirely through English subsl- lies and alliance is a peculiar hatred , It is not of race , because the English and the crmans ore of the same race. It Is not of religion , bccauso the English nnd the Ger mans uic both Lutherans , It Is not because England has done any injury to Germany. t Is bccauso the English are In the way of jcrman development , nnd therefore the Gcr nun government hns made up its mind to mtc England as a state measure. It was for this icason that Homo hated Carthage. * Islmk Khan , that bad little man , has been defeated at Tashkurgan. So the English re ports say , but as preceding reports have re peatedly related circumstantially his death in bloody battle with the troops of the Emir of Afghanistan , It Is probable that the defeat simply amounts to nothing. The Tartar tribes to the northwest of Afghanistan have been in the habit of attacking and plundering the Afghan frontier , nnd since the conquest of the Khanate of Merv by the Russians it Is irobable that they have received some little cncouragmcnt to enlarge the scop'j of their attacks. The real Husslan movement against India will be by way of Thibet , not Afghan- stan. * # Anything mo re ridiculous than the use of bloodhounds to trace the Whitechapel fiend cannot be imagined. A bloodhound can be rmt uK | > n the scent of an individual , but blood bicaks the scent , nnd it Is notorious that fugitives pursued by these animals in the old slavery times , used to gash their arms to produce a sufficient effusion of blood , and when the hounds came to the stains they i of used to go any further. Sir Cliailes Warren , In the use of the bloodhound , has nothing to commence with save the bloody corpse , and it is difficult to see how that could servo him to discover the murderer after hundreds of persons have crossed and rccrossed in the neighborhood. He might Just as well consult the seventh son of a seventh son , or a lady born with a double veil , or trance medium or a clairvoyaut. STATE AND TKRUIXOUY. Ncbrnnka Jottings. The brick blocks , at Hartingto arc being rapidly pushed to completion. John Crockett , sricnlT of Wheeler county , has resigned and b < en succeeded by Douglas Marie w. The Dodge county democrats have nom inated L. P. Larso i and Hal Christy for the legislature. Prairie fires have dcstro.vod a good deal of haym Cedar count } ! , but ram has now stopped the progress of tlyj , lames. Not a pound of 'coal could bo found in Grant lust week and the people were obliged to shiver during the cold snap. Wheeler county will vote , November 0 , on a proposition to issue 5,000 in bonds to pay the outstanding indebtedness. Despondency caused Mrs. M. D. Pickens , residing near St. Paul , to take twenty grains of strj chnine Wednesday with fatal results Mrs. Ellen Jon ionc of the earliest resi dents of Dakotii'county , died r.t the resi dence of her son , " near Jackson , Thursday , aged eighty-seven years. J. C. Hobinsou has been nominated for sen ator by the republicans of thu Eighth ( listnet , and Dr. Alden is their nominee for repre sentative fiom the Nineteenth district. The Crete Globe supports the republican ticket with the exception of the legislative candidates The editor is a republican pro hibitionist , and takes this course bccauso he believes that the republican candidates would not vote for submission if elected. Thomas Owens , who has been a resilient of Plattsmouth for thirty jears. was t.ikon to the soldlcis' homo at Grand Island Thurs day , his mind having been so impaired that ho was unable to care for himself. Ho served during the war in Company A , First Ne braska. Two boy burglars , who entered the resi dence of H. N. Blake at Beatrice last Wednesday , wcro c.iptuicd Thursday with the stolen piopcity in their possession and were immcdiatelv bound over to the district court for trial. Their names aio John Bur ton and Harry Miles , thu older of the two being but sixteen. W. H. Crabb of Curtis , Neb , charged with conveying a tract of % 0 acres of land In Frontier county , known as the " \\urncr Hanch , " to which ho could produce no title , in a trade for the Hollingsworth stock of merchandise , worth $ ' 2IXIO. was honorably acquitted at Hastings , Tuesday , bcforo Juilgo Fleming. It is claimed that Hollmgsworth will commence a civil action against Ciabb , while Crabb sv\ears vengeance , and the end is not yet. Writing from Grand Island in regard to the soldiers' home , a correspondent says : The home is nicely furnished , there being a good reception room , reading room , kitchen and dining rooms , a smoking room , besides the largo and airy bedrooms , water every where from a well on the place , and every convenience. Between this home and the city the foundation of the now Baptist uni verslty is Just being laid , the excavation for the basement storv being iust completed , The city clams 8,000 inhabitants and from the many buildings going up it seems to be prospering. Iowa. The amount of salaries paid to teachers in Muscatluo county in the last year w as f54G93. Over $90,000 was collected by the treasurer of DCS Moines county during the month ol September. The Iowa Mortgage company of Mnscatino has filed notice with the secretary of state that the company has gone out of business. I. C. Lusk , statistical secretary of the Upper Iowa Methodist conference , was pro soutccl with a tine gold watch and a pursu oi money at the Viuton session in consideration of his services. William B. Smith , cashier of the New York , Pennsylvania & Ohio freight house at Mason Citv , has departed for parts unknown It is said that ho toOb nearly f.1,000 of tin company's money. Ills accounts are being examined. $ Augustus Cloud , who was sentenced to a teimof eight years , In the penitentiary a ! Fort Madison for burglary and had served foul and one-half yeqrs , was pardoned bi Governor LarraUoe.t The pardon was granted on account of Cloud's falling health. The ICeokuk Constitution-Democrat says : "The richest man in Iowa undoubtedly is Edwin Manning , who lives at Kcosauqua. He has many millions , and his interests include - cludo all sorts of enterprises between the two great rivers ami tae < Missouri and Mln nesota lines. Ho was a pioneer settler in the state and made every font he has in legiti mate business entei prises and not m specu lative ventures. " The Great Northwest. Milrs Finlen has been acquitted ut Virginia City of the charge of murder in killing Daniel Pyno in May last. Drunken Indiana made nn attack on theiui- tborttles of Spokane Falls , and m overcom ing the raid an Indian was killed und arother severely wounded. Senator Stewart is to bo given a rousing reception at Reno on his return from WashIngton - Ington , In recognition of his distinguished services to the people. Charles P. McCormock , formerly an at torney at Portland , Ore. , committed suicide at the insane asylum at Salem by severing his head almost from bis body \\ith a razor. It is said that Mirthful , the 17.000 Wyoming borso owned by Stokes & NVUUehouto , thai died recently , had only ono lung. The fact was ascertained when a post-mortem was hold. hold.Coeur Coeur d'Alone , Idaho , bad anotaer fatal shooting last wecit. George Price mortally woilndmg Henry Hanthaw. The shooting was cntlrclv unprovoked and tbe murdcicr took to the hills. The First National bank of Buttowas as sessed at ? 537yJO this > e'ir ' , a largo Inercaso , which included the undivided protltsj the bunk protested but the board of equalization refused to reduce. In the Sncrntneiito police court Judge Buck Icy held George Lnnp aped slxtv 3 , ears , on a charge of committing rupo on Cora Morris , nged thirteen , and Teresa HnnUln , aged nine years , Ball was fixed nt $1,000 In each sasc. Dr. Harry Lane , superintendent of the Oregon Insane asylum , reports GIW patients , and the number still Increasing. They are largely foreigners , nnd ho claims that other countilcs send their insniio hero to get rid of them. The White Pine News sajs-The recent death of Tom Uoberts at the county hospital is attributed to his bad luck In winning * l.r > . - 000 In the Havana lottery. H was too much for his nerves , and he sported and dr.mk him self to death. Some time ago a dissolute , wntulerine den tist named Martin , who was married , chloro formed and out'-ngeil a servant girl on the Mascalero reservation , Now Mexico , and made his escape from a band of lynchcrs. Lately ho was arrested , convicted , iiml sen tenced to live i cars In the penitentiary. The Caldwcll ( Idaho ) Tilbune says- News como over the telephone that Hev. J D Flenncr was "fired" bodily out of the Moth- pdlst fold by the conference nowsittmg here , and that Elder Eads is liltulj to get , a healthy impression of the same boot Flonnor was fired for taking liberties with the sisters , unbecoming his cloth. Ho was tried about a year ago and acquitted , but the prosecution appealed to