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THE OMJUBA. DAIXY BBF : SUJNDAYv SEPTEMBEK 28 , 1800-SIXTBEN PAGES. B \i \ IQUNlyoT TKK7VI3 OP 8UWCUI 1'TIOrf , Dnlljr luitlBunJay. Ono Year. . . . . .SMCO Htjnioiitlu , . . . , . , . . . . . . SIX ) Tlirro months. , . . . . , . . . . ,4. . . SW Huiujiiy lice , Ono Vcar . 8 DO Weekly lieu. Ono Tear. . 1 20 OFFICES } Omi\lin.Tlio \ Tlcolliilliltni ; . * Houlli Omnlin , Corner N nnd COtli Street" * . Council Illn IT/i , 12 1'cnrl Street- tJlilcaRopnioo , 317 Chain tier or Commerce. NewY'otk.Kofimsin.llaiull'i , TiUm Wellington , IIUFourtoonlli SttccU All communication * rrliitlnu to novr incl editorial tiinttcr should l udilrosseu to the .Editorial Dctintttncnt. UUSINISS MTTERS. Alt tmilncKilctlcnniid fofnlllancM should liotililrowiiMltoTliallau I'ubltaliliiK Company. Omnliii. Drnfn , oiccks nnd tioitolllco orders tobomndo puyafoloto tlio order of Iho com Be Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors , Tliol I eojIMd'it. 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OMAHA capitalists iiro liberally rep resented In Iho Union stockyards com pany of Salt Luke , which will forninn Iniportnnt annex tothoOmalui plant. SAM JOM-KS congratulates himself that ho ilouMi't "prench llko othur pfoaeh- Drs. " It is fortunate for the cause of rational ioliglon tha the JonosoSare not uiimorous. Tins domocrntle McA.tilllTos In Ifo- bmska will BIIVO thunisolvos considcr- allo ) pain and preserve Olielr jicfrional nppcaranco ly throwing up the sponge , before November. ACCOIIDIKO to late cable nilvlccs Archbibhop Konrick ot ( St. Louis who , lilwVilllaniB. . Gladstone Is still In the prime oflifoat tlieag-oof olght.y-lour , Is to bo mwlc a cardinal In the near future. America will presently wioldn , Tory ru- Bpccttiblo influence in the colloffoof car- Qinals. CAN-AU.v throatona to loolc aleut for other niafltets than tlioso of this coun try wherein to soil her surplus manufac tures if the McKlnloy bill becomes n. Intf. If that threat is carried out no body in this country will ho seriously discommoded , "V\'o \ nro in condition to supply all tlio wants of America without importing the manufactured products of cheap paid Canadian labor. TUB national prison congress now in Bcsalon at Cincinnati , promises to bo ono of the inont important sessions In tlio history ot the congress. The good results of tlicso annual meetIngs - Ings of men engaged in prison work nd deeply Interested In prison reform are well known by tliosovlio have paid at tention to the subject , and every year the congress Is attnicting greater atten tion , and lienco necessarily becoming moro useful. There are few matters that bettor dosorTO tholntorest of the student ofsooialopy and of the philanthropist than tlio subject of prinon reform , Tpirouuow occurs the ono hundredth anniversary 6f the beginning ol cotton mnnufiicturo in this country. On Sep tember 29 , 1700 , the first cotton mill -was EtaHtQby Samuel Slater , the story of whose labors and genius 19 familiar to all students of history , and the con ten- nlalwlilch celebrates his achievements is more than a national event. On to morrow tlio llttloclty of Pawtucket vill bo the focus of the industrial world , und a numerous body of pilgviins will gntlier at the old Shtor mill and review the history of a century in making cotton poods. That mill was the boginnln g of m. plant that now plvcs emplo montto many thousand opera lives and turns out an annual product of over t\vo \ hundred million dollars in value. IT is very gratifying to the people wholivoin the west to know that moat , if not quite all , -who nro duped by spirit ualistic ImpostorsUvo cast of or imme diately this side of the Alloghonies. The Dlss do Bar scandal and robbery that New York City people took such In terest in Is scarcely out of print before Pennsylvania furnishes an example of woman's ' duplicity tmd intui's simplicity thnt merits the attention of the. press. In the case of Medium Wyoth and "Widower Hill of Carbondale , more - vigorous orous language could ho used to express tlio mental status of ! Mr. Hill with ap plicable propriety , It Is stranger tliati llctlon that Mr. Hill should deposit money at various limes under a "certain etono" that . .Mediumyotluvos to transport " port to the dead ilrs. Illll to buy clothes with ! .And yet , in that way , ho remitted bis nngol wife four thousand dollars for a honvcnly wardrobe and piu money The recclot of the man's money has not been ncknoMlodgcd , and ho therefore BUM Mtdluin Wyeth forlhoamount. 7ho court that Ivt-a him Judgment should in placinghim" la soma tnludod , T1IK TITO IVIany ol the most Intelligent citizens ' Nebraska are entirely at sea about 10 proposed prohibition nnd license tncndmcnts. Sorno of the ndvocalcs of rolilhltion have ourpofoly misrcpre- on ted thoofTcct of the tvo amendments , hej'havo sought to create the opinion uita vole against prohibition is nvoto or compulsory license. In other -words , lioyassert that voting down the pro- Ibitory amendraeat would do away 1 tli local option and make tliogrnntlng t licenses compulsory in every comma- ity , whether the pcoplo wanted It or ot. This version Ifl radically at vari- ncowltlilho Intent nnd purpose of the \vo propositions now before the pcoplo , AVIion the constitutionality of the bill tnbodylng thodo amendments was affined - fined by the supreme court during lie session of tlio late legislature , udgo Maxwell on faohalf of the court , enderedan opinion clearly dellnlnirtho elatlve effects of the two amendments. This opinion \ras published in full In the louse journals for 18S9 , with the record f tlio two houses on the amendments. The following o.xtraut from the do- Islonof the supreme court shows how ur highest judicial tribunal construes he two amendments : An examination of the proposition ! in [ Ucsllonvlll show tliatono provision Is not