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THE OMAHA DAILY BjjlE , MONDAY , OCTOBER 6 , 1890. THE PAIL/Y BEE. * = = E , B03EWATEB , Editor. PUBLI8IIKD EVERY A10HNING. TEUMS OK BUIlSCUll'TION. Dally iintl Hundar > One Ycnr . . . t\f \ > 00 fllxmontlx. . . . . . BOO Tlirct ) innntlm . . 2 wi Similar Hco. One Year . - W Weekly Hoc , Ono Year. . 1 0 OFFICES ! Omalm.Tlio Hro II ill 1 < 1 1 UK. Boutli Oninhn. Corner N niKlSKlh Streets Council HliifTs. IJI'onrl Htrcct. OlilcARO onici > . ill * Uhiuiitornf Commerce. . , New YorlUtonmi iH.14 mid 1 ! > , Tribune llulldlng ' All conimunlcatlotn rolntlnir to novri nnfl ' editorial niiitlnr Mioulcl bo mid rested to the Editorial Ifuimrtmcnt. HI'HINEHS I.KTTEISS , I I All liualiicts lotto and remittances should be nildro < M > < l toTho lloo Pulillslilnir Company. Onmliu. Draft * , checks nnd noslofllco urilura i to bo made payable to the oruor of the flow i pnny. ; The Bcc Publishing Company , Proprietors , j Tlio lloo Il'ldV. rurnam and Seventeenth Hts. BVVOICN STATEMENT Ol > ofllCULATlUN tiutonf Nclmisld. I Oountyof Doiielnn. f ss Oi'orcoII. Tzjchnck. secretary of The Hen Pulillslilnif corauiiny. ( loci Riilpinnly swear tnil the nctiml circulation of TUB DAii.r HKK " Tor Ilio wccic cndlnft Oct. 4 , IbOO. was in fol lows ! Knndny.Sciit.2fl . Zliro Monday , "opt 3) ) . W..T H Tucufliiy.Hi'pU M . OT.afi Wednesday. Oct. 1 . M.4i7 : Tlnirsrtuv. Oct. 2 . . : W Vrldnv. Oct. : i . OT-IC-T BaturrtuY , Oct. i . . . . . ' " . ' .M" Average . sions : , OuoiiiiH H. TzsniiucK. Fworn to liofnrn mo nn < l mibscrilmd In my prcfpnno tlilsltndiivof Octonor. A. I ) . . 1KU. | PIAI : , . | N. iM'Kii. ; Notary I'ublla. ' Etuloof Ncbrnika , I County of Douglas , 1 Oporco II. T/sclmU , bnlnc duly sworn , < 1o- ; no i'H iinil hiiys Hint ho Is secretary nf Tlio lluo I'nhllililiiitltonipaiiv. tliut tlioiictiml uvcriiuu f 4ully clrriilutlon of TUB DAII.V HKK fortlio inonlli iif Septomui'r , ISM ) , 1B.710 coptosi for Oclolior. IW.i , iH.MiT copies ; for Novrnibor , lfiS ! , 10,310 coplpi : for Deopmbor. 181. IM.OB copies for.Tamiiiry , 1WM , llfi.Yi copies ! for 1'oliriinry. 1KH ! ) , in.TCil rnplost for Mnreli. WO. 'J.KI5 ) roples ; for April , 1H ) , 20.SIH rojiles ; for Rlny , IWO.aUSP roplPH : fur .In no , IBM , 'JO.IIOl coiii | > < i ; for July , IhCO/JO.tCd copies ! for AllKUbMWW.-V.TMl copies ( iKOIIfiK II. T7..TIII.TK. Sworn lo hoforo mo. it nil Milisurllu'd In my prpscnco , this 10th any of Sentciulier. A.I ) . . 1890. N I1. I.'KIU Notary Public. Tun chill Ing reception given the dem ocratic \ > \g \ fjuns in Lincoln is a foretaste of the November blizzard , AlT < accounts agree Unit it Is a wise railroad com nnny which knows its own rates for twenty-four hours. THIS Amorlcan liotf continues rooting- itflway Into public favor In Franco and Germany , regardless of restrictive laws. Till * amount of money invested by Chlcago In lubricating the wheels of the world's fair in congrcs ? has proved a inlno of wealth. AssruANCES come from friendly that Is "a - sources McKolglitin drawing- card. " No doubt of It. There are KOV- ornl people in Webster county possessing- ovldonco of his taking ways. K fact that two hundred merchants of Slou.x City potitlonod for open saloons Bhows that the corn palace town has ac quired a largo contempt for prohibition with it8 array of joints and bootleggers. Tun juclcasa battery deserves encour agement. Titko the mounted battery which the army experimented within the mountains years ago , the gunners are In greater danger of destruction than the enemy. Tun estimated population of Wyom ing sutlers a sovcro shrinkage in the census. It was generally believed that the oil and iron and coal territory would crowd one hundred thousand. The ofll- cial count shows a scant sixty thousand people. TllK failure of congress to enact n , law protecting ( lie stars and stripes from the debasement of advertising schemes , loaves it still free to wave over the po litical orator whenever and wherever he screeches n screed in behalf of country , homo and the candidates of Ills party forofllcesof honor , trust and emolu ment. Congress was considerate to politics nnd political orators. THE Bclf-ehoson custodian of South Omaha sentiment recently declared : "Wo want to bo lot alone. Wo repu diated annexation nnd can take care of ourselves. " From the manner In which taxes nro piling up in the packing suburb , while economy is enforced at the spigot , It looks as though the town is ready for the appointment of a guar dian. It is the jobbers who want to bo "lot ulono" to riot on the substance of the people and impurll the business and industrial interests of the town. Tun announcement that thirty-two young and pretty women , converts to Mormonism , have arrived In 3S'ow York , will throw a shade of sorrow over the saints of Utah. Such interesting con signments were heretofore received In open arms by the venerable shepherds of Mormon flocks. Hut President Woodruff's announcement that polyg amy is a lost , art , a suspended creed , robs of the apostles of any excuse to re ceive and care for this bevy of Uriglmm- ito buds. Times are sadly out of whack in the kingdom of the Latter Day Saints , life Is robbed of its joys and the ngcd voterims deprived of youth's caresses. The opposition of other labor organiza tions to the Knights of Labor in Now York will hasten the dissolution of that once mighty union of worklngmon. Tho. condition of the order In the Empire atato is n reflex of Its condition olso- whoro. Disintegration sot in the inomont politicians were admitted to its ranks. Thousands of political tricksters , whoso friendship for labor was measured by the votes in sight , were permitted to dictate its plans and policies , and sacri fice its woll-bolng for their personal advancement. Whether the order will survive mismanagement and dictatorial recklessness remains to bo soon. It Is passing through the flros , and may emerge free from the political barnacles nnd wrockors. In any event the cause of organized labor will bo bonoflttcd. Other ami broader organizations