the conference with the above result. Charges wore also hi ought against Elder Eads , who presided at the former trial , for using his official position to screen Flcn- ner. We understand that n minister or two who served on the jury are also In hot water The conference seems to be making a clean sweep. FIGHTING FOit HAKltlSON. , A Habeas Corpus Case \Vlth Multi tudinous 1'olnts. The petition of Edwaid Harrison for a writ of habeas corpus was argued before JudgcGroff of the distiict court yesterday. Huirison was ai rested in this city two weeks ago on a tele gram from Arizona , saying he had forged the name of "Henry" to a telegraphic money order. The prisoner's attorney held that the information on which Harrison was arrested was defective. It charged the prisoner with having committed forgery in Arizona , but did not nl egc that ho was charged in Ari zona withit lie ciimc. The information also failed to allege that Harrison was unauthor ized to sign Henry's name , and failed to al lege that ho had obtained any money on the order signed by him. Tue first allegation , the attorney urged , was a formality specific ally requited by the statute. The second allegation was necessary to constitute a charge of forgery , The attorney slated that Harrison had been arrested on a complaint charging him with being n fugitive from Justice , but that subsequently a war rant charginc him with forgery in Ari/ona was read to him while behind the bars of the county Jail , upon which warrant he Is being hold. H is argued that a man cannot be ar rested while aneady in the custody of the law. Harrison should have been given his libertj before being re-arrested. As a mere matter of fair play , "tho boy should be given a chance for his white alley , " a bit of metaphor that made the lawyers smile nudl bly. The attorney also argued that Harrison could not bu hold over four days , but did not press the point , as the Judge discouraged that construction of the law. The county attor ncy argued in general terms that it was not necessary to be as specific in a complaint for arresting a prisoner as in an indictment for his trial , nnd held that his information against Harrison was sufllcicnt to hold u man wanted in an other state , where all the specific allegations would be made. Ho aruucd that the onlj point for the court to consider was whether Harrison had been detained a reasonable length of time for the Arizona authorities to get requisition papcis and toino for him. The county attornoj concluded : "The com plaint , I admit , is not artistically drawn , nor with intent to try the prisoner here , but It is sufficient to hold him for the Alizona otllccrs. If the habeas corpus is granted , I will file an other comp'alut. ' Wo can keep the prisoner here , and we are pomp to do It. U will done no good to dischaige him. " Judge Groft re served his decision till to day. The Jury were unable to agree in the case of James W. Peterson vs. the Union Pacific railway company , a suit for $1,1130 damages for personal injuries. They wcro discharged and the ease continued. In the case of Isaao Hichcnborp vs. Will iam Chamberlain , a suit for the possession of two mules , the court gave a decree for the plaintiff by consent. In that of Diedrich ICunucman vs. Gustav Ilacsimer , a suit fora plasterer's wages , the Jury gave the plaintiff a verdict for $71.75. In the suit of David T. Lohmes vs. the City of Omaha , a suit for $10.000 damages for injuries resulting from n defective walk on Mason street , the Jury found for the city. Judge Groft took up the suit of N. B. Fal coner against Jennie C Hornaby for $13S for goods furnished. Susan Uailey asks for a divorce from An thony Bailey on the giound of drunkenness and lack of support. Judge Doano took up the case of William Mcllaln vs Hugh Murpln , a suit to replevin ten car loads of Sioux Fulls stone. The ejectment suit against William Barrett of Florence occupied Judge Hopewell's at tention .v cstcnKiy again. The case of Council vs Colgan was finished before Jrnlgo Wakeley , and was taken under advisement. County Court. Judge Shields hoard the suit of Fanny Kimhall against the Omaha Gas company for $ 'XCJ , The plaintiff's ' house nt 213 North Eighteenth street was burned down last January. She alleges that the fire was caused bj the caielessuess of a plumber while thawing or repairing gas pipes , and sues accordingly. Hattte Uebcl has sued the Nebraska and Iowa Insurance