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TEE OMAHA DAILY ftEE [ : FRIDAY. NOVEIVIBER 2 , 1888. THE DAILY BEE. EVKHV MOHNINO. TRRM8 OP SUIISCIUITION' . Ihftlly ( Morning Hdlllon ) Including air.NDAY IlLK.One Year . i . ttaoq rorHlxMpnthi . . . l > CO rorTuri-o Months . "W Tint OMAHA SUNDAY HKK , mailed to any ddrtRii. Ono Vcnr . " > w OMAiiiOrKicK.NoH.KHANtiPin FAUNA MHTIIFKT. NKW YeWKOrnCR. IlOOMS 14 ANI 15TH11IU.M' llun.ni.0. WAHIIINOION Oiricr , No. 6U1 8TIIKBT. roRUKsi'oNDENcn. , All communications relating to news nna edi torial matter should lie addressed to the L.IUTUII > AllbtiHlnwi Ifttor1) und remittances MiouM no ndilrcHnod to TUB llr.K I'UIIMMIIINO COMI'\NY. OMAHA. DrnflH , checks nnd postolllco orderfl to bemailo payable to the order ot the company. TiicBGePfllilisfiingloiany , Proprietors , E. HOSEWATEH , Editor. THE B12E. Sworn Statement ot Circulation. State of Nebraska. . . a. a. County of Douglas , leorjjo II. T73chuck. Hccretary of Tlio Hoc Pub- llnhtnt ; Company , doc * solemnly HWPHT that the nctuiil circulation of Tin : IUur tin : for the week ending October 27 , 18& ) . was as follows : Bumluy , Oct. ! ! 1 . 18.218 Mouduy , Oct. its . , . m.ovi Tuesday. Oct. Z\ \ . 18 , < W Wednesday. Oct. : : . 18.UM Thursday. Oct. 2.1 . 18,011 rrlday. Oct.ai . , .18,047 Saturday , Oct. B7 . 18.111 18.083 OUOItflK I.TX.SI"IUJCK. ) Bworn to bcforo me nnd mibsorlbed In my presence this 27th day of October A. D . 18RM. Soal. N.r. FBI U Notary Tubllc. Btftte of Nebraska. > County of Doughm , f BS > UeorKS U. TzHclmck , being duly sworn , do- POSCM and nays that ho Is secretary of The Ilea Vnbllshlnj ? company , that the actual a\ raga dally circulation of Tim DULY UKK for the niontti of October. 1HS7. 14tn : copies ; for No- VBinbor , 1WI7 , Ifi.iiM copies ; for December , 1887 , 16,041 coploH ; for January , 1888 , 15'JIW copies ; for February , lss 15.a-.tt copies ; for March. IBS * , 1B.B89 copies ; for April. 1883. 18.744 copies : for May. 18H8 , in.181 copies ; for June , IdUS , 19.SU copies ; for July. 1888. 18.0/n copies ; for August. 1SW , 1B.1K1 copies ; for September , 1888. was 18,154 copies. OEOUGK II.TXSUIIUUK. Bworn to before and subscribed In my pres ence , this Oth day of October. A. I ) . 18HH. N. P. FUlL. Notary Public. No UASCALITY in the legislature. Wo huvo hud enough of it in the city council. FOKKION diplomats at Washington are wearing padlocks on tholr mouths , They don't want to bo sent home. IT WAS in January , 1887 , that the Knights of Labor passed resolutions censuring Frank R. Morrisscy for oppos ing tholr heat interests. That ban still rests on Morrissoy's head. AT.T. . the republican party asks foi nnd all that it is entitled to is u free ballot and a fair count. Lot every man cast his vote tin trammeled , and lot hit ballot bo counted , no matter how he votes. ANY man who has sold out his con stituents once , no matter under what pretext , will sell you out again. The pledges of such a mun are worthless. Wo have naver known a boodlor 01 rcnogado to stay reformed. TIIEKE is no danger that any candi date for the legislature on the demo cratic or republican tickets will vote foi prohibition , and it is simply preposter ous tosay that Hascall must bo sent t ( the legislature to prevent the passage of a submission amendment. TOM MAJOHS and Church Howe an stumping together , arm-in-arm. Ai between the two wo should considoi Church Howe the more reputable. Maj ors has a good face on him and is the kind of a man that will take in the far mer by his honeyed words. Howe ap pears just what ho is a sharp trickster If ho deceives you or sells you out , yo\ \ are to blame yourself. Majors is wol off and should bo honest. Ho had semi ability and might have boon a man o prominence and influence in this stati had ho not been unprincipled and dou bio dealing. WHY has the state central commlttoi headed the Harrison and Morton electoral toral ticket with Renegade Russell Was it intended as a taunt and insult t republicans who do not wear the bras collar ? Russell was foisted on the electoral toral ticket as a piece ot con torn plibl < Bpite-work by the railroad strikers am fingstors who found themselves in th majority in the convention after th ticket had boon made up , and many c the farmers in the convention had re tired. But it seems the executive com mittco wanted it possible to make thi piece of dirty work more offensive There is a way of resenting such insc lencc , and wo shall not hesitate to poin it out bcforo the day of election. THK closing of the summer pork packing season with the month c October has boon most propitious t Omaha. During the season from Marcl 1 to November 1 there haa boon steady increase in the number of hog pacKed , while a heavy falling off hii been noticeable in the industry in Chicago cage and other cities. The winter son son will undoubtedly see Omaha advanced vancod to second place. Extensive en Inrgomonts have boon made in th packing-houses here within the pas few months , whoso capacity will b taxed during the coming year. Ther is no longer any question that the porl < packing interests have permanent ! centered on the Missouri river. Oinulu Kansas City , Sioux City and Nobrask City will become within the next fo1 years the great meat-packing market to supply the world. Gr.NKKAr , HAIUUSON having give up speech-making is nojv devoting hiir self to the management of the ropubl ! can campaign in Indiana , or rather t consulting with and advising the can palgn managers. Ho is a dally vlsito at the headquarters , and it is said tha nothing is done without his knowlodg and approval. General Harrison is n ported to bo more desirous ot oarryin Indiana than New York , and ho i quoted as saying that ho would rathe carry his own state and bo dofotuo than to lese it and bo elected. Knov Ing Indiana politics as thoroughly r any man in the state , and being oxco ] tionnlly skillful and judicious in th practical work of politics , the assistant