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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEp TUBS DAY , QCTOBJEK 1891 : THE DAILY E. HOSpWATKH. EDITOII. EVERY MORNING. TKKMS OK BUIISCWIPTION. Dally HPP ( without Hundiiy ) Ono Year..I jj f Dally nml Sunday , Ono Year lj > iw Hx months L'Vy ' Months . . . . . u'hrco minim- - - - , Hunilny Ilrp.Onn Year ; fatunfnr Hce. OIIP Year ' Weekly lice , One Year w OI-KIC ES : Omnha. The lire IIillKllnj. Hotlth Oiunlin. corner N nml Kth Streets. Council IllHlTi , 12 I'oarl Htrcot nilcRUoOnicc , 317 Chamber of Cornmnrce. Now Ynrk.Uonm * KI , 14 nml IVTrlliiiiio Ilulldlni ? Washington , 5irj Fourteenth Street. All communications rolatlntt lo news and rdltorlal miitti-r should bo addressed to the Kdltorlnl Department. HUSINT.SS 1.ETTBUS. All bimlncM letter * nnd ri-nilUan should tin nildrcMiMl to The Ili-oPu jll hlnt ( Company , Omahn. DraftK. chtckH and postolllcp onlers to bo made payable to the ordurot the com pany. : The Bee Publishing Comw , Proprietors TIM ; IIF.E BWORN ITATJ-JMKNT OK CIIJOULATION. Btatoof Nplirunka l . Coiintv of Douirins. [ " Ooorae II. Tzsehnck , sccrttary of THE nr.r. PubiliililiiR company , dors solnmnly swear that the nctitnl circulation of TIIK DAII.V UEK for thn week ending October : i , 1591 , was ns follows : KumJiV Srpl.27. . . . Alondny , Sent. iM. . . . Tuesday , i-ipt. 2) ) . Wpdnenday , Sept. U Thursday. Oct. 1. . . . Friday. Oi-t.'J bnturdtty , Oct. II BUKI Average 2-1,4 HO OKOHOK II. T/.SUIMJOK. Bworn to linforo mo nnd mitm-rlbcd In my prqsoncii this ad day of October. A. D..I89I. Wil P I' Fl ( M Notary Public. The growth of the avenue dally circulation of TIIK HKK for six years Is shown In xho fol- lowlni table : ' . I I8' l IK ) I ISM lllWJ I SIS Ni'.l Jnntiarjr IIW78 ir,2wi ; 1.S.ST4 ' . . > lri 2)1.4(0 Kcbrimrjr iiiiw1 IS.W.I 2S.8IZ Alnrch II..WJ H.IUO I9.C.SO 21.003 April 11.-in ; yum JHitr I2it' : ) I t.Ti'i 2rt.R4U Juno iz.y.w II.HT l'.l.2il1. : | | M2U,10l ! 2li.'JI7 ruu u.ir.ci is.opais.rw ; : < 2o.oia 27.021 n.i..i I3l l 1 , ai.75 27.3IW rU-ptoniticr . 'b,71ll,2i.S70 23.KI7 October . II MilS.U'il lS.rj7'a,7ii5 ! ' No onibcr in.nis ii.2a ( is..w ; 112,2.17 15,0111 IH.22.-I 2U.DIH ZI.47II roit In order to give every reader In this state nnd town an opportunity to la-op posted qn tlio piogrcssof the campaign In both these states vru have decided to offer THE WEEKLY HKK for tlio balance of this year for twenty- live cents. Fund In your nrdurx curly. Two dollars will bo nuueptud for a club of ten names. Tin : lieu I'inir.i.siiiNO Co. Omaha , Nob. TnK booillo investigation must not bo delayed or turned nsido to shield tiny- body. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ EDOKKTOX is n pretty bard dee to force down tbo throtit of u solf-rospoct- ing democrat. TUK doctors' trust at Lincoln Is de voting its tiino chiefly to w.'whlng the dirty linen of Omaha physicians. THKIIK should bo no favoritism or dis crimination by the Board of Public Works oi- street commissioner in enforc ing stdowalk ordinances. Oklahoma boom bns great stay ing and frequent recurring qualities. Tlio next mad ru9h will bo for tlio Ohoy- onno and Arapahoe lands. NOTWITHSTANDING tlio hot fire which events have kindled under the the polit ical pot , tlu campaign In the interest of homo industries goes right on. Du. J. S. CON'KUNO is becoming moro lunbitiouH as the years roll around. In ' olden times ho was entirely satisfied with the nomination for coroner. Gou > has ( 'ono up to $ H.42 in Buenos Ayres nnd yet MoKoighan , Edgcrton , nt al , go around ever the country mak ing tholi- usual calamity howl for flat curroncv in America. WllATKVKK else may bo said of the independents in this city and county , candor compels the remark that they Swvo pin coil a number of excellent names on their ticket. THE street commissioner can earn his Balary now if ho will only look alter the grading contractors and compel thorn to haul the oni'th that they tire dropping en paved thoroughfares. TIIK MuCook soldiers ) and sailors ro- Onion is the great event of the Republi can vnlloy. It is hold in a thoroughly progressive llttlo city in tbo midst of a largo old soldier constituency. RKMKMIIUUINO the inclemency of the Troathor lust wool ; , Omaha people should turn out at the exposition in largo num bers from this tlmo until it closes. This is n worthy Omuha enterprise and it is entitled to n hearty support. TUB fiii't that the Nebraska university students have announced the annual can&rush may bo taken as ovidoncotlmt our university is endeavoring to keep up with the procession. Wo shall next hear of a yacht race on Salt Crook or Column's mill-pond. THE gentleman who nro trying to turn the testimony in the boodle in vestigation from thomsolvon to the Cin cinnati career of Christian Spocht are warned that the conviction of Spocht upon any sort of charge ether than per jury will not clout' thorn from the charge of corruption. THE unsightly barrack that has for moro than two yoara covered the ontlro eldownll ; in front of the city hall should bo removed 'without delay. There can bo no valid o.xcuso for permitting thla shod to obstruct the street any longer. It would never have boon permitted lot * buildings erected by prlvato citizens und bus only boon tolerated as a nuisance. IK denouncing the olTort now being made in certain quarters to raise money lot the reprieve ot Neil , no rolloctlons were mtulo or Intended to bo made on the courao pursued by Mr , Gurloy , who was assigned' by the court to conduct Noll's defense. The funds that nro being raised for the bonollt of Nell nro to bo disbursed through other lawyers who have Interested themselves in Noil' * behalf for the suite ot the bonus that is to bo divided In CIIHO their intluonco brings about u commutation of the son- loir * T11K nOIVS CLAIMANT. Mr. Joseph Kdgorton wus candidate for ntlorncy general on the independent ticket