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THE OMAHA DAll/r BliHB : ftATUKDAY , SMi'TESMBEJl 5 , 1801. DAILY BEE. _ _ - j-OSBWATKU ( Kl)1Ton. PUBLISH HI ) KVKHV MORNING. TKIiMS 01' misbitil'TION. ' Dally llrto ( without "nudity ) Olio Your. . I R M D.Uly mid Hiindny , UMO Year . 10 MX months . w Thrco Months . . . . 2 52 Niimlny Hi'0.0nu v nr . ? hnturdHy Hoi * . OIID Vunr . J J Weekly lice. Ono Year . . . IW Onmha. The Iteo llulldlnz. Houtli Oniiilm. cornnr N tin I Sfltli Stroolt. ( 'c > iin < ill HltilTit , 1' ' I'aarl Htruut. JlilofteoOnii'u , HI" Chamber nfCuniimirce. Now York , Hoonm 13. 14 und IVTrlliiina UulMIng Washington , 5ii : ruurtuunth Htruut. All coiiiiniililoiilloiH rellltlnz to news find ndltorl.il in.itt'T ' uliould bo addrosnod to the Kdllurl.nl Di-partim-nt. III'HINIIHS I.BTTKH8. All huftlnr s letters und remittanceflhoilld ) bo addrusvj'l to Tlio lieu I'libllshlnK Company , Omnhn. 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I'"or tlio In order to pivo over.v rosidor in this Btnto nnd To\va nn opportunity to keep posted on the progress of the campaign in both thcsn Htutos wo Imvo decided to offer THK WUKKIW BKE for tlio balnnco of this yoftr for twonty-fivo cunts. Send in your orders early. Two dollars will bo accepted for n olub of ten names. THK BEE PUIIMSHING Co. , Omaha , Nob. HAND-JIK-DOWN showers will soon bo on sale by rain-makors everywhere if this tiling goes on unchecked. PEKHAt'S it Is till right , but people generally would like to know by what sort of trade n brother of a member of the Board of Education managed to bo eoloctod as janitor of one of the largest schools of the city. THE cotton crop of the south is as un paralleled as the grain crop of the west Providence has so arranged those inci dents , because it is in the south and west chiefly that the calamity shriokors are assailing Hit * goodness. COAT , from BtilUIo to Chicago is $1.75 per ton ; from Chicago to Omaha $3.20 per ton. This is not fair , and the rail roads know it is not fair. The distance Is practically the sumo from Chicago to Buffalo as from Chicago to Omaha. WEIJSTEK FLANAOAX has boon ap pointed collector of customs for the port > of Elposo , Tex. This is What-aro-wo- hoar-for-Plunasran. His appointment may bo regarded as a proof of the merit .of the inquiry which has become associ ated with his name. DULUTH now enjoys a IOWOP rate than , Chicago on coal from Buffalo. Duluth and Omaha ought to bo closer friends. Wo should cultivate the acquaintance of n port on the great hikes which can undersell Chicago , especially when that port is nearer than Chicago to this city. KENTUCKY finally captured the oflleo of chief of the horticultural department at the World's lair. California has hor- Bolf to blame forloslng this place , which to her is of parmaount importance. It was another case of two dogs fighting over a bcnu and its capture by a shrewd crow. ONLY twelve veterans from Nebraska participated in the review tit Grand Island , but they vnpy appropriately marched behind a brass band composed of Indian boys from the Genoa Indian Hohool. When the civil war was on Ne braska had more Indian than wlilto in habitants. THE great American hog will hereafter - after bo given a fair show in Germany , provided ho good over projKsrly tagged nnd certified to. Mr. William Walter Phelps , minister to Borlln , may hereafter - after wear his bangs without criticism. The American farmer is satisfied they cover a great head. A. J. WICSTKAI , ! , , people's party can didate for governor of Iowa , appears to bo a rule or ruin politician. Having ut terly failed in his efforts to compel-tho alliance of the Hlovonth congressional district to go into politics , ho and his faction liavo withdrawn from the Iowa organization and Imvo declared their nlloglanco to tlio southern alliance. THKSE howling calamity orators who would in Unto the currency in order that thu per capita of circulating medium shall bo increased , should go to .vrgen- tlno Rouublio , That unhappy republic has "money" in circulation equal to $200 per capita enough to dc the business of tiio country on n cauh basis. Nevertho- Io3s , a gold dollar down there ia good for about $11 of fiat money , and times uro desperately hard. A WKSTr.UN Nabraska citizen claims to Imvo discovered process for molting the sand hills into glass of suitable rhapo for building material. It is to bo liopod the gonUonmn knows what ho is talking1 about. The style of gla < 3 * houses ho would probubly orout would bo in no danger from neighborhood atones , but would solve a problem of considerable ronttoquoneo In a treeless , atonoloss re gion so far from building material mar- hots. Tiro-MtliK T.IMIT HAMOXH. County Attorney Mahoney , in n com munication to TIIK Hun , points out the difficulties In his way of prosecuting the saloon kcopora within the t\vo-mllo limit for soiling liquor without license. Mr. Mahoney very truthfully remarks that while it Is mndo his duty to proiocuto olTendora , the law does not create him n dotoctlvo or