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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1891)
r r THJii UJVlAldA JJA1JL.1 Al'UtNT ' 24 , 1 1M. THE DAILY BEE. EniTon. EVEUY MORNING. THHMS or suiaiuri'TtoN. Dally Iteo ( without Sunday ) Ono Your. . . I 8 M Daily nnd Sunday , Onu Voiir . I" 00 MX months . i > ' 'S ' Thrcn Months . 2M Hntidny lro.0ni ! ) Vonr . ? } Hatimiuy lieo. One year . lol Weekly 1lee , Onu Yenr. . . . . J > omens : Oniiiliii. Tim tlco HulMlnz. South Uiiiiilin. cnrnnr N ntrl 201 h Streets. Council llluiK IPij'irl , lrcut. CJIilunao Ulllre , III" ( Hininhur of f'oininorcn. Now Yorlt.Uoiims III. 14 mill IVI'rllmiio HUlldlng Washington , r.ii : rourteciilh Street. All comn.iiiilcutlons relutlnz to news and pdltorlul mutter should bo addressed to the Editorial Ili'p'irlment. it us i N tissTnTT ius. : All business ifMi 11 and remittances should lie nddn > * n I to Thu lli > o Publishing Company , Omaha. Draft * . oliitrKa and poUolliro orders to Im made piiyablu to thu onlurot thocom- Iiuny. Ttio Bco Piiulislig Company , Propriettrs Till : IIKE 1IUIMJINO. SWOUN f-TATl.MUNl OV UUUULAT1ON. Hutnof Nebr.iskn. I , County of I'ouslas. I GeorpH II. T7 < 'liiick , Kerrelarv of The Hen I'lilillflhlni ; company , docs M > einiily swiuir that tlin iieinul circulation of TDK DAILY HKK for the ick ending AiiKUHtSa , UOI. Was us follows ! Pnmluv. Auir. lit 50.735 Monday. All ) . ' . I" . , L'O.IPO Tuesday , A Mir. 18 M.I70 Wednesday. Anjr. 10 SMC/l Thursday. A Hi. ' . y > M.IW'l rrlilny , Ane. 2 ! -G. ' ! 9 bottmlny , Aug. Si -0.910 Avcrncc U7.0O t or.oitm : n. T/SOHUOK. Fworn to before mo nnd subscribed In my pHscnce Hi l.i-Mil day of August. A. ( ) . . 1'UL .N I' . Ti.rt , . Notary Public , ftrtrof N rlirn l < a , I County of I ( inclas. I fYorrt ! Ii. 'I rsrhi'ol. . liolnz duly sworn , do- IOKCS n IK ! ins tlmt ho Is secret urynf Tin : DEI : Publishing nuiipiMiv. Unit the nctiuil nvuniuo dnlly cln ulntion of Tun DAILY Hi K for tlio month of August. 1MX ) . 20 , if/ ) copies : for Hppli'inl ur. I"i ) ) , ! X,67n ) copies : for October , ! ( ' < . V.-fB topic's : for No- irn 11 r. IMlMMlcopIrs : foi Ml' , December , IHO , ' ,171 roplph ; for January , 1PM SS.4lb jonles : for I'ol runry. If-'ll. V > I2 copies ! for March , IHI'.SI.rO.-.copies ' : for April. Ih'il. 2.I.9M copies : for Mtiy , 1M > I. ' . ( i.Klo topics ; for Juno. 1(1)1 ( ) , 20,017 cop'esIuly ' , Ifffll , 27.ISI copies. Grnnnr. II. 'I SWIIUCK. Fworn to before inn nnd subscribed In mo , picscni-c tins J diiy ot August , A. I ) . Ml. N I' . I'm , Notary I'u'illc. CIIAUNCISY M. DII : > IW' : frescoes the outlook for the future of the American fnrraor in his voi'y brightest vormillion. Tnrc hopeful fiict about the Ponnsyl- vnniu campaign is that the republican bosses both small and great are harmon iously working for the ticket. wo liavo made ti sure thing of the republican national convention tlio central auditorium will bo a matter of course. Let us secure the convention first. first.Tun Tun independents of Nebraska are badly handicapped in the next campaign by both platfo.'m and candidates. They are oratic , loose-jointed , and decidedly short of gray matter. GovnuNOK TIIAYKII ought to bounce Test and Livoringhouso in time to enable them to participate in the Grand Army of the Republic reunion at Grand Island on their own time. THE Interstate commoice Commission now contains members from Now York , Vermont , Michigan and Illinois. It is hnrdlyan intoralato organization when both the boiith and west are without rep resentation in its membership. ALMY'S wild devotion to the innocent girl whom ho murdered in cold blood might anbwer for the sentiment of a Kroutxcr Sonata hero , but it is never theless a sentiment which should bo choked off at the end of a hempen rope. THK Now Orleans 'limes-Democrat sees in Texas a disposition on the part of the alliance to drift away from both the old parties. There might bo some comfort in the suggestion if it wore not for the domocratiu majority of 120.000 in Texas. It will take tremendous drifting to bring those figures within reason. GKUMAN newspapers which have epokon ill of the Chicago fair until quite recently have changed their tone to ono of commendation of the proposed exposi tion and advise Germany to make the best of the Hhow. The visit of the Amor- lean rcprcbontativos of the fair lias re sulted in great enthusiasm all over Eu rope. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PUKSIDHNT IlAHiiiaoM has not boon unmindful of the claims of tlio west upon his administration and , therefore , it is hoped the tranHinis-slssippi or Pacific coast region will bo given a representa tion upon the interstate commoreo com mission in filling the vacancy caused by the doatti of Commissioner Bragg of Alabama. Ai , VAN WYCK in his Malvorn Iowa speech pronounced Judge Heeso of Nebraska , an able , honest , faithful judge , n pure and true man in all the relations of life and a republican with out guile. This spocoh may possibly make it ombari'assing ' for tlio general to support Jo Edgorton for justice of'the bit promo court. Mns. BriTKNHRNDKit's husband has been placed upon the prohibition ticket as a candidate for justice of the supreme court of Nebraska vice R W. Utcliard- eon of Omaha , who turns out to bo ineli gible. The talontcd lady's husband and partner for life , as wall as for law busi ness , may be technically ellgiblo , but that is thu best that can bo said for him. A DUKTj between Prince UUmnrolc and Count von Munster is suggested as the outcome of an alleged interview between M. Blowltz , a French newspaper man , nnd thu count. Inasmuch as both those great Germans are past three score and ton it is scarcely possible tnoir blood is hot enough for a fight. Men of their ago know butter than to shoot at each other to settle a personal dllllculty. Till ! strength of the sentiment for a shorter day among the job and news printers of the United States is