IcpcnJant upon another. They are Intlc- endcnt propositions for tlio control of the ( Itiortrufllcto un submitted to the electors f the state , for their approval or rejection , loth propositions rclnta to the same subject , Iz : The control of tiiotrafllc in. lutoxicatiit liinto , butdlftor merely ai to the remedy iroivncu. In effect , the propositions are in he nltcruntlvo nJ Intended to give voters u opportunity to express their preference , to the niodo of con trolling the trafllcln in- oxtcjtlnc drinU . rJo bo effective , but OHO t the propositions can bo adopted and bo- omopirt of thacoustitution. The proposed amendments , therefore , are not dependent upon each other , and therefore nro not in oiiHIct with the constitution.Ve therefore answer the first Inquiry in the nOlrmatlvc. They arc hidcpuiiclent proposals , both in- ended to i > lace rcstrielious upon the l-alllc in intoxicating liquors as a bwcr- JJC. * * JJOTV. beit to control this vil lias occupied the attention ofwlso nmt houRhtrul persons for many years , and the nqitiry \vhatsrsteinwillproiluco \ the best iractlc.il results I On the ono hand , it isplnlii luib In the present stuto of public sun tlmotit he inojt efficient restriction can be obtained iy placing llceiiso at so high a sum that only eputible nnd i-osponslblo persons can enijuffQ n the business. , mil the > * tinder such liablli- les nnd restrictions as iirovcnt saU'J to niuors , drunkurJj.ortoauyono . on Sunday or lection clays , or at any tlmo Insullldout tiuuntitles toproduco intoxicationand by male n pc-nonsengaged in tlio business , und the urellcs on their boiicls , litiblo for nuy dams - s sustained by any ono fiom the sale of in- oxieating liquors. Oa the other hanU , tlio opponents otlioense claim that thoonlycffcc Ivu mono of controlling the tmlUuls to pro ilblt It altogether. Tno lofjlslature , rccogniz- tha divided state of public sentiment , has n otfcct said to tbo electors cf the state , 'Choosii ' ye which system yo will have , " an d leiicohavosubirilttod both questions. Klec- oi-.s incastiiiB their ballots for or npalnst a iroposltioiiaro supposed toie \ , mid as a rule are ffoverncdby principle ; hence , if one votes a favor of prohibition It will be rare indeed hat ho will also vote in favor -license ; so f ho votes for license he will not , vote lor pro ilbitlon. The proposed , amcidnicnU : proviflo 'or ' different nnd contradictory modes of con- ti-olllag tlio liquor traDlc , but ono of which can bo effected Ifaloiitoil. The propositions jciiif'Independent , hoivovor , any elector may vote for oiioancl against thoother , or for or ajainstboth. Jf both shoal. ! receive a ma- orlty of nil tlio votes cast , however , the ainoudnients boiii'irreconcilable ) with would fail. Such a contingency is so remote that it scarcely need be considered. Injho face of this plain and clear defi nition by the supreme court no lawyer ol any reputation will dare contend that i vote against the amendment prohibit ing1 the manufacture mid sale ofliqtior as a beverage would make lluonso compul sory or nullify any parb of our present lilghllconso and local option laws. No reputable lawyer will contend tllat a vote against prohibition is a vote for license. Any man who votes against prohibition simply -votes against the re peal of local option and high license. Theromay boa difference of opinion as regards tlie effect of tlio second amend ment , which requires the legislature to license and regulate the trallioln liquor. Some lawyers assort that the adoption of tills amendment would compel the licensingof the saloon In every community , " \Vo \ doubt very much whether this construction could bo placed upon the llconso amendment. The lang-itaffo Is very explicit. "Tho legislature shall license and regulate the sale of liquor. " Regulation must go with license , and any ronsonaljlo regula tion will be sustained by the courts. It would bo reasonable regulation , for instance , to require every nppllcsuit for license in vlllago andsmnll cities to pro- euro a petition signed by _ a majority of the residents of his town'which in effect would bo the same as local option. If majority refused to eljjn thora would bo no license granted and there would bo no saloon. Other regulations regardtn the amount of license fee to bo levied would hsLvo the same effect if each com munity is given the right to fix the amount of the llconso , lot usmalcotho matter plain to every voter. First , There are two amendments pendIng Ing , each of them Independent of the other , and each to ho voted on sopar ntoly , .One of these amendments pro hlhits the manufacture and sale of in to.xlcating liquors as a. bo vertigo , the other requires the legislature to license and regulate tliotralllo in liquor. Second , These who desire tonrohlbl theniaiuifacturonndsale of liquor , shouli vote for the prohibitory amendment ant against the license amendment ; Imt i they ( all to vote on the "license amend monttho elteetls thosameas If thoyluu votetl against it , because lttal < os a clem majority ol all the votes cast at the dec lion to carry n constitutional amendment mont , Third , Those who nro opposed to pro hlbitlon find , doslro our present loca' option and high license laws to remain In force should vote against "both ofth amendments. Fourth , Those wlio doslro to ongraf the license principle con pled -with regu lation upon the constitution , and forovo prevent statutory prohibition as it nov exists in Iowa , should vote against the prohibition amendment ami for the 11 cense amendment. With tlieso directions before him w do not see how any Intelligent rotor can possibly unko a mistake. JilSLBADISO STATISTICS , A statement Is going the rounds of the > ress purporting to give the number , , olal cost and average cost of buildings erected In seventeen of the leading cltios of the country last year. Bo far ns Omahnls concerned