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IN Till ! hurly-burly of parities tin
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and paving contractors seems to huvi
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been forgotten.
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oughly posted on makiiij
a monthly haul on the city troasur ;
with advertising bills without render
ing an equivalent.
Ir Tins prevailing rule could bo re
Torscd and the olllco sought the man
nine out of every ton of the multitud
of candidates in the field would not receive
coivo the slightest recognition.
BOSTON sports have invndod Omaha
fit the cultured representatives of thi
Bub will indicate their pleasure , the ,
? can bo accommodated with anythinj
from a chicken flght to u championshl ;
base ball game.
TllK paternal care and anxiety dis
played by htroot car corporations fo
the welfare of their men is purely un
bolflsh of course. Having designated
clothing liouso for their patronage , it i
now in order to Bay whore the mo
shall got shaved and have their wnsli
ing ilono. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tine International Funeral Directors
AbHociatlon of the United States an
Canada , now in session in Toronto Can
ail a , will hold its meeting next year i
Omaha. While this ell ma to is no stltn
ulator of their business , the sad , solo in
, / and melancholy directors of funeral
will luarn much to their advantage b
coming to Omaha.
DKNYIUI and Kanba City papers nr
exceedingly disgruntled because thul
people A\ ill not have , an opportunity <
booing the delegates to the Pan-Amor
cun congress. On behalf of this hoi
pltnblo community wo lender the froj
dotu of the city to residents of hot
towns during ; the coming vinit of tli
congress to Omaha.
TIIK most important of county olllcc
arc scarcely given passing notice. Th
precinct and ward asbossordwhoso vali
ationa of property alloot every tax
payer , are dumped into the politic ; !
cauldron with constables and othoi
precinct ofiloiaU tunturo comparative !
of little or no moment to taxpayers.
vnorstoy
The flrsl decision of Judge Groff ni
commissioner ot the general land offlco
sot more than local importanco. It
doca inoro than settle a disputed entry
of n poor homesteader in Minnesota tote
to whom it confirms Iho title of his
claim assailed on a flimsy tochntcallty
of the law. It sounds the nolo which
the present administration proposes to
itself to adopt in dealing with land entries -
trios In the west nnd gives welcome
earnest that en.ulty'is to take the place
of that infloxihlo and often cruel legal
construction which prevailed toward
western homesteaders during' the last
administration. For this reason Judge
Groff's first decision has been sent
broadcast by the press throughout the
country as one of national interest. In
its far-reaching effect it will brine relief -
liof to the honest settlers in all the
states and territories where the process
of turning the prairie into the farm
under the operations of the gonornl land
laws Is still in progress.
The commissioner of the general land
office was fortunate in the case pre
sented. It involved the cancellation ol
a homestead entry because the settler , ti
wretchedly poor man , was unublo to
finish his hoaso on his claim in the
six months within which the law re
quired settlement to ho made. The
proof showed that ho worked hard to
earn money to buy his lumber , finally
erected his homo and put in his crop ,
[ inishing the required work a short
time after the date llxcd by the statute.
Judge GrolT in his decision denies that
any reasonable cause ia shown for the
cancellation of the entry , nnd lays
down the following important rule by
which tfio land office will be bound in
the future in dealing with kindred
cases :
The ruin requiring the mnkor of a home'
Btoad entry to establish an actual msldoncc
upon the Innd within nix months from the
dnto of his entry , llko nil rules , has Us cxcep
tlotis , ami is not to bo insisted upon whure
the c'utryinat ) ' : ) good faith toward the i : < n' '
eminent is suulcieutly shown or where his
nets are not inconsistent with an honest pur
pose to comply with the law.
The decision is such rv one as mighl
have been expected from Lewis A.
Groff. It is based on an equitable in
terpretation of the intent of the stat
ute and not upon an unyielding appli
cation of its letter , rogarJlcss of cir
cumstances. As such it is in the line
of a liberal construction of the lane
laws for the benefit of the honestly unfortunate -
fortunate , while leaving the land olllc <
free to construe them rigidly ai
against the dishonest and the lane
grabbers.
There will bo a general feel
ing of relief throughout the wes
over the assurance thus givei
by Judge GrolT that the general lam
olllco need not bo looked upon as an instrument
strumont for the oppression of indi
viduals or as an engine fo
the suppression of western de
volopmcnt. The specific cast * decidot
is an interesting'one , but its interest i
small beside Iho ruling which its de
termination called forth and infinites
imal in comparison with the broad ani
liberal and equitable disposition whlcl
in its consideration the general lan <
commissioner haa evidenced toward
the west , western interests and the settlement
tlomont of the frontier. That Judgi
GrolT will prove equally capable of deal
ing with still larger subjects whan presented
sonted for his determination , no om
who knows his patient industry and hi
sterling integrity will doubt for
moment.
lIALlAy BALLOT.