shown by the fact that 0,310 votes wore cast for a nine hour ilay and only 8,550 against the uioposition. Tlio rule of the inter national union requires u throe-fourths vote and the total is 332 votes short. It Is clear , however , that one more effort on the part of the organization will re sult In u reduction of the working day ' om ton to uino hours. JUTK Tomorrow is the last of the serins of limc-klllora which the State Board of Transportation dignifies as conferences with tlio people upon the subject of rail road rates. Tlio mooting at Kearney was a moro satisfactory ono to the people ple than that at Lincoln , but solely for the reason that the people's representa tive was treated respectfully ami not badgered by railway uttornoyd or an noyed by interpolations from members of the board. That which follows at Norfolk will , it is hoped , bo attended by representatives of tlio producers as well as the railroads. It may hnvo little erne no influence upon the board , but the people should not fail to make a presen tation of tliolr grievances. The State Hoard of Transportation cannot escape Its duty by niy sort of subterfuge. It has already postponed action so long that the present crop of small grain will bo largely marketed bcforo action is announced. It is clear to the average observer that the board is far trtoro anxious for an excuse not to modify existing schedules than to provide relief. The rates upon coal , lumber and building material west bound and of coal from Wyoming and'Colorado and the rates upon stock and grain east bound arc those in which the people are 'chiefly ' interested. They do not ask the board for a reduction of average charge per ton per mile upon till classes of freight. They are willing enough to pay the present charges upon ordinary morchandi.-'o if the commodity tarilTs are made reasonable. Without inquiring from the pcoplo the board could eadlly take pencil and pnpuraiul make a comparative table of the rates prevailing in Iowa upon the principal articles of trallio anJ show ono of two things either the talcs are rea sonable or they are unreasonable. If tho.v are reasonable the people should bo so informed. If otherwise the board's duly is clear and its power should bo exorcised. The gentlemen who have appeared before the board thus far on behalf of the producers have made tlio mistake of attacking the .schedules in detail and have dwelt too much upon the rates upon unimportant articles and between points where shipments are of small consequence. The merchants who have appeared at the so-called conferences have not boon dealers in coal , lumber and farm products , but general mo chants. The fact is , thus far the farmers' side of the question has been ovorshsulowod by the shrewdly constructed figures of the freight agents and railroad attorneys , who have confused the issue by tables of rates per ton per mile which have not brought out the exact truth regarding the leading commodities. It is to bo hoped the Norfolk mooting may correct this and give those articles of traffic tlio place they deserve in the discussion. rut : ohi ) sronr. Tho'bookkeeper of a national bank in n , Pennsylvania town is under arrest for having stolen a largo sum of money from the bank. The thefts covered a period of several years , during which time the bank must iiavo boon investigated a number of times by an examiner , and ought to have boon much oftunor by the directors. It does not appear what pro cess the thief employed to conceal his rascality for so long : i time , nor is it important to know. It seems that as teen as a proper examination of the books was made the stealing was I'Anililv i1nff > nt.m1 sn flint llio nifmns used to cover it up could not have been of a very intricate or ingenious charac ter. The truth appears to bo that there was implicit confidence in the book keeper , and although it is now soon that ho was living- beyond his moans , the fact attracted no attention from the bank olllcials until the discov ery of his rascality was made. Mani festly tlio officials wore not giving that clo-io vigilance to what was going on about them that was duo to the inter ests of the people who us depositors entrusted their money to the care of the bank , believing it would bo safe on the presumption that the officials were faithfully doing their duty as the custo dians of this money. It was recently noted that the comp troller of the currency wn-s contemplat ing recommending to congress an amendment to the national banking law moro clearly defining the duties of directorb and making stringent pro vision for the performance of such duties. Such legislation is not only urged by recent developments snowing want of adequate care on tlio part of bank directors , but also in view of the decision of the supreme court that di rectors are not liable for neglect to hold meetings and oxamlno the condition of their banks. The court stood five to four , and the minority hold that the law , in declaring that the affairs of a national banking association shall bo managed by its directors , and that thu directors shall lake an oath to diligently and honestly ad minister them , was not intended that they should abdicate their functions and leave its management and tlio adminis tration of its affairs entirely to execu tive officers , but under the decision of the court they are free to do this with out incurring liability. The fact being that In many cases bank directors are thus indifferent to their duties affords ample reason for amending the law as has been suggested in the interest of both stockholders and depositors. A SUanKSTlOK 20 UK When Hon. Benjamin Iluttorworth , eocnitary of the Columbian exposition .commissioners , was in Omaha some two months ago , ho suggested that several western btatos should unite in erecting a building In Chicago In which each would have an ample space for Its ex hibit. By thus combining the display would bo rendered much more attrac tive than If