company for $ 55 under a policy on her house and furniture , which were destrojed by fire. A PUMP MANUFACTORY. Strom : Indications That It Will be Added to Oiuoha'B ImluHtrleH. J. L. Wcstmore , of Elgin , 111. , was in Omaha yesterday In quest of a site for a pump manufactory. He conversed with nu merous real estate men , but it is understood arrived at no definite understanding in con nection with the location In speaking of his proposed project he said"If airangcments can be made with ceitain individuals in this city , I intend to construct an extensive pump and windmill manufactory at this point Mv plans call for an investment of about f 1S.OOO in buildings and machmciy to begin with , and should the matter meet with even reasonable sonablo success , I will double the capacity. There is no visible leason why an industry of this kind could lint bu made a paying ono. There is no factory of this kind in this city , or within a consideiablo distance from here , bo you see that should I only receive the do matirt of a homo market , It would suffice In wan anting mo to carry out my plans " "Havo you canvassed the city In view of a sitol" "Yes , I had a talk with several real estate men , and I inferred from their conversation that in case 1 concluded to locate here , I would be given all due assistance in my un dertaking I will visit other points in Ne braska , however , before I determine upon the site. " Mr vVestmorc stated that when In opera tion the factory would furnish employment to about seventy five men , and would bo kept going continuously. He will view some of the suburban property to day before going away. Kcrgrant Matza'tt Successor. The latest reports concerning the condition of Sergeant Matza , of the department of po lice , are to the effect that oil hopes of his ul tlmato recovery have faded In police cir cles there is much conjecture as to his suc cessor Those who claim to possess an in side tip state that Jailor Johnson will bo named for the position , while other * are of the opinion that the plum will fall to good natured Tom Oimsby , who is credited with the most desperate arrests that have been made in the city. U In quite probable that Chief Seavey will recommend the appoint ment of Matza's successor and the sumo bo acted upon at a meeting of tbe board of fire and police commissioners this evening. I'OliITICAIj G OS.SU * . A Call For Swedish Citizens to C3ct Their First 1'npers , A few of the Swedish gcntlonien who ap plied too late on Saturday night to receive their naturalization papers can obtain them now bv calling at the ouleo of the Omaha Swedish Tribune , room 503 Sheelcy block , where they hnve been forwarded by Frank E Moorcs , clerk of the district court. It Is important that the following named gentle men cull at once nnd get their papers , which aroneccssuj to registration John Alfred Carlson. Sven Andeison , August Anderson , Frank Gust Nathan .Teffry , Andrew Potter- son , Theodora Bressman , Peter Ucmldiul , John Person , J H. Anderson , T. E Wan- derholm , A , Ali-taiulerseu , Alfred Trlom , Carl CaiUon , Jan Pcrsson , Samuel Nick- lasEon , Andiew Noberg , For Gurlcr ami Williams. The meeting of the Third ward republican club , called for the purpose of naming a list of delegates nnd alternates to attend the countj convention at their headquarters on South Fourteenth street last night , was largelj attended Lee Hartlej presided On motion the chair appointed a committee of five , to select the delegation , as follows- Messrs Biumcister , Wchrer , Hubbnrd , Brigps nnd Smith A recess of ten minutes was taken and when the meeting rcas scmblcd the chair announced the work of the committee us follows : Delegates-Charles Wchrer , A H Smith , M O Maul , Leo Hartley , M O Hlckctts , L. E Heed , A H Brlpps and P J Williams Alternates-Charles Mentor , J W Gicen , Charles Branch , L Bowman , A .1 Martin , Lee Frost , A. H Mills and W H Banks The delegation was Instructed to vote sol idly for W F. Gurloy for county attoiney , and P. J. Williams for representative Fourth Ward Elcctu Odlcors. The Fourth Ward Republican club held Its annual meeting at the headquaitcrs , on Fif teenth and Faruam stieets , lust night. The following ofllccrs wore elected for the en suing jcar- President , D. H. Wheeler , vice picslder.t , G , M. O'Brien ' ; secretary , F. W. Fitch ; treasurer , Peter bhurkj , executive committee , A. P. Nicholas , Gustav Andei son , P. L Prujn.J T. Lcake , Andrew Bevins , F. W. Fitch and J. G. Carpenter. A communication was read from the re publican county central committee , announc ing that the polling place for the Fourth ward primal ics had been located on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Fainum stteets The attendance was largo and the utmost harmony prevailed. The club de cided to convene Monday night and name a hstof delegates and altcinates to the county convention , Political Notes. The democratic pi imaries , to elect dele pates to the county convention , will bo hold this afternoon Alderman Snjder , of thcThiid ward , will reach out for legislative honors on the demo cratic ticket. Congressman Tom Uced , of Maine , will ad dress the people of Omaha on the political issues from a icpublicau standpoint Octo her 20. The republicans of the Eighth ward are re quested to meet to-night nt Schroeder's hall , corner of Twenti-fourth and Cuminp streets , to select a primary ticket to be voted for Monday. There will bo a meeting of the Seventh WaidKojmbliran club at thu Park house at 8 o'clock ' Saturday evening to attend to impor taut business. All members mo urgently in vited to be present. At a meeting of pavers held Thursday night nt Flannery's , on Vinton street , a committee was appointed which has called another meeting for next Sunday afternoon at 1314 Stuth Thirteenth street at 'J-30 o'clock. A gorgeous republican banner , costing noarlj f'JOO , and containing the portraits of Harnson and Morton , has arrived , and will be strung across Fouitcenth street , from the Murrrj to the republican hcadquuiters. \\illiam Neve has announced his inten tions of going before the democratic eounty convention in quest of the nomination for county commissioner It is rumored that he is prepared to give Commissioner O'ICeelTe a hard struggle. The Young Men's ' Hepubllcan club are con sidering the feasibility of a trip to Indianap olis to visit Governor Harnson , the republi can pi evidential nominee. They expect to be able to secure excursion latcs of $10 for the louud trip. AMUSEMENTS. The Madison Square Company at Hovil's Opera lloimp. An attraction of approved merit Is always certain to command generous attention from the people of Omaha. Boyd's opera house was crowded to the walls last night by the larrest and finest audience of the season thus far , and the play of "Jim , the Penman , " pre sented by the Madison Squaie I'hoatcr com pany , was received with an nppreciition duo to its excellence as a dramatic production and to the admirable manner in which 1t was presented. Among the comparatively lecent contributions to the drama "Jim , the Penman , " has maintaineda popularity second end to none , and its intrinsic worth in all respects must give It a place among the very few essentially modern pl.ys that will hold the stage bejonu the present generation. It Is a drama without any taint of uncleanncss , perfect in its construction , absoibing in its interest , and unfolding a strange , though not improbable story , In a most natural way There is not a trivial incident or a weak situation It , and throughout there is not a moment when the Interest In the develop nient of the plot is relaxed. It Is a play that takes ono out of the ordinary lines , and , therefore , leaves an Impression always to be remembered , and alwavs with n sense of pleasure. U need hardly bo said that its presentation by the Madison Square company invites only pratso. The well known attar , Frederic Kobmson , in the leading part of James Halston , who has won wife , fortune and social position by his skillful foigerics as Jim , the Pcnmau , portrajs a man of smooth , Imperturbable manner , while ever conscious of the crimes that harg over him , with an artistic excellence that is mas terful. No less perfect in its way is Alexan der Salvmi's Baron Hartfeld , a scheming , Mnistcr , avaricious adventurer who has u financial partnership with Halston. It is a very striking character , and in the hands of Salvini H verj sliong ono. Another admir able impel solution is that by Louis Musscn of Louis Percival , a man of high pimcipla nnd steadfast honor. Mr. E M. Holland as Captain Hedwood , n deteetlvo whoso man neri cnablo him to cairy a military title und gain entrance into good society , does exceedingly meritorious work , nnd is by no means the least interesting character in the pla.v. What theie is of comeJy devolves upon him , nnd his art is most