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V FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE
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OMAJLA MONDAY AUGUST 4 , 1800. NTJMBJ3K 47.
THE EFFICIENCY OF THE MIlS
How a Letter "Without an Address Safely
Reiclieil.Its Destination.
SENATOR PADDOCK Of ) THE TARIFF ,
nl' ' ihe IniprrMloiilii
to tliu lOlcut IOIIH Illll T
cry IUH-I > tiyl
Buatfl.
Tnr. OttimnKi , 1
WASIIIXOTOX , I ) . C. , August : l. )
The hl/rh / standard of efllclonoy iitulnod In
the rank of the postal systomls reall/.ed by
but few persons. An instiuico Illustrating
this occurred recently. A lotto \vm depos
ited in tboMilwimlcco poito nice without an
address. Tbo envelope being perfectly
liliink , except for the business card of the
corporation from the ofllco of which it was
tent , It wns delivered to the person for -whom
It wns intended in his oflleo In : Ncw "York
city -without the UelayoC an lour , reaching
its destination by the same delivery as other
lotu-w fully nildresscd and mnllcil at the
tame time. Of course the postal employes
took the chances of bolNg rlfthtln forwarding
the letter as they did , but It was the exercise
of this discretion that marks the difference
k'twet'ii na intelligent , cniciont service and
one not so.
The letter wns n part of the eastern tnall of
the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. 1'uul railroad
deposited la the Milwaukee postoillcc. The
illstribut Jiig clerk sent it along with other let
ters to Nri.v Vorlf , arguing that the proba
bilities were greatest in favor of thtit being
IU intended destination. In the Now York
oniectho same doctiluo of probabilities sent
the undirected mlsslvo to the general eastern
ngenlof the coifipany as the ono for whom it
was Intended. It wis for him , and ua may bo
Imagined , Its prompt receipt was the cause
of no little wonder and the occasion for n
very complimentary letter to ( lOticml Super-
inU'inlctit Bell , Irotmbly that is tlio only
Instniico on record where n letter with no address - ,
dress reached IU dc'sttnntioii without tlio loss
of uu hour's tlmo.
CIIEAT1XO A. FAt.SR IMlMir.SSIO < f.
Every cltort Is being made toercnlotho
Impression here aiiilthrotighoiit tlio country
that tbo elections bill has been shelved so far
as this session Is concerned by a private un
derstanding between the democrats and re-
publlcnii leaders oftho senate. The object is
to prejudice the mousuro and forestall its
postponement. Ono Important , factor in the
consideration of the bill appears to not have
been consulted In reaching these ' nirec- ?
inonli , " "understandings , > ' etc. , looking
towards adjournment heforo the senate acts
upon it. His nanio is Thomas 15. Uoed.
speaker of thohousu , It Is no secret that
Mr. Reed-in part of the session placed
this mcxsure foremost In Hip list
for notion and that ho insisted
Upon its consideration nhen'd of
the tariff anil then in ndv.meo oftho silver
lilll. Hi ; foresaw tlio "tlo up'1 In tlio seniito
and the conditions noxv surrounding tlio bill.
"Without Mr , Heed's co-opcritioit congress
cannot adjournnndoven though the tennto
should tijtreu to an adjournment before the
elections hill Ii disposed of , the speaker will
. have to bo brought nronml before u resolution
to adjourn will bo reported frdm the commit-
leoou ways und means orudoptodlf reported
'
N'otwlthsthstmidlns' ' this fuct , it-'loolis ns
though the force of legislative circumstimees ,
niidtiint alone , would crowd the elections
bill over Io next session.
"ON ACCOUNT OPSICKN'KS ? . "
A list of the members of tlio house -who nro
absent after tomorrow * will pr&vo very Inter
esting raiding to sotno communities , All
leaves of absence except for stelmess have
been revolted and it Is probable that surface
indications will point to nn epidemic la the
house , mmuiubura who will bo engaged in
nominating campaigns will secure leaves "on
tu'count of sickness. " His expected that ns
many as fifty members will , , bo absent from
their seats at all times during the remainder
of the session ,
TIIU M'TY OX COTfOX IUOOIXO.
Ono of the best fields for a successful fight
in the interest of protection to an important
homo industry , andoiiowhiili wlh. to sonic
extent , bo occupied when It is renrliud In the
discussion oftbo tarlfChill by tbo senate is
m the proposed reduction of about 4fi percent
of the present duty.on cottoa bulging , ITor
* oino unaccountable reason the house reduced
the duty on cotton bagging about'-5 percent
und the nuiiuto reduced the llguiw .lixcd by
the house almost as much , making the reduc
tion of the present duty iiciitly one-half , Cot t-
ton bng"lng Is made of domestic llax
anil tho" consumption of llax straw by
bugging manufacturers has madu tlio pro
duction of llax prolltablo in tbo United
States. Wherever there nro 110 llax or tow
mills established llax raising ? is not prollt
able and Is not indulged in to tiny consider
able extent , as llux is very exhausting to tlio
sell.
sell.Indiana
Indiana probably1 has greater flax Interests
than any other stato. Iu the union , there lie-
liH'slxtyor seventy tow mills and tholargcst
cotton bagging mill in the United States lo
cated nt Muiicle. In tlio eastern part of the
state of Minnesota , the Dakotas ami sec
tions of Iowa are also largely
interested in the production of flax , but
there liavo been few tow 4iiills established ,
nnd unless they tire established the produc
tion of llux-will almost cense when tlio rank
tiunlltics of tbo soil have been extracted.
Hcpresentutlves of llax producing industries
iimv in Washington arounnblo to understand
since tliu raw material for cotton bagging Is
produced iu the states most needing agricul
tural protection and all the manufactured
articles Is consumed In the bourbon and un
reconstructed states of the south , wlint polit
ical judgment suggested the heavy cut la
the duty on cotton bagging. There
has been ft great howl against an
imaginary cotton bagging trust , nnd cotton
Jnterosts have had representatives licro de
manding a heavy decrease of duties iipon ] cot
ton bugging , whllo the lliot and buying In
terests appear to hnvo had no representatives
in Washington.
iioxous nun NO COXOUEMIOXAL
SUITS. w
The announcement the other day that Anioi
J , Cumminirs , the congressman from the :
Klnth district of NowVork-thorltyof New
York would bo assessed 5vVH > 0 by tho'local
campaign committee , lias caused n good many >
men lutho loworhousoof nongiuss to so
nail consider what thli thing of boinga il -
tK'roft'io imtiouul legislature costs and ills
worth.
Amm J. Cuminlngs does not secure , gnlnry ,
" stationary allowance , inllcngo , nail all things
considered , iiu iipgroKUto oiuoit ( ) tluuif 1U00 )
for Horvlngu term or two yeai-s In th. house.
