4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE1 , fl TOKPAY , OCTOBER It , 1890. E. BOSEWriR , Editor. 1JUULI91ED ! BVKltY MORNING. _ rr.mis oi'Tunscuii'TioN. Tnlly nml Sunday , Una Year . -flOOO Hlxiiionlln . ADO 'Pliri'o nioiitln . . 2W Bimiliiy lief. Ono Year . 200 Weekly lleis Ono Year. . . 120 OITIOE3 ! OtnnJin.TliR lien Iltilhlliig , Smith Onmlm , Corner N in < 1 Mth Streets. Council Wit fTs , 12 I'Mirl Httcot. Olilcfii oOnicclll7C'li iniipfnf Commerce. New Votk.Uoonm Jnlli i < l l' > . Tribune llulldliif ? "VYaililiigtoii , CUl'ourluDiitli Street. COimiai'ONIIENCE Alt communication * rrtatlnif to new * nml fdllorl nl mil tier should bo ucldrusswl to the lidltorlnl l > ciartmrnt. ] IH1HINESH LKTTEI1S. All bmlnrsslMtonmtiil rt'inlttiiiicpMhoma 1)onil lrcsi < ; (1 ( oThollPO I'ulillshliiK Coiiiiiiiny. Onmlm. OrttIK ohccks nml i > ostonif orders to lie Hindu payable tu tlie order of the coiu liany. llic BcePiiljIlslilnHCoiDpany , Proprietors , Tin Hoc U'lcl'i ' ; , riiriiain nnd Seventeenth SU. b\UMTN \ bTAT'BMiNT : 0V oiltU'UUV T1UN Hlnlnof Jfoliraskn. I . , . Uuiinty of Douglin. r s ( Jporac II. Tzscliuck. soctctnrv of The Bco Tnlillslilircomwuiv. . ones solemnly swar tint tlinncLnnl nlrculatiiiii of TUB DAII.V lien fortlio wco * ending Oct. 4. Ib'Jt ' ) . was as fol lows : him tlav.S-'o pl.59 . a JMoiHlny.t'opt ai . J nliPMny.tMi- . -.1 \VMlnfsliiy. ( Oct. I . SMI ? Oct. 2 . 3Ufl rrldny. Oct. II. Oct. .Average 2i. ni : GrniiflKll. TwnircK , From to brforo mo und aiitisorilwil In my tirepptiro tnisttn ilnvof OctoDpr. A. n lS ! * ! IfKAM N.P. FEU * > otary 1'ubllo. ' Btatn of Noliraikn , l , _ Oiunty of DoiiKlri- ) I , Ooorpo II. T7-scliuck , belns duly awnrn , < o- TOWH nnd snysllintlic Isnccrntary oflhollco riibllsliltiK Compmiv. tlintlrionctuiil uvurnKu liilly rlroiilnllon of TIIK DAILY llr.K for the iniintli of October , 1880 , 18.097 copies ; la November , 1W" , wfl\Q \ copies ; for Do- rcnil ) ( > r , 18i'J ' , a > , CIH copli's ; for .Tanunry , J n. 1 ! , S.V > copies : for February. Iktw , W.- Wl ooiiles : for Mnrcli , 1MK ) , S0.815 uoiiles ; for April. I8no.ior > oiroiies | ! rorMiiy.iw , a ) , iso I'oiiloHi for Juno , IHfl , ! io ; l copies ; for .luly , 1 < 4D.urnjuoplcs : forAueust , M .IX > ,7K > copies : lot fc'rptcinbcr , J8SO,2tl. 70 copies. OrniKiKli. TZSCIIUCK. fiwornlo lieforo me. nnd milwiirMieil In my Jirescjicc , thisOth flay of Oelnlmr. A. D. . 1600. N I' . 1'Kltu Notary I'ubllc. Fun olllccs and the farming of public funds must go. bo a great opening for Jevol-headed farmers at tlio next session uf tlio legislature. . Tnnarpiy of names on the democratic County tielfot in Chicago roads like a directory o ( the city of Cork. TIIK president will witness tlio passing ot the Veiled Prophet tit St. Louis. It Isnotyot two years sluco ho oillciatcdat tlio passing of the Stuffed Pro phot. TN suA-iiClliNO for n rational cause for the disturbed , condition of legislation in Oklahoma , the mesalliance of the demo crats and independents is generally over looked. Tin : edict of Jay Burrows ngnlnet General Vim Wyck renders unnecessarv the appointment of a commission of lunacy to inquire into the sanity of the alliance dictator. HAVINO failed to cnjolo or coerce the United Stntos on various disputes , John Hull Is about to recoup uis wounded honor by pounclnjj-on the enfeebled gov ernment of pOT - ? EN BUTI.EH ngain invades the south. This tlmo ho goes as a capitalist to woo the undeveloped possibilities of Georgia nad .Alabama. And this time ho will not bo an unwelcome guest. , f . THE president remarked in a recent Bjicech that "croaUors never built a city. " Perhaps not , but a certain Rlch- nrd Crolcor of Now York has proven * I equal to running a city which ho found nk-oady built when ho arrived on those hospitable shores. Now that Mormonlsin ceases to bo n ' ' disturbing factor in the affairs of Utah , the country confidently looks for "vigor ous development of the great resources of the territory , flow sections of the P mineral west offer jnoro inviting fields | j for capital and muscle intelligently up- ? ' pliod. I Tun reduced rates on grain will benefit - fit the west if they are made permanont. What the country most needs Is a rad ical rcrtudlon of the coal tariff and the abolition of discriminating rates. Such n change would bo appreciated "by all classes the workingman as well as the fanner. Till ! announcement is jnado that the population of the United Slates will lianlly reach sixty-three millions. This is a falling off of two millions from the first rough estimates of.tho census oflleo , und tends to confirm the widespread be lief that the enumeration of 1890 was largely the work of incompetents. THKIIK la no partisanship llko that of the late convert. Governor Boles o' ' Iowa Is nn example. Ho Is now trying to demonstrate that congress has no right to bo the jtulgooC the election of Jts o\vn \ members. A. little thing like the constitution of the United States doesn't bother him In tho'loast. TIIK melancholy news Is again given out llitvt Governor Hill is weary of pub lic llfo and will retire from politics at the close of his term as governor , Although the announcement comec from Lieutenant Governor Jones , the associate of David , few people will bellovo that the embodiment of the democratic spoils system -will voluntarily retire to private Hio , Republicans will share with Charles A. Dana an inconsolable grief. They hava longed for a national chance to assist David Into retirement , and 1)2 ) promised a brilliant realization of their hopes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ K BuiiliOWS , the Alabama des perado , Is dead. The event furnishes ample cause for rejoicing in the south. Burrows was to Alabama and