At the November election Jtlassachu
setts will vote under the Australian bal
lot system , and as she will bo. the firsi
state to apply this plan with very little
modification , the result will bo awaitoi
with , gen oral interest. If it shall provi
to bo in Massachusetts an improvomen
over the old aybtom an agitation for it ;
introduction in otnor states is to be expected -
poctod , xvhilo if it should show no ad
vantages over the system i
will supersede , in preventing th
corrupt practices in elections f o
which it is claimed to be th
remedy , the country will probably hca
no move of it.
It may as well bo said in advance c
the experiment with the now law i
Massachusetts , that those who oxpcct t
absolutely banish bribery and othe
abuses at elections are very sure to b
disappointed. In Australia and othc
British colonies whore similar hallo
laws are in force they have not boot
found offcctivo in wholly preventing
corrupt practices in elections. Tlior
was an extremely bad state of affairs ii
the Australasian colonies in counoc
tlon with the suffrage before the hallo
system now in vogue in those colonio
was adopted , and i't is not questionable
that it has worked an improvcmon
there , but it has not removed all th
evils. A .writer in the October Forum
who is perfectly familiar with the syt
torn bcciuiba ho "lias boon both olcctci
and defeated many times under tli
ballot , " says that while it afford
complete protection against in
timidation , except in the case c
pcoplo who nro so timid tin
they are scarcely fit to oxorolbo an ,
civio function , it is not so effective i
protection against bribery. In theory
of couivo , says this writer , the ballot i
a complete protection against bribery
because the person who gives the brib
can not bo sure that ho gets the vote h
has paid for. Thus wholesale nnd syi
tomatio bribery , euoh as used to goo
nt open voting , has boon made imposs !
bio , "yet there nro devices by whlel
bribery may bo ofToctod , " saya th
writer in The l < \ > niniiA he states on
simple method that has been oftu
employed. It is this : An agent ai
ranges with a number nfmen that the
nro to receive so much for their vote :
Ho then brings thorn to the votlm
booth in u body , and sends the First i
witli instructions to put u piece of hi an
paper into the ballot bos instead of h
ballot paper , and to bring the balk
paper out to him , the agent. This in
volvcs the sacrifice of one vote , but I
insures all the others * The so con
man puts the first man's balk
paper , which has previously boo
ux'uminod by the agent to mnl <
mire that it is correct , into the balk
box , and brings out his own. The thlr
man puts that in nnd brings out an
other ; and so on until the tulo is cj
hausfcd. Shrewd nnd ingenious politt
cinnn might find other expedients fo :
ovndincr the taw.
The result in Massachusetts with the
now law will bo watched with great nnd
general interest , and it will go far tc
determine public sentiment in other
states in favor ot or against this plan o
ballot reform.
1J1B MAN AND HIS RECOIW.
When a public , man comes before the
pcoplo for promotion he should at leas
have n clean record behind him. Thi
ndmircrs nnd supporters of Secretary
Laws have essayed to secure his noml
nation for congress under fnlso pro
tenses. Their principal stock in trndi
tins been Mr. Laws' honorable career m
register of the McCook land olllco
On that score the only proof t <
the contrary has been the wol
known incident nt McCoolr on the dnj
Mr. Laws entered upon his duties ni
register. The back door of the land
office was thrown open to a gang o
claim jumpers , while honest homesteaders
ors wore barred out at the front door
This has boon scouted by the swash
buckler press oi the Republican Vnlloi
as unworthy of attention.
Now wo nro in position to further corroborate
roborato the well founded suspicion thin
Mr. Laws was not as straight Jn his of
fice ns register ns ho would have
us believe. No man can road the
lotto r of U. H. Stewart , at
old soldier and citizen of Button , in Claj
county , without reaching the conclusioi
Lhat the management of tha McCook
lanel olllce under Mr. Laws was not if
the interest of the honest homo slender
but chiefly for the benefit of the lane
shark and perjured pro-cmptor. Thai
these revelations hnvo been withhole
until this time eioos not condone thi
offense. It simply shows that thi
republicans in the Second dls
trict , who have been wronged
h nvo had a great deal o
forbearance with n man who nlso hae
been a soldier. But there is no writtoi
or unwritten law that justifies a mat
who has been unfaithful to a trust n
demanding a position as rcprebontativt
in congress oven if , like Corporal Ton
nor , ho had lost both of his legs in do
fen so of the union ,
The republicans of Nebraska have
always shown the greatest consideration
tion for the old soldier , bu
they have not always been will
ing to sacrifice the interest
of the state to crippled union veteran
when they found them to bo un worth ;
of public confidence.
A very striking instance is the rccore
of John J. Gosper. In 1874 Gosporvn
nominated secretary of state , with i
hurrah , over all competitors , becausi
Tom Kennard announced that ho hai
loft a leg on a southern battlefield. A
the end of two years as aeero
tary of state Gosper was rotirei
from office nnd shelved because he hai
failed to inspire public confidence
This precedent might have been foi
lowed in the case of Mr. Laws vor ;
properly at the end of his first torn
but for his action on the railroad com
mission just before the convention
which led the people to believe that hi
desired to do his whole duty rogardles
of corporation pressure. The con
vention had scarcely adjourned whei
Mr. Laws became a backslider , aoei ii
violation of the pledges made in the re
publican platform that the freight rate
in this state should bo reduced Mr
Laws voted to reconsider the action o
the commission nnd to leave the rate ;
whore they had been.