3fliohto bo compelled to pay out in ono
lump over } \OOO of tills nniount tbo question
naturally nrlses , why does a mnii no to con-
frcssl Mr. Camming * will hnvo topuyhls
own personal exiicnscs lu Iho way of printing '
mid traveling about over his district whllo ,
waking a canvass , and this will muloubuilly
ngKnvatu ns much us ho Avlll get
in the \vay of money out of
his oflleo , Tlio situation thus resolves
Itself Into one of selling an ofllco th tbo lilt-h
est bidder. People \vbo lave Iwked down
Ji-om the galleries upon .Mr. CamiiiliiRS ilur-
ing1 thaiuvit two or thrco years and noticed
that wliileother menworo loltrriiiK around
In idleness , ho was busy writing for news-
jmpennnd pushing the nlo of liUvovlc ,
woiiilercd whetlicr or not ho was trying to
prepuru lilmsclt for the national ng
business or Intended to ronstruct mlliuuls
and dlgcnanls whenhoi-etlivdasitapiM.Mii oil
that bo was laUng the fouudutiou fora Brent
fortune bv dint of hard toll. It la true that
Mr. Ouinnilngshiis prosixrcd byhls | > on. llo
U a brilliiint ncwst > npor man , nnd there U ill-
Ways a demand for hli work. Hut Iho Heerot
| s now out , It undoubtedly requires his hard-
fst labors and best efforts to pay his expenses
b campaigns.
The Ninth district of Now York Is not an
{ olalcd iwtauco of sccuriuy uu cQlco at
dear price , It tins become nlmostcommon.
It Is afe to say that , taking the house over ,
fully twice us much money Is spent in the
procurement of feats ns Is drawn la the way
of salaries. In Iho senate it Is worse. It Is
simply multiplied by IIvoor ten. Thor3 are
qultoii number uf men in the house who hold
their senU hy nn outlay of not less than
f. ( > ,0)0 ) or $ HoOut ) n year each. This out
lay Is mostly in securing nominations
nnd elections , Some Ingenious individual
In congress will ono of these days possibly
Invent a law which will put n slop to this ex
travagant corruption , and men will coino to
congicss upon their merits , and the ofilco
will not bootiofor luxurious tastes only ,
8KNAT01I IVUJWCIv ON' TUB TAlllFP.
Senator I'nildook Joined Senator 1'lumli in
bis revolt ngalnst high duties
on cnrthoiiwaro. The democratic press
this morning ircticrnllv comment upon
these two republlc.m votes for
lower duties ns evidence of n r.orlous broalt
lu tlio republican riinlcs. Senator I'nddocit
wild this evening that there need liono iples-
Mentis to his position on the t.irlit. "Lima
ropuhllcnn , " stld the senator , "and represent
a it'publicun slnto , I believe in the pro-
tofllvo principle nnd shall assist in
maintaining it , but ! shall do my best to sco
Hint It in fairly nnd not uiirenionnbly applied.
I inn for lust ns lo\v n tariff ns will meet the
revenue demands of the government , econom
ically but not peuuiiously administered , and
nt the same tlmo keep thu wheels of Amer
ican industry moving briskly. 1 nin la
fuvorof n tariff whMi will protbctnnd which
will not punish the whole country at the
siinio time , which will encourage labor iw
well ns capital. I believe that the measure
of protection afforded succillc manufacturers
should boil duty suflU'lent to sustain and not
Io surfeit : to build up infant Industries ,
but not to bulwark stalwart trusts. To ho
mow specific , I do not bclievo that it Is a
proper function of government to build tip
the fortunes of any one class of citizens at the
expense of another. For this reason , In
every instance where heavy protective duties
arc demanded , the burden of proof
t lint thuy are necessary for the geiiornl wel
fare , the upbuilding of manufacturing , the
proper dlversllicatlon of Industry , the pay
ment of good wages should be clearly shown
by those asking the tariff protection. ! No
mntmfiicturcr has a right , through
govern incut 'and tariff stimulus.
to roll up profits of 111 , ! X
and ! i ( ) per cent annually on his Investment
and to make the i > eoplo foot the bills through
enhanced prices. My Idea of a fair tariff
protection would Io a .safe. 0 per cent not re
turn on oapltnl actually invested on Indus
tries which cna llvo ami can show
proof tb.it they run continue to live when de
pendent on their own resources. .At the
same thno I would consider It a crime to rew
fuse protection to an industry whcro
such rcfusiil would destroy v the In
dustry nnd give its market to A foreign
manufacturer anil its labor to a foreign
workman. In the consideration , of the pro *
cut hill I shall vote for a redaction of duty in
every c.iso where it cannot he shown , to my
satisfaction that the duty ilxed by the bill is
needed to equalize the dillcrenco
in wages between America and Amcri-
c-ii's ' competitors , und to strengthen rather
ihan to weaken that homo market , \vldcli al
ready consumes inoro than W ) per cent of our
agricultural products. My votes will bo on
distinctly protective linos. As has often
been said , the country recognizes the
dilferoiiro betiveon protection and
prohibition. I bellovo that the west and the
people of the United States generally will
protest ngalnst any increase of duties and
against the iimiutciianeo of any existing
duties which are not essential tea fair meas
ures of protection to American Industry.
The moment that Iho plain people of the
United States gain the Idea that a republican
tariff bill is drafted and passed to bcnclit
manufacturers alone nt the expense of the
consuming public , that moment not oulv will
republican supremacy bo In deadly peril , hut
the protective principle itself will ho most
seriously endangered. "
STAll POrtTAIi 8EKVICE AAVAKDS.
The awards forstnr postal service recently
rmdo In the territories on the Pacific coast ,
mid lit a number of western nnd sou them
states , show some facts of interest to the
public nuct gratifying to the administration.
An examination into the condition of the
service at the time this administration came
into power developed the fact that the rate of
cost per mile of travel was 7 cents as against
now in operation , and a careful calculation
has been mudo of the cost under
the prcsotit contract term , which runs from
July l,1890.to Juno HO , 18'JI.
It is found that the cost per mile has been
reduced from" cents to K.feS cents , which Is
only M higher than the average for the star
service of the ontlro country. The total de-
: rcasofor the present term from that of last
contract term is &MMT-I , This saving has
boon effected in spite of tlio fact that the
length of the routes has been increased dur
ing the nreccilinf term , which ended Juno , ' 10.
Ib'.t ) , when aUjfXio.OOO miles were traveled
at a cost of $2,07:1,20 : ! ! . Hy the now
service , which went Into effect .Tnlv 1 , ill-
t000,000 miles are to bo traveled per uiinuin at
mum ntml cost nfSI.KtLYTdM
The house bill providing MS additional
clerks to bo employed In the work of prepar
ing for the payment of pensions , under the
dependent pension bill , will scon bo adopted
by the somite. 'The new law has been In force
but a little over n month nud already about
! N,0 ) < )0 ) applications for pensions have been
filed under It. One-third of these are cases
that ivcro iilreadyoti lllo In the pension office ,
but had to Iiu tiled again In accord unco with
the provisions of tlio law. One-half of the
other two-thirds will probably bo rejected.
