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THE OMAHA DAILY BE1& MONDAY , OOTOBEE 20 , 1890. T31EJ ' DAILY _ BgE. I , R09EWATEB , Editor. . PUHLISHED EVERY ilORNINO. TEHM S OF SUBSCnt PTION. DnlljrnndBuiidar. Ore Year . tin M Fix month * . , , , . .4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t M Thtro nioiitlii . 2W Bnndny Hoc , Ono Year , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOO Weekly Ucc. OnoVcar. . 1W orricBs : Omolia , Tlio TtroUulIilliig. KoulliOnnhn , CnrncrN nndWth EtrocU Council IllnlTR. IH'entl Street. Chlcnzn onicc , 317 CliamUernf Commerce. Now YorlUtomni 13,14 and nTrUnme Uulldlnj Washington , 013 Fou rtconth Struct. conitKs i'o N PF.NC r All communication' rolntlns to no ana paitorlul mtiUor Mioiild bo addressed to tlio Editorial Dcpurlnicnt. III.J81NKS3 J/RTTF.n3. All business Jotter * anil wmlttaneosslioula T i ncl < lrcf".cd oThoHpe Publishing Oompaiir , Om hn. llrufts , check * and posKifllefl orders to tie made payable to the oruor of tlio now puny. ThcBcc Publishing Company , Proprietors , Thollco II'Id'R. I'lirnain nnd Sovcntcenth t3ts. fcWOHN fcTATEMBMT OF CIllOUiATlUN Bttilpof Nolirn.5ika. I n County of Uouz1iu ( .Ginrcn II. Tzschuck. secretary of 'r'in ' "M rulilMilnir rornwin.v. aocj ( uilcmnlj swear ttiattho nctimlclrculttttoiiof Tim IJAlLr Iltc fop ( ho wee * ending Oct. 18 , 1MXI. wits as fol- .Kunday. Oct. 12. Blordnjf.Oct 13. Wi ; < lno rliiy. Oct. 15 . SO.SIO Tlnirsduy , Oct. 10 . MUM I'rldav. Oct. 17. . . . . . W.M BntuHlav.OcU . 13 . . . . ! i < MH Average . 20.HOS OEoiinr. IJ. T/SOIUCK. Synrn to before menntl stibHerib < l In rnj prirnno / inislbtli li.vof ! Octolier.A. I ) . .1800. IFSAI..I N. P. KKIU Notary 1'uullo. Ettttrot Ncbrnska , I County of nniiRlai. f Ocorgi ) If. TYwhuck. lioltu dulyawnrn , < lc- lie Is secretary of Tlio Hoc nlillslilrisC'oiiipanv.tlmttlm lictuiil avenue Jully cln'iiliitlun of THE DAIMT Urn for the moiilh of October. 1S8 ! > . I8.'W copies ! for November , 1W > . 10.310 coiilrs ; ( or Do- ci-nibcr. 1CSO. 20,048 conlei : ( or January , JM o , ll , r > 5.1 eoplc : for Fclirunrr , IBM , II- ) 701 roplt > < ! f r Mnrch , IKK ) , SUSIR oopl" ! for April. IWKJ , S0,5ftl copies ; for IMay , ItW , 20.HO ooplrs ! for June , 1MK ) , 20.H01 copies : for July , JHtO.aj.CfUcoplcs ! forAueust , IMNVJP.TWH'Oplcsi for tontrmbor , IS'JO. jnH7t > roplos. OKOIIOB II , TZPCIIIICK. RMfirn to before me. nncj mbstrlbcd In injr pretence. this Dili any of October.V. . a. 18 J. N P. 1'r.in. Nolnry I'ubllc. ' ic newspaper call for Orcaliam on the supreme bench is woll-nigh. unani mous. POMTICS may boa little mixed In No- briuku , but they are hopelessly tangled in Kansas. out nt tlio Coli&oum tonight anil licnr the issues ol the campaign thor oughly anil eloquently discussed. BOSTON will raise a monument to tlio memory of .ToilN 3oYC.KO'IlKiiiYwitli ! 11 Qctfrooof hnsto creditable both to her heart niul hrnlu. K gives shelter to Dillon and O'Drion , bub England is the asylum for ft good many Frenchmen. There la no CUUS6 for complaint on that score ) . T.V the matter of denouncing tlio now tnril ! the American democrats and the London newspapers nro runninga very pretty race. Hut why should they have tmy Interests In common ? Tun political Wbattlo in Colorado Is raglny flurcoly , hut it is a straight party fight. Thoranro no decoy ducks on the eurfaco to misloatl cither repubUcans or democrjits into the cuinpj o ( their enemies. " \Viux the people of Sorvia Uilk ubout " with tlio American " "computing hog : , they do not reckon the imtiilxjr or qual ity of that intoro6tlncr animal. Ho Is notoponto clio competition of any little Euiopoun prineipjillty. THE Florida alliance men have got the call In the present political situation. That is , they have got Senator Call. It in unhealthy in tliat country for demo cratic statesmen to remain outsldo the lines of the alliance. DON DICKINSON has como to the surf- nee again for the purpose o ( predicting that the democrats will carry Michig-an. It was liardly worth , his while to como out of the cabinet of political spirits to nirthis ptccoof unreliable information. TIIK London 2Vjiios mournfully says of the effects of the ItfeKinloy Mil : "Can- ftdn loses at a stroke her best mar ket for agricultural products. " True , flfc is a loss of about twonty-flro million dollars a year , tut the fanners of the vest gain it. HUSTED Ima been iioraln- utcdfortho assembly in Kow York for the twenty-first timo. What makes tills still mom remarkable is the fact that ho lias always boon idontittod with , the .Al- "bany rings , political nnd commercial , nod that ho has survived many a storm thnt has carried his associates to defeat and oblivion. K provincial press of the cast ro JUBOS to bo comforted , Thu fulluro of the census to show a population equal to the estimates In Wyoming aufl Idaho provoked u. conniption lit In Boston. The Indignation of narrow gungo or- Rivns IH truly pitiful. Meanwhile the now states will calmly and peacefully inovo forward to the greater destiny lw- foru them. TIIK ( rue inwardness of tlio independ ent movonioiit In now so plain that a blind man can BOO it. The loaders no longer attempt to conceal tlioir purpose , and by concerted notion have turned their bnttorioa on the republican party. Prom the Nlobrarn. . to the Republican river , nnd from the Missouri to the western boundary the assault is boiiij * mndo with ull the force at the command of the managers. The democracy ro- colvos nn occasional blank shot merely to keep up the pretense that tlio inde pendents are not chcolc by jowl with the bourbons. of the most interesting congress ional lights la the country is that In the district of Cannon in Illinois. A dozen of the party editors linvo deserted him , nnd his opponent Is having an ex traordinary amount otnowspapor help from outside of the district. The cause of it all is the unfortunate outburst of vulgarity with which Cannon fitaincd Ills otliorwuo creditable record in a recent exasperatingdoliato. . \Vliilo his conduct on that occasion