Nebraska Newspapers

    4 THE Oar AIT A PMLV HEM : HTITUKSDAT , OCTOBER 7 , 1807.
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money uMort. to Im inmle ( uyalile tn the order
STATKMKNT OK ClItCtit.ATION.
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returned nml unroM eonles . 9,415
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TUB HUH OM TltAINS.
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INSIST ON UAVIXr. THIS HUH.
On to Nnslivlllo.
With llryan nml Itun'alo 15111 at Nash
ville on Nebraska day tin ? Antiilnit ) > slate
will cruatc fireat I'nroro In the ; Hock
City as .Toe I'atohun anil Star Polnti-r
will In Omaha.
President McKlnley and Attorney
General McKt-nna have earned their
salaries for the whole four-year term
by securing a raise of $ r.,000,000 on the
upset prlee of the Union 1'aullle.
Henry George has accepted the nom
ination of the disunited democracy of
Greater New York on a silver platter ,
nml It now looks as If he would bo
second In the race , with Tammany third
or fourth.
The national democrats have con
ferred n high honor upon Warren Rwltx-
lor In naming him as their candidate
for supreme Jndgo In place of .lames M.
Woolworth , who declined to enter the'
political Jleld.
If any bloated Ill-Utah capitalist wants
to buy np the Union I'aclllc le him come
to Omaha and attend the auction sale
which Is advertised to take place in trout
of the federal court house on the bucond
day of November.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts sets
Christmas time as the latest by which
ILuvall will be American soil. Senator
Masou of Illinois , however , still has the
monopoly , on predicting the time for
achieving Cuban 'independence. '
Governor Holcomb has started on an
other junket with his staff. This time
George Gould's Missouri I'aclllc has
generously honored the draft for palace
car free pass transportation , but the
people pay the freight all the same.
Lieutenant Peary has entered Into
nctlve competition in the lecture field
with William Jennings Ilrynn. Peary
Is describing his exploration near the
north pole and Bryan Is rehearsing the
story of his exploration of Salt Creek.
Grand stand plays may hypnotize con
ventions mid platform platitudes may
lmpb.su on sap-hoaded duties , but outside
of the state house machine very few
populists have faith in Judge Sullivan's
olncerlty as an advocate of antimonopoly -
monopoly principles.
The federal judges of Kansas and
Nebraska have locked horns over the
Texas steer. Judge Foster declares stock
yards arc subject to state regulation.
Judge Mnngor declares that stock yards
are not subject to state regulations.
When learned doctors of law disagree
It takes the national supreme court to
decide.
The proposition to repair the Sixteenth
street viaduct and allow It to stand for
another year or two should receive no
countenance. The plea that theiv Is
not time enoiu/h for replacing the dan
gerous old bridge with an Iron structure
between now and Juno 1 , 180S , Is merely
an attempt to stave off the urectlon of anew
now viaduct.
liryan Is still thundering from the
Btunip against government by Injunc
tion , but when ho was In position to
strike the blow against judicial usurpa
tion and had the privilege as a member
of .congress to move for the censure or
impeachment of the federal court des
pots , ho "rolled his list In his pocket , "
to use n German expression , and did not
Buy a word.
The only honest man In the court
liouso wants to know why The lleo did
not expose his salary grab last spring
when ho was knlllng the republican
candidate for mayor and using all his
Influence to elect the gamblers' candi
date. This reason why , tersely stated , Is
because The lleo is not edited by Mel
Jlodllcld. Its policy has been to hold
back Its fire until the enemy is within
reach uud then aim low.
IWJKCTS ru nusstA AND J. '
The British government has notified |
the American ambassador that It will
not participate In the proposed conference -
once to discuss the seal conditions in
Itt'i-lng sea 1f llussla and Japan arc
represented In the conference. Our gov
ernment having Invited those countries
to participate , they have appointed rep
resentatives and coiirfcpy toward Kuxsln
and Japan would seem to require that
tiiN government shall Insist upon their
hi'lng ropieseiifptl In the conference , un
less thpy me ivllllng to withdraw , or
abandon the ma'.t ' r.
