Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1896)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. NEBRASKA IN THE BATTLE Material Interests of the State Affected by Political Measures. IMPORTANCE OF THE PROTECTIVE POLICY Ilnlicrt 1 * . I'nrlci * ItcvlcnM JfoJirnnltn' Oonilltlnti , 1'nnl nnil Present AVlir ilin Hintc Will llojrcl the I'lnlforiu. OMAHA , Neb. , Oct. 10. ( Correspondence ot the Chicago Inter Ocean. ) Those familiar with the progrt-is ot the etnto ot Nebraska , with the growth ot Iti cities , the develop * incut of Ita agricultural wealth , and the character of Ita people will bo slow to be lieve that they will throw away the electoral rote of the fltnto on William Jennings Ilryan. Up to the time the populists and nrrnnlten began sowing the seeds ot dlncord and preaching Inflation and repudiation ot debts , them wcro few more prosperous spots In the United States than this city < it Omaha and the great state of Nebraska. Sixteen years ago I flr t visited Nebraska tor the purpose of writing Its history and progress up td 1880. Looking over that volume now 1 sec no change ncctssnry gave In the figures which have surpassed the most extravagant possibilities ot that period. Not a hope , not an Inspiration , not a prophecy Indulged In liy the writer then has failed , so far as No- I'rasl.a Is concerned. At that time I found Immigration composed mainly of thrifty Americana , Kngllsb , Scotch , Irish , Germans and Scandinavians , pos osscd of a good de gree of education and abroad Intelligence distributing Itself through the sluts at a rate hitherto unparalleled In Nebraska his tory. Capital was flowing In with them , or following closely after ; new Industries were eprlnglng up on every Bide ; and all classes of tbo population necmcd exhilarated with unbounded faith In the continuance or ac celeration of the then rapid rate ot slate growth. Such was this new state In 1SSO. A state which , twcnty-flvo years pror | to that time ' 'was a wilderness as wild and unsettled as when Coronado and his grim and silent band of Spanish knights , In search ot King Tar- tarrax and the Cross of Gold ( for a cross of gold figured In Nebraska's history three centuries ago ) discovered Nebraska and erected a crosi ot very different material to mark tbo place they had reached. GROWTH OP NEBRASKA. Again In 1S91 I visited this wonderful state. The eleventh census hud been taken and revealed a progress and prosperity truly astonishing. The population nlnco the time of my nrsl visit lud about quadrupled. The wealth had llkowJse multlplcd Itself by four to keep step with , the population from $221- 000,000 In 1880 to $1 , 000.000,000 in 1890. And what a change In Omaha. I remember the prldo with which Senator Mandcrson , Mr. Kosowater of The Dee and Congressman Dor- eey showed mo the beautiful city of nearly 150,000 Inhabitants spread over the plctur- csftuo hills and bluffs. Surely few cities can exceed Omaha In business blocks and hotels. Her banks wore many and sound. "Not a Imnk over failed In this city , " sold Senator Sanderson to me on that morning in May , 1891. 1891.Today Today I was told that not a savings bank in Omaha would dare to pay Its depositors without taking advantage of the sixty days' notice , and rightly , under existing condi tions. I was about to tell how things looked In Omaha In 1880 and how they looked In 1891 , my second visit. This was a period when gold and goldbugs and money lenders and money changers and capitalists and all sorts of Iniquities held BWiy In the good state ot Nebraska. Capital sought Investment freely mid almost any ono with Integrity and pros pects could borrow. "There seemed to be plenty of money around here then , " said my old friend , Charles Green , attorney of the lIurlliiKtpn road hero. And there was cur rency enough to build up a city that is al most as certain to spurn the doctrine of se cession and repudiation as advocated In the Chicago platform as the sun Is to rlso on the morning ot November 3. Combined with the pluck and energy and hopefulness of aa flno men as ever put their shoulders to the wheel In a wilderness and made It blos som with beauty and hum with commerce nnd Industry , this capital built durlnir these years a greater monument to American courage and faith than a madman like Dryan can destroy. THE STOHY OP A YEAR. Look at Omaha as she appeared In 1891 , progressive , cheerful , prosperous. On all sides now buildings going up. Factories and mills working full time. Her magnificent railway systems fully employed. Her people buying and building beautiful homes. Hap piness and contentment and eighteen carat wore stamped on that community. Mr. Bryan himself was familiar with Omaha. It had no signs of "gold trouble , " and the youthful sago of Lincoln was then concocting specific remedies for "tariff complaints. " How could one better paint with a few bold strokes ot culmination ot these pros perous days than by headlines taken from The Dee of January 1 , 1893 ? It was tbo noon day sun of Omaha's prosperity : THE STORY OP A YEAR. Jtecord