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r THE OMAHA DAILY SEfl ; FRIDAY. OOTOBER 2G. 188& ITHE DAILY BEE. runijismin KVIIIIY MOUMNO. TKU.MS OK Dally ( Morning IMtUont including SUNDAY mr.Otift Your. . . . , . . . $1000 I'orstx Montln . . . nun lnr Three Month * . " 60 3'nr. OMAHA HCNIIAV HKK , mailed to any mldrem. One Year . , . 200 OMAIlU > mCK.NOt. l4ANI > Pt8rAIINAM8rliKKT. Wl.W YOHKOmCK , HOOMS II AMI tSTIIIIIfJlK iiuiuiiNO. WAKIIIMITOV OIUCK , No. all I'UUUTKKNTIt STIIKr.T. fOHIlK < U'WiNCr. ( : , , . Allrommnnlcatlon-i relating to unwound edi torial matter nlmulil be addressed to the I.OITOH imSINrASMPTTKllB. , , , , should uo siness letter * iiml remittances nililrosiecl to TIIK HhK I'OliMHiil.vfl CoMi'ANV. | ) \MIIA. Drnflri , chock * nnil postofflce oriluM to 1)0 made payable to the order of the company. The BeePablishingliiiany , Proprietors , K. UOSKWATKR , Editor. THHDAlIiV HEK. Kivorn Statement ol Circulation. 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BOSTON is far more anxious to fina out who will 1)0 the captain of her base ball nine ncxtsoason , than she is interested lo know who will bo the president of the United States in 1889. IP ONE of the four trans-Atlantic Bleamships now racing across the ocean Hhould come to grief , it would teach the reddens companies who wink at this do- ilanco of the laws , u costly and terrible lesson. Till ! fact that Emperor William dined with Professor Von Bergmann and Doctor Gorhardt bo soon after the ap pearance of Doctor Mackenzie's book , flhows what side of the controversy ho espouses. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THIIKK Americans are said to have a "corner" on the alToctions of the king of Wurtomburg. It is quite evident that three Americans have struck a deal in which even Jay Gould and "Old Hutch" are strangers. CHAIRMAN BUICK is said to have Bliod more tears over the conviction of the unlucky New York tramp for ille gal registration than ho grieved for the ninety and nine democrats who went ever to Harrison. Ir IT was J. Sterling Morton who called Cleveland "a butcher , a bungler and an unpleasant incident in this itrugglo , " ho had bettor wrap up his candidacy for governor in a piece of brown moat-paper. The "butcher" haa his hand on the cleaver. THAT giant monopoly , the Alaska Commercial company , seems to have a "provision that a republican government will cither control it or annul its char ter , for it is utilizing its advantages mot tremendously. Recently an Alaska steamer arrived in San Fran cisco with a hundred thousand seal skins on board. How long will sealing continue if such devastation is permit ted. THHUK may bo considerable truth in the rumor that the Canadian Pacilic is seeking to obtain terminal facilities ii : Uhicago , , It is well known that the Ca t uuluui road lias for a long time beer throwing sheep's eyes toward Chicago , Jlut heretofore it has not boon able tc uirry its project into olTcct. The oiv cronchmont of American railroads inte Manitoba may have spurred the Canadian - dian Pacific to retaliate on the Northern Paciflo by forcing its way through St , I'aul to Chicago. If it should succoet in its purpose , another trunk line wouli bo added , and the Canadian roads wouli dispute with the American railroads foi fkrough traffic. e statistics of pork packing for the past twelve months show that twonov centres have boon created , at Siouj City , and at Ottumwa , both in Iowa Both of these have drawn from Chicago cage , and the latter perhaps from con- Ires to the south. All other packing places show a diminution with the ox caption of Omaha , which marks a sligh Increase. It must bo remembered tha part of the decrease may bo cxplaincil by hog cholera , but having taken tha Into consideration there still remains i falling off dinicult to account for. Prob ubly there has been a considerable gaii ; In local packing all ever the country Bhowlng that the fanners find gooi homo markets close to them. No ONK who know Ctaus Spreckols record of gross monopoly upon the Pa clflc slope for a moment believed hi insertions that ho had gene east to flgh the sugar trust and to inaugurate ai era of cheap sugar. They took witl many grains of allowance his assortio that ho had been working all his life fo Claus Sprockets and that ho intondei from that time forward to work for tin American people. It now appears tha his big rellnory in Philadelphia ha Jiocn erected in the interests of Have jnoyor's trust in order to kill the trad of two Philadelphia sugar roflnorlc who have boon deaf alike to the blandishments ishmonts ana the menaces of the Brook lyn sugar boss. As such an oxplanalio is precisely in accordance with the pas life of Claus Sprockets , he will now b recognized not only as a most arrogati monopolist , but also as a uiouumouto TJTE svnMispioN' SPOOK * . At the outset of the present state cam paign , the hue and cry was raised : by the democrats that the uufotiilsslpti plunk In the republican platform , makes It a matter of vital importance to opponents of prohibition to defeat Governor Thnyor and elect the democratic candi date whoso party pledged him to oppose - pose the submission amendment. This was pronounced by us a delusion and a snare , and the editor of TIIK Bun went so far as to venture the assertion that a constitutional amendment did not re quire the sanction of the governor , for the reason that the constitution vests the authority to submit amendments to the constitution in the legislature , whenever three-fifths of each of the two houses agree upon the same. And now this view of the question is endorsed by the judges of the state supreme premo court , in the following letter : State of Nebraska , Supreme Court Hon. .1. M. Thixyor , Governor of the Stnto of Ne braska Dear Sir ! In reply to yours