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dally circulation ot U'ni JA1IY Br.il for tlio
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TilK rnilronds ai-o out of politics , but
r'B.
nil political inntiugors and subordinate
workers will report for nctivo duty at
Hastinga to-day.
TIIKIIK arc scvon lonosoino democrats
in the Wi.sliinglon legislatiu'c. TIow
tlioy escaped the general slaughter is a
profouiiti
TinntiUs such a thing as death-bell
ropcutaiice. In this light the appeal
of tlio Jiepublican on behalf of Mr.
Clnrkson should bo cointnondcd.
BII.T. TUKNJH'S : conlession to the
grand jury that ho "didn't know much' '
is interesting as a life-size picture of
the mental condition of tlio county
board.
NOTICK to B. & M. coiiduclora : All
passengers for Hastings presenting the
usual courtesies of the company are en
titled to the freedom of the commissary
car regardless of o.xponso.
TITK nromised mootingof Lord
\Volsoloy and JolT Davis at Richmond
next December will enable them to
moot auoiv ever the grave of the lost
cause. Truly the confederates are
"gotting together. "
THK collapse of the HcpublicHn em
phasizes the fact that it requires some
thing moro than money to maUo a
newspaper successful. It requires
character , ability , honesty of purpose ,
and above all an unwavering advocacy
ot the public interests.
TilK contractors of the hospital job
succeeded in throwing considerable
dust in the eyes of the grand jury to
hide the defects of the buildinsr. But
they cannot cover up tholr copartner
ship witli tlio county board nor their
crooked raids on the treasurv.
h The judicial convention which assem
> bles in Omaha to-day should vigorously
squelch Vandurvoort and the roust
abouts who seek a repetition of tbo
'
r' blunder of two years ngo. The
recommendation of Mr. Clarkson by
the bar association should determine
the action of the convention. lie is n
republican , thoroughly competent for
the position , and lias no opponent
worthy of the name. To reject a man
of ills standing in tlio community nnd nt
the bar for a brlollcss blatherskite will
bo an invitation to defeat at the polls.
AT tlio urcscut time Philadelphia lias
eight hundred and twenty-live and one-
half miles of private wires and fifty-
BOVOII and one-quarter miles of city
wire underground. The cost ot bury
ing the lifty-sovon and ono-quartor
miles of city wire was only 98,201.70 , a
emnll outlay when tlio permanency of
the undertaking is taken into consid
eration. Tlio system has worked ad
mirably. The companies protested at
the inception of the scheme but they
nro now well satisllod with the results.
Wind nnd snow storms , sleet and rain
which do so much damage to telegraph
lines both in cities and in t'.io country ,
nro avoided. Denver authorities are
about to take the subject of under
ground wires in hand and our own city
council should not bo second to any city
in the west in tlio burial of overhead
wires.
Mil. Bi'iiuouans , president of the
Farmers' alliance , scores the railroad
managers for the conspiracy by which
they defeated the ronomination of Judge
Reese ami suggests a call for n people's
state convention and the nomination ot
Judge Reese on the people's ticket.
While nothing too severe can bo said
about the method by which Judge Rcoso
wns slaughtered in the house of hispro-
tended friends , TUB Bun doubts exceed
ingly whether tlio proposed move
ment could bo made success
ful. In the ilrst place , there is
scarcely time enough between now and
election day for organizing nn antimonopoly -
monopoly campaign that would sweep
the state , nnd in the next wlaco wo
doubt very much whether Ju3go Reese
would consent to stand for an election
ns the independent people's candidate.
To make a spasmodic effort that would
end in a fizzle would hardly advance
the cause of antl-mouopoly in tills
ttato.
A IFOHD OP CAVtlON.
The rnllroad.managor8 who are- tak
ing such nn active interest in the choice-
of a successor to the Into Congressman
Laird may not be owuro of. the fact that
tholr high-handed attempts todoralnnto
the people is exciting intense resent
ment. If they learn wisdom from past
experience , they will not foist Mr.
Laws upon the people of Nebraska In
the capacity of a representative in the
national legislature.
nave they forgotten the lesson of
1870 , when Jay Gould and Sidney Dillon
cnmo to Omaha to force an offensive
congressional nomination ? Gould and
Dillon succeeded after tampering with
the convention for four days , but the
people resented the outrage and the
storm that followed the congressional
campaign sent Gould's preferred candi
date for tlio senate into retirement , nnd
two years later sent Van Wyuk to the
United States senate.
A few years later the railroad bosses
were taught another severe lesson by a
popular uprising which cost them mill
ions of dollars.
The railroad managers have recently
scored a victory in the defeat of Judge
Reese which lias reopened old sores in
many places. If on tlio heals ot this old
attempt to control our supreme bench
they foist a known railroad hench
man like Laws upon the people
they will incite an anti-monopoly cru
sade that will swoop the state next
year and drive every railroad sym
pathizer from place and power. Whom
the gods wish to destroy they flrdtmako
mnd. Unless the railroad bosses are
stark mad they xvill hoetl our warning
and content themselves with the over
throw of the supreme judge who had
made himself offensive to them.
A rtS'.ONAKY '
An important convention of the wheat
growers of the Mississippi valley will beheld
held at St. Louis , beginning the 23d
inst. It is tlio outgrowth of the Farm
ers' federation organized a few years
ago for the purpose of driving out mid
dlemen and bringing the producer and
consumer nearer together. Tlio pri
mary object of tlio convention is to
perfect n wheat growers' trust. This
purpose is publicly announced
in a circular declaring that
the association's first move will bo to
secure "a monopoly of the commi&bion
business , which will not only enable the
company to pay largo dividends to stock
holders , but will give it power ever
shipments of farm produce and unlock
tlio door to fair prices. " Every farmer
who lias raised live hundred bushels of
wheat this year in any of the states or
territories is eligible as a dologato.
