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THEOMARA DAILY BEE : OCTOBER 20 , 1889.-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE * JDAILY BEK 2 E ROSBWATEREdltor. _ PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. "TT.HMS ov sntscim'TioN Dnlly and Sunday , One Year. . . . . . . . . . . . .tlOW HI * Mentis ; . . , fiW ) Ihrcc Month * 2W ) Bunilny llco , Ono Yonr . . . . 2(0 ( Weeisly lice , One Year with 1'romUtm. . . . 200 ovnci'S. OtnnUn , Ilfo llulUllng. < hlcitpo llinco , Uil llooki > ry llntMlng New Vorlt , llooma 11 mill Ifi Tribune niilld- Int. Int.Wnshlngton. . No. 613 fourteenth Street. Council Illutrn. No. 12 I'carlStreet. Lincoln , 10 ! eticot , COIUlf.Sl'ONDKNCR. All communications rolntlne to now * and pill- tnrlnl iniiltrr should bo addressed to the IMltor * ml Department , IIU3NF.SS MTTTERS. All bnslncsa letters anil remittance1 ? uhoula iHinildressiMlto'Jho HPO I'nbllshlng Company. Oinnhn , Drafts , checks and iiottolllco orilcra to be made payable to the order ot tlio company , The Bee PnlsMnoTcipy , Proprietors ilBE llnlldliig I'arnoin nnil t'evontounth Streets. The llco on tlic TrnliiM. Tliero Is nn excuse fornfnllurologctTUB llr.B on tlio trixlns. All news < ie\lors Imvo been notl- lied to inrry a full supply. Travelers WHO \vnnt Tut : llr.n nnd cuu't pit it on trains where other Omnlmnapprs nio carried are rwiucstcd to no tify Tin : IIHK. TIIH V nioi ; . Sworn Stntoinciit nf Olroiilutloii. Etnto of Nolir.iaka , I . . County of Douglm.B ( ! > > Ooorco II. 'JV.Rclmck , fcccretary ot Tlio Reo Ptilillnhini ; Company , dnos aolemnly swo.ir tnat the nctunl circulation of I'm : DAILY lir.K fortho WOOK enillni ; October HI , 1M , was m follows : Sunday. Oct. IS . 21.000 Alonduy. Oct. 14 . 1M07 Tnosrtny. Oct. 15 . l"'i"l Wodno ] ny. Oct. 10 TliurHdnr , Oct. 11 KrKlay. Opt. 18 Bnltiraay , Oct. 10 . 18,017 Average . t H.O5U ( IKOItnii 1I.TXSCI1UCK. Stnto of Nolivoskn , I Ci'iiuty nC Douglas. fR % Sn-orn to beforomo und subscribed to in my pre.ienca tins 10th day ot October , A. 1) . IBM * . IHcnl.l M. I' . FKH , . _ . NotRvy Public. ucorgo II. Tyscliuck. being duly sworn , do- pohcsnndsnys Unit ho IH secretniy oj ' 1 ho llco J'ulillf0ilii | { fompnny. that the actual uvernco dully I'lriMilutlim ot 'I'm ' : 1)it.v ) llr.i ; for the inonlli of October 18.V was IH.iltM copies ; for Novcml or. UBH. ic.iitn copies ; for December , IbW , IV-i ! coptoa ; for.lnnuary , issn. tf.r > 7t cop- les ; for Kolirnnry , 1SN' . IP.ti'U copies ; for.Mnrcli. 1W. lM.R-,4 copies : for April , ! " , I8.ri.vj cunlus ; fon\a.v. ! I HI. IH.i ncopli-s : for .lime. IS'l' . li .s.vt eopk'H ; li.r July , IHS'.i. If , H copies ; lor Ainju t , 1W. 1SI51 copies ; for September , 18M > . IH.710 coplds. ( Ii.oiidi : II. T/.scili'i'K. i-worn to bcforo mo nnd subsctibcd Hi my presc IICB this Uh day < if Ojtobor , A I ) . , INS * . tKoal.l . N. p. run , . Tun bank rosorvons reported j-cstor- iluy , hits increased SJC2.'i)0 ( ) ( ) , the banlcs holding $917,000 in excess o ! luRiil ro- quircincuts. Is Till' : Town , supreme court n bigger man tliun Uio futloral court of last re- BOl't. TUB iloeision ot iho Missouri Pacifio to run local trains between Falls Clly and Omaha will till a genuine long felt want. Tiuo local agent of Dodiin granite has succucdcil in mulcting tlio city out of four .thousand dollars which might have been saved by calling for competi tive bids for city hall stone. TIIKUI : are only three days moro of registration Thursday nest and Fri day and Saturday of the following week. Do not put oIT registering until the last day. Avoid the rush and make sure of your voloby regUtoring next Thursday. Hours from 8 a. m. to 9 p. in. TTstntKiis find Kansas a hard road to travel. An intermediate court lias rendered a decision annulling a debt of eight thousand dollars becsiMso usurious interest was charged. This is o , sweep ing deuision , and if sustained by tlio higher court will paralyze a horde of money sharks and drive them from the state. DuuiNd the past wool : the govern ment purchased throe hundred and sixty thousand ounces ot silver from the Omahri smelting works fey shipment to the United States mints. The purchase represents a fraction over three hundred thousand dollars , and is a pretty largo straw in Omaha's commer cial current. Tun window-glass makers have united in nn advance of live per cent in the price of their product. The industry has boon nt a standstill for some time , but the advance in price promises a general resumption of the factories , and tlio employment of a largo number of mon. For the time being the glass- makerri' combine may provo a blessing in disguise to the worldngmon. Tun battle for public safety waged by Mayor Grant against the deadly elec tric wires , in New York is an oxnmplo worthy of imitation throughout tlio country. Besot by indilTeront ofllcials and hampered oy legal restraints , the plucky mayor has virtually overcome tlio power of the corporations nnd rid the city of its network of tmui-hillors. .Tho energy and zeal displayed in this successful battle ueSoi'vo unstinted praise. _ LAND COMSIISHIONHII GUOFI."S . decis ions show him to bo well versed in the laws nnd rules as well ns precedents of his olllco. The land grabbers of the Northern Pacific railroad woke up the wrong man when they pressed him for a decision reversing that of a predeces sor. The judge pointedly refused to certify the company's list of selections to the secretary of the interior , declar ing that the Northern Pacific was not completed within the time stipulated In the grant , and inasmuch as congress may take actjon looking to the forfeit ure of