THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 17 , 1890 ,
THE DAILY BEE.
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Kvr.N hi democratic circles , Wyoming
Is no longer an uncertain state.
TUB crop of Irish potatoes this year
demonstrates the fnct thut potatoes tire
potatoes even if small and frw in u hill.
Mn. McKuioiiAN is yet busy saying
nothing about his record. The voters ,
In the inc.'iiitiine , are demanding tin ex
planation. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tin ; advance in the price of southern
yellow pine proves that northern meth
ods are taking root in the land of tlio
lute confederacy.
TIIR people of Bnngor , Maine , now
propose to abolish the Baleen from pol
itics. Of course Maine is u prohibition
htato. but two hundred saloons flourish
and interfere in Bnngor.
SKCIUITAKY RUSK says that there Is
no serious clangor of a shortage of grain
crops this yoar. Aa Uncle Jerry has
hecn viowlny the county fairs , this semi-
olllcial statement should Bottle the whole
qucatlon. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK question has boon Bottled that
Nebraska is to have three now congress
men , after the legislature roapjiDrtions
the state , but oven this increase in
actual statesmen cannot increase the
number of candidates.
Mil. CLKVisr-ANO has boon unusually
silent for several weeks. Can it bo that
ho is studying his cyclopaedia and in
tends to make a speech , or is ho lying
lo\v and watching In unspeakable
anguish the boom of David B. IllllV
Tun sixty-ninth anniversary of Cen
tral America bus boon celebrated. The
revolutionists joined tlio loyal people ,
nnd the day was made ono of great re
joicing. President Ezota. sconis to bo
more popular than any of his prede
cessors.
OUT of the ono hundred and ninety-one
thousand votes cast at the late election
in Arkansas , eighty-five thousand wore
east for the republican ticket. With an
untorrilled vote and an honest count
Arkansas would become an ornament to
the republican column.
TllliltK liavo boon , it is claimed ,
enough Ingalls raon nominated for the
legislature in ICuntas to return that gen
tleman to the United States senate.
Mr , Ingalls will doubtless take the
etump now and see to It that a legislature
is elected that will provo the immortal
ity of a United States senator.
K ofllcinl footings of the population
of Utah show two hundred and six and a
half thousand , an increase of sixty-two
thousand flvo hundred and thirty-livo
in ten years. Extracting from this increase , -
crease the great Inlluxof Gentiles during
the dccado an accurate measure can betaken
taken of the decline of the Mormon insti
tution.
anxious to return to their
native land can do so without cost by
exorcising that shrewd faculty peculiar
to the race. Tlio treasury department
decides that the exclusion act provider
for the return of Clilnamon , unlawfully
found in the United States , to the
Flowery Kingdom. This means the pay.
incut of their passage homo.
TIIK congressional convention to nom
inate a congressman In the Third dis
trict moots at Columbus today. Tlioro
are several candidates and the light will
doubtless bo warm. Several counties go
instructed to Mr. '
oppose Dorsoy's ronom-
inntioa , wlillo several counties also go
instructed to assist littn in being ronoin-
inatcd. It will bo a sort of go it hus
band , go it bear of a tinio , and with all
tlio contending olomcnta in earnest it is
hard to make any prediction as to ilnal ; 1
results.
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TnK Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen -
men of America is doubtless the strong
est organization In this country. Their
recent mooting at Sail Francisco brought
out some facts which are of interest. It
Booms that during the year of 1SS3 the
order collected the sum of $100,000 to
Bupport the strike against the Chicago ;
Burlington Is Quinoy , nnd now they pro
pose to build a central headquarters to
cost not loss than 8160,000 for their chief
officers. Outsideof the locomotive en
gineers there is no greater orgaalzod
brotherhood.
Prohibition agitators neVer tire of
assorting that the banishment of .tho
"open saloon" from Iowa and Kansas
improved the general business of the
states and brought about nn era of pros
perity. Doctored statistics are produced
to sustain the chiltn , and interested opin
ions quoted to glvo the shadow of truth to
their arguments , llolinblo data is at
hand which thoroughly disposes of the
assertion tlmt prohlbltlonlsaBtlinulus to
business.
Tlio treasury department has issued n
tabulated Btatoment showing the com
mercial failures In the country from 1879
to 18SO , a period of notable development
in all departments of industry. In 1870
prohibition was not Horiously thought
of in Kansas or Iowa , and business
failure * averaged fifty-eight in the
formur state and thtrty-sovon in the
latter , out of each * ton thousand firms
engaged in business. In 188'J ' tlioICan-
mm ruto rose to ono hundred and aoron-
teen per ton thousand , an increase of
ninety-eight per cent. The rale , in Iowa
last year was ninety-six to each ten
thousand firms , an increase of ono
hundred and sixty-two per cent in com
mercial fnllurc.1.
A comparison of thcso figures with
the condition of Nebraska and Minnesota
seta illustrates the beneficent effect of
high license and regulation and the
demoralizing results of prohibition and
free whisky. High license was inaugu
rated la Nebraska in 18S1 and In Minnesota
seta a year later. Before that period
there WIIB comparatively little regula
tion and no license worthy of tlio name ,
In 1870 the number of failures in No-
braskn was ono hundred and twenty-live
to every ten thousand linns. In 1889 the
number increased to one hundred nnd
thirty , or three per cent. In Minnesota
the number grow from ono hundred and
twenty-seven to one hundred and nlnoty-
0110 , an increase of thirty-six per cent.
Under prohibition the business fail
ures In Iowa and Kansasincrcased in ten
years one hundred and sixty-two and
ninety-eight per cent respectively.
Under high license , Nebraska's com
mercial failures increased thrco per cent
.slid Minnesota's thirty-six per cent.