each state erected its own building and made a separate uxhlhit , while the ono structure could doubtless be built at loss than would be the aggregate cost of several distinct structures. It was stated that such a plan was being con sidered In the east with the probability of Us being adopted by some of thu Now England states. The suggestion is worthy of considera tion by the Nobiasita commissioners. It would be entirely practicable for this stale , Kansas , Iowa , Colorado and Wyoming , for oxiimulo , to unite In putting up a single building In which each would have abundant accommodation , and so grouped together it is unquestionable that their exhibits would receive moro attention than if scattered about in comparatively small separate struc tures. The suggested combination would enable the states named to erect an imposing building , of commanding architectural design , which would bo sure to receive attention not only from all the people of those states visiting the exposition , but from all visitors. In the case of separate displays the chances would bo that tons of thou sands would pass them by , for there will bo so much to bo scon at Chicago in 1893. if half that is now projected Is provided , that only the features of greatest magnitude will re ceive the attention of everybody. The states Wo have named could by the plan suggested make a splendid exhibit , both as to extent and variety , nnd the display of either neither need notcticroachupon or impair the value Of the exhibit of any other. On the contrary , there would bo mutual advantage , and the greater attractiveness secured , all would profit by the combination. The suggestion of Mr. Buttorworth is commended to the consideration of Ne braska's commissioners as ono which they may very properly submit to the attention of tlio commissioners of other states , should it meet their approval as judicious and practicable. With the sum appropriated for Nebraska's exhibit she certainly cannot have a building that would bo creditable to the stato. KX-GV13UNOK FOUAKHU of Ohio , is reported to bo confident of republican success in that state thih year. lie is quoted in a recent interview as giving lmlf-a-scoro of cogent reasons for his faith In the result , and perhaps the best of them is his statement that the ropub * lictin parly is onthu&iabtically united in support of its candidate * . These ex pressions of the ox-governor ought to go far toward correcting the impression en tertained by some that bo is not heartily in favor of Major McKinloy's election , or that in some way ho is disgruntled. Fair-minded men will bo disposed to aocopt the opin ions of Forakor regarding the outlook as given in perfect good faith , and un doubtedly lie will find opportunity to make satisfactory demonstration of this before the campaign is much farther ad vanced. Meanwhile McKinluy is push ing the light with his wonted spirit and vigor , and the situation appears to bo growing bettor for the republicans every day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TlinitK will bo three elections hold in this citv in November on the bamo day and at tlio s.uno polling places. There ate eighty-two election districts and under the law seven election ollicers are required at oacli polling place. The school district , the city nnd the county oaeh holds elections. If each of the cor porations should provide its own election machinery the total expense would bo enormous. There is no necessity for three sets of election officers or election booths , yet unless the three todies got together and agree upon a common course of procedure it is possible that an army of election officers will bo ap pointed numbering lCoO. The registra tion begins thirty days before election and it is now but ton weeks until olec- tlUU , yUb UULllLU UUI1I111U J1U3 UUU11 UU11U in preparation for the event. It is high time the three public corporations ar ranged for 11 division of expenses and roach an agreement as to the details of the registration and election. IT is observed that General Mahono is again makintr himself conspicuous in the republican politics of Virginia , though whether his latest move is intended to bo in the interest of the republican or the democratic party can not easily bo defined. Ho is out with n circular letter advising the republicans not to run can didates for the legislature , urging that the only hope of over getting rid of the present election law , which ho character izes , and perhaps correctly , as infamous , is to leave the democratic party an open field , so that "tho masses will begin to look into the usurpations of their party managers and take concern of their own imperiled liberties and sooner or later tire of tho'ir motho.ds. " There is tin ap pearance of plausibility in Mahono's reasoning , but his past course has so nearly destroyed his claim to confidence that the first thought as to any counsel ho gives is that the safer plan is not to follow it. EVHIIY housekeeper in Omaha should preach and practice the principle of purchasing homo products in preference to those of foreign manufacture. A strict adherence to this proposition will dou ble the number and value of Omaha pro ducts in a very brief period and stimu late the establishment of now factories as well us largely increase the wago- oarnlng population of the city. THK council made a mobs of the matter - tor of furniture for the city hall by in viting bids upon plans and specifications as well as [ urnltuio. Each bidder man ages to oll'or a plan which cannot bo adapted to the furniture of his competi tors. The result in Unit the .city is ollerod competition in plans but not in prices. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CONdltKSbMAN UltUCKUNKIDOn Of Kentucky in his Creston speech was hon est enough to say that the protective tariff bus not made and cannot make America poor. It i hard to bo a demo crat and be consistnnt though it is possi ble to bo a democrat and tell a part of the truth as Mr. Breckenridgo proves by ills apooiih. AN open board of trade in Omaha is the beginning of n great grain market but it Is only the beginning Ware houses , elevators , flouring mills and malt houses must bo built before we can have the market. A MTKliAi. interpretation of the elec tion law would warrant tho'coutity com missioners , the city council and the board of education each to appoint live election officers for the November elec tion. Those appointed by the county board nnd city council could each add two jiidgos , thus giving to each election district nineteen election olllcors each of whom is onMlcd to 30. or Sill for each polling place , , As there are eighty-two polling pltwes itvonld cost $9,318 for election olll ra alone. The three bodies should ngroo--among themselves upon ono sot of afH61al3 for each district nnd all appoint thu same men and thus cut oft the possibility of this enormous and unnccessaryoutlay. Tin : only objection which can bo raised to the icroston blue grass palace Is the fact that the orators of the occa sion wore Colonel Brockonrldgo of Ken tucky and Colonel Donnelly of Minnesota seta , both of whom made nolltieal speeches. The blue grass palace ought to have boon a non-part i.san celebration. Too i fjj to I'ookot. . it Is a wonder thu Oni.iha rlty council docs notsto-tltho city hull and bo done with the robbery Doing perpetrated upon tlio citizens of the metropolis , Tlio Discredited Dollar. Glebe Durnocrat : The policy of pa.vlnp honest debts with dishonest dollars Is ono thut the republican party has always op posed , and that It can never bo induced to accept. The Mortgage Ilalscr. Denver inn. Itl estimated that the three states of ICuiisns , Nebraska and Iowa will this year sell WOO.OUO.OOO . worth of grain. That will work something ol n relief from the moit- gage burden. Calamity Kdltors Crushed. Cl/icfnwUl / Cummcicfrtl. The calamity editors who predicted such disastrous results of the McKtnluy law in this country , uro now In sorrow , boe.iuso the ca lamity of their prophecy has fallen on "tho other sldo of the water. " Must Hustle Just the Same. All the western states and a majority of the southern are in favor of the next national republican convention bolng bold at'Omalm. Indeed , it loolts now as though there would bo but little trouble In securing It. to Hod o. Ft annul Trllmnc. The independents of Nebraska are badly split up on the sub-treasury and government loan vagaries of thi > Cincinnati and St. Louis platforms , and they accordingly avoided these two important measures in their plutfortn. Forgetful ,1'i-ircr. Itillailelithla Call. ' Those farmers' alliance lecturers are puffed up with their own importance. Peffur , in a speech the other day , remarked that "If the Supreme Court does not suit us wo will make another. " The "us" meaning the farmers alliance , of couivio. They really seem to for got that there aio other people and other parties , Governor Tliiiyer uiitl Hastings. y < l : Times. Tlio investigation hasnsvoalod the fact that the Augean stables over at the Hastings asy lum need a cobd do.il of cleaning , and Gov ernor Thaycr is expected to apply the duster with vigor and impartiality. If his friends , whom ho honored with the positions have abused his contidonce and disgraced both him and themselves h6 should not feel any delica cy in removing them vltuout ceremony. Ho ' should flro thorn for h'is owu good and for the good of tbo state , " Prosperity Side Partner. Huston Advertiser. The farmers of the woat are not finding very much fault 'with the Melvinloy bill. During the past mqnth the United States exported - ported ( ) ,41U,775 bushels of wheat as com pared with ,341,3'J3 , bushels in July , 1SS9. In other words the farmers of the west have made from the solo ol their wheat abroad over three times as much money as they did in the sarao period two years ago. Will some body kindly point out any section of the coun try that the McKtiloy ( hill has failed to benefit i an Old Treaty. A proposition to start a naval militia on the great lakes has struck a snag in the pro visions of a troaly made wilh Great Britain in tbo year 1818 , By that trealy Iho naval forces to bo maintained by each nation oa the lakes wore limited to ono vessel on Lake Ontario , not exceeding 100 tons burlhou , and armed wilh ono eighteen-pound cannon ; to two vessels on the upper lakes and ono vessel on Lake Champlaln of like size and force. This is not much of a navy even for a militia force to practicn wil'n. The Irealy , however , can easily bo abrogalod if desired. It is pro vided Hint , "if either party shall hereafter bo desirous of annulling this stipulation , and should give notlcn lo lhal e ffect to the other party , It shall cease to bo binding alter the expiration of six mouths from the date of such nollco. " Democratic Allies. Clilcaij/i Times ( item. ) The farmers' alliance , or llio people's party , may make some impression upon tbo next presidential campaign. In the south they are democrats , In the north republicans in tbo main. Whllo the color line endures they are not likely to make any impression in the southern stales. In Iho norlh ihoy may muster in sulllcient strength to give various states to the democratic party , Minnesota , for instance , or Kansas , or Nebraska , or South Dakota. Lot the supposition bo in dulged that they can carry one or more of those stalesIhere would be no loss to the democratic party. If the election should bo so close that , the farmers' alllanco having carried certain stales , Ihoro would bo no positlvo majority for any candidate In the electoral colleges 'aggregated ' , the choice of a president would , hpn devolve upon the house of representatives ; voting by stales. In such event the republican candidate would bo nowhoro. * * * The democracy have noth ing to fear from'tlio ' farmer's activity in pol itics. The gallofjHado Is the republican party. Though ho