last fall. IJo ran way be hind his associates and was benton by ever three thousand plurality. In the face of such a decisive vole ho trumped up a bogus claim and contested the election of Attorney General Hastings before the legislature. To mnko a showing ho joined the gang of hirelings and por- jurora that concoatotl the most atrocious nndbrnzon falsohooda concern ing the conduct of the election in the cities of Omnha nnd South Omaha. Al though ho know the election was as or derly and as fair as any that had ever boon hold here , ho backed up the fanat ics and paid dcfamcrs who nsscr'od ' that Omaha was in the hands of a mob on the day of olectlon ; that tlio streets were running in blood and the most high-handed frauds were perpe trated by our election olllcors. These false reports were spread broad cast over the state und created the most intcneo prejudice against Omaha which at this day bus not been entirely over come. Hot only did the bogus claim ant countenance this infamous pro cedure , but he went down to Lincoln as ono of the fuglemen of the prohibitionists that were waging such relentless war upon our citi/.ons nnd sought to disfranchise Douglas county and leave her without representa tion. And this is tlio man who appeals for support from Omaha on the ground of local pride. TUB BBK hay not yet forgotten the outrages to which Mr. Edgorton has given counte nance as a bogus claimant to an oflk'c to which ho had no moro title than he haste to the High school square. TIIK sui'iiKMK counr. The intelligent citi/.ous of Nebraska can need no argument to show thorn that they huvo no higher duty than to maintain the character , the dignity , the integrity , and the inlluonco of their supreme judicial tribunal. To permit that to decline in any of these respects , by placing on the supreme bench 111- capable or unclean men , is to iuvito greater peril to the interests and wel fare of the pcoplo than could possibly come from any other misdirection of the popular will. The court of last resort should stand not alone for the highest 'judicial ' wisdom of the state , but not less for the personal worth and integ rity of its members. No ma n is lit , "to occupy that elevated posi tion against whoso character there can bo sustained a single derogatory charge , however great his professional qualifi cations , nnd to elect to that oflico a man who has neither character nor ability would bo nothing less than a crime against the commonwealth. The supreme court of Nebraska has , on the whole , an honorable record. It has not always escaped crit icism. There have boon occasions when it has seemed to lose sight of its lofty functions and toyiold to influences which it should never regard. But mak ing all just allowance for human fallibility , the record of the supreme court of this state will stand in honorable comparison with ohat of any other similar tribunal in the country. It should bo the pride , as it manifestly is the duty and interest of the people of Nebraska , to preserve this standard , to keep the highest judi cial tribunal of the state on the elevated piano of intelligence , character and integrity it has thus far maintained , nnd which is necessary to render it worthy of the public respect and confidence. All classes of our pco plo are concerned In having the supreme bench composed of able und upright men , and none moro so than the class of clti/.ons who have placed in nomination for that position a man who professionally and personally is un worthy to occupy any judicial olllco. Without qualifications as a law yer or character as n citizen , Edgcrton would dishonor the supreme bench nnd bring upon the state ridicule and con- tompt. It is an insult to the intelli gence of the people of Nebraska to as sume that the election of such a man to the highest judicial olllco is possible. I'llKK DKIAVKHY KXTKXSION. The plan of Postmaster General Wan- amnitor of extending * the free delivery system to smaller towns than are desig nated for this service under oxi.sting law , nnd for tbo trial of which the last congress appropriated $10,000 , appears to have been so far successful us to war rant the postmaster general In recom mending that the experiment bo con tinued. It is stated that in tlio forty or moro towns where the plan bus been put on trial it is found that the revenues of the olllccs huvo boon greatly in creased , and that while in some cases they have not entirely mot the expendi ture , yet in every case the receipts have been larger. It ia believed that on the whole the total of extra income from tlio whole number of towns will almost , if not quite , equal the total expenditure ot tho$10,0)0 ( ) appropriated by congress. In many ot tlio plhcos the experiment has boon on trial only for a few months and con sequently its full benefits to the people served , and hence its full revenue pro ducing power , cannot now bo fully cal culated. It would scorn that the , postmaster general has lost no faith respecting the ultlmuto success of his plan , nnd It Is undoratoon will make a definite recom mendation for an appropriation for this free deliver extension. Even should it be found , from tbo experiment thus far , that the additions to the revenue will not quite counterbalance the expendi tures. In view of the fact that the trial bus not boon made under the bvst con ditions the reported results are certainly to bo regarded ns highly satisfactory and encouraging. Tills matter is of far more importance to the towns now ex cluded from the free delivery sys tem than most people would bo apt on first thought to sup pose , nnd It the proposed plan of extension should Increase the revenue nearly to the amount ot the additional expenditure the benefits to accrue to the people would justify the goveinmont in giving It wide oporatlod at once nnd from year to year enlarging Its scopo. The policy of extending the facilities of the postal service us