THE OMAHA DAILY BElSfWEDNESDAY , AUGUST 14 , 1889 ,
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HAS the fat cattle show project bcoi
.put out to pasture ?
| | , OMAHA'S aprjeal , Oh , Woodnmn
| eparo Uioso ferns mid palms , has bcoi
hoard.
Pirrnu's storo-koouor
and gangers can ho hoard dally surhlni
for tha appointments which uovorcarao
iKtr governors arc to ho elected thi
year in as many states. Six of then
will ho ropublicnns-Mhoso from the twi
Dakotas , Washington , Iowa , Mussachu
setts and Ohio.
TIIEHE is ono man by the name o
Boyd who is willing to accept a nomi
nation without so many frills. HI
front name is John P. And ho wouli
just as lief bo sheriff as mayor.
- ' *
Is-
JUDGE COOLEY wants the powers o
the intor-stato commerce commisaiot
enlarged BO that ho can stop the ras
cals from wriggling through tin
meshes of the intor-stato railroad law
WHILE the farmers of the west ar <
rejoicing in bountiful crops , the farm
era of the Middle and Now Englani
states have cause to remember the summer
mor of 1839 for its humidity and destructive
structivo storms.
IN THE icaiu the Omaha police forci
has hecomo very etllciont , and Oraahi
is as well policed now as any city o
America. The only trouble with ou
police is that it is too ofliciouaaud trio
to overdo things.
A OKEAT many people are waiting
for Judge Groff to return. His judicia
boots are objects of a great deal of attention
tontion just now. The question is , i
there anybody around here largi
enough to wear them. _
AI/LTHE talk about candidates fo :
mayor is slightly too previous. The cit ;
election does not occur until December
Wo shall first have to dispose of thi
question Who are to bo sheriff am
commissioner ?
IN advertising for bids to oroot th <
city hall the city cleric represents tha
ho ia acting by order of the board
What board ? The board of park com
miasioners , the board of fire and polici
.or the boat d of public works ?
iFTinsBrown-Soqunrd elixir fad rum
its day , as it seems likely to do , the doe
tors of this country will have struck i
rich bonanza injecting the now-founc
1 tonio into every man , woman and chile
1lr | that auffora from real or imaginary dia
I ease.
EXCITED citizens of. North Dakoti
have just got to that stage where thoj
burn unpopular delegates to the const !
tutional convention in olllgy for favorlt
ism in locating public buildings. Tut
years ago they would have hung the
delegates themselves , but times havi
changed.
Mil. JAMKS E. BOYD has once rnon
declined to bo a candidate for mayor
but that does not absolutely take htn
out of the field. Mr. Boyd rather like
to bo coaxed , and the democrats wll
only have to improvise a citizens' moot
Ing and got Paul Vandorvoort and Johi
M. Thurston to second the motion , am
Mr. Boyd will accept and bare Ins chos
to the arrows and slings of the re pub
Mean hosts.
u is altogether too much sym
pathy wasted by certain business moi
upon the impostor who has rocontl ;
been passing forged chocks on ou
banks. Ho may bo a very genteel younj
man ; ho may have some very rospoota
bio rolatlvoB , but ho is entitled * to m
pymptithy or forbearance. Pooolo wh
get money on forged checks are n
, better than burglars and pickpockets
and uro entitled to no lonloncy on ac
count of their family relations.
Tins Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas Clt ;
has come to the rosouo of the cities ot
the Missouri river in demanding tha
the low commodity tariff rnado to St
Paul and Minneapolis from Chlcagi
should apply equally to Missouri rlvo
points. Should this road , aided by thi
Alton , ba successful in its fight , rate
would bo lowered from twonty-fivo t
thirty-live per cent below the prosou
schedule.
oP TUB SLOOUMB I//ITT.
A citizen ot Harvard , tn thin state
propounds some queries to TUB BEI
which wo doom proper to answer con
ci'soly.
It appears that after a heated centos
nn issue had boon mndo bcforo Ulstric
Judge Morris with regard to the rlgh
of the city council of Harvard to over
rule remonstrances against the issuing
of licenses to soil liquor. According t
our informant Judge Morris hold as fol
lows ?
1. That the Slocumb liquor law of tin
state wns intended to bo a prohibitory law.
3. That the protest of oven ono person 1
nuniclont to prevent the council from grant
ingn permit to soil Intoxicants.
! ) . That objections to the moral charnctc
of the applicant may extend back to thi
crndlo of the applicant , nnd If nla ciitlro ltd
cannot stand the ordeal of such a test , ho 1
not the proper parson to soil.
4. That ho wlio has at any prior time soli
on a permit is disqualified on the ground tha
ho has aold adulterated liquors.
If Judge Morris has boon corrcctl ;
quoted hia version of the law is oxtraor
dlnary , to Bay the least.
The Slocumh law waa designed to bi
what la expressed in its title , ' 'An ac
to regulate the license and sixlo of malt
spirituous nnd vinous liquors. " Tin
title of nn act is its index , ana nlwnyi
express the intent ot l.ho law. No suol
word as prohibition occurs in the titli
of the Slocumb bill , but the right to re
fuse license is conferred by the act upoi
ooarda of county commissioners am
town councils wherever public sontl
mont , expressed in their election , is op
posed to the traffic in liquor. The manifest
fost Intention of the lawmakers and thi
law was , local option to regulate , re
strain or prohibit , aa the majority o
the pcoolo in any county or town ma ;
direct.
The protest ot ono person is just a
good as these of a thousand persons
provided that "it is satisfactorily
proven that the applicant for a liconsi
has boon guilty of a violation of any o !
the provisions of the Slocumb lav
within the space of ono year ; or , if an ;
former license hold by the appllcan'
has boon revoked for any misdomoano :
against the laws of this stato.