are already rising from the ruins , strength ened by the experience of the Knights , and managed by men who will not attempt to rule the world. Such a result will bring about a close alliance among all labor organizations and harmonize the radical difference now existing between kindred orders. IIOTST nr TIIKW omv From iho beginning of the Nebraska prohibition campaign up to the present tiny Iho mercenary crusndcrs ngninsttho material growth und prosperity of this Ktatohavo been fabricating falsehoods to Impose upon the credulous , the weak- minded nnd the emotionally rollulous. At the outset the pair of reverend phnrlECcs who conduct the Now York I'oi'cf , which will clean up more than twenty thousand dollars out of the pro hibition raid in Nebraska , organized a bureau of forgery for the purpoao of hliindoring und libeling the Nebraska press that was not committed outright to Lho support of the prohibitory amend ment. Early last spring u decoy letter signed by Charles Turner , advertising agent , was mailed to each paper in Ne braska not committed for prohibition , with an Inquiry as to the price the re spective papers would charge for pub lishing matter relating to the liquor trallle nnd the effects of prohibition in the states where it la in force. Coming from an advertising agency , the proposal was regarded as legitimate by u majority of publishers , who quoted Lhelr usual rates and discounts. These letters , garbled , falsified and forged in many instances , were published with a grand flourish of trumpets by the venal Poire , coupled with the bare- raced assertion that every editor who responded had otTcrcd to accept a bribe from the whisky trust for publishing a lot of whisky lies about the ofTectof pro- liibitlon , when in fact the sample adver tising matter mailed \vllh each pro posal had been made up by the bu reau of forgery and letter steal- lug , operating under the direction of the Voice. This audacious and high-handed plcco of knavery was fol lowed up by another forgery. I-ottors were mailed from Omaha over the forged signature of the late Thomas Mofl'at , secretary of the Easiness Men's association , directed to Cyrus Turner , secretary of the whisky trust at Louis ville , with pretended inquiries about campaign funds. What the object of this forgery was can readily bo surmised. Mr. Moffat's death nlonosaved the forger , who had rented a postolllco box in Omaha , from being trapped by postal detectives and sent up. And now the Now York I'ota has sig nalized its effort to carry Nebraska for prohibition with another expose that in destined to recoil upon the heads of the rogues who have worked up its disrepu table schemes. About three weeks ago the following letter was received : Niw YoiiKSTATcPiioTncrtviASSOCIATION" , ) Omt-K of A. LmrlU > i > .MAV , Secretary , > - Lode Box No. 201. AI.IIAXV , Sept. 10,18'JO. ' ) F . O. Uoggcn , Secretary Business Men nnd Bankers' association.-r-Dear Sir : At n meeting of our executive com mitted last night , I was instructed to write you in reference to n subject of mutual Interest. You nro not perhaps aware that the last legislature of this state lias voted for n special election , to bo held next spring on tlio question of prohibition. We have no fear but tliaU wo shall bo nt > lo to defeat the fanatics , though It will Involve some expense. It Is important to us , however , that you shall defeat prohibition in Nebraska , and that will help us not a little. Tlio committee dtscusjod the matter last nicbt and concluded that if a few thousand dollars snyS5OCO % ould turn the scales in Nebraska nguinst prohibition could not expend that sum to better advantage than by sending it to Nebraska. Wo must bo satis fied , though , of two things before sending n dollar : First , that thcro ia n good chance of defeating prohibition ; and , second , that the money will bo put to coed use. We don't wnnt it blown in for public discussion , or for subsidizing newspapers , All the money wo contributed heretofore from New York ( in Pennsylvania nnd KuoJo Island ) wus sent through the National Protective association , Louisville , Ky. , but wo have not so much confidence In them as wo did have ( wo don't say a word against them morally , only wo huvcn't ' as much confidence in their tactics ) . "Would ho glad to hear from you in this mutter. Our own .opinion Is tbat the best work is to bo done on election day , or a day or two before , if you have Iho right sort of men. What wo want to know is what § 4,000 or $5,000 , will do for you in the campaign. Re spectfully , A. Lucius RODMAN , Secretary. P. S. Our state convention meets hero next Monday. Would bo glad to hear from you by that time. A. L. H. This letter Is a base forgery , evi dently gotten up under the auspices of the Voice , which now prints the re sponses with glaring headlines that are entirely at variance with the contents of the letters. But the Voice very pru dently omits publication of the forged decoy letter which no honorable gentle man , least of all u preacher of tlio gos pel , would want to father. The great exposure which has been launched with such a hurrah amounts to just this : Mr. Uoggon , in a brief and courteous letter , informed Mr. Redman that his letter had boon handed over to Dr. George L. Miller , member of the finance committee of the Business Men's unit Hankers' as sociation. Dr. Miller thereupon acknowledged receipt of the letter in the absence of Hon.Villlam A. Paxtou , chairman of the llnaiico committee. This letter contains in substance the follow ing statements : That the nctivo organi zation of the business men's ' association consists of loading Omaha merchants ; that the association has from the begin ning of the campaign been in financial distress nud that uino dollars In every ten that has boon expended up to this date In the campaign was contributed by Omaha merchants ; that with those means the association Is doing the best It can , and that the only assist ance from abroad has boon a lot of postpaid campaign litera ture. Dr. Miller stated furthermore that