Iloforo the end of the year It Is likely
KKl.OUO applications for pensions will bo
filed under the now law , nnd by
the end of eighteen month1) ) there will be .100-
000 cases. Of the cases that are filed earliest
a largo prowrtion | are likely to bo inoro suc
cessful than thoiu tiled later on. There nro
now about 1,200,1100 , , men living who enlisted
In the union armies and saw some service. A.
majority of these may become entitled to u
pension under the iicpeinletitlaw , but It is
not probable. The average ago of the living
veterans of Iho late war is now about llfty-
three yours.
TIIU AXTI-MTTEHV HIM. , .
It is fjulto plain now that if this congress
passes the anti-lottery bill the president ,
postmaster general nnd the news papers will
bo entitled to the credit. The lottery lobby
has done Its work. Its army of paid men IS
siieiuvil some of the most potent is
of nn antl-lotUry mcasum that have ever
Ixion hoard on ttiolloorof the house ; arm
wholmvolu veil's past cried aloud ngalnst
the lottery evil nro now busily engaged in
their districts or sitting silently ut their
desks on thu iloor of the house , Their voices
are no longer heard In the 1111:110 : ot reform.
Those vim can bo induced to speak
on the s ibjcet aio found offer
ing objections to the bill recently
reported from the committee on postofllees
and postroads. They sco In it nil lufrliige-
montof the "sacred rights guaranteed by the !
constitution , which Insures privacy ana safety
for private mall. "
when tlio absent members of the house
who cannot get a "sick leave" return , It is
prohablo that aflro brand will bo thrown into
the lottery cunip and the bill now on the cal
endar forced up for consideration. Too much
credit cannot bo given ISIessrs , Caldwell Lhof
Ohio , ISvaus of Tennessee and Hopkins of
Illinois , members of the house connnlttco on
postofllccaund postroads , for the linn and on-
ergDtlo siniiil they have taken In favor of the
meusuro to suppress the lottery ,
l'iimr S , HEATH.
r nolsco Trial Trip.
SAV ITiuNfi'Co , Aupust 8. The . new
cruiser San VmneUco made her lirst pre
liminary trial trip on the bay yesterday ,
steaming for live hours at iiu easy rnto of
speed. According to the ntatoincnts of bcr
builders the trip was thoroughly successful.
Steamship Arrivals ,
.At Now York The Alaska , from Liver
pool ; L.allretagne , from Havre.
At Phlladclphla-Tho UrltUh Quean , from
Swansea.
AtQiU'cnstown-Tho HritUh Prince , from
Philadelphia for Liverpool.
1'asscd the Lizard -La Noruiaudic , from
New York for Havre.
A Bit CR01VD DISAFPOBTED.
Four Thousand People Go Out to Sco
Omaha Win Another Game ,
BUT THE BLACK SOX COULDN'T DO IT.
Tm-iillo itliiKfflne by the Hrewers anil
J-idlfTcnjiit Work by tlio IJQ-
eiils Hespoiisllilc lor
tlie Itenult.
. Pluvnil. Won. Lost. Per Ct.
Milwaukee . . . . 80 .000
Minneapolis. . . 79 4" .13
Kansas City , . , n 41 HI
Denver . 77 4U ! I5 .
Slou.x City . n in : H .40:1 :
: t-i 4:1 : .41 ! )
DM Molnut. . . . 7 ; : t ! 4.- .410
fc't. Pnal . TO 54 5'J .ato
Milwaukee H , Omaha : l.
Vcsterda'was ) an Ideal summer day , and
ideal suinincr days are Just the dayjfoi' base-
b.dl. It would have been hotter than equa
torial Africa had It not been for the cool , re
freshing Urceze Unit came In over thu broau
western plains , down Lalto street and up the
alley tobo ball grounds , which it entered in
splintered fragments through , the CMC Us and
l < not-hleu ) In the fence. It came in showers
of spray like perfume from an atomizer. The
hluo vault above win of that transparent tint
throiH'h which ono scorns to penetrate Into
boundless depths , ana over It the whispering
summer winds wreathed their graceful cloud
paintings.
But the iMilwmlcccs qulcltly knoolccd all
rhyme and beauty out of earth , air and at-
mosptieroand left everything us dark and
sombre as the tomb.
Uoforo the game opened everybody was
happy and everybody worth mentioning1 , it
seems.vai there , for everybody wanted to
sco tlio Blade Soy \vlpo up the earth with the
beer jcrlcun froaiVlscoinin. .
'f hero wcro certainly 4,000 , people In tlio
crowd. They Jllled every inch of available
space. The grand stand was packed from
cud to end , and had there been n second
story and a balcony they would have beea
crammed too.
Notwithstanding It was Sunday , the ladies
wcro out in f0110 and gay-colored raiment and
smiles. 1'lioy all hoped , of course , that vic
tory would porch upon the banners of the
Hlack Box ,
Tbo bleachers why , they looked as If It
would bo Impossible to have driven another
Imm.iu beiii into them with a pile driver , so
densely were the boiled and roasted emu to
dus ered upon thonil
Tbo usual cordon of showy equippnpcs sur
rounded the outlield , and the succtaulo was
Indeed , an impressive ono.
And such an enthusiastic throng ,
Every good play was vigorously applauded ,
every hit was cheered , and us there was a
ploiitcousnoss of both , particularly on the
part of the visitors , the four thousand throats
liid : little rest.
Clurko and Alornn occupied the points for
Omaha , and the least said about their work
the better.
Milwaukee began the scoring in the second
Inning. On two singles , an error by Canna-
van , a passed hall and a wild pitch , Dalryin-
plo ami Shoch got across the plate.
In the third Omaha made ono. Canavan
went to lirst on balU and scored on hits uy
ICenrns and Cleveland.
In their half the Urewcrs took a eouplo
more on two singleinud two bad- throws by
Andrews ,
In the fourth nnd AfthOinaba pot in n tally
lu enih , nud then quit-whllo Milwaukee , by
magnificent hitting , after adding four to her
score In the fourth , quitulsoand another de
feat was added to the very long list Omaha
has suffered at the himils of the sturdy Wis
consin team.
Baimviuo's umphing was superb.
Tlio score :
OMAHA.
All. It , 111. SII. SU. 10. A. E.
Oaiiavan , If . 4
Walsh , ss . ft v 0
Kctirns , if . 3 100
3 1
llaiiriilinn , l ) . 4 1 0
Andrews , 11) 1 0 10 0 3
\VIUK \ m 4 1 1 1
Moi'iin , o 4 0 I U 0 4 0 0
Ulurke , v 4 0 2 0 0 dl 1 0
Totals Ill II o 1 "is 21 ia !
