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THE OMAHA DAILY BER WEDNESDAY , JULY 30 , 181)0 ) , /
BEE.
RSOSEVATER , Editor.
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As A fire-break Jcllorsoii Mumro "is a
blooming : success.
TUB Btcnily Advance hi tlio price of
grain carries joy to tlio farmer with
loaded bins.
As usual , the democrats uro doing all
tlio talking and the republicans nil the
work in tlio somite.
Tun democracy of ICansivs City Is In a
painfully debilitated condition , having
swallowed n full Case of SeidltU powdqr.
How cnn the Alllanco support a law
yer for olllco when tlio constitution of
tlio onlor excludes the legal profession
from membership ?
TlIK fact that Congressman Strublo is
not a candidate for ro-oloctiou gives an
Imprests ! vo significance to his declara
tion of independence. '
ADVOOATKS of flat money can garner
n few forceful lessons 0:1 financial lunacy
by watohin ? tlio struggles of tlio south-
cm republics against bankruptcy. \
THE country is safe , and the memory
ofthosngoof Cipher Alley is secur\j.
The postolRco QeiiartmcWt. ' declines to
change Llio postoflloo nann-tti4r44'Uiii' ]
Nob. S
IT has been discovered that the
stoaiuer wrecked by the Minnesota
cyclone waa overloaded. Of what bene
fit is tlio information ? Is not the death
roll long enough ?
Fimairrrutos in Wyoming are llttlo
short of confiscation when a postmaster
is compelled to charge five cents for a
two-cent stamp , to recoup hiinsolf for the
cost of transportation.
Tun vigorous action of the authorities
in checking railroad encroachment on
South Sovontoonthstrcot forcibly proves
that the TJnion Pncifichiis at lust found
an opponent worthy of its "steal. "
FAILING in his schonio of bulldozing ,
Gould appeals to courts for relief from a
rival corporation in Missouri. The
famous wrecker is in a close corner when
obliged to appeal to tlio courts.
TWENTY BUWIONS of Iho forty-six
million bushels of wheat exported by the
United States were taken in Ireland.
Naturally America feels moro than n
friendly interest in the prosperity of
such a mr.rkct.
LOUD S.M.ISIIUKY opj > ose.s n division
of his olllco , for the very suggestive
reason that the salary would ho con
siderably reduced. In clinging to the
spoils of olllco the house of Salisbury has
no superior and few equals.
TilK census of Missouri develops the
fact that republican counties nro grow
ing faster than democratic counties. No
wonder the doinocrats nro importing
Bluiiiporsto stir up the party. Syinp
tomsof decay nvo so prominent as to
alarm the leaders.
Till ! fact is dawning on the Dakotans
tluit prohibition is a costly mistake and
a legal farce , When the constables ,
spies and justices bopin to pllo up ox-
jwiisos on the taxpayers , who can ill-
afford to moot current expenses , the
country will hear a unanimous roar
ngainst robbery in thogulso of morality.
p
DKMOCUATSaro browsing around the
political suburbs of Wyoming and Idaho
Mlcnwbor-lilio. Dut ncold shoulder us
large as an Alaska glacier confronts
thorn on all Bldos and congeals their
hopes of milking a respectable showing
In the returns of the coming state olec-
tloiis.
No\\ ' that the legislative candidate is
multiplying In the land , railroad pas i
nnd other favors will bo distributed
with the usual llborallty of the corpora-
tlons , where they will do the most good ,
In order that the recipient may
promptly aclcnowlodgo his indebtedness
with the least possible mental strain ,
the following form , invented by Chief
Crowfoot , commends itself ;
'Great ChW of the Hnllwayi I salute
you , O clilef. O great , I nm pleased with
railroad key opening road Ireo to mo , The
chains jiiul rich covering of your name
writinK1 , it- wonderful power to ojxm the
rant ] , show the groaUics * 0 [ jour cMuftucss.
doau. "
The organized movement of the farm-
crs In several of the southern states is
causing a grout deal moro alarm and
demoralization among the democrats of
that section than tlio threatened enact
ment of a federal election law. Several
of the prominent democratic representa
tives from the south are in four of being
swept out of their seats by the alliance
tidal wave , nnd a nuiubor of them in
states whore the movement of the farm-
era Is most aggressive are away
from their po t of duty looking
after their' political Interests at
homo. The Tillman contest in South
Carolina shows the determined nature
of the political revolution which the
fanners of the south have Inaugurated ,
the result of deop-sotitod dlssatlsfuotlon
with the aristocratic nnd dospolle bour
bon rule , and if loss pronounced In other
states it is quite as earnest. It is the
practice in the south to conlinuo mon in
congress foa long term of years , but a
lumber of those who have bonofllted by
Ihid custom until they had grown to feel
perfectly secure have been rudely
wakened by the present - upheaval
heaval to tlio necessity of making
i struggle to retain their political footing.
Washington advices state that all but
one or two of the South Carolina con-
pressmen are at homo trying to save
Lhonwolvcs , nnd the same Is tnio of half
the members from Alabama and Mssis-
sippi and of bomo from other states who
for years have had nil assured re-elec
tion.
tion.There
There has certainly been no such po
litical upheaval in the south since the
war , andit is to bo borne in mind
u the people who are causing
It aro. not republicans , but demo
crats , 'Tho very largo majority of
them have always been democrats ,
and probably are still , so far as national
political questions are concerned. They
are men who have become thoroughly
snatiBfiod with bourbon rule In the
statcH and have determined to make a
courageous effort to swoop out of power
the aristocratic and tyrannical element
that hns so long administered nITairs
with no regard for tlio interests and welfare -
faro of the people. Hut what will bo the
probable oITect of tills movement upon
the future politics of the southVVJ11 ,
It result In n permanent division
of the white vote and thus
ultimately in breaking the solidity of
that section ? There are intelligent and
candid southern men who believe that
this must bo the outcome , and that with
the accomplishment of this will como a
division of the negro vote of the south.