The plain intent of the law regarding
moral character is that no person con
victed of a felony or minor crimina
olTonao shall bo granted a license to sol
liquor. For such olTonsos the record :
"from the cradle to the gravo" may b <
searched , and , if produced , would sus
tain a remonstrance. But ill repute
that rests upon hearsay would hardly b <
suinciont as a bill of attainder.
If the dictum of Judge Morris is cor
root with regard to adulterated liquors
no liquor dealer in Nebraska is entitloi
to a license a second timo. All liquor :
are notoriously more or loss adulterated
The purest of native and imported
winos and the best brands of domestii
liquors -are an admixture. The enl >
unadulterated liquor that wo know of is
the pure corn juice in the distillery
and oven the distillery alcohol will con
tain a mixture of various chemical sub
stances. , *
Judge Morris , who was once upon i
time u storekeeper in an Omaha dia'
tillcry , ia bound to admit that fact.
THE TUADU COXQttCSS.
There is a growing interest in the
trade congroas ol the three Americas
which is to assemble in Washington it
October. The state department hai
been advised of the appointment of del
egatea from nil the countries that wil
bo represented in the congress , oxcop'
those from Uruguay and Venezuela
and it is estimated that the momborshli
of the congroiis will bo about seventy ,
It need hardly bo said that the dele
gates will bo representative mon of the
aovoral countries , selected by reason ol
their particular ability to discus ;
and intelligently consider the verj
important questions that will bo pro-
son ted to their attention. Prom hav
ing regarded the matter of accepting
the invitation of the United State !
aa an affair of courtesy , it it
evident that the governments o.
South and Central America have come
to look upon the congress as really a
very important event , nnd hence they
will send their boat citizens available
for such a aorvico.
Perhaps nothing could hotter il ;
lustrate the growth of interest in the
congress on the southern continent
than the final decision of the empire ol
Brazil to participate in it. Owing
to various conditions , chief of whiol
was the disturbed political condition ol
Brazil , it was not expected that coun
try would bo represented in the con-
cross , but a prominent officer of trie
government has boon commissioned tc
attend , and it ia said he has also been
instructed to nogotalto a commercial
treaty with the United States. Our lasi
treaty with Brazil was negotiated
eleven years ago , and pertained en
tirely to reciprocity in trudo marks
The only treaty of commerce and navi
gation wo have over entered into with
that country was that of 1828 , whioh
bus slnco terminated. Brazil has al
ways shown a friendly dispositioi
toward this country , and she oilers per'
haps the best opportunity of any ol the
countries of the southern continent foi
the development and extension of ou :
trade In that direction. She is the
largest of the South American countries ,
having a population of about fifteen
millions , and her people are enterpris
ing and progressive. The United
States did * a trade with her in 18SE
amounting to sixty million dollars
which was moro than twice the value
ot our commerce with Mexico , and
nearly equal to tha value ol
our trade with Canada. Ol
course much the greater part of oui
commerce with Brazil ia in what we
buy of her , but the fact that she desires
to negotiate a commercial treaty with
the United States is evidence of a wish
to become more largely than BUO hat
been a purchaser from ua , and this dis
position is worthy of being encouraged.
The action ot Brazil , with other indi
cations of the growing interest taken
in the objects of the trade congress ,
render much brighter the prospect o
some practical good resulting froit
It. A gentleman recently roturnet
from a visit to tha republic !
of Central America , where ho Intel
viewed the presidents and leading states
men of those countries upon the sub
jeot of the congress , states thut ho fount
thorn a unit in their desire to rovers
tho'present syfltom of giving Europ
ninety par cent of their trade. All c
them expressed the hope that tin
United Suites will attentively consldo
the things which will bo presented n
tha congress that have operated to tur
their trade to Europe and away from it
natural channel In this country. Thos
who have predicted the complete failure
uro ot the trade congress scum likely I
have occasion to confess their mistake
At any rate the present outlook 1
highly favorable.
NOT QUITE A PARADISE.
The portion ot the Sioux rosorvatioi
to bo opened to settlement is not roprc
sontod by these who have pivon It care
fnl inspection to bo qulto the paradtsi
it haa boon supposed to bo. Ex-Govot
nor Poster expressed the opinion , as th
result of his observations , that a groa
part of the now territory is not wort
much for agriculture. Ho thought thr
perhaps one-fourth of the whole , boln ;
arid , can not bo used for grazing or ac
ricultural purposes , and of the remain
ing three-fourths the groatof pot
tion would bo- beat for grazing. Th
climatic conditions would have t
chungo before agriculture conld b
made n success. As it ia , the intona
heat of the summers burns up the crop :
There is insufficient rainfall , and irr :
gallon will bo necessary. It is un o >
cellent region for vegetables , and gor
orally for grazing , but not for growin
grain.
A correspondent who has ovldontl
given very careful study to the ontir
region to bo opened is not altogothc
flattering in his description of il
though ho docs not go so far as Mi
Foster in depreciation of its ngr :
culural worth. Ho remarks the
within its boundaries there is aueh :
variety of soil and condition a
would socm adapted to fill the wants o !
any ono seeking a homo in the nowoi
portion of the west. The bottom land
along the streams , ho says , afford the
beat facilities for general agriculture
the boil being in nearly all cases deeper
or , richer and loss susceptible to thi
drouth. For stock-raising and graziiij
the region lying in thooxtromo wester
part , and between the head waters c
the White and Bad rivera , will bo fount
most suitable. Titnbor is found nlon |
the rivers and crooks , and very llttlo 1 :
any other placo. This correspondent re
marks , in conclusion : "Lot it bo understood
dorstood that this territory now to bi
onenod is not a paradise , where indue
try. economy and shrewdness are no
necessary for success. There ia n
moro certainty of a full return from tin
seed sown in thia region than in an ;
other , but it ia equally auro. Th
home seeker who comes hero must decide
cide to undergo and forego. There wil
attach to thia now region all the dis
comforts whioh are the usual accompaniments
panimonts of cvory first settlement , bu
the man , who comes here and ia Indus
trious , economical and painstaking
will bo able to build a homo and sur
round himself with the comforts o
life. "
THE STItUOULE IN UTAH.
