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THE OMAHA DAILY BJ3J8 , THURSDAY , AUGUST 7 , 1800. TF.UMS OK gt'llffKII'TJOX , Dully ii mlfundiiy , One Voar . .1 . JIO 00 Hlx inuiitln . tt 00 Tlirw months . 2 M Nmlfiy Uff. Ono V ir . 200 Weekly I lie , One Vciir . 1 SO Omnlin. Tin' lira tltillillii ? . SoiilliOiiiului. l.'orticf N' iimt iMIli Hln'Oti. ( Jouiiu'll ItlurN. I' . ' I'enl . < Uiiet , . I'liIi'Mo ' OIHi-11,31" Chamljcrof ( 'oiniiioreo. Now Vorh.llooiiit 1't.ll and H Tribune HullJlns. \Viihiir.Rton \ ! , uti ) I'ouituuntli Btlo 't. COIIUKSI'ONHKNCR. All communications rcl.'illiu to ric > ws ami Nlltor'nl ' iniiltrr Mlionld bo nddrusiuu to the Kill tin hil Di'piirtini.'iil. All tin -.Ini'ss lot tori'nml ri'm'ttiinci ' ho mill ri--.nl toTliolleu I'libli.ihliiuCiiiiinnny , Oniiiliii HiufttelieekH iinil iiiKtnlllcn orders to biMiiHilu payable to tlio order ot tlio Cum- ) , any. Thcllcc Publishing Company , Proprietors , Tliollco li'i't' ? , rnrnani Mil fovontoonth Sts PVVOIIN STAIIMINT : : or uiuru taioof Nc1Mi ki. : I . . County of DoutslM. < ; < orzo II. Twcliuclf , MfiTPtnry of The UPC I'uMlnli In : Coin | innrfloa < solutn nly swoiir that HIP iiciiifilHrrnlaliun ofTiiK luii.v HUE for the iicok cud In ? A uiHl 3 , l-KMiva * HH follows : hutiilny. .Inly .7 . 'i'.SOO Monday. 'uly ' H . ' 'l. l . . HUSI WcMlne-dny. .luly.'W 'n.iir ilii\ . . July III . HMD rrldiiy. AiiiMii.ll . 1-1H ! ' f-utiirdny , Augusts . HUVI7 Average . 20 , 1 : i7 Gemini : It. T/sriiucK. Pvnru In before me and uibserlliod In my prosinee thfi ! I'd ' day of AiiiriiM. A. I ) . . ! . - ' ) . ft > at,0 y , 1' . Vnt , , Notary I'uMlc. b'tatonf Nebraska. I Comity of Dowlas. ( " " Gdirpc I ! . TAehm'k. belnz duly sworn , do- posf nd MI vs llui tliO iHsciTolnry of The Boo I'nMI-liliii ! f'ninpaliy. tluit lliiMi"lti.il iiVGnmi * dally ( Jiriilalliiii of TIIK l > vn.v HEK for the month of August. K' ; > , IViil copies ; for ? < -i- | ( ( n-.licT. Ivd. 11,711) ) copies , for ( letnhar , IMP , Is.'W cnplc-i. for Xavuinner. Wl. UUin unplug ) for Pi'iMMiilior. IPnlt , Sn.OIi roplcs ; fnr January. IVio , in..Vv" . mules : for rebruary Is'M. ! . - ; ; ooplp * : for March. Kn , Sn.M.'i copies for April , 1MW1I..VII i-ODlcs : for May. IW. 2ti.INI mpliss ; for .ll-no , 1MH 20/W1 eoplps , fur July. 18 . 2i' , < Yij i-iipli's. tifoitm : II. Txsf.'iiucic. Sworn to licforo tnn and suliscrllioil In my lM day of August , A. Ii. IKfio. K.I' . 1'Eii , , Notary I'ubllo. Sot'Til OMAHA has : itlust secured a change In the ] )03toflleo ) , but Mr. Galla gher btlll holds Ills grip. CAT..VIN' ntrcn's : proalibntinl aspira tions JIM ) iironiatiira. It IH dangerous to expose a bar'l two youra in lulvnnco. Tlin nliiifls jiiined at Sjwalccr Itccil in variably full sliot'l of t'lio murk. Of the hundreds of charges mi ; < lo iiyninat him. not OHO 1ms boon nmdo to stick. IN ju4 ono week the di factlug prob- loin , wlioUicr the doinocralio ifixhoinot will { jo to tlio iuilopeniloiit mountain , or vice vcrsn , will bo solved in Nebraska. As inlfjlit linvo boon oxiicctoil , the tarilt on Kpoctuclo jjlusa wns iniitorlully ineroiisod. The avcrajjo stnturtiuan is determined not to look beyond the pro tected Interests. IT is ii source of alnuoro regret that the republican tickut is not entirely siitlsriu'tory to the democrats. Fort- iiniitely the republicans uro not par- ticnlarly stuck on democratic common- dullim. IltsrouTS coino bowlinp ; up from the neck of the continent convoying asaur- unco that work Is about to bo resumed on life I'iiniuuii canal. Next to 1111 oner- petlc cholera phiguo , 15s Lossops' ' ditch is one of the most otloctivo niaans of dis posing of the surplus of working hu- juanlty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tins Chinese govurimiont proposes to exnond this year five million dollars to keep the Yellow river within its banks , and prevent the annual destruction of life and property. This Bchoine lias been tried time and againund is about as visionary and impracticable as the double - blo decker's proposed scow lino. A \YiCHir.v dispatch snys that Texas fever Issprcadingwlth alarming rapidity among the cuttlo in southern Kansas , thousands of them dying. Some droves jiro i-oininj , ' north , it Is said. The IS'o branku tiut'iorilios ' should see tliat om quarantine laws are vtjfidly enforced , and untlvo uuttlo should bo elosoly In- BpcctcJ. THE politicians and candidates in "Wy oming are growing familiar and plenti ful. The ilrst state convention. Is hold there the IHh instant , and hy a strange colncidoncoboth the democrat and re publican parties place u ticket in the liold that day. The women propose to bo on hand , and with both parties in Hcs.sion ut the same time it is predicted that Cheyenne will bo pulntcd rod. of food appears to bo cm the increase. The more laws passed prohibiting it , the moro adulteration. The only rumoily lies with the people , nnd that is not to buy ehnap coinpounds. "When a grocer must neil forty pounds of HUgarfor a dollar ho is strongly tempted to put plaster In ( it , and yielding to the demand for down weight on colToo his conscience does not smite him when ho drops lu a few split peas. Tin : chances of setting up a state lot tery in North Dakota tire decidedly re mote. Public sentiment is a unit against it , and no legislator who doilros to remain - main a resident of the state will dare support iv measure of the kind. The faut that several opponents of the lottery bill In the last legislature , as well us Governor Miller , were dofeate.il for ro nomination , has no bearing on the ques tion. A variety of elements contributed to tlioir dofeat1 , the chief ono being the surplus of candidates for the olllcos in sight. To give them a show and pre- eorvo party harmony , the ono term policy was adopted. Tin ; Conomaiighdisaator in Pennsyl vania is something of a back number Imt the IImil report of the rollof commis sion recalls ono of the great calamities of the century. The report shows tluil the total hws of life was two thousand ono hundred and forty-two , and the prop erty loss twelve million dollar * , the total contributions