the association Is non-political , re publicans nnd democrats alike being en gaged in its work. In response to a second forged letter from Albany Dr. Miller adds that the whisky trust has not contributed a dollar and its otlicore had turned u cold shoulder to Nebraska and that the only aid promised by local brewers has been conditional upon the distillers inntohlncr tholr subscription. This correspondence nails the prohi bition papers und agitators as infamous liars and unprincipled slanderers. They have charged ovary whore and everyday that the Bankers'nnd Business Men's as sociation was organized by boodlors to handle and distribute the boodle paid in by the whisky trust. They have charged that the campaign fund of this associa tion was all whisky money , and that Its \ organizers and workers were paid by.tho rum power. They have charged jhat hundrcdsof thousands of dollars had been sent to Nebraska by foreign distillers and brewers to buy up the press , the po litical leaders of both parties nnd to corruptly influence tlio election by wholesale bribery. They have repeated upon every stump , In churches and in school houses that Tun DICE had been Ixnipht up by the whisky trust nnd that Rosowatcr had received fifty thousand dollars of whisky boodle for his per sonal services. The great oxpoau ro of the Voice gives the lie to all those de famatory assertions. It also flatly centra- diets the malicious fabrications of editorial blackmailers like the Lincoln Cull , who having failed to secure subsi dies from the business men's association liave houmlod and traduced Its man agers. _ TtlK XGXT not/SB. Four weeks hence the country will know what the political complexion of the house of representatives of tbo Fif ty-second congress will be. In the mean time a great deal of vigorous polit ical work is to be done in the three liundred nnd twentv odd congress dis tricts in which elections ore to bo held. What is the prospect ? "When tlio Fifty-first congress con vened the republicans had u working majority In the house of seven , which was Increased by the unseating of dem ocrats and Iho beating of republicans to twonty-thrcc. The eight democrats who were unseated being from districts in the southern sUitcs , it is not improb able that a majority of the o districts will return democrats to the next con gress , and it is Kifo to predict the elec tion of at least four democrats from those southern districts. The delegation from Ohio in the present house consists of six teen republicans nnd five democrats , but by the gerrymander in that state the democrats expect to reverse this , making the delegation from Ohio In the Fifty-second congress sixteen democrats and live republicans. It is not likely they will bo able to quite ac complish this , but a republican loss of six or eight representatives in that state maybe regarded as certain. The re publicans will gain two from the new states of Idaho and \Vyoming. If the republicans lose no more than six votes in-Ohio , and it is not probable that they will , and nro able to hold four of the southern districts gained by unseating democrats , at the same time buffering- no losses elsewhere not offset by gains , their majority In the next house will bo four. The obvious danger to republican supremacy In the next house of repre sentatives is in Ohio and the southern districts in which contests were decided against the democrats , and doubtless the republican congressional committee will give its most careful attention to these danger sections. But in any event , the promised margin is so small as not to oucourago the most sanguine faith in the republicans retaining con trol of the house , although the chances nro In favor of their doing so. If the re publicans should fall to secure a work- log- majority In the next hotiso , it is by no means certain that the democrats would control , since there will bo a con siderable number of alliance men elected from the south who may hold the bal ance of power und dictuto the organiza tion of tlio house as well as exert a com manding Influence upon legislation. So far as preparation for campaign work Is concerned , the republican con gressional committee is reported to bo in much hotter shape than the democratic. It was stated a week ago that up to that time tbo democratic committee had re ceived only ten thousand dollars for its campaign fund , and that caino from a single individual. The prospect of ob taining subscriptions was then re garded as decidedly gloomy , but it is possible the sit uation has improved somewhat since. On the other hand , the republican com mittee is represented to bo well pro vided with the sinews of War and to bo actively at work. The situation at pres ent is in favor of tlio republicans in the congressional light , but there Is neces sity for hard and steady work. ram.ic The board of c onunissioncrs of Hall county invites the co-operation of like bodies throughout the state in an effort to radically reform the laws governing the handling of public funds. In a petition prepared for presentation to the next legislature the board points out the defects of the lawand urges such changes ns will authorize "public depositories" and secure for the taxpayers the profits derived therefrom. Tim movement is timely and beneficial , nnd deserves the active support of all classes in the state. The amount of money lost to the tax payers under the present system of farm ing public funds Is enormous. In Colorado rado tho. profits of the state treasurer are estimated at from forty to sixty thousand dollars a year. The revenues of Nebraska , ere grentor , If any thing , than these of Colorado and the opportunities for profitably farming the public funds are equally inviting. Th o Omnlui trcasurorshipis fully as rich in perquisites , while , the Douglas county ollico will yield half as much. These three oflices will not in the aggregate one hundred thousand a year , every penny of which goes into the pockets of the Incumbents. Other counties and cities yield their treasurers a revenue in proportion lo the money