TITE OMJUIA DAIL.T BEE : ATGUST 11 , 189 DOUGLAS CODMY REUNION Veterans' Association Soon Iiito Gamp Keai Waterloo. RUSTICATE ON BANKS OF THE ELKHORN Sj > nl In knitted In Honor nf Com- if iinilrr-lu-Chirf of , A. H. nnd lUnujr nf Old Gnuril ArtI' CAVP CLA.HK90N trATKIlLOO. Neb. , Aug --fflj.pclal ) The fourth annual re- tin.on ol the Itouplac County Vtitoraiit BI-- Delation it. In lull blast ana promi cE tt < L Ijx e In pnlnt of attendance anj encamp ment heretofore held under the lumplces ul the ndnnctatlon In honor ol Oummandt-r-ln- Chief " "larknoa o * the. Grtnd Aimy ol tbp In-public tie camp bne IKM chrlm tned "Camp Clnrl.Hcm ' The camp i < nttinuid on the caitternborder of the towi In B tool ntifl fihudy provp on ths hank * o ! tbp Etkhorn river The local committee ! nnd nietnihurs of tlie local Grutid Armj ol tbi Kpipuhlii post in preparing tin camp ground * itnurt'd neither lulinr nor expense The tenth Hies w ure inaugurated thlp after. tinon and from thifi time until Prlduj even- liip ibi cmnp nruundtiwill be tbp ncene oi much jilunnurt Thl afternoon the niemben of the Mutts IUD Qruntl Arin > of tinHcimhlli jmst nnd the mcnine-i , or tbe nnnoclutlui who urr tpd eailj marched to the cani | priiunui j\l jor Ntblt on ht-hulf of tin citm-ns. a ) the town tuined tlip-etunp ground ! find lave of the pity over to the vpurnni Jind tbclr pticMb In renpuiuit to the muj or i addrofP 1-rewldent Gilmoie lei tbe uraucla- tlou ut ipted the prone-red bospltullt } unt admonished th - eitizoiih to lock their chlcket IIOUHP doors in cuniiluhlon lomiude Gil- murt ! lev it-wet ) brlLll } tbi > biHtnij ut the UH- finrlailou , lie object , etc Following tin pretilfleiit t , uddtc-xt , Chaplain Gore } praec lurvintlj tor the good of tbe Old Guard ant their EUi'-ts , a yuurtiit ol local Miigers 10 callred and then tht fueatninnent was It full lnnt.i Ivui.w HlmuuidltiK thib is the lirnt day of tin reunion the numbui of member * , and v m Horn fiom nbrond In large Cuptalu Chlttc-u den ih litie from Ton Crook with compani B , TWIMI } - Biotu ) lufantrj , and dallj during the leunion for the edlllcatiou of the vislton wtio tlul not imiell pcwdi-i durtnr the latt tinple < t'tt. ! tnesrbe w ill put bit men throiigl thu vai-irmi iiVfrnilKh driib , and nt. a npt-cla : feature a lmm battle w 111 hi loupbt bj tin The varinut ) aujwillarj InanUiw nf tin Gnuit ) Armj uf the Ill-public ha\e headquar tiTK ! on the Krounflfi atnoiii ; whltli an Shei idau clirlL l idioH of the Grand Aral ) of th < Jliipuhllc V.ateilno , George A Ctihtui "Women B Reliuf eorjis Omaha , Garlleld ell cle , LndlL' ol the Grand Arm } o ! the He public On ulia , and John M Thuiiuon cump Soiih of \ eteraiib At tbe htibinetib nieotliiR held during tin afteinonn Itttura were rLud fiom Com ailfi "V\ AL.DWL. . General Mnndt.iloiil II. C JtiiMtill and Judge Fuwcctt titatiug that o : acuiuut of iaiportaut IIUI > IULM > uiattern * he ; ViOUld be uuahle to attend the lULi'lug The by-lLW ol the auBOLlatlon v\en ttmendtd to rtad "that the oilli-erb ol ih < uufiOLlation will be elecli d ( in the forejoai of the ui'Luiid da } uf the u < milnn and In ctalli'd on the afternoon of the IUHI ilui- Heretolore the ofllLoits veie elected and 111 Htullod on the labt du > of eiiLauipmeut . ? pen motion of Comrade AoXwlth Cap t la Crlttenden. Twontj-noconil TJiiltei Stati lufantrj. wufa eleottd an bnuoinrj utumbor of Uie acioclatlon A feature of tbe afternoon was an ad drees 'by < Hon "W G "VVbitmore of Vallev After Biippor I'resldeut Gllmore tunipd tin alfalrb over to Comrade Hall , \\lio judsidui at the campllre Culoiml Culver , paBt tie partmcnt commander of tbe Grand Armv ii the Rrpubllc , was tbe llrst Breaker ant" fluced For the lienofit of tbe younger pee pie preocnt , who were not In the ei vice , hi explained lion dtur to the heart t f every oh noldler IB the prJUlrge of jiartlclpatlns li thewe meutln b and bulnK permitted 10 re late portion * , of the unwrlttm hihtory of tin war of the reliollion A quartet from South Omaha whom Chair man B.U1 Introduced as tbe "offBprmi ; of thi Tioue of contention of the late v ai " eani a number of eouthern nielodlefi , and af.p thej had /espondi'd to a number of euiorc were tbe rctiiplenUj of a puree of coodlj Jiro portloui. , contributed lij the audience. Comrade Hull took MB cue from ana teal up tbe thread of the Ktorj "where itua cbopiHrd off by Comrade Culver , and contributed tributod he\erul imges to the Won ol th war yet to bewritten Comrade Ilnran , 1 : a number of well -written vereefa. told of tb good decdK and ohortcomlngB of a nuinl > e of tbe prominent Grand Army of the Itt public men preiient. Colonel It. L. Lhlngfitone wab the lar npeaUer of tbe evening uud to the suliUer of the regular army he paid a glowin tribute. The UHUal number of camp follows nr ou the grounds and are being patronized III eralli The chief attractions , however , heel wliere dancing 4. i to tie the pavilion , dulgcd in , the icu.rou .al and tbe "old arm EUIMPEUIA1 , , Nnb. . Aug 10 ( Spi-ulal , ) Tb Grand Arm } pout at this place bad an in terebting meeting here last Saturdaj Thor was a large attendance present the occi Bleu being the Initiation of two new mom bert Into tbe post. _ CAMHHATKS SHO\\ TJIE-tt.SEL-lTi : ' JVniilrnntH lur O lr - I l ) Ul > All O- tintun - . I'lEUCE , Nub. , Aug 10 ( Spuclal. ) Tal about camllflateb lor tbn county oflicen i now heard by tbt > leadurt of the politic : parties County Treanurer NicliVecKer v\i lie nmomluated without oppoaltlon II 1 Tawney. oouutj cleiL , wTio has held th : position for Blx jiars , will not be a eonfl date for lenuuilnatlnu on the populist tick- Somw of tbe popull t liaideis say Hunn Turner now t-ount ) superintendent , v\ill 1 the niimtiiHD for countj c-larU , and frleni of Cliailee E Stalej say he denerves it , i he bus been Mr Tuwney's efllElent dojiut while a * .in- } held the ofllce Last wee It wae annoumed that II E Foreman woul IIP tliu p < ipullst tiomlnni for count } Judgi Mr rurumau has boeii in the general mei chundlHtliuhlneee at Osmond until recent ! : Vi' V Kirk of I'lalnview was ine-nHone lu t w - k for the oltlo of sheriff. Aiuitti- caudldato for hberlff k 11 G 11 amor of Of muiid. He wafi thu populIU candidate