the grant , ho does not propobo to forestall remedial legislation. The com missioner's ruling wilt bo heartily ap proved by settlors. Tin : sugar trust attempted to mastt- cute moro tlian it could swallow und is now writhing iu the njrouies of suffoca tion. No monopoly over created bettor deserved its fate. For throe years it has mercilessly Hoocod every house keeper iu the land and forced up the price of sugar nearly one hundred per cent. Its uvarica did not stop there. Every purchaser of its certificates was taken in and skinned , To the people belongs the credit ot bringing this un holy combine to the brink of ruin. They patronized the independent ro- lluerlus nnd thus struck the trust in a vital pnrtv If a similar policy is pur sued with other combinations , their ox- Istunoa will bo brief uiid m-olltlosj. TUB conoxFAi srsrmr. The Now York Society of Modlcr.l Jurisprudence recently discussed the law of that slnto rotating to coroners , nnd came to the conclusion that there isnn imperative need of Bomo change from the present system , which it "was asserted is nt the mercy of ignornnco nnd personal and political corruption. The law of Now York allows any person to bo eligible to the office of coroner , nnd very generally , particularly in the cities , Iho position is filled by men who have not the slightest legal or medical knowledge. Numerous instances were cited to the society of the grossest ignorance on the part of coroners , and the deliberations resulted in the appointment of a committee to draft a law , fur submission to the next legislature , for the bettor regulation of the duties of coroner. The "coroner's inquest" is a very old institution. II. has existed in most Eng lish-speaking nations , oxcupt Scotland , for the past thousand years or moro , and it has not undergone any essential modifications for centuries. lut ? the antiquity of the system , and the 'fact that it has undergone few changes , ia not absolute proof of Its merit. Why the progress of enlighten ment has not replaced it generally with a wiser nnd hotter system it is not nec essary to inquire , but certain it is that there is now a strong tendency to do away wltli.it and supply its place with n moro sensible and elTiciunt method. One of the chief faults ot the coroner's inquest is that it inverts the natu ral process or order of inquiry. The old-time coroner , otton the vil lage attorney , constable , or real estate agent , or possibly a man oi some still moro incongruous occupation , woa moro commonly versed in legal than in medi cal knowledge. It was his auty to take the initiative in all inquiries relattvo to the causes of death by violence , or suspicion of violence , and then , if necrs- sury , to submit the medical question tea a physician. This is quite generally still the practice , except that very largely the coroners of to-day lack oven the small legal knowledge of those of an curlier time. The consequence is that the record of coroner's inquests is grimly humorous in its recitals of dense ignorance and amazing stupidity. The advancing modern idea is for a medico-legal inquiry. Tlio object of this is the detection of crime , and the points to bo sought for are the immedi ate cause of death and the person or persons who caused the death. The first of these questions is of a purely medical character , and in many ca'-es it can bo answered in a satisfactory manner only by n thoroughly edu cated medical man. Not only should he have a medical education , but lie should nlso possess special fitness for conducting a post mortem inquiry. The second question naturally follows the first , and the solution of'tho first often leads directly to the solution , at least in part , of the second , as , for instance , when it determines whether a man died by his own net or by the act of another. This idea is embodied iu the law of Massachusetts , which has been in satisfactory operation for twelve years. That law abolished the oflico of coroner , and provided for the appoint ment of medical examiners. When a dead body is found in the district of one ot those examiners ho is notified , and his duty is to view the body. If ho deem it necessary to make nn autopsy ho may do so on authority of 'the dis trict attorney , mayor or selectmen in the presence of two or more perrons , and if ho be of the opinion that the death was caused by violence lence ho shall notify the district attorney or other legal oilicor who is required to thereupon prosecute a legal investigation. This is obviously a much more intelligent , simple nnd in expensive method than that of the core ner's inquest , and assures far more satisfactory results. The important requirement is that a dead body shall bo first viewed and ex amined by a thoroughly educated medical man , instead of by a coroner and jury who are totally without med ical knowledge , and that a legal inves tigation shall generally depend upon the result of his inquiry. The system lias worked most satisfactorily in Mas sachusetts , and its cardinal principle can bo everywhere observed by elect ing only thoroughly educated medical mon to the olllco ot coroner. The sub ject has a present local application. OMAHA'S GOUIXO QUESTS. The visit to Omaha of the delegates to the International American Congress , which will occur during the present week , promises to bo an event of special local interest ttsido from its general sig nificance. Omaha has boon chosen as ono of the few western cities which is to bo hon ored by the sojourn of the most distin guished party of foreigners which hns over visited this country. She was so selected because she is known as an on- tcrprising , pushing and rapidly developing representative western city , the entrepot for a great agricultu ral region and the manufacturing center - tor and distributing point for the min eral lands of the far west. The visit of the Three-Americas congress to Omaha will mark the extreme western point to which the party will travel. It is of the greatest importance that our clti/.ous should understand clearly the necessity for earnest corporation with the various committees who are now working hard to pro- puru proper entertainment for our guests. For nearly two days Omaha will bo nbkod to net ns host to the sixty delegates from Central and South America who have come to this country at the nation's invitation to discuss measures for closer commercial rela tions with the United States. Their reception at various points will have its weight in the final outcome ot their de liberations. Their journeying and their sojourns are each made for this purpose , and it is important that the impressions madu of the resources of country and cities wherever they go shall bo of the best. Quito apart from the importance ot creating a favorable impression upon the distinguished representatives ot the Three Americas , it should not be forgotten by Omulia that they are ac companied by rt number ot very dis tinguished c Ui zo ns ot the United States , whoso inlluonco is very far-reaching. Foremost among these is Andrew Carnegie - nogio , the oolf-mado Scottish Amer ican. who hns done ns much ns nny ono man to ad vance American industry to its present slago and to ndvcrtlao Ameri can resources nbroad. Ex-Senator D-MI- dorgoii of Missouri , Mr. Clem Studoba- korot Indiana nud Cornelius N. Bliss of Now Yorlx nro also of the party , not to mention n number of brilliant news paper correspondents who nro making observations of the evolution of the great west , which will bo read by mil lions of people , So far the trip ol the congress as they have swept across the United States In their magnificent special train , has boon a sorlos of ovations. Cities nnd towns nlilco have vied in enthusiastic welcomes , in fings nud decorations in public demonstrations nud popular en thusiasm. Omaha can not niTord to bo behind others in the warmth ot the reception which she affords to her distinguished guests. Mayor Broalch has very prop erly called upon our citizens for a lib eral display of bunting. Our merchants and business mon generally must ovi- ( louco a liberal disposition to moot the needed expenses nnd nothing moro will bo needed but fair weather and a cor dial working together of the commit tees who have the arrangements in uliurgc. is or nAVin TRANSIT. The marvelous development of Oma ha's street railway service , the substi tution of cnblo and electricity for horse power. nnd the convenience afforded suburban residents by frequent fast trains , is certain to bring about a radi cal change for the bettor in the busi ness growth of the city. During the era of horse power , with its stiail pace , inconvenient and stilling cars , business was forced out from its natural center over a do/.en thorough faros. Grocery and drug stores , butcher shops and others , crowded into residence districts , to cater to Iho local trade which was unable to reach the business section through lack ot accommodation. Many ot the finest resilience quarters of the city wore thus despoiled and costly homos injured by having stores over shadowing theiiyards. . Norm Six teenth and West Loa von worth streets and Park avenue furnish conspicuous samples of the species ol business van dalism fostered by an inadequate sys tem of streetcar service. Slioplccopors are not censurable for this state ot af fairs. The opportunities for successful business were too great to bo over looked , and they were perfectly justi fied in crowding on streets that prom ised to be permanently dominated by' horse cars. Every business man knows that tlio nearer lie is to the business heart of the city the better. liven if rents are higher the receipts are in proportion. Tie caters to general instead ot local trade , his credits are less and cash cus tomers' correspondingly larger. There lie has opportunities for enlarging his business and attracting now patrons which would bo impossible at a dis tance. For thcso reasons the enterpris ing and most successful merchants are always to bo found at the center ol trade. It is tlio law of gravitation as sorting itself in business. The effect of rapid transit on outside business is already making itself felt. Housekeepers and shoppers take advantage of the improved facili ties to do their trading down town where larger and moro diversified stocks afford a variety to select from which cannot bo had nearer home. They are attracted to the business center - tor as naturally as the smaller towns of the state are attracted to Omaha , because - cause it is the fountain hond of the state's commerce. This change will go on until business overflows and follows the main avenues. But for the time being the small and distant shopkeeper must bo content with the crumbs of trade while thu cream of business here tofore enjoyed by him will bo whirled away to a common center. This change will hnvu a tendency to make the center of the city moro com pact and inviting. It will encourage the demolition of the disgraceful rook eries on loading btrcots and the erection of attractive store buildings. Such a consummation is devoutly to bo wished. Rapid transit will put an end to the building of stores in residence districts , because they will not bo profitable , and it will bo n guarantee that the mun who builds a homo on a prominent street will not