the figures are mis- dlnjT. The total number of buildings erected Is placed nt twenty-four hun dred nnd ninety-eight ; total cost , four million , six hundred and sixty-three , seven hundred and thirty-five. dollars ; average cost , eighteen hundred uid three dollars. These figures correspond with tlio botlngs of the annual report ol tlio superintendent of buildings , but the compiler ignored the stntomani of the superintendent that the estimates are jolow the actual cost bynt least twenty- Ivo per cent. The truth is that the per colitis nearer fifty than twenty-five , Tlio astnnnual review of 'IllE I3KE contains carefully prepared tables showing the lolual cost and character of building im provements In this city. Those tables vcre compiled by experienced men , who lid not rely on the Incomplete records of .ho . building- department , but visited and consulted the owners or contractors of every building erected or underway , Tlio 'csults ' ofthcso labors , covering uporlod of throe months , show that the nggro- atocostof the t\vcnty-four hundred and ninety -eight buildings croctod was seven millions , sixty-four thousand , five lumlred and fifty-six dollars , or anavei- igocostof twenty-eight hundred and wcnty-el'ht { dollnrs. 'To this may prop erly "bo added the cost of ono luiulred and six buildings crccto'l in South Omaha , four hundri'd and twelve thousand ono hundred and six dollars ; fifty-eight buildings in Dundee Place , on the -western boundary of the city , three hundred and eighty- three thousand dollars , andsavan hun dred and fifty thousand dollars ex pended on "buildings under way sit the close of the year , making1 the total in vestment In Imlldinifs eight million , six iiindredandnliio thousand , six hundred vnd sixty-two dollars. Those figures represent tlio not mil nonoy Invested In building improve- cnttf in Omaha in 18S9. They sliow an excess of nearly four million dollars over .ho . alleged comparative statement , and irovo that instead of eighteen hundred tnd three dollars , the actual average cost of the buildings was a fraction over hirty-two hundred ami thirty-four dol- avs. avs.So So much for Omaha's record. Our ocal lavs are responsible for the clrcu- ation of false and misleading building statistics. Under the odious building 'eo system in vogue here , the city vil1- , ually puts a premium on under valua tion and bogus estimates. The amount of the fee is guagoil by the estimate of cost furnished by the applicant for a > ormit ; ns n , consequence estimates are ilaced at tlio lowest possible figure to escape a portion of the graduated tax. [ t would bo far more profitable to tlio city to abolish the foe system entirely .hun . give official sanction to u false record of Omaha's building operations. .1 SLIGHT COSOESSIOXf 10 AUT. The tariff conferees decided to retain paintings and statuary on the dutiable list at fifteen per cent ad valorem , one- lialf the present duty. The house , under tlio influence of an almost univer sal demand conspicuously urged by American artists , plncod works of art on the froa list , but the sonata decided Lo retain the present duty. The agree ment of the conferees is oons2n.uontly n slight concession to art for which the liouso raombors of the conference committee - mittoo doubtless deserve the cro dit. It is probable tint this provi slon of the tariff bill will not undergo any further change in the present congress , and that free art is a matter of tno more or loss remote future , though Its attain ment hsisbpen brought nearer by the action of the house than it would L > o if that body liad not placed works of art on the free list. Of eourso thcro are two sides to this question. Ono relates to the educational advantages likely to result from encouraging the Importation of foreign works of art , The other view regards such works as lux m-ios to bo enjoyed chiefly by the wealthy , and therefore proper objects of revenue. Those who demand that art shall bo free contend that it is an oasou/ tial factor of national onllglitmont , n source of popular education and elevation - tion , and therefore , ought to ho relieved of every hindrance and burden , so that the pooplowould bo enabled to obtain the largest possible enjoyment of it. It will hardly bo questioned that an effect of a high' tariff on works of art is to keep them away from the general pub lie , except as they got into public gal leries , nnd these are undoubtedly not sowell supplied , both ns to quality and quantity , as they would bo if there was no duty on painting nnd statuary , There are several well appointed art galleries in the country notwithstanding the heavy existing duty , as the Corcoran gallery ul "Washington , In which the most ini portant pictures are of foreign origin , the great Walters gallery of Baltimore , possibly the richest in the country in , the examples of modern foreign paintIngs - Ings and other art works , the Now York , the Boston nnd the Phiiadelphin art museums , ' and the Philadelphia academy of the fine arts , all possessing many fine works by foreign artists whlcl are open to tlio public vie r. Othei cities have public nnd private collections of moro or less merit. But still the fact is , allowing art to bo essential to the education and refinement of the people , that is not so generally distributed as is ° desirable , and communities whtchmight establish collections for the entertainment tainmont and cultivation of the public are debarred from do ing so by the tariff. In this view the duty on works of art Is in oIToci a tax on the Education of the people. It is to be "borne In mind that no Amor icnn artist , or at any rate none of ropu tntlon , asks for a dutjr on works o 'art ' and certainly the government docs no require the revenue from this source Thu only defense of taxing them is thai they arc luxuries intended only for the enjoyment of the wealthy , who