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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1890)
THE OMAHA DAILT BEEMOISTDAY OCTOBER , 13 , 1890. I. BOBlBWATEft KVBU Y _ TKIIMS oF 8lHSCltl ) 1'TION. halljr ami HnnOny , Ono Voar . $ in 00 Fix month * . SOD Tlitrn inonlfn . 3M Puiiflny ItrivOrioVoar. . . . . , . , . SCO Weekly Heft One Voar. . 120 Oninlm. TlioUpollulIdliiR. FoutliOmnhn , Corner N and2fith Street ! Council HltilTs , 121'i < all Street. ChlcnKo Oflico , SDniinintxirnf Cnminnrcn. Ni-wYnrk.ltoonnin.Unml iM'rllnmc Uutldlnz \Vnshlngton , 613 I'ourlOL'ntli Struct. . All communication * rolntlntr to nrw * nml ftlltoflnl matter should bo addrostsud to tbo IMlturlul Department. IHJSINIW3 I.KTTKR3. , , , All business li > ttfr ! < * nml tpmlttimcpMiiotilii fionildtosiciltullK ! Jlec Publish In * Company , Utiinha. llriiftsclii'ckfi. and iitHtolIlcoorUfri 10 bpmrulopavablo to the order of the com puny. , Ihcllcc Publishing Company , Proprietors , Tliolteo ll'ld'i ? . Fiirunm unil Seventeenth HU- RNVOIIN BTATKMKflT OK EtnlPiif Nd > rn < ka. I . County of IJoiiislnM * ' . Ornree II , Tzschuclj. secretary of The Bio T'litilMilm cornpanv , noes solemnly swrnr Hint Um actual circulation of TUB I ify Ilr.r. for Ilio wccit ending Oct. II , ISW. won as fol lows1 Hundiiv.Ort.fi . . ' 3.r. Motulny. Ort 0 . 'MXZi Ttu-.diiy.0ct. 7 . . .SO.K > Wodm-silny. Oct. 8 . .D.MI Thiirrdny. Oft. 9 . 3O.3M J'rldav. Oct. 10 . i'OA'l Saturday , Oct. 11 . 21.117 Averages . . . 20.HII OKOWIE 11. TstsniircK. From to before mo nricl ( inscribed In my trcsonno tnislltnilavof Octonor.A. D,1SOO. iKWr. . I N.I' . KKII , , Notary 1'ubtlo. Btiitnof Nebraska , I County or lloiiRliu. f * " Ci'iiriro If. TVschuck , beln ? rtulyawnrn , do- posot nnd snj's Hint ho l secretary of Tlio lloo J'liMMilngCoiTipiinv. thattlii ) iictntil avuruso dully clrriiltitlun of THE DAII.V Ir.i ! : for tlio month of Octolrr. 1S8 ! , 18,007 copies ; frr Nnvumhur , ISfO , ] ! > , : ilO copies ; for lle- riMiil'pr. ' IfHll. 20.O1H copies ; for Jnrmiiry , JMMJ. l ! , fi.Y > eopli ) ; for Kclirunry , li > ! 0 , lii- 7fil rnplosi for March. 1M > , ffl.8lfl copies ; lop April. 1MJO.nl copies ; for Jlay , 150 ! , io.lW rnplcis for.lniip , IfctX1 , SO.SOI ci > | > lcn ; for July , IM.O.i.U.crcicopluHi forAuiMiil , IMftZV/TiJOcoplos : for t'ciitcinber , 16CO , 20.H7O copies. CJr.oiioH II. , Kvorn lo before me. ntul subscribed In my prcbcuuu. Ibis Kill clay of Octolior. A. ! > . . Wjo. N 1' . IV.iu Jfotary 1'ubllc. UOMIO rule may sprout from Ireland's ' blighted potatoes. TUB inodorn method of building up a parly IB to read mon out o it. I'miEn weeks inoro of campaigning Hud then the snow storm of the Mlots. TVs A collection of political junk the flomocrntle county ticl < ot is unapprouch- Hble. Tlir. iloublo-jointed atrnddlor protested against yellow dogs. Tlio democratic convention turned loose -whole menag erie. IT is said that Jim McShano is so onllmslnsticnlly nnd unanimously for tlio demouratle ticket that ho strained a lung shouting for harmony. Till ! names of Io\m : imt Kansasaro not flown in the list of.jstn.to9 that have built railroads in the last nine months , But they arc In the list of sta'.ea ' that enjoy the "blessings" of prohibition. Tun Kansas City newspapers npolo- Bl/cil to the president ( or tholr muddy Streets and the goiiorally dubious aspect Of their city. The president should have como to Omahawhich needs no apolojjy. DAVIS , it Is said , will not Jnarry .Alfred Wilkinson after all. If that Is the case u great deal of very pretty sonthnont has boon wasted by the iiowspivpora on the union of the daughter of tlio coufoilorato president \vlth the grandson of a fatuous abolitionist. Mu. DANA of tlio Now York Sun , hope lessly wedded to the error of his vmys and fiercely opposed to tlio Australian ballot system , hns the irreverence to Bpoak of the voter's booth as "tho soap box. " The old methods are good enough for Mr. Dana and hla Irionds of Tiuninany JJall. PAUIS is aald to bo annoyed at the honors heaped upon the count of Paris in thiH country and wants to know the BignUlcaneo of it all. There isn't any tl lgnillciinco , " dear Paris. The Ainsr- icans have a habit of treating everybody well , especially if his heart wiu In the right place during the late eivil war , mid tnoro ospoclally if ho carried a sword for the union. But don't Imagine that tlio American people are about to re store the bourbons. The only thing the \vanl to enthrone In "Franco ia the Amorioan hog. TUB approaching municipal ol ectlon Jn Now York city will bo a contest be tween the law-abiding and the law- defying elements in the great city. Tammany hall , under the rule of Illch- itrd Crokor , has become nearly as arro gant as It was under the rule of Tweed , though nouody claims that Its actual corruption Is ti3 deep. Crokoi- lacks John Kelly's faculty of controlling the polities of the city and the business of the departments without arousing de termined opposition. Ho has now com mitted the folly ol placing Ilugh Grant again in nomination and so provoking a tleolsivo btittle. Mr. Uopow , or a man ot his standing , will probably comimint ! the support of nil of Tammany's ono- Wlo3 and bo oloototl. Then will como party division and the restoration of Tammany until tlio lirayos again pro voke the public wrath THHRH is no longer any attempt to conceal the fact that the independent movement Is operated as nn nnnox to the democraticparty. . The assault on Van \Vyolc ( oars oil the veil nnd exposes the conspiracy. The services rendered the producers o ( the state by Vun Wyck , in ami out of oflico , cannot bo successfully iittacked , yet the edict lias gone forth from political tyros that ho must bo snp- proHsed. Per what ? Forbearing truth ful testimony to the fact that N. V. liar- Inn stood manfully by the ling of antimonopoly nopoly when treachery stalked through the camp. For thia ho Is cast out by men who hnvo never mndo an unselfish effort to right the wrongs complained ell l > y the