Although the Gentile majority li
Salt Lake City at the recent electioi
was only forty-one , it was sufficient ti
justify the congratulations with whicl
it was everywhere received. It dee
not appear to have taken the fight ou
of the Mormons , however. That olcc
tion was for members of the legislature
The great struggle for the possession o
the city government will take plnci
next spring. Meantime the Mormoi
managers are not likely to hi
idlo. Already a schema of cole
nlzution - is hinted at. A para
graph has appeared in the Mormoi
organ asking all persons having room ;
to lot to communlcato with a certain
Mormon , who can supply them will
roomers nnd boarders. This is coir
strucd to mean a vast scheme of col
oni/ation , nnd it is by no moans ira
probable that such is the purpose. I
would bo qulto in line with the cunning
of the Mormon politicians to bring intc
the city a few hundred of the faithfu
nnd keep thorn there long enough ti
give them apparently a legal vote , ant
when the election arrives herd them a !
ths polls to overwhelm the Gentiles
At any rnto there can bo nothliij
amiss in keeping a vigilant lookou
with a view to the prevention of such i
possible fraud.
But evan should such u scheme sue
coed and the Mormons win at the noxl
city election , nothing is moro certaii
than that their period of domination it
Utah ia about at an end. Ono mor
term of municipal power in Salt Laki
City would bo no real advantage ti
them. It could not add to their strength
or enable them to improve their stand
ing before the country. It migh
give them the opportunity t
got out on a llttlo bettor term
than they othorwlso would , but that i
all. They are doomed to go down before
fore an opposition that is irresistible
the hostility of sixty-five millions o
people to their system nnd their prm
ciplos , embodied In laws from whiol
there will bo no rotroitt , and as cortuii
to abldo nnd grow with the groivth o
population as did the hostility ngaina
slavery. And when Mormonism i
overthrown in Utah , it will hardly flni
a safe lodgment elsewhere on the Amor
lean continent. That , wo believe , wil
bo its last battlefield , and its fiito will hi
final. And the day ot this consumma
tion is undoubtedly not far oil.
Tins failure ot the United States t
erect a corn palace at the Paris oxpoal
tion is duo wholly to the poor management
mont ol tno Now York Produce exchange
change , which undertook to father tin
project early in the season. Now Yor !
subscribed the beggarly sum of i
thousand dollars when its rich produci
brokers should have raised a purse of a
least twenty times that amount. As i
result of their indifference but littli
was done outside of New York Cit ;
looking forward to puoh nn exhibition
The United States commissioner a
Paris was discouraged from dlvorllni
a slnglo dollar from the largo sum seaside
aside by congress for the exposition fo
the exhibition of American corn , li
consequence the whole schema fell flat
and America's great staple product
instead of being shown off and advor
tlsod to the best posaiblo ad
vantage , doosnot make it
appearance frVIho monger display c
the agriculturAl roducls of this cou.ntrj
America , rindcjs aclnlly the west , hn
boon greatly ( fjamagod by this nogloc
and mismanagement. A proper dtspln
of corn would/thavo boon of more prnc
tlcnl vnluo tcVitho corn exporters an
farmers ot tlifS country than all t
America's' ox'b.folta combined. It is t
bo greatly regretted that the projo <
was not in th6"Mrst place entrusted 1
the Unltod Statoa commissioner lustoa
of the Now Y'drlc Produce exchange
That would at least have insured a n
spcctnblo recognition for corn at tli
exposition , nnd Europeans would I
able to learn many of its manifold use
as a food product.
If the account thus given of the no
territory ia somewhat disappointing , i
view of the general impression that hn
obtained regarding it , It is manifest !
bettor that it should bo fairly given i
ndvnuco of the opening than to allo
the erroneous impression to remain. '
Is not at all probable that the govori
mont will have any difficulty in dispo
ing of all the moro desirable lane
within the throe years during whlc
the price will bo ono dollar nnd twont ;
five cents per aero , and it is moro thn
likely that the entire area will bo sol
at this price , but with intending sottloi
properly informed na to the charactc
of the lands greater care will bo take
in making selections. At any rnl
there will doubtless bo something of
rush for the now lands during the fin
year. From what is said of this torr :
tory as a whole , it is certainly to bo coi
eluded that the terms offered by tli
government to the Indians are ontirel
fair , and that it would not have bee
justified in paying more than the agroi
mont calls for.
Tnis now law of nationality in Franc
is to the effect that a child born <
French parentage in any country is
citizen of Franco. Serious complicu
tions are likely to ensue in the future :
this law bo atrictly onforcod. Th6 con
stitution of the United Statoa provide
that all persona born in the Unite
Statoa whoso parents are residents an
subject to the jurisdiction of the Unite
States are American citizens.
Boston expended fourteen hundroi
dollars for the reception tendered t
President Harrison , nnd aquanderei
forty thousand dollars not long ainco te
entertain the P-rincoas Kaplolnnl. But
then it must ba.jremornborod that th (
latter is thd co'naort of the great Kinj
Kulakaua of ) , " tlo Sandwich Islands
while the former is merely the chlo
magistrate cJf'tho United States o
America. , " >
EunorE husitboon called upon quite
recently to ' ! ttay her roapocta t <
American djlplpmata , statesmen , soldiers
diors , mon of letters , engineers am
marksmen. Sh6 has now the opportu
nity of doingjhopiage to a great electrician
trician and inventor , And there i
every reason J < tb believe that Edisoc
will bo honored wh'ilo abroad in a manner
nor befitting his goniua.
The Final Hi-sort of All Fanatics.
San Fianclscn Altn.