adjoining states what the James gang was to Mis souri or Ijllly the Kid to Colorado and New Mexico a cowardly assassin who rovolou In taking llfo for the mere grnt- illcalionof hearing hia gun go oil. The terror his name evoked shielded him from the punislimont of his bloody crlmoH. Death came to him with boots and spurs on , and with the speed and ef fectiveness ho craved for , It was a relief to the people and n fortune for the olllccr who will pocket the reward offered for Ijiricanturo. rOKCto'0 VI'HOBS , The movement , apparently concerted among importers and manufacturers to advance the price of all articles on which higher duties are fixed by the now tarilt , Is not justlllod upon nny sound economic principles. It was to bo expected that manufacturers and Im porting merchants , assuming that for eign competition would bo measurably excluded , and notwithstanding the fact that the country had boon Hooded with foreign goods In anticipation of the higher duties , would conclude that they could safely advance prices. This has already been done as to a great many articles and undoubtedly thu marking up of prices will bo continued until a limit is reached boyoiul which holders do not think It safe to go. But can these ad vances bo maintained ? Thcro are two things to bo considered , the course of foreign values and the effect of higher prices on consumption. The former is the more important , because it is u matter beyond our Influence or regula tion. The latter might bo mot by com bination ! * ot manufacturers to kcop down production m order to maintain prices ; but this expedient would not bo long ad hered to , since It Involves a restriction of enterprise nnd investment which can not bo made permanent in this country. It may bo admitted that the now tariff law makes room for numerous combina tions in trade , hut If the statute law shall not provo effective In preventing thorn there are Immutable economic and business laws which they cannot long run counter to with Impunity. Referring a day or two ago to the threatened European policy of commer cial retaliation , we remarked that it was more probable the countries of Europe would ondcMvor to overcome the differ ences created by the now tariff of the United States by lowering the prices of thuiiproducts. . This is the sug gestion of experience. Every at tempt to cut off tbo American demand for foreign products tends to Lring about a considerable decline in tbo prices of these products abroad. This country is so largo a consumer of many foreign pro ducts tliat its consumption goes far toward making the price. An eastern financial journal of authority observes that as soon ns now duties go into effect , and American manufacturers and trad ers have marked up prices sis 11105- think fit , thorowill coma a struggle between them and the foreign producers for con trol of the market. In some cases the prices to consumers will bo hold high for a time , until it has appeared that the demand for foreign products may thus bo materially curtailed. But in other cases the reduction In price may como quickly. It sometimes turns out that tlio homo producers gain nothing , though foreign producers bear heavy losses lor a time in order to control tlio market. But in most cases the losses are divided early , until increased cost of production ren ders the American manufacturer less able to compete. The attempt to force uji.nuicoleer.iso ; ; a now tariff IwwnrJJ'it possible for pro- dticbrs"todo so , is manifestly apt to have a dangerous influence upon their perma nent welfare. These who bought largely , prior to the change of duties , will have a brief opportunity to pocket generous profits , hut hereafter it will ho necessary to look very closely after the cost of pro duction. Thcro is ample reason to believe - liovo , from the facts of past experience and the conditions reasonably expected to operate , that higher prices as to mo t articles in common use affected by the the new tariff cannot bo long main tained. BKED iA * T//B HOLE OFAS ISSUE. An estoomcd contemporary , which is "agin" the existing order of tilings but in favor of nothing in particular , dole fully remarks of the republican campaign throughout the country , "And the burden - ' den of the song is Rood , and his acts of usurpation are .lauded as the work of a patriot , " etc. That's true. Tom Reed is one of the foremost Issues in this campaign , a big , brainy , brawny issue ; ready nnd able to meet all corners , nnd an issue of whom the republican party is not ashamed. When the Fifty-first congress assem bled last December the issue was , Shall the publlu business bo transacted ? Shall the majority of the house , elected by a majority of all the paoplo , make laws and provide for the needs of the govern ment ? The republicans mot the i.ssuo by electing Tom Rood as speaker. Ho pro ceeded to count a quorum when a quo rum was in sljiht , though the democratic members declared , in tones that could bo heard half way to the white house , that technically they wore not present. In spite of obstruction , insult and dis order , Tom Heed and the republican majority proceeded to transact the busi ness of the people and to carry out the solemn pledges of the Chicago conven tion. When they had finished the work for which they were elected , the repub lican majority adjourned and wont homo about its business. And now > ltho burden of the song is Reed. " The issue hus boon transferred from the house to the country. It awaits the verdict of the plain liorso ecnso of the American people. If Tom Reed's associates uro sustained , as ho was him- colt sustained by a landslide of republi can approval In Maine , the question will never again be raised ns to whether u majority elected by