farmers. Ills defeat for the nom ination of governor was a conspiracy ; , \vhiolilha later act confirms , to doprlvi the producers ot the state of n standard- "bearer whoso record required nolthnr explanation or defense. The ropuLllcaii farmers of the state owe it to themselves to repudiate the sohomora who are strlv Jng to di-ivo thorn like cattle into the omocratic pasture. JUSTICE SAMUEL V , Of ( llty-thrco members of the supreme court since its organization , but six served a longer term than Justice Samuel F. Miller , the close of whoso distinguished career as a jurist is pro foundly regretted by the entire nation. Thososlx woi'o Bushrod Washington , who served thirty-one years , from 1708 to 182) ) ; John Marshall , who was on the bench thirty-four years , from 1S01 to IBM ; William Johnson , thirty years , from 1801 to 1831 ; Joseph Story , thirty- four years , from 1811 to 1815 ; John Mc Lean , thirty-two years , from 1829 to 1801 ; James M. Wayne , thirty-two years , from 1835 to 180" . Roger B. Tanoy and JohnCatron cnch served twenty-eight years , the period of service of Justice Miller , Taney f-'om - 1830 to 1801 and Cn- Iron from 1837 to 18(15. ( Two of these , Marshall and Taney , wcro chief justices. It i not , however , oxlont of service , but the eminence and worth of the service , that entitles thonama of Samuel P. Miller to bo placed high in the list of those whoso wisdom , ability and patriotIsm - Ism have contributed most to mnko the supreme court recognized ns the fore most judicial tribunal of the world. Ap pointed by President Lincoln at n tlmo when the fate of the ration was most uncertain , Justice Miller exerted a stimulating and strengthening inlltienco at the nnlionnl capital and beyond in the cause of the government r.nd the union. In every way open to him bo encouraged faith in the cause nnd coun seled patriotic devotion to the govern ment , and wliilo the conflict continued ho was not a inoro idle observer of events. In the period since , moro mo mentous than any other equal time since the foundation of the government in the magnitude nnd far-reaching im portance of the questions thnt have arisen for judicial decision , the people n\vuya maintained a strong reliance upon the wisdom and the patriotism of Justice Miller , associated with such distin guished jurists as Salmon P. Chnso , David Davis and Morrison R. Wai to. Justice Miller shared equally with them the respect ami confidence of the people , and his whole career justified this pub lic esteem. It can bo justly charged against very few of the members of the supreme court since its organization that they allowed themselves to bo distinctly influenced by partisan feeling or political preju dices. No man who has occupied a seat on the bench of thai great tribunal was freer from such inlluenco than Justice Miller. None had a more olovatcd con ception of the judicial character and func tion , and none was ever tnoro faithful to that conception , as his numerous decis ions abundantly and convincingly show. Of bis wisdom , ability and comprehensive grjisp ns a ju rist , only these most learned In the law are competent to speak , but It is undoubtedly safe to sny that among such the concensus of opinion would nt least place him on an equality with the most eminent of his compeers , If not in deed with the greatest of his predeces sors with Jay and Marshall and Story. A succeeding generation , understand ing1 perhaps more clearly than wo of to day can the worth of what ho has done , may not hesitate to rank him with any of these. The loss of so able , upright , pure nnd patriotic ) a citizen as Justice Samuel P. Miller is a national bereavement , nnd public regret at his loss will bo intensi fied by the fact that questions of more than ordinary importance had been receiving - coiving his consideration and ho was ready to prepare opinions when stricken. The country has lost a great jurist , but ho has loft for its use and guidance a wealth of judicial wisdom priceless in value , and which -will per petuate his memory as loner as there are questions of constitutional law to bo passed upon by the tribunal of which ho was so long a distinguished mombor. HECEKT Measured by the test of recent rail road development , tlio people of the south have reason to bo proud of their present rate of progress. The figures showing the number ot miles of rail laid in the last nine months bear marvelous testimony to their prosperity. In a list prepared by the Railway Aye , covering all the states ot the union , Georgia stands first , North Carolina third , Alabama fifth , and Kentucky , Tennessee , Virginia and South Carolina lina load all western states , save Montana , "Washington and Nebraska. The marked progress of the south is ex hibited still more strikingly in the fol lowing table , in which the totals of the several sections are compiled : Southern (0) ( ) states 1,113 Northwestern (0) ( states 0-U Southwestern (7) ( ) states 08 ; ! Eastern ( S ) states -liii Gcntnil (5) ( ) status ; | : ? 8 I'aclllo (4) ( ) states 237 When it is considered that the south is a country nearly as old as Now Eng land , and that Its present awakening is ot very recent origin , this exhibit Is one calculated not only to cn- cournga its people , but to arouse the progressive , men of all other sections to tlio duty of pushing the development'o : tholr resources with renewed energy. Except in the face of indisputable facts like these , the average western man would bo slow to concede the supe rior push and vim of the south at this tlmo. It is not U vt western people do not rejoice in these evidences of return ing prosperity to the recently prostrate south. On the contrary , they mingle tholr pride with that of the southern people whenever a now railroad is built , anew mine opened or a now In dustry established in tlio land of Dixie. But they linvo their own vrido of state and section , and they do not propose to allow the pupil to eclipse the teacher to allow the now south to accomplish inoro