may. 119 ] , confess It the farmer is a democratic ally.no , The Anjhj'auito llnlihory. .H/mijjjpo/h / / Jimniul. ' There does no't > appear to be any Justlflca- lion for the propo-ieu advance in the price of anthracite coal iibVl mouth , on the ground of commercial nodosity. ' Tim market lifts { joen far from active , and the leading Pennsylvania operators havoovou complained of a , mnrkot lothargv. The output has been so lurgoJthat the companies have been restricting It'of latu by working four days In the weotc. In this way the output has been cut down from S'J5,000 ' to 72OOJ < ) tons u week and the companies have stipu lated to la-op the August output down to , ' ) , - 000,000 , tons. The supply was u few days ago , nonrly tl ! > 00,000 , tons nhoad of last year , sumo data , r.nil it is admitted that ihero is an oxcesslvo pressure of unsold coil : upon the market. Why should thTJ bo an advance of in cents a tou in circular prices on Sep tember I ( Them U not a partic'o ' of JuMlllcctlon forlt unlobs thu ex'ordso of lliu with of thu an thracite mon may bo called n Justification. The uresldimt of the Lnckaunnna company aid tha other dav that "what is wanted by the coal mon Is a Judicious fiost , ono that will como in such u way ai to blurt household , but not Injure crops. Until something Ilka that comet , the dullness will continue. " It U not bocnuio coal n scarce that the prlco li to bo ndvnnced , There nro dead loads of it , so to A panic , on the market. Thus nvon with tlioilintmiul Incident to lUitunm wontbor , It will no ( IIDlcHilt to Una a good roiuon for an mlvatieo , for the lolnl amount of anthracite rained this year so far U 2'J,5. " > 7,09. > tons com pared with 10iOiSOr ( ) > tons for the sumo ponoil last year. It will take an extraordinary con sumption to make nliolo In this pllo. The Passing of Quny. t'lillililli > ! ilii I'rw < IU ) > . ) The ropubilraiis of Pennsylvania will breathe moro freely tats morning because they hnvo escaped a pn\vo danger. It looked a llttlo whllo nsro in though , who ever iniKht bo nominated at Hnrrlsburg , the real Issue in the campaign would bo Senator Quav. But with a platform adopted not of his making and n tlcUct nominated which Is not of tils choosing with no resolutions adopted en dorsing tun courno of the Pennsylvania sena tors nnd with the alt 'mpt to put a slight oa the president rebuked the convention of yesterday was emphatically not n Quay con vention. With Chairman A ml rows rologatctl to ptivittb life and such nu acceptable and clean icptiblicnn ns Lieutenant Governor Wutres put in his place , the reminders of last year's shipwreck are cleared away ami an unim peded course is opened for republican suc cess next November. or i > KOHiiiss. The La Sulle , 111. , minors , after three months idleness have voted to return to work on the emplo\er's terms. The plant for the now Masonic building in Chicago calls for six bOi)00 ) Watt generators and wiring to 8,000 lights. KllTol. of tower fame , has invented a stool biidgo for use In war. It is miulu in parts and can bo put up in a hurry. After n four mouths' strike for an eight- hour liuv , the Chicago ship carpenters have icsmncd work on the old conditions. Umbrellas made ot paper is a French Idol. By treating the paper with a pelatinod euro mate ol pota'slum it is rendeied waterproof * Wh.it issnid to be the highest tclophono line In the world is ono just completed bo- twceu Mnnitou anil the summit of Pike's peak. ' 1 ho freight movement in the United States may bo simply exuressed by saying It is e'quul to 200Di)0OJO ) tons hauled one mile oacti day of the jcar. The census men found in the United Stitos 11.03li,7 ; > thorjes ) ; ai2Mlr ! , : mules ; litm ( > , 'VJl ' cows : ; 5lib7VG4b oxen and cattle13 ; , lJl,13i ! ( suenp : , " > oiU. ' > ,10ti swine. Tlio Thomson-Houston fautorv at Lynn has a room sot aside for au electrical museum. Thoio are in the collection no fewer than 100 different kinds ot are lamps. Six years ngo there was nota single electric launcli on the Thames. At the Ilenloy re gatta recently no fewer than sixteen were counted by an inteiestoil ob > orvor. A Chicago man has Invented an nutomitlo motor starter by which all the motors at the fair may bo started by the president in Wash- ingtou by simply picssing a button. Many of the Pittsburg gluss companies are placing plants in poiition to mike gas , the natural gas supply bavin ? given ojt. The object is to avoid going back to solid fuel. Railroad managers prefer to graduate their firemen into locomotive engineers rather than take drivers from another road. Three years , ' service as stoker is regarded as a minimum requirement. At the plant of the Pittsburg Reduction company , whore tbo output of aluminium Is about 500 pounds u day of twenty-four hours , the electrical machinery was recently run continoubly for four months. Stock cars nro now built with gates to cross platforms , after the fashion of the vestibule trains. In this way the stock uro loaded atone ono cbuto and "move up forward , ploaso1 until the entire train is filled. riHirh . .1 > inn rni tin f n fitnt'ttifp nttititta itrlttoli wcro attracted to Maumce , O. , owing to the supply of natural gas are compelled , as ale lo ult of the failure ot the gas supply , to seek fuel in the shape of artillcial gas. Are lights on a sugar plantation for the hauling of the crops by night bavo been placed in position by Plantar H. C. Minor , iu Louisiana. Ho will cut over ono thousaua ono hundred acres of cano and has a plant of soventv li.OOO-candlo power are lamps. About two hundred municipalities in Eng land nnd Wales manufacture their own gas , and cities like Manchester and Birmingham receive a profit from the business of from 5JOO.OOO to $ J50,000. Tno public water works yield n surplus of $7,000,000 , nbovo expenses. A model of the Chicago fair is on exhibi tion iu that city. It covers an area of 3,030 square foot. It Is brilliantly illuminated