It seems to us , therefore , that Mr
Laws' record in the land office , and ii
the olllco of secretary of state , is no
such as to warrant republicans in fore
ing him upon the Second district , ani
upon the state nt lartre , in defiance o
public sentiment.
A RADICAL Oil AN ( IE HEEDED.
At Lincoln the coroner's offlco i
filled by a physician. The propriety o
this is now manifest. The third wif
ot a local physician has just died sue ]
denly and from a mysterious disease
Suspicions 'of foul play have bee ;
aroused ami citizens have petitionoi
the coroner to make a post morfom in
quest. The coroner can readily cmn
ply with this request without incurring
needless expense for Lane-aster eountj
Had this occurred in Omaha , where accidental
cidontal and mysterious deaths occu
quito often , the coroner woulel be compelled
polled to call an inquest and employ
physician. This is radically wrong , n
matter from what standpoint it i
viewed. A city engineer is expected t
bo a civil engineer , and a coronurshoul
by all means bo a practicing physician
Instead of that our coroners have fo
years been undertakers. Their intorei
in the sale of'colllns and conduct of fu
nornls is paramount. As u conseciuonc
our coroner's juries and inquests havi
often been farcical , and quito oftei
there have been no inquests , bocausi
the coroner did not like to attend pui
ties whose patronage ho values.
A new departure in the selection o
coroners is in order. Thislgelomnndcc
not because wo have any ill-feolin
toward John Drexel or Michael Man
but because wo believe that a radios
change in the selection of material fei
coroner is imperatively demanded i
the interest of our citizens.
Tin : Hlatc cotiHlitution leave * no roon
for doubt as to the manner and inotho
of filling vacancies on the supreme an
district benches. It provides that i
case of a vacancy in either court befor
the expiration of the regular term , "th
vacancy shall bo filled by nppointmen
by the governor , until a buccossor shal
be elected and qualified , nnd euch sue
ccBsor shall be elected for Iho unex
pired term at the first general elcctio
that e > ccurt ! inoro than thirty days ufto
the vacancy shall have happened.1
This provision clearly gives the cand !
date elected at the coming election hi
place on the district bench the momeu
hiti election is certified by the prope
authority. There is no luw to proven
him qualifying until the first of Jan
unry following. That would simpl
prolong a vacancy which he was elude
to fill. The primary intent of ou
system of government is to have over
department constantly adminlfitoree
There should bo no interregnum on th
bench uuy inoro than in the executlv
- CT t -
chair. To-this end the broadest lati
tude musljBo given for filling vacancies.
To take nn.y other view would bo dis
astrous mod causa sot-ions complica
tions. . , j
iffl one feat tire of the Wyoming
constitution , just completed , which
merits special commendation. It is the
provision .Which prohibits the imoorta-
tion of armed men to suppress domestic
insurrection1. The effect of this would be
to exclude * from Wyoming , whenever if
shall become } n stn to , armed bodies ol
Pinkortoiuor other detectives mich as
Invade tho'stntos whenever there is n
contest between employers nnd theii
employes , overawing the pcoplo nnd fre
quently committing the gravest out
rages. The people of Wyoraintr nro
content to rely upon the authorities o' '
their own croatlon for their protection ,
and in ordqr to bo sure that outside
mercenaries shall not bo brought among
them they have built the barrl or that
shall keep them' out in the organic law.
It Is not the least creditable part of the
work done by the constitutional conven
tion. .
SKNATOK FAIWBLL , of Illinois , ex
plains the high cost of beef as duo to
the fnct that people will' only eat the
best cuts. The senator does not attempt
JLo explain what becomes of the vast portion
tion of Texas steers which nro not sus
ceptible of choice cuts. Ho certainly
can not think the people nro verdant
enough to believe that packers do not
mn Ice n profit on those portions of the
hoof. If the senator cares to attempt u
defense of the beef monopoly he should
do the subject justice and not shirk any
portion of his labors. Those people who
can not nlTord the best cuts nro just as
thoroughly robbed ns those who buy the
choice portions of the meat. Let the
senator explain why beef on the hoof Is
so very cheap and dressed is so verj
dear.
AccoiiDiNa to a recent consular re
port , co-operntlvo societies nro becom
ing very numerous in Germany. It is
said over four thousand nro doing a
profitable ; business in the empire.
Those societies , which take the form of
a savings bank anel life insurance com
pany , hnvo never been so popular in
this country as in Europe. They might
well attract the attention of wago-
workers , especially those who receive
small pay. They afford safer places for
investment of earnings than most ol
the savings banks managed by private
parties , and they also offer advantages
not possessed'by the banks.
T
Now that brick is ns cheap in Omahc
as it is in Kansas City and Denver , the
fire limits should bo extended over the
whole city. Kansas City and Denver
derive great 'advantage from the fact
that they are built up entirely of brick.