They present the plausible view that
each of the whito. factions in its desire to
beat the other will call upon the colored
people to help it out , and whenever this
takes ulaco the vote of the negro will bo
cast and counted. Said ono of those
southern men , "A general breakup of
both whites and blacks 'in the south
would bo a godsend to the country" .
In view of what is taking place In the
south , which is being watched with
hardly less interest by republicans in
congress than by democrats
whoso political hopes nro threat
ened , the possibility of its re
sulting in a permanent division of the
white and black vote is being considered
in connection with the question -
-tion of new legislation -for
regulating federal elections , and there
is reason to believe that such consider
ation has impressed upon many republi
cans the conviction that it is not expedient -
pedient to adopt the proposed legislation
tit this time , and that the wiser
course will bo to await the
result of the movement in the south
rather than to inaugurate a policy
which would almost certainly defeat the
probable effect of that movement by
uniting the white vote moro firmly than
over. The moro radical republicans
in the senate continue to give assur
ances of their purpose to pass an elec
tion bill at the present session , but there
is a considerable minority opposed to
such legislation as inexpedient at pres
ent , and the nunibor of such is moro
than likely to bo increased by the exist
ing political conditions In a largo part
of the south.
irar , THIS cpuxrrtY nv i
The situation of affairs In Central
America , and in'tho Argentine Ropub.-
lie , Chili and Uruguay , is of so Borlous a
nature , and the possible dilllcultles to
grow out of it ao far-rosichiug , that the
question is naturally suggested whether
before a readjustment is established the
United States may nttt bBoomo involved.
"With respect to Central America this
country Is directly Interested In the re
sult of the conflict in progress there.
The protection of the Interests of Amer
ican citizens In Nicaragua is not the
only respect in which this government
is concerned in preventing any
impairment of the autonomy of the
states of Central America , particularly
if attempted through the influence 01
intervention of any other power. Oui
duty may bo to occupy a position of nb
Boluto neutrality eo far as the question
of a union between the Central Ameri
can states is concerned , that being n ,
matter to bo determined by themselves
free from all outside influences , thougl
there Is reason to believe such has no
been the case. But wo cannot with
justIce to ourselves and with a duo regard
for the principle which governs our
relations to other American coun
tries tolerate any interference- whether
it bo in the form of Gorman financial In
fluence or Mexican armed intervention ,
with the affairs of the states of Central
America. Our friendly ofllccs to bring
to an end the strife between them and
effect a. settlement mutually satisfactory
should bo oxoiie.d , but If these fall wo
should insist Unit no ether power bo
allowed to reap any advantage from the
conflict by the dismemberment of anyone
ono of those states. Whatever the re
sult of the conflict among themselves ,
whether a rearrangement of boundaries
or ii union with territorial llinlttttlqna
unchanged , the United States must per
mit no foreign hand to play nay part In
the final adjustment.
.With regard to the states of South
America our Interests nro moro remote.
Wo are concerned In their welfare and
progress as countries whoso trade wo are
seeking and liopo some day to command
the largest share of , but their Internal
troubles we properly have nothing to do
with. It la qulto possible , howoror , that
the United States may bo called upon
to aid in the settlement of the
dilllcultles which nro responsible
for the revolution In the Ar
gontlno Republic and throatcn alike
state of aflnlrs In Chill and Uruguay.
Those are financial , nnd Involve the ob-
igatioiiH of those governments nnd their
citizens lo the citizens of European gov
ernments. All of these South American
governments have boon pursuing a most
reckless financial policy. They have is
sued vast amounts In bonds , the proceeds
of which have been snont with lavish ex
travagance. They inflated their paper
currency until It became almost
worthless , nnd governments nnd
people nliko ' leveled In the
wildest speculation and reckless waste ,
Of course a time of accounting was
reached , bcciuwo tuitions no moro than
individuals can go on perpotunlly'in a
course of this kind , and the arrival of
the day of settlement brought the in
evitable reaction. In the Argentina Re
public it did not stop short of revolution
elution , now suppressed , according to
late dispatches , though not without
bloodshed and more or less destruc
tion of property. Chill and Uruguay
may escape so unfortunate an exper
ience. But what will tlicso countries do
In regard to meeting the enormous
mass of obligations with which ithoy
hnvo loaded themselves ? Will the people
ple consent to the redemption of the
bonds held largely by European capital
ists , the proceeds of which have been
for the most part wasted ? The devel
opment of a repudiation party In all
these countries is highly probable , and
In some , If not all of them , it may become -
como powerful enough to control the
government. In that case European
governments would bo appealed to by
their citizens to enforce their claims ,
nnd they would bo very likely
.not to disregard the appeal. It
would be such a possible exigency that
might involve the United States , not to
sustain any of thoSouth American states
In its refusal to provide for any just de
mands upon It , but to protect It against
any danger of armed coercion or terri
torial spoliation that might bo throat
cued. Far off as such an exigency may
appear , it Is nevertheless to bo thought
.of as among the possible - results of the
condition of affairs in South America
which give to what is happening there a
particular interest for the American
peoplo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
no TIIUSE viaumis SUIT YOUI
SwAiiuwm , Neb. ; July 20. To the Editor
of Tun Bnu : In your speech on hlph license
you did not give the number of failures in
Nebraska only the capital. You also said
that there had been soiuothing.over 8,000 ar
rests In Onmlia in 1889. I hnvo a'lottcr from
Chief of Pollco So.ivoy stating there had
been nearly 11,000 , arrests. If your statistics
and conclusions are on a par with this your
talk is not worth anything.