bo nlllictod with the odors of decaying vegetables or the smells of a butcher shop wafted into his parlors at all hours. Every movement which tends to con centrate business into a compact whole deserves encouragement. It is hotter for the storekeepers , better for tlio patrons , and makes a moro lasting im pression on visitors. And rapid traiibit will contribute largely to that desirable end. A ( u i if nun The centennial convention of the Episcopal church , which has been in session In Now York since October " , murks an epoch in the history of that denomination of great interest to the entire religious world. The general convention is divided into two houses , the liouso of bishops and the house of deputies , and this arrangement was effected October 2 , ' 1789. The history of the efforts lending to this result embraces a controversy extending - ing through several yoara , ovontunt- ing in the formal modification of the constitution a hundred years ngo , so as to secure the right of the bishops to tit as a separate house , with the power to originate- and propose acts for the concurrence ot the liouso ot depu ties , and to have , under certain circum stances , a negative- tlio action of the clerical and lay deputies. The coincidence of tlio meeting of the general convention of ISS'J on the ono hundredth anniversary of the date on which the amendment to the constitution was acceded to cre ating two houses ot the con vention as co-ordinate brunches of the legislative body of the American Epis copal church has given a peculiar in terest to the convention of this year , nnd its prKolhg9 ! hnvo consequently , l > con regarded with moro than usual concern by the nulhorlUosand members of tho.churclu Nearly seventy bishops compose tho. upper house , while- the representatives of fifty-one dioceses , each with four clerical and four lay dep uties , and flfioon jurisdictions under the charge of missionary bishops , each hav ing ono J ijjj'ionl ' and ono lay ropro- fiontntivo having n scat nnd voice but no vote , ranko tit ) a hody numbering over five-hundred , members and represent ing n chur5h'who30 boundaries are co terminous with those of tlio Intnl. The powers ot the general convention of the American Episcopal church nro not original but derived. The churches in the respective states of America came into union ono hundred years ago on the basis of absolute equal ity , independence nud autonomy , and each diocese subsequently received into union with tiio convention has entered into thcso federate- relations on tlio same terms. Reserving certain inher ent rights of equality and independ ence , there was surrendered by each church on entering the federation of churches making up the American Episcopal church general in this Innd such nn exercise pf independency ns would permit withdrawal from the union at pleasure and without the assent of the other dioceses ceses , nnd nlso the right of having the bishop it might elect con- sccrnted without the nssont ot the church nt large. Other things given up were the privilege of solo and unre stricted legislation , the right of estab lishing an independent diocesan Ht- ul'KTt mid the right of making separ ately any alteration or modification in tlio compact or charter of union. Tlio convention of this year has de liberated upon a number of very im portant questions , among them those of a change in tlio basis of representa tion and liturgical revision , the latter being regarded as of commanding im portance. Tlio matter of n fuller rec ognition of the colored churches has also received consideration. A pro gressive spirit has pervaded the con vention , and the results of its delibera tions will doubtless bo to the advantage of the future of the church. Several important measures relating to changes in the methods and organi zation of the army are likely to bo con sidered in 1119 next congress. Ono of these , which attracted attention in the last congress and the preceding one , is the Lognnjjjmjl , which touched upon many subjcqlsfof military administra tion , among. joihor .things a more mmi- mary methoUojL disposing of minor of- foiisus in tlie'youtino of army life by consiitulingjla | court of a single of ficer in caeujffnrrison. Another meas ure , whichji'njoro directly aims at a change of organization , is that of Sena tor Mnndorspji , ! which provides for ad ding fifty companies to the infantry , with a view , to , giving it a twelve-com pany , threo-Tw Chili on organization , like that of the cilvaify 'and artillery. 'The objection hithcr'i.u to this measure has been that it would increase the cost of the army at least a million dollars. Another measure , known us the Stcelo bill , provides that in time of peace each of the regiments of cavalry , artillery and infantry , although at all times fully ofllcorcd , is to have only eight com panies miinned. This would effect a re duction iu the cost ot maintaining the a'-my. A fourth measure , the Wheeler bill , has for its loading feature an in crease of the artillery. There are u number of other bills relating to army reorganization that were introduced in the last congress or the ono preceding , andasthcro isagroatdeal of coulhct between them it would seem that an en tirely now bill will bo necessary ns a compromise in order to effect any re organization. 