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.ATOPW 0 , THJB JDAILY BEE. E. KOBHWATEH , Kdllor. KVBUY MOHNIfla. TERMS OF BUriBCntPTTON. * . ForSlx Month * . . . . . , , . . , . , . . . 600 forThre * Month * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2M TnoOmah Bunclfty tyee , mal ao $ nf ndtlress , Ono Year . 809 YT kljr DfuiOno Yctr. , . : . . . , , , . , . 800 Orosni nfllM. Ute JialMIng , N. VI , Corner Bercntc nth and Kynara Strculn. Cnlonffo Oltlrfl , MT Mookery rtnlMIn * . NeirlW OfDc * , Bpoms | i ana 16 Trlbw * BoiMinir. WMlungton Offleo. No. 613 Fourteenth Btr et , All communication * r latln to nswa And edt- torlal maucr should li addroiied to tha Editor of th * Una . All bu < ln F letters and remittances abould b a4lrein d to The Ilco PnblUhlnn Compnnr. Omann I > rafm , chocks and pontolHce ordrs tel l > om dep yabt to the order of tbe icmpanr. The Bee PnWhlilDECiiiany , Proprietors , BK Building Farnam and Boventoonth Sts. THE 11EI2. Sworn Htn < nniont of Circulation. _ " " ptote of Nebraska , I County of Uouglas. f ' OcorRo 13. Tzschuclc , nerrolnryof Tlio net PublUnlmt Companf , aocs oolemuly snenr tint the actual circulation of TUB luil/y HER tot the week ending August 3 , JiH9 , v , as n tollowsi BuruJay. July S3 . IH.KX ) MoiulaJulrJ . , . . . , . 18,581 Turndnf. .lulylW . . . . , . . . . . . , , .Ml9 Wedne/day. July 31 . . . . ! .JHW Thursday , Auguitl. . , . . . . . . . , . , . . . , . . . 1H , : > 76 KridaT. Angust . . . , . , . . . . . .IS.noi Baturiluy , August 3 . 18,684 Average. . , , . 18,018 GKOHOR n. TZSCHUOK. Bworn to before me and suoicrlbed to In my presence thlsSd dnr of Aimnat , A. 1) ) . 1BSU. IHeal. ] N. I . Ft ! U Notary 1'ubll ? . State of Nebraska , I County of Douglng. f 8S > OeorRo It. Tzscliuck , bolng duly nworn , de- popes and H ys that lie IB secretary of The lies Publishing company , that tbo actual average dally circulation of Tnu DAll.r BKK for the month of August. 1888 , i , isi copies ; for Sep tember , 1838 , 1H.IB1 copies ; for October 1888 , 18.084 copies ; for November , 1888. 18,030 copies ; for December , 1888 , 18 , 1 copies ; foi January , 1880 , 18ri74 , ooploa : for Kobruary. 1889 , 18.tna copies ; for March , 18S9 , J8.8M copies ; for April , 18M > , 18.W copies ; for May , 18i , 18,099 coplet ; for Juno. 18 9 , 18,858. copies ; for July. 1B89 , 18,733 copies. OKO. U.TrsoiiucK. Hworn to before me and subscribed In my presence Ibis 3d day of August , 18& ) . N. P. FT.II , Notary Public. Tnu contractors will now have a pull at the now city hull plans. Tni5 draft horse and the fat stock ex hibitions should bo harnessed together. THE BCfUpers are toaplng a golden harvest from the snlo ot harvest excursion - . sion tickets by the railroads. WllKN John Shopman gets homo ho f can take his povenpo bv twisting the British lion's tail for the indignity ft oJTored blra by English custom bouso ofllcers in going through his thirteen trunks , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ HKI.KNA ought to ba the capital of Montana if for no other reason than for ' the spontaneous generosity of its pee * plo , who came to the Assistance ot Spot keno before the embers ot the disas trous drain that city had died out. OMAHA has made a gratifying ex hibit in the pork packing returns for the flrst week of August. As compared with the record last year there is again of thirty thousand up to date , and within a'weokor two Omaha will round out the number of hogs packed this sca- I- Bpn at a good half million. SUTEllINTENDKNT OF THE CENSUS PORTKK has already received ono hun dred thousand applipatlons-to fill the places of the forty thousand census . enumerators to go into the field in June. But this should not dater the rest of the people of this country from tiling thnlr applications , Tboro is always room at , tbo tpp , , Tim long protracted strike in the coal regions of Illinois wil ) soon be terraii natcd by the efforts of the arbitration committee of business men to whom the dispute was referred. Their decision gives the minors a slight victory over the mine owners , and as both sides arc tired of the struggle , tl o minors will bo tempted to accept the compromise. professes to hold in profound contempt everything that is published about tha police or the conduct of police odlcora. He appears to delight in insulting reporters and treating them with discourtesy , This only shows a lack of qualities that q man in Captain Boavoy's position should possess. Politeness is a cheap com * raodlty nnd when an officer doesn't know how to treat oiUwns politely , ha only demonstrates tbat he is unfit for tbo place ho holds. THE mishap in Newport harbor to the bran no cruiser Boston , which , knocked a liolo ton feet long in its bottom tom , Is said to have been d.uo to tha -naval regulation forbidding ships of \rar to take on a pilot in United States portsAs it is quite- evident that the eoanwndorB ol our navy are unfamiliar vrith tbo sunken rocks and currents in our harbors , it would bo a big saving ol dollars and conta to tbq country , ii nothing oUo , to repeal this regulation before our naval oftlcors send a million dollar craft to tbo bottom of the sea. THE call issued by Chairman Walker for a mooting of the Jnter-stato Com * morco IKullway association nexl wool ; is significant of trouble ahead. Wo pointed out some days ago that tha railroad situation had a critical aspect , and the development