oxpoot him to procoo'l against violators of law without evidence of their mis- doinonnors. Ho therefore Invites par ties who know that saloon keepers uro soiling liquor without lli-enso to make formal complaints and give him the namoM of witnesses , usstirlng the public that ho will not bo slow in prosecuting the olTotidors. Tlio county attorney also calls attention to the fact that ho is without the neces sary funds to pay the costs in such cases. Tlio county commissioners cati rollov'j him frrfm this diflioulty. There should bo , f there is not , u special fund for the use of the prosecuting ollicor in ornor- "gondes not sulliclontly covered by law. Probably if it became necessary to ad vance any reasonable sums for the pur posetho commissioners would cheerfully remunerate the officer making the ad vances. However , Mr. Mahoney should invite the r.ttonlion of the board to the nllo od violations of the license law and ask for a special fund for prosecution. Ho should llkcwlBO inform the board of the proper method to pursue in securing the licenses to the county fund. It is clear that unless the matter is brought to the attention of the commissioners officially they will take no action. It is intimated that the saloonkeepers have boon informed that they will not bo dis turbed and probably in return for the coui-toay they will uho their inlluenco In the coming elections as may bo desired by the accommodating boaid of com missioners. However this may bo , the Important fact remains that there nro anywhere- from forty to fifty saloons in the hitherto prohibited district. The law oxurossly provides that saloons shall pay n license of not less than $ .300 each in that district. The penalties under the Slocumb law for violations of its provisions are very snvoro. The natural inference is that saloonkuoporH would not bravo these penalties except upon an agreement or understanding implied or otherwise granting them im munity from prosecution. The county school fund is losing at tlio rate of S500 per annum upon each saloon which should bo licensed , possibly $20,000 in tlio aggregate for the year , and yet no action whatever is taken to collect this money , and so far as can bo judged none is contemplated. This is all wrong and the county commissioners wilt hear something unpleasant drop if they con tinue to neglect their duty in providing- for the collection of the money duo the county under the law from the roadhouses - houses and saloons. EFFKCTS OF THK A'Kll' TARIFF. There Is a crrcat deal of fiction nnd false representation regarding the effects of the now tariff , which wont into operation cloven months ago , and it is well to have official statistics show ing the results under it. These are furnished in an article by the cniof of the Bureau of Statistics at Washington , approved by Secretary Foster , and pub lished in the Now York Recorder. The act being designated "An act to reduce the revenue , etc. , " Mr Brock shows that this purpose has been effected , the decrease of receipts from the customs during the tort months from October , 1890 , to July , IS'Jl , inclusive , being $20.000 , ; ! ! ! , ns compared with a like period of the preceding year. But the duty on sugar was not romov.ed until April 1 ot the present year , and a comparison of the four months following that date with the corresponding months of 1800 shows the reduction in customs receipts to have boon over $30,000,000. During this period of ton months after the enactment of tlio law the imports of merchandise increased nearly $21,000,000 as compared with the corresponding months of the previous year , and the value of inor- chiuullho imported free of duty during the respective periods was 47.23 per cent and 31.09 per cent of the total im ports during each period , it being Im portant to remember that in tlio ton months from October , 18S9 , to July , 1890 , inclusive , the value of the imports was Iho largest In the history of the gov ernment. The increase in the imports or morcnnnulRO uumiuou iroo 01 duty , in the period Indicated , was about $100.- 000,000. Another very interesting' fact stated by the chief of the Bureau of Statistics is that during each of the fiscal years 1880 and 1890 the duty col lected upon our Imports was $3.02 per capita of the population , while if the duties for the twelve months of 1891 should continue as they have during the four months since April 1 , the duty per capita of population will bo $2.59 , or $1.03 loss than under the old law , which Is the smallest per capita duty since 1803. Our foreign commerce increased to the value , In round numbers , of $53- 000,000 during the ton months follow ing the enactment of the present tantt law , about $21,000,000 representing the increase in imports and $32,000,000 the increase of exports. The average annual increase of our foreign commerce for the past ton years having boon about $18,000,000 , it thus appears that the augment ot this commerce for ten months undur the now law has been nearly throe times as great as the an nual