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THE OMAHA DAILY AVEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 23 , 1889. ) AILY BEE. B. HOSBWATEBi Editor. PUBLISHED EVERV MORNING. THUMB OP 8UII8C1UITION T ) Ih ami Sunday , Ono Vfiiv . , . HO ffl Nix Month * . new 'riirro Month * . . a ro Hiimlny lice , One Yenr . S 00 WccKly Hce , Ono Year with 1'icmlum. . . . S CO Onmlin , lies HtilldlnK. Clili'fl--o Offlco. fiOT llookrry llnlMInf- Now York , liooini II and J3 Tribune Uulltl- Inn. Inn.WnnhlDcton. . Nn , r l.l fourtornth Btr ct Council lllniTi ) . No. 12 Lincoln , lien p gticet. coHUKsroxnixcK. ; All communications minting to news anil cell- torlnl innttcr should bouddrc'sscd to the lidlior- lal Department , IICSINIISS I.KTIK119. Alt bnslncon letters nnd remittances should IHI nildrctanl to'ilio Ilco I'lihllHtilng Company. Onmlin , Drafto , checks ami postnlllco oniora io be mode psynblo to the order of tlio company , TlioBcc PulSuiiirjiiiiiaiiy , Proprietors JlKR IliilldlnK Foniani ami Seventeenth StrcctH. Ilco on ttic Trains. TlicrolftnooxctitaforafnthirotoKctTiiF. llee on the trnlns.Hnow < lenlprn luue brcn noti fied to carry n full stipnlr.Travelers wno want Tun HIK : and cttn't Rut It nn tialnshero other Omnlm unpors arc cnrrlod nro requested to no tify TUB IIBK. XIIi ; DAILT I1UK Sworn Statement of Circulation. Stnto or Nolraskn , ) . County or Oonulas. fBS < Ocorso II. Tzsciiuck , secretary of The lleo J'iibllt > hliiff Company , does solemnly sucar tniU tlio ctiiilcliv.iilatloiutTiin ! DAII.V Iim : fortho wees ending October II" . \ Wivis na follows : Sundny , Oct. Ill 81,000 Atomlny. Oct.H 1B.OOT TucMiny.Oct. 15 liW * Wwtnosdiiy , Oct. 10. . . 18.KW Thursday. Oct. 1 ? 1P.OB , Vriday. Oct. 18 1K.KH Saturday , Oct. 19 18,017 Average 18. n . , OKOKanil/BSSCUUCK. Stnto of Nebraska. i County of longln . f"8' Sworn to before me ncd subscribed to In my prejciiro this JUth tiny or October , A. I ) . IPbl > . IScnl.l li.lM'KIU _ . Notntyl'iibnc. , II. IVaclinclt. - lie- _ f > * * " / - ! V art .JL BtllllJltt bclim duly a-worn , - * -pbbCM wnd says thnt lid IN secretory of The t I'uyilBiiliig Company , that the nciual avernpo \ dally circulation or Tun DAII.V UKI : for the v * November , IHiy. IP.iito 'copies ; ' for 1/ecombor. / * IdKi. IVJfl copies ; t or. 1 iiminry , ISS > . 1P.71 cop ies ; Tor February , Hbtl , INcopies ! ) : ] : for.Mnrcn. ISM' ' . 1B.S54 copies : Tor April. Wilt. 18Mii copies ; for May. IBH .iH.oncopies ) ; for Juiu' . 18P , IS.BJ8 copies' ; for Only. 18H ! ' . If..W copies ; lor August. IbM' . lHtiol copies ; for So-itombor. IR" ! ! , 1 ,710 copies. GKOIIIII : II. T/scnuci : . b om to before me nnd Hiibscrlbcd In my prcscnco this 4th U.iy of October , A 1) . , 1H > ' > . LSoiil.l N. i' . I'Kif , . 5 JlKjiocilATic credulity can hardly go fjit'tlfbr than to cnlortain the hope of capturing fowathib fall. TllKitnnro EOVOU bcnatorinl candi dates in the field in North Dakota. The drought did not seriously all'cct the crop. t Do NOT neglect to register , if you desire - sire , to vote at the coming election. The registrars will bit next Thursday from 4) ) a. m. to 0 p. m. TIIK recent haul on tlio finances of Mexico will strengthen the bonds of sympathy between thut country nnd Louisiana. Both arc victims of official knavery. Tin : manipulators of the pork corner in Chicago received a chilling rebuke from Judge Grebhnm for attempting to use the courts to squeezetho public. Judge Gresham is a terror to ovil-docrS of all grades. I- ' \Vi > T , the Chicago Times IIf If wrecker , proved himself a man of | l varied accomplishments. His fertile li pen will probably .socuro' , him a pro i longed engagement on the stalT of the k Joliet penitentiary. R A fin transit on street railways is a good thing , but tliero are times when it passes beyond the bounds of safety. Eight miles an hour should ho the ex treme limit , yet n fifteen to twenty mile speed is frequently indulged in by reckless - less motormon. The authorities should put on the brakes and protect , the pub lic. E.Mi'iuou WILLIAM reiterates his de r termination to maintain the pouco of Europe "by cultivating friendly rola- tfions with ether powers. " It is a sig nificant fact that the emperor is also - cultivating the reichstntr for increased appropriations to btrengthen the army 'antl navy. llo will purchase peace at any price. Tin : enormous increase in the tralnc of the country taxes the capacity ot the railroads. Every wheel is turning and thabupply of CIU-B is not equal to the demand. This unusual rush of busi ness is not conlinod to the movement of V the crops to murkol , but oxtonus to nil departments of i-ommereial lifo , and Is gratifying proof of a substantial re vival of trade. Mil. G. W. HILL , the ropitbllenn civn- itlnto for county huuerintendont ol schools , should receive the un divided votes of every citixon regard- Icssof party. Mr. Hill IB nn old school teacher and. u man ot good executive ability. Ho sutTorcu the loss of nn eye by the hand of a drunken assassin , but tills mibforluno in no wise dlsquulilics Him for the performance ot the duties of the ollleo. Tine llm : commends him to the electors of thia county. Tar.condltlon of county affairs calls for a radical ohango in the mule-up uf the county board. The republican 'canal- dates , Messrs. IJorlin and Smith , nro particularly well ( nullified by business training and 'ohnraetur to administer nnd guard the important interests of the county , A vote for the democratic oaii- didatea is a vote to continue the loose nnd reckless methods which have fastened n horde of jobbers and schem ers on the. county treasury. Tin : decision of the Iowa supreme court divesting riiilroadi of tholr rights as common carriers the moment goods nro unloaded from the cars and making thorn \vnrohousonion , will hardly bo sustained by the national supreme court. It is the universal practice ot the railroad * to notify consignees the moment goods uro received , but the failure of the latter to tulo ; the