handled. It is Im possible to loam the exact profits of tlio business , but it is safe to assert that the total will not fall short of a quarter of a million dollars a year In the state. Tills vast sum represents the annual loss to the taxpayers under the present law. No valid reason can bo advanced for the continuance of a system which robs the many for the benefit of a few. Nebraska has reached a point in its career demanding greater economy in Its finimcinl alTulrs and the husbanding of every resource calculated to lighten the burdens of the people. Every branch of government will boat pruning , and the first to receive the attention of the logl&lnturo should be the farming of public funds for the benefit of treasurers. This question U ono of the prominent issues of the campaign in several west- urn states. Both parties In "Wisconsin declared against allowing treasurers to pocket the Interest on public funds , and ono of the candidates for state treasurer of Colorado f nUcipatod popular fooling by publicly announcing that all profits derived fronJ to funds will bo covered into the trooltiry for the benefit of the people , lllijols hasndQptod a system of public douositflrtes , and like powers have been granted to the counties and municipalities of the slate. Similar laws are in vogue in Missouri and nil coses have proven beneficial to the tax payers. The time Is peculiarly appropriate to bring about this desirable reform in Nebraska. Let the taxpayers of every legislative district demand pledges from candidates that they will work and vote for a revision of the revenue laws to the end that public funds , both state , county and elty , shall bo invested forthe benefit of the public. The remedy rests with the people. If they fail to exorcise it by electing reputable men to the legislature they deserve to bo plucked by tlio treas urers. A SUCCESSFUL. The administration of the postal service - ice under Postmaster General \Vana- \ maker hus been marked by reforms and improvements which have greatly in creased Its clllciciicy and usefulness. Some of the good results of the applica tion of practical business principles to postal affairs are set forth by the Wash ington correspondent of the Now York jfVilmiic , and the review of what has been done shows tin enormous amount of work accomplished. There is no department of the government which involves greater labor in keeping its machinery in mo tion , or demands clew and uioro care ful attention , and it ought to become tlio rule of the future to place a practical man at the head of the postolhYo depart ment. Perhaps the greatest improvement has been mode in tbo railway mail ser vice , to which the postmaster general lias given a largo share of his personal attention , nnd a characteristically lib eral policy has marked his action with regard to it. Quick establishment of service Invariably followed upon the hcols of the track builders along the line of now railroads. Wherever the facilities were insulllcieiit for the re quirements of prompt and elllcicnt service - vice they were provided , and additional facilities found to bo necessary were sup plied. An idea of the growth of tbo railway mail service nuy bo formed from the statement that since the beginning of this administra tion the soTvico , has been increased by ovortwenty-flvo thousand miles. This means that , while the east came in for its share of additional tacilities , the wostpromptl fecurod postal facilities with the growth 'of population and rail roads. As one Important result of the reforms introduced in this service , the two grout entry ports of the country , Now York and San Francisco , have boon brought ncar.gr together by an entire day , and the ) > < > stofllco ofllcinis say that similar important gains will shortly bo in ado botwceirothor points , notably be tween New York and Now Orleans. Of course the commercial Interests of all tlio intermediate country are benollttod by these improToinonts. . , - , Meantime there has boon a largo in crease of the free dplivory system , Its ex tension taking in fifty-throe cities. Inci dental to the establishment of these ollices eight hundred new letter carriers huvobocft appointed and a largo addi tion made to the property of the depart ment in the facilities required. This system is to bo further extended under the bill passed by congress providing for its establishment In towns having a population of five thousand or returning postal revenue to the amount of five thousand dollars annually , a measure largely duo to the recommendations of Postmaster General Wanatnakor , who believes that free delivery can not only bo made Inexpensive , but may bo ulti mately cheapened to such an extent as to bring within its tompass the most in significant places. lie believes that everywhere in the country people can bo found to do the work , and ho expects to see the day when there will not bo a postofllco in the country where a letter properly addressed will need to wait for transmission to its destination longer than It takes to place It in the hands of a messenger. In other branches of the postal service reforms have been instituted that have facilitated work and Increased ollicioncy , and on the whole , although the post master general is still finding1 opportunities tunitios for further improvements , it may fairly bo claimed for the postal service that it Is in bolter condition now than over before und is giving greater sat isfaction to the public. OrrosrnoN to the ronoinlnation of Commissioner Anderson Is dying out in the democratic ranks. A few potty up starts imagined they could frighten him out of the race , but Lycnrdo Michael Anderson is not built that way. Ills ro'cord as an olliclnl is ono of the lofty monuments of democratic management of county affairs. As the watchdog of the treasury ha tumbled Mike Itoche , and his masterly Inactivity In forcing Recorder Megeath to account for fees is a matter of rocifil notoriety. Indeed , his olllcial record Is dotted with brilliant strokes of policy. From the Taully vault job to the county hospital , capped with his marvelous decisions as chair man of the boni'-iy , furnish a striking ex ample of lofty purpose in com moil affairs. The domocracjA without Anderson would bo ns shallow air'tho pluy of "Hamlet" without tlio melancholy Dane. Ho is the corner-stone ofltlrt ) party , By all moans give us Anderson , unanimously if possi ble. The county .hungers for u whack at him. " " TllK day and data of the democratic county convention is fixed. So is the slate , with its vast and varied array of political and mental nobodies. Htntu Trail tiucrs. Waune lltrall , Between the homo howlers who have dona evoryttilug jxisslblo to iiuiko the world bo- llovo Nobnukn la ruined llnaucinlly , uiul the Imported prohibition s | > culcew who proclaim It to bo a Oca of Iniquity , tlio iivi'i-ago citizen as opt to think It Is a good stuto to keep out of. _ _ iVn Alliterative Alliinlnii. Paddock , Plumb and Pcttlgrow , though painfully perceiving tlio peculiar prominence of their position , persisted lu opposing tbo p ! n of proJIgous protection as pernicious piiblla policy , profitless , pestiferous , pre posterous , paralyzing the purchnshiR power of the populace , plnclng In peril the pursuit of popular iirofesilous , nnd palpably pro ductive of plutocratic pretexts for puttlnp tlio people In a pickle. 1'osslbly they pre ferred parading as pessimists. 1'roMbs Tuko a Ucmlcr. It might be Invidious lo remark that tlio prohibition IsU have nominated Mr. Bender for the legislature. FACTS AX1 > rtOUHliS. The mimbor of saloons In Nebraska In 1SSO IVOR over seven hundred , nnd of tbftt number Omahn , with n population of 30,045 had ISO. otnlljncrcaso in the stoto in ten years , 1,500. Under the Slocumb law of Nebraska any town or county can vote absolute prohibition ns provided by the local option clause. In 1SSO Nebraska had one saloon for every 12 , " ) voters , or ono to about seven hundred and fifty of the population. In IS'.Hvo ) have ono saloon to every 'JOi voters , which Is equal to about ono for every 1,570 of tbo population. Within tbo past jenr there- was an actual decrease of licensed liquor dealers In Omaha from 217 to 218 , or tbirty-ulno less thau tbo preceding year. The revenue derived from hquor dealers under the high license system for the year 1839 was fTM.SlS. Of this amount $01,103 was collected In various towns nud cities as occupation tax , atul $13iru , ! was collected by varlouscountlcs for saloons located outside of incoporated towns. Seventy-eight towns In Nobrastta have pro hibition uudcr the local option provision of our bljih license law. In these locnl com munities public sentiment is mlverso to tbo saloons anil prohibition Is therefore absolute. The local option feature of the Slocumbluw Is eoiitulned lu section la , the salient part of which reads : "Tho corporate nuthontlcs of all cities and vlllaires shall have power to licence , regulate nnd prohibit the sellingor givingawiiy of any intoxicating , malt , spirituous nud vinous liquors , within the limits of sucli city or * vil lage. 'Jhls section also fixes the amount of the license fee , which sball not bo less than S. > 00 In villages and cities having less tlmn 10,000 Inhabitants nor loss than $1,000 in cities having a population of inoro than 10,000. Nebraska bas teas tbun 850 licensed liquor dealers. Michigan had constitutional and statutory prohibition from lv. ) to 1S75 , when It was re pealed. At that lime thcro wcra 8,500 saloons in the state , and under license regulation the number lu ISS'J ' bad boon reduced to J,373. , Three years ng-o Michigan voted again on n constitutional prohibitory nmendnmut ns against high license. Prohibition wus knocked out. Tlio district and county court dockets in Nebraska show Iif teen cases against saloon keepers and their bondsmen for violation of legal regulations \vhlch hold forth redress to injured parents of minors and wives of drunk ards. Without the powerful restraining in fluences of the saloonkeepers' bonds there would bo hundreds of infractions of tlio law and no possibility of redress. XKTl'S OF THK XUHTMtWKST. Xel > rankn. The Rising City Independent Is ten years old , The Masons of Geneva will dedicate their new halt Wednesday. Gngo county's flax crop will average about nine bushels to tbo acre. Tlio addition to the B. & M. roundhouse at "NVyniorois nearly completed. A stock company to build n chceso factory has boon orgnulzcd at llushvUlo. A fell- into 150-foot dog a - well nt Gordon , ilio other tluy , nud wus taken out uninjured. The republicans of the Twenty-second representative district have nominated J. D. Brewer for the legislature. ( JeorRO Martin , n fanner near Grcsliatn , fell in front of thoknifoof u corn harvester and had bis leg cut in a frightful manner. John Pierce of Phelps county 1ms been nominated for tlio stuto seiiuto by tho.ropub- liciins of the Tivoiity-clghtfi district. James M. Cntckshnnlc anil Charles Pelch- tiiipi-r have been nominated for the legisla ture bytho Dodge county alliance conven tion. tion.nud nud Elcsliiro lias been acquitted of burclar- izlni ? the store of Hosfonl & Gagnoui at Uulo. It tnolc the jury half a day to arrive at tbo verdict. Two valuable stallions , a pair of mules and tlirco farm horses were cremated iu a barn belonging to William W illis , near Grcshain. The loss amounts to fc2,500. The two-year-old son of J. E.Will of Curtis fell out of the rear of a wagon the other day and broke two ribs , tbo ragged ends of the bones pencil-cling the Httlo one's ' lungs. lavld ) Hfuntlngton , ninety-five years old and a resident of Ncinelia county for nine teen years , died nt his homo near Nenichu City last week. Ho was a pensioner of the war of 1S12. \Vhilotho family of John Colt-lazier , livinc near Vcrdon , was nway from homo , except ing the hired girl , a trump entered the house and displaying u revolver commanded her to stand perfectly still while he went through the house. Tlio frightened girl obeyed. After going the rounds the tramp proceeded to rest himself in the rockiup chair and comment on the result of his search