The deliberations of the convention
will bo watched with moro than local
interest. It is practically the first at
tempt of those engaged in purnly agri
cultural pursuits to control or regulate
the price of their products. It i the
natural outcome of the prevailing spirit
of combination In all departments of
business. The prices of many of the
necessaries of life are already subject
to the will of u few men , and the con
sumer is met on every side with trusts
to relieve him of his surplus.
Wo have had corners in
wheat , flour , corn , porlc and
in other commodities , and the manipu
lators , instead of being hustled into the
penitentiary , were applauded us sharp ,
shrewd business men. Certainly the
farmers are justified in adopting every
legitimate means to secure the highest
possible returns for their labor.
But the project of the wheat growers
"to regulate the supply in the market
and establish the price" is beyond the
range of possibility. The authors of
this hair-brained bchomo evidently do
not comprehend the magnitude of the
task before them. The twenty
millions alleged capital of the
federation , oven if paid up and handled
by a HutohiiiBon , would not "control
the market or regulate the price" for
thirty days. Ilowovor , if the farmers
have money to squaader they cannot
choobo a speedier means to ilibposo of it.
Greater bonolits will accrue to tno
farmers it they unite for practical ends.
The Patrons of Husbandry , the Grnngo
and the Anti-Monopoly ictiguos of. years
past were a source of strength as well
as profit to the tillers of the soil. They
demonstrated that organi/.atioa and
unity of purpose were essential to
combat growing evils , and par
tially accomplished the ends
sought. But success is out of the ques
tion if the convention sticks to the vis
ionary plans of the federation. Deliber
ating on the impractical is a waste of
energy. Lot the convention modify its
scheme to a combined attack on the
middlemen nnd the elevator monopoly ,
and good results will be achieved. A
bold , united front and cautious , conserv
ative leadership , coupled with means
to malco the organization independent
of gobotwoons , will soon bring the ar
rogant elevator men to terms and give
tlio farmers the benefit of the ex
orbitant commissions now charged.
TIID SEOKE'V IJALLOT.
The elections in Montana and Con
necticut , under a modified form ot ttio
Australian ballot system , have encour
aged the advocates of that system to re
newed elTorts in behalf of its general
adoption. It is highly probable that
these efforts will be fruitful of u quite
general movement by the legislatures
the coming winter to establish the Aus
tralian system , nnd doubtless in some of
the states this will bu done , The sys
tem will have another test in
Massachusetts next month , and
if itbhnll work well there the fact will
bo a further and a stronger encourage
ment to its advocates.
Every good citizen desires the purifi
cation of tlio ballot , and if this can bo
accomplished under the Australian
system with whatever modifications are
necessary to lit it to our political sys
tem it will undoubtedly bo finally
adopted. But the pluctions in Montana
'
nnd Connecticut 'are by no moans
conclusive tests of the purify
ing value of the Australian
plan. It is baid to have worked satis
factorily in both elates , rendering
bribery nnd intimidation to a great ex
tent Impracticable , but as n now ex
periment it was not assailed by any of
those devices by which the ballot is cor
rupted , nor were the condition * , par
ticularly In Connecticut , such ns to es
pecially iuvlto such devices. A much
bettor test of the system will bo sup
plied by Massachusetts , and Its moro
ardent friends will do well to await the
result there before becoming too enthu
siastic.
The fact Is that the Australian ballot
83'stem is not a complete and unfailing
remedy for corrupt practices oven in
Australia , as is attested by Mr. Edward
Wnkollold , who has been both elected
and defeated under its operation. Lie
claims for it that it affords a protection
against intimidation , but as to prevent
ing bribery ho admits that it is not en
tirely effective , and ho cites several
methods by which the intent of the law
in this respect is defeated. Perhaps it
is not possible to make any ballot law
which the Ingenuity of practical poli
ticians can not defeat nt some point ,
but it may fairly bo questioned whether
wo nro justified in importing n system
that has been shown to bo defective In
its operation In the land of its origin.
111E GOLD
The rccont discovery of rich gold
mines in Queensland , Australia , and in
South Africa , will quiet the fears of
those who have apprehended a steadily
diminishing supply ot gold in consequence
quence of tlio declining product of the
mines of California ana of Victoria ,
Australia. The reports regarding the
mines in Queensland represent them to
bo richer than those of Victoria ever
woro. Their production is being
pushed by powerful companies , and
London exports estimate that it
will this year reach fifteen million dollars
lars , nearly double that of last year.
One mine in Queensland is said to bo
the richest ever discovered , examina
tions warranting the estimate that at
least two hundred mil ion dollars worth
of the metal can bo taken out.
The richest discoveries , however ,
have been made in the Transvaal re
public. It was long believed that this
region was noculiarly rich in gold , but
its inaccessibility and the repressive
policy of its Dutch inhabitants
rendered exports for a time unable to
obtain any knowledge of the extent and
richness of the deposits. Tempted by
the alluring reports of the mines , the
English in Natal and Capo Colony
finally overcame all opposition ami 011-
torod the gold fields , finding their most
sanguine expectations more than
realised , ft is believed that the gold
mines of the Transvaal wilf provo to
bo as rich , and possibly richer , than
those of California nnd Australia.
Thus far the yield has not been
very great , but it is steadily
increasing , nnd with more umplo
appliances for mining and hotter facili
ties for transportation , it is expected
that the world's stlpply of gold will bo
largely and rapidly increased from the
product of these south African mines.