for the relief of the sufferers was three million seven hun dred and forty-two thousand eight hun dred and thlrtoim dollars , of which ono hundred and forty-ono thousand came fromgoncrous people abroad. Nebras lea's bhiiro amounted to twelve thousani two hundred mill eighty-nine dollars. KR3tMKn The first judicial execution by eloc- rlcitj has taken place , nnd the export * ncnt , which lias been tiwattcd with uni versal Interest , Is certain to bo the sub- oct of world" wide discussion. Those vlio hnvo maintained that this method of kllllm , ' is cruel will find in the execu tion of William Keinmler ti great deal that apparently justifies tlioir conten tion. Death Tvas not , instantnncou * , there was inusr-ular reaction that Indl- jnlod possible consciousness , n , jrartion of the body of the unfortunate nan was burned hy the elec tric ' current , and the whole scene was of a chat-actor to make most of the witnesses feel very uncomfortable , ono of them having been alTcctcd to such an extent that ho fainted. All these circumstances , together with the secrecy and mystery attending the prop- irations , will furiUh a hirgo fund of u'gunicnt ' to tho-ie who oppose using electricity for capital putushinont on the ground that it is cruel. On the other land it will bo urged that after the first shock Kcminlor was undoubtedly un- cotHcious , and thai there is no reason to conclude from the evidence of vitality that appeared after ho received the first current that ho ox- icrioni'cd the least pain or had my feeling whatever. In defense of these divergent views there may be ox- a very largo expcmlituro of scientific wisdom and quite ns much dis- cu-sloti essentially unsciontifie. It is to be vogrcttcil that this first ex periment should have given any on- courapement to those who oppose the substitution of electricity for the rope in intlictlng the death innalty , bccauso there is a very general sentiment among these who favor capital pun ishment that f hanging is a barbarous mi'thod that should be done away with if a mount of killing loss barbarous can bo made practicable , and there was a. very general hope that the execution of ICcmmlor would demon strate that electricity would answer the demand. There was ample time for perfecting the preparations , sind it is was yonerally expected that the result would settle all qxuwtion n to the efll- cacy of electricity , seientilically em ployed , in producing an instantaneous and painless death. The failure in this case will bo something o [ a setback to the advoo.ite- ulueLrlcity in cases of capital punishment , even though it bo shown , as It prnb.ibly can bj. that the bungling of som-jbody is rospsnsiblo. Wo have no doubt , however , that in time electricity will bo the agant of exo- cutioa in carrying into oiTcet death sen tences in all enlightened countries. TJ1K I'HKriOUS QUESTIOX , It must bo confessed that the slow progress the senate is making in legisla tion is Hmiawlmt tiresome , whatever mtij' bo said in excuse of it as necessary to a. thorough consideration of the sub jects upon which that body is to act. It is undoubtedly desirable that all mutters alTecting the public interests , nnd par ticularly those of universal and far- reaching concern , should ba fully and carefullydiscussed. , Nearly every con gress since the foundation of thogovorn- mont lias committed the fault of passing some legislation hastily and without duo consideration , with the in evitable result of working injury which necessitated subsequent changes. No reasonable man will advocate a rule or policy that might have the effect of making mistakes of this kind moro numerous. lut ! on the other hand it is unquestionable that a great deal of time Is consumed in discussion that is almost or quite worthless , except perhaps for the benefit it may bo to members with their constituents. Of the volumes of talk that are pT-eserved in the pages of the olllcial record of congress by far the largest part is the merest vorhiago , neither instructive nor enter taining , and yet the people pay annually hundreds of thousands of dollars for printing this &tul"f , to say nothing of the cost to the country which cannot bo computed , resulting from this prolonged delay of important legislation and the failure of measures of moro or loss vital concern to the public interests which cannot bo roiohod owing to the .timo wasted in debate. It is hardly probable that the proposal in the senate to in corporate in the rules the previ ous question or some method for limiting and loslng debate in that body will bo adopted. It Is mil favorably regarded by several members of the majority , and of course the minority is solidly opposed to it. Besides , the privilege it is in tended to abridge , that of unlimited de bate , would bo employed to the fullest extent to defeat it. As long as these opposed to it could lind anything to say and were physically able to say it they would make the effort to tall : the pro posal to death , and such is the lati tude of debate in the senate , which allows the hitroduction'of any amount of wholly extraneous matter , that It is easy to eoo that a discussion of this pro posal might be carried on indefinitely. It is obvious , therefore , that there is very little chance of any change being madeat pro.iant In the parliamentary procedure of the sonnto for limiting and closing debate. But such a change will ultimately bo effected. Public sentiment , which is just becoming awakened to tills ni'ittor , will demand that the moans of obstruction to legisla tion wlileh uro now jit the command of every senator to an unlimited extent shall be lessened , so that the minority in that body cannot Indefinitely block the wheuls of legislation and defeat the will of a majority of the popular branch ol congress. It may take some tlmo to ac complish this , because the long-estab lished usages of the samite yield slowly , but the necessity for it baing dumon- str.itod the change will unquestionably bo made sooner or later. A reasonable limit to dob.ito is not Incompatible with a careful consideration of public ques tions , and the vast .Interests , annually increasing , that tire alToctod by con gressional legislation , make .It of the most vital importance that the business of congress shall bo done Jis promptly as possible consistent with a clear under standing of the nature and purpose ol proposed legislation. In order to reach this it Is not necessary that every man in oltheVtho house or senate shall be allowed to talk on a question as often nnd to ns great an extent tw may suit Ills individual purpose by way of making political capital for himself or his party. T11K ItlsK Iff S/fiV/JR. Tito now silver law , requiring the treasury to purchase four millionIIvo , hundred thousand ounces of silver monthly , or so much of that amount as shall bo altered at the market price , will j ; " Into effect in about a week , Some [ our months tigo silver bullion began to advance in price1 , nnd though there lias not been n steady rise , there hnvo boon no very marked fluctuations. Silver was selling four months ago at about an avorngo of ninety-two cents per ounce lino. Several times the price went up to ninety-four and one- half cents an 1 settled back to ninety- two. Then a steady rise began until the price readied one dollar nnd thirteen nnd one-halfYconts per ounce lino. It is stated that the mints nnd assay ofilcoa are authorized to pay one dollar and ton and one-half cents per ounce for lots of less than ton thousand ounces , which records an advance of about eighteen cents an ounce within four months. Heavy sales are reported daily to Lon don parties nnd the price shows no er ratic fluctuations , but holds its own and a little more day after day. The advance in the price of silver is naturally regarded by the radical silver men as demonstrating their theorlesVhnd the moderate men of that school are also disposed to look upon the advance as foreshadowing a resumption of the old relations between silver and gold. It is not possible , however , to determine with certainty at present what the cause or causes of the advance may be. Of course the fact that the govcrnmontls to absorb about thoontlro product of the American mines could not fail to exert a favorable influence upon the price of silver , but whether all the advance thus fai ls to bo attributed solely to this , leav ing wholly out of consideration a possi ble speculative movement , is a question. There is good reason to believe that sil ver has not entirely escaped the atten tion of speculators , and such being the 'case time will show how much this has had to do with the recent rapid rise in the price. It will bo gratifying to find that it lias played only an Insignificant part. Predictions as to the future , which are being indulged in to some extent , par ticularly by the radical silver man , are of little consequence. The present outlook for silver , with a coinci dent demand in England for India and hero for government account , is certainly most favorable , but persons who may bo templed by it into speculation may easily find the venture unprofitable. It is to bo hoped that the results of the sil ver legislation will bo in every respect satisfactory , and very little opinion is now hoard that it will not be , but judi cious men will at least wait until the law lias boon in operation for a time baforo forming positive conclusions as to what its effect may be. Tins house of representatives has agreed to the report of the conference commitfpo in favor of the "original pack- ago" bill which passed the senate and is known as tho. Wilson bill. This action removes all doubt that the measure will become a law. It applies only to intoxi cating liquors , and provides that when they are transported into any state or territory "for use , consumption , s.do or storage , " they shall on arrival or re maining therein bo subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or territory , and shall not bo exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise. There is no qualifying provision in this meas ure , not oven for the protection of the private citizen who may desire to import liquors for his personal use against a state law authorizing the seizure of all liquors coming into the stale. There is perhaps no question as to the authority of congress to enact legislation of this kind , but undoubtedly this bill will furnish cause for another decision of the supreme court. WITH eusto.nary liberality toward members of the combine , the council has granted Chairman Birklmuscr au thority to employ an additional cleric at the snug salary of throe dollars a day. The assertion that the business of the ollico requires moro clerical help Is absurd , During Major Balcoinbo's term of olllce , the amount expended in public improvements any one year far exceeded what is contemplated for 1S90 , and yet Major Hnlcoinbesatisfactorily performed thodutlos of hisoillco without extra help. If additional clerks wore employed their salaries-were not charged up to the city , but paid out of the major's pocket. And it may bo said to his credit the accounts nnd records of his office wore never kept in better shape. But Birkhausor wants to pay off his political debts and the council combine stands ready to give him Jis many sinecures as the ofllco will conveniently hold. THE Indian bureau is convinced that circus life is too rich for the blood pf the average Indian. His acute moral and mental perceptions are dulled by contact with the crude and shallow civilization of the whites , and measures must be adopted to check the demoralizing de scent of the nation's wards. This con clusion has been reached after careful experiments. The children of the prai ries who woroinduced todosorttheir fire sides and families and hin away to for eign shores on promises of "hoap cow" and wumpun , have apparently degener ated to the level of the whites , absorbed the worst features o [ European civiliza tion , nnd Iwcomo types of rounders un equalled outaldo of the nude literature of the Froneh , The few live specimens returned from the social swim abroad nro braves no moro. Physically wrecked , they grunt for rest in the happy hunt ing grounds. TIIK Indiana democratic