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THE OMAHA DAILY BBEjiTHURSDAY , AUGUST 21 , I.MITC ? . JWSEJff ATER , Jdltpr , _ _ _ _ I'll I3MSICD ! JTVEUY "rilORNINa TF.It M 3oFTutsul I'T I ON. Jiiilly nmlgtinilny , OHO VOKT . } 10 M Flv iwmtlH . . . . . fi W Vi | ! ( month * . . . 3 W ) Bniuliiy HOP , Ono Vc'ar . SCO ViecMy net. One Year. . . . 1 i ) Onmlin. Th" Hoc lliilldliic. h til li Oinii'm. Corner N niifl Si'ih Slrcotl. ( i iit.i'll . niiitfu. li I'dirt PlretM. I hlfiijt' ) UltloiVil * Clmiiili'r of Commerce , Nrwrorh.Uooina 13,11 nii < l t. % . TtlUiiiioUulldlng V. . .slilimtM ) , 51.1 rotirtcentli Street. All rninniinili''ttloiis rclatlnz to now * mut M t i l-il Mutter should bu add rcssi.'d to the I'.tlltfaiiiil 1 ' ( ; ) > rt men I- BUSINESS I.KTTERS. Al1bn ! nr H tetter * it ri'l ' rcrnlttnnocsiliould l.c udilriril loTliolleo I'tiblUhlns ronipiuiy , Oiunlin. Hi-lift * , clicrltniifl WHtdlllenonlcM to Iji'tiitulo pitvubloto tlio urui'r of tliu com- IHMI.V. The Bcc Publishing Company , Proprietors , The Hen H'ld'jr , I'lti-nam and Seventeenth SM. MVOIIN ttnti' ttnti'l' l' untycif Itoitshs. f N I' . Toll , cuslilcr of Tlio Ileo I'tibllshlnir Cninnnu v.docHRnliMiinly flWiMirllint the nctunl rlrrtilntl'in of Tun DAII.V llr.r. for the week riullnir Anaiisl 111. ISM. wnt IIH follows : hiiiiil.'iv. Annual 111 . . ' . " . ' .SOO Mundny. Aiiemt II . lO.MT Tue , tiny. AtiKWt JJ . lli.fi ? tteilnrsilnv. August M . H'.WI ' TlMiistlji v. ' Annul 1 . SUM I r rliy. AllKUht l.'i . ) . i"S Putttrdny , August 18 . "O.fl. > : i Avcrago . Ii ( ) . . B ( ) H. I' , fun. . Pwnrn tn before mo nnd subscribed lit rny pri R < nro Mils IMIi lny of Aitvtust. , A. ! > . . IH'.K ' ) . ' ( -I.M. . I W. H. KIMITZ , Notary Public. Floipof No ! rnikn. I _ _ iiiiinly of Douglas. l 8 Gcoivf II. Twlmck. lidnR duly sworn , Oo- in < n nil KIIVS Hint lie Is sorrel nr.v of Tlio Heo 1 ' Mi-li.iijt Oiiinpiitiy. that thonctunl averiso clfiilj i-iriMiliitloii of TIIK O.ui.v llr.ifor : tlio n finili of AiiKtMi. 1'f'J ' , 18i" ( > l copies ; for Sop- li'ii I rr. 111. 11,710 roplri * , fov October , IR-ty JMtii rnijiuu. for November , ISSO , 1 ! > , IIO ! copies ! for Jlri 1'inl'er. ' bS'.i , 31,048 i-oplcs ; for .Tanimrr. J " " < > . in.-fu co'ili-s ; for February IM)0. ) 1U , 1 ' r lc : forMari'li. 1HO , .r.i'S15 ' rnploa ! for April , in.-ci , ronli'.s ; fur Slny. IMC ) , SO. I fin copies Irr II-IIP. IMio , LOW1 : cniiU'H , fi > r .Inly , 1801) ) , > . ' I" i < > | > | IH. Ouiilfli : II. T/SCIIIICIC. Min ' ! ! licfm-o mo iind Biilwrlboil In my ] iti > . < < Ili'a at diiyof Augtut , A. I ) . 'S0.1. I- rr..l N. I' . Vint. . Notary Public. S.SIDI.Y the register of deeds Unit tt public olllco is a private trust. Nou- that the council combine hns tiilcfii a liiitlithc mcmLofsciin coinohotno nt their eiii'liost convfiiiionco. Tun report that Doilfjo county com- pviycd tlio Tliird congressional district Ind iiiit been confirmc'd : it last accounts. TIIK irico ofvlioit ; uul com Is tulvunclntr. Ami Nohnislca \v [ 4 pulling in BOinotimiizing liola to supply the ilcinaiid for the latter. f'lliCAOO should prom ] > tly apply to the wheels of tlio world's fair a Liberal dose o' the lubricator so lavishly dispensed In Washington. Possibly that would m i liea "go. " ) tliat Mexican mine deal go through iti irood shape , It is probable that the Nobraslia Central bridge hole mi llio river Jront will bo excavated a fo\v ntoro foot. Ijf clcciding to'.put in force the grain rates oiMorcct by the interstate com- inorco eonimlsston , the Rook Island road wisely ruhnilH that it is not a profitable job tn butt iU head against a legal stone wall. Tills combined wealth of the candi dates abroad for senator In Colorado [ 3 estimated at five . and a half millions. What it will amount to when the cam paign isovordopjndson the number of Pooh Balis elected to the legislature. RlU'Oirrs from Chicago confirm the suspicion which was obtained at the time of the inurdorof Snoll , that Tascott was not as badly wanted as tlio reward indicated. The capture of the alleged murderer might dlsclosu n commodious familv .skeleton. AMD now tlio information is given out by a Chicago detective that \Vlllio Tas- cott is not wnnteil. Had' this idea prevailed - vailed some tlmo ago , tlio do/.on or two Willlo Tascolts who have boon arrested in ililToreiil parts of the country would have boon saved n great amount of humiliation. AND no\v It transpires after all the tn- Uu'vlows General Van "Wyek still re mains undecided as to his withdrawal from the First congressional race track. From the ino.jt reliable sources \vo loam that General Van \\Tyck will bo in- llitenced by the alliance lenders who placed him in nomination. FIKTY-KOUU hundred monitors of the Grand Army answered the final roll call last year , an average of fifteen a day. In ( mother quarter of a century a vast majority of the grandest army that over baltled for human liberty will have "pitched their tents on fame's eternal camping ground , " AccouDiNtj to the patriots of Dodge countj a crisis is ripening in the Third district which can bo averted only by her "favorito son" plunging into the breach. It Is barely possible tMt the crisis in confined to Dodgocounty. Noth ing of the kind is visible to the naked oyein the remaining llfty-threo counties of the district. THE decision of the Hock Inland to comply with the order of the interstate commission carried consternation and dismay into the railroad cam ] ) in Chicago cage , Such an unusual occurrence nat urally excited indignation among cor poration presidents and attorneys whoso chief aim in life is to nullify , by hooker or crook , tlio will of tholicreators. . democrats express amaze ment over what Is termed "an unnatural alliance" of the party with the prolilbl- llnnlpta In one county In the otato. Q'ho i K > .i'lliiieo : is truly shjuoljlng , yut there 1 1 n n'ltftblo party precedent to sustain It The unloa of the prohibitionists mid t f il'-inocruuy in 1SSI gave us Cleveland. I ) M'f.l i > arty jiatrlotsvill deny the / . ' . vt no one has had the hardihood ' i iyth ti'iilli of the assartion that ' -onuotof ( the prohibition cain- , . . M i N w York were paid out of ' i--i\ \ < \r \ tin national campaign fund. " dtillnxtiUliOil oxunijilo ba- ' ii ( i' Ijnot Btirprlslng Hiata ' . ' 1 ' , donioumts .I'M' tin WMttii joined > -vk , , , prolilbrt un tlio common " to beat the ro- v ! > , "Anything A vovK'AXD-nciiit sronr. The Nebraska Christian Itlroccifca denominational weekly published In Omaha , in is last issue contained the following purn graph. Facts are coming to light nnd testimony being taken which shows a deep laid scheme on the pait of the whisky forces to Illegally vote about five thousand men In Omnhn , and In otlcr cities to v.ork the unmo scheme to conut us out November 4. Tlio liquor cle ment hnvo entire control of some wards , but ( hero Is dnnuer nhciut for thorn If tbey go fonvnnl vltlt their present plan. When a minister of the gospel resorts to such barefaced fabrication and seeks to bolster up a so-called moral move- men thy printing a tissue of falsehoods to fire the hearts nf his credulous follow ers , ho shows himself utterly unworthy of the numo of Christian. Will tlio Chriftian Advocate kindly in- lonn the public what facts have come to light that justify such a grave charge ? AV"hcro is the testimony being taken which will hear out even the suspicion of a deep laid schcmo to Illegally vote live thousand or any other number of persons who are not entitled to vote ? Wo venture to suggest that the secular press Is fully as vigilant and enterpris ing1 as the religious press , but up to this time no paper in Omaha except the ChnkliunAfltocnte hi s hoard of any facts justifying even a suspicion , and nobody in or out of nny newspaper oflico has licard of any such testimony being taken. Downright lying nnd slander may bo considered as justifiable from the pe culiar standpoint of the C/ti'i.slidii / Ailco- cute , but they are sadly at variance with the principles of which Chrifrtlanity boasts. If the startling statements made are true , the Advocate has scooped tlio daily prints and will probably bo willing to slvo further details. If such testimony is being taken it is certainly done in the legal way , before a magistrate or a notary. If not , the testimony will bo of no value. The trouble with our highly moral contemporary is that it scVs behind every bush a nun boodlcr and no wild rumor is incredible so long ay it rcllects upon the opponents of prohibition. Till : LA KK DKFKySiKS. There may bo something more than ordinarily suggestive In the fact that Secretary of War Procter , in company with General Scholicld , is to make a trip along the lake frontier to inspect Its de fenses. In view of the irritating condi tions growing out of the Cehring sea controversy , the withdrawal of tlio priv ilege of carrying bonded American mer chandise from Canadian railroads , and other matters which arc not cal culated to make more friendly the relations between the United States and Canada , it is not more diili- cult to llml a serious moaning in this in spection of lake defenses than it was for a well known ox-govcrnorof Ohio to con strue a miucjsl from the war department for a statement of the strength of tlio militia of that stale , and of how long it would tulco to mobilize them for service , as evidence that the government was at that tiino apprehending the necessity of an invasion of Canada. But there is probably nothing moro to this viult'thnn a desire of the secretary of war to obtain by personal inspection a knowledge of the condition of the lake defenses , and the desire is commendable , lint as the Now York Sun observes , the journey ought to he n bhort one , for there is little to inspect that is worthy of the immo of defenses. It appears that thcro Is a limit established by treaty upon the naval force this govern ment can put upon the lakes , but there is no restriction regarding land defenses. Congress lias been frequently notified of the inadequacy of those defenses , par ticularly at points which would bo vital in ease of hostilities , hut no atten tion has boon paid'to It. The feeling of security which prompted this indiU'or- oncomay still bo warranted. There maybe bo no real danger In the complications which are subjects of controversy be tween the United Stales and Great Brit- lain , nut reasonable precautions , when they can ha taken without very great expenditure , are certainly wise , and when our vast lake interests , far more valuable than our ocean coastwise trade , are considered , it is not to bo doubted that a moderate outlay for defensive works to command the approaches to Lake Ontario , protect Lake Clmmplnln and to nrovont an enemy's licet from passing up Lake Huron would bo ap proved by the country. Congress will doubtless have its attention called to this matter In the next report of the sec retary of war , if not sooner. w -run IXTKHKST \aiucuLTum. \ . The house of representatives will'dur- ing the ensuing week 'give its attention most largely to measures moro or less directly affecting the interests of agri culture. It is time the conclusion to do this was reached , for although it is duo to the committee on agriculture to say that it appears to have been duly dili gent in considering proposed legislation deemed to bo necessary both for the wel fare of the agricultural interest and for the general good , the house has not shown n proper concern for the matter. It may ho that the majority are not to beheld hold responsible for this , but at any rate the important subjects of legislation now to bo passed upon have not received the attention , except from the commit tees on agriculture , that they merit. The consequence is that they will now bo somewhat hastily disposed of , Bomoof thorn , if not nil , certainly not receiving the careful scrutiny and discus sion which they should get , For example , the senate bill to as sist agricultural colleges , the first taken up of the measures arranged to ho cojisldored , was passed after a debate of two hours. To nil intents and pur poses the report of the committee was approved in advance , the only fruit of the discussion being an amendment pro scribing how the appropriation should ho applied. Of course this is practically committee Ipgislation , of which there has boon a great deal at the present sos- rtion , The next measure , the bill pro viding for the Inspection of moats for exportation , on which only two horn-ado- hate was nllowd , had received more atten tion. Its discufs'on In the senate and in the press , nnd the support that has boon given It by the secretary of agriculture , cannot have failed