of Omaha's Steady nnd Substantial Growth During 1S92. BANK CLEARINGS SUM UP $293,019.728. An Increase of Nearly 40 Per Cent Over the Business of 1K31. " " BANK DEPOSITS" OVER 123,003,000. Workers Have Moro Than a Million nnd u Hnlf in the Savings Banlts. AGGREGATE JOnHERS' SALES , $49.710,000. The Product of Mills , Factories nnd PackIng - Ing Houses Nearly JSOCOO.OOO. MAGNITUDE OP THE MEAT INDUSTRY. Nearly 10,000 Men nnd Women Employed In Omaha Manufacturing Establishments. OVER $8,000.000 IN IMPROVEMENTS. of Pavements , Sewers nnd Water Mains Nearly lt.OO Now liuildlnss A Splendid Showing in Every Direction Increase In Public lie venues. WHERE PROTECTION IS NEEDED. Sixty days after the publication of this the faithful republican pilot stepped down , and the democratic arid popocratlc crowd carao Into power. Capital lost confidence be cause ot the money agitation , Industry de cayed because of threatened free trade , busi ness was deranged , and Omaha and Ne braska suffered with the rest ot the country. But you arc talking of cities , of aggrega tions ot humanity , of factories and Indus * tries , the agitator says. Wo care not for those. Nebraska Is an agricultural state. It Is the poor , mortgaged farmer wo want to protect. Wo have something that will help his trouble. Up to the period when bad Boauona and over-production of certain crops , uldod and abetted by the cry for free A WORN-OUT FAD. McillcliiCM , " "llloail-I'urlflciV mill "Toulon" nn ( Mil-KiiHh- 1 our it liloii. Pure blood , strong nerves and muscles , firm , healthy flesh can only come from wholesome food well digested. "Ulood puri fiers" and "nerve tonics" do not reach tbo cause of the mischief. The stomach Is the point to bo looked after. The safest and surest way to euro any form of Indigestion is to take after each meal some harmless preparation which wilt of Itself digest food. Thcro Is an excellent preparation of this Id ml composed of vegetable essences , pure pepsin , Golden Seal and fruit salts , sold by druRglata under name of Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablets and these tablets taken after meals assist digestion wonderfully because they will digest the food promptly before U has time to ferment and sour , and the weak stomach relieved and assisted In this way soon becomes strong and vigorous again. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are superior to any secret patent medicines , because you Iinow what you nro taking Into your stem ach. They are sold by druggists everywhere ot BO cents per package. Write Stuart Co. , Marshall , Mich. , for book j on stomacli diseases. silver * nd the reduction nf the tariff , brought prosperity to an end , I will chal lenge Mr , Ilryan to point to a inoro proRrcii- lvo and prosperous condition than existed In the agricultural districts of his own Mnto. If this Is not so the federal census figures , the Ktato returns , the numerous writers of Nebraska , the principal newspapers and the speeches of Nebraska statesmen are a parcel of worthlcsj falsehoods , Besldo tliosfo hideous portrayals In Mr. llryan's speeches of the western states and of the condition of the western farmer , how do these cold facts look ? Ilctwccn 18SO and 1890 the number of farms Increased from C3.287 to 113,008. The value of the farms nearly quadrupled , or Increased from $105.- 932,641 In 18SO to $402,358,913 In 1890. In short , population , wealth and value of farms In Nebraska cninu up smiling In 1890 about four times as bli ; an ihcy wcro In 13SO. And the greedy , withering , golden hand ot the money changers bearing down on the coun try during this whole time. PUI1L10 AND PRIVATE DEBT. Rut debt Increased tremendously during ( his period. This quadrupling business hap pened , you see , while the debt was expand ing. ing.No No ! Not stole debt , for that decreased about halt during , this time. County debt , then ? No ! Not county debt , more than a few hundred thousand dollars. Jt was $5,120,000 in 1SSO , and J3.C10.000 in 1850. City debt , then ? Yes , city debt went up some because ot the growth of cities. Sewerage , lighting , streets , paving , water , all cost for Ihcsc new towns. This Increase was natural , however , and taken together the actual debt If less. U cannot bel Hut It Is. In 1SSO the per capita state , county , municipal , and school district debt of Nebraska was $16.56 ; in 1890 , It was $14,61. An actual decline of public debt. Hut the farms and homes ot the state arc plastered nil over with mortgages ? Not as badly as the city of Lincoln Is plastered over with McKlnley and Hobart flags and pictures. Over half the houses of Lincoln nro thus adorned. Over half the farms and homos ot Nebraska are free from Incum- branco ? Impossible ! A majority of the farmers nnd home owners of Nebraska belonging to the creditor class ? It srcms Incredible. But absolutely true Just the name. Hero are the official figures , from page 224 , ab stract of the eleventh census : Nebraska fnmtllen occupying owned farms ( nil liuincs 124.120 Frco of il < 1)t C6.0T1 With Inrumlirnnrc