with electricity , the lights on the cascades and fountains changing automatically every twenty minutes in a novel and interesting wuy. wuy.Tho fair building at Chicago is to have a steel chimney 250 feet high. It is calculated to weigh , built up with tire brick and tile , 8.)0 tons , acamst a weight of 700 tons for a similar brick : chimney. It can also ba built quicker and its cost is about CO per coiit of a brick construction. A Kansas City man refused to pay a plumbing company's bill on the ground that the latter was a member of a plumber's association formed to keep up prices. Ho was sustained by a judge , under the Mis souri trust law , which provides that a con tract with a company belonging to a combi nation to govern prices is not valid. "General , " the famous locomotive of the old Western & Atlantic line , captured by Andrews' raiders at Bic Shanty and recap tured the same day nt Hiuggold , is to grace the canitol grounds of Gcoigia by resolution of the legislature The old balloon stack will bo replaced and the old style loolc re stored. The Rush street druv bridge in Chicago is now operated by electricity. A forty ton steam plant perched over ttio center of the roadway has boon discarded and a wire from the station a mile and a half away comes underground to the bridge. The draw is 1310 feet long uud 50 wide , resting upon a turn toolelS foot in diameter. Statistics gathered by Mr. Sluyvcsant Msb , president ot the Illinois Cuutr.il railroad , upon the ownership of railioad stock covers over 60,000 miles , 01 about ono-half ttio entire. mileage of tlio country. Ho linds that out of a total stock capital of Slb75 , iiOl)77 leported but Oj.iiSJ.lS ) is hold In the states where the roads uro located , and that in number of stockholders 113,2.14 out of a total of ll'J : | S rcsldo lu the suites where the roads are op erated. in some of the western states the amount of homo held stock is very ainull. Kansas has 87 per uout , New Mexico ! 3. ) , Ne braska IS , Nevada 20 and Wisconsin 2J , all loss than 1 per cent of the stock reported , ins o rvK-AK.i r w i P it. The neatest woman In town Folits say 1'vo trot lor u wlfo ; And what folks say Is gospel tiuth This tnnu , you bet your llfo , Koturuh mown , situ beats the world On biikin' bread uu' pies ; But her best uolt is lightlu' dirt And uli-e.umvontln' Hies. Her temper's like her pie-crust They're ' both uncommon short ; An1 tho' I'm free-ami-unsy like Sometime : } she maKoa me snort. Thuro an't no souse lu huvln' ' things So dum'd all-llrod neat , Nor sayln' ov'ry ' time I step , "Now , y.ok'el wipe your feet ! " I cau't ' set down in our best room , It is so slick an' spruce ; Pact Is , 'most ' even-thing we've got't Too good for common use. Though next to todllno the book I'uts cleanliness , I'm bound To say Keiurah' * mighly apt Tn i-iin It. lii tha L'l'ound. There mn't no use in klcklu' ; I'm Prop ired to bear mv cross. Some day , porhupi , I'll wear my cro.vu ; Kuturab sbo can't bosi Things around In lieuvor. . An1 since wo'ro told That there nor moth nor rust Comes to corrupt , I guess it's snfa To auy there uln't no dust. But oh , what will Keturah do Within those pearly gates , If she no longer Uud the dirt That she so dearly hates I O'ordhadowod heaven itself will be , Engulfed In awful gloom , When my Koturuh niters in And can not uo a broom. iir rni : HI : i. When President Harrison vlstu Sarnlogi ho will of course drink congress water , The quiet of the early morning nt Ocnnti Grave Is somewhat disturbed by the fr.mtli efforts on the part of the Inhabitants to go milk. At 10 o'clock all the lights nro out lu Ocont Grove. Should you tle-uro to ? co a tiumbci OB ono of the cottage * you must light i match , Kitty I wonder why Clara hurries to hoi ' room whenever she go'ts u lotterl Maud Sim wishes to give the Impression that It's from a man. Every young lady nt LOUR Brancli has shamrock in her shoe , mid with the nlil ol this nnd the chanting of mystical rhymes she hopes to weave for herself n romance. Telling of the best girl swimmer at Asbury Patlc , n Now Yprk World writer nnlnus : "Ilcrnnns muastiie ( so an intimate friend of tier's ' says ) thirteen inches about the bleep * . " At Narraciinsctt Pier the other night n party of young men and women took a Irollo- some midnight plunge Iu the surf , I'ho lark \\ustbo rontlt of a bat.ter. It was a very jolly uffnlr-so Jolly , Indeed , that the attempt to keep It under the rose futlid. Shirley Dare says that the best bathing costume is In purls mitunilllms. If the purls nattiruliuus covers the fee nnd ties up over thu lio.ul like a pig in n bag It might be intro duced at Aabury Park without the wearer running the danger of being arrested. Hev. Splrltwillltig ( at Ocean Grove- ) I wonder If our orders nncitt the wearing of decent habiliments have been barkened unto by the batning sisters ! Rev. Thorlnlloah Ahoml Lot us stray forth by tbe water nud examine Into the matter. Horseback riding has always been a favor ite amusement at the Branch , but this sum mer everybody rides. At 0 o'clock in tbo moining Ocean avenue is tho. scene of many a lively race. There is talk of organizing a hunt. The Held between Elberon and Asbury would make a splendid run. Long Branch has hcun well patroubed , ns have all the resorts' along the Jersov coast. To make up for the loss of racing at Monmouth - mouth Park , the hotel proprietors have de cided on an annual carnival' . It Is to bo held this year nt the West End , nnd nil the Ocean drive is to bo decorated and illuminated. In tl'o square at Newport is a statue of Oliver Ila/ard I'erry , in the attitude hois supposed to have struck when ho lomnrkod that bo had met the enemy and caught on. It is nu attitude worthy of the heavy tragedian 111 n Bowery theater. Facing the statue is Terry's residence , with a bucket shop In ills old parlor. Says a Saratoga writer : "Thoro are two young ell Is hero whoso solo object in life seem to bo