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THE OMAHA D.AILY BEE ; SATUBPAY , t NOVEMBER 2t 1889. THE OEL ROSBWATBB , Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THUMB ov lr and Sunday , Ono Vciir . Jin on Month * , . . . > . . . . . ( 00 Ilitvo Montlu . . . 2 60 finnilny llee , One Year . 2 00 WccKly lice , Ono Yrnr with 1'remlura. . . . 2 00 OFFICES. Omnlifl. Hco Dtiltillng. Hilcngo onic , JW7 Hookcry nnlldlntr New Tort , Itooms 14 and 10 Tribune Build- , Wnnhlngton. No. Ml Fourteenth Street. Council iiliKTu , No. 13 1'enrl Street. Unroln. 103 11 Bttcot , . . . . . . South Umnlia , Corner N nnd 28tli Streets. COIlllKSrOXDRNCK. All communication * rolntliw to news and Pill- torlnl innltrr nhould bo addrcBHud to the IMltor- lal Jlojmrtuirnt , 1JUSINK83 LKTTRIIS. All ImMnMS letters nnd remittances should licnildrcs-trdtoTlio Mco J'nljllshlng Company. Oninlin. Drafts. checks nnd poitollice orders to tie niHtle paynblo to thQ order of tlioconipnny , TlicBcc PflblisliiTciiiaiiy , Proprietors llr.v. llulldlng 1'arnnm and Hovtmtcenth Streets. Jim Uco mi the 'J rat MI. There Is no excuse fora failure to get THE Use on tlic trains. All newsdealers Imve been notl- tl d toniry a full mipnly. Travelers \vno want Tun HIK : and can't gut it on trains where other Omnhixnnpors are carried are requested to no- tlfvTin : Hun. . . . 1'lcutn bo particular to nlVo In all cases full I n form tit to u as to date , railway and number or Give us your name , not for publication or tin- nccesjary UHC , but as a guarantee of uood fnltli. Ill 13 IMILiV I1K15. Swnrn Sinioinctit of Circulation. Etnto or Nobrankn. ) , tVnnityor Oounlas. f B _ _ llcortre II. TzscliucV , hccrotary of The Bc I'uMl-lilm ; Company , does solemnly swear tnat tlic Actunl circulation of Tun DAILY HF.K fortho uccc ending October \ lXHivrns as follows : Sunday. Oct.JO . -J.OIO Monday. Oct. SI . W > " ? Tuesday. Oct. SB . 1H.OII Wertno3lu.Oct.S3 . 1W21 Tliiir/Hltiy / , Oct. : ' . ! Frlclny. Oct. 'JO . 1K.HO ( Saturday , Oct. 20 . 18.C83 Average . 1H.U57 ar.onor. ILTZSCHUCK. State of Nebraska , I County of Douglas. f ! < 8 > Sworn 10 before mo nnd uubscrlbcd to In my yroFcnco tins -nth day of October , A. i > . lf ? ' . ( Seal.l N1. P. Pr.lU Notary Public. Cieoipo II. Tyschuck. bcliic < luly sworn , deposes - poses and Bays that ho Is secretary of The Uco J'ulillHliIni , ' Company , that the actual nverngo dally clrculatloa of TUB DAILY Ho : for the month of October 1S88 , wns IC.iidl copies ; fm- Novi'int.or , Ithf , IP.PHJ copies ; for December , 1HH , lfiil copies ; for .January , 1W. l,574con- . . conies. - - - - ' 0 liAiinK II. TZSCHUCK. - bwoni to Tjefore mo nnd subscribed In niy lircsrncothl34Uiday of October , A. ! > . . ISSD. [ Seal. ] N. 1' . KKir. . , ANOTitr.it railroad bridge will settle for nil ti mo tlic eoinmercml supremacy -of Onmlin. s and perjurers should bo , Rivon a vigorous dose of the iron liool of justice. EVKK the Stinking Water scandal rises til ) lo plngue Laws on the eve of election dtty. Tun steiuly advance in the British and American iron markets indicates that n. stront , ' bond of nympalhy exists between the masters. TIIK weather agrees with the gooso- bono signs that the winter will bo nn npon ono. It is already wide open in this violnitv. OMAHA is largo enough now to have t\vu union depots , and within the next two years there will bo truillo enough in Omaha to require two bridges. Tun Slominski churcli spire is pro gressing slowly. An endorsement of Coburn and three others netted the glorious cause the miserly sum of forty dollars. P15NS1OX COMMISSIOKKH IlAUJt will give personal attention to all claims in volving largo sums of money. Mr. Baum is bound to make a record of deeds , not of words. EVKN if Adam Ford was competent to perform the duties of county treasurer , his supporters and groomers in the Third ward would condemn him in the eyes of all decent men. POS-niASTKIl GKNKltATj WAKAMAK- HU's'nbility as a cutter is shown in a Immlsonio trimming of telegraph rates. Naturally the Western Union people consider it n misfit. They nro hard to suit. AT Tin : rate of ten dollars a head , Dr. Slominski's church fund will roach the munificent sum of ono hundred and Jixty dollars , if all the candidates are "scon. " The doctor's fees are always deducted iu advance. NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the Benders have boon dead and burled lor n number of years , some enterprising Miohigandors have resurrected thorn. Friondd of Charlie Ross and Willie Tits- cott should not despair. B.VHNKY MAOiNNis' campaign letters rolloct crpdit on bin private secretary. Personally Barney could not lie guilty of snubbing his former business associ ates , and denying the source of his wealth and ambition. The letter writer should bo prosecuted for falling to add the postscript , "Burn this. " Tin : tlcsortcd farms of Vermont nnd other eastern states are attracting col onies of industrious foreigners. The land commands from three to five dollars lars an acre , and inducements in the Bhii ) o of reasonable terms , stock and transportation are Included , to ropconlo the state. This goes to show that the west has drained a large per cent of the vitality of Now England. ADAM FOHD SNVDUU is altogether too ambitious. Ho woa elected council man two years ago last spring mid con tinues to hold that ofnoo. lie was elected to the legislature lost Jail and is still a member of that body. Ho drew three hundred dollars last winter for hit ) legislative work , wLilo at the taamo time ho was drawing his salary as councilman. It is questionable whether he had any right to hold both places at the bamo time , and take pay for both , but as nobody raised the question , ho was allowed to do so. Now ho is run ning for county treasurer. In the language of Cassluu wo would ask : "On what moat doth this our Slozor ( Ctcenr ; food that ho hath grown o great" all a ( onco'i * POHTWAL The civil