They impress people by the substantial
character of their buildings nnd that
has helped tliem greatly with investors
and proved of material advantage In
holding up their real estate prices. If
Omaha would now stop building frame
ho'uses she would not only gain im
mensely in appearance but would soon
overtake ICnn&as City in population and
wealth.
TIIK congress of the Th roe America !
causes commotion in the vicinity of the
infantile throne of Spain. That mon-
nrchial reminiscence naturally dreadf
the growth of republicanism around
provinces in which the peoule are de
prived of the right of government bj
the power of bayonets. The result ol
the congress will undoubtcdlj
strengthen and encourage the Cuban
patriots to continue the struggle
against foreign despotism.
THE United States had the besl
navy in the world at the close
of the civil war. It was the
result of republican policy. Its docaj
commenced when the democratic partj
obtained control of the lower house ol
congress in 1875. Now that the repub
licans are ngnin in the majority in both
branches of congress it is certain thai
the government will soon have a fleet o :
war ships worthy of the country's com'
mercial importanco.
SiiEiurr ConriiN's ' ardent
most sup
porters are down in the Third ward
among the class that is always law-de
fying and disorderly. This is a vorj
gooel reason why Mr. Coburn should nol
bo given a third term. The trouble
with him hns been that ho values the
good will and support of law-breakcn
nnd keepers of dives and dons a gooc
deal moro than the respect of law
ing citizens.
NernviTiibTANDiNO the efforts of pa
triotic gentlemen to make the Missouri
navigable , the murky persists in a con
trary course. Even the government
llatboat can scarcely wiggle througli
tbo islands of sand which pillow it !
bod. As an artery of commerce the
Missouri lends to bankruptcy.
TIIK British , chomo to secure pay
ment of confederate bonds is more of a
brace game than.a legitimate business
transaction. It will not work. It is nol
probable that foreign capital will be
kept out of profitable investments in the
bouth for the -purpose of forcing pay
ment of spurious and illegal bonds.
OMAHA has JBh'own a very friendly
disposition toward Sioux City. Now
lot us see how &iottx City will * recipro
cate. Up to this time she has thrown
cold water uponj''jyery ' ( enterprise that
Omaha has underiaicon and her papers
have bolittleeltt find misrepresented
Omaha at every0 , tujrn. t
Tin ; explosion of the Mississippi
steamboat Corona at Now Orleans , by
which upwards of forty lives wore lost ,
still further strengthens the claim of
1689 to Doing the casualty year in the
history ol the country.
IT took Columbus a number of ydarc
to hustle for the money necessary for
the discovery of America. It seems a
much greater task , however , for Now
York to raise sufficient cash to proporlj
celebrate the event.
JUDOI : GuoKr is a western man wltli
weatorn bympnthles. His knowledge o ;
the trials and hardships of homestead *
ing on the frontier insure nn honest nn (
Just administration ot the land laws
His first decision is cheering proof o
his purpose to glvo honest settlers the
benefit of the doubt in all contests.
OTHER LANDS THAN Of/715.
The victory itnlncd by the republicans Ir
Franco Is gratifying ta nil friend * of rcpre
sontutlvo institutions , but there la a tantieme
to magnify It to an extent not warranted bj
the facts. Tno republican majority In the
next chamber of deputies will not only nebo
bo unexampled , but It will sc.ircoly lie
prcntor tlmn that hold In the last chamber
and will probably be gomowhnt loss. Nol
thor 1ms there been a uniform diminution In
republican sentiment In the past dozen years
On n total popular vote which has not vnrietl
much In recent , elections from 7,000,000 , , tin
majority for the republicans was about 800.-
000 In 13TT , 0,400,000 In 1331 , nnd tmt 400,000
In lS3r . The vote of the country In luit Sun-
day's elections Is not yet knoln , but It Is
hardly probable ) Unit the popular majority
fnr the republican * will bo much irreixtei
than It wus twelve year * ago , Tlioro were
specific Influences which nftcctod Injuriously
the foes * of thn republic In ISSLund Itsfrlendi
In IS81. ) , but these Influences were not perma
nent , lioulunpism is undoubtedly elcvotoii
to speedy destruction , yet ho would bo n
rush iimnvho , whllo knowing anything
about recent French history and the drift
anel potency of the forces which combine to
mnho French politics , should predict that
Jtomipartht anil bourbon parties hnvo mtiila
their last np | > ctirnnuo In a national election.
It Is entirely probable , to ha .suro , that the
roDUbllcan system In Franco will oiuluro the
mostcxiietinR tc ts to which it will bosun-
Jcctcd In the future , but many docadoi will
undoubtedly pass before the foea of its ex
istcnco will become extinct.