I want to nsk you ono question which lias
increased foster in Nebraska slnco 1880 , the
voting population or the saloons ? Yours
truly , EiucMomtEi.u
The comparativo.numbor of failures in
Iowa , Kansas and Nebraska- quoted in
the Beatrice debate was accidentally
dropped out of the typo of the morning
edition , but appeared correctly In the
nest edition as follows :
Number of failures in Kansas In
1889 SW $2,029,20000 $ ,
Number ot failures in Iowa lu
1889 3 2,579,703 , 00
Number of failures in Nebraska
. in ISSO-U'74 1,533,7JS-00-
The number of failures in Kansas and
Nebraska for the first six months of the
present year was published editorially
by Tills BEE on July 8 tho' day after the
debate as follows :
It has boon assorted that the number of
business failures in Kansas was loss than lu
Nebraska in proportion to population. Tlio
truth is that the record of Nebraska is in
every respect superior. During the past six
months the number of failures in Nebraska
aggregated 123 , with liabilities amounting to
S74iOUO. : In Kansas la tlio same time tUo
number of failures was 152 , with liabilities
rcacliinR the enormous sum of $1,902,000.
While Nebraska's list of failures increased
four , compared with the nuiubor for tbo iirst
half of 1SSU , the liabilities decreased. On the
other hand Kansas records an increase of
twetity-ono In failures , and $1'J50H)0 , ( ) in the
axgi'Cgutfl of liabilities.
. The printed annuul report of W. S.
Seavoy , chief of police , to the Omaha
board of fire and police commissioners
for the year ending December 31 , 18S9 ,
reports the total number of arrests
during last year as 8,449. Of
that number 1,090 were arrested
as suspicious characters nnd
very properly should bo deducted from
the total of criminal arrests , because
they were guilty of no other offense than
that of being unknown to the police.
That would reduce the actual number of
legitimate arrests to 7,353 , but no such
reduction was even attempted or hinted
at in the Beatrice debate. As a matter
of fact the number of arrests in Omaha
is much lower than that in ether cities
of equal population * Denver had over
13,000 arrests last year and her social
evil population Is computed by her chlol
of police at over 1,500 as against loss than
250 known to the police u3 subsisting in
Omaha.
The voting population ot Nebraska in
1880 was 87,452 ; In 1888 , 202032. ; The
present voting population of Nebraska is
not less than 210,000 , or two and a half
times larger than it was in 1880.
The number of. saloons In Nebraska in
1SSO was over 700 , aud of that number
Omaha , with a population of 30,015 , had
180. Official reports from 211 out of 219
Incorporated towns of this stuto place the
total number of licensed liquor dealers in
these towns and citlos at 777. The eight
towns not yet heard from are Ayr ,
Bellevue , Chirks , Gordon , GroolyContor ,
Grcshum , Straiig and Unadlllo. These
towns cannot possibly have moro than
20 saloons , if they have that many.
It Is therefore manifest that Nebraska
today hna loss than 800 llconsod saloons.
Seventy-four towns and cities in
Nebraska have uo llconsod saloons
In other words , If the saloons in No
brnslca had increased in proportion to
the increase of voting population we
should now have ono thousand sovcn
hundred and fifty saloons , whereas
through the restrictive operation o
local option and high license wo have
barely eight hundred licensed saloons in
the stuto. In 18SO wo had ono saloon foi
every ono hundred and twenty-five
voters , or ono to about seven hundroi
and fifty of the population. In 1890 wo
have ono saloon to every two hundrei
and sixty-two voters , whloh la equal to
about ono for every ono thousand five
hundred and seventy of the population
Omaha furnishes a striking example
of the effect of high license. With more
than four times the population of 18SO
BIO has todayj ( > nly 03 nloro Saloons than
she had ten years ago , and Unit Includes
wholesale dealers and brewers who for-
n'erly did not * pay a city license.
Within the mat year there was nn ac
tual decrease of licensed liquor dealers
In Omaha from 277 to 218 or 39 less than
tlio proccdiMH year.
How Is that for high HconsoV Docs
this answer suit you ?
P. S. Ill order that all juggling
with the "I'o'vcnuo returns bo fore
stalled , wo Vill add that the Internal
revenue district of Nebraska includes
North and South Dakota , and the re
ports of stamp * sold represent the three
states together. The number of stamps
sold for Nebraska alone for 1889 wn&
1,800 , , and that Includes every drug store
in the state. The only reliable statistics
as to the saloons can bo had from city
and village olllcluls , l\nd these wo have
in our possession from all but the eight
towns quoted.
craze for cheap wood pavement
which spread over the city during past
years , is bearing its legitimate fruit.
Every well traveled street paved with
wood blocks silently proclaims the costly
folly of abutting property owners. Not
only Is the surface worn rough and un
even , but the heat absorbed and thrown
off by the blocks , mingled with the
odors of decaying wood , endangers the
health of the residents. Sixteenth , Far-
nam , Lcavonworth , West Cuming and
ether thoroughfares , illustrate
the rapid wear and decay
of the blocks. On those streets
property owners will bo compelled to ro-
pave long before the ton year limit for
payments has expired , and on the less
traveled streets , dry rot is doing Its
ruinous work. In view of the fact that
the city will bo compelled to pay out
largo sums annually to keep decaying
pavement In repair , not to speak of
health considerations , the city authori
ties owe It to the taxpayers to exclude
wood blocks from the list of paving jna-
torinl. Such action Is demanded by con
siderations of economy , cleanliness and
durability. Penurious and short-sighted
property owners should bo protected
from themselves.