should bo made to pay for their enjoyment This la a very Inadequate defense , despite spite the fret that it appears to have been satisfactory to the conferees on the tariff bill. We JVo yet behind nil ether enlightened if ftii3 in this particular , "but the prog ti made gives promise that vro shnll if } ol bo so alwiys. a Dis.wrmxTisa IIKSULT. The result of the conference on the tnrlir hill wllljbo n very great disap pointment to thfcvost. \ . The opinion of this section regarding the house meas ure was very plainly expressed In con demnation of its general provisions , nnd taking counsel of this fooling the senate attempted to bring the hill moro into ac cord with -western views. In this it waste to some extent successful , nnd the bill adopted by the senate , though not alto- collier satisfactory to the west , would have Icon accepted with llttlo com plaint , But the conference committee has thrown aside nearly all the most im portant amendments mntlo by the senate to the house bill nnd practically adopted that measure , the few modifications made giving it no better claim to west ern acceptance than it hud in its original form. The Interests of the west can expect no benefits from this tariff mbnsuro agreed on by the conference committee. It is certain to advance the price of almost everything the farmers of the west must buy. if it becomes a law , nnd it will not Increase the price of a single article they have to sell. "Western grain growers asked that binding twine bo placed on the free list and the so n.ito conceded that much , but its conferees receded and binding twine was returned to the dutiable list by the conference committee. This is in distinct disregard of the Interests of the tons of thousands of farmers of the west nnd northwest for the benefit of about two score of twlno manufacturers , who if they do not con stitute n trust , as that form of combina tion is legally defined , are unquodtion- ably united to regulate the production and price of binding twine , beginning with tlio raw material. The representa tives of the west and northwest in congress have an imperative duty to perform in resisting this manifest con cession to a combination which has al ready plundered the grain growers of the country to the extent of millions of dollars. The conference committee agreed to the reciprocity and retaliation amendments passed by the senate , but how much of value there will bo In these expedients for enlarging the country's trade is wholly problematical. The report is very likely to encounter vigorous opposition in the senate from northwestern republicans , and its defeater or modification in material respects is probable. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IX THK M. E. - The question ot admitting womdn to the general con fe'ronco of the Methodist Episcopal cluirchlis to bo voted on by' the Inlty during the months of October and Uovombor. Elections by ballot will beheld hold in every meeting house , and mem bers may. vote who are twenty-one years old and over. For several years the proposition to allow women representation in the gen eral conference , which is the legislative body of tlio church , has been agitated. Two years ago it- was before the confer ence and tlio decision was against it , but if the vote to bo taken during the next two months shall show that the laity are in favor of it undoubtedly it will prevail. The question is regarded as of very great importance to the church , and while thcro is a very strong opposition to ad mitting women to the conference , as at tested by the action of that body , the proposition has also a vig orous support. These who op pose the innovation make their principal ground of opposition the in junction of St. Paul against allowing women to speak in the church , while another objection is that the admission of women to the conference might bo used to bring the influence of the church to boar in favor of woman suffrage. The advocates of the proposition contend that women have always boon in the habit of spoakinpr in Molhodlst meet ings , that some of the most effective ox- hortorshavohoon women , nnd that the counsel and Influence of women is being constantly and widely exerted in the nltnlrs of the church. Certainly Motho- dlst practice strongly supports the prop osition. The apostolic injunction that the women bo required to hoop silence in the churches is not now observed , if it over was , in the Methodist church , ami as to the apprehended danger that admitting women to the conference might load to the use of the church to further the cause of woman suffrage , it is not at nil hkoly to be come serious. It is quite possible that n few" ' women would take advantage of this privilege in the church to urge political suffrage , but it is not probable they would ever secure sufll- clent followers to make their movement * formidable. As to what tlio result of the laity -voto on this proposition is likely to bo there are no Indications upon which to safely ground a prediction. Thu Molhodlst women , so far ns appears , are apathetic , or at all eventsao not prosecuting a campaign for tnoir rights with any de gree o ( vigor. This does not necessarily show , however , that they nro not inter ested in the quiaStion , nntl when the tlmo for voting arrlycsfor before it ends , they may show anamttunt of activity and cam paigning skill that will keep the oppo nents of admitting. women to tlio general conference vorybusy. | As the next ses sion of the conference will doubtless ho hold in Omahaj 'this ' question possesses a particular into roil for the Methodists of this section.l ' / ' ' ; | | Nri'j'lllCOM ' , * .VCH. fffV-Tnrk IfortU Henry S. Ives Is n iiln a llRiiro In railroad circles , and this Is the llf.uro . 