goods within twenty-four hours bubjcots thorn to donuirmgo charge , Tie | railroads are responsible for the goods and are bound to protect thorn until charges are paid nnd delivery made. The Iowa courts , however , strain nt u gnat to stvajlown whole camel when they at tempt to place a forced construction iu M cuso involving the right of the Blnto to regulate intor-stato commerce. SUJIM1SES. As the diUoi of the mooting ot con gress draws nonror intoro'st in tno Bponkcrahip cohlcst will Increase. It is now commanding n good deal ot at tention , and there is moro or loss surmise - miso regarding the strength ot the several candidates , the particular In fluences afToctlng the chances ol each , nnd the probnblo outcome. Itis ropro- bonlcd , also , that most of the candi dates tire looking carefully after tholr fences. The only thing indicated with any dcgroo ot certainty is that when the caucus ot republican congressmen meets the contest will bo sharp and cnrncst , It is generally agreed that the men who will at the outset show the greatest strength nro Mr. Itcod , of Mnlno , and Major McKinloyot , Ohio , and the bolloC is that they will not bo very far apart. Just now the chances of the former scorn the best. His leadership of the repub lican sldo of the house in the last three congresses , and the fact that his claim to the apeakorshtp has boon so long recognized , give him a strong position in the race , and his qualifications nro unquestionable. Most ot the Now England representatives are conceded to him , and ho is understood to hrvvo the nearly solid support cf Now York and Pennsylvania. Ho iscortuin , there fore , Id go intp the caucus with a for midable backing. Mr. McKtnloy hns boon conducting a quiet campaign , and his strength , outside of Ohio , is not so well dellnod ns that of the Maine con gressman. Ho is expected , howovcr , to gat n considerable western support , and it is probable that the friends of some of the ether candidates will go to him when they have found tlio chances of their candidates to bo hopeless. Mr. Bur rows , ot Michigan , is a candidate not to be ignored. Ho hns boon carrying on nn opjn campaign and js believed to havp done somoou"ectlvo work. Ho willet ( ot course liavo the constant support of his own state so long ns there i any hope of his being chosen , and ho counts besides upon the support of the repre sentatives from the now states , with some ether help from the west. Mr. Cannon , of Illinois , is bald to talk hopefully of his chances , but ho docs not appear to have any strength outsidn of his own state , audit is reported that oven there ho is encountering opposition. Mr. Hender son , of Iowa , is loss talked of than the other four gentlemen , but ho is by no means to bo regarded as out of the race or ns an impossible candidate. The indications are that there is go ing to bo moro or loss bargaining iu connection with .the speakership con test. The southern republican repre sentatives will support no ono who is not in favor of the abolition of most of the internal revenue taxes , and any candidate they support will ho required to pledge himself to this pol icy. Very likely they will find no dilll- cultyin getting such a pledge from most.of them. It has boon reported" that tliero is-tb bo a combined move ment on the part of the manufacturers in behalf of McKinley , and if such a thing should happen it would probably dohimjnoro harm than good. As to Burrows , if it should appear , as charged , that he is the preference of the subsidy scokors , his chances would rapidly diminish. There are special inUuenees at work affecting the chances of all thcso candidates , and it would bo hazardous to predict the success of either ot thorn , although it is extremely probable that one of these named will bo the next speaker of the house of rop- rescntativcs. It will be fortunate if the ono chosen &hall to ho who is least hampered by pledges to any special in terest or to any particular policy. TllESECRUT KOLLS. It has boon the uniform practice ot the pension oflico , at least for some years , to keep the pension rolls secret. This rule has boon rigidly observed so far as the general public is concerned , hut it is said that pension agents and attorneys have nodilliculty in obtaining access to the rolls. It is suggested that the now commissioner would introduce an important reform and put anobst-iclo in the way of frauds , by abolishing this rule of secrecy and allowing the pen sion rolls to be open to public inspection. It is assumed that such publicity would rcbult in eliminat ing from the rolls a great many persons who arodrawing pensions without being entitled to them , anfl. also aid to pre vent other unworthy parsons from eoing on the rolls. There is something to bo said on both sides of this matter. It is conceivable that if the rolls wcro open to public inspection the pension olllco might bo put to a great deal of annoyance. Not only would thcro bo much labor in volved in hunting "up the mimes * of pensioners inquired about , which would necessarily have to bo done by employes ot the olllco , ns the rolls could not bo safely entrusted to irroapoiinlblo outsiders , but a great deal of time would bo wasted in hearing statements regarding pensioners be lieved by such outsiders not to bo en titled to 'a plnco on the public rolls. Not only this , but it would open the door for n great deal of malicious perse cution of worthy pensioners. It public inspection ot the rolls were permitted ns n means of detecting fraud , the logical duty of the pension ofllcu would bo to investigate all allegations of fraud that might bo presented to it , and it iu easy to sqo that this might become a very annoying 'i ' < l embarrassing matter - tor , both to the olllco and to pensioners , Jho worthy equally with the unworthy. Personal enmity , cloaked under a pre tense ot serving the public interests and the onus of Justice , would have a wide Held of operation. On tile ether hand , it is a sound prin ciple , to bo