average Incroasa For the next ten months the assurance is that the lu- cronso will bo very much greater , since Europe must have all of our surplus broudstulTs and the opening of the Gor man and French markets for our hog products will add largely to our exports. At the same time th > reciprocity ar rangements entered into will muko en larged markets for our products , partla- larly In the Spanish West Indies. Another valuable fcmturo of this ox- liiblt is a showing by a comparison of wholesale prices for the months of July , 1890 and 1891 , that prices have de creased .rather than ip.ereiksod. Cotton cloth , printed cottons , Iron nails , stool nails , steel rails , binders' Lwlno nnd sugar are quoted as liavlng boon cheaper In July of this year than in the same month nf 1890. Those facts merit careful consideration , and present nn argument In defense of the existing tariff law which the opponents of that measure will find It very difficult to robut. Tin : /ini'AACH or itncirnobtrr. Tho.nnnouncoment IB made that the president of Mexico IIIH appointed a minister plenipotentiary to arrange a commercial reciprocity treaty with the I Til Hod States. It appears that this action had boon expected at Washing ton , an understanding having boon reached shortly after the adjournment of the last congress , between the Mexi can minister and the State department , that the subject would bo taken up this fall. The minister resident of Mexico has , it seems , boon engaged in the preliminary work of a treaty , and as ho understands very thoroughly what is required from experience In the negotiations of the treaty made and ratified during the administration of President Arthur , but. which was ren dered inoperative by the action of the house of representatives , tlio diplomat ist sent by the Mexican government to perform this duty ought to find little diffi culty in coming to an agreement The ac tion of President Ola/ gives renewed ovl- denco of his desire , hitherto plainly expressed - pressed , to have established closer com mercial relations between Mexico and the United States , nnd as the present condi tions are moro favorable to such a result than wore thosn of olirht or nine years ago it is reasonable to bo expected that a satisfactory arrangement can bo ef fected without great trouble or delay That a fair and equitable reciprocity treaty with our neighbor , republic , one that will bo mutually advantageous , is to bo desired it is presumed few will ques tion. When the extent of that country's trade Is considered , its proximity and its possibilities , It would seem that reciprocity with it promises larger ben efits to the United States than can bo derived from this policy with any other of the republics of this hemisphere. As it is our trade with -Mexico has been steadily growingy but under existing conditions it will bo a great many years before our manufacturers can hope to dislodge European competition , whereas , that might bo practically accom plished in a very short time under reciprocity. It is signifi cant that every American interest in Mexico is favorable to closer commercial intercourse between the two countries. The treaty with Spain wont into effect , in part , on the first of the present month , and good results are expected from it within a short time. Our experts - ports to Cuba and Porto Rico in 1890 wore to the value of about $15,000,000. They are likely to bo nearly double that amount next year. The latest informa tion regarding the treaty with Vene/.u- ola is , that it has not been re jected absolutely , but that the Ve nezuelan government has asked that certain modifications bo made necessary to prevent a heavy loss of revenue which it could not stand. Salvador is seeking reciprocity with every probability of securing it. That policy continues to advance , and its progress will undoubt edly bo accelerated when Mr. Blnino returns to Washington , as it is now expected ho will do , early in October. IOWA members of the alliance will not bo coaxed , bulldozed or tricked into tlio third party movement. They will stand by their own organization and permit the politicians who seek to rauko a polit ical muchino of the alliance to slough off into Colonel Folk's southern con glomeration. The Iowa farmer knows lee much to bo hoodwinked by Oeala platforms , Cincinnati conventions and democratic maneuvers. THK movement for a free kindergarten and the organization of a Kindergarten association is making headway. Within a short time ono of thp loading advo cates of tlio Froebol systcmji lady who is in charge of an institution for the in struction of teachers in Chicago will visit Omaha aud deliver a public address upon the interesting and important topic of kindergarten instruction. IF UNCLE JKKKY will call In'his rain maker from Texas , whore people care very little for water , and have him di rect his time and moans to "smudging" against early frosts.in this country , the old man from Wisconsin can have the Nebraska delegation for president in 1892 , provided of cour&o