The ground upon which the British
gnv'.M-nnicnl .refuses to confer with Kus-
sla and Japan Is that tho- countries
Imvx * no Intorcf.t In the P.erlng st-a seal
llthrrle. . but the real reason Is the fear
Hut the British roproscntinh-es would
be outvoted. It Is true that Itnssla and
Japan have far less InUwst In the mat
ter than the nulled States and Great
Jtrltain , but thiM-e could be no Impro
priety In allowing Ilirm to participate
in a coniVronci1 ami it' ( treat Britain's
position Is as strong as she claims It
he she need not fear an advei > e deci
sion from liiisslan and Japanese repro-
Nunlntlvcs , who nuif-t lie presumed to bi <
fair and Impartial. The decision of the
British government was made through
Canadian Inlltieni'c , which is the malevo
lent power that has persistently worked
to defeat all efforts of the 1'nllt'd States
to get from Great Britain a fair and
eipiltable arrangemi'iit for tin1 protection
of the son la and the prevention of their
extermination.
It IK suggested that Ihoro may bo two
confer-nces one between the United
Slates , Russia and .lapan and one lu > -
twi.-iMi the United States , Great Britain
and Canada. It Is not apparent , however -
over , that any useful result would coin'.1
of this , but rather It Is probable that
the effect would be to complicate the
matter. However , the United States
having urged an opportunity for a thor
ough examination by aiv International
conference of the facts .regarding seal
conditions , should perhaps not now re
ject any chance to justify Us position
and claims.
OllM U'lTUA
"lie who excuses himself accuses him
self" Is a French adage that applies
forcibly to Hie case of the only honest
man in the court house. The double-
barreled explanation of this political
Pharisee , who uses the revered
name of Abraham Lincoln to bolster his
candidacy for iv-election on the mongrel
ticket , will not be accepted by Intelligent
people as a justification of his salary-
grab. The law expressly limits the
salary of county clerk in cities of over
U.K)0 ( ) population to the fees of the
nlllee. not to exceed ( lie sum of J2r > 0 ( ) .
Uodflold S'-cks to shelter himself behind
an alleged opinion given by a deputy to
the county attorney. In this instance
Itedfleld is willing to accept as law and
gospel the opinion of a deputy who Is
not renowned as n great authority on
lav- , but he contemptuously rejects the
opinion of the county attorney , who is
the responsible county adviser , when
given In the case of the disputed claim
of foes collected by the clerk of the
district court.
The only honest man In the court house
admits that besides paying $100 a month
for his deputy , Xlmmerman. who spends
half of his time in scheming , agitating
and organizing republican bolters' clubs
in the name of Abraham Lincoln , the
property owners of tills county are taxed
$00 a month for u clerk of the board and
$50 a month for a stenographer to por-
ffirin duties which by law devolve upon
the county cleric , as well as six additional
clerks for preparing the tax list. While
the county Is paying all these deputies
and tax eaters , Mr. Hedlleld limb ample
leisure for traveling through the county
and tramping through the wards , or
ganizing rebellion against the party to
which ho owes all he ever has been nnd
all he now Is In public life. The only
honest man In the court house wants to
make the people believe that the juggle
by which ho draws ? -IOO a year as clerk
of the board of commissioners and
charges this allowance up as fees Is
perfectly legitimate. If it Is and he Is
entitled to the $ L'r.OO a year no matter
what amount of fees Is collected In his
otllce , then why charge np tins $ -100 to
fees ? With the same sublime assurance
Mr. Iledfluld brushes away the fact that
he had drawn two salaries , one as clerk
and the other as park commissioner , for
nearly a year without wincing and with
out a conscientious A , B. C. reform con
niption-lit.
Hedlleld wnntfi to make believe that
the opposition to him Is Inspired by
malice and a de.slre to punish him for
his pretended exposure of Frank K.