CS.UI Rather less than half the farms of Ne braska are free from debt , but the debt In 1890 only represented one-third ot the value ot the farms. As the danger limit It not reached until the mortgage Is two- Ihlrds the value ot the property , the farm ers are In no Immediate aanger'unless the present agitation completely destroys val ues. In 1S90 the Incumbcrcd farms of Ne braska were returned as worth $147,000,000 tbo debt $17,000.000. INVESTING IN IMPROVEMENTS. Ninety-five per cent of this debt , be It remembered , was Incurred for a laudable purpose , and the spirit ot Us contraction was the spirit of progress , the > spirit of home-making , the spirit of building up a nation. To hear some people talk of this debt ono would think It represented dis tinctly a loss ot wealth or wealth soon to bo consumed. Nothing ot the kind. The official fig ures show that 95 per cent was Incurred for purchase money , Improvements , pur chase ot personal property of a durable kind , such as domestic animals , wagons , farm machines and other objects. Of this whole amount ot debt only 1 % per cent was Incurred for farm and family expense , and represented mortgages Incurred on account of misfortunes. Indeed , the report claims less than 1 per rent would represent In debtedness ot this class. The debt ot Ne braska , then , may bo described as tbo Ju diciously contracted debt of a prosperous , growing community , and not the dead weight of a debt contracted In the past and spent outside tbo estate , as , for Instance , are the mortgages on English farms. There Is a great difference between the condition of a debtor who mortgages his property In order that he may buy food and clothing for himself nnd his family and the condi tion ot the debtor who buys a farm , and , In order Ibat his farm may bo larger than I his savjngs can purchase , resorts to the mortgage to secure part ot the purchase price. In the former case the mortgage debt Is a necessitous one , perhaps compul sory , whllo In the latter case It la volun tary , within the popular understanding of the word : that Is to say , In the former case tim iiohinr pnters Into debt in order that his condition may not become worse ; In the later case ho enters Into debt expecting that his condition may Improve. It was with this hope that thousands of homo-Beckers , the majority of whom prior to their settlement In Nebraska had never owned homes ( many of them never would had It not been for the greater advantages afforded In this state ) . Incurred this debt. Over 200,000 of the thrifty population ot Nebraska , it should bo borne In mind , came thither from across the sea , where homo-ownng , for a man who tolls , Is unknown. LIFE OP NEBRASKA MORTGAGES. The average life of Nebraska mortgages Is less than five years , and for a state like Ne braska to favor a policy that savored ot re pudiation would literally destroy all tuturo development. The value of all Nebraska farms in 1890 was $402.000,000 ; of the Incum- bcred farms. $147,000,000 ; of the farms owned free from debt and hired , $255,000,000. The Interest account was less than $4,000,000. Another season of prosperity such as that I have described between 1880 and 1892 would surely lift these mortgages and pay them dol. lar for dollar In oound money. Par a state that has shown the capacity for development and has the resources ot Nebraska the debt Is small. A point In this connection overlooked by nlno men out of ten ot the Dryan strlpo Is that the Increase In the value of the Im proved land over the value of the original land In states like Nebraska not only wipes out debt , but Interest also ; that Is , under fairly prosperous conditions. For Instance , I find that the value of each Incumbercd farm aero In Nebraska In 1880 was $10.65 ; In 1890 It was $18.63. Note hero an Increase In value per acre In ten prosperous years under a gold stand ard ot $7.98 In the value of Nebraska farms. The percentage of debt on these farms I have ebown to bo about 33 per cent. The ' increase' tbo value ot the farm , acre In Nebraska between 1880 and 1890 was nearly three times the Interest charge , and was more than enough to offset the entire prin cipal ot the debt and Interest. The answer to this Is that tbo fanner Is not prosperous now. That is only too true , but wo can only gauge the future by the experience of the past. Under existing financial conditions this marvelous development , this gratifying Increase In wealth , and this capital neces sary to build up the state took place. The intelligent ranner must sco tlicro are ojncr reasons besides lack of currency for the prcspnt lack of prosperity. To throw the vote of this splendid state for repudiation will destroy Its future and make It Impos sible for many years to again share In pros perity such as I have shown existed between 1SSO and 1S92. M'KINLEY'S CHANCES. ' Will the voters of Nebraska bo foolish enough to do this ? I think they will not , and the reason for this belle ! will follow. Nebraska will not cast Its electoral vote for Bryan for many reasons , and. In my