tlio people shall rule iu congress. T//B / VIXASOlAl , SITVATIOX , At this time the financial situation Is comparatively comfortable and satis factory. How long it may continue so it would bo somewhat hazardous to pre dict , though there does not appear to ho any reason for apprehension unless it ho in the fact that the surplus la beginning to pile up in the treasury again. A week ago the figures had roacnod sixty million dollars , ami at this time they are probably not less than seventy million. The receipts from customs for some time have boon unprecedented. During the last fiscal year the average monthly re ceipts from this source vrqro nineteen million dollars , but during the first throe months of tho. current fiscal year they averaged ever twenty-two million dollars lars , the opening days of October show ing a much higher average. This was duo , of course , to the effect of the now tariff bill in stimulating Importations , and hereafter it is to bo expected that the Inflow to the treasury from customs duties will decline. If the estimated ro- ducllon of revenue from the now tariff is realized , the payments Into the treasury from customs should soon fall to fourteen or fifteen million dollars a month. lUcan while the demand for ndvunco in terest on the four per cent bonds has been slow , and as the Umo within which this money could bo drawn expired on the I0th , the market can got no further relief from this sourco. With the funds available , however , it is not improbable that the secretary of the treasury may issue another call for four and n half per cent bonds which mature next Septem ber. Ho could redeem ton or fifteen mil lion dollars of these bonds without run ning any risk , but ho may take the vlov ? that a prudent regard for the future con tingencies justifies him in not putting out nny more money until there appears to bo a more urgent demand from the market than at present. It Is impossi ble to calculate with any degree of cer tainty what the olloot of the now tariff will bo on the revenues , nnd great cau tion in the operations of the treasury is obvlou&ly necessary , At present there appears to bo no apprehension that the money mtirkot is likely to soon require ) rollof from the treasury , and the fact that the treasury is In a position to give rollof it needed tends to create confidence. The now fiscal conditions necessitate business re adjustments which It will take some time to accomplish , and until this is done all financial operations will bo con ducted with more than usual caution. But there is nothing to indicate that the situation Is otherwise than sound and healthy. T7/B CHKUKrUI , SIDE OF IT. The McKliiloy tariff is the law of the land. Its provisions are by no moans wholly satisfactory to western people of either party , but now that it has gene upon the books and is likely to remain there for several years , it is well to bo philosophical and take note of the cheerful - ful side of the matter. Sir James Kitsoti , president of the iron und steel Institute of Great Britain , is at present in this country and was in terviewed recently by a Now York news paper. In reply to a question about the MeKinley bill be said : I think your new tariff bill is calculated to diminish the deliveries oC KiiRllsh manufac tured floods in the American market. I fear that that is tlio object of the fratncrs. British manufacturers are so convinced of the value of 1 too trade and of the necessity for the import of free raw material to their own country that .no idea of retaliation on the United States Is over seriously entertained. You must bo nwaro that for the year ending the 30th of last Juno the United States pro duced more pig-iron than Great Britain. There is little doubt that the production as to quantity gives them the supremacy , which they are likely to maintain and uiviuice , and the whole of the enormous quantity is con sumed in the United States. But tbe thrift bill affects principally tbo manufacturers of tin plates , the last remaining important nVitiufacturo which counts the United States as its leading customer. Sir James Kitsoti is ono of the first of British manufacturers and a man of broad knowledge of affairs. It will bo observed that his comment on the effect which the now tarJIT law will have on America and her industries is by no means discouraging. On the contrary , ho boars testimony to- the soundness of the McKinley doctrine and admits that the measure will give an impulse to our industries at the expense of Great Britain's. The press and the public men of the vrcstxjntered their objections to the lUo- Kinley bill when it was up for discussion. It Is now the law , and if ftlr. McKinley and his friends have a largo and varied assortment of tin , iron and steel indus tries on hand , let them bo trotted out. Tlio western farmer -will raise boot and corn for their operatives and , mean while , will deliberate on tbo problem of whether the now style of protection is worth what it costs. AUTOCRAT Btnmows , through his undor-satraps , has issuedaiicdictngainst General Van Wyck to all the deluded independents. Henceforth nnd f o rover Van Wyck is to bo excluded from nil popular gatherings and placed on the black-list ( or refusing to bear false wit ness ngninht ox-Spoakor Harlnn , who was charged with selling Van Wyck out to Paddock in the senii- torial election of 1SS7. This manifesto is not likely to restore harmony Inside of the Alliance , and it certainly will not close General Van Wyclc's mouth fortlio balance of the campaign. Jlr. Me- Koighan's fool friends have done inoro to defeat him than his wornt enemies have done. PitOl'KUTY owners ju&tly complain of the recklessness of contractors. Side walks and crosswalks are torn asunder , broken or cm-tod away , ziml the resi dents as well as thoci ty put tea need less expense for now walks. Contractors are required to replace walks taken up , but the officials utterly fall to protect the people from the vandals. On the contrary , every olTortis directed toward swelling the work of the sidewalk con tractor and Increasing the taxes on over burdened homo builders. A ( lhANCK at the niunos of the del egates elected to the democratic county convention will show that but few of the old guard got left in the scramble. The hopes of a general ousting of the gang entertained in certain quarters failed of realization , and wo shall presently wit ness a Kilkenny scrap for the spoils in sight. DOWN in Gage county the commis sioners havoordorod proceedings against county officials who hnvo failed turn over tlioir fees. That Is eminently proper. Kvory olllccr , county , city ami btnte , who receives fees should account for thorn nnd pay them ever at least twlco a year. Pooit Ulrkhnuser ! Kicked nnd cuffed by his colleagues , the laughing stock of the council combine , and a fostering thorn lu the Btdooftho reform mayor , oven the poorhouse brigade , hacked by Wo , Us & Co. , could not save him from the crushing rebuke of his neighbors. TJIK now insurance underwriters asso ciation promises great reform for tbo olty. We shall have harmony all nlong JJ. . . i , the line , a general luprovoinont anil olovntion of UitftwinoB * . Ills prppotcd to sccuro a flri Mitrol , IP employ com petent surveyors'/or ' / frequent thorough inspection of bulldlhgs , to guard ngalnst thoaccuimtlallqivnt rubbish and to pro tect painstaking merchants from tliolr careless neighbors , , This is a commendable - able move , and jt is to bo hopcdt the so- called exchange will not falter' In the good work. Uufc will these precaution ary measures jiytlfy the foreshadowed advance In Insurance rates ? CojtMissios'uu ANDEHSON' has boon knocked out by Vah Camp. Tills Is like jumping from the frying-pan Into the fire. Anderson's record as commissioner will certainly compare very favorably with Van Scamp , as a councilman. THE composition of the democratic convention Insures n largo crop of blunders. Republicans can command success In the county by nominating reputable and capable men for legisla tive and county olllces. O fattened at the public crib for twenty years , modesty suggests that Mall Carrier Overall check his ambition and give his colored brethren a chance. THE Douglas county democracy will do the county a service by laying Ander son on the shelf , but if they have no bet ter timber than Van Camp they must bo hard up. As TIIK head of the sanitary savants of the council , Major Wheeler is ready to Insure the residents against tlio insid ious wiles of microbes , WITH his unreliable and do-nothing record in the council , Mr. VnnCamp dis plays abnormal gall la seeking a place on the county board. Tills American shot trust succeeded in wrapping its tontnelesaround the Omaha plant. An early upward shoot In prices may bo looked for. Till ! poorhouse brigade fought nobly in the Seventh , but wore Insulllcient to save Moriarty and Blrkhmibov from in glorious defeat. fate of liirkhauscr is a chilling reminder of the blizzard days awaiting the council combine in December. TIIK Samosets exhibit symptoms of returning llfo. Evidently the bar'l has been tapped. TIIK Andersonlan mercury is several degrees below the freezing point and still falling. She's All Hint. A'cwtl'urfc H'orH. Somebody should read the riot act to the Oklahoma legislature. * . Not Up to 3radcv Cliteaa UeraW , Congress at it ? next session will have to clout a now postmaster of tlio house. "Wheat did not stand inspection and was stamped "rejected. " > * Mr. HuiitlnKtrtn'H Solemn Position. Clitcaaii Times. C. P. IIuntliiKton , tbo millionaire , never laughs or makes merry , it is said ; and no wonder. It is a terribly solemn thing to bo compelled to support a priiico. Blorototho Point. JVcio Vortc Sun , 13 it not time that the modern American should bo tautjht how to converse ? IJostou Transcript. No. Better teach him to shut up. Tlio Doeny of itnurboiilsin. St. IMU\I \ Globe-Democrat , Bourbonism seems to bo in as shaky a con dition m Fr.mco as it is In the United States. Mauy of tbc supporters of the descendant ot Henry IV , have become so disgusted with their champion that they are loiuing- the re publicans. Still Continues Knl.-uul. CMwimTrlimnt. Speaker IJoed 1 ? reported to bo still in good flesh. The failure of the democrats in con- ( .TOSS to thank him for tlio signal ability and courtesy with \vhlch ho bad presided , etc. , has not compelled him to talco in his sash the smallest fraction of an Inch. Most. r-Ocean , Ilcrr Johaun Most has quantittos of linlr ami whiskers , but his brains appear to bo wofully ladling In gray matter. Ha sny.s that the ideal commonwealth Is 0110 "whoso foun dation shall bo communism , whoso soul shall bo athesian and whose pervading spirit shall be anarchy. " A Thrifty Knijlit ofllio Itir/.or. KVnufM City Journal. By communicating with the barber of the late Cardinal Newman admirers of that dis tinguished ecclesi.istio can secure a look of his linlr for si consideration. For- several years the cardinal's barber has saved every hair that ho has cut from the head oE his dis tinguished patron ana they are now for sale lu bundles of ton. Tim I'httaiMptita Xorth Amcrtdtii. Postmaster General Wtmcmakcr , in a letter to General Blnghnirijiinrgum effectively for the restoration of tlust t'ographtotjoveriimont control , where itstnvtbd in this country. Ho cotnlmts the constitutional argument put for ward by the opponents- such control , and so for as u clour casp.of reasoning based en the fundamentals