ge.i\6rallyobserved , tlmttho people who pay to " eupport tlio government should bo permitted at all times , under proper cir cumstances , to obtain tueh. In- fornidUon regarding what is being done in any department ot the govern ment as may reasonably and In peed faith ho domanocd , the imparting of which would not bo inconsistent with the public interest B , The right ot a citizen to expose fraud which ho has found In thp. public service , or to indi cate to the proper authorities where ho believes fraud may bo found , is not questionable. . But It will not bo con tended that it would bo wise or expe dient to throw open the books of Iho treasury , or the accounts nnd olllelal papers of any department or bureau of the government , to the promiscuous In spection of everybody who should fancy that something wrong had been done , of thnt fraud was being perpetrated. It is quite possible that to opou the pension rolls to public inspection would result in frcolng it ot some pensioners who have no right to ho there nnd oper ate ns a safeguard against fraud nnd abuses , but such objections to doing seas as wo have noted nro sufficiently sorlous as to bo worthy of care ful consideration As it is , anyone ono who believes a pensioner to Jiavo fraudulently obtained his pension can readily bring the matter to the attention of the pension ofllciuls. A hotter proposal than that of opening the rolls to public Inspection Is thnt of pub lishing the full list ot pensioners at least once a year. That would devolve on the pension olllco no additional labor that would bo olthor annoying or om- bnrrnssing , a ml would bo less liable to subject worthy penslbnord to malicious persecution. \YE \ OIUKCT TO The question has been asked why BKE refuses to endorse the candi dacy of William Coburn. Our objec tions to Mr. Coburn may bo briefly stated. Mr. Coburn has held the olllco of sheriff during two terms , and it is de cidedly in had taste for him to insist that ho should bo given a , third term when no ono else has over held the olllco of shcrrir for moro than tno terms. If Coburn is to bo given three terms , why not four or Jive , or why should ho not hold the otlieo for lito'i' ' , , \Vo object to Coburn ! : ccnuo ho has persisted in holding two oftlccs at the bamo timo. Ho has used his posi tion as sheriff to keep muchino politi cians in the school board nnd demor alize the whole school system by enlist ing teachers and janitors as his partis ans to keep him la the two olllccs. Waiving these very serious objec tions to Mr. Coburn's candidacy , wo could not commend him for re-election because the sheriff's olllco under him hns been prostituted in the interest of criminals. It is notorious thut the men who are habitual outlaws have been the most ardent supporters of Mr. Coburn. In stead ot assisting in the prosecution of crime and enforcement of the law , Mr. Coburn and his deputies and jailors have exhibited partiality for the law breakers and given aid and comfort to men and women charged with the most heinous otTcnscs. Two of the most Ilagrnnt , instances of Mr. Coburn's partiality for criminals will suflico. When John Luucr was under indictment for murder in the first degree , and after ho had been con victed of manslaughter by the llrst trial jury , ho was ; madij bookkeeper for Coburn's jailer , and placed in charge of the minor otTcnclciVthoniu jail. When th6 Bocchlcr-King woman was in custody of ShorUT Coburn , while she was under indictment for murder , the most tender attentions wore lavished upon the murderess , u'nd unheard of privileges were enjoyed by her pending the final action of the Courts. An odiccr who is so anxious to make trionds of uaiigorouscriminsil' is hardly n proper person to 1111 the position of sheriff. sheriff.W W ! INSIST O.V FA IK PLAY. There are thrco copies of TIIK Bui : sold on every train in and out of Omaha to one copy of cither ot its so-cnllcd competitors. But there would rarely be any ether Omaha paper sold by train hoys had there not been n systematic olTort to push papers that are not in de mand. No matter what the manager of the news agency say ? about it'the , fact is notorious that travelers west of Grand Island are nearly always told that "TiiR BISK'S have till been sold , " on the road this sido. This may often bo true , but the publishers ot THU BKB are always ready to supply the de mand , and they have a right to insist that this demand shall be supplied by newsagents oven if it does practically bhut off other dailies that only liud sale when there are no copies of TUB Bui : to bo had. This is why wo have given publicity to the disclosures of a train man wlp gave away the snap. The afil- davit disclaimer ot this fellow , denying what ho stated and re-stated in the pres ence of two credible persons will go for nothing. His story of the newsboy com bine is corroborated by travelers nearly every day. Tlio practice of pushing papers that nro not wanted to the det riment of TIIK BKB which is in general demand in not confined to. the Union Pacltlo system. Similar complaints roach us from the Burling ton and NorthwesternUnas. This may not all bo duo to the trickery of train newsboys. It is barely possible that the dealers are receiving u rebate from other publishers which TUB BRU does not give , But Inasmuch as live cents is charged passengers for any Omaha daily , they ought to have the right to choose the paper that gives them the most for tholr money. Tin : BKB does not iislc any special favors , but demands fair play. TIIK democratic policy of catering to the law-breaking elements for polit ical favor is illustrated by the repeal of the anti-polygamy laws in Arizona. Tlio vlgoious enforcement of the Ed munds law in Utah forced many ot the followers of Brlgham Young to tly from a penitentiary term to moro ron- goninl haunts. Emigration north to Idaho and south to Ari/.ona became so marked that laws were passed prohibit ing' polygamy , and disfranchising these teaching of practicing it. When Ari zona secured a