THE OMAHA DAILY BJSE. MONDAY , AUGUST 18 , 1890 , EVKUY MOKNINO. TRUStS OP BUIISOHII'TION. Daily ntul Sunday , Ono Your . lip JO . Tliroo ninnthi. . . . . . . . ? M , Siii.imr Hw. One Yr-nr . . . -f CO Weekly Hoc. Ono Year. . 120 OF I' I ITS : Oin hn.Tio ) Hen lliilltllnrt. South OiiHilin , Conor NiuuUJtli Slrccti. Council HHiffc. > y I't'arl Slieel. OlilciiffoOfHpf.illTCImtnbcr vt cpmmp ; e , NvVorl \ < .IN ins 13,11 mid l.V Tribune lluliainz ' " blicot , CO KHHS i'ON HENCE. All cfiiiiiiMinlPiitloim rrlntlnj : to news and rtlltnrlaliiiutt'T should bo addressed to tlio Kdlturlal Ih-iMrtiiii-n All bti ln - Upt lets nnil remit taneosihoiild bniicldiT".i- < Tlii-lti-c l'uill < iltix Company , Oiiinhn. IimllM. elK'oUs mid mistufilccm tiers tiihfl made payable to the older of tlie oum- v. ny. Tlic BctPulilisliIng Company , Propilclors , -Tlio Ilcc irid'iTt Vurntim und Scventoenlh Sis. SMXWN f-TATKMIINT OK UIIlCUlATlONf. mntnofNotirnikn. I _ _ Oouuly of Douglas. [ a " X. P. I oil , cnslilcr nf The Hoc PuUIMiinir Cnmiiiiiiv. due1) ) solemnly swciir that the actual Hrciilnlloti of Tun IMII.V IIKK for the week IB. IS'JO.wusnS follows : . Montlny. Auitimt II . IH.Mi Tiii-Mlny. AtmtmtU . . lO.'TJ - \Vn1iiiwilny. AiiKiuti : ! . HW- ! riiHfH liy. AniMistll . 2i > .ljl rriility.Auaint M . -0M raturunyususi 10 . . . . -'u.iu'i .Average . UO.BfiO N. P.l'Kir , . Sworn to Ijcfore me anil subscribed In my prcsonre IhlilUtlidny of Anjrust , A. I ) . . 1COO. IsnAr , , ] \V , 1C. KUHT7 , Notary rubltc. Ktato ofN'plirnsWa , I „ . Coiuityof IJouslas. I firorpc 11. Tzseliuek. bolus duly sworn , clft- pnM'S -mil snvs tint hols Hivrotary of Thn Hue I'nlillslilriir t'otnpany. ' that Hie tichinl avanisn < 1nlly circulation of TIIK IMII.V llit : for tlio niuiitlior A ugiiHt , ISM ) , IS.fiT.I uoiilcs ; for Pt'ji- ti'inhor. lv-l. ! lf.7IO coplPM. for Oc-tolior , 1M , 35.KIT cuplii . for.S'nvcinljor , IR O , IJi.niOeopIrs ; fnrncrpinhcr. 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Ix promptly passing1 tlio anil-lottery 1)111 ) llio house strikes : i stunning' blow at tin odious democnitic indiHtry , MAIN'I : consoles uorsolf o\cr Uio pros- poclivo loss o ( a con i-o.sHinan by pro- jcoLini ; nc\v liigliwtiys to thu Cnnudiiiu border to fiicilitito the jiifj truuc , A COMBINE of city and council ofllcltils against dishonest contractoi-s would proveono of tlio few pulilic trusts which taxpayers would doliyht to honor. DKSriri ; the profound harmony pro- vallinpr on the fctu-faco of iniorial ] Euroiw , it is pusslng1 stran o that the war clouds i-ofiihO to vnnlsh in ' Tan linio has como for Mississippi and Jllsdourl ilvor cities to form a tlofonslvo nllliuico to protect their interests ngalnst. the macliluatlons of Chiuago inorcon- urics , TAKI3N as a whole , an incrcuso of thirty per cent in thopopulation of the country In ton years Is entirely satisfactory , 'beat ing' the record of the previous tlecado by three millions , TIIK seventh annual report of the bu reau of tho. statistics of labor of Now York shows that the inorcnso in vrngfcs has been from twelve to fifteen per cent a year during the past live years. This advance in the labor rnarlcut is certainly gratifying. _ _ Tin : fact that Omaha siipplicstUo gov ernment with over one million ounces of silvern monthone-fourth ofthonmount heretofore required gives the city a di rect profitable interest in the financial operation of the national treasury. Tin : pathetic announcement of Colonel Wattorson of the Mg fire in Louisville , wheretlio warehouse and plant of the Kentucky distilling1 company were con- sumcil , will cause tlio mouth of every Im ported colonel in Nebraska to water. Colonel "Wattoi'rionsaid : "Over .1 million gallons of whisky wore burned--enough to glvo every Inhabitant of the United Stales a good drink. " A uni'OUT comes from Huenos Ayre : tint flvo hundred million dollars In currency roncy passed through President Col man's hands while lie was in power , and that the country received hut very little benefit from it. President Column's policy seemed to have been to take al - there wiu insight. If ho saved thi trilling nest egg ho will be ublo to worry along and make a living , Tins revised river and harbor bill ask for niiio hundred thousand dollars to bi expended in the systematicalprovomon of the river from its mouth up to Slou : . City , but the cherished scow line ro col veil no consideration. If this rovlsoi bill passes , the only hope for tlio scov line will bo to Induce tlio secretary o. war , who directs tlio expenditure of the money , to put It afloat on his own ro sponsibillty. A MOSSTKI : meeting has been hold In Loavonworth , the lirht of a series , conv posed of Kansas citizens who arc oj ; posed to the prohibitory law and win want rcsubinisslon. Hon. A. A. I'onn one of the most prominent business moil was president , and twonty-flvo soli business men acted as vice- presidents The meeting was characterized by In foctlous enthusiasm which showed Uio earnest protest of the community against the farcical prohibition law of the Btato. Tin- : total bonded debt of the thirty- eight btntosof the union In 1SSO was In round numbers two hundred and fifty- flvo millions. "With forty-four states in 1600 the total debt is only one hundred and nlnty-flvo millions , m average de crease of nix millions a year during tlio docndc. Of this amount the western status show a decrease ol nearly oijrht million ? . This is a remarkable exhibit of progress and proajwrity. It is nil the more notable in the west where , In tlio lust ton years , enormous turns were ex panded fit all clnssos of public works to Iccop pace ulth tlio marvelous growth of the country. TlIK CUSTOMS ADMNISTltATluS Hill , . The new liuv relating lo the mlmlnls- ratlon of the customs Is giving foreign muiudiclurcra n grout deal of anxiety , his Is particularly the cuso In France , rom which the most vigorous nnil per- lutont complaints Imvo come that Iho aw will vork nn Injustice lo French manufacturers doing husincss Avlth this oinitry and vllully affect commerce bo- ween the two nations. .There was re- cntly hold in I'arlj a consular contei'- nco which received