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THE OMAIIA DAILY BEK MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1890. THE D AJLY BEE. _ E , R03EWATER , Editor. _ " MORNING. TKUMB 01' 8Uii cim'TION. Dally mid Pnndiiy , Ono Vcnr . . . . . . . .110 fO flltinotillis . , . ft 00 Thriii Motillii . . . . . . - ft ) Bund ay lln.Ono Vnar . , , 200 Itockly lloctOno Year. . , . 1 V ) Ol'VWKSi Omnlin. Thn tlon IhilldliiK. fnutli Oinnlii , Corner N ntifl Jftth Streets. Council IlluffH , 121'oarl Htroct. Dilcngn Olllco , UK nmtnbpr of fommprc * . Now York.HnoiMBll.14 nml irTrltiuno Kulhltng Washington , GUI I'uuru tilth Htiuut. COKUESPONDKXCn. All romniunlcatlnnq rnhitlnit til nom nnd nlllorlnl innttnr Mioulil bo addressed to the IMItoilal Department. IIU8INESS MVrrnnS. All tm lnpM h'llcri nwl irnilttnncpi Miould 1)0 ) juhlrrfisi'clto 1 tin HPO Publishing Company , Onmlin , Ornflfl. rhrokN ttliil jioslnnicoortloM to bit iniiUo jiuyalilo to tlio tmlor ut the oem jiany. 3k lice Publishing Company , Proprietors , Tlin ' ' ' Povcntpontli KU lion Il'ld'ir. 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Unfor tunately South Omaha cannot afford an adequate force. Tin : imported colonels are getting ready to emigrate. Nebraska's climate is getting extremely chilly tirnl uncom- "fortablo for hired slnnilorors. CLAUKSON'S fat take is the headline under which the Burlington Uuukoyo announces that "tho retired assistant postmn&lor general is to have the Omaha postolllco. " DicsriTi ; threats and loud assertions , but ono western member of the hou&o displayed the courage of his convictions in voting against the McKinley hill. Kelly of Knnsas stood alone in defending \rcstorn interests against the encroachments - monts of eastern combines. COXOKESSMAN CoNN"iLT : , icadily ac cepts the challenge to discuss the issues of the campaign with his' democratic opponent. If the followers of the dem ocratic forlorn hope can ho Induced to turn out , n majority of them will bo converted to republicanism. Tin : democrats are swallowing alliance candidates and , the alliance is 8\vallo\v- ing the democratic nominees In various eoctions of the qtato , thus exposing the ligature \rhloh binds these political Siamese twins. Will republican far mers play fly for the democratic spider ? EVKIIY voter in Omaha and South Omaha should boar In mind that an on- tlvelj' now registration must bo made for the November election. The old lists are useless. The great importance of the election appeals to ovovy citizen , IRe istration books will bo opened on the first Tuesday of October. PAIMNO to explain or denounce the charges of dishonesty preferred against him , Candidate McKolghaa sends out his thumpers to beat and bulldoze. But blows will not alter the ugly record. They survo to emphasize the truth of all that hits bocn said , and show up the po litical thugs in their right colors ) . Tun Platt nnd untl-Platt forces of Now York are measuring the strength of their respective followlnga In the sev eral legislative districts of the state. So tlar iu tlio contest the antl-Platt forces have secured the greater number of nominations , ono notably strong ono Howard G. White of the First district , 'i'horo will bo music at Alb.my again this \\lalor. A coMMlTTiuof four citizens of Hayes county , representing different political interests , have made an exhaustive in vestigation of Candidate MoICoiglmn's record In "Webster county , and found the charges made against him fully sus tained. But Mr. McKoIghtm Is not run ning on his personal record. JIo claims to embody a great principle and will con tinue to feed the voters of the Second district on visionary promises. OXT. commendable act of the tariff con ference committee was the rejection of the sonata amendment providing for a customs commission. It was proposed to create a pormimont body consisting ol live members , not moro tnan thrco ol whom should bo of the sumo political party , whoso duty it should bo to investi gate everything conneclcd with the operation of the tariff and annually re port the facts , with their opinion thorcon , to congress. The first cost o ! this commission to the people. In the salary of its members , was to bo thirty- Iho thousand dollars a your. There is no necessity for such a body , congres : Laving all the moans now utita command for obtaining information regarding the working of the tariff , and the conference committee did the proper thing' In re jecting the provision for It. XOT GOOD .Tudgo Marcus \ . Knvnnnugh of DCS Molncs , an authority on the decrease of crime In Iowa on account of statutory prohibition , quoted b.v ox-Governor Lar- rnbco nt the Grand Island debate , granted , on Saturday last , nineteen per mits to nineteen of tlio druggists of that city to sell whisky nnd other intoxicants which the "trade" of the capital city of tlio Hawkcyo state demands. It is granted , of course , by the court that not ono of the nineteen licensed men will violate the laws of the state by illegal sales , but not a man who is familiar with the liquor trade of tli.it state but knows that onch and every ono of them expects to violate them , and will violate them. Inasmuch as the prohibitory laws of Iowa provide that a permit cannot bo granted to a firm , at least the law has been so construed by the courts of the state , It is very evident that Judge Kavanaugh violated the KTWB himself In granting the permits. "Why then shoufd not the recipients ol his judicial favors follow suit and violate the laws In fact us well as In spit it ? Following in a llbt of the druggist-sa- loonlsts granted permits by Judge Kav- JohnC. Leper , C. 11 Ilnrlun , II. W. nuegle , D. 11. Barnes , Harry Coo , A. O. MeMiclmol , 13. C. Lawrence , "Webb Sonera , Walter Scott , Norman LIchty , . PSenTiirxviBakor/Jolin A. Sand- helm , Alt lluniraor , James II. Leper , Alvln G. Unminor , C. II. "Ward. It will bo noticed that all the permits are granted to individuals. Not ono of them to an Incorporated company or tea a ( Irm , yet n carulul oxaminntion of the druggist advertisers in the Do3 Molnoa now'Hpapors reveals the fact that not only firms hut incorporated companies will reap a honcfit from them. \Vas not Jiulfjo Ktivanaugh cogntKn.nl of that fact hoforo and at the time ho granted thorn ? Most assuredly bo was , but ho whipped the devil around the stump just as nil other olllclals have done who are charged with enforcing prohibition in Iowa. The internal revenue law requires that every person's name who will bo inter ested in the profits arising from the &alo of intoxicants shall bo written in the ap plication for a special tax stamp , and it is very safe to conclude that at least thirty persons aio , and will be , inter ested in the profits of the above named nineteen druggists , und that the nppli cation for special tax stamps on file in the revenue collector's ollico at Dos IMoines will bear Till ! 