*
*
Russia Is now engaged In raisliiR a now
loan , und Germany repents her old tactlct ol
making the most of war rnuiora in order U
frighten tha capitalists. Incidentally an un
settled feeling will help illsmarclt in push
ing his now scheme for the enlargement , ol
the Uermna army. Wo have hail nccounU
or six Russian regiments of cavalry sent for
ward to join the thirty-four regiments al
ready on the German-Austrian frontier. In
fantry from the Caucasus has also been sent
to the western borders. Etnporor William
plans to extend his southern tour to Constantinople -
stantinoplo , which in all probability ho
would not do If ho were upon cordial rela
tions with the czur , who will bo oxtremelj
irritated by the step. These incidents have
caused n renewal of speculation rcg.irdinE
the chances of n EuVopcan war. It mu.v
pertinently bo asked what elements are
there in the prcsont war scare inoro danger
ous than the many that have preceded it.
The excitement In Europe just before the re
tirement of Gladstone was occasioned by thr
njjcrcssions of Russia in Afghanistan. /
conflict between England and Russia woulel
have boon viewed by Bismarck with groal
complacency. The actual danger of war was
not great nt any time during that crisis , a :
Russia was experimenting upon the oxtcn
of England's forbearance. The next sorioui
crisis seemed to threaten an impending
strugclo between Germany and Franco
And yet this generation is evidently nol
destined to see another war between tin
fatherland and the republic , ns the senti
ment of revenge for the losses of the Franco
Prussian war Is fast dying out In Franco. I
was only when Russia Interfered nnd drew
down upon herself the wrath of Bismnrcl
and frightened the rcichstag to pass hi :
seven-years' army bill , Unit the natuni
rivals of Europe came face to face. Tin
danger of the present situation is that tin
two civilizations uro now matched for a flgh
either on the Hold or in diplomacy and In-
triguo. From now on the world may expec
stirring times. The triple alliance ia secure
and the czar must either flght or ubundoi
the historic policy and ambition of the Ro
rnanolTs.
4
The completion of 1,000 mllea of rallwaj
m Japan was celebrated on July 10 by i
grand banquet. While Japan has 1,000 mile !
of road , China has only eighty-six and ono
half miles ; but it now seems probable tna
in less than twenty years the "Middle Kiug
dom" will huvo at many miles of rails n :
may then bo found In the territory of iti
more proprosslvo neighbor. The recent decree
creo of tbo omocror of China , directing that
work on a railway TOO miles long should bi
undertaken at once , was issued only clgh
months after the sudden nnd unexpected in
tcrruption of work on the proposed extonsioi
of the TIcn-Tsin lino. A road eighty-six un <
a half miles lonrf , connecting Tien-Tain nm
Taku with certain coal mines , and lyini
wholly In that far northern province'whlet
contains the city of Pekin , had boon com
pleted and was in operation. Surveyors wen
at work upon an extension of It to Tung
Cboffl , and had located forty-flvo miles ,
when tnoy were suddenly withdrawn. Tne
censors , the astrologers , and other conscrv
atives had overcome the liberals , and apparently
ontly had reversed the railroad policy of tin
government. Tlioro hud been a great 11 ro in
the imperial palace , and the astrologers wore
Induced to declare that this lire had boon
caused by the malign Influence of tno nov
railway , The conservatives urged that nl
European nations were tearing UD their rail
ways , and were trying to unload the nban
Uoneil rails upon the Cblncso pooplo. For i
tltno they scorned to exercise n greater Inllu
cnco than that of LI Hung Chang , the grca
viceroy , and other liberal statesmen. It uoi\
appears that while the liberals scorned to b <
in disfavor , they had not lost the confidence
of the emperor and thocmpross dowager , bin
woroseoklug support and gathering argu
ments upon which they might rest soourelj
when the projyessivo policy should bo ro-
surnod.