Meanwhile explorations are malting
further north and discoveries have been
made which , if truthfully represented ,
promise in time nn enormous addition to
the supply of this precious metal. At
any rate what has been developed in
these remote regions is sulliciont assur
ance against n diminished gold supply
for many years to come.
AND 'IHE MOSEYSUPl'LY.
The fact that treasury officials are
dibcussing tlio expediency of increasing
the coinage of silver to the maximum
limit under the law of four million
dollars a month , as reported in our
Washington dispatches yesterday , is
significant of the condition of the
money market and the pressure that is
being felt at the treasury for relief.
For a vock or two past the monetary
situation at New York has been close ,
and there are conditions at work , other
than those of u domestic nature ,
which threaten to make it
closer. So far as tlio commercial outlook
is concerned , it could hardly bo moro
favorable , but the increasing demand
for money is not mot by a proportionate
increase in the supply. The treasury is
getting very small amounts of bonds
offered , and the relief to the money
market from this source is inconsider
able. The national banks are not
adding to the circulation , 'but on the
contrary continue to surrender notes ,
this loss being met by the issue of silver
cortificatos.
This is the state of affairs that has in
duced the treasury officials to consider
tlio policy of increasing the monthly
coinage of silver.
Undoubtedly if this were done it
would give at least temporary relief to
the money market , but it is hardly
probable that the secretary of the
treasury will make so radical a de
parture at this time , with the meeting
of congress less than two months dis
tant. The position hitherto of Secre
tary Windom has not boon
favorable to increasing the
coinage ot silver , nnd when
interviewed on the subject some two or
three months ngo , ho distinctly inti
mated that there would bo no increase
of the coinage unless directed by con
gress. It is not impossible that his
views may have since undergone a
change , but U is quite safe to assume
thathe will adhere to the policy pursued
for the past ton years until count-ess
can have un opportunity to puss upon the
subject. Meanwhile , if the demand
for relief of the money market
should become moro urgent , the sec
retary may have recourse to two expe
dients. IIo can offer more favorable
inducements to attract bond offerings
and ho can antlcipato interest on
bonds. It may happen tlmt ho will not
find it necessary to resort to either , but
the administration is pledged to avert
any sorioua financial stringency , ana it
will undoubtedly act in duo timu in the
way that shall anpoar widest. There is
very slight probability , however , that
there will bo any immediate change in
the policy regarding the coinage of
silver.
TJIH annual session of the Amurican
forestry congress will begin in Phila
delphia to-morrow , The congress will
take blops to push a project to withdraw
from entry and sale under existing laws
the timber lands of the public domain ,
until a special commission can deter
mine how a permanent supply of timber
may bo obtained from thorn. The general
oral public , after all that has been said
regarding tao reckless destruction of
our American forests , nnd the disastrous
consequences , ) vill , tbo disposed to sup
port the efforts of the congress for the
withdrawal of the tlrabor lands for the
purposes propo iodj though it must bo
said that public sentiment , as reflected
in congress , is farj too indifferent re
specting this very Important matter of
protecting the forests on the public do
main. Unless cpng oss can bo induced
to do something eoon to protect the for
ests it will not bpinnny years until there
will bo no forests to protect.
JUSTICK to the oublic nnd itself de
mands that the Union Pacific vigorously
prosecute nnd punish negligent nnd
dissipated operatives. The reckless
disregard of life nnd property shown in
numerous recent cases tloos not roloct
credit on the discipline ot employes ,
and an example should bo made , nnd
that promptly.
It Is said that the scheme for the purchase
of the Omaha bcor factories by an English
syndicate la still browin ? .
Commissioner Mount snyn blucc the grand
Jury prevented Ins ronomluntlon ho don't
plvo a what they do row.
Although Crdninvillo Jis rnpldly losing her
prestige as a porlc packing center , she still
holds her lend In the jury packing industry.
The Btnto of Nebraska , of which Omaha
Is the metropolis , extends to her nnuicsako
the unfortunate Btouuior , her most heartfelt
commiseration.
Wichita claims to have forty- two women's
clubs. Yet tlicro is no nroof that husbands
in the Kansas town got homo any oarllor
nights on this account ,
A man in Monroe county , Ohio , drove to
town the other dav and learned for the first
tlmo tliat Harrison had bcon elected presi
dent , The Hon. .tamos E. Campbell ought
to secure a largo nnd enthusiastic vote In
this man's district.
In vlaxv of the fact that the doinooratlo
ticket Is fairly bristling wita such French
patronymics ns OUVnlloy , Corrican , and
McGinnis , the appeal of the only Moriarlty
to tlio convention to see that the Irish ruco
was properly represented was little short of
puthotlc.
Now it is stated that a trunk containing
throe hundred thousand dollars in gold has
bcon discovered In an old building site in
Mexico. Tlio able bodioa prevaricator who
rrsularly startles the country with in.issa-
cro3 nnd other hair raising stories which
novnr pan out is evidently still on deck.
The coroner of Binghnmton , N. Y. , hold
nn inquest on the bones of n man who has
been buried for thirty-four years , and the
coroner's jury found "tho cause of death
unknown. " The average coroner's jury
wouM have arrived at the sumo conclusion
if the Inquest hail bcon held thirty-four iniu-
utcs aftur the decease.
Tln Olno Stylo.
St. JMIISffJMlWte. ' .
The whole art and uipthod of Ohio politics
consists of calling tbo other follow another
one and proving it on him.
Base Dnll and tlio lirltlsh.
Clitcaaif AfiM.
A base ball loacuo is forming in England.
Still it Is doubtful whether Englistimon
know the difference between n curve ball
and curvature ot the spino.