finds no defenders , the country would regret to soon man of Cannon's ability and faithful service defeated ut u time ho la llkoly to bo most useful. oinaiSAt. I'ACKAOE DKCISIOKS The decisions of the United States cir cuit court nt Topeka and o ( the superior court ot Cedar Rapids , regarding the snlo of liquor In original packages , declare - clare the existing prohiWlory lavs of Knnww and lovra tnopcratlvo as to liquors Imported Into the state and sold in the original packages. It is hold that the Wilson law Is necessarily prospect ive in its operation , nnd that In order that n. state may protect itself under this law a re-enactment ol prohibitory leg islation is necessary. The contention of the stnto of Kansas vras tliat the act of congress enlarged the scope and opera tion of the act ot the legislature , mak ing that wlilch was n logltnnto business ono dny , made so by the decision of the supreme court of the United States , n crime- the next , not under any law of congress , but against the law of the state. The court found nothing in the wording of the Wilson law Implying that congress assumed the power or intention to give such oiToct to the enactment. When the law -was passed tlio supreme court hud de cided that a state law prohibiting- the gale of Imported liquors in the original packngowas void. In other words , there was no huv , and could bo no law , in oxlstenco milting such business a crime. The effect of the supreme court de cision was to absolutely wlpo out prohl- "bltlon laws where they touched upon interstate commerce , for , observed the court "it must bo kept in mind that a legislative act in conflict with the constitution Is not only illegal or voidable , but it is absolutely void. It is as if never enacted , and no subsequent changoof the consti tution removing the restriction could validate it or breathe Into it tlio breathe o ( life. " This being the cnso it was hold that until the state passes a law thereafter forbidding such trufllc it has never exorcised the power or the dis cretion lodged in it by congress. The view of tlio Iowa courb was substan tially on the samo' lino. It hold that the act of congress known as the Wilson 1)111vas not operative in reviving the Iowa prohibitory law which < the supreme court of the United States had hold to be unconstitutional. The net of congress was not intended to ho retro active In its oiToct and does not roliabili- tnto nny statute that had boon previous ly declared unconstitutional and void by the United States supreme court. 'It is simply permission to the several states in the future to legislate. In the exercise of state police powers , on a subject matter - tor which , prior to the act of congress , the states had been debarred by the constitution of the United States from dealing with. The couiplcto concurrence of the opinions of these two courts , ono federal and ono state , Avarrants the conclusion that their enunciation is sound law and would doubtless bo sustained by the "United States supreme court. On this liypothesis the existing prohibition laws of Kansas and Iowa are worse than worthless , binco while they operate to prevent the citizens of thosu states from engaging in the manufacture or sale of llquovs they are inopera tive ngalnst the manufacturers and dealers of other stales who may import liquors into Kansas aad Iowa to bo sold in original packages. Thobitxiation under high license is en tirely different. The hnpositlon of a license , levied uniformly and without discrimination as between the citizens of a state and of all other states , is not an Interference with interstate com merce , It docs not operate to abridge the rights of the citizens of other states. It puts no embargo upon trade letweon t'lio states. It is a legitimate nnd constitutional eserciso of the police powers of the state for the regulation of the liquor trafllc. Prohibition , being essentially at war with our government al system , involves interminable conflicts - flicts and difficulties , nonoof which are possible under a judicious license sys tem. EUROPE AffD TIIK \-IIR. . Referring to the reports of the un friendly feeling iu Europe regarding the Columbian exposition , sind the proba bility that the exhibits from European countries will not amount to much nnd that the number of foreign visitors will IN small , President Palmer espressos the opinion that Europe will bo liberally represented both in. exhibits and in vis itors. Yet it must bo confessed thnt the crcsoiit indications are not such as to quito warrant this ontiinltie view. Tlfe fooling just now being- manifested in the countries of T.uropo from which our world's fair should receive most con sideration England , France and Ger many is of a nature to discourage con fidence In the idea that any of them will bo anxious to occupy much space in the exposition , or that any considerable number of their people will ho curious to sec \vlmt wo shall have to show thorn , There is time for a changoot feeling and It is to bo hoped itwill como , but at this Jlmo the outlook is not encouraging , Tlio very general idea abroai scorns to be that it istho imperative duty of Europeans to boycott the Columbian exposition , and this sentiment may prove to bo more deep-seated and lasting than some now profess to believe. A signifi cant Indication of this is supplied In the fact that tlio committed appointed to arrange for a proper representation o Italian art and Industry In Chicago in 189i ! had dissolved , for the reason tha' ' it found very few manufacturers will ing to send exhibits to Chicago , In Iho more than two years that must clai > so before the Columbian exposition will ho opened It is qulto possible that Kuroponns.will find that their prcseiv cause of complaint , the tariff , will no have done them any such injury as thoj now prof CM to believe it will do , and ii that case there will bo 110 lack either o Kuropean exhibits or visitors. This Is very likely to happen , but meanwhile I is well enough for Americana not to count too confidently upon it , but vathci to assume that the fact may bo other wiseittul therefore It is necessary fo them to contribute Iho inoro largely o the resources of the country. If the e.