33EU out in its conclusions. Judge Kavanaugh's action in granting the permits may not bo an infraction of the prohibitory laws of Io\\a \ , but in view of Supreme Court Justice Given's ruling , ho gave the permit beneficiaries the ben efit of all doubts ns to the real meaning of the law , and &ot an example of prohi bitory violation that wholesale and re tail dealers in DCS Molnes will not lose Bight of nor soon forgot. It is an open secret in Dos Molncs that Judge Kava- naugh's brother has for years boon run ning a bar room where you can buy whisky by the drink or bottle in the second end largest hotel in DCS Moincj and has never been disturbed , for reasons best known to the vigilant prohibition oin- clals. . ,1 C03IUKXDAU&K KX.IMPLR. A notable convention was hold at Fort Worth , Texas , on the 25th inst , It was a gathering of representative manufac turing and business men , brought to gether for the purpose of devising ways and moans to promote the manufactur ing interests of the state. Over the door of the convention hall was the sig nificant motto : "God gave Texas the raw material ; lot Texas use it. " The impoitanceof this convention lies in the fact that It sots an example which may bo followed with profit and permanent benefit by the states of the west. Texas pro duces wool , cotton , beef and hides in enormous quantities. The bulk of this row product is shipped to other states hundicds of mlles distant , where it is reduced to a manufactured product , after which it is saleable in the markets of the world. A considerable portion of this manufactured product is brought back to the state and consumed by the people , thus imposing a double burden the cost of shipping the raw material and the return of the manufactured pro duct. In a state possessing all the os- bcntial elemoats , this double burden is needless and onerous , nnd the convention declared in favor of such changes in the organic and statutory laws of the state as will "exempt the leading and most important manufacturing industries from all state , county and municipal taxation for a period of ton years. " Nebraska produces corn , wheat nnd ether products which are sent to market in their natural form. There is no ica- son why the state should not follow the e.Nttinplo of Texas and reduce the bulk of its products to a manufactured form be fore shipping it out of the state to mar ket. The advantage of reducing bulk and saving largo sums in the case of transportation Is well illustrated by the Omaha stock market. Until the yards were estab lished and the packorlcs built nnd operated , stock growers were compelled to ship to Cliicago. Now the stock growers of the west find n ready market in Omaha , realize top prices , and effect a largo saving in time and incidental espouses. The packerics secure a margin in reduced bulk. What Is true of stock , applies with equal force to the manufacture of corn into various mercantile commodities and wheat into Hour. It is not necessary for the statoloollor bounties , as It has foi the production of boot sugar. The sev- or.il enterprising cities of the state maybe bo depended oa to glvo the necessary on couragement. The question of manu facturing enterprise , however , has not received the consideration It deserves. Its importance to the state nnd com munities is Inestimable. Every fac tory designed for the consumption of the ran material raised la the state not only OJKHIS a homo market but obtab- 1 blies a permanent source of employ ment for labor , thus doubly contributing to the prosperity of the com munity , A dollar saved is a dollar lar earned , An Institution which rcducoj the weight of the raw product without reducing the market vuluo bou- oflts the producer , the manufacturer , the worklngman nnd the community. As the chief city of Nebraska , Omaha is In duty bound to oxcrt itself. What has already been accomplished in estab lishing markets for the products of the stttto should stlmulato efforts in other direction ? . And the most essential of these is a trebling of elevator capacity. A grain market is n vital necessity. AVe should not depend on Chicago either for the grading of grain or the regulation of prices. Doth should bo established hero , With factories and mills to create a per manent demand , and elevators of sufll- cicnt capacity to receive all grain of fered. This condition firmly established , kindred Industries will follow ns cer tainly as day follows night. TUB AXXI-TIIVST zair. The first application of the anti-trust law enacted nt the present session of congress Is to bo mtulo nt tlio October term of the United States circuit court at Nashville , Tennessee. The plaintiff is the United States and the defendants the coal companies doing business in Nashville and the dealers who sell the products of their mines lo the people of the city. The action is brought by au thority of the officials at Washington , and It will servo as a test case under the now law. , . . - - * Iter" - -fmTrieon" companies , doing mslncss in Tennessee and Kentucky , and as many dealers , Involved In the asc , and the charge is that the defend- ints formed a combination or trust