Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BJ3J8 , THURSDAY , AUGUST 7 , 1800.
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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.
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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.
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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. "