*
* *
Two thousand armoj men , led by Euro
Deans , are- now fallowing the beaten trad
toward central Africa , made famous by the
great oxplorcrs who were the first to gaze
upon the equatorial laUes. The paths \vhlct
Speko , Burton , Grant and Stanley followed
on their peaceful missions are now the routf
of nn army bent upon destroying the rebel
chief Bushirl , who , having been driven out ol
nil the coast towns ho dofmidod , has taken
refuge among the mountains It is a atriit-
Ing illustration of the great chantro that hat
come over the cast coast , that the main out
let through which the secrets of Inner Africa
have reached the civilised world IB nuw the
pathway of an Invading army. No othoi
uartof Africa has been made so familiar to
us In tbo narratives ot explorers as the
region through which Wlssmann's little
urmy is advancing. To-Jay ho is punhlng
across the jungle and the dreaded Makuta
swamp , through which many a traveler hai
floundered , buoyed up only by tbo hope of
reaching tlio great mountains looming bolora
him scores of miles away. The war In cast
Africa 1m * entered upon a now staga. Most
of the long stretch of coast ivheiro the revolt
ugainst Gorman rule begun 1s now controlled
by the Germans. A lurgo part of the rebel
force hut. retreated inland , and it Is possible
that Whmnann's advauca may result only in
driving thorn further toward the lakes ,
whence , lllto the Mahnlsu , they may bo nblo
to monaco whlta enterprises lor an indefinite
time , or as long ns they can procure smug-
glcd supplies of ammunition ,
*
Ills majesty the sultan of Morocco , Non-
Joy Hassan , hat ) judiciously released the
crow of the Spanish vessel captured by the
KlfUuns on tlio Morocco coast. Spalo , from
long cxnorlonco , understands how to Immllt
her neighbors across the Strnlts , nnd the mil
tan concluded with great promptitude not te
to mnr the comfort ami splendor of his ore * '
ont visit to Tetunn , Tangier and other ports
by rnnnloR the rhkof n bombardment froir
n Spanish fioot. The claim ot the Ulrflnns 1- -
that the Spanish eraft wns n smuggler , nm
some of the Madrid Authorities sesom t <
have thought this possible ; but , Vnowlni
whom they wcro dealing with , they demand
ed rclcuso first anil got It. A peromptori
method was nlso found to bo the most sails
factory by our own consular officer nt Tnn
gicr last year. Possibly Spain would have
been as well plcnsod Imil the sultan yloldet
moro slowly nnd given her n chance to Iniu
some troops. In fact , the Incluont Is not , vo
quito closed , ntho question of rcnaratloi
nnd compensation will come up , especially I
it bo trtio that the Rifuans Jlrcd on the Span
ish gunboat Cocodrilonnd that tha cnptuln o
the captured craft died of lit us.igo. Hu
Lord Salisbury has already counsolei
the sultan to inaito ample reparation , am
probably ho will wnsotit to e'o ' so.
*
* *
If the report from China that rich mines o
gold-bearing qimttz have been discovered in
that ancioiit empire are confirmed , ono more
illustration will ho thus furnished of a won
derful fact In the world's modern progress ,
namely ) The oriqut Ii ninewing Its youth
by contact with the occielent. The roporl
says that American mnchmor.v nnd Ameri
can workmen are to bo employed by the
Chinese government to extract tlio treasure
from Its fastness. Probably the fnct Is , II
the report has n basli in truth , that tlih
quartz luw been known of for age * , and Its
auriferous character often remarked ; but ,
until inodoru applied suianco came into the
Hold , no ono wus aware of any process by
winch the gold could ba separated from the
roclt. In many inirti of Iho old world which
have boon thought.to be loin : ago worn out ,
or nt. least , In rapid dersay , where it was sun-
pos et that nothing now romnlaa.1 to ba dis
covered , done or hoped for , now world en
terprise and Intelligence are gradually prov
ing that early civilizations only scrntc heel
the surface of the ourth.
*
Whllo sovornl nations uro now blockading
a long sttutch of African coasts to kceii
slaves from getting out nnd firearms from
getting in , It is A llttlo rcmnrlinblo that in
some regions improved weapons nro pouring
into Inner Africa at a great rate , apparently
with the connivance of the very nations en
gaged In the blockade. Whou Iho king of
Matabolo land recently consented to lot white
mon dig for gold In Mashona land , which is
uou- talked of as the coming Eldorado , he
stipulated that 1,000 breech-loading nllcs and
100,000 cartridges must bo aont to him. They
have just passed through Uritish territory to
the country of the bloodthirsty Matabole.
With their own rude weapons they have beer
the scorn-go of South Africa , nnd It no *
looks as though the Urittsh were arming
them the moro effectually to wipe out all the
surrounding tribes. In spite of the bloclc-
ado the trade in guns and powder seems tc
go on without lot or hlndninco along the
Zambesi ana in the Nyassa region , whore
Portugal , to servo her own purposes , if
sending the goods far und wide into the
country.
The czar of Russia has interested himself
in the subject of executions by electricity
Ho has more opportunities for experiment
ing with It than any otticr potentate ? , ant
witu his autocratic power can brush asidt
tne olcctrical theorists hired to advocate one
side or tha other and determine ) the maitct
by actual tests , regardless of the effect thoj
may have on tha reputation for death-dual
lug power of particular systems of clcctrii
lighting.
liiiiiiilnz Over Wltli ' 13m.
Clilcatjii Acics.
The now northwest was chock full o :
republicans un Tuesday.
The Mrnsiiro ol' ( X Trust.
JJaltimnre American.
Within a month sugar trustsecuritlcs have
"
eleclincd from. Sl'-W to $8(5. ( This looks vorj
tnuuh 113 if public cotilldenco In that unholj
combination is oozing out.
The Baby Couldn't Stand It ,
Ltwtelon Journal.
Howard Owen , the famous Augusta jour
nallst , and almost equally famous judge o
baby shows , acted in this capacity at the
Grange fair In Augusta this year. Ho ex
plains In his paper why ho did not kiss tin
sweet llttlo things tbis'lmo : tin idssod a col
orcd Daby In an unguarded moment and thi
unlucky darling died in three months ffon
tnat timo.
Editor Ilnlstont ! Wita Sntisfloil.
Oinc/wioii / Commercial ( iazcttc.