The Henry George people nro beginning ti
talk nbout tlio purposes of providence , whiol
they declnro to bo adverse to the privati
ownership of land. Tills professed partner
ship with providence is the final resort o
nil fanatics who wnnt to enjoy whnt other
hnvo earned.
This Mnkos the Itonclor Heave , Too
Toronto Globe.
The captnln of the Rush is said to havi
saluted the captain of the Ulnclc Dlamonc
with the remark : "Houvo to ; I wish ti
board you. " It afterwards nppoarod , however
over , that the Btnclc Diamond had both t <
board nnd ledge the Rush's nblo seaman.
The Deadly Parallel.
Chicago Tribute.
The generosity of New York is proverhm
throughout tlio bounds of civilization Nov
York Tribune.
This is n good time to remember the Arch
* * * Send in your dollars and qunrtor
nnd dimes but send something I Nov
York Tribune.
Littlu Illioily'fl Dilemma.
CMcaoo Herald.
The Rhode Island authorities are ondoav
orinff to put a stop to Sunday base ball , bu
It Is doubtful if they have full jurlsdlctio :
when , as Is necessarily the case , the fielder
in the game are outside the state. Llttl
Rhody , probably , will have to enter mti
some lutor-stato arrangement with it
neighbors before it can succeed in this effort
O'crlcapod Himself.
Chicago Times ,
The fact that a New York stroot-oar pros
idoiit has turned forger is calculated to opoi
the eyes of tbo public to the fact that to b
the king-pin In a company whoso shares an
quoted at 210 and whose earnings are equal ) :
heavy isn't the acme of human bliss. I
seems that oven street car presidents wan
morok The ono la question wanted 8150,001
more and got It. Ho U now la Jail. Si
touch for vaulting ambition.
What r > lsi > ! on.ius tlio Carolinians.
"Havo nn Vp'olluarls with mo , " said Mr
Bluino to Mr.najrrl3on. ,
"Thank youttprofor ginger ole , " said Mr
Harrison to Mrf Blalno.
Is it any .wonder that the governor o
North Carolina alid the governor of Soutl
Carolina are JUl atlstlod with this adininls
tratiou 1 , [ , | _
Glifcv'liHl WOMEN.
.Jin -
A Connectlcjuf/jWoman / Is suing her nolth
bar for damag0 ( for putting up ily screens
She claims tUatii the files which cannot go
Into her neighbor's home on this accoun
will co mo to tiijra and she will thereby hav
double the uslnumbor. , .
Miss Maria Mitchell gave $1,000 to Vassa
college and divided the remainder of lie
estate and her scientific Instruments , medaU
oto.'among her relatives.
Madame Modjcska , who is to star will
Edwin Booth next season , has arrived in Nev
York from her western ranch and will bogli
rehearsals soon. She will bo seen durini
the coining season as Lady Macbeth , Marli
Stunrt and Donna Diana besides the Shako
spuarean plays usually presented by Mr
Booth.
Deborah Powers , the senior partner in thi
bank of D. Powers & Sons , Lansingburg , N ,
\ . , Is the oldest banner In tbo country , Thi
vmiorubla but active woman Is ninety-aim
years old. She U In full possession of hoi
faculties and her busthess shrewdness Is ai
remarkable as It was a generation back.
Miss Isabella Bird , the eiitorprislni aaunt
less llttlo KuRltshwoman who bus traveloi
alouo in o many out-oMho-way countries o ;
the world and written fascinating account
ot her ndvontnres and observation * . U mar
rlcd to a bishop. The king of Slnra ha
awarded her the order of "ICapolnnl" ii
recognition of her lltorary work.
The following Is told of Mrs. Jonnnl
" \Volsh Carlyloi She wont to n school 1
Iladdlngton. When she was nlno years ol
she was nblo to road VlrglL YctJoannlc
with nil her learning , was a real girl , am
had n doll upon which she bestowed muol
affection. On her tenth birthday she modi
n funeral pllo of load pencils and ctnnnmoi
sticks nnd poured some pcrfumo over II
after the manner of the nncionts , Next sh
recltca the speech of Dido from Vlrttll , am
then eho stabbed the doll , letting out nil tin
sawdust. The pllo was then sot fire to , nn
after the doll had boon burnt to ashes peewee
woo Jcannto sat down and cried.
An Indiana widow had completed all ai
rnngomcnls for her second marriage Satut
day , nnd when ho hod got every thing fixe
she found that the hurly-burly of prcpnn
tion coupled with the excitement consequen
on the approach of the nuptial hour had lol
her with a headache. Naturally she dldn
want to hnvo a headache on her woddln
night , so she took a dose of morphine an
lay down to sloop the hondacho away. Th
marriage did not take place. A funeral wi
bo substituted.
Mrs. Victoria Claflln Woodhull Martin 1
now living at Hyde Park London. Th
English newspapers say that it Is a strati R
coincidence that licr.ausband Is descended i
a straight linn from Mrs. Dandrldgo , th
mother of Martha Washington.
Fanny Blgnon , who Is praised by zooloc
Ists for n recent paper on the anatomy of th
lachrymal gland of the grcon turtle , Is ono o
the most ronmrknblo women of Paris. Sh
studied zoology at the Sorbonne , nnd ho
combined the career of student and teacher
Tbo Sioux Bill.