than wo do ourselves with the In spiration which she learned of us. The demand for now railways in the west , nnd the opportunity for now enter prises that ( olio win tholr wake , is vnstlj greater than In the south. Largo sec tions of Nebraska and the Dakotas are waiting for the oleotrlo touch ol railroad development to open up magnificent tracts of agricultural lands. The Black Hills and the mountains of "Wyoming Utah , Idaho and Montana hold hack tholr unmeasured mineral wealth onlj because the Iron horse is not yet roadj to bring them to market. The trade ol great wholesale centers like Omaha Is .Imlted by lines of railway that stop far nhort of their possibilities , Prosperous cities and towns are walling to como brth from the womb of the wilderness whenever western enterprise rises to the iclght of its opportunities , The south Is to bo congratulated , upon ts rate of development and the west ad monished to regain its old plnco at the icad of the procession. THE OT1IK11 OX IS GORED. The Farmers1 Alliance is a flourish- .ng political factor in the politics of the south this year , but down there it is the democratic ox that la gored. The west ern democrat nnd the southern republi can both behold In the alliance a green oasis of hope in the parched desert of despair. , In Georgia and South Carolina the democratic war on tljo nlltnnco is par- tlculatly hot In the latter state the fanners have a most aggressive leader in the person of "Plghtlng lcn ! Till- man. " Ho has captured the regular democratic nomination , to the unspeak able disgust of the political loaders of the Palmetto stato.Vhilo his path to the governorship now scorns tolerably clear , ho will bo opposed by a candidate on whom the republicans and the dissatisfied democrats have united. In Georgia the parties are equally cut up by the presence of the new factor In politics. There the disturbance nlTc'cts the legislative and congressional contests , and present indi cations ore that the larmers will control the legislature and defeat two or three of the democratic candidates for con- gross. In various other southern states the alliance movement promises to bo equally potent in uusottinjr the plans of the politicians. It Is likely , therefore , that any republican losses that may bo incurred in the west will bo tnudo vip through the operation of the snino causes in the south. In 0110 Important respect the southern leaders of the alliance differ from these in the west. They rest their appeal for votes almost wholly upon one specific remedy for tlio depression in farming interests. This is the sub-treasury or government warehouse scheme , which contemplates largo loans upon crops. In both sections , however , the alliance movement is the organized protest of the farmers against wrongs they have suffered at the hands of monopolies and corporations , and , whatever their direct success at the polls , thov are very likely to reap some benefits where they have sown so much siggressive agitation. LAKD WFtCK 11USINESS. The first annual report of the business of the federal land otllce under Commis sioner G roll presents a variety of im portant statistics. The most noticeable Is the great reduction of the public domain , nearly thirty-two million acres passing from the government to individ uals , btatcs , or corporations during the fiscal year , This vast empire embraces all classes of land agricultural , min eral , timber , desert and swamp , the value of which cannot bo computed , yet the total revenue derived by the government was only seven million , seven hundred and eighty thousand dollars. The management of the general land oflico since the advent of Judge Groll has won compliments from all classes. No administration in recent years has been marked with greater celerity and system in the dispatch of business. On assuming the responsibilities of the position Judge Groff was confronted with an accumulation of claims that would dishearten uiost mon. Confusion was visible everywhere , but his long residence among the people of the west , his knowledge of the trials and priva tions of settlers , tholr wants and senti ments , together with a judicial training , enabled him to bring order out of chaos , to systematize business and dispose of a vast number of old complicated cases , while keeping abreast of now business. His success is shown in the fact that the amount of business transacted and the receipts of the ollico far exceed these of the previous year , Many important reforms have been inaugurated not only in the policy of the ollico but in the treatment of contested cases , all tending to encourage honest settlers on the public domain. But the laws are insufficient , as Judge Groff points out , to punish the sharks preying on the public lands , particularly the timber lands of the west. The preserva tion of timber on the mountains and foothills is essential to the permanency of irrigation in the neighboring valleys , yet thousands of acres are denuded annually , not to supply the demands of the people , but to sell to mills for fuel and to manufacture Into lumber. On top of this is the reckless destruction of forests hy fires started by campers , hunters and prospectors. The com missioner urges moro stringent laws to protect the forests. Ho recommends that local necessities bo supplied , but the exportation of public timber should bo prohibited , ns iilso the removal of timber from any of the reserved land and from the mountainous regions and other woodland at the headwaters or sources of streams. The evils com plained of should receive the earnest attention of western representatives. THE council committee and the board of health have reached an amicable un derstanding , and a vigorous assault all along the line willbomudo to conilno and eradicate contagion. The sanitary condition of the city will compare fav orably with any la the country. The great need is the enforcement of strin gent rules against free access to homos where contagion prevails , the fumiga tion of