of I liiw Is concerned. Mr. \Vanamakcr Is a match , for the corporation lawyers who present the other sldo of the question. But ills not a question ot constitu tionality that bars tbo way to postal telegra phy. That Is a protest , not a mason , " \Vo do not suppose , there'is ii lawyer In the United States who doubts thurowpotoncy in law of the government ta.u sutno control of tlio means of coinmunjcatloii between indi viduals in the nnturp of the post. The telegraph Is vcally apart of the postal service. Tlio covorn&icnt can m VVD" control the tolceraplrm the mulls. It can as properly prohibit tbo conduct of telegraphic communication by private or corporate par ties ns it docs prohibit the transportation of the malls by such parties In competition with the government , All the argument In tlio world cannot In duce the masses to bollevo tlmt it would bo unconstitutional for the federal government to control the t logr.ipli linns of this country. Tha people uro so far from doubling It tlmt thopublio nmyconlldoatly ox-poet to see the telegraph and telephone lines wholly In the control of tbo government within flftooa years. Mr. AVanamakor lias done well to pu' ' himself on record iu luvor of such control for it Is bound to como. England led us It cheap postage ami U lends us in government c ontrol of the telegraphs.'o shall catch uj by-and-by , or i ti3ii TJ.VNDS THAN otms , European Interest Is largely centered upon the state of nftutrs In the American prov inces , which Is very serious. The Turkish policy has no tcoro scruploln exterminating a whole nation than nn Individual. In ofTcct- Ing Its object of dcstrylng the Armenian race , which tlnros to question the blessings of Turkish rule- , its Instruments nro tbo blood thirsty Kurds nml the cruel Circassians ; Uro , famine , prison , exile nnd the Bosphorus. The Turkish governors , according to Instructions received from the capital , summoned the ICurdlsh chiefs from their mouattilns to the plain , nnd distributed nrms nud nmunltlon to the Molminctan population. Tbo Arnio- iilan villagers hardly venture Into tliolr fields around their villages. The Kurds have sot ftro to the crops of the Armenians In many places , Ko caravans venture to circulate In certain districts , and business has como to n complete standstill. The provinces of Moosh ami IHtlls hnvo been handed over toJDJaso , Humcr and Ismail I3cys relatives of the In famous Aloussa Dcy who do what they pltwo with the Armenians. In this condi tion ' tblngs what can the Armenians dot Uoiiii.'convinced us they are by pnlnfnl ex perience tlmt tlio sulUn c.iros not n Jot for them , nnd that the porto would not protect them If It could , and could not If it would , they resort to England , which Is bound to In terfere In their behalf by virtue of two treat ies , to the signatory powers of the Berlin treaty , and to the Christian world In general. On the other hand they are driven to revolt by the foolish policy of the portc , which adds falsehood to hypocrisy and cruelly to persecu tion. The Armenian colonies alltho world over are stirred. 1'ho Armenians in the Caucasus are preparing to attack the Turkish troops near the frontier. All Armenians , both In the mother country and without It , ore doing their utmost to rid Armenia of Turkish des potism. They arc determined to obtain self- rule at any cost. * < * Tlio victory gained by the. radicals of the canton of Tlcitio , Switzerland , In the elections Just held left tliem Httlo to spnro only 91 majority In a total of U,7G3 ; ) , votes and the closeness of the contest may not seem to nugur well for future tranquillity. But the extent of the triumph Is shown from the fact that only last spring the conservatives carried the elections by n majority of 017 In a total vote of 21,919. The radicals held their old strength well last Sunday , whllo the conservatives lost a Httlo , the revelations of tbo performances of tbo conservative treasurer no doubt having had some eltcct. Small as was the fraction of change since March , It was enough to turn the scale. Tlio Issue , too , wns one of fundamental importance tko revision of the constitution of the canton so as to alter the present unfair apportionments nnd divis ions of electoral districts under wlilch , with a vote about equal to the conservative , the radic.ils sccuro less than half la many repre sentatives in the grand council of the canton. Two months ago they presented double the number of signatures needed for procuring n twpulnr veto on the revision of tbo constitu tion , and apparently were entitled to have that vote taken ono month later. The con servative authorities took no steps for this purpose , and the outbreak followed. "When the federal authorities intervened they put down tlio rioters , wtio had overthrown the cantoiml government , yet ordered the elec tion for liisi , SUuday , iu which the radicals .rlumphod. * Since Franco and Holland have very scnsi- ) ly concluded to settle the question of joundary between French Gulanii and Dutch Gulaua by arbitration , the ompororof Russia consenting to act as the referee , why should not England nnd Venezuela resort to the same method of settling the disputed bound ary of British Guiana j The three Gulanas nave experienced many changes of owner- snip. Surinam , or Dutch Guiana , was vis ited by tlio French in' 1810 , taken by the En glish In 1lwO , occupied by the Dutch in 1C07 , retaken by the English , ceded to tlio Dutch in IGO'J ' , attain taken by the English In 1700 , ijlvon to the Dutch In 1S02 , recaptured by the English In 1SOI , and given up to Holland iu 1814. Meanwhile Cayenne , or French Gulann , had been previously held by the French , tbo English , the putch , the Preucb , thoBrltisb , and the