\ position must bo exclusively or malnlj American It can still bo made grandl ; Interesting nnd splendidly successful. I Is desirable that the whole vorld sluil participate , but the fair need not nni trill uot boa falluro bocuuse European ountrles may doctdo to show their hos- UHy to a national policy by holding aloof from it EFFECT OF TIIK TA.MFF. The JloIClnloy bill still continues to engross the attention of all Ktirope. The atcst cablegrams to newspapers in all shades of political opinion , were loaded vlth comments on the effect of the now American tariff on foreign tnulc. lletallntion is Btlll talked of In some countries , but no stops In that direction mvo yet been taken anywhere. Tlio most gratifying reports como from Prance , whore the authorities have about decided to reopen the door to the Ameri can hog , ' cable dls- No item among Sunday'a mtchosls inoro peril notit to the present political situation than the following : JL significant result ot the McKlnloj- bill unj Just been brought about nt Bradford. Saturday's ' Cunardcr convoyed to Now Tforlc Messrs. W. Kclxnchantl Watson , directors of the silk plush flrm o Lister k Co , , Wan- nliifunni mills , Bradford , whoso conversion to alimltfd liability company wltn a capital of over JW.000,000 took place recently. Hcltach Is head of the velvet department , and Watson , chief of tlie spinning branch. Tuojourrtey , which was underttikuu quietly , andls not known oJovcnla Bradford , has for , , ts object the examination of a site In tlio United States for the construction of mills. The Listers transact a larger American plush juslness than any other concern in Europe , and the McICinloy bill hits them so hard thnt .hoquotations for their sutrrcs , which vcro .isucd ut a premium , have dropped sharply. I"lio present action , therefore , in opening a mill In the United States bus been forced upon this great house , \vulcU gives employ ment to over 5,000 , men nnd possesses works the walls ofwhich measure , a mile in circum ference , " If this report Is fully confirmed , the McICinloy bill will produce some benefic ial results. Evidently plush is still to bo made by English capital nnd English labor , hut on American soil. Now , If the duty levied by the M"cKinlcy bill on plush is ; o ho paid by the American consume ! ' , why does the flrtn of Lister & Co. wmt the expense of moving its factory , "tho walls of which measure a mlloincircum- 'orcncc , " to America. ? It looks as if the capital nnd labor of EuropeTixi'co about to compote for the American markets on American Boil , thereby swelling our population , our in dustries and the homo market for the products of the farm. Jim. IILAINE'S FU1URE. As long as James G. Blalno lives ho will alwaj's bo accounted a possible can didate for the presidency. Neither his ardent friends nor ills bitter enemies will allow his name to have a rest on tliat subject. Faithful admirers will continue to allude to him always as "tho next president. " Relentless opponents will continue to weigh his every act and spceoh as a hid for the ofllco. In splto of all thnt , the indications are that Mr , Blalno does not desire or intend to again bo a candidate for the presidency. Ho dcclin cd the nomination in 1888 , and recently there have como from , two d iffer- cnt sources evidences to show that he is still of the same mind. A personal friend has given the press a report of a conversation in which the secretary of state said ho had entirely recovered from the presidential fovorand that ho had not the physical strength to live through a term if elected. Ho also said to the spokesman of an eastern club , who urged him to give them an address on the ground that it would help his chances : "I am past all that. My only ambition is to do certain work I have laid out and leave some foot prints behind mo. " There is no reason why Mr. Blaine should not be taken at his word , having once proved to a national convention tliat ho meant it. Ho knows that the presidency would add little to his fame. Ho knows that ho will bo remembered when most men who have filled the oftice are forgotten. But ho appreciates the importance of associating himself to the last dajof his life with useful public affairs , and ho liopos to make the foot prints that remain to bo trodden the most notable of his career. Those are tlio fair Inferences to bo drawn from what is known of Mr. Bhuno's expressions. They are sensible and honorable. THE federal election bill is the chief issue in the Sixth district of Massachu setts. Henry Cabot Lodge , tlio author of the measure , represents the district in congress nnd his election or defeat will indirectly rolled the judgment of the Bay state on what is commonly called the force bill. The democrats went out of the district to secure an op ponent capable of mooting Lodge and selected Dr.William Everett , a son of Ed ward .Everett. Both men represent the best typos of Massachusetts manhoodancl , possess In a marked degree the ability to champion their principles. The re sult of the contest will bo watched with keen interest throughout the country. M million acres of public land , nn empire In itself , were patented to settlers during the past fiscal year , and the sturdy pioneers of the west , profiting by the liberality of the govern ment , show their appreciation by act ively supporting the only party which has shown practical interest in their wel fare and pi'ogro&s , IN accepting a five hundred dollni bonus and unloading a grip-sack of false hoods on the prohibitionists , Mclntosh improved one of his sober moments to prove that a largo juloy job awaits the fool-killer at the amendment Lend- quarters. HISAVY investments are being made in Iron properties in Wyoming , but Hko the oil investments they are largely speculative and promise no immediate practical development. IX Tl-IK 1'OL.ITICAL , SWIM. It Is refreshing to know