aorvico commissioners are unanimous in their determination to prosecute the noreons who have been Bollcltlng contributions for political purposes from clerks in the depart ments at Washington. It appears that employes of the government who nro citizens of Virginia have recently found on their desks circulars signed by the president and secretary of the Old Dominion league cnlllne their at tention the pending Virginia campaign , and iriviting thorn to become momborsof the league nnd also to contribute to the campaign aa their moans would permit. Clerks in the departments from Ohio have received ft similar circular from the Ohio republican association. These circulars are regarded as in the nature ol an assessment , and it has been ascertained that some of the officers con nected with the associations sending out the circulars are federal ofllco- holders. The civil service law is very plain and explicit in pro hibiting any ono in the service of the government from soliciting or receiving contributions for political purposes from any other employe of the government , nnd It Is upon this that the commissioners will base proceed ings against the officers of the political associations who nro also in official capacities under the government. If the commissioners carry out their de clared purpose the result of the prose cutions will bo interesting as deter mining the Bcopo of the law and defin ing the nature of an assessment under it , and also whether the fact that a government olllcial who is an olllcor of n political association which solicits contributions from employes of the government for political purposes is amenable to the law for such action. There is room for n doubt -whether in this matter the commissioners can sus tain their case. It is certainly legiti mate for n political organization to seek to increase its membership , and there is no law to prevent the clerks and employes of the government from becoming mem bers of such nn organization. On Its face the circular sent to the clerks In the departments at Washington con veys nothing moro than an invitation to idonti/y themselves with the associa tion sending it , the suggestion of further aid to the campaign not being at nil in the nature of an assessment , since no um is specified as an expected contribution. It is the privilege of ti government employeto make vol untary contributions to political purposes , and the circulars in question left these to whom they wore addressed entirely free to respond or not , according to their pleasure or con venience. The inlor.tion of the law , as generally understood , is to protect em ployes of the government against en forced political contributions nnd the iniimiual'.on incident thereto , and it is a strained construction to assume that the law does not permit federal em ployes oven lo ; bo reminded of an op portunity to aid the political party of their affiliation by doing what they have an un questionable right to do as citizens. And if federal ollice holders may bo members of a political organization , a privilege which it is presumed no ono will deny them , they must bo bound by the will of a majority of such organiza tion , and cannot fairly bo hold responsi ble for acts beyond their control. It is more than probable that this is the situation respecting thd federal officers involved in this case of the alleged violation of the civil service law. There has been developed a great deal of dissatisfaction with the operation of the civil service law , and there are strong indications that san effort will bo made in congress to thoroughly revise the law. 'Jho issue tjio commission is now making , upon what has the appearance of a somewhat thin technicality , may serve lo inten sify interest in the whole subject of civil service reform as now provided for and administered. THE The department of agriculture has is sued a circular intended to refute the criticisms of the agricultural exhibit of the United States at the Paris exposi tion. American visitors to the exposi tion have uniformly stated tha't the ag ricultural feature was the weakest part of this country's * contribution to the great fair and far from being creditable - itablo to us , but this opinion is not sustained by the facts presented in the deport ment circular. Some of these consist of the expressions of correspond ents of European journals , which highly commend the American agricultural ex hibit. Thus the correspondent of a Lon don paper said that no section of the ex position possessed greater interest to British farmers than that devoted to the agriculture cf the United States , and ho speaks of it as a display that must have involved much patience , care and discrimination on the part of the collectors. The exhibit received generous - orous attention and commendation from the French press , but perhaps the most satisfactory and conclusive evidence that the exhibit was not so bad as repre sented and far from being a failure is the liberal number of medals award ed to American exhibitors. The showing is gratifying , and yet In looking over the list of articles for which awards wore made it is found that the agricultural exhibit was not so complete as it might have been. The most serioud omission was that of ono of the great staple products of the country , corn , a full exhibit of which way moro to be desired , and it is be lieved would ultimately have boon of greater benefit to the country , than that of any other of our agricultural pro ducts. There was an opportunity to show the people of Europe the value of corn as human food that ought to have been takoa the fullest advnntagoof , and the failure to do so was a grave mistake , since anotlior equally favorable clmnco may never bo presented , or at any rate not for many years , Wo cannot hope to make amend for this mistake at our own ex position three years hence , for the rcaspn that wo shall have no suoh num ber us Europeans to interest