to famlflarlzo all members of the house with its general characternnd Importance. It is legis lation obviously demanded in the Inter est of our foreign trade in meats. Two other measures are in the pro gramme , one being the bill donning lard nnd requiring the compound article bo branded , nnd the other the measure ngalnst option dealing in food products. On these n wider lati tude of discussion is allowed , nnd at to the llrst there will bo very vigor ous opposition , with the probabilities not wholly favorable to Its passage. In deed , the chances would seem to bo rnther against its passing , slnco the southern representatives nro understood to bo practically solid in opposition and a num ber of northern republicans are known not to favor It. With regard to the anti-option bill , which comes last among the measures to bo immediately con sidered which have a distinctive re lation to the agricultural interests , It is apprehended that it will not come to a Until vote. It docs not disparage the valuoof the other measures to say that this bill is regarded by the producers of the country very generally as of the greatest importance to their interests. It has been commended widely by farm ers' convention ! ' , and so far iis wo are uv.ro there has boon no expression of pro Jucors nny where against it. This fact should impress upon tlio majority in congress the expediency of passing the bill , unless it shall appear that umlertho changed conditions , with alllhoproducts of agriculture rising steadily in price , the farmers feel less concern regarding legislation of this kind. THE \roiu.irs \ FAIII ix Mint , . It is a fact to bo admitted with regret that there is very little prospect of a world's fair to commemorate the dis covery of America on anything like the scale originally contemplated. Thcro is even boino reason to doubt whether there will bo an exposition international in character , There will undoubtedly bo a fair , participated in by the national government and the slates t nnd probably by a few foreign gov ernments , but it Is hardly pos sible now that it can reach any such proportions as It was Intended to have. The delay in the preparations duo to the con 11 let between hellish in terests in Chicago over a site , and the impression that lias generally obtained that the local directors are chlolly actu ated by a desire to place the whole countiy under tribute for the sole benefit of Chicago , hnvo nearly destroyed pub lic interest in the enterprise. Almost from the day that city was selected for the Columbian exposition there has been mnuifcalcd there no patriotic concern for the success of the undertaking ing- , and it has appeared to bo regarded simply as a great monoy-inaking affair for the benefit of that city. This was what was feared of New York , and accounted ( counted In a largo measure for the oppo sition to that city , so that its uppoarnnco in Chicago is doubly disappointing' . The popular interest that has been lost in consequence it will bo very dilllcult to rostoro. The present situatioa of n flairs Is so serious a sal mo-it to warrant the appre hension that the fulrwill bo 'a complete failure. The question of a site continues ' ues , apparently , the chief source of trouble , but it is .stated that the finances of the fair committee is also a matter of absorbing concern , for the reason that a considerable number of the thousands who subscribed to the fund of five million dollars which It was necessary to pledge will not pay their sub5crip- tions. It is by no means carlaln , either , that the proposed amendment to the constitution of the state author izing the city to bond Itself for five million dollars will bo adopted. Altogether , therefore , the outlook is anything but promising' . Jloanwhilo there is no indication of any foreign in terest in the enterprise , but on the con trary such expression as has como from abroad is discouraging to any expecta tion that Kuropcnn countries will bo largely represented. Chicago has her honor and her pres tige at stake in this matter , and if she allows the undertaking to fail , or to fall far short of what It was Intended to ho and hyr people promised it fchould be , stio will bring a blot upon her fume that will never bo effaced. CIMA7) ISLAND'S A'fTItACTlOX. On September 1 Grand Island opens to the world her magnificent attraction , a beet sugar palace. The scheme is a novel one , the design is new , and the en terprise and energy behind it is charac teristic alone of tlio pusli of ono of the live and progressive cities of Nebraska. Tlio idea of the palace was suggested by the fact that boot sugar-works , the larg est in the United States , have been es tablished at Grand Island , and the ma chinery will bo in motion this fall. The annual Grand Army of the Republic- reunion meets in Grand Island the first of September , and with the sugar palace , a panorama of the battle of Gettysburg and the Interesting programme of the old vet erans , there will bo no lack of interest. Apart from the exhibits of sugar there Is to bo inside the palace a cereal ex hibit which will contain specimens iof all kinds of agricultural products grown in the wost. A mintaturo beet sugar factory which will bo in operation dur ing the exhibit , will bo another feature of general interest , ns it will give nil visitors a clear idea of how sugar is manufactured. There are other attractions which Grand Island's enterprise has furnished , and all who attend the reunion will bo amused , refreshed and instructed. . nvtv or Tin ; co.vj//ss/o.v/jfs. / The county commissioners have a duty to. pnrform with regard to all olllccrs and they cannot shirk it on account of personal friendship or political nflllia- tion , As managers and supervisors of the affairs of the county they must see to it that every ofllcor shall regularly account for the foes collected by him nnd turn over to the county treasurer the surplus above hit ) salary and allow ances at leant once each year. As a mat ter of fact the law requires those settle ments to be mtulo every six months and the law bhould bo enforced until it is re pealed or modified. No exception is made by the law In favor of any olllctal , hence no exception can bo made irt favor of the recorder of deeds. "Whotl attention was called to tlio neglect of that ofllcoito pay over the surplus of