contingent in congress is uncommonly vigilant and vo ciferous In protecting the \oastiry against what they are pleased to call "tho shameless extravagance of the majority. " These solf-oonstitutod watch dogs of the surplus are in the wrong placo. There la an urgent demand , for tholr services at home ; and tholr tax- ridden constituents could not perform amore moro important public duty than by > hiclnjj thoiu. .on guard over the state rensury. T/iKjo / VOUCH of doinooratlo re- orm rule hntfmvoii'pdtho ' debt of Indiana three and n ll | ( mlllluu dollars , and it Is low growing artho rate ot half a million a year. It hhjjjft theory but a condl- .Ion . that confronU the bankrupt tlooaler treasury , andHi loss the federal watch- logs are called Jiomo and givenIhoconc filiation , the'party lorch-bo'ifors ' tire lublo tomuko-ntvay with the fafo. Tun council excursion to Denver , Salt Lake and Portlniul possesses considera ble significance , ' In each of these cities there exists a eoimellimuilo Tammany as powerful and grasping as tlio Omaha combine. Itosinttmco to tholr schemes on tlio part of the people is sharp and vigorous. The visit of the Omaha con tingent Is therefore timely. What tlio neighboring councllinon lack In experi ence , Omaha's representatives can fur nish in a brief session. It is not unlikely that a chain of emnmilinanio combines will bocdtubllMlwil in a means'of mutual admiration , support or sympathy as cir cumstances require. TIIK report from the oily jail for the month of July furnishes but poor consolation lation for the Imported colonels from Kentucky and Missouri who have been holding Omaha up to public gazoos an inebriate asylum. There were but six hundred and sixty-seven arrests all told , and only ono hundred and thirty-three for drunkenness. For a city of one hun dred and thirty-live thousand people this record for law and order is un equalled. FROM the missionary station in Bur- mah come complaints that children can not bo kept under control , because they are not taught English. This is a strik ing illustratlonof the wonderful progress and dilTusion of the English language. Ours will bo the language that will conquer the entire world , the hope of the Volapuk theorists to the contrary. the fact that .July- is always a dull month , the sale of stamps and envelopes at the Omaha post- ofllcc has beaten the record of any other month for the year , which adds very tangible evidence that the * census-taker made no mistake -when lie recorded the increase inthiscitv's growth. TIIK street commissioner's payroll for July amounted to four thousand dollars. At this rate it is apparent that political laborers and pensioners are well taken care of. "With a little moro experience , Mr. Flaiinery promises to surpass the payrolls ot his predecessor. AXOTHKR hotel Is to ho built in Omaha , live storjos high. That million- dollar lire-proof hostelry has never progressed - grossed farther than two or three prom ised subscriptions and some street talk. The demand for it , however , is greater than over. J ' Tin ; semi-occasional civil service ex amination is in progress in the city. These periodical inquisitions are useful only as showingthat there are a few In nocents in thisWctiou wio ] believe the law is enforced without fear or favor. WK Aitn iiQw.1 without a county pharmacist , and green fruit is twisting its winding way throughout the city. Carefully compounded prescriptions , however , may bo obtained without the aid o a sinecure. Tin : council junket will make a largo draft on the commissary department of the Union Pacific , but the cost is trifling compared with the many olllcial favors showered upon the corporation. IN squelching the financial dictator of the combine the council gives gratifying proof of returning common sense mid independence. IF there are any moro olllcial pots un provided at the public crib , they should promptly make their wants known to the combine. Tin : South Omaha councilman display the ability of exports in dispensing cal cimine and laying it on thick. It Will Xot lo\vn. ) Clileaao Triiiitne. All efforts to have tlio duty on castor oil ro- iluccd Ir.ivo failed thin far. It seems hard to got castor oil down in any Imaginable way. I'ntlcnt and IVreplriiii ; Con rcssuieii. Jialllinorc Anartcan. Nobody can tell tbo ansulsli tlio conRross- man whoso fen coswant fixing is suffering these hot days in Washington. Ho longs tope po borne as ho never did before. It costs money nnd sweat for a iiatriot to servo his country. In tlio Interests of Democracy. Cleveland fsailcr. Governor Campbell p-irdonuil two moro convicts last wcok , and two moro cscapod from the penitentiary.At that rate the pen will soon bo depopulated and the democratic vote lu tno state bo largely Increased this fall. The Flan Htorlos Yet to Como. Cfi ( aii/o / Times. Hailstones "as blj ; as a man's flst" did liavoo at Sioux Falls. S. D. . Sunday. The hailstones are gotinif * tbo advantage of tlio Hsh stories this year , but then the lUhernion havonotyct uogun to got buck from their rural retreats. Ho who l.WRhs last laughs best , and the fish storlos may malto tlio ex travagant hailstones sick yet. Tlio r rcDiiy "I" lAune. A Gorman professor claims to hnvo dis covered that La&IuK , n.'l ' uot Goethe , wrote "Faust. " A man In Loailoa nfllrms that Walter Besant , f be great English novelist , hypnotized hiii { iud extracted from him bis last novel , " 'I'ho Doubts of hives. " There Is u current statement to the effect that Mr. Dlnlno's reciprocity schema is borrowed from a western senator , and it Is now rumored that Mr. Donnelly is eoniin.tr forth with a cipher showing that 15'iby MulCio wai the author of the famous X. M. O , article. Tlio I'roli Million nilRlit In KIUISMH. Tlio recent census liaa opened tlio eyes of Kansas people to the unwelcome fact that the population of the state and of nearly every one of its cities Is docreaslnj , "Up to tills time the press and politicians of the state who are roapltitf their harvest by reason of tlio rroJulity of u misguided jioonlolouuly de nounced any f > o who was bold onougli to Bay that the