rendered 'by General Harrison In tli management ot the campaign in thi state will bo of the highest Importance The outlook now is that the republtoa plurality in Indiana wilt be aot le : than ten thousand. ' I'ftitt if i . CANDIDATES , FACE YflUH RECORD. Up to date the following members of lie last legislature have been ronoml- latcd. Kach.of these men has made his ccord and should stand or fall by it. i'or the benefit of their constituents wo cprint the summary of our legislative 1st of 1887 relative to each of \\\o \ \ \ caif- lidatos : , T. L. Linn , rcmouilnatcd for the sen ile from Richardson and Pawnee coun- , iea , was disposed to do right , but wan lamporcd by his grain elevator and mule unreliable by his political a-fillia- ions. Dr. II. E. Bonestccl , rcnominatcd rom the Eighth senatorial district , acted in accord with the wishes of his onstituents on the senatorial issue , but iftcr the senatorial contest allied hini- elf with the jobbers and rallrogucs. lis conduct became a matter of general caudal. S. N. Wolbach of Hnllshowcd himself hroughout a clear headed and reliable oprosontatlvo. Ho resisted to the ut- nosttho intense pressure brought upon ilm by corporate and local inlluenccs , mil remained true to the trust reposed n him. J. M. Raymond , a member of the Inst louse but now nominated for the senate rom Lancaster county , was the only representative from Lancaster in the louse who was in no way tied up with obs and steals , and whoso skirts are ) orfcctly clean from the taint of corrup- ion. ion.F. F. M. Withoraldalsoln the last house uul now a candidate for the senate from ho Twenty-third district , was a very ntolligent and upright member , whose votes were given fearlessly for the re- triction of corporate monopoly and igninst extravagant appropriations. Charles R. Kockloy , re nominated for , ho senate from York and Fillmore counties , achieved more than ordinary ) rominouco , and made a gallant , manly and unswerving fight for the people rom first to last. J. P. Lindsay , candidate for the son- ito from the Twenty-ninth district , is o railroad attorney , and through this in- luonco became moro or less involved in ho support of bad measures which the ailroad lobby had contracted to pull .hrough. . But Mr. Lindsay is not 8 joodior , as far as we could observe. J. M. Higgins , in the last senate froir 3ass , and now a candidate for the louse , stood as firm as a rock ngalnsl ill blandishments of corporate monopoly ely and boodlors. His constituents have reason to bo well satisfied with him and may trust him in every instance as jeing loyal to tholr interests. Thomas J. Majors , also in the las' ' senate , and now a candidate for the louse from Nomaha , disappointed his jest friends , by adopting the poculiat .actics . of Church Howe. Ho studiouslj copt up appearances of decency , but was icarly always to bo found in the under current with the worst men in the legis aturo. N. M. Satoholl , of Cass , proved him' self to bo reliable , steadfast und honest Edwin Jcary , of the same county , was a very intelligent , painstaking am faithful member. John C. Watson , of Otoe , made a gooe fight during the senatorial contest , bu Found himself in the railroad camp be fore the session was half over. His in lluonco as a leader was rather pornl clous than otherwise , moro especially in connection with appropriation "com bines. " G. F. Koipor was one of the mos ( well-informed , clear-headed and roll able men In the legislature. Ho has i very exemplary record. Matthew Miller may bo regarded i sort of back-slider on the railroad issue , While enjoying general confidence hi dodged many important questions am votes. J. L. Caldwell was a frothy frauc without a single redeeming quality. For further particulars remember Tin Bnu's explanation of charges agains judiciary committee. J. W. Dickinson , as one of the ropro sontativcs of Lancaster county , made r tolerably fair record considering thai ho was tied down to trades with jobbers and claimants In exchange for votes 01 appropriation bills. S. A. Trucsdoll , of Thayer , was in UK main honest and reliable. J. R. Ballard was among' the truest and most faithful men in the legislature turo , and made an excellent rccon throughout. John H. Dempster was ono of th most clear-headed , fearless and faithfu representatives in the house. Ho tnlkoi and voted his convictions and lived u ] to his obligations. James Ewing was quiet , dignified am always reliable. Otto Abrahamson is in the main hon est , but easily misled by political associates ciatos who trained with the rallroai and jobbers' lobby. O. G. Bailey is an honest , straightfor ward man who stood by Van Wyck fron beginning to end nnd nearly alway voted right , but was often subject tc much pressure by the railroad banker lobbyist , Bostwlck. B. M. Simms represented the wishc of his constituents with fidelity from be ginning to end. J. T. Yut/y was commonplace , uncertain tain and unreliable. William Fenton played into the hand of the railroads and jobbers whonovo his vote was wanted. JosophC. Gllmoro is a man of inor than ordinary ability , and his rocor this time was as good as It was at tin session ten years ago , when he wo known as honest Joe Gilmoro. John H. Cameron is not a man c many words , but he always stood up an voted for the right and may bo depended ponded on. Watson Tyson was always at his pos as an unflinching advocate of the bcs interest of the people. William H. Dlller was a double ender , playing fast and loose betwoci the lines , not to bo dopondod'on. Franklin Sweet was very quiet , bu always could bo depended on to g wrong at the critical time. Ho alway trained with the corporation gang ani the Jobbers. . . . _ Frank' E. White is'a railroad 'man but upon all other issues bo was .that oughly straight. William Q. Boutly vrus a quiet , Qru ind Intelligent member.1 His integrity s unimpeachable and his record good. A WORD TO OHQAltr/.HD The Wytroro Democrat , ono 'of the most