MII.WAUKCK.
All. II. 111. SII. SII. VO , A.B.
I'oorman , in f 000 0 O 0
I'otllt , rf 4 1 1 0
\\Vlcli \ , Jib 4
Diilrriniilo , If 41 S 0 0
Shock.ss 4 i - oo ono
Moirlssey , Ib 4 0 _ 1 0
Juil7uii : , o A 1 200 4 a o
A Uu its , Do It 0 000 2 a i
Grinitli , p 4 2 200 i o o
Totals i o fl UJ 14 1
JIV INMNOS ,
Omaha. . . 0 01 1 1 0 0 0 0n
MilwanliCo . 0 * - b
SUMMAUV.
Runs earned Oianliu 2. Milwaukee 5. Two
liuso lilts Jiinty.ou , Orlllltli , Clarke. Tbreo
liuso hits .liiiilx.cii. Homo inns Wulsli.
Double plays Walsh tn llaiiriiliiiii Id An-
drows. lln.st'S on bnlls ( lir Clurko I , olt
OrllllthS. Sttnokoiit lly Clurko 1. Grlllltli a.
WllilpltcliKs-Uy Olnrlio J. Passed balls lly
Moran 1. Tlmu of came Ono hour and Ilfty
nilnulos. Uniplro-Hauswlni' . i
AGnmo Today.
Saturday's game between Otnnlia nnd Mil
waukee , which vas postponed on account of
rain , will bo played this afternoon.
and Xowiinn will be In the points for the
locals , and Davies and \VestluliO will do the
battery worlc for Milwaukee.
H City 13 , Minunapolla f > .
CITV , Mo. , August U. [ Special
Telegram to TIIU BBB. ] Following is thoro-
sxiltof today's fjarao :
MIXNUAI'UMS.
u n O A K U 3 O A K
Miinnln , 2b..t i 3 4 1 Andrews. If..I I 4 0 0
Smith , If 1 y 1 0 I Mlnnelinn , rf.l 1 3 0 1
lluriu , m.l 0 1 U 1 llyn.lb t S 6 1 0
lIuOTcr,2b..l 1 e u lliyVb ) ) I
StcaniH.lb , . . . ) 't 0 Cm-roll , in U
Cnrin'rilcr , Jli.5 1 0 i 0 Mlllor , HH U
HollandK..4 2 1 o Howie. 3b U I 2 I
IJiinson.c 3 4 7 1 'I'triihey , c.,0
SwiirUol , p.,0 I HID I'uttjr , p O 0 1 U
Klllcn , p 1 3 0 0
Totals U III 2717 Tola ) & II 27 12 6
uv
ICnnsiia City . 05 no 02 22 1-15
Minneapolis . SO 00 00 02 1-5
PUMMAHV ,
Karni'il runs Kansas Oily 8. Minneapolis 3.
Two-bnso hlti Oiinson , Kyn. Tlirco-buso hits
lillliiii. llnino run Klllou. Haics on bulls
Cir fc arl7d - ' . oir I'ctty l.ulV Klllun. .Struolc
out HySwmUolS , by Klllcn S. Wild Mitch
Hwartzi'l , lilt by pltchci'-lliiliH. Tlmu of
Rinni ? Uno hour and llfty-llvu nilin .1-8. Ulll-
pliu C'uslul ; .
St , l nul , Ociivisr S-
DBNVKII , Col. , August 3. [ Special Tclo
grain to Tin , BEK. ] Following is the score
of today's game ;
I. . PAUL
U I ) < > A t 11.11 < IA K
Mdllont',1tl .102 ! Murrhy. ra . . .13 01 u
0 I ft 2 : iln , rf ' . ' 0 : i 0 O
'I'rpjtlwaf. rf.ll 0 II 0 ( I Ablicy. If I I 0 0 U
CiirlU , ra 0 0 ! U Swi'i'iier. 3li.I 2 3 1 O
\Vlillo. 0 0 2 IdiiKlilln.vsO 0 1 II 0
- 0 I ) 1 I O'llilcn. SI ) . . . . 1 0 T a 0
McVutlf.-.7..0 1 8 U0 | llrowliton.lb.tl 7 I U
\Vbllchracl , 110 1 _ 01 01 I llriiiliiirt | , C..1 0 S I 0
L-k , o. . . .I ) 000 MuiUu , p ) t 1 1 U
Total ! I ! ti 10 i Titali 8 8 2711 U
"
11V INNINIIi" " .
ivnvor I q 01 o o o o 0-2 |
o i o u i -
-jli'ii ' Hunvcr 2 , St. Paul % . Maws on
tMlltt-Oir Wliltclii'iuU. olt Mt-ckln 3 , .Hit by
or
liour * and ten inluutvi. Unijilro
HllllKlu.
CruncK ( I , Dlntr ( I.
ThofoUwmf Is the score of
gatao played by thoCrano Brothers and Dlalr
teams yesterday s
INKING ) ,
Cranes . 0 01 0-0
Hliilr . , , .0 0-0
RV.WIAUV ,
Two-ha-io hits llallcjr , r ro. Struc > 1 < oiit-Hy
Gellt , Hi Wclhuuin , II. 1'fiW-d biillHwartz
II. "iuiuii'lo play II. Nvhmi'lo ' CntrlRna. Stolen
linscs Wellwitin , Tow , II. Jlrttlhows , llnlk-y.
CarrlKiin , l.awson. Swart.NvNun. . lilt by
pltcliur-WlemtinTew , 11. Mntthews , Ijoftnn
bises IlluIrS , OranoHV. 1 | io uf mime Two
I lours nail llftvoii minutes , rinylre Ulbson ,
1'ollco Htnpped the
niTi'At.o , N. "Y , , Augusts. The St. L.ouls-
Kochcster game was to have been played
hero today , Imt the police Interfered , compel
ling the players to dcilst-fXciirly four thou
sand people had assembled and considerable
uproar ensued. Several wrests wcro made.
Sriucvsn , N. Y. , .Augusts. As the police
had notified Syracuse and Louisville that the
.American association Knmo could not be
played today thoLouisvlUecluhlcftfor home.
Among tlie Alnatonrs ,
The Diamonds defeated , the Acmes yester
day by a score of1 to Jj , Uattcrles Diamonds
mends , Arnold , Davis andBcnnlson ; Acmes ,
Camilla and Qulnlna. Ulio feature of the
pamo was Arnold's work in striking out
three successive men with the bases full.
Coursing nt tlio
The.'courslntj at the drlrlug park at Coun
cil Bluffs yesterday wai by fur the best of
tli9 series. The running was the most ox-
clthiR nnd the cnthuslaim ran the highest
that lias been seen outsldjj of St. Louis at the
second meeting held likhat city. But the
association has had to bca ho stigma of the
\volf "fake" that fooled the people recently ,
and probably kept many from attending the
meeting.