of a serious phasa has not come sooner than was expected , The uncmostionablo fact is that there h a great deal of discontent with the ex isting conditions , nnd those roads whlcli feel that they are not getting a f air sho\v under the prevailing arrangements are determined to find a way to place themselves in a more favorable po sition. It has taken a great effort to curb the tendency of the managers o ! such roads to proceed to radical meas ures , and every day weakens tbo force of such effort For this situation of af fairs tbo Chicago & Alton Is very largely , if not wholly , responsible. Thai company uppoara disposed to aggravate tbo difficulties and increase the com plications regardless of consequences. As its policy and conduct are no longot subject to the jurisdiction of the rail way association , it Is only a Ques tion of tllno when otber roads will with draw and take tholr chances in u rate war. The cnblo account pt Ilia anpoyanco to which Senator nnd Mrs. Efhorrnqn were subjected by tbo inspection of their baggage to London is both amus ing nnd suggestive. It la easy tq undgr- Btflml tbat tbo distinguished 89nntor would regard the proceeding us some thing of an indignity , nft.er having ap prised the oflloiala of his lojontlty and assured them that the bnRBaff ° co" tallied nothing dutiable. Moreover , this bnggago had pas&od without DIO- Icstation through several countries in which ountoms officials are proverbially vigilant nnd cus toms rules notably rigid. Bu , his indignant reflections must have been tempered with the thought that in hla own country bo and everybody else who enters it , bo ho prlnco or peasant , sopa- tor or scullion , must bo subjected to a like annoyance } f tlio customs ofllclals do their duty. One can easily fancy tbo senator posing ) n a dlgnlllod attitude and with frowning mien viewing the .progress of the search by alioo hands through f.ho linen atd ) hosiery , tbo lace and ribbons , and all the variety of arti cles that go to tbo making of a lady's wardrobe , and it will bo strange if the cartoonists do not find in this incident of the senator's foreign tour material for a striking picture. Its amusing side is certainly obvious enough. The suggestive feature of the Inci dent is not so much in the fact that it occurred in the homo of free trade OH in the circumstance that the system of close ana careful inspection is ut least measurably due to an unfortunate habit of American citizens traveling in Eu rope. Apcording to Mr. Chauncoy Dopgw , who in this matter must bo supposed to have spoken seriously , Americans who visit the continent often maka a ppiqt of purchasing largo quantities of old. silver and try to smuggle it. The discovery of this American penchant resulted in tin order , now tor several years In force , requiring that all baggage from tbo continent shall be searched , special at tention being [ jivon , it is naturally pre sumed , to the baggage of Americans. England levies a duty of one shilling and six pence pec ounce on silver plate manufactured outside of the United Kingdom , thus affording a rather liberal measure of protection to her manufac turers of silver plute , nnd it is because of theuttempts of his follow-countrymon to evade this protective feature of England's fiscal policy tbat Senator Sherman's luggage was thoroughly overhauled. The revelation that American travelers in Europe have been guilty of smuggling is not in itself a pleasant ono , but in any event the Ohio senator could not consistently object to a system 'abroad of which he fully approves at homo. There Is this to bo said , however , in disapproval of a part of tbo proceeding , namely , thalj there was no excuse for destroying property. Tbo customs officials should at least have bad the courtesy , after verifying the statement of Senator Sher man tha his baggage contained nothing dutiable , to roatoro everything as nearly as possible to the condition in which they found it. Manifestly these English customs ofllcials need to bo in structed it ) what is just and respectful to the traveler whoso possessions fall under their inspection , and in this re- speot , doubtless , the average American official in like service would afford them a good example. Senator Sherman's reported disgust at , this incident of bis travels bos doubtless by this time worn away under the soft ening influence of tbe distin guished consideration he is re ceiving on all han.ds , iqd hla numerous friends and admirers will learn with pleasure that ha is showing an un wonted geniality of manner , The truth , is that the senator is a far more genial man than bo is gonorallv credited with being. A month hence bo will return and reappear in tbo political arena to do aggressive and valuable work for tbo republican cause in Ohio , WYOMWQ'3 CONVENTION. A convention to fraino a state consti tution for Wyoming will moot at Cheyenne - onno on tbo first Monday in September. At tbo election of last year for delegate in congress tbe vote in Wyoming was in round figures eighteen thousand , which , by tbo ordinary rule of computa tion , gave tbo territory a population at that time of ninety thousand. The num ber nt present is doubtless not loss than ono hundred thousand , The territory contains an area ot about nlnoty- eight thousand square miles , about equal to that of New York , Obio , Now Jersey and Dolowaro com bined. Tbo resources uro great ( And very diversified , Tbe