Ills' foes for 18S9 , nt the beginning of the present fiscal year , six months aCton- the settlement should have been made , assurance was given that the deficit would bo made peed , and'soon thereafter THE IJlJB , on . the representation of ono of tho. county commissioners , announced that tlio money had. actually been paid over. But this report lias been contradicted by the county treas urer. The recorder of deeds still per sists in withholding the funds duo the county under the plea that ho is not obliged to settle until the end of his term. The commissioners have the advice of two succeeding county attorneys that the law does not boar any such construction. Their manifest duty under the premises is to make a formal demand for the money duo the county from the recorder , and if ho falls to comply with this order , to direct the county attorney to Institute proceedings for its recovery. TIIK folly of cheap pavements will soon make itself felt on the taxpayers of the city. Under the present charter the cost of nil repairs of pavements must bo paid bylhocityat large. The injustice of this provision Is apparent. It has been a premium on cheap , temporary pave ment ? , It enables property owners of a district to select poor material , nnd thus impose on the city the cost of constant repairs in after years. In this way en terprising property owners who pave with durable material are compelled . to bear a share of their impecunious neighbors. Last year the city paid out nearly twelve thousand dollars for pavement repairs , and the total this year is likely to double that of 188 ! ) . The five-year guar antee on all the main streets paved with asphalt has expired , and nil patching and repairing is now being charged up to the city. Tlio miles of rotting wood pavements already demand attention. Tlio burden of repairs will in a few years' amount to a vast stun. It is important therefore that measures bo taken with a view to amending the charter at the next legislature to moot this emergency. A chnng-o is demanded that will confine the cost of repairs and ropaving to the districts in which they are made. This is the most equitable way of meeting tlio cost. If every paving district is com pelled to bear its legitimate burden the penny wise and pound foolish policy of selecting cheap material will bo brought homo to the purses of the property owners , and \vo will soon have an cud to patched and decaying1 pavements. TIIK threatened disruption of the local fire insurance trust is an extra hazardous risk , in view of the fact that the companies clean up half a million a year in the state. Tun Omaha council combine Is not nsf fresh as it looks * Nevertheless the Salt Lakers performed a generous act in sous ing the junketers in the briny pond. OI-IOW-OIIOW. Wo sco tlmt General Van Wyek Is billed to speak at the old settlers' picnic lit Fairmont on Friday.Vo again .urgo him to explain tlio cliurges made each against the' other of Dictator Burrows and ex-Governor Butler. True , the occasion sit Pillmoro county Is not 'political. However , It will bo an opportune time to consider the possible advantage to a great reform movement and the birtb of n Kruut political party to have tlio uccouchmont attended by two mid wives , Burrows alleging that before birth Butler attempted to bribe him by payment of 851)0 ) , and Imtler in his impudent innocence chargingtlmt the dicta tor did not so much object to tljo bdbo as tlio amount ; tlmt Burrows cliiimod to bo nocbcap mna and that his inllucnco was great In the alliance. _ _ _ ' Farmer Edgcrton , the footsore anil horny. handed son of toll , whoso nnnto figures on the people's ticket as candidate for attorney general , has Just relumed from a trip of seven days up in the drouth-stricken districts of the northwest. Mr. Kdb'crton was inclined to look on the bright side ot life , nnd ho talked without reserve toTiiiiBi'.i : : "You see , " said the eloquent champion of labor , warming up to tlio occasion , "tlio feel ing among the f.inaers is sucli that victory is buro to perch upon our banner. " "But how is this fct'ltug , of which you speak ) Is It a thrill , a frenzy , or an over mastering maniii ? Do tell how you know you have the right feeling , " exclaimed TUB HKI : . ' 'I can't describe it , " said Farmer Edgorton , "it falls upon you like a mesmeric spoil and keeps you In its grip. Everyone who feels this peculiar sensation wants nn olllco. It takes possession of one and chains him to the , spot , as It were. Now , thcro is Grandpa Powers. lie has been everything slnco ho Clrcolyizcd but this fall lie feels this influenza which seems to have spread over our stnto like contagious disease. Dan Imtler has got It ; Hurrowshas got it ; Chamberlain 1ms it bad. I have had symp toms of it. Wo fcol tlmt wo want to disturb the Rcnoral order of things ; that wo were chosen to lead ; that wo should draw the sal aries and govern the people. Of course , Powers has not funned for years. I never touched n plow 'or a reaper except at tlio county fair , hut ( Ills feeling Is a peculiar one ono that no man , can get on to. [ had tlio feeling , and , us 1'sity , all the candidates have hail It bad. " "But do you suppose tlmt tills thing would annoy you if you \yoiild get on a farm nnd go to work ? " naked the reporter. "I do not know ) " said Farmer Kdgerton. "I would not Hko to try It. Of oourso you sco tlmt 1 am willing to make u sacrifice of myself ; it Is -terrible - sauritlco , too , hut these farmers want some patriotic soul to do this , and of course C.randp.i Powers , Olllo ICcmnnd 1 would "liato to disappoint them. " And Mr , KdKerton loft , weeping tears that would have assayed about 'JO par cent salt. Those who figure on results this fnll must count on about two hundred ami ton thousand votes boin ( ! cast. Ihoso may bo divided up In as many ways as suits you best. Charley Urown is said to bo writing a. book entitled "Democrats , us Well as HepuWieans , are Ungrateful. " It Is unnecessary to add that this volume * will not constitute any of Mr , Iloyd's campaign literature. Farmers' friends and the census are widely nt variance thh year , " Block 81 ! ( Omaha's now postom < ; o site ) , Is sadly in need Of a jiow dress. Iho Iti 'lit Kind of President. 