in order that tlio price of coal for the local mvrket might bo agreed upon und the rndo thereby controlled ; that the trust Ixcs the rate to bo charged for coal sold n Nashville ; that the dealers pledge homsol\c3 not to purchase coal rom any mining company not i member of the coal exchange , and that lie mining companies will not soil to my local dealer who is not a member of he combine. Interest in this cosowill bo general or the reason that similar combinations exist in various parts of the country , so hat if the law is sustained against the , rust at Naalnillo it can bo olTcctively ippllcd everywhere , and it Is probable the immediate effect of a re sult favorable to the govern ment \tould bo tlio dissolution of such combinations wherever they exist. If the law is good against the combine of coal companies and dealers it Nashville It should bo equally so ngahibt the formidable anthracite trust of Pennsylvania which lays the whole country under tribute. This great com- jination , which docs infinitely moro in jury to the general public by its insatiable - satiable greed than la pot > bi.blo to , ho trust operating nt Nash ville , works practically upon the same plan as the combine against which .t is proposed to enforce the anti-trust aw. It regulates absolutely production and price , and it does business only with thobe who support its processes. It is clearly illegal under the terms of the aw , and if the law is sustained will have to succumb. Such a result would bo un mraenso gain to the consumers of an thracite coal throughout the country. For the eako of the larger ben efits to bo secured It would lave been well if tlio gov- ornmon t had made the first application of the anti-trust law to the Pennsylvania combination , but it is a welcome fact that a move has boon made to enforce ; ho law. The case brought at Nashville will altoid an ample test , and the result will be regarded with universal interest [ f the anti-trust law Is declared constitu tional by the courts , no legislation of tlio ircsout congress will bo moro fruitful of jood to the people. A MOKE PKO3HSIKO OUTLOOK. Picsldent Palmer of the Columbian exposition national commission talks en thusiastically of the prospects and pos sibilities of the enterprise , and the country will bo very glad to accept his nssurancts nnd renew its intoicst in the fair. Ho has no doubt that the site agreed upon will bo fully occu pied , that there will bo no trouble in getting together n dis play of the world's products as yet unequalled , and that there will bo no lack of Euro pean visitors. Ho states that the Chicago cage people have about twelve million dollars in sight , and if the subscriptions are pushed and everybody pays up , k'if the right sort of promptness and en thusiasm Is shown , " ho thinks the senti ment for the success of the fair will be come so great that congress will make an increased appropriation. This cheerful view of the situation is the proucr ono for those charged with carrying out this great and important project. Of course so far as congress is concerned it will not bo well lo rely upon any further appro priation , for tlio obvious reason that tlio revenues of the government for the next two or thieo years are not likely to war rant It , but the people of Chicago musl bo Impressed with the necessity o ! promptly meeting Iho obligations thoj have entered into in connection with this undertaking , and the greater the enthusiasm they manifest from now on the bettor the effect will bo la rcawak cnlng the general public Interest. There can bo no doubt that this has suffered a very great decline by reason of the contentions tontions an d consequent delay for which the Chicago people alone are responsible siblo , but there is still faith in the energy orgy and enterprise of Chicago , nnd i her people will from now on do their whole duty in advancing this great nn tional project there will bo no difll culty in icstorlng interest in It tlnough out our own country and doubtles creating abroad a much moro favorable sentiment toward it than lias yet beei shown. The feeling that should every where prevail among our own people is expressed in the following observation of the L'hlladolphia Ledger : "Whntovo assistance Chicago's citizens need to mtiko the fair successful should bo cordl ally given them. The advantages to the country accruing from a lit exposition o the arts , science nnd agriculture can not bo overestimated. The mate rial growth of the entire Uultet States received from the centennial fnl of 187(5 an impetus which still afTccts il and which has added incalculable woaltl to the natjon. The country Feomed to huvo a uow birth of development , oiiorg , ind proffresTTrtmultnnoously with the rultioncf tlij'jC'lilladolphia exposition. Itwnsllio nrolt profitable- Investment , HMslbly , that tlio country over made. The Chicago fair of 3803 should pro o oven moro pftififtiblo than the great cen tennial exhibition. It should bo such a valuable educator ns was Its predecessor , an educator o/ / our own countrymen und of those of foreign countries. " The country can undoubtedly bo do- wndodon to' glvo whatever assistance Chicago maynobd whenever It shall bo properly called-for. IT is painful to ob.wvo that Allan Hoot has not been favored with , a chnl- ongo to a joint debate. Perhaps Root's opponents realize l s wealth of lung und imaging roach of tongue and prefer1 to < cop nt n sate distance. Meanwhile the cyclone of the Papplo Is In active trailing for " loncsomo" ng a pyrotechnic "high on the people of the district. IT is a reflection on tlio intelligence of , ho worklngmon of Omalm to suppose .hat any number of thorn will euppoit -ho independent slate ticket , and vote for a candidate -who dodges and strad dles every question Involving their vitnl nterests. , - - - Tins proportion to ninondUio charter so ns to glvo the city authority to issue grading district bonds , Iswarmly com- nondedon all sides. Ills the only feas ible means of opening and extending streets in broken , section1) of the suburbs. THE thirty-day limit for nnturnllza- Aon will expire next Saturday. Every 'orolgn-born adult must recelvo his wipers before that day to oxerclso the Drlvilcgo of citizenship on the 4th of November. Developed by 1'crscoutlon. Clitcaqn JVtic. Irish homo rule Isajjaln bolng clubbed into piomliience. J Ir. I owlcrly , Take a Itcst. nitratiTrltjimc. We can tliinlt of nothing that would do Ivlr. Powdcny moro Kood just now then a uico IOIIR vacation. Mr. Powdcrly needs icst. Wliy Not All llio \ > ar Itoiuul. llatttmore American , A Boston man wants tlio schools to bo used during1 the vacation montlisfor tcnching mnn- iicis. Can Boston le as badly off as to uecd that ! Keep Your Sent and You're Snfo. Xcw Yurie Woi Id. An officer of tbolteadln ; railroad makes the important point that up to tbu accident of last week no passenger on lhat road had ever been injured uho l cpt hU scat. Tlio moral is clear. If you iirp n passenger pn tlio Read ing railroad , no matter If the train rolls down an embankment , rotatu your lu-eseuco of mind and your scat , ' Tlio Fanners See it. Yinh Tima. It McKelBlian should be elected no alllanco man , unless uoweron democrat , could pet his ear. Tliey arc not.Called Into tbo most sncict councils now ; hft\v It will bo after election I lie will bo a democrat nnd with the demo crats stand , nn solid nnd as stca-Jy as any member of congroia f rom Mississippi. This the farmers see plainly enough , and whcio the democrats tliiulc they uioooling them , they are mistaken in their men. Tlio Inconsistency or Pollt ioi. Jltihlrtye CUtten. The allhnco socnu to bo thiowinff away tbdr good sense. The men who lost full do- mancted the nomination of Harlan for con- press because ho w.u Icnown to bo an anti- monopolist and a Tearless worker for the pee ple's interests , and who Uclccd the hardest because ho was not nomlnitoJ , are thh year fighting him ami cnllinff him a railroad hire ling and other equally consistent irnincs. Others \\\in \ bolted the republican ticket and refused to support Laird bccauo bo was drinking man now swallow McKcighan with out a murmur. "Veuly , some raon lose nil their idea of consistency when they got into politics. I'unisli tlio Secessionists ! 7lonn ( Ailverttier. Common sense teaches that congress must possess the right to stop such outrag-eous pro ceedings ( democratic obstruction ) with a strongorhnnd. There is Imrtlly any Imagin able limit to the mischief that may bo clone If thohistoiy of the past fortnight Is allowed to bo repeated indefinitely. It would bo in the power of a mallnnut minority , at u time of neatly equal balance between tlio two parties in congress , practically to break up the gov ernment by stopping all legislation ana cut- tin ; ; off nil supplies. Wo say , unless there Is an immediate evidence of returning sense on the part of the obstructionists , let IVlr. Moore's resolution ( to line the absentees each $ > T)00) ) or some similar measure bo adopted without delay and enforced without hesita tion. Nebraska's Demagogues. Scu-anl nlatle. M a general rule tlio fellows who go about tbo state telling the people what to do to bo saved , have boon miserable failures thoin- selves. They alt have some pet scheme to malco money plenty In everybody's poclrtt , but nomclum- have never been able to malco it work In their Individual cases. But if the people , the dear people , will only give them an olHcothoy will make everybody rich. The falsehoods sent out over the country by those men is doing- our state 111010 injury than nil other causes combined. The wonderful growth of our state In population and wealth doling the past ten jears gives the Uo to nil these demagogues , ,8111 , ! proves to the woild that our people are prosperous. No state In the union has made such progress in every thing that ROCS to n Mco a great state durinc the past ten j-car aj Nebraska. Thofiguics of the last consuls the proof , und every sensible , thiiilclnir man knows it. Au Invutitcrulila Armor. I'littstn-mlh lltmlil. The republican -of Nebraska In tha open ing of their campaign , In the First district nt Plattsmouth , cvlycod a vigorous and healthy condition. With the alllaaco on the right hnnit and the proWbltionlsts on their left hand and mugwumps in the rear , the repre sentatives of the "people "bittllng for Cod nnd thorljsht , the fuidiyncmtal | principle of truu ropubllcanlsm , pro-Jonteil nn undaunted front to tbolr doinoeratt Toppononts , who , but once in a third of a century have tasted of acci dental victory In national politics nna repre sent In state politics an unknown quantity hula quality that will not bear the searching light of truth. The democracy with all their adjuncts , posing as the friend of the honest republican farmers of Nebraska , cannot hope to llml a slnfrlo vulnerable point In the repub lican armor for the lodgment ot a single ono of their nominees. The oatlro republican ticket , state , congresilonal and county , will bo elected lu November next. Hard IjOKlu mill l Crtto VUMte. The facts and figures given by Messrs Rosowatcr and \Vcteter in fa\orof hg ! license nml against prohibition at the U ram Island debate Is hard logio for itnporto : highly paid prohibition orator * to coutom with. Nebraska is comrosed of very practi cal business men. For Iho past two years ; ho preachers , reformed drunkards , lon | ? lalrctl mon nnil short laired women hnvo teca liohllnR down the board ) , But from low until titter iho 4.th of November the business men and farmers of Nebraska -will bo heard from. This stoto will not discard the best high license system in the union for nmcro sentiment , lhat only-works In theory nml not la practice. There arc several LhousnnJ conservative men la Npbraska iho know from observation nnd experience In Iowa , Kansas , Maine , Vermont , Alassacliu- sets , Pennsylvania , etc. , tbnt prohibition docs not prohibit , notwithstanding the fact that n prohibition , orator tnndo the following statement in the Congivgationil church of this