grazing field * are said to be unsurpassed on the conti nent. Tliero is an abundant supply of timber. The coul area of the territory covers moro tban nineteen million acres. It la behoved that tbo oil fields are not equalled elsewhere in the coun try. Tha iron deposit is described in a report of tbo senate committee on terri tories as truly wonderful. There are eoda deposits covering hundreds ot acres , and said to bo the most extensive discovered on the con tinent. Gold , silver and copper mines are found in the territory. Mar ble , granite and sandstone of excellent qualities for building purposes are abundant. In a word , so far us natural resources are concerned , Wyoming is most richly supplied , and with the moans of development provided her growth.n material prosperity and in population could not fall to bo rapid. For tbo purpose of agricultural devel opment Wyoming will require an extensive - tensive system of Irrigation , but this will not ho so difficult to provide as'in some other arid sections. It is esti mated that from tan to twelve million acres of the arid lands of the territory may bo reclaimed with tha water found in the streams in the terri tory. The soil is fertile , and wherever irrigated becomes exceptionally pro ductive. There is no doubt that agri culture can be successfully prosecuted with an adequate system of Irrigation , but the wealth ot the territory will bo derived from its great mineral re sources , Thu people of Wyoming are anxious for statehood , and they will urge tholr claim to con sideration upon the next congress wltb vigor. They nront n disadvantage Jn J.hp a r.pt pqpgla.- , ion. Tlio ratio of representation un der the next census } a ' oxpsctQd lQ bo two hundred thpusand'and. It } n hardly to bo expected that under tbo most favorable - vorablo conditions Wyoming wll ( have the p9pulation required for a i-epro- sontntlvo in congress during the life time ot the flfty-firat congress. Pro visions may , however , bo made by that cpngrpss nn very Hkojy will bo , for the admission of tbo territory when | t has the required population , which it may have within the next throe or four years. In point ot size Wyoming will bo the eighth state in the union , and in respect of resources she will rank high In the list. Her ouorgqtlq people will spare no effort to attain the boon of statehood. AS TO fniS VtflOff DKl'DT. If the proposition to construct a union depot nt a cost ot ever four hundred thousand , conditioned upon the city building a two hundred thousand dollar viaduct ever the tracks on Tont/h street , hnd been nindo ten years ngo , or oven five years ago , It would have carried by acclamation. To-dny there is a very general aversion to donating any bonus to tbo railroad companies for giving this city metropolitan Jonot accommo dations. The prevailing BOutimoat is that Omaha is largo enough to command proper railway transfer nnd depot facili ties without subsidizing tbo railroads. On sober reflection , however , wo be lieve tbe people who are most interested in Omaha's future growth will roach the conclusion that ono hundred and fifty thousand dollars is , after nil , a tri fling bonus , if wo can do away forever with the annoying and damaging embargo barge that has hold back Omuha for twenty years , nnd make the going in and out of this city safe and convenient. Tbo proposition as submitted Is still crude and cannot carry unless it is coupled with gunrantys tbat will assure beyond a doubt the joint occupancy of the depot by tbe Iowa roads , The basis of this guaranty is outlined in the letter of tbo president of the Milwaukee & St. Pnul railroad. There must bo definite stipulations be tween the city nnd the Union Pacific that the bonds asked for will bo with hold until tbo Iowa roads hnvo accepted the conditions for joint occupancy of the depot. Aii indemnity bond signed by the depot company and responsible backers must bo placed in tbo hands of the mayor before ho signs a quit claim to tbo depot grounds. NEBRASKA CITV > S COMPLAINT The Nebraska City News charges the Omaha dailies with treachery and con spiracy in their unxioty to injure Ne braska City and its , hog packing inter est. According to our amiable con temporary down the river , tbo Omaha papers have an agreement to suppress from tbo Associated press reports any reference to Nebraska City's packing house records. The truth of the matter is that the Associated press does not send to Omaha or any other town the weekly re ports of pork packing that are made up for the Cincinnati Price Current. These reports are wired from Cincin nati exclusively to THE BEE for this section , and like tbo bulk of the so- called special dispatches that appear in other Omaha dailies , are stolen bodily from the telegraphic columns of THE BEE. BEE.Under Under the circumstances it is absurd to talk about a conspiracy or compact to injure Nebraska City , if anybody is to blame for omitting the Nebraska City figures from his telegrams to THB BEE it is the reporter in Cincinnati , Wo pay for all these dispatches and certainly would have no design 1 sup pressing news wo pay for. The proof of this is that THE BEE has published tbo Nebraska pity packing record for last week- Previous to that Nebraska City's quotation had boon included under the general heading of "all others , " which raounsall packing points that are not enumerated specifically. Without consulting any of the parties