in the matter of visited Paris , Taoro wore other things not In Ufd agricultural display of the United States -which would hare given it larger interest nnd value , but no omission is BO much to ho regretted as the failure to give duo prominence to corn as n most whole some and nutritious foodcorcal. IS CO1W11N A SAFE MAXf I\Jr. Coburn's mi fitness to continue as shorilT of Douglas county is not alto gether owing to his partiality to dan gerous prisoners , but in his lonionoy toward habitual law-breakers. Mr. Coburn has always kept his oycs closed nnd Ills oars stuffed when the state laws have been set at defiance right under his nose. lie has allowed road houses to run riot in the two-milo limit ; ho has never attempted to do his duty by suppressing prize-fighting or nuy other brutal sport forbidden by the laws. Ills most ardent backers to-day are the dangerous classes the toughs and thugs and keepers of road houses nud bad re sorts throughout the county. A man who will not do his duty without fear or favor in enforcing the law has no busi ness in the sheriff's ofllco. Another nnd equally serious objection is his membership in the school board. In that position ho has wrought incal culable mischief and positive damage to our schools by using the patronage of the schools and his influence in awarding contracts , purchasing school sites nnd supplies , to personal and po litical supporters nnd using the patron age and influence of the alioritl'a ofllco with its numerous bailiffs and favorites to manipulate school board nominating caucusscs a u A elections. In the hands of a man like Sheriff Co- burn , the power exerted through his double capacity as sheriff and member of the board of education becomes posi tively pernicious. vim vnoAO-aAuais vm\v. \ In dealing with the question of n via duct and union depot project property owners and business men generally should take the broadgaugeview. . Nobody contends that the railroads are entitled to a dollar of subsidy from this elty for any needed improvement they may make here , and nobody will deny that wo have boon crippled anu out growth retarded by the failure of the Union Pacific to carry out its original contract with this city. It is not a question of past damages now , but of benefits to bo derived. Con ceding that the Union Pacific and B. & M. roads will bo obliged to give us bet ter depot facilities at sonio future time , the question is whether wo can afford to deprive oursolv-cs of the ad vantages that will accrue by the immediate construction of the Tenth street viaduct and union depot. Hcduccd to a mathematical problem the question is will the city of Omaha gain ono hundred and fifty thousand dollars by settling the terminal nnd transfer controversy at once. Will not the building of this depot and viaduct bo worth three times ono hundred and fifty thousand dollars as nn advertise ment abroad and as a lover for booming Omaha real estate values , by the mo mentum given through the raising of the traffic embargo , and the removal of the impediment to travel in and out of Omaha without danger , discomfort and harassing delays. In other words , will the ono hundred and fifty thousand dollar bonus de manded by the union depot company prove n. . paying investment to the taxpaying - paying property owners and ront-paying business men , on whoso prosperity de pends the income of the real estate owner. JUSTICE like truth is slow , but it rarely fails to reach its destination. It took the federal land 'office suvou and a half years to roach the frauds perpe trated by the McCook land office in 1882 , "but the decision is sufficiently em phatic to compensate for tbo delay. The assistant secretary of the interior affirms the charges maUo by THE BKE that the men in charge of the McCook land ofllco conspired with a dozen or moro political strikers to secure control of the laud on Stinking Water crook and rob honest settlers of the right of entry. The fraud was so open nnd glaring that the participants did not attempt a denial , but like Bill Tweed they defiantly asked , 'What are you going to do about it ? " The general land office answers by re pudiating three of the fraudulent en tries , and denouncing the conspiracy against the laws of the land. The de cision is a rebuke to Gilbert M. Laws , who was then nn olllcial in the McCook land office , and who connived at the frauds , no now seeks to misrepresent in congress the people ho conspired against. _ As was expected , the decision in the contested Tunnel precinct returns , which involved the political complexion of the Montana legislature , was in favor of the democrats. Tno odds wore against the republicans from the start. There ; is no doubt , but that the Northern Pacific grading gangs were coerced into voting the democratic ticket , but the claim that republican votes wore not counted was refuted by the fact that a majority of the election judges were re publicans. The decision of the court was in accordance with established pre cedents. The settlement of the contro versy will enable the president to issue his statehood proclamation at ouco. TUB Missouri Pacific- ispenny wise nnd pound fooleh" ! in opposing a viaduct over its trades on West Loavonworth street. A few accidents at the crossing would cost the company moro than its share of the cost of the structure. Pub- lie safety demands the improvement , and the city authorities have the power to compel it. A WASHINGTON1 contemporary has just discovered that 1'iorre , "of which few people in the east had heard until re cently , " Is u "stirring nnd prosperous city. " If the wise men of the east will follow the star of empire westward they will see moro stirring and prosperous towns than they over dreamed of. DOHMAN B. EATON , the famous civil service reformer , calls upon clergymen to direct their Thanksgiving sermons toward scouring purity In elections. To give the suggestion practical clfeot Urn preachers