to the girl , whom bo still kept standing. He remarked thut ho didn't get as good a haul ns ho expected , only ally shot In the haul by a younger brother , who was playing with a revolver. The lull penetrated the scalp just above the loft car utiil WUH embedded In the skull so tlghtlvas " to require- stroiifjpull on tlio part of "tho doctor tooxtricato It. Tlio boy's parents wcro nway from homo at the time , -md the young man came to town by himself for med ical assistance. The bogus lightning rod nion have hit upon n now scheme , says the Table-llook Argus. They send n man ahead who bargains with a farmer to buy a horse. The bargain will bo muilo to pay for und tiiho the horse lu a day - or two , but tbo horse buyer wishes the farmer to sign a paper as i-ofcrcnce. Lie docs so. The horse is not cared lor , but the other parties como along -with n written contract for § 150 worth of lightning rods. A dispute followu , audthe fanner , to keep out of nliuv suit , com promises for 110 or Kit ) . Again wo Ray , n\gi\ \ no papers if you wish to keep out of trouble. OttoCoweoof Grand Island mot with n peculiar accident the otbor day. While jiut- tliiR n ti-ldlo on n borso his right nrnv sud denly fell useless to hi * sldp , und ho has not been able to use it since. The arm seems to bo so dislocated that the palm Is turned to tbo rear. It requires considerable force with tbo other hand to bvntl it forward at all , and upon releasing Iho pressure the band hnino- dlntclj' lllos bade. Ono physician announced it paralysis and applied n thousand volts of electricity to it without effect. A numhurof intimate friends , howcvor , thinks it Is iiolli- itiK moro than thrown out of joint. Some years ago , says the Sargent Times , wliat is now Douglas anil Harpy counties was under ono county Kovcrnmcut , At the time it was proposed to divide there were a few croalcers who said It would increase their tuies , and consequently they opposed di vision. Nevertheless , the act wis performed nud Sarpy county was loft with only XII square miles. In splto of the predictions of tbo old croakers Sarpy county today Is out of debt und spends more for roads and britlKOS than any county iu tbo state , in proportion to its size. They never had a bonded indebted ness and the taxes on tlio average quarter section of land in Snrny is actually loss than in Ouster , although the value is six times as great. IIIWH , There are 4itt working Odd fellows' lodges in Iowa with amcindorstilp of Jl.d-iO . , Hog cholera is reported prevalent in nl nioH every county in the northern purtlon of tbo state. The State Creamery and Butter and KKK HOi-lnt ion will hold aeon volition ut Fort Doilno some tlnioduring November , At Dean , A ppanoow county , the other day a youth of eighty \vlnUsr. < led u nmldon of slitj-.livo summers to the matrimonial altar. It Is said to bo tha olgtith husbanii f or ttio briilo nnd tlio alxth wife for thfl groom. IThoStiitaTcaehors1 tuwclnllon will hold Its thirty-fifth annual session | a Ut < Molncs Iho last of December and the drat of Jannnry. Miss Kllgoro of Washington IKWOSSM n thrifty Uttlo plant vrhlch grew from n need munped out of i deep wolf at tuo county yoor farm. T , C. Morrcll of tlia firm of Moroll * = Co. and Miss Ucrtrodo Itogcrs. daughter of tlio county auditor , were tnurrfcd at itcd Oak last wcok. There nns twenty-four dlvorco sulti on the docket for the ncuct term of tbo district court In Mahtuka count v , In fourteen the wives are the plaintiffs. Thirty-live innrrlnp ) licenses were Issued In Illack Hawk county during the month of September , tlio largest number In oiiomonth , with ono exception , slucotho orguuuatlonor the county , II , C. "Wheeler of Odobolt , Sno county , has under cultivation tbo largest farm la lo\va. \ It comprises r.OQ ! ! acres , every foot of wlilch is under cultivation. Ho manages lits farm through a corps of nbout fifty men. Rer. Samuel Ilcrprcr of Franklin Center , who hud Just completed hh theological studies In.JLclpsic , Gontuuiymul , was im his wy home , stopped , over night at Lena , 111. , last wcok and was found dean In bed In the mornIng - IngHa was twenty-ulna year * of ngo and was soon to hnvo married an oatloia'blo young lady of 'Dubtin.no. A. A. Curpontor , n prominent business man of Lyons , has been arrested , ehar edwith shooting-with Intent to kill. The complain ant In the rose Is William Wallace , n man of rather unsavory character , who was wounded In the Bldo by a shot alleged to have boon llred by carpenter. The trouble gre\v \ out of a lawsuit over a dead horse , N. W. Nuttliip , the preacher who has stirred up such a sensation in TCorth Dakota by assuming thoroloof n Lothario , was atone ono time n practicing physlcinii In lo\va \ City. Ho has a wife , but recently doped with n young lady named Mills from Jackson , Mich. The real .Mrs. Kittling declares tUat her err ing : husb.uiU U n hlgainlst nnd that sbo Is afraid he will Itllt her , as ho has of leu threat ened to do. William Bonge , who at the ago of 102 years Is ns spry as thonvcrugo man of sevontv , re sides near Drnlteville , Davis county , lie las been a resident of tliu county for many years nnd was in Iowa years before tlio Indians left the territory , lie -works and manages his farm and is nblo to hold Ills own with many younger men , Ills children nro old iiwy- heiulod men , ajid in appearance are fully as aged as their patriarchal parent. Little Klelmrd Lovl Taylor , the nlblno child born of full-blooded African parents at Oakaloosn , died nt tlio n < ? c of seven mouths last week , Ho was a remarkable uabr , nnd , hail bo lived , would hnvo developed in to a wonderful albino man. .At the time of his death his head was covered with a dense growth of curly hair as white M snow and his eyes were of a bright > ink color , ills skin was of ninillcYwhitenessand ho wasn perfectly formed child in everyway. Thfl Two Dukot ns. A wolf was shot jn tbo outskirts o t Dell Rapids the other day. Plans are under wav foran electric railway between Moorliead and Fargo , It is claimed tbat an nrtosian