prominent democratic papers in Gngo Bounty , and a strong advocate of .ho cause of organized labor , bolts J. Sterling Morton , and while supporting nil other democratic nominees , advises vorklng men to vote agninst Mr. Mor on and to vote for W. J. Council , of Omaha. The editor , who Is a promi- lent member of the Knights of Labor , concludes a scathing article under the icad of "A Word to Organi cd Labor" as follows : Tlio writer was n dolcgato to the conven- Ion that nominated Morton , anil was the ouly ono from Oagu county tlwt paid furo. Xho others wore provided with transport- : Ion over the great American scab route fet .ho solo purpose of registering the decrees oJ .ho Iturlltigton road. Wo arc proud to say that we loft the convention and refused to inrtlclpato In Its proceedings. Let org.inlzcd .abor now do Its duty nnd register Its decree ou November 0 , by voting for Mr. Morton's opponent , W. J. Connell , of Oinuhn. rnomnrrwx AND sunmssiotf. Thousands of men in Nebraska of both parties who would vote against a prohi bition amendment have expressed ihomsolvos in favor of giving the peo- : > lo a chance to express their wishes on that issue through the ballot box. These deluded people sincerely believe that a refusal to submit a prohibition amend ment at the request ot a respectable number of citizens would bo a flagrant violation of the fundamental principle that underlies our system of govern ment , namely , that the majority of the people have the right to decree any change in their/ form of government that they may doom best for their own welfare. This position is not tenable , however with regard to propositions which if engrafted > grafted in our constitution would null ify the bill of rights that is the cornerstone - stone ot all republican institutions. For instance , any proposition to pro hibit a certain form of religious wor ship or suppress any secret society , un less it bo orcnnizod by conspirators tc foment rebellion and riot , could not bo made a part of our state constitution , oven if ratified by a majority , withoul destroying our republican form of gov * eminent. On this point , however , wo do no deem necessary at this time to dwell a length. Wo simply propose to call at tention to that class of simpletons whc believe in submitting everything to the people from woman suffrage down t ( any ism that may for the moment b < agitated by cranks , what the effect ol submitting a prohibition amendmon will bo. Prohibition is not an experiment. I has boon on trial in Now England for u quarter of a century and is now en grafted into the fundamental law ol Kansas and Iowa. Its effects upon the material welfare of those western state ; is a matter of notoriety. With all hei unsurpassed and widely-advertised nut ural advantages , Kansas has been seriously riously crippled by prohibition. Hoi marvelous growth has received a ehocl and property values in her cities have depreciated to an alarming extent This decrease in property values of cit ies has increased the taxes upon tin farms nnd made the agricultural inter csts carry the heavier burden. lowc has lost moro than 100,000 of her popu lation within the last two years and com' rnerco in her largo cities has Utorall ; boon paralyzed not because liquor wa the principal staple product , nor th < liquor traffic the chief industry , bu because thousands of thrifty , industri ous people abandoned their homos ir Iowa for other sections because they re' ligiously believe that prohibition is i tyrannical interference with their in dividual freedom , and the fumUica prosecutions which followed the adop tioa of the amendment became i brooder of social strife , contention am discomfort. Now , if prohibition ha boon a blight to Iowa , submission woule bo ton times worse to Nebraska. I prohibition could bo decreed on ninot : days' notice , the people of Nebraska knowing the worst , would meet the disaster astor and sot tholr houses in order But our constitution cannot bo umomloi short of two years. Submission , there fore , would mean two years of suspense ponso , and two years of suspense would bo worse than two sea sons of drouth and four successlvi seasons of grasshoppers. Our citie would experience a stagnation tha would bo worse than commercial paraly sis. Capital , which at best is timid would withdraw and refuse to invest o loan ; mortgages would bo foreclosed no only on Omaha property , but upon farm in the remotest part of the stato. This picture Is not a campaign roor back , but a timely warning to over man who has the prosperity of thisstat at heart. There are republican submissionist : and democratic submissionists. Some of these candidate's are honest and deluded luded , others tire playing submissions to catch votes. THK BEK merely warn the people of the state against the loll ; and danger ot electing a submlssioi state senate , because our next senate i either going to defeat or carry sul mission. EDMUNDS SPEAKS. In the campaign of four years ag < Senator Edmunds , of Vermont , was si lent. The reasons are familiar and need not now bo restated. Hi failure to take any active part in th last campaign , with the well-under stood motive therefor , undoubted ! had an effect unfavorable to the re pub lican cause. It aided republican defection tion and was especially influential will the stalwart element in Now York. I was ono ot the numerous incidents o the campaign which together wrough the defeat of the republican candidate : When Mr. Edmunds was in vltcd to take part in the present cam paign by making a number of publi addresses , ho declined to do so for th rcabon thr.t his need ot rest after hi 'prolonged labors in congress , as.well a the demands of his private nlTalrs , woul not permit him to devote any time t the campaign. But the democrat ! organs did not accept this as satlsfaci tory , and it has been sought to mako-i appear that Senator Edmunds was ugai cooping silent from a want of Interest n rdpubllcnn success and because