democratic governor the eight thousand Mormons in the territory traded tholr iniluenco and votes for a repeal uf the law , and the democrats carried out their part of thp bargain. En couraged by this shameful favoritism , the Mormons Hooked into the territory and now hold the balance of power be tween the two parties. Thus they can prevent u repeal of the repealing act and conUi\u.ciUio practice ot polygamy unmolested by territorial authority. Governor ij fe * ? , in hla annual report to the secctjtary ot the interior , calls attention to * this point and urges that congress l/d , 'liskpd ' to grant -relief by annulling the repealing net. The power lies'1'\Vith congress , and unless action is tivlipii on the line indicated thcro is gravtrdangor that the Mormon lnw-Jrcakdr-ivlll , | } secure a firm foothold in the lorrltoy. | TilK extension ot the Unfon Paelflo'8 Oregon line , tp Spokane Falls opens n now and rich trade territory to the jobbers ot Omalui. The business of thnt section is now monopolized by St , Paul , Portland and San Francisco job bers. There is no reason why our mer chant ? cannot divldo this trade , now that direct communication is estab lished. Eastern Washington ranks high us'an agricultural and mineral country. Its resource1- are unlimited , nnd with the inllux of settlers now going on will treble in popula tion in n few years. The construction ot an Independent railroad north from Spoknno Falls to Colvlllo opens to set tlement a score ot fertile valleys up to tho' boundary ot British Columbia , nnd will hasten the development ot the mineral wealth that abounds on the western slope of the Bitter Root moun tains. Tlio forests of timber in thnt section will afford a valuable medium of oxolmnco for cnstora products. This now Held is certainly nn inviting ono , and can bo successfully worked for Undo by our jobbers with the assist ance ot the Union Pacific. example of the property owners on West Lcavonworth street in donat ing a strip of ground to the city for park purposes is commendable. It is n strong hint to nthor largo property owners to take advantage of the benefits which park improvement will confer on the surrounding property. IDAHO will ratify the proposed state constitution next month and apply for admission into the union. It is not likely that congress will glvo much at tention to the request. The mountain- lockcd territory must grow up with the country before its claims can be seri ously considered. ON THK SI OR Mr. Fcntner'ji o ran It organ is in favor of Adam Huimrod and Gcoruo Snydcr. With Pnt'vKonl in the role of Hip Van WinUIc.the democratic candidate for county treasurer wouidiiinturally follow Hip us my do Schneider ; f Adam Snyncr Is banking on the Irish vote which Put " " & ( " has promised to deliver to him. When Adum wont into the banning business Pnt' ir.Omised to delivor. him some heavy illvldendi , but when the bank closed Adam's dividends were on the other side of the lodger. ' 1 JJ.V boodlliif , ' . 'tho train bovs the Omaha aouble-headcrhrf ( ( been nblo to force a faw copies of its penny whistle ssect upon travel ers who eallci fol' Tun 13cnand could not got it. Hut the exposure of its ingenious compact - pact bus cut feliort the contraband trade in second hand Its rather amusing how anxious every popinjay and adventurer who happens to have contiolof un Omaha ilailv assumes that ho is in the way of Tin : linn and doing it up. If the slightest notice is taken of these newspaper wreckers they nt once exclaim , "You see , Juc Uci : is terribly hurt by what we uro doing ; it is losing ground nnd pres ently will bo on its last logs. " If , for in- BtnticQ , Tun I3ii ; : should remark that Mr. Hitchcock is mnking an uss Of liimsolf on every conceivable occasion his toy crapho- phone cries in baby' accents , "Poor Hose- water ; ho Js'in dispair over my brilliant suc cess as iv rival. I'm limiting him awfully sick by niy startling enterprises. " Chicnsri n Nock Ahead. Chicago is making all the running in the race for the world's fair , St. Louis is a fair second and New York a bad third , while Washington 13 certain to bo distanced iu the lirst heat. The race promises to develop into what the liorso editors call a "procession" long bcforo the homestretch is reached on the final heat. Tbi-v Oir-r n Variety. UniliCiter Hcitttil. They hnvo come , the happy , careless , wig- cllng prophets , Wo knew they would bo hero with their cracked goosoboncs , their muskrnt nests , \\cl summer , Jumping chip munks and bun spots. They predict ii long , cold winter , an open winter , u wet winter , a snowy winter , a dlainal winter. What com fortable , solf-contulncd fellows these weather prophets are. . Prohibition Which Si-vor Prohibits. lintlir ter llcmlil. "Between u well regulated license sys tem , " says the Now York World , "and bogus prohibition for prohibition never prohluiu every Intelligent lover of law und morality must choose the former. * > That is the argument in a nutshell. There Is a dif ference of opinion ns to the right of the state to prohibit the sale of liquor , but in the- light of tbo records there ougnt to bo none as to the inonicacy of prohibition us a total or oven a partial roincdy. A Job Ij'it of Bonl Ifcip Yirh Sim. "Billy Malmuo. ' ' says the Courier-Journal , "is the Houlanjjpc.of Virginia. " The Times- Democrat say J\\ut \ \ U lunch 1C. Bruce is the Houlangor of . * thssi8sippl. Wo have sovcr.il opinions that the Hon. James O. Hlalno was the Uoulnnger of Anierlen. Yet , though each of these gcntleinon is either an adventurer or adventurous , none of them can bo justly called a Houlango ; * . The most distinguishing characteristics ( | f Houlangor scorn. to have been a striking t lack of Intellectual quality , absorption ia ha. | own interests nnd a ludi I.'nrntim IV ill Own tlir Town. JunJr i Court Jiuiriiat. It is gravely suggested that the newly cliosen lord mayor of London should avail hiinsolf of LSatK/um's circus performers und menagcrlo for the annual clvio pageant. On