1XTELLKCTUAL The Phi Beta Knppti society of New York , at a recent mooting in Saratoga , appointed a coinmitteo to consider means of securing in connection with the world's fair , "a proper representa tion of the intollac-tu ' life of tlio American people , as manifested by their progress in science and litera ture. " The committee was authorized to offer two prizes of three thousand dollars for "the best general essays on the progress of science and literature respectively , " such essays to embrace a philosophical discussion of the develop ment in the past nnd the prospects for the future. This important patriotic work was placed in the hands of gentlemen fore most in education and letters. They are not only competent to judge of the value of the work submitted , but ad mirably representative , comprising the presidents of Harvard , Yule , Johns Hop kins nnd Cornell colleges nnd the univorsatios of Minnesota and Michi gan. Tlio liberal prizes offered will un doubtedly odnj'ifinnd some of tlio best tatont in the country , and result iu a valuable contriljution to the history of the nation. It is to bo hopbd that some equally patriotic society will follow this com- moiidablo example and offer generous pri'/.os for essays pn tlio progress in other departments of iour national life. The industrial development of the country , our progress in 'the mechanic M well as the line arts , out ? marvelous resources , mineral and agricultural , which inuko the United SttttRS the envy of tlio world , and our wonderful growth in population during the present century , are thorn- sol vos * worthy of the best pens. They certainly would form an admirable historical addition to the material wealth displayed in commemoration of the landing of Columbus. BEE FLATS. Miss Bjornpfoaki , the Icelandic writer. In tends to lecture. The mun who introduces her won't Imvo nny snap. By the time this campaign is over Mr. Snyder will rcnllzo thai tbo county treas urer's oflico is not his meat. The Germans nro very properly robuUlnff t'te attempt of Snyder to play cat's paw for his running mate , Pat Ford , Sir Edwin Arnold having expressed the belief la a San Frauclsoo interview that there Is no hell , the prctichors ot Hint city nro declaring with emphasis that there Is. While conceding that Sir Edwin may have boon able to furnish n llttlo llfiht for Asia they Insist that he can't ' throw nny on hades. Four Indians nro under nrrest in the state of Washington for murdering n quack medi cine man. The whites Imvo a great deal to Icnrn from tholr red brethren. When the ( listliiRdUlicd statesmen from our neighboring republics rcnch Omnlm they will bo convinced that there Is no place in all America where investments will pan out bolter. Dodlln Rrnnito when quarried from Its na- tlvo soil , is n very peed material to put un buildings with , but when combined with Vnntlorbum it Is n very unstable anil unreli able article. Hlppolyto has at last boon triumphantly elected president of Ilaytt , anil his iluslty henchmen nro Jouutlass , making the welkin of Port-nu.Prlnco ring with cries of "Hip I Hip I Hurrah I" Sarah Bornhardt a.iys that she frequently assembles her birds , cats nnd dojfs and tolls them secrets which aho would never impart to nny human bolup. Has Paris no society for the prevention of cruelty to nuimalsl According to expert medical authority the telephone has developed a now disease called "tinnitus. " It Is a tnllil form of "aural over pressure , " hut Is fatal to that crowing class who persistently ' 'cut in" to hear the con- veraatlon of other people. Its spread will ho hulled ns a now deliverance. The statement that the B. it M. organ nt Lincoln had Its grip on the postolUcc , with n down-lull pull Is , according to Congressman Connell , entirely out of Gora. The hungry editor will probably bo compelled to contem plate the government huildiug through the spray of the salt fountain for many moons bo- ore ho is permitted to weigh his own mull. It is said that Miss Mary Gwondolln Caldwell has broken her engagement with Prince Mural because ho Insisted upon the French custom , xvh'teh requires the baptis mal oartilicatcs ot tlio parents nnd grand parents of the contracting parties to bo pro duced at the wedding. Mary ( Jwondollu undoubtedly thought this a llt.tlo early in the proceed lugs to bo talking about baptismal ccrtltlcates. M ot * \WIl-Spunt Voittli. A'mrh'nmi Herald. There nro hundreds of rhvmstcrs In this country who could have written Tennyson's hist pooin , "Tho Throstle , " hut they couldn't have got nearly so much for it. Slick ( the liasli. Laitttfille Courier-Journal. The boarders in a Philadelphia boardinghouse - house have been poisoned by outing oysters. The American boanlw who ventures Doyond liluin hash is always more or less Iu peril. Criminal JU-d-Tnppisin. A'cit ) I'ttrli H'orW. Nearly four Hundred cases of typhoid fever are reported at Johnstown. Pa. People there are shivering ia miserable shanties , and thousands of dollars contributed by n gener ous public uro still in tha hands of reu-tapo commiticcmcu. How IU This UfSitor Know ? Acic YoiklJtralil. It is not always the telephone girl with the sweetest voice who has the prettiest face , as many flirty men have found out to their sorrow.S'lou ! you strike ono of the honey-dew variety look out ol the window for across-eyed white horse. Diplomati < j Victories. . . , - St.vm.'t Globe-Donnci-at. James G. Ulaino has gaineJ on conspicu ous triumph in the Samoa matter. If the All-Americas congress should accomplish only half of what is expected his diplomatic conquest would bo greater than those over achieved by any otlier Amoriuau publicist. A lilnunisric O .San ' Yriiii'dtco Alia. The proposition to substitute the English "lift" for American "elevator" will not help matters. The elevator also brings things down from un elevation , and the lift that lifts things up also brings them doxvn. What is wanted is a' word that works both ways. ' o