Gcttlnc Hot For r.'impb-II.
SI. Jioiifs ( llolie-Dcinncrat.
The canvass In Ohio Is becoming quite
sultry , nnd the prlnclp.il sweater is Mr.
.1 nines E. Campbell , the man who foohshlv
accepted a nomination against Governor
Fo raker.
OM'-'H ISi-ooiit success.
l'hlla < lcl ) > liaX'o ! > th American.
The capture of scuts In pnrliumnnt by the
Glailstoniaus has been BO frequent lately that
it bus become rattier monotonous for the
other side. That tliu libar.iis Hhould have
succeeded in electing another candid nto for
the house of commons shows that tlio tide is
'still runninir in the direction of homo rule.
If it so continues for any length of tune. Mr.
Gladstone may have yet another term ns
prime minister before his lifo is ended.
Jliglttn of tlio Common Soldier.
St. oub ttw-DfujMfc/i.
The Idea that a common soldier Is n dog era
a vicious vagabond following from choice a
a servile nnd brutal trade , ana entitled therefore -
fore to just such treatment as a penitentiary
convict , is not tolerated in Germany , Franco
or any other country that maintains a great
nnd well disciplined army. It Is not u
modern idea , and when put forward ns nn
American idqa it will bo repudiated with in
dignation anil abhorrence by the whole
American peoplo.
GKI3AT MI3N.
Grovcr Cleveland has gained fourteen
pounds in weight since- his retirement from
the ofllco of president.
Prince- Louis do Uolnui , ono of the fora-
most of Austrian sportsmen , recently shot
his 12,000th buck at Chaustnck.
The king of Spain took his first son bath at
San Sebastian a few wee its ago. His oldest
sister , the princess ot the Asturias , aged
nine , carried him in ,
George Ebers , the Egyptologist nnd novel
ist , Is said to bo a hopeless invalid. Ho is
paralyzed nnd very rarely moves out of his
rolling chair. His spirits , however , never
flag and ho still continues to work.
Frascuclo , the Spanish torero , has retired
with a fortune estimated nt fCOO.OOO , Al
though ranking among the greatest bull
fighters , ho was freely criticised by many ex
perts for being unusually liable to accidents.
The duke of Edinburgh takes pleasure In
repeating to hlt > inotlior , Queen Victoria , the
disagreeable comments that the emperor of
Russia has mudo upon the recent marriage
of Princess Beatrice to Lord Fife , and it
seems that these sentiments of entire disap
proval nro fully abated by the Empress
Frederick
Lord Lvtton , British minister to France , is
said to resemble hla , futhcr , the novelist , in
personal appearance ) ' : having the same long
face , sad locking eyes , full , straight beard
and prominent noib. Wbllo literature has
boon his avocation'- has made diplomacy
his vocation and nu serveil at many of the
courts of Ruropo. most important post-
tions have been tlmt o viceroy of India nnd
his present one. As m nlster to Franco ho
receives $00,000 salary in J n palace to live in.
Herman Harms , of t tlca , Minn , , is Raid to
have been stooping soundly most of the tlmo
for the past twelve years. Ho wakes up to
oat occasionally und every few years ho re
gains consciousness long enough to walk out
for a time , but then sleep overtakes him
again and ho U burled in slumber for
months. His latest nap is said to have lasted
thus far two years. Ho Is declared to be
very weak with little probability of over beIng -
Ing nblo to risu from his bed again , even If he
walccs up ,
The oldest person who has died this year ,
according to the longevity sharps , was Gott
fried Wnomarok , who passed awny in Ger
many not many weeks ago ut the undisputed
age of 123 years. The oldest person of
modern times whoso death is recorded no-
curatnly wa- Louisa Truito , nn Kngllsb
woman , who was 103 years old when she
cllod , In 1TSO. TlicroTAS a Don Cnraoron ,
who may have boon nn ancestor ot the pres
ent family ot long-lived Caruorons In Penn
sylvania , who died In Scotland In 17C9 at the
ngo of 130 years.
It la said that Vice President Morton's
house \Vashlnglon will bo rcndy for occu
pancy early In November. Tno house was
bought of Prof. Hell , of telephone fnmo ,
who bought It of Lieutenant UrondhcaA for
(100,000. The alterations nnd additions that
linvo boon made by Mr. Morton will render
the house one of the handsomest private resi
dences m Washington.
THIS un/t : Kiivuu.
It TUnlccs Another Great Trip
With Huntlay I'npor * .
The sccon-l trip of the nowspnuor train
chartered by Tun I3ic : to carry Its Sundny
edition ever the Union Pacific railway to
Grand Island , Huttings nnd intermediate
points , was n pronounced success nnd mot
with hearty appreciation nil along the lino.
In order to rcnch Kearney and other points
west of Grand island earlier than bcforo , the
schedule of tlio flyer wns made faster , no ns
to reach Urand Island at 7:55 : , Instead of
8:20. :
8:20.From
From Fremont , where the first stop was
inmlc , to the end of the run of the special nnd
of each conno ting train , agents nud sub
scribers were on the watch and greeted the
llynr with shouts of commendation.
TUB Hui : special nnsscd nnd loft far In the
rcnr all trains leaving Omnlin nftor 8 n. in.
Saturday evening. Tlio two sections of No.
2 * were caught niul passed , ono nt Paddock
nnd the other nt Silver Creek. These trains
left Omaha ntS p. m. Saturday night. Nos.
1'J nnd IT , lonvlng ut midnight and I n. in.
respectively , were passed , No. 17 nt North
Hoiut and 10 nt Clarks , the latter having
Omaha Saturday evening papers with a Sun
day date line.