should strike the "strikers" at the polls on election day , THAN OUttS. It would Mcfui that Prlnco Hlsmarclcpor- Miadcd the cznr to temper his ap-prcsslTe policy pondhi ) : tin attempt to gottlo the cnst- ern dinicultV'Uy calling another Berlin con ference. Th'o'VTsIt of the German emperor to Constantinople will , thcruforo , have unus ual significant , as ho will bo preceded by Count Hcrbbrt Dlsnmrclr , who It commis sioned to uejSbtlJito upon the lines ot tha chancellor's hrbjoct. The next step will bo the conference dt Italian nnd Austrian pro- mlors with Uiamatck. England , Turkey and perhaps Spnfn seem destined to lorm n second line of defense hbont the central European aillanco. It may not bo pleasing to the average - ago JJrltl3hor-tobo classed with tbo odds nnd ends ot the continent In this gigantic league of. peace , but everything points In that direc tion. The Urlttsh liberals continue to doubt Lord Sallibury's diplomatic assertion ttmt England's ' hands nro free. Assuming that tno czar lias really yielded to Utsmarck's desire to bring about another conference , the developments of the scheme , atop by stop , will lorm ono of the moat Intcrcsllngstudics in public affairs. The genius of Ulsmnrck is nothing If not bold , The alternative of n new trcnty or war puts many elements in his favor. No other diplomat in Europe is In n position to formulnto another combination or method of adjustment , and Russia , the only power ready to begin hostilities , has boon fairly cntrnppod in the net of her own weav ing. Europe increased Its armaments bo- cnuso Itussla did , anil she has been bcnton at her own game. * It appears evident that Bismarck nroposos to tnako permanent tno legislation against the socialists whlon has hitherto been tem porary. Should the bill to this effect bo passed by the rclchstag , a repeal of It hereafter - after will bo almost impossible owing to the cxtromo difficulty of obtaining under any circumstances n liberal majority In the bun- desrath or upper house of the German par liament. When the now law is placed upon tun statute bock , n considerable fraction of the Gorraun people will ilnd itself deprived , not for a brief term of years , but for nn in definite period , of privileges shared by all the other subjects of the kaiser. Among thpso privileges ura these which Americans count most precious , viz. , the right of as sembling , and right of free spceoli from the platform or through the press. Those rights hundreds of thousands of Gorman citizens are to lese for no bettor reason than bccauso they urofnss the principles of statonoumllsm , principles which Prince Bismarck has in no snmli measure carried out In his workmen's insurance acts. Against such discriminative legislation the progressists or Now German liberals ( as the uncompromising opponents of the chancellor now prefer to call them selves ) are certain to protest. It is also ex- poctcd that many of the clericals will join in remonstrance , seeing that they have often combined to with the socialists In districts where neither party has boon , singlc-handud , strong enough to elect its candidate. Un fortunately , the genuine liberals were ru- duccd to n remnapt at the last general elec tion , and even with the help of all tbo clericals , as woll'os the Poles and Danes , \voula still form only a minority of the reichstag. If the national-liberals debcrveu the latter half oMheir double name , they would not permit the permanent disfrna- chUcment of a largo part of the electorate. * Whatever the wisJom of the plan of in creasing her defensive lorce , Franco is fully committed to it ; 'Sinco ' 1874 , when she lirst begun to build a defensive barriur on her eastern frontier , ? 075,000UH , ( ) have been spent on the worlc ; untlfurther lurgo credits must sot bo voted. I'ho ( prooossd doubling of the Sixth nrm.v corpa at Nancy , thus bringing It up to war strength , shows u determination to carry out the plan ; nnd if it is to bo fol lowed up at the various citnps a declaration of war would sco at least 2riO,000 men immo bile on the eastern frontier alonu. The ques tion , therefore , is whether the army can stand tills drain. In time of war the French , stuff could count on the services of no less than 4,103io5 ( men , of whom 13,025,2.71 , , would bo fully tminod soldiers who had served in the standing army for periods varying from three to five years. On the 1st of January next the now recruiting law , which , wus passed by the chamber iu July last , will go in force. By this law service in the nctivo army was reduced from five to three years , and its eventual effect will DO to give the country more fully trained soldiers than are under arms at present. The organization necessary to bring such vast masses of men in the field is identical with that which exists in Germany ; and experiments have shown that the work of mobilization would not ho attended by any great diBlculty. The rail way problem will bo the chief factor ; butthu railway rolling stock is BO efficient that , if properly distributed , the concentration and strategical deployment of all of the French Hold armies could bo carried out simultane ously directly after the mobilization of each corps In its own district. * * * The .young king of Slam is a ruler with ideas of progress , nnd he is likely to malco farao for himself by bringing his country Into line with the march of events. Wo have reason to regard this young eastern po tentate with friendly interest , for ho seems to have a special lllnug for Americans , and greatly admires our enterprise and Inven tions. A while ago ho told our consul at Bangicolc that ho hoped buforo long to see u line of American steams plying to his capi tal. Ho was sure there were promising op portunities for trade , for Siam would bo glad to buy many of our manufactures , and ho believed wo could purchase rico cheaper iu Slam than elsewhere. The king is moro fortunate thuu