complaints from icarly thirty chambers ot com- norco pointing out the difficulty of complying ; with the provis- ons of the law without til most iestroylng trnilo. It was tlio conclusion ) fthh conference that the law did not" pprcsB honest importers , nnd that Its mlynltn was lo protect the revenues of ho United States. Solar us tlio lines nnd penalties provided by the law nro 'onccrnod ' they are for the most part simply vo-onnctmcnls of old laws. Mr. Jew , the American consul general at Condon , is quoted ns spying that , to the loncst importer and dealer the law has 10 terrors , but to Iho fraudulent con- Ignor or consignee It is a measure vlilch will instiro to him llio iither severe porialtiesprcscribcd thcre- n. The huv has received a great deal f adverse comment in Ilils country , but whatever defects experience ) with its iponition may show it to posses ? , the in- ontlon of the law Is to protect at the lame lime the Interests of the govorn- nentanil ot honest importers and deal ers against fraud. For years tlioro has boon an urgent do- iiaud for radical reforms in thoatlnilnis- ratlon o ( the customs service , and ro- leatcd efforts were made tosecuro thorn , iut to long as the house ot roprcsciita- Ives was in democratic control nothing- otild bo accomplished. It wis well jiiij\vn \ that tlio government wus losing ovciiuo annually to n very lurgo unount , all ot which vent to the benefit of dis-honost 1m- lortcrs. There vrns nn alarmingprov - ileiicu of uiidervaluatlonH , The report of the secretary ot the treasury for 1SSO stated that fully ninety per cent ot Iho mportatloiis of sillc vopt'oaontcd consign- noiits on foreign account and were as : i rule undervalued. Secretary Win- dom In his report last year sa , id that the tliiliculrtes so emluirrassing to the customs olllcors and the department , growing out of the infirmities of the arilT schedules , are Intensified by the iiadequacy nnd faulty character ot the , a\v3 relating to ctisloms administration , " which were derived from two hundred md sixty-three nc.ls of congress passed during a period ot ninety years , and the seorotarj' declared that under these : iu'8 it was practically Impossible ) to senuro uniform and just valuations. There was no ad equate means afforded jy the Inws for tlio pmilshmont of fraud n thu on try of merchandise. The gov ernment was required to prove ufllrmiv .ively not only that the goods were 'alsoly cntored , but that such entry was inado with fraudulent intent , and to ob tain suoli proof was as a riilo impossible , For ton years secretaries of the treasury iiad recommended that the statutes 30 so nmondcd IB to enable the tjov- ernmont to obtain the forfeiture of inorchandiso , or Its value , upon proof ot fnlso entry , placing upon the claimant the burden of proof to show innocence ot 'rand in the transaction. Such was the state of affairs which Lho present congress wn3 called upon to [ eniody , and the ways and means coin- nltteo promptly and laboriously ad dressed themselves to the taslc. The noasuro whluh became law was most carefully considered nnd discussed in both the house nnd senate , and equal care wns given to its consideration by the president. It may prove In oparatlon to be In some respects defective , but It Is not to bo doubled that It will bo found a very great improvement over tlio old laws as a protection to the government nnd to honest importers. It is possible that congress will give a respectful hear ing to the representations of the French chambers of commerce ) , but undoubtedly the law will remain its it is until ox peri- once shall have demonstrated what changes tire necessary to bottcr promote the Interests of the government. Jt.tJJJO.lfiSlA'D 1UK COMMISSION. There is some uncertainty as to whether the railroads will carry out their original determination to fight the order of the interstate commerce com mission reducing grain rates from the west , vrhich is to go Into olTect Septem ber 1. The firm attitude of the Union Pacific , Alton and Uoclc Island roads In opposition to such a contest has had a very decided ellcct in producing In the minds of olllcials of the other roads In > tcrcstcd some doubt regarding the chance of succeeding in such a figlit. It would appear from reports that tlio legal advisors of the Union Pacific and Rock Island had reached the conclusion that it would bo impolitic to make a contest n gainst the commission and suffer ccr- tnln defeat , while as to the Alton it has the candor to say that in.stead of the rates ordered by the commission being below what Is just to the roads and rca- somiblo , corn and wheat nro in the ma jority of cases now bolng carried at- very much lower rates. In making thlsstate- mont unquestionably the Alton olllcial know what they are talldng about , The most significant indication that the purpose to fight has boon abandoned appears in the fact that a delegation lias gone to consult with Chairman Cooloyof the Interstate commerce- commission with a view to having the order of the commission modified In ono respect. This relates simply to the live cent dif ferential at St. Louis , the maintenance of which is desired , but it Is doubtful whether the commission will mnko this concession , It has taken Its position after a thorough Investigation of the facts und a deliberate consideration ol the arguments for and against the change ordered , and the reasons upon which the order is based nro so cogent ani wmcliiblvo that it Is hardly to bo supposed the commission will bo Induced to make any clmngo. Tlio modification which the railroads nsk for might not essentially affect the general scope o the order , but having taken a clenvlj do 11 nod and decided position the vise thing for the commission to do is to nd hero to It. It can hardly do otherwise as to any feature of its order regarding rain rates from the west without sub- ectlng llse-H to unfavorable criticism om the public , while gaining nothing the estimation of the corporations nd their friends. The promise is that lie order will bo Instated upon as it is , nd that it will bo obeyed. The opinion obtained in Washington a ock or two ago that