Superintendent Ri'ssigulo m.xilo sftmo Im
provements In Tun Hin : car. mid Conductor
Uiiinlni ! > lmui nml Kngiiicor 1'atton did every
thing to Instu-j safety and to have t lie special
sustain its reputation ns n llyor.
It Is Apnrcolntcd.
Sidney Telegraph : THE OHMU. DBB has
bemiu tlto delivery of Its Sunday morning
edition to readers west by special train ,
leaving Omaha ntI o'clock a. m. , nnd muldng
the circuit of Fremont , Grand Island nnd
Hustings. In tills way nil points on the Elk-
liorn. Union Pnolllc nnd U. & M. nro sup
plied early in the tiny with TUB MOUSING
UIE. : Tun Hen is n great newspaper , nud its
cntornrlso deserves the appreciation of its
renders , which is no doubt duly nccorded It.
Alwuys
Wood Kivor Gazette : TUB OMAHA BUB
has instituted a special service for delivering
the Sundny morning edition to Its renders
along the line of the Union Pacific nnd H. &
M. roads by the aid of. n special train. Tnr.
Uin : now reaches hero early in the forenoon
on u fust frumht from Grand Island , being
broUKht tlicro by the special. Tun BBS is
always ahead.
Notlilnc to Comp iru With It.
Grand Island Independent : TUB OMMIA
Uii3 : flyer will give TIIB 13inn : complete mon
opoly of the Sunday paper business In this
section of the state , as , besides being oy nil
odds the newsiest pancr in the state , it
reaches it patrons from five to seven hours
ah oail of any other Omaha or Lincoln paper ,
nnd when you receive it , you never full to
find something in It. For genuine enter
prise there is nothing to comp ire with THE
Bnn , either In this or uny ndjoining stnto ,
and it has very few equals anywhere In tbo
United States. Long may she buzz.
A lloo Characteristic.
Gothenburg Independent : Tun OMAHA
SrxiMT Dec now reaches Gothenburg at 2 p.
m. on the ilny of publication. This place of
enterprise is only characteristic of TIIS BBB
management , and Will bo appreciated by its
patrons.
A Great Improvement.
Sewnrd Kcuortcr : THE SUNDAV BEE now
gets to Seward before noon on the day of its
publication. That is a great Improvement on
wailing till noon of Monday , and audit to
increase the circulation of THE SUNDAY BEE
materially. The paper comes over the Elk-
born road.
TUB PAN-AMKH1OAN CONGRESS.
1'rcimrntlnns Foi' I iiterrniuiiis ; tlio
JcntntoH ! While in Omaha.
A meeting wns huld nt the board of trade
rooms Saturday afternoon to malco arrange *
inents for entertaining the delegates
to the congress of the American
nations , who will arrive in Omaha Saturdaj ,
October 20. The party will corao to Omaha
from St. Paul , stopping at Sioux Oitv. They
will arrlvo Saturday morning nnd remain
until Sunday night , going from here to Dos
Moinos.
The attendance at the meeting wns small ,
but the proposed entertainment was talked
over and the following programme was sug-
cested :
Friday night , October 23. a reception com
mittee will leave for Sious City and escort
the tourists to Omaha , arriving about noon
Saturday. The guests will bo driven to the
Paxton , where un entire floor of sleeping
rooms will bo reserved for them. In the aft
ernoon n visit will bo made to thu stock
yards and smelting works , u drive about the
city completing the aftornonn programme.
In tbo evening a banquet muy bo nrr.xnired
for , or a visit will be made to ono of the the
aters. The question of a banquet will bo
settled hereafter.
Sunday morning n drive to Fort Omaha
will bo tulcon. President Harrison has or
dered the commander of the Department of
the Plutto to have the troops prepared for
the inspection of the visitors , although Sun
day dress parades have been discontinued
for some time.
After everything of Internal In Omaha has
been shown tbo dolceatos , they will bo driven
over to Council Bluffs , If thuro is suftlclont
tlmo romaminu' . Sundny night tlio special
train will carry the delegates to Dos Moinos.
a his plan of entertainment is subject to
change. The following committees were ap
pointed to carry out the various details :
On Finance John A. Wukofiold , William
Wallace , G. M. Hitchcock , Max Meyer , W.
II Nnson , Frank Colpotzer andV. . V.
Morse.
On Banquet Mayor Broatch , Dr. Ucorga
L. Miller , C , E. Squires , Guv Barton , Juilgo
Savage , GcorgoV. . Llntngor and Joseph
Garneau.
Hccoptlon Mayor Broatch , Judpo Savngo ,
Dr. George L. Miller. Euclid Martin , W. 13.
Annln , 1) . H. Whoclor , Congressman Con-
null , Senator Paddocic , Senator Munderson.
John A. MoShano , P. E. Ilor.V. . N. Bab-
cnck. General Brooke , John A.Croighton und
H. H. Meday.
The members of the recaption committee
are expected to leave for Sioux City on Fri
day night nnd accompany the parly to Omuha
Saturday morning , The finance committee
is uxpustcd to gut to work ut once and raise
the necessary funds to meat the expenses of
the entertainment.
Who Dlsuovorticl Troy ?
At the anthropological congress , sit
ting at Vienna , the quoslion whether
Schilomann discovered Troy came up
with grout earnestness. A letter wan
received from Captain Bottichor , of
Munich , the well-known opponent of
Dr. Sclileimnnn , in which ho renews
Ilia violent attacks upon the renowned
arclucolotfiBt concerning Hissarhk
( Troy ) . Jlorr Botticher contends that
the inscriptions Bhow that this was not
Troy , but a necropolis used for burning
the abhos of the dead. Professor Vlr-
chow culled this theory of Dr. Bcliloi-
mnnn's opponent "ridiculous non-
sonso. "
HOSIOII'M .Ma rat I mo ICxIiihltion.