that the smudges successfully stave oil frost until after our corn matures. LIC sentiment in this judicial dis trict probably favors the ro-oloe- tlon of the present district judges. The republican and democratic judicial con ventions should kcop this in mind and not fall into the independent error of at tempting to replace throe of the best men on the bench by three aspiring pol iticians who have yet to win their spurs at the bar. WAUD organizations for the discussion of municipal affairs largely after the or der of the Now England town mooting should bo organized all over the city. Nothing makes and keeps an official con science so tender as the reflection that neighbors and acquaintances are care fully following the public acts of the of ficer with the conscience. THK success of the Douglas county fair this week Is sufficiently encourag ing to warrant thu hope that hereafter the ' Douglas County Agricultural asso ciation and Omaha oxpo.-tltlon will unite to provide an annual entertain ment here which shall attract largo concourses of people from the entire re gion tributary to Omaha. VISION'S of luxurious apartments for each other "in the now city hall have been dissipated In the minds of the city officials from mayor to dog'C.itchor by the discovery that the available cauh for fur niture is oiio-half loss than was expect ed. Leather topped sofas and mahog any rolling topped desks vanished with the dreams. Sorni OMAHA ns a stoclc market is steadily forging to the front and prov ing its unequaled advantages and loca tion by superior prices. As an instance the Buffalo ftc/io / cites the experience of two cattle companies of northern Wyom ing. One shipped to Chicago and the other to Omaha on the same day , The Omaha prlco\ui s$3.35and the Chicago price * 3.16. . , GOVKUNOU . ? , fMKS E. BOYl ) dosorvc ( ' the ovation given him at the opening o Ills new thciUor1 and the eloquent trib utes to hl Vhfyrpr'lso which fell from the lips of Hum tlolin M. TluiiMton found quick response In the lionrts of the citi zens present , ho city of Omaha owes Governor BoyUi a debt of gratitude for two elegant nmnsomont palaces. THK Burllnjfrtjjn people hero Insist that they are not ipushing the Montana ex tension at prt&ant. So much the worse for tlio Burlinulon people , for there is no line of railway which will boar pushIng - Ing so well or pay for enterprise so soon. Tin- Hinting Gliibt-Dcmorrat. The harmony between Hill and the Clove- liviul'iiioii in the gatherings of the democracy In Now York bav reached the rioting stage. In those encounters , however , ns welt nswlth ho ballot , the Hill inon always win. That's \Vliut It IH. St. Ami OMie. O mnli ( i Is not sutlatlod with the plans for Its federal building. It Is spoktm of ns n "structure ordinary In conception and lack ing In distinguishing characteristic * . " That cannot bo the doslga selected farthest. Paul odlllco. Kiniiliitini ; Great Men. J'/iUiKfclp/ifci / 1'rtn. Ciusar crossed the Rubicon , Napoleon crossed the Alps , Washington crossed the Delaware , nnduowBalmnccdn Is crossing the Andes. But the last earned gentleman Is doing It as n matter of necessity , and , there fore , with loss dignity than his three military ancestors. _ One Year of Hitnitnry Ucforin. Sanltaru lira. About two years ago , says an exchange , there was organized la Italy the most com plete sanitary system probably in the world. Wo now have ono year's results. In 1888 there wore recorded n total of 442,122 casas of the POVOU principal zymotic dlsoasos ; whllo In 13s ! ) from the same diseases there were only 1200,107 cases , or nearly 150,000 saved by the first year's work ! ma iitii'SHinia &C.M.V/MC. Kansas City Star : Marie Votzora Is douu. It is positively Koown that she did not die of old ngo or the grip. In other respects , how ever , particulars vary. St. Louis KopubUc : The true stories of the death of Prince Rudolph of Austria nro all very interesting ns showing the possible state of things in royal dlrclos. Philadelphia Press : Hudolph escaped In this world the punishment for.hls double crime , but the extinction of the direct line of the Hapsburgs , and the probably shaky suc cession of the collateral branch or Esto , will doubtless keep tia Austrian statesmen figur ing on the amount of retribution duo for the tragedy of Mayorling for generations to como. Chicago Post : Such is the hideous story now told with every nppcaranco of truthful ness of ono of the most remarkable tragodlos of recent years. The world , has sympathized abundantly with the stricken emperor nnd empress for the love of their son nnd heir. It should spare n ttarfor , the loss exalted but moro worthy parent whoso causes for grief nro oven greater than theirs. Philadelphia Kocbrd : It Is poor business. Having dispensed with royalty In this happy country it may noVbo unwise "to expaso tno occasional woaktiOs'sos , moan ness nnd hypro- crisy of royal p'o'rso'nagos ; but it Is not worth while to rake over-old feculence In order to Klvo n now fillip to Jisgnst. That task should