rapidly tu practi cable , which has been carried farther by the present than by any preceding ad ministration of the Postofilco depart ment , finds justification 711 the fact that it brings added business and added rev enue. The postal service is not expected to be self-sustaining. It never has boon , except for a few years , since the organi sation of the government. So long as the annual excess of expenditures ever receipts is kept within reosonublo limits , and the service continues to improve and progress , the people will not complain ot the cost. Free delivery extension , according to the plan of Postmaster General Wiinamakcr , ought to bo given a fair trial. TIIK t'Wtrjc It is understood that the annual report ot Hon. Thomris III Carter , commis sioner ot the general land oillco , will not be wholly statistical in character. It is said that it will discuss somewhat sharply the administration ot the gen eral land olltco under President Cleve land , nnd present some comparisons ot the work accomplished under the pres ent nnd the preceding administrations that will bo instructive reading for nil who nro interested in the propnr settle ment of the public lands. There is un questionably largo opportunity for such comment nnd comparison. A great deal of boasting was done during the Cleve land administration regarding the care that was taken to protect the pub lic domain against dishonest settlers tlors , but the facts show that while success in this direction was small in proportion to the pre tense made , a vast amount of injustice was done to hundreds ot worthy and honest settlers. The general land ollico was conducted under the last administra tion upon the assumption that a largo proportion of tlio settlers on the public domain' were dishonest and disposed to evade the law and defraud the govern ment , the effect being that each settler was placed at the disadvantage ot being presumed guilty of evil intent until ho made the contrary appear. When the present administration came into power a different policy was instituted , and it has been successfully carried out without impairing any of the safeguards necessary to protect the public lands against fraud , while at the same time dealing justly with all honest settlors. President Harrison had enlightened and liberal views regarding the settlement ot tlio public domain , and they were fully concurred in nnd judiciously carried out by Hon. Lewis A. GrofT , the first commissioner of the general land oflico under this ad ministration. The now policy pre sumed settlers to bo honest and well dis posed toward the government and its laws , nnd the results have been highly beneficial and gratifying. The statistics show that the number ot agricultural and ether patents issued during the fiscal years ending Juno 30 , ] 800 nnd 1891 , was 231,007 , as against 11-M3 , issued during the fiscal years end ing .Tune 30 , 188U and 1887 , tin increase under the present administration of 187,101. These figures speak eloquently of the advantages ot the present liberal and judicious policy regarding the pub lic domain , which has fully protected'tho interests of the whole people in these lands and at the same timtfoxpedited their settlement. IT MAY be all very well to counsel the farmers to hold back their grain , or to soil only so much us may bo necessary to meet the current demand , but it must be remembered that it is only a very small minority of them who tire in a position to follow such advice , and that cluss uo not nacd it. The consensus ot intelli gent opinion is that tbo price of all kinds of gmin will bo higher , but not Immediately. It may bo six months or more before there is a decided advance , because that will come only when the European supply is about ex hausted , niul how many farmers in the United States can wait for that ? Every body feels it to bo desirable that the farmers shall got all they can for their grain , but most ot them will have to 1x > content with selling ut a good profit , which the present prices afford. Those who have ntnplo credit and the facilities for storing will doubtless hold their grain until the price Is satisfactory to them. IT is said there is nothing so cautious and conservative as the owner .of a million unless it bo the owner of two millions. And there is nothing so ut terly devoid of good sense as u conven tion of Douglas county democratic bourbons bens , unless It bo a convention of Doug las county republican bourbons , es pecially when they are dominated by lawyers ambitions to occupy a seat on the district bench. republican judicial convention has made a great moss of it in nominat ing a full ticket in defiance of public sentiment and the demand for the re tention of Judges Wakoloy nnd Donno on.tho bonch. Fortunately the Aus tralian ballot will place republicans who desire to retain the present bench in a position to override the action ot the convention. A CAMI'AIQX of lies will never bo a campaign of principle. TIlO IjCNHOIl Ot * iVotlHltiOII. Clci'tluiul Leader , \Voaroselllnirlhoworldmoroof our pro ducts Ibis year under the McKinley law than over before , yet tlio free trader * declare pro tection strangles forolpn trade. Corn talklu : In lo\vii. Cnrnatallc canoi are cutting quite a ilguro in the Iowa campaign , as much of an one as the famous fence rail inarch In the torch light urocojstons of tbo II rat Lincoln cam paign. Tlio I.oglu of Contact. C/ifrdi/ii A fir * . The observing Koto Field remarks that "in a world o ! shams even a picturesque liar has his place. " Living in tbo hub of political America U making MLsa Held u cola and tills- antbroplo eynla. Flcnvm-'u Coat of Anna. AVu1'orh ilarntna Ailrrrttitr ( < lfin ) , There appears to bo good heraldlo author ity for the statement that Mr , Koswell 1' . Flower has upinuprlatcd the coat-of-arms of Viscount Ashbrool ; of England , with tbo ox- contlon of his lordahlp's golden tigers Mr , Flower must sea for blmsalf how ap propriate these tlgon would bn In this pro.1- ont campaign. nt tno same tlmo , when he contemplates the rise and abuse ot the Tiger In Mr. Fnuott'tformal talks to tbo farmers , lie may posslb -,4hcd f no tears that ho has omitted the dncnl iiRcrs from his arms. Mr. Flower , ; } $ # far-seeing gentleman although ho may. not. bo an English gontlo- man-and ho may have loft off tbo tigers with a view to' . ( fits very emergency. Still , this cannot bo thocaio , or ho would have managed to so.r' ( Along witbottt any of the heraldic nonsen&o , whatsoever. Jtvtfin Adi"rtler. The frco colnaga democrats ot Nebraska scut frun their convention n cordial greeting to Campbell ot Ohio and Holes of Iowa. Ai the democratic ticket for Massachusetts bad not bcon rcnomluntod wbon they adjourned , tbo Nebraska democrats did not fool Justified In piylng telegraph tolls to Massachusetts to congratulate the wrong man , so they re frained from sending any word hero ; but MassacUusetts , llko Ohio , Iowa and Ne braska , will vote for the republican party nnd sound money Just the same. Encourage Homo ludiinlry. C'mrfmmd Commcrctitt. The encouragement of homo manufactures makes cheap the things which the farmer buys , while It gives him a homo damand and bettor prices for what ho has to sell. All the free trade logic ever invented cannot upset solid facts , based on the history of our coun try for the last illty yours. Collapsed Cnlnina. Glnbe-Democrat , The third party is a failure in Oulo lor tlio simple reason that the intelligent farmers of Hint state cannot bo induced to desert the party that lias caused twenty to twenty-two pounds of sugar to bo sold for n dollar. THE H'OHLIt'S UltKATKST. Boston Advertiser : Ciladstono formulates the policy of the liberals in Great Britain with all the clearness , precision nnd elo- nuonco that mark the work of the famous old leader at his best. Globe-Democrat : Mr. Gladstone's speech in support of the liberal cause Is llko ono of Jo'jn ' Sherman's speeches , in vindication of the republican party. That Is to say , there is nobody capable of answering it. Minneapolis Times : Gladstone's ciglitv years sat lightly on him ns ho stood up and spoke for the liberal party at Newcastle. The grand old man Is still the same , a llttlo grander and n little older , but is still with n ringing voice for Justice to Ireland and to the British workingman. New York Tribune : Mr. Gladstone's wonderful powers show no symptoms of do- cadeiiro. HU speech to the illiberal Federa tion nt Newcastle was a marvellous perform ance for R man noarlng his eighty-second birthday. Ho traversed the entire range of pending political and politico-social questions , with a lucidity and lofty ranpo of thought that must extort admiration from his bitter est foes. What ho said upon the Irish ques tion will naturally command the greatest at tention : and hit connection with this Mr. Gladstone's ' plain words regarding the house of lords will create a profound Impression throughout the British empire. St. Louis Uepu'blloMr. : . Gladstone's speech at Newcastle shows that when a man loves liberty and humanity , ago which weakens others makes him stronger. This man of over 80 years is in the van of the col umn that is manjbing into the twentieth century , and among thqm all there is not a tinner step or stronger voice than his. What ho says now-ls heard round the world within loss than'n'tfav ' after he has said' It , nnd it will continue to bo heard for many years to come. This kind of "success in life" is worth having , for it lasts through lifo and long outlasts It. Gladstone is a young man yot. He baa lived only eighty years or so , while the lifo of his mind , made great bv benevolence , has many centuries before It. j _ I'tlSSlXGKSTS. . * ' A IIKADKIt. Sommercttle Journal. Oil. what a header that wus ! Iain aclilns Through every bone In my body I swuar Nnvoriifraln will I rklu without taking lletti-r pri-uautlons and looking just where My old wheel Hgoln . If I had ui-oii watch ing. I might still ho happily Rlldlns alon ? , Instead nf upsetting head llr.st and lion- . - As I did just now. half way to lions Ivong. Epoch : Solomon wus a proat jurist , but ho didn't believe in plltllnK hulra. Philadelphia Press : Judge Why did you strllco your wife ? I'rlMjnorShu iiiadu Unlit of my business. "What Is your business } " "I'm a glazier. " Elmlra Oazptto : H requires a definite aim to make a hit In life. Detroit 1'ree Press : With the whole surface of the earth covurtd with politicians , it's no wonder truth lle.-i al thu bottom of a well. Cape Cod Item : StrjinKotosay.lt Isn't the light drinker who drinks liury liquors. TO THE I.ADIKS. .AV uYnrk llemtd. 'Tli said that "nothing KUII bo lost ; " If so pnty it'll me. duars , truthfully , what has hccoino Of your uncounted years' * Now York Weekly : DC Ilroker Hoar about Do Curhb ? lie I.edKur No. What happened to him ? "IvnoL'Uvd Hat. " "You don't say so ? Was ho caught by the dron In wheat ? " "Well , yo.s. homiitnlng lluuthat A barrel of Hour fell on him. " Plillanolphl Tlinos : "Ili-nrv asked mo to bo his wife last night , " xho told lior chum. "Oh , I'm so du.lghtud , Gertrude. And itow did it happen ; " "Woll.ho nokod inn and I said 'Yes.1 and then hi * JustHtnod up mid foldud his arms. " "What : lie was no mure Interested than tliuU" "Oli , but you hue I w.is In them when ho folded tliL-m , " THAT'S WHAT , ItiMFinnrt AViM. As opera nights are drawing nnar , Mur Ic what the girls are at I'rom shop to shop the darlings go To Und the largest hat. Chicago Tribune : hhlerJr but Well Pro- Horvcd Widow ( In business ) This Is an employ ment agency. Is It not ? Manager It Is , ma'am , \\liati-anldo for "I want a hrli'ht. active , capable young man for a typewriter. " _ Mfo : "Do you HUUIKHO Ucorgo could be base enoush to marry urn for my money ? " "How much linv 'gngut ? " Washington SUrv.Jr : > Tlii > ro Is many a slip 'twl.