that there Is at leiwt ono prohibitionist In Omaha with man hood cnodguto resent the slanders upon the fair fiuno o this city utturcil by iirohlWUoi fanatics , Governor Tlinyor , thnt old whcd-horso of republicanism , talics tuostmup Tuesday for tlio republican btat.o ticket. Tbo next two weeks will -witness the fiercest political bat- tloovor fought upon Nebraska soil. While Omaha merchants cro advertising ; oodsnt prices rlillqjilouslylowlndcmocratlc mpcn the editorials In those sheets keep on nslstlafT that ih'cjythtng Is dearer thnn It Is thought 9\nS \ 1'alo Ale Johnson hat corrupt designs upon tho'American vote of his city. Mr. Hitchcock has proclaimed his convcr- Ion to democracy. It is snlil thnt he did this MJcauso tlio now postal law put a prohibitory arlff on prizo-box guessing in newspapers nd thereby strangled a promising Infant in * ustry. It is now feared by an anxious ural constlnienor that this law will pro- ilbitMr. Hitchcock from paying that vaunt ed UTiOO prize for the largest ear of corn. It'a nn ill wind that blows nobody good. If Jncak Johnson don't ' let up on hia attack ipan the census Mr. Hitchcock will have to Icclnro all population prize-guesses oft , Thus huwill emerge from the smoke of battle f 100 ahead. Bryan will podown because ho has no re cord while McKclBhan's full Is duo to too much record. The Slotterhouso democrats In DouRla ? county are Insisting-thnt Ford , Folkcr and Jrecn 1 kicked oft the legislative lukct. This Is good as far as it pees , > ut If the central committee would put up on entirely now ticket there might bo a possi bility of defeating n few republican oppon ents. If Van Camp's backers can aftord to put up 10,000 to encompass his election to n county commlsslonersbl ( > there la certainly a forf artco Juicy contracts in sight. Look for something to drop. As Intimated before , there Is blood In the Third ward moon. "When the eggs nro all hatched It will bo sceu that the republican hens proved true to their trusts. Ono by ono McKelghan's supporters nro deserting him. Just before dolne so the VtcCook Democrat gave him a grievous black eye. eye.Said Said Candidate Bryan nt Wocplnpf Water Saturday : "I am tired of hearing about aws made for the bonollt of men who work a shops. " On November 4 Mr. Bryan will irobably receive n few rush messages from ; ho men who work In shops. Dlaliuiicst anil Contemptible. Lincoln Journal. . The latest prohibition fake Is the anony mous raid oa the cencus of Omaha which Is alleged by the strikers of the Voice and the Chicago Lever , was stuffed in the Interest of nntl-prohlbition. The object of this charge is to prejudice the people of Nebraska against that city because It Is opposed to the amendment by a good majority. Tlio census report has nothing whatever to do with the election la any ovent. It Is a stuffed registry list that would mean fraud. Now It istho easiest thing in the world to detect the stuflliiR of n registry list. There are the nainss and residences of the voters in peed black and white1 , cud Ills the easiest Lbing in the worl l jo verify or disprove the registration by examination. Every false registry can bo hunted down nnd In case the bogus elector casts his vote and there were enough of bogus votes cast to affect the returns .on the prohibition or any other issue , the vote could bo thrown out and would bo by the proper authorities , There is no likelihood that the "political leaders" of Omaha contemplate any such im becile move as stufllng the registry list nnd polling ' 'thousands" of botrus votes as is charged by im plication by the nnnoymous emissaries of the voice , who liavo resorted to false imper sonation and forgery from the opoulng of the catnpaig-n to the present to cany their ends and fake public oplnlon.t i A.cause that relics on such dishonest and contemptible subter fuge for its success Is either unfortunate In Its character or la the character of its advo cates. A Prohibition Trick. Pl'ittsmnuUi Journal. The general public is , perhaps , not aware that the high license amendment to bo voted on this fall was the work of jrohibitlouists In the legislature , but such was the case. The democrats and antl-prohibition republi cans voted against the proposition , and that Is what everybody should do at the polls. The prohibitionists thought it a smart trick , and have banked on It all summer. The political preachers have deserted the pulpit , have forgotten the gospel of Christ and gene about lifting up their hands in sanctimonious and holy horror at the thougnt that high li cense was to bo fastened on the state all be cause of a trick of their friends. Vote It down. , A Disciple or Pythagoras. Scotfd Herald. It can bo laid down as tbo common law of the land that a subscaibcr to a newspaper who , after being nskcd to do so , refuses to pay for it , belongs to the scabby , mangy-part of the Hock of Humanity. Ho Is the mildewed ear in the crop of manhood , Ho is morally a blotch on his generation. The Lord has stumped him below par. base metal ; his man hood Is counterfeit. If tbo soul of such a man should transmigrate and enter into a pis , the pig would shrink away in shame , feeling- that ho ranked among swine as sev eral points below tha average level of swin ish respectability. . Famine Stricken Ireland , JSf. I'liiil I'loncer-l'reu , The famine-stricken cotters of Ireland nro already dying- starvation , while the London Times , with its usual effrontery and disre gard of facts , advises Americans to keep their money In their pockets , as the cry of famine is only another Irish bull intended to militate against the crown and further the schemes of tbo homo rulers. Help should bo offered and that promptly , ns the direst dis tress is reported f rom'niany districts. One of * Litre's Mysteries. Kiw York VrVMne , Ono of the most venerable of tbo inhabi tants of New KnglanjJJias written nn auto biographical sketch , in which ha states that ho taught hltnsilf * toj > lay upon a clarionet whlloyetayoungVnau. It has generally boon thought thnt lengttfiiduys