tn jearE and was the third man In tbe raci The democrat * are Btlll angry with tli liojiuliHtB for not fuHlng with them The havu called their oouut ) convention on tli tuimi da } an the popullBtb August "S Tb democratb will i-crtalnl } renomluate E < Ilusb for iiherllt end William H Mclhmal for count } judge Harrj Tullen of O ( mtinfl and Charlen F Huhike of Hadur wi lie cundldateE for count } clerk. H. I Nortbup , thti free tillver orotur of I'iori rount } wanu to tit * nominated for count bhetltr Thr republlcani. Imvc not con tnenc-ed to talk much about county ottlcen Only one man hub announcud blmuelf fi olllce. and that lt > Charles Uohrburg of Oi iiiond , who i\aiiU to 1m candidate for hhe iff Them will l > plenty of good tiuilH for thti part } to ciioust from , HAUIUKON Neb. . Aug 10 ( Special > - The republican count ] central commltttn : i Bloux euuut } met here today and deuldi to hold on ) } one count } convention tint yea and fixed lt date for September 1C. . btralght i-ouut } ticket will be put up , wit fair proupeetc for it uoi-eas u the Jualc HObume of tbe pojiullstc , democrats and si ver republicitnt U not going to lie ae ha : uiouloub ab dct > lred b } Ht > promotorE. Sevtiri of the leadiiig jiopulltUi are known to I Sl'IUNGVIDW. Neb. , Aug. 10 ( Bpecli Tulegram. ) The popullut county central con mlttec ban ibfltHid & call for a county cunici tl a for baturdiy , August 1 , and thu uiiui crut have called a musb count } couveutia OD that day This IE apparently un attenu on thu part of the democrats to force U luipullat * to tune w 1th them ou local mutter Tbe iwpullbte have a good etzt > d majority 1 the county and do not uttsd tbe democrat lusalatauce ID order to elect A lively time ftuticluatrd r.ouui > BL.OOMINGTON. Neb AUB 10 { Spoclal . Franklin County Institute commeuoe liur yuiUrdxy imd will cuutiuuu cut wee ntdrr * nr mahagcmct ' of Rupprlntcnfltnl S T Hortl There wrrc 300 tcnchM * rn- rnlled tbti flint &iIt bni brco ciuUmmrr to mRke thi limtlttitp & wi-ek of rerlewlns of Htudlee on which the cxnmlnatloc wan taNtn Tble Trill not bo done thin year The firenentntlnn of tbe vort by Inistructnri will be hlphlj natlnfurto-r to tbe tea chert cnn- Hlrtlnp oxcltmlvob of mcthoOK of teaching tht- various branches Tbe teachere ar pre I arefl for thin t > y barlnp attenflpu th - sum mer school Lecture * and entertainments have been arranged for the whole week HU\ Pint ! , OtT 71112 lilt T HMITS. Pnll tVln-rr Tlier 1 > Viml CJixnl to Guru mid Pnnlnn-K , SOHfYLEIl. Neb. , Aug. 10 ( Special > Late jentrrflaj afternoon this Immediate vlclnHy rccptvefl a copious faH of rain the total fall being 1 DC Inches Scbuylw seemed * to havibfcn tin erncr of thp HDP of a heavy cloud that travrrKpfl tht county from nortb- en t to iuth cBt the northwrptrrn nnfl HOUthmMere jiortlour not getting rain at all The lint of travel of the cloud wa well Bi-li-t-ti-d an the immeftiate vicinity ot Schu- lor and a ntrlp extending northeuHt from here have been very much rnlw.ed by rain clouds' of grtat connpqucnce of late Corn was th" principal vegetation that nei-dcd It but it bat proven very beneficial to lanius. pastures and trew CHAPJ'RTjti Neb Aug 10 ( Special > This wic-tion of the couutrj bus beeu lavored with rain ivory rtav for the lat t wick Corn and gra * are In excellenf condition Heal estate In biglnnlng tp mo\e and newromers an coinlnj ; to Iscbrabka , nbert the ] "ipli ) arp ptosperoui. IMPCIIIAL , Nib Aug in ( Special ) riia/c pountj v a i viHlted last night bv another - | other rplcnflld lain Troni all over the I count } rejiortfc arc coming in tlmt tin fall wan about two to thrt'f luche * . The lagoon * . and low landx are full nf water and the cornfieldB atbnrotiRhly , aturatpd A I marked dlflcrenrc In tbt npn.-aranci | of tbe corr. . millet pant and grjbE crojii > can be oMorved and thp * < f crops will l - much hpmlrr than vas eMImntpd trn davR ago rTRTJS Neb Aug 10 ( Special Tclf- gram ) A niaKiiilli-ent vihcat bam-st is Just beginning to IIBSB through thi thraBhlng ma- chlnuB. eho\vlng a rcbulting vleld of fiom twenty-live tu fortv-llve luihbi-ls pui Hcrt A four-dav B' rain has just ci asi-d , glv Ing tin PC Indies of water in the government gauge , thus Ilnallv and Ic-rver setting tit rest all dnirhu touiermiiK tin Immensr corn crop no lav KM } spattered broadcast over tills prolific FPCtiou of Nerhanl.a FnrtinT Ofx liilo Ili for AITI-JI mill I * A TIliniiMt Cli'ur. M'COOlJCNCniON. . Neb . Aug 10 ( Spe cial ) John Stellar a fanner living west of here bought ou tlmp an eight-acre farm on which he gave mortgagee for nearl } all of the rurehnse priie amounting to about $ lf > 00 Last week he llnthhcd thrashing winter vvheat whlc-h he raided on this land and hi thiat > ncd out 200 buobHB of the finest ciualitj of wIn ter wheat for which he will iHccivt CO cents per biihhel returning him 51HOO This is on ) } one of man } caset in York count } Man } i nnd main a Held of winter wheat is return ing tin- farmer Jin to Sl per acre oC land that is offered at $20 to $ 3 per acre wn.il IIAVK A rioi'n MILL. I'lunt to Ui ItriKli for IltihliifNM Alinul No t-iiilii-r 1trHt. E\VING. Neb. Aug 10 ( Special. ) Ev\ing is to have a Hour mill Arrangements have been made 1) } Baunders Brothers of Badger Holt count } , to erect and operate a iluut mill having a capacity of lift } barrels per day The mill will l > e run by water power and -work has begun and will be pushed rupldl } It lb expected to have the mill in working condition within uluet } dafc This will be a 'boom ' for Dwing Cro ] * are looking Bplendld In thi vicinity and business is brightening up. FARMERS IUH111CU 111 SHELL GAniK. n - Itliin lit Tullt. Citj Urojik Two Umulrcil DullnrH. PALLS CITY Nub Aug 10 ( Special. ) Hummel , Hamilton & Co B circus exhibited Monday About show time It began to rain and thu attendance wut , small , but tbe cir cus made a big haul here through the con fidence men. Citlzenb dropped from $10 to $200 on the "sure thing1 shell game. One old church member In particular saw the game , came up town , drew SlidO from tbe bank , which he lost in less time than it took him to tell it. B } the aid of the au- thorltle * ) he recovered ArrKt III Koriuer I2mj > loj r. DAKOTA CITY Neb. , Aug 10 ( Special. ) A reward of S10 hut. been odered b } Sherlft Borowsky for the arrest of Olive Olllr , who is suspected of robbing the residence of Frank Heeney near Huhhard on Friday evening , while the famll } was aw a } from home Olllr toad been In the employ of Heeney on hie farm , but woe discharged about a week ago , and when he wab paid off , located Henney'e po < * 5 slone About ! 