to ride a bicycle. They Hash minor ami thither at daylight and dark and are the observed of all observers. They have only just arrived , and it issnid thut they uio from Washington. They dross iu blue , wear tan-colored caps , lawn tennis shirts , tun-col ored shoes and nro barehanded always , and their hair seems to bo cut short. " Bar Harbor boasts of moro beautiful and costly residences than any oilier watering place in America. In local vernacular these residences nro culled cottages , ami the term Is apt to mislead n stranger , who will look for the little one-story vino-embowered building , which the numo suugests , and bo amiucd to see the handsome , stateiy piles of architec ture which greet him at every turn. Bar Harbor "cottages" cost all the wav from $10- 000 to SK'0,000. ' " Ono of the protliost ot the little cottages occupied by tbo members of the Onteora colony In the Catsltllls is that built by Mrs. Mary Mapca Dodge , the editor of St. Nich olas. It is an unconventional abode that shelters its owner for live months in the year ana gives her mush moro genuine conifort than she finds in tier citv homo. There are plenty of hammocks about tbo cottage , books iu profusion , and a largo hearth on which a welcome wood lire crackles on frosty eve nings. Ono room servos for dining-room , parlor and living-room in the cottago. * > iMA.sr.vo , ui > Tii. The remark of the pot to the kettle snciires fresh Hicnlticiinco from GhlcfiKo's crltlnlsm of tlio lu\lty of dhoico luws In South Dakota. Munsoy's Weekly : Time. 3 a. m. Policeman llcru ! SIeve on ! The OcM-itcd Husband Sh hlc she don * say n wor' hlc 1 don' wun' tovuko in' w fo goln' upstairs. New York Journal : i'ouiiK Mother Thh article on Insomnia says thut nplnttif ulu or u hot milk ptinuli will siiucrlmliieu sleep. I'.ither Well , tonight \vlsh vou'd try them both on the baby. FOUNIIKI ) ON HOCKS. I love my love , but uh , 'tis not Ileeunsi' she's fair to oo ; SIrro beauty fades and Is for.-ot- Less transient elmrms for mo ! I love her because her volco Is tender , swcut and low ; Its tones may maUo my linart rejolcd Is that sufficient ? Not I love her not because her heart Is given nil to mo ; Maids may bo tinkle , love depart My prl/u must lasting bo. No this Is why my love will stay , Nor falls mo nordosnonds : She IIIIH a million , piled awuy In solid U. .S. bonds ! DerSobalU : She Is Hint friend of yours whom you are uNpectlns ; 11 tall mini ? lie AboutO fuuti ! Inches. Why do you ask ? Kho Itecunso In thut case I shall htno to dust the ornaments on thu top sliulf. Life : lllshop Gnllem So you think heaven Is ilUu Huston , do you ? Mis. 11. ( fiom the Hub ) Oh. of couiso not exactly i 1 don't expect too much. New York Weekly : Jinks That man does not look \orv smart and yet you say ho hits made a million. \VlnKs himart ? lie's a genius. He's u great Inventor. "you don't say so. What did ho Invent ? " "lie Imented mi upplo ban el that won't hold scuioely anything at nil. " Your heart , you say. Is full of woo , Vouroyes sullnsed with teuis ; The future lies bofoiu you lll.o A dioury wusto of yours ; Yon'ru jomu for vain lo ruts and yon 'Ntiuth trouble should not bow , Because , my boy , 't\s 111 eoiint yoil untight l-'l\o bundled yeuis from now. Detroit I'lee 1'iess : Justice Prisoner , yon seem to have no means of subslstenuo , 1 think I must send vim up. 1'iNoiiur 2u > moans of subsistence ( tuKIn out a hole im s IIISUKU uud a Husk of wblsUy ) , what do i on call thul ? Washington Star : "Tbo tlti.o 1ms come , " said .lenkin's wife , "nhun woman may forsuku the light eplio nural things ot life , and taUe up tbu htuvy subjects , " And nei luMiaml lejolned eurlly , "Arc you golnv tu baUu bieud uxuln Maria ? " Hostoil Courier : I'ap i I und erst and , duu liter - ter , that now suitor of youi.s Is a Ijaso ball ouluhilty/ Daughter Yes , pipu , ho Is tno groatcst shot t stop In tbo coiiimy , 1'ulia short stop. Uif Well , I hoiu > lie will lemember his specially when ho culls on you. Indianapolis .Journal : "Hut are vou not tukliii ! coutlderub o ilslt In loitliiyonr | yomiK muii owe l\ui or three nooks' boaid ? " "Yes , theiu Is some iKk , " answered Mrs. Hashaioft. "Hut tbun , yon sue. ihoy woiry ever It so thut they lose lliolr appetite , ho 1 sa\o monuy In the lung run. " Mnnsuy's WeoUlys She I love all that Is grand , noble , inujestlo and beautiful. Ho Thurik you \ery much , MUs lloiton , but 01 leally you embuiiusi mo. Boston Courier : The boo lull * himself to sluup la the biuem of his family. Washington blur : The Idea of the Kansas farmers' alliance to assess each of HH mem- lion a penny will enuble Us munugers lo get a coiroot conlsm uf tbo voters. YonUors Statesman : A C'lilcftgo tobacconist has named lilH horse Kmi ) Uut. Ho evidently uunsMuis him no "pin ; ; . LINCOLN NEWS. Stnto Singing Societies of Germans Enjoy a Picuic. NUMEROUS TOWNS REPRESENTED , Found Dead at Ilonnetl Fro it lit Iiiin * onuti'r County Probnblo Httouass * I'll I Candidate Cor AsMlHtnut \VarohoiiHO Ltxroi.v , Xeb. , Aug. 2,1.--Special [ to Ttlu But : . ] The singing societies of the state known as the Gorman Maonnorchor hold n , picnic this afternoon at Cushman park. * Over.WO visitors , representing Omaha , Coun cil JilulTs , Gram ! Uland , Seward and Hast ings wore present. About a thousand per sons from Lincoln and vicinity welcomed the visitors. The afternoon and evening were spent lu the pleasant , social manner ctairaclotlsitu of Iho Hermans. Some magnificent vocal selectIons - Ions wore rendered by the Various societies. Dancing and boating occupied thu time uf the jounger inembois. Tomorrow a business meeting will bo held , at Uerinanla hall , POUND nr.AD. Sheriff McClay was summoned to Bennett last night to examine Into the mysteiious deuin ol Otto Webb , formerly proprietor of the depot hotel saloon in this city. Friday evening Mr. Webb left homo and , falling lo retiiin , a search was Instituted yesterday , re sulting in the llmllng of his doud body lu a neighboi's Held. It was supposed that ho died suddenly ot lienrt lailure. There was no oviduiico of foul play and consequently no imjuost was hold , i'ho deceased was well known In this utty. 