NionninA , Nob. , August 13. To the Ee
itor of Tun BBB : In your editorial Item c
the 10th you are in error when you say "Th
greatest difficulty that the government
experience in the snlo of land will not com
from actual settlers , but from land spcci
lators , who will bo the first on hand to bu
up immense tract > , If it bo the policy of th
interior department to dispose of the land t
boim-fldo settlers only , care will have to b
taken to prevent the fraud nnd subterfuge. '
"Tho policy of the interior department" wll
hnvo nothing to guard In this particular , n
tha Sioux bill provides that boim-lldosettloi
only shnll have access to these lands upoi
paying S1.25 un aero nnd fouryears' rosidonc
under the homestead law. Your Washing
ton correspondent also mentions that then
is n subsequent bill providing for the Siou :
commission , which says that before the open
ing of the reservation their action must firs
bo ratified by congress. The Sioux hill doc
not sny this , and Colonel King , of Chamber-
lam. S. D. , who was nt Washington lobbyini
for its passncc , claims that the president' :
proclamation Is all that is necessary. As tlili
seems to bo a question not yet fully settled
would it not bo well for TUG BEE to publist
the law whioh provides for the senate's rati
ficntiont ED A. Fnv.
[ An official copy of the bill has boon or
dercd and will bo published as soon as ro
colved. ED. ]
DAYS OP CHlVAtillY.
Will Do .Recalled by the Ward Cluba
Fnlr Week.
"You may say , " said Councilman Leo ,
"thattho Seventh ward will send n booming
hand and n booming ward club , mounted and
uniformed , to take part In the ward display
carnival week. Wo never do things by
halve * in the Seventh , and wo won't do 11
this timo. Wo had the finest ward club dur
ing the last campaign , nnd wo'ro going to
keep up our reputation. "
William I. Korstoad , of the Ninth ware
sayi that there will bo a mounted club from
his ward in the night cavalcade which will
recall the days of chivalry. The prize ban
ner , ho asserts , will bo sufficient incnntivo tea
a display , but this will bo increased by a do-
slro to aid in a grand public event which
will co far toward giving visitors nn idea
that Omaha can got up n show worthy ot being -
ing witnessed.
Alllto Maul speaking of the Third ward ,
says that ho does not think his division of the
city will get the bounce , but it will leave
nothing undone to make n creditable display.
Louis Helmrod in the Second ward has no
fear that the mounted squadrons of his ward
are to be outdone by any competitors.
Cheering news like this comes from other
sources nnd to-morrow night nnd Mondny
will bo bacued up by the authorized resolu
tion ot the \ynrd organizations. The subject
will bo considered next Friday evening in
the Fifth ward.
fllAJOR DAVIS WAXES ELOQUENT
And Rallies tbo Boys For a Move on
Milwaukee ,
Major Davis has sent the following lotto :
to Colonel Morrison :
CniOAOo , August 12,1880. To Colonel S.
H. Morrison , Senior Vice Commander , Com
manding Dcuartmont of Nebraska : Please
communlcato to the comrades assembled nt
the reunion ray sincercst regrets at being
unnblo to moot with them in the festivities
of this annual meeting. Detained from
active work by illness , I have not been idle
in the interests of our order. The question
of transportation I found immediately uoon
ray election was "tho biggest question on
earth , " so fnr as our Interests were concerned -
corned , and In the long weeks of my illness
I have not failed to keep stirring for the old
rntoof 1 cent per mile. But Aip to this time
I llud that the railroad combination wns too
strong , nud that the preccaont wo hnvo had
for the last five or sijc years of riding from
ocean to ocean at the rate of 1 cent per mile
is to bo broken. I huvo now no hope of nny
change. After duo consideration , and for
the interest of the order , I have taken
pleasure in selecting the Union Pacific nnd
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads ns
the best route for the headquarters train
which is to convoy the Nebraska delegation
to our national encampment at Milwaukee.
I have qvory confidence in tbo ability nud du-
rollon of our senior vice commander , and
commend him to the same loyal support you
have always given to me. Comrades , I may
never greet you again , but I desire to assure
you that the bast regards of my heart for the
order , the host thoughts of ray mind for Its
interests and tbo best work of my hands for
Its welfare will ho given to it while I live. I
greet you nil to-any In the kindest srirlt ol
the fraternity , charity nnd loynlty of our
oraor. God bless tbo old sixth corps , and
God bless the whole Grand Army of the Uo-
pubho. J. B. DAVIS ,
Department Commander.
AN ART Dlil'AUTMENX.
It Will He Ouo of tlio Features of tha
Omnhn Fair.
In less than throe weeks the fifth annual
fair of the Omaha Fair & Exposition asso
ciation will bo opened in this city , It prom'
isos to bo tbo greatest attraction in its line
that has boon bold here , The management
is moro than pleased with the present out
look. It is expected that tha capacity of the
buildings will be taxed to accommodate the
exhibits , while the attendance will bo larger
than any previous year. There is ono thing
that the association doslros , and that Is that
the people of Onmliu will contribute to the
successor tha urt department. This can bo
made ono of the loading attractions if the
lovers of art In this city will place on exhi
bition thuir several urt collections. There la
uo danger of the exhibits being injured or
stolen , and if they nro placed In tbo urt gal
lery they cannot tiolp hut bo n drawing card ,
Yesterday Mr. Glbbs , the assistant sooro.
tary of the association , said tbo assurance
that the people ot Omuhu and Council Bluffs
would pluuoou exhibition their works of art
was all that was needed to Insure tha lluest
general display that has been seen on the
Omaha fnlr ground ,
Btnto Reunion O. A. It. nt Kenrnoy.
Round-trip tlclcots ut half rates oa
sale ut all Nebraska stations of the
Burllntrton Route , B. & M. H. II. , Au
gust 12 to 10. good returning till August
18. City ticket olllco 11223 Faruuia st.
NON-PARTISAN PROHIBITION
The Lancaster Brethren Moot ant
Euthuso and ludoroo.
EDITOR HARDY IN A DILEMMA
It AVns Only Bloinontixrjr , fnf tin
Professional Vornolty of the
Snnotutn Came to Ilia Ilellof
Capital Olty News' .
BCHEAD OP Tun OuA.ni. Uait ,
102 ! ) 1 > StnnisT , I
LINCOLN , August 18.