there ) would bo no cglslatloti at the present session of con gress for the improvement of rivers nd harbors. The house had passed a iill carrying appropriations to tlio mount of between twenty-two and twon- y-threo million dollars , but when estl- lutes of revenue and expenditure began 0 bo made , from which it appeared hero was danger of a considerable dc- icltfor the current fiscal year , word vent out that appropriations would bo urtailcd by cutting off these fgr river in el harbor Improvements. It vis trim the last bill for this purpose was passed n 18S8 , but It was argued that as about ivo million dollars of the amount then ipproprlated is still unexpended it would jo safe to postpone further appropria- , ions until the next session. I5ut thcso arguments were lost on the onatc , which on Saturday passed the Ivor and harbor bill with amendments hat materially Increase the aggregate ipproprlation of the liouso bill. Sena- or Edmunds tliought half the amount proposed 111 the measure , with the ivo million dollars remaining rom tlio last bill , would bo sufficient , ind ho suggested Unit' the treasury vould bo fifty million dollars short at ho close of the current fiscal year oven / the duty were not taken off sugar , hat his was met by Senator Fryo with facts mil figures in evidence of llio advant- igcs to commerce of improving the riv ers and harbors , which produced the In- luencothoy were intended to. The en gineers had reported demands for n nuch larger expenditure than the bill provided for and this fact was a potent irguinent in behulf of the measure. The bill must now go to a conference committee , and it will not .alec long to develop tlio intention of the najority of the house regarding it. The iredieted failure of tills legislation , lowovcr , is not likely to be verified , and v compromise which will somewhat rc- 1 uco the amount in the senate bill is probable. 1 ClllC.lGO SQUVEZK. The determination of Chicago to place n. commercial rope around the nock of tlio west should arouse to action every shipper west of the hikes. If the city succeeds the commercial prosperity and .ndopcndcnco of every city from the akos to tbo mountains will be Imper illed. Organized resistance is impera tive. tive.Tho The right of the Avest to secure ship- nonts without paying tribute to Chicago lias never Icon questioned , but Chicago has conspired with subservient corpora tions to levy what is - practically a tax on all goods passing through the city. The fight over the now uni form bills of lading , -vvhilo apparently confined to the railroads , ' is In reality u desperate effort by the Chicago rail roads to make that city a basing point for all western shipments in transit. Dispatches indicate that the western roads have entered into a combine with Chicago merchants to prevent traffic being1 billed through Chicago. If llio conspirators succeed in bringing about this result , throe million dollars a year will bo wrung from the consumers of the west and placedin the pockets of Chicago sharks. But this is not the worst feature of the conspiracy against the prosperity of the west. By making Chicago ti basing point for traffic originating cast thereof , the jobbers of growing western cities would ho placed at the mercy of Chicago job bers. Jobbers at the Missouri river would bo placed at the disadvantage in ndjaccnt trade territory , because Chicago cage , enjoying the favor of the corpora tions , could undersell the homo dealer at his own door. Such a system of discrimination should provoke a storm of protest which the corporations would not dare ignore. ESTIMATKS of the crop in the corn states vary greatly , That there will bo a tremendous shrinkage in the harvest as compared with last year there is no doubt , The shrinkage is general , vary Ing from seventy per cent in Kansas to forty per cent In iUissouri and Illinois. In the list of corn states Iowa stands highest , her crop bolnsr estimated a seventy par cent of last year's ' , while Nebraska estimates range from thirty five to fifty percent of the crop of 1880 , The estimates for this state are too low While the region west of Kearney and portions of the Republican valley hiiv boon blighted by hot winds , the more populous eastern counties escapee serious injury , a"d with a month olfav orablo weather will yield handsomely The yield of the state last year wai about ono hundred and seventy-five million bushels. Of this amount prob ably one hundred and. twenty-five mil lion bushels were marketed at an average ago price of sixteen cents a bushel , ro alixing twenty million dollars. Ksti mating this year's crop at fifty per con of lust year , or oighty-sovon and a 1ml million bushels , the financial returns a present prices will exceed these of IBS ! by flftoon million dollars. All of whiul proves that n short crop is not always a great calamity. \VniLij there has been a great deal o stagnation in real estate during the pas olgliteon months by reason of the mi certainty and danger of further do prcssion In enso prohibition shoul carry , tlioro Is nevertheless a gratlfyln ] volume of business recorded inthooflic of the register of deeds. During the firs six months of the year Omaha real o Into transactions nggrogated r.Ino and half million dollars , an increase of two million dollars over the same period o 1SS9 , The record for July and thro weeks of August , usually the qulotos period of the year , shows a marked ad vance over the BIHIIO period last year the footings for the past weoU reaching half a million dollars , equal to nn In crease of forty per cent. Ifo city of equal population In tlio country affords such profitable opportunities for perma nent Investment. Prices of desirable niAIMresldonco property in Omaha do not approach the speculative u'lcosot Denver , Kansas City and other .nflatcd towns , The fact Is , the prU-os n Omnhu have "never reached the boom tola provalcVil'ln ' the west , and this explains - plains the unshaken confidence of homo and outsldo capitalists la Omaha real estate.Vhllo ECoros of builders are holding off till after the election , the number of buildings under way equals that of List year. A majority of these are residences , a fact which strengthens Omaha's right , to the title , the City of Homes. IT Is painful to observe that the faith ful in Io\ra and Illinois are being favored with federal commissions to go abroad , while second rate po'tolllces are doled out to the patriots of Nebraska. GAtrAGinu : is not only willing but anxious to step down. Pos tal duties prevents him from giving his entire attention to the profitable Inter ests of the council combine. JJelow 1'nr. St. I'aul I'lnnter-l'ras. Quito a number of western senators seem Inclined to climb Into Secretary Blalno's band wngon. Meanwhile Httlo McIClnlcy sits away back la the road with his thumb in bis mouth. AVIiero Is Calamity italic V 'fcUamah Jjiirtonlan. Corn 50 cents per bushel , with bogs nml cattla In proportion this fall , why can't wo howl for a republican administration I Calam ity Jane organs UaJ it so when corn was sell ing at 15 ccnti _ _ _ Why Stanley Favors It. luinsai Cltii Ttnift. A cablegram announces that Stanley up- [ ilauds the scheme of building a trans-Sa- linran railway into the heart ol Africa. Well , that Is to bo expected. Who would not advo- cute such n project If ho had stubbed Ills toes nfjainst cactuses and cobblestones In the wilds of tlio dark continent aa much 113 Stan ley has ! The explorer knows whnt hols tallilnp about. In tin ) Ixirk OHOO iv C'/if nil/it Tif'tu ' lie , Ills innjosty , Emparor William , does not ap prove of cremation. On the otbcr bund , George W. Swnckcnliehn , nn intelligent farmer of Berks county , Pennsylvania , por- Imns as well qmuiilcd to judge in tills matter as tbo yomip man In the emperor business , not only believes In cremation , but says ho expects to have his own bodv burned when lie dies. So wo are all at sea again. The Greenback : ( ioilln. Acio I'mit W'ltrltl. George O. .Tones , the faithful priest who Is kecplnp the greenback coal alive upon the altar of Ills fathers , has called his feeble fol lowers to meet him in Indianapolis on the 27th lust , to resolve about something. 'Iho greenback party has been a shadowy , shabby organization for some years , nnd now that the sil"er inflationists are at the front whut hope can they have of a successful Hooding of the country with Hat money ! i ' "Wlioro Olilo Stands. Clettland LMdtr. "Ohio must be anchored safely In the list of sure republican states , " says the Pittsburg Commercial , "by the time the presidential campaign opens. " Ilavo no alarm. Ohio has not gone democratic once In a presidential contest during the lost thirty years. Nor has she endorsed n democratic administration during that time. Ohio will go republican this year and next , and In ' 93 the UucUcyo bourbons will ho everywhere on the run. WHO WAS GKO. WASHINGTON ? Eh ? Well , now , don't bo too sure about it. If the father of hla country should comehaelc and run for president , and you had to write a campaign lifo of Um maybe you might find that , you did not Itnow such an awful sight about him after all. What you want in that case would boa plainly written , trustworthy and understandable account of the immortal George's youth and manhood , his training , his achievements , his character as a man ; no cherry tree , or cannot tell a Ho business , hut just the straight truth about him , what ever ghost stories might bo needed you could flx up to suit yourself. And the place whom you could find all this would be In the Ameri canized Encyclopedia , Brltnnnlca. Not the Encyclopedia BrUaimica , you un derstand , but the Americanized Encyclopedia Britannlcu ; sounds pretty near tlio thing. 'hut it is a mighty different thing. Same way with FranWIu and Jefferson , and Hamilton ; with Patrick Henry , and John Hancock , and Francis Marlon ; with Henry C ny and Long John Wcntworth. Look in the original Encyclopedia Britunnica and you will Ihid some of them mentioned , hut mighty little more , and some of their not oven that any ono of the old Georges gets a column where an American man trcts unit n do/cn words , liut pick the Americanized Encyclopedia Uritunnlcii and you w ill sec the dlllercuco at once ; the sjmfty Georges take a back sent on tlioii Enpusn thrones , uiitl the men of deeds and brains who muuo this western empire , are coming to tfio front. Want to know what wo are driving aU Well , we'll tell you. Wo menu to sell you u bet of the Americanized Encyclopedia Brltun- nica mid talto your subscription to the DMI.V BBJ : for ono year , both at the snino time. Pcrhnps we'll ' clo It and perhaps wo won't ; but if wo don't you'll miss it worse tlmii wo shall. Can't afford it , did you say ! Oh , come , now ; don't bo In too blir a hurry. You haven't oven heard what it is uoiut ; to cost vou yet. G You can stand S cents a day , surely ! Why. tlio unily papers alone costs you n cents and you must Imvo a dally paper , you know , whether you got an oucycloporilaor not. Jusi put 8 cents Into an old stocking foot each dn.\ I'or a iiumtluind then udd 10 cents ifit's i short ouo , or 2 cents If It's a long month , or 2 ( cents for February , and bo ready with the whole $ ' . ' .50 when our agent calU on you. For that S8.M ) and your iiromiso to pay the sumo sum monthly for the next eleven mouths , ho will filvo yon tbo llrst llvo volumes of -Americanized .Kiioyclopodla Ilritaunlci right then und there unil wo will undertake inourmuno , to deliver you the last llvo vol nines within four months , and will put you down for ono' year's subscription to Tin Chum Iltn , dally and Sunday editions Itcally , if you \ydut n fatter thing than that you'll Imvo to raise It for yourself , for wo cnu't give It to i'ou. What is the Americanized Encyclopedia Ih'ltaimical VfrU , you Uuow what the En cyclopedia Hritahnica is. don't you ! Tlio .Americanized .EuCyclopodh Urltiimilca is Just that -with all the subieuts of interoatto Amer icans rewritten nxbaustlvplv and brough down to date , the subjects which Americans don't care about condensed within iviisoiinblo limits , a whole kcries of hiosr.iphiiis of prom ! ncnt living men added , and u complete now sot of maps. You won't llnd ns much nbou Lord Tnnnoddy or Jlughy Junction In fltho Americanized edition as In the English ; hut you'll llnd n heap sight inoro about lionjamli Jlarrlscni and GroverCleveland , or Obhltost and Kulanmzoo. Ton volumes of it , about seven thousnni pages , or fourteen thousand columns , cqun to about 110 ordinary volumes In amount c contents and alwut ono thousand ordinary volumes in Interest and real valuo. Want to hour some morel "Wo could tell you any quantity ; but advertising space is Jus thu same m monnv , and If you want inon than two columns' full , wo shall have to add another cent to that dally el ht. Our repro- simtullvo will lw round tosuoyou before Ipnj , mid If you need more talking to ho will pi vo you just us much ns you cuu stand. If ho shouldn't , como soon enough to suit you a jiostal curd to us will bring him in a hurry. XIM8 01 * TIIK XIHtTtltrKNT. Nelirnulw. Hastings I * cUniorlng for electric cars , Uothcnburp tjto have a new hotel , three stories high , The prohibition IsU of Holt county will hold u convention In O'Neill August 20. There wcro in the. neighborhood of llltoen carloads of stock shipped from Wllcox last week , The engineers for the Sioux Citv ft Korth- western arc survey rug in the neighborhood of llnrtlngton. George llenham was loJfjed In the D.uvcs county Jail the other ilay charged with steal- lug four head of cattle. The Lyons Mirror has again changed bauds , being purchased by M , , M. nud U. J , Wiirnor , sons of the late Colonel AVnrncr. The old Hastings Athletic- grounds will bo Eold on the 21) ) th of this month , The grounds nro laid oft hi town lots and will bo sold to tlio highest bidder , Mr. II. 0. Bcatty , who was recently dk- charged from tlio hospltnl for Vho Incurable insnno , Inn been reinstated by the board ot public lands and buildings. J. W. Robinson , a prominent farmer and bog raiser residing twelve miles -w t of Hastings , says ho will raise at least two-thirds of an average corn crop this season , This fall Adams county will have a thor ough agricultural fair. The society is offerIng - Ing no purses for speed and all the money p.nd In at the gates will stay in the county M premiums. ThoB. &AI. Is malting a great many im provements In the yards \VyinoroIn \ tlio way of laving new tr.icks , building now stockyards and adding five now stalls to he round house. The best yield of oats yet reported by a Sarpy county farmer is thirty-two bushels pet : acre. The average Is not better than twenty-live bushels , hut the crop is of o.\- ccltant quality , Thooniccra of the Holt County Agricul tural Society nro making lurangcnicuts to have a grand exhibit ut the stnto fair and 0'Xclll citizens iu-o also working n scheme for mi exhibit that will surprise the mitlvo.i. Arapnhoo's peerless cornet band carried oil the honors at the Superior reunion last week. winning the $75 prize offered for the host hand In attendance. Seven uniformed hands en- lured thu contest , and the Arapahoe boys feel good , Tbo fourth annual reunion of the North western Nebraska Veteran association will bo held nt Ansloy week after next , The citi zens of that place nro making great prepara tions for royally entertaining the old veter ans , and It is safe to say that tlioro will be a largo attendance. According to the O'Neill Frontier the crop prospect in the great county of Holt , com- prislug nnuruaof Si)0 ) ( > square miles , never was better , Small grain Is a fair crop and corn , despite the fact , that a few croakers nro reporting that the late dry weather injured It very much , will bo nn immense crop , larger In acreage and yield thau In nny previous year. luvvi. ; A largo number of dwellings are being built at Clinton. An old settlers' reunion will ho licld at Keosauqua , August ' . ' 0. Centervillo has awakened and will have waterworks and electric lights. The conference of the Herman 31. E. church will bo held at Burlington , September S-10. Extensive preparations ai'o being inado to rebuild the burnt-out portions of WliatChuor , The annual reunion ot the Eighth Iowa cavalry will bo held nt Kudyvillc , Soiitembcr ' 'o-Uil. The county recorders and ex-recorders of Iowa will meet iu Des Moiucs * September 2 nud U. George Muller , aten-ycnr-old boy living at Clarimlu. was thrown from his pony and killed. The Grand Chapter of Iowa orders of Eastern Star will uo held at Colfax , Septem ber 10-11. The reunion of the Seventeenth regiment Iowa in fan try will bo held at Brighton Au gust 2C-M. The Ilumboldt county fair will bo held at the fair grounds at Ilumboldt September ijj , 24 , 25 and 20. A call has been Issued for the holding of an independent congressional convention at Avocn , August UO. A Storm i ako man threw a brlclc nt a stray gopher and succeeded iu breaking an $ S5 plato gloss window. The Investigator is the nnmo of a new weekly paper at Atlantic , established by Hudspetii Brothers. The annual meeting of thoprand lodge , In dependent Order of Oddfellows , will bo held at Ottuiiuva August 7. llolly Tyrrell , an Albla boy , while attempt ing to board u moving freight train , fell under tbo wheels and lost a leg. 'I'ho northern Iowa reunion of the Young People's Society of Christian Kmleavor is In session at Osage with ' . ' 00 delegates present. A vicious bull attacked .fames Cayno of Altannd the latter came out of tlio con tltct with a broken jaw and thrco fractured ribs. The mayor of Burlington has issued nn order to the depraved women and gamblers cf that city to remove cr reform by Septem ber 1. "While Emma Kent/enbcrgor , a fourteen- year-old Mvennoro girl , was sent to the re form school , Carroll AleCauley , a married ninu , the cause of her downfall , was allowed to go free. Rcyond tlio The wreck of tlio bark Savonant Wilsons Point , liritish Columbia , has been sold for ? 1,410. Stephen Nlcolettl has snoj the Los Angeles Herald for alleged libel and puts his damages at r > 0,000. The Fresno rnsin crop \vlll bo ! ! 0 per cent greater thiiti last year , and S50 cars will bo necessary to move it. Tlio prohibition convention of Hutnboldt county was held in Kuraka recently , when a full ticltct was nominated. Leila Ltit.ts of Ios Angeles has been held for the murder of Mrs. Swan ton. It was a case of malpractice for ? 15. The T.os Angeles board of education Is de bating the question of introducing military training Into tbo public schools. The Imperial flour mills at Oregon City started up hist Tuesday and nro now turning out 500 barrels every twenty-four houu. H. B , Bciidiscn of Kuroha , Uuinboldt county , has begun to build two three-mast schooners for the Ganllnur mill company. There Is only ouo democratic fcdonl ofilcc- holder In Oregon United States Surveyor General Taylor and Ids successor has been appointed. borne heavy shipments o [ iiign-grauo sul- phurot ore in Alaska mines have been re ceived nt thoTacoma smelter. Ono steamer recently brought 3.M ) tons. The Shasta Courier says a survey Is being made by Chlot Kngmccr Hood of tlio South ern 1'adllo company for a big tunnel through tiio Siuklyou mountains. It will bo live niilus long. long.Louis Louis Slegcrt of Xelmlem , Ore. , went lo a neighbor's place recently to help put out a Held lire.Vhilo hard at work his own dwell ing caught and was destroyed with nil Its con- touts. Ueorgo M , White , llfty-two years old , at Mill Creole , U. T , , fell from a haystack to the ground , twenty feet , mid was Wiled. An ex amination proved that the man died from tlio shock. The Salem Statesman says : This eonsu-3 business would bo a good joke , ludicrous enough to laugh nt , if It were not fortlio fact that Oregon Is likely to lese a amgrossmau by reason of the miserable botch. U'lllhmi Hunter , a loung man twenty-two years of ago , was drowned In Columbia slough , about llvo mlles from I'oitlund , in four feet of water. The drowning was wit nessed bv a young man , who said Hunter wan swimming on his luck , when ho suddenly sniik. Ho supposed ho was taken with cramps , A. T. Allcndcrof Isloton will enjoy a largo income from bis 1,000-acro , mnuh on Aiidrus island. Already ovorfJt.Oiii ) worth of fruit has b < ! cn shinned. The yield was lljiht , but tlio advanced prlco-i have u tendency to make the snasou n profltubln one. Mr , Allcnderhas 501) ) acres of potatoes this summer. About Sfl per cent of thotn have BO far bean marketed , from which ho has realizedovcr810lW ( ) . Tiio Carson TrllmnoBays : A Wnshoo Valley loy mnn boastoaof his power to charm bees. IIo foil asleep inn hnyllold , and some mis chievous companions stirred up nlniinblu- bitis' nest to mark the power of the charm. It didn't work. The bee charmer hud to run a rouploof hundred yards and Jump Into a crook to get rid of tbo iicstifcrous insects. The bee Is a bird that It doesn't do to monkey with. THE STATE CAPITAL , A Young Girl Compelled by Ifor Undo to Marry Agniujt Her Will , SEARCHING FOR A BRUTAL HUSBAND. Allot her Hotel Itnt > bcrv-l'oUl Water ccci l'lj.rliiis-Advont- ! 1st Camp MoclliiK- News mill Notes. LINCOLNNeb. . , August 17.-Specal [ ! to Tnn Hir.-It : ] is currently reported that on Tuesday last a 'wedding was cele brated In this city at a fashionable church in \vblch tlio bride , a beautiful and pure girl whoso nnmo Is above reproach , win coerced Into inarrylnp " .young man from Missouri , for whom she had I.D love , and at Iho same tlmo was engaged to another gentleman. 'Jim young lady was the protege of her uncle , who was recently a. prominent stnlo ofllclal nnd ills declared by the gosslpers that the intermeddling ot her uncle and aunt with the girl's love affairs nnd the commamlthat she should marry the nian from Missouri brought about last Tuesday's marriage. Two liours before she was married it Is further declared that she wrote n most loving and tender farewell to her other betrothed , tell ing him that she was forced Into the present marriage und could not help herself. The minister who united them Is said to feel grieved over the matter and declares the marriage an unholy union over whieli lie would not have presided bad ho known the true state of affairs. A IJIIUT.U , n The police nro looking high nnd low for Charles Adams , the notoriously tough black smith , who beat his wife last night until ho loll her temporarily demented. Tlio woman was found at Twenty-first and J streets early this morning wandering about In a dazed condition and nt first It was thought she was insane. Kho presented a terrible appear ance. Both her eyes % vcro blackened from blows , her Jaw was badly swelled , while her face and head were a mass of cut ? and bruises. The police took charge of the woman mid brought her to the county Jail , where Mrs. Long examined her and found her bodv to be as badly bruised as her head. When the partially recovered from her dazed con dition she told n most revolting story con cerning the cause of the brutal assault made by Adams , .Sho said that a young woman had Keen stopping at her homo for a fovv days and her husband had bccomo greatly smitten with the female. The young woman i-eclprooatcd the unholy advances and Inst night the wife discovered' state of af fairs that made her fairly frantic. The hus band got angry with bis wife for her Inter ference and rupronuhcs nnd kicked and heat her into insensibility. That is the last Mrs. Adam ? remembers. The police went to the homo of the pair at Twenty-ninth mid JV , hut found it deserted. They therefore concluded that Adams , thinking ho hud killed his wife , hud fled , fiklng with him bis Illicit love. It Is said that Adams and his wife have bad several quarrels before , but the husband. being a powerful fellow , managed through the force of his blows to bring his wife Into submission. They formerly lived ou Q street between Tenth and Kluvcnth. ANOTIIKIt IIOTUI , HUJIIIRKY , Another hotel robbery occurred last even ing , Messrs. C. I. Barnes and C. M. Thomp son , who were stopping at the Peoria liouso on Eightn and P streets , being tlio victims , The one suspected is a man giving the nnmo of Coultz. IIo came to the "hotel at 2 a. m. and was assigned to room I ) . Ho slipped out this morning about daybreak , and when Messrs. Uarnes and Thompson , who were in room' ' , arose to dress they discovered Hint they hud been robbed. Fortunately cacti had left a sinnll sum of money in his pocketboolc , Hnrnes havinp & ( j"i and Thompson $ . 1.8(1. ( Tlio suspected thief is stiort and stoutly built , has a light moustache and is about twenty-live years old. lie were u dark suit of clothes and n straw hat with a str.ilglit brim. When ho came into the hotel ho at tempted to win the sympathy of the proprie tor by pretending thut ho "had been over charged by a hackman , AXAHKOW ESCAri : . Ofllcer Bartram's eight-year-old boy was accidentally shot this morning by ono of the city scavengers and narrowly escaped being killed. Tlio scavenger 'showing the re volver to the oDIccr at his home , when the follow unintentionally exploded a cartridge. The ball struck the boy In thu breast just in front of the heart. Fortunately It struck a rib and followed that bone clear around to the spinal column , City Physician OliTen was called and found the ball lodged agalns.t one of thu spinal processes. Ho cut the bullet - lot out. cor.n WATCH CR.\XKS. The prohibitionists of Lancaster county held an alleged county convention nt Hod llibbon ball last evening , but Instead of having over three hun dred delegates them were only eighty- live. H W. Hardy wnschobcn chainnaa and It.V. \ . Maxwell , secretary. At llrst a num ber of speeches wcro made favoring the en dorsement of the .lay Burrows ticket nomi nated at the so-called people's party county convention. This sentiment received n black eye by A. X. Wyckoff arising , saying that ho had conferred with Uurrows imd others i-on- corniiig such endorsement , and they objected to it , saylmr that it would drive away tha votes of the anlt-iH'ohlbltionista in the people' . ) party movement. This w.is u paraly/er. The delegates , after recovering from tlio mitten ( 'lvcu thorn by the so-called people's party , decided to go through the hollow mockery of nominating a ticket of their own. Thu following were then placed In nomina tion ! For senatorsA. . 1ST. Wyclcoff and J. C. Doubt. For legislators Xuil Johnson , O. C. Beach , WankMayes , 1' . Scott and ( ii-orgo Ailoy. l 'or county attorney H , C. Mocltctt. 1'Air county commissioners Lorenzo I.oavlU , ltee.su Larklns and A. L > . Frnzlor. A county central committee was then chosen , nud aftt-r everybody who would ac cept a nomination hud been given such empty honor the convention adjourned. It was a very tame affair. MUCCA I'lUlltlMS , Shortly before ! o'clock this afternoon about a hundred Mecca pilgrims who have hc'm utttmdiiiK the imperial council of the A. A. O. N. m. H. nt Man Kranclsco arrived In Lincoln on their return to their homos In Uos- ton nnd Now York. The Scsostrls Temple lodge of Lincoln hud made elaborate prepara tions to entertain the pilgrims , as it wus ex pected that they would arrive nt noon awl remain until -I p. nr. As the train did not roach the citv until nearly the latter hour , there was no linio for anything more than an informal reception at Uio depot. A number of Omnhu citizens catno down to accompany the pilgrims tothoMatomutrnpolls. Among those were noticed lilchard Smith , Louis 11. ICorly , Hu ) > olcon 1) ) . Apple , lion , Thomas It. 13ruimcr . . ) . Mount und Moiiti Meyer. cmzY CI.AIIK W'AXTKH , Emma Clark of Glllcapio , 111. , writes lo Marshal Mollck of the Lincoln pollen force inquiring concerning her insane brother , E. II. Clarlc , who escaped Irom the insane asylum at .lucksnnvillo u week ago and left for unknown . parts , Clark was in Lincoln Inst l-'ouriiary and caused the nollco ron- sidemblo trouble * through his peculiar actions and disposition to steal any thing ho rould lay his hands on. Ho lay in tlio city Jail for two weeks , the police not knowing what to do with him , Ho was taken buforo the insanity hoard , but instead of sending- him to the asylum ho was given transportation to Omaha to get rid of nny further euro of him. Ills In sanity was caused by Ills vicious habits. AHVKXTJST CAMP SIKr.TIXO. Tlio Seventh Day Advcntists of Lincoln are making elaborate preparations to attend the camp meeting of the brethren of that faith which is to bo hold at York September 4 to 10 , inclusive. Nearly every minister ot that denomination ! u the state will bo present , and in addition to the.so there will ho the follow ing from other states : Hov. K. W. Paras- worth , Dos Alolnt-s , la.Hov , L. U. Chad wick and KovV. . II , Wikehain , Battle Crack , Mich. ; Hnv. M. H. lirown , Mailbon ; Kov. F. Mead , Minneapolis ; Kov. K , Lew , Mlltovvn , S. D. rniiD AMIMOIII : , TIIK WAIP. Ofllcer Bartram has returned from Cort- laud , whither ho wcnttto learn what ho could concerning Fred Ashmore , the waif from Now \ orh who wi Idllcd here by the cnrs n fen days HKO. Tlio onici-r ; learned Unit the Mrtto- picnt oftlio dying hul thut ho hnd n inotlirr in iseworUvus truo. Itenlsoiwcrlnlnol that the boy's father wiisilcudnnd that lie hflil been sent west two yonrs UK" , when onlv sixteen - teen years old. That he was bound out to n farmer named lloi-Uoln , who lives thirteen miles southeast of Cortland Tli.it Hochotn Is worth HIM ) and promised not only to pay the boy for hit work , but also to send him to school nnd sco that ho received u peed education. Instead of this , the bov w < n united upon , ns nro many oilier orphan boy lie was ninilolo work clKlitccn hours n d.'ifi allowed only live nml six hours n night ID sleep , nml during the two years Is nlli'pc > > l to have not received a slnpto day's schooling. The boy was anxious to get an education , but was cursed and browbeaten whenever 1m mentioned the subject to the rich farmer. Finally young A slnnoro ran away to como to Lincoln to sco the lawyer who- bound him out tollocheln ami toniceitnln whether ho could not be changed to some other fanner who would cither pay him for his work or allow him the privilege of golnff to school. Just us the train on which the boy waa stealing n rldo reached Lincoln the lad , who hnd been robbed for two years of his natural sleep , fell Into a slumber nnd tumbled from the bumpi-H under the wheels and via crushed to death. CITV JCF.WS AXI > XOTIS. : The pollco report Unit there la n pailierhiff < of suspicious clinr.ictt'w nlrcmlv Iu tlio cltyt wlio are iircinrlng evidently for a rMi hir 1 vest by criinlnnl menus ilurlnc the stfilo