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L 4 ! TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE : -WEDNESDAY OCTQBER 17. 188& DAILY BEE. ISV15HY MOUSING. TKHMS 01' 8UHSCH1ITION. Dally ( Morning IMltlom Including Si'.snvv lliT.Chio Yi'iif . SIO 00 1'orHU Months . 500 ForThrce Months . . s GO TIIKOMAIM Ht.MHY Ilhi : , mailed to any a del ! cm. Ouo Vrar . - 00 OMAIIAOrtH K.NOS.HH VMlPIQl'IIVAMSTIIKhT. . NKW YoiiKUtticK , UnoMs 14 AMI UiTiiiiitsK W \SIII.M1TOX UttlUK , NO , 01J Snil.KT. rOHHKSPONDKNTK All communications rulatliiit tonewsana edi torial in utter should bo addressed to tliu Uititoit or TUP. HI.K. HI.K.IIP8INK83 fjKTTKHS. All business letter * . and remittances should l > o addressed to Tim Huh I'UIIMSIIIMI COMI-VNV , Oil MIA , Draft * , che < 'k nnd postofllco orders to bo made payable to tlio order ot the company. TbcBcePflblisliiiig Company , Proprietors , K. KOSKWATHK. Kdilor. TillDAtljY ) I1KK. Sworn Statement oi Circulation. BtnUof Netir.nVa. i County of DoiiKlui , | " " ( loorge II. Tzsrluick , pccrotary ot the Hoc Pub- llfllilm : company , does coleinuly ttwcnr that tlio nctunl circulation of TIIK DAH.V IIKI : for tlio week cndliiK October U , 1S8S. was as follows : Sunday , Oct. 7 IS.3K Monday. Oct. H l .OM Tuesday. Dot. 8 1SO.I1 Wednesday , Oct. 10 \VW \ Thursday. Oct. 11 IH.titO Friday , Oct K WHO Baturdtiy , Oct. 1,1 1S.OI1 Attraco 1H.OS3 anon in.Tzscrut'K. : ( Eworn lo before inu nnd snbirrllied In my prc enco tills Uth day of October A. 1) , IHm. Heal. N.I' . I'EIU Notary Public. BtRto of Nebraska , . County of DouK'lii , S3. CleorKO II.'IVschuck , beinB duly sworn , dc- poics anil sajB tliut liu H MX retiiry of Tlio IIco VubllMiInK company , th.it the actual average ) dally clrcnl.itlon of Tim IVIM ) llr.i : for tlio inontn of O < tobi-r , IKs" . tl.'CMcoplus : for No- veinber. 1 87 , 1/i.Siicopies / ! for December , 1HS7 , lfi.011 cople ; for.liinuury , ItvV < , IVftM ooplos ; for 1'obruaiy. 1S.S8 , 15.l ) . copies ; for March , ISH-i. 10.ii.su copies : for April , 1S8 * . 1H.7U roplus ; for May. IBM , IH.1H1 coplos : lor Juno , lt\ l , : 'll copies ; for July , H-tf , Ifl.aci copies : for August , Ib&S. 1R.1W roplm : for September , ISSS , ns 1H.I51 copies. (1KOIU1K ( II.T/.SCIHK K. Sworn to bofoio mid Mibscrlbod In my presence - enco , thU tlula > of October. A. I ) . M88. N. P. rilll , , Notary Public. TIIK school board was lust night noti fied that more seats wore needed in some of the school rooms. Hands up ! "TiiKUwnro illegitimate newspapers : is jwolluschHJron. The ono is born for infquiij , and the other of crime. ' RKADUUS of this paper during the campaign will find news of all political parties. In political , as well as other matters , Tun UKK buz/es for all. TIIKIIE is a race-war in democratic circles in South Omaha. Each nation ality claims recognition and demands a hunk of the spoils. 'Twas ever thus. TIIK rank nnd file of the unterrified in South Omaha are oppobod to a com bine in favor of any republican , and will deprecate any such tie-up by their alleged bosses. TIIK electors of Douglas county are noted for u tendency to pick their men , regardless of party lines , in local elec- -tious. There is no reason why they may < not do bo again. TIIK correspondent who desires to know the amount of revenue reduction which .would bo made by the senate bill is informed that it is estimated at about sovonty-fivo million dollars an nually. _ BKTWKKN Dr. Mackenzie and the Gorman physicians who attended the unfortunate Frederick there is a chasm wider than the British channel. By the way , who is umpiring this European mill ? So MANY members of congress have loft Washington that the spectacle of the two houses legislating for the coun try without a quorum reminds ono of Mark Twain's first audience , which con sisted of ono man , who had previously boon bribed to applaud the speaker. A COUUKSPONUKNT asks how long he must reside in the city to qualify us an -elector. An American by birth , or a naturalized foreigner , ho must have re- 'Bided in the state six months , the county 'forty days and the ward or prooinet ton days , in order to become a legally qual ified elector. Tun women of Nebraska will bo proud to learn that ono of their number , Mrs. Ada M. Bittondorf , has boon admitted to practice before tlio supreme court ol the United States. This is a distinction to which few women can aspire , and it is an honor that has boon conferred to only three women in this country. To TIIK two hundred business men from Superior , Brainard , Fremont and Other cities , Omaha bids n cordial welcome. They will be hospitably received and entertained by the merchants of out city , and it is to bo hoped that they will take homo the kindliest feelings for the metropolis of the state. SITTING HUM. made , \ speech before Secretary Vilas at Washington which at least had the merit of brevity. His style of oratory , though not much in favor among congressmen would com- inerd itself to them. Ho said nothing , but said it well. In this rospeot ho has made a similar record to that of a Ne braska congressman , who says little but keeps up a torriflu thinking. Tin : declaration of the election ol President Diaz to n second term by the Mexican congress completes the formal ities necessary to confirm the popular vote hold some weeks ago. The almost unanimous ro-alootlon of General Diaz is a most healthful sign of the tranquility - ity , and of the progress of Mexico. It is the strongest guarantee for the fu ture of the republic , and will encourage the investment ot American capital for the further development of its ro- BOurcos. _ Foil the flrst week in October the railroads of the country report a gain Of four per cent as compared with the < corresponding week last year. There ' is moreover an activity in railroad circles - - cles that speaks of heavy shipments ol grain eastward and of coal westward. All roads are hampered for want of cars. Various western railroads report that they have not only nil the business they can handle , but that the rush will Continue well into spring. All this is gratifying and gives a buoyant tone to , business. cWrjcrLAnon it wns oxiwctod that the democratic party of Nebraska would ondeitv'or to make political capital out of the convict labor question , nnd that in order to do this the party would not hesituto at any extent of misrepresentation. Its effort in this particular is to throw the whole responsibility for the legislation extending the convict labor lease ami contract upon Governor Thayer , but fair-minded men who will acquaint themselves with the record will not be influenced by this misrepresentation. The governor in approving the bill granting the extension merely con formed to the wish of an over whelming majority of the legis lature , including a number of demo cratic members of both houses , and we do not think any ju-t man will condemn him for an act which , under the circum stances , was a-i nearly as possible de manded of him. In his speech in this city Monday evening , lion. C. O. Whcdon outlined the full history of the legislation in this state providing for the leasing of con vict labor , and wo commend it to the at tention of our readers. It is shown by Mr. Whcdon that the subject was given a moat thorough investigation by the committee on penitentiary , and that the policy of leasing the con\ict labor was endorsed by all the ollicinls and cx-ofl'.cials of the state , among the latter the only democrat ever elected to a state oflleo. The original prison contract was exe cuted in 1S77 , and In loss than two years thereafter it was extended for the period of six years , there being but seventeen votes recorded in both houses against the extension. The bill of 18S7 for further extending the lease was discussed by the Knights of Labor and amended agreeably to their suggestions , and a Knight of Labor who was a member of the committee on penitentiary concurred with the other members of the committee in reporting the bill to the house for passage. This measure re ceived the unanimous recommendation of the committees , of both the senate and the house , and it was opposed by only twenty-eight out of one hundred and thirty-three membersof the legislature. It is worthy of special attention , also , that a majority of the democrats who supported Mr. McSliane for the United States senate thirty-four in number voted for the bill. Having received the endorsement of the executive ollicerd and ex-oHicials of the state , having boon amended as recommended by the Knights of Labor , having been passed by an overwhelming majority of the legis lature , and being in no sense a party question , the governor promptly ap proved the bill. What candid man will say that it was not his duty under the circumstances to do soV Such is the unquestionable record of the course of legislation on this subject , and it shows that the policy of leasing convict labor had the support of a larger number of demo crats in the legislature than op posed it. Regardless of the merits ol the question , there is obviously no hon esty on the part of the democrats in dragging it into the state campaign , and we do not believe their doing so will have any inllucnce upon fair- minded men. WITHOUT A PERSONAL FRIERD. Of no other man in public life in the United Slates could it bo truthfully said , as the Now York Sun has said ol Mr. Cleveland , that ho has not ono de voted personal friend. That journal is credited with the following remarkable assertion : ' 'Mr. Cleveland lives in the peculiar situation of not having in al ! this broad land ono single devoted earnest , cordial , personal friend. There is not ono man who can truly and com prehensively say that ho likes Mr , Cleveland. " And there will bo few tc question the truth of the assertion. What is the explanation of the fact that a man sitting in the highest place of power in the republic , with a vast patronage at his command , and with boundless opportu nities to make sincere personal friends , is thus isolated from all earnest and hearty friendship ? Obviously there must bo in the character and manners of such a man an entire absence of the c qualities that attract , nnd which win confidence and respect. His nature must bo unnaturally hard , his conduct repellant , and he must be wholly de void of every kindly and gener ous sentiment. This would not bo an altogether unjust description of Mr. Cleveland. Whatever he may have been as a Buflalo lawyei and olllcial , among his associatoi of that period , his wlitical elevation since has developed personal qualities which have not drawn men to him in the relation ol sincere friends. Ho speedily forgol those who had done most to secure his elevation , while as toothers he adoptet a practice of exclusiveness that kept them aloof. He has never shown any interest or sympathy with the society of which he is a part , and for a time he was so unapproachable that oven the leaders of his party in congress kept away from him. Such courtesy as ho hag been called upon to show in public has always been formal and cold , and novet before was the white house less attractive to the people than since ho became its occupant. A man ol strong passions nnd imperious will , with unquestioning faith in himself , Mr. Cleveland has none of the qualities that win true personal friendship , while his political ingratitude lias boon so con spicuous as to incur the displeasure and resentment of all who have experienced it , and the number is not small. The man is not to bo envied , whatever may bo his station , of whom it can bu said truthfully that ho has not one sin gle devoted , earnest , cordial , personal friend. NO REGISTRATION NEEDED. The requirements of the law , so far as registration in Omaha is concerned , do not generally seem to bo understood. Several enquiries have como to TIIK BKK asking why stops to publish the places whore registrars will sit have not boon taken. No such steps have boon taken boeauso they are not needed. For the flrst presidential and state elec tion in years , the largest city in Ne braska will vote without any list of registered voters ns a guai'd against election frauds , \'oter may stop lo tbo polls and offer their ballots , subject only to individual challenge. There will be no registry lists to be checked off and no preliminaries in the way of oaths as to residence in state , county or ward. The reckless crew who hacked and hewed the Omaha charter during the last legislature destroyed the regis tration clause at the same time that they cut out the sections making a park system possible , and the clauses com pelling railroad corporations to bear their share of municipal taxation. This is unfortunate but it cannot now be remedied. Whatever glory there may be in throwing wide open the bal lot box must bo reaped by the charter mongcrors who did not he-sltato to as sail the interests of a whole olty to sat isfy personal interests or to vent per sonal spleen. The removal of the safeguards of registration demands in creased labor and increased vigilance on the part of good cituens of both parties. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK pugnacity of Senator Blair , which was entirely unsuspected until his controversy with a southern sena tor about a month ago , nnd the dis covery of which gave him a new pres tige , was again displayed on Monday when he denounced the president as an infamous libeler , reference being made to the now memorable reflections made by Mr. Cleveland on the character of Mary Ann Dougherty. Congress , it will be remembered , passed a pension bill for the relief of Mrs. Dougherty , nnd in vetoing it the president charged that she had been a woman of bad char acter. It was a proceeding of question able propriety , to pay the least , on the part of Mr. Cleveland , and the evidence since obtained appears to con clusively show that it was also unwarranted. Mr. Blair has boon especially earnest in championing the cause of Mrs. Dougherty , doubtless from a chivalrous spirit , and his re marks on Monday show that ho has the cause very much at heart. lie cer tainly did not help it , however , so far as this administration is concerned , by his oharactori'/.ation of the president , however justifiable that was , and Mrs. Dougherty must count upon waiting until there is a successor to Mr. Cleve land before she can hope to have justice done here. CnifAOO will know her most promi nent citizen no more , ' 'Long John' Wentworth is dead. lie whose stature made him a most conspicuous Hgure among men has passed away. But Chica go will mourn for her venerable founder for other reasons. Air. Wentworth was a pioneer closely identified with the growth and progress of Chicago. For many years he served the interests ol his city in many capacities. As mayor of Chicago he saw her develop out ol swaddling clothes into a city of rich promise. When he took his seat in con gross by the vote of his follow citi- /ens , Chicago had already become one of the leading commercial cities of ttic country. _ Fois the first time since the campaign opened the statement is made that the republican national committee is poor nnd will require generous contribu tions to enable it to combat the fund which the democratic committee is col lecting from the olllcoholders to bo used nearer the close of the canvass. The method of raising contributions by pop ular subscriptions among republicans has been started , and if it shall become general the national committee ought to bo soon in possession of all the monej it can require. through tlie wheat excitement the position of Minneapolis has been different from other centres. The mill ers wanted the best grades of wheat sc badly that the prices were higher even than in Chicago. This misled some speculators and they forwarded more than a thousand cars of miserable stuff below grade , which the elevators would not take and which therefore has re mained in the cars , blocking up all the switches and rendering the transports tion of wheat impossible. TIIK efforts of the friends of Thorna * Barry , ox-Knight of Labor , to prove that the association has received a mor tal blow through his departure are ridiculous , and no ono knows it better than ho. The existence of the Knights of Labor does not depend upon any in dividual. The organisation is a fact because labor is dissatisfied. When labor thinks that it is fairly treated bj capital , there will bo no need of the knights. _ TIIK decision in the United States circuit court of California declaring the constitutionality of the Chinese exclu sion bill will bo received generally wltli favor by the people of that state. It re mains to bo seen how far the measure will bo effective. There are ways that are dark and tricks that are vain for smuggling Chinese from Vancouver intc this country , and there are subter fuges by which Chinamen can bo landed right on the docks of San Francisco. IN view of the fact that teachers and pupils of various schools in the city have been stricken with malaria , it is the duty of the board of education to look to the sanitary condition of the schools. It is notoriously true that while thousands of dollars have been spent in the erection of new buildings , tliero are school houses in the city bo- grimmod with filth , and surrounded by open vaults and cesspools. WIIILK it would bo both pleasant and profitable for Omaha if it could bo placed in direct communication with the southern tier of counties , the sober thought of men who have studied the railway question is against the hasty construction of now lines by capitalists , for the advantage of the community is usually the bait they oiler , but not often the end which they seek to accomplish. I'HOMINKNT IM USONS. Governor Amos , of Massachusetts , liai fully recovered his hnaltu. Some of Emperor Wlltlnm's kisses smack more of diplomacy than affection. General Low Wallace is putting the finish ing touches upon no w Work to bo entitled " ( JoiuuioJus. " TUU CouiiuoJus was a Hainan emperor who murderoil hl > wlto nnd hired tlio assassln < ttm f his boat frlumls Curler HurrlsoifijCtilc.iijo' * unpar.iRoncil ox-mayor , luls btwlj.writing , lettcva homo from Norway ( . ; ? , ' John L. Sullivan JJortly twouty-nlno year * of ago. It U siUl : tlutt'uo lix : * made nnd snout $ .UWlxn ) in the liutkhroo years. Mr. Powdcrly , of til- Knights of Labor , recommends an "etqriwl boycott" on Hutch- Insun nml the othorjwlteut gamblers. U'rn. 13 GlniMonf's ftitelloctunl activity la remarkable. Ho liei Jil st written an nrttdo entitled "Queen Blirab tU lu ro.ietiou and reform. " i O Mav O1 Hell's booft alflmt America will ap pear in rninco , In England and in this coun try next January. * it will treat us gently ami wittily , yet firmly , " . MM. John A. Log q , who sails for Kurono this month , will lake with her the two daughters of Sir George M. I'ullnuui , the railroad-car millionaire. She will bo lu Kuropo all summer. General Grant's widow has purchased n now residence on Wett Ktid avenue , Now Vork , nt n cost of $103,000. Two of her sons nnd their wives will live with her , ami Mrs. Surtorls is expected to make long visits Mrs. Grant suffers much from asthma. Chief-Justice Fuller's family will bo n great addition to Washington society. Of his numerous daughters , three nro old enough to engage in social gayetics. They are pleasant , well-mannered girls and will bo popuUr. There Is n fourth daughter , who is studying music in Europe , who has reached the ago doomed neuessarv for an ontraueo to society. She will bo homo tills fnlL STATE AXI ) TEitJUTOUY. Nebraska Jotting1) . The Odd Fellow * have recently org.inlzcJ a lodge at Stockhaui with a good list of mem bers. bers.The The democratic convention held at Seward nominated Frank Slonecker and O. E. Lorn- nckcr for representatives. The biggest squash yet reported comes from Sherman county. It hiid been raised on sod and weighed HI pounds. The district court Is in session ntSchuyler , Judge I'ost presiding There arc four crimi nal nnd tlft.v-ninu civil cases to try. Thousands of Kansas cattle will b- win tered in the vicinity of Stock trim , mid the farmers will have use for all their corn. I. M. Grover , a farmer living near Valparaiso raise , wus shot in tlio hip by Isaac U. Willis , n neighbor , caused by Grever's ' cattle tres- pa'smgon Willis' cornfield. T. M. Peterson , the Hlaino county man who shot liimsolf at Grand Island two weeks ngo , is dead. The woman who was to have eloped with him is still at Grand Island. Stocklmm is now an incorporated villngo with the following ns the village fathers : F. J. Sharp , chairman ; Joseph Stockham , II. Ueselt , W. 13. Fhokmcver nnd U'altcr Scott. The Fremont Tribune reports that a gen tleman attempted the hazardous feat of croislnu the muddy street with his wife in his arms the other day. Their bodies were recovered several hours later by the liberal use of dynamite. From an interior town where they have local option comes the news that a man was arrested nnd tried for selling whisky. The Jury , in sampling the stuff sold , got drunk mat could not apreo upon n verdict. It is not stated whether or not the judpro partook , but it was criminal necligencc on his part to per mit tliPin to tnste it. He should have only allowed them to smbll the cork. iqwn. Cherokee now has a brass band of its own. Davenport has a zither club composed of sixteeu people who phi'that instrument. The movement for ele'ctric light nt Atlan tic waked up the ga company and n very considerable lodueti/m of prices resulted. The printers at Hnrmigton aid arranging for n grand Thanksgiving ball , of which the customary typographical contest will proba bly Do n feature. W. H. Hall , a brattoman on a Chicago , Mil waukee & St. Paul freight train , was horribly mangled in the yards at Perry. It is sup posed that ho foil down between the cars. Sioux City claims thai her corn palace was a irigantio success ; that fully 100,000 people visited the town and expended , according to the estimate of hoe mercliants. fully $750,000. The largest individual taxpayer in Dubuque - buquo is Bishop Honncsoy , whoso assess ment amounts to SI1.SOU. ) A. A. Cooper comes next , with an assessment of $179,130. A young man of Falrfiold made a par achute n day or so ngo and jumped off the rear end of n high store building with it. It was thought that if had descended about twice as far ho would have gone into the ground clear up to his cars. Perry Welsh , ngent of John Paul's lumber yard at Unit , has disappeared. Investigation of the books show frequent fraudulent en tries and that he has dolrauded the company out of quito a sum of monoy. A number of citizens have notes against him , each having John Paul's name forged to it. Sneak thieves are foraging In Sioux City , and the Journal remarks : Man born of woman places his pants on the bade of u chair and retires to sleep. Lo and behold , the thief cometh as gently as the autumn dew , inserts his tishpolo in the garment and hangs it on the back yard fence , and man awakes in the morning to stamp and roar ana gather chills in his naked extremities. Tim Great Northwest. The dairymen around Denver , Col. , have formed a trust. An Episcopal church Is being built at Ilock Springs , Wyo. Sacramento , Cal. , has passed un ordinance to suppress the low dives. Gold gravel has boon discovered In Clear creek , near Carson City , Nov. The Presbytcrianstiro agitating the ques tion of building a college at Denver. The now hotel at Anaconda , Mont. , will cost , finished and furnished , SUU.OOO. Kccent rains In all parts of Colorado have put the ground in excellent condition for fall plowing. Washington Territory has over 9,000,000 acres of wheat lands , while Oregon has 7.000,000. Deer and boar are reported as being vorv plentiful upon tlio Grand Mesa , north of Delta , Col. Monterey has a Chinese voter , named Ah Tuck Leo , who intends to cast his vote for Cleveland. A. Northern Pacific express messenger routed two highwaymen who attempted to raid his car at Missoula , Mont. It is estimated that 50,000 bushels of field- I > oas have been grown in the San Luis valley , Colorado , the present season , Hen Carter , the condemned Carbon county ( \V.\o. ) murderer , is reported to have lost his appetite. Ho will lese his broith on the 20th. Ex-Liontcnant Governor Laughton , of Ne vada , has struck it rich In Oregon , having a half interest In a gold mine for which ho has refused * T > 0,000 cash. " ! John Olson , Wm. Dragcrand W. H. Myers , of Placorvillu , Cal. , bivo been sentenced to bo hanged November 150 for the murder of a rancher named John Lowell. There Is n scheme oil foot In Nevada to transfer to the state Bio 20,000 indebtedness of Washoo county inaLrred In removing the state university from&lko to Ueno. Fannie Fisher recovered , by consent , In Sacramento , Cal. , * Judgment of $ y,500 , against llio SoutheriK'acifie for injuries sus tained in a collision m Hosoville on July 5th last. 3 The mayor nnd boal of trustees of Glen wood Springs , Colo. , Save been arrested un der a finding of the eynd jury , for permit ting the use of the Gaud river as a dumping ground for the city's fufuso. Tacoma is making * determined effort to olean out its low charfbtcrs. The grand jury just adjourned has fomd indictments against gambling house keepers , saloon men who keep opeli on Sunday , and keepers of houses of prostitution , Uryson , the Helena , Mont. , man accused of the murder of Anna Lundstrom , was In dicted for murder in the flrst degree by the grand Jury at that plnco. Uryson is the man who , after throwing his victim Into a pros pect hole , atoned her to death. A tenderfoot from Wisconsin named Elliot tried to use a "gun" on an enemy nt KHIston , Mont , , the other day. The flrat shot missed the intended victim and struck a bystander , and the second was equally unfortunate , hit ting a passor-by. Elliot was then disarmed and locked up. Both of the woundtxl man will recover. The Sierra Valley ( Nov. ) Loader says a strange disease is raging In that neighbor hood among the cattle. It U estimated that two hundred have gone blind within the last mouth. There U a dUoaso in the northern portion of the valley which affects them siaillarly as did the epizootic. Only a few have died as yot. In excavating for sewers on the main street nt Helena , Mont , , the workmen made n good llnd in the shape of rich dirt which runs n dollar to the pan. ' 1 ho street Is n part of the old Alder Gulch , which produced many mil lions in the seventies. Tlio rich dirt extends for n block , nnd old-timers say that this par ticular spot had never been worked. The contractors arc making arrangements to have the ground thoroughly developed. News has boon received that a shooting serape occurred in the mountains , forty miles from Pciidloton , Ore. , between Kuoch Howley , a sheep herder , nnd Ed and Lun Campbell , sheep owners. Thu band of sheep whicn Howley was herding became mixed with Campbell's sheep , and In separating them a dispute arose. Howley called the Campbells liars , and Lon Campbell said : "You nro another. " At this Howloy became enraged , di-ow his pistol nnd emptied It nt the Campbells. Two bullets struck Len Campbell , but Ed escaped unhurt. The lat ter drew his revolver and Ilred one shot Just as Howley Vanished In the bushes. U look effect. Lcn Campbell haa died from his In juries , nnd Howley is not expected to live. Campbell leaves n widow. Howloy is unmar ried. The Campbells are of good reputation , while little is known of LJowloy. CONVICT LA.HOH. Hon. O. O. Whcdon'i Sensible Speech on tlio Sutijeot. Hon. Chas , O. Whcdon , In his speech on convict labor at Exposition hall Monday evening , made the following forcible observations : On the ninth day of the legislative session a bill was introduced in the house extending the lease for the pe riod of ten years from the time of its expira tion and referred to the committee on peni tentiary. Tins bill ns Introduced contained no restriction as to the employment of con victs , In its Investigation tlio committee called before It all e.x-stato ofllcoi.s within reach , including Mr. Sturdovant , the only democrat over elected to a state oflleo in the history of the state , as well as those then iill ing executive ofllces. The present prison pnlicv of this state received the endorsement of all these oflleora nnd cx-ofllccrs. The Knights of Labor held a meeting nt Lincoln at which the bill received consideration , and this organization recommended that the bill as introduced bo so amended as to prohibit convicts from making cigars and from mak ing brick and cutting stone , except sueii brick and stone as might bo required by the state for prison purposes. Mr. Philip An dres , a member of the Knights of Labor orgam/ation was a member of the penitentiary committee to which the bill was referred , ho brought In the amendment proposed by the labor organ- nation and it was adopted. As thus amended the bill was reported back to the house with n recommendation , in which all the members of the committee concurred , that it bo passed , The original ptison contract was executed in 1S77 , and took clTuct on the 1st of October ot that year. Heforo it had been in force two years , and at the legislative session of 137'J ' , that contract was extended for the period of six years. So well satisfied was the legislature of the wisdom of such action that the bill extending tlio lease in 1S70 re ceived out of eighty-four votes in the house sixty-four to eleven againstand in the senate out of thirty votes twenty-one were cast tor nnd six against. In 1S37 , after the lease had been once ex tended , nnd after the present system had been tried for moro than nine years , out of one hundred and thirty-three members of the legislature , but twenty-eight voted against another extension. It was not a party question. More than 73 per cent of the democrats who voted for John A. McShano for United States senator voted to extend the lease and contract in Hb7. Tlio bill , as amended at the suggestion 'of the Knights of Labor , having received the unanimous recommendation of the commit tees of tlio house nnd senate , the endorse ment of oftleors nndox-oflleors composing and who had composed the board of public lands and buildings of the state , and fifty-six moro votes than a constitutional majority , was pre sented to the executive , and on the daj fol lowing its presentation received tils approval. In Nebraska a larger number ot persons are engaged in agricultural than in any other occupation , and in proportion to their wealth they pay a larger proportion of state taxes than any other class. From any system or policy which , without injury to other indus tries or classes , reduces the cost of imple ments of agriculture , the farmer reaps a di rect and the entire state an indirect benefit. Ono company is engaged in manufacturing certain kinds of agri cultural implements , and in so doing employs convict labor. Since the passage of the extension act of 1637 it lias increased its plant and now employs 113 convicts where it formerly employed hut seventy-eight. It has reduced the price of implements , not only such ns it manufactures , but others , 10 per cent since It placed its goods on the mar ket. It comes in competition with no other manufactory of the kind in the state. East ern manufacturers have Decn compelled to reduce the price of their implements to meet the price of those manufactured here , and the result has been a direct benefit to the farmer. It would bo far better if the state had not a convict in her penitentiary ; better still if the necessity for a prison did not exist ; but so long as crimes are committed , and criminals are a public burden , it is the duty of the state , and should bo its policy , to reduce this burden as low ns possible. The prison population of Nebraska docs not In crease as rapidly as would bo supposed ; the number of convicts on the 1st of Juno , 1SVT , in Nebraska , was 345 ; the number on the llrst of June , 1838 , was 323 , a decrease of seventeen in one year. Of the number now in conllnemcnt , 113 are employed by the Western Manufacturing company ; seventy are employed by other contractors ; twenty- three are ongaecd in a laundry , and of tlio remainder , thirty-iivo are cripples and the balance are engaged in prison duties or in raising produce consumed at the prison. With so small n number of prisoners , and so slight a rate of increase of prison population , the danger of fieo labor being seriously af fected by being brought into competition with that of convicts , is far removed. If any citizen has to advance abettor system of prison management than the one now in vogue , it is his duty to bring It forward nnd , if possible , secure its ndoption at the proper time , but If ho is unable to propose a better plan , he secures neither friends , influence or votes by impugning the motives of , or ap plying epithets or inuondoes to tlio-o who voted for or gave oflloiul sanction and ap proval to the act I hava considered. Following Mr. WUeuon , the chairman in troduced I. W. Lansing , who spoke substan tially as follows : Wo are now on the eve of a campaign that will not die in the memory of the people after its termination. We have sot out as an oppressed people to battle lor our rights , and as republicans to protect our homo in dustries from the invasion of Hritish pro ducts. The democratic party has simmered down nnd has dragged what few principles it possessed down with it. U has simmered down to ono man Grover Cleveland. It has got to that point that when Grover takes snuff every democrat has to snoe/o. They launched out on an issue of free trade , but have since discovered that it would not bo tolerated , and in consequence have began to craw-IUh. Cleveland in his last message to congress dwelt lengthily on the tariff and pictured metaphorically the evils it was sheltering. What was this mosago ) I assert that it was a measure on free trade , as radical , too , as ever found Its way into print , and to the eyes of the read ing public. What does it moan } Does it moan that the manufacturing clement has grown rich by not having an active com petitor ) I defy any man to draw any other conclusion than that it was designed in the interest of foreign manufacture and foreign capital and labor. 1 do not dcsiro you to take my utterance as proof , but turn tn the indisputable evidence that stanas on our records. Figures are the spoechlass wit nesses that often supplant human testimony , and in this instance they play n most con spicuous part. Now let us take up the record of the present democratic administration. In the cabinet of the United States we have representatives who , to a great extent , fash ion the destiny of all our purposes. Who are thovl Six arch-traitors to this republic landmarks of rebellion and disunion. Hut I regret that such can bo said. It is only onu of tlio many unpardonable errors of the present administration. Then ngaln permit mo to call your attention to the weakness of the chief executive. Turn to his action on the fishery Issue with Canada. Our school-boy of to-day la vested with moro moral courage than was shown in this in stance. Then wo have the Cutler-Mexican fiasco , hU pc-tialon vetoes , and above all tinged with monumental disgrace and cow ardice , the attempted return of the rebel Hags. I wonder that the Spirit of conviction doc * not Unchain the patriotism of ovorjr American citizen and cause them to wlpo out any man or party , that would dare to rcllcct upon the prldo of this government In such a dastnrdly light. Jn concluding the speaker took occasion to review the tariff issum , minim ? nome south. Ing epithets at J. Sterling Morton , whom he styled "tho frco trade satellite of rural democracy. " MeSliano Swallows Himself. Grand Island Independent : In the whole history of the democratic party , for half a century , for inconsistency , there has appeared nothing1 more ridic ulously absurd than the attitude of the democratic party and the democratic candidate for governor on the present high license law , which the party ot false pretense now endorses unqualifi edly in ita state platform , and which the candidate for governor endorses with tfreat pomp in his letter of accept ance. The romnrknblo change in atti tude in the short space of n little moro than seven years is indeed surprising to any man who gives the mutter n mo ment's thought and investigation. The following tire the exact words of the democratic state platform in en dorsing the republican measure : "llosolved , That the maintenance nnd enforcement of the present high license law is tlio best and most practicable solution of the liquor trnflle question. " This is followed by MeSlmne , who uses the following words in his letter of acceptance tis copied from his own paper , the Omaha Herald : "Nearly eight years' enforcement and operation of our wi--o nnd practicable high license law has demonstrated be yond all question that it is the most feasible solution of the trnlllc in intoxi cating liquors ; the revenue arising therefrom going forth in the support of our excellent public schools throughout the state , thereby relieving the people of direct taxation upon the property of millions of dollars annually. " Heading the foregoing plank of the democratic platform nnd words of the democratic candidate , ono would scarce ly believe that less than eight years ago both the party and candidate wore on record ns declaring the very same law the " 'most infamous outrage upon the rights of the people , which must result in incalculable injury to the Mate of Nebraska , " but of such ineonsKtenev the record convicts both the party anil candidate. By referring to page 73S , house jour nal of 18S1 , > ou will find not only that the vote of John A. MeShanc was re corded against this "wise measure , " but you will find also an explanation of his vote recorded , wherein ho declares the "wise measure of to-day" to bo a most "infamous injustice" "injurious to the prosperity of the state , " and the writer well remembers hearing him speak against the measure at that time , vigorously portraying the iniquities tlicrof. A look ul the record on the same page will show also that of the eight democrats in the houbo , seven voted agaitiht this "wise law" and the eighth , Mr. Lehman , was absent and not yoting. We also distinctly remember that it was this same "wise law" which the democrats now so unqualifiedly endorse , that caused the foreign elements to leave the republican party all over the state ; and the desertion from the repub lican party of a largo body of Germans in Grand Island , at that time , is directly attributable to the enactment of that law , which the democratic party , in its platform , and the demo cratic candidate for governor now declare to have been the widest meas ure over devised by man. The demo cratic party having thus demonstrated that its hind-sight in much bettor than its foresight , and the candidate for gov ernor , having admitted his lack of btate-ship , to foresee the effect of meas ures of public legislation1 , and all demo crats admitted that the law was a very good , instead of bad one ; and the cause of desertion , thus having been shown to have been groundless , it is certainly proper for them to renew their alle giance to the party that had the wis dom , foresight and statesmanship to enact a measure which would in so short a snaco of time cause the demo crats to fall at its foot and worship the wisdom of the measure. Such striking Inconsistency on the part of the demo cratic party and candidate should con vince every candid man that it is not entitled to any confidence , respect or support , being merely a party of false pro tense. "Nip the Evil in the Hud. " Stop that cough in its first stages ! before serious consequence ensue. Lr. ) J. II. McLean's Tar Wine Lung Balm Is an effective remedy. 25 cents a bottle. A WOMAN WITNESS. She May bo Able to Throw Light on JCno's Disappearance. A woman who goes by the name of Laura Wood was arrested yesterday afternoon and held us a witness in the case of James Horn ] , who is in the county jail awaiting trial for highway robbery. There is quito a romantic story connected with the woman , and ono which she was very reluctant to divulge. She was separated from her husband , whoso name she says was Kartson , three years ago , at Colfax Springs , la. Her husband , she claims , was worthless and neglected to sup port her. She stuck to him , however , until she caught him m a compromising situation with his own niece , who lived with them. Sno then loft him and came to Omaha , and resided with a friend , a married woman who lives on the bottoms. Hero she met Homl , and became intimate with him. Ho proposed that they go to Memphis , Tciin. , where they would bo married. She realized that this would bo bigamy on her pait , but drspcra tion made her reckless , and she consented. They loft Omaha in a small boat , bound down the river to the sunny south. At St. Joseph they stopped , and slio went to work in a laundry while Hond leafed around the saloons. Hond becoming apprehensive that the police were after him , they con tinued their Journey down the river In the boat. They stopped nt Jolforson City , and Hond , becoming tired of the woman , deserted hor. There she was taken sick and went to the city authorities , and requested to bo sent to St. Louis , where stio had friends. After she became well she re turned to Omaha , and Homl turned up and wanted to uo taken back into her good graces. She forgave him , and Homl introduced vari ous friends to her who served to supixirt them both. Last month Hond introduced n man to her , and after an evening's orgio ho discovered that Houd had robbed him. He tried to get away , and Hond , drawing a revolver said "I you'll town volver , : suppose go up and bring thewholopoll uforcedowuhorobut I'll ' flxvou like I fixed the others. " The man made a Jump to got free and was followed by three bullets from Hond's i ovolver. Ho got into the weeds , however , and found his way up town , where ho reported the case to tliu police. Dond was arrested and bound over to the district court , and the woman will be hold as n witness. The police feel very con fident that Hond , aided by the Davis family , who are among the hardest denizens of the bottoms , are the murderers of Hao , whoso pocketbook and papers wcro found lu n lum ber yard on the bottoms some months ago. I'ntcnts for Nolirnakaim. WASIIISQTOX , Oct. 10. [ Special Telegram toTiiE HKB.J The following Nebraska pat ent ! wore granted to-day ; Edmund II. Ambler , Beatrice , window screen fixture ; Daniel II. Dillon , Nelson , check row corn planter , Wlllium Kopisch , Hlue Hill , door hancer ; Clinton P. Itlnker , McCook , pump ; Thomas P. Owen , York , two patents , pad lock , lso an attachment for draftsman com passes for measuring lines. LITKUAHY HOIKS. Axn Tnna riAxttxo , bv Clonoral .T , S. Hrlsbln , U. S. A. , 1'J ' mo. , cloth , pp. 2M , Now York. Harper & IJrothcrs , General Urlsbln has much to say ot Nebraska in this his latest nnd , wo bo < lloyo , his best work. Jb'or many yoara Identified with the Interests of a tree less state , ho early turned his attention to the problem of forestry nnd to tha study of trees and tree planting In con * ncction with the needs of the western prairies nnd plains. The result is a book which is at once an eloquent pretest - test against the spoliation of our forest * and u comprehensive- compendium of knowledge on the subject of forestry. General Brlsbin'tt idea la that both prollt and honor will result from tree planting profit because ot the growing scarcity of lumber , honor on account ot the certainty of general recognition of the high mission of repairing the dam age done to the country by the ruthlos * destruction of trees. Ho has written his work much ns ono would do in intro duelng to the public a now crop whoso successful and prolitablo culture had been demonstrated by actual trial else where. and which was not generally cul tivated only because Us value anil the method of its cultivation wore not generally known among the planters and farmer.s ot the country. The author discusses freelj and in a readable man ner the uses and qualities of the differ ent species of forest trees which may bo successfully cultivated , nnd gives the rules for growing them very much as a gardener s alnmnao would give the rules for growing asparagus or early peas. Those who have given any atten tion to the general subject of tree ouU ture will rise from a perusal of General Brisbin's book prepared to admit that in the end it is us important to planttroea whenever there is any lack of them aa it is to plant any other crop , and that there is no more mystery about trco culture than there is about the culture of garden vegetables , the cereal : } or cotton. The history of Ar bor day is well told , amis its results in Nebraska graphically narrated. According to General 13rls bin thirty-three millions of trees wore. sot out in this state in two years , nnd id is believed that twenty millions were added to the number in 1883. "Trees and Tree Planting1' is a volume which deserves and will secure a very gen eral circulation. It is the best , in fnot it is the only book of its. class available. Other authora have written on forestry , have deplored the destruction of our forests , and have urged measures of ro- dcniplion. but none have done what General Brisbin has accomplished , viz : pointed out the remedy and to bring it by simple directions within the reach of all. The book is interesting from In troduction to index. It is more than this. It is a valuable addition to a science to which it will generally aid in attracting attention. OVER A THOUSAND LIVES LOSTi A\vful KosultB of the Cuba CycIonc- jMllloiiH of i'roperty Destroyed. Tlio Avisador Commercial of Havana , has issued a special supplement giving details of the recent cyclone in Cuba. It says : A new calamity has spread big black ened wings ever this unfortunate land. The 4th and 5th of this month a cyclone swept this land ! Its disastrous olTocla were felt from Point Malsl to Capo San Antonio i. c. : the whole length of Cuba. Its greatest violence was , exor cised in the province of Santa Clara. Telegrams regarding this sorrowful event wore sent to the captain-general of the island , who immediately author * i/ed the highest ptlfeials to form a board to consider meas ures for allaying the mi..ery caused , and put nt their disposal $ liO,000. The board of relief contains the bishop of _ Ilavanna , the captain general , Maria C'arbonol , and Rafael Montor. Of the $20,000 contributed by the government $7,000 was allotted to the provinces of Santa Clara1 ; to bo dis tributed among those who have suf fered the greatest calamities , $3,000 to Mantanyas , nnd $2,000 lo Pinnr del Rio. These sums have been placed In the hands of the governors of the respec tive provinces. This cyelono was tn disastrous as that which occurred in 188 , ' ! . At the port of Batabano nine sailors were drowned by the foundering of the Spanish gunboatLoaltad. . Trued wuro torn up , roofs were torn off , and the violence lence of the hurricane was groat. The schooner Juarez , which had made the port the previous day , was completely wrecked nnd several of the crow were lost. The schooner Alplionso XII. was driven entirely out of the water and lit erally into the street. The schooner Antonio mot a similar fate , having boon blown into Pavin street , whore she still remains high and dry. The suhoonOtf Almiranto disappeared comnlotoly. Nothing is known of the fate of the crew. There were many accidonti caused by falling buildings , resulting broken logs nnd arms. In Cardenas the waves of the sea swept into Hector street. Many families abandoned their houses , owing to the flood. In Sagua the cyclone , properly so-called , commenced early in the morning of Wednesday. Of the 1,120 houses in Sagua scarcely twenty escaped damage ; $0,000,0000 worlii of property was destroyed. The desolation and ruin are complete. The picture is dark much darker than any pen can make it , however sad and. truthful the lines. In Isabella , Satur day morning , thirty-four bodies were found on tlio beach. Thu overflow of the river caused gieat damage there. Tli'J beach was covered with dead fish , and many cattle were drowned by tlio flood. The latter are producing fearful odors. The correspondent at Caibarion says : "Ono family lost three children ; tliu schooner Kmanuel , four sailors and throe passengers ; the Union , two sail ors. Mr. Cordova , his wife and flvo children were lost. It is believed that the number ot deaths nt this point way ever seventy. There was an extraor dinary rise of the river. Mr. and Mra. lose C'rcsK [ ) saw three of their children swept away by a terrific wave. Twenty- two houses wore blown down nnd forty- eight received serious damage. All over the city there is much damage. " The total number of deaths from the cyclone throughout the Island is esti mated at upward of onu thousand. At Cardenas alone property was destroyed DP damaged to the extent of $1,000,000 , in a the deaths amounted to ever ono lundred. The vortex of the cyclone antored the island near Sagu , crossing > otweon Havana and Batubano and .la-Hugh Consolnuion del Sur , leaving Duba for Vera CruA peculiarity of , lils cyclone was its southward ton- lonoy. _ _ Hrownmsters In HeBnlon. NEW YOUK , Oct. 10. The flrst business icsslon of the United States browmasters1 issoclatlon annual convention was hold this morning. President Frlsch , In his addroBs of wolcomi1 , suggested the establishment ot i mutual lite Insuiauce among the assoolu. Lion members , All lovers ol the delicacies of the table UBO Angostura Bitters to secure a good digestion , but the genuine only , manufactured by Dr. Slegort & Sons ,