At 9:80 : p. m. the county convention in su ]
port ot the prohibition non-partisan nmom
mont league wns called to order by C. /
Atkinson , nnd H. A. Wilson wns olocte
chairman ,
Mr. Wilson , In nccoptlnp the position , sal
that these who cumo expecting to bo non
hinted for oRlco would bo sadly loft. Tr
only object of the organization wns tocrystn
Izo public sentiment In favor of the prohlbl
ory amendment , nnd thus secure Its ndoptlo
by the people at the general election lu 180
They had no thought ot organizing n no'
party , but to draw Into close associations a' '
raon , no matter to what party they mlgli
belong , who favored the adoption of th !
amendment.
The convention numbered , perhaps , ftft
persons , nearly nil of whom were f rein th
city , nnd none , except Messrs. Atklnsot
Bobbins und Wilson , of nny political pron
Inenco. ;
Mr. Hnrtloy , of Bennett , wns suggested t
secretary of the convention , but ho decline *
as ho had to go homo nt 4 p. in.
The Uov. E. H. Chnpln , pastor ot the Unl
vorsnllst church of this city , wns then olocte
secretary.
Mr. Rabbins suggested that the object c
the meeting wns to organize n county Icugw
auxiliary to the state league , nnd lie move
the appointment of n committee of three t
prepare a constitution. Adopted.
The ohnir then appointed the followln
committee : Messrs. C. A. Bobbins , 11.V
Hardy nnd Mr. Hartley.
Mr. Hardy , who Is the editor of the thir
party prohibition organ , the Now Kcpublii
wns somewhat dumbfounded nt the announcement
mont , ns ho had sovornl times announce
Hint ho had no sympathy with the orgnnlzi
tion. Ho was for third party prohibition
nnd like ranuy nioro , was for third part ,
work exclusively. IIo dia not like to com mi
himself by nccoptlng n position on tha com
mlttco , and ho did not like to decline nu
give his real reasons thcrofor , but ho go
out of thodllominnvory gracefully by stnthii
that his position ns n reporter for th
Now Republic would engross his nttcntiou
nnd ho begged to bo excused. Be was ex
cuscd , nnd Mr. Trostor , of the bloody Slxtl
wnrd , wns appointed in his stead ,
While the commlttco was out preparing t <
report on n cut nnd drlod constitution C. A
Atkinson , president of the state league , mad
nn nddrcss on the objects and work of thi
league.
The cotnmlUca on constitution reported
recommending the ndoptlon of the count ;
constitutional amendment by the stall
league , which was done.
Htnto House .lotting ? .
The examining board of the state board o
pharmacy meets to-morrow to pass upon thi
qualifications of nersons.who may desire u
dispense medicines in the state without tlu
necessary cortillcate. It is learned thut UK
examination commences nt 0 o'clock In tin
morning , nnd will bo hold in the seimti
chamber.
"I was glnd to see TUB BBB take the state
board of transportation to task this morn
ing , " remarked a prominent member of it ,
"but ns I nm not n candidate for n second
torin the shoo didn't pinch mo n bit. Tlu
gontlcmnn from the 'interior' has the boanl
down pat. Tnoro is moro truth than poetri
in his statements , and ttio.v oucrht to stir the
members of the board Into action at the next
meeting , und I believe they will. "
The idea that the board of public lands nnd
buildings coes to Hastings nnd Kearney this
week to visit the state institutions seems to
nrnuso the boys. It seems tnnt the members
of the board have un eye to the reunion now
in progress , where favors can bo courtetl
thut will como in play a year later. The
soldier vote is everything but n nonentltv ,
and no ono recognizes the fact moro fully
than tbo politicians.
The work of removing the state library
rapidly nears completion. It is said that it
will bo lu the now quarters before to-morrow
night. The reserve shelf room Is not what
was expected , nnd u great many books will
have to go into the gallery , which Is bolni ;
furnished from the furniture ot the old
rooms. The gonornl verdict is thnt the now
rooms are very conveniently arranged nnd a
great Improvement over the old.
The Sowur Bond Election.
Next Mondny , the lUtb , is election day for
the $20,000 bonds for extension of the sani
tary sewer system of this city. No very
thorough explanation of the proposed exten
sion has been made , and the subject has at
tracted hut very little attention. It wil ]
probably carry by default. The following
parties have boon appointed judges nnd
; ierks of the election in the several voting
[ ireclncta :
First Wnrd Judges : I. Oppenheiuier , H.
B. Vail and Ihoinas Hoolnn. Clerks ; W. B.
Bennett and . .f. Flohurty.
Second Wnrd Judpres : W. Wntklns. M.
Noonnn nnd M. Bohnnnn. Clerics : U. Stern
ind A. ICatzonstoin.
Third Wnrd Judges : John Avers , G. D.
Knrchor nnd A. G. Barnes. Clerks : E. A.
3ooley nnd A. D. Borgott.
Fourth Wnrd Judges : J. C. Adams ,
William Giilospio and S. Males. 'Clerks :
U Wilson and Mart Howe.
Fifth Ward JudgosJnmes Aitkln , Henry
Broso nnd Jack Johnson. Clerks : S. Sny-
lor and Thomas Hudson.
Sixth Wurd-Judges : J. I. Salter , T. H.
IVorttungton and J. W. Bnrtschorcr. Clerks :
B. M. Crltteudea nnd Sam Woodloy.
City News and Notes.
Tom Carr , besides pushing his West Lin-
join manufacturing Interests , Is booming his
janaidacy for sheriff. Well posted politi
cians say that the race for the republican
nomination lies between him and Sam Mo
Dlay.
D. N. Syford , the local manager for the
postal telegraph company here , has re
signed , and the friends of Sam Roberts arc
pushing him for the placo. Bam is n very
worthy young man , wbo held the position ol
line mnn for some time until ho mot with nn
accident on the Union Pucillo ncur Beatrice
some three months ngo.