fiTliC Usually thcso fellows patbor to plunder tlio rooms of pucsts nt the hotels or lnvnlt Into hnuseswhliothu family Is absent at tlio fair , or pick the pockets of ppipln nt the prmiii.K At a sosslou of tlio iiolk-u enurt luMd lust evening Squint O'Connor wus put tuulcr { : , iii ) boiulrt to appear bcforo the district court for stealing a gold watch from u fnllcn woman named Kvu Unswortli , .Tolin C'roodon , the fellow who was ciniRhtln tlio net of Mcnlini ; two gold watches from 1'awnbroUcr Ciold- water , was also an-.ilgned nml bound over In tlio same sum , Mr. and Mrs. TO. C. Snyderof Omaha wow In the city today sccIiiKtho sights. Mrs. Goldalcrry failed to sustain the son * salloniil chorpos slio made ajjniiist her hus band , Manse Ooldsborry , nnd Instead of hatIng - - Ing him sentenced to the penitentiary , us she declared with n great llourisli of trumpet is she would do , , liuljo Foxworlhy decided last evening that there was no case whatever nKiilnst him and discharged him , Manse J asserts Hint Mrs. ( Joldsherry lias inado ho inn l - very unpleasant for him , and that was S- main cause for his leaving. IIo tells some hard stories about the woman. In this country there are 3,000,000 nlllnnco- nicn. If Mr. Kern could set a great universal lly paper and catch all theso.votcrs , his elec tion would bo assured. Ho w would It do for Allen Hoot to call the Independent convention to order again , and nominate a congressman ) Jlr. Van 'NVyck Is out of the Held. Although Judge Noiris has inado aftuinvlt that ho will not accept the congressional nomination In the Third district , the Hart Ing- ton Herald demands that ho must bo nomi nated to save the country. In the meantime Judge Harrison Is cutting bait , while Ihiincr nnd Mciklojolm are Hahing. Grandpa Powers Is billed to make a speech every day until Koveinber n. Our esteemed double decker isstillglvlng its unfinished re-port of the Uemocrntlj stulo convention. A few more days and It will have printed as much of the report as Tim 13EC printed the morning after the conven tion. tion.Dr. Dr. Hear will stump the state. IIo also threatens to Invade South Dakota. Ho ex pects a largo majority from Lawrence county , i Dr. Abbott , the Fremont stuto-smnu , ilonic.i that he expects to organize u U'hite Man's ' party. It is unnecessary to state that Mr. Charley lirown has not asked for an engrossed copy of the platform adopted by the untcrriiictL lie Is waiting for the next convention. living Politics with Religion. Cumin-Man Kalcldnicnjit , These who attended the morning services at the Methodist lipiscopnl church last Sun day wcro treated to n very nice , pleasing , logical scriptural dlocour.se by the Rev. Judge Henderson of Frontier county , an eld friend and schoolmate of Pastor Dawson. These who gathered at the same place In the evening to attend union services and hear liev. Dawson preach were most Ignomliilously sold ; lor , Instead of the promised sermon , a very ordinary politico-temperance lecture was indicted upon them by the Judge , 'i'ho lecture wns out of the ordinary only In oua respect the ludicrous attempt of the speaker to harmonize prohibition and democracy , ho avowing the belief that two years bcnco the democratic platform would coutuli ; n straight temperance plank ! Verily , the gentleman's credulity is marvclloiH. Hut It is not our object so much to comment tin ; this speech a temperance lecture , or eveii u democratic speech nro all right in their respective - ' spectivo places -but wo tlo wish to enter our earnest protest against the use of the churches on Sunday nights for political speeches of any kind , and ulso ntj.iinst Iho pernicious practice of calling people together to hear the gospel preached and then yelling politics in their unwilling cars. Wo helluva It is nil right to mix religion with politics , but it is poor policy to mix politics with ru- liglon nnd rank sin to substitute In the pullt ) a political harranguo for the word of CJod. Wo believe thcw views nro In direct har mony with these entertained by our church members and church-going people ; a number have so expressed themselves , and the next man who attempts to talk polities in the church will probably meet with a cool recep tion. Miss Margaret Alford , the young nloco of - fl Dean Alt'ord , who lias Just taken llrst runic 111 , , i J | n claislo at Cambridge , has never found that study Interfered with her health. Hhu bus studied about eight hours n day on nn average - ago , and enjoys long wnhcs nnd plenty of open-air exercise. She Is also fond of muslo nnd used to Jlnd time to practleo the violin. The vaulting ambition of Miss ICato Denn of Mldillcport , ( ) . , a good-looking twenty- two-ycar-old girl , gotlicr Into Jail at Pomoruy. Miss Donn wus arrested forgoing into a pis- : turo Held , making n hridlo of her apron- strings , mounting u horao belonging to UIMI Hamilton anil riding the animal mnn-dishlnii around the Hold , She varied the pcrJViC-i. niic-o by otvasiotwlly pulling a smnll hey or girl up behind her and giving each whirl about tlio pastum. Tlio Justice of the pcaco senU-ncod Miss Denn to Jail for fifteen days , but she win released the no.xt day on u writ of habeas coipin. Tliu young lady seems to have mental und physical endowments for thu circus ring which might bo cultivated with great success , OMA.HA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed and Quarnntuod Capital..f.OO.OOO 1'aldln Capital : ) ,000 IJuys nnd soils itncks nml bonds ; ncgotlnlcn cnmmitrulnl paper ; roculroit null oxpculos trusts ; iiuU RH Iranufor iiKi'iit anil tnislco tit corporations , tukua clmrgo of properly , col * lQ2ts taxci , Omaha Loan & TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S E Corner lOth nnd Douglns Sts I'utd In Capital * 50'XL ' Huhftcrlltoiliindnunrnntrnl Capital 1 < ! , ( iy < JV Liability of btooktiolili'N iM.OCV * 61'ur Cent Inlnrott 1'uM on DopojItB , ritA.MC J. LANUK , Oattlilcr. Oftlpomt A , U. Wyninn , pieslilunl ; J.J. lirown , vlca-proildoiit , T. wymnn , troasnrur , DlrccUirni-A.U. Wjrinnii.J. II. Mlllard. J. J Jtnuvn.Ouy 0. Minimi , K. W. NusU , Thorn J. lUmWl , Ucorco II. J.ako. a"