bo loft to writers far the press in countries where it ! jiocossuliy to disabuse the popular mind by disrobing' , royalty of the divinity with which It is hedged around nnd showing It up for what it In. Alt THUlli : , EOAXt Now Haven Register : Eirnn's head should como off before It Is forced 6ft at the request of the now Chilian government. Washington Star : Perhaps Minister Egnn Is Ueopinu his address quiet so that any pos sible letters of rocnll can't roach him. Kansas City Times- The worst feature of the congressional victory in Chill is tnnt Pat Egan will bo sent back to this country before the expected time. Kansas City Star : If Pat Egan goes down with Balmaueda It will bo necessary to buy moro fireworks to celebrate in this countrv the victory ot the congresslonallsts In Chili. Now York World : Mr. Egan should bo recalled at once. His punishment should not bo loft to Chill ; It should bo Inflicted by the government whoso trust ho has betrayed. Chicago Herald : Never In the diplomatic history of the country has nn American min ister so thoroughly discredited himself abroad and an disgraced aud humiliated the nation ho represented. Chicago Times : Mr. Egan has lost nn op portunity for distinguishing himself aid of enabling the great American secretary to present a sample of tbo spirited foreign iiollov of which the republic has heard so much and seen so little. Buffalo Courier : If Minister Egan contin ues to recognize the Butmacodn government , which Is the only ono that will recognize htm , ho will have to imitate John Pone and date his dispatches to Washington : "Iload- ! in the saddlo. " Washington Post : Can it bo possible that the professional Irishman from Nebraska has been lost In the shuflloj Lot us hope that there Is a bare possibility that this is the rase. In any event , no reword should bo offered for the honorable Pat's return t.n t.hU country. Chicago Naws : The probabilities nro that while the contending forces of the two Chil ean parties have been ut each other's throats , whllo the Department of State nt Washing ton has been "waiting to hear from Egan" Egan has boon quietly taking care of Egan in the easiest and most circumspect manner possible. lM.S3J.VfiJ&SlW. . The rural fad Is to iininn all hey babies horn without SOCKS Jurry Simpson. HiifTalo Rxprcss : Dolloy Do you think that luurrluiio Uu iloL'llnliiK Institution ? Maud- No ; but refusing chuiivas to iiiurry Is. The Now Jersey t\as \ who lilt the dog catcher had hU day , niuiiiqs loimbly. YiinKco Ttludo : .I-'md Are you Hiiro you nro u uulcomn visitor at Miss llrlKhl's house ? Ulmrllo CM. yiK'ltJho iil\vavn taUua thu cluck out of the room when I call. Now York Sun : ' "iVs u hlossud good thltiK , " said Miiwson , as ho Ciucd on th oooaii , ' 'Its a liluisod good thlnloi tbo ocean's bottom Is bOlld. , i i " \ " \Vliyf" . "Think of what a RHysor thero'd ho on the other sldo of the earth If It loukucl ? " npoch : riiyKloInn Do you over tnkooxor- olsiiV n'u ( Jholly Aw ya-iibrrl well my own olgah- wottos. 0 n HpnttVhnt nY/liMir / walk Ooslln 1ms ! liloohuiiiprr Yj-ajilthnt's thu lato.it-Just uamu over. It's IVoeb's limp. Soinorvillu Jour'iuvi ' ; "What Is the ( vislost way to loam tlipjlilib/t of holf-diinlalV" aslaula biuliaii ; ! of a phlioMtlimur. and the phllusouher ropllod promptly-O > "Watch your wfo. | " Tlinru'tf whiskers on the nyramlds , TlioMi wondi'rfiil o'd Drops Of Isis itii.l UsIiN , And tboy.uro "icuittn ) Cbooju. " New York Herald : ! ) cnr Jnko L'onio tomor- rou nvunlii'j , Hiiro , l'a | > IH at liomu , but Is liild up with ahoru foot. Sen ? GniiA Duiir Cora I can't come tomorrow ovonlni ! . I uni l.ilil upon account of your papa's aero foot. i co ? JAKE. I'lilludolohlii Lcdvcr : The Unltnd Status coiiKiil ut I'ort-au-l'rliH'O ihuiiartis that "Illu- liolvto It. not so hliick : is lin IN palntml. " 1'ru- vlous ilo-crlntlons maun him out a brunette about us dink us the iico of sp.ulos. Capo Cod Itiinii Ills Komuwliat paradoxical hut iiovurihuluvi true that tliu man who U In thu bablt of KCttliig tlifhtUro urdud as a man vrhoto habits are loosa Columbus I'ust : KUMild that whii tl.oy accused ( i'oiij.TO.snianunnnii of Illinois of uok ii ? Ilko ( Julloni huuot in d und went off. 1.1VIM ri/jy on its. The KnglMh campaign for the election of ft now house of commons has already practl cally begun. Candidate * may not bo named nor polls opened for mouths , or a jreur , to como. Hut the men who nro to illsposo eco co ml I ( lutes nro named , nnd the books wnlch nro to govern the polling nro made up. The registry system In Great Britain differ * In iiomo roipoct * from that in vo uo hero , for ono thing , In that the registering tnko plnco so long before the voting. It Is , however , uorhaps oven moro than here , the llrst skirmish ot the electoral battle , la wniol very largely the fnto of the whoto contest Is decided. On the 1st of August the overseers published their lists of voters In various classes. Thcso have boon posted at the doors o' churches , public oftlces nnd elsewhere , so ns to glvo nl persons opportunity to Inspect them. For three weeks they wore thus displayed , and during that time claims might bo tiled for the Insertion of now names or the removal ol names no longer entitled to bo thoro. This period of popular scrutiny and revUlon ex pired on August" ! , and the lints were then turned over to the registration courts. The latter will bogln their work this week , con sidering and Investigating carefully all claims that hnvo bean Hied , and flnaliy revising the lists In accordance therewith. This task must bo completed by Oetooor 1Tho rolls of voters thus prepared will como Into force at the beginning of next year , and will form the basis of the next general election. # Emperor William's pot project of n Central European Oustomi league npponra doomed to failure. Switzerland has definitely aud curtly rejected the Invitation ot Germany to enter thci zollvoroln. Her manutacturi ng In dustries are already heavily handicapped by German competition , and far from being de sirous to extend increased facilities of access and trade to her teutonic rivals , she hat re solved to bar them out by me.ius ot a high tan ft wall. It is practically certain that Switzerland's rejection of the Berlin over tures will encourage Italy to follow her ex ample. For the Industrial and commercial crisis In King Humbert's dominions Is too ncuto to ndmlt of any treaty binding the kingdom to n commercial union with Ger many , thereby closing the prolltnblo French markets to Italian produce. Nor 1s It by any means certain that the zollvoroin recently concluded between Germany and Austria , and so oxultlngly announced by Em peror William ou the eve of his visit to England , will receive that ratine.i- tlon of the German rolchstng and of the Austro-Hungarlan delegations which Is requisite before the provisions ot the agree ment can bo put Into legal force. All the manufacturing interests of Austria aud Hun gary nro hostile to the convention , which , in affording free access into the dual empire of Gorman goods , Involves disaster to their In dustries. Nor Is antagonism to the agree ment conllncd to Austrlnn manufacturers. For It moots with nn oven stronger opposition on the part of the important agricultural Inter ests in northern , and above all , in southern Germany. It is ns representative and mouth piece of the powerful agricultural element that Prlnco Bismarck Is to take his seat in the Imperial parliament when it next moots , for the purpose of loading the popular oppo sition to the unpopular convention , which was dovlsod by Emperor William , not In the interests of commerce and Industry , but with the object ot binding the treaty powers moro closely to his government In a political and military sense. * * The navigation of the Dardanelles Is again looming up 0.3 n disturbing factor In Europ ean politics. Under existing treaties the control of tbo historic straits which connect the waters of the Mediterranean with the Bind : Sea is vested in the Turkish govern ment. The straits are recognized as within the territory and under the Jurisdiction of the sultan , and they nro closed against war vessels of every foroiga nationality. This closure , whllo general In Its application , affects Russia vastly moro than any other country , and it has been the occasion of a controversy between the Russian and Turk ish governments the conclusion of which is full of sinister suggest ! vonoss. A Russian vessel passing through the Dar danelles to the Mediterranean had boon de tained by the Turkish authorities , and for this the St. Petersburg government de manded satisfaction. The satisfaction has been given. After a feeble attempt to Justify the action of his ofllclals upon tbo ground that tbo vessel detained was a transport , and therefore within the prohibition of existing treaties , the sultan is said to have made a complete surrender of his position. An apology hu * boon offered nnd a precedent established the Issues of which are likely to bo momentous. As the matter stands , Russia nas scored larger privileges In the Darda nelles thau uro accorded to any other nation. A transoart U not exactly n man-of-war , but it is the next thing to it , ana having forced the ono concession , Russia will not bo slow to Insist upon the other. Oughts Tlmt Tliny r Overlooked. Hi anil Mitntl iiiileiitii'lent , Messrs , Test and Llvoriiighouso have re signed and their resignations tiuvo been ac cented. Tills Is good as fur ns It goes. But It does not go far enough. Sufllclout ovl- deuce has bten brought against them to justify their suspension , If not dismissal , by the governor. And the governor ought have long ago acted promptly , suspending them. And ho ought to have sent back to them their resignations , In which both of those men have Lho Impudence to accuse and abuse the Board of Public Lands and Buildings , and to repre sent themselves as the Innocent victims of this board. A simple nud plain resignation ought to have boon demanded without denun ciations ugomst the board , which