very moderate torins the famous American sliowmuii would , no doubt , bo willing to ex hibit all the cars , carriages , clowns , athletes , circus riders , horses , , elephants , carnivorous beasts , camels , dcor and other animals that ho has under his manacrcmout , and the Bight would bo the raost extraordinary witnessed in the London streets within the history of the mayoralty. London , of , course , would welcome the spectacle. Not of Hi'cont Origin. Uluitx CHu Journal , THE OMAHA BEE Is uncovering a newsboys' combine which has been ia existence for some time to the prejudice of THIS UEK. Ac cording to this expose the boys push the sale of that paper which will pny them for doing so. It ia safe to say that tbU corruption U not of recent origin. The exposure made by Tnn IER affords nn explanation ot the diffi culty the .lournul has had to plnco the paper on ale on Nebraska roads. The service Is bribed in the Interest of Omnhn papers. The railroad companies themselves should BOO to It that this dishonesty Is not further permit * tea. They should exact from the men to \vhom they sell the routes that the norvleo should bo honorably conducted. It Is duo the public wliu patronize these lines ot road thnt those Impositions bo no longer permit ted. Tun line's , disclosure Is Hint the boys demand n fixed corruption fund In order to enlist thorn In offering for snlo ono or another of the Omaha newspapers. It Ia doubtless also true that connivance is practiced ns to the price paid for the paper , etc. In such rascally dealing , of course , it is qulto neces sary that the negotiations should bo secret and confidential and hi parson. The journal , it will bo readily understood by Its friends in that state , residents nnd travelers , has ullf-ht opportunity , under such methods , of meeting the demands ot the transient trade. if Tliii Lien can succeed in instituting reform the Journal wlllbo pleased. Moanwhilottils pnpor desires to improve the opportunity for saying , In response to numerous complaints , that it is through no fault of Its publishers that the paper has not been available on nil these trains to the full extent of whatever call tbcro might bo for it. Till * SIOUX 1U'S1 UAT1ON. . iCfTcot or Its Opening on Omnlm ns Viewed By u Corri'Hpnnclcnt. VAI.'EN'TIXI : , Neb. , Oct. 23. To the Editor of TUB UKI : : To ono acquainted with the general land laws , their practical worKinga , and the character of the people who avail themselves of its possession , nnd who has read the bill opening up part of the Sioux reservation to settlement , tlio latter offers no special inducements to homo seekers. Im migration will bo heavy on the opening of that reservation , but will bo made up of the speculative ami adventurous class who will not stay Ion ? , mid ns for the settler , on ac count of the special features of that "Sioux" bill , ho will look the land over nnd move on. Let us nmlto some comparisons : Any ono desiring to avail himself of tils rIghl-9 in this or any other atato where the general land laws pre vail can go into n United States district land oflico 'irnl outer a pro-cmptioa and tree claim of It'/J ncrc.s the sumo day. At tlio end of six months'residence ho can pay $ l.U5 per acre or * 2U ; > nnd get a title to hla pre-emption , nnd til on lite his homestead rlcht for 100 acres moro. With his homestead ho has the option of living on it live years und getting his patent ( at n total cost so fur as land odico foes are concerned , not to exc60d$29) ) , or paying.fer it nfter six months' residence at the rate of $1.3. > per ncro. With a pre-emption , houiestoad and trco claim ho can be , within less than a year , in control ofISO acres of land. This is desired by most nil land seekers , aud Is a great ad vantage , certainly to stock growers. The special act under which the reserva tion is opened to settlement , does not recosr- nlzo the pre-emption nor trco claim laws , nnd only allow entries under the "llual" or llvo- ear homestead law , and tbon charges the homesteader oil cents per acre. In ether words , n settler must actually llvo on his claim Hvo years and pay 50 cents per ncro before acquiring tltlo to ills land , and can then only acquire 10J ncros. With the odds so greatly in favor of the settler under the old law , your correspondent expects to sco Nebraska get tier full quota of liome- scolters , just the sumo us though no Indian land had been opened to settlement. However , the opening of this reservation will huvo this effect : It will allow the Cnl- caijo.Milwaukee & St. Paul road to build to the Black Hills from Chamberlain and the Chicago & Northwestern , if .it thinks neces sary , from Pierre. It will plnco the terri tory northwest of hero , in which Omaha was beginning to get a hold , a little further from Omaha und nciuor Chicago. If both roads converge at Rapid City it will not be long before - fore she \yill bo a jobbing city , to Omaha's detriment. , The hvo stock that was beginning to Und its way to the South Omaha yards will surely go by the "long haul. " nuil Chicago will get it , as hereto fore.Tho tin ami other miner.iln wo ri.id so much about now.-uluys will Und their w.iv to the Missouri river , several hundred miles north of the Gate City , and your corre spondent falls to Ibid anything in the opening uf that reservation that bodes good to Omaht1 , or in tnct any part of Nebraska. Another competitor soon for the tralllc of northern Nt'brasl-n , to sr.v nothing of the Hluck Hills trade , is the Sioux Cit.v < fc Off- don , which , nothing daunted by its recent bridge trouble at' Sioux City , is pushing right ahead with its work. " While ono at a distance can sen nil this , ho does not feel like offering any advice or suggestions , but humbly places the facts before the citizens of an enterprising city , doubting not the ability of its capitalists and business men to successfully moot and over come all obstacles that stand In the way of the material growth and prosperity of their pride , Omuhii. X. X. X. * A I'lIlSNOSl OOLiT DEAD. KIllo Roy Siuciimt > cs to nt Atlnolc of I'lioutiKinln. NEW YOIIK. Oct. 22. JSpoclal Telegram to THc liiiE.I El Hio Hey , the sensational two-year-old of the season and probably the speediest youngster of his duy , died thla morning nt the track of the Now York Jockey club nt Wt'stchcster. The great colt has been cared for like the infant of n queen. Early last week El Hlo Roy had a plight attack of influenza. The colt was watched carefully , but despite the best vet erinary nid the disease developed into pneu monia. El Hlo Key ( river king ) is a chestnut colt by Norfolk , dam Marion , and is a full brother to the celebrated Emperor of Nor folk. The colt has started seven times this your und has always ilnishcd in front. His debut was niado in the St. LOUIH brewers' Binllion alula's at St. Louis . 