population of Kansas was docrons- hifj. And oven now when It h u well estab lished fact , made so by tlio ofticlal count , thcsosaino fanatics any tlmtltwill hurt tbo stilt o for the papers to mention It , I * not 11 state In n iloplor.utto condition when the truth will hurt its llnancl.it or moral inter ests } Hut the most alarming thing that Rtaros the people of Kansas In the fiu-o is the fttut that state , municipal ami Individual itidoDt- ulnos.il * rapidly Incmulng nnd tbo bunions of the taxpayers are becoming unbearable. The Alliance Advocate of this city recently withered Information from every nook and corner of the state , through the trcdtmn of the alliance , concerning Individual InilcbtcilacHs. That Information .shows that almost four-llfths of tlio fanners of Kansas are In debt , and half of that number hopelessly HO unless relict cornea soon. It U estimated that over three hundred farms are pimlnjj from the debtor to tbo creditor class every day in Kansas. 1 low long can the stuto'atund III How about the cities I Let ns tiiko Topckn. It Is as fjool ( i town as there is In tlio stato. It ought to bo , nnd no doubt Is , la better mmnelal condition tlian many other oitle ; ) In the state. What la hot * condition I Sinro bb2 the city has run behind for current ex pense. ' ) ( outside of bonded indebtedness for public Improvements ) to the amount of over $50,000 , and Is now running behind $1,500 , every month , with no prospect of this terri ble loaltngo being .stopped under the present order of things. As to the individual Indebtedness it Is simply appalling. A prosperous city of live- thousand people ought to have more tinin- cuinbered homes than Topeka-has today , What is the cause of this state of afT.iirs ] Lot every man answer the question for him self. Ai ; r.s' < > j. ' _ NVIirasku. Work has been commenced on the sewer age system at Hastings. The eighth nimunl fair oT Satimlew county will ho held ut Wnnoo September t ! , 3 and 4. West I'oint citizens defeated the proposi tion to Issue S , OOJ in bonds to build a cltv hull. hull.A A hired man employed by Tom Webster of MuUiion Is missing , and with him a valuable horse. Tbo ConRrogatlonallsts of Fremont will probably extend a call to Itcv. Mr. Buss to become their p.istor. Tuo bridge connecting Holt county with the ro-scrvatlon has buen eoniplo toil and is now open for trafllc. UurRlnrs secured $100 worth of poods from K. M. UiUnn &Uo.'s hardware stow ut Au burn and made their escape. .Inmes MrClarin , a Humphrey wolldlpger , was precipitated to tno bottom of a well by ( lie breaking of a rouo and fractured ono of his legs. II. L. "Wood , formerly ono of the editors of the Nebraska City Press , Is now loe.Ueil at Soaltle , Wish. , where ho Is doing editorial work on tlio Journal. A district reunion of the Graiul Army of tlio Hopubllc will bo held at Greenwood AiiRust-Jl , aj and ; .M. The camp will bo christened Camp Tlmyor. A. II. Gale , the alliance candidate for tbo lotrislaturo from Brown am ? KocI : counties , was kicked by a colt and bad his nose broken and Ids right eye badly injured. Stella can boast n musical wonder In tbo person of little Miss Aluy Mclvln , infant daughter of Mr. and MM. J" . L' Melvin , wheat at tlio eiuly-aso of thirteen months be m to sing before she could talk. Jliss May is now twenty months old , anil can .sing anything tlmtsiio lio.irs . , both words and inusio. Uuridurs entered the house of Jnbcz Code- dUiknoarlJopublieim City the other nifjht and stole S.20J in gold ami $ TOUiii United States bonds. MM. Cobloillek was inviiUe ut tho'thne , but was 111 , and did not hnvo thu strength to cull her lutsb.iml , who was sleep- invr soundly near her. There is no clue to the thieves. The Fullerton Journal furnishes tills soci ety item : "War has broken out in the ladies' ' band ami an iittempt was made to oust Mrs. Cora Barre , but the friends of the luttor ob ject unit propose to contest the mutter and have employed counsel. What tlio merits of the case are or what the result of the case nmy bo wo do not know , but wo are satislled tlmtthcj'o will bo music by tlio ladies' band soon. " As Sheriff C.iUlwcll was returning from an ofllcial visit in the western part of Platte county , ho was called upon to arrest tbrco house breakers at Duncan , who hud attempted to rob thohouso andstoroof Mrs. Stalweuskl , whoso husband was killed by a train in Columbus some three weeks ago. They were gnmonnd bad the whole population of tlio village at a staml-olf. After a running lltlit of nbont one mile the saeritr got ono of them. Ho guvu his nauio as Wilson and says ho halls from Ohio. The others got away. Iowa. Tlio artesian well at Doono is now down 2,900 feet , A six-foot vein of coal has been struck near Crcston at a depth of 110 feet. Alice Doro of New Mllford , Mass. , has ac cepted the chair of music in Pcnu college , Oskaloosa. It will cost ? Woot to build the now wagon bridge across the MUsissippl ut Clinton. The contract has been lot. 'A small boy named McLaughlln , living near itockwcll , fell from n windmill tovvor and fractured his right arm so badly us to no- pnssltiit.o ninniitntintt. "Granny" IJell , n Fort Dodge colored woman , has Just celebrated nor ninety-ninth birthday. She Is stitl halo and hearty and works html at tlio washtub for a living. Tlio melon crop la Frultland nnd vicinity will be the shortest for yours. Most of the young melons have bean blasted by tlio ox- tremu hot weather and liavo dropped off the vines. The Ferdinand Ilorold , Just completed at Dnbuquc , Is tlio twenty-second iron and at eel craft built in that city. The lirst was. the Clyde , built in 1STO. and whoio hull is Just as good us ne\v. Ono boat was built in sections and shipped to far oil Shun. Tlio Iowa Prisoners of War association has secured a lurgo tent , which will bo nut on the fair grounds during the state fair , for the purpose of a monster reunion which will bring together the largest number of ox-pris oners over gathered together la lowu. Tlio littlothreo-ye.u'-old daughter of George Garner was killed on tbo Diagonal track near Dowar the other day. sue stood upon tlto end of a tlo and the driver of the onglno struck her upon tbo head , kilting her inxtant- ly. A man was killed near the same spot two days previous. Hans Ueilberg , Jacob Jacobson Stornornnd Walt Slovens , all grown men. are under nrrust at Mason City ou n ehargo of Indecent exposure. AVIiilo a public baptismal servloo wus being held at the river they astonished thocrowd by undressing and , In an entirely nude condition , Jumped Into the rivor. During a recent storm the dwelling of a man named Scheky , in Otho township , Web ster county , was carried from its foundation and turned completely over onto its roof nnd badly damaged. The family , consisting of eight persons , were In tlio house , but by a nnrac-lo they succeeded in escaping from the crushing timber.