0. s Denver la Gn > wini ; Civilized. JViuvrfejiuMfcflii. . Lot the state law nnd city ordinances against carryltig concealed weapons bo rigor ously enforced , 'JL'ho Hip pocket must go. Itiilfour Sowing the Wind. Kniisoi City Tlmtt , Mr. Dalfour'a Tipporary constabulary sowed the wind yesterday , The reaping of it will not bo Inapt to carry L.orU Salisbury anil lila party down to Ucop grlof. Iho Democrats Pay the HIM. The Pennsylvania prohibitionists have so- looted another candidate for jfovernor in place of tlio cue wbo dccliucd. It la hardly ncccs- nry to add that the expound of the proceed- ng cornea out of the democratic campaign una < - Amcrlen. British landlords look diminutive beside Vllllom Specht , who goes late tbo rack- entliij ? business In Toxns with 550,000 , norcs , ccumltohtm by "Spanish grants. " Thus re now Ireland ) sot up in this country right under our very eyes. No wonder the land [ piostlon is assuming large proportions , A Lord nnd n Gentleman. Huston Tniiiscrljit. Lord Sackvillo's exhibition of unlordly manners in Insisting on his rlRhts In the mat er of the Shakespeare Memorial , nt Strat- ord-on-Avon , Is mot by a characteristic dls- ilay of an American citizen's generosity. \lc. \ Guilds now offers to huy tbo patch of ami the occupancy of which so worries the loble lord's mind , VO.ICI3 OF1 TI-IK STATE PHESS. Coliimtmi Tclffjntm. How about the 120 saloons running wide open In DCS Molnes , the city in which you resided , xvhllo you were governor of Iowa , Mr. Larabcol Not Mentally Color lllliHl- Jlampton ITuctater. It Is n hnnl matter to prove to an intelli gent populace that black U white , nnd that is vhero the prohlbs are getting left in their irgu'jieuts with IJosowater and "Webster. A. Wltl Horniiililo for Holes. ZVcbnurta C"y Vrcss , There nro only n limited number of po- Itical holes in Nebraska , and It Is very doubt- 'ul if there nro enough to nceommoUato the lemocrnts nnd prohibitionists after November I. The Press -would suggest tbo Missouri and Plntto rivers for these that cannot Und an aperture , I > on't Irn.vr HlRM Kuougli. FWli City JoMt-nal. tVs the Journal remarked some time ngo , Mr. Doyd is not getting out and beelng the boys to nny great extent. A kick Is also being made that his checks nro not as largo as tbo boys think they ought to bo , coming from a candidate who Is building himself n now opera house at u cost of a quarter of n million dollars. _ They "Will See It. Vaf | > arafao Tribune. The farmers nave uo more reason now than in tlio past to hope for nnj-thliiB In tuclr in terest from the democracy-nnd ( when they shall understand , as they nro rapidly learn ing , that the independent party , so called , is being made to servo as n tail to the demo cratic kite , they will to a man refuse to coun- tennnco the ticket. Democrats are building their hopes of success upon republican defec tion caused by the independent move. Will you see It ? _ Ho Can NTot Un Trusted. Falrlmn ; Enferprfw. The ridiculous spectacle of McKcigban in his endeavor to convince the farmers in tbis district that a patched up record that savors of everything foul nnd irregular can bo over come by glib promises for the future , shows the assurance and gall of the inati Tbo farmer of today Is entirely too intelligent to trust tlio management of state and national affairs to a man who is a drunkard , an em bezzler , n political pirate , a democratic Au- nanias and a political Judas Iscariot. Tlio Old Imdy Lied. Fremont Flail. The Imported shrieltersvho are lustily de faming Nebraska cities , should not bo coun- tennnced or tolerated. Wo people of Frc- _ mont know that our city Is not us vile and damnable a hole as the long haired shriekcrs represent. Of course Cougar did not say list night that Fremont was a very vile city. She thought that would not bo popuhir. She arraigned Grand Island , Lincoln , Omaha and other absent cities , hut when in these cities she leaves them out and inserts Fremont. Who ever notices a drunken man in Fremont ) Oc casionally there occurs a c-ise , but they nro very seldom. Our city is not a Sodom , neither are our citizens escaped. Jail birds , Tlio Flail believes that the old lady lied while calling on the name of the Lord. They Are for Temperance. Grand Island Independent , It is not the aim of atitl-prohlbltlonsts to provo that licensed saloons are a blessing , but it is their aim to show that they nro less of a curse , less productive of drunkenness , and from every moral .standpoint preferable to the low , unlicensed doggeries , dives anct holos-ln-the-wall so numerous in Iowa , Kan sas and other prohibition states , -which wore so highly praised by Larrabeo , as by-all odds preferable to the respectable saloons , as ho designated the licensed saloons , thus convey Ing tlio Impression that ho objects to any thing approaching respectability. It is its aim to demonstrate that cvory sauo man should bo the keeper of bis own conscience and conductor of his own tastes so long ns he does not interfere with the rights of his neighbor. It has been conclusively shown that there Is by all odds a greater percentage of drunk enness in the cities of the prohibition states than in the i cities of the llconso states , That of itself , unless the pro hibitionists Insiit that drunkenness and in temperance nro good things , ought to besuf- llcicnt to condemn prohibition , which pro motes drunkenness. It is conclusively shown , too. that moro government licenses arc Issued to sell liquor in the prohibition states of Iowa and Kansas , in proportion to population , than in licensed Nebraska , nnd the fact is sufll- clent to condemn prohibition in the eyes o I every man who want ? to promote true tcm poranco the temperate use of all God's gifts to man , which if properly used contrib utes to his health , comfort , pleasure and hap- plness , It alms to show that liberty of thouxht and conscience are preferable to the Iron rule of fanaticism , which would malto man tlio keeper of his neighbor Instead of tbo responsible