some potentates , for his noo- plo are loyal and peaceful ; ho has no debts , public or private , to mar the pleasure of existence - istonco ; his annual revenues have Invariably exceeded bis expenditures , and thcro ia no prospect that any greedy western power will gobble up his country. Ill * little state is wedged in botwepn the Untlsh nnd French possessions in A8)ft ) nl > d these poivom 'nro glad to bo'soparatqd by neutral ground. In tbo words of a .French diplomatist : "If thcro had been no.SIam wo should have had to make one. " ! * Emperor AVlUia n'fa journeying for the presunt your uramot yet ondud , but already ho is making up'his ' "schedule , " in base ball phrase , for 1690. ' " The czar has invited him , it is said , to witness the Russian military re view next Bummer ; nnd the chief signifi cance ot this invitation Is its indication that the Russian monarch docs not intend to go to war with Gormauy nt present. Mean- wnllu , the sco no interest will soon bo re moved from AJbcns to Constantinople , whither , after , } p\ir \ of the PoloDonnesus , Emperor Wllllnuf will betake himself , and where the political part of his journey will bo played. This may create far moro anx ious interest among the diplomats than tbo pomp and splendor of the nuptial ceremonies at Athens. But the Greeks who are ex citedly watching for the fulfillment of tbo prophecy , now so much quoted that the mosque of St. Sophia in Constantinople will bo restored to Christian worship unaer the rule of a Greek emperor named Constan tine with wlfo named Sopnia will have plenty of time to get cool. King George is a man not yet forty-four years old , undoubt edly possessing 110 desire or intention to n'l- dlcato for the pur | > ese of verifying or falsi fying in the experience of his heir apparent an ancient saying , , . Madagascar U about to cause more trouble for the French if it bo true , an reported , that the Ilora government is preparing to declare the protectorate nt on end. Only after n costly war , prolonged through several sea sons , was Franco nblo to establish this pro * tectorato , nnd the queen of Madagascar , or the quocn of the Ilovns , na the French per sist In calling her , was finally Induced to make pcnco only by Iho moderation of French pretensions. Hardly hud the now arrangement boon consummated before dis putes under It broke out , and nt ono tlmotho French resident , General Do Vilcrs , hauled down his flag nud threatened to leave the country. The Malagasy government could make n good fight ngnln , should It resolve on independence. In the former trouble , when an Englishman , Colonel Willoughby , com manded the native troops , the ilovas had succeeded in nmnufncturing their own cart ridges nnd oven , It Is said , In casting cannon , as the French ships kept tuo island closely blockaded. Perhaps , however , the present quarrel may be smoothed over as preceding ones have been , Experience hag taught the French the policy of making some conces sions in .Madagascar , rather than go to the expense of war , * General Diaz , president of Mexico , cnmo Into power in 1870 , ns on advocate of thoono- term principle , which was soon afterward definitely established by an amendment to the constitution made for that purpose. It was Rtill possibln , however , for a president to bo re-elected after ono Intervening term , and this happened to General Diaz , who , after Gouzalos had hold the office louryonrs , from 1SSO to 1SS4 , was chosen again. His second' term proved as vnluablo to Mexico ns his first , nnd for the solo purpose ot keep- iug him in office , the constitution was ro- ntnondcd by striking out the old restriction , the great majorities by which this was af fected nttcsllntr the popularity of Diaz. In 1BS3 , accordingly , ho was re-elected with scarcely moro than a show of opposition. Now , it appears , n movement Is begun lookIng - Ing to the perpetuation of his rulcrshlp throueh a third successive term. Whether this is wise the Mexicans will soon have to determine. * Costa Rica is in the midst of a hot political light , growing out of a ministerial crisis a not uncommon occurrence iu thathot-hcudod little province. Exactly what. s the trouble i hnra to make out , but in an Interview with Scnor Jlmincz , who lately resigned from the cabinet , that ccntlcmau leaves it to bo In- 1 erred that one of the principal causes is the proposition to form a Central American union. IIo is strongly opposed to it and frankly said : "In the event of Us becoming n necessity for Costa Rica to unite with any foreign power it would bo far hotter for her to bo annexed to the United fatatca. " The fatal obstacle In the way of the sonor's pro gramme is that the United States docs not want Costa Rica. It would bo much better for nil Hie Central American states to join in a confederation or union modeled after tha Unltcu States ns closely as practicablennd then obtain as tavor.iblo treaty us they can with us. The Saddest ol' All. ritnxiuUiwncu Spirit. Of all tbu sad and gloomy words That mankind over writ , Thcro are no sadder ones to mo Than these two : "Please remit. " Uutlrr'a Memoirs. St. Lnnls Globe-Democrat. Ben Butler is at work on his memoirs ; that Is to say , ho is preparing a history of the war period thoroughly impregnated with the elixir of cussedtiess. Next Step. Herald. Mr. Edison has succeeded in putting A very human cry into a lifeless doll , but ho has not succeeded in removing the vociferous cry from a live baby. There nro loats beyond even the reaches of the genius of an Edison. A A'cw Jjfiiititvllle Courier-Journal. Ihoro is nothing in the constitution uro- hibiting tbo marriage ot American girls to foreign persons with titles , but it almost seems that tbero ought to bo. "American girla for Americans" mlcht at least ho put on the flag with the now stars. 8ICXICAN hOLiDltiRS MUTINY. 