ho lees not think Avorably of the republi can candldalq [ or president , The attonfy i of Senator Edmunds laving boen'ctabd to this nssutnptldn , 10 has wrltton a letter to the Now Yorlc Sun which o bc\dics \ all that ho might mvo said In'a < lbv.cn speeches. It is in .lie torso , vigorous and straightforwarel nnguago potuUir to the Vermont sen ator , and relieves his position as a sincere - core friend of General Harrison , earn estly dcsirtif * } his election , of all doubt. Mr. Edmunds is heartily , though not fulsomely , eulogistic of the republi can candielato. From personal knowl edge ho speaks of him as a man "of grout abilities , of pure nnd upright life , mid of most vigorous and aggressive uptightness - tightness and independence , " and ho expresses the belief that ho would administer the government "in the full vigor of the principles of the republican party. " Thirteen reasons are presented as part of the grounds on which Senator Edmunds , as ho says "with my whole heart , " desires the election of General Harrison , und wo need not say they are most cogent and forceful. The letter of Senator Edmunds will have a good olToct. Ono fact that it helps to show H , that in this great con test the republican party has no dis gruntled or half-hearted loaders. Everyone ono of them is earnestly devoted to its cause , with a sincere respect for the ability and character of its candidate , whoso course has so abundantly justi fied the wisdom of his selection. WHY DON'T IT ? Why doesn't TUB OMAHA DEE say of Mr , Jeary , of Cass county , republican nominee for representative , ' what it said of hltn April 14 , 1887 , viz ; "Mr. Jeary was a very Intelli gent , painstaking nnd faithful member. " II Is as bad to suppress the truth ut a critical time in national affairs , as it Is to misstate it , And why doesn't Tnu OMVIIA. BEE say ol Mr. Satchel , of Cass county , republican candidate for representative , what It .said ol him April 14 , 18S7 , viz : "Mr. Satchel proved himself to be reliable , steadfast and honest. ' Omaha 7cpitMfcttn. Wo will cheerfully accommodate out esteemed neighbor. But is not this request altogether too previous ? Till ! BKU has kept these facts and the records of all members of the last legislature who have been ronomlnated by cither party , prominently before the rural readers of its weekly edition for the past month. The same record would have appearcdan its daily edition bo. fore the polls closed without the impertinent tinont inuen pibf the ltci > nblican. STOP. THE JOBBERS. Nothing illustrates moro striklnglj the fnst and KKMO methods in doing pub lie work nnd tlii jobbery which is boinp practiced in oVa municipal affairs thur the extra grafting claims which have been railroapeti through the ' counci this season. [ The only reme'dy at thii time is a refusal1 by the property ownon affected by the { high-priced grading t < pay the tax. 'xbo first stop should bo i romonstrancej-t these taxpayers before the city boari&g , equalization , which ii now in sessfori. jtt.tho board , in splti of roraonstrancos"lovio3 this fraudulon special grading tax , the court should be appealed to promptly for relief. Then is no doubt whatever that the court wil protect the taxpayers against highway robbery under any pretext. SENATOR MANDEUSON will of coursi appeal to republicans of Douglas count' to vote for every man on the ticket , m matter how offensive ho may bo. Tha is straight-jacket republicanism. Son alor Manderson is obliged to supper the ticket. Ho did the same witl Church Howe two years ago and in the judicial campaign last year. The re publicans of this county are however over not in the babit of on dorslng the yellow dog because his collar has the republican con vontlor label stamped upon it. It is because re publicans in Omaha alway discriminate between honest and reputable candi dates and shysters and bummers tha wo have a respected judiciary. Tha spirit of independence in the interest o good government still prevails. Has cality will not bo endorsed by reputable republicans next Tuesday , no matte : who makes appeals for an unscratchoc ticket. SlKCK the opening of the now bridge the hip pockets in the trousers of oui Council Bluffs prohibition friends bulge out in a most peculiar way. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. A Ulysses man cleaned up $15OJO on thi recent rise in wp.cat. The only vacant building In Ulysses thesi days in the calaboose. Scota'a saloonkeeper Una boon arrested foi selling liquor to minors and on Sunday. The big corn yield is compelling all John son county farmers to build now cribs thi fall. fall.A A newly married Columbus man had ; charivari party arrested for disturbing tui peace. A lady wltu a tewolver dispersed n gang o too enthusiastic politicians at Scotia the otho night. juu A party of Miiideh capitalists are propar lug to Incorporatb.tqe long talked of cana company. , [ ( j A poker club has boon formed at Gothen burg and the local tmper Is posting the gamblers blors on the penalties of the now state law The Morning SUp twinkled for the firs time at Mlndon weancsilay lost. It is a brigh looking paper publliAicd by Spence & Uunltlo The prospects Tor' the establishment of t canning factory ot'Columbus are very brigh1 and the board of trade is also working han to secure a bridgoatross the Platto. The llrst marrlago In the now county o Grant was solemnized at Whitman lasi Weanesdny. tho"hfgh contracting partici being David Hillanid | Miss Luofendor. Uaumgardncr Si. Jlornell , dry goods ane grocery dealers of-Uty30 have filled , wltl assets of $5,000 and liabilities of $4,100 Tootle , Hosoa & Co. are the principal cred itors. Gamblers , gosslpers , profane and obscene conversationalists , non-church goers unc people full of petty meanness were denounced from the three pulpits of Ulynsea churche : last Sunday. Ida A. Montgomery , a sixtoen-i > ear-old girl of Wheeler county , died very suddenly the other day. As she finished playing