city a few weeks slnco. Said boi "Any man who sajs that prohibition does not pro hibit is n liar. " Ho will doubtless come to Iho conclusion after No\ombcr4 tbatcither ho was mistaken or that about ouo hmulred niul llftv thousand voters oC Nebraska nro liars , ror fully that numlmrwill vote against his pet hobby prohibition. A'JM'IS The ninino county fair has been postponed to October fl , 10 and 11. There Is no lawyer In Oxford , a town of 700 people in the Hopublleaa valley. The West Point city council has ordoMil three car lends of granite fou sklowalk cross ings. * The city council of Lexington have ordered plans drawn for -JOOOJ , system of water- \vorlts. The democrat * of Thayer county bavo natnott IVank Decker tia their catulUUto for the legislature. W. U , Heckof Tcknmn , ( tie nominee of the ulllnnco for state senator , has been endorsed by the democrats. J. H.Vntts \ of Grcely county bas bcea nominated for the senate by tlio republicans of the Ninth district , Dnwson countv has twcnty-flvo alllanco organizations , with a total membership of about eight hundred. rrcdll. Kittle , the first male child born In Fiomont , died last week of consumption aged thirty -tuo years. I'oilcoJudgo Hauls of Madison has re signed his oOlciul position after having enjoyed na outing with tlio bojs. Uditor Ilcddo of the Grand Island Inde pendent was thrown from a buggv bv a run away liorse nnd v.is qulto scurely Injured , Adjutant General Cole of the state InilUia 1m issued nn order permitting the orgauiua- tlon of an iiidencndcnt company oC lufuiitiy nt Auroi.i. The Old Settlers' association of niatno countv has re-elected George . Drowsier piesldcnt. Moro than llfty persons attended the annual gathering. William " \Vliarton \ , a prosperous and re spected farmer residing near Lexinston , be came despondent on account of hard times und on Saturday committed sulcido by hang ing himself In his bini. While James Smith of Tobias was loading n horse along n road a drunken man drove Ills team npninst the animal -with such force tti it tlio polo of the wagon w.is dritcn into the side of Smith's horse , killing It instantly. Otto Stocko of lied Cloud lias a hen xvhlch lajs double shelled CSKS , or n , perfectCSK in side of an egg. U'ho outer shell of ono of the cgcs measured S'tJ Inches long and 7 % Inches in circumfuncc , the inner cjjsw about the size of a common c\ery day egg that a lien \\ould naturally feel proud of. As a special Union Pacific train was run ning between Ledge Iolo nndChnppell the root of a car was discovered to bo on lire , anil tbo trainmen cut off tbo front part of the train and sidetracked it , and then wont after the huining car. By the time they got the tire under control the top nml sides weru entirely consumed. The car was a two- decker loaded with sheep. Over three hundred sheep lay a charred mass at the bottom tom of the car. Thomas Coenoy , living three miles from Overtoil , recently hired a stranger , calling lilmsclf Jess Murphy , "to\\orli on his farm The other day Mr. and Mrs. Coonoy went to spend the evening at a neighbor's , leaving tlis hircu mnn and children at homo. In the morning the hired IE.UI i\as \ fourd to be miss ing , and also $ & in cash , uhioh had been left in a bureau drawer. IVlr. Cooncv started In pursuit with un oflleor , Dut found no trace ot the manor tlio money. 1\VH. ( Cednr Rapids lias secured a canning fac- toiy. The state Christian endeavor society will meet atdrimicll oaily in October. Mr. and TVIrs. 1. G. Palmer of Atniion cele brated their liftieth wedUing anniversary Sat urday. Judge Weaver of the Jtoone district Is dan gerously 111 from blood poisoning , brought oa by handling poisoned ivy , The coal mines at Ford , which hnvo been shut down for some time , are to bo reopened and will soon bo in active operation. The seventeenth annual mooting of the TownAVomen's Christian tompcrnnco union \\lll be held ot Di s Moines Otohcr 14 to IT. While racing hews at Grand Rl er , Decatur - catur county , the other day , n young man naniodChip was thrown from his botseand instantly killed. Christopher Conwdvho celebrated lits ono hundred and tenth birthday at his homo near JManchoitor Wednesday , was a soldier in the war of 1812. Kov. S. G. Church , pastor of the Jamaica Milhodist llplscopil church , and Miss Florence Marshbnnks of Ilcrndon , were married last wcolc. The Infant daughter of Sol Thompson of "Vinton , while playing on the floor not hold of n dish containing fly poison and drank so mo of the mixture with futal effect GeorgoVnnwy , mi old resident of Winter- set died suddenly in a barbershop. Ho was valtingto bo shaved and \vhcn liis turn came arose fioin his chair and fell to the iloor dead. George II. WIsncrof Eldora Is the owner of a phenomenal pony pacer , which ho claims has thofastcst rccoid for a pony In the world The little fellow cloo not weigh o\or MO pounds , but lie can make his milo in 2'i ; ) . IgnatzRuhof Dubuque is not yet twenty years of apco , but is married and the father of tlnoo children. There are two ether families in the snmo city , the heads ol ncitaci-of \\hlcharoofrooro than mtddlo ago , each of which 1ms seventeen children. The Forest City meteor which the courts awarded to the man owing the land on which it foil , was rcplcvined by the University of Minnesota , mid nofore tbo roplcUa suit was decided , was spirited away across the Minnesota seta border by ono of the attorneys. II. 1) , Price , general njjcnt of the Now England loan nnd trust company , is under nrrcst atKmmetsburp , churned with purloin ing notes for n lurgo amount f rom tlio linth- von hank. 