custodian of hinuclf In the mat ters of morals and conscience. THE ADVKNT OK Eliza T nmb Martyn , Tlioro'n a sllunt , solemn Kplrlt stealing over vulu nnil hill , And the fragile llmvorctdiUcMln Its brcntliso fulnt mid olilll ; All tlioluiivrs IKUISO In tliclr waltzes and take un u .sornlior lino. WliIIu Iho wuiuluHiiK Ivy blushes 'noiith Its veil of iMMTjytlovr , Golden fruit IH ifitppl"X ) > dropping from the over liKKiod truii. , And tlio hire ! IH sad mid slloiit ; Htrangoly Idle I * the bou ; Hut tlinlmiighiy corn stands proudly In tlio cool tH-ptoinljcr day , All unmindful of the Jtulor whoso grim consort Is Docay. StraiiKiWnKiio slshs itnil faint nroma thrill und llll the iilinoHplieio ! Sleepy hounds of myntlo btlrrlnic * float about unit oliiirni tliu our ; And thu nlfilils bocn.iie upgrcBiIn ) undone-roach upon thu ( layx , Whllu thu iiiKMi'-iIntoiiscrbrl ( litn 3jstrive * tenet net tliiilldkls : ililuin And tlio Invent , htmnwoly pcinlvo , ullcnt.lus- iroiis-oyud , mid siul , llcarU with .sympathy outflowing , far too thoughtful to bo uhul. Husbandman tmlcnroful inntroii frulUxl liuio , And the | > rittln ; of thochlldrcnhasono notuol mul rufruln : I''un tlio kliin with huH-flllod uddora wnnilur listings In tlio sun , Tholrilull initiircsilliiily comclou.sof now rut- Ings hcuri'u begun , All Iww to tills solcmx soverclgiicrosho waves her reitul liiinil , Kre JUT tluimu slioluia nsceudcil , ore her vis ion sweeps the Innil , Dro tlio orowii rttsl * mi her forehead nil lior si lent will olu'V ' , Whllol'orfoolloM , sadly kneeling , yield ) her trophlui to Douay. FROM THE STATE CAPITAL , Fred Hovey Aneatod for Robbing a lamer at tha Uickmim Fair. SIX PERSONS SEPARATED BY DIVORCE , < V Poor IVomnn Uobueil of $ : * 00 \Vlio Ate the Diseased Meat ? Sola lt Itlsht of Way- IjlllCOlll Nob. , Sept. 2"-Special [ to Tun BEK. ] Fred Hovoy , a character well known to the police here , was arrested at noon on the charge of committing a robbery nt Illck- mnn. lie had loft that city very hurriedly yesterday shortly after noon , jumping on nn outbound train nnd not stopping to tnko oven his coat with him. The police thcro tele graphed Iho Lincoln majihal to arrest him as soon as ho got ofT the train , but the marshal did not receive the telegram until too late and the fellow could not bo found until noon today. Ho admits to having got § 55 from a farmer nt the HlcUman fair , but claims that the granger \vai gambling with him ami ho won the money from him atngamoof dice , lie falls , however , to explain his hasty exit from the town of ulckmnn Tlio police hero glvo Hovey the reputation of being a tin horn gambler and thief. lie is the same follow who , while gambling with Tommy Noonan about two months ago , grabbed nearly $30 belonging to Nooimu and decamped. Constnblo Hunger was put on the robber's trail and ho "treed" him iu the upper story of n building at "Wilbur , but Just as the ofllcerwns about to arrest him , the thlet Jumped from a second story window and escaped. Ho then lied to Fairmont , but was pursued nnd captured at that place , It is bollcvoil that ho has robbed the farmer at the lllukman fair in the same manner that ho robbed Tommy Noonan. six uu'i'v mvoiicin ) nn.vKTS , John A. Ohl was given a divorce yesterday afternoon from his wife Elizabeth. Tlio court wns very anxious to get oil on the -1:31) : ) train , but John was verbose and insisted in telling the court his whole history , and had to forci bly bo shut off. Ills allegation was that his wife was violent in her temper and exercised hcrmu clo in pulling his beard frequently a practice which caused him to lose his eye sight , mul glasses wcro called into use. Eliza beth lives lu Ohio. His prayer was therefore granted , Nancy A. Patterson was divorced from her husbandOriflln L. this morningnftcrtwenty- nine years of married life. There are eight children belonging to the family. She said licrhusbaiid had frequently threatened tocut her throat and about a year ago fractured her skull , and she lay at death's door for a long time. Patterson lives at Third and G streets , but illdn't ' appear. The aged plaintiff did not got nny alimony. The diiloranccs between Thomas and Ellen Murphy wcro settled yesterday without a hearing , although a largo array of witnesses wcro present. Thomas claimed desertion as his grounds , but tlio court gave Ellen a dl- vorco on the ground that Thomas had been guilty of cruelty and too much drunkenness. The couplu have been married twenty-four years , and the wife was given a bouse and lot on K street near Seventh In addition to the divorce. WHO ATE THE msc.vsnn MEAT ? Meat Inspector Rhodes declares that none of tlio diseased moat sold by Peter Gross lias been eaten by Lincoln citizens a3 far ns he can ascertain. The steer dying with lump jaw that was bought by Gross & Frolin was killed by thuni as stated but was sold tea a butcher nt Sproguo. a town fifteen miles south of Lincoln. This butcher , ho says , re tailed tlio unwholesome ilesh to the pcoplo of that town. The Inspector Intimates that when the Sprnguo meat dealer bought the dressed steer from Gross &Frohn ho know well the true condi tion of tbo moat. A nii'FGKcxcc or OPIXIOX. Mr. H. T. Shcrwln , the druggist , Is under the Impression that a man named Gehngon from .Friend has been trying to "do" him. Shcrwin sola his drug outfit to Gehageii and took in payment a mortgage for $1 , jOU ou the stock. Ho claims that tie was to retain pos session of the stock until the receipts from the sales aggregated the amount tnat the mortgage calls for. Gehageii says otherwise. Since the dicker was made Gchagcn has con fessed judgment to a note for $1,1500 held by K. J. Ferguson .of Friend and gave on order on the drug store in payment. This proceed ing would knoclc Shurwln clear out in the cold nnd lit ) raises a very emphatic objection to being swindled in such a