to the alleged conspiracy we fool quite sure tbat tbe Omaha dailies will quote the figures for Nebraska City whenever they nro wired-to TUB BEE. The scis sors conspirator does not discriminate , THE success of the Sioux commission in its negotiations for tbo opening o | eleven millions ot virgin soil can not fail to be of inostimablo'bonefit to Ne braska. There will bo added to the area of the state an irregular strip just north of tbe Niobrara and Kbya Paba rivers comprising five hundred thous and acres of good farming and stonk raising land within the counties ol Holt , Knox and Koya Pull a. The open ing to settlement , however , of tbq great reserve in Dakota is of prime im portance. Within a very few years the vast tract will ba peopled with a farming population and dotted with thriving towns which will bo largely dependent upon tbo cities of Nobraski for markets in tbo interchange of com modities , Tbo people of. Niobrara bavo therefore good reasons to fool jubilant ever the prospects before thorn , OTho situation of tbat city at the juncture of tbo Niobrara with the Mis souri rivers , togottior with its railroad connection through Dakota , makes it a1 oncn the gateway into the now lands , Tbo long looked for extension of tha Fremont , Klkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad from Verdigris into that city a distance of loss than twonty-fivo miles under the circumstances can not bo de layed much longer. This would place Omaha in a direct line with Southern Dakota and the Sioux reservation , and give the merchants of this city the key to the trade of tbo northwest. DEMOCRATIC papers are trying tc make capital out of the action of the commander of the revenue Duttor Itusli in putting a "prize crew" of but one man on the Canadian vessel Black Dia mond. They hint tbat ho followed "In structions from Washington with nc other object than to allow tbo captured vessel to escupo and so keep tbo case out of the courts. " Nothing , however could bo farther from the truth. Th < placing of a single man on board th < Black Diamond with instructions ta order that schooner to report at Sltka was in stfTdtHaccorilanco with internal tlonal law And the custom among nations. Thttvossol wtw not seized nor conflscntodjby.tho revenue cutter but was ordered to report to the nearest American port , where nn examination coud bo hold ? The plwjng of a man aboard thoTBlack Diamond was equiva lent to n summons to court and is BO con strued in .DRynl circles. The aovlon , however , ftf the , commander ol tbo plftcl ? Diamond , in breaking his. parole by sailing Into Victoria , amounts to n contempt ( of "court. Secretary Blalno yvpqld bo justified In requesting British authorities to turn this vessel over for tbo purpos6 of investigating thq charges against it , and Great Britain would hardly refuse to comply wlthsucii a formal demand. Tun biggest wrestling match of thq season takog place thid fall when Omaha will hold her municipal election , Chicago's Imtcst Annpx. Chicago Jfcict , Mr. Martin Durko la the latest triumph of Chicago's annexation movement. tbe Cots of Kilkenny. Detroit TrHwn * . When tlio Now York Sun is wadlntr into Cleveland , nnd the Bt. Louis Uopublto Is knocking out Hill nt tbo same time , tbo answer to tbo bourbon cry , "Got together I" Bcoma to bo coming right down through tbo roof. Beyond the lloncli of Salt or HiiRar. Salt w on1 1 save either the salt trust itself or tbo sugar trust , or any of the tribe , unless such , and such only , as are founded on fair , honorable , equitable principles of trade. No trust founded on the "crushing out" policy or "freezing out" policy can llvo in this country. Tboy Can Appreciate Him. Chicago Tribune. There is no inslnccrty or hollowness in tbo welcome the people of England are bestow ing upon the emperor of Germany. Ho is ono of the fo\v grandchildren of the queen capable of earning his own living without any help from the English treasury. What Alabama Meeds. St. Loitti Qlalic-Dcinotrat. A democratic paper in Alabama says that "it looks now as if the next twelve months would witficss the dawn of a now era" In the politics of that state. An era which will cut down the democratic vote and drive the bourbons out of power is what Alabama needs just now , and it needs this sort of an era "bad. " The 8rlt , of the AVcst. ft'au w Cltjj limes , Washington'Msi boon almost as unfortu nate as Pennsylvania. Seattle , Holonsburg and Spokane Fall * have been destroyed by 11 ro. But the citizens of all the unfortunate towns have dispjayed the same spirit which marked the people of Chicago after the great Are , and they witl'riso as Chicago did. "What ; jrottho Perquisites ? Kfijitru Cttv Journal. Emperor Wiljiam has conferred upon bis "most Illustrious grandmother" the com mand of the Firs uragoon guards of Berlin , In view of thai straitened circumstances of the Encllsh royal family , the Ural inquiry of tbo illustrious igraudrnothor is apt to bo : What perquisites are ottached to the po , i tlon ] . , ' ? ' "Whither Are Wo Drifting ? Conn Ptatt , All the woes that bavo afflicted humanity for a thousand years of abuse in Europe are being bolns ; rapidly concentrated here. Time was , within the memory of living men , when wo had two millionaires to wonder at , and deaths from starvation nnd suicides from despair were unknown. Our telegraph sys tem belongs to one man. The amount of money paid over to private