TUB fire department continues to
provo itself equal to all emergencies.
The splendid work of the chief nnd his
mon at Monday's fire is commended on
all sides. Considering , the force of the
wind and the inflammable nature of the
surroundings , it Is a source of congratu
lation that tlio" , flro was confined to the
block whore It started. Had It crossed
Fifteenth or Sixteenth streets , human
appliances could not have checked the
bosorm of flame. The result empha
sizes the Importance of maintaining the
department at-tho highest standard ol
efficiency. '
RKSUDJIISSION is growing steadily In
Kansas. Cluba are b.oing organized In
cities and country , and extensive prepa
rations are going on for nn active fall
campaign. Business won , merchants
and capitalists uro uniting to overthrow
the fanatic blight , which has all but
wrecked the peuco and prosperity of the
state.
JUDGE McKKiaiiAN , the independent
candidate _ for congress in the Second
district , is a dcniocrat from solo to crowli ,
nnd a standing candidate for ofllco. His
defeat by Laird for congress impressed
him with the hopelessness of democratic
success without outside assistance. This
explains his zeal in championing the
cause of the producers.
DEMOCRATS and republicans in every
ward ewe it to themselves and the city
to move promptly in petitioning the
council for additional polling districts
The names of fifty voters is all that is
necessary to empower the council to act.
CAMPAIGN literature in the Second
district will bo confined exclusively to
that thrilling border tale , "The Last of
the McKoighnns. "
LIKE Davy Crocket's coon , the rail
roads yelled to the interstate commis
sion : "Don't ' shoot , we'll comedown. '
tlio KaiisnH Corn.
Kansas Citii Times.
The Kansas republican resubmissloa clubs
are growing faster than corn.
Chicago In UHCI ! to'Km.
Chicago Times.
A colt walked into a Cincinnati street car
recently to tlio great surprise and terror ol
its occupants. Cincinnati people nro timid
creatures. At least ono bear , two bogs and
several Jackasses ride on Chicago street cars
every day uuO no ono seems to m'itul them.
This Must Io Understood.
Arlsanuis Sdite llcaMcr.
Drap , bluster aud bullying wont out of
fashion at Appowattox. The south will bo
governed by such laws as tlio people of the
United States , through their honestly cleetod
congressmen , may determine to enact.
o
Emotional tlourrmlUm' Don't Oo.
Tlio Mncon ( Ga. ) Telegraph on Friday last
made a canvass of the business community ,
and failed to flnd a single flrm that was in
favor of the boycott proposed by the Atlanta
Constitution on aijcount of the force bill. It
is thus that newspapers of tbo emotional
typo sometime.ellccood : in misrepresenting
the views nndi\vlshes of tholr own constit
uents.
The Old Cry Unlsctl Again.
Jloflicnter Chmntclt.
Anything mpjro senseless than this threat
of a sectional boycott would bodlfllcult to Im
agine , but tbo north will not fall to note the
spirit of intimidation and rebellion which 1 $
breathed in tbo , resolutions of organized meet
ings nnd in thopublic utterances of repre
sentative Bourbons. Resistance to the laws
of the United Stfifcs government Is implied
not only , but threatened , and again wo hear
the cry , so familiar thirty years ugo. "Let us
alone ; that Is uli'Jvo ask. "
Census Kiuimcrntors Hold.
Mi.vsEArous , Minn. , July 29. United
States Commissioner Moroy.thls morningjliold
Louis Hcfjn.an , the enumerator charged with
not returning his census schedules , to the
grand Jury. Stevens end Dickey waived ex
amination and were held In STi.OOObouds each.
Moro field 1'or Kuropo.
NEW YORK , July 20. Eight hundred nni
fifty thousand dollars In gold wcro ordorui
for shipment to Europe today. The tola
amount of irold ordered for shipment this
wookisSl.Wi.OOO. .
Killed HIVllb mid KuioKlml ,
CI.RVGLA.SD , O , , July 29 Anton N'owak , a
inoldor , tbls morning fuUilly shot bis wife
with whom ho lias not been living wlta for
some time , und tbcu killed Uluisolf.
xnirs or THK
Over eighty telephones aw In use at Col
umbus ,
Work on tbo college building nt Hartley Is
progressing slowly ,
The Seventh-Day Adventlsts nro holding a
camp mooting at Oxford.
The United llrcthrcn of Wlllor nro prewir
ing tn erect a church building.
Hall bittlty Injured corn In u strip of terri
tory between Hcmlugford and Box JJutto last
week.
Tlio eleventh annual normal Institute of
1'lerco county will bo held at Plain view j\u-
RU3t 4 tO 10.
The Indlanola district campnieettngof the
M. 13. church U being bold at Bartloy witb a
birgo attendance.
team stolen nt Barnoster recently has
boon recovered at 1'eabody , Kim. , mid the
thief Is under arrest.
Miss Laura Mcacham of Durchartl has
pone to tlio Suuteo Indian agency to iictns
head seamstress in the government school.
Ucv. .T. I ) . Paulls , for two and a halt years
pastor of the ICcarnev Baptist church , has
resigned and gone to lied Cloud. During bis
] ) .iston\to the Uixptlstsof Kearney built the
Ilnest house of worship in the city.
While John Covey nnd Mr. Hrnntnor of
PlutUmouth were bundling a carboy of inurl-
ntlo acid which had stood in the sun nil day
the carboy of about ( if teen gallons exploded ,
Jobii Covey receiving part of it In the face
and broast. Uclng close to n hydrant ho
turned it on full force and was but slightly
Injured. Mr. Urautncr was struck on the
arms , and from the chest to bis feet his
clothes were burned oil nnd bis arms and
logs badly burnod.