0 in cash and a bunch of valuable papers were secured , the latter afterward being found near tbe ] * , < < iriiiu Pirnnrf OJtj. PATVNEECITT Neb. Aug 10 ( Special. ) The funeral of Ho } Martin , who died Sat- urda } afternoon of typhoid fever , was held from the Methodist EplBcopal church Suuda } afternoon The Pawnee County fab ? . September 1C , 1C and 17 , is being boomed extensive ! } The Wonian'p Christian Temporanre union district rouventiou of the First district will be hold Jn the Presbyterian church August 17 Ik and 1 ! ) A good program has been ar ranged Mrn. .In inIvlij it. DlKiiilHHril. TCCUMSEH. Neb. , Aug 1U ( Special ) Th casr agaliiht Mrs June Ka } in police court here for running a hoube of Ill-repute was dismissed labt evening The case oc cupied tbe attention of Judge Dlnsmore for tin tu dab and numerous witnesses were ex amined 1-urt-Mi-Il 1'nrtj nt thliliiml. ASHLAND. Nub , Aug 10 < Bp cial ) A farewell jxirty was Riven at Hotel Selma thiB pvetilug In honor of Miss Carrie Noyen and Mlse Anna Noeh , who will HOOII leave w 1th their parentb for Sheridan , Wj o. About thirt } young wouiunwore jirche-nt to upend the evening with them TrnTIIji JrnIlN from n Trulii. OHAITIBL.il , Nob. . Aug 10 ( Special. ) A tramp fell off a freight train last night and In falling hurt his back He lay on the ground lor several hours until -picked up tiy paBsert-b ) He is being taken care of by tbe county at present NriT Ac - l nt T orU. TOIIK , Neb , , Aug 10 ( Spooiul. ) TV H Davis the local agent for thp Burlington railroad , has been transferred from the York ollice to some other not } et made known J F Barnes ot Ub&aes has assumed charge of tblc office. STATE EPWORTH ASSEMBLY Cloning Session of the Camper * Devoted to Business and FORT CROOK BAND SCORES A KNOCKOUT P -iij > Je rirnwrfl Hint tinConrrrt liiKti-nd of n Irf-ctnrc lcMTK for Nxl Irnr 1.INCOL.N , Aug. 10 ( Special. ) The last day of the Epworth assembly wan the best flir In point of w rather at least OI cnurne there were many who -were mr-ely disap pointed at the failure of Sam .IonPS to put In an nprcarance , but very Jew complahto were beard , and in thr opinion of a great many the break In the program was more than made up b } the music furnished by thr Twenty-necnnd Keglniert band TVhllc It wae certain that Rome tailed to ettcnfl because June * would not speak othc-s came to hear the baud whom Jones would not have attracted During tup afternoon and evening concerts the amphitheater was packed and nil the available npncp around tt wa filled by people who brought chalre and by ppnplp who stood up Thry wen said to IH- two of the largest audiences ever assembled In the clt } The appearance of the band In the stand wa * grecttd with great applause , and each selpotlon on tin- program was enthubiattlcall } applauded During the afternmn concert the band responded to a number of en core" , and at thr i lone Its conductor I'rot E Ke-lchardt rei-elv pd an ovation from the leaguers The league at It * buslnens meotlng toda } elected tht following oHloer * tor the cnmlug year President , L 0 Jones Lincoln , vlpe president. C E Sandermm Lincoln , corresponding spending secretary Elmer E Lesb York , rppordlng wcretarv Charlotte Meade But ton treauurer , Iva M Howard. Edgar , Junior Le-agup BUpcrltvtendent Mrs G W Ictimm Hastings secretan Christian Citi zenship league. R A llarnps Cedar IllutlB spcretarv mission work Hattie Moulton Vi-ejing "Water The directors eltcted wer- Beatrice district Ilev C S Dudle } Has-- ItiRs district Rev O "W Flfer Lincoln dli trlpt Rpv C M Shepherd Nebraska Cltv aistrlct Rev J R Woodrock , York district Rev W J Calfee. At thf meeting the question of location fur the next aEHCtnbl } came up and after n dlsruoblon tbe matter way left to the hoard and tbe ofllrers for Bettlcment It bolnp loiind advlba'ile to figure pomewhat on terms , and expenses before tbe location was dan nltelv selected The business meeting wat enthusiastic and full of good feeling on ur- count ot the great suc-ws of thr imscmblv and thp ofllcials now have a determination to make the next abaumbly the largest in tbe fulled States ResoUitlnns of thanks were adopted and one as follows Reiolvefl , That we renueit the executive pommlttee to arrange In the program npxt yenr for a Kiiater number of i-v angellut' und pentecontu He-rvices and that there bt provided proper facilities for altur service CVPTrilK VWU IlAJlMShfr THIEVES. niiixii < - and Cult 111 Ilinni in .lull mill Dlnrli Pliimli-r It I-IMM * r4l. . TEIvAMAH Neb . Aug 10 Cspeclal ) About four weeks ago Sheriff Langford of this county captured a wagouload of har ness stolen from the viclnlt } of Le-mart. la Mr Langford got trace of the outfit and pur sued them soclosuly that the } deserted the wagon , leaving one home The wagon con tained thirteen t of harness four saddles eight nets of flj uete and a kit of carpim tur toolh all of which were reclaimed 0) } citizens about Lernart. After leaving the plunder the thieves made north on to the reservation Thu uhoriff Iiudiugwhere the } stopped en route loarued that the } -were Eugene and Calvin Hls eox , the latter being one of those arrested and tried here last fall for the murder of Fred L Sellers at Oakland Shadowing them close ] } , Sheriff Langford succeeded in effecting their arrest at Yankton , S D. , and bi ought them to Tekaniah last night to await the arrival of the Iowa authorities From evidence devel oped by thp sheriff It isplain that these two men are desperate cniokt. of considerable Importance ( He found that near Crawftou Neb they have wecreted seventeen bead ol horses uud a large amount of plunder con sibling large ! } of harness and baddies Tht horses weie near ! } all , If not all traded foi w ith stolen harness and It wae the intention of the Hlsc-oxs to ship thp ho-ses