\t thn ImrKo anllillio whip , " ri-mnrliod the animal who lined UH licoln to Interrupt u cus- tlgatlon. _ Halllmorn Aiiiprlunii : "My fall trudo Is got- tlmr quite brlsit , " dald the slippery peel as tlio sixth pasier-by yielded to the exactions of gravity. ' MI.1/K FAMK A meteortijlimlint ? with its distant glare. . WBAI.TH A sourco.p ( trouble end consuming ' care. ; Pi.EAsnir. A gloanfof sunshine passing soon ' " * away. LOVE A mornlnfcrStroam whoso memory glldi the day. FAITH An anclidf mopped bnyond tbo vale of death. Iloi-E A lone star beaming o'er the barren heath. Ciuwrr A stream moandedne from tbe fount uf love , Bim.ic A guide to realms of endless Joy abovu. KKLKIIOV A key which opens wide the doors of ucavrn. DKATII-A knife by wlilcu the ties of earth are riven. I3AHTII A desert through which pilgrims wend their way. VK A homo of rest which oncM life's weary , day. ciiiiKCTiox A sudden waking from a qulot dream. HKAVKS A land of joy * ot light and love supremo. _ _ Death or ( Ji-ncril ICIrliy. NEW YOICK , Oct. . " . tiouoral Patrick Klrby , aged 01 year * dropped dead today at his residence here. NOT ALWAYS RESPONSIBLE , Farmer Hutchinson'a ' Friends Testify to His Mental Condition , UNBALANCED BY A SUNSTROKE , For Several -Years tlio 511 ml of the Oltl Veteran Has Hccii Seri ously Threatened coin NCWH Notes. LINCOLN , Nob. , Oct. G. [ Special to THE BKI : . ] The prospects now are that the Hutchinson murder trial will occupy the re mainder of Iho wcok. Tnls morning seven witnesses were examined. Five of these wore : F. C. Swartz , O. W. Norrls , Jeff Itusscll , P. E , Davidson and John D. ICnlght. All of those men had bad business transac tions with the accused , and gave their diag nosis of his peculiar condition. They placed the beginning of his queer mental condition at about a year ago , nnd two of them ex pressed their belief that nt some times Mr. Hutohlnson was In such n condition that ho could not tell the difference between right and wrong , and would not have thought It wrong to shoot some ono. Edward W. Hutchiuson , a son of the de fendant , testified that ho had noticed his father's peculiar mental condition ; In his re lations with his father the latter acted flighty , ho could not bo pinned down to speak connectedly of one subject , but would Hy from ono to another. Ho had suffered from a sunstroke twelve years ago. H was feared at the time that ho would die. Silica then , especially in recent years , ho had suffered from tlerco headaches , and these intensified in part his strange conduct. Mrs. Kllon Hutchinson , wife of too accused , was the lost witness called before the noon adjournment. She was married to thu de fendant in Tazcwoll county , Illinois , thirty- six years ago. When tbo war broke out bo enlisted with the Second Nebraska regiment , of which ho was n member until the close of hostilities. Latterly ho was indifferent to all things that transpired about him. The state Is preparing to combat this volume of testi mony as to his sanity by subpoenaing a num ber of witnesses to rebut what has boon said. IIAD imtcic. At the meeting of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings this afternoon Mr. John J. Jenkins , superintendent of construc tion of the Home for the Friendless hero , ap peared before the body with samples of the kind ot brick that is being hauled -to the to bo used In the construction of the Clucu uilditic. The brick was so soft that it could bo crumbled Into dust between thollugaraud thumb. The members of the board assured Mr. Jenkins that they would endorse his action In the rejection of ail such poor material. WANTS DAMAOnS TIIOM Till ! CHIEF. Constable Kauffman today caused the is suance of papers certifying that Chief of Po- llco Dlnges had been guilty of making false returns in the haueas corpus case growing out of the recent complications ovorgambliug implements and would therefore bo compelled to pay $40(1 ( damages as by law provided In such cases , the aggrieved party being entitled to $200 damages for every such offense. In this case , it is alleged , there were two offenses and therefore the chief of police would have to pay f 100. The grounds for the complaint are the allegations that after the habeas corpus order was delivered to Chief Dluges ho rolesaod the prisoners Instead of surrendering them , and when ho returned the papers declared that ho did not have tnom in custody. ClIAIinBl ) WITH FUAUI > . Jerry Bailey and E. L. Grim filed an an swer in the county court today to the suit brought by the State National bank for money duo on prouimissory notes. The de fendants allege that the note was not bought until after It was duo' OtlS AND ENDS. The Southern California Insurance com pany has withdrawn from business in the state of Nebraska and lias re-insured all of its risics with the London und Lancashire Fire Insurance company of Liverpool , En gland. The Queen Fire Insurance Company of America has baen authorized to transact business in Nebraska. The company has Slr > 00,000 of capital aim assets. Al Wilson who was bound over for rob bing a fellow-lodger at the Capital hotel fair week , of a cold watch , this morning pleaded guilty. Judge Field sentenced him to ono year in the penitentiary at hard labor. Judge Hail is engaged in hearing the case of James Daily and Thomas Hcelun , who claim their property at Eighth and H streets was damaged to the tune of $1,000 by the change in grade The city claims that in stead of damaging tbo property the value of It was Increased $2,500 , and besides it was at plaintiff's solicitation n'.iu agreement to waive damages that thn change made. Perry C. Wilsoa asks for a divorce from his wife , Amaudu , on the grounds of un- chastity. J.ITRST ItOl'.lL tiC.lXIi.lK. More About Albert Victor's Alleged IlolntioiiH with the Dead Actress. LONDON , Oct. 5. The newspapers hero denounce the