was not the lot ol self-taught performed ) on the clarionet. Bui this person , who bcgim to practice on the In strument considerably over a half couturj ago , Is still hale and hearty. But then , Ufa Is full of unfathomable mysteries. Country U neilfonl ( fo. ) Ittjiubltcan. The editor of the Republican Is under obll gallons to Mrs. William Qolo for n nlco loa oC her premium salt rising bread. It was a real feast for us , ana reminded us of the loaves our mother used to make. A Common Hoynl Ailment. Ana 1'orfc IfwM. An examination Into the condition of the Icing of Holland discovers the fact that uo Is unlit to reign. The examination should bo extended to other Icings , u It is feared there uro several in the same tlx , Kitttmr Contradictory. atrefciiHlLetter ami 7/miM. The advertising- columns of our frco trade coiUomporaricj give tbo llo to the tariff cdl torials In the same papers. The merchants nro advertising nnd soiling most kinds ot goods cheaper than over before , -\vhtlo the editorials deplore the "high prices" caused by the new tariff law. Juo Is Diplomatic. Aeio 1'orfc H'orM. Reporters in Richmond nro nnnblo to get an expression of opinion from General "Joe" Johnston , the ox-Confederate , roRnnllnfj the military services of the count of Paris. This who illscrctloti on the part of General Johnston leaves tlio diplomatic relations be tween Franco and the southern Confederacy wholly unstrained. Our YounRcr Slaters Attend of Us , llaltlmorc Amtntan , Our youns sister republic , Brazil , has re sponded to Franco's proposal of an Interna tional copyright treaty. Already' she is u stop ahead of our model government. Wo can hardly afford to let ttio youngest of republics - publics surpass us ; Editorial Independence. ll'ctt t/iifnu / GtlsctU. Nobody has driven the flics out of this office - fico yet , and darned Ifvo will. If JEWS Of TIIK MtRTllirXST. Nebraska. O'Xclll wants a starch factory. Wayne county claims to have the smallest delinquent tax list of nny county In the state. A. Knights of Pythias lodge has been ornn- nlzcd at Yutnn with sixteen charter mem bers. Captain C. E. lludlong of Campbell nnd Miss Arietta J. Pry were married Octo ber 10. The Sunday schools of Ouster , Loup nnd Cat-Held counties \\lll hold a convention ut Taylor , Octobur 20. The People's Banner has mndo Its np- pcnrunco at David City with Frann T. Lemon us editor and publisher. MissJano Graydon of Indianapolis is the now professor of Greek at Hastings college. She Is twenty-four years old. The Baptists will hold their state conven tion at Fremont the 27th inst. There will bo more than three hundred of them. A dose of arsenic ended tlie life of Phillip Burke , a farmer near Benkclman , who sui cided because of trouble with his wlfo. A kick from n stallion broke the right arm oflleuton Freeman , who resides near jMns- worth , and otherwise injured the old man. Mil ford boys who backed a local sprinter URalnst Edward Parker of Dorchester went homo broke In pocket and downcast la spirit. A fuel famine is on at Oxford , not , a pound of coal bolut , ' obtainable. It was uocess.iry to discontinue the holding of school for lack of lire. Owing to the unsafe condition of the build ing the public schools at O'Neill have dis missed until the structure can be made per fectly safe. A quarrel over children led Mesdamcs Mer- rick and Hamcr nfOrd into a street light , nnd they wevo forced to pay a visit to the police court. George Malcom of Imperial , Chase county , was bitten on the back of lift head by a centipede the other day and was seriously 111 for a few days. The ladies' band of Clarks can now play six tunes without aa error , and tbo village board , to show its appreciation of the music , lias Riven the band tno use ol the town hall frco to practice in. The citizens of Crab Orchard notified John Wilson to leave tbat town or talto a dose of tar nnd feathers. John left. Ho is charged with prowling around town of nights and In sulting young ladles. The little four-year-old daughter of J. P. Geroko of Seward was kicked In the face by n colt and severely Injured. She wai chasing the colt around the yard , when It kicked her full In tbo face , breaking her nose nnd other wise cutting her face Ondly. A three-year-old child of James Lemon of Risings wandered Into a cornliela and was lost. The whole town turned out to hunt for the little ono. who was discovered asleep after a IOIIRsearch. . The child's mother went into spasms , and was la a critical condition for some time. Uncle Dine has been bavins some experi ence in polecat trapping lately , says the Friend Telegraph. lie caught ono of those varmits , killed and buried it. The next morning it had dug out and was still alive ; and with a club hu gave it n good beating , and again buried bis polecatsmp ; on the fol lowing mowing ho found that the cat was gone. Recently the Herman Breeze , published by the Misses Harper , discontinued publication , tbo reasoa given for the suspension being that tno patronage was not sufficient to war rant the continuance of the paper. But a little event wnich occurred shortly after wards evidently had something to do with the case , for C. J. Martin ol the Fnirbury Enterprise came along and carried off Miss Com J. Harper , nnd has taken her to his heart and homo. _ lown. Palo Alto county will this year market SO.OOO tons of hay. General George W. Jones of Dubuque Is writing his memoirs. Mor.ona county people will vote on the herd law at the general election. A boy living near AVesley died the other day 1'rom the effects of an overdose of whisky. Frank Florencourt of Carroll has fallen heir to $10,000 by the death of a brother la Germany. 