Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, October 05, 1889, Page 4, Image 4
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY OCTOBER 5 , 1889. THE DAILY BEE. E. nOSBWATKR , BeUtor. _ PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THUMB OF aunsciumoN. Dnllr Mid Sunday , One Year. . tin 0(1 ( tic Month * . 6 no llnro MiratlM 301 Similar lire , Ono Vonr 3 on Wceicly Ucc , One Ycnr with Premium , , . . 2 OC Omnhn , tire Ilulldln ? . ( lilcneoomeo , fiC7 leookerr ntilMInc New York , Itcxiias U nnd 15 Tribune itiillj- Inu. Inu.WnMilncton. . Nn. fin ronrternth Btroet. Council limn . No. 121'carl Btroet. r.lnroln , 1030 PSticet , COKRRSl'ONOKNCK. All comnuinlesntlonn rolnllnK to now < ( and fd | . torlnl nmtlcr should bo addressed to the Kelltor- lal Diiiiartinont , I1081NK83 r.riTr.as. All ImMnt n letters and romlttancei should bo adnre-fucrt to The lloo IMibllshlnR Company , Onmlin. DrufIn , checWg and poitolllco orders to be made payable to the order ot the company , ICBBB PnMisliliiff Coiipiy , Proprietors ilKB llullillnBl'mnairfaiidBovontconth 8trocs. Tlio Ilco on llin Ti-nlni. Tlierolsnocxr.tisoforarttllurotogetTiiBllBB on the tralUH. All nowsuonlni-H have bccn notl- lied to tnrry a full supnly. Travelers wno want TIIK Hr.r. and cun't R it U on train * where other Omnlinnnpcrs are carried are requested to no- tlfr'-Tiu : Hnn. J AlfjV It 13 12. Sworn Sttttomonl of Circulation. EtRlo ol Nebraska , I. , roimty of Douglas. fBS < CieorRo II. Tzschuck , sccrotnryot The lloa rubllMiitic Company , dona solemnly swonr th'it ' theisUunl circulation of Tun IMtw llicR for tin-week ending September 23. 1SSU. woanstol- Sutul'ny. Sept. S3 . ' . JD. < 1 Monday , S.'jit. 21 . H , W Tticfdny. Sept. 24 Wednesday. Sept. S3 SO Frldiiy. 5ept. 27 . tfatunluy. Sept. 'i& . . . 1C.CJ7 Average . lS. t3 QHOHHR II. T7.PCIIUOK. Eworn to before mo and HUbHcrlbed to In my presence this 'J8tU day of September. A. D. IRS'J. N. I . VKl U Notary I'ubllo. Slate of Nebraska. | _ _ , f ss- County ot Douglas tleorfio ft. Tzschnclr , being duly sworn , rte- rofCHnnil tnyntlmt ho is secretary of Toe Hoe 1'ublhhliiK company. that the actual nvorofie unity circulation ot TUB UAir.r QEB for tha month ot September. l K , IMftl copies ; for Oo toberKtf , lf.i4 ( copies ; for November , IMS , 18. . IH ) copies : for December. 1BSK. 18iIJI copies ; foi January. mt > . lr.7 ( . copies : for February , lt > K > , ] C.W' COIIICH ; for March. 1W . IP-HM copies ; foi April , 1HI > , lPn < " 'J coploH- for .M y , IbMi. H,01 coplt.-s : for June. ] 8 i. 3 P.FTA copies ; for July , ItTO. 1 , ' , ? $ copies ; for August , 1HT.I. I8.6M copltis , flue ) . 11.T/.KC1IUCK. Fvotn to before , mo nnd subscribed In my presence tnlsHIst dny of Augutt , A. l . , 1H . N. I * . FKIU Notary t'ubllc , THE HUE'S SUNDAY FJYEtt , Commencing Sunday morning , Octo ber 0 , Tin : BISK will run n special news paper train , via the Union Pacific rail way , from Omaha to Grand Island sin e : Hustings , arriving at the UUtor poiul at 0:15 a. m. The train will reach Fremont at 6:1C : n. in. and there transfer packages o TIIK SUNDAY BKE for points north ani south on the Fremont , Elkhorn & Mia souri Valley railroiul , which will' place Iho paper in Lin wood , Seward , Yoi-li and intermediate points twenty-font hours ahead of all competitors. JC.oavhi Fremont at 5:15 : , the train will arrive at Grand Island at 8:80 : a. in , * At Grand Island packages of TUB SUN DAV Bin- : for Kearney and points wosl will ho transferred to the Union Pacilic fast freight , which roaches Kearnoj about 11 a. m. The sorvieo will bo ample , every pro vision having boon made to supply new , nponts nnd regular subscribers. All orders for TIIK SUNDAY Br.u foi points reached by TIIK BKK flyer aut "connecting trains should bo wirei vto TIIK Bnu before midnight Saturday , For the Sunday following send in youi .orders by mail. While this is not the first spocia newspaper train which THE Bun has chartered , it is the Orst time that auj newspaper west of Chicago has at 'tempted to transport its papers b ; special train a distance of over oni hundred and seventy miles. While tin publishers do not expect to realize any thincr approaching the heavy outlay incurred currod by this exclusive service , it patrons and the public generally carnet not fail to appreciate an enterprise tha will plnco Tins SUNDAY BKB on thoi Sunday breakfast tables in towns am cities reached by the regular mail trail between 10 a. m. and sundown. IN Till ! hurly-burly of parities tin flght between'tho board of public work and paving contractors seems to huvi " been forgotten. Tins double-headed Iroak is thoroughly "hauls. " It is 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 CURES PERMANENTLY BACKACHE , HEADACHE AND TOOTHACHE. CURES PERMANENTLY ALL Ar Dniiooisrs AND THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO , . B lllraor . (11