coroner for keeping secret the depositlous taken at the Inquest as to the cause of the death of Lydia Miller , the actress who suicided last week. Consider able Interest is being taken in the case. At the Inquest Saturday , Lord Chnrloa Mon tague , brother of the duke of Ainu Chester , testified to having been on very inti mate .terms with the deceased. Since the Inquest mysterious allusions have boon mada la the newspapers to a certain high porsonuire , understood to bo Prince Albert Victor , eldest son of the prince ofVulcs , who also is said to have had intimate rela tions with the dead girl. The Star says Lord Charles came forward at the Inquest and assumed thu role of particular friend in order to screen another. The corner today still re fuses access to the dispositions taken and it is openly stated that the members of the coroner's jury were called upon to sign n blank paper instead of the usual record of the proceedings. The Star says tbo truth us to thu mystery will never be known and that It is obvious that another Inquest has been hushed up without good cause. Western 1'eunlonn. WASIIINOTON , D. C. , Oct. 5. [ Special Tele gram to THE BBE. I The following list of pen sions granted is rojortocl by TUB BEG and Examiner Bureau of Claims : Nebraska : Original Nathaniel J. Crtfw- ford , Norman H. Arnold , Thomas IClassy , William GKwlns , James 11. 7.ook , Orrin C. Smith , Charles O. Mussor , George A. Hobin- son , Charles B , Sperry , William Barrow , ueorgo C. Manuoy , Thomas L. Palmer , John H , Conkllu , James H. Smith , Jehu W.vll - eon , William M. Cox , William M. Minor , Al bert Goss , Ira French. William A. Fairflold , Philip J. Zimmerman , John W. Eloy , Hamil ton J. Coato.s , William Saundcri. John H. Stickiiov. Joseph Con way , William T. Crook , Gilbert M. L. Whitman.- Thomas Smitu , DIcK Uichardson. Additional William Blck , Anson Soulos. Moses Honeycutt. In crease Orion A. Plerco , Lewis N , Bidwoll. Iowa : Clrlginal--\Vllllnm P. Campbell , Phillip L. Fowler , William P. IVnlleld , Joseph Uoss , William Beaaloy , Orlando Con rad , Charles Browning , Jacob O. Davis , Morris Snosdlll , Danlul E. Stanton , Milton dark , Fred Sheldon , William Carroll , Benjamin Hill , Hunry Howe , William Urub , Martin Peterson , Alison H. Dlnkc , Albert Humsay , Jacob Herman , John F. Hogor , Ed ward Wilson , Henry KranU. Charloi \V. McFull , Hubcn Kisor. Theodore Drake , Aunur Dnnhim. Jotaph I.HV- ton , Joilah S. Martin , Edwin Coroll , Jurccl Prludle , Sylvanus Bennett. Henry F. Kndlcott. Additional John II. Sh&tor. Increase William L. Ilnrmaii , Wllmoth K. Maclr , Joseph S. PonnoII. Ilo- U.sue-Gcond ; W. Click. HuUsuo and increase - crease -Joso.h ( H. Creighton. houtn Dakota : Original Jacob L. Schryi vcr , Benjamin Tusdulu , Dledrich Staling , Samuel J. Ferguson. Thomas W. Hay , William It. Evans. William Humphrey , Nathan - than C. Estoy. Edwin D. Walto. James M. Templomaii , Chariot A. Geeting , Jobn H. lluyclc. Additional - Ariel ICIlngrnsmltb , George W. Lauiphero , Henry C. Burns , iM5.voro.v oosaii' . WAJniwiTox BURBitjor TUB Dies , 513 FOUIXTBHXTIl StllKRT , WASIIINOTOX , U. C. , Oct. f > . Senator Vest of Missouri , who has dropped Into town for a few dajs , Is not among those who wax eloquent over the presidential bootnletof Senator Gorman. Senator Voit says there nro so many uncertainties ho does not think. It safe to predict who will ho the democratic nominee , but ho will go so r\r as saying that there should bo no uncertainty concerning hu senatorial colleague. While the Missouri uotmtor accords the Mnrylandcr full credit for Ins special service * against tbo blllprovldlng for honest elections ho does not think CJorman la In touch with his party on the question of free trade. As. Vest thinks this is the paramount question and should bo made the great Issue of 1SW to the exclu sion of election bills , silver and general com merce , ho does not consider Herman as any way qualified to champion such n cause. Ho bcllovos tlioMnrylandor U tinctured with pro tective Ideas. Vest's views nro In line with those of a number of conservative democrats , who re call that Gorman was Instrumental In fram ing many of the "straddles" ivhloh preceded the positive committal of Iho party to radical "revenue reform * ' for free trauo by Cleve land. Coming , as this docs , from ono of Gor man's brother democratic senators nnd ono of nls closest personal friends , It will bo something of a chock to the Washington nnd Baltimore enthusiasts who maintain a literary bureau for Gorman and have oven talked of holding n public mooting hero to glvo expression to tno sentiment In his favor. Sonntor Vest says that Cleveland niav rcccivo the votes of Missouri In the con- voiitton. Ho would regard It as n certainty , ho says , If It were not for the "stuffed pro- phpts" anti-silver letter , but oven with that no thinks the Mlssourlans will shut thnir o.vos to issues and show n united front for Cleveland. It seems rather paradoxical that Vest should come out in a form tolerating Cleveland - land , ns ho has repeatedly ruled him out of the line of possibility in a presidential way. declaring his doumatlc manners and general politics out of harmony with the party , but the Mlssourian has concluded , us have quite all his colleagues , that democrat presidential timber is becoming exceedingly scarce. * * Mrs. Greene , wife of General Greene , U. S. A. , has decided to remain for the win ter nt Hagerstown , Md. , whore she hos spent the summer. Her daughter , thn wife of Lieutenant Korimn , U. S. A. , has Just concluded a visit to Hngorstown , nnd after Joining her husband in Philadelphia , has ac companied him to Kort Unndall , S. D. Llou- tenant ICornan spent the summer with bis parents In Florida. Lieutenant und Mrs. Uonestcol , the latter a sister of Mr. Keriian , are also at. Fort Handall. J , E. Hussoy was today appointed postmas ter at Talcott , Clark county , S. D. , vice ,1. J. Waltham , resigned. General George P. . Dandy , U. S. A. , will leave in a fortnight for San Antonio , Tex. , where ho has boon assigned to duty as chief quartermaster of the Department of Texas. F. M. Hubbell and wife of Dos Moincs , la. , are at the Arlington. Cadet Cfwauaugh of Nebraska is among those arrested at the United States naval academy nt Anuapolls , Md. , on the charge of hazing n cadot. Governor Mollctto of South Dakota is re ported on his way hero. P. S. II. TO KXHVMK n.lMll.rOX'H IlK.ir.lIXS. Beginning of Another Chapter in tlio Now KamoiiH CnNc. Br.ACKFOOT , Idaha , Oct. 5. A Now Yorker , claiming to bo from Buffalo , has econ spend ing several days In Blackfoot , alleging that ho cama west for recreation and would spend about two weeks In the "Tcotons" hunting boar , elk and door. While hero ho was joined by" the county coroner of Umta county , Wyoming , and a surgeon from Evanston. The party loft on the north bound train last night for the upper Snake river country. Slnco their departure it has boon learned that they have gone to exhume the remains of tbo late Kobcrt Hay Hamilton , buried on the Sargont-llamllton ranch , and hold an in quest , to ascertain , if possible , wholhor he came to his death by drowning , ns has boon reported and accepted , or whether ho was killed by foul play. The Now Yorker has been very reticent ns to nls movements , ana the coroner , who spent a day here , professes not to know the name of the party whoso body was to bo examined and reported upon. While hero ho consulted one of the best law yers in the country touching his duties as coroner in a matter of this Kind. I learned that an nflldavit was prepared hero , which would bo sworn to at the proper tiino and place , that Hamilton was murdered , and hence the necessity for the inquest. Whether the Now Yorker represents the Hamilton family or Hay Hamilton Is not known. There was a heavy storm Saturday night on the mountains , the IIrat of the season , which may impede their p rogresa somewhat. llKTlt'IXG l.V Ol.lt CUSTOM. United States Circuit Court Judge. * ) In Tholi- Now JlnlicH. CHICAGO , ill. , Oct. 5. With stately tread and dignified mem , the thrco judges of the now court of appeals of the United States , for tbo Sovontu judicial district , ascended the bench in their court room in the federal building at noon today and opened court. The judges were att'rod ' in their robes of ofllco. The court consists of Judge Hurlan , associate justice of the supreme court of th o United States , Judges Grcshamand lilodgctt of the United States court for this district. The robes worn nro of black silk , gathered In largo rullllcs at tlio shoulders , forming a capo that hangs down over the shoulders. Tno court was opined according to the English form , the crier announcing : "Tho honorable judges of the circuit court of ap peals of the Seventh judicial district all present standing , " then , when all wore seated admonishing those who had business with the court to draw near and make It known , closing with the words : "God save the United Stales nnd this honorable court. " The oath obliging them to bo of upright demeanor and to support the constitution of the United States was administered by the clerk to the attorneys present , who were ad mitted to practice nt that court. The hearing - ing of cases was then begun , the first taken up being that of the Union Stock Yards company against the Western Land and Cattle company , in which the hearing of ar gument was begun. L.ITTKH It.IT HtllA'TH. "MormoiiH In Scinl-Amiiuil Conference ! at Halt Ijulco. SALT LAKK , U. T. , Oct. 5. The sixty- second somi-annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints con vened in the Mormon taoernaclo yesterday , over 10,000 faithful being In attendance. For the llrst tlmo in over seven years all the loading ollicials were present. Tlio day was devoted to speech-making , the three presi dents , Wllford Woodruff , Joseph R Smith and George Q. Cannon , being the principal Hpcakors. All returned thanks to the presi dent for oxcrclslnir clemency towards Smith und called upon tlio saints to pray for him that the Lord might bless him for his good- 11033 , They also believed the hour of llnal triumph over the enemies ot the church In approaching and reiterated a belief that ttiolr religion , with all Its peculiar tenets , was the only religion. The conference will last three days and tbo remainder of the session will bo devoted to business matters. The feature of the day's session was n choir of OK ) voices , said to bo the largest over gathered together la a house of worship. Flans ouFoot to Inaugurate an Active Cam paign for Ireland , MAY OE REPRESENTED AT THE FAIR. | Dr. Tlioiitn * DcolnroH Strongly for OtniiliiK the KMioxitloii on Sun liny Prof. Swine Pronulicn About Woman's CitiCAfio BitiiBAU orTitR Him < Ciitcuoo , 111. , Oct. R . The ofllcors of the Irish National le.u-tio , tend to Inaugurate an active campaign of . ganliallon. Tlio newly elected oxco.i'.x . ) board , with most of the officers , hi M a lengthy session at McCoy's hotel , nt win. none ono of the important questions discussed was the attitude the league ought to as.suum toward the brauchos of the Irish federal i.n . the McCarthy organization In regard t matters pertaining to the Irish cause. I was resolved , after the subject had honn IN viewed by several speakers , to olTor the ngl > band of fellowship to the olllcer.s of the fo.i cratiou. The moaning of this Is that in ovor\ thing that pertains to the general ad vaio ot national opinions , and in all movemui.'s . connected with ttio succoring of evicted im > nuts , the league will work with the fi-di-ra tlon. On this question of leadership , as tii already been decided by the convention , tii. > league will maintain a neutral position. M. V. Gannon , president , o ! the league , wnt much nmusca when ho was questioned as t the assertion about the resolutions und om stltutlon having been drawn up at a so , to' meeting hold In a well known south M ! hall. hall."Why , " said ho. "that Is all nonsense. If any such thing had been over thought of. \ may ho sure none connected with It won hnvo been silly enough to hold a meeting a hali that would attract attention at ia outset. " inm.AXh's woiii.u'.s r.