well can he sunk in Hftccii Jays by the hvdnmlic process of drilllnf , ' . A. child was born In Sioux Falls last u-eelc that weighed only ouo pound and a half. It promises to live. Colonel M. M. Price of Lctclier reports a yield of twenty-sovon bushels of wheat pet- acre oua tract of six acres that was irrigated. Tlicro are forty-three new cases on the Oc tober calendar of the supreme court , which. will keep the judicial will grinding until January 1 , Kcpovt comes from Lctcbor that recently the nrtosian well at that place suddenly stopped flowing , and that at tlio Woousocke't well there was atreiccudousincrcasoln pres sure at the same time. Elmer Wheeler win arrested the other dav at Hapid City on a warrant awom out by Ills father , charging him with grand larccnv. It seonis that young Wheeler , who , sinjb his mlsolllnncowltlia colored woman , has been allowed to shift for himself , has. accordingto tlio father's story , bccnsystomallcallyswind- ling him. A short time njion number of arti cles were taken from Mr , W Heeler's house during his absence. The prisoner VIM held lit & 4CO bonds. W. A. Oray , an artesian well contractor. Is of the opinion that the main source ol supiily for the nrtosian basin underlying ; the Jim river valley is in the Uluck Hills. llo roaches this conclusion from observations of the strata passed through , and the depth ot different wells lie has bored in all portions of Dakota , Including tlioso in the Missouri val ley from Ulsmarck to the south line of the state. In the San too JIRCUCV Mr. Gray has put down awollcoinplotodat750fuotwheiia How of ] , .r 00 frallons jwr nilnuto was found. The depth of wells increases from tliero up the Missouri valley till at Mandan a depth of lr > 00 foot U necessary to secure an nrtosiau How. The same is true of tlio Jim valley. The artesian basin extends westward to the Uluck Hills , _ KI2FUBLIOA.N CAIUPAIG.V DATES. List of Announcements Prepared liy the Committee. The following ls the list of announcements of republican mcotliiRS as far as prepared up to rintoby the state central committee : All meetings to bo in the even Ing unless stated otherwise , Oolnnol T..T. Majors and Hon. I , . D. RU-li- 1'iilrbury. Saturday , Ocmlx-rll. .1. L. WulHtor llaxllngs. Jlondiy , OclnbcrC ; nulson , Tuesday , Ootoliur Ti riovard. Thui-t- diiy. Outolicr 0 : York , I'rlduy , October 1) ) ; Anli land , Saturday , Uel li r 11. Hon. ft. V , II n r Ian and W.R. 8ummer3V'll. . srmvlllc. Thursday , Otloborl1. W. S. Sniiiinerxand ( ieornuA. Adams-Alma , 1'rldny , October 3 ; Uitlbertson , Saturday , Octo ber 4 , GiMicrul IW. . Oolliy and Uov , Joseph II , rrusMui TFU.U msoh. 3M < imIav.Cetol , < > r Ci 1 1 inn. boldt , Tuesday. October ? ; KuloVodiiMilaj , OctolicfS ; Noniiiliii Ully , Tliiirailar , ( Jclnbur ! ) ; I'liittsnioiitli , Saturday , Kovuuiber lnftor- ( 11OO1I. ) HOII.O. V. Mulligan nnd floorjc\V. 'WllUro- llakota Ully , Monday , Oclolmr (1 ( ; Wayne , Tuesday , October" : I'lcrcoVoil \ iiesiliiv.U'uto- IxirRiCroightiMi. Tnui-siluy , October Oi Stanton - ton , lilduy , October 10. Hon. A. i ; . ( Judy HroUcn IJoiv , Tuesday , OcloucrT. lion. A. E.Cady and Hon. A. II , Long-Ord , Woflnesdiiy.Octxihor 8 ; l onp Oily , Thursday , October II. Hon. J. L. . Caldffcll Wulioo , Thursday after- noun.Uctolicr .niiil 11.11. Bnlilridjo at "p. m.j Dltiiivood. SaturdayOulotor J8 Uflcrnooii. ) fllllio McShorry und I ? . \V. \ I'cnwarrti-ii- fireuley Out ru. Monday , Octolwr ( > ; I'lutto Omitro , TiiesduyOiUilHr7 , ; ! ; All'lon.Veiljiea' il.iy , Octolirrb ; t-cribncr , Thursday , October D ; Winner , l-'rliliiy. October 10. Hon. S. n.Unmcroii mul P. W. Collins Utica , Monday , Ocloliur ( I ; liradsliaw , Tui'Miny , Oo- tnbor f ; Arapalmu , 1\Vlno \ < diy , OnUi'ior 8 ; llnrvard. riuirsiliiy , October 0 ; Hampton , 1'rldny , Outnbor 10. Hon. H. 1' . Davidson ntul lion , Oli.irlisH L , llnJl Knilleott , Tui'Hilny , Ot-lolx'r ' 1 ; Tobias , \Vo < liie lHj-OctohorBloiiova ! , Baiurilay , Oc tober II. Hon. U' . J , Connpll Nebraska Cltj-.Ratur- diiy , Septumbor ! > ; Kulls City. Monday , SCMI- tninbcra * . , ' lion , S. LMlavlilsou and Hon. I , W. Tensing Wywre Monilay. ( JotuliurO. Hon. Thomas Darnoll-Hrowster , frlday.Oc- toticra. . . L. Wotstcr. Ii. D. Itiulmrds mid VI. V , Guilcy Opera uousu , Omulm , Friday , Oo- lolitirll. .Fiulgo O. t1 , Mason lied Cloud. I'rldny , Oc- Inburl Horn. J. U Webster. L. I ) . Itlchanli uiul John ( ! . WniMtn WuojiluK Wutor , tiaturduj , -totjcri3 < ( arturnoon ) . Kov. llyronlloal Lttiwood , Wodnostlny , Oc- lolu < rg | C < lur KiinUK Friday. October JO : Atkinson , Monday , Octulior R Ueoiso.ll , HiistliiKM uiul I'mf. W. B. Andrews -Holdings , Tuesday , October ? ; Oxford , Fri day , October , to. Oi > orsu II , Hustings nndV. . S. KuinwnrH- McOoott , Wmliinsday , OoUibcr ti ; IlRiiJu-lmuii , Tliiirsduy. OcUjbiT U. lion , s. W , Dlirlsly and OoorgoVV. . Auiliro.sc- Siiltou , Monday. OutolwrO. Whnn Rub ; wnn nick , TTA gare her CUtorli , When ( lie VM n Child , aUcritxl for C/utorU , Whemlio tmcnmcMUis.iilia dun ) ; toCutorli. Wluwi Uiu liaj C'bJLlrvu , tlig cart Uiora CaatorU , OUT OF1 Till ! Story of AII Old Kjiuvcr Cast Anlilo nnd left tolHH Fato. x Bill collectors are proverbially hntil hoarled , but nllttlo incident relMod in the observer by his friend ottho money baggiuid luxuriant chock viva told wild nn amount of feeliiiff that plainly jiroMul that familiarity with. Iho ttriiKplo.1 * of Iho inlTerlMR- poor had not bred contempt [ or their unfortunntocnsa inono instance at least , says the Syracuse Journal. ' have had a small bill for more tluui year , " ho Raid , "against a once promin ent but now almost suuornn- nuatcd lavryor of thin lovn. Though I got Biunll oncounii | ; > - inont , I inado It a point to visit him n ir- ularly , presenting- 1)111 , and each tinm ho RIIVO somD excuse nnd juiced tno to 'eal ' 1 are und next Mcolc.1 "Wo collectors are pretty eloso observers , nnd I notlcrtl wlien I began tullinff thuro that ho luul a line law librarymo collection prob ably of many yours of successful pnu'tiiv. But It becuu to tliln out , and as I ina > li my weekly"visits I could sou tlinl itvn ; slowly but ro nlnrly dislntopratin , and still my "bill remained unpaid You ninj- think ino hard-hcnrtod , b\it I BJHV 11m't hovfas ffolnjr to iileced and resolved in cot what I eotild out of. tbo wreck , BO t ko.pt on prosontluKlho bill. A week nji ) I called ntrun. Ihoro stood the book case , un ornuto affair , with only two or three volumes , all that was loft of tin- pneo complete law library. I presented my Wll. " 'I ean't pay ib lodny , ' Kild the old lawyer. 