Mr. Halstcad , of the Commercial-Gazette
has never opened his gnnn on anyone w'u '
voted against his confirmation as minister t <
to Germany , and feels as well pleased will
the result ns any of the senators , though hi
is not delighted with their methods. Hi
feels that he received two great compliment
ono his nomination for president , the othoi
his rejection by the senate.
WHY wis
Chicago Tribune : Guest ( angrily ) Con
found . \ our awkwardness 1 You've spilt Imli
that soup down my back. Wai tor nt rustnu
rant ( heartily ) Don't mind It , sir. 1'llbriiif
some moro. Bless you , there's plenty ol
soup I
Now York Sun : Miss Trimount And to
think tliut utter all thoi o thousands of yean
there should bo so much water In tha sea !
Ono would suppose It xvould have dried uj :
long ago. Miss Kornpaokir Yes , that'll BO ,
But then , you know , it has heaps of salt to
it , and papa says tbo way salt preserve :
things is wonderful.
Detroit Free Press ; "Anyfrlod oystorsl'i
ho nuked of tlio keeper ot uu eating stall on
the market. "Well , no ; not exactly fried
oysters , " she answered. "A'hatls Iti" "Cold
corned beef. " "Oh , that's near enough , and
you may sllco'mo off some. I expect it's all
in the name anyway. "
Now York Sun : Lord Dowballs ( at his
first ball game ) Aw , I think I understand
the aw principles of the game now , but
what aw is the basis of ill Tom Sport-
Ingblood The basest Confound it. I'vo told
you two or three times that they are flr t ,
second , third and homo.
Chicago Herald ! The Uuch , after all ,
only captured tno liiHijenlllc.int number ot
2CUO , semis. Asa Rush for Hualskhm it doesn't
equal tha ono that will prcHonily hogin at
the fur stores.
Drake's Magazine : Mrs. niottorwiclc
Joshua , there was a tramp luiro this utter-
noon , und ho looked BO hungry that I g.ivo
him a largo piece of gooseberry pio. I won
der how ho fools- now ? Hlottorlclr ( gloomily )
1 know how ho fcols. I had a pluco of Urn
DO at dinner , you ro member.
American Commercial Traveler ! "Mr ,
Nice , are you HU" asked little Johntilo Toddle -
dlo the ether evening of his Bister's best fol
low. "Why , no , Johnnie ; what inalies you
ask such a question ! " "Oil , because I hoard
sUtur say to mamma that , she thought you
inu t ba nick to think Hho'd marry you for
nothing but looks. "
Hurllugton Free Press ; Haliihoaded and
very homely old gentleman to puotogruphor
Dratsnoli pictures. Can't you tauUo me
look any bettor than that after liveBluings !
Photographer ( exasperated ) I think I can ,
sir , If you alto w me to take the bad : of your
head , It hasn't no much expression ha tha
ether stile , but it's a blamed night prettier.
QLawronco American ! Mr. QoodciUch
( calling on the oldest ulster ) Why , Johnny ,
how you nro growing I ou'ltjbo a nmn bo
fora your sis tor , If you keep on. Johnny
You bet I will. SUtor'll ' never bo n mnn if
she keens on being twenty like she hns for
the lust liveyears. . Then there was trouble
In the household.
GIM1UUT M. Ij.YUS AKUAIONISI ) ,
Ait Old HoMler Slimvfl Up Iltn Ilccoril
In tlin McOook Iiaiul Oftloo.
SunOS' , Neb , , Oct. 8.To tlio Udltor ot
TIIU Ilr.E ! On the JM dny of July , 1 3 , I
was at the McCook land olTleo and entered
the southeast quarter of section 02-lKU ns a
soldier's homestead. In December , 1SS4 , I
went up to the land described to make set
tlement. 13ut on arriving nt McCook I win
Informed by n friend that nuid land had boon
entered by ono Mrs. M. McGlll. I made my
way to the land ofilco anel called up said
land. Hon. Mr , Laws , the rcgittor , In
formed mo that the land In question hail
boon entered by ono Mr * . M. McGill. I told
Mr. Lawn that thcro must bo some mis
take , that I enforce ! said land on
the 8el day of July , 1S31 , and had
the receipt therefor. Ho told mo
I didn't ' , nnd aftoiBOino words ho ordered
mo out of the land ofilco , nnd said ho could
do nothing for mo niul that I would have to
wait till Mr. liabcock 'camo from Now Or
leans.
In March , ISVi , 1 went to the McConk land
ofllcc , nnd itgalu called up the laud above de
scribed. Mr. Laws and Mr. U.ibcook wcro
both in the ofilco. They told mo I noveir hud
made nn entry ot said land. After aoino
talk I produced the receipt of ontry. Mr.
Ualicock turned to the nnfo , got the duplicate
entry , and hnndoel It to mo with my dis
charge pnpors , nlso paying mo tiack my entry
fco anil said there hail been u. mistake , end
they could do nothing for mo.
I loft the land olllco feeling
baeily. I wont to the land In
( Uicslloa and found that the party
who had entered the above described land
had not inado settlement I wont back to
the laud ofuco and tola Mr. Laws tlio ubovo
fact , and that I wished to onto ? a contest.