1 liny ( tihont Down Their Superior Olllccrs And Kscape. NEW YOUK , Nov. 1. A City of Mexico special says a serious mutiny occurred among the escort on the up train from Vcra Cruz Tuesday evening. A corporal and four privates attacked their superior officers , se verely wounding a lieutenant and killing a sergeant outright. The affair occurred just after the train had left Appaco , and the ob ject of the mutineers , who wore forced re cruits , seems to have been to stop the train nnd oscupo. When the train was almost duo at Soltepco tno mutineers climbed on the engine with a view to forcing the engineer to make a halt. Tno engineer was an Amer ican and the ilrcuian a Mexican , and both were bonvily firmed. Seeing that they would probably fall in their attempt , the ring leaders Jumped from the train , but so un- sklllfuliy that one was run over and cut in two nnd the other four all moro or less in jured. They succeeded , however , In getting away. On the arrival at Soltepcc a detach ment of rural gunrdn surrounded the cnrand disarmed tbo remaining mutineers , who wore secured and tnken t'o tha City of Mexico. It is understood the men who escaped have since been captured nnd broughvto the city of Mexico. U is probable that the whole party will he tried by court-martini and shot. TKIUUIUaS TAIjH OP SUFFISniNG. Trouble nnd Starvation Drive a Poor Woman Insane. NEW Yoitic , Nov. 1. [ Special Telegram to TUB UEB. | Mrs. John B. Uaron , wife of n French tailor , has been taken to an insane asylum , her mind wrecked from trouble and starvation. Ilor husband was obliged to give up work three weeks ago nnd go to Hcllovuo hospital , where ho is dying. The loss of his wages loft In destitution his wife , twin children , another baby nnd his aged tnothor-in-lnw. Everything was pawned for food except the sowing machine and rickety btovo , two chnirs and a crib. With little to oat and nothing to hopefor. . Mra. Duron foil a victim to melancholia. She refused food and guvo it to the children. Ycstcrdny HUU was seized with convulsions and hugccd nor uauy so closely slio nearly suffocated It. The old grandmother , weak from want of food , struggled with the crazed mother nnd fmnllv released the infant , but not until it wus nlaclt iu the face. The Infuriated woman then grappled with her mother nnd throttled her. With difficulty the two little children released her fingers , when she turned upon ono of the boys , six years old , nnd nearly choked him to death before the screams of the children aroused the ii A French Count In Prison. NBW YORK , Nov. 1. [ Special Telegram toTiinUEE.J Wlllinta C. Tenor , known in Franco ns Count do Vermont , pleaded guilty Monday before Judge Marline , in the court of general sessions , to an indictment for forgery in the second decree. Ho was sen tenced to five years' hard labor In stuto prison yesterday , The forgeries were for about $100 by check * alleged to. bo given by small tradesmen on city bantu. Moro Navnstm Hloters Arrive. rjALTinoun , Md. , No . 1. Tbo brigs Alioo and Ho m a uco , with Navaija rioters on hoard ninvod here this inorniug. They were towed from Capo Henry by the United States revenue uteamur Ewlng , iiond WASHINGTON , Nov. 1. fSpoclal Tulogram to TUB HUB.J Bonds offered : $32,300 at 11.27 ; * 25IM > 0 at ll. CAN ADMINISTER THE OATH , A Mayor's Appolntoo HUB Author ity , Saya the Supreme Court. FINAL DECISION STILL PENDS. The ItcRlstrntlnn tinvr I'robnblr Con- stitmionnl A Volcano Slrrllng in the Supreme Clerk's Oniec City in Urlof. LIXCOLK ncniuu OP Tun OMAHA BBB , ) 1O 1' STHF.CT , } LINCOLNNeb. . , Nov. 1. ) Hcgnrdlnsf the Douglas county quo wnr- rmnocaso , brought to test the constitution ality of the registration law , heard yester day specially through intcrvoncr's rights , the court eatd this inoining by Chief Justice Hccsc , that thoughtful attention ' had been given the matter , but that the constitution ality of the net had not been examined ; that there Is BO much doubt nbout the proper con- strttctlon of the net as to whether the mayor coma authorize others than the city clerk to administer oath * that the court could give no general opinion on tno ease this morning. Judge Cobl > , said , howovcr , that thcro was no question as to the ability of the maynr to authorize a slnglo person to administer oaths If the city clern was disabled , but whether ono or nn indcllnlto number could bo author ized n.uacro , It is said , by parties who claim to know , that the court will hold the law to bo con stitutional. io State's Property. Wnltor A. Loose , temporary clorlc of the supreme court , hns commenced nn invoice of the state's property in the office he has been called upon to fill. Bailiff Loblnglor is at work on the state library. When questioned ns to the progress of the work by TIIK BKB representative , Mr. Lccsosald : "Everything is nil right thus far. " "Do you expect to run upon an y 'funuy worki"1 "N o , hut I'm bound to know what prop erty 1'vo got to account to the stnto for when I quit the office I'm ' holding temporarily. Bcsiclos I want to know that everything is all right. " The Invoice was ordered on the day that Mr , Lceso took elmrgo of the ofllco , and the order was given quietly. Some of Mr. Brown's friends took radical exceptions to this , nnd nsked that two assistants bo un pointed to aid Mr. Lobinglor in inukliig the invoice. As there wai seemingly no diauosi- tioti to do this ix rush was made to the ofllco of Attorney Ilolmes.'ot the lira of Weoster & Holmes , who has the bettlumotit of Mr. Brown's estate In hand ; the situation was stated to him nnd ho wus asked to send two good men to the stnto library to assist Lo- uingicr to check up as tholnvoico , progresses , nud , ns the saying goes , everything moves merrily along. The assistants appointed and now at work with the baililt uro in the inter ests of Mrs Brown , who seeks to protect herself nnd her husband's good name from nuy unpleasant complications. " "You don't expect Mr. Lccso to take any unfair advantages