Thcro was a fine lot of yroyhoumls to com-
Tiet ut this meeting , and they nn with great
resolution ntid firo. The .dog1 Uorsiean suc
ceeded In capturing one rabbit , and ono of
the lone cars getting1 Iv.twccn the vHer of
tbo muzzle , " ho shut , down on it nnd j'cntly
carried the little fellow along a short dis
tance and dropped him. ,
The elegant largo hluo greyhound Bounc
ing Boy , owned by jNlr. .Tirtu , Montgomery of
Council Bluffs , won the nouow very handily ,
with Dr. jMlingor's big -white hound Fuust
second , the largo line brlndlo greyhound
Corsicau , entered by Br. Ayres.mahlnp a
mine llfrht for a place. In priinocondltlon
ho would make a good showing iu any com-
Tbo races for the three days were most sat-
1st actory to everybody in attciulaiu'e and
should the association give auntlicr meeting
in this vicinity tlioy will meet with n most
flattering reception , now th.it courslnir is
better understood. The next meeting will
ho given nt Lincoln , Nob. , on tlio Oth and
10th.
11,1 XK CLEAllXXUS.
KlnniiclnltTraimnuttonH of tins Conn-
try for tlio Tjasit AVeok.
Bo'TOx , Aupust S. [ Social TelcRiMtn to
Tin : Br.i : . ] The following , tublo , complied
from dispitchos from "Jfrcii * clearlnjf liousos
of the cltlos nanioil , .sbonv1 the grosi exchanges -
changes for last weolcwith rates percent
of increase or dcijrQiHJ. ' atu ag.Unst the
amounts for'thd 'cothoSniiJaHij wrek in 1SS9- : . .
-
I
Not lnchulu.llu tot.ib. .N'o olo.irliii : liouuoiit till *
time last jear.
The Weather Forecast.
For Omahnand Vlelaity Fair ; stationary
temperature.
For Nebraska Local rains in eastern , fair
In western portion ; northerly winds , becom
ing variable ; stationary temperature lu east
ern , warmer In western j > ortlon.
For Iowa Threateningveathcr and rain ;
vnrlablowlnds ; etcnenilh * cfolrr.
For South Dakota Pair in eastern , local
shoivei-a in western portion ; northerly winds ;
wiirmorln northern : stationary temperature
elsewhere.
_
An Italian I < 7I > ctlon.
, August 3. fSi > 6clal C.ibleram to
An election was hold in this city >
today fora member of the chamber of depu
ties , The radicals milled in 'support of Slg-
norHnnlllal , nn opponent of .Austria ttnd of
tlio drclbunil. Tlio nationalists , taken by
'
surprise , advanced Count Autonclll , who has
Just returned from a mission , -Abyssinia. .
Antoiielli polled 1,070 votes nnd liarzlllai
1,519. Another ballot Is necessary.
' I'AHI.J , August 3 iSpeciul Cublccram to
Tnr. Bi'E. ] M. Constyrrs , minister of the In
terior , spealiliiR nt a banquet at Hotlez , con-
KtMtulutcd ropublicuns upon their unity.
The republic , he said , w s strong onoufh to
bo conciliating. The day was approaching
when the enemies of tlio republic would have
Kcuerals out no
K. \Iytton , the y oujur mini who iliot him :
self bccuuso of lda.rfHiiV < iiuUod affwtlon for
Miss Hurna , was msthiff oatlly nt 1 o'clock
this morning , having f > assed u fairly com-
foitnhlodny , The pnupbcts nro in fuvcr of
his recovery , _ | _
I'ruiv , August a. Tlili city irid ig
Chow and Tien Tilu are aubincrfou and busl- , |
ncsa la paralyzed ,
IIIC1I ' LICENSE IN NEBRASKA ,
The Number of Licensed Liqnor
Tboir Location and Revenue Derived ,
OFFICIAL FACTS AND FIGURES ,
Kevciuio IVns Poriuul In 1HS1) ) of
$7GOH 18 hcvonty-niglit Towns
In ( lie fc'tnle Have Nu
fe'lllllOllH ,
The followlnp Is a carefully compiled cx-
Uihlt of the licensed liquor trafllc In N'e-
braskii , ' procured fi-oin city nnd village
clerks.
Of the 232 Incorporated towns all but nine
hnvo responded. It will bo noted tluit seventy-
eight of tlio Kit cities and towns nro this year
without nny saloon. Several of those that
hnvo voted license tills year have no saloon ,
because the license , Is so high that no dealer
has been able to pay it , or willing1 to tnko the
risk , The 14,1 cities and towns that liuvc
Bran ted licenses this year have an npgrcpato
of rot licensed liquor dealers. To tills num
ber should bo added thirty-eight
liquor dealers , licensed directly by
the county boards , malting the
total number of 11 censed liquor dealers for
tills vcar SOJ. t1if
The nine villnpcs from which no reports
have been nroeurnblo cniinot Increase thia
niimbor by more than twelve to fifteen , so
tluit ills sufo to assert that the lotal num
ber of licensed liquor dealers In Ncbratkii ,
hicludlnir brewers , distillers and wholesale
and retail dealers , docs not exceed 850.
The revenue derived from liquor dealers
under the hl li llcenso system for the year
IbMl wnsSTJO.Mti. Of tlds amount SOIliKi
was collected in various towns niut cities as
occupation tax , und Jlb'/.liO was collected by
vat-lout counties for s > aloons located outside of
incorporated towns.
No.ofllAmount
ei'iistMl realized
Name of town. 1 Iqiio r from II-
.dealers. c'libVfeO
Adams none
Alnswoith 2 { 1,100
Albion 2 2,000
Alexandria. . . none . . . .
Alllntico 2 2.000
Alum 1 lsno
AiiM'lmo. none
Ansloy none . . . .
Aratialioo 1 l.K'O
ArlliiKlon 2 1,000
Athford nnno . . . .
Ashland none . . . .
Atkinson 1 . . . .
Auburn none . . . .
Aurora 8 3,000
Avoca none WO
A\tel none . . . .
llaiifroft 1 SOO
Hartley none . . '
.i ;
' ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' '
lliittloc'rcuk. . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . a LOW )
Ik'averUity , 1 . . . .
llriitrlco , 0 13,000
Ilcllovuo nonu
Ilolhvood 1 ( Oil
Mli'lvldero none ( iOU
Ilciiklcmiiii 2 I.IIOU
lli'inu'lt
nuno
Illalr 8 WOO
Illoonilnirton 1 t > M
Illuu Illll 2 2,000
1I1IK3 ! < | irltigji 1 1,000
llmdhliaw none . . .
llr.ilniircl 2 WOO
Ill-nek uono - .
llroken How a 3.1JOO
lliiiwnvlllu 1 WH
llurwdl v 1 T" > 0
Callilway. , . . 2 7iWv
Cambridge nonu . . . .