on the piano film remarked that it was her farowol plcco und in live uiiuutoi was dead. A policeman at Norfolk U doing his best t < train up the youths of that town In the waj they should po ; Ho has started on his tasl by taking all his tittle friends to a show a' the opera hnuso , the only requirements foi admission bolug that they had clean facei and remained .off the street * at night. ' , Iowa. J. O. Slausoo , of Fort Dadga , has a radii t In his garden thnt ho asserts Is all of twenty Indies In circumference. Lr. ) George Miller , of Oxford Junction , Is ' preparing n monograph upon the remit out' * break of diphtheria In Cedar county. Klchard Jackson , of Davenport , claims distinction because he hn * been the possessor of 2J5 bolls during the past live years. Burly claims to have the champion corn huskcr In the person of Thomas Harden , wno piled In 105 bushels last Saturday. Jud < o Uoborl A. Kusiclldlod suddenly at Ills homo at Ft , Madison , agcul eighty-five years. Ho Was born In Tennessee and came to Ft. Madison In 1839. An enthusiastic republican tit Janeivlllo was recently blessed with n pair of twins nnd named them Harrison nnd Morton with out a moment's delay. Ho declares thnt theirs is the cry of victory. Ed. F. Sneldcr , tlio Albany drugget and Jeweler charged with robbing his own safe of $1,130 belonging to Lewis & Kerns of that place , ha been convicted and sent to the penitentiary for three years. A German named Fred Lehman , living near Humboldt , left his six-months-oKI baby in c.iro of older children while he and his wife wont to u political mooting. The child was loft upon the lloor In the kitchen while the other children were out playingA young shoat cumo In nnd attacked the child. Before Its cries attracted the older children , the hog had oaten oft the lingois of the baby's right hand , a too oft each foot , ono oar and pait of another , and had horribly mutilated the helpless Infant. It was several hours moro before medical aid could bo pro cured. Uut the child will probably live. The Great Northwest. Bill Harper has boon held without ball at Prcscott , Ariz. , for the murder of i Walter Murphy. Laratnta rejoices In the news that the chemical works there arc soon to bo put in operation again. Major Wilson of the United States Geolog ical Survey Is preparing to make an official geological survey of the Carson Valley and vicinity , Nevada. A Chinaman confined In the Lander county , Nevada , Jail had cut and sawed himself nearly out before detected. Ho had a u hole machine shop of tools. While on a protracted spree William Mill- holland committed suleido In Uotso City , Idaho , by taking poison. It Is said ho was well connected in Pennsylvania. J. F , Warder , the owner of largo mines near Spokane Falls , Ore. , and Mr. Scott , ol Portland , have made a bet of fTj.OOO a side on the election. Warder bets on Harrison. The Chinese gardeners , who supply Phoe nix , Ariz. , with all thevegctnblcs used , have instituted a boycott and refuse to sell to res taurants who display signs of "No Chinese Kmploycd. " David N. Wlnblgler , aged twenty years , while cleaning n couple of guns ut his father's residence , in Santa Ana , Ceil. , accidentally let a shotgun fall on a rifle , which discharged the latter , fatally shooting himself in the abdomen. Great ravages among tender stock by the wolves uro reported near Great Fills. Mont. , ono flock of 150 sheep being destroyed in a night ; also fifty olgnt Imported rams ; and thirty colts lost this season In that neighbor hood from the same cause. In Door Lodge , Mont. . "Indian Tom" Wat son slew Maggie Parks by cutting her throat with a razor and stabbing her in the breast with a dirk , after which ho .fatally stabbed himself In the throat three times and fell overou the woman , and both woic fouud dead in a pool of blood. In Hailoy , Idaho , John Walsh and W. J. Elder have entered Into the following agrcuj incut : In case Harrison is elected Walsh has agreed to saw ono cord of wood ou Main street , and to sell ono keg of beer at five cents a glass the receipts to bo donated to the school tund. On the other hand , 11 Clevelanel is elected , Elder Is to saw the wood and sell the beer. Ed McDonald , night clerk at the Antlers hotel , Colorado Springs , Colo. , decamped with $1,780 belonging to a guest from the cost , which had been deposited for safe- keep ing. McDonald was captured at a house ol iU-famo In Pueblo , and $1,501.00 , of the stolen money recovered. The culprit was Jailed , but ho escaped during the night , the Jalloi mistaking him for a common drunk ane : ordering him to carry out a pall of slops , which McDonald gladly did , but fulled to gt back for lodgings. William Cahlll arrived at Astoria , Ore. , from Nobalum , having tramped two days and nights in the rain nnd mud to find a Jus tice und lodge a complaint against ono Liv ingstone , a schoolmaster , -vho bouraed at at his house , charging him with criminal as sault upon his daughter , a child of olghl years. Ho charges that Livingstone has re peatedly taken criminal advantage of the child since May last. The warrant wai is. sued and a constable left with the father tc bring Livingstone in for examination. William McCreary , n young Stockton , Cul. , lawyer , who wont with commendatory letters from William F. Vilas , in whoso office at Madison , Wls. , ho haa studied law , fled last week , and the next heard from him ho had suicided on a Southern Pacific train neat Tucson , Ariz. He had ruined a young Stockton girl , nnd then had an abortion per formed on her , for which double offense lit was about to bo arrested when ho fled. At the same time an officer had arrived from Dakota with a warrant charging him with a similar offense in that territory. Asa Coombs , aged seventy-two years , dice ! In Seattle the other day. Ho was born ir Maine , in 17UO , and cast his llrst vote foi President Monroe , and took prldo in the fact that ho voted at every Presidential election since that time. Ho enlisted in the war of 1812 at the ago of sixteen yours. Three years ago Mr. Coombs was invited to tbo reunion of tlio veterans of the war of 1813 m New York City. There were but twenty veter ans living then. Two years ago the number was reduced to eighteen. Lust year onlj eleven remained. This year's records have not yet been received. Frnnkinc with Rubber Stnmpa. "Speaking about forging the frank o a Senator , " said a jawyor the other day to a Now York Mail and Express re porter , brings to my recollection the occurrence that gave rise to the use of the rubber hand stamp for this purpose. The question as to the use of the fae simile in rubber , where it is expressly stated that handwriting is necessary , was first raised by the assistant secre tary of the interior and the petition oillco , when the point at issue was a batch of pension claims wherein the signatures were made by stamp. When Secretary Daniel Manning was stricken with paralysis ho had a rubber stamp made with which all his correspondence and many publicdocumonts wore signed. The same legal question was raised ns to Mr. Manning's right to use the stamp , and it was decided in bath in stances thnt only in certain cases and certain classes of papers specified could it bo used. However , last year Post master General Dickinson decided that the ube of such a stamp was a sufficient compliance with the law in the case of printed paper , such as the Congress ional Record and all bills of the house , but for no other purpose. "A practice has pi-own up of permit ting a congressman or senator to desig nate any person to &ign the documents , but only when power of attorney has boon given , as the custom as now estab lished is that any clerk can frank pa pers by using the congressman's stamp. But there is no law to punish the unau- thori/.od ube of such a stamp. It ia a question whether , were a person placed on trial for forgery ia such a case , ho could bo convicted. " Ilrakciuon'H 81antf. Scribnor : The brakemen gives the prevailing tone to the "society" of dis patchers' lobbies and other lounging places where ho frequents. He origin ates whatever slang may bo deemed necessary to give sptco to the talk of the caboose and roundhouse. Ho calls a gravel train a "dust express , " and re fers to the pump for compressing air for the powotvbrukes as a "wind-jammer. " The fireman's prosaic labors uro light1- encid by being poetically mentioned as the handling of black diamonds , and the mortification' being called Jnto the superintendent's office to explain some delorlcaMon ot duty is disguised by referring to the episode as ' 'dancing eu thercnrpat. " WATER How tt Mnjr Ho ilnel In the Event or There are OOQ fire hydrants In the city of Oinnhn , nnd more are to bi pluutcd In the Immediate future. For the year cndlnc Dccomberfll , 1833 , the , cost of maintaining these will have boon In the vicinity of * 31- " ( W.20. For the six months , eliding Juno ! W , 1S3S | the pity's ' oxnomo In this connqctlon footed up oxtictly&5ttSl.lO. The current six months will see this figure materially aug mented ns many now hydrants have been placed since the last roi > ort. The original contract between the ) city and the water works called for 'JjO hydrants , or u hy drant for every four hundred feet of piping , nt ? S4 a piece per year. Hydrants placed after the original ones were to cost SCO , excepting Intermediate hydrants that might bo petitioned for and planted , which wore to ho furnished for $10 n year. The waterworks Bystom now very thor oughly ramifies the entire carporiltc limits of the city , and the original number of Uro hy drants , has swollen to nearly ono thousand. There have been no hydrants abandoned , and every ono within the city Is used moro or less. "There are no waste hydrants In Omnhn. " remarked the chief of the lire department in a conversation on this head , "not n single ono but what Is needed und which will bo called upon sooner or later to play its part. All this talk about elevens of hydrants being planted where there Is no use for them Is bosh. " A resolution was passed in the council on the 23d ult. calling for thirteen additional hydrants in Lowe's addition , nnd they arc now being set us follows : Ono at the cor ner of Thirtieth and Hurt streets : ono Thlrty-flfth und Mason : ono Thlrty-tlrst nr.d Hurt ; ono Twenty-fourth nnd Ennnott ; ono Twenty-fifth nnd Parker ; ono Twenty -sixth und Parker ; ono Twenty-fifth and Marcy ; one Twenty-sixth and Maroy4 ono ou Chi- cuco , 400 foot west of Thirty-first ; ono Twenty-second and Izard : one Twenty-third nnd Iard ; onotirown and Taylor ; ono Fifth and Pacific nnd ono Fifteenth and Pierce. The hydrants in South Omaha cost at the same rntlo as those in the city proper. Comptroller Goodrich , nnd Chairman Snyder , of the waterworks committee , said that the waterworks had more than fulfilled their part of the contract ; in fact , that they have been particularly liberal with the city. In many instances they have made exten sions ol 1,200 feet or moro for the accommo dation of property-holders without n cent's expense to the city , and where entitled to a half-dozen or more hydrants , according to their contract , they have put in 0110 and two nnd three. The Third ward has a great many moro hydrants than uny other warel in the city , but nil have nn ample number to servo the pin poses for which they huvo been planted , nnd but little complaint is heard of n lack of water facilities in the city of Omaha. _ Bruised in a Shaft. Yesterday N. G. Garcolon , a prominent Block-shipper from Minneapolis , narrowly escaped death by falling about ton feet lulo the well of the elevator shaft , of the United States National bank. The elevator passes one of the entrances to the general office of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omahu road which Is In the building In question. There Is a threshold , however , of only a foot. On this Mr. Garcolou stood as ho left the elevator. The latter then shot upward , and as It moved away , Mr. Garcelon foil backward to the floor of the shaft , striking on his head nnd shoulder. Ho was discovered by George G. Squires who was In the elevator with him and who preceded him into the office above mentioned. Garcolon was unconscious when found , and Mr. Squires sent up stairs a per son to inform the elevator boy of the accident and keep the cab from dropping to the base ment and thus crushing the old gentleman , perhaps to death. Garcelon was put into n hack and convoyed to the Arcade hotel. There ho was attended by Dr. Harricran , Dr. Schonk of Norfolk , and O. F. Briggs , general agent of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Ouiohu lino. The old gentleman is a very heavy man and it was found that ho has been severely bruised though no bones have boon broken. Most danger is feared from the injury to his head. Ho has a brother residing in Norfolk who is the representative- the Chicago Lumber company at that point. . The accident it is claimed la chargoaolo to the elevator boy. His duties when people dcsiro to enter the office of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis and Omaha road , are to open the door nnd permit them to enter , after which ho is to re-lock the door before ho allows the elevator to cither ascend or de scend. In this instance , the elevator was permitted to ascend before Mr. Garcolon nad gotten oft the threshold or Into the office. Use Angostura Bitters , the world re nowned South American appetizer , of exquisite flavor. Manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. Siogcrt & Sons. a Pneumonia a Great Enemy of tilfo. There is u valuable discussion in the Medical .Record respecting a disease which begins to bo rife as the cold weather approaches , and which is one of the most prevalent and most danger ous from which the community suffers. It is pneumonia , and the paper is by Dr. Gouvorneur M. Smith. Pneumonia may become a dreadful enemy to human life in this climate. It is also a disease from which the mortal ity is increasing rather than diminish ing. The deaths from it in this city last year were 3,707 and in 1887 they reached 3,057. Dr. Smith does not give the number of cases of pneumonia re ported , but merely says that the rate of mortality among them is high. The statistics of the Pennsylvania hospital show that there the mortality advanced from Ot per cent in 1847 to 181 per cent in 1807 , and to more than 31 per cent in 1880. In the Now York hospital tlfe ratio of morarlity during the last ten years is moro than double what it was in the past. Thirty or forty years ago the disease was regarded as serious but it did not at all excite tlio terror which it now so reasonably awakens. Dr. Smith's statistics show that in Now York pneumonia begins to bo rlfei ut the opening of autumn , and that the deaths from it steadily increase from September until they roach their maxi mum in January. April comes next in its amount of mortality , but the death rate continues high throughout the winter and spring , and until the warm weather of Juno comes in. During the three summer months it decreases to about one-third , but us soon ns Septem ber arrives it starts upward again. Though the medical art has advanced so greatly of recent years in many directions , Dr. Smith confesses that "BO far us pneumonia is concerned science has shriveled ; " and ho scorns to think that this is because the old methods of treating the disease , at the time when it was loss deadly , have boon abandoned for methods moro finical but less ofUcu- cious. However that may bo , the fact remains that a malady once looked upon without extraordinary alarm has now become a veritable scourge in our cli mate , and is deadly fur beyond other diseases to which we are commonly sub jected. The first requisite appears to bo a "superabundance of pure air" about the pa tiont. In pneumonia the breath ing apparatus only partially performs its functions , for the diseased parts ot the lungs are substantially useless. "Tho working portion must perform the work of two lungu for a week or ten days , in order to maintain the blood in proper condition to sustain life ; " and , therefore , "tho patient requires purer air and vastly moro than ono in sound health. " "Pure air aa a romudiul agent in the management of pneumonia and of other disorders , both acute and chronic , has ever 'boon a more potent ally of therapeutics than any panacea offered by alchemy or any hobbledehoy presented by modern chemistry. " ' The discussion is of profound interest- for- the great increase In the fatality of pneumonia is alarming , especially as the disease carries oil &o many in the fullness of lite ami in tho' possession of what otherwise scorns to bo soum ! health and constllnt.iuilB well ilttod to stand enit against ordinary maladies. Kplelc'.mluo of Crime. Baltimore Sun : There Is one. point in connection with the. WhltochapoL ease * that Is of frront significance and ( should not bo ovorloe > kod. , It lies in the ox- ti-omo probability that these crimes wilt bo repeated by other hands. The fetrco' of example on "tho night sldu ot life carries a gloomy jvolgnt unattainable by bettor things. Fe > r example , a man may spend his career in solt-sacriflclng nobility without a dlse'iplo , but Idt him oneio go hang himself and other fool si will go do likewise , llcnoo suicide nnd crime wtivea. There used to bo , anel probably Is yet , a little street in the suburbs of Paris called the I uo Polo do So. It waa % ns its niuno suggests , al most dedicated to suicides. Quito u number of years before a man had crawled out of n dormer window and hanged himself to the casement. An other man. from his room on the oppo- Hldo , saw the shocking spectacle , pondered dered over it , and eventually hanged himself in the same inunno'r. Then suicide became epidemic , and scarcely a week passed but some ono elestroye'd himself , until finally the whole dis trict became punlc-strie-ken , and people ple moved away , lied from the intangi ble ) , invisible horror ns they \voulelform a pestilence. At length the nuthortius took a hand in the matter , and by plan ing everybody under strict surveillance mniiugoel to cheek the tide to some ex tent , but until late years suicides still occurred with alarming frequency within its borders. All police ofllclnls know thnt ono not able crime of any character will gener ally precipitate similar deeds in other quarters. A good illustration of this , nnd also a rather close parallel of the London horror , occurred in the country Austin , Tex. , five or six years ago. On Chistmoa day a negro stevedore cut the throat of a negrcss in a cabin on the outskirts of town. Ho Heel ami was never ? heard of ngnln , but about a week later the public were horrified at an exactly similar crime in a different suction , and when a third took place , attended by absolutely iden tical details , there was a. panic and the city was patrolled by armed men. However - over , murders dlel not cease , and in the course of six months HOVOII women live colored anel two white wore found dead with their throats cut. Two mur der trials that grow out of it proved pretty conclusively that at least three hands were engaged in the bloody work unknown to e ch other. It was the in sane prompting of example , and so , as I say , the whltcchapol cu&o may provo to bo a tnlo of two cities , and its next chapter may bo enacted across the ou and by widely different hands from these that have already stained them * selves in these iuhuiuun crimes. Storlon on Grooloy. Now York Tribune ! Here nro two stories about Horace Greoloy : Mr. Groeloy was always sensitive to errors in his proofs , nnd sometimes broke loose in thunders of reprobation. A serious blunder of this sort turnort the milk of kindness into koumiss , which exploded and deluged the oillco , making pi-intern nnd proot readers nalo at the element which engulfed them. An inverted comma stung him like a mosquito. A mistake in a table of election returns sot him into suoh a fury us the rod Hag of the picador dindlcs in the Cutulonlnu bull. ' 'Henderson , " ho said once to the compiler of these sterile statistics , who had made an error of two votes in the returns from the Molly- muck-a-chuck district in the Moosoluc- maguntic region of Northeastern Maine. "I discharge you ; I don't want to see your face around hero any moro. " But Henderson weis at his post ns usual next morning. "How is this , HondorsonV" said George Riploy , as he cumo into the office at the customary hour. "I thought Mr. Greoloy discharged you yostcrduv. " "Yes , ho did , " said Hondoi-bon , "but I didn't put any confidence in what ho said. " Ono day Mr. Grooloy wrote that if a man were to shoot huphiutard out of a window ho would bo mornlly responsi ble for any harm ho might do. In print the " " became " " "haphazard" "half-a-yard , a rhetorical conversion which so de pressed Mr. Grooloy's spirits that ho had no strength loft to discharge any body , not even Henderson , which was his constant resource in great emotional crisises. The Effect of Tight Hliocs. Chicago Herald : A lady who visited Ilooloy's theater the other evening suf fered through the first play of the bill with exceedingly tight shoos. Whoa the curtain fell she confided her suffer ings to her husband , and ho suggested that she slyly remove her shoos till the performance was over. This she did , and the consequent relief afforded her allowed her a proper enjoyment of the other plays. When the curtain wont down for the lust time she discovered to her horror that her feet hud swollen in the warm atmosphere of the IIOUHO that she could not got the tight shoe * even over her toes. As they .had only to walk to the Tromont house , and as the lady hud on black stockings , her husband told her to do tlui shoos up in her programme and walk along iw though nothing had happened , This she did , and they started to move out blowly with the crowd. The lady walked along comfortably until near the door , when suddenly she began to jump and cavort around as though mnd. Her btockingod foot had struck an ex ceedingly warm register , and the heut had curled her feet out of shape during her brief sojourn on it. When she strhck the stone sidewalk outside a chill replaced the feverish feeling , nnd when she reached the Tromont she swore never to wear tight shoos to the theater again. Dr. Jefferis' remedy cures every case of diphtheria. No physician required. Steam Maelo In a Sooouel. Now York Mail : "A bollefMor the iiiHtancous generation of steam is the newest thing in our line , " said a load ing manufacturer the other day. "Tho apparatus consists of a thick wrought iron tube ot uny convenient diameter , which is flattened at a tomporatuni below the welding pointing till its In ternal walls are almost In contacta sec tion of the tube showing only a straight line the thickness of a hair. The tube is then celled into any convenient shape , and is exposed to the direct heat of the furnace. Cold water being forced in at ono and by a pump issues out from the other as steam , the pres sure und dryness of which depend on the tomporuturo of the tube. " It ia cluimod that no furring or scaling up.of the tube takes place , as the high vel ocity with which the steam pas9o > i through breaks up and curries along with it any deposit ut the instant of its formation. The largest boiler yet con structed on this plan lias boon a ton- horbo power one , und has proved BO sat isfactory that the system is about to bo extended. The government has ex ports at work examining the system , oppocting to adopt it for use in tho. con struction of torpoelo-bouta. I.cheerfully recommend Bed Clover Tonic to these suffering from trouble * of the stomach'and liver. . I am novfou my second bottle , and. It makes jji Mtit like a new man. C. M. Cojf.v&r. , > iashUu , lu. Good man Drug Co. " . bit wl : lie adj bloc