rulviM'ii-.n tlio Sucar Trust. . .S.oiifs ( Qlnltc-Dcinocrat. Influences which the sugar trust would irluilly frustrate if It could and dared are compellng llio'combine" to "lot up" a llttlo in its exactions. Just now the trust has lost some of its olj-timo swagger , but the pur pose of the people to email it by legislation should not bo ralaxcd. ItniUvny Combination. Denver JtcimbJlean. It Is probable that tlio tall : about Hunting- ton'n having a schomu to form n gigantic railway combination , including the Atchisi.n , ' Topelca te Santa Fe , tno Denver & Iio Grande , the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul , Missouri Pnclllo and Southern Pacific , Is all nonsense. Such a combination is apparently llttlo loss Hum impobsiblc. ti Ory "riilof. " C/iictiiiiulJ Comimrclnl Gazette. The domoornoy have raised the ynll that the republicans are stealing nstato andrefer to Montana. The basis of their accusation is their own false telegrams. They claim everything , and do it oxultlugly , and then when tha ofllclal returns pomoln they ( iroau andtallcof stealing. They are nice people to say anything about stealing. If they had not for twelve years habitually tUolon six states , they never would huvo approximated to grabbing the Nation. Voices Prom the Dim Past. liu/tila Gnnmtrelal , Among the articles deposited iu the box of rellus placed in the corner-stono of the now Pulitzer building in Now York uro two pho- noin-nphlc rylludcrs and ono graphophon3 cylinder containing words apokou by mom- hers of the World's staff. There is clever ness In the xelectlon of a rello like that. Fancy the Interest with which the talk of men dead two hundred years will bo heard by the follows who come across that box In the ruins of thu World building someday. Ocrinnny'H .Man of Iron. Previous to hist week 1'ittmarck had not attended an opera or a concert for twenty years. Ho has not boon insldo a church , ex cept strictly on business , for a mdoli longer time , nor has ho put himself on exhibition In uuy lorolgn country. There are HOIIIO grand features , nftor nil , in tills rtiggod figure of the real master of Kuropo , who spends his vacation on his farm among his farm labor er ! ) , and despises nothing so much as to uiako a bliow of himself , Deceitful Czar and ICulser. Ht , fMitsVttIM ] > atf A. Czar and Iruiscr have mot at Berlin and embraced each other ropcatortlj In public. No two rival holies at a ball could have boon moro demonstratively tender and alloctlonato to each other in outward nppearauco. Hut the Husslun prnss interpretations of the czar's visit were purposely of a character to freeze the genial currents of the Gorman soul nnd the czar's reception by the German people was correspondingly frigid , The only effect of the ceremonial was to assure tbo public that there will bo no immediate outbreak ami no winter campaign. VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. 1'hoy Would , Hut Didn't Dnro. Sixteen counties the sire of Yorlt voted for llccso. The other seventy-four for Norval. Is not the sixteen ns apt to bo wrong ns the sovonty-fonrl If the rnllroais ) owned the seventy-four by right of purclmso , they hiul the power to nominate Church Howe orsomo other railroad man. If they had the power to do so , honestly , don't ' you think they wouiu hnvo done lit Unllroml Intrigue Donounuail. ( Muni ' ( 'mid hnlrpcmffiif. The Independent does not stand alone m its opposition to the manipulations ot the corporations , which caused the defeat of our present honest Supreme Judge Uccso. This intcrforonco of the railroads Is lauded only by railroad organs , lllto the Oinnha Ucpnb- llcnn and Lincoln Journal. A largo number of independent republican papers denounce the railroad Intrigues just as much ns wo do. KCCSO'H Defeat nu Outrage. Jl/c < i < l < l'roente. ( The defeat of Judge M. U. Kccso for n re- nomination to the supreme juilgushlp at the republican state convention In Hastings wni nn outrage committed upon nn unsuspecting people. Judge Kccso has nindo Nebraska ono of the ablest judges she hns over bad on thosupremo bench , and his rcnomlnatton nnd election was only n common courtesy duo him. Uut the whole trouble was In the fact that ho dul not fuvor corporations ns much ns ho could have done , hence the light made- on him. Nearly one-half of the counties throughout the otnto Instructed their dele gates for Hccsc , but It seems thcso Instruc tions were wholly disregarded and proxies were bought up to such nn extent that the whole matter was taken out of the hands ol tlio people nt largo and the convention got Into tlio hands of a few tools , Judge L. T. Norval , the nominee , Is probably nn able man and a good man , but the fact of his being backed by the combined railroad nnd corporation forces ii n sad commentary upon nis nomlnntlon. Every larr-mtnded republi can in the state was , no doubt , m favor of the retention of Uoeso upon the supreme bench , and ho should have been nominated. I5y the Internal , Not Utilises Dttpateh. Gentle reader don't don't , got unnecessa rily excited nnd wo will try anil break the news to you as gently as possible , that Gil bert L. Lawn is tlio nominee for congress on Iho republican ticket In the Nebraska HOC- end congressional district , as declared on the twenty-first ballot by the majority of dele gates iu convention tit Hastings , after a stub born and hard fought battle of three and one- half hours. And why nny convention of re publicans , or oven Kuownothinira , should foist such nn Incompetent , unqualified , un prepossessing piece of humanity upon the voters of this district for n congressman , is beyond our faintest