'ety York Trtbunt. It Is a good thing to have u president who nnlthcr Koea JUhlngua Decoration day nor times his arrival ut n great city for the day after the national encampment bus been uroUcu up. A BOLD HIGHWAY ROBBERY , An Old Man Hobbed of Ilia Team on a Pub lic Street of Lincoln. THE AFFAIR A MOST MYSTERIOUS ONE , No Onn Held ItcspimMhlu Tor the 10.x. plosion at the ( ! ns Works Kl ! it Divorce Cases In u Week. LINCOLN' , Neb. , August 20. [ Special to TUB DEE. ] A peculiar affair occurred on O street , between First anil Second streets , lnst evening , the report of which would not bo be lieved were It not for the veracity of the spectators. At U o'clock tin old man wns seen driving along tlmt thoroughfare , when suddenly ho was slopped by two fellows who suddenly Jumped from ambush and dragged the old man from his carriage. They then Got into the buggy and laying lash to the horse drove off , turning south on Second street. The man , who was evidently robbed of his horse nnd vehicle , gave chase and passed Bruco's store nt Second and F streets shouting that ho had been robbed. Both the thieves and their pursuer disappeared In Iho darkness , imd the police were apprised by telephone of the affair. Marshal Mcllck nnd Captain Cnrdc-r drove out to Investigate and later wcro reinforced by Deputy Sheriff. ! Iloagland mid McRirhmd. The penitentiary nnd asylum roads wcro scoured for several miles , but no trace of cither the Old man or the thieves could bu discovered. It is feared that the thieves might have stopped long enough to have murdered the old man who was pursuing them and then cither hid the body or taken it with them. Up toI o'clock this afternoon nothing hud been ' heard con. ccrnlng the whereabouts or Identity of the old man. TIIC iXQt-nw. Last evening and today Coroner Holyoke has been holding an inquest over the bodies of William Dinncen and Columbus Mnggurd , the victims of the explosion nt the new frus works on Monday evening. William Lnwiur , superintendent of the gas works , was the first witness called. Ho admitted tlmt Phi- neon was promoted from tlio position of laborer to that of engineer simply because ho was u bandy man nnd would do the work for SI.75 per day. Lau-lcr said that ho himself had lusted the boiler with a hammer and thought it to bo all right. About Jifty minutes before tlio explosion ho ordered Din- necn to fill the boiler with cold water. Dhi- neen'complied with tlio order at (1:10 ( : , when the explosion occurred. The boiler was a second hand ono mm was of llio pattern generally - orally used in openUing threshing machines. Hoth Mrs. Dliiiieon and a brother of Iho deceased named J. R Diimcon testiliod Unit they never know of the deceased attempting to run n holler until ho was put in charge of the ono that exploded. ISlrs. Dinneon testillcd that Monday noon slio carried her husband's dinner tohim , At that tiino ho told her that the boiler had on all tlio steam it would stand. Sbe looked at the gaugoimd saw thitt it indicated 100 ibs. Her husbuud at that time explained to her tlio working of the iraugp. Morris Wilson teslilled that the boiler hud stood without covering for six months at Seventh and N streets before being put into use by the gas ciimpany. lie did not con sider Dmiicen competent to run a boiler. Mr. Thomas Trumbull , a practical boilermaker - maker , testified that lie examined the frag ments of the boiler after the explosion and found from thorn that the boiler had been in very bad condition previous tj ) the explosion , After hearing their evidence the Jury wns t'dcen to the sccno of tlio accident. After hearing the testimony Mrs. Dinncen announced her iiitciilion of suing the gas company for damages. Alter hearing the foregoing testimony the jury brought la the usuul verdict , blaming nobody but the dead ine.ii. Considerable stir- prize imd Indignation was expressed over the verdict. r.ioiiT DIVOIICI : CASES ix A WEEK. The number of applications for divorces hi the district court of Lancaster county is really astonishing. Within the past week nlono there has been no less than eight up- plications , averaging over one u day. This exceeds tlio number of marriage licenses issued during the snme period , and a continu ation of such a record will ultimately result in the entire abolition of the married state. The latest applicant is Mrs. Agnes Williams , who wants to bo free from all claims that her husband , who bears tlio reduplicate name of William Williams , may have upon her. Mrs. Williams says that she has been married to him for three years , and , like C.'csar's wife , hits been above reproach. Tlmt he , after being married only ten mouths and just after his child was born , commenced paying tin- holy attentions to ono Mnmio Kodinaii in Vir ginia. This caused a separation of the two and Mrs. AVllllams caino to Lincoln to live , Her taste of freedom bus proved so sweet that bho wishes it continued indetinitely and slio nsks for a dissolution of the marriage ties. ties.The The other applications for divorces during tlio past week were lilcd by Mrs. Anna 13. Goldbbcrry , Mrs. Addle W. Bell , Mr. Ilnr- \\ood , M. I'enii , Mrs. Alice Eroadwnter , Air. Jlai-ion IIttbbe.ll , Mr. Edwin V. Wright. Mr. William U. Fruzior. Mr. .lames 33. Ballance aiid Mr. William Maycs. Depraved tenden cies und violation of the murriago vows were charged in each case. I.KIfel. ON Tlin ASYLUM. "What does nil this stuff from Hitchcock's Lincoln correspondent concerning the closing of the iiiiiano asylum at Hustings mean , any way ! " Mild Attorney Ucncnil Leeso this morning. "I really do not see what need there Is in trying to make a profound sensa tion out of comparatively nothing. True , the fund for victuals , clothes nnd coal will bo used up before the legislature can malto pro visions for the deficiency , but there are nny number of merchants In Nebraska , and even in Hastings alone , willing to trust the stnto for the same until an appro- piiutlon is made , and would be only too glad to get the privilege. Thcro will be plenty of money to pay the wages of the employes ut the institution , and the linnatus will not srf- fer from lack of attendance. Tlio appropria tion for victuals , etc. , was mndo on tlio rec- ommcmlatlon of the supi.Tinteiidcnt of the In stitution , who thought that thcro would bo no morcj than one hundred in mates. It happens that the num ber 1ms run up to 100 , nnd of course moro food and clothes