Iowa.
Cedar Rapids wants a public park.
William II. Parker , bauiccr nnd postmaster
nt Lawler , cashed a draft for J350 for a well-
dressed stranger and is $350 out.
At Clear Lake last week moro arrests were
made for drunkenness than were inado for
the same cause during the entire two years
previous.
Tlio Indies of the Women's ' Christian Tem
perance union at Wilton nro endeavoring to
get tbo original pnckiigo vendors to quit busi
ness by pleading with them nnd singing ;
hymns in their places.
The governor hns just received notice from
tbe commissioner of the general land onlce
that tbo claim for Indemnity on about 1.800
acres of land in Poll : county , selected ns
swamp , or overflowed , has been llually re
jected.
A. II. Mertz , proprietor of the People's
union mission at Durlington , has been bound
over in the sum of $500 to await the action of
tbo grand jury on a charge of publishing nnd
circulating an obscene , lewd , Indecent and
lascivious paper.
Mrs. Henry tuth , of Ute attempted sul-
cido with a revolver. She fired ono shot at
herself , but her aim was bad , and before she
could lire u second shot tuo weapon was
taken away from her. Domestic trouble is
tlio cause alleged.
During a heavy rainstorm at Slblcy re
cently llsh fell from tbo clouds nnd millions
of them wcro found In a small pond. Upon
examination it was found that they wcro u
llsh called axalatt , found only in Old Mexico.
The theory advanced Is that they hnd bcqn
taken up in a \ \ aterspout and carried all that
distance.
A sad case of Insanity Is reported from
Columbus Junction. John Williams , a well-
to-do farmer of forty , was engaged to marry
a young lady who cnmo all the way from
Wales to wed him. Ho procured tbo license
ono day last week and the marriage was to
have taken place tbo same afternoon , but Just
ns the ceremony was about to begin Williams
went raving crazy aud attacked bis bride
furiously , attempting to stab her with n
knlfo. Howas with dlnlculty secured and
looked up. Tbo sight of his bothrothed scorns
to have maddened him and ho raves and
struggles to got at her. The doctors believe
ho will soou recover bis reason ,
'i'.io Two Dnkotns.
Tbo cleric of Stanley county sold a nmr-
riago licanso to nn Indian the other day.
A mountain lioness with two or three kittens -
tons has inado a homo lu au old tunuo.1 just
north of Lead City.
The little child of Silas Carmen , living
near Mound City , drank from a dish of lly
IKjison with fatal effect.
. Ten thousand head of stcera arc now being
rounded up In the runtos near Spcarflsh for
shipment to tbo eastern market.
The Bcresford alliance has purchased the
warehouse at that point and will enlarge it to
receive this season's grain crop.
The Ilomestako mining company of' Load
City paid a dividend of § 12.500 the other day ,
mnkliiga total of $37,500 paid this year.
It is said that in some portions of Me-
Pherson county crops nro a total failure ,
having boon burned up by the extreme heat.
From a bunch of sheep costing less than
$909 a North Dakota farmer this year re
ceived $171 worth of wool and $310 worth of
lambs.
"While building a wigwam forpolitlcul meet
ings nt Warner , J. B. Holt fell from the roof
to the ground , n distance of twelve feet ,
breaking thrco ribs aud sustaining serious in
juries.
By the opening of the Slssoton reservation.
which Is expected to occur before the present
congress adjourns , about GOO.OOO acres of the
finest farming lands in South Dakota will bo
thrown open to settlement.
It is estimated that there are still 477,200
acres of vacant land In the Aberdeen land
district. McPherson county has ISII.MK ) ;
Campbell , 109D'jO ; Edmunds , 05,430 ; Wai-
worth , 81,020 , and Brown , 2,000. ,
There Is n scheme on foot to secure tbo lo
cation of a tiling fuctorv at Pierre. It h ox-
peeled that the tiling will bo manufactured
out of tlio famous gumbo which exists in
largo quantities In the vicinity of Pierre.
Hutchinson county shows up well as a Hvo
stock county , the aggregate value of all stock
being $14:1,112. : , The list comprises ( JAM
hones valued nt S'JJO.OTS : 10'J.VJ cattle , at
Mt,820j 44 mules , at SI , OK ) ; 13I93 ( sheep , nt
§ 10,055 , and 18,403 hogs , at & :9,01' : , > .
At Mluto the sovcn-year-old daughter of
Otto Evans was bringing a cow from the
pasture and tied the rope about her waist.
The cow became unruly nnd knocked down
and dragged her several hundred yards , in
juring her so badlv as to cause death In an
hour.
North Dakota has just boon divided into
two internal revenue districts , tbo dividing
line running from the southern boundary line
of Grand Forks county directly west nn
county lines to the Montana lino. Major
Wnmock of Jamestown , who has heretofore
hail tlio entire state ns his district , will hereafter -
after have charge of the southern district.
while A. Halght of Gllby lias been appointed
as deputy collector for tno northern district ,
with headquarters at Larlinorc.
A beautiful cave has been discovered on
Ellc crook , Lawrence county , containing
tbrco largo chambers , from the ceilings of
which depend very largo nnd exquisitely
beautiful stalactites , while the waifs are of
spar and vari-colorcd rock. The cavern has
boon located as a mining claim , for which
patent is pending , but it U contended that no
mtcutcan Issue for property of that kind , as
it should bo reserved by the government ns
national property und added to tbo list of
natural wonders.