By order of the county commissioners
mndo yesterday afternoon , Lincoln is to hnvo
thrco justices ot the peace In the future In
stead of two ns nt prosont. This conforms
to nn net of the legislature of 1889. The First
district includes tbo First and Third wards ;
Iho Second the Second and Fifth wards-tho ;
Third the Fourth aud Sixth wards. In these
Joseph Brown is a candidate In the First
district , S. T. Coeliran and Judge Snolllni ; in
the Second nnd Charley Foxworthy in the
Third.
Kobort McRoyoolds has been nppolntcd
chairman of the advertising committee of
the board of trade , with instructions to dense -
nso nnd arrange for un annual festival that
will exhibit Nebraska products and adver
tise the city and stato.
Tbo lira department was called out to the
Uuckstatt & Stout brick yards about 1:80 :
this afternoon , but the uro was of no COIIHO-
juonco und wns extinguished before the boys
jot them.
Ed Kwan , who has been visiting friends
md relatives in tnls city and tn Otoo anil
Nomaha counties for the past two months ,
loft this aftoruoon for lila homo at darks.
Dak. Ho is a Huron boomer for the capital
) f South Dalcotu.
Farrugut post , G. A. H. , sent a drum
30rpi , fifty Btiong , to Kearney to-day in a
ipccial car over the Union Pucillo. The car
was handsomely decorated and the boys
.vera us happy und jolly a lotas ono could
maglno.
O , W. Webster roaue&ts THR BEB to state
.hat his brother , W. W. Webster , has not
eft Lincoln for good , and that he will return
n tbo course of timo. Ho also states that ho
ias not sold his business interests hero , ana
hat his absence u due to a butluoas call.
Tim BAXK-S\VIUTNAM OASB.
The Oofonse Will Attempt to Show
Tlint Mr.i. Hnxn Wrote the bottom.
The cnso of S.vio vs Swotnam wat cMlod
In the pollco court jostortlny nftornoon. Dr.
Swotnntn was the only ono of the principals
present ,
Mr. Henry EsUbrook , ono ot the attor
neys for the prosoautlon , nskcd far n contin
uance of two weeks on nooount ot the nb-
scncoefMrs , Saxo , who had boon sent to t ! ' 1
SU Joe to got a short period ot rostnnu ' <
quiet.
The attorney for the defense , Mr. Davis ,
objected te n continuance bocaiuo his client
wns subjected to uront publicity on account
of the nature ot the charge which had boon
made ngnlnst him , ami ho wn * nnxloin to
have the matter hoard.'Wo propose to
show the court , " continued Mr. Davis , "If
this case over comes to trial , the compluto ,
innocence of the nccmsod. Wo will Introduce |
testimony to show Hint the person who wrote I
these letters wns Mrs. Snxo hornelf , Tlml u
Is our theory , nnrt It will bo clearly ostnb- ; ?
llshod by evidence. Wo believe Mrs. Saxo . *
loft town to avoid testifying. If she wns . '
ublo to travel to St. Joe , und was nb'.o to
make several trips down town , she was cor-
tnlnly nblo to nppo.ir In court. v
Wo want it explained why she wan f'
not nblo to npponr if she waa i
nblo to come down to General Coxvm'a office , \J
The prosecuting witness and his frlouds !
have boon very busy circulating reports of
their sldo ot the case on the utroots nnd
through the pross. Dr. Sxvnttmm , being In
nocent of the clmrgo mutla nq.tlnst him ,
ought not bo subjected to this publicity.
The stnto should h.ivo boon ready to go ou
with the cnao whou tliojNIU'd thuir Informa
tion. Wu would like to hnvo thorn explain
wh > it is that a continuance U naked , and
why they hnvo sent tl.olr principal witness
nway from the city. Wo hnvo only Mr. 12s-
tnhrook's bare assertion for the fiioU , nnd
while wo have no doubt as to his voracity
wo should think they would produce some
thing moro. "
Mr. Kstnbrook hero olTorod to make n
sworn statement or un aflldavlt ot the facts
In the case. Ills odor WAS accepted , nnd ho
wns then sworn nnd made the following
statement :
"I hnvo known Mrs. Saxo for n number of >
years. For the last two years slio has boeu '
subject to n nervous nnd mental trouble )
which has almost completely prostrated hor.
The dny before the last hearing I talked ,
with her for nbout two hours. She j
bollpvcd then that she could not np- I
penr in court , us she wns nvorso
to any more publicity In the matter. She
llnnllv said U shu could hulp her husband in ,
any way she would appear and testify. '
When the carriage was sent nf tor her , on tlio s
dny of the hearing , she hud utmost a spasm
of nervousness , from which she tins not yet i
recovered. f
"Wo nro glad tlio point is to bo inuilo on V
the authorship of these letters ns between '
Mrs. Snxo and Dr. Swotnam. Mrs. Saxo
says she did not wrlto these letters , nnd If
anyone suld that she did she said she would
commit suloldo. She will testify that she
received these letters through the mulls.
"Tho llrst continuance was had with the
tacit understanding that the time was not
long enough. It is n Into dny for the defense -
fense to want professional evidence that
Mrs. Saxo is not able to appear. At the first
hearing wo offered to produoj such evidence
to prove her condition , but they waived that
nnd preferred to tnko General Cowin's ' word
for it. Now they want the ovidonco. "
The court announced that the case would
bo continued for ono week.
If you suffer from looseness of bowels
or fever and npuo , Angostura Bitterc
will cure you. Dr. J. G. Siegort & Sons ,
ole rnauu fucturors. Ask your druggist.
PartnerShnros. .
OMAHA , Nob. , August 12. To the Editor of
TIIIJ Umj : Kindly propound the following
query nnd nnswor it in your availing issue :
A nnd H are partners. A third party owes
n bill of $23.50 und pays in goods. Six dollars
of the account wns duo A before B was
taken into partnership. On rocolpb of the
merchandise it was equally divided between
A nnd 13. To give each their correct share
how should tlio chnrsro or ontrles bo mndo ou
the books : Your respectfully ,
SunsciuiiKU o FT/IK 13r.i : .