interests and taken yearly from the masses under the name of a tariff is largo enough yearly to liquidate the national dobt. THE INDUSTRIAL Tbe Canton ( O. ) watch firm employs 3,000 bands. , England's biggest ship has 14,000 horse power. Chinese control San Francisco broom man ufacture. They say twenty-Jive men will soon own all railroads. Bakers averaged $3.20 in 1871 and aver aged $12,95 in 1889. English metal works do not admit for eigners to their shops. Retailers complain of shoo manufac turers running retail stores. Grcenvlllo ( Teii ) grocers were Indicted for forming a coal oil trust. Boston has a 1,433 pound leather belt , 15 { foot long and 43 inches wide. New York claims the best diamond cutters. They make fOO per week. Tbo stream sent by a Hartford flro engine boats tbe world , going 043 feet. Hungary bas cut railroad faros to 12 ana 16 cents for flftoon and twenty miles. Tne Italian cruiser Bardcgena has the largest steam engine. It Is four-triple ex- pension nnd has 25,000 uorso-powor. They say Buenos Ayres , South America , is a good place to settle. The strdots are of granite. The police ore Indians. Board costs f3 per day ; coal t20 per too. It claims the finest driving park. There is a colliery nt Ballycastlc , on the northern coast of Ireland , whore coal has boon worked forebmo years. It ( s of fairly good quality , butH'tho ' men who work it are paid mlserable' Vftges. The mining opera tions consist pf $ } 88lofi Into tbo side of a mountain which- appears to consist almost wholly of coal , x'io Out In Novndu'Electricity ' runs tbo very deep mines and lla " increased production 25 per cent. The tflMmvho work ! i,100 foot deep ivo about two .ye&rs. Notwithstanding tbo fact that they w6rU > only two hours per day , they get moro piy than the eight-hour roeu. They work flfte h''tnlnutos and rest forty- five. * ' ' " In Natal , South''Africa ' , there U a demand for a few good workmen , but the labor mar ket there Is ncaclyiJUlod up , notwithstanding the glowing accounts that oouw fro'n South Africa. Tbo wajje'sln Natal are $3 per day. ( In Johannesburg the wages are (4.BO to fO 2C per day , but tbo cost of living Is from f 3.75 o week to 13.12 per day. The International Labor congress at Borne has boon postponed until next spring. Spain allows children from nine to thir teen to work flvo hour * daily , from thirteen to eighteen eight hours. English ironworkers are agitating "no Sunday work" uud "iivo days per week with Monday off. " Great Britain's 1,500 co-oporutlvo unions have 993,483 members. In 1833 , $17,072,033 profit was made on sales of $183,675,225. Ono hundred and twentjftivo thousand , one hundred dollars wore devoted to education and 133,500 to cbarity. A new gun factory is to bo started in Flor ence , , Muss. , to employ about 400 men. Hart , of that city , has appropriate 11,000 for sports on Labor Day. Nearly all the suburban towni In } 2n gland nnd Ireland nro becoming absorbed Into the Jarger towns. One roAsoq advanced for this is that working people ot all kind * obtain hlijhor Wngoi in the largo olttas and are ml- qrptlug to t ern In numbers. STATE AND Nebraska Jottings. Crawford has unanimously vptod bonds for $10,000 waterworks. The Fairmont district fair will bo hold Au. gust 97 , 88 , 39 and 80. George W. Banker , nn pld resident of Val paraiso , died ouddonly on the 6th tnat , Clmrloi 13. liarbQr , of Hmprson , has been engaged as principal of the Oakland school for ' , ho coming year. Tbo Presbyterian ladles of Hastings are trying to secure Hov. T , DoWlttTalmugofor n lecture In September , Ohaso county ho * sent JUQRO Burke east with several thoUinnd circulars to advertise that section of Nebraska. William Mumper , n Keith county farmer , and dls wife were poisoned by eating canned beef , but both Will recover. Boy burglars made tovoral raids on ntorci nt Oakland , but were captured , made restitu tion and allowed to go free , A labor paper , the Workman , has made its appearance at Grand Island uid will ailvo , pate Henry George's doctrines. Cigaretlo-smoklng boys caused the de struction by ilroof two barns aud tholr con tents at Huiuboldt the other day. The Presbyterians of Tokamuh are in luck. A. E. Wells having mndo them n donation of (1,000 towards building a church , The dry goods house of W. L. Frew at Sutten has been closed by the sheriff on an attachment in favor of Armstrong & Co. , ot York. Abraham Thomukins , a Methodist minis ter located In Logan county , has been de clared insane and Is In the custody of the sheriff at Gundy. James M. Smith , familiarly known as "Denver" Smith , ono of the llrst settlers ot Hastings , died of paralysis on the Uth , aged sovontv-flvo years. While looking for matches In the dark Mrs. A , Danlolson , living near Oaldand , fell doxvn collar and broke her thigh. Her injuries mny prove fatal. A camper who had pitched his tent under a cottonwooa tree at Oakland was knocked insensible by a bolt ot lightning which shat tered the tree into Kindling \\ood. A hail Rtorm in Douol county Wednesday lasted fully an hour nnd did considerable damage , although Its path was very narrow. Many windows were broken at Cbnppol , and bail fell to the depth of four inches. Sheriff I'onn , of Custor county , raided a gambling den at Broken Bow , forced the proprietor to return his winnings to tbo own ers and then placed him under arrest. The ludgo fined the gambler $100 and ordered all bis