were neces sary. But you cau no moro keep people from goinginsnao than you can from comiulttlti crime , and la both instances n place of in- 'careonilion ' mubt bo provided , no matter how many are sent to either pluce. Jf we havamoiu Incurable insane than was calcu lated on in llio beginning 1 don't sco bow any body Is to bluuiu , mid tlio state will no moro think of turning a number of insane person ? loose than it would of throwing open thu doornf Iho penitentiary. I sun not surprised that there Is n delldoiifv as tlionpprnprlatlon for victuals , clothes and fuul for the Hastings asylum was S.'l.'i.OJU , being i.VJ.OOl ) less Hum the appropriations for the sauiu purpose fur llio Lincoln asylum. " Tiuiti : : wn.r. IIG I.IOIIT. Gns Inspeclor Flaherty says that on Sop. tombcr S the IWO gas lamps and 8.10 gasoline lamps In tlio city of Lincoln will he lit once moro and an end put to the present carnival of burglaries going on. As the state fnlr commences September 5 , three days later , lliero will bo plenty of light in all portions of the city during that time , and the great crowd of visitors as well as the citizens will In a ineusuro bo protected from thufrs and thieves. The gas Inspector Is at present busy In putting up ; ) ? ' . ) now street si ns on the various lamp posts In the city , giving the uainci of the various strcuUi. J.UiOll DAY. A meeting of citizens wns held at the coun cil oliumhcr last evening for thepurposoof perfecting arrangements for the proper cele bration of Labor day in Lincoln. Considera ble enthusiasm was iminlfuflled and commit tees on finance , advertising , invitation , due- nnition nnd music were appointed. All the labor societies In the city will luke part. JU'TKIITIII : TltlCKV INsrilANfK AlllINTH. Sprague & I''Uher of Chntlron have written as follows to Churli'g B. Allen , deputy auditor and lusui-anfi.-commissioner ; "A thort tlmo ago wo had the pleasure of writing to you relative the loss , by a poor foreigner at Dun- lap , In this state , who bad a largo amount of Insurance in eastern companies who had no right to write Insurance livrc aud who lu- vadcd the law by having the risks solicited by n firm in Chicago nnd writing the politics nt sovornl places in Ohio , Michigan nndlown. The victim who has suMalncd n great loss , being n largo llourlnc mill , which wns all the property ho owned. Is unable to get anything from these companies , who refuse to pay , nnd court some legal proceedings on his behalf , lie Is unable to furnish the money to pursue tlipin unless ho pots his insurance. " The aid of the auditor Is nskcd to prosecute thcso people and UHiifj them to time , tt Ono of the prime object * of the Insurance commissioners1 convention tonight In session nt Cleveland , is to shut off this kind of Insur ance , of which there Is considerable In thin stato. Clmiles B. Allen , deputy auditor , Is In nltcndnmico mid will deliver nit nd tress on tlio subject , "Unauthorized Insurancennd will do what ho can to bring to Justice the fellows guilty of the same. MIIS. M.vvr.3 nr.ri.tKS. Mrs. Etta L. Mayw 11 led her reply today to tlio petition of her wealthy husband for a divorce. She claims that lie is n perfect llend iiifiirimto mid tells how on August ID , 1SSS ) , ho Assaulted her and caused her to Imvo a hcmorrhaeo of the lungs. Later ho broke her arm. She tells other hunt things about him nnd snys thcro is no cause on Ids part for a divorce. CITY XBW4 ASM ) XOTCS. Mrs , Nelly ICtirth of Wahoo 1ms written to the chief of police hero Hiking him to hunt up Charles F. Wnlker and inform him that his youngest child it dead. The nine-year-old daughter of Mr , ami Mrs. Gregg left homo yesterday morning to visit with friends near the asylum. In tlio after noon llio child loft for her hem < i unit that wni the last seen of hoi * . All nliflit her pircnU and friends were scouring th territory between - tween lior liomemul tlio asylum in their on- ( leaver * to llml hnr. Theodore ( Jnrver was arrested nt noon to- d.iy for stealing n untr of po-.muts from It. 10. Ledhnm's stand on O , between Thirteenth und Fourteenth streets. The Standard street ear company com menced work today on Its new extension to tbofnir grounds. Lorctino W. Blllinpiloy has asked the supreme premo court to nld him in sevurlng possession of a quarter section of land in township 10 of Lancaster county , which Is now held by John C. Hickelts. Billlngsloy says that the de fendant 1ms lioht unlawful possession ot the same since HS1ms received $ .Vi ) ) rent from the aaino and hunled nwav&OO worth of building sand for liis own use. Hillingsloy there foi-oaslcs f or S 1,0011 la addition to the possession of Iho property. Kncinie.M ol'JjnhorOrirnni7ai inn. Ant' ' YoiU in.j'M. . Mr. Webb , the temporary representative of the Vanderbilt syndicate , says that ho can talk to Mr. Powdcrly as a citizen but not as a representative of the Knights of Labor , Tills reveals the iilllludo of the N'ow York Central corporation towards organized labor. Tlio light of nil the corporations Is against the Knights and against all forms of organization except capital. With boards _ of directors , millions of capital , u subservient IcgNlatiuv , a subsidi/ed press , the Central Is pretty well organized. When labor orgunUos it in to bo treated as u hostile. Very well. But let those things bo undcralo.d. Prohibition and the Bible. Cluittiinoiniti 'Hues. ICato Field fires the following shrapnel shot Into Dr. D. C. Kelly's ranks : "What appalls mo ii\ all this ineffable business is that these reformed reformers call themselves Chris tians , when Christ's first miracle turned water Into wine , and his last Cupper actually con secrated wine as his blood. Tlio posilion of the prohibitionist Is , from the Christian point of view , downright blasphemy. " Wo rise to call Kuto to ordor. Sno don't seem to have "caught on" at nil. So far us the bible is coneorneJ you can neither sustain nor condemn prohibition with It. It cuts no possible figure in the ouso. If Kate could bring her perceptions to bonr on the point that the wliolo prohibltioa propagnmli h car ried on by an indiscriminate number of rest less and ambitious agitators who have been tlrod oat of both political parties nnd are making a lait dospcrnto effort to retrieve tlieirshattered fortune * by this new party venture , she would have oxtr.icteJ all the meat in tltococoanutso far as Tennessee is concorned. u WHO "WAS G12O. WASHINGTON' ! ' Eht Well , now , don't bo too sure about it. If the father of his country should come buck and run for president , and you had to wrllo n campaign llfo of him maybe you might llml that you did not know such an awful sight about him after nil. What you want In that case would bo a plainly written , trustworthy nnd understandable account of the Immortal George's youth and manhood , his training , his achievements , his character as a man1 , no cherry tree , or cannot tell u Ho business , but just the straight truth nbout him , what ever ghost stories might bo needed you could ilx up to suit yourself. And Iho place where you could find nil this would bo in the Ameri canized ISncyclopedia Britunntea. Not the Encyclopedia Britannlca , you un derstand , but tlio Americanized Encyclopedia Ilntiinnica ; sounds pretty near the thing , but ills n mighty different thing. Sumo way with Franklin and Jefferson , and Hamilton ; with 1'atrick Henry , nnd John Hancock , and Fr.ineis Marion ; with Henry Cay ! imd Long John Wentworth. Look In thoorlglnnl Encyclopedia Dritannica and you will llml some ofthem mentioned , but mighty litllo more , and some of them not even that any ono of the old Georges gets n column where nn American man ircts half a dozen words. But pick up the Americanized Encyclopedia Britannlca and you will sec the difference atoncoj the snuffy Georges ttiko n back scat on their Knglisn thrones , and the men of deeds and bruins who immo tills western empire , nro coining to the front. Want to know what wo nro driving at ? Well , we'll toll you. We mean to sell you a sot of tlio Americanized Encyclopedia lirltan- nidi mid take your subscription to tlio DAILY UKU for ono year , both ut the same time. 1'orhaps we'll do it and perhaps wo won't ; but if we don't you'll miss it worto than wo shall. Can't afford It , Old yon say ? Oh , come , now ; don't ' bo in too biir a hurrv. You haven't oven heard what It is going to cost you yet. You can stand 8 cents a dajf , surely ? Why. the daily papers alone costs you ft cents und you must Imvo u dally paper , you know , whether you get an encyclopedia or not. Juht put S cenls into an old slocking foot each day lor a month and then mid ID cents ifil'sa hliort oneor 'J ceuls if it's a long innnll1 , or 'JO cents for February , and bo ready with the wholoJ..rH ) when our agent calls on you. For Unit * -.f.U ! and your ni'oinlio to pay the same Mini monthly for tlio next cloven moulds , ho will give you Iho llrst live volumes of Iho Anicric.mi/.cd Kneyclopcdhv Hritaunlca righllhen and Ihuroiind wo will undertake , lit our mime , to deliver you tlio lust Iho vol umes within four months , and will put von down for ono ye.ir's Mibscription to Tin : O.M.MIA Ici ! : , daily and Sunday edlliuns. lloiillr , if you want a fatter thing than that you'll have to ralso it for yourself , for wu can't give It to you. rjWhut is thu Americanized Encyclopedia lirltannieal Well , you know what Iho Kn- cyclopedia Bntunnicn is. don't you ! The Americanized Encyclopedia Brltanaicu Is just that with all the subjects uf inturoslto Amer icans rewritten exhaustively and brought down to date , the subjects which Ameileuns don't euro about condensed within reasonable limits , a wliolo scries of biographies of promi nent living men added , nnd u complete now tet of maps. You won't find as much about Lord Tonnoddy or Mugby Junction In the Amorlciini/ed edition us In the English ; but you'll Und a heap silit more about Benjamin Harrison mid Grovcr Cleveland , or Oshkodi and Kulumuzoo. Ten volumes of It , about seven thousand pages , or fourteen thousand columns , equal to nbout 110 ordinary volume * In amount cf content * and about ono thousand ordinary volumes In Intercut and real aluo. Want to hoar some morel Wo could tell you nny quantity ; but advertising sp.iro U Jutt the same as money , and if you want moro than two columns full , wo shall have to tuld another cent to Unit dully bight. Our repro- fu.Mitatlvo will bo round lo sou you before long and If you need moro talking to ho will glvo you Just it < ) much as you can stand. If ho shouldn't come sooa enough to suit you a postal card to us will brln ? ulni in a hurry. s or Nrlirnikn. Hebron "lilU"1R n la" > ow fur works. The Ctarmnn Lutherans of Curloto'i il rated their new church Sunday. The bank at Jnnson which recently t' . Its doors has ngnln resuniotl business , ' The corn crop In the vicinity of Uoyu will bo much bettor tliuu WHS oxpeuted. Captain Jack Crawford n giving on taliiiucnts In the western part of tlio H\M \ ? Falrbury.lnu n riding club and nil th" . , young people nro learning to rlila htint > bn > 'i Great preparations uro now being madn i.v tlio business of Hebron for man a ur.tml r union ot soldiers of Thnyor nnd lulian m counties to bo hold early In October. Fnlrbury's ilremon rooontlv received br.jM no\v \ uniform * ami n committee was nppmM t to nslc Iho city council to provide u room t , > licep the uiiiforiim In until a lioso IIOUM > is built. The banner train of tha Kearney & Hi i , u Hilla road pa40tl through ICennu'y Moidu\ U consisted of thirty cars of outtlo and h > . ' s for the eastern markets. Tha train boi.a number of Hags. Valley countv Inn bcon favored by snnio good rains lately , runners In tlio viillin ct- iwot to wither n full crop of corn this ye r but in the hills il is not us good. Oldrt can hardly bo bought for 50 cents a bush , l , Monday , September 1 , Lribtr div will o grandly colobrateil In- the labor owinl/.u i a of Lincoln. They will lie Joined In their , liratlon by the labor oriMuiz.itions fnnu d fcront points in the stnlp and every alh.u. . ' in llio county hits promised l > bo i'n utu-iii unco ami join tlio parade , Uev. Thomas Glbbs , twisted by K . .luynes , two Seventh Day Advent tat nm - tors , Imvo been holding tent mooting- , . , Not th Lotip for the past three weeks. Th , meetings closed thl * week. A chim h ! . liecn started with twenty-eight nu > tnj , . already , mul niiiro ure expected to join. The pastofllco nt Armada was moved i va to Miller ono night last week. Tlio old t < m i people wore in a mood to lynch I'ostm.i-i. , Cherry when they awolto next morning nil i found out what hud been dono. As the r- inoval wns inailu with tliosinietloii