'lino II , and his last race was for tlio I'nnmou'stakes , thrco- quarters of n milo , at Wcstchestcr , which ho won easily in lU : * > g , beating , among otnors , Hupcrta , ( Jrogory and Hallarat. The colt's total winnings amount to " MIIS. TOIri/lVER'S TOUGH SONS. They Heat iior Badly anil Drive Ilor Inflanc. MOXTCIOMEKV , O. , Sept. U3. [ Special Tclo- gram to Tim HUR. | A peculiarly mid cnso is' that of MIB. Craig Tollver ! , ivlfo ot the no , torious IContuclcy desperado , leader In the Kovvun county feud. Slnco the killing of her husband nt Moorchcad she has resided with n sister hero. She has become hopelessly in sane. This Is almost wholly duo to the con duct of her two sons , Joe , aged fourteen , and Bortic , nued eleven. Botli am wild , vicious boys. A few days ago they nttnckcd tiiclr mother because she attempted to correct them and. knocking her down bent her almost to death. The boys will bo sent to the reform school , while Samuel Cochran.n rich relative , will provide the mother a good homo hero I UFX IT TO THU POJ.-R. * * * i The C/ap Accepts the Vatic MI'H Ari > i- irnttou in the liullcan Question. PAIIIS , Oct. 33. The Homo coriespondont , of Figaro says that General Ignatioft has arrived there on u special mission to tlio vatlca.n , The general , the correspondent says , bears an autograph letter from the czar accepting the arbitration of the pope in tno Balltan question and leaving his holiness trco to convoke a congress or adopt any other course which In his judgment will lead to the establishment ol a uiodua Vivendi between HusBiu aud Austria. * Started After AinjoiUiirkc. . NEW OfiLKiNS , Oct. ! ii. ! [ Special Telegram to TUB DEU. ] Ex-Treasurer Uurke having boon indlctod for forgery , and now being ex- trudltablc , the necessary papers have been duly prepared by the btnte and a special oill- ccr sent after the alleged defaulter. Maurice Hart , a prominent financier , who is jointly Indicted with llurko , strongly denies any criminal intent , lie Bays his transactions were ] > orfccUy legitimate , aud to TIIK lieu representative bitterly complained of being inado the scape-goats nf political malevo lence. Itogcrs , the attorney general , says ho will send both Hart and Burke to tUo ponl- toatlary. JOHN M'ALUSTER'S ' ' WILL , NoBlootod Holrs Alloffo Undao la- fluonco By His Attorney. THE OLD MAN OF UNSOUND MIND. The MlHfiiurl I'ncllln Dofeiiils Its iVo- tlon In the Rlmxvooil Istovntor liilloiit--Tlic ! ( Cnpltnl City lit llrloK Huniuu or Tin : OMAHA 13nn , ) 1029 P SritGKT , LI.VCOIA' , Nob. , Got. 23.1 ! Some thrco week * ngo the will of .Tonn Mc Allister , an aged resident of this city , was filed for probalo in the county court. The will loft bis property , vuluctt nt foO.OOO , with the exception of several small bequests , to Ins brother Kphrlnm , and appointed John S. Gregory , nn attorney of this city , who hns hna uhnrgo of McAllitor'.s business foi years , trustco of the estate , who was to give the Income to bis brother for his personal uso. At tor Kphrinm's doiuh tlio residue of the oatato was to bo divlclod , ono-linlf to go to Gregory's wife nnd one-half to bo used by Gregory M n trust fund , the Income to bo distributed among the poor of the city. This afternoon the will was up for probate In tno county court. There Wfts u paper tiled Into this afternoon by some eight holrs of .McAllister Who wore "loft" in the will. The petition nets up In brief that nt the time McAllister miulo the will ho was insane nnd mentally incapacitated from doing so ; that for ten years ho hns been laboring under a delusion thut ho could tench a theory of logic that would tend to glvo universal happiness , and that ho has oircrcd to leave his property to two or three persons If thoywould ombraeo his theory ; that the Instrument filed for probate - bate Is not the will of McAllister , but a doc ument drawn up by Gregory , who Induced him to sign through fraud nnd undue Influ ence ; that the said Gregory took advantage of the insanity of the decease : ! , Rained bis confidence , nnd induced him to sign. They object to the nppolntmcnt of either Gregory or. I. II. McMurtry as administrator on the ground that they nro not competent to servo. They olnlm thut McMurtry attempted to cheat nnd defraud McAllister by having him execute tuo certain mortgages uepru- Rating $ y,50U. The appointment of Dr. P. A. D.mn as administrator is nsUcd. Gregory Illcd a motion later on requiring the attorneys for petitioner , Darn all & Hnb- coclc , to give their authority for so doing. This is but the commencement of a long liti gation. The Elmwood 1'Jlnvnior Incident. The Missouri Pacific : railroad has Illcd its answer with the board of transportation in the case of the Elrawood farmers' Alliancu against it. The Missouri Pacific claims that it denied the demand of the alliance : for the reasons that thcro were two elevators on the side track , beside Its other buildings , nnd that the side track is the length proscribed by law , ISOr foot , nnd that it would bo compelled polled to purchase right of way for moro ele vator room ; that the two large eluvulor.s arc of suflleiant capacity to hundto the gram products of that