The other day Miss Hello Host of Pitts-
burg , Pa. , arrived nt Jamestown nnd was
married to Samuel McDowell of Now Hock-
ford. Neither of them had seen the other before -
fore , the union being effected through a Chicago
cage matrimonial journal , in which ho in
serted , a personal notice , to which sue replied.
McDowell Is a well-to-do farmer , thirty-eight
years old , she is twenty-eight. McDowell
baa 785 acres of wheat and COO head of cnttlo
uud sheep , This Ishis sixth matrimonial
venture , two of his wives having died and
three leaving him.
Railroad Shops Iturncd.
ATCHISOX , Kan. , July 29. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tim BIK. : ] The carpenter shops of
the Missouri Pacific , together with all Its
machinery , tools nnd other contents , wcro
destroyed by flro at 1 o'clock this morning.
Tbo flro is supposed to hnvo been sponta
neous , originating from a corner of the
building where oil had Itoon kept , The rall-
voad nnd city flro departments were called
put und by hard worir succeeded in saving
the ether building. The loss Is about (5,090.
Tlio Hie Flro ot AVulliico.
SroKANH FJU.UI , Wash. , July SO. Sunday
night's flro at Wallace , Idaho , almost wiped
out tbo town. The total loss Is $112,000with , ,
very llttlo insurance. The burnt district
comprises eight blocks and takes in all tbe
business portion ot the city and u portion of
the resiliences , The flames nro still raging
In the timber on the surroundinghills. . A
Inrso number of people passed tbo llrst night
In the open nlr , but shelter lias sluco boon
provided. Help Is pouring In from adjoining
towns and cltius ,
W1IV IT KX013I.S.
The Americanized Encyclopaedia nritnn *
nlcn , which fro Introduce to our citizens , 1 * a
genuine triumph of .American Ingenuity and
energy. Though founded on tbo celebrated
"Encycloprcdla Urltnnnlca , " Ills by no ineam
n mcro verbatim reprint of that celebrated
work. Nor Is It such n reprint vlth n few
articles on special American subjects uddod.
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Encyclopaedia Britnmilca Americanized , re
modeled , tnliun apart and put together again
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compiled under English supervision , for Eng
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supervision , with n sjieclul view to the enter
tainment and Instruction of u million Ameri
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Not a single article In tbo orlglnnV "Brltnn-
nloa" II.M boon dropped. Tbo stately sen
tences of Mncuuley , the outspoken thought of
Mill , the lucid explanations of Huxley niul of
Tynclnll , can nil ho found In Its pages. Such
articles have been abridged as treat of sub
jects exclusively English , nnd nro crowded
with a mass of detiills Interesting only to
local English readers ; and to balance this
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The following is a synopsis of the Nebraska
high license local option law :
Section 1 provides that tbo county board of
each county may grant license for the s.ilo ot
malt , spirituous nnd vinous liquors , if deemed
expedient , upon the application by petition of
thlrtv of the resident freeholders of the
town if the county is under township organ
ization. The county board shall not hnvo
authority to issue any license for the snlo of
linuors in any _ city or incorporated village or
within two miles of the snme.
Section 2 provides for tbo lilhiROf the ap
plication nnd for publication of the applica
tion for at least two weeks before the grant
ing of the license.
Section 3 provides for tbo Hearing of the
case if a remonstrance is lllcrt against the
granting of a license to the applicant.
Further sections provide for the appealing
of the remonstrance to tbo district court : the
form of the license ; the giving of n 5,000
bond by the successful iippllcant for the 11-
ccnso.
Sections 8 , 9 and 10 make it an offense , pun-
isbablo by a flno of $ )5 ) , for auy licensed
liquor denier to sell intoxicating liquor to
minors or Indians.
Section 11 provides that any person selling
liquor without a license shall bo lined not
less than 5100 nor moro than 500 for each
offense ; and section 12 provides for the trial
of such offenders.
Section 13 mnkes it an offense , punishable
by aiino ol $100 and a for > lturo of llcerso ,
for any licensed 'liquor vender to soil adul
terated liquor.
Section H maltcs it an oftonso punlshahlo
by a line of $100 for nny person to soil or fc-ivo
away any liquor on Sunday , or on the day of
any general or special election.
Sections 15 to 23 Inclusive , define the lia
bility of saloonkeepers lor damages sustained
by any ono In consequence of the tralllc nnd
provide the steps necessary to collect such
claims.
Section at relates to the issuance of drug
gists' permits.
The local option ieaturo of the law Li con
tained In section 25 , the salient part of whloh
reads ,
"Tbo corporate authorities of all cities nnd
villages shall have power to license , regulate
and prohibit the selling or giving uwuy of
tiny intoxicating , malt , spirituous and vinous
liquors , within the limits ot such city or vil
lage. This section also fixes the nmolmt of
"tho license fee , which shall not bo less than
$500 in villages and cities having less than
10,000 inhabitants nor less than $1,01)0 ) In cities
having n population of moro than 10,003.
. Sections 20 and U7 relate to druggists' reg
isters nnd penalties for violation of the rules
governing the same ,
Section 23 makes drunkenness an offense
punishable by n flno of $10 and costs or Im
prisonment not exceeding thirty days.
Section 20 provides that the doora nnd win
do ws of saloons shall bo kept free from sa-eous
or blinds.
-
ORKAT MEN.
Major William Hurley , who was born in
Belfast , May 0 , 1701 , nntl who nojv resides in
Hoonoville , Mo. , enjoys the distinction of beIng -
Ing the oldest Mason living.
C. A. Hack , tbo vonor.iblo priuter of Tnun-
ton , Mass. , 84 years old , and the oldest - whoever
over ascended Mount "Washington , woat to n
cose in the olllce of Among tbo Clouds and
set u paragraph without spectacles.