Cnrleton none . .
CVilar Uuplils 1 - J.MO
.Central cily : . „ . . , . . . . . . . 2 2.C01
tTindnm ' . . ' . ' fffJK tft' ' * $ * ' < > 6,000
.Chester none . . . .
'Clay Center nonu. . . . .
Coloi'llu ( ! nonu l.fjW-
' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' ' '
Oirtlimd. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . - 1 lKW ! (
t'ovlnlon U f > , ! OJ
C'ozad 1 T..O
t'ralK ' - liWW
< 'ra\vord ( 0 U.r > 00
OrulKliUiii 2 1.-.00
Oi-cto t T.OOO
t'ulbortson 1 J.OIKI
Curtis 1 J.OOU
llnUoln City nnnu . . . .
Davenport none
llavidCHy B 5.0.H )
DuWItt 3 3,000
lllllor 1
liunliiliiiii nnno . . . .
Dorclietiter none . . . .
IMKiir I J.WU
Klk Oreok none f03
KlunvoiKl none . . . .
* KI\V < HI < 1 1101115 .rl(0 (
Kmoi'kim 2 1,400
Ijullcntt none . . . .
IIwIiiK a l.KX ( )
rairliury 5 y,5iO (
I'ulrlleld. , none . . . .
I'allsaty 4 3.0 > 10
rn-tli 1 rN
Port ( /'aliiiiiin.'i. ' . ' . " ! . ' ! ! ! . ' ! ! ! . ' ! - l'W >
' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' '
iVoiiiont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . is is'Vio
IVIenil ' 3 y.OOO
I'ulh'itoii nnno
( iitndy ; nnnu . . . .
( lunuva j- none . . . .
CitMlOll 1 1 , ( > 00
Oll > l ) ii . * , . . itvno . . , ,
' " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " '
' ( ( rnftim. . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . none V > 00
( iriiiul Island t 2J.OUO
( ir.int 1
Urei-invooil 1 750
IJuIdoHoc'k - '
lltiiiiptoii 1 1,000
Iliirily nnno . . .
llarrhliiirs none . . . .
Harrison 1 M
HiirlliiKton U SUO
HarMird. . , 1 ' 0
UllHtlllKH - 11 W.0.10 .
a i.ojo
none J.fiOO
none . . .
Herman 1 1,43
' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
IIiilihuii' ! ! ! . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . none " 'iiio
Iliuiiliojilt none S.OlM )
ilyaiuiis 1 . . . .
Indlanola none . . . .
Jllllliltli 3 1.400
ICoarney 7 6,000
Koiii'siiw . . < * none . . . .
Klinball nonu Mi
l.oxliipton 3 2.4W
MliiTty none 1,200
l.odxo 1'ulo M. . . nunu . . . .
Uiuolu 37 37,11.10 .
Iln ooil 3 12,250
l.onj ; IMno 1 l.imu
l.oiihvllli. ' ' - ' 1,424
Lyons , . none
I.onpOIty L2TO
McCiuik 6 5,0)0
' ' " ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
Muwm City. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . ! . . 1 'bOO
Mcail none . . . .
Mllford ' ! SWM
Mliidcii i-1 3,0.0
MixuulU.'lil none . . .
Niilmwka City Zi 17.500 "
Nclt'li none IKIO
NoIsDii nuno
Xonialia nonu . . . .
' .Now port nuno MM
Xlobrura 3 ViOO
Nonluii none . . . .
No i folk 11 C'iiio
Noilh lli'iut a '
-W < 0
Nllllll I/JI1 | ) I10IKI . . . .
Ninth I'latto 5 c,3V )
UiUilalo 1 TOO
Oakland 3
lid til none
O.'iilalln 1 LOW
O' > 'cll B SWK )
Urd 3 . . . .
Orliims y 1.KKJ
* Unci'ola uono ' M W
iOxford 1 ( -V1
Oinnliii 218 S77.000
I'ulmvra none
1'aplllliiii -I 3,000
Pawnee t'lty nnnu
I'axton noun . . . .
I'onilor ; 1 J,2iK )
I't'm none
Pierce nunu
Plulnvlvw - . . . .
I'liillii Center , . S U9
rintlMiicutli 10 IIM no
iPDIICU - - < now
Uavrnna ' 5WWO
Ui'il Cliiuil V 3 , DOw )
Keiuihllcua City nuno
nKuynolilK t WXJ
UMiiK Olty none . . . .
Hhortou. . 1 bf iu
unio a ) ,4oo
Kihhvlllu S ) , < < 00
Halom uono . .
Xi-lmylvr . * f.ooj .
Hfotlu . , "Olio "
h-uwurU , , , , , , ! . . , , , 0
Shelby
MnMlon ,
Sidney
Slmix City
:
St. I'll ul
"inilli Oinnliu .
. tunton . . .
Hlella
Stookliuin . . . > . 1
Stockvlllo . t
Stralton . , . , . nnno
'StioniMbiir . , . . . , , , . . none
Htewarl . I
.
Siilton . B B.WO
Syi'iicilio . , . 1 l.HJO
Tulilo Koek . . . . . . . . HOMO
IVkimmli ' ' ' "
- -'i-1"
Tlldon 1 7M
TobliiM 3 ! JWJ
Ulysses 3
Utlca B
Valentino 3 1..VW
Vcnan o , none . . . .
Vi.iilljti-e I MM
ViMdon nonu
U'nco none . . . .
WidiiKi 4 4,000
* \Viikollulil 0110 t.fl
Wallai-i- t . . .
Waterloo 1 MO
\Vnvorly 1 . ,
AVnynu. . " 8.WO
Weeplns Walur none . . . .
\VMtcrn none 1,000
Wi , t I'olut i II -j. , ' "
\Vllliur r I.IKI.I ;
Wlsner > ' ' "O
Wood Ithor " - - "
Wyiiiorc. . . . . . . . . . . . " 0,000
Vork none
* ( iranted license hist your , but refused to
Issue liccnso this year.
° .s' r'l'cxi c.
, . , .
Tlio Pleasures of tlio Day Starred hy
it ON rac'cl'iiI ( Slot.
Neb. , August 3. ( Special
Tele-Brain to Tiu : Biu. : ] About 11
o'clock ( this morning u special train of
eighteen coaches pulled Into Pliutsmouth
with 100 ! ! people on board anil two brass
bnmls. The great majority of these people
were rospci'tablu l-'on-sters from Oinaliu ,
Council limiTs und South Omaha , who came
hero to peaceably nnd quietly enjoy a Sunday
outing. About two hundred touplis , who
were with them , spoiled Iho pleasure
Of . . tlio day and made thia city
Iho . scene of tlm nuwt illMpiiccfnl
riotlong nnd general lawlessness that has
been l witnessed hero since the Livingston
Heights < picnic and riot of three years ago.