of thu < h partniont they h.td no nlterinillvo hut to sui > init. The name of the protoillco will be changed -.Miller" October 1. A little four-yenr-nUl boy of John Kenny , ' living near Wcliraml , was maimed for life oiio day lust wrelc. I tin ftitber had gone out to mow ii lot of high weeds near Ihu h u < > nnd iiitlcnnwn to tin11'utlier llio liltlo lollou followed him soon ttftor , hiding in the woii'i The mower came tliroiiirh where the rlm.l wijs stiiniiing and heforo tlio father cnuM stop the team llio sickle had done its woi U. 1 The Fremont Flail of Tuesday rmir.tuis this item : Lust night about I'1 ' oVloek tiru .loo Jlaiimiond , who resides near the Kill born river bridge , returned homo , and bof.nv . be bad tiino to light tlio lamp , u knm u camu lit llio front door. His I'otirtoen-y.'ai- old son went to tlio door nnd fomul a "pi.m with a shotgun , who told him that there w.'i ' tbroo masked men at Iho bridge waiting fr , , liis fnther'siK'turn from the city. It was , t stmngo Incident , lint nothing moro came of the news thus brought bv u man at that hour of the night. Iowa. Hydroiihobla Is unking quite n sraro among the farmers near DOS Moines. Thnnoxt reunion of the Nineteenth Iowa infantry will take place at Moiuit Pleasant , October 1 and' . ' . Francis Murphy opsnod it series of temper- unco meetings in Atlantic last Sunday niglit , and 'J,0ly ) slgnnturci Imvo thus far been se cured to tlio total abstinence pledgo. The Dubuque Ledger of liut Saturday odit- taii-.ed a line description of tlio now hotel m that city , embellished with numerous I > H- lures. Tlio hotel is a credit to Dlibuquo u id to Iowa. If under the new apportionment the bnsli remains tlio same. Iowa will gain ono c i- pressman ; If ills raised to 1 ? . " > , < ) OU , ns SCOIMH to bo the Intention , slio will amlinuo lo liuvu * " cloven rcpi'3. < enlalive3. At New Ucdfonl William Klghmcv , a dray- inun , was probably fatally stabbed Tlmisil.i.v by his brother-in-law , Henry U'ot d . The latter O3ci | > 3 < l to tht * timber , closely followed by the sheriff and u posse. Tom Lansing is tlio proud possessor of tlio smallest horse in Cedar Kapids. Ho weighs , just a * ) pounds imdstiiiids tliirty-clght indies Inch. Jin Is tt pure Shetland pony that Mr. Lansing has Just purchased uf Charles IliiiE- dale of ( . 'liiciu'onnd WILS Hhl/i | / > cd Itcroby o - press from Nobranlta Saturday. This iiiitilu- ture liorso is u threi'-yeiir-old slnllion , n Uurlc iron gray and handsome us u picture. The formal call for u stito prohibition con vention bus been issued. The mooting w 11 IK ) held in Des Moines , Thursday , Soptoinbi r I , beginning at 10 o'clock. 1'rovlslonis nv.n o for the nomination of a full state ticket. Uu- lllto the democratic und republican conven tions llils Des Moines meeting Is open lo all. Tlio prohlbilionisisof the Seventh congres sional district will hold their convention ul Dos Moines the dny before , September. } . Mrs. Clara Ferguson Motfat , n deserted wife living in the small town of Anumosa , near Uubuquo , htis lost .her eyesight in u py- cultar manner. She married three years ago und lived unhappily with u prolllguto hus band , who , after spending her small fortune , deserted her and her child. Her grief has been constant ever since , and she bus spent her tlmo weeping. The result is nn alTeetlon of the optic ncrvo , which oceulists declaru will end in Iho loss of vision. The Ak-nna Courier relates the followlr < ? little gobbler story : "Wo have heard of man < i singular frenks of nature , so lo spcnlc , mul of doings of animals , but wo think llio most ' .in pular is that related by J. A. Konned.v uf Union township , Kossuth county. It is ibis bomo weeks ago his big gobbler disappeared and It was thought that ho died or was Utlam by some wild animal. Hut on mowing tlio meadow the boy found tlio old gobblersetuni. ' on a neat of eggs. Ho cnnsed him olT , but the gobbler would go back again and set on the eggs , so he was allowed to carry uut liis scheme in peace , In duo tiino the chick ens came out and are now about ten days old , and follow the gobbler about Iho yard us they would a lion. Tlio gobbler seems to bo ux- ceodiugljj proud of his progeny and gobbles &o ho can bo beard for a mile around. " The Two D.ikotus. Rapid City has 2,317 , peoplo. Yunktonwlll put in a frao fciry In order to accommodate Nebraska Iradu. The South Dakota District Fair asso 'In- lion will give Us llrst annual exposition tit * , . Cenlcrvillo from October T lo 10 inclusive. The Lawrence county teachers' inslitulo , which wits to have convciiuil in Lo.ul City September 1 , is now InduflnUi'ly postponed. Ono thousand artesian welU will bo Hunk in South Dakota for irriirutioit purposes Im- fore January 1 , next. This means big crop * of cereals in KS'Jl. The nnmml cutnloguo and calendar of the slate agricultural college nt BiviokliiKs , for IhVJ-VO is out , and shows u grand tolal uf nlu- dents for the year of itIO. The twentieth annual meeting of the gen eral association ofCniiftivgatlfm.il rhurelici of South Unlintii oeinirs in Sioux Kills on September 0 , continuing unlll Ihu llth. The H. .t M. are bullclicadliig alongside of their track in tlio canyon of. Castle civok. Tlio cribs are ten feet wide nnd eight 1'ujt hUili. tied every eight foci by crossliss ( , llio whole pinned together with tlircc-fonrtli Inch iron | iins sixteen indies long , This crib SUM oiitsido tlio track and is lllled with rock tula u from Iho cuts. In all there is ; tl00 ! fcotof hulkheart. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed nnd Guaranteed Capital..IWO.OCO I'ald In Capital 830,001) ) Ituyt ( tnil nulU Rtoakx nnd bonds ) noxot lutes cointiuirel.il | iupor ; reeoUrn nnd uxucuics triiHti ; itutH us trnimfitrnRimt ami tnmeo t corporathiitf , titUun charge ut imipurly , col- lujts taxt'i , Omaha Loan &TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S E Corner 10th nncl Douglas Sts I'llld In Cttiltnl ta HitliHiirlliml unit ( iunnuiloinl Uuplttil. . . 1 'i Uubllltyof btooklioldcr . . . - . L ' . t Pur Gout Interim ! . Paid on DopoilU. rUANKJ. \NUi.lnnlilor. : . 0Illcci ; A , II. Wyrmm , titutldimli J. J. llrowu , vice-prosldoiit , W. T. Wytiiun , trousuror. D'reatoni A. U. Wymnn.J. II. lllllurd. J. J Jlriiwn , Ouy ( J. Ilarton , B.V. . Na u , Thorn . J. Kliulull. Uuuruu U. Luka. ua