Captain Killer of the German army has
boon dropped for being too eloquent in u way
that displeased thoCIerinan government. Tbo
emperor nuy need all his Killers before long.
Cardinal Manning , upon bohig apprised re
cently that the liimutos of a homo for ngcd
people had called up on him , nroscr and
hurried down-stairs to msot them , remarking
that they must bo spared the trouble of climb
ing up-stnira to meet him , as it would fatigue
them too much. The cardinal recently cel
ebrated his eighty-second birth day.
ISx-l'rcsldont Cleveland has grown
uwcury already of tbo sighing snishore , and
bo pines for the plnoy woods of tlio Adi ron-
dacks.
ISx-Viee-ProsIdcnt Hannibal Ilnmlln , who
lives nt Baugor Mo. , is believed to do moro
fishing and catch fewer iish than any ether
mini in Now ICngland ,
Ivan Iviinvolch , who has Just died in Russia
at the ngo of ono hundred and II vo , went to
bed drunk every blessed night for eighty-
seven years. Ho was ill but onto before his
demise , on account of fulling into a drunken
sleep when exposed to n full grown Russian
blizzard. Major Ivnnvotch was n great suc
cess asa drinker , but ho would prove a melan
choly failure as 'tm American borrlblo
example.
Kx-Socretary Bayard has been Interviewed
on tno Bchriug Sea correspondence , nndro-
marks patronizingly : . ' ! urn pleased to see
that the mutter has rovertcd to tbo condition
in which I left It on my retirement from the
state bopartment. Mr Dmino is entirely
right when ho says that Lord Salisbury no-
cepled and ngrood to the conditions proposed
by the United States. " _
PKPPE11MINT DUOPS.
Boston Transcript : It requires no self-de
nial for the pawnbroker to keep the plodgo.
Atrhlson Gloho : The best natured man
down town Is the man who has women folks
at homo to grumblout.
Boston Courier : "That must bo a Boston
girl. " "U'hy do you think so ? " "Sbo is all
freckled. " ' 'How ' does that m lrn her a Hos-
tea girl < " "Well , you 8v,5ho ( has lu-rsnecks
on. "
Somervlllo Journal : Every man should
have an aim la life , but ho shouldn't ' spend
too much time aiming. Tbo buck shot guts
the clay pigeon when the trap Is oprung.
Brooklyn Llfo : Clerk Howdld that mix
ture go that I sold you the other duyl Cus
tomer Like hot cukes. The moths won't
oat anything visa.
Good News : EnglUu swrtsiaau-N'o fox
limiting lost yenrl My ores I Why was
that ' ? American tporUmnn ( dolefully )
U'hesoBouluss monopolists got up a corner ou
nnlseseed.
TorrolInnloKxpvess : " 2to , I can't ' any
that I want the earth , " mused the frolKtit
car tourist , "About
thrro-qmtrtcrs of ills
water und Hint I ain't ' got no Use for. "
Harper's Knznr : Houston ( of Texas )
I've ' llnnlly settled that > 00 I owed Ilimlc
Jones for'so long1. Mrs. Houston I'm BO
glad. Hut where did you h'ot the money i
Houston Didn't hnvo no money , 1 just shut
Jones ,
Philadelphia News : "Uy the way , how I
3llfglnsl ( I heard lie was nt death's door.
"Idon'tlcmnv ' about that. The hut thno I
saw him ho was on the step pulling tbe doc
tor's boll. "
Toledo Hlaifc ; HOJTRS I got n remit
tance from my publisher today. Gobln -
Did yoi } , though ; good hey ; glvo usa shako.
Ilaiidsoma check , eh I llogK" AVell , no ; not
very. It was on extra stamp I sent him.
Norristown Herald ; An Illinois chtitvh
society dUmlnscd its pastor because lie plnyod
croquet so Into that ho missed the prayer
meeting. There is a time for nil things , iju t
the pastor no doubt had moro fuu than if ho
bad prayed so late that ho mlssedtho croquet.
- . .
< UI > fOMt tiV.tfr.Jl.d.A ,
Arms IMircimied and Negotiation. * lu
Progress Tor 'J rooH.
NKW YORK , July 29. A mornhii ; papnr T
says negotiations were completed yest onlay
In behalf of thoroimblloof Ountcinala fortfio
purchase of 120,000 , stand of anus. It also
says an army of 8,000 , trained soldiers bun
been tendered that government. Consul
General llalz of Guatemala , in an interview
yesterday , said ono man , an ex-colonel of
the Missouri Infantry had offered
to rnlso 3,000 recruits within
two weclts thno and have all equipped and
ready to sail. Ho says tlio privates and onl-
ccra will bo men who have carried arms ami
seen a good deal of active lighting in the
civil war. Ono point which seporatcs thu
two parties in the negotiations is In tlio pro
vision mndo by the Colonel tlint n certain
sum of money , $30,000 lo placed la this city
to the credit of trustees nnd to bo held ns u
guiuauteofund for the troops.
Allernld special from CJimtotnala , via Ln
Llbcrtnd , says nn attempt was iniulo Sutidnv
nlght to assassinate President Bur ill as oC
Guatemala by u native Indian who \vas found
concealed In Jl.irlll.is' bed room armed with u
Machete revolver. The Indian was raptured
nnd disarmed before ho could hill the presi
dent , The Indian , who was placed insolltnry
confinement , confessed that ho had boon em
ployed by conservatives to commit the deed.