'jm ' He leaves a wife and seveial children. ruosr. There was a slight frost in Lincoln and the sunoundlng country last night , but as fur in . an be learned no danmiru was done to crops , Tnero is every Indication this evening that there will bo a heavy frost tonight. It is not thought , however , that It will aitect the com crop in this vicinity. . A. o. n. cm.rmuTioN. On Wednesday , August " 0 , the Ancient Order of Hiborlan organization of Lincoln will hold u grand celobratlon and picnicnt Cuslimau park. Ancient Older ol Itiuoriim societies from all portions of "ho state will bo in attendance. The exorcises will bt ! varied and interesting , among them exhibi tions of skill and strength in athlullo sports , liasoball , dancing , boating , otc. A largo at- Lendanco is expected. \ \ UlUlULSi : I\-l'KCTIOX. The members of the State Bo.ud of Trans- [ lottation will piobably appoint Mr. U. P. Thompson ot St. Louis , us assistant to Chief Grain Inspector Blanchard. Being ac quainted with other branches of the work Mr. Thompson will probably perform the duties of register and wolclimaster , nt least for the inspection uf grain on the track Until the ofticacy of the law is established lucre will bo very little else to do. The mem burs of the board htivo agreed upon Tuompson , but the appointment has not m.ido , Mr. Thompson was at the capital yestetdav to mui't the board. Ho is conlident that tno waiohouso law of Ne braska will bo a success nnd honafit , arid that tlmo will convince its opponents ol the fallacy of their argument against it. The county central coinmlttooof the pee ple's Independent pirtv met last evening. An election of oflicers took place as follows : Chairman county central committee , W. T. Wright ; secretary and treasurer , S. S Jones. It was decided to open headquarters in the hall over Baker's ' clothing htoro Sep tember 1 , and the snmo bo kept open until the election is over. The stale central com mittee sent notice that it had opened head quarters in tbo Limlull hotel. The usual routine work of the committee followed , after which ox-Attorney General Leeso and A. W. Ciomwoll made speeches on the platform of the party nntl thu light of the coming campaign. OIAMS M\V 111:0110XIZE. : . Now that the Lincoln Baseball olub Is dead , Pitcher Castono of the Giants hopes to bo ublo to reorganize his team and llnisli the season in Lincoln. The management has do nated the nso of the H street park nnd witu a little outside help as a starter Mr. Castono feels confident of tils ability to furnish Lin coln people with a very good series of games. Dates with such clubs ns Plattsmouth , Hast ings , Fremont and Beatrice would bo made and occasionally with an association loam. It is probable that the grounds at Lincoln park will be used for Sunday games iu the event of reorganization. ODDS AJI > nsns. The supreme court convenes September 15. Cases must bo lllod on or before August 'JO. Friday next the State Relief commlsslor will hold Its last meeting mid oudcavot wind up its affairs. There Is a disposition do this as speedily as possible. II there nro any bills outstanding the bonrd would bo pleased to have thmn presented at once. The State Board of Health has granted , some ! ! 00 cortillcutos to physicians. About twenty applications wore laid usldo for thorough - ough Investigation , iho diplomas being not altogether satisfactory. Will Duncan has decided to change liji place of business to the building on N struetT next to the Exposition store and midway bo- twocn Eleventh and Twelfth streets. A Sc.ifliilo lirnnm. The deadly simp kodak precipitated a row between husband and wife at Asbury this week , says the Philadelphia Press. The young business man and his wile wore board ing at a North Asbury park hotel. Stopping nt the same house was a hiuuUoino miss from Baltimor ? . The married man became smlttou wilh Iho fair maid from Iho Onolo City spent hour after hour in her company. Fri day , when ho thought his wlfo was down town on a shopping tour , ho was ongjigod in a teto-u-lolo wilh his clmrmer. Tbo pair oc cupied n hummock out in the shaded back yard of the hotel. The Jealous wlfo discovered her husband , and the nightDf the pretty creature by bis side caused her heart strings to Ilultor. Her husband's ' arm was about tbo girl's waist and the young croaUuo allowed the other hand to hold hers In a tightened grasp. Her shapely head just touched his shoulder , and the slow swinging of the hummock kept time to tha honeyed worils ho was pouting Into her ear. Wilh nor face crimson and tier heart beat ing like a buss drum , the man's wlfo quickly procured her kodak nnd then stele softly along the path unlll slio was o'oio enough to gel a good focus. She Irembled violently nnd was several llmas on the verge of springing forwmd wt h n scream ami loarlng cellful couple apart. But she bit her lips and kept back her emo tions. Raising the camera Just high enough to catch both her husbnml and his new found love , she pressed Iho button and the ovl- doneo of her hubby's faithlessness bad been Indelibly recorded Then , with the camera behind her , she coughed In n spasmodic , gasping sort of volco.Tho couple In Iho ham mock full out. There was a tableau and then a wild scramble. The citllty husband Jumped tbu fence and tbo Balliinoro girl hurried Into tlio house. For au hour after lhal the woman with the camera sat In tlio snmo hammock and looked with palld face line the Irco tops. On Thursday there were throe less boarders than the day before , and pcoplo wondered how It happened that n pleasant parly should be so suddenly broken up. Thu remainder ol iho siory will probably bo told In the dlvorca court. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report