apparatus coullscated. "Din you know , " said a well known gen tleman to u Nebraska City News reporter , "that where now stands the building and tin store of H. Alrd & Co. that Attorney Gen eral Leoso , of this state , used to konn : i cigar stand 1 Well , ho did , and dispensed law with his cigars. " Iowa Items. The government building at Keokuk is complete and only lacks the furniture. The Twenty-fourth Iowa infantry will hold its reunion at Marion , September 18 nnd 19. While stacking bay near Reaanor , Wallace Martin was instantly killed by tbo falling of a derrick. , The plans for the now $30,000 Christian church at DCS Moincs have been completed and accepted. Gcorgo M. Maxwell , ot Cambridge , an ox * member of the state senate aud bouso of representatives , died last week of paralysis , Oskaloosa Knights ot Pythias are minting great preparations for the meeting of the grand lodge and encampment August U and 14. The work of changing the Kldd distillery at 1)03 Moines Into a malt house has been commenced. It will have a capacity of 1,400 bushels of malt per day , Pivo of the most prominent horses at Cleve land last week were from Iowa Axtol , Al- lorton , Pennant , Lillian and Key Wilucs , al though the latter is now owned in Chicago , Mrs. Sarah Whlto , a Muscatino girl , was recently married in Now York to J. H. McKenncl , a wealthy Fuo Janeiro planter , and the happy couple Uaro sailed for their southern home by way of England. J. S. Smith , of Manchester , shipped from Clarence roccntly a car load of blind horses , destined for Oregon and Washington for use in elevators in that region. U'hU makes the fourth car load of horses of this kind shipped there , and completes his order. Mr. Smith says it is quito a difficult job to find blind horses tnat are otherwlso sound , their blind ness usually being the result of some sick ness , over boating or other Injury. The annual reunion of the members of the famous Twenty-fifth Iowa infantry roaimont will be hold at Washington September 25 nnd 20. At the tlmo of the mustering in of this rogim nt George A. Stone , of Mount Pleasant , was its colonel. Ho subsequently became General Stone. Tuo regiment held a memorial reunion at Mount Pleasant four years ago , whoa 180 of its survivors were present. Tlio Two IMkotns. Vermllllon needs fifty now houses. Tyndall business men bavo organized to advertise the town , Natural gas has boon struck at a depthof fifty feet near Mollctto. The machinery for the steam grist mill at Doll Uapids bas arrived and boon put in placo. A planlncr mill company has been organized at Sioux Falls , and work on the plant will be commenced at onco. Charles H. Clarkson tried to fltop a bull fight near Grank Forks , and was so badly gored by ono of the animals that ho died. According to Judge Moody more grain is raised in tlio Black Hills off forty acres of irrigated land than on 100 acres that is loft to the mercy of tbe average rainfall. About 450,000 bushels of wheat wore ship ped from Eureka last year. On account of the largely Increased acreage , it Is estimated that n greater quantity will bo shipped this year , A young Icelander named Hanson mot witn a terrible death near Milton. Ho was mowing in a meadow when the team ran away , throwing him In front of the knives. Before tie could racover his foot tbo norsoa had run ever htm , and the kulvos completely severed the head from the body. Ho was unmarried , and was formerly employed at the Farmers' hotel in Milton. ANOTHKH IJ1O KOUOKH. A Now Vork Street Oar President In ft Felon' * Oell. NEW YOHK , August 8. ( Special Telegram to TUB BBC. ] Ebon Alien , president of the Forty-second and Grand Street Ferry rail road company , who was nrrestod Wodnonday afternoon , is in a common felon's cell with the UK'ly churgo confronting him of having Torgod thu signature of a former president nnd treasurer of the company to certificates for stock , and with having hypothecated tlicso and converted the prooaods to his own uso. His fraudulent transactions certainly amount to ever $140,000 at the market value of the stock , and they may roach $225,000. Thu story of Allen's operations is another of the o oft-recurring illustrations of the almost reckless confidence in humanity with which largo financial transactions are conducted , Allen was taken to the Tombs police court thin morning and after somu delay was held in 11)0,000 ) bonds , In default of which ho was locked up , Allen admits of issuing 700 shares of stock and getting the benefit of it , but denied the forging of the signatures of John Green and Charles Curtis , former presidents of thu road. When the charge of over-Issue of stock was road to Allen , tie replied bo was guilty of the charge , but domed he had committed forgery , Allen states tbat his partner in the iron com pany , Ferdinand Koefolo , was In no way con nected with the guilty transactions. Wuhnnli Blnkeu n Gooil Blinwlntf. NBW YOHK , August 8. Too first month of tbo new Wabash company ended July 31 , and the results wore extremely gratifying , The earnings of tbe consolidated system were u h heavier than tha aifgrogato of both sy&Toms east and west of the Mis sissippi during June , and were 1134,594 heavier thaa tboso of both systems a year go. THE CAPllAl CITY .GRIST , A. Mooting pf the Stnto Board of Transportation. STATE INSTITUTION REPORTS The I/ona Marsh Onsc MlnncApolIn flullillna Asnoolatlon Klvo Novr Notaries i'ubllo. LiucoMt