suction ; that the company did not decline to extend its truck for the imrposo of f.ivorlng Adams fs Gilbert , nnd Striplin iN : Fells , but solely for the reasons above , and also that the expense would bo great to construct a new side track , and the business would not justify incurring such extra expense. The company asks that the complaint of the alliance bo dismissed. Tlio Court House. There ia almost constant inquiry concern ing the time when the county may bo able to get possession of its now court house. An official wild today that it' would not bo ready to occupy tor fully two months yet , and that the next term of court would have to bo hold in tlio old rooms. He also suggested Unit the county would be sure to enforce the .forfeit of 8 JO a day which was stated in the bond , 'for each and uvcry day after September 1 , Ibb9 , that the county was deprived of the use of the building. Supreme Court. Court met this morning and transacted the following business : State ex rol Ilockncll vs Wallichs. Tlio case was dismissed. H. & M. H. It. H. Co. vs White. Defend- and was given leave to Illo corrected trans cript , Hussell vs Cornish & Tibblts. Leave was given defendant to ( llo petition in error. The following cases were argued ana sub mitted : Gnllighor va Smiley , TarUlngton vs Link. iftTho case of Ellis L. Hierbower ct al vs John T. Miller , error from Lancaster county , was filed to-dav. A Slovo Foundry. Messrs. Charles F. HiUton , of Zanosvlllo , O. , and Charles Gage , of St. Louis , repre senting n syndicate of eastern capitalists , nro in the city to-day as guests of the board of trade. They nro being shown the city by President Oakley , Secretary Atkinson and other ! * . They aru hero to discuss with the people u pioposition to locate a steve foun dry. Humor also says that they contemplate putting iu an incandescent electric light plant. State House The Kicharduou County b.inlc , of Falls City , flled amended articles of Incorporation to-day with tlio secretary of suite. The oath of olllco of Herbert J. Davis. judge of the Third judicial district , was lilod to-day with the secretary of state. City Now * and Kotos. J. W. ITurguson , of Mindun , w.is in the city to-day , en route for homo from a trip east. east.Mrs. . I. A. Johnson , of Indiana , who has been visiting her daughter , Mrs. John Mo- Cotton , for u week , left to-dav for Broken How , in rcsponso to iftolcgrum announcing the serious illness uf another daughter , Mrs. C. E. Wilkinson. Frank Wallace , a well-known traveling man of this city , left to-day for Chicago to attend tlio funeral of bis sister , Mrs. I. U. Uosonbacli. Attorney Van Elton , of Omaha , was inttio city to-day. Max Kich , one of the principal business men ol Bird City , Kan. , but formerly au old Llncolnlto , is In the city , renewing old-time acquaintances. Heprosentntivo Home , of Otoo county , was in tliu city to-day. Joe ' 'justerdny , of Tecumseh , was at tbo state housu to-day delving among the books of the slate library , huntliu' for precedents to prove that Tom riiurmuu was Insane when ho committed that assault with intent to kill , for which ho la now conlinoU In tlio penitentiary , .Joe secured a now trial at the buprcmo court n year ago , Miss Lola K. Giles , bister of Mrs. U C. IJurr , JoJt lust nluht for Ojympla , Wash , Mrs. tr ) , Ltr.vtou left to-day for Los An geles , Cnl , Mrs , C. A. Jennings , sister of Mrs. J. M , Hoffman , loft lust night for Anaheim , Cat. , where she will make her future homo , Phillip FJnk , a prominent farmer from the south purl of the county , loft , this evening for a visit to Watertown , M. V. General Superintendent Culvert's car went west at noon to-day on the Urolton liow line of the Burlington , with u party uf Lincoln , sportsmen on u cbicluiii hunting ox * peuitUm , Among the party wcro Tom licntonV. . hi , Garbor , il. U , ilathavvny and others. < A gcnllo rain began falling lust night which was kept up for the greater portion of ttio dav. Ttiouuh not much water foil , il has laid tlio dust and inuclo the city much more presentable , The work of registration goes on Quito slowly. The average voter uous not seem to liavo "uaught on" to the fact that ho haste to register. There arc yet four days , vu : October 31 , November 1 and ! i. K.V. . Clark , of Urinuell , In. ; lr. H. A' Holyoke and wife , of Pucillo Junction , and Miss Anna Howell , ef Ccmtrmllo , la. , wcro in the city to-duy to attend the Holyoko- Snulllng nuptials. At U o'clock to-day Dr. li L. Holyoko. the republican candidate for coroner , and Miss Grnco SnollliiR. ilaualitcr ot Justice Snolllncf , were married by Dr. Stem , of the St. Paul M. K. church , in the prownco of n few friends. Tlio presents were numerous , cosily nnd useful. The happy coup6 ! loft on the Uurlingtoti flyer for Chicago nnd points In the oast. They will bo nt homo to tholr friends Thursday , November ' - ! ! , nt 315 North Twcnly-oiRhtli street. The Jewish socrcty Of the I. O. D. J3. will rolobrnto its Qrnt anniversary next Sunday. No formal programme lias yet boon inado out , but nn attractive ono is In preparation. The preparatory work for the minding of tlio now Jewish totnplo nt Twelfth nnd D streets U progressing finely. At n meeting held Sunday a building commUtoo was ap pointed , with instructions to sccttro plans mid dpcclllcations nnd report the same to the congregation for npp-ovnl. Tills committee ii composed of Messrs. Clmrlos Mnyer , A , lllock nnd S. Sollglison. The flnnnco com- mlttoo hns rnlscd JJ.OOO nnd Is mcotlng with substantial oncourngomont from , nil classes. HEAVIER RAILS. Progress Alniln In Itondbods , Xrnuks nnd Knlllnv Htock. 