comprehension. The man is no more fitted for so high and honor able a position than a pic's tail is for n whis tle , and it is to the shame of the re- pepublican party of this great agricul tural district that such n man should bo OVPII dreamed of for congress , much less nominated. Allied , with corporations to the extent of doing their biudlne in his present ofllclal capacity , by re fusing to reduce the transportation rate of freight on a basis with Kansas , Missouri and Iowa , what hope is there in him in securing to the people the merest moiety of justice nt the hands of his masters , the railway corpor ations ! Has tno republican party corny to that point where anybody can bo a congress man If agreeable to the rallroadsl Are the republicans compelled to veto the ticket , and thereby place a premium upon such unjust and disgraceful nominations ? In the lan guage of "Old Hickory" Jackson , "by tlio eternal" nol To Imvo seen this poor old do- cropul and fossilized man tremblingly try ing to make n speech nftcr his nomination , w.isasceno of ombarrasMiiont that no re publican convention ought to hnvu made pos sible. Verily , verily , whither arc wo drift ing' _ Unplc.-ib'.intlv Sign meant. The defeat of Judge UOPSO is an unfortun ate thing for the reputation of Nebraska ubroad as well as for her interests at home. It may also turn out to bo nn unfortunate thing for the republican party. Judge Ueeso is an able man with an honor able record. Ho has been neither an antl- railroad shrlokor nor a tool of corporations. Ho has been simply nn upright judge , ad ministering justice according to the dictates of common sense , of his conscience and the statutes. Ho has served one term acceptably and ought to have another if fnlthfdl ucrvico in high places is to bo considered hero as elsewhere , a oed reason for indorsement. \Vhateveriiiayhavo been the motives of the elements that opposed him and whatever the merits of Mr. Norval , who received the nomination , the defeat of Judge Ilceso will everywhere bo ascribed to the work , money und inlluonco of the railroads. And the im putation that the supreme court of Nebraska can bo made up in the interest of the corpo rations and manipulated in their bchnU is an imjmtutulion which will Injure her every where and humble the self-respect of her own people. If there is nny branch of the government which should bo , llko Cicsar's wife , above suspicion , it is tlio uupromc court , and the defeat of Judge Ueoso lit this lime Is unpleasantly significant. AS OTHERS SEE US. Hns Both I'ollilcH and Wrnntld Now. Duirtr A'cit'f. Omaha ia diverted from general politics by thu usual struggle between the board of pub lic works and the puviug contractors. For n Valuable ) Consideration. St.08CKI A'CIW. THE OMAIIV Hun declares that Omaha real estate Is stilt an objector distinguished con sideration This will fiiirpriso people who were wont to believe that no one ever con sidered it at all. U n ddi' OompulHlon. St. Tsmls 1'Mt'DltpaMi. Senator Mamlorson has wiped out the charge against him of being a party to the illegal and fraudulent roratlug of his pen sion by sending back to the pension depart ment his rerating certificate. Hut on the other hand ho marred tlio credit of the net by returning the certificate with extreme reluctance , and only after Hecrecary Noble had declared the ritrutltig of his psiulon ille gal and unwarranted , Never Sim Has PIIHIPI ! Tliut Point. liinwls Cltu Times , "Omaha , " nays 'lius OMAH * . HUB , "has a larger population than the live largest uitiet iu Kansas combined. " Hoally , Om.iha IB modest. If Omaha's population is as great as the combined population of Kaunas ( 'ity , Kan , , and either Wichita or Topclm she has good cause to boa t. And BUO certainly has not as many Inhabitants as the three cities combined. Some of thcso days Oinnliu will bo setting herself up as a rival of JCunsas City. A Mail Ilalilt of Suiciding Ktintat ( Hty Jnurnul , "Last year , " said an Omaha minister In his sermon on suicide , "we had an epldcmio of suicides In Omaha , and having boon fre quently called out of bed to see young men who wcro fooilnh enough to attempt their own livos. I have determined to speak out a few plain words against the practice , for my good. If not for yours. " A suicidal practice which result * indirectly In disturbing thf slumbers of n worthy minister Is Indeed r'p- rohonslblo and calls for stern robuko. A Now Cnpltnt Crlino. Ario 1'orfe Tthoram. ii la a capital crime In Nebraska to steal cabbages. A farmer near Omann fatally nhot n young girl who , ho ays , ho caught In thi net of robbing him ot thomirculcut veg etable. Cabbages in Nebraska seem to bo as fatal as electric light wires In Now York. COUNTRY BREEZES. Tnlcliisr Hli Annual llatlt. Ulytfti HcraM. The editor of tha Scotlu Herald Is taking his annual bath In tlio hot springs of D.xkoU. A Tnlo of Two Cities. HVIfniv SprtlliM L'ii < r/-/Jir ) There Is n merchant In the burg ncnm th o crook who thinks ho has a scinch on eternity nnd tha world on n down hill slldo. Ho refused - fused to sell goods for cash to n Springs this week. Mr. Urnwn'H Auliluvcntciits. Ciittonbtis Journal , Myron J. Brown was In the city Thursday , Ho was recently allowed n pension of f 12 n month with back pay for two years nnd seven months. Ho recently toolc first premium nt Oscoola for two-year-old trotlor , the colt going the uillo In 3:33' : , also throo-ycar/old , in 3:30 : the former partly , the latter till Suucli blooil , A Cruel TlnirHt. Fft'moro CoutifjIffpnWffrtli. . A genuine old moss-bade nccostcil us at the postoflleo door as the now editor ot the Democrat , rushed past us