building and clothing and adop tion of every precaution suggested by experience and medical science. NEXT to the financial question , the strongest argument in favor of the an nexation of South Omaha is the no cos sltyof adequate police protection nnd the suppression o ( the brutal slugging matches which disgrace the city. "ONL.Y givous monoyat two percent , " cries Allan Root , "and the shipbuilder will return from the Clyde to the Pon- obscot , the white winged birds of com merce will Hy the American lUig , nnd the jolly American tar , who has so long boon hung up to dry , will como to life. The ocean nnd the land will ngaln become nllvo with prosperity. " Just how two per cent money loaned on farm property will accomplish this miracle , tlio cyelono of the i'apio ) fnitto state. Ills rlpo Imagination riotaMn Uollmnync visions , while present c\j rulitions arc conveniently overlooked. While wings and. seasoned Jack Tnrs a roof 110 concern to tlio people of Nebraska.VIiat the Independents in these parts liunger for , particularly the worklngniauSvho Is without a farm to offer ns coilrilornl for two per cent monov , Is a rational explanation of how they tire to sharjiln the snap. THE spirit manifested by the repub licans of the Fourth ward is the fight kind. The sinking of personal ambition and the suppression oi factions in a de termined , harmonious effort to nominate clean-handed and clear-headed mon for the various offices , is half the battle. It is the first great step to success. The opportunity is open to republicans. By nominating first-class , large-minded men , the party will profit by the blunders of Its opponents and command the active support of the intelligent voters of the county. _ K ROOT hungers for the root oC evil , but the cyclone of the murmuring Pappiovniits it from the government at two per cent. "What nn elegant specu lation that would bo for the tribe of Allan. Two-por-cont money roloancd at ten percent would enable the cyclone to retire from actlvo farming in short order. A WISELY selected ticket insures re publican victory in Douglas county. A. Vindication ol'tho Shotgun. Clileaw Intcr-Occon. Mr. ErcckinrlURO is rcnomlnatod by the democrats solely that ho may bo "vindicated" by a re-election. The "vindication" of Mr. Brcchinridgo simply will bo n vindication of murder as a flue art in politics. Grim Humor. JVcic I'orh 11'orM , Bismarck's only remaining ambition ts to have a good cpitapn , Grim humor of tbo old man. He lias been vilified all his life and ho wants to laugh before bo dies nt tlio false Im pression posterity is destined to receive from. bis tombstone. s 1'ropticcy I < 'ul tilled. SI rons ( Olabe-Demotrnt. The conniption discovered inthoClncinnatl board of public improvements goes to show that Governor Foralcor Know exactly what ho was talking about when ho said thai tbo re storation of the democratic party to power In Ohio would bring certain reproach upou the state. o Senator Ingnll'fi Conscience. Cttvauo Xcws. Senator Infills .acknowledges that he voted f or the passage ot the McKlnloy bill not because - cause bethought It an entirely wise or Just measure but because , his party seemed to favor it. Truly , puriuccl politics is but an iridescent dream'imcl , , one of tlio phantoms of this shadowy vision fa the specter of a politic ian with the courage to support what ho hon estly believes nntl'onct in accordance with the dictates of his own conscience. The hope of llndini * conscientious partisans is but a mir age , i , . An "Unwliluis" Democrat. KeiiiiYtlrit-Tribune. The beautiful snititiQf , submission with which David A.Vells ytelds to the clamor of the democrats , in the Third congressional district ot Cqnnetlcut , after having an nounced that lie could-not nocopt a nomina tion at their hand ) , romlnds one of the Irish- nvm who "sworo off" on tha use of spirituous beverages. "Biddy , " said ho to hia wife , when. In a fit of. harmless illness a hanker ing for his favorite drink caiius over him powerfully'why don't you fore ma to take a drap o' the cratur iig-ainst my will ! " Upon whicn hint his sympathetic spouse promptly acted. Just Think of It. Jforton CommcrcM. The prohibitory law is violated at least five hundred times every day in Horton and nt least forty thousand times every day In the state of Kansas. And yet prohibitionists say that the prohibitory law-is just as well en forced as any criminal law on our statue books. Can any one conceive wliat the state of society would bo wore tUcro flvo hundred murders committed in Horton every day ; or flvo hundred assaults on women ; or flvo hun dred * buildings burned ; or live hundred burglaries ; or forty thousand cixses ot each mine in tlio state every twenty-four hours I It would not bo a bad idea to mix a little seuso and truth with prohibitiou arguments. Aivny wltli It ! Jlortim ( Jum. ) Cnmmcrelal. Lot's settle the prohibition question in Kan sas In a sensible and business like manner and then turn our attention to the upbuilding of the material interests of thn state. Prohibi tion has been plven a fair trial for ten long years , and wo have found out that it is a fail ure ; that it lias put the state back at least ten years ; that it has stirred up moro strife , dis cord and petty bickerings than all other causes combined. Now lob us act as inttlll- gent people , stop trying to rcgulato the per sonal habits of our people by law , do away with obnoxious , uiiropubllcan , undemocratic , uimmcrican sumptuary laws anil the state will at once start on such an era of prosperity as It has never experienced la all Its history. Kansas ought to bo the leading state west of tlio Mississippi , but handicapped by unwise legislation she is falling to the rear. VO1OJ3 OF TIIK STATE IfcliriuftftCUu Prest. W. J , Connell will , show young Mr. Bryan that brains and cnerfey will go a great deal farther than boodle and oratory. It Win li9cic Hint Silly. Fmiionl 3'rl/iuiif. Jim Boyd will , Ufnk ho has been struck both by Richards 'and the pllo