- * and Hying furniture with out any serious bruises , Tlio Two DuKotiiH. The assessed valuation of Minor county is * l'J7r , < JII. bioux Falls' ? 55,000 system of waterworks is now in operation. KastiSioux Falls , with n population of O'W , Is petitioning for inuorpuration. Twelve years ago tbo nr.U railroad was built into Sioux Falls. Six roads now pass through tuo city. There are between 200,000 and 800,000 acres of land open for settlement lu South Dakota cast of the Missouri river. It is said that nn artesian w.itor power company Is to be organized at Yankton for tlio purpose of fimibhlng power for manu facturing purposes. Tbo trustees of tlio Frco Methodist semi nary ut U'osalngton Springs have decided to raise the cupola higher and comjiloto the In side of the building this year. Farmers In the vicinity of f/.ikota are on- fraifln i ? extensively In sheep raising. Sown thousand 11did arrived last week from Mon tana and more will follow in a iliort time. Mrs. Randolph Shower of Puorhi Ilottom zwku'd her little sun to start a HIM no she could gotHiipior. | The little follow s t tire to the straw fturroundbif the stable , which wltb Its contents win destroyed , but Uio boy und tlio supper were stivi'd. A ten-year-old son of Mrs. Kurrull , north of Otwtcr City , exploded ndyiiniiiltorim In his hand the other day just for the fun tliore might bo In U and to coo what the thing would tlo. The result was n badly lacerated hand and the loss ff n thumb nnd linger , tr. ) Mat Idas \Yesslngton Spring , re cently sent homo it bottle of coi ; < ntr.itoil spirits of am mon inly one of his little hoys , who thoughtlessly gave the bottle ( jullo a shaking , thus rendering tlio contents mow volatile. The bottle was Dbu'cd on the sowi Ing machine , when the cork suddenly Hew out throwing the contents into the fares of these near. A prompt application of vinegar neutralized tbo poison , and ao very fortunately all escaped serious results. IT IS A IJOUN T0 U AVe ask every render to consider the offer mnilo in our advertising columns , of Tin : Bin ; for an entire year anila complete act of the Americanized ICneyclp.edia Drltannlca both together for tlio small BUIII of $30. Such tin offer was never made by uny nowspaiw before - fore , and the fact that wo arc nblo to make It Is a striking Illustration of the wealth-pro ducing progress of tlio world In this won drous ago of electricity and steam. Tlio cost of producing tlio encyclopedia hai consider ably exceeded ? lUOUOOi ( the coat of produc ing Tin : Dm : for o year roaches far up into the hundreds of thousands. That two such works should bo placed at the disposal of every resident of the coast at u price so small that tbo saving of barely S cents dally for n single year will cover It , and oa terms so easy as to Involve no Inconveniences of economy this surely is a triumph of modern intelligence and labor combination. AVhat Tut ! Hni : Is , It Is liot necessary to say. Here It It , speaking for itself. The render who falls to recognize Its excellences , n < ho per uses it , would ImrJI.v gather belief in them Irom any self laudation , however justlilaulo , in which wo might Indulge. What the Amcrl- rnnlied Kiiclopjudia Uritaunioa Is , however , ils a matter as to which Information H less generally dllTitbod. The lOneyclo- punUa Hltnimlcii is regarded by nil students and literary men as tlio standard reference authority of the Knplisli speaking world. For nearly 1 0 years It has stooil at the head of Its peculiar class of liter ature , employing on Its nine editions the most celebrated writers of successive genera tions , and sparing no expense necessary to secure the .services of the foremost men In every department of human knowledge. Ks- says , dissertations nnd detii'i'lptluni by sneli men as Macauluy , Joftrev , Leigh Hunt , Faraday - aday , Mill , Tynilall. Huxley , Clifford and IPiirrur are imbedded in its pages , making It not only nu encydopicdia of facts , but a most delight t'-l ' assortment of literary treasures as well.This This Is the work which forms tbo basis of the Americanized F.iifyclop.t'dia Britanniea , whleli is , as its name Imports , the original Brltniiidcu remodeled , amended , and , where necessary , enlarged to ilt it to occupy , in American homes , tlio plaro held by thu orig inal work among the people of .England. Articles on subjects peculiarly interesting to Americans --such as tlio histories and descrip tions of American states uud citlos , accounts of military operations ou American soil , descriptions of peculiarly American Industries - trios and institutions have been entireJv rewritten - written and greatly enlarged , tlio space al lotted to matters uninteresting except to Englishmen being correspondingly reduced. A most complete series of biographies of liv ing persons of whom no mention is made in tlio original work , its plan c.x- cludin notices of any but the dead has been added , a number of now maps , including ono of every state in tlio union , have been introduced , and the entire - tire work has been corrected to bring it into line with the progress of history and science up to the present year. The net result is u compilation that la interest and reliability surpasses the original Encyclopedia Uii- tannica , as far as that monumental work sur passes all others of Its kind. It may not