opinion , after spending a few days here and at Lincoln , some of the moro Important reasons may be summarized as follows : Nebraska Is thoroughly northern and un ion In Its sentiments , and has a strong vet eran element. In consequence , Its voters are radically opposed to the secession plank of the Chicago platform. I have heard much adverse criticism of the old secession doc trine that ntatcs are Independent of the na tional government , and that the president cannot march troops into a state to protect national property without tbo authorization ot the governor. This , In Mr. Bryan's own home , Lincoln , wbero ho will bo badly beaten. Tbo CC.OOO homo and farm owners who have paid out and own property unlncum- bered form a conservative check a creditor class , If you please oa the C,000who have not , It such a check wcro needed. It Is not needed , however , because against the theories advanced by 'Bryan wo have the remarkable material growth of the state under the present financial system , and the fact that the greater number of farm and homo owners In the state are now actually free from debt. General prosperity for the United States and continued good crops would soon put Nebraska on Its feet again. And the people wilt not he itow In taking advantage ot the opportunity. THE EXPOSITION. Already the citizens ot Omaha are agitat ing for the great Tranamlsslsslppl and In- ternatlon Exposition to be held In this city In 1893. It Is Intended to exhibit par ticularly the products , resources , Industries and civilization of the states and territories west ot the Mississippi river , embracing two-thirds of the area , one-third of the population , nnd one-halt of the wealth of the United States , and , Incidentally the products , resources and Industries of the other great states lying cast of the MlnsU- slslppl river , and ot foreign countries. It will help Nebraska. Congress ha - already appropriated $200,000 for the exposition. Omaha wants $300,000 moro. The people ot the city know If Bryan Is elected they will not get It. or , If they do , the value ot the dollar will bo reduced one-half. With re turning prosperity , the public revenue equal to expenditure , and a dollar as good as the best , the business men ot Omaha know the exhibition can bo made a glorious success. This fact will bo no small factor In Bryan's defeat. Nebraska wants to bo In the front of the procession during the next administration. The people ot Omaha arc not the men to sit , hat In hand , on the bench of repudiation , and national dishonor , and pltcously boa the business world to help Its enterprises and Us Industries. They propose to stand on the side of commercial Integrity and demand renewed aid from eastern or foreign capital , and the reason for the demand shall be , "You have here tofore been paid back In kind and with Intcicst. The taint of repudiation and the 60-cent1 dollar Is not on Nebraska. " SOUND MONEY AND SUCCESS. If the state of Nebraska goes for McKlnloy next November the Transmlsslsslppl and International Exposition will bo a brilliant success. If not , It will bo a dismal failure. Every business man of Omaha realizes1 this and ovcry artisan and mechanic understands It. Omaha was selected as the place at which this exposition will bo held because of Us central location , convenient alike to the people ot the cast , the west , the north and the south , and by reason of the vast sys tems of railways centering at this point , ex tending to all parts of the continent , Us salubrious and genial climate , and the well known enterprise of Us people. That Omaha Is In the midst ot a largo population occu pying a territory of great wealth Is proven by drawing a circle having a radius of COO miles , of which this city Is the center. This line Intersects and covers fifteen states cast and west of the Mississippi river and the territory of Oklahoma. The people living In these states and territories number , ac cording to tbo census of 1890 , 20,485,088 , an Increase of 6,262,169 In ton years. They possess on aggregate wealth of $23,676,686- 897 , an Increase in the same period amountIng - Ing to $10.008,586,897. Go on with ttfo exposition , gentlemen. OPPOSED TO FREE TRADE. Nebraska will not cast Us electoral vote for Bryan because Its fanners are opposed to free trade. The Wilson-Gorman law bos Already seriously Injured the cattle interests of the state. It has likewise raised havoc with the once prosperous horse Industry , and the loss on wool has been felt. U has dealt a death blow at the beet sugar Industry , from which It will never recover unless the republican party decides to again give the American farmer an Industry which will bo worth to him $100,000,000 annually. Instead ot purchasing of countries which take our good , eound money and buy of Europe. These are some of the reasons which the people of Nebraska give for not voting for William Jennings Ilryan. They have noth ing against Mr. Dryan personally , except that they lack confidence In bis Judgment as a statesman , and have a suspicion that a little moro