About 2 o'clock tlio lighting began nnd con
tinued inoro or less un'il dark. A rain com
menced about 4 : : < liiml ) this seemed tofa-
tcnslfv ; ] the lighters. Males and females of
the worst character wcro tlio principals and
the olllcers of tlio law iitiout the only victims.
In . llio lirst round Iho slierilf and his deputies
managed to inalco two arrests. After that
only one was undo nud the rioter.- * had
things prcttv much their own
way. Policeman John Dcnsou was
knocked down , beaten and hli gun
taken from him. The sheriff was also leveled
J.0 the ground and badly usoil up , but man
aged to keep his revolver. Kitwiird Fitz
gerald nnd Mr. Clark , who went to the
olllcers' rorfcuo , . vore terribly maul'Ml ,
A man who claimed to bo Policeman Jiiir-
tin . of South Omaha was arrested , but utter-
wards released. The other two prisoners
wcro also released without trial or line and
tlio indignation of citizens Is great.
It Is the greatest wonder in the world that
nc lives were lost considering the desperate
ligting. ! It Is safe to predict that today's
work ; will bar Sunday picnics for some tlmo
lo conio lu I'lnUsmouth.
at Wrdliire.
Vr.nnioiir , Neb , , Auirust 3 , [ Spccltvl to
Tin : Bcc. ] Work has JJust begun hero on n
largo flouring mill , which is to bo completed
and.iiinuhiK withln tha ucxt foiir months.
\Vohaveonoof the flncsT'walcr poweiVin
the state ; the dam Is being built of solid
atono. which is quarried n , few miles west of
Verditfro ; the contract has been let for the
machinery , which is to bo the best roller
. , .
process , and all the latest improvement * ] .
This portion of ICnox county has not had
"S good crops for several years ; wohavohad
ill abundance of rain ; the small grain i all
harvested , and the c-jrn crop is , without n
question , the best of any portion of the blato.
Pr.uu , Xeb , , Aug. 3. ( Special to Tun
HEK-J , , While A. K , Loofburrow , nn old res
ident of this place , was cleaning out an old
, well here to-duy , ho culled for holpand was
brought up oxhuusted. On examination it
was found that the well contained foul air.
Lights lowered Into it were Immediately ex
hausted.
. The most Interesting gnmo of bnso ball of
the , season was played hero yesterday be
tween the fat men and loan men of the town.
Tlio game was very interesting and brought
out a largo crowd of spectators. The score
was 18 to 10 In favor of the leans.
llcsldrnoc Htruclc hy Li
CiinTi : , rs'eb. , August ! ) . [ Special Telegram
. .
to Tin : Br.K.J A very heavy electric storm
passed ' over this section of the state this
evening about 7 o'clock , accompanied by a
copfoua rain. During the storm the farm
residence of II. Madb < intHv4jig ono and n
half miles cast of litre , WBJ5struek ( , by
nnd uurnoil to the ground , the family
only ' saving the smaller-part of their lionsc-
holll goods. The rainfall lias douo great
good to lulo corn nnd grass Innd ,
Kntnlly Kicked by n Horxo.
Ai.niox , Noli. , August 8. ( Special Telegram -
gram to Tin : UKR. ] George " \Vnrd , a farmer
eight miles northwest of town , was hitching
his | , team to n load of grain Inst Friday when
ono of the horses kicked him In the bowels
resulting in his death last nlifht. Ho was
buried today in the Albion cemetery.
Sued fur Divorce.
NnniiASiu Citr , Neb. , August a [ Special
Tulegrain J to Tin : lin. ) : l-Uuby W. Kcaton ,
of , Berlin , tbls county , has sued fern divorce
from her husband , A. II. Kcaton , whom she
charges with disposing of her property for
? 1X > 0 nnd swindling her fiithur out of $1,000
more nnd tliim going to California and desert t-
ing i her.
NIIIICASKA : CITV , Nob. , August -Special [
Telegram to Tun Bui : . ] Heller's great HUH-
sago fnetory , which ivos ono of Nebraska
City's ( Inrgcst enterprises , has shut down
hero and Iho entire pliint is helug removed tel
Sioux , City , Jt will bo a big loss to Nebraska l
City.
PIvi ) KIcvntoi-H Sold.
FAiunrur , Neb. , August i ) . [ Special Tele
gram f to Tun BBB. ] Five elevators In this
county , belonging to Edson-Grcpg ys-
tern ! , have been sold to Charles Chancellor &
Co. , of Chicago. The deal wns completed
last 1 night.
x TIi < > Home Team Won.
NKimAi'KA CITV , Neb. , August 3. [ Special
Telegram to Tun IJnu , ] The homo team
nfrnln won from the Council Illuffs Models by
a i score of 11 to 8. Ilnttenos for Models IK
len i nnd Lacey ; for Nebraska City Mohler :
nnd Sidney.
a Whole Pninlly.
ATLANTA , Ca , , August 3. The attempt of
a i colored preacher named \V. II. Boonc , in
Gordon i county , to kill dy poison a family of
ten persons , three of his victims being now
dead i , , has created inteiuo excitement , nnd the
J prisoner mid Ida wife nro carefully guarded !
'lu jail. Ho put rat poison lu the food of fn
colored family named lnlly. Iloono puts the
criino on his wife , saying that she was Joal-
outibf Mrs. L.ully'8 affection for Mm. The '
wife puts It on hortiusband , enying hououKht
to obtain possession of Lully's crop , The '
other victims nro not yet out of danger ,
" " - * * "
ILnipoi-or AVIIIIiun fiiillHl'Dr I' < u laiid.
d.ud
OsTKVD.jVugust ! ! , llmpcror Wlllliuu and
Prlnco Henry sailed for Knijland today on
the lioucDZOllcru , \
HOUSES ROCK LIKE CRADLES ,
Destructive Wind mul Hall Storm at Sioui
Fulls , South Dakota.
HAIL STONES AS LARGE AS APPLES ,
of Panes of < : ia > ts Dos-
troyeil Storni Only IiaMtMl Seven
Alnu(04 ( Ijiii4H Can \ot bo
Approvimuted ,
Sioux FAM.J , S. t > . , AuKUit 3. ( Speolal
Tolc , ! itu to Tin : Ilii : : , | A violent storm
took place hew this morning , beginning at
SIO : and lasting only seven mlnutos , hut in
that llino an amount of daiu.igo was done
that can scarcely bo computed , but Is eat I-
muled all Iho way from WVHH ) to $ ; W.HX ( ) .
Many of the citizens had not yet mvolto from
their slumherii when the roar of the ap
preaching storm rudely nwalicued thorn ,
Ominous clouds gathered In the northwest
nnd the dust How with tcrrltlo force , the
wind having risen to u velocity of sixty-
live miles mi hour , The building' *
rocked nnd bent like trees. The dust
hud scarcely cleared away \\hen hail ns big
us apples came pelting down upon tlm city.