French. Tlicro wns plenty of oppor tunity for confusion in boundaries with till those changes , and that a like difference in claims should exist between British Gulann , or Dome-ram , and Venezuela Is not strange , considering the vicissitudes of possession through which they also passed. That the dispute still exists is partly A'enezucla's fault , since she hns moro than once had the op portunity in post years , by making anot wholly unreasonable concession to Great Britain , to settle the affair. Since then .lolin Bull has gone to the mouth of the Orinoco , on the coast , and has hud his eyes on the Yurunri gold ilckls in the interior , and now may bo harder to satisfy. Bui the other Guhuuis have set this ono a good example. * The announcement that the German cm- pcror and Count Waldcrsco hayo como to nn rcomcnt with regard to military policy means that a most serious crisis has been averted. Upon what gronud an agreement has been reached docs not as yet appear ; but it Is to bo supposed that the emperor has won the day and t hat the army chieftains have yielded to him. After his recently manifested solicitude for the welfare of his subjects , tbo emperor could scarcely now consent to taUo another vast army from the Industrial nnd productive strength of thocmpiro and roll upon the already overtaxed remainder an ad ditional o burden of $12.OCOOOl ) a year , "Whether this attitude is an Indication of the young emperor s strength or a premonition of the weakness and decline of his empire from n military point of view , may bo a mooted question. AVhat Is certain Is that the very monarch who , on his accession , was regarded ns an international llrobrandIs , now the fore most opposor of nn extension of militarism ; anil that Is something for which the world may well bo grateful. Tlio French republic has in recent years made creat advances in power and prestige. The natural resources of the country and the thrift and industry of Its people render Uio wealth of Franco practically inexhaustible. Its political organisation , though occupying almost the largest possible basis , is HO nicely adjusted that It gives opportunity to a people remarkable for its homogcalty , for the ex pression of the national will. As n result , there is great national self respect and a public spirit that Is universal , growing out of ulovoof country that 1ms been doomed nl- most fanatical. Then there Is nu longer any dynastli ! ambition or purpoio to bo served. The French army Is the largest In .Europe , excepting that of Kusslu , anil It Is moro lully equipped , bettor organized , nnd moro ofllctont than the Russian army. Indeed , counting nil her reserves , Franco claims 4,500,000 , trained soldiers , nnd the superiority of her navy , In the armor-plating of its ships , ever that of either Germany , Kusslu , or En gland , has been recently made manifest by the clearest test ? . It will readily ba st en tlmt , in these circumstances , Franco , under her present government , la strong In herself. She has persistently shown herself superior to hostile taunts from without , She takes no offensive initiative toward any of her neigh bors. She ( .Imply minds her own business , and , conscious of her stronuth , and without boosting , pursues a policy of peuco. * * * Ilttlo Portugal must bo convinced of tha peculiar nptltudo which John Bull tins for * presenting ills numerous claims agaiust her nt Inopportune ) momenta , In tlio midst of her cabinet crisis helms mudfl a peremptory do- mnnd for the payment of Indemnity for the seizure of nstoamcr by n Portuguese sub altern last year. It must bo owned that this claim nppcnrs to bo well founded. The steamer win ono of three belonging to the African Lakes comp.iny . , nnd employed on the Shlro river nnd Lnho Nyuun , The company 1ms boon In that region nearly n dozen years , yet when Captain Cardoso loil his expedition up the Shlro river last ycnr ono ot his onicors seized this boat and hauled down its Hritish flag. That wns In days when Lieutenant Cordon , Captain Cnr- dose and Major Sorpa Plata were vying In the boldness with which they attempted con quests for England and Mnshownland and the Shlro region. These pretensions of Portu- srnl were duly abandoned , under Hritish com pulsion , but of the clnltm for damages In- lltctcd by the too zealous leadorn , tuU one seems to have been mululv neglected , Since England Insists on Its settlement , Portugal , which has yielded ns to the mala contention , need hardly hugglo long over this minor do- tall. * In several parts of Africa the unwonted spectacle Is presented of thousands of men levelling1 the country for railroads that nro to penetrate the far Interior. Over a thousand black laborers , directed by n hundred white inuii , nro now at work along the south bank of the Congo , blasting a roadway through the foot of the rocky hills along the river. A few miles from the starting point they will turn abruptly up the narrow Mposl valley , where the most ilinicult engineering problems will bo met , and they will finally reach the plateau several miles south of tlio Congo , where the rest of the road all the way to Stanley Pool will bo easily constructed. The first twenty- live miles of this road , about two hundred nud forty miles long , embrace nil tbo dlnicultlos which Its builders have to moat. The com ing year will probably see locomotives run ning up the Congo shore and through the Mposl valley to the plains above , where fur ther work will bo rapidly carried on. * * The serious Illness of the king of Holland hns revived the proposal to proclaim a re gency In that country. This will .undoubt edly bring the Luxembourg question up again ns a factor hi European politics. The connection of the grand duchy with