Ho told me ho would nut accent a con test
on said land. I employed nn attorney , made
out the papers , presented them at the land
olllce , and tolei htm If ho would not accept.
them wo would send them to the Rcnernl
land ofilco. Ho said ho would accept to BUVD
time If wo did that , und hi ) took the contest
fco anel pigeon-holed the papers. I never
got n hearing in the case till August , IbST ,
nnd then only by sending an ntlUuvit to tliu
secretary of the interior , suiting nil the
nbovo facts , when the secretary ordered a
hearing in the caso.
Question 1. Mr. Laws , did yon not state
in u letter to the secretary of the Interior
that the above described contest papers
wore mislaid und you could not Una them I
Question 2. Did you not write n Jotter ,
after I entered contest anil protest , to Mrs.
McGill and toll her that she must como and
II vo on the land in question , as her proof had
boon rejected by the secretary of the In
terior , und tnat there had been a protest and
contest filed ?
Question U. IR It not n fact that you held
those papers until ultor Mrs. McGill came
bauk and li-'od on the land Iho required
length of time to make proof , and you ad
vised her so to do , knowing that my protest
and contest wcro on lllol
Question"Is it not a fact that on careful
Inspection of the books of the land , olllco
they will show that there was n prior entry
to Mrs. McGill's , and it was erased , or had
boon t
Question. 5 Is it not a fact that whllo
you were register in the land olllco you nctod
In the capacity nf nd visor und attorney In this
case for Mrs. McGilll
Question , ( i Is it not a faert that you took
said contest and protest papers and destroyed
them )
Question. 7 Is it not a fact that ttio lanel
ollleo paid me back uiy entry fee on theabovo
elcbcribcd land )
Qucst'on. 8 Is it not a fact that you told
n respectable citizen of McCoolr , Neb. , that
you regretted not Issuing notice on this con
test and protest
Question. U If it Is a fact that you hold
these- papers in the cnsa nbovo mentioned ,
can you explain to the public why you did
80 ?
Question. 10 Is it not a fact tint when
Stewart made said entry ho was naked the
question , "Is thU a Stinking Water mob you
have got hero this morning ? " and he told you
ho knew nothing of tlio blinking Water busi
ness ?
Question 11 Is it not a fnct that .1. W.
Johnson , of Sutton , hnd some talk with you
about the Sf- wart contest matter , nnd you
told htm Ids statements wore not true t
Question Vi. Is It not a fact that if the
records of the mineral ana McCook land
ofllccs are properly uxumincd they will re
veal the fact that Stewart's statements aio
correct ?
Question 13. If you are nominated and
elected to congress will you handle tbo
ofilco in the bungling way you did the
McCooic lund ofllce ! R. II. Sruw.utT ,
TIIK POHIC
Another SunHatlon on tlio
Hoard ofTi'inio.
CIIICAUO , Oct. 4. The sensation on the
board this mornintr was the announcement
that the clique had gnno before Judge ; Shepard -
ard nnd secured un Injunction against the
board of trade inspector to prevent him from
issniiitr certificates on newly puuxcd Octobe.-r
pork. The clique ycstordny received and paid
for all the nuwjy packed pork offeree ! . Hut
it now transpires that thin was the only pork
Bold to the clique ut a low price ) . The liijrh-
priced pork tendered them on late deliveries
yesterday was retused und un Injunction to
prevent its delivery was uskod for. The in
junction i.s not only against the ofllcial inspector
specter , but titruinst all the ofllccrs of-tho
board.
Thn directors met In secret session soon
after the board opened. Their attorney was
present with a copy of the injunc
tion und Us allegations 'woro carefully
considered. The injunction , besides prohibit
ing the delivery of tha pork , also provcnU
the board from disciplining the members for
refusing to take pork. The latter point ,
howavar , has bcon decided BO often In tha
courts that llttlo Importance was attached to
it. Tha court * have always conceded tha
board the right of tlisciulitilng members for
the infraction of the rulua ,
Stoi ) coughini ; nt once by the linmcdlato
use of Dr. Hull's CougU Syrup ; SJO cents a
bottle.
"I see a star , Eve's first born.In whoso train'
Comes the damp twilight thai brings pain'
For action of head , nemruliriu , uutnnd briusu.
Try Salvation Oil , these will you lose.
J ii ) | > Water.
Colonel C. S. Chase has rot u mod from the
Topeka deep-harbor convention. Ho nay *
the body wus n lurgo und ublo ono , and that
several very oloquout nuonehcA were made by
governors , senators , congressmen and others ,
the most rnmurkuola ono liolng that of ox-
Governor Hiibljard , of Texas , the lalumln.
Istur to Jupan. Tim governor , ho says , hold
the convention spoil-bound for ever un hour.
After u Htoruiy session of three days thu
convention harmonized , und the result of tlio
ugreumcni' will bu found in THE HBK'H tola.
graph columns. The colonul introduced ti
buries of resolutions , which will bo published
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