7 . AV. Burnhnm of Silver City Is nlnnty- ono years of ago and has.been a member of the Masonic fraternity for sixty-seven years. John ICohlcr , a saloonkeeper at Grand Mound , quarreled with his wife , and to splto her slashed his throat with a razor. Ho may die. die.The The district court is now in session at Jef ferson , with eighteen criminal and seventy- six civil cases on the calendar tlio largest number the county has had for some years , There will bo an examination for stoto teachers' certificates conducted by the state board of examiners in-tho rooms of the Capi tal ( Jity Commercial college in t > es Molnesoa December 110 and 31. Mrs. William Topper of Mason City , has left her husband nnd two little children and skipped for parts unknown. She made no oxnlan&tiou , but her strange action Is attri buted to over indulgence In "yellow back" novels , The Esthervlllo RepublicanIn advlslngtho young men of the town to "brace up , " says there are more voung ladles In Ksthorvillo without escorts than there ought to bo , and still thu boys "alt on the fence and watch them go by. At Harlan n kcopar from the insane hos pital at Clarinda took charge of an escaped lunatic who had been committed to ] ail for housebrciikiiiff on a largo scale. Ho broke Into a dozen houses in the southern part of the county last week and succeeded In mak ing a small haul in each of tnnm. As a result of the encouraging exhibit made at the Webster county fair the hog raisers of Webster county huvo formed them selves into nn association to bo known as the Webster County Swllio Breeders' associa tion. Kcgulnr * moothiRS will DO held and Ideas and experiences compared. There nro already qulto a number of breeders of fnnoy grades Iu Webster county and it is expected that the organization of this association will largely augment their number , Fish story from Kookuk Gate City : A salmon weighing- about three pounus was caught la the river Just outside the govern ment boom Sunday , nnd when landed was found to have an eel about ten Inches Ions ( Innly wrapped around his head in the vicin ity of his gils , the head of the col being m the fish's mouth. The salmon had evidently Intended to swallow the wrlRglor , but was frustrated by having his head entwined as mentioned. A good looking younR German of about thirty years arrived in Marion two weeks agu and put up at the Farmer's hotel , owned by a widow named Frclslngcron the shady side of sixty. Ho wooed mid won the landlady Iu an laurcdlbly short space of time , Induced her to draw $1.000 from the bunk In Marlon to do- poiilt it In a Cedar Uaplds bank , tucked thu money away Iu hU Insluo pocket and wended his way to parts unknown , leaving bis young bride to mourn over thu loss of both , husband and lucre. _ _ _ The Two Dakota * . The population of Gurrotson , only ono year old , is Uli. The fanners in the vicinity of Vallny Springs uro building granaries and storing their grain nt homo Instead of hauling It to town ana storing In elevators. Contracts Are bclnff made to deliver hay in Dead wood this winter ftt $1'J jnsr ton. Typhoid fever Is prevailing nmonif the graders nt the D. & M. railroad camp In 1'ou- nlnccton. The trl-stale convention of the Young Men's Christian association moots ut Sioux Pulls next Friday. ThoBloux Fnlli brewery can not sell beer ns a bovoniRO , but it U manufacturing right along for sale to outside parties. The crack shots of Lead City nro nrranR. Ing for a deer hunt of several weeks In the southern part of the Dlnck ; HI1U , A Wyoming stock man swam 1M head ot horses across tlio Missouri nt Chamberlain the other day and did not losoono of them. D. T. Scott , who has boon RfttheriiiR statis tics of the number of sheep In Lake county , has secured a list which places the number at 8,000 , nnd the number Is uot yet complete. Beaver-ln-Tho-Woods , the Koiobud bravo , who stood off 11 f teen Indian police , us long as his ammunition lasted , to resist nrrost , was sentenced to eighteen months Imprisonment In the penitentiary at Sioux Falls. The Russian tbistlo bos already * tnkon n stronghold on the eastern part of Sully county , and will next season cover the west ern part. Some fear It will prove a lasting pest , whllo other * think tlmtllho the mustard , which was such a post n few years ago , it will dlo out nnd disappear of Itself. Tno North Dakota Woman's ' Christian Temperance Union , at its last convention at Jamestown , created a department of charlta- bio work nnd elected Mrs. Linda Slaughter superintendent. The object of the depart ment Is to prevent suffering among the poor of the state during the coming v.-inter. Owen Bosard of Grant county Is before the United States grand Jury nt Sioux Falls , charged with forging n pension check. It sccnvt that Bosard's undo receives n pension from the government nnd thattholiLstqimrter was sent to him In a Now York draft for $ lfcO. Voung Bosard received the check first and Indorsed his uncle's nanio upon it , draw ing the money. State Toterlunrlau Langdon recommends to ttio governor that the sheep in Stutamnn , Mddcr and Lopan counties be quarantined , nnd tliat no sbccp bo allowed to bo shipped out of the state unless they have a clour bill of health Irom the state veterlnarv or from a competent Inspector. It would bo well also If all sheep coining into the state should bo subjected to a rigid inspection , us In the cases coming umlur his notice the disease came from the state of Washington , Peter Burrows purchased $10 worth of goods of Max Stern at Farpo and gave a check of $127.70 In payment , signed bv .loan Johnson on a Moorhoad bunk. Stern paid him the difference , but mistrusting that all was not right , sent over to Moorhond nnd discov ered tliat it was a forgery. When Burrows was arrested ho was wearing the now suit nnd bad the money on bis person. Ho Is now in jail in default of SoOO bonds. Bob-Tailed Crow. Tool Hawk and Woman Spook were all arraigned before the United States court nt Sioux Falls for cutting tim ber upon the Sioux reservation. They are all Indians and wcro caught In the net of cutting timber upon their own luuu. The court announccd'that It was very probable that It would rule the Indictments out of court , as ho was of tlie opinion that there was no Justice In convicting an Indian of cutting timber off the reservation which ho was part owner of. Considerable damage was recently done by a pralrio lira west of Arlington. A