the crown of the Netherlands will cease on the death of the present king , ns the law of suc cession excludes Tomato helra. The Inllucnco of Germany over Duke Aiiolph. who would succeed as ruler of Luxembourg , might load to Just such a transfer of the duchy as wns proposed by Napoleon III and objected to by the North German confederation. The pos session of Luxembourg would give Germany an Immense strategic advantage iu the event of hostilities with Franco. coxa itismijiAX coxy 1 : Pawnee Republican : Mr. Bryan and the English , you know , nro lu fine accord on the tariff question. _ Blue Springs Sentinel : Quite a number of republican papers who were opposing the ro- nomination of Congressman Council on purely personal grounds , are now giving him u good support. The Sentinel is pleased to see this , for the reason that Conncll hns mudo for the "big First" an excellent record , and there can ho no charges of any Kind brought against him , especially where the laboring man's Interests have been at stake. Hurrah for Council. Pawnee Republican : Congressman Con ncll says ho isu't carrying a chip around oa his shoulder for somebody to knock off , but if Mr. Ilrynn wants to try that Httlo trick ho will give him the opportunity. Arrange ments nro now being mndo for a discussion between these gentlemen , of the records of the dominant parties. Facts nro moro forci ble than words , and the eloquent Bryan will como out of the contest with a crazy llourlsh that ho can't control , but ho will know a great deal more. _ Kearney Hub : The rcuomlnatlon of Con gressman Council In Uio First district wns made by acclamation , as anticipated , and the occasion was one of the utmost enthusiasm. Conncll has made nu excellent first term record and stands so solid iu the First district that the strongest man the independents could put up ( General Van Wyck ) would not undertake to run against him , Illsonlycom- petition Is a democratic wind-bag named Brynn. who Is wasting several months ol valuable tlmo iu a political wild geese chase. Nebraska State Laborer : The republicans of the First congressional district held their convention at Plattsinouth , Tuesday evening , nnd renomlnatcd W. T. Council without an opposing voto. Mr. Connell will bo ro-cloctcj by nn equally flattering vote. Everything points that way. And why not ! Ho has made a creditable record In congress , and shown himself on the sldo of the people. In ability ho stands high above tlio average con gressman , nud certainly nbovo any former representative of the First district. Tliero is no use to kick against the pricks. The demo crats have already practically given up the fight. _ Pawnee Republican : Mr. Council hns been in Washington through ono session , but ho has shown the inctllo that ho possesses nml Is milking a record that is rapidly placing him in the position of being the strongest man over sent by Nebraska In the national house. Mr. Council in his speech at the Plattsinouth con vent Ion did not make a per fect party of his own party , but ho pointed the way to better results and proved by tlio work In this session that tlio delegation In "Washington is to awake- the demands ol their homo constituents. On the great labor question which ho places first In Importance of all question , Jlr. Council shows that ho has made a study of it In all Its phases and that hols equipped for work for organised labor that will count In the line of results. Nebraska State Lnuoror : Congressman Connoll's ' speech lu accepting tlio nomination of the republican convention at I'lattsmouth , unanimously conferred upon him , was In keeping with the good work which ho has been doing In congress , anil clearly outlined his fixed determination to contlniio his grind work ho has been doing in protecting the in terests of labor , r.nd of promoting the proj- ncrlty of Nebraska mid the west. Ho dwelt at great Iongth upon the labor question , and his exposition of this problem was ono of the soundest and most logical ever presented. Ho declared the labor question to bo the nnr- nmoiint 0110 of the ago , and Its solution would require the most serious attention ol the greatest statesman of this day. Tlio np- jilauso which greeted his declaration of his belief In the governmental ownership am control of railroads nnd telegraph lines , am his able dc-fcnso of his position , demonstrates the rapidly growing sentiment hi favor o tbls reform , originally Inaugurated by the Knights of Labor. The Laborer has claimed that the organize ! worulngmen of the suite were practlcall ; unanimous for Council's endorsement and ro When Unbwna tick , w guve lier Caatorla , When the wan a Cliilil , iliocrlwl forCastorla , When aim licriuno Miu.1 , slic clung to C'oMorla , When tUu had CUUJrtm , ilia euro Uicia C'astorln , turn to coiiBrosj , aniltho number of KnlcliU ot Labor nml other labor elolcRiUe * to the con vention is the proof of our stntoinont. From Otoo county \vo noticed the stnto innstor . workman of the Knights of Labor henilliiK the delegation and the master workman of the local assembly , nnd thd number of Knights ot Ln bor nml other orgnnliedvork - ItiRinenvis ; ono of the fonturcs of tbo con vention. , Ith tbo bcnrty support of the \vorkltiRincn of the "Hlg 1'lrat" ConncU's reelection - election H insured beyond a uoubtntiil tbo only IntcrcstliiR fontimi of tliU pollllcnl contest - test Is the slzo of bis majority. Lot tbo \vorMiinmen how tliolr appreciation of hi * earnest work for their Interest by rolling up a good blR minority. ' Vnhoo Wasp ; In the renoniliiatloii of Con- Brcaimnn W. , T , Conacll la this district the ropubllunas hnvo only carried out the wishes of the pconlo. 