bo amiss to say here a few word.s as to ono of the USCK of a work like tlio Americanized Encyclopedia IMUnnicn , to which ninny of our readers , ncrhnm , give littiu thought. _ _ Tlio high prices at which the Encyclopiodia Britanniea and it.s competitors have hitherto been offered imvo resulted In limiting their sale to literary men and com paratively wealthy faunlllcs , mid the effect of tills limitation has been that by tbo great mass of the American people an cnoyclo- panlia Is looiced on as a work of reference and nothing more ; Bomothlng useful for student , but rarely needed by men of nan-professional vocations. liow mis taken this Idea is any body will Instantly sco \vlio will take the trouble to glance through a volume of tlio Americanized Kneyclopnilia JJrittannica. From end to end it abounds in reading of the most delightful kind bio graphy , travels , history , narratives of adven ture , accounts of strange und distant coun tries , descriptions of inventions and machin ery. There Is hardly a page of it that will not hold the mind enchanted. Tlio inllucnco of such n literary collection in n fitinlly is in calculable. It aids the education of the young ; it expands und strengthens tbo minds of older people ; It fosters a taste forprollta- hlo reading , and saves the young from ono of the greatest dangers of our day the tempta tion offered by the thousands of cheap , trashy and corrupting books that dolugoourconntry in a perennial stream , A library of refer ence , a collection of puru and entertaining literature , a vehicle of education and a safe guard against vice this is what wo offer our readers. And wo feel that In doing so wo have served thorn well. XKlf I'dttlf IVK JtAllOXS. Tlioy Advance tlio JVIeo to an Intolerable erable FiK' ' " ' " ' NEW YOUR , August ( ! . [ Spaclal Telegram to Tnn I3ii : ! . ] Although twenty-four ice schooners from Maine Invo arrived lu ihli city slnco Saturday , and nro now unloading tlioir cargoes , u now schedule Ins bcea made advancing the prlco to an Intolcr.iblo llgnro. According to this schedule , the trust will fur nish ice at the r.ito of SI. iU ! a week for fifteen pounds daily , $1.00 for twenty pounds dally and for twenty-llvo pounds nnd upwards at 1 cent a pound. Tills is equivalent to selling ntiO u ton and upward ice which is pur chased by the trust and brought to New York ut n cost of about S ' a ton at ttio highest. The present hot wo.ither . Is simply availed of ns n pretext for sqneo/ing moro money out of the poopli ) . Itoportt ni'o wprcnd almost daily that there Is not sufllcicnt too In the clty'tosuppiv the demand for moro than two days. Lost Saturday It was deliberately al leged that Now York was la real danger of an ice famine. i'orlmps it would bo If there were no ice In Maine , but last winter's ' crop In that state wiia the largest over harvested nnd Ills being shipped to the city la quantities largo enough to. supply every demand. The Ice Bchoonew carry cargoes of about eight hun dred tons ouch and it is estimated that from twelve to liftooiirnivocs n day are amply sulll- clont to supply tlio New York : market. T A way Tlinlr Time , , tS3)lni Jiimea Gnrtlnn Hewlett. ] X , August ( ! . -Now [ Vorlc Herald Cable Special to TUB Bni : . ] Through the remainder of the present stmion there will bo no limitation to the hour at which the sitting will close In tlio house of commons. It may go on till : J , 3 orO in the morning , ordinary standing ordera having been suspended. This no doubt will pren rather severely on the comparatively small band of ministerialists who do the greater part of the work , built will also weed out tlio obstructionists. Hut meanwhile obstructive tactics prevail and hours are wasted on the most frivolous topics. Yesturday Mr. I'atrlck O'Jlrloa iwleoit tlio leader of tlio house wlmthor he had read the jtooin by Mr. Swliibtiruo Inciting the assassi nation of the ex.ir of Kusslii und ho proposed to read portion : } of said pooia. Ho got through two lines in a style which set these nresiint In a roar and then the sponsor inter fered with a caiiittcrumark that thu house could not bo responsible for thu poet Swin burne. Nut an Ollltiinl VMt. LONDON , August -.Special ( [ Cublojjrnm to Tun lii.l-Sir ) : JUHHU i-'orgiison , under for eign soccotary , nt.itod in Uio house of mm- moils last cvonlni ; tint the diiko of Norfolk had no mission from the llrltNi Ken on hUlliMt visit to I ( on u- and that visit WUH puruly formal and oonlldontlal. Seivla T : i mat on i Aimt rln August -SHiclal | | Tin : HKII.J Tlio KovoramiMit nf SorvJa him notltlod Amtriii Hull tinliMH thu prohibit Ion of the Importation of pig * \\lttidm\vn the Borvlan fnmtli'r will li.t eloicd ugulnst Aunirian Import * . I LO11STKU HAL , AD. The captain of n steamer Just arrived In I Now York City says Unit ho passed a group of Icebergs eight miles long In latitude IS.IM' " north , lonj-ltttdo 40.117. leo is worth $0.iii ( n . ton to Now York , and the fool captain let a > uiio Heat awuy from him. ! i There is ono gratifying thing about tin * ecnsus talcing nnd the trouble that en uvi , H only happen ! ) once in ton years. jl It Is Ilov. Joseph Cook's Idea that tininus ' ltd bo ultlnuilely called on lo suppress the lliiuor trufllu. Sam Small should get his gun. H coils the nation $ ' > 0,00fl a year to print the Congrosstttnal Itceord , nnd the mil Ion pays Its paper hills promptly and gets tha beticllt of S ! per cent olT for cash. For tlio sum of fil.UOO the title of count can bo bought through a wholesale and retail ilCiilcr In Paris , The tltlo of baron i-mi bu had forM.IHK ) . This is altogether too high. A man enn get the tltlo of colonel In Ken tucky by chaining his consuming appi-ttte fur ruin and taking the stump in N'elir.isu.i for Coil , home and native land. , The application of electricity and tli ivery J [ I head trolley system for propelling eanul lioat.i k vY * Is being adopted. Slowly , hut , with the cer-.J * 4 tnlnty of death , electric science In gcttln/'hi [ . Its work nnd relegating the mule to the luui- T - her room of tlmo. m s The Associated press agent nt.Liner- ! ao-it ' out n thrilling , nnd almost ghastly aw . ' t f I 'an attempt at Hastings of n band of i a'tio thieves to steal eighty head of IIOMM. T i Lincoln account wont on to say that thr Din. I was the remnant of "Doo" Middloton's fu- inous gang of outlaws , which years ng-o tilled with terror the homes of the hardy pioneer ; that n bloody light ensued nnd the robbor.