Bos ton'ri international muratimo ex
hibition will open November 4 , 1889 ,
and close January , 1S90 , It will admit
exhibits of everything connected with
ships , ahipping and marine interests ,
and will be the ilrst exhibition ot the
kind ever hold.
THE CAPITAL CITY CRIST ,
Rovlow of the Operation of the Now
Banking Law.
SOME CRUDE THINGS EXPOSED.
A line n tin Asilatnnt Itnok-Keeper
The Hurdlers Hnfunc to Join
inn ttariiicrf. In Mghtlng
Armour.
LINCOLNUciuuu OP Tun OHMH BRB. )
Itrjfl 1 STIIKRT , }
LINCOLN. Nob.Oot. 1& |
Ilon.'A. P. Brink , stnto bank examiner ,
Imd to suspend tils work of oxnmlniiltcm lust
wcok on account of n slcknosa severe enough
to keep him confined , i ho tlirco examiners
Imvo visited nntl gone through the books ot
about ono hundred banks during the ilrst
thrco months of their service , leavlnn , about
four hundred yet to bo oxnmlnod. Whllo
innny crudities In the methods ot ( cooping
accounts have bcon encountered nnd xvlillo
there nro so mo lulsumlonitaiulliiRs us to the
provisions nnd requirements of tno law , the
examiners report tlmb they have found the
ImnltB thus fur visited In n sound nnd satis
factory condition , with very few exceptions.
In only ono case that lit Vennngo Imvo the
examiners ocen compelled to resort to extreme -
tromo measures , nnd judicial proceedings
nro under way for the nppotntuiout of n re
ceiver for the protection of creditors. Sov-
ernl of the largest banks In the state will
Imvo to undergo a ro-oxnmlnnllon bcc.uiso of
peculiarities In tholr uianuor of boolc-koep-
lag , but the examiners give no intimation of
n knowledge of anything to Impair confi
dence In the Institution ! ) conccrni-d.
The examiners express surprise nt finding
the bunks In so generally satisfactory u con
dition because of the crndo nnd often care
less methods of the malingers ot some of
them. Many directors nro Ignorant , of the
provisions In the constitution nnd ny-laws of
their corporations. For example , some ot
them Imvo n cluuso In tliclr constitutions
prohibiting any Imtcmciiness except that duo
depositors , and yet tnoy borrow thousands of
dollars every year. Ono of the examiners
who has consulted nhlo counsel is of the
opinion that the directors nmlio themselves
personally linblo for such violation of rules.
A clause In the constitution of the state re
quires hanks to publish quarterly statements ,
but an examiner suva that nmo out of ton ,
other than national banks , ignore the injunc
tion. Ho suggests that , tlio statement made
to the state auditor under tlio now law may ,
by publication , bo considered as nnswurincr
ttio constitutional requirement. Speaking of
constitutions , the Ilrst round of the examiners
will require more tmin nnd labor than subse
quent visits because of tlio necessity of coing
carefully ever the constitutions nnd bv-laws
of incorporated banks to loam their limita
tions ami advise director * of ml ructions that
will not bo permitted in tlio future.
Apropos of conditions , nn examiner found
a bun I ; that kept n sort of profit nnd lots ac
count in a little suck. Whenever they re
ceived c.ish for interest , oxchuneo , etc , it
was put in the sack , and bills for running ex
penses were paid out of the contents of the
sack. The money remaining in the bag rep
resented tno profits. At the end of each
month it was taken irotn tlm safe and emp
tied unon a desk. The resultant pile was di
vided into two equal parts , nnd each of the
two partners pociotcd ono of them ns his
share of tlio pro Ills. There was nothing
wrong In the transaction. Tlio examiner
found the bank well managed , nnd the de
positors protected. Rut It was nn original
way of keeping an account without running
it through u book. The jankers Imd gradu
ated from n farm , probably , and , being un
familiar with bookkeeping , Mother Necessity
Invented nn inccnius substitute. The exam
iner supplied them with n form and book for
the account , nnd they have gratefully
availed themselves of his suggestions. In
one case a bank hud no system of carrying
forward from day to day the balances of the
depositors. To ascertain tlio state of a man's '
account was about ni tedious ns making up
n grocery bill l < v going through tliu grocer's
day book without the aid of a ledger.
"The present banking law is n good ono as
far it goes , " says ono of tno examiners , "but
it is in a measure experimental. It could
hardly bo otherwise , but such defects as ap
pear to the examiners will probably be em
bodied in a bill for the next legislature. For
example I stopped over in a town recently to
ox.unino n bank , and was politely told by
the proprietor that ho had quit business in
August because It dnl uot pay. Ho had not
reported that fact to the banking depart
ment because tlicro is no provision in the
law covorinir such n case , and I lost a whole
dav in consequence. Our attention has been
called to one case in which a merchant re
ceives deposits from ono of his customers
and pays the money out on the latter'3
checks. Under a strict Interpretation of
the law the merchant would bo classed as a
banker. Then tlicro is the casu of the sav
ings banks that do n commercial business.
The banking board hold that they must ful
fill the requirements of tlio law for
both kinds of banks. The operation ol the
banking law is likely to result in nn amend
ment that will compel nil banks to have a
charter from the stato. With surh n pro
vision in force the state banks of Nebraska
could within two years bo controlled ns wnll
as the national banks , and depositors would
bo ns well protected in ono ns in the other.