man sot lire to the stubble where ho was plowing and It hnd no trouble In netting away from him. It burned the buildings OH the farm directly cost , and the trees on Miss Ida Southwick's tree claim also became victims of the lire. It then got onto Christ 1'egley's ' farm and de stroyed nil buildings but the house. John A. Nelson lost about $ SOO worth oT. grain. The latest rex > rls say that the man who started the fire has not been seen since , whoa ho was making trades for parts unknown. PKPJPEHMINT DROPS. Lowell Mall : A woman was responsible for the llrst Evolctlon. Blmlra Gazette : The artificial nose must have all-factory nerves. New Orleans Picayune : The flsh that has felt n hook knows the danger of taking snap Judgment. St. Joseph News : The tariff lias put up carpets but the housewife , will keep on put ting them down. Texas SlftluRs : When tbo shark money louder closes a chattel mortgage ho won't oven let a sick man keep his bed. Binghamton Hepuhllcau : "This is the worst snap I over struck , " remarked the woodchuckas to got caught in the steel trap. Spare Moments : "Don't you know , pris oner , that it's very Wrong to steal a pis ? " " 1 do now , your honor , they make such a row. " Washington Post : It has been hinted that the touching ballad , "Here Lies an Actor , " was dedicated to the man who is constantly talking about his salary. New Orleans Picayune : The professional waiters ara by no moans lazy people , but they want to wait for other folks and will uot work between meals. Drake's Magazine : McCorklo : They say thut Snooper llnds it dlftlcult to keep his hoadabovo water. McCrackic : That does not surprise mo at all. Ho is a native of Kentucky. St Joseph News : Judge You confess to having stolen the money , do you ? Well , have you nny exonerating circumstances to offer ? Culprit Yes , your honor , my grandfather was nn alderman. America : Teacher : Now , children , which state produces tlio most cornl Pupil : Kentucky. Teacher : "Wrong : . Why do you say Kentucky 1 Pupil : Kentucky produces the most kernels. IN TIIIO IIIACK IIIU-S. llnpid l'ro i-css liuinc Alado In tlie "Work of Development. William T , Coad of Uapid City , S. D. , spent Saturday nnd Sunday In Omaha. Ho Is one of the enterprising citizens of Ilapid City and has lived there nliio years. Ho was on bis way homo from Chicago , where ho formed n company for tbo purpose of putting in n uas plant in Unpld City. The city has signed n contract with the company to use ninety-five street lamps and pay $1.25 per thousand for iislit equal to twenty-caudle power. The plant will bo put ill as rapidly as men and money can do It. Rapid Ultv h very much Interested In the biilldlne of the I . & M. railroad from Hill City over to Hanld City , a distance of twenty-two miles. It is cxpocto.1 now , Mr. Coad says , that trains will bo running through thcga by the middle of November. This will help materially in the development of thu tin mines about 11111 City , and start emigration in that direction , "IJapld City has some springs , " snlil Mr. Coad , "that I believe will becoiiio as famous as the Hot Springs , They nro nbout six miles west of thu city and are called the CleHJioru springs. Tnoy are situated utthe foot of the Black canon. Capitalists have taken bold of this property und a motor line will bo built to tbo springs , iwhcro n hotel costing ? 150,0 , ( ) ( ) will bo erected next summer. The canon will bo dammed and a lake cover ing eighty acres will bo formed from the waters of Rapid creak. " "Aro tha owners of the tin mines pushing forward the work in the tin region ! " "Yes , sir. The Harnoy Peak company. I think , lias about four hundred men at work getting things in shape for Rrcat activity us soon as thu railroad Is completed to tlio minus , There are thirteen difforx-nt mines already opened un imd all of them will bo active when the road is ready to ship out the ore. " A Skillful C'oiilrnatnr . Regularly every six months , It Is said , the treasury department roeolvod a $ -0 or $ .V ) bill wliioh , from all nnpoarnnoo , In t'jul ; of bolntf mndo from a plate , Is executed entirely with a pou. Tlio work Is of a vrry lilch order , nnd several tinieri these huvo usciiped detection and Keno Into clroulntlon. The counterfeiter has not yet boon Discovered. Ho Booms to worlc'for notoriety , as ho could nol niakoa living Iu thiumminor. FROM THE STATE CAPITAL , Polin , "Who Killed His Wife's ' Paramour , May Tot Bo Pardoned , HUMOROUS APPEAL FOR A MURDERER , With False lloglsirntlon- I'rolilliltlon Not Ncnlcd In Lin coln IniVheelpr Cnllml llobber OdilH ami Had * . Lixcour , Nob. , Oct. 10. [ Special to Tun UEr..l There is a possibility that John U. I'olln , who was sentenced to the | iciltun < tlary for life for killing Ccph Mottccr , tha paramour of his wife , may vet btvtxtho fivn air. Previous to the tragedy Polln hnd berne the host of reputations , Ho had known noth ing but adversity In youth , but through ht < own ambition succeeded In mailing hlmsolf csteoinctt as a man of honor and ability. Ho finally became herl t of Cass county and later warden of the penitentiary. Unfortu nately for htm ho liad n wlfo of striking beauty and easy virtue , although the latter falling was not known to him. Coph Mnttcor was a worthless ditdo who devoted the greater portion of hU thno to hU personal appearance nnd to "mashing. " Among- his victims hfl numbered Mrs. Polln. Under the pretext of making u trip to Iowa Mw. I'olln mot Mattcor liy iwpoint incut nt Omaha. Pollu was called to Onmlm oa business nbout this time , nnd there uncovered his wlfn's perfidy. At Plattitnouth ho learned that Muttcor anil hH wife had been currying on a secret corro- Btxwdenco. On October U' , 188' , ' , the dudlsh rascal Mnttcor canio into the restaurant run by Polln nnd the outraged husband had tha satisfaction of killing him , Polln wai tried for murder ami sentenced to the penitentiary for life. After passing nearly seven venrs in penal servitude the hearts of his fcllow-cltl- /.ens have softened toward I'olln and yester