Answer A should receive credit for $ ' )
ind thn balance should bo equally divided
bctweon thu.ii , that U , A should receive
credit for § 14.25 and B for $3.25.
HIppolMo Forcoil to Ketront.
NEW YOUK , August 13. fSpocial Telegram
to Tun HEE.J The war in Haytl , it is ex
pected , will bo abandoned during the sum
mer season. General Lcgltimo will continuo -
tinuo to hold the capital of the republic ,
whllo General Hippolyto , lender of tha
northern party , has been compelled to aban
don his formications near Port-au-Priuco
nnd has retreated to tha north. A decisive
nnd bloody buttlo was fought on August 0 ,
not moro limn thrco miles from President
Legitimo's pnlace. Tlio loss wns honvy on
both slaes , but according to n cablegram received
coived from Port-nu-Princo yesterday by the
Huytiou consul general , IIIp | > olyto's loss mm
the larger.
It AVns Only nn Uvorsljjlit.
OTTAWA , Out. , August 13. ( Special Tola-
gram to THE Bnn. | The minister of tlio
llsherios has received a dispatch from the
colonial secretary of Newfoundland express
ing the deep regret of the Newfoundland
authorities nt the rofusnl of ono of their
Dfllciuls to recognize the modus vlvondl
license issued by the Dominion government
to the American Hailing vessel Putnam.
The excuse is offered thnt the rulusnl oo-
3urrocl through an oversight.
Tlirco Jinn Killed.
LOUISVIM.B , K.V. , August 13. The bollorof
Sanderson & Co.'s stnvu factory at Dawson ,
Ivy , , exploded yesterday. Jamus Jacksoa
tvns Instantly 1:11 cd nnd six others seriously
nlurcd. L.nton Manser und Dennis Purdy ,
, vho were injured , have slnco died. The
; nuso of the explosion is unknown.
SCRATCHED 28 YEARS.
4V Sonly , Itclnnjj Skin Dlsoasnvllh
JSntllcai ) Hiifl'erlnc Cured by
Ciiticnin Iteinnillqa.
If I had known of the CurunniA UHMKIIIU
twenty-eight yc-aro iijjo It would liuvo HIWUI ! ma
SMo.ltf ( two humlretl dollars ) and im Immense
amount of bUllerlnif. My disease (1'iorluala (
: omiuenced on my nead In a spot not larger )
than a cent. It ttprvad rapidly nil over my
body und got under my nallo. The neak-a would
ilrop oiroc mo nil thu time , and my ouirerlnic
was endless nnd without relief. Ono thousand
dollarH would not tempt my liavn tliU clliieuso
aver again. 1 am a. poor muu , but fool rlab to
bo relieved ol what Bomo ot the doctors jinld
was lenioiy. some ringworm , puorlasls , etc. I
Look . , . und . , , Barguparllm nvvr onu year
mil a luil r , IHIt no cure , 1 cannot praise tha
JUTIOUIIA ItEJIKDIKH tOO IllUCll. ' 1 hl'l" llUVO
made my Bkln us clear nnd free from scales aa
i baby'i. All I used of thorn wns tliruu hexes
if CUTICUIIA , and three bottlua ot CUTICIIIIA
ItKHOi.VKNT , and two cnlcea of CKTICIIHA BOAI- .
If yon liml b n here and nald yon would liava
; urud mo for JJOO.IKl you would have bad th
nonuy , 1 looked like tlio picture In your book
> f 1'iiorlnulH ( picture number two. "How to , |
Jure Bkln Dlsoaaea" ) , but now I am as clear an 'I '
iny person over wan , Through force of tiuult I il
no my Iiandi over my arms and ICRB tosrratch
inoolna Willie , but to uo pnrnoao , 1 urn all
veil. ( scratched twonty-oiuht years , and It
; ot to be a kind of eecoml naturu to me. I
hunk you n thousand tlmm. Auythlnx m-iro
Imt you want to know write me , or nny ana
vbo readH this may write to mo and / will
muwor It. DKNNIB JJOWMfJO.
WATKIIUUUV , VT. , Jan. 'JO , 188T.
I'Borlnsln , Hczema , TetterRingwormMob n. 'I '
'rurHns , Hcull Head , Milk Crust , Dandruff , > l
iarbara' , I lakers' , Urocers' , und WufiherwoI
nan's Itch , and every Hpcclos of Itching , llurn-
u . Hcaly , 1'lmply Humors of the Hkln an4
Iculnanu lllood , with Loss of Hair , are poil >
Ively cured by CUTICUIIA , the ( treat Hkln Cure ,
.ml UUTIOUHA 80A1un uxiiuUlte Bkln lleautl-
ler. externally , and CUTICIIIIA UKBOLVKNT , tb
lew lllood 1'urltler , internally , when vojal-
iaus and all other remedies ful.
Sold evfrywhero. 1'rlco , CiiTicniu , / ,
'ic ; HKSOLVKNT , tl , Prepared by the 1'orrca
Jlllld AND ClIKMICJAr. COltrOHATtON , IlOStOU.
ny-gend for "How to Cure Uklu DlBoaaea,1' 64
> agen , M Illustrations , and 100 testlinonlMa.
] ? UI'I < r.S , black-holds , chapped und olljr ktn
1111 prevented by Cutlcurn Medicated Boap.
FREE FROM RHEUMATIZ !
IN ONB MINUTB TUB OUTfOUIU
\ftA \ ANTl-1'AIM 1'I.ABTKU rOll YOS rl U-
matlc , ( iclatlc. ulp. kidney , chest ,
und muscular paln ana wonk-
The Urst and only puln-kllllug pmntor ,