-t were Iliialty routed and the vigilance com mittee was In pursuit. Tlio truth of the mat- tcrwas.ns . published In Tun 13ti : : before the news-reached Lincoln , that eighty head of horses were grazing near a house that had been burned the day before , and a patient from the Insane asylum happened to stroll down that way nnd a hired man rushed out with n gun and the patient went back. This was about nil there was of It. A llttlo moro of the history is , that "Doo" Mtddleton s "band of robbcrj' ' operated In Wyoinliti ; nnd tlio genial Doc himself is rim nliip an orderly saloon , nt Gordon , this stuto , selliii ! , ' mixed drinks lo the homatloadcri. who tlo their teams in front of his plai-o with - perfect ( safety. It was only the other djiv that the Associated press agent ntf.inro ( ' was complaining because Tun HIK : publish I nn account of n cyclone that roirL'ly ' visited Lincoln. There is no nso to advertise to the world , through the Associated prefj , that Hustings Is the homo of cattle thloves Mr that tlioro i ? such an organization there nl ; < i vlgllanco cominilteo. After the democnijio convention In that city two yours ago Uio vlg- ilantes disbanded. The Argentine Ucpubllo Is to Issno WO 000 more of greenback * . This would bo : \ splendid Hold for Mr. MelCcighan of the Second district to run for congress. His tl.it money views are popular there. An eastern paper ilgm-03 it out that the cost of pig iron is $30 n ton. At the present market price it would bo cheaper to sell the corn without feeding it. Mir. Walt Secloy hai ns much tenacity as the old man of the sea. Tliosttitocentr.il committee has tried several times to make him dismount , but ho clings to Ids Job with tlie grip of death. The executive committee was mot hy all the candidates at their last meeting. The fact that at the next meeting , Tuesday , ntI p. in. , a llmincc committee is to bo appointed and an assessment made , suggests the idea that there will not bo so many cheerful candidate : ! on hand. Attorney Ooiifral Lceso , whowis In Oinalia yesterday , said that there was no use disguis ing the fnct that the state tlclcct was heavily burdened by Mr. Tom Beaton. Nt ! : I'Obli y OJUIIA , August ( K [ To tlio Kditor of Tin- : Bin : : The high handed action of the Ne braska telephone company Curing the pa-it few 1110111119 , in erecting gny-poits and string ing cables to support their poles ou the public streets of this city , despite tlio protest of property owners , should awaken citizens to concerted action against this outrage. Af fairs have eomo to such a pass that not idono the business streets , but our most beautiful suburban thoroughfares have been made un sightly by the erection of thcso ugly stumps. It Is bad enough to tolcmto the overhead wire nuisance of that company , lint when , tn addition , to * y nd.reds of telephone poles must bo braced and u > cd by oxtr.i posts and cables , patience cries outnijidnst the nuisance. Property owners who have spent nipti y and labor in trying to beautify tlio ground. ? fronting their residences nro obliged to stand by while the managers of this corporation ilf'sitiviv pnst.lvKtmm iiiivnmotils. iitnrmt , Imp * and displace carefully nursed lawns in order to make way for their objectionable posts and poles. Potectcd by ordinance , which gives the telephone company authority to erect poles where it will , the managers hiivo abused their privileges. Tlioy talco unheard of liberties in setting up their guy posts and Ignore the remonstrances of property owners as well as the directions of the authorities of the city. It may bo well to ask , Mr. ICditor , whether the Individual has rights which HUM monopoly is bound to respect , or whether ho and his belongings IITO to bo handed over lo It to no insulted and damaged at its own sweet will ! A powerful feeling of outrngi , in is developing In the community against tlio methods adopted hy Managers Yost ana Drake. It neuds but a spark to lire public .sentiment. If redress can bo obtained in no other way to prevent the dully outrages , the tlmo Is nigh when cltlxona must follow Mayor Grant of Now York and take thu ax In tlifUr own hands , Uium.isS. : KI.UUTTI'.U. SulTcrlni : CnhniiN Receive Aid. HJVAXA , August ( ( . [ Special Cablegram to Tn r , nun. ] Tlio government has distributed the fund raised for the sufferers hy the dis astrous explosion and flro which occurred on May 17. The fund amounted to $11,000 lu gold and { IHt.OOO in lunk bills. < r I'recaiitloiiN Against Clinlorn. Cuito , August ( ! . [ Special Uahlegr.iin to Tan Bun. ] The Kgypllan government h n adopted the severest measures hy quarantine and survcllunco to prevent .Tcddnh pilgriiiH. from bringing cholera into Kuropo. Croinntoi'H I'ollifon ilio Kwperor. P.iui.1 , August 0. [ Special Cablegram to TIIK UKK.J The cremation conference yes terday sent u telegram to ICmporor William asking him to espouse tlio causa of crennti n All the American delegate. } signed the tele gram. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Suhvirlbod and Guaranteed Capital. . . .tMO.001 1'ald In Capital . 3M.QO ) Kays and sulh mocks nnd bonds ; cotnmurulnl piipitrj rornlvcs [ mil trust * ; lu.'tH ns tninifer iiKUiit anil trmtuii ut roi iioniU'ina , takes cluir.'o uf property , col- loU taxes , Omaha Loan &TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S E Corner 10th nnd Douglas Sts I'uld In Capital . . , Huldorlliod und Ounrunlmxl Capital.W J Liability of StooUhoIdtT * . -W 4 I'M Oont IntoroHt I'ald on Deposits. KltANKJ. lANtJi.OuMd : r Onirorn ! A. t ) , Wynmn. proslJimt ; J. JIllown , vlee-nrosldout , T , Wyiaaii , troiimiror. nirrctora : A. IJ. Wyrnan. J. II. Mlllnri ) , J. J llrnwn , lluylJ. Uaruni , K. W. NwU , 'iuoni J , Uliulmll , ( Icor n II. l.ulio. "