I knoiv there Is n very general impression
that the deposit made by national banks
with the treasurer at Washington ndds to
the safety of the depositors , but that is nn
erronc-ous ide.u Tliu Washington deposit se
cures the bank's circulation and is really for
the protection of tlio government. What
protection the government gives the depos
itors comes from the investigations of the
examiners. Tlio state can eivo equally as
good security. With our banking law car
ried to Its legitimate conclusion there is
likely to bo qullo a change from national testate
state banks within a few yunrs , and the
state Institutions will Blmro the prestige
now monopolized by those- under national
charter. "
I'iuhtini ; Armour.
An investigation of the meal trade of Lin
coln 1ms been uiado in connection with the
agitation aga'nst ' thonsoof Armour's dressed
menU , nnd it is estimated that the packer's
meat handled hero amounts to $30,000 per
month , All the markets but two are hand
ling Armour's product. Some got only a
third of their supply from the packer , while
otnors take as much ns two-thirds. All the
market men but Hnhnimn Bros , refused
to sign nn agreement ( submitted by the
farmers ) not to handle thn pucker's meats.
Some intimated that they would do BO if u
forfeit were provided for in the agreement.
But the scheme now in to secure the unused
packing house nt Went Lincoln , ilt it up for
the slaughter of hooves and run it on the co
operative plan. The idea is to utillfo all the
the same as Armour nnd the other
Eroduct . It is argued Unit the farmers of
Lancaster county can thus meet Armour's
prices nnd hold tlio local trailo. ] ) y dressing
their meats bore the homo product will have
the advantage of savintr the freight both
ways. Several of the leaders In the move
mout are planning to bo nt the meeting two
weeks henno with n dellnito proposition and
pledges for stoclc subscriptions ,
Oily NIIWH and NntoH.
The police have sold about MX ) tickets for
tholr ball Tuesday evening ,
Mr. and Mrs. W. 12. ICclloy , of Omaha , are
visiting J. K , iloutz and family.
Harvey P. Uarrott , of the Council Bluffs
Kellector , is visiting bis parents.
Paymaster Flovd. of the ] ] . & M , , and
family nro visiting W. J. Marshall.
The Ilaycon Art club has Bccurcd the
Century art collection for an exhibition ,
L , B. Cunningham , of the Kearney Jour-
mil , and family , lire visiting W. U. Huwloy.
Hev , J. S. W. Dean , late of Peru , nroachod
his ilrst sermon In Uraco M. K. church
to-day ,
8 , 12. Hanna , who represents Plummer ,
Perry & Co. on the road , 1s visiting uthlsold
homo , Cadiz , O.
"Dick" Johnson , of the Capital hotel , has
gone to visit a party of KngllHbuion , who
have a ranch In Nance , county.
A weekly report of the savings de
partment introduced In the schools shows
deposits of I10J In seven schools.
The Chicago , Burlington & Quinc.y rail
way baa u car fitted .vith the appliances
used In the operation of air brakes. It U sta
tioned at division points , nnd J. A. Coin
Rlvcs train nnd onelno men instructions la
the use of the nlr brake. This suhool cnr is
now In Lincoln for a slay of two weeks or
more. Thl Is Us first trip ever I no 1J , As M.
for over n year nud n half ,
Marshal Canlnr'.i Ufa Is ono ot tribulation.
Ito bought n ham In the evening nnd loft It
nt Opucnhclmor'n saloon until ready to go
tuimo. Hoforo his return no mo ono had
called nnd carried the haul away ,
C. S. Itndmoro , employed nt Hrlscoo &
Cook's Bhoo store , lost from his pocket
Friday night nn onvclopo containing n mort
gage nnd coupon note from Kbonror 1) . Har
ris to the Nebraska Christian Educational
board for $ li'00. ' 'Iho onvclopo wns sealed
nnd addressed to Samuel Gotnor , Omaha.
Sl'AXU AM ) TUllIUTOIIY.
Nr-brn kn Jot tin ex.
O. P. Bllllnrs has retired from the editorship -
ship of the Norilon lloroalls.
Canned boot polsonod the family of J.
Smith , colored , of Syracuse , but nil of thorn.
Will recover.
Largo Quantities of potatoes nro bring re
ceived at Araoahoo , the market price bcingCO
cents n bushol.
The Fiilrilchl creamery 1ms mnilo fl'0.000
pounds of butter this season nnd Is still in
uctivo operation.
A thief nnd a team of horses stolen In
Dlxoii comity wore captured in n Grand
Island livery stnblo.
C , E. Bunsen , who loft Sargent for parts
unknown , has boon loft n legacy of f 1,000 by
the death of his father.
Mnrtln Tlgho's billiard hall nt Valparaiso
WHS entered by burglars , who secured some
loose change nnd Ml cigars. No ctuo.
The voters of Snrpy county will decide nt
the coming election whether the old court
house at Hullcvuc shall bu sold or not.
The west end of tlio city pump house nt
Fremont cnrod In Saturday , caused by work
men excavating too close to the foundation.
A misstep by L. L , Amos whllo feeding a
threshing macbma In Hamilton comity cost
him two lingers and n badly lacerated hand.
Adolbert Schocnltial , the Bennett lad who
wns injured a week niro by being thrown
from n homo , died Friday without having re
gained consciousness ,
Kov. G. Pctora nnd wlfo , of York , were
summed by tholr friends on the occasion of
thuir silver wedding hiinlvorsary and were
remcmbcrud by many valuable presents.
Over eight hundred tons of broom corn
Imvo boon bought m Pholns county this fall
at an average price of $15 pur ton , thus
spreading $38,000 In cash among the farmers.