admit able , even to the minor detail of significantly stroking his mustache Miss May Brooklyn approved herself an actress of uncommon merit in the part of Nina , the wife of Kalston As the soci ety ladj shf > charmed by her case and grace , and as the wife who had discoveied the fiaud by which her husband find dcpilvcd her of the only man she over loved , she thrilled by the in tensity ol her passion and touched the sym patlucs bi the deptli of her emotion. It is sufficient to say that no member of the coi-i- pany challenged criticism , and that the per formance throughout was all tlil.v the most ex acting could have desiied. It is due to thu management of the oxra | house to say that the stage appointments were in harmony with the excellence of the entertainment. "Two Old CronloH. " The medley of comicalities , droll situa tions , and musical and torpslchorcan features presented nt the Grana opera house last night was seen by u moderate audience which derived a gi cat deal of amusement from the production Such plays , if plays they may bo called , as thu "Two Old Cronies , " are constructed to matcc fun for those who can find enjoyment In the light and trivial and the number of such Is largo and if any accomplish this without offense to any of the proprieties they per form a service that hai its value. This production is as good as any of Its non descript class. There Is u great deal of fun in it , and It is quite creditably presented , there is some prett ) music of the popular sort , the costuming is both varied and to some extent atlraalve , and almost every body nn the stage U given an opportunity to show some special cleverness. Wills aud Henshaw axe the cronies , and ( bey manage to bonmnslnp throughout. There is food for laughter In the "Two Old Cronlca , " and laughter Is good for everybody. Lincoln n Port of Delivery. The following olll has gone to the president for .signature ; A bill to constitute Lincoln , Neb. , n port of delivery , and to extend the provisions of ttio net of Juno 10 , ISM ) , entitled , "An act to nmcnd the statutes In relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods , nnd for other purposes , " to the said pott of Lincoln. Be It cnnctod by Urn senatennd house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled , That Liu- coin , In the Ktatn of Nebraska , be , and is hereby , constituted a port of delivery In the customs collection district of New Oileans , and that the privileges of the seventh section of the act approved Juuu 10 , ISsO , entitled "An net to amend the statutes In relation to immediate tinnsportalion of dutiable goods , and for other purposes , " bo , and the sumo are hereby , extended to said jiort. And that there shall bo appointed at said port a sur veyor with compensation at S-ioO per annum and the usual fees. That Kxonvatlon. It is uimoied that trouble of a civil nature will result from the Issuing of the permit to excavate under Seventeenth street to the Now York Life Insurance company bv Build Ing Inspector Whitloik. The building in snector granted the permit , he asserts , under the authority of an existing ordinance The New York company nt once commonrctl work on the excavation and was under good hcadvva ) when notified to stop thu project At the last meeting of the city council n icsi > lution was passed icquestlnc the supcnn tcndent of buildings to witlidraw or cancel the permit. It is stated thut the demand for the original pcimit has beun made on the compaio , but the latter refuses to return the document for cancellation and has concluded to cany the matter into court. The infant reason grow saparonnd calls for ono mme application of that good friendSal vation Oil , which never disappoints but always ways- kills pain His neither pleasant nor urofitablc to hear people constant coughing when they could be easily cured by a ! io cent bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Si i up. llic American Kail way Dolit. Mtnncaixilii 'Inlmnc. The railway finances of the United States form the subject for a very mtor- cstitif ; paper by Adelbort Hamilton in the current issue of the Forum. Thu author has many serious faults to find with the federal aud state { fovornments , with railroad managers and the pcoplo at large ; but even if his criticism were unjust and suggestions unwise , the mag nitude und importance of the interests involved should secure for any intelli gent essay upon this branch of the "na