day , Mr. A. IJceson , County Commissioner A. 1) ) . TodJ , Mr. A. B. Taylor , Hon. .1. K Gllmoro and MJ. 13. it. Woolloy wont to tJov- crnorThnyor nnd asked that I'olln bo par- doneil. The father of the rascally dmlo who debauched Mrs. Polin hoard of the luluiulod petition of these men to tlio governor ami ho wrote a letter full of invuctlvo to the chief executive , almost daring him to pardon I'olln. The governor has taken the mutter under ml- vlscmcnt. I'ltOIIIDITIOX XOT NKiniKI ) IN MSCOLN" . "I cannot see1 said Mayor Or.ihum today , "what use the city of Lincoln bin for prohilil- tton , Despite the fnct that wo have so many saloons , there Is very little ilrunlicimcvts , much luss , in fnct , than tlims Is Iu .inuilliT towns in alleged prohibition states. For i > \ - ample : During the last nlno days there hnvo been only twelve arrests In lllncolnon tlio charge of drunkenness , making an average of a fraction more than ono nrrost per day. Of thcso twelve arrests only seven wore con victed , and it is safe to presume thnt If tlm other ttvo were slightly intoxicated they wcro inoffensive. On Thursday there was no ar rest of nny kind , and on other days there have been no arrests for drunkenness. And yet the charge that tlio police force ot Lin coln is not eternally vigilant cannot liemmlo The nfllcors here are thu mostconsck'iitlou- , set of men I over saw , nnd they are < iulclc to arixst any man caught violating the laws they are sworn to uphold. " A ruNSV PirrmoN" . Attorney General Loose Is at present care fully studying the petition of tlio attorney for Chnrlos Shepherd , thu murderer of Charles True Pulslfcr. who lias bu n sentenced to ho hung , in which the supreme court is asked to set aside the verdict , of the lower court. The petition of Frnuso is a legal curiosity ontl would create some doubts us to whether the composer of the document was really n law yer or not. It abounds only on npixMils to the passions and sympathies nnd is illstiiigulshLMl for Its lack of legal points. The following U a specimen sentence ; "ft it wcro true that ho committed tbo crime chargnd , tmo that noori-orlti the rec ord were found , what would bo gained by a Judicial murder , by placing u rope around llis neck mid suspending Mm between earth and sky until strangled to death , with lustk-o standing by the sldo of the gibbet abashed and ashamed tliat ut the dawn of the twentieth century the brutality and darkness of tlio middle ages have not been dispelled by the progress nnd humanity of tbo blatant ninotctccnth century. " The document abounds In several hundred pngos of such hifalutln. while the principles of law which . it is the duty of a court toconsiilcr are almost' ignored. The petition makes amusing road , ing for the lawyers dt-splto the solemnity aimed at. It will bo remembered that the murder of Puhlfur by Shepherd was a cold blooded , mercenary and cowardly slaughter , and the brutal slayer confessed his guilt. F10IITINO OVKK LAND. The case of the Plattsmouth land nnd Im provement company vs Edwin J. Slaughter nnd others was appealed yesterday to tbo supreme premo court. The dispute is over 120 acres recently laid out as an addition to 1'lutts- mouth by Dr. Mercer nnd O. H. Bnllou o ( Omaha. " The land was owned by William Al. Slaughter in 1800 , but was sold by D. II. Whcoicr nnd David Sampson by power of at torney while Slaughter WHS In Denver Slaughter afterwards repudiated the bar gain nnd wrotu several insulting letters to Wheeler end Sampson , calling them rodbcrs and every other name no could think of. All of thcso aw offered in testimony. FAUIil.T hl'.GISTEUKII. A man named C. O. Bullock appeared la the county court late yesterday afternoon and swore out warrants for the arrest of four men who hud , under fnlso representations , registered as voters in the First ward. The names of the men uro George Sellers , Will- lam .lamison. Henry Harrison and .lumen Terrell. AH four of the men are coloredand they claimed that they resided lit Til Nurlh Eighth street Bullock claims Uiatthu.su men have no right wiintuvur tovote In that ward. The deimty sheriffs have thus far been unuUlo to Hnd the would-bo voters. Ol > l > 8 AND KNIia. Wlnlo ( icorjjo O' Donnoll mid ICd. Harris were out on a lark last nixht they thought It would bo very funny for them to turn out tlio gas lights on the principal stroots. They were cauttht in the act by Detectives Miilonn and Oflluer AInlono and wcro promptly nmrchod off to Jail. Tomorrow uvenlngtlio colored republicans of Lincoln will hold n political nnctliig at Cnrr's hull , whore they will bo addressed by It. K. Moore , J. J. Oilman , L ) . J. Courtney and other republican orators. II. 11. Nisaloy of this city wa- married Thursday to Miss Jessie Sudduthof Wallace , Minn. Air. Joseph Reynolds , recently of Philadel phia , succeeds Mr. 11. . .Tv , Soumtirk in night clerk nt the Capital hotel. Mr. Hoy- nolds has been a newspaper reporter for jicv- cral years nnd Is an accomplished gentleman , Mr. nnd Mrs. A. H. Mendclliall mid Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Wurner of Lincoln spent yoi- tcrday in the city visiting friends and various points of Interest. AV. D. Craig of Logansport , Ind. , Is stop ping at the Merchants. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. flutuorlbort and Guaranteed Capital. . . .V > 1'atd iu Capital Ituys Htul soils Btooki and lioixlai iiDX tiatfl3 cammurolal paper ; rocolvea anil xociitci transfer nKont mid trmtuo of trusts ; acts ( is corporations. InkoH charge nt ii'rouerty , col lects t xt . Omaha Loan&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S. E. COP. 10th nnd Douglas Sta. 1'nia In Onpltal I 5J.COO Huliurlboil and fluarnntced Uiipltul. . . . 100,00' ' ) Liability of Stockholders 209,0'W ' S 1'orCcnt Intortst 1'nld on DeponlU. MVlKASK J.JANOK , UuBhlor. OfflMrn : A , U. Wymnii , preiWtmt. J. .1 , Urown , vlco-prcaldunt , W.T. Wywnn.tniasuror. Dlructoti ; A. U , Wyuian , J. II. MiUu.nl , J. J , Ilruwu.Uiiy 0. Harton. K. W. NwV , Tliotuu L. KliuDill , Uoorgu U. Luke.