experience might make him wiser. Ho Is a popular young man , and has stirred up considerable dust , but hardly hardened Into \vc1l-eensoncd presidential timber. They wish htm well , but sco no reason why Nebraska , for the sake of pleasing a rising young at torney of Lincoln , should throw away Its electoral vote , and take a stand with tbo re pudiation states. Nebraska has too great a future for this. And the people know It. And that Is why Bryan will not carry Nebraska. ROBERT P. PORTER. ( JIM.II.AM ) APPEALS TO COURT. Klrnt CHHO Ilrnimlit Unilrr ( lie IluIIiiRT of JuilKO Cnlilwcll. The case of P. E. Gllllland , former agent of the Union Pacific at Papllllon , will be taken up at once by Mastcr-ln-Cbanccry Cornish of the Union Pacific. Assistant Grpnd chief Dolphin of thasOrdcr of Rail way Telegraphers Is In the city to look after the case. Gllllland asserts ho was removed without Just cause and that the officials of the company have refused to rectify the wrong. The appeal for reinstatement has been made to the court In pursuance to the opinion of Judge Caldwcll In the famous wage conference case , In which ho said that If any of the employes wcro unjustly treated or discharged without cause the court would bear and adjust any differences and rectify any wrongs. This will be the first case to bo brought under that ruling. Gllllland was discharged on complaint of Yardmaster Nobbs of Grand Island , who had formerly been a conductor. The charge was that ho had used Insulting language to a highly respectable young woman. The re spectability of the young woman was shown to have been a presumption , but the offi cials did not consider this sufficient reason to reinstate Gllllland , although the remarks made by him were in the nature of a Joke cracked at the expense of the woman's rela tions with Nobbs. Ilcfnrinit Nocil More Tlmii n Dny To bring them about , and are always more complcto and lasting when they proceed with steady regularity to a consummation. Pew of the observant among us can have failed to notice that permanently healthful changes In the human sysrem are not wrought by abrupt and violent means , and that those are the most salutary medicines which are progres sive. Hostottei's Stomach Bitters Is the chief of these. Dyspepsia , a disease ot ob- atlnato character , Is obliterated by It. TiikoN n Tumble. William T. Heft , while riding hla bicycle across the Missouri Pacific tracks on North Twentieth street , struck a hole between the rails , which caused his machine to break down. He was thrown violently to the ground nnd badly shaken up. A largo gash was cut over his left eye which required several stitches to close. Ho was removed to his homo at 2S29 North Twenty-seventh streot. They are so llttlo you hardly know you are taking them. They cause no griping , yet they act quickly and most thoroughly. Such are the famous llttlo pills known as Do Witt's Little Early Risers. Small in nine , great In results. NO ONE IN LINE'-FOR RECTOR Oatholio University ' .Doctors Will Net Recommend -aiBishop. - KEANE ABSOLUTELY DECLINES THE PLACE 01 F/ T - .t Xclllirr I'opo Iico , , J'pr Sntolll , Nor Mnrtlnclll linn I'vpr 'Kxctl Ulnni promt of Irclniut'n Letter on Politic * mimbr'ji Denied. WASHINGTON , Oct ( iCO. Many ot the archbishops and dlrccor ( , ot the Catholic university are already Jn Washington to attend the meeting to bo held tomorrow and Thursday. Several points relative to the vacancy In the rectorship of the university have al ready been settled It ; advance of the meet ing ot the directors. Dlshop Kcane , by positive and direct letters to his' friends , has taken his name out ot consideration , so that It Is assured no effort will be made to nominate him for the placo. Dlshop Kcanc Informed his friends that even If chosen by the directors and rcappolntcd ho would not accept the position. It has also been determined that no bishop will bo rec ommended for rector. Ono ot the chief reasons tor this conclusion In advance by the Roman Catholic prelates Is that a bishop would not be willing to glvo up his sec , with Its Indefinite tenure , to serve as rector cf the university for n limited term , and the pope has signified already his In tention of having rotation In the olllco of rector. This decision removes from the list of possibilities Bishops Becker ot Geor gia , Horstman , Spaldlng and others whose names have been mentioned. The term of rector. It has been decided. shall bo limited to cither four , five or six years , with the privilege of re-election. It can be stated definitely that the se lection ot the rector has not been deter mined upon In advance , and that reports that Cardinal Satolll decided regarding Dlshop Keanc's successor before his depar ture are Incorrect. The names of several candidates will be considered at the meeting tomorrow. The list contains several whose names have not yet been mentioned. It Is said that no important questions are to bo considered by the archbishops , who will hold their regular annual meeting on Thursday , In stead ot In advance of the university