Uoniua or riniOu&ru.ltsa , ) 1039 P STHBUT , V biScoLN , Augusts. J The state 1 > oanl of transportation mot to day us per adjournment , to complete tlio work of the last regular mooting. It > vlll bo remembered tUnt It was practically decided then tnnt "switching charges' ' should bo qbollshed , and n motion , was made to that effect. The opinion , however , prevailed that the rotuls had abolUhod them of tholr own nccord , and that Injustice might not bo done the board of secretaries was Instructed to visit Omaha and Investigate the matter , It scorns that the secretaries found that tbo Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railroad company taxed shippers 31,50 per car for n short transfer of stock to the yards , mid after a very pleasant discus sion tbo board decided by a unani mous vote , the necessary motion hav ing been made , that such charges should bo lopped off , and the order was made for service upon the road. The board then took up the petition of the Hurhngton asking for a rehearing on tlio "crossing" question , decided In the report of Secretary Gllltlson , on the complaint of Lnn > castor county against the Burlington , pray ing for a crossing on A street. On motion of n member of the board It was decided that the question should be decided at n special meeting. It seemed to ba the fooling Unit a day for consideration was necpsinry. At torney General Lcoso took a decided stand against any further postponement. Other members , among the number Auditor Uon- ton and Commissioner Steen , thought a spirit of fairness demanded that lutolligenco should mark every vote , nnd to give Justice to ono and all , with prejudice for none , that the attorney * should bo heard nnd the question decided then whether or not n rehearing should bo granted , Tbo attorney-general took the position that further postponement was simply time lost ; that the matter , in any event , would go to the supreme court , and that It ought to go there at the earliest posslulo day for what ever relief tliero might bo for tlio peo- pic. lionton and Laws could sco no chunco for delay , as the motion did not contemplate a rehearing , and Saturday , Aueust 17 , was fixed upon as tbo day to hear what the Bur lington nttorno.vs had to say. Stntn Institution Reports. The regular weekly meeting of the board of public lands and buildings was hold yes terday In the olllcc of the secretary of state , Tbo reports of Superintendent Mallalieu , of the state industrial school , and Commandant Hammond , of the soldiers' and sailors' homo , were received and approved. Malla- lleu's ' report shows 2.15 Inmates of the indus trial school , and Hammond's shows 41 at the homo for the month ending July 81. Permission was granted J , A , Gilllsplo to buy 300 .o 500 pounds of hair to make mat tresses for the deaf and dumb institute. Permission was grunted Dr. J. T. Armstrong - strong to buy a piano fur the institute for the feeble minded. Permission was granted Webster Eaton and associatiates to use the water from tbo state salt well in the salt basin for the purpose of manufacturing salt , to hold good for ono year , ana against all other parties. If they comply with the conditions of the law tlioso gentlemen will bo given a permanent lease of the well and the land. Permission was granted Prof. Mallalieu to build a suitable vegetable house. It Is needed. Ho proposes to pay for It out of the proceeds from the sale of vegetables. It will cost $3,500. It is said that the industrial farm will turn on" from $1,000 to $0,000 worth , of vegetables this year. Mr. Mallallou says the building shall not cost the state a ceut , The Lena IUar h Case. The respondent in the mandamus ease en titled the State of Nebraska ex rel Lena Marsh v William Coburn , sheriff of Douglas county , docketed for trial before the supreme court at the September term , filed bis an swers to the rolator's petition to-day. It is doubtless still in mind that Lwia Marsh and William Ellersick were Jointly arraigned for the murder of an unnamed female child in the city of Omaha , by administering to It a dose of carbolic acid , and that at their pre liminary hearing before a magistrate of com. petont jurisdiction Ellerslck was discharged , while Lena was hold to a higher court to answer swor to tbo charge and committed to thq county Jail. It appears that at the prelimi nary bearing the "indigent pica" was en tered by Lena , and the court upon its own , motion , and from a knowledge of the facts as shown upon hearing , theu nnd there ap pointed "Wlnfield S. Strawu to appear for and defend her against the charge preferred. The court , moreover , made tbo record that no other attorney or attorneys should bo per mitted to visit the prisoner , or counsel with her , other than the one appointed. It further appears that this was contrary to the wishes of Ellcrslck , or the attorney * , M s.ir . Uylw nn < ) Tnwr ftn < i , whx > haql boon employed by hln. to defend them wh a they were arraigned together , nnd who evidently desire to continue in the cnno in the Inter ests of tbo accused la the hlrhqr court. Those gentlemen worn denied nuiilonco with tlio prisoner by th9 sheriff , under the order cited , nnd it Rooms that they nro bent ou testing Its validity. Minneapolis Hullillnjf Association. Under the law granting the right to foreign - oign corporations to bocorao domestic corpo rations , the Building nnd Loan Association