driver. Thir thought will occui ; toiilm about November 5 , Too ninny I3\pltimtlon ! < i Itcnjiiircd. Tlittifpi-il Tribune , The independents' , r-nro particularly unfor tunate in selectn , mon as their candidates that requlroull thojwiico in their newspapers and nil tliotlmoof their speakers in defend ing tholr personal records , and have no time or room for presently' the issues of the cam- pulgn. tin Tlio Campaign Ijlnr A nil In , In the Omaha World-Herald of Tuesday appeared n dispatch from Sewnril , Riving nil account of the meeting bold here on the Gth Inst , , at which Messrs. Powers imd Edgor- ton spoke. The dispatch stated that about two thousand people gathered around tlio speaker's stuml , Tills Is a cauip.iifrn Ho of the most cole al size. Tlio facts as stated elsewhere in this paper are correct , that there was not nt any time more than tlmo hundred listening to tlio speaker * , nt least one-third of thorn being women and children , nnd not moro than one-third being iiuMiiberH ot Ihonllliinco or supporters i > t the Independent movement. JMhla U a sample of the l'bljj crowds" that have been described la the democratic nnd Independent papers ta liavlnp Rrcoteil Mr. Powers , then It is evi dent that his campaign is mostly bised on wind. Altoitcthrr Too Tnln. fdlnnnnt S/ctmf. / Honest rcpiibllcnn voters In thofllllnnco will pay llttta licctl to the snapping of the democratic whip. Astbo election draws near Ilio veil becomc3 worn mil throadb.iro ; so much so Itifnct that tlnftonls no screen for the democratic scheme. ADcinourntlu ! < olicme. The very latest Insldo gowlp l that demo crats tn the Second congressional district will quietly traito off McKelghaavotes for Boyd votes , and If Boyd , through the grace of old mnn Powers , Is mnJo governor , then both Powers and AIcKelglian are to bo taken care of by Governor Iloytl. Powers Is to bo oil Inspector ar.U McKolehim is to have aomo sinecure , If there Is any \vboro there Is good payaud no work , A. Breeder of Kratnls. 0 ro jid lilaml Iwlnwidtnt. There nro n great many dastardly spies In the prohibition reform ranks , and It is no wonder , nstuowholo history of prohibition proves It a breeder of spies , deception , fraud nnd hypocrisy. Thcyseekto reform uot them selves , but rather to bo the keepers of their neighbors conscience , contrary to laws of God and mnu , in consequence of which wo liavono right to expect nnything but evil to How. No real reform exacts dishonor or de ception. Hence These Tears. 1'dt/s / Clli/ Journal , Thcro are two country newspapers , alleged ronubllcau in politics , that tliluk they are llBhtlug' Council for congress. Doth are owned and controlled by men who wanted a postofllco but didn't get one. Hence tbeso tears. O.'ho kind of republicanism that needs a postofllco to support a confessedly able man for congress Is of the kind that will make elegant democracy lathis campaign if Boyd will only write checks a llttlo fasten and make them a llttlo larger. Johnson's Shady Worlc. Lincoln Journal. "V7. E. Johnson of this city , who has been masquerading under various disgutses and forging nlot of aliases in wonting up thunder for the Hew York Toicc , went to Omaha the other day to putnp the enumerators of the census , pretending that hohnd been employed by the whisky people to show how saloons increased population. The reporters "got onto" him. Ills well known that the lead ing prohibition workers of this city Inspired the rather shady work in which Mr. Johnson bus been engaged for several months. Do they feel proud of iti If they will allow n rank outsider to express an opinion , a state that cannot IK > saved without the employ ment of such methods can hardly be worth saving. "What Prohibition Means. Prohibition means intemperance of the worst kind , and the meanest whisky that can bo made out of chemicals and spirits ; secret drinking , holes In the wall , boot legging and every outside barn and young man's worn turned into a dogffery. The Slocumb l.uv means no license where the sentiment of the community is largely against it and where high license is granted the traffic localized where the eyes of the authorities and of the entire community arc constantly upon the sa loons , and the evils of the traftlc minimized. The saloon keeper is interested in breaking up illicit drinking places and under tbo law is. under heavy penalties for selling to minors aud drunkards. Both are evils , but the Slo cumb law is the lesser evil , aud of two evils always choose the least. It la for Tcsrnpornnoe. Oranil Txtaml Independent. The Independent opposes prohibition be cause it believes it increases drunkenness , breeds hypocrites , increases crime , increases taxation , causes loss of revenue , substitutes moroof the stronger for the milder drinks , anil blunts proper exereiso of individual con science , and tends to disregard for personal responsibility for Individual acts and thus belittles mnnliood aud-womanhood , buttlie Independent does not believe every man a knave anil every woman , a wretch , who holds different opinions in regard to the important question. It states its fuith and its reasons therefor , while a certain class of prohibition ranters insist that all who do not accept their understanding must of necessity bodishonest and insincere , and that is the worst typo of intemperance , and the worst form , of lack of charity , and duo regard for honest opinions of fellow men , Methods of the Voice. lleatrtce Democrat , The Voice , the prohibition organ in New York that is running the campaign in Ne braska , has succeeded by the use ot an Impostor pester , who wrote under the name of "A. Lucius Hodman , " in securing a letter from Dr. George L. Miller In which the doctor in dicated the manner in which the anti-prohi bition campaign was beinj * conducted in Ne braska , the nraDunt of money that was being used ana where it came from. ly Lho same cheap fraud , at the opening of the campaign , the prohibitionists procured , letters from different newspaper men