\iu tu-rnr. Irolaiul may have n separate display at the World's fair "after all. General Charles II Grosvcnor , ono of live special agents of S . rotary Foster , has lately Interested him self In the Irish display. Now William I' Lane , member of parliament from Cork , ho * begun to agitate the question. In a letter to the Herald Mr. Lane says : "Ireland is a nation. Ten or Hfteon millions of Amcririui citizens reverence the timo-Loiioiv-i toast of 'Ireland a Nation. ' ) Hut Irohin.i has no maternal government to make an np proprlation to enable It to bo represented i > this forthcoming assemblage of nation.i. though her arts and manufactures were oiil and famous when most of her present day compeers bad neither ono nor the other Are the Irishmen of America satisfied tl < ar their nation ulonu of the nations of thu earth shall not bo represented is a nation1 A very small but well organised effort of the Irish race In America would quickly conjure up a building in the exhibition grounds where the Irish nt home could prove to the won I that desplto the malignant efforts made for conturio to crush her arts nnd mauufar turics , Ireland is still able , in proportion to her population nnd resources , to take her place among the nations of the earth. \ \ ill this effort bo made ! That is for the Irishmen of America to dccldo and to decide promptly. Hit. THOMAS roil SUNDAY Ol'K.NIXO. Dr. Thomas addressed a largo audipnoo yesterday morning on "Sunday Observance , ' and Incidentally guvo his views In regard to keeping the World's fair open Sunday. "A creed is a good thing , but it is not like a uar inout cut 5,000 years ago which must bo worn by every successive generation. It must bo changed to meet the ncoile and requirements of the different ages. Wo must dismiss 'from our minds the idea that ouo portion of time is more sacred than another. Time is all sncrccl , Monday as well as Sunday , and not onlv all time , but all life and work. We should co operate to build up not the Puritan Sabbath , not the continental Sabbath , but the great American Sabbath. f-Alln'mS0- ' | ' Shall tno World's fair bo open Sunday Personally , I .should llko to see the commis sioners accentuate the American SnbbaU and the immense benefits of such a great ex position should not bo closed to the laboring men , who huvo no other timn in which to visit the fair. It is all well enough for Dr. Patten to say'So much the worse for the laboring man.1 That is wart of his tho- olopy. " swixa ron WOMAN'S uumr * . In his sermon at Central music hall Prof. Swing , preaching from the famous passage in St. Paul. "Lot women keep silence in the Church , " took a decided stand iiffamst thn position of the apostle ns applied to present conditions , llo.said : "In this ago comes woman in all the grand , qualities of a human mind. Woman comes as n complete human hclng , and the quotations , 'Can she reason ! ' 'Is she loclcal" nro as absurd as 'can she scot' or 'can she hoar ) ' Of similar absurdity Is the question whether or not she should possess the right to vote. The answer rests entirely upon thu question whether she should vote and why. " ILLINOIS MAbONH MKUT. Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the grand lodge ot Masons of this slate will open thu lilty.seconu. annual communication In Central music hall. It will be a great gathering of prominent members of the craft , not onljr from every part of this state but from the adjoining .stntai. Masonic dignitaries from Wisconsin. Iowa , Indiana and Michigan will attend. Illinois Is now the second largest jur isdiction of Masons in America. BCIIIiMli Ol' A KVN418 ( A genius who signs himself "William H. Felts of Hussoll Springs , ICan. , supervisor general , " sends to thu directors of thu World's fair a printed statement in which ho offers to , provided u sufficient number of people will buy season tickets in ad vance at fti per ticket , "build for the fair a grand structure to lloat on thn lalto and hu will call it Queen Isabella's theater. " This grand institution is to cost about Sl.000,000 and will provide amusement and living ac commodations , so the supervisor general says , for several thousand people. TAsrorr srsi'KCT IIII.IASIII. : : : Otto Heuck , the young man who Miss Ida Gardner of U7IS Weritworth aveinin had arrested on suspicion that hu wat. thn much wanted Willie Tascott , was discharged by Justice Glonnon today. Miss Gardner did not appear to prosecute and the casa naturally fell through. WliSTHIlX I'EOPI.K IN CIIIOVOO. Tlio following western people ara In the city. city.At At the Sherman James U. Owen , Pierre , S. D. At the Grand Pacific K. T. Koch , Cedar Haplds , In. ; T. Kwlng , Lincoln. At the Aliuilorium Mrs. J. K. Doogo , Miss BoOK'O , Sioux City , In. At the Grand Pacific G. II. Spahr , jr. , Mount Pleasant , la. ; Mr. and Mrs. John Dwver , Uoatrlco ; W. L. Whodon , York ; C. H. Strlcldaw , Sioux Citv , In. ; Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Churchill , Burlington , la. : John Babcock - cock , Dutmquo , la. ; Mr. and Mrs. J , A. ICoin- bio , Lausluif. la. F. A. Woniuu MooiiHlilnnr Captured. HUNTISO.TON , W , Vu. , Oct. 5. Lucy Me- Clcllan , a notorious woman moonshiner , has boon captured near Lincoln Court House. Miss McClellan Is 21 years old and an ama- zoil In strenirth and c-ourugc. Shu has red- died Illicit whisky to thousands of workingmen - men engaged in constructing the Norfolk ft Western railroad , for two yours. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE