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Sfijy'ifcSS. THE OMAHA DAILY j BEE : TUESDAY , AUGUST 6 , 1889 , THE DAILY BEE. E. JtOalSU'ATKR. K < lltor. 1C VICHY MOltNLNO. TKHMB OF SmiSCRIPTJON. D ully ( MomlnK Edition ) Including Bnnd y Ilee , Ono Venr . HO to Toraix Month * . 600 J'orTlir e Months . . . , . "W TliftOnmlin fiundny tlco , mulled to any address. Ono Ycnr . 203 Weekly lleo. One Year . 200 Omana Office , lt o JmlliUng. N. W , Cornet BorenlfenUi nd rnrnam Streets. Cnlcniro Otle ! . mi llnoucry Bulletins. Ntw vork onico , Koomi J4 uml 15 Tribune iiinK. W * mngton Office. No. 613 Fourtocntli Street. COnnESI'ONDIiNCR. All communications relating to now * and edl- tori n 1 matter should bo addressed to tbo Kditor otlbo licet BUSINESS IttTTEIl9. All huMness letters ami remlttivncM honld be addresucd to Tlio Ili-o rnl > ll < ihlnij Company. OmMm DrnTtn , cbecVs and pontolllco orders to bo mndo payable to the ordrr of the company. Ic Bee PnisMnjniiiiiaBy , Proprietors , BKE HulldlnK Fnrnam nnd Bovontconth Sts. XII K IsAlLY IIKK. Kvvorn Ktntcipetit or Circulation. State or Nebraska , I County of Douglas. ( BB < Gcorgo II. TzBChuck. secretary of The Tleo Publishing Company , does Rolemnlyanear tint the actual circulation of TUP. JMILT DISK for the week ending .August S , 1SSP. was as tollovra : Rnmlay. .Inly 2 . tK.EfiO Monday , July 20 . . . . . ] R.6bS Tiiesdny , JulyJW . . .IH.f.fia Wednesday. July 31 . , . . 1H.W.3 Thursday. Augustl . If.Wfl Friday , August 2 . 1H.RUI tiaturdity , August 3 . . . .18,681 Average . 18,01 8 OKOIIOE n. TXfiCHUOK. Sworn to before inunudHunscrlbed to In my presence this 3d day of Auftuat , A. I ) . 1KW. ISeal. ] N. 1' . FML , Notary Public. State of Nebraska. I County of Donclas. fs % QeorKO It. Tzschuck. bclnc duly sworn , Jo- poses and says that ho is s cretary of The Hen I'libHsldns company , Umt the actual avcrngo dally circulation of THE UAli.r Bus for tha month of August , 18S" , JH.IW copies : for Sep tember. 1888 , 18.151 copies ; for October 1888. 18,084 cople : for Noember. . lb8S.18.yS8 copies : for Docenibar. U8H , 18,211 copies ; Toi January , 18811 , it .fi74. copies : for February. IfiSI , lHlWii copies ; for March , I8J-B. 18,854 copies : for April. ] . } , KV copies ; for .May. 18NJ. 18.IWK ) copies ; for June. iwu , 18,8f > 8. copies : lor July. l 89. 38,738 copies. YlKO. U. TzsriHJCIC. fiworn to before ran and subscribed In my preHcncethlsSddayof AuKUst , IBM ) . [ HEAI. . ] _ N. P. 1'iiiu Notary Public. POLITICS is now spelled with a capital P in IOHR. candidates will soon bo ripe enough to pick. FKANCIS ADAMS will bavo plenty to do when he reaches Omnha. But will he do anything ? IN SKAiicniNG for a better quality of street lighting , -the council should not keep on groping in the dark. THE opening of Eighteenth street and putting it down to prade between Far- nnm and Dodge should not bo longer de I layed , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , SociKTT HonBations nro running ram- "papt in Omaha these days. This is a "wicked world , with a few counties yet to bo heard from , TilK cities of Bouth Dakota are not so f far awny from tha metropolis of No- "braska as not to be anxious to become well acquainted with it. THEUU has been nothing small about Nebraska's harvest of small grain , and now all that is necessary to fill her cornucopia to overflowing is seasonable corn weather. THE fact is dawning upon the chief mapistiato of Mississippi that tbo people of that state by their ovations consider John L. Sullivan a bigger man than Governor Lowry. W .OMAHA should take the contract to furnish this section of the country with starch nnd should brook no competitor. She has all the raw material necessary to do it in the hollow of her right hand. THE rich cereal crops of both the Elkhorn - horn and tlio Republican valleys are now being harvested , and soon will betaken taken to market. Omaha should bo the magnet to draw thorn through her gates. n- ANOTIIICU good man has boon dele i ? gated to prepare material for tbo next census. Prof. Henry C. Adams , of Michigan University , has accepted the appointment of special agent on rail road and transDortation statistics. Mr. Adams' long familiarity with this kind of work eminently fits him for it , and his selection by Superintendent of Consiia Porter is to bo commanded. ITSKE S somewhat strati go that cable nnd the motor railway coin-panics have made all their principal -extensions to the north and northwest. They seem 'to have ignored entirely the fact that the oity ia tending to the southwest , and that there is an immense trafllo to and from the lower portion of the city , vrhich the slow-going horse car can never accommodate , There ia great profit awaiting the first motor line thnt may run cars between Hnnscom park &ud Fifteenth street. A CKIITAIN senator was onto improv ing his mind by a short sojourn In Omaha ; ono evening bo was unex pectedly run in by the police , charged with bolng a suspicious character ; por- liaps this was a parQonablo mistake under the circumstances. A few days ago a young lawyer wns sitting on his own doorstop , whou suddenly his medi tations wore Interrupted by the arrival of the patrol wagon and the impudent command ol a policeman to "como along. " Ho was taken to the jail aud after war OB charged with being a va grant. This disgraceful itnportluenco IB another proof that the most reckless creature in the west is a policeman. WITH throe physicians on the pay roll of the county it is not to be won- dcrod at that business at the county drug store is brisk. For the month of Julj ; four hundred and fifty-seven pro scriptions were filled , aud as most of thoBo wore for whisky and sent to about sixty "sick" inmates of the county jail , 'the etato of health of Douglas county prisoners must bo alarming. Quo is strongly reminded of the throe greasy in the of the " " tramps play "Rag JJuby , where overtaken with the colic , tboy jnako merry with the whiakynnd brandy of the innocent drug man. In this case , however , Douglas county is mndo the victim and the doctors and druggist aud their "patients" are veritable plga in clover at the people's oxponBe. THE The convention to discuss the navi gation interests of the grotxt lakes , in tliolr relations to the commercial Inter ests of the west and northwest , will meet nt Superior , Wisconsin , to-day. Thd subject to bo considered is certainly of very great Importance. As the promoters - motors of Ilia convention say , the question of appropriations by the gen eral government for deepening nnd otherwise improving the great water ways of the country Is ono upon which hinges largely the prosperity of our national commerce. To the north west especially the subject of transportation'by the great lakes is one of the greatest conrorn in Its relation to the ability of that section to retain for itself the markets of Europe for grain and flour , and it is In the highest sense expedient that the commercial bodies of the west anil northwest , rop- rosontcd in convention , should indicate to congress what nro the needs of those sections in the matter of improving tlio waterways which are the natural outlets - lots for their products. There has boon too little interest hitherto manifested in this matter , and the tirao is certainly at hand for those sections to exert the activity which the importance of this waterways question dGmumls. How great thia is may bo understood from the estimated value of the lake commerce of seven lake cities , includ ing also Lake Superior , for tlio year 1SS3. As indicated by custom house and canal reports , this commerce amounted to over five hundred million dollars , and when to this is added the commerce which docs not show In American cus toms olllco reports , and that which in cludes Canadian ports , there is given grand total of over ono thousand million dollars , a value very nearly equal to that of the total exports and imports of the United States last year. Ob viously the channels of this vast com merce are entitled to every possible core and attention , to the end that their facilities and advantages shall bo maintained , and enlarged und im proved as the growing demands upon them shall require. But , iudispen'sablo as these waterways manifestly are to the commerce of the west and north west , and to its profitable development , they are hardly less important as a safe guard against the exactions of railroads upon the products of these Hoclions. According to esti mates , the annual saving from the transportation of products by the water routes between the east and west , on the basis of railroad rates a year ago , exceeds thirty million dollars lars annually , a sum the benefits of which are shared by both the producers and consumers. Such an exhibit is cer tainly a strong argument in favor of a generous policy with regard to these water channels of commerce. The danger that confronts the water ways convention is in committing itself to unnecessary or impracticable pro jects. It will undoubtedly have urged upon its attention , as other similar conventions have had , schemes the benefits of which would bo purely local. It should have nothing to do with such. Members of congress from lo calities mainly interested only in selfish designs upon the public treasury should bo allowed the solo privilege of foster ing local projects. Tbo business of the convention which meets to-day should be to consider and recommend only a broad policy in relation to the - waterways ways which would have results for -the general welfare. THE JBEHltlNO SEA ISSUE. Washington advices indicate that the government is getting ready to sat on foot negotiations for a settlement of the Bohring sea question , aud it is sug gested that Uussia may be asked to take part. So far as the seal fisheries are concerned , and but for these there would of course bo no controversy , Russia has practically no interest what ever in the issue , but she has territory hounding a nortion of the sea , which gives her a legitimate claim to a voice in any negotiations for establish ing jurisdiction that this government would doubtless not bo disposed to ig nore. Moreover , there is reason to suppose that Russia would be a valuable friend of the United States iu such ne gotiations , since the claim of this coun try is quite in line with that of the Russian government , as sot forth by imperial ukase more than sixty years ago. It is true that at that time our government-refused to accept Russia's ' assumption of exclusive jurisdiction over Bohring sod , but since tbo pur chase of Aluslca both the executive and legislative branches of the government have adopted with slight modification , if any , the position of Russia , and it is this attitude that is the source of con tention. So far as the present administration is concerned it is simply adhering to a policy which was announced more than twenty years ago , was insisted upon by every administration since , und wna re affirmed by the last congress in an act unproved by President Cleveland on the last day of his term. That act was prompted by the woalc course of the state department under the last ad ministration in dealing with this question , due , it was claimed in defense , to the difficulty Secre tary Bayard found in reconciling the present claims of the govern ment with its refusal to recog nize the assumption of the Russian gov ernment to a similar right. This net Is sufficiently plain In its terms. It de clares that "no person shall kill any ot to r , mink , marten , sable or fur seal or other fur-hearing animal within the limit of Alaskan territory or In the % vators thereof. " It would uerhaps have boon well if the act hail specified what this government regards as Alaskan waters , hut for oil the purposes of the president's proclamation nnd the in structions to the commanders of our cruisers in Bohring sea , the long-main tained claim of jurisdiction by this government was a suffi cient guide. The Canadian seal hunters fully uudurstood the extent and scopa of this claim , nnd in trespassing iu the forbidden wntora they know it was a dqlibera tc defiance of this trov- orument , which would not ba tolerated. All the bluster aud show of indigna tion regarding the action of the ropto- Bontatlvos of the government in Alaa- Icnn waters , in faithfully following their instructions , is therefore to no purpose , and no better is the criticism of the ad ministration for doing what nn act of congress plainly required it to do. There hns been no now principle nvowexl nnd no now policy de clared. The position of the gov ernment in this matter is to day just what it has been for nioro than twenty years. Whether it can bo maintained can only bo determined by diplomatic negotiations , which , un doubtedly , the government will bo prepared - pared to enter into at any timo. But until so determined there can bo no doubt that the administration will faithfully carry out the past policy of the nation and tha clearly-expressed will of congress. ANOTllElt DISASTEn. It is to bo hoped the reports nt hand regarding the extent of the loss by fire nt Spokane Falls , Washington , will prove to bo oxnggoratod , but in any event it is certain that the calamity is a very serious ono. Coming on the heels of the destruction of Seattle , and while that bravo and enterprising com munity is still living and doing busi ness in tents , though pushing forward the work of rebuilding with nil possible vigor , the people of the new atato nro suffering more than their share of the oleasters which will make the present year long memorable. Tlio llrst reports of the fire nt Seattle elated the loss at n very much greater amount than it really wns , and there is reason to hope that the same may bo the fact as to the report of the Spoknno Falls conflagra tion , from which the estimated loss mounts as high as thirty million del lars. But if it shall prove to bo but a third of that amount , it is n serious blow to the young city. The tnisrortune of Spokane Falls , a common ono with now cities , was a lack of adequate protection against lire. It has the Holly water works system , and when this was put to the suprmno test it was found want ing. Its volunteer tire department , also , was not equal to the emergency , jvs such departments rarely have been when an extraordinary demand was made upon them. No city of the size and property interests of Spokane Falls should bo without a paid and thoroughly disciplined fire department. Besides the financial loss , the calamity is made more serious by the reported loss of lifo. The devastated city was ono of the most prosperous and promising in Wash ington , and while this visitation will materially retard its progress , the city will in tirao recover and go for ward td the accomplishment of its destiny. The great natural resources and advantages which have attracted to it capital nnd population the flames wore powerless to affect , nnd other capital will take the place of that destroyed , while the labor that will bo required in the work of rebuilding will much of it remain as u permanent addition to the working power of the community , Greatly as such calamities are to bo regretted , particularly when they involve loss of lifo , they are not wholly without their compensations. What , a year of disaster this has boon. If there is any parallel to it in the extent of loss of life and proper ty from Hood , fire , earthquake and other visitations , certainly the history of this country records no such calamitous disasters in an equal period as have occurred within the past throe months. The people of Spokane Falls will need the generous aid of their fol low citizens , and these of the west should respond to their appeal for assistance with a most liberal baud. Omaha should not be behind in giving a substantial evidence of her sympathy. THE Kansas live stock sanitary com mission ias just made a report to the governor of the state affecting the .sani tary condition of the Kansas City stock yards. The commission found that the yards are kept in good sanitary order , and that all cattle believed to t > o dan gerous or infectious are unloaded nnd kept apart from other stock. Never theless , evidences were found of cattle which hod contracted Texas fever , although the cases were mild , with little danger of spreading. A copy of the finding : of this commission , together with a recommendation that the quar antine regulations of Nebraska against the Kaiibns City stock yards bo modified , has been sent to Governor Thayor. Nebraska is particularly in terested In the condition of the Kansas City stock yards , and , xvhilo it maybe bo true that the commission bus given them a clean bill of health , the welfare of our cattle industry de mands caution in modifying thu gover nor's quarantine measures. The spread of the fever among Texas cattle on the range is alarming , nnd the indications are that the mortality among them is likely to continue until frost. As Kan sas City is the principal market for Texas cattle , the danger from infec tious disease in thut city is great unless proper precautions ura taken. It is , therefore , best for Nebraska to bo on the Bufo side und to run no rinlcn. Tha cattle shipments to Omana nnd other points in the state como principally from the ranges of Wyoming , Colorado and Montana , which are free from fever. For thut reason the quarantine excluding shipments from Kansas City should not bo changed until all sus picion of infectious disease in that quarter is removed. RHODE ISLAND has adopted high license and local option to take the place of the discarded prohibition sys tem. Liltlo Rhody has much to thank Nebraska for in teaching her the law and showing her a good example. Tin : recent accidents to American ships of war by grounding on mud flats and colliding with ECOWS nnd ferry boats has just been aggravated hy run ning the now war vessel Boston , hardly oft its stocks , on the rocks in Newport harbor. The frequency of these mis haps gives color to the suspicion Umt something is wrong with tlio navy de partment. If the officers of some of tliOHO vessels are not sufficiently familiar with the hydrography of the American hnrboro , it is time that they bo sup planted by men who know their busi ness before a serious disaster happens to send ono of our costly now ships to the bottom of the son. THAT tripartite agreement proposed between the United StatesEngland and Russia respecting Iho Bohring sea dis pute could easily bo settled. Each country might uxcludo the other from encroaching rfhjtho seal preserves and allow the Altilfci fur company , as here tofore , to mcMmollzo the business for its own jroflt4Rl ) | TIIR flummery of royal compliments reaches nn absurd height when Quocn Victoria is np | > olntcd n colonel of the llrst dragoon guards of Berlin , by her * grandson , the emperor of Germany , and ho in turn is made an honorable admiral of the British navy out of re spect to his present visit to England. TllR United States , through its special commission , bus made u formal tender of one dollar and a quarter per aero for the Cherokee strip. If the deal goes through this will make the mouths of real estate dealers water us the biggest transfer of the season. CHAINING Martin Burke , the extra dited suspect , to a railroad car seat and to an officer on each side of him in bringing him from Winnipeg to Chica go may bo necessary in the eyes of the Chicago poliro , but at this distance it looks highly unwarranted aud bar barous. A \Vnr Wltloh Huri No One. I'MlaiMplita Inqulrrr. A deadful battle la raRing among tha anarchists , nnd the advantages of their pol icy of URhtinK only with tUelr mouths are now fully nppuront. Thu I ) ( > PD ami Unrk Design. S < m t'mnctfcn Alto. A British s ) ndicato is now reported to bo buying nil the ROS in this country. There is no doubt but it intends to prot control of it and then blow the gas out on us. Tlio Knllronda nnil the G. A. 11. Ktarntv Knierprlse. The Milwaukee nffalr will have a slim at tendance , but there will bo veterans enough there to u.iss a resolution condemning tbo wretched nioiunuiss of the railroads and up holding the hands of Corporal Tannor. Croninvlllo'a Climate. Cktcarjii tVu's. A man fell into a Chicago basement the other riuv nnd instead of breaking his bones , ua ho probably would have done in any otlicr city , ho % vns oulj drowned. Chicago's mag nificent clitnato is Without a parallel. Everythfnt4 Goes In England. CfifcT'po ' HeraW. It sounds strange to Americans to hear thnt Robert ISrowning is at work on u volume of humorous poetry. But even Hob may bo considered humorous among people who luugh at Punch. Tlio IVorklnsmiin's Dnneer. lialttmnn American. Self-respecting vvorkluginen should not allow themselves to ho used as the shuttle cocks of scheming politicians. Their interest in the proper management of state and muni cipal affairs IB second to none , aud their in- Jluencc , if intelligently eJturtod , is great ; they should , therefore , bswaroof raistalicsat the outset of the campaign , and especially should they avoid the transparent designs of those who have no other use for them except to further their own personal ends. The time is approaching whou all good citizens must do their utmost to maintain their own rights and secure an honest and economical administration of public affairs , and wo are confident that the true workingmen will not ho backward , nor allow themselves to be led by the noso. CHEAT MEN. The carl of Fife's father died of drink. The old Fife went on too many toots. The works of "Uncle Remus" are sold on raUway trains in India in cheap paper covers. The Prince ofValc3 is reported to have won 15,000 in cards uuring the Newmarket races. John Hnrt , who drives a baker's wagon in Westohester , Pa. , is a great-grandson of the John Hart who signed the declaration of Independence. Marshal Mediation , ex-president of Franco , now in his eighty-first year , is as fresh as ahoy hey and has never had from a natural cause a day's Illness In his life. Herman Oelrichs , the rich Now York club man and politician , astonished the people of Xoncr Branca recently by swimming three miles out to sea and back. The Lloyd Oshourno , who appears as a col- lahoraieur with Mr. Robert Stevenson in the lattor's last story , "Tho Wrong Box , " is Mr. Stevenson's stepson. Ho is Just twenty-one. Montgomery Sears , the richest man in Boston , has brought suit against tbo city for $4.50 damages done to bis property by Hi eworks during the Fourth of July celebra tion. tion.Mr. Mr. Ruskln was once asked if it would not bo weJ for the Welsh language to die out nnd ho replaced by the English. "God for bid I" ho replied. "The Welsh language is the language of music. Thrre is no genius about the language. Tlio Scotch have got all the fioetry , nnd the Irish all the wit , and how the devil we got Shukcspoaro I do not know. " ' ( ; ] ; The Rev. B. FmDa Costa , rector of the Church of St. John , the Evangelist , in New Yoric , is tlio tenddr-bcarted Christian who sends these worjU.oJ sympathy and cheer to the sufferers nt Johnstown : "It Is time people ple stopped fooni ! with nature and built cities where hojjwill not be drowned out and menaced hVildangorous dams. People who llvo in the trnck of tno flood ought to be required to inalio up for losses if thny are going to _ have lo sfes , and not resort to the old trick of teleqrpj ) loR to the mayor of Now York for funds tn rpliovo their distress , " Joe Jefferson1" ! * ' ; a spiritualist in a very small way , ani ijlj s seen many manifesta tions In hist cgiuAjry house nt Hohokus , which ho has justientcd to a Now Yorker. Ills plantation m quislana was the old ren dezvous of Lafltto nnd his pirate baud. It has the reputation ae well as being haunted and none of the colored servants will venture - turo out after nluhtfall. Wlilttier , it is mud , falls asleep in bin chnlr when visitors begin to praise his poetry. Earthly honors grow less valuable to him as the years wane. i ' STAT15 JOTTINGS. Nobrnskn. The Saline county fair will be held nt Wil- bor September 3 , a and 4. Wolllleot has ft public watering tank nnd a roller flouring mill in orospcct. The old soldiers of Cha o county will hold u reunion at Champion September 14. Two of tha triplets born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Powers , of Schuylor , died recently. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Muadorf , of Herman. Washington county , will celebrate their goldcu'weddlng AuguM , IS. The Cedar Rapids Republican thlnlcn the carpenters of thnt place should form n union nnd strike for mora wngw. Chadron will vote September 3 on n propo sition to Ksua & 0OOQ bonds for funding Iho city's debt and building u city hnll. Siiundcns county fanners near Ashland hnvolhrMhPrt their small grain , om ROlng thirty bushels nnd wheat nftoembuthels to the aero. * " ThcbuMncw men of Hebron Imvo sub scribed ouIUcIcnt funds to purchase weiithcr slsnal flngB , which will ho placed on the court house. J. A. Stcol , for seven years Union 1'neillo station agent nt Rising City , has resigned nnd hns bi'on sucvccdcd hy .1. R. Miunlck , of Slromsburg. W. T. McOinnis , the postmaster nt Mlndcn , has sent his icsignation to Wash ington and lgnod a petition favoring W. I ) . Hart for the odloe. The old settlers of Ktchardson county will hold their fourth nnnual plcnlo August ill mid 11 in a grove on the Nemahn river ho- twceti Dawson and HumuoHlt. John N. Reynolds , who formerly resided at Fullcrton , hut who has .spout the jiast eighteen mouths in tlio Kansas penitentiary , hns Just published a book entitled "A Kansas Hull. " Sheriff Cobble , of ICoya Pnhn county , haa sworn in otto hundred deputies , nnd the town of Sprlngviiiw and surrounding vicinity is patroh'd o.ioh night by Irom twenty-live to lifty of them. The business men of Verdon brame so db- RU .ted with the way uroporty owners al lowed weeds to prow in the central part of town ihnt they mndo up 41 purse mid hired men to cut down the offensive growth. Ii\vi item * . Clinton citizen ! ) are raising 51,000 to Im prove their park. Nineteen marriage UceiHos won ) issued In Sioux City during the month of July. Polk county soldiers nnd Bailers will hold a reunion at Avon Junction August 21 to SI. 'Ihu Davenport saloons have paid Into the city treasury during tlio past six- mouths 83.-15I ) . The first division , Sons of Vetor.uiR , will hold their cnunmpmunt nt Atmuuisa Septem ber - ' . - > to U7. The Young Men's Christian association will petition L ) . L. Moody to bo present t the state convention nt Ottumwa October U to 13. The thrce-.vcar-oht son of D.ir Ilerwlg , of Muscatine. ilied on Thursday fiom the effects of injuries received In u fight with u llvo- year-nlil boy on tlio Saturday previous. An unknown disease is raging among the cattle of Monroe country , ospeelally among the milch cows. The eyes become sore and in many cases the slitlit is destroyed. The eleventh annual meeting of the United Brethren church will bo held in the jrrovo between Mechaaicsville and Lisbon , begin ning August 23 and closing September a. Thomas Rohinsoo , farmer living near Traer , while returning from work in the Hold , was struck by lightning and killed in stantly. Tbo hoi-33 he was riding was also killed. The romantic marriage In Cnlcago of Will Trepanier , son of a leading dry goods mer- ehunt-of Dos Momos. ana Hattie Conrad , daughter of Judge Conrad of the district bench , has nn unhappy sequel. The mar riage was bitterly opposed by Trepanier , senior , while his wlfo has boon anxious to forget nnd forgive and receive the young couple nt home. The outcome has been n breaking up of the Trepanier homo , the father aud mother formally separating : . THK BAK'1'ON OASli The Mouths of the Ocdensburs Con tingent Are Securely Sealed. OonnNsnuuo , N. Y. , Augusts. [ Special to TJIE Bm ! . i The excitement in society cir cles over the IJarton-Uridpos scandal has somewhat subsided. Mrs. Smith , the aunt of Miss Hridges , is at her home in this city completely prostrated by the shock , and was unable to muko any statement to TUB KBE correspondent who called upon her last even ing. ing.Miss Miss Bridges has refused to talk about the matter , notwithstanding the fact that your correspondent showed her the importance of both sides of the matter being given to the public. YoungHamel is in Utica , and pronounces the alleged interview with him mthelsow York World as bogus. I could not get him to talk. talk.Thero There seems to be a general disposition among all interested parties in Ogdonsburg to shield the parties , and to have the matter hushed uj > if possible. This , I find , is owing to the sympathy which everybody fools towards Mrs. Smith. Hamol , though re ported in all the uowspancrs as being a pratly little dude , has sense enough to keep his mouth shut. TEXAS TKA1N ROBBKRS. They Operated , Very Skillfully But Didn't Get Mm > h. FOKT Wonin , TCI. , August 5. At 2 o'clock yesterday morning six masked men stopped the Fort Worth & Denver mail and express , south bound between the Cheyenne water tank and Taseosa. Tlireo men got on tha locomotive and corni > cllud the engineer to pull away from the passenger coacheswhich had been detached by tbo robbers and loft under guard of the other three. After going half a mile they compelled the engineer to leave the locomotive and bring a pick to force opsn the door of the express car. Express Messenger March , seeing what was up , barricaded his doors and Becreted all ex press packages hut three , after which ho let the robbers in under threat of being shot. Thov took ino three packages aim then com- pulled the mail agent to open the door to his car. Ho had hidden all his registered mat- tar but one letter under his sacks. The rob bers got the ono package nnd then opened the mail pouches and scattered the contents on the floor. After doing this work they ordered the engineer to pull out. When they were gene the authorities in several neighboring coun ties were notified and are in pursuit. It is said that the total amount stolen is less than $3,000. The robbers fired twentv or twenty- five shots into the mail and express cars. The passengers were greatly alarmed but none of them were molested in any way. LIVELY COLO UK J ) I ) ALL. IMstoIe , Knives anil Hazorn Knd a Kentucky Dnncu. CINCINNATI , August 5. [ Special Telecrrara to TUB HUE. J At Walton , Ky. , yesterday morning'a dance was given by the colored people of the neighborhood , to which a large number came from other places. The crowd was of a pretty tough character A quarrel arose between two women over a wan whom they both claimed. A fight be tween those dusky am izorm led to a gunor.il battle , in which pistols , Univcs und razors were used. Nearly fifty bhots were llred and nd07.cn participants iu the tow wore wounded , some of them fat-illy. It Is ho- llovod thnt five of them will die. Two of the prominent participants in the affair are being pursued , and if eauglt ) will probably ho beaten to death or lynched by the infu riated negroes. Three NcbruHlcn Appointments. WABIIINQTO.V , August 5. AIUOUK the ap pointments made by the president to-day were the following : William McCann , of Nebraska , register of tlio land onluo at Chad ron , Neb , ; T , l-'rmik Powers , of Nebraska , receiver of public moneys at Chadron , Nob. ; Robert Ashley , of Nebraska , Indian agent at tbo Otnalm and Wlnnebago agency iu Ne braska. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. When Baby wa * riei , we gate her CutorU. When die tru ft Child , hs cri xl for OttorU , When gbo became Kin , oho clunp to Castorla , W1 > 7u ibe uiuf Children , ilia K&VO thorn CutorU REESE'S ' OFFICIAL SHOES. A Rumor That Dllworth Would Llko to Wear Thorn. A PAPSR RAILROAD ABANDONED. The Singular Ailvciituro or Mlnnlo MornnCnpltol Itcecmls Doings nt tlio Court House Iho City In Uriel * . LINCOLN BOIIKAO OFTnitOwAiu. Hsu , ) IttW 1s BTIIBKT , . } LINCOLN , August 5. ) One of tha best Informed politicians of the state , \vlio Is stopping at the Capital hotel , Bi\ld to-day : Hnmcr's candidacy for the supreme bench Is nothing inoroor loss than a boom for Ilntn Connor , of Kearney , for governor in 1890. It is well known thut Dllworth and Post nro open aspirants for higher Judicial honors , mid It is equally well known that Dilworth Is the preferred candidate of the railroads for Reeso's onictnl shoes. Tlio candidacy of Post nnd tinnier is therefore nn open book. It niouiiB anything to beat Rccso. It is tlio old gumc of "thrco pluck one , " or a repeti tion of Iho pluy to defeat Maxwell two yinrs ; nxo. Hamor oxpucts , oy his candidacy , to would influence tor Connor a year Inter. It is intended , also , that ho Bhall bo able to leather hU own nest for "appointment" upon tlio passage of the constitutional amendment Inuieusliii ; the membership of the supreme bench to llvo. Fixing upon Hastings us the place for liolalnw the stnto couvontlou is In- tcudcd to stronpthgn Dlhvorth by giving him the prestige of homo enthusiasm. It Is said thul Post is willing to sacriilcu blinsalf in the hopes of future aggrandizement , ami will turn over to DitwortuaU"turnablodolo- putions" thnt inay bo for htm for llrst choice. Tlio situation is becoming Interesting , and It is altogether probable that the vcuublicaa Btatn convention will bo the most exciting over hold In the stnto In nu off year. A Itnho JJi-trnynl. During the early part of last week car penter by the name of Kline , who then lived on Twelfth street , the third door from S , on the left hand side , went to the depot to meet his wlfo. who was expected from Wichita , Kan. , where ahc boil boon on a visit. She was accompanied by n young girl by the nuino of Minnie IMoran , who was engaged tea a friend of Mrs. Kline's husband. Kline greeted his wife cordially when she alighted from the train , took both his wife's ami Miss Morun's baggage checks and told them ho would send their trunks direi-t to the house. Ho requested Miss Moran to remain nt the ncpot until he returned , and his wlfo took a car for home. "Beeiningly , nothing was thought of the strange request by either of the ladles. A brnkcinan was standing by and when Kline loft the ladles , and the wife had departed , ho accosted tbo girl nnd told her that ICllne intended to rob her of her trunk , nnd requested hnr to step Into the depot hotel and ho would look after tha property. This the girl did. After a time the broke mrui returned to the hotel nnd told her tmit ho had failed to find Kline or her trunk. Ho then registered as W. P , Friel and wife nnd Minnie was shown to room 11. She know nothing of the registration , but Pnel effected an entrance into her room nnd by intimidation accom plished his purpose. The next morning Kline appeared upon the scene and ho told hnr that ho had secured a place for bar to work. It dawned upon her then that she had been victimized , but for fear of losing cast she held her peace regarding her betrayal. She wont to 1033 P street , where she engaged as a domestic , whereupon Kline lof ; his Twelfth street home , his wife nnd children , and engaged board at the sumo place , and his attentions upon Minnie have been HO marked since that they are tha sub ject of remark by the neighbors. The Frlel escapade was known to the police at tbo time , but it is said that because of the nloso friendship between Friol and a high ottlclal in police circles they wore not molested. A Pnpor rtailromt Vncatefl. Two or three \veeks ago THE OKI : men tioned the fact that the citizens on the con templated line of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Pnul railway company , between Niobrara , Knox county , and Atkinson. Holt county , the grade of winch had been made , hact petitioned the attorney general to com mence suit to dissolve Its articles of Incor poration or such proc-edings necessary to vacate nnd abandon the partly constructed road. The attorney general accordingly entered into correspondence with the ofllcials of the road , and ttio following letter clearly indicates with wbatsuccesss : ' MILWAUKBE , Wis. , August it , 1880 , William Loose , Attorney General , Lincoln Dear Sir : This company has abandoned the idea of con structing tbo line of road contemplated from Niobrara in your state , and are -willing to and hereby do abandon , the grada made by them in your state for tbo purpose of such. construction. If it Is necessary tbut any thing more formal should bo executed by the company you can prepare such papers as you desire and forward the same to me and [ will see that it is executed by the company. Kcspoctfully Yours , JOHN W. CABBY. General Councillor. Records at the Capitol. The governor to-day made the following notarial nppointmonts : W. E. Mitchell , Vol ley. Ord county ; M. A. Pllng , Cordovu , Stw- ard county ; C. C. Smith , Exeter , Fillmore county ; Horace U. Uoyles , Omaha , Douglas county. The Commercial State Bank , of Benedict , York county , filed articles of Incorporation in the ofllco of the secretary of ttato to-day Huslncss commences August 1R. Authorized capital stock f 10,000. Ineonmrntors : J. F. McUonaughy , J , W. Harnos , K. 1 * . Warner , K. il. Woods , Ellon. McConuughy and O. > , Woods. The cmo of the Union Pncldo Uallwny Company vs. Ira D. Martin , on nn eiror from the district court of Buffalo county , was dookoted for trial In the auprouio court to * day. nt the Court flnunn. Hnbort Olcun , the well-to-do Irish farmc who resides near University Place nnd of whoso mnlndy Tun 13nn gava an accurate de scription recently , wan before the board of Insane commissioners again to-day. It scorns that ho has grown uorso since his former ex amination , when n guardian was appointed to look after him nnd his property , and after rehearing the ca c the commissioners do * clilcd to send him to the asylum. Ho insists that his homo is the abode of witches and Unit ho wants to got away from It , Frrd Darling fllod a complaint in the county court against Marooy & Wright , pro prietors of the Kxchango hotel , West Lin coln , to-day , charging thorn with soiling mortgaged property without the consent of thu mortgagee. It is Raid by parties in a po sition to know , thnt the complaint Is r. piece of spite work on Darling's part , and that It will not stick. _ City News nnil Notes. J. P. Walton has just finished a now map of Lincoln. J. H , Crocker died this morning nt 3:30 : o'clock from erysipelas. Ho was slsty-sovon years of ngo und leaves his family well pro vided for after n long lifo of usefulness. William Hhodo , meat and live stock inspec tor , haa u horse stolen Saturday night whlla attending the Indian show nt Gurilold park. The horse wns found to-day tied to a post at the corner of Sixteenth nnd P streets bv Officer Green , Hut the thief is still a frca man. Conductor Tom Ryan and wlfo have gene to Denver , called thlthor by the death of Mrs. Uytin's father. They wore accompanied ny Mrs. Sid Whoolcr , the wife of R well known Burllncton engineer aud one of Mrs. Kyan's sisters. The Omaha nnd Milwaukee Icajruo base ball teams will piny a postponed game In Lincoln on next Friday. It Is suld that it the game is liberally Patronized the St. Joseph , Denver nnd St. Paul clubs will cross bats hero with the O in ah as before the season loocs. The German Catholics of Lincoln will glvo B grand festival nt Oar Held park on next Wednesday. August 7. The occasion will bo a memorable ono und the public is cordially invited to bo present. O. J. King , of Chicago ; S. M. Hngon , of Blue Hill ; W. C. Henry , of Fnirinouth ; J II. Pntton. of Beatrice , nnd J. J' . Price , of Hastings , wore among the prominent No- braskaus in Lincoln to-day. HIP VAN aiNKMi'S OPPOSITE. A Mnn Wlio IlnHii't Slept For Seven teen Years. NEW Yonit , August 5. fSpoclal Telegram to TUB BKE.I A sensational paper this morning publishes the story of a man named John C. Colins , of Kansas City , who , it is said , nas not slept for years , the nearest approach preach being a semi-unconscious state In which bo does not lose the sense of surround ings. Collns claims to have been uador the doctor's care on the Pacific const , but cot no relief. He worked for a year In San Fran cisco as a tinsmith and traces his insomnia tea a cold caught while working In that city. Describing his trouble Collns suys : "For seventeen years I can truthfully say that I have not had a single night of refresh ing sleep. During a period of three weeks I hnvo not closed my eyes , und those at tacks of insomnia have been succeeded by a semi-unconscious state during four or five nights. While in that condition I was always aware of. my surrounding. The slightest noise in the house or outside would rouse me to intense consciousness nndvakeful - ness , so I got no rest except that given my body by reclining on n bed or sofn. though I would toss about in ngony because sloop did not como to mo. To mo it seemed as If everybody avoided me , and at times I bo- llevcd that nil who cumo in contact with mo fairly hated the unfortunate wretch who could not Bleep. Ofconrso this wns hallu cination nnd nn Indication of Incipient In sanity. and I have often wondered that I did not go cnizv. My health , however , has con tinued good ull these years , though at times my memory is defective , especially regurd- iug recent events. I read a great deal and am fond of taking long walks in hopni of tirin ; my system out so as to induoo sloop. While at a sanitarium in Buffalo , where I recently passed two months , I gained thirty pounds in weight. " The opinion hero is that the mau is getting ready to enter a dime museum. Flfty-Tlirco Days Without rood. INDUNATOLIS , Ind. , August 5. [ Special to THE BEK.I Uobort Marvel's \vondcrful fast still continues. Ho has now gene llfty-throo days wlthoutnourishmcntof any kind except water. He is eighty-four years old. Thcro is little doubt that ho is growing weaker. Ywtorday he submitted to a clinngo of cloth ing without any resistance for the first time since his strange afllictlon began. His rela tives think ho will survive ton days longer. ' SWIFT'S Si'ucii'ic is a crcat bless ing to humanity , " snvs Mr. P. E. Gor don , of 725 tJroud Street , Nnshvillo , Tonn. , "for it cured mo of rheumatism of a very bud typo , with which I had been troubled for three or four yours. S. S. S. cured mo after I hud exhausted everything olso. "LIKE AS IT WERE A MOTH THAT FRETTETH A GARMENT , " so will the free alkali , to which many powerful soaps owe their strength , destroy your clothing. Professor Silliman , of Yale College , says , "The IVOHV SOAP is of remarkable purity. . . . . as a laundry toap it has no superior. " A WORD OF WARNING , There are many white soaps , each represented to be " just as good as the MvwyV * they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar aul iemarkable qu lit ! * of tha genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it. Couvrlsht 1830 , by 1'roctcr i