'J'ho charge Is bioupht bv Jslr , Qlldden , casliier of the baulc. Price denies that ho has done anjthing wrong , While attending a meeting of the Salvation nnny ut Hamburg , M. II. Iluttoa suddenly became conveited , and while poinpr throuuli the torpsiuhciean of the ceioiuonles fill nnd bioku bis leg. Ho is the second man \\lio hnslmd his leg broken at salvation meet ings in that place within a bhoit time , MollloWullen , contmcdla the ICcokuk jail since Juno 1 upon the chnrgo of liorsa steal ing , escaped the other raornhiRby tcnrlntr out the molding upon the Inside of the hole through which food h passed to the prisontrs As the jouiitf woman la nsolidly built plrl of 110 uounds uudtho aperture is ofsmulldlmon- slons , it Is u wonder how she forced herself through. Wcsloy Rlltins , the cloven mr old mtir- deror , holds the position of bell boy nt the Anamosi penitentiary , -\\heio liois serving o life sentence for the murder of his father and stepmother. Ho i < J a handsome boy , with a broad forehead and a thoughtful faco. Ho lias boon hi the prison for iiuurly n jcar ami the terrible monotony of prison life Is already beginning to tell on his youthful constitution , Ho shares the rigor ! ) of prison dlsclnllno will ; the older criminals , and answers to the call of "Prisoner No. 1,000. " A few days ntro Hon. K , P. Inland , Iho lec turer , now living at Chniles City , rcwlved a letter \\lileh had been mailed to him from " \Vupollooiglityearsiijjo. \ The Icttorwns nd- dicssudoriginally to London , Hut , ' , to .Mr Lchmcl , who \MIS \ at that tiaio trending li r.uropo. It pursue ! the lecturcrnll over 33u- rope and .Asia , being forwarded from ono [ wint to another until tlio addrasa for for warding was finally lost. \\atrotmtieclto the writer at Wapvllo , but having ROIIO from tha pluco , und the i > < > Htiiiasur knowing tliat air. Inland lived in Charloi City , tbo letter uas sent to him at that i > laco. FROJl THE STATE CAHTAI , Uncoln' ' 2fow Elcctrlo Strcot Bailwiy About Ready for Operation , GAMBLERS COMPROMISE WITH A VICTIM , Suspect Sherman Sent to the IVnttcn * tiary for iijlitccii ; Month * Skipped \Vltti Morln ) ; cl ( iroi > erly City Notes. Lt.TCOtN , Nob. , Sept , 2S.-fSpcclal lo TUB ICE.-Ia ) nbout n oclc or tea days at the most Lincoln will to abreast with the most progressive cities of the ilny in the matter of street railway locomotion mid will liavo an olcctrle line of her owa. Inside of thotlmo mentioned the North Lincoln dec- trio railway company vlll limo iu cars In operation. The tracks and overhead wires of the line nro now ready for use. 3Vt present the line commences on U nnd Thirteenth streets nnd extends north on Thirteenth toT , west toEleunth , north lo tlio othersldo of tlio B.&JM. nnd I'romont , lilkhonut Mis souri Valley tracks , e.ist to 1\\olfth street , north through IBclmont addition , west to niovcnth street ngaln and north through Lincoln Heights to the southern line of Grand View. I The powerhouse stands about mUvay on the line , being on r.lovcnth street near tli9 center of Ucliaont addition. The power liousc Is rapidly ncailag completion. It isn building OOslW foot. The front portion pf the building Is to bo ined as a car room , vlillc the back part Is for the onglno nnd dynamo looms. These are sep-iratcd from the front with a brick wall , There mo two boilers already In place , each of sixty- horse jiowcr forco. The Corliss engine is nlso nlmost ready for use nnd Is of ono hua < lied hoise vo\vor. \ The dynamo o\v \ put in Is larger than any in cither of the power houses in Omaha , and is a perfect monster. The roof on the motor house Is now being constructed ami tholnteiior rapidly finished , Throe motor caw nro already here , The Interior of these coaches nro psrlectpirlors , and sxirpisi c\cn the beautiful cars inn on the SiiUenth street and 1'urle avenue line In Omuhn The windows nro unusually largo and are of French plato glass. 'Iho scuts mo upholsleieduth tlio latest tints of velvet brussels , and arc made soft by padding lilt tlio scats of a railway car , All the lln'.ihlng ' aio most artistic. Even the steve It tli handsomest thing to be found in thoiallvvay service In the entire country. At llrst the company will plvo a fifteen minute id-vice , but as thopitronago increases the facilities will bo developed , accordingly. iioiiis'oNGKrs ? J)0 ) mtK. Ed O. Bohanon , concerning whoso esca pades TUB Bi i. contained only a partial men tion a few weeks no , has eaincd out bis inomlsoof demanding bnck his moncv from Webb A Eldrego , the gamblers la the Quick block at Eleventh and 1' streets. 3)o- ) Laiion Is said to have "blown In" $1,700 , In thU gambling establishment alone , This ended Iho bulk of Holinnon's fortune nnd left liira ponnllcst. It Is supposed that despera tion dnno him to the nets -which resulted later in two warrants being sworn out for his arrest on the charge of getting money under false pretenses , ono from Mr. Tolght at Nine teenth nnd O and the other from Mr. Oppon- heiincr , the saloonkeeper on Tenth , near i * . When Bohanon came to his bcnses ho de cided tomako\Vebb& \ Kldrcgt ) , the gamblers , ntl le\euth and i * , pay lilm back ut least a pait of tlio vl,7 ( > l ) ho hud gambled awav. .Ac- coidmcly honotllicd thosopamblers that they could cither make him a present ofhnt ho had lost or ho would bring suit agal ml them , Webb nnil Eldrcdgogot scared and tried to compromise , and offered llohanon 5viOO , which ho gladly accepted. Accordingly Bohanon and iho gamblers vent before Justice Drown , nnd thcio Bohanon made out a receipt In full to the knights of tlio green cloth and gave It tothoin. JSldredfjo and Webb now brcatho easy , but the course of Itolmuon Is con demned by old sports , who call it the "bahy act. " Rtixnn ANU IVSAUC. At n special mooting of the board of publlo lands anJ buildings Ute \cj > terday afternoon thceasioof lintlm Doznnl , latelv & cut from louilncounty ) to the Mclfoid homo lor fallen \\omcn , was considered. Th girl Is boon to become a mother nnd her ruined con dition bas so weighed upon her mlnu that she has bCLOmo iu aiie. The commissioners de cided to have the secrettuy of state notify Iho commissioner ? of Insanity of Suwunl county to examine the girl nnd if she is found to bo insane , as claimed , to send her to the asj hi mat the expense of l > ouelas count ) ' Otherwise slio will bo sent back to Omaha.o SlimiaUN BUMEVCl'UTO TUB PF.V , a