'J'ho now rails which the Pennsylva nia company is hiylng on till its iimin lines fairly llltiBtrato tlio romarkublo progress of recant years In ruilroiul Boionco , Bnye tlio Now York Sun. They nro of stool nml they weigh olphty-flvo pounds to the ynnl. Twenty yonra njjo nn iron rail wcluhln fifty-six pountls per yurd was coneldcroil largo enough to carry the hoiwioat and lastost trains iu safoty. Now iron rally are no longer inado , the weight of rolling stock in common usO lias doubled , the epcod of tralnri has greatly in creased nnd masslvo stool mils gridiron the country. Tlio record of the change inndo on the Pounsylvaiiia lines is u fair illustration of the progress made. In 18(18 ( the company bognn introducing the Kniriish steel rail , weighing , lifty-slx pounds to tlio yard , in place ot the iron rail previously in uso. Tjicso firat stool rails were of the same general shape as those used now. They stood four and oiio-half inches high , and tlio first cost was somewhat in OXC083 of iron rails of , homo manufacture. Exporiouco proved that the lifo ot the steel rail was fully thrco times that of tho" iron rail. As soon ns this became apparent the occupation of iron rail makers was gone. They didn't l < now how to make stool rails lii this country then ; or , rather , they couldn't mulco them as good and as cheap ai those turned out by thai Eng lish mills.The result was an immense Importation of stool rails for several years. Then American ingenuity sol veil the problem , and now domestic stool rails are as good and as cheap ns the English. Anyhow the American , mar ket is now almost closed to English stool rail makers. The English lifty- six pound rails were used by the Penn sylvania company until 1871 or 187d. Then a sixty-nine pound rail Xvns sub stituted , and thulsizc was the standard on the main lines of the company for nearly ton yours. Early in the present dorado cnmo heavier locomotives nnd humor cars , and with thorn came u ne cessity for a heavier rail. In 1884 n 76-pound stcol rail four inches nail throo-quarters high and with a somewhat broader bubo was adopted. Many of these rails nro atlll in use , and they uro larger and heavier than the average rail in use through the country. But the tendency 19 still toward heavier rolliiigstockand greater speed , and within a year or two the Pennsylvania-company has been substi tuting an 85-pound rail for tno 75-pound rail on its main divisions ns fust as a change was nocc&sary. The now rail stands five inches high , has a Some what broader base than its prodocb- ser , and . it is believed to bo lurtro enough and strong enough to carry any train running at the highest spued scheduled. Those rails are inado by the Pennsylvania stool company , ono of the four great concerns that make nearly till of the steel rails in the country.Tho lifo of these rails on the main line of the Now York division of the Pennsylvania road , between Jersey City and Philadelphia , it in estimated will bo between six and eight yearn. No main line of road in the country ia in moro constant iibo lor heavy tralllo than are these tracks. The now rail has already supplanted the sovontv-fivo pound rail on the greater part of the di vision. Representatives of the makers of some of the big rails now coming into ceneral use wiid yesterday that the ten dency toward the use of lumripr rails by the great railroads is universal. The change is demanded not so much by the increase in speed as by the in crease in weight of rolling stock , whicti lias boon in much greatorproportion. . Nearly all roads which used a Jlfty-six- pound or sixty-pound rail ton years ago are adopting a seventy-pound or Hevon- ty-IIvo-pouna rail now. The life ot a heavy rail is faomowhnt longer in pro portion to its wolglit than thut of a light one ; bunco the economy in the adoption of tlio former. The price of rails per ton is practically the sumo , whether a 511- pound or a 76-pound rail bo purchased. It requires 88 .210-pound tons of fiO- pounii rails per milo and 118 tons of 7.1- pound rails for the same distance. The lifo of n rail depends on the ninoUiit of use to which it is put , but it is a fuel Unit , a rail in ordinary use lasts much longer than ono used very little or not at all. Just ns a war shin in nutivo ser vice will outlast two or three that Ho in i dockyard , fao the steel rail will wear out much moro slowly than it will rust out nnd deteriorate. The question whether rails will grow still moro masaivo is interesting. Thu luuviost rail in use on any main line in this country is ono of ninety pounds per 'yard , recently aid on some portions of the Rending road where tlio tralllc Is heaviest. Ono or two English lines are experimenting with lOU-pound rail , but American rail- roud inun don't sea the advantage to bo gained by the use of such a massive .mole wh'oro the rolling stock is much iglitor than in this country. The Now York Central is said to bo using a 110-pound rail in one or two ot its busi est 3'ards whore the constant shifting of trains keeps up a continual wear and tear upon tlio track , It uaums to be the general opinion that nothing in to bo gained by increasing the nlx.o of rails ibovu oighty-ilvo or ninety pounds until .hero Is a further marked IIILTUUHO in .ho speed nnd weight of trains , The reason for this opinion lies in the fact that the wearing out of a rail dooa not consist iii'inm-oly grinding invav a half nch or ho from its top surface , If It did , ho iiijo of n rail might bo indefinitely ncrotihod by adding to the thicknofis of Is head. After u low years' u a a rail begins tosplintor on the edges , to wear away on the in&idonnd to become gnul- mlly misshapen and rough. It is of no idvimtngo , therefore , to incro'iiso its original Hl/o beyond a certain point , vith the speed and weight of trains now n iibo. Tlio nrico of steel rails in kiting just loiv. Within a mouth it hai advanced romi J to about M2 per ton , and it IB said the figure will jump ni.'olher ' dollar o-diiy. No company will niimo a priuo or future delivery. A man who wanted .000 tons yesterday nuked ono of the > lg companies to hold good its quotation for twenty-four hour * . The rcquofct uis refused , and the purchaser thought io saved $1,001) ) by clotlng the bargain in the bpot. The cuueo uf the advancu a said to bo a Bcurcity of ere rather than an unusual pressure of ordord ,