sound rather indecent In tbo mouths of such men as Test and Ltveringhouso. llorc'H a Democratic View. Itcatrtce IJennrnit. Test nnd Llvoringhouse , n pair of ropub- lean rascals convicted before the eves of the mullc If not before the courts , have been nl- owed to ruslgn their positions In the Ilnst- ngs asylum Instead of being punlsnod. Ttioy nro neatly whitewashed , but there Is not onoupli lima in the combination to disinfect them. JIT tiWKKTHK.lUT. lJHe-/irar. Whenever I play on the old guitar The songs that my swuotneart taught me , \ly thoughts ao back to thu summer time When llrst tu her tolls uliocaught mo ; And once again 1 can bear the sound Of her gleeful voice blown over Tbo meadow , sweet with the scent of thyme , And pint : with the bloom of clover. Iho faded ribbon Is hanging still Where her dimpled lingers lied It 1 used to envy It stealing round Her nee It , for she did not chide It ; Aud the inlaid pearl that her ringlets touched As she loaned above It lightly jlow3 even now with a hint otgold That It once reflected brightly. Whether hnroyes were blue as the skies On u noonday In September , Or brown like tboso of a startled fuwu , I can't for the world remember ; lut when she lifted them up to mine ( know that my young lioirt United li time to the tender tune she sang And the airy chords she jingled. Vet now , though 1 sweep thu dusty strings By her girlish spirit haunted , Till out nf thu old guitar tlio re trips A melody , blithe , enchanted , itv pulses kcop un their even way And mv heart has ceasuu Its dancing , For somebody oUo slU under tun a poll Of the tonga ana sidelong glancing. ANXIOUS TO GIVE BATTLE , Bloody Fight Over n School House Nar- rowlj Averted , OFFICERS THREATENED WITH PEATII , ClinrlcsVolMtoiMiml Wltool' ImnonH- tor Confront n 1'osso AVItli Glint Heady for Action Lincoln NCWH Notrs. LINCOLN , Nob. , Sopt. 4. [ Special to THE BKIJ.J Gcorgo W. SUblor , moderator of school district No. 1'JO , North BluiT precinct , tiled a runmrknblo suit In replevin In the county court asking for the Immediate pos session of n school house which U being un lawfully converted by Chariot Wohstor nnd hU wife Nnnoy. From Stnblor's ' story It ap pears that there hat boon some exciting scenes connected with the possession of the house. About six years ago Mrs. Webster's for mer husband , by the name of Gorlneh , of- fereil thoscbool district Innd on which too < -oct n frame school house. The district .accepted the proposition und selected a corner ot Gor- lach's quarter section where they put up n $100 building. Gorlneh has slnco died. Lnst week the directors decided to move the build ing to another p.irt ot the district nnd on Wednesday started out with men nnd teams to mo/o the building , but were consid erably surprised \VebiteraudhU wife , guns In hand , mot them at the school house door nnd dnred them to touch the building. They nttomuted to expostulate , out Webster said ho would shoot the llrst man who tried to movn it. The men thought discretion the better part of valor nnd moved off. County Attorney Snoll was In formed of the matter , nnd wrote the woman n letter notifying her that it would bo better lor her to submit peaceably , hut nho still remained delimit. Deputy Sheriff McFarhmct wont out with the writ nud his gun this morning , but uo word has yet been received from the seat of war. The school house Is located about four miles west of Wavorly. nit MX The sheriff's deputies nnd Francis Gel- linger , a farmer living near Wavorly , have been having a lively tussle for n week pail. Gelllngcr Is a tonnnt on S. R. .Incoby's farm , and to secure tlio rent executed a chattel mortgage on the crops. Last week ho threshed his grain and brought a lot of Ilax to this city , where ho sold It to J. B. Wright. Jacoby heard of It before Wright had paid Gollinger and Deputy McFarlnnd attached the money. Four nunurcd bushels of oats on the farm were also attached , but the sheriff not wishing to remove It , took Gellluaer's receipt for the grain and left It there. The follow then wont to work ana used and sold part of the grain , nnd when Deputy Dillon arrived on the scene last uight there were but thirty bushels remaining. Gelllngcr claims that another man had a half interest In the stuff. OPENING DAY OF THE FA in. This was the day sot for the opening of the state fair , but , ns In former yo.irs , It was simply the time when the secretary trans ferred his oflleo to the fair grounds. The work of preparation Is going on and the con stant sound of hammers drowns every other sound. All manner of displays are coining In ' and there Is every Indication' that whoa the fair opens Monday it will surpass all previ ous exhibitions. The race track is In splendid condition and from tno list of rncor * entered n mngalflcont speed display Is Anticipated. J1RTTKII MUI , SKIIVIOC WAN'TRI ) . A potltlon tins boon presented to the Slnto JJoiint of Transportation by J , V. Alnsworth nnd .sixty-six other cltuou * of Tobias nsklng thnt the Kansas City ft Omnhn Railroad