south and dlspow ; of them thifc fall Citizens of Crawf ton say that the two hoys camped In a tent there several weeks and traded harness al the time The } went heavily armed all tbe time as though determined .to resist arrest if officers found them Calvin Hlscox giv-tE evidence of being a desperate criminal , al though his gentleman. ! } demeanor during lilt long imprisonment in the jail here , while awaiting trial for the Sellerb murder , gained him omo sympathy A conrin Grunt His- cox. who remained behind in Iowa , Is con nected with the gang .He wats alee one ol the defcndan'-K In the- Sellers case , ae wae also Calvin HJHCOX'S ' sister , who was mis tress of the murdered man AT 1VAVVE TTOUMAl. , . TUlrlj-Tliri-r Griuluutt-H Will Go Forfli from tinCollrKf. . WAYNE. Neb . Ang 10 ( Special Tele gram ) The sixth annual commencement ex ercises of the Normal college of thin Kit } ate now In progress Thirty-three btudonu will graduate thirty-one from the tcacbcis department and two from the scientific de partnie-nt The exercises began Friday August fi "with a literar } program b } the Pbiloiuatliton society of the lollpge followed on Satuiday < v oulng w ith another b } the Ci eseetit Llter- ur } socii-t } Tbe baccalaureate sermon was in cached on Bunda } by Rev H J Haper- mun of Dakota City Monday and toda } an devoted to the teachprK' department , AVcdncs- day to the ronaervatory department , Thuri- tlay to the bcientlflc department and Satur day w ill be the day of the collpge uluinnl banquet ] * > iiiiiiii rjiniint ASHLAND , Neb. . Aug 10 ( Spncial ) Tbe Knights nf Pythias lodges of this rlt } held their first annual picnic at De } Street park today. M n bom of lodge from Havelock. Waverl } and I'lattsmouth were present A ball game wat , played flietwt-en the hffme ttam and the team tram Havelock , which resulted IS to G , In favor ot tbe Auhland team Tbe Havclock baud was present and dispersed mublc throughout the da } Tbe town "was thronged v\lth ppople John M. Stnlil nt tlir riiniitnii jun. SALEM Neb. , Aug 10 ( Special Tele gram ) Thf cnthusIaHin at tbe intorstat'1 cbautauqua if > uuubuted Tbe cmvf't , htlll came and Rev. Sam Small , a platform man ager , keeps tbe program moving and the peo. I Blitionmn nays this JB thp way t-vt'ryliotly limUt. after Uit-y luive uttt-ndcd our Uiii hlitie cU'uriiuee hiilt und it Isn't iiuy wuiiflcr for iit-ver vote Miuh Iveu in tan- shot * No hjiccittll tun Kbw-b for u tuu t.luK elt'iuuiift ? but our rt-sulnr lines tueu us w l et'U wlllns all humnier just liurjrnin jirlci-h like these Filter ludies' f4 taue at ? 1.48 ladle-h' tail oxford * . , tin(2 Uiiid lit 4St liiitwi-b * W tunt , jpl i. cliild'B ? l tiT UIUH ut $ l ir. uteiiV $ K Uouuau tuns for ? Jt.4S This Is mi ojijtiirrunity for jou to tuu the vvliole family at nl- the jirii-e uf one jmii tkib t > ale last ulwayp vvlipti these ure gone v\u'll huvo full bhoes tu hlitvv jou. Drexel Shoe Co. , 1410 Furnam Street. pip Imppr Hon John 01 B ah ! of hfagn lncturt > d to thp farinrre.1.in Ibf forenoon nnd A TV Hatrka of Bsnlmnrp Mfl In ibc nftprnonn convulnHD MM audlpnrp hrougli hl Inpturp on "SunBhlnt"i A tutocrllaneoim conpprt of wbh-h thp Slayijuu Jubllep stngprn wrrp the Ipadltig nttrncttfali cloned a ue- ccmtul day I2AU1.1 3IOUMG 1'JIJIt AT MNCOIA. Fulli-rlon llrotlirrt. * Gri - Tj Morr 1111 O Strrrt i * llurnril. LINCOLN. Aug 'n ( Special Tolp- grnm ) TbP trame ' building at the eornrr ot Thirteenth unfl 0 strnotB occupied by Fullopton IlrothcrB. ' gro cer } store , caught . .flrc . this morning shortly after 1 o'clock. Thp upper etor } was burnnd out Tbe building ! ie longpd to tbe George Tucker estate and was consid ered a fire trap Fulle-ton Ilrothcrs carried ahout fl.BOO stock of groceries which Is badly damaged b } flrp and water Georgt N TbompTOti jpwelpr. and Sadlp I'uckett. milliner in 'an adjoining building Buffer ome damage Irani watet The Couglio Fruit company hue a Email loss So far &e lenrnod at thin hour mine of the parties except Cougllo cat-ifd Itifluratipp Tliosn who flret saw the fire bo } thpy heard two explosions and then thp blaze flared up In the tipper htorj. Which was n < < ed as a Btore room The flro is suppcnpd to IIBVP been incendiary I-JVB 1H01" > * AD A HIS KXPUCTKll. Moilt-rn AV ooilincii AMI ] UnitIliuiKtrr I'lrnJi- Anj iir. " \VAYKE Ndi Aug 1ft ( Sprrlal TPP- ! gram ) Thp second annual jilcnlc of tbe Northeastern Nebraska Log Rolling BBMIPI- atlon Modern "VVondmi-n of America will be held here Thursdav of this weik nud the I business mrn und local \ \ imdmeu arp making | arrangements for a hie , time Nearl.v ever } , town in Northeastern Nihraska will have large dilepa-Ions' here us eM-urslons will be run on all branch lines of tb" railway It is expected that Ii t'OO ' penple w 111 be p'resent and man } bandh Lloutenant Governor Northpote of Illinois will deliver tlip jirlucl- pal address There w 111 \ > t all kinds of amusements Decoration of the business liousuB IB already In progress Ahout fort } lodge v.111 take part in thr picnic to which ev erybnd } if iuv bed j I'rimU Mlti-ln II Spi-ur Hull. I YORIC Neb Aug 10 ( Special ) Frank I Mitchell recently arrcstid bv thp deput } ! ' Vulted States marshal for Illegal ! } selling liquor at thta placp has KPeured bond for i Jl.OOO and has returned from Lincoln to ! await the action of the grand Jur } this fall Sioua Coiin1 > Pnlr Dnlt-K. HARRISON Neb Aug 10 ( Special. ) The Sioux Count j Agi ii-ultural noclet } met j todn > and arranged for holding a pount } i fair this fall Tlie datei. arp September 14 i 15 and 10 Siou\ count } will also send an ' exhibit to the State fair j B _ _ i l , < -iii it. tin- Old Toun fur niv. . ASHL-VNiD , Nib , Aup 10 ( Special ) Colonel T B Pickstt left for Greenwood to day , where be v.111 btart a npw paper He i has bppn In the nrwBpapcr hustne&G for a number of } car& In tblfc city AI-TT I'i Ini-iim ] nt Fiilltrtoii. FTLLEUTON Nub. Aug (10 ( Sjieclal ) At a meeting of the school board last even ing Mr E S Nlckerson.of Grctna Nph , was elected p-lnclial ] of tbe Jullyrton schools for the ensuing year , / SHOTS TAIL or THEin. pritirosE. Vliton MiirtliK-1. . IlriNi-K ! K AVlfi- mill Tlirii Tri -H ti > ronimlt iili-lilo. Anton Martlue'k , a qiip-lepged hhonuakfr of Gibson _ concluded a v eek'noutid of disblpation yelstarday moml.ig b } severnly boating 'hb ? .wife Tbe v-omau was repeal- edl } knocked down her fai badi } cut , and one eye closed As soon is the fould get away -from her drunken Uiu ; band hhe hur ried to this c > t } and Svrorc out warrant for bis an at Hearing iffthe issuatice of the wnrrrnnt Martinet : j qri. that hj v. ould never be takpu allv e and 'going into at > old bureau drawer brought fo'th a ru t ? gun v\hlch has not Been aervit * for } e r As his wife appeared In tht dnoivav xipon her return Martlnekwho vvas in waifng , thot at hei 'hut the hall missed lu , mnik Tli" woman ran tcrtamlng from the bouse and aroused the neighbors Ditrin.- her absence her hushand turned the pun upon himself and Hied Tht bullet posi a through his hod } about an Inch abe e the let. nipple , mulcting a painful but not nscwi-uill } mor tal wound Sbortl } after the shooting tool : place Oll- ! tors Barnes and Baldwin wlio wtjre detailed to serve the warrant , arrivsd upcu the Bcene and found Martinek lying on the floor where he had fallen As thp otncs entered he arose and eeatlng himself In a cluir coolly filled hib pii > e and began to rnnokr The lo'i of blood hovever which he had buffered rendered him weak and be It'll In a swoon He was later removed lu the patiol wagon to St Joseph's hospital lie v 111 r"bJ- bly recover. l-ItlUMli. CALL 0 > JOHN JE\KI\f. . rnreTTdl VlnH Hjiou HI inrtur - for Mm Suliufliir. John Jenkiiifi. the new 1 } appointed consul of the TUiited States foi San Salvador WCP tendBied a ver } pleasant surprise at his resldencB on Sherman avenue last evening hi a lew of his friends , jniembrrs of Nebraska lodge No 1. lAnclent Free aufl Accepted Masons , prior to his departure for that coun- Mr Jenkins spoke in a brief manner of the new field In which he Ih about to enter , Interesting description of the giving a aer } inhabitant * and their mode of living etc , and said that IIP proposed to do Ul m his power to merit the confidence reposed In him b } tbe appointment to the position usslgtu-d John D Howe madea few remarks in whiib lit alluded to the fact that Mr JenUnt would he miEsed very much b } his friends , . nud alter a few hour * , spent ID hocial con vocation tbp part } hade tbe consul gnod- > 5Mr Jenkins leaves Omaha Thursday of this week. His famll } will J amain In Omaha for the piesent. _ _ AHC tinI'ollir for Proti-rtloii. Mrs. "Bertha Graham , living nt-a- Tenth and Chicago wtieetb. applied at the prllto btation la .t night tor protection against her hurihand She elated that he cami home about U o'clock and after nt-ntins her th-eat- miHd to hboot her If she did nit keen imt of the howie Tbe matter will lie investi gated by the police today Police null ! AVJiM Iloomh. Tlie pollee nmcle uni ffnrt lant night to round up the nmii } wine rooms of tbe cit } Five women giving tfre' rtime-b of Alice Claris Bottlia Golden. Fji > lieverp Emma Dutu-an und Lizzie Muhdn vi'pri taken from the wine IOOIIIH oiiurutixl b } IS11I } Huston on lower Furnam Ktrei-U a"d from the Kuliion of Ike Gulll wi North Sliteeuth Btreet. The police unite VUe.5 will continue the work until the jinKtliiof the w onion vlHltlng the plutt-H IH i i ij If yon weie Mi'fc jvin vouldu't pro to ahorwe doctor foi uca yiVjit , would youV If you read u iieiv | } > er naturally you \\unt the bust y ur" < lihardly ( exjiuct to get all the uewh Trjjrg a ncwhjuijiei that made u Ki > iuiul itiff ( rt to funiiHli it to you The lleti nof onlj iimkct. tlie effori hut it doeb ftinilfili all the newp Tlie lUte'B news Kervict-JB uot apjirouched hy any paper hi tlie iTrnuHmiKMBMppI ] CrjOhItlHi ( Mates tnnrti hemp news more Ktate ue H mote foreign uewb and more peueral ue\v K than any of them Delh ered here in the city for 15 cunts nev u days a AveeL If joure * frolng away it'll be mailed von for 70 cuum a mouth. The Omaha Daily Bee Circulation Department 17th and FainaoL Bee Building FOSTER'S COURSE DEFENDED 3tate Deportment Anrwors the Ohargce Made ty Prof , Hliott. MS BEEN SAILING UNDER FALSE COLORS Ill * Ili-jiiirt on tlir Si-nl luliiiiilK } < t > rrrJndJpi-il thnl Si-cri-tnrj lIVuliip Ui-t-lliii-il lt > 1'rcm-ul it to ConiirMti. . WASHINGTON , AtlR 10 Tbp Statp dp- lartment hatmodp antncr to thp charpcs ; irofcrrod apaln John W. Foster by Pro ! * EJenr } J Elliott In hlo letter to Aultttaut Secretary Ia } . Thp State department BU } . "Pro ! Elliott IK not nov nor ban IIP brent : nr upvpral } ears connected vs-lth Um Smltb- lonlan Inotltullou or any other department if the pov crnnipnt In IS'iO hp mndp a ri > - nirt on tbp ccal Islande nt. an nrent of thi freasurj department , but It w-ue BO full of inaccuratp ntatemrntn In-trn\ltip witch a want if RClentlllr Liiowlpdpe wnc no hostile to thr imprests of the United Statee and VVBK writ ten In mien o prejudlred Rjilrlt that SPC'P- tar } lllali e dpcllned to send U to cotip-cs * r cllovr it to bp p-lntpd From that da i Prof Elliott penned to hnvp nnv conncrtlon with thp Rovenimciit nnd tbp ollirlalu av he has lost no opportunlt } to attack even step token l > v It on tinHtibjurt nnd to alntup ill pcmotm hnvlnc an ] ofliflnl relation w 1th senlltiK nmttoiB His tcpnrt wnb puntrd b } the llrltlsh Rovernnipnt nnd wus strotiRl } r * llpd upon b } thr B'ltlsh roun'ol holtirp tin LrlbiitKil to overthrovv the position of thr United Stati * " LilKIH MtO\VS A GAIV. li-K 'Notiii n IIIIIIIIMC- Tin-lit Aiiiuitu nrl.luir CliiKxi-K. \VASHINGTOK , Aup 10 Compamtlv P liEitres cumplled b } the Departmrnt of Labor In the form of iledurtlous from tin- last CPIKUI ; statistics relntlnp to workers at izaluful ocpuprtlanr , jiolnt to tbp fact that IIOIVOUB at work , especially femnlen hnvp Inrreasod ver } much fnstei than the popula tion at large As a result tbp ntutement shows that proportion of workcrr relative to the tota' population and to tl-e whole uumbeof people of 4he rcspectlvp ujei \vus con lderakl } Rreuter in Ih'lO ' than at the prpiedlnc ernsuE periods , nnd that thit Inei " ifl > il jiroportlon i& apparent for each nf tin preat elusnefa of occupationE. except ngrji-ulturo fi'honep and mlnltip All this the fitut'-niPiu Bets out Bhowe the Int-rejia Inq Oiclncllt atlon of our population to fol low agricultural pursuits This demotiHtratc' that the ircreafce-d jitirtinn of workers it found generall } in the hipher walltB of htibiuctis life and lu tho-t * oi pupations which call for okllled labor The coniluhlon If accordlnpl } hlrted to he Inevitable that thi Croat hod } of workers has ue a whole prrtre nc'd and risen percejitlbl } in the ho- clal . " = ale of life TO THE GOLD -EliiCEKS : Si-iTi-lurj IlllNH Stn Out tinCoiull - tlouH in VliiHKn. WASHINGTON. Aup 10 Secretar } Bllw has taken copnizance of the rtibh to see tht Klondike pnld heldb and Alaska , and has Issued the follow lug warnlup to the general public In view of information received nt this de partment that 3,000 persons with " 000 tons of huRpuRe and freiptit uie novwaltlns at tin- entrance to White Pass , In Alaska for an opportunlt } to crosh the niimntulns to the Yukon river , and that man } more an pri- paUnp to join the-m I deem It p-oper to pall the attention of all who eonttmplute muk- inp that trip to the exposure privation suf- ferlnp und dumber Incident thereto at this advanced period of the season , even If they Khould tnitceed In prosslnp the mountains To renph Daw son Clt > w hen over thp pass 70 > miles of dillliult nnvlputlon will btll he beftnp them and It doubtful If the } our- IIPV ean In completed before the river IF cloned bICP 1 am moved to draw public notice to these i-oi dltlnii" bv the crnvlt } of the possible t oiiBeiiupiit-e - to penple detained In thp moun tuinouB wlltlernestdurinp five or six ninnthr- of an arctic winter where 110 relief can reach them however great the need C N BLISS , Secretar } of the Interior. AUK GETTING WOWS TO UIISlNESiS. \riii i.r I'liiliCoiiiinlKKlon l.ooUinc : Over Evlili-ni-f on Hand. WASHINGTON Aup 10 The naval armor heard was in se &lon again todav In the Ordnance Bureau offices devoting nearly all of thp time to a , tud } of tbe accirmu- latpd Informntion in the Navy department he-arlag on tbe subject of their iuveatipatlon Of this tiere is a pi eat more , including the great mart , of data collpcted for the 'h ' nefit of Secretary 'Herbert when "he " reported to congreis upon the coat -production of armor and aUto the material collected in pursuance of the inv estigation into the de fective armor supplied some years ago by one of the firms Tlie heard has arranged lor a visit to Buthlehem and also to Cartie- ple e armor works 'Bethlehem ' will be ve iled Momla } morning Ju t 'hov long a eta } will he nndp thrre bus not } et been Hot- tied , hut from there the hoard w 111 po to Oarntpie'fi plant near PittBburp Both of the nrnioi muUt-rF havp volunteered t& admit the nipmbero of thp board individual ! } to the interior of their establKhmentp and to fitmihli all -proper information culltd for. which lemovEe an expected obstacle ao the ItiveeilRution GOOD 01 T1,0 ( K roil CO-1 TON CIHIP. Slllltlll I-JI Stlltl-H It < - | > 01111 IlK-rfllNC lu % ti-i-iicr ; roiiilJtlon. WASHINGTON Aup 10 The letunm for cotton to tbe Department of Apiiculture in- tlieati an average tondltiou of 8C 8 on Auciibt 1 BP-compared with Sfi 0 on .luly 1. an increase of nlue-tentht , f 1 point Thp average condition Anpust 1 IbMC v-ns kO.l and thp average condition on August 1 for the last ten } cans is HG 1 There has bi-en a decided improvraie-irt in Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina wherr thecon - illtioiih have advanced ID T und C jmluU ; rcjpp.ctlvt-1 } In tbe lower MiohiMtlppI valle ) the Improvcnipnt is much lees marked and In Texuh there it. a decline of 10 polnti ; The average * of thp etateb are us follow K Vir ginia ii'J Lnulmana HO , North Carolina , 1)7 ) ; South Carolina. ! ) " , Georgia U5 , PJorlda US. Alubunm , 88 WlK le lppl 85 , lexnt. , 76 , Ar- kiUL-ian , 0 Tennessee M ; Mibnourt , 85 , In dian Terrltor } . U4. Oklahoma. J > G I'olilliIliitiiM of Iwiirotir. WASHINGTON Aug 10 Some factb ae to thp coi duct of public imiht , in Eurojie urp given in tlie current mnnthlj bulletin of tbe Bfpurtment of Laboi 3 < i.howi , that the movement to provide bathe and wash house facilities which originated In England In IMl ! bun spread vvldi-1 } 4n Great Britain and on the continent It notes that the establishment of public wuhh houoeti In connection with bath house * of the com- rwlmmlnB end clcftnllne r tvpp in tint no common KB In thp parly TPftrn ot thp jnornmcnt Thp cuncpew of tbp movement In Gprmany in r t bll hlnp worklngmen'n baths of th nhpwor bath typp In cttpd pvldpncp that thp nlmpler nnfl IPMB ex pensive forms can be Jntmt protltalrty In troduced by American ortle * in their first attempts to ) irovldp working clawiec with adequate baths for demising and rofretth- uieut or Giijitnln Wllniiii T iilUn lu AVn of C-i i > | ii > Out AV i-xt. WASHINGTON AttR 10 ( Sppclal TclP- pram ) Aotltip CommleBioner of Internal Ilevenur Wllwin hns rpppntl } rrturund from an exlennlit * trip throuph the west , and brlnw a personal rrjmrt ronftrmatory of In- rrcaslnc Imnltipss HP said thut throughout Nebrauka Iowa and Kutisns signs of pros perity atntnip the ppoplt arp lipoomlnp dnlly mon v islble At OtnHlm onp of HIP larppirt dlstllllnc firms In thp west report pd an In rrrnnp of SO per pnnt in its business last month Cuptalu Wilson v lulled thp great packing hotms and found them nil tuisj OtnIlrm ri-porled that Itis uhlpmrntc avpi- agpd fortr-llvp cnrlondc a clay and ou thp flav Cnptuln Wllhon was then spvent } car- loadn went out Wln-at , porn und oatf. crops lu tin western nlates lire thp largest thr } hnvp had for } rars and prlrtti are Bteadll } rising Thp pomptroller of tlie rurrpncy tndnv madp publlr an abstract of thp reports from th tour national bntiks at PPS Molnps la. , of thplr condition Julj i ; , It nhowe total rpsouicps of $4 nsri. .is. loans and dlscountn ngprppatlon of $2 n5 .i8S , and noorve on hand and Opposttpfl w 1th rearrv-p ncpnts. $1.- It'SnjK of which SllClltt wns gold DP- juvlts amount to Jl 441P,2 ! ) and the ovcrnpp resejvc held was : :7.70 : jipt tent W H Ctarv of Omuho IR in thp cltv In nn Interv lew In a local pappr IIP Is predlted v 1th nominating W J Ill-van for ronpre'w und Is clawed among the leading dcmocratB of thu stnto. C C Woodwotth of Omnlir. IB In town It lb cjipprtid at tin Stute department tlmt Judge Oshotne , the newly appointed cotu.ul genural to Apia , will quallf } nomc time next w oek AIM-LIES T < l AL.L HOMEVT13AUEHS. l.tiTi Iiifi-nilril I'lu-.v sluiulil Hut iu Ctiinrti-r Vi-i-tloii of Lnitil. AVA HINGTON Aug 10KiliUunt At- tonipy QpneralBtidevntrier of the Interior deportment bus prepaiefl nnd Aitlnp Secri-- tury Rvnu todn } approved of a ilt'ciclou which will be of PomUlei able Intercut to thp public land tUntet , Section ( i of tin act of March " 18S9 au thorised tbohi who had partial ! } e\erci ed their boniBPtind pilvllegp to maktan addi tional etutr } of juililu- laud MO as to make a full quota of IfiO ucips lleretofoip this tuictinu has been coiibtiued in , uiplvln ] enl } to UIOM who hud iiartlall } exercUetl ihrlr homestead iirivilept hufore the piibhape ol the act Tin decision iih that U waa the evident Intrutlou of congress to jirovlde n means wheroh } ever } liiimtBteader might uc- qulrp title to IfiO nctes of land notwith standing n jirlnr partial exercise of the hoinetucud right \i-- n lor tinriin. . WASHINGTON. lAug 10 ( Special Tole- pram I Lieutenant Colonel Traucib E Lace } , Third Infantry bos been placed on thp re- tlied list Captain Jllllnrd T Waits- Twelfth Infantry , has been relieved from dut } at the Alcmiihit , ( Tenn ) iu&tltuti Leaves , of absence Captain Augustus T Blockhou Sixth cnvalrv , forty-five dayH. Lii'Utenant Arthur Thnjer. Third cavalr } . four months. , Lieutenant Prank Tompkins Seventh cnvalr } fort } dab , with permlflBiiin to appl } for thirt } da > e' extension , Lipu- teimnt Willis Uliue Eleventh liifantr } , ex tended twtnty-four dnvt I'rivute Harr } L Trowhrldpe compauy G. Tv.entjecaud Infantry Port Clook , hub been transferred to tht hospital corps ub u priv ate lui olt IK n MOP . WASHINGTON Aup 10 The State de partment has not jet received the application from tht British pov eminent for permission to run a telegraph lint through the United States terrltor } connictinp the pold lleldt of the Klondike with the outer world It IB Bald that the appllcctlon will raise a new question onJy pomparablt to that which was involved In the establishment of tht mixed mail route in Alaska , which pavt rise RO much talk -\ol l > i-Ktlm-il for Cnlin. WASHINGTON. Aug 10 The government will order tbe release of tlie schooner Blanchi Morgan , now detained at B-idgeport , Conn. , as a suspected illlhuhter Captain Vcrry rcp-Dsectlng the E crnment at the Bridge port ammunition works , wan at the depart ment today and stated that the ammunition found on the Morgan 'belonged ' to tbe pov. eminent and was being shipped to New York Jul ? Import * of P WASHINGTON , Aug 10 The treasur } elUcmcnt of Imports of cugnr chows that tht July Importations at the six principal ports , Baltimore Botrton N-rw Orleans NPW York , Philadelphia and San Francisco , aggregated 178.004.0CO pounds valued at ? 4.in .245 01 tlus amount 4R 009.112 pounds lalurd at ? 1.242afi3 camp In free tinder tbe reciproeltj treaty with HEW all WASHINGTON. Aug 10 .Todavs state ment of the condition of thp treasurj shows Available cash balance , $22B.l)70,3S7 ) , gold reserve serve 140,705 414 IIiirltoi-H n Vli-liitiH I > oir. Tlobprt Houpbton. o teamrter living at ? 02S Burdette Btreet hns been arrested for maintaining n vicious flop Tin t omiilalnt was Bwoin out li } u ntighbor vho alleges thut tbe canine In cjucRtlon eMriu-led a large Ber-tlon of bis tiousors vhlle lie wasn't looking He IB of tin opinion thut the dog ought to be nhot _ r-orlVlHne HI * 1'nroli- . Howard Ilanmiond. ullap ChurfeB Cad- vvoad , was jiicl.ed up b } the police In the lowoi section of thp town last night und locked up us u suspicious churui'ter Cudweed - wood In u paroled e-onvli-t und hup fulled to n-port ut Lincoln ut proper Interv urn HeWHB urre-Hted on request of tin fitutp uutborttles THE JIBILTV MA1UCET. INSTRI fENTS placed on ncord Tucstdu } , August JO IB'l" WAJWtANTT DEEDS Mpjrwnll A. F Co to B A und J H. Kritimbrlnl : . lot 14 , block 1 , Maxwell t P add . J 4.V M S Lawrence to John Pox , lot C , block n-1 South Omaha 1,001 Pet or HUIIBPII to J 1 * .lut-ohBon. lot 1C , Iilock 1 Hlmt-bnuph t I' p sub . IK W J Mount and wife to M J Trulund , p 50 feet lob G block 5. Heed's lut 101 Druid Hii : Building As oclutlon to ClirlPtlna Iledcll et al , lot 17 block 2 Uruid Hill . 1.7W BEEDS Sheriff to E It MuthlH , w ffi fuet of nV lot 2. Uuull'b BUb . . . 1.00 : Sam'e to ChrlHt Selknr , nk lot 1 and t 15 feet of nV. lot 2 burnt ! l.COJ Total amount of trancfern ' t G.ori REFORM ft CIVIL SERVICE Dr Hale Delivers tin Address oa tbe SubJDot Before Soioiitists. SENTIMENT GROWING IN THIS COUNTRY Governor llltii-U nf Nrn 1 orU 1 * 111U tfrlr Di-iimuii-fil HluiiK of tlit Ttuiro 1'iilnt to M DETROIT Atip 10 Mrmlipre of thr Amo Iran Association for thp Advanrcmnnt ot Solencp v\ore Brtll nrrlvlnp v\hpn thp flaj- ' Bcsclon lipgnn The peneral council after ithurt ninriiUiR ReMloti adjournpd until tn- iilpat vvhen it U c-xpectnd that candidates for ofllcp and thu nevt place of uipetlnc vlll b * ToiJn1 * ppupral vpmlon watt b-lcf and wa oocuplfd mainly 1n annottnt-pmentR Tbe bntnnlt-fil b-atich met thin morning and olnctcd olllreri ! to III I the vacancies. J J. Davis of llnulne , Wls , being named as proul- detit and P lr Wnodb of Washington. Hocrp- tar } Permanent onicon. . worp elected tncm- bcrs Members of HIP Amprlcnn Ctipmlcul so ciety arp visiting thp IH-trolt labnratorlra nnd nianulnrtorlcs toflu } Thp prngranib of sclcn- tillc nddrcBBce and fllgcusslous bufurp the rn-v- oral hoctians of the association thin alternoun wore extensive and for the most part laigolr attended MOB ! of the pHpcrs read vvprp by iiiptlalistb | dintlnpulshed In their respective lines KEPOIIM IN CIVIL SERVICE Propprdlnps were inllvened bv n criticism of Governor Ulntk of New Yoik b } William U. Hale. Ph U of Brnokl } n. before the wet Inn of social and u-onnmir sclent o Dr llule'n nubjtict wiib "Civil Service Itelorm" He bald in part Last \ear nt Buffalo 1 pieBPtittd to the siiclutioii u Gist us'iioii of the currency quL-stlun. und lutei 1 liud the satisfaction that tht people of the Vulted Status , bun emphatic vote , udopled tin view lor which ] then coirii'iided At thut tlnu u preut political pait } , lioltllnp w hut 1 ic.utd ( ua sound v leu s on thin question w UP coin plied to noinliiute u tundldali foi the ofllpe uf povcrnoi of tin Ktuti of New Yotk , and Biili-cted for thut nlllct u } ounp nmn This man Pi unl. S Him k un alien to thp stuto h } huth. was denlned to 1111 the thief ex ecutive olllic und to liei-otne tin nuiht bitter and foiinlilnlilt- opponent thut tht merit rjH- tein t'v r met Pol xevein.1 tlt-cudc" thirt has been gindu- ullv prowlnp up In Enplund und Anierl a a sKtctn nf testing In eonipi'tltlve examina tion" tin fltnpKB or pttHonu to In appointed to publli nllues nesults have been in tha main sntlsfm toiv to tuxpu.ver and dltt- tabtoful imlv to pioresolnnul politicians who look tin pulillt unites us spoils und mum ta\pnver . UN lit subjects to plutuler Thti Bstem VVUB adopted to u limited extent by 'lie Mute of New Yoik In 1SS : > lunc bi-fore tin udvent of llluck within our liniuerj and Bltudllv liipie-u'ed In i-tllcltncv and In luvor v\ith tin- people Governut Bin k ftlpnal- Ire-d his in cession to ofllpe ov embodying in his umnml muhsiige to tin legislature u rei-nmniGiidution thut luplHlntlon lip hud which would untliurln the uppoltiinient ot emjilovtB In the ilvll Be"vlee ut the foot of the list lirnt which Is evldeiitl } foibid den bv the constitution The legislature ) hud not the temeiltv to earn out 'his uuducious "ugreMtloii , but ntur the clo- nf the nt" slon It passed a bill w hlch the povernor pieiiured. providllip that examlnu- tlon for merit Hhnuld lie held I ) } the Civil Service commission und should eouirt only f > 0 per e"iit , und Unit exumlnntlons for tlt- ncBh hhould lie held bv pel sons holding tha power to make appointments and miould uLso pount BO per cent und the total p r- centure of pen-oils exunilm d should be UB- certnliied b } adding the n suits of both ex aminations The ruli-B when llnntly udopt < * d hnfl bpen BO inodlfied at Governor Bluc ) > p RtiggeftlDii KB tu assist BpoIIsmcn to the full ezti-nt permitted b } tbe consti tution. If not moie Referrlnp to the relatlon-'hlp of civil son ice reform to thp question of htate and municipal ownership of quusi-jiublic works. Dr Hale bald Thpre are man } obvious advuntages In I having a responsible government control and operate n.11 franchises * which usp pul - Hc hlphv\uvs and "iipplv jiulilic necesltlcB. . It is well thut thp tomfoit und canvenletica of the piojile who me supplied hy thesa monopolies lit iimile the purumount t onslder- utlon Strikes and bovctitu , . the bane nl street rullwuv tjmeniH , would thus be averted or minimized 1 believe this coun- trj is on the evi of nvast exletiHlon of municipal owneruhlp ittid contro of systems to buppl } light , heat , transportation , etc , i Perhaps thei t is dunger of too sudden and i exploblv * a movement In this direction. Work of this kind lequlres skill. Industry men Tht hBtem of jefornn-d civil Bervleo which alms to ppcure und to a lurce extent Biii-pLpdp In HI curintr the be-Bt men for Qm performnncf of public duties nflordB the only economical and thereforp , thp only ptuetlcai so utlon of the prohlem of pov- ernniemul adnilnlBtratlou of tliuse natural monopolies for the jiublic MoriTronlili - Itri-w IHK lit GUlmtlown. SAN niANCISCO Auc 10 Warning no tices evidently directed upulntU the ChlnuiMJ Societ } for EiiBllHh Education , huvr been jjoMpd on the deud wullp of Chinatown. \Vlthout belnf ; nanii d. the Boclet } IB poinled at an huvliiR levied blacUmull on women of Ill-repute Imported Irom China- The jios- tei BUVH "Ijlvin have linen OBt befote for [ inch little UiiiiRd and the } may be Unit again " It IB hlpned "Mook Chlng Society. " It ban cau" d coiiBidcrulile coiiRternutlon. The pollrt who huvt torn down thp notices , tn ut the matter serioii" ! } and think there will fiton be more murders in the Cliineiio quarter liiu < i-A UlN Hull } nrollit-r. PITTSBUKG. Aus 10 Mre Georce Ruth- man of Beaver Tallh heurd n jtocullur nolue tin the buck pori h of ber residence. She found that her Him , act d 7. had Innurted Un tubt of u bicycle pump in the mouth nf ber 3-veai-old lie } und WUH HllliiB him full of wind as fuBt tin IIP t-ould work tb jiump liundla. The Inlunl UUB uncotiBclauu and its llrtle Htimiuch was induted like u. liullotm Tin mother pulled the tulip Irom the cblld'h mouth and the ulr followed with u Bhurp Hiiund like the i-xliuuHt of un ulr- lirake on a rnllvsu } train Tinbuny re- cov ered consciousness Iliiiiort. Ili-iiilNllloii. . BPKINGFIELD , Ilk , Auc 10 Governor Tanner bus honored the lequlBltlon nf tbe poitirnor of South Dakota for tin- return of Henry E Balle } wantid In PennliiBton county , South I1iilotu : churc'-d with em- Iie27.lt ment as UKfilimce of the f undB of thu Hupld A'ulley Hiirne Hunch enmpuii } Ttie money of the t ompuii } , umountltiF to $19,000. V.UB depoBltud In the biinl.ini ; IIOUHC of I'.ullej . Co Bv order of tht oourt It wan ul ! paid out on deliiH est ept a certain HUIII which rt-nialned when the banl : failed lu Ibs Bulle } IB now curryinp on an liiHur- unce liualnusb in Chlcuca. - rroi-n < > rflcri-il tii CLAVTON N M AUB 10 Notices have been conhplcuouHl } jioHted about town w urn- inn all internes to It uvi before AUEUHI 1& . Nearly all the neuroe-H beie are preparing to go away Hurl , from Ni-tlit-rlnmlh. . NEW TOIIK AUB 1C-AVIlliam E Qulnby of Detroit late X'tilfd States minister to the NetherluiidB , urrlve-d toduy on board the J.teumer Wenu.-n.und trom Antwerp "O'e me tnuUiiiR rspccinl low jirlccB on the Klmlmll jiiiuio JUKI now low jiilr8 for cithh lo\v iirli-ct. . ou tlif CIIP.V tcrnm wb annotttd foi it don't itmLi * nuy fliffi'icDTO how low wp nmli' tin * price ou tbe Kiiiilmll or lioint . \ \se niuki * the UTiiih tht Klmlmll ii. the mnuii ul- wu > h no cht'iip , ttnii-liulilc lustruini'iit hut the sunnKimlml ! tlmt tinfiitat muHlulunh of tht' woild eudornc the piano Unit IIUK ail nlmolutu iitirnnlce of thp inuUfr uufl wllt-r jittm-hi-d to each luhtrumt-ut tliat'B the Ultid of a phuio yon -wuut , Isn't it 'i When tlie price JH the lowest of anj high tnude iiiHtiinnttiit iimdp at low at Btmie that ui i > not high grade , A. HOSPE. iliisic and Art. 1513 Douglas.