quot ing prices nt which auti-prohibitlon matter would bo inserted. Is It possible that a party that has the church behind it , that opens its deliberations with prayer , and that is usually presided over by ministers of the gospel ; a party that has its politics talked from the pulpit , finds it necessary to sink to the level of the most contemptible nnd sneaking fraud , In order to have an issue ? It sees thot the coarse of the prohibition party from the very beginnhif ; of this campaign has been one of the most damnable as viewed from a standpoint of fairness and decency that was ever conducted in the stato. Nothing has been too low or vile for these prohibition leaders to stoop to. No depth has been too great , no stench too rank , no deception too con temptiblo , Among honorable men the methods that they have adopted would condemn them. But by a holy set of fanatics and Pharisees they are applauded , XMSWS HP THE XOJtTfl WEST. The Lutherans of Mahno are building n church cdltlco to cost S.'i.OOO. . Fire in the old LUnlgcr & Motcaif elevator at Klmwood caused S.'OO worth of damage. A camp of Modern Wood men hni been or- gnnizod lit St. KUward with twenty-six mem bers. bers.York county democrat * will not hold aeon- vention thia year. They will vote the alliance ticket. Tha magnificent plpo organ ordered for Christ church , Beatrice , is expected to arrive in n few days , Twenty full-fledged citizens were tnaim. fuctuifd bv naturalizationirithe districtcourt at Wnhoo last week. Hon. J. S. Hill has boon nominated for slate senator by the republicans of Seward ami 13itlor ; comities. M. II. Connor andV. . II. Hesslor have been nominated for representatives by the Kimin\ia county democrats. Over one hundred persons have been con verted nt the revival in progress at the Meth odist elmrx-li In Hasting. A separator and SOO bushels of wheat belonging - longing to Tobias Mack , n furrnor near Stanton - ton , wcro dottro.vcd by lire thu other night. The corner stone of the now Cntholio churcli lit SpauldliiK was laid Sunday. Flvti priests were present and asHlstod In the ceremonies - monies , A ploco of timber caught in a circular saw in the Union I'aciflo a hops at Grand island and was liurlotl back , striking 1'ctor Swcn- nliiKsfii , n cnrpcnuir , mid breaking lilt shoulder. .Tuilgo Klnkalil has sentenced W. H. 1'orlno to fourteen yonrs in the penitentiary for burn ing K. Wi Uutlcy's barn at Crawford last Aiigmt. Williams & Ilashell of I'nxton hiwo rc- rclvc'l ' 075 hetul of cnttlo from Colorado lately nnd they will feed the same In Mcl'horson ' nud Arthur counties. Moro than n score of ycar < npo "Pnp" Ayers traded n yoke of cnttlo for two town lots In Beatrice. Ho sold tlio half of ono tha > other day for $ : i,000 , and the other seventy * nvo foot for srnw. Mrs , J. 1) . TjJkens , wife of tha treasurer of Uockcounty , vw fntally Injured tay being thrown from n buirgy. Her husband , who was. driving , wns drunk nnd the horses ran away. Likens' arm wns broken , lh * slrungo spectacle of a man running at full snced through thCRtrocts otPrloml , pur sued by n man dressed only In n shirt nnd llourishluga revolver , caused great oxc-Ito- mem In tlwttdwn the other evening , Only the Initiated nro fnmllmr with tlio cause Which led to the episode. The Oklahoma fever struck a thirteen-year- old son of H. .T. MnrtJ , n farmer living fonr miles north of Liberty , nnd during tha tem porary absence of his mircnts ho saddled hU father's best horse and started for the new territory. Ho stopped In the cvcniiit ! at a neinhbor'shnusi ) , but left in the nipht and nothing lisa DCOII heard from him since. Beginning next Tuesday evening nnd oloi- ing Thursday evening , thwo will bo hold In the Congregational church of York n state meeting of the Ladies' ' Homo nnd Foreign Mttisonnry societies , Some of the ablest speakers in the country wld bo present and address tbo convention. Dr. Creegan ot Bos ton nnd Hov. Mr. Outtorson of India will speak ou Wednesday evening. Jo w.i. The auditor of state has Issued n warrant for fa,500to , tholowa agriculture college at Ames. It is to bo used In Improvements. During the trial of Sam King for larceny In n DOJ IMoinct court the prisoner coolly walked out of the court room nnd made his escape. At Sioux Haplds the other day a farmer named Fllckinan found n pockiitbook con taining SI.OOO . lyingon thestrcct. Ho found the owner and returned it , getting 55 for his pains , The International American Bee associa tion will hold Us twcnty-llrst annual conven tional Kcokuk October 211,30 and at. This will bo thu llrst meeting of this association west of the Mississippi. The big onion crop of Scott county Is well nigh exhausted , It being estimated that less than ten carloads now remain In the county. The odoriferous fruit now brings , from 65 cents to $1 per bushel. The work of finishing the Interior of the now hospital nt the Mnrshalltown soldiers' homo is progressing rapidly. The boilers have been placed In position and the bath c < juipmenls nro now going In. A citizen of Ida county has discovered that lime slacked in buttermilk makes a ilrst-olass paint for nouses. Ho says the mixture will withstand rain and that it only costs abouUl to furnish paint enough for an ordinary house. In a runaway accident nt Fort Madison , the Infant child of Julius Kcichert was thrown from the wapon , striking on its head and crushing Its skull , dying almost instantly. Several other occupants of the wagoa were seriously injured. Saloonkeeper Dumpsey of DubuquoIs limp ing around on a very game leg. While at tempting to chase a rat from his plnco of business the roJeut took refuge up the leg of his prints and before ho could bo dislodged had frightfully lacerated the leg with its teoth. At Guthrie Center tbo jury la the case of I. K. Shipley vs W. L. Edwards u suit for damages by Shipley for the loss of an oar in a fight with Edwards over politics last No- verahor returned a verdict for the defend ant , Edwards , thus throwing the costs of the