last evening "William , nlins Willis. alias " \Vhlpple Sherman who was convicted of stealing u horse from S. J ? , llitchlo , was ioutciKcd to hard laborIn the penitentiary for eighteen months. Jtitchiu bad a clear case against the murder suspect , and Shcr- 'man , Icnowing this , tried to escape justice b.v claiming that Hltcbio's son J.igo had loaned the steed to him. Ligo refuted this ilitmy htory. . A XEW FtVTURE IN1 IIW I CCTU11ES. The Central law college of Lincoln is at- tiacting a great deal of attention and several letters Imvo been received by Dean. Smith In regard to furnishing the lectures to students la various jiatts of the state who cannot come hero personally. The dean lias there fore decided to make typewritten coplei of the lectures for the benefit of such persons and send them to these IndivlJuals by mail. I'hcso persons may matiiculate ns regular students , nnd on studying these lectures carefully -will on making such state ment to the dean a year from now bo ad mitted to tha senior class of the law school without examination. This arrangement will provo a boon to apical many ambitious but poor young men who are anxious to on tor the profession or law , BKIll'RD 1MT1L MOUTGAOEn mOPBHtr. An elderly colored man named S. Wade was nncstod shortly befoio niidni hton tlio charge of running off i\lth u team of moit- gaged horse" ) from Comordla , ICan. , over a j ear ago.Vudo has escaped justice so long tint ho was astonished vith Wsari'Cat. Ho was pretty badly lattlod and did not know exactly what to say , Ho admitted leaving ConcordU with the team and said that ho dis posed of It later. JIo is being held to await the coming of the Concordla authorities. COVET IN' HOCK. The name of FrodCovoy appeared Hovoy in this morning's DIK. Covey U wanted for robbing a fanner of $55 nt Hicknmn , nnd Is the siuno follow thut grubbed f/o uclouging toCuptnin Hjatt in a { jawblinj room over U'ommy Noonan's saloon about ten months ago and then decamped. Covey manifests a \villlngnesstosottlowiUittio lllckinan fnr- mcr f or $ J5 , mid oxprcssoi considcr.iblo In dignation Unit such a tin-horn gam blur und tniof us ho Is reputed to Lo should bo lotkod up. llcatrlco Smith , the colored woman nho got into trouble n coujilo of woolcs ago by at- tomptlngto mn olttho fourtcon-voar-olil girl , Flora 1'cduwa , to a don of shaino in Oinahu. wai arrested last niglit forbeirgau inmates of abiwdyhoiisc. Instdoof iho minutes last night , just after in'daight ' , no IMS than four follows came to the pollu ) station to full for uttonuico and surrendered tliomsclvos. Tney ga\o the names of H. A. Giwos , AVIllhim'll. Collopy , TJ , liiloy and .T. T. Onnloy. ( ! raves was balled out later by a fellow named Hillings- loy.Tom Tom Tlornan had some hard words with Charlie Hiisscll near I'.levonth unill * tills inornluiJiiudfolloMol the dllllculty up by attempting - tempting to spoil Charlie's good looks. After pounding his opponent to his baslifaction 1'iern an was arrested und thrown lntoidl. ] | ALO o clock hist evening Jim Fltzgenild \\OA arraigned in the paliua court on the charge of lobbing his room-mute. Muck Waudgaln , of watch wlnlo the latter was asleep. Fitzger.Udwus found guilty and put under $500 bonds to nppair before the dis trict court as a pobsi bio candidate for the penitentiary. It win proved bv the attorneys of Harry Knwrson that the gold watch nnd va- llso stolen by that crook were worth only H and this la addition to the &U stolen would amount to only gsii ) , ivhloh would muko bis olfenso ictty larceny. Apoi-bon prtwnt remarked that ho won dered that tbo attorney did not attempt to provo that thof23 stolen was -worth , only W cents. On the testimony presented , Kmc-non 1 was found KUllty only of potty larceny mi sentenced to thirty days In thd county jail , l I Lincoln division. No. lof iho uniform rm ofthoKnlKlitsof I'ythlni mot la Cwtlo ha this morning to make arrangements to attemlv the Sioux City Coin Pnlaco exposition Oi > - tobor 'J. The right ofvn.v . Of tlifl now Rock T < 0aml road tnkos oft two acres ami half from the not them pait of tlio fair grounds. 'Ihe con- slilorntlon la f 103 per aero , Orandina Dullnivhosopetltlon for n , ill- - vorco from hersixty-llve-joar old bridegroom , IMmunil , was met with a most- - " cross bill , charging her with i. . . _ with n number of JOUIIK men , has Illud nn other jx'tlllondc iijlng nil the charge * made ngilnst her nnd insisting that a dlvorco auJ alimony bo granted her. J1K VISITI2I ) IOWA. A Nebraska Prohibition 1-MltorWrites of Prmilccmioiq There. The Tekemah Burtonlan , whoso editor Ins been n superior of the prohibition amend- meat , prints the following odltorinltthlch Is certainly liitcrosting and instructive. The editor of that paper recently mtulo n ( tip through Iowa aaclsaUslleil hhiisclC us to how prohibition \\orlcs there. The plcturo 1 $ not la the least oxcnlraun , and nobodywill necuso him of J having been sent ox'cr by ( ho 1 saloon Interest , If ether prohibition editors \ and agitators would do likewise , with rofcr- cnce to both Iowa nnd Kansas , and \le\v pro- lilbitlon from a practical standpoint , they would bo moro toler.iblo in their remarks concornliij ? people who nro not disposed to loolc to n prohibition Inwas the romeily for intemperance. The following extract spoil's for Itself : "Tho workings of prohibition vo viewed with our own eyes to considerable extent , nnd aa to Its success , It is purely a initter or opinion , Whether the methods pursued In Iowa are hotter than these in Nobuiskn Is for our renders to JmtRe.Vo will glvo the fails m wo saw them and as plvon us b ) what wo know to ho rellabio authority. In Rolng through the stuto wo mot a number of Intoxiiateil persons on the cats j\ta small to\\n Just cast of .Atlantic , on the Itock Island railroad , our attention uas especially - < pecially called to njoutigmnii about twenty , onoye.irsot' npp , -\\lio xviis ilriink , came Uwa the train , nmllt waswlthcoiislJerablotrouWu tint his companions and a train mnn