'I'lio people ot tlio west demand n lariror olumo of money with which to do buMnosn. So has Mr. Connell and so docs ho still. The pcoulo of the west demand free coln- ngo of silver nnd so docs Mr. Conncll. The people of the west bollovo that the money power ot the cast Is using every olTort o oppress them. So docs Mr. Council. I'ho people of the west bcllavo that the west uould bo hoard through Its representatives. So does Mr. Council. The people of the west are In favor of a full and complete rcmoiiltlziitlon of silver. So Is Mr. Council. Mr. Connell Is a friend of the people nnd ins proved It by his record. Vote for \V. J Council. _ _ UK 21. 1 It N / ; I 'KX 1 1' f J 'KS. Ills Ijatc.Ht Mash Know It , hut Married Him , Jiist the Sn CimaoTTi : , N. C. , Oct. 10.- [ Special Tola. gram to Tun DKE. ] Miss Corinno Noisier , ono of the most vivacious and lovely young adles that over graced Charlotte sorfoty cir cles , Is just now figuring In one of the most sensational marriages ever known In this country. Last Juno Miss N'clslor , whllo on a visit to Atlanta , met Charles O. Lamolne , a dashing young man , and soon she became en gaged to him. She rotumed to Charlotte mid the mntcn wns bitterly opposed by lu > r parents , but soon Miss Noisier was off fur : \ visit to Kichmond , where she again met L u- memo and an elopement was arranged. Tlit > . \ went to IJoston , which Lumoliio claimed was his home , and there thov were married. Soon after this Mrs. 0. N. Lamoino of Cin cinnati came hero nnd told Miss Corinnc stm lind married her husband , who had ilesorttM her lust April , and she had been huntini ; f r him ever since. She said ho had had IK. . ' other wives. When Mrs. Lamoino loft shr said she was going to contlniio her sourrh until she found her husband and brought him to justice. She found him In Manchester , N. II. , and ho was promptly arrested and Jallod , Wife No. 7 was also Jailed. At the trial La moino was hold in (500 "ball , and wife No 7 lined $20 , anil her marriage nullified. Miss Nelslor returned to her homo here.but kept up n daily correspondence with Lamolne. \Vodncsduy night she received a telegram from him saying that hla wife had withdrawn the prosecution and that ho was free nnd hud secured a divorce from her , nnd his other wives were silent. Ho proposed that they meet in Louisville , Ky. , and bo again united In marrliigo. This Miss Ncisler ugrced to and loft for Loulsvlllo to incut him. A I'MHEOJi'S n'OXnJEUFVL TOVIl. After a Year's Absence tlio Bird Iteaelicf ) KB Home. NEW Yoitic , Oct. 10. [ Special Telegram to THE BHB.J The homing pigeon Dudu , owned by J. Harvey Sloiino of I'lalntloid , has reached homo after moro than a year's ' ab sence under circumstances which make hH case ono of the most remarkable In carrier pigeon annals. The members of thoScripp's league expedition , which sailed for L'arls ou July 24,1SSO , , took with them six pigeons. | Of those four were released the first day out at sea f or nn ordinary ocean fly. The other two , Dude nnd Ariel , were sot free the second day , TOO miles from homo , in an attempt to break the ocean record of the world. Ariel Hew almost to Now York and dropped exhausted ou the deck of an incoming steamer. Of Dude no tidings ever c.imo and ho wns given up for lost till yesterday , when Ills owner found the familiar feathered form , almost worn out with his fifteen mouths' ' journeying , once moro In his loft on his old- tlmo perch. A partly deciphered niessugo from tlio Scipp's league expedition still clung to his leg , its oilskin wrapper tattered from constant exposure. It is supposed that the returned wanderer has been Hying about constantly In various parts of the world In his endeavors to roach home , and ho is credited with thu longest flight ou record. UUHSEtt TIIKntOXG JUDGE.- A Real Euullfih Ijord Committed to tlio Work 11 on HC. LONDON , Oct. 10. [ Special Cablegram to Tin : BEK. ] Lord Cohlr was arrested yester day at Croydon , In Surrey , on complaint of one of his neighbors whom ho had threatened with bodily harm , Ho was locked up In a cell in the nolico station over night mid was arraigned in court this morning. When his case was called ho took a place at the table ) devoted to the use of solicitors and sworn freely at the magistrate nnd otherwise acted in a disorderly manner , The magistrate com mitted him to the workhouse. It is bellcvcJ that ho is insane. Lndy V.'ilton Sold Again. LI-.XIXOTOX , Ky. , Oct. 10. [ Special Tclo- gram to Tim UiiJ : : The two-year-old ally Lady Wilton (2'J5) ( has been sold again , Ilrnsflcld & Co. having turned her over to Marcus Daly of Anaconda , Mont. , for the reported price of over ยง 10,000 : She is by \Vilton , dam by Kentucky I'rinco Jr. Karen KllciilMiroii ! ; ) ! lcn ) l. LONDON , Oct. 10. | Spcvial Cablegram to Tin : Ur.B.J Tlio death is announced of Charles Kdmuml Towry Law , third baron of Ellunborougu. Ho was born In 18'iO. ' ' Positively enroll by tlii-M ! Li ( Hi ! Fills. CARTER'S They also relieve ] ) ln-j tresH from UyspcpMn , Iu-j ITTLE digestion and Too Ilcartj Hating , A perfect icin-j cdy for Dizziness,3tauhca , | DrowslncHa , Had Taste In the Mouth , Coated Tongue , Pain In Uio8Mo , | TOKI'II ) I.IVUU. They regulate the Jiowcla. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL , SHALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE , OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Bubsorlbrdanil Ouarutituud CiiiiUal.f : > OCOCO I'ftld Iu Oapltul iro.OOO Iluys and noUn itoalu and bonds ; m-jotlutiH cnniiiuTulul pupur ; roculveu and oxuuna'.i trusts ; acts ns transfer uccnt nnd truittioof corporations , tukos cuurgu of pro urly , ool- Iccta taxes , Omaha Loan&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglas Sta. 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