suit on Shipley , The huge Burlington and Mississippi grain elevator , with a storage capacity of nearly one million bushels , owned Jointlv byaNoiv York Syndicate and Burllngtoiv capitalists , has been leased to n western syndicate man aged by Mossrs. Woodman oand Harris. The deal is an important ono for Burlington. Davenport small boys are not to bo trifled with , according to the Democrat. The other day two youngsters , aged about twelve , got Into a quarrel , when ono of them drew a knife , which heopencd with the intention of carving his companion in the latest approved style. The other boy was prepared for war aud calinlv pulled a revolver , compelling No. 1 to surrender Ilia weapon and acknowledge his error lu argument. Tlio Two Dakota * . Citizens of Yankton have petitioned the city council to restore the electric lights. Ooo McCrackcn of Buffalo Gapwasrocontly bitten on the wrist while playing with a dog. At first ho did not think it amounted to any thing serious , but since he has boon obliged to carry his arm in n sling. The Dakota conference of tbo 'Weslcyan Methodist church , in session at Northvillo , elected tlio following olllcers : President , Rev. ItHardie , BIcllotte ; secretary , \V , J. Edgar , ftlellctto ; treasurer , N" . B. Jennings , Avon. On the Star it Bullock ranch , thrco miles cast of Speurflsh , is a lareo Held of green , oats , which , the owner expects to harvest as soon as they are ripe , and there is every In dication tliut a few days raoro will sco them lib for the sickle. Sioux : Falls'now waterworks nro working satisfactorily. The supply from , tlio new works can bo increased to 0,000,000 gallons at pleasure , a quantity of water that but ono or two cities in the United States the size of Sious Fulls can lay claim to. Eagle Hawk , a full-blooded Sioux Indian , burglarised the store of Winters & Co. , at Chamberlain last week , to the amount of a sack of Hour , and a warrant was issued for his arrest by Judge Hridgeman , before whom ho will bo tried as soon as apprehended. Jillton WyckoJt of 'Wheatland is having moro misfortune than should bo any 0110 man's lot , hi ono season , at least. Last sum mer Ins wheat was nearly nil cut down with hall , and the other day some ono sot llro to about twenty-one tons of hay in stack and tbo whole was consumed. The Dakota school of mines opens this week ut Hapid City with tha following fnc- ulty. Samuel Cushman , dean , chair of civil mining and engineering ; Prof. Hitchcock , chair of chemistry and assaying ; Prof. A. A. Lowe , chair of mathematics ; Mrs. llaynio , chair of literature anu modern languages ; G. H , Ueilly , assayur. Flving Bull , a Yankton Indian , ts to bo tried before the United States court at Sioux Falls on the charge of having assaulted An- ntonkniul with intent to kill. It seems that Flying Bull and Anatonktuul met each other on a road and quarreled over tlio pos session of a calf , which resulted in I'lying Bnlitaking ; Ins gunntid shooting his opponent in the leg , inllictinga aorcro wound , U. \Vesterby imi completed a tubular well ori his farm two mile * south of Madison. At the tleplii of 1 fit ! foot a vein of water bear ing sand and gravel was struck Unit fur- uUlied an Inoxhaustnblo Hupply of water. The water stands ut a depth of thirty feet and is of the best quality. A horse-power pumi ) run for three hours steady had no per cent ! bio effect on the supply. Kir. Westerliy thinks that by o.-cctng ! a windmill he could irrigate the cntlru farm. PROM IN 13 MT AM&1UGANS. Secretary Blalne , Congressman McKlnloy nnd Inventor Kdison arosuld to l > o the Amer icans most talked about In London Just now. Mr , Kdison predicts that the newspaper of the future will bo the product of a combina tion of the phonograph and the typesetting machine , George T. Mills , candidate , for congress In the Ninth Virginia district , has never volod in that state , nnd has always held his oltUon- ward of I'lilladol- ship la tlio Twenty-third phU. Itov. Dr. Talmago says : "Tho church is dying of fastidiousness. Wo shod tears for the woes of tUo world on $100 pocket hand kerchiefs and then drop pennies into the Door boxos. Wo ycaru to help the poor and op pressed , but wo beg to bo oxcimod from touching bunds whoso fhiKcr-nails are In mourning for departed soap. " Klnnajati , whoso famous Interrogatory , "What are wo lioro for I" amused the repub lican national convention in 1880 , han taken the stump as the republican canuldiuo for governor of Texas. 1 la says ho will make a vigorous canvas ; * , and It may bo predicted with luiulldonro that tlio democratic majority will notKroatly exceed that given to Cleveland - land two years age-viz. 115,401. FR01 THE STATE ( MTAL Murderous Bolj Stilus "Wanted to Exterminate minato Ills Xntiro Family. A VERY COOL PLUNDERING EXPEDITION , nn Imaginary Ciiru Crop Allilof lloturiu jxnil CSoes to Jail Other Ijtnooln Jottings. LINCOLNNob. . , Oct. 12. [ Special to Tun Ilnrj.l-Kobcrt Stilus , the fellow who VIM nr- rested I'lmnday night for uttcmptlnR toinur- dcr a neighbor named Ileeiimnn on iiccouut of a depute over n mutter of 50 cents , got oft with alight flue for simply illselwrgliig lire- arms , lie irot Into Juil aRrtln lust night , how- over. Ho was very drunk , and while In the b.ir room of the St. Clurlca hotel ho publicly declared that Ills wlto AVOS nn unchaste woman nud ho wns Rolnahomoto kill nor , otter which ho Intended blowing out the brains ot his children ami then committing suloldo. Ho displayed n revolver , but m ho Is u very dangerous man , ns evinced hy his attempted murder of Ilecliiiiim , none of the fellows carousing wltli lilm dared tnlio the deadly weapon uway from him. An ofllucr wns called , however , nud Just us Stilus was leaving for his homo to curry out his dreadful threat ho-was placed under arrcit and dis armed by tha policeman , Ills probable that the Judge will inlllct some severe peunlty thlj tlmo. A coot , Tin IF. : I * W. Costfrovots n crook who evidently has n natural tendency toward