'XKH'S ' ItrMCKKU J1KSSA fJIAV. '
Au Effort llcliitf JIailo to the
CITT OP MKXICO , July Sill. [ Special Toli -
grain to Tun UEE.J Tbo United States is
making ofllciiU inquiries to ascertain wlmt
has become of the correspondence of Minister
Mizncr , resident in Guatemala for the stain
department at "Washington. It is evident
that Mizncr has endeavored to send tcloprann
from Guatemala to LnLllwtudfor ro-trnns-
mlssion to "Washington by cable , niul th.it
they have boon blockade ! in Guatemala.
The telegraph from Guatemala to La Llb.-r- .
tad Imgsthu road wbero tlio late battles liuvo
been fought , nmi It Is supposed bv loth Min
ister Dicgucz nnd Ccnfldcntinl .Agent POII
that the wires have been cut by tlio uriuic.s
and that Mr. Mizner's dispatclics nro consequently
quently lllcjl away In some ofllco wlioro they
Srobably will remain unless ordered bark to
uatcmnlii or sent through tlio Salvnilonm
army for transmission via Llbcrtad to llieir
destination. Scnor Pou says tlio cen
sorship over telegrams "in Salvador
does not extend to oflKiil business
ol nny neutral power and was done to prevent - h
vent Gtmtomalii from sending out f.ilsi
reports lu regard to the affairs of Salvador.
Minister Kynn called on Scnor t'on today iv-
gariliug tbo blocluklo of Miznor's ' convsinmil-
cuce , and Scnor Pou Immediately cabled to
his government asking that inquiry bo mailu
into the matter and to ascertain whether tlio
corivspondeiu'o was detained in Salvador or
Guatemala. There are rumors of another
defeat of the Guatemalans , who we still ro-
treating. The Snlrodir.ms are advancing.
At tlio Stuto Depart iniMil.
NEW Voiiif. , July ! J9. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tun BiiJ : The New York Hi-r
aid's Washington special says : Nothing fur
ther has boon received from Minister Mizncr
by the stnto department in regard to tlio L'ou-
trul American complication * . Tlio feoliiiB ( it
the department is that Mexico will maintain
a policy of strict neutrality lu the GnatiMnala-
Salvador controversy , and will recognize tlio
autonomy of each of the 11 vo Central Ameri
can republics. U'liis is substantially tlio po
sition of our government. It is not likely that
either power would consent tosco any oltlio
Ave states of Central America forced into ! i'
federal union against her ivill. But , In tlio
lunguoxro of Assistant Secretary Ado , "No
ono will find out ivlmttho SpanUh-AtnoiU'ttii
government has tlono within tlio past twenty
four hours , and no one can predict what It
may do within the next tveuty-four hours. "
.1ZMJW.S JtKXVKll.
The Union Fucillo OIHelnlH CoiilVr
with aiiclrPrctiidcnt.
DEXvnit , Colo. , July29. [ Special Tolojnwn
to Tim Bur. . ] The higli olllcials of the
Union Pacific bad a big jiowpow in this cii > '
yesterday nt which 1'resldeiit Charles IVim-
cis Aduuis was chairman. The ofllcials who
accompanied the magnate from Onmlia , in
cluding Vieo President Ilolcomb , Chief of
Construction Cameron , General Master Mo-
chnnla Mlddlolon and general Mnnnfff
BriuUerhoir of tlio Missouri divbion , returned
fromMoiiItou yesterday. They were rein
forced liv the arrival of General Mining'
llesseriiilo of the mountain Division , Gcncnil
Manager McNeiil of the St. Joseph it ( ! nunl
Island , nnd W. P. Kobortson , general fiHgli'
ugentoftho Etuni ) lino. General Mnuag'T
Meolc was also on hand and attended the st-n'
chiunbor session , which was bad In hU i > i'i-
vateoftlTO. Just what traii8ilrcd | unilju.it
what was tbo occasion for tlio
nicotine of all the biRb ofll-
cinli Is only known to tlieinselv 'i
and not ono word would they divulge. Tin
olllcials were in confcreuco nearly the rutiii )
day , but their business was not cunduded
aud tliov will meet again.
'Jnis llKU reporter saw President -Adunn
and micstloneU him regarding the in.cctlnn
Ho declared that the question under discus
sion related wholly to private mutters , in
which the public would hnvo no Interest. I li >
bud moro or less to talk over with all of tlm
various olllcluls and concluded it would IM
easier for them to meet in Denver than for
Mm to innki ) them a visit.
i M'lio reporter learned that tbo McIfj
fraud wis taken up and aired , but President
Adams bad nothing toaayoa that subject.
Hrooklyu'N Population.
WAcuiixoToy , July 29. Tlio population ol
tlio city of Brooklyn , ns announced by ttio
census 001 cc , is 301 , U77.
OMA.HA
LOAN A.ND TRUST
' COMPANY.
BuUiorlbod nnd Cutirantood Cnpltnl.r''XOM ' )
Paid In Capital. , " '
Ilnysand tolls stocks ami bonds ; nc
commercial jiiipur ; rocclvc.s und i
trusts ; aut.s an trnimOr niicnt and trustuo ' < (
corporations , takuu clmrfo of propurty , col >
loats taiua ,
Omaha Loan&TrustCo
SAVINGS BA.NK.
S E Corner * 16th and Douglas SfJ
I'ald In Capital : .IM.JJjJ
Sulisorlljoduna nuarantced Capltut. . . . [ W.W -
Liability of titockhohlurj ,
6Vur Contliitorfit J'ald . . . . - -
KltANK J , I < ANUK
Offlcem A.U. 'NVyrnan. piuildtmt ; J.J. Urown ,
vlco-probldont , W.T. Wymnn , troasmur.
DlrootorA. . 1) ) . Wjmnn , J. II. Mllluid. J. I
llrown , Guy C.Onrtun. \VNa ! . A" < " " .i
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