David Iluntlngton , of No.uaha City , is the
oldest man In Noinaha county. IIu U nearly
ninety-live , was n soldier in the war of 181U
and is still in the possession of nil his facul
ties.
ties.A
A leg biokcn by the kick of n horse , n hand
crushed In a can mill and a badly torn pair of
pants , the result of n runaway , constitute
the casualties nt Gothenburg In the past
week.
"Lew" Mny , tlio well known state flsu
commissioner , of Fremont , has withdrawn
from tlio llrm of Mav Brothers , nnd the bus !
ness will bo continued by the three younger
members.
Prof. W. H. Backus , superintendent of the
Genoa Indian school , has u'onu to thn Wind
litvcr injoncy in Wyoming , with six Indian
children who were taken nick at school , and
it was found necessary to scad thorn to thulr
homes.
A Chautauqun circle has been established
nt the state penlU-ntiary with tweuty-llvo
members , anil nn effort is being made to
raise the necessary funds for the purchase of
tlio books and magazines icqulrcd in the
course of reading.
The Ulysses Dispatch says a little moro
light has byon thrown on the murder of the
Loavitt children b.y tlio roccnt llnding of u
lot of bloody clothes buried in the Hold. It
is not at all improbable but that the guilty
parties to that awlul murder will bo found
and punished.
Says the Nordon Boronlis : The band of
Brtilo Indians who passed south to the sand
hills for their annual fall hunt about two
months ngo returned last Friday nnd Satur
day. It scorns that Chief Whirling Hawk ,
somewhere on his travels , got n bottle of
whisky nnd drank so much that ho died and
ills friends were taking him homo. They
had hauled him four days in the bottom of a
lumber wagon.
Imvn IteuiH.
The boast of Warren county Is her flna
crop of upplcs.
A flax palace has been erected at Baiter's
Grove , Tnma county.
There are 150 students attending the medi
cal colloco at Dllbuquo.
The new 5 0,000 Catholic church at Chariot
City was dedicated last week.
A local electric light company will put In
nn incandescent system at Corning.
A baby weighing but three-quarters of a
pound was born at Clinton last woetc.
Edward P. Gilchrist , of Fort Madison , has
received the appointment of cadet nt West
Point.
A threshing gang at Moroland nto pies
made with poisonous berries and are in a
critical condition.
A wealthy Clinton county farmer nnuiod
Baiter died from an attack of hiccough from
which ho had suffered for two weeks ,
There wore 201 convicts in the Anamosa
penitentiary during September and the ex
pense of keeping them was nearly $1,000.
The State Woman's Suffrage association
will hold its eighteenth annual convention at
Osknloosa October ao mid ill and Novem
ber 1.
Mamio ICnapp , daughter of n Cedar Falls
banker , eloped with .1. A. Kawson , u lu-
tiuquo insurance agent , and the couple were
married nt Wutei loo.
An investigation by the state auditor dis
closes the fact that there is nearly SMO.OW.-
030 of untaxcd property m the state , which
In moi u thiin the taxable- property in sotna
slates.
Tlio Two Untcntns
Additional school room has become a
necessity at Huron.
A camp of Modern Woodmen has boon In
stituted at Lead City.
The loss from prairie fires in McLean
county will rcacn 8100,000.
Work will shortly bo commenced on tlio
now Binoltor tit Dead wood.
The North Dakota legislature will assem
ble at Hlsnmrck , Novemnur 1.
Bismarck wants a Methodist collcgo
locntcd In lior corporate limits.
The annual mooting of tlio Farmers' in
stitute will bo licld ut tlio Brooking agri
cultural college from December U to 1'J ,
Charles Williams , one of the liorso thieve *
who broke jait at Chamberlain u short tlmu
ngo , has been captured In Unffiilo county
whore ho was working us u farm hand ,
George Harrott , of Cuvour , found n hand
some buy baby on bin doorstop tlio other
morning. No clue to tliu parents has boon
found and ( Joorgo will adopt the Infant.
A Wutortown man has an Ingenious devise -
vise that digs potatoes , picks them up and
deposits them in bags , and nt the sumo tlmo
disposes of the vines and pulverizes the
ground.
Ira Oard nnd Llllio MoICInluy , members of
the Clalr 1'uteo company , gave up theater
life at Aberdeen , wont to Huron , got. mar
ried nnd have settled down. Mr. Oard was
leader of the orchestra nnd his wlfo was a
member of the uniformed band.
William Kottlko , u Grant county farmer ,
owns u good farm nad does not owe a dollar.
Tins year he thrcsliud out l.D.O bushels of
wheat from ninety-four acres nn nvorugo
of \ \ i per acre , fourteen acres of oats ,
yielding OX ) busliols , and seven acres of
barluy , yloldlnglTU bushels.
'llin IVopIn 01 Sine ; Hint ; .
The iulmbltnrits of Sliitf Sinpr , N. Y. .
nro utfitiitinir tor oitlier a olmtitfo of
iiiuno tor tliolr town or the romuvul ot
its prison. Tliuro nro n tjrcnt many
good people out ot jail there , and they
want the fact mudo plainer to the world
nt largo. _
Now Yorlc Far in-t Holnit Down.
In Niagara couaty , Now York , farm *
sold at IllH ) per aero ilftcoii yoaru ntro.
They can now bo bought at from $10 to
$00 , and almost every ono in the county
IB for sulo.
TO THIS L/VDIKS.
Hllvorwaro Halo.
Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday , un
heard-of bargains In all kinds of HI Ivor-
ware. Coiuo and nco. Kdholin & Akiu ,
cor. 16th and Dodge , opp , I' . O.