stalling , Ho committed no less than four the fti lust even ing in less thau two hours , lie llrst stole ns overcoat from Ilio Luising. which , hy the way , has fallen Into tholiuniU of thluvci for the third consecutive year. Cosgrovoth.cn went to the depot , where he stole u satchel , Ho Molt out of it what shirts , collars uml cuffs nnd other articles ho wished nud thrn threw the ( flip away. Ilo returned to tlio depot and stole another satchel , and after tnkliiKfromlt n fancy vest mill oilier articles of vnluo ho threw tint tfrlp away also. Ilo then went to NefTky'spawnshop , where ho pretended ho wanted to trmlo thostolonover coat , for n watch , llowas shown several ami while looking sitthein iloxtrously shoved ouo under Ills undercoat. lie Jlnallv loft , declar ing that uoni > of the witches suited him. 1 lo then went into Tom Cavr's saloon , only four doorsaway , and attempted tomit up the watch for \vlusky. White lie was driving n bargain with tlio bartender the pawn broker appeared on the scene , accompanied by n policeman and an end was put toCosgrovo'scool thlov- erics for some time. ONE i'isTEi > .UCK. John "W. Ilifer , who lied front the city a year &go uflcr KCttliif ? $100 under false pre tenses from Proctor Bowman , the money loaiier , returned to the city yesterday uml was identified and arrested bv Detective Mnlono. Ills said tti.it Ilifer went to How- man representing that ho owned a certain farm four miles east of the citj' and for the consideration of 8100 pave a mortgage on a crop of com on n certain forty acre strip. Ilifer disappeared after RottliiK the money , \Vhenthe \ mortgage ixwamu duo Dowinan re paired to the farm nnd to his astonishment found that the place designated hail no corn an it and further that Ilifer uellhor owned the land nor had any claim of any kliulto it. Bowman discovered then for the first time that , ho hnd.been taken in. Ilifer was Iden tified yesterday by the iibsonco of iiisriprlit Imnd , that member having boon amputated iovor.il years ago. ANOTHER .IOKB THAT TMDX'T PAX OUT. At 4 a. m. Undertaker Roberts was aroused from his slumbers by a telephone call , nsldiiir. iiim to hurry to the II. & JI. yards to take : hnrgo of the manpled remains of thi-eo mon ivho had been hilled hy the cars , hi addition lo tbo undertaker , Ollloor Harry and a num ber of reporters rushoil to the yards. They searched high and low for the doail men , but ivorouunblo to lind them or nuyb..dy wlio snow anything about thoin. Tnolady presid- ng over Lho switch board at the contmlolllco ivas tclnphoncd to imd asked who had sent : ho inossaRO to the undertaker , and it wns earned from her that it en mo from Iho St. JUnrlos hotel. The ofllccr repaired ta thut lostelry and discovered that the incssago wan i bogus 0110 and had been sent in bv fi couple ) f printers named Woody and llfldobratul , ivho were on an nll-ulght lark , lioth the fcl- ows were arrested. LINCOLN'S snw The Columbia National bank , Lincoln's ' * , 'j3 now linanclal Institution , will commence' doliiR business tomorrow at 11IW O street. The bank starts In with n capital stock llxcd at SaM.OOO. JohuB. Wright is president. T. L. Sanders vice president , J. U. Mo Clay cusbier and Ed D. AV , Payne teller. nuATii OF DR. COXVEUSB , Dr. Joel N. Converse , ono of Nebraska' ! earliest pioneers , died last evening nt his line country residence near Malcolm , In tills county. .Although nearly seventy years old the deceased was in vigorous health until Jt about a year ago , when ho was beizedvitli lJrijiht'3 disease , The remains of tbo doctor will bo interred probably tomorrow and the fnncral exercises will be held attho rmlduiico ot Mr. N. II. Kendall , 2 7 South IPlltoouUi street. onus AND r.xns. C. E. Alexander has been called to Welles- vlllo , O. , to the bedside of his dying brother , who was fatally Injured ntNavajo , Art/ . . .JohnV , Uoonhas asked for u divorce from his wife on the- grounds of desertion. \ Motion to Itchiilco n TOIIIICHHCU Preacher WlioMiitrrotl Polities. NASHVIU.K , Toiin. , Oct. 12. When the namoof llcv. 1) ) . C. Kelley , D. D. , prohibi tion candidate for governor , was called In the Tonncstoo conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south yesterday objection was made to the passage on liU character tie- cause lie had given nn Ins church to make the race for governor. Great oxdlo-nont wni created , nud after numerous points of order were dot-idod to bo not well taken the bistiop appointed n committee to consider Lho caso. The committee will report Jvlonday. Dr , IColloy after the committee adjourned made political speech on the public scjuaro. llETUttXEH A HAl'lXfl MtlXft < X Glrl'Glveii Up for Dead for Years Comes Homo Vnsiiiic , J ooANM'oiiT , Ind. , Oct. 12.Dlovcn years ago Maggie , tbosixtcon-ycar-old daughter of Michael 'Iwomoy , u respected cltl/oii of l.o- ( jansport , suddenly disappeared from her home. No trace of her whereabouts wii over gained and she was given up asduud. Uait night , however , she appeared at her father's ' resilience a raving imtilue. Stio was taken In , hut can glvono accountof horHOltor her surroundings. She U very violent uml It Iw- came necessary today to jilaco her In conlliiej ' meut , i OMA.HA. LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed and Ouarantuuil Capital. . , , (500.000 Paid In Capital Kio.OOO IJuys and solll BtocU and bonds ; nogothitnj commercial paper ; rooolvcs anil o eouU'i trusts ; nets as tnmsfcr iiKont uml tribtnuuf corporations , takes cliarfjo of pruportjr , ool- loctstttxci , Omaha Loan&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S. E. COP. ICtli and Doug Ing Stg. Paid In Omiltul 61.COO SuhncrlbertandOunrantcciJCapital. . . . 100.001 Liability of Stockholders. 200.MO 5 I'ort'unt Intorm I'nM on Dopoilti. I'KANIC J. I.ANUE , Cushion 0Ulcers : A. U. Wymun , president. J. J.llrown , vlcu-pronldcnt , AV.T. WyuiRii , Iroumirur. Dlrcctorsi-A. U , Wyman.J. II. UUIurcl , J. J. Brown , tluy 0 , Nation , K\V. Nnsb. Thomu l , Georauli. Luku ,