manner. Moan- whllo the sheriff is holding possession of the stock. A MOOTKD rorsT. The B. & M. railroad company filed Its brief today in tlio case ot Nathan. C. Blalte- loy against that corporation. The iuiestlon In dls putois whether the railroad company has the authority to sell a portion of its right of way to another railroad company. The land ia question lies southeast of Beatrice and formerly belonged to Blakolcy. In 1885 the Republican Valley railroad compauy so- curcd the strip for Its line aud eventually It was turned over to the B. & M. In 1SSU that company sold tlio south forty feet to the Chicago cage , Uoclc Island & Pacitlc railroad com pany. Ulakcly objected to this und brought suit to recover the forty-foot strip , In the lower court the action of the railroad com pany was endorsed. iiommi ) or TimnK nuxnnnli nou.uis. Ilegnglla Adeliato , an Italian woman , re ported at the police station this morning that she had beuii robbed of &W. She said that this amount , which was the savings of years , was taken from her while.she was standing on 0 near Eleventh street j-esterday. She ib thowlfoof a vender of fruit. The police nro inclined to distrust her story. CIIANCi : IX CAMPAIGN Al'l'OIXTME.VTS. John Tj. Welntor will baunablo to meet his engagement at ( Jrotuoii Wednesday , October 8. All his other engagements , however , will remain as llrst announced : Hustings , Mon day , October * ! ; Nelson , Tuesday , October" ; Sownrd , Thursday , October U ; York , Fri day , October 10 ; AshlandSaturday , October 11. Hon. PI. M. Sullivan will tulcu the place of Mike McSherry ii : the joint speeches with lion. A. E. Cady at Ord October 8 , and Loup City October 9 , THU xiw : HANK. The new Lincoln bank is to bo known as the Colunioia National bank. The capital stock is W > ( ) , ( )00 ) and its phico of business Is U ) bo at Twelfth undO streets. The follow ing olllcers nave been cboaen : President , JolmB. Wright ; vlw president , ! ' . B. Sau- dors ; cnshlor , John H. MuClay. In about two weeks the now bank will commence busi ness. IN Tin : HuniKMR count. The case of Kollin L. Downing vs George W. Ovormiro mid others , error from HulTalo county , has been appealed tottio supreme court. Ovorinlro is a countable and Downing demands f 101- from him ou the grounds that Ovcrinlro has fulled to account to the proper parties for money that came Into his pos session. Andruw F. Bloomer Is trying by the help of thu supreme court to collect a bill of ? J.JIM for lumber which ho claims N duo from Liician U. Nolan and Edwin W. Moshcr of York county. Charles ! ' . Fisher and others who hnvo been oontajting with John W. and N , J. Bar tholomew ovnr tha ownership of a roan mura loft by J. J. Chidwick , deceased , liavu ap pealed the case to thosuprcmu eon ft. HTiTB 110USU NOTHS , The general scramble for the position of state bank examiner , made vacant by the resignation of T. K. Sanders , still gob on. Among thu asplranti for the position nro 0. 12. Waite of Lincoln , F , U. Brown of Mo- Cook , fj. A. Hr.uidhooferof Ogalalla.'J. W. Wolf of Sterling , F. O. EJgcrcomb of Falls City , W. H. Thorpe of David City , V. 0. LiVinati of ICcixrnov nnd others. The vacancy will bo lillod October ! . The ilucla Iiro Insurance company of St. Paul is authorized to do business in this state , nuns ASD r.xns. Mr Van Dnyn , the city clerk , has Issued orders for the board of nuporvlsors of regis tration to meet at thomnyor's ' olllco at 4 p. in. Monday , to bo examined concerning the knowledge of their duties. Henry Mohr , who nmdoducho murderous assault on his wife and was convicted of shooting with Intent to wound , Is not satisfied with the verdict and wants anew trial. Q , II. liuughinan , eau of the roportcwoa the Journal , has decided to abandon tha newspaper business to enter the rcnl ostnto business. Ho has formed a partnership with Mr. 0.V. . Gorwlg for that purpose. William Iloogobruln , a pay young man from Illckman , who Is charged xvlm taking imdiio ndvnntago of Jolmmin , daughter of Farmer Dovriw , was brought to tlio city this morning by his bondsmen , George Urokomu and M. Iloogebrmn , nnd surrcndcrcu to the authorities. William was placed lu the county jnll. Forty-ono KCiitlomon of foreign birth have taken out naturalization papers within the past twenty-four hours , In Lincoln. At 3 o'clock this nltornoon Harry Emerson was found guiltv , in the district court , of the < crime of grand larceny. This will semi him to the penitentiary. Ho stele n Hntchel , gold watch nnd S.'J from a woman of the town known as Frnnkiei Kellogg. Emerson had tried to lay tha bl.uno upon a companion named. U , L. liemor , TH13 UAIIi UUUOI3T. The Denver Sxvltehmcn's Strike aiut Otlicr News. Thcro nro no now developments In the switchmen's strike ot Denver. The onicliiU hero are waiting for the arrival at Denver of Grand Miutor Sweeney of the Switchmen's aid iissoclatlon.nud . uutll that tlmo no deflnlto action will ho taken , General Manager Mock has furnished a de tailed statement of his action to the head olllclals. Ho alleges that the Denver yard , men Qhnvo been In the habit of taking their engines out at night ami laying nround for thrco or four hours at & time drinking beer. And thcro is scarcely : i shipper in town who has not been compelled to KVO ! them 'tips' to net his freight handled. "They have made pledges to 1110 and have not kept them , und the situation lias l ceu KNUV Ing- worse and worao until we have been com pelled to ilofeiul our own interests , Wo il.i not propose to dlserlmlimto aval list switch meii-tho yards are open to them till wo ask Is that the mon ontorinir our employ sbnlhlls- I'hargo their duties faith fully and not consplro against us. 