Stones eight inches in chvumfeivnco and
weighing two pounds \\cro found. Hundreds
of those were oecu after thoatorm passed
over , mid thoiuuunlioC panes of gla.si wew
destrnyed In Iho hotels , public schools ,
private residences. JJaptist collfgo , Xor-
wi-glim colk-go , deaf inuto school , penitentiary
mid bualni'ss blocks. IJven tlio biMVlist
pinto glass In business bluclcs was punctured
as if It was HO much paper.
livury g.ia lamp In tlio city is destroyed ,
the tin tuM ( even havliiir been pierced with
the hailiiloncs. Tin * llilnoH iVntuil pas-
sungi'r train was coming in lit the time , and
every window p.mo fiu-iiig west was broken.
The Pullman sullV'rud ' us bully IH tliu rest.
The ( . 'oiitrul round house looks as if II had
been bombarded with. shell nnd hall. The
family cow of John MeCarrler was
liillcil by u hugibstono. ilany visited where
the cow fell In her tracks , and on examination
the animal was found to bo covered with
bruises.
The son of Danker Avcry wi\s knocked In-
scnslblo by a hall stouu. Hundreds of In
stances have como to the surface whore the
hall suoincil to have levelled everything In its
way. Dealers have been telegraphing for
glass all day and houses nre virtually without
prolivtion. The St. Augusta ( 'at lied nil , built
ny All's. John Jacob -V.ster of New Vork , win
dewed with Imported French Uatlicdi-.ilirlus * ,
was no exception to the rule , und presents a
sorry looking picture. Tills loss alone will
runup into the hundreds.
Tlio oxlent of the storm seems to have been
cc nlinod principally to Iho city. Special tele
grams from Sulem reports no daningo but
hail. Di'llRapi'ts on the north n. ports no
hail ; nn the south the ntoriii did not c.vtond a
mile. On the east roporlu are more severe.
Lurorne , Hi-uvor Crocli , Valley Springs , 1011s-
worth and Urnoo all report hall , with slight
dainago In crops.
AVIth but few instances the small grain U
all harvested. Corn t-coins to have escaped
any sui-ious duiungo. In the city treci were
biirkcd nnd garden truck of every kind has
been leveled to the ground. There were
ninety-eight plate-glass light ? broken In the
now court house , entailing a loss of fr fiiw ,
other damage bi'lug done to the building.
I SK.
The House Elections Coniinlttoo Hee-
ommends Unseating this Former.
. . . - . . - - . . _ . , August " S. Kepre.sentntivo
Lacey of Iowa tins "prepared for mibnilssionlo
thohonso the majority report of Iho elections
committee upon the Clayton-Iireokinrldgo
contested election case nml the murder of the
republican contestant. Commenting' on Clay-
ton'a murder , the reportsnya : "Howards wcro
olTtrcd ! and the community of Merrill ton passed
appropriate resolutions , hut Document at-
to n ; > t tj tiring the m uvlei'OH to Justlcj has
been inado hy the local authorities. The ef
forts of the governor have been In vnln. "
Next the report refers to the hilling ot
Sml th , tlio negro detective , who was investi
gating the ballot box thuft , and George
IK-ntler , brother of T. Hentloy , who was sus
pected of being ono of the thieves. George
Hentloy nt the timu was negotiating 'with
the Plnkortons to give evidence and expose
the guilty parties , when hu was said to have
been accidentally shot by his brother. The
report says thoru is no direct evidence-
show any criminality Inthoklllingof Hentloy ,
but declares that it Is unfortunate Mr.it . these
two killings occurred while the men were
about to give evidence to 'the detectives.
"No reasonable explanation of the murder
appcai-s except that Homo of the ballot
box thieves , lludlr.g that the taking of tes
timony was progressing , killed Clayton to
suppress the liivosllgallon. No other motlvo
was possible , Tlin necessity of the enactment
of some laws which will prevent ballot-box
stealing and murder from conferring ! ! prima
fucio title to n scat in congress Is evident from
tlio result of this contest. Had such lawn been
in force us would tmvuiirovuntoiUliocoiitostcOi
from taking his seat with such a title no ono
would attempt to confer such tltlo by steal
ing the ballot box , Kvldcully the ballot box.
stealing was looked upon iw a joke In that
community until the awful consciueiicei |
that resulted app.illed the good people of the
country. No dmmt homo of these men would
have been deterred from taking Iho lirst
step lu the crime if they 1m tV
realized that murder would be
the end , but they crossed their
ruhlcon. Hrccla-nridgo got a scut in congress
and one crime followed in the footsteps oftho
other. The least guilty of the criminals dare
not expose Iho inoro guilty lest thu fate of
Clayton should overtake them , The mur
derers of llenjaniln , a Ultlo Hock republi
can , who was killed \vhilo conferring with
local republicans with regard to bringing
the ballot box thieves to justice , must
bo well known , for a largo nninbor of per
sons were present , but they wcro not in
dicted. No Indlt'tint'iils could bo found
under the Mutu election laws for u ballot box
crime. The murdcrcr.i were discharged wllti-
out trial. The killing of Heiitlov was nut In
vestigated and Iho only man whoso crlino i
punished is Wnhl , tliofedenil supervisor , who
was Indicted for playing cards when ho was
shot. That men will bo found lawless enough
to commit these crimes is to be deplored , but
when men of high character nml standing
complacently avull themselves of the fruits of
Mich crimes and control of the national house
of representatives Is made to turn upon
such methods , It no longer remains a
more matter ofx local concern , but
arises to the magnitude of a national
calamity. The present case , " continues Iho ,
report , "has attracted national attention.
Never before has u contest fora scat In con
gress been terminated by the bullet of nn as
sassin , If such methods were submitted to in ,
silence the party benullttcd by thu crime of his
partisans , nil Icily ami without dispute re
taining thoucnollts of the ( loath of liin com-
jietltor , u now clement would bo Introduced
Inlo our form of government. "
A resolution accompanying the report de
clares the scat vacant ,
I
\VASIIINUTON , August y. In tiiU week's ,
house proceedings there h a strong disposi
tion on the part of the majority io finally pa.ss
upon Iho uonfrrenco report on tlio original
paekago bill and Heciiro action upon the com
pound lard hill und two election cases. But
it is I olt that the presence of u quorum is
necessary In these cases , nud If tluit cannot
be maintained It is probable that tlio house
will Ue obliged to confine Itself to the consid
eration of measures which nro not expected
to ammo party feollntf. *
The tariff bill will DO discussed In Iho sen *
ate until Friday , when U will bo lulil usluo
and the river niul harbor bill tukon up.
Ltsu , August 3 , Colonel Mor.iU-s Hcr
mudcs lias been proclaimed president of Hi a
republic. vic ( lum-rul Caccrcs , whoso t # "
of oWi'o has expired.