board meeting. The archbishops will take under consideration the subject ot education ot Indian children. The determination ot con gress to end the contract system of educat ing the Indian children leaves the church with a largo amount of school property , and with no means for carrying on the schools. Some action will bo taken to meet this prospective change In the condition of affairs. Monslgnor Martlnclll's residence Is a cen ter ot attention for tho' arriving prelates , many of whom have paid their respects to him for the first time. Among the callers to day wcro Archbishops Rtordan ot San Francisco , Elder of Cincinnati and Ireland of St. Paul and 'Bishop ' MeGoldrlck of Duluth. At noon the delegate entertained these- gentlemen at dinner. NO HINTS FROM ROME. It Is stated positively Jthnt no word has como from Rome or Is dti the way , so far as Is known , concerning the attitude of the Catholic clergy toward unpolltlcs. Neither the retired delegate. Cardinal Satolll , nor his successor , MonslgporuMartlnelll , has ex pressed and approval or disapproval of Arch bishop Ireland's recent political statement as It Is rcgatdcd as , hl personal and In dividual act wholly unconnected with the church. _ The erroneous Impression has gone out that the coming raebtfh'fc' ot archbishops would result In the nomination ot bishops for the vacant sees 'hf Buffalo , St. Cloud and Wilmington. They- nominations for Buffalo and Wilmington , liavo been sent to Rome already , and are > awaiting confirma tion , whllo that for Sti Cloud is determined by the bishops of the St. Paul province and not by the coming meeting of archbishops. It can bo stated upon reliable authority that thcro will bo no change In the policy or management of the university under the rector who is to succeed Dlshop Keane. A priest will bo selected who will continue It upon the same lines of liberalism which hnvft mnrVorl H hnrMnfnrrt Tim Infnrmn ! talk the directors have had shows they have been satisfied with the university as It has been managed and have no desire to change Us policy. Their talk has developed the fact that the opposition to Dlshop Krano came largely , If not wholly , from the Ger man Catholics of the country , who believed him too much of a liberal In his views on tbo church In this country. This element urged their opinion upon Satolll and through him on Leo XIII , and the sudden call for the resignation of Dlshop Kcano was the re sult. The prelates have observed with con siderable Interest the views ot the church In this change , all the Roman Catholic * pa pers In the United States printed In Eng lish , with the sole exception ot the Watch man of St. Louis , edited by Father Phnlan , sustaining the views and attltudo of Bishop Kcano. T. J. MA'IIOXEV O.V T1II3 OUTLOOK. TrllHVnNliliicrtoii People lie TlilnltH Hryau AVI 11 I.ONC NcliriiHkn. WASHINGTON , Oct. 20. ( Special Tele gram. ) Hon. T. J. Mahoncy of Omaha , who la in the city , In replying to questions as to the situation In Nebraska , stated that It was hard to predict how the state would go , but ho was Inclined to bcllevo It will be carried for McKlnley. "Had the elec tion taken place In July or August , " said Mr. Mabonoy , "Bryan would have had a majority of something llko 15,000 , but I am satisfied there has been a diminution of free silver sentiment among our people. Demo crats of Nebraska have been divided by factional disputes for the past six years , and Mr. Dryan , during part of that time , has not been accounted as belonging to the party. Now that ho Is the candidate of the frco sliver wing , many sound money democrats feel themselves frco to act with the same Independence that ho has dis played. My Idea Is that a very largo pro portion of the sound money democrats in Nebraska will vote for McKlnley. " An abstract of reports of the condition on October 6 of the four national banks In Des Molncs was given out at the Treas ury department today. U shows total re sources of $3,898,990 ; loans and discounts being $2,158,319 ; duo from national banks , other than reserve agents , $1H.4S7 ; duo from state banks , $41,224 ; reserve In banks a yaid for boily brusscls Is tlio lowest ever known It's lower tlinn profit makers llko to see H'H too low Unt then wo'vo Rot mit-h a lot of Hlfro- lows and Lowells and HnrtCorils and Wlilttals and oilier body brussels that unless we do soinotlilnjr radical we won't sell them nil oiit-87 > X.e will Bell them all out this week that's what wo want oven If you havn't a lloor for them you'd better buy now for that other house you move to. Omaha Carpet Co. 1515 SUITS MADE TO ORDER There's no money in it but it's Nicoll's way of winning many new friends. T These woolens were bought to sell at from $10 to $15 more than we are offering them but we are bound to reduce our stock and o if you are a judge of values you will help us do so , Hundreds of choice designs to select'from London Stripes English Checks Harris CassimeresScotch Cheviots English Wors < teds Silk Mixtures all go at these tempting prices , If you are skeptical examine the