'I don't itnow when I can , ' nnd thonho vent on for tholhvttimoto o.x- plain lo mo aomofhlnpr nboul his nli'airi lklio had oneo hatl n sueccHstul uiul lucratlvo business , but times hud : ul- vaiiccd so rapidly that , ho liud not hoi-n able lo keep upwith tills heltor-slcoltiT ape ; ho liad grown old fnshioneclniul to wns without a practlep.k \nd no\v , * In- said , 'I hnvo just laid my boy away in Oalcwood , tlio boy that I win beginning to rely ujion as tlio support of my old ago , mid. 1 iitu a very weak old man. I ean't toll you any moro. I shouldbrnak down. ' And no , " Haiti inv frlcml , tlm collector , "I loft himbowedwith lin pront sorrow , surrounded by tliu pi- : lliotlo runiinders ol his former SIUMVM wlienbo was a power a.tlhu bar , und 1m vacant library shelves. T hadn't tha heart to press the bill then , " SIOiQUllOKS IS Ati.VSICA. Tbat FarAway rmntl Has Captivating ; Wlnlprs of Virginia AIIIltto ( < u. Tlio winters nt Slllcn , Mtiska , are tint unlike these of Jiorfollc , Vn. , rarely getting much below f'oezingTh'n niglits there Jiro very long , n tlio dnj < are in suininor. The sun was hotwliiin \vo\vero \ there , but thoshtiilo Avas il.-- . lleious. Thrco blankets were nuito com fortable at night. In tlio straits and in lets the -weather is not quite HO mild as on tlio open sea-shore , but nowhere are there severe winters until tlio conil mountain ran < jo is erosscdwrites a cor- respondent. There the sun in the summer days U piercingly hot and mosquitoes are MI thick thai they are almost unbearable. Tliorq the long winters loelcovorj'tlihij ' , ' up In thick-ribbed Ico. Several porsom \vo mot -who lived In Ohio assured 1110 that us f sir as the -winter eliniato wont Alaska on the eoost wis ; preferable to any state north of the Ohio.Vo know that nothing can bo moro delightful than what wo found for Mtniinor. How ever , wo lit\o been fortunate. Tlio rainfall Is great tuid ruins and fogs fre quent. "Wo have escaped toth. Warm , cloth ing , umbrellas , waterproofs and water- llghtshocsaroirccoinmendeil by these who advise how to go to Alaska. Wo hnvo neodcd neither except tlio shoos when climbing the glader.Vo have worn overcoats wlien the wind WJIH against us , for a slight breeze and Uio wind made by the speed ol the ship caused a decided chilliness when ondeek Wlicnroiiiainiiif ; still we have required no extra clothing. The Density oI'Tliiiiuloi-eloiid1 ! . An oxplaiiation of tlie dense chnrnutc of thunderclouds has boon offered Sholford Hid well , R It. S. , who line that when a jet of Mcani is electrified , its shadow on a wall instantly grows darker , thereby proving that the density of the jot is hicroascd. It may also bo remembered that smoke whoiiolcctrlfled tends to condcnso into soot , and bunco porhtips tlio popular notion that falling "smuts" nro a uiffn of thtmdorln tlio air , Ono may refer to a study whicli has been made of the statistics of lightning sli-olces in Germany. From these it ap pears that lightning nlorma orlgi unto in the mountains nnd travel over the lower hinds. Strokes , it scorns , are moro fro- quoiit in Hat , woodless mid low-lying grounds , "Huch ii9 vjilloyn , nieadovvsaiKl marshes , than In high or wondedhills. Tlio 111111x1)01of strokes a year uppoai'd to bo on the increase In Germany. Tho.v nro commonest In .Inly and .August and in the hotter parts of the day. Tliu I'"irst Silk Mill in A portion of the old mill built by Job n Loinbotvt Derby in 171S-tho llrst nlh ! mill over oroctcd in ISnjlimd hasonl- Lipactl , and It i.s expected that tbo"wliolo liuildliifj will ] > : U'o toeomedown. .Loinlm worked as a silk weaver in Italy , anil at the risk of his llfo iivulo drawings of tbo machinery , suysGa.llgnanl'H i\lossenji- \ ( . ] lo then returned to 12n lind ! , bringing fioino Itiilinii workmen , and built tliofac.- lory on an Island in the Dorwonl , bavin' , ' ilrst i > atoatcd tlio iiinehlnory. Ho die < t soon aflerward , and It Is said ho was jwisoiicd liy a fomnlo oiulssiirj- the Jlaliaii manulacturoi-s. 1'ho mill was worked for many yciiTn but hu long boon disused , It wits last utlllxod us astenin laundry , and wuscou- dcinuod Homo years fcinco HH buln iin- Bafo. Some workmen liavo Ixson onija ivl laloly In slioringnp the building- , but 011 Islondny a largo portion of tbo wall lop- pled over into tlm rivor. The men were not at work at the time , and there was 110 loss of llfo. _ Indinnapolij .Tournixl ! AVatts Do you bdlovo uvorythlns your wife lulls you ' fotta KvcrvthJntf. llxoejit when slio tolls me I am au Wlot. 1 can't ' nulto go ttiat , yuu Icnow. Phiirmnooutlcal Kra In UioSontof ing. ytie ( bashfully ) Do you sell moUpaliit or r > o\vilor { Ulork-l > nlnt , red , to the Harvard boji , OMAHA. LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Buliaarlbo.d nnd Qutrantwd C'upltul , . . . # .000 llnys and Helh stooka ind lunds ; ni K llito.s coiniiicrclal pupor ; rucclvcn uiul nxuoutci * trusts : fictH in trunttor avaut and tru tdo of corporElloiiH takes oliurgo ol iirojierty , oul- locU i Omalia Loan ScTr-ust Co SA.VINGS BA.DMK1 , \ S , E , Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts. I'M In Capital . . . 8 5) ) . < X)0 ) aiibtturlboil und d mrutitccd Oipltul , . . . 1W.003 Llablllt/of ithralcliolilort . . .W.OOO B 1'er Gout Internal. I'uld on Doponlts , OtnoerxiA. . t ) , Wymuii , prisstdoivt. JJ. yloo.iro | lIent. ( W , T. Wyintn , trosmircr , Dlrootou : A , U. AVjrinun. J. II.Mtllard. J. J. Drown , UuyO. llartoii.E. . W , Naali , U U.tunjallauurgu , 11. Lako.