company bo directed to put on n regular train nnd mall service for the bonelU of the people along the lino. It is urirud by thu Tobias people thai they voted $10,000 bonds for the road wltn the timlorstnudlnir thin they \voro to have two trains dully , one a passenger ntul Iho other n freight. Until within thu last few months there have bean two trains , hut now there Is out onn unit thnt Is mixed , \NT TUB TIIKAM'IIKU OWTRH. Appllcnllon was inailo for n quo wnrrnnto in tno .supremo court today. U'llllam P. Mills , county attorney of Pivwneo county , de clares thnt Adam Ichos Is not entitled to the ofllco of county Measurer ntul wauls to oust him from that position. .Mllus declares thnt A. I'cnse. W. ( J. Conch , M. O , Harr , . ' . Noub.iuer , Robert Hhumati ami Adam UiimlutMOii. nil bondsmou of Ichos , nro Insolvent and po-t- srsscd of no property , and thnt thu Ameri ca u bank , nuotnur naiuoon the bond , is not n properly qualified surety , Its power to olntt Itself In such n manner bnlnc doubtful In law. As the remainder of the .sureties nro considered Itnuflloimit iv dumnnd was rondo August 10 that ho pivo additional scciirltv. Tins ho has refused to do and It is Intended to oust him out of the position ns treasurer. STATI : rsiFinrrr AITUIIS. Kntrnnco nxamlmitions for the stnto uni versity will begin on the morning of Septem ber 15 and continue two diiys On Septem ber IT the .senior , Junior and sophomore clnssos will tnrot their Instructors nt tlu usual class hours for assignment of work , textbooks , etc. On the morning of Septem ber IS the frcshmou and Latin school stu dents wilt meet their Instructors. j. On Friday , lit 10:2(1 : ( n. in. , the tisunl ehiirol * hour , Hon. .Inmes U'hltohuad of Broken How will deliver thu annual opening address to ( the students. WOIIK OF IX INTIIVDIlltV. Last night two hatuUomu frame houses at the corner of Twenty-ninth nnd Washington streets , owno.1 oy ueorgo Tboiiinon | , worn burned to the ground. The buildings weru empty , having Just been completed. There was every ovldonco timt they had boon seton on lire. Although the Dromon responded promptly they were poworlcss to give tnuiili aid , as the nearest hvdr.int was nearly n mlle nwny. The buildings were partially In sured. ODDS VNII nVIli. The county commissioners have issued n call for n special election to he held Septem ber -T > for thu purpose of permitting the levul voters of the proposed sanitary district Xo. 1 of Lancaster county to determine whether or not the district shall bo established. Bock R. Bonnoy savs that niter being mar ried only n few weeks his wife Jessie was sol/od with a lit of the pouts ono day and left him. She has never offered lo return ngaln , and ho asks for n divorce from her so that ho may ho able to try } ils luck again in the mat rimonial market. Ono of the features of fair week will bo music by the famous lown Stftto baud. A special stand is being erected for thorn in Postofllco square and they will play dally , commencing Tuesday noon. Out of d'jforenco to the fact that next Mon day Is Labor day nnd also the day for the formal opening of the fulr the ofllccrs of the Lincoln Ministerial association have post , poned their regular monthly mooting"oi'o ' week , Rov. Dr. Curtis , pastor of the First Pres byterian church returned last evening from Chicago nnd It ia reported that ho has re ceived an offer of a $0OJO pastorate in thnt city. TIIK SUNDAY BKK U the business mai's paper. See the market features. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ECONOMICAL Clothing buyers casting about for the most de sirable place in which to supply their wants for Fall and Winter use , should keep itwell in mind that OUR HOUSE MANUFACTURES- ALL THEIR OWN CLOTHING ; manufacture " 'em" expressly to supply the retail trade of our thirteen large stores. If you've never no ticed the special care we take in the sewing , in finish inn iir > of a narmerit. or the taste ill selecting patterns , to say nothing of the perfec tion in the fit of every piece. It'll pay you big , V just at this time , to spend an hour meandering through our new stocR. If you don't buy now , you'll be posted where to go when you want clothing that's correct. As to prices , we don't make up any cheap goods , but we DO make stacks ot good goods cheap. Our $1O.OO Suit is worth $1O.OO , because its durable. Our $12.BO Suit you might pay $18. OO for elsewhere , and then not get as good value. You musn't forget that we take the same pains in making up our low-priced and medium grade clothing. WE FIND IT PAYS. In Boys' ' and Children's ' Blotting. We're ready for you with all the latest styles , neat and natty , with prices ranging from $2.OO. per suit up. To those who are npt yet ready to buy , we insist that you acquaint your self with our handsome new stock no w filling every department. You'll be treated courte ously and may be converted to our' way of thinking. S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas.- = Reliable Clothiers. PALL AND WINTER CATALOGUES NOW READY.