woolens ask to see the workman ship and trimmings We'll take chances on getting your order them. 2OY KARBACH BLOCK. ttStr and deposited with reserve agents , $602,753 , of which $108,777 was In gold. Principal liabilities ; Capital stock , $800,000 ; due to other national banks , $432,535 ; duo state banks , $ S2GG7D ; deposits. $1,145,583. Aver age reserve held was 28.75 per cent. A. J , Dcets has been appointed postmaster at Haydcn , 1'hclps county , Neb. D. Itoscutbal of Omaha Is In the city , x John T. Bridges has been commissioned postmaster at Lodl , Neb. , and Albert S. Whlto at Ferguson , la. The postoinco at Franklin Mills , DCS Molnes county , la. , has been discontinued ; mall will go to Klines. The perfection of sweetness as at tained In thu tone of a Klinball piano In the first srcat feature noted It's the highest Krado plnno made It's the low est priced hlKh grade piano sold It Is sold on easier terms Wo rent It and you can apply the rent to It's purchnHO If you afterward decide wo tradd It your old organ or piano Is worth some thing we'll glvo you more than any body In trade IIuvo you over heard our automatic piano play ? A. Hospe , Jr. . Music ami Art. 1513 Douglas copying , letter writing and arithmetic. It Is desirable that applicants should bavo n knowledge ot the use ot the microscope. I'OMCV TOWAHU CUIIA. U.VCIIAXOICIl. SyjniiudiloH trltli IiiKiirKciilx , lint Spain llcliiK Trn < ril Kill fly. WASHINGTON , Oct. 20. It can be stated on good authority that there has been no change In the declared policy of the gov ernment with respect to Cuba , nor Is any contemplated. As Is well known , the sym pathies ot the administration , as Individuals , In a large measure are with the Insurgents , but If they gain their Independence It will be without any Intervention other than amicable on the part of Mr. Cleveland. From the Inception of the present difficulties In Cuba the administration has used all reanonablo diligence to prevent the fitting out In this country of hostile expeditions against the Spanish authority In Cuba and this vigilance will bo continued. The gov ernment has taken this course for the pur pose of showing the world that interna tional law Is held sacred In the United States , and also for the purpose ot making It impossible for Spain to successfully prose cute any claims against the United States for damages growing out of filibustering ex peditions , as might bo the case wcro the officials less active In preventing such ex peditions and In prosecuting offenders. It can bo stated , also , that the sending ot the revenue cutter Wlndom to sea with scaled orders has no special significance whatever , beyond the purpose of the Treas ury department officials to keep secret from Cuban agents the movements of the fleet. Hitherto Insurgent agents In this country , through Cuban sympathizers , have managed to secure all necessary Information regardIng - Ing any contemplated movement , even In advance ot our own officers , and as a re sult the purposes of the government have been defeated. This has occurred so often that the ofllclals have determined to stop It as far as possible by Issuing scaled orders to the captains of revenue cutters , which orders ore not to bo opened until well at sea. OB.XTIlAIi A3IEHICAN EXPOSITION . UiiKfil StnloM IN KviipcU-il ( o Miiko a Fnvornlile SIiowliiK. WASHINGTON , Oct. 20. Minister Laze Arrlaga of Guatemala has returned from a visit to that country and says the Central American exposition 'to bo hold at Guate mala City , beginning March 15 , promises to bo an'lmportant event for tbo countries of that locality. The buildings will bo com pleted by the erection of handaomo struc tures , modeled after those at the Marseilles' exposition. The United States has been Invited to participate and It Is hoped that at the com ing session of congress steps will bo taken PEN JPIGTUREIQ. . PLEASANTLY AND POINTRDLY PUT 1 It's poor business having trouble with your eyes and-not giving them attention is worse wo attend to eyes malcc It our business to correct any de fect In the sight our expert knows Just what to do In all cases after making an examination ho can furnish you with the proper glasses that will prove n source of great pleasure to you don't put It off you may have to have n pain ful operation performed If you do. Aloe& Penfold Co. 1408 Farnam I'EOl'1,13 WHO 11EI.1EVB IX SPIIUTS. Aiinuiil McHliiHT f tlio N'ntlonnI Ittllllllt AHHOOllttlOII. WASHINGTON , Oct. 20. The fourth an nual convention of the National Spiritual ists' association began hero this morning and will continue through Thursday night , two sessions being held dally. The day sessions are to bo devoted to business coming before the convention and a number of Im portant amendments to the constitution ore to be acted upon. In the evening addresses are to bo delivered by persons prominent In the ranks ot the Spiritualists. These are to be followed by a series of tests by well known mediums. The association Is three years old , has COO local associations , twelve state associa tions and fifty-two camp meeting asso ciations , with. It Is claimed , a bona fldo membership of 125,000. It has also seventy-five churches and temples , valued - ued at $1,100,000. Tbo officers of the asso ciation are ; President , Harrison D. liart- lett of Llllydale. N. Y. ; vlco president. Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond , Chicago ; secretary , Francis B. Woodbury , Washington , D. C. ; treasurer , Theodore J , Mayer , Washington , D. C. : trustees , Milan C. Edson , Washing ton , Benjamin B. Hill , Philadelphia , and Luther V. Moulton , Grand Rapids. Mich. President Bartlctt delivered the opening address to about 150 delegates. The re port of President Bartlett was an exhaust ive review of the work accomplished by the association during the forty-ninth year of spiritualist era. Ho recommended vig orous agitation for the repeal of legislation hostile to mediums and healing spiritualists and the establishment of a school of phil osophy at Canandagua , N. Y. Clinnco for n WASHINGTON , Oct. 20. The United States Civil Service commission will hold an examination at the postofflco In Doston , Mass. , Indianapolis , Ind. , and Chicago , III. , on October 30 for the position of assistant mlcroscoplst. The salary of the position Is $600 per annum , and only women above the ago of 20 will bo admitted to the ex amination. The subjects of the examination are as follows : Orthography , penmanship , Silk Inlaid trimmings and Louis XV. heels are two very prominent features of our Indies' now patent leather ox- forda the ( liit'Ht'novelty ever produced prlccii $1 and $5 the patent leather strap slippers are $ ; { . ! > ( ) while the va- rltey or * satin-slippers Is Immense from $2.f > 0 up all thu proper shapes the men's patent loathontat . ' ) embrace all the tou styles from the wldu to the pointed iilwayn conforming to the best ami latest fashion , Drexel Shoe Co. 1419 Farnam i to have nn adequate representation , as the commercial Interests between this country and the Central American group are ex tensive. Outaldo of the exhibit which It Is hoped this government will make , American merchants are expected to embrace the op portunity to place their goods before Central Americans and thus enlarge the market for American goods In that section. I'niiilN for < li Aiiicrlpnii Unlvor ly. WASHINGTON , S0ct. 20. The board ot trustees of the American university held Its annual meeting tonight. Hon. 0. Rmery , treasurer , reported the receipts during the last five years had been In cash $280,000. Of this amount thcro Is $20,000 cash on hand , besides assets consisting of property other than money. Bishop Hurst , chancellor , reported that the fund being raised by clergymen to erect the Asbury memorial hall at the university had received pledges ot $100,000 , $22,000 of which had been paid In. I.onvrH ( if AliNciici * Grimtod. WASHINGTON , Oct. 20. ( Special Tele gram. ) Leaves of absence : First Lieutenant Charles F. Klcffor , two months ; Second Lieu tenant Charles G. Sawtello , jr. . Second cav alry , two months ; Second Lieutenant Arthur M. Kdwards , Third Infantry , extended fif teen days on account of disability ; Second Lieutenant Frank S. Cochran , Twelfth In fantry , two months ; Post Chaplain William H. Scott , extended six months on account of disability. CJIIAXOIC I'AVINO SI'ISCIKIOATIONS. Intention to Avoid CrnclcliiK of AM. lilinlt from Ylliriitlon. In addition to the auditing of a tow bills the only business transacted at yesterday afternoon's meeting of the Board of Publto Works was the adoption of an amendment to the city's specifications for paving. The amendment was adopted to cover the case of paving on South Sixteenth street , and baa for Itti object the protection of street paving from cracking duo to tbo vibration of street car tracks. As amended the section reads as follows : "Tho space back of the blocks will befitted fitted to the surface of the base for the carriageway pavement with the same mate rial that Is used for said base , well rammed , or when the pavement Is laid adjacent to the tracks of a street railroad at the option of the Board of Public Works and city en- * glnecr other nyitorlal than granite blocka may bo substituted for teething or the name material used In the pavement of the street shall bo laid next or up to the tracks In such manner 0.1 may bo directed by the Hoard of Public Works and the city engin eer. " Many lives ot usefulness have been cut short by neglect to break up an ordinary cold. Pneumonia , bronchitis and even con sumption can bo averted by the prompt use nf Ono Minute Cough Cure. The "Imperial Acorn" Is 'a first chins bnsobiirner It has all the good features of the "Hoyal Acorn" except that It Is made In smaller nixes and Is accord ingly sold so much lower In price It bus a duplex grate with shaking ring automatic feeder non tarnlshablo nickel trimmings and the regular Acorn pat ent system of not air circulation , which Is admitted to bu the best on earth- Perhaps you'd bolter look at the "Im perial Acorn" John Hussie ! S - Co. , iuillWA. 2407 Ctimiua