Tlio figures tell their own story. They
cmpliaslsto the fact that prohibition , In
addition to its failure as a restrictive
moiiHuro or as a temperance agent , is a
commercial blight to the state impos
ing it.
When the question of annexing South
Omaha to the parent city was pending ,
TIIK KKK clearly demonstrated that
union was essential to the puotecllon
and prosperity of Packingtown. Facts
11 nd figures were produced to show that
the financial condition of South Omaha
was below par , and that the strength
and gilt-edge credit of Omaha could
alone save the city from financial col
lapse.
The mercenary nnd lawless elements
conspired against the city's welfare and
defeated annexation. The jobbers and
contractors had not entirely sucked the
municipal lemon dry , and they succeeded
in securing an extension of their lease at
the public crib. The rejection of annex
ation is bearing its legitimate fruit.
The city is face to face with tlio problem
of maintaining a government with nn
empty treasury. Taxes have practically
reached the legal limit , and there is no
feasible way of meeting the oulrageou ;
debts piled on the city'by the gang.
With characteristic hindsight the
council inaugurates economy by 'reduc
ing the police force. The full number of
men employed was insufllciont for the
needs of the city , and a reduction of one-
half practically turns the town ever to
the gangs of toughs and law-breakers.
While thus diminishing the police
force of the city , It is a noticeable fact
that the council approves claims of
doubtful character and loaves the job
bers in undisturbed possession of their
municipal profits. The material inter
csts of the city are of little consequence
to the gang as long as they can main
tain their grip on the revenues of the
city.This
This condition of affairs , unless
promptly checked , must provo disastrous
to South Omaha. The great and grow
ing industries , the steadily expanding
business interests , and the security o
the homes of the people demand the
adoption of heroic measures of self-pro
tecllon. It behooves the taxpayers to
got together and form a , vigorous and
vigilant organization. The time ia ripe
for the ndoptlon of measures to died
the reckless methods of the council and
compel reform and economy in the man
agcment of the city's affairs.
TAKIXG AX IXDEl'EXDKXT VIK\r. \
The failure of the sonata to adopt the
proposition of Senator Sherman looking
to negotiations with.Canada for the coin
pleto or partial removal of duties upon
trade buUvcon that country and the
United States was undoubtedly a very
great disappointment to a largo-olomon
of the Canadian people , but a very mucl
larger element appears disposed to tak
a very Independent view of what is regarded
gardod as a palpable manifestation o
commercial hostility to Canada , and
to find enlargement in the bsliof tha
the nlllmato results may not bo to the
disadvantage of Canada. There ari
some , too , who profess to welcome th
course of congress regarding the taiil
as likely to operate as an incentive to
the Canadian people to strike out for a
position of commercial independence , so
far as the United States are concerned.
Thus Mr. Foster , the minister
of Ihmiice , says of the hostility to Cana
dian interests involved in the pending
tariff bill , that it is not a thing which
should cause ono moment's hesitation or
despondency. It is not the first time
that Canada has had a like experience ,
nnd she has now no other alternative ,
said Mr. Foster , than to pursue her own
commercial course with spirit and inde
pendence. She has the markets of Great
Uritnln open to her natural products
and willing to tuko all eho can send.
She can outer the markets of the rest of
the world on equal terms with her
neighbors. "She Is opening up her own
magnificent territory , " continued the
flnnnco minister , "with splendid facili
ties for communicating , nnd joining
those by line and far-reaching lines of
steamships with the markets of the cast ,
vrcst and south. Her tutor-provincial
trade is constantly increasing , and
her population will rapidly In-
crcaso in the cast nnd west ,
thus constantly broadonlnfj her homo
market. " Ho paid that with all doubts
removed regarding the attitude of the
United States , Canadians can now work
boldly and on their own lines ,
This reassuring' view of the situation
la doubtless the proper one for the Cana
dian lltmnco minister to take , but ho can
not conceal from himself or from others
of his countrymen the fact that the loss
of the American market , assuming that
such will bo the result of the tariff If
adopted nsit now stands , would bo a very
criotis matter to Canada , for It Is ex-
rcmely doubtful whether she could find
11 equally satisfactory and profitable
narket elsewhere. It is not , howevera
vholly one-sided affair , because if the
Jamuilan people tire compelled to go to
ithormarkots to sell their products they
, vlll supply their own wants as far as pos-
Iblo in those markets , and this would
iiean the loss to us of n very consider
able trade. It would seem to bo in the
atural order of things that two nuigh-
joring countries , having * interests In
-omnion , should bo on the friendliest
.arms in their commercial relations , but
he prospect of this being brought about
jotwuon the United States and Canada
s very remote. The advocates of ro-
ilprocal trade In olther country are still
a very small minority.
A I'uiihtcrKKiiousK \ \ Tj.nr.
The republican ultitform commits the
itirty in Nebraska to the passage of a
aw declaring the owners of public cle-
niters to bo mtbllo warehousemen , and
requiring them to receive , store , ship
iind handle the grain of all persons
iilllic , without discrimination. This is
good as far as it goes , but in order to
make assurance of the . fulfillment of
his pledge doubly sure , it is ex
pedient that every republican can
didate for the legislature shall bo dis-
.Inctly pledged to support this sort of
ogi&lation.
It is not easy to exaggerate the im-
| ) ortanco of a public warehouse law of
.ho character proposed In the republican
platform , which contemplates In nddi-
ion to what is above noted requiring all
railroad companies to switch , haul , han
dle , receive and ship the grain of
nil persons , without discrimination.
Were there such a law in
Nebraska it is estimated that the farmers
of the state would be better off by from
ten to fifteen million dollars from the
corn crop of last year , and a repetition
of that experience is to bo expected in
tlio future , if such a law is not provided.