of Minneapolis , Minn , , fllod articles of Incor poration in the ofllco of tbo secretary of state yesterday. Amended articles of Incorporation of tha Chicago , Su Pnul < h Kansas Knilrood corn- puny were aho tiled yesterday. Tuuy not * that the nnuio of the company has boon changed to the Kansas , Nebraska & Omaha Unllroad company. The number of the di rectors of thu company was changed to thir teen members. In other respects the old articles of the company stand as first written. Now Nntnrlcd I'ubtlo. The governor to day made the following notarial appointments * W. W. Maddox , Armada , Buffalo county ; J , A. Nelcbrcn- bach , Hlslng City , Butler oountv. Q. W. Scott , Scotia , Qrooley county ; T. F , Wnnier , Stanford , Harlan county ; Emma Noigbardt , Soyvard , aovvtiul. county. S n pro ino Court Uncords , The following cases were Illed for henrinfr to-day i Cyrus N. Haird ot nl vs Ami B. Todd ot nl ; npuea ! from Cass county. William Joml ou v A. B. DloUiou ; ap peal from Cass county. A Mnlno Girt Who Given Her Pnrnnts liots or Trouble. Mo. , August 8. [ Special Tele gram to T K BRK.1 The escapade * of Maud Abbott , who attempted sulokle n few weeks ngo because her parent * instated upon her marrying a man of their selection , have been varied. As If Maud had succeeded in demonstrating yesterday that sue wat so much in love with her Hangar fmcln&tor , Sprague , that aim could not llvo wltho ut him , she started in again in the early hours this mornlnir to furtbor domonitrato this fact. The Bucksport train left that point for Bangor nt 0 o'clock , ana bntoro It started the men on board wcro surprised to see a girl fairly llyliiK down the street , bare headed nnd with her hair sailing straight out on the breeze. Her drosi was covered with mud , nnd she appeared to bo wildly ex cited. It was Maud Abbott , and she had run two tulles from her homo in Yeronn , having escaped from her people , by whom she was carried homo yesterday. She ran dlrootly for tbo train , and nftar re marking to the llroman Unit she Intended to ride to Bangor with thorn , sbo Jumped upon the cow-catcher of the accommodation. She meant to rldo thus to Bangnr. Tlio locamo- tivo bad already commenced moving when tbo trainmen saw Mr. Abbott himself com ing UD In hot pursuit crying "Stop that train and give mo my daughter. " Tbn old mnu had run the whole distance nnd was breath less and only about half dressed. The girl ( Uncovered her father about this time. Quickly Jumping from the engine she started for tbo head of the wharf , but her father caught her In tlmo to save her from a second attempt at suicide. As the train had loft she permitted herself to bo conducted back to a team which was In waiting to carry her homo again. When asked to tret In she Biild laughingly to the driven "No. If you get out I will drive the horse myself. " Tbo opinion of many in Buoksport is that tbo girl Is realty inso.no. Sprague , upon bearing of the effnlr in Buoksport , hired a fast horse and alerted for that place. GRNEH/Vh / DUPONT DEAD. The Wnll-Hiinwn Powder Manufac turer Posses Away , WILMINGTON , Del. , August S. General Henry Dupont , nlnco 1850 head of the ex tensive gun powder manufacturing llhn of E. L. Dupont , Do Ncmourso & Co. , died early th is morning. Ho was prostrated by an attack of heart trouble about two months ago , from which ho rallied temporarily , but grow wdrso a few days ago. He was tbo second son of Elonthero Irene Dupont , the founder of the works , and was born August 8,1813. Ho was a staunch republican , serving on the electoral ticket in ISTfl , 1830 , 1884 and 18S8. He served in the Suminolo war and was made major general of the state militia early la the civil war , His wealth , Including a largo private estate , ia estimated at | 15,000- , uuu , Xho Qiioen Reciprocates. LONDON , Augusts. The queen reviewed the Gormau seamen from the vessels forin- Ine the emperor's escort , in the grounds of Osborno house to day. Fifteen hundred men were in line. They were commanded by tlio emperor , who was dressed in tbo uniform of an admiral. i Two Men Drowned. BAIT DIKOO , Gal. , August 8. By the cap sizing of a boat in the bay yesterday after noon Eugoao Doara and a friend were drowned. In a Stnto of Slo o. VIENNA , August 8. Political correspond ence states that tbo porto has decided to pro claim a state of slogo on Crete. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. Under n spreading chestnut trco And when the soap escaped his grasp , ( The village blacksmith stands , With wonder he did note And in a brimming basin he That on the water's surface dark Would wash his brawny hands ; The cleansing bar did float , But something else than water clean As swims upon a turbid laka His sooty palm demands , A pearl white fairy boat , "Week in , week out , from mom till "Thanks , thanks , " said he , "my worthy night , friend , He might have rubbed , 1 trow , For this which thou hast brought { Had I not given him 4 cake No village blacksmith should forget Of IVORY SOAP , when , lo 1 The facts this Ivory Soap has taught ; Full soon those honest hands of his For hands like mine it is the best Were spotless as the snow. That can be found or bought , " A WORD OF WARNING , There are many white soaps , each represented to be " just as good as the 'Ivory' | " they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for " Ivnrv " Soap and Insist upon getting it , \ > f I'/octer i Gamble.