for his mnll Itkon cyclone nftcr n balloon or n democrat for a drink , with the Interrogation "Why don't ' you wear good clot hos llko otio editor. " It was to us a pretty hard blow , to bo twitted of our provorty-strlchcn and shabby ap pearance. Wo used to hnvo Rood clothes too , about four years ago. Our brother hasn't been in the business long enough to wear his goods ones out yet , you aeo. A Gliinntlo ri-ospootus. SuUou Advert her. 3V. . Johnson , the handsome , popular nnd crudlto editor of this journal , IH nbsont from the city this wcoic. The last words ho said to us upon leaving wcro : "Treat everybody ft'lrly and all alike. " Wo hnvo not had tune to follow out his instructions as fully as wo could wish , but iu next week's issue wo will furnish our readers with a variety of inter esting rending matter. W s will tnko ocn- slon to write a favorable notice of all the democrntlu candidates in the county. Wo will nlso attempt to prove to the people that they made 11 grave mistake when thi > y do featcd Grover Clovoland. Wo shall not for got the prohibitionists , and will make tl\o whisky element thinlc they have the world by the tail with a down hill pull. Wall for next week's issue. IN OCTOBER. Gcornc AmaW. O'er hill and field , October's glories fade ; O'er hill and field the blackbirds south ward fly ; The brown loaves rustle down the forest .glade , Whore naked branches make a lltful shatlo , And the last blooms of autumn withered lie. The berries on the hedgerow ripen well , Holly and cedar , burning bush nnd brier ; The partridge drums in some half-hidden dell , Where all the ground is gemmed with loaves that fell , Last storm , from the tall maple's crown of firo. The chirp of crickets nnd the hum of bees Como faintly up from marsh and meadow land , Whcro reeds nnd rushes wlnspor In tha brcczo , And sunbeams slant between the moss-grown trees , Green on the grass nnd golden on the sand. From many n tree whoso landed boughs nro bare Lean the rich clusters of the clambering vine ; October's yellow hazes dim the nir Upon the uplands and the valley , whom The distant steeples of the village shine. Adown the brook the dead loaves whirling go ; Above the brook the scarlet sumachs burn ; The lonely heron sounds his note of woo In gloomy forest swamif where rankly grow The crimson , cardinal and feathery forn. Autumn is sad ; a cold blue horizon Darkly encircles chequered fields and farms , Where late the gold of ripening harvests shone , And Autumn moans the loss of Summer's charms. ItUSSIA ANI > tSKUMANV. A Man Who Think * * Tliolr Arc Nut AnlimonlHiic. SALT LAKE CITTT , Oct. II. To tlio Editor of Tun line : In your issue of October IS I noticed a scries of comments on Kuropcan affairs , evidently contributed , winch con tains certain statements that to my certain knowledge are very unjust nmt unsupported by any well-established 'ant , I refer to the remarks on Germany nnd liussla. It Is stated that the interests of Germany and Hussla nro antagonistic. It iu further as serted that thu "organs of Prince HlHinarok" have frequently stated with almost "brutish" franunuss , that tlio trlplo alliance was formed In "restraint of Kusslun ambition in tlio Uulkans. " To tills It need only bo said that a look nt tha map must satisfy anyone ttiat Germany has no interests in , on or beyoud the Halkaua superior to the inter ests of any other commercial country , cer tainly not nearly as much us Great Hrltaln , nod fur less oven than Franco. If this is true , then the interests of Germany and Huasla nro not antagonistic. The interests of civilized Kuropo may bo > and probably arc , antagonistic to Hussla , und those of Austria are moro particularly so , hut to say this of Germany in clearly n mistake , Ger many nnd Hussla ore neighbor status. Thu Husslun boundary is moru extensive than any other boundary of Germany. The latter country being commercially ami in munufactury far uhe.td ot Russia , do- Hlroi reasonably free trade with Itusslu , but Kussin puts the heaviest restraints on ouch trade , In this BCIISU there might bo talk of antagonistic Intents , bt the triple alliance could not alter this. The explanation of the oxlstcnro of this alliance is too simple , I um afraid , to Im ac t-opted by tlio American JournuliHtB who persist in finding nil sorts of ilcnp mysteries in Kuropuitn politics. It in slmnly the con tinued aggressiveness of Franco , and the latter country's persistent effort to effect on alliance with UiiHbia for Urn uurposoof war .Such nn alltnnuo would threaten thu peace of Kuropo , for the member * of the triple alliance m'aiie.u-oful , while Husstu und Franco hnvo always buen nirgrcsslvo. Hut thu gravest mistake Is madu in the assertion that the Gorman chancellor planned and schemed und announced It an a liar against Russian progress to llin cast. The mistake is self-evident. I'rinco Ills. murck , thU his worst enemy must admit ii n thorougiily honest man , but had it been Ins honest Intention to slop Russian pro grcsa a above claimed , ho might still huvu continued honest without being a fool. l''or ' only a fool would Imvo blabbed a secret that was evidently of the greatest iinporunr.o , The facts are that Hismurck never mudu such a statement , that , on the contrary he opposed the Idea of a uprtion of tlio tier man parliament to Interfere in the Uulgurian affair. lie turned the whole matter into ridicule una emphatically stated that Our- inun interests In Buliuria weru as nothing compared with the friendship of Kuiam , that Itussiu had n good rlL'ht to her inlluunco in Uulguria und that Germany hud no Interest ! * at all in that country , C , A. EUOUUT.