of this date wo Imvo to siy : Unit the Rovornor ha1 * no connection with the submission by the legislature of the proposed amendment to the constitution of the state. Such u propo sition does not go to him for his approval. This question , under a similar constitutional provision , was decided in the negative by the supreme court of the United States In ColllnRsworth vs. Virginia , U Dallas , rep. 878. See also Pasohnl's Annotated Constitu tion , ' . ' 47. Very respectfully yours , [ Signed ] M. H. UBKSB , AMASA Conu , SAMUEL MAXWELL. This knocks the bottom out of the pretense bo industriously instilled among the liquor dealers and citizens of for eign birth who were frightened by the prohibition spook. It is manifest that the governor can have no agency whatever in promoting or defeating the submission amendment. Mr. Me- Shane must stand or fall upon his own nerits , and not upon a fictitious issue. Tin : I'RErAmcArmo COIUIESOXD- EKT. The correspondent who is sent out to write up the political situation so as to agree with the attitude of the paper he represents , regardless of the real facts , or with reference only to sucli as run his way , has been abroad in the land for some time. His business is not to see the whole truth , or rather not to toll it , but to use only such knowledge as will prove encouraging to the class of read ers ho is to cater to , and his value is proportioned to his ability to exaggerate his information and array it in the most formidable way , One of the most skillful correspond ents of this class in the country is at tached to the Now York Timis , and he has been devoting his well-developed talents for a month or more past to the western and northwestern states. He probably camoout to those sections aboul the time Chairman Brice visited Chicago cage to organize a great movement which was to swoop half a dozen west ern and northwestern states into the lemocratlc column , but while the head of the democratic campaign committee discovered the hopelessness of the task ho had set himself to do , the correspondent spondont remained to do what he could to cheer the hopes of the eastern lomouracy. And his effort , it must be conceded , has boon remarkably well maintained in the face of d iilloultic : that would have dlscouragod most mot having a conscience. In the last issue of the 2'i'mcs at ham this precious prevaricator sums up hi : investigations in six states and his con clusions are entertaining and instruc tive as to what can bo done by a persoi proficient in the art of makin g thing appear the reverse of what they aro. O ; Illinois he says Harrison may got the state , but it will bo by an extremely small margin , although a careful can vass by the republican committee leave no room for doubt that the ropublicai plurality will bo greater than fou years ago. Dropping into Iowa he fount the democratic situation there of tin most hopeful character. There wort all sorts of conditions adversi to the republicans , and ho blandly sug gests that unless the party has waked up , "Chairman Hunter of the demo cratic state committee will entertain the country about November 7 with a surprise party. " Well , the republican party , as everybody knows hereabout , lias been pretty wide awake throughout the campaign , and never more so than at present , with the effect of drawing steadily from the democratic ranks The intelligent farmers of Iowa under stand their interests and the countr ; will learn by November 7 that by : largo majority they desire to intrusl them to the care of the republican party. Over in Minnesota the cor respondent discovered what wa not known to anybody else , am there are borne pretty shrewd am vigilant newspaper men in that state that the Scandinavian vote was desert ing the republican par ty , the fact , 01 the contrary , being that this vote ha not been for some years so nearly unani mous in pupportof the republican tlckel as it is this year. His courage faltered in the presence of the formidable plu rality of four years ago and ho coul not promise a possible surprise part ; from Minnesota , but he did not wholly dash eastern democratic hopes by toll ing them what is the truththat Mimic sola will give Harrison and Morton a largo a plurality , and very likely largoi than it gave Blalno. Wo need not follow this prevaricator varicator into Wisconsin , Indian and Michigan , whore his well trained faculty found oven more extended tended opportunity. The example : noted are sufficient to show the sort ol misrepresentation the organs of dem ocracy in the cast have boon supplying from the west and northwest , in ordo to strengthen and stimulate the contl deuce and zeal of the democrats of thi east. When the west and north wes speuic through the ballot box on th 6th of November those organs will flm eomo difilculty in explaining the resul in the face of the statements of the pro varlcating correspondents. A OR Are INJUSTICE. Among the injustices of the preson campaign none has been graver or mor unfounded than the charge that Judg Gresham and his friends were hostili to General Harrison , and were eoverU doing all they could lu Illinois and In diana. to compass th'd defeat of the ro nublican candidate ? . This charge has been repeated , numberless times , in one plausible form and another , and every incident or circumstance that could be perverted to the piirposo of glvln'g the charge an appearance o ! credibility has been given the widest circulation. If any friend or admirer of Judge Gresham expressed a regret that ho was not made the republican candidate , or ven tured the opinion that ho would have proved stronger with the people , or by any outgiving manifested a feeling that he would have boon bettor pleased with the judge as the republican stan dard bearer , the fact was heralded to the country as an evidence of the hos tility of the Gresham men to Harrison. No man who ever occupied a judicial position has a higher sense of its obli gations than Judge Gresham , and among these ho regards none more binding than that of refraining from any active part in politics. When his own name was most prom inent before the country as a possible candidate ho could not bo In duced to utter a word regarding poli- , ics , and his refusal to do so commended lim more strongly to the respect and jonfidenco of the country. The same ligh sciibo of duty to his official trust no has maintained since , and because lie has done so his silcnco has been at tributed to the disappointment of defeat : ind ho has been charged with inspir ing his friends to antagonize Harrison. As with so many other democratic nisreprosontations and falsehoods in this campaign , a quietus has at last been put to this fabrication. After having received numerous and urgent nvitations to take part in the Indiana campaign , Judge Gresham has finally written a letter tea a personal friend defining his position , and it is such a letter as any man ca pable of undorotanding him might have expected. Ho states that he cheerfully and in good faith acquiesced in nom inating General Harrison , "and imme diately informed him by telegraph that lie would receive my earnest support. " But Judge Gresham did not intend to bo understood by this that he was to enter the arena of politics , which would violate the proprieties of the position ho occupies. "It is gratifying to know , however , " bays Judge Gresham , "that my friends are supporting the ticket in good faith , and I do not think any fair-minded persons doubt that I earnestly desire its success. " There is really as much ser vice done the republican cause by this simple , direct and sincere expression of Judge Gresham as would have resulted from a score of speeches , and he lias maintained his high example of fidelity to judicial obligations. Thus another democratic misrepre sentation has been silenced , to the ma terial advantage of the republican can didate. If the party that professed so great a desire to make this an educa tional campaign has any more to bring forward it should make haste to do so , as the time is short in which they may be made profitable. THE International grain market ai Vienna has obtained sufficient data for computing the wheat shortage of the world , and places it at one hundred and forty-five millions of bushels. As this is only a difference of one-twelfth from last year's crop it would not have caused much of a ribO had it not happened that the greater part of the deficiency is in the harvests of thobo countries that are habitually compelled to import more ot less wheat. Franco and Germany , thai import a little , have a big deficit nnd must import largely. Austria has u deficit and must import u little instead of exporting considerably. The harvests of England are said to bo normal , bul the English have to import always twenty-live million tons , and it is the certainty that England must this year buy chiefly from tiio United States thai has sent the price up and is keeping ii up. It i.s not in the power of all the eastern papers and all the English pa pers combined to change the facts. The advice of Farmer Dalrymplo , that those farmers who had notes to meet shoulc sell their wheat , is sound because undei such circumstances delay would b < costly even if not dangerous. But there seems to be little doubt that prices rnus eventually go higher , and that the average orago rate will bo one dollar ane twenty-five cents. At no time has the demand ceased at Minneapolis for th < higher grades , and at no time has the price failed to bo above the Chicagc rates. High prices for wheat and floui have come tosta3' , and , therefore , cnrO' ful housewives who study economy hae better give their minds to corn. IT is very pleasant to learn that Doael- wood , the most important city of west ern Dakota , and the nucleus of all the business arising from the great mlnora' wealth of the Black Hills region , ii having a spell of great prosperity. Tc call it a boom would not bo correct , foi it is a legitimate growth based largely upon the agricultural developments ol that part of Dakota. When a republi can administration governs the country there can be no doubt that the mineral workers will bo largely bonofittod by the change of policy with regard to lead and silver which is guaranteed , In the meanwhile Deadwood is being built up by the granger element , and business-has so increased that the Dead wood Central railway has begun build ing , giving employment to a very larg < force of men. Omaha lias close conncc tlons with southwestern Dakota , am would rejoice at its prosperity , oven i it would receive no benefit itself. Bu the fact is that its commerce docs foe an additional impetus from the gooe times there , anel it has therefore vorj substantial reasons for its good wishoi nnd sympath ios. Tun coal beds in Carbon , Wyomiii { Territory , are very far from exhausted as has boon reported. The Union Pacifii is the proprietor , and takes out duili some fifteen hundred tons , which an used solely by the railroad. It has boei computed that the cost to the Union Pa clfic is $1.25 per ton minus the. haullnf from Carbon to its depots , and it wouli be interesting to compare this with tlu prices paid-by consumers of other Wy omiug coal , , also owned by tUo. Union ' 'actflc , which furtibhoslhla great staple o ( Hfo to ninc-tonths of the paoplo of Nebraska and Wyoming. Owning both ho coal and ? the transportation the Jnlpn Paclllifl&an do virtually what it ileaaes. ThiS-ra sea the question if a oinmon carrier has any right to enpn o ii other buslnossj for it is obvious that vhon both ends of the string are in the same hand it must bo bad for the com munity. . , THE constitution of Nebraska requires ihat the governor shall reside in Lin coln. It is -entirely proper provis- on , and contenip\ates \ something more than a nominal residence ) at the stnte capital. Mr. MeShano docs not pro pose , if by any possibility he should be 3lected governor , to reside in Lincoln in conformity with the obvious intent of the law. His homo would continue to bo in Omaha , and ho would bo but nominally a resident at the state cap ital , probably spending only such time there as his ollloial duties should render necessary. Nebraska's governor should bo at all times ncccssiblo to the people of Nebraska at the place where the state constitution requires him to reside. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .AT LEAST one-third of the candidates for the legislature nominated by the two political parties in Douglas county are men whom no experienced and judicions business man would place in control of his affairs. Neither their character or their capacity would rec ommend them for any position of re sponsibility. Yet the people of Douglas county arc asked to send such men to legislate for this prosperous and grow ing commonwealth , which should have the services of its ablest and most trust worthy citizens. Voters should take care that the least worthy of these can didates on both tickets are kept at home. THE people of Omaha would like to know who is right with regard to Dako ta's tin , the governor or the Chicago Mining Jicvlcw. One says there is not a pound of tin produced in the territory , and the other declares that the discov eries of tin near Harney's Peak will soon enable America to supply her needs from her own resources. Surely the governor ought to know. If lie is mistaken , ho cannot be too severely criticized for having ventured so posi tive a contradiction on insufficient knowledge. SOME cringing , dependent , cross roads postmaster has discovered that a republican United States senator has been franking campaign literature , and sends the news to his masters. The llcmld in commenting upon the abuse , and it is an abusei , makes no mention of the tons of democratic campaign bom bast which have been received at demo cratic headeiuarters here , transmitted under the franking privilege of mem bers of congress. The practice is old too old. WHATEVKII the prejudice may bo with regard to olovatjng the colored man to office , QQO thing may be said truthfully with regard to Mr. Williams , the colored man nominated for the house on the republican ticket. He is strictly honest and will not betray any trust. That much cannot bo said for some of the white men on the same ticket. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The citizens of Mlndon are contemplating putting m an electric light plant. An old lady writing to her son in Mlndcn tells him to bowuro of "billious saloons" und "bawl alloys. " Mr. Heller , of Lincoln , is digging a twelve hundred foot well. Ho says ho proposes to have good water if ho has to dig through to China for it. The Chase county court has sentenced Charles Senter to pay $1,153 for the support of his illegitimate child , born to Miss Cora B. Nedrow , paying $9 uer month In advance and giving a bond for * liOO for Ita perform ance. ance.A A defective switch at Clarks caused tha ditching of a Union Pacific freight train Wednesday noon , wrecking the ouglno und nine fruit cars.e The engineer and fireman Jumped and saved their lives , but the former was badly bruised. Charles Stevens , the Chase county man who shot Charles Field , was convicted ol assault with intent to wound and malm , at the term of court Just closed at Imperial , and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Field still carries the bullet In his body and will probably bo a cripple for life. The cook , dishwasher and chamber maid of the Arlington hotel at Davenport are out on a strike , and the starving boarders have been obliged to vamoose the ranch and hustle for their grub. The landlady has refused to pay off the strikers , and the matter will bo contested In the courts. The only lawyer in town has been retained bv the girls. The residents of Nebraska City will be treated to a week's religious debate , begiu- nlng November 12. Elder Williams , of Ne braska City , and Elder Bronson , of St. Jo seph , Mo. , will discuss the difference between the Christian und Latter Day Saints' church , Mr. Williamson speaking In behalf of the former and Mr. Uronson for the latter. The North Platte Democrat remarks : The wild geese urci beginning to arrive- and C. M. Wherry and William Neville wore out one day this week constructing "blinds. " la this an indication that the average federal onlcoholdor expects to run short of meat after election , und that they are endeavoring to IIx themselves ) A Hrush crook young man has made a bet with two girls on the presidential outcome. If the republicans win ho is to marry the brunette j If the democrats win ho is to espouse - pouso the blondo. The Cleveland girl la worth $10,1)00 ) and the Harrison girl is poor , Hut if this bet holdd the joung man will marry the brunette and a sensible girl toe good for him. Great preparations arc boinpt ntidu for the republican rally at Fiiemo it on the 81st , and it is Intcrdul to make the OCLMSIOII u state affair. During the afternoon , from 2 to . " o'o'.cck , there will bo 8 pea u in by the best o.Mtors of Nebraska , Including b'cruiU.'Mnn- ilerson , Governor Thayer , Congressman Dorsoy , and many others. At 5 o'clock a good , old-fashioned barbecue will bo given , At night there willibo.nn illumination of tha city and a mammoth torchlight parade of the republican clubs of the Nebraska State league. All the stutcpfHcerswill bo present , The railroads have all made a rate of one faro for the round trip from all points in No brasko. Tlio Great Northwest. Some of the Denver policemen are accused of robbing the prisoners whom they arrest. Twenty-eight prisoners confined at the Spo kane Falls ( W. T. ) Jail made their escape re ) coutly. William W. Socor. a Colorado pioneer , died at Longmeut recently , Ho was one of the most public-spirited citizens of the placo. Clackamas county , Oregon , la building a suspension bridge over the river at Oregon City , Or. , and it will bo open to travel m a month. An old-fashioned cutting affray occurred ever game of cards in a saloon at llockj Hnr , Idaho , the other day , Jack Davis aud Jack Vottors being fatally.stabbod. Governor Pennoyer , of Oregon , has for warded to Washington a claim far lands In lieu of state Unas taken up by the Ktamnth Indian reservation amounting to 20,000 aerem. H. C. Smith , of the lumber firm of Moore & Smith , of SHU KrancUco and Stockton , ha < rnado u bet of $ . ' ,000 with Mlchnol E1. Turpoy thnt California will give Harrison 5OJO plu rality. .Judge Shattuck , of Portland , Ore. , hai de cided that n man who muUes it bet nnd IO.SIH can recover hln money from the stakeholder if ho demands It before It hut been paid to the winner. The street car conductor's "brother-in- law" hai been Introduced In Los Angeles , Cain. , and the little Instrument has cant the company from $100 to J'iOO a day. Many ar rests have been made. A glgautio apple taken by n BoUo Valley ( Idaho ) girl to Baltimore is aitonlMiing the residents of that city. It Is twenty inches in circumference , weighs four pounds , und Is said to be n fair sample of fruit grown In that wonderful valley. Peter Allen , for many years postmaster at San Gabriel. Cain. , dropped dead recently , Mary Kao , his wife , nnd from whom he has been separated , and who Is an occupant of a disreputable house at Los Angeles , will fall heir to all his property , worth something hko $50,000. The Idalla ( Colo. ) Sentinel says : M. M. Hlvely 1ms a small piece of white ) corn which he planted bftwecn tree rows , making the corn rows eight foot apart. He husked a row ono day last week and on figuring up fou ml that the corn yielded ut the rate of seventy-five bushels to the acre. The Hreece & Wheeler mine at Hath , Placer county , Is Just now the bonana of California. The working plnro is about ono mile nnd a half from the entrance to the tunnel , and the breast Is probably 40 feet wide and 0 foot high. The bulk of the gravel Is richer than usual , while the bedrock is covered with coarse gold , some of it actually going as high as 510JU to the pan. OOVKUNOIl AND HU OMISSION. The Exccutlm Hns Nothing to Do With the QuoHtlou. Ltxcoi-Jf , Neb. , Oct. -Special [ Tele gram to Tun HnE. ] The following ruling has been handed down by the supreme court : STITK OF Nnninsi ; * , St'i'itCMR ' COVUT Hon. J. M. Thayer , Governor of the State of Nebraska Dear Sir : In reply to yours of this date , we have lo say that the governor has DO connection with the.submission by the legislature of a proposed amendment to the constitution of the state. Such a proposi tion docs not go to him for his approval. This question , under a similar constitutional provision , was decided in the negative by the supreme court of the United States in Hollingsworth vs. Virginia , a Dallas , rep. UT8. See also Paschal's Annotated Constitu tion , 247. Very respectfully yours , M. 13. KBESK , AM\SV Conn , BAMUKL MAXWELL , AXWORTHY'S DEFALCATION. Ijatnr Developments Concerning Cleveland's ex-City Treasurer. CLEVELAND , O. , Oct. 25. [ Special Tele gram to TUB BKB. ] When Thomas Ax worthy , the defaulting city treasurer , bade Cleveland a hasty good-bye , on September 23 , he had on his person bills of exchange representing more than $100,000 , , drawn on Drexel , Morgan & Co. , of New York City. This was independent of the cash he had with him , which is known to bo at least $31,000. How much more money ho took away with him , if any , will probably bo learned as the ofllcial investigation pro gresses. The manner in which ho obtained the bills of exchange and his disposi tion of them disproves all theories advanced by his friends in support of the belief that he had not deliberately freed the city of whatever ho could lay his hands on whrn ho saw that a crash was coming nnd ( led. On the day before ho left the citv ho visited the National City bank , Ohio National bank , Union National bank. Cleveland National bank , and Commercial National bank , and purchased bills of exchange - change on Drexel , Morgan & Co. , of New York , amounting to sums slichtly in excess of U'M.lOJ. The only national banks he did ifot visit for this purpose wore the Mer chants Hank of Commerce , and the reason is plain , for his bondsmen , Mr. Wade , and Senator H. B. Payne , are connected , one or the other of them , with those institutions , and would have had their suspicions aroused by such an action. Axworthy gave his personal checks in payment for the bills. Drexel , Morgan & Co. have a number of branch of fices in Europe , and the simplest logic leads to the conclusion that Mr. Axworthy con verted his Cleveland paper into foreign bills of exchange at the New York oftlce before ho went to Montreal. The defalcation is at least M10.000. nnd may be still more. No trace of the missing man after ho left Mon treal on October 2 has yet been found. His friends say ho is probably in Delgiutn. Rcgistfired Mall Pouch Robbed. CHICAGO , Oct. 25. The mail pouch which left Boston Tuesday and arrived In Chicago lost evening over the Michigan Southern * road was robbcdof all the first-class matter it contained. The stolen package consisted of registered letters , and the supposition is that a largo amount of money was obtained by the thief. The bag had been cut open , the thief taking the package containing the first-class matter only. This loads to the be lief that the perpetrator of the robbery was some ono connected with the postal service. The robbery I * supposed to have been com mitted some time after leaving Uostou and before reaching Cleveland. BOSTO.V , Oct. ' 'S. The news of the rob bery of the letters from the Boston mall pouch In a Chicago dispatch to-day was re ceived this morning at the postofllco. The pouch rontalncd sixty-seven packages , of which thirty-five were first-class mat ter. Of the sixty-seven packages twelve of the flrst-olass pieces were going to Chicago and all others going further west. Kach package contained from on * to twelve letters , all of which must have either con tained money or chocks. It is thought by the officials in Boston that it will bo difficult to Und the thieves. An Interesting Linw Suit. New YORK , Oct. SS. [ Special Tele gram to THE BCB.I A novel suit for $10,000 damages is being tried before Judge Pratt in the supreme court circuit In Brooklyn. Pat rick McIIugh , head porter at Brighton Beach hotel , Coney Island , alleges that on July 4 , 18S7 , ho saw Daniel Vanvorat , a nephew of Judge Vanvorst , misconducting himself. Some words passed between the two men , and Vanvorst , applying an evil epi thet to McHugh , was knocked down. In falling ho struck a boot-blacking stand and broke three ribs. At the trial before Judge Waring at Coney Island McHugh was fined $10 for criminal assault. Vunvorst refused to allow Dr. James F. Moran , the physician of the hotel , to ascertain the extent of his injuries. Now Vanvorst has brought a suit for damages against General James Jourdan , who was receiver of the hotel at the time , Charles L. Cunningham and John J , Mc- Gratli , managers , and Patrick McIIugb , the head porter. In his complaint Vanvorst holds General Jourdan and Cunningham und McGrath responsible for the actions of the head porter. The lawyers say that the points at Issue are very interesting ones. Big Steamship Race. NEW YOBK , Oct. 'J5. [ Special Telegram to THE I3EB.J Four steamships left this port at almost the same hour yesterday and they may do some racing on the way ovor. The vessels were the new Inman-liner , City of Now York ; the Cunarder , Gallla ; the North German Lloyd boat , the Travo , and the Britannic of the White tatur lino. With the exception of the Trave , the ships all got under way ut precisely ; 'JO a. in. The Travo left the dock ut S o'olock. The recent trip of the City of Now York from Liverpool to New York in 0 days , 15 hours and 5 minutes , places her in the lead of her competitors on this trip and makes her a big favorite with shipping men. Ilia Neck WUN Ilrokon. New Yoitu , Oct. 25. [ Special Tclesrram to THE liBE. ] Philip J. Beer , collector for Yurngling's brewery , was found yester day morning with his neck broken on tuo atalrs of his residence , No. 1431 Washington street , Hoboken , Ni J. On the evening be fore ho haa left his wife to attend to some bubluis ut the brewery , , M-JWS. The Now Appointment * In tlin U. T. Service1. The officers of tHe Union Paclrtc , elected \Vodneaday appeared In the telegraphic column * of that Issue of TIIK HEE. Speaking on the subject , another oflld.tl mill ) : " Yes , this appointment of Mr. Holoomb ns M. Potter's successor Is a popular ono among tho.se who know him , for ho Is a practical railroad mun of thirty years experience. Ho began ut the foot of the ladder und bus worked Ins way to the top , nnd a man like that can appreciate the services of n deserv ing employe , because ho Is thoroughly famll- lur with nil the details of working u road , from all I know of him he Is .1 quiet , unassuming gentleman but n thorough business mun , und fully competent to fill the Important position to which he has been up- pointed. " Mr. Holcomb Is about fifty years of ago and commenced railroading when it was com paratively a now business. In 1850 , hu was braking on n freight trulu of the Pooriu ft Oquaka railroad , uud soon afterwards tried his hand ut firing , in 1 71 hp was appointed station ugotit on the Chicago t Iowa , und the following year , general freight agent of the road. Shortly afterward ho was chosen us assistant treasurer , und when the road wont into the hands of a receiver In 1SS7 , his knowledge of the business secured him the apK | > lntmcnt. In 1832 he was made general superintendent , and remained with the com pany until 1SS7 , when the late Vlco-Prcsident Potter recognized his merits , and secured his services as general manager of the Oregon Hallway & Navigation company. Ho was m Omaha a few weeks ago , but was unable to luavo his car through illness , nnd afterwards met President Adams in St. Paul , where doubtless the position was first offered him. When the overland train was leaving the Tenth street dcK ( > t yesterday the coupling pin , connecting the tender with the mall car , broke , und the train was brought to a sudden stop at Twelfth street , though the engine wont on a few hundred feut. The safety chains , however , stood thp strain for a while , but when they went the platform buffer and buffer beam went with them. The accident delayed the train some minutes. A freight train run off the end of a switch at Clark's Wednesday morning but without doing serious damage. Trainmaster English of the ; Burllngtou was in the city yesterday. Seventy-live Union Pacific flat cars are be ing provided with aprons to enable them to carry earth , and on Monday next the np- nroachcs'to the Union Pacific bridge will bo tilled in. J. S. Cameron , of Boston , wont west on the Union Pacific in a special cur yesterday. C. Kessiqulo , division superintendent of the Union Pacific , with headquarters in Idaho , is lu the city. H. S. Rich , commissioner of the Colorado Railroad association , is in thn city on his re turn from St. Louis whore the cast bound rates from Denver have been restored. Public Work * . The confirmation of ex-Councilman Klcr- stcad as a member of the board of public works , fills all the vacancies in that body , the other members being Chairman Bal- combo and Major J. B. Puray. Mr. Kicrstcad was asked what ho proposed to do as a member of the board in question. Ho said that ho was In favor of and would endeavor to have the board run on business principles. Ho would endeavor to discharge the duties of the office without fear or favor , and have the board run in so fur as ho was concerned as ho would run his own busi ness. There was no reason why the board should not bn so managed. With regard to the use of material , Mr. Kiorstcad said that he was personally op posed to the use of perishable material in pavements , such as cedar and cypress , and was emphatically In fuvorof stono. Ho pre ferred Colorado sandstone especially on side- hills , because , while Sioux Fulls was hard and durable , it wore slippery and it was hard for horses to travel on It. Ho Instanced the cases of the car horses on the Farnam street hill , west of Fifteenth , where ho had seen a number of them slip nnd fall in endeavoring to pull sometimes only on empty car. Ho had ulso seen express horses on rounding corners full to their knees , which ho had never noticed on Colorado stone , which afforded an easier und moro yielding surface. Ho held it would bo to the advan tage of over property owner to think seri ously over the matter of signing petitions for paving. A great deal of this had been done indiscriminately and great injury had re sulted. Between this time und the opening of the paving season next spring people ought to consider the paving question and select only the material which would give a promise of permanency which would bo to their own as also the advantage of the city. Ho also spoke in favor of sand foundation with stone , which , with Colorado would bo no dearer than wood with concrete for baso. It would have thoadvantage that when itwas required to bo torn up thnro would bo no concrete ) to be broken through aud no difilculty lu patch ing up the hole made. Mr. Kierstead was hopeful of harmony in the board and said that he proposed to devote to the position all the time that was required for the transaction of its business. Twlxt Lilfo and Death. The remr.rk'iblo survival of Mrs. Walter Edwards , who was. so horribly mutilated with a dagger In the hands of her husband last Friday , is attracting considerable atten tion from the medical fraternity in the city , t Is the universal opinion that nine out often women thus wounded would have died In a few hours after the assault. It Is the indom itable will of the woman apparently that keeps her alive , nnd Dr. Rlckotts says that if soul and body keep together for forty- eight hours longer there are hopes of her recovery. Till then nothing encouraging can bo said of her condition. 'Only yester day shu was thought to be dying. The horrible rible wound in her breast which extends into the lung is the ono on which her futo depends. The brochiul tube is severed , the lung lac erated uud a largo quantity of pus is being discharged. To prevent congestion a rubber tube has been fastened in the wound to act as a conduit to the discharge. Rnto Questions Settled. CniCAao , Oct. 25. The general freight agents of the northwestern lines met to-day to investigate the charge of rate cutting against the Chicago , Burlington & Northern. It was discovered that the road had been hauling shipments of apples from Chicago to St. Paul at 15 cents per 100 pounds , whereas the regular rate is 20 cents. The representa tives of the Burlington & Northern agreed to restore the rate , and gave formal notice to that effect. The general passenger agents of lines In the territory of the Western States Passenger association met to-day and agreed to place winter tourist tickets on Male Novem ber 1 , rates nnd conditions to bo agreed upon by u rate committee and published. Dlssectcel \ > j a Train. NEW YOIIK , Oct. 25. [ Special Telegram to THE Bui : . ] The dismembered parts of a man's body were found scattered along the Long Island railroad track near Sayvilluut an early hour yeitorday morning by a track walker. The mangled remains were gath ered together and finally recognized ns those of Edward Davis , aged eighteen , son of Cap tain Davis , of Bayport. It has been sug gested that the young man committed sui cide , but no motive for this can bo shown. It was evident that more than ono train had passed over his body. Twenty-seven Ilornc.s Crenmlod. PATKBSO.V , N. J. , Oot. 25 , [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] Fire broke out at U a. ra. yesterday in the large two-story brick stable of Abrain R. Rutan , undertaker , in -Godwin street. The building , owned by Mr. Rutan , was damaged about $3,000. There were twenty-eight horses in the building and only one was saved. The aggregate loss is estimated at r.'S.OOO . , with aboul two-thirds insurance. The Railroad Brakoinen. Coi.UMiius , O. , Oct. 25. The brotherhood of railroad brakcinen to-day elected the fol lowing officers : W. Q. Edens , Bucyrus , O. , first vice grand master ; S. O. Foster , Ithaca , N. Y. , second vice grand master ; T. S. Slat- terly , Uutto City , Mont. , third vice grand master. Thojnost efficacious stimulant to ex cite the appetite is Angostura lllttors , the genuine of Dr. J. G. Ii. Slogort & Sous. The Old Rebel Yotl. Houston Post : A singular drrunaUii incident occurred in the superior court room nt Wayiicsboro during the trial of thi ) Ropers brothers for the killinp of the Symses , father and son. The Kill- inn occurred at McHcan's Station in Oc tober last. Eminent counsel had boon ongngcil by the proseoutlon amldcfoiiHo , for both parties wore prominent and wealtby. The evidence closed , and the upoaklng began Friday morning , con tinuing all during the day. When the court assembled after tea the Heats and the aisles within the bar wore crowded with ladles , while without a dense throng of men tilled tip the audi torium. it waa before this assembly that Mr. Twlggs began ills argument. Twlggs Is an eloquent speaker , pnui- ticed in and noted for his oratorical graces. In the course of his three hours' address ho nt ono time referred in the most feeling manner to the courngu and devotion of women. Tito hour , the occasion , the audience , and the dim light from which thn rapt faces wore bout upon him , all combined to form n surrounding well calculated to Inspire the orator to his greatest ef fort. Ho closed his address upon the women as follows : "At the battle of Gettysburg , General Piekott was or dered to begin the charge which was to make him famous. As lie went into the ) terrible battle his young bride on horseback followed him. When the hail of death was beating down men on all sides , and the plunging shot nnd shell mingled their llorco Bcrcams with the moaiiB and cries of the mangled , Piokott suddenly found himself in the presence of his wife. In mi agony of fear for bur safety , he cried out to her , as she sat cool and collected nsu veteran : 'Go backl Go back ! For God's sake go to the roar ! ' 'No. ' re plied the devoted woman , 'in the iiour of danger a wife's place is by her hus band's side. ' " At this moment through the court rex > in there rang out ono wild' thrilling cry which nearly lifted the excited throng to its feet. It was the old rebel yell , heard upon a hundred battlefields ami never to bo forgotten. A deep silence followed. All eyes wore turned toward the outer circle. Then Judge Hey no's cold voice was heard bid ding the sheriff arrest the offender. A man was been dodging through the crowd , and the judge continued : "The man who is leaving is probably the one wanted. " "No , judge,1' exclaimed a voice , slowly ; "I am the man. " The speaker stood In the aisle with folded arms , quietly contemplating the bench. "I shall have to line you $10 then , for disturbing the court. " "Very well , your honor , I shall pay the money , said the man , without moving ; "but I meant no disrespect. J was n confed erate soldier at Gettysburg , nnd just could not help from hollering. " The ladies present sprang to their feet , and in an instant the money was made up and paid to the clork. The involuntary yell of the old soldier was an irresisti ble tribute to womanhood. A lions WceldliiK Tour. New lrork World : Undoubtedly the longest honeymoon tour on record is that recently completed by Mr. SigourJ ncy and his wife. George Sigonrnoy married Miss Imogeno Ilenriques in Buffalo in 18&J. Mr. Sigourncy is thes son of a wealthy California ) ! , nnd Miss Ilenriques lived in one of the small towns'ncar Buffalo. Their cards caused a good deal of comment , for they read , "Mr. and Mrs. Sigournoy. At home , Thursday , in Sacramento , California , beginning May 10 , 188S , " for all the in terval they contemplated bpending on a bridal tour. Neither had traveled to any great extent , and both were fond of movement and ael venture , ami nnxions to see the world , BO concluding that if they once settled down they probably would never have the energy to com plete their proposed explorations , they agreed to travel for bix years. Five days after their marriage they left this port for England , with letters of crodlt to every quarter of the globe. After going through Great Britain and Ire land carefully , they fairly covered every point of special interest in Franco , Germany , Italy , Austria and Russia. They visited Greece , Den mark , Turkey , China , Japan ; sailed up the Nile , visited the Canary Islands , Borneo , Guinea , Persia , and spent nearly a year in traveling through India. From Australia they crojscd to the south of Africa , and from there to South America. Commencing at Pata gonia thev traveled north , zigzagging through Peru , Chili , Bolivia , Bra/.ll , the Argentine Republic , and after ex ploring Mexico aim the West Inelios , re turned to Englandwhoro they remained the last six months of the allotted time. Of thp four children , the twins were born in St. Petersburg , Russia , and are boys now of five years. The girl was born in China , and the youngubt boy In Brazil. Mr. Sigournoy bays it is impos sible to estimate the nnmbor of miles they have covered , us they HO often re- crobsoel their track , besides which hu made no attempt to k cp count , The journey cost them about $75,000. Both are darkly bron/.cd , und Imvo gained something Hko fifty pounds apiece. They have curios from every land thoj have visited , und in thuir train a Rus sian nurse for the twins and a Bru/.ilian to take care of the two youuger chil dren. They arrived in Now York , wont immediately to Buffalo , thence to Sacramento , whore they began to re ceive their friends on May 10 , as was announced on their curds. Loynl to His Employe. Time : Minister ( to grocer's boy ) "Little boy , by thrift and economy you may some day bo nblo to embark in business for yourself , and you must never forget that honesty iu the boat policy. " Grocer's boy ( dubiously ) "I don't know about that. I heard the ho.-i.s say that ho made 810,000 , last year. " nPRICE's CREAM BAKING ItB fiuperlnr excellence proven In millions of nomoi for moro than a < iuni t r of a Cf-nturr It I * used by the United Htatos UovBrmneut Kn. dorsedbythehsvlsofthoBrsatUnlrarMtlea nn Uie 8trotig8 t , pnrost and moat healthful. i r. ' Price's Cream Dulclnu I'ovdor dona not coutala ammonia , lime or alum. Sold nnlr In rani. ' ' " ' K Ne.Vo'U'illAI"C 'r t.r . . . . " i PEERLESS BYES ABf\fiWg ?