i-ouKt pet the fellow to lca\o the cars , Atn town of 1,500 inhabitants , vhcro wo stopp ila couple of daj-s , wo found the law well en forced and the citizens \vero fcollnp jubilant over thosuppiwsioaof their original package ) house. At Musfitino , nclty of iaW , ) , the , * saloon Is still l rccognl/.cd institution If as It/ aho la In Dnvenpoit. M Cedar ltai > iils , a city of 18,000 , and fortv miles inhiulo \ found that drink \vas sold from over ono him died places in that city , and t'vit no snoecst w.w met with la trjlnp to supprosi them 'Iho i > iolilbltloiiiits lay this londlllon of things to the mayor of the city , who si'cuiod his election solely by the fact lhat ho Mould not meddle \\llh the saloon. On Moil day , Sept. M , Itanium's circus \\iii In Codii- Hapids nnd the Kepublicnn. a prohibition piper , said that It wns n fact , their illy bid not seen so much diunkcniiess any ono thj clurlns Its existence us it hail that day Tlio licpublican laid nil the blniiio upo-i llw shoulders of the major. "As n sample of tlio success of the prosocu- tlon of the liquor dealers o will eitothe case vhloh cnino off a few cla\s before-our arri\iil \ in Cedar Rapids. A brewer In thoabo\o \ city has persisted hi Ills trafllc iie.uly the \\holo time slnco the enactment of the JHO hlbitory lav/ Attempts had been miuioto close lilm up , but-\\ithout BUUCCSS. At tins paitlcular time they raided his broxvciy and captured a keg of beer. When the tilalcnino up nnd the supposed captured kt-g nnd con tents \\era Introduced afto a nunibcrof vit- nesses had testified that the contents xvcri ) beer and the same was niannfadui-odby this brewer. At the pioper time tlio Itcg vas opened , found to contain nothing but water. ' "V Tlio result of all the trials seem to bo about i the same. "A. conchislon is drawn from what\\o snw , that prohibition in small toxvns and cities vhoro the opinion was liifavorof It vas pr.ic- tlcally a succcis. In cities vhoro populir opinion Is opposed to prohibition wo can see nothing in the law moro than thit it may ie- suit in the education of fewer dnlnkaidi \\hllo the moral crusade trocs on. What a picat many in Iowa say they want Is a law uhich will nllowcnihcityandcountytode.il with the question ns they see lit. In other words , prohibition or aiitl prohibition In com- inunlties , rather than suite. "Vet. when local option was In force In lon'a , not one on t of ten of the towns nmv enforcing prohibition had it at that time. " On ono point the editor of thoBtirtonmnif mistaken. Thcio never lias bccnhighllconsi ) in Iowa. Thcio has been a lau prohibiting thesalooC whisky for inorotnauthlriyycnrs , but the sale of boor Wius licensed at from Kt toflOO ayeav , Thosale of all liquorhoa been prohibited in low.i since IbSI , but that law has been a dead-letter , asthuTckamuheditur has uccn for himself. A13OUT "NVOMEN. The queen of Corca , vho dinl lost June , It still salted dor.n , undncc-ordingto tlio custom of the country will romian in her biluo bath until cool weather. MissTnit , daughter of the Into archbishop ofCantcibury , is ono of the hidcfntlgahlo workers among the London poor. She works incessantly , unil is much esteemed by all classes. Miss Mary Tillinglmstof Noith Stoning- ton , Conn. , is an Inveterate simko killer. Since . .luly1 she nas settled the fat of uin < ty snakes of all kinds , black , coppcrhcadaddeii and rattlesnakes. Saru Jcaniictto Duncan Is ayoutifiCaiiadim authoress who has been gaining a mine lor beiself by a book of travels , falio is qmtn i pretty woman , of slight ligunwithbiown , hair and light-blue e\es. \ Mrs. Dohorali Powers of LansInRburg , N "i' . , who celebrated her H0th birthday last veek , is rather incredibly nsscitod to do still tha active manager of the bunking llrinof which she is the head , D. Powers it Sons. MlssSallioIIollcv , n "Virginian , is estab lishing small schools in that state for the pin- pose of teaching negro girls how to SMV , d.irn and cook und giving tlium nn opportun ity to leatu toicad , writoand make correct change. Miss Elizabeth Gates is the rlclicstunmnr- ricdvoinan in HuHalo. Jliss ( late * , by good business management , lias added very con- i sidcrablyto the ? 1,000,0(10 left to her by her father , nt ono time president of the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad , Mrs. Henry Ituy of Prosit Mill , N. J , , rcaohed her 112th birthday anniversary re cently and received many callers , vfho con- giatulalcd heron hcrhoarty appearanco. Sl.o is the oldest pensioner in the Unltod Btatis , Her husband was a cook In tlio war of 1SU and was also a cook lor General Washington MLssMattlo Hester is the United Stalci mall carrier o\or the route irotn Condar , Laurons county , to I othnir , Montgotnciy county , Ocorgia , a distance of forty mlloi through a sparsely settled region , -\vhlch ho traverses thrco times a week. She drUos lier own mail carl , canios a rcvolvor , undh punctual as the siin at ullnoasoiis and In all weathers. IJesldes transporting the mnlls , she manages a f.inn , gets out lumber , splits fence rails , and contrives to support a \vldowcd mother , two younger slstcn and n biothor , while she Is not yet twenty jcnra of age. OMA.HA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscrlbod iiiiilOuaranteeil Cailtul | IMl.OOO 1'ald iiiUipltal : no.K lliiH ana sells stocks and bonds : imsntlut'i coniniuialal pipur ; iouolvt' anil nxeoutu trusts ; nets us trnnsfcir iiseut unil tnistnoof corporations , takes charge of jiruiiorly , ool- Iwts taxes. OmahaLoan&TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S. E. COP. 10th and Douglas St3 , JMld Iti.ipltn ( ) | K.l.OOO Hnbscrilail iiiniaiuiraiitovdCJapltul. . , . 100,0)1 Llabllltyuf StoolihclJors L'OO.O'H S I'trL'ciit Inlonst I'aM onDoposlU. TltAMC .1 , lA.NOi : , Uuslilor. Offlcorsi A. U.Wyman , presldciit,3. .T , llro-wn , vluu-irc | IdcntV , NVjinnn , Inmsnror. r > lreotoA : , H , Wyiaan , J. H.MlHunl , J. J. llrowu.Otiy 0. llurUni , I ) . W. Mash. Tbouui It , IClniOall. Uuortti'Il. Laku.