tional" finances a liberal share of pub lic attention. The fact that since 1870 over four hundred American companies , operat ing more than thirtj-live thousand miles of railroad , have been insolvent and the relations of two billions of capital stock and indebtedness have been readjusted under foreclosure certainly seems to suggest that something is wrong. Out of ; i,000 companies only about fifty have provided for sinking funds. Out of 1M7 representative railroad stocks , 104 are below par , while only eighteen are worth 80 per cent aud upwards. In view of these and kindred facts the author concludes that the dominant American .railway policy is to "cumulate indebtedness to the ut termost limit , without setting bnunda to borrowing , without providing moans of payment , and with the most complaisant view of insolvency as af fording opportunities to 'wipe out' unso- cuiod debts , to 'hcale down' stock and bond values , and to reorgani/o vviMi nn enlargement of capital stock and a fur ther expansion of credit. " This is a sweeping statement perhaps ; yet , in few of the facts presented , it is not wholly unwarranted. The magnitude of the railway indebt edness is certainly appalling. Two years ago it amounted to $4,877,000,000 and is constantly increasing. It is larger than the national debt over was and equals $07 per capita. The annual interest charge upon this onormoussum is $187,000,000. or about $ l ! . ! > 0 per capita. The people pay this charge in the form of freights anil fates. The rail way debt is thcrefoic a national burden , and should , in the opinion of the author , be regaidcd as a matter of national concern. The bonds have boon placed on the market with out any wellconsidetod plans as to their maturity ; but the greater amount ma tures in from twenty-live to thirty-live years. Will not the funding operations or payment of this enormous debt when due disturb the financial equilibrium and begot eitherstringeiicy or unwhole some speculation ? The author antici pates dancers of this character , und thinks that they should and could bo prevented. He advocates a central federal supervision with the railway finances of the country , which he consid ers less objectionable than government interference with the making of rail road rates. The federal and state gov ernments should refuse chartoi-H to com panies intending to build unnecessary or hurtful railways. IlailroaU bonds should bo made of smaller denomina tions so that they could bo taken by thu common people in the districts traveled by the railways wnich would create a common interest between the people and the roads. The power of the direc tors to borrow money should ba materi ally restricted. Sinking funds should be created and placed in charge of the general government which would guarantee that they wore applied to pay off the indebtedness and not ex hausted by being drawn upon in emer gencies as is now the case. In this way wo can hope to pay the vast dubt whllo the creation of now indebtedness will bo restricted or cease ; the annual interest charge , paid by the pcoplo , rouid bo gradually disci-eased ; American rail way credit would be enhanced ; justice would bo done to creditors , ami harmony in ( ho relation1 , of the railway compan ies and the people would bo promoted. Such are in hrief the conclusions of the author. Ills paper is suggestive in many icspocts , although in thu oyna of c.\porieiiccu railroad men many of them are , perhaps , neither practical nor feasible. The problem is certainly a vast aud comulicatcd one , if not the most diilictilt the people are culled UIKMI to deal with. And it would coom that the time has rome for its discussion from a brand , national point of view. To Trst CliftiCHO Exclusion. HAN jus-Cisco , Oct. 13. Judge Sawyer , of the United States circuit coui t , has issued two writs of habeas corpus , ueslfneil to test some of the questions to bo raised over the right of Chinese arriving here after the ex clusion act went Into effort. SICK HEADACHE ' Positively cured by Ilime I.ittlo Pill * . CARTER'S They also rclloo Dl * trcf from Isprp I lft , In ITTLE dlgt stloa anil Too I Icarty IVER Kntlnif , A perfect rem edy for Ulz/tnes-s , N&uaco. PIUS. DrowNlncfaS , IKtd Taste la the Jloulli , roated Tongue , rain In tfco Bide. TOIIHD MV It. Tnej regulate tbe Ilomila , I'uirly YegeUbla , SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE SMALL PRICE , Are Ib * BBMT. PEERLESS DTES