'Wo have no prejudice in this mutter ; 1 hcllovo I have the welfare of the men as much at heart as nny one , nndvouhl RO as far for them as any living man , If thu switchmen will stop to think they will sou that nil of this trouble Is about nothing. They wanted Hums removed on charges brought atnilnst him two years ago , and they are in Illng. too. Soinoof the agitators created hitter fooling against him without foundation. \ \ * have 10 ! ) miles of track lit tlio yard , mul li. knows every inch of it. No stranger con M coino in and handle such a complicated matter tor iw Hums can. I venture to say that mn.i out of ten superintendents in charge t prep crty would full ns yardmastcrs. It takes * n man who can keep everything in his mind , who has good executive ability and who can command a force of men : it also rcinilrca a man who must work with close methods and wisdom , There is moro in this than tlm public dreams of. To relate the actions ot a number of the switchmen would be revolt ing1 , and yet wo have becapatient inthohnpu that wo might bo ublo to have loyal service I have hoped to succeed and huvo fnili'il Shippers are exasperated nnd have luvn losing thousands of dollars. Our action u warranted by every fact and wo arc now do- ternilned to do our duty all around. " Nclirnslca'H "World Knir CoinniissIoiirrM Mr. Euclid Martin stated yesterday that the Nebraska w6rld's fair commissioners would meet soon to take stops toward outlining ; i plan for Nebraska's exhibit. The two com missioners , Euclid Martin and A. C. Scott , together with W. L. May and J. C. Lau- terhach , alternates , and It. W. Pumas , alternate for the commissionor-at-largi1 , are constituted a committee- thispurpiuu by the rules of the national commission. A mooting of this committee will Do called very soon and the meotiuj'will probably be held in Omaha. Army News. Captain F. B. Taylor , Ninth cavalry. Fort Robinson , has reported at that post for duty from quite an extended sick leave. Captain Powell , Engineer corps , is assigned to station at Omaha , Neb. , and will taku charge of the improvements of the Missouri river above Sioux City. Lieutenant Newton , Sixteenth Infantry , on duty nt the United States infantry nnd cav alry school , has boon ordered to join his com pany at Fort Du Chime. The commanding oftlccr at FortUussell has been authorized to grant a hunting fur lough for thirty-live days to Sergeant How- cll , company K , Seventeenth infantry. The colonel of the Ninth cavalry has boon ordered to send to the headquarter * of the army the name of a captain or first lieutei - " ant of hlsropiment for u special detail on M- 9 crultlng service. Major A'room , Inspector general of the ( lOvT paitment of the Platte , arrived yestonhr / from Washington. Ho will bo relieved in Inspector general by Major Uncoti on Oi tobcr 1 and will then go to the department of HID Missouri , with station at St. l.ouis. . Lieutenant GreggSixteenth Infantry , Tort Douglas , has been recommended by tlio colonel nel of his regiment , which recommendation has bccn > approved by General Hrooko , for i full course of instruction at the United Statoi torpedo school , at Willett's Point , N. V. Lieutenant Gregg is rognnled us one of the most competent ofllcers in the regiment. Colonel Ulunt , commanding the Sixteenth infantry ntFort Douglas , U. 0. ' . , has gone on leave of absence for two months , his address being Park avcniio hotel , Now York. In Iho meantime the command of the ruginumt and post has devolved on Lieutenant Colonel i'onrose , Sixteenth infantry , Port Douglas. Thoplnm for the now buildings nnd quar ter * of the now post , fort Crook , nt Hollevud nro being rapidly pushed to completion umlcr thu direction of Captain Humphrey. Tlio buildings will bo numerous and remarkably ilno in "plan nnd finish. The construction of this post , which -will bo ono of the liue-st and largest In the country , will furnish ulargu quantity of material to bo supplied from tha Omaha markets , The Inwu Crop Bulletin , Dis Moixnr" , la. , Sept. 27. This weeks bulletin of the Iowa weather crop service re ports conditions favorable for maturing Into crops and In portions of the state the corn will bo dry enough to crib. An unusual amount of fall llouritig has been done , und in the southern half of the utato thcro has been n largely increased aurc.igo of winter wheat sown compared with former years. Many countries report over IK ( ) per cent increase and also some incrcqjo in winter rye and barloy. " This closing Issue of the crop bulletin for tbo year says that the past season , though not so favorable ns fornierycars for bountiful production , has brought prosperity a ma jority of Iowa farmer.- ) , enhanced prices nioro than overbalancing the shortage In the amount produced , Thu state will have un abundance for homo consumption und con- slilcrublo surplus for less productive sections. Mrs. M. Edith Ilowcott of Now Orleans probably owns moro real estate th.tn . nny other Btmtlici n woman. She has in her own right over llfty thousand acres of selected timber lands in Louisiana and Mississippi , and Is still buying. She has Just completed a purchoso of 0.000 acres of hardwood nnd cypress timber land In Louisiana und acres of piuo In Texas. OMA.H-A. LOA.N AND TRUST. ' * COMPANY. Subscribed and Giiuratitucd Capital. . . . ( VH.OOO I'aid ' InOiipltal . : r > ( i.W Iluya and soils stocks and bonds ; nujotliitoi comnuTulal paper ; rocolvcu mid iixrcirU'rf trusts ! aulsiis transfer iwut nnd truMtionf oirporutloiii , takes charge of iiropurty , col lects ( axes , Omaha koan&TrustCo\ SA.VINGS BAN 1C. . S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglas Sta. 1'ald ' liiCuiiltnl. . t ro.003 Kiihscrlhod ami flimraiitocdCuplUl , . , , lOO.dn Liability ot Stockholder * . 'JOO,9iQ , & I'er ' Cent Inlorrst 1'ald nit Deposits. . IAN < H : Oniccrs : A. U , VVj'inan , president , J. J , Iiro wn , vlce-pruhlduiit , W. T. Wyniim , treasurer. llruotora-\ ) : , \ , J , II. Mlllurcl. J. J , llrown. UurU.llnrMii , K.W. Ntish , Thoniw Li. Klmoull , deorso 11 , Lake.