of the late manageniontof the office , do you 1" quorricJ Tim Bui : man of ono of Mr. Brown's confidential friends and advisors. "N o ; but wo propose to look out for breakers. There has been so much suid about the management of the supreme clorlc and liDmrian's office , the incoino , Deputy Wheeler's disclaimers. Inquiries by legisla tive assemblies ana the like that'wo can't afford to take any chances. Guy A. Brown's good natno is too precious for that. Now , see here , no now man can go into an ofllco that hns been continuously run by two men for twenty years nnd grapple with the de tails of it In three or four dnys , and for him to attempt u quiet Invoice without callluu for asDistnn o is not only cheeky but presump tuous. There Is no occasion for n move of this kind , nnd wo propose that thcro shall bo no mysteries and that everything shall show up right as the invoice progresses. " "Mr. Lobmgier , what were your orders relative to the Invoice now m progress ! " "I was ordered to assist in invoicing the Nebraska reports or the books sold from this office. " "Who are assisting you ? " "On the part of the estate , Mr. J. S. Bishop and Mr. C. P. Fisherdiqk. The at torney general und the newly nppointna ilerk assisted in the count. Mr. II. II. Wheeler was also there a part of the time. 1 should say , however , that the attorney general and Mr. Whuoler were thcro as spectators rather than as assistants. " "What's the object of this invoice ? " "I have never been authoritatively told , und can't speatc with any ccrtninty. " The feeling in the clerk's office indicates an open rupture ere long. A Contemplated Conference. At a meeting of the Trans-Missouri rail road association , at Kansas City , Mo. , held yesterday , it was decided that the roads interested in the reduction of coal rates in Nebraska should have a confercnco with the state board of transportation on the subject. The Pnxton hotel , Omaha , was therefore ilxod upon as the plnco and 10 o'clock to morrow morning the timo. Notice was co- calved this morning to tl.is effect by the board. After an informal conforoncc , however over , the board decided it was boncatu its dignity to run niter railroads , and it will therefore bo represented by Messrs. Qnrber. Gllklson and Gilchriat , the board of secre taries. It is confidently expected that the three G's will be nblo to hold the trans-Mis souri association to the rack. The feunromo Court. To-day's proceedings of the supreme court were as follows : The following causes were argued and submitted : Kice vs Saxon , Carlow vs Ault- man , Kendall vs Alcshirc. Bonnc.ll vs Nuckolls. This is an injunction to restrain Iho county commissioners of Nucuolls county from levying a tax to pay the interest on court bouse bonds , voted in 1839 , under the act of 1839. Tbo county nu- thorltios hiivo assessed taxes to the amount of $1.50 per $1,000 , exclusive of tbo taxes proposed to be levied to pny the interest on the court IIOUBO bonds in question , and a claim la made that this proposed interest levy would bo in excess of the ID mills al lowed by the constitution. The question of the juricdictlon ofthe court was argued at great length thut afuirnoon. City NO\VB and Notes. W. T. Hlchiirdson , of Butler county , prom inent In politics in ana about David City , is here. Judge Stewart gave the parties to the Mc Allister will contest until No vein bar 0 to cite authorities. Dr. Holyoke anil wife , uco Miss Grace KnellliK , ' , returned last evening from their wedding tour. As predicted , the registration commenced this morning. But few over half of the voters ers of the city had qualified themselves. The Paul Wing Fong habeas corpus case was ou trial bolero the county court this af ternoon. It was amusing rather than BUIISU- tlnnul , Emma C. , the twelve-year-old daughter of Detective Pound , died nt noon to-day of con gestion of tbu lungs. The funeral will take place Sunduy , The funeral of Mrs. Ann Ilaylen has boon postponed until Alonduy at IU o'clock. Tim services will take place at tbo Cat hello eh u roh nt Davoy. Koliort 1C. Nelson , of Seneca , Kan , , aged fifty , and Mra. Laura E. Uaimor , of this city , aged thirty , wore married to-day by Judce W. E. Stowurt. ; Jefferson D. Hopper , wlm was shot In tbo log in the riot nt the Burlington depot , in Auuust , 188 * . compromised his 810,000 damage - age suit for f 200 to-day. Herman Maxwell filed a cross petition Iu the district court to-day In the case of Albert Welton vs John Bolingor. IIo lias a me chanic's lion that ho wants uatlsllod. Colonel C , Ilutcll was lined ta in the police court to-day for astnult und battery on ono McC'rackon , They occupy a double house und n domestic rupture led to the assault. The diy was u quiet one at republican headquarters. Secretary Seoloy aays that most of the local differences have been heated and that a full party vote is expected. The long expected telegram arrived last evening nud Frank UoborUou aud Addle HlfTonborlnk were made htuband and wife la nliort order. Father , of courio , was will * Ing. Ing.II. II. Goldwntor , who wits arrested Instnlght for receiving stolen goods , was relented to day , having turned over nil tbocoods claimed by the complainant , Dr. E. C , Uonnott , of Bolcow , Mo. The "A .vlam street air"'nnd a Burlington rmstcngor train collided nt the asylum cross ing. Thedrlvor had a narrow escape. Illscar was pitched from the track , but the passen ger went his way us though nothing had hap pened , Mtw Alloo Hlltnor'g funeral took place from the First Baptist church this after noon. It was attondcirby the high school claw of 1887 nnd a delegation ot university KtmloniR , us well tn by a largo number of In timate frlondg and relatives. Tlio rainfall of yesterday afternoon ana lust night was succeeded by snow , Which fell In crcnt flake * until a Into hour to-dav. Tlio Burlington weather bureau states thnttho storm was general throughout the stato. All