Under present conditions the producers
ire wholly at the moroy of the elevator
owners and the railroads and it goes with
out saying that they very rarely pet
fair treatment from either. The pro
ducers , however , have the remedy in
their pwn hands , and they will have
only themselves to ultimo if they do not
: ipply it.
Wo have heretofore referred to the
action of the Omaha board of trade on
this subject , strongly commending the
proposed law. It was hoped that slmi-
ar expressions would have been hoard
before this from other commercial bodies
the state , but it is not too late
for them to act in the mat-
tor. Their interests should be identical
with those of the producers , and their in-
IInonco in behalf of the proposed legisla
tion would bo valuable. At any rate the
duty of the producers is clear and they
should insist that all legislative candi
dates who ask their votes shall pledge
themselves to support the proposed pub
He warohorso law , which is demanded
by every practical and jus.t cbnsidora
tion affecting the interests and welfare
of Nebraska grain growers. - -
XT I'UXDS Iff n.lXKS.
Among the numerous suggestions
which are being submitted to the bccro
taryof the treasury at this time , brought
out by the monetary situation , is ono
favoring a return to the practice of depositing -
positing government funds in the banks ,
nodificd so as to avoid the objection of
fa\oritism which was urged against the
system under the last administration. It
will bo remembered that in order to relieve
lievo a financial stringency Secretary
Falrehild carried the deposits of jlublio
money in the banks up to something like
sisty-oiio million dollars. The practice
did not originate with him , but ho car
ried it farther than ever before , nnd the
present administration came into power
pledged by the national platform tonbol-
ish the system. The course of the pre
ceding administration in this particular
was freely and vigorously denounced as
not only contributing to the national
banks the gains from the use of the
people's ' money , but as doing this in the
interest of particular banks.-
As soon as practicable the present ad
ministration began fulfilling the party
pledge by withdrawing govornmen
funds deposited in the banks , and this
has boon continued until there are nov
deposited in the banks only 'suel '
amounts as are necessary for the buslnos
transactions of the government. The
secretary of the treasury in his last report
port , referring to this matter , said tha
the deposit of public- funds with tlu
banks to an amount largely In excess ol
the needs of the public service is wholly
unjustifiable and ho stated a number of
objections to it. Among those ho said
that it necessarily involves tomptatlor
to favoritism of the most objectlonabl
chin-actor ; it makes the treasury more
or Icsj dependent upon the banks ; it in
volves the exercise of a most dangerous
power by the secretary of the treasury ,
whereby ho may , if so disposed ,
expand or contract the currency at will
and in the interest of cortala favorites
whom ho may select , and it is unjust to
the government and unfair to the people
to give the banks the use of the public
money for nothing. Such , it Is pre
sumed , are still the views of the admin
istration regarding this policy , as they
undoubtedly are of a majority of the re
publican members of congress. ,
It is not at all probable , therefore ,
that any proposition to return to
this policy , however modified , would
meet the approval of congresi or of the
administration. A system of treasury
deposits with the clearing house associa
tions , as has boon suggested , would cer
tainly avoid the objection of favdrltlsm.
Under such nn arrangement nil the banks
embraced in such associations would got
n fair share o { thVt funds , but there are
other vital objections to tlio policy ,
as stated , [ ( , ' % the secretary
of the li'eoMitry , which would
still remain , ' , , and they are no
serious as to iifoilA condemn the policy.
At any rate , nqjeglslntion by congress
would bo needed to establish such a sys
tem , It is not probable that anything
could bo done { ibi'nt it nt the present
session , even wcro congress and the ad
ministration fayttrnblo to it.
There is no relief of the flnancia
itrcssto bo expected , therefore , from
his recourse. ' 'M'omilimo ' the treasury
.ppcars to bo pursuing nn entirely lawful
nd safe course In redeeming bonds and
repaying interest , and there is rea-
on to believe the results will provo to
10 entirely satisfactory. The monetary
trlngoncy , though unquestionably
evorc , has doubtless been exaggerated ,
.nd the bast financial opinions agree
hat there Is no real danger of any clis-
, urbanco at all In the nature of a panic.
Tiinun Is a grim pleasantry in the
ileaof the St. Paul man who went and
ought his coflln and arranged for his
uncivil. Ho says that ho may live scv-
nil years , but If his friends are called
ipon to mourn for him ho does not want
hem to mix any business with their
iorrow. While such advanced notions
oubtlesa belong to another ago , there
i after till some material In his pro
gramme for serious reflection.
Mil. CASSIUS M. CLAY , Jit. , of Kcn-
ucky , who was elected president of the
\ontucky constitutional convention , was
unlike his relative and namesake , who
ivould rather be right than bo president.
lo believes that ho inherited some of
ho blood and brains of his namesake ,
vndhas for his only ambition the hope
if perpetuating the name of Clay. But
2asslus M. will never bo the man that
Icnry was.
TllK "Wisconsin campaign has begun ,
: uul the opening speech of Governor
loard had the proper ring in it. The
. epublican parly in its standon the Ben-
icttlawln that state will lead the way
o victory. The democrats who tire op-
mscd to frco schools will find little con
solation in the returns. The Bennett
aw only guarantees a free education to
; liildron. _
talk of an extra session emanates
Voni quarters interested in measures
which cannot bo acted on at this session.
It is an insult to the intelligence of
President Harrison to assort that ho
seriously contemplates calling congress
together during tjie two months between
idjournmontaiid the opening of the reg-
ilar session. '
NOT many moons ago it was oflicially
proclaimed that prohibition was a moral ,
lot a political issue. From the satno
source comes the later announcement that
the issue is political and therefore its
supporters should1 bo represented on the
election boards. ' Why this unseemly
somersault ? .
FitESH evidences of life have been dis
covered in tbo i Omaha , Superior &
Southwestern railroad. The discovery-
is important , especially at this season ,
writable residents along the line will
doubtless provide shelter during the
winter months.
TIIK remarkable speed exhibited in
paying the postolllco site appraisers
trongthons the hope that Iho coming
century will witness tlio commencement
of work on the building.
Tins reduction of the South Omaha po
lice is u proclamation to the local dives
to turn loose and run wide opon.
The DitlVroiicc.
( Jraiul Iilaiul Jiultjjtnilent ,
The chief point of dlftorouco between Ca
lamity MelCeighan nnd "Calamity .Tano" is
tint the former has never yet defeated any
thing or anybody la a fair race , though It is
salil he has beat several people otherwise.
A Clcni ) Man.
Superior Jii'irinl ,
Tliero Is aot a cleaner or bettor mia in the
state of Nebraska than X. V. Harlan of York ,
republican candidate for congress. IIo Is a
man of tlio i > 30plo anil if elcctoil to congress
will bo In a position to help the farmers in
their demands for laws that will nlloviato
their hardships. The nlllanco should stay by
Hurlan , IIo has always bajn a thorough
anti-monopolist , as his record shows.
The CTomiiii ; Debute.
The ( Irand Island beet sugar palace nnn
aors have arranged fora big drawing card
on September IB and 19 u Joint discussion
on the amendment question , in whica I
Hosowntor , editor of TUB BUR , nnd Hoi.
John TJ. Webster will meet General Ur.id-
forJ of Kansas , ox-Governor Larrabco of
Iowa and Chancellor Crolshtoa of Lincoln.
This array of talent on both sides will doubt
less attract largo audiences and cxclto no
little interest. The surrounding } will bo
far different thin whin Hosowator and
Webster fncoi ] Beatrice audleuco * known to
bo not In sympathy with their views.
An Ol l Tlmo Majority.
It ha ? hccn sotno six weeks slaco tbo republican
publican state cojimitlon , and still tlio dem
ocratlo party hn\dund no charge of an )
serious nature to .l riiiK against L. D , Illch
ards , the rcpuhll'c.inj nonilnco for governor
In character Uos ncja unassaultcilno man hrr
dared to lircathojanglit ( against It. In tut
respect ho stands. 4Hi tialnipeacliahlo cumI !
date for the hlcliesj pnico within the Rift o
tuo itcojilo of thctfsthto ; a poaco-lovini , ' , honorable
orablo and uprig&t.'citizen. A gallant soldlc
nnd a soldier's fC-joiul , Industrious and tern
peratc , ho staiulJWjJr'1'1 ' ' ! rcprcsontntlvo of a
grand state imd aHijpwJ , industrious people
His majority on , sides of November will bi
old fashioned.
1'uull | VarchouHC9.
Mall.
The public \vac8)ijfuso ) plank in the repnbll
can state platform Is ono of the most Import
ant over presented to the farmers nud bus !
neis men of Nebraska. It is In keeping wltli
the spirit of the republican party , which Is
the only party to which the people can look
Wohavo looked In vain through the plat
forms of the alliance , the democratic nnd pro
hibition parties for the advocacy of such a
boncflcont measure. They consist of plati
tudes , and on a vital question Ilka this are as
silent as the grave.
The enactment ot apubllc warehouse law ,
based on this resolution , by tha legislature
next winter , will create a grain market In the
state , open to all buyers , compelling the
elevators owned or aerated by Incorporated
companies to handle , receive , ship and store
the grain of farmers and dealers without dis
crimination.
O * ' tltl > . XOKTJltMSK
Ncbrnskn.
An Oddfellows' ' lodge Is to bo organized nt
Klito.
Wayne has voted $13,000 , in bonds to build
waterworks.
A Hut-Inn club with 200 members has boon
organized nt York.
Hebron 1ms voted JW.OOD In bonds for
waterworks' by n majority of sixty.
Loulsvlllowlll celebrate the completion ot
the new wugon bridge over the L'latte on the
Jlth lust.
The proposition to bond Stronwbnrg for
$1,0(10 ( to build waterworks was defeated by
eighteen votes.
The Kearney Enterprise lias been sold to
tbo Journal of that nlnco and the two papers
will bo issued as ono.
The Hod Clouil street oar company has
boon sued forl,000 damage * for ejecting a
man from ono of the c.irs.
John Donnelly , the seventeen-year-old
Stromiburg boy who was hurt by a twin at
Merrill two WCCKS ngo , has died ol his in
juries ,
iVs the result of n parachute erazo nt Madl-
ion , ono boy la suffering with a broken leg
mil another is bruised all over. In both cases
, ho parachute fulloil to work.
Fire destroyed tlio barn of Piit McQulrc ,
jovcn miles northeast of Palmyra , together
ivlth a horse , twenty-five hogs mul a lot of
airin Implements , The loss amounts toJfiOOO ,
ivlth but little Insurance.
Mr. and Mrs. X/n-dns Jowcll , residing near
cxinston , celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary Monday. Over two liuuilrod
"rictuls anil neighbors were on tiand to con-
jrntulato the aged couple.
Tbo Wtunobngo Indians nro Imitating the
ivhitcsla the matter oC mart-luges. Last
ircck Judge Downs of TluiMton county is-
tiled two licenses \Vlnnoh.igoes , the 11 wt
ilnco the organization of the county.
Pratrlo fires started by ft spark from n lo
comotive burned a quantity of hay In Sioux
county , doing.yui ) worth of damage. For n
, lmo the town of Harrison was threatened
ind the citizens turned out and fought tbo
lire.
lire.John
John Olson of Potter wears a heavy cardi
gan Jacket which ho values very biphly on
account of its being wholly u Ghoyontio
county product. The wool was raised by
iVilam Gumlorsou and was carded , spun and
iVovcu by Mrs. Haus Hanson ,
Jowa.
Grecno county hogs took more premiums at
ho state fair tliau all the balance of the state
combined.
Three prisoners named Mumby , Connors
and Woodruff inado their esc.ipo from the
' - inn county jail at Marion and are still at
urge.
Spencer business men are taking n census
of the ity at their own expense. The ofllc-
inl count failed to liguro up more- than 1'JIXI ,
nud It is thought the now count will show a
iiopulation of ' ,000. ,
The state university at Iowa City lias
opened with the largest attendance in years.
President Schuoltur says that between eight
hundred nnil fifty and nine hundred students
will bo enrolled , a lurgo increase over 1890.
Ccclnr Itapids paclcK.rs have salted down
about Bcventy-llve thousand moro hogs this
ycarthuti they did for the corresponding
months of ISS'J. The rapid advance ia the
price of corn is given as oao of the reasons
for the largo increase.
Over ono hundred carloads of watermelons
ou Muscutlno island were wiiatol on account
of hick of proper shipping facilities. The rail
road companies claim that there was suchu
demand lor freight cars during the melon
season that it was utterly imposslbto to do
: nori ) thun was doao. ,
The mothers of Algontx are righteously up
n arms against a proclamation issued by the
uaj'or , forbidding tbo trundling of baby car
riages along tbo public streets. Indignation
tea parties uro being held , and it Is predicted
thut "his honor , the mayor's" political goose
will bo badly scorched at future elections.
The Burlington Ilawkeyo tells the sad
story of nn unfortunate girl named Mary
Smith , who died in the hospital in that city
the other dav of consumption , alone mul
friendless , and leaving twin lufauts to the
care of strangers. The poor unfortuniito
was the child ot people In good circumstances ,
hut her downfall incurred their hatred nnd
they turned her away from home. So unfor
giving and heartless was their nature that
even death did not move thorn to pity , and
they ro fused to attend tha pool' child's fu
neral or to care for her helpless children.
Bail ns the world is , says the Huwkoye , It
u-eseiits fc\v Instances of such utter hcart-
cssncss. .
ncynmltho Hookies.
The Jamestown Congregationallsts are
building a Si.OOO church.
The Security hank of Great Falls , Moat. ,
has been organized wltn a capital of $ . " > UOW. ,
Sirs. Wait of Salem , Oregon , has rlpo
raspberries in her garden , the second crop
this year.
A team of horses anil nnoro wagon atBntte
fell into an air sh'ift the other duyauatho
horses were killed.
Sacramento's big drainage canal , which
has bobbed up every year for an appropria
tion , will probably have about SxW.OOU . ex
pended on it this year.
liobert Hillcy , aged fourteen , killed a largo
black bear ono day laat week with an old-
fashioucd muzzlc-loulliig shotgun. He lives
near ShohomUh , AVash.
There is a movement on foot in San Diego ,
Col. , to establish a tannery. Largo ship
ments of hides uro muilo from there annually ,
and it is now proposed to trout them at home.
Charles N'owUm of La Grande , Ore , was
working u young horse with a sera par ro-
ccutly , when the animal balked. Newton
picked UD u atone and hit the animal on the
head , causing Instant death.
W. T. Mendenhnll , George T. McKay nnd
John 1'arkcr have incorporated tlio Silver
Bell milling and reduction company with u
capital stock ot .5500.0UO In SOO.OUi ) shares of
? ! each. Olllcps will ho in Helena.
H. C. Ilite of Bozcman , Mont. , is building a
boat which ho intends to lloat to the Gulf of
Mexico , Ho will launch his craft nt Gallatiti
City about Soptemlior 15. The boat , which
is twonty-thrco feet long , will bo carried
around the falls of the Missouri and its cap
tain expects to make , with the aid of steam ,
100 miles a day.
John Stanter , a wagonmaTccr , was arrested
nt Fresno , Cal. , n few days ago for assaulting
Ills wife aim daughter wlillo drunk. Thoar-
I'est led to the development that Stanter was
a bigamist. IIo married his wlfo in ISTil mid
tha second , Jlrs. Creek , In 1SSO , subsequently
deserting his second .sponso nnd rosumliifr
matital relations with No. 1. His second
matrimonial venture lives at Los Gatoi.
Ground has been broken for the now Union
Piicltlc roundhouse in 1'ocatello , Idaho. The
contiMct htis been uwarJod to Mr. Clmpnvui ,
who built the roundhouses nt Odgcn , anil
who also has a contract far the addition to
the roundhouse atOrcen llivcr. His contract
in Pocatello calls for u twentv-stall building
for a roundhouse , a woodworking shop nnd
nn addition to the end of the car shopn of a
soveaty-llve-foot building. The total expense
amounting to about ? l > UX)0. , ( )
The Portland Oregonlau says : A singulai
nnd utmost fatal accident occurred ut Sao-
homlsh the other day , Arthur U. Knight uu J
Giles lloylo went to the slaughter house to
butcher a steer. 1 loylu raised his rillo und
Jlred nt the animal. The hall glanced fron
the skull , und , striking a knot in u beam ,
ncaln glanced , going through the rim ol
Knight's hat over the left eye nnd ripping up
two inches of his sculp. Had ho stood ui
inch farther forward it would have klllet
him.
him.Three
Three horsethievos appeared In the neigh
borhood of Gold creek , Montana , having with
thoin fourteen horses. They wcro bended by
a fellow called the Mormon kid. Jim Oonloy
went from Deer Ledge mat found them the
next morning between Gold creek and Drum
mend and ordered the ICid to throw up his
bauds , IIo wus mounted and tried to eseapu
Conlcy shot him through ono side of the uh
iloincn. As ho refused to surrender a sccom
time Conloy perforated his shoulder. Stil
ho roJo away und Conloy ulmod to drop him ,
but his rillu hung fire , so the kid escaped. Apes
pos so Is after him ,
In ono of the Pullman cars on the Union
Pacltlc railroad goliif ; through Montana his
week wore Mr. and Mrs. A , II. Smith , the
latter pretty and piquant , the former affable
hut jealous. Thcro was also on the train an
English artist unmeet Wilson on his way t <
Hutto. The two men struck up a buffc
friendship that maintained until Smith dis
covoroil that Wilson had sketched his wlfo
Ho became franile und demanded tbo picture
which wan refused. Then there wa a light
and the infuriated husband was hciitcn , iiftc
which bo was soundly lectured by his sensl
bio wife , wlillo the passengers Jeered him
The artist kept the picture.
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL ,
Mysterious Disappearance of au Important
District Court Witness ,
NFORMATION FILED IN CRIMINAL CASES ,
Two OaiiiMliiR l > cns Raided by the
1'ollco ami tlio Tools Conlls-
oatcd-X'lio State Univers
ity Opona Totlay.
Lt.vcoi.v , Neb. , Sept. 1(5. ( [ Special to Tun
X1KB.J Now tlmt the September term of the
district court has commenced It has boon dis
covered that a most Important witness has
been somehow spirited away. It Is no other
than Altn Hammond , the tlilrtccn-yonr-old
Rlrl on whom her father made a criminal as
sault. Tbo mother tolls rather an unsatisfac
tory story 03 to her whereabouts.
CllMINAI ! < CtSnS.
The following informations wcro filed In
the district court this morning by the county
nttorncyi 1'etor Jensen , grand larceny ;
IlcuryMohrshooting with Intent to kill ;
" \V. H. 1'lckiml , adultery ; .Tolm Cox , receiv
ing stolen BOOiU ; JumoJ WnrJ , James Clark
nnJ Gcorno Mnltcrn , burglary nnil grand
larceny , William O'Connor , grand larceny ;
Charles F. Hammond , criminal assault on his
( laughter ; John Crc&lan , grand larceny ;
Harry titucrson , gr.md larceny ; IT.C.Brobst ,
forgery and uttering forged draft ; Samuel
11. Bobst , assault with intent to do great
boJIlyharm ; William Sherman , horse steal
ing ; A. P. Loriup , fulso Imprisonment ; Al
bert Cliall , horse stealing ; "William Schoeuc-
man , obtaining goods under flso pretenses ;
1) . G. Slioup , false pretenses.
The criminal court was engaged today in
the casooC the state vs Kiln Jones , who ap
pealed from the decision of the police court
infilling her for assault and battery on her
own fourteen-year-old daughter.
The next case taken up was that of Lou is
Wubbrr , Jtinint "Wood and Frank St. Clalr ,
the diamond robbers.
( JAM in.ixo DEXS iuimn.
Mnjor Orahnm Is keeping bis word concernIng -
Ing the shutting up of the gambling estab
lishments , mho not only ordered them closed
last week when lie heard that they were run
ning In full blast , but last evening ho in
structed the police to make a clandestine raid
on the establish incuts and if tiny of them
were found running toarrcsttbo inmates nnd
conHsiuto the gambling paraphernalia. The
raid was inado and sure enough , two estab
lishments were found open , one supposed to
bo run by Ous Banders and tbo other by
AHekJotos. Four manipulators of the cards
and rou lotto balls wcro captured in
the former place and thrco In
the latter. All wore arrested , but were
bailed out by their reputed employers.
Nearly SJU ( worth gambling apparatus was
captured in tlio two places. The raid was
made by Marshal Mellc-k , Captain Carder ,
Detective Jim Rlaloncaud Officers Bob Mu-
lone and Otto.
TllK SrVTK UXIVOSITV.
The state university opens again tomorrow ,
and already the students nro flocking hank
nnd the grounds present once moro their
lively appearance during tlio scholastic rear.
It Is estimated that them will ho (100 ( students
enrolled this full. Today examinations have
bucn held of applicants for admission into
the llrst and second years of the .Latin school.
Tlio questions today were confined to United
states und general history , arithmetic , alge-
lira , physics and chemistry. Tomorrow the
examinations continue and will include
geography , Latin , English grammar , botany ,
physics and chemistry.
The examination of applicants for admis
sion into the freshman and higher classes is
also in progress.
IS THE mvOUCR MILL , .
In the case of Ella Barber vs John , her
husband , the fair plaintiff failed to pub In tin
appearance. ' She had made n most urgent
appeal to the court for a legal rpleaso but
slio hir . . . ' ! . . .ny. . . . . . -J--v ; ' , , y . . , - - r
has left the city incntivliilo and her attorney
has no idea where she is. U'bo case was
thcrcforo dismissed. She will have to try
0311111 haforo she can remarry.
The next case called was that of Eliza
Cnuulall vs Albert Crandn.ll. The lady plain-
tilt too. . In this case had been very anxious to
oucure a divorce , but had cvldontally forgot
ten all about it , as she also failed to appear.
This case , like the other , went by default.
Virglo Lamorcuux , however , was of a
more determined mind in regard to
her application for ndlvorco from her con
sort , Albert. "When the case was called she
came forward und in unmlbtukablo language
told about the torriby .cruel treatment to
which slio had boea subjected by tlio man she
had married. The court was touched with
her stor.r und granted tlio decree. At present
Albert is holding down a lonely claim in
Sheridan county ,
Mrs. Mary Brcnnan , who recently figured
In an abduction case , and from whom her
husband wants a divorce , applied today for
temporary alimony f win her husband.
COT HIS .MOTIIiU-l.V-I.A.W'3 ' I'llOl'KIlTT.
A hard story is reported concerning George
L. Gay's treatment of his mothcr-la-law , Mrs.
Helen J. Uoo. The lady was worth 83,000 and
had an only daughter. Gay managed to cap
ture the affections of the widow's daughter
and married her. It appears from reports ,
however , that : ill this time ho has had Ins eye
upon the old lady's handsome dowry. At
llrst GcorjroalTected fanning , butilndlug that
employment not congenial , came to tbo city
and In some manner managed to get all his
mother-in-law's property into his name and
then turned her out of doors , The
neighbors say that Mrs. lloa de
clares she has never deeded the property to
Oay , and yet tbo records show that , trans
fer has been made. Mrs. Hoe has left the
neighborhood und it Is not known where she
is. ( Jay claims that ho cutno by the property
honestly.
ESI ) 0 ? A IIUXVIVAT MATCH.
Mrs. Alon/.o Ilacon's child , which was kid
napped for the second time by its father on
Sunday , was found this morning at the homo
of Wllllnm Childcra , southeast of the city ,
where Uncoil ha I taltea it. The child was
returned to its mother. Airs. Bacon is an ap
plicant foru divorce In the district court.
This is the ending of n runaway love mutch.
TWO IIUUOATlXa COMPANIES.
Two.now irrigating companies have noti
fied Secretary of Stulo Cowdcsy of their in-
tuiitlon of reclaiming the arid regions in
western Nebraska. The first Is the Nlo-
hrura irrigating mid Improvement company
and starts with a capital stock of * i')0W. , ) (
Ttio other Is thu Ifariners' Colorado and Un-
br.isku ditch company and the water H to betaken
taken from the not th for It of the Kopublicnn
river.
THE corrMAX nimrnxo BOII > .
Tbo elegant now live-story brick building
on 0 street , between Plftconta nnd fc > tx-
tccnth , just about finished and known as the
Coffinan block , has been sold by Mr. D. T.
Hoffman nud son to ( J. S. Moth of Hock Isl
and , the consideration being $ tW,000.
AT Till ! SrATKIIOU.SK ,
Horace O. II.Tarrof
New York asks for a
mandamus of the supreme couit ordering the
mayor and city council of Crcto to makoii
test aiul Inspection of tlio Uroto waterworks.
( icorgo.S. Arnold , who murdered ( ieorgo
W. IJurton of Mlnltaro two years ngo mul
was sent to the penitentiary for life for his
crime , bai grown tired of confinement there
and appealed the case to the supreme court.
The question as to whether the now county
to bo created out of portion of Iv nox is to bo
called Union or Alliance county has been
appealed to the supreme court. It
is stated by the npncllco time the sljfiicrsto
thecall for an election to erect the county of
Alliance was signed by only ! iKl ( persons ,
vx hllo that for thu county of union hud ever
OCX ) ,
The Chicago. Burlington A Qulncy and
Missouri I'aclllo railroad companies' have
asked ttio supivjno court for u niundamus
compelling thu Lincoln electric street railway
to remove its tracks , poles , ovorhi'ad wires ,
etc1 , , from the crossing ntKluvcnth streot. " It
is claimed by the railroad companies thut the
crossing Is dangerous nnd that u viaduct
should tx > built ut that point.
Tlio now Oitholloschooldodlcatod ton days
npn opened yesterday with UJ'J ' pupils.
The iSopttiiubar term of tlio bupronio court
commenced today und the llrst rase on the
Uoc'kotnrguod ,
A horse belonging to Mr. Rogers ran away
this mornliiff ami hroko its jaw nnd linco pan ,
it had to bo killed.
Health Oftloor Hortmm liiw qunrnntlnoit 4 ( (
K street , in Mr , l'rcsho' & sou Ims asovenj
attack or diphtheria. .
Fran It MIchljMn Is In duronco vile on tlw
rlmrgo of suoaliliiK Into Louie Ksoauy's MI.
loon on Tenth street nnd stealing three bottles
tles of wliic. . . .
The commissioners appointed to nmirnHrt
the dainngo nmdo by thai ) , ft M. light of
way through Frank Sheldon's twenty-si
ncros cast of the city reported today that tl
Rixmo was worth fJv00. !
1 Will II. Swander , tlio past RWiid snoh
or the Improved Order of Hod Men , on
over from Ues Molnos today to take i-hu
of the institution exercises tills ovciihit ;
the now trlbo started In Lincoln ,
Sergeant Fred Miller of the police force ,
turned from Omaha last evening , whither
went to collect the $ . ' ,000 insurance on I
father's llfo that catno duo to tlio widow f r
the Knights of Honoron the death of Mr , i
H. Miller on July 1. Fred returned with t
draft for the full amount.
How tlm IMrsldontinl Candidate Got
Ills Mall-lIlH tt'llb'fl Ambition.
"Yes , ns you say. now yarns
Lincoln are hard lo llmi. NovcrthoVs-t ,
liis was such n striking personality that ,
it is not easy lo exhaust the material l.i ,
ottered to the story-toller.5'
So spoke a inlddlo-ngcd man a f.
nights ago ton writer In tlio Chion >
Herald.
"You see , " continued my friend , "I
was born in Springfield , 111. , and llvd
there until after the war. I'Vom in\ \
earliest boy hood Abe Lincoln was to in'
an impressive figure , Ho used tocoiif
to my father's store , stick his foot on Hi. .
corner and talk about the nlTnhy of th > '
nation. I was present one night when
Abe caino in looking us melancholy as a
man whose liens won't lay.
"What's the matter , Lincoln ? " no
father asked , *
"Oh , nothing much. I'm discourage I
a bit. I fear my tilt with Douglas w .
not very successful. "
"Nonsense , Abo. " remarked my f.i-
thcr. "Your words have electrified (1 (
country. They will bear rich fru
for you. Your reputation has be-
mcrolv local heretofore ; now it is na
tional. "
"Doyou thlnkso ? Woll.Ihopoyon'i. . .
right.5' Then the future presidm-
stalked out into the night looking moin
cheerful than when ho entered.
I will never forgot the first , few dn.i *
after ho was nominated. At that tlm
Springfield had no postal delivery ana
wo were in the habit of going to th.- .
postollico late in the afternoon for our
mail , Sometimes 200 people would
gather in and near the postolllcc. TIu
ovcningaf tor ho was chosen tlio presiden
tial candidate by his party , Abe came to
the poslolllcoas usual for his lottcr.s.
IIo was dressed in the homely fashion of
the time and plnco and greeted his
neighbors in ills usual domourntic way.
lie found his box full of loiters ami news
papers.
D Tlio next afternoon ho caino again.
This time the mail filled three boxes.
IIo was dressed with moro care than ho
had been the day before. On the third
day after his nomination ho appeared at
the postollico with a basket on his arm.
Ho went away with his basket , pockets
and hut overflowing with envelopes ,
newspapers , campaign documents , etc.
After that ho wis obliged to employ a
secretary , who collected his mail , and
we saw but little of the great man.
"Whenever ho appeared in public , how
ever , wo noticed that lie wore what gos
sips called "his Sunday best. "
Those wcro lively times in Spring
field. The town was overrun with prom
inent men from all parts of the country.
It was my privilege to attend the
tion given 'to bis.I
Lincoln aftor&i |
above . . .
.v
old friends. There vru. . '
-IWM MI
nor the slightest indlcatlonlbrnvhtit , , „
now called "tho big head. " Mrs. Lin
coln was very gracious and inndo a Hi 11.j s
Impression that night. I hoard 1 otuy S
.o my father in the hallway as wo were
about to leave :
"I guess Mary will carry herself right
well in Washington , old man.5'
Speaking of Mrs. Lincoln reminds mo
of nn episode that took place some years
aeforo ADO beeamo n national hero.
There was 11 well-to-do tailor a in Springfield -
field who owned a handsome house just
across the street from the Llncolns. Mrs.
Lincoln did not feel pleased that a tailor
should live in a liner residence than that
occupied by a leading lawyor. When
Abe -was oil on circuit , therefore , she
liad a story added to their houso. The
job was nearly finished when Abe re
turned. JJo strode down the street ,
gazed at his house in surprise , and then
crossed to the tailor's side of the road.
"Who lives in that palatial mansion
ever there ? " ho asked of his neighbor.
"Tho widow Lincoln , " answered Iho
smiling tailor. Then was heard a voic.o
from the top story of the Lincoln house :
"Abo , Abe , como to dinner. You're
late. "
_
At Kane in the AVliltn House.
A young and pretty woman , tastily
dressed , entered the white house a few
days ngo with n party of friends -they
yore till southerners nnd was unhert/d
into the east room. After a few glances
around at the beauties of the apartment
she proceeded to take possession of the
sofa on the east side , opposite the en
trance , in a very complete nmimar. She
not only sat aown , but lifted her little
feet and tucked her droDs around thorn ,
and thus lay at full length at her case.
For ever an hour she lay thuH , while h-T
friends sat in the chairs around her
Finally ono of the ushers , fearing thut
she might bo ill , approached her ai
told her that if she wished she could retire -
tire to ono of the other less public room- .
She looked up smilingly and Bald : "Oh
never mind ; I am very comfortabtj
fixed. " And there she staid until th-
staring curiosity of the other visilot-i
forced her to assume a more dignlll--J
position.
The Grant Cottn o at Mt. 3IoGroj ; < ir.
At the General Grant cottagoat Mount
McGregor is kept a register of visitor- ,
and among those who have within the
last few days alllxcd their sign tnnn' ' al
may bo soon glolio-trottorsfrom Kng
land , Scotland , Sweden , HolgiumKg } | t ,
Franco , ( iormuiiy , Hungary , Canada ,
Mexico , Uraxil and South Africa.
OMAHA.
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed nnd duaruatood Capital..tWO.OOO
I'atd In Capllnl CW.OOJ
Iluyi and soils itool ; and liondij noKotliitei
coiiunorutal pnpuri receives nnd UUCUIM
trciuts ; uut9 as transfer agent anil truilea u (
corporation * , takes clmrgu of propurty , col-
Imts taxei ,
Omaha Loan &TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S E Corner 16tli and Douglns St3
Told In CtplUl | &n.iM
Buhacrlboduntl Oimrantuoil CaiilUl. . . . lui.ax )
Liability of HtookholUcM IXW.OW
ft Pur Cent Intorrnt Pali ) on Hope jits.
1'KANIC J , I\N(1K. ( ( Jtulilnr
Onicori : A.U. Wymnii , iiioildunt ; J. J llrowii ,
vlce-prosldoiit , W. T , Wymiui , Uousurer.
Dlrcctor.s-A. : U. Wyman.J. H. MlllunlI J
Jlrnwn. Ouy O , nartun , B.V. . Nttlli , Thom
< lilrubill , Cuortfu U , Lulu.