the trains to-day were from twenty min utes to three hours Into on account of it. NON-PAHTISAN ilUDlOIAUV. The Buslnr fl fllon ot * Omnlm ISxprcaa Tholr I'refcrcnor. To the Electors of tbo Third Judicial Dis trict : Too much Importance cannot bo given to the selection of our judiciary. An Inde pendent , fcnrlesB , nblo nnd Incorruptible bench , nil citizens arc interested In seeing es tablished and maintained. The bench should bo kept nloot from pnrtlimtn primaries , con ventions and politics. It should bo non-pnr- tisan. Two years ngo wo elected four judge * by non-partisan movement who have honored tlio position. Wo had supposed that the non- partUnn urinclplq had been firmly establish ed. There is uow an effort on loot to over throw it which connot bo too severely cen sured. Wo appeal to j-ou to vote for Joseph It. Clarksou to succcd Jiidgn Groff. While Mr. Clarkson is a republican. In politics , ho was selected by n largo meeting of the bar , our most reputable nnd distinguished lawyers , without regard to party , Joining thctoln. Tbo democratic convention has endorsed his nomination , but the republican convention has nominated n partisan candidate. While wo regard the nomination of the barns high evidence of the qualifications nnd Illness of Mr. Clarkson , nntl believe thut by reason of his greater ago and experience , ho has it higher claim upon the suffrages than Mr. Davis , wo place our appeal to you principally upon the Importance of withdrawing the Judiciary from the unseemly nm > discredit able contentions of party primaries , conven tions nnd politics. Let us uphold the in tegrity and honor of the bench. Lot us meet tho. attempt to overthrow the nonpartisan - partisan principle with determined resist ance und overwhelming defeat. Woodman Linseed oil works. George II. Hammond & Co. , by Hy. H. Me- day , ma-ingor , packers South O in a mi. W. Li. Parrotto & Co. , wholesale hat nnd caps. Leo , Clarke. Androcson Hardware company , E. M. Androcscu , secretary and treasurer. Charles A. Coe , wholesale boots nnd shoes , Puxton & Gallagher , wholesale grocers. Harrow & Logan , wholesale hats nnd caps. American Hand Sowed Shoe company. Gil moro & Hulio , wholesale clothiers. C. B. Kmtin. Kincindnll , Jones & Co. , wholesale boots and shoes. D. M. Steele & Co. , wholesale grocers. Williams , Van Aoruaui & Harto , wholesale boots nud shoos. Louis Bradford , wholesale lumber. James J. Brown. Acme Pressed Brick company. Thomas F. Tuttle , insurance. George A. Hongland , wholesale lumber. Sloan , Johnson &Co. , wholesale groccra. McOlurg Cracker company. Drexel & Foil , contractors anil stone work ers. Richardson drug company. Bemls Omnha bag company. Kibble & Smith , cuinmls&iou. .1. W. Walker , commission. The Emerson scod company. Milton Ilogurs & Sous , wholesale and retail stoves. Kcnminl class nnd paint company. W. F. Fulis , manager Wrn. S. Wilson < fc Co. , wholesale tobacco and cigars. Charles Shivericlr & Co. , wholesale and re tail furniture. A. C. Dreibus , wholesale confectionary. J. II. Boonskia. Omaha Rubber Co. Turner & J. y. hats nnd caps. Churchill Pump Co. E. T. Woiant , Mgr. , for A. L. Dean Si Co. , safes and vaults. ' Ilector & Wllholmy Co. , wholesale hard ware. L. Klrsclit & Co. , wholesale liquors and cigars. John A. Wakcflold , wholesale lumber. Max Meyer , wholesale Jewelry. B. A. Luuman , of Pontius , Gatcli & Lau- man , china und glassware. S. A. Orchard , Wholesale and retail car pets. Consolidated Coffee Co. , W. N. Cole , Mgr. Meyer & Itaupko , wholesale grocers. Murks Bros. , Saddlery Co. E. L. Stone , of Deivoy & Stone Furuituro company. i'oyolto Bros. & Co. , commission. P. Hocco Bros. & Co. , ooinuiisslon. J. T. Robinson Notion company , wholesale notions. Lombard Investment company. A. F. Bosobcs & Co. , cold storage nnd com mission. Charles J. Boll , manager K. G. Dunn & Co. Sopor , Wells & Co. , wholesale lumber. F. II. Davis , cashier First National bank. John S. Brady , of McCord , Brady & Co. , wholesale grocers. Parhn , Orendorft & Martin company , agri cultural instruments. Allen Koch , , of Kirkpatrick , Koch Dry Goods company , wholesale dry gcods. A. C. Powell , cashier American Loan nnd Trust compauy. Miller & Gunderson , Hash nnd door mill. F. W. Brown , of Cotswurth Lumber com * pany. D. C. Dunbar & Co. , publishers. Gustavo Bonoko. C. N. Doit : ; , wholesale and retail lumber. G. D. Wyatt , wholesale and retail lumber. A , A. Stiger , of Kollcy , Stlger & Co. , drj goods. Omaha Paint nnd Oil company. Gwm & Dunmlre , guns nnd ammunition. J. J. Dickey. George Puttcraon , of Nebraska Fuel com pany. Poiuy & Sogelke " Mete & Brother. Henry Voss. Omaha Packing Co. , by James Vines , jr. , treasurer. Armur , ( Juilahy Packing Co. , K. A. Cudnhy. Swift & Co. , by A. C. Foster. Gibson , Miller & Kichardson. Aaron Calm. E. W. Nnsh. Oman a & Grant Smelting and Refining Co. , by Guy C. Bartou. president. M. II. Bliss. Truman Buck. T. J. Bcurd & Bro. James Morton & Son. Chun. E. Foru , cushier Douglas County Bank. Douglas County Bank. John Llndcrholm. Byron llccil Co. , A. L. Ilcod , sec'y. Dexter L. Thomas. Hurry Lawrlo. Wendell Benson. Cummiiigs Neilson. Liulngor & Metcitlf Co. W. A. Pnxton. D. B. Bowman , Phillip Potter. Thompson , Beldon & Co , , by C. C Beldca. Her & Co. ti. P. Mor o ti Co. HlmolmuKh AsTuylor. Freelund. Loom IB & Co. N. B. Falconer. William Barr Dry Goodi company , Samuel Burns. H. Kountzo. W. A. L. Gibbon. W. ( A. Sloan , mayor of South Omaha. Hugh Mtirohy. contractor. Frank Johnson , Bank of Commerce. Board otTuhllo Works. At tbo meeting of the board of publlo works yesterday afternoon the following estimates were allowed : J. E. Klloy & Co. . paving , f3.000.78- , & P. Fox , paving , * lK10.'ja J. L. Murphy was awarded tha contract for grading Urovo street from Dodge to Davenport at IS cents per cubic yard. Frank L. Kooves k Co. were awarded the contract for bulldlnga soner m district No. W.