Moores' alleged shortage and over
charges of court fees. The truth Is , and
lie knows It , that In claiming credit for
tills action ho trios to steal other peoploV
thunder. The exposures were made
before ho became clerk and his gyra
tions were the prelude of his deliberate
Intent to go over to the enemy for the
pt-1/.u he covets namely , Dave Mercer's
congressional brogans , Ills ambition
for promotion from the clerkship to con
gress has been a matter of notoriety
among polltlcans , and it was also well
understood by those who know him best
that he was ready to go over to the
illverltos and cohabit with the democrat
and populists Just as soon as the con
gressional bedstead was supplied with a
hair mattress. It Is because he 1s such
a monumental fraud that The Bee has
inndo him a target.
Animated solely by the selfish deslro
to ride into ofllco on the hobby of re
form nnd urn/.od by an Insatiable
monomania for notoriety he has donned
the cloak of hypocrisy and seeks to play
Hie reformer by the rankest of Impastnre.
While proclaiming loudly his abhorrence
of einbox'/lors and buodlors Hedllpld has
gone Into partnership with ( ho scum of
democracy and tied up with men who
have never been known to do an honest
day's work. The chief pnrltler whom he
is parading in public A. B. C. reform
meetings was an cmliexxler In the state
of Iowa whose bondsmen had to make
good his defalcation , and escaped the
penitentiary In Nebraska by the leniency
uf his Omaha employers , from whom ho
hud embezzled over ? H,000.
Iledtlehl and Itefarm , with u big U !
Itcdlluld uud Puriflcatlou , with Dan
Ilonltt , Charley Fanning , Lee llrrdmau
and Injun Agent Savlllel
Angels of Grace defend us from such
reformers.
.1 A'Kir i-tiMl'l > H\lTH > N
The aunoiincenient that the govern
ment of Nlcaiagua has entered into a
contract with an English steamship com i
pany which if permitted to stand will I
seriously Infringe the rights of the I
Nicaragua Canal company appears to be '
regarded In quarters Interested In tin1
projected canal as of rather grave Im
portance. Washington dlspatcht-a say
that the concession to this foreign steam
ship company Is considered a direct at
tack upon the project at the hamlA of the
iN'leariiguan authorities ami a vlolit'ni\ \
tin earlier concession , which , although
claimed liy Nicaragua to have been for
feited for non-compliance with the terms
of tlie contract , Is held to be In full force
by the friends ! of the Nicaragua canal
In congress and by the owners of-the
concession , It Is said to be considered
extremely significant that an Kimllsh
company , while tlie question of govern
mental aid to the Maritime Canal com
pany Is pending In congress , should have
been able to secure a concession giving
it control of waters which will be an
Integral part of the canal route and It Is
quite naturally assumed that there has
been some shrewd diplomatic maneuver
ing on tlu part of the British govern
ment. It is urged that tlio object of En-r-
land has naturally been to prevent this
country from continuing the projected
Inland waterway and that obtaining con
cessions by a private British corporation
from the Nlearaguan government is n
convonlent way of circumventing Ameri
can control of the canal.
Assuming the announcement to bo true ,
it may fairly be Tumbled whether the
British government is in any way in
volved In the concession. It Is true that
government expects that the rights wh'ch
It claims under the Olayton-Bnlwor
treaty will be respected by the United
States , but there Is no reason to believe
that it is disposed to resort to any un
derhand methods to thwart the construc
tion of the Nicaragua canal. It a Brit
ish st"am < hlp company h-is obtained co . -
( vsslons fiom Nicaragua the most plans- !
bio explanation Is to be found in the
fact tliatthoNlcnraguan government fiels
that it has carried out its part of the
contract with the canal campany and
kept faith with this government , and that
it is fully justified In making such con
cessions. That it has warrant for such
a view no one who considers the matter
without prejudice will question. Nica
ragua has boon most fair and considerate
in this whole matter , not without some
sacrifice of her interests , and she cannot
justly be blamed if she is now disposed
to accept an advantageous proposal from
an Knglish corporation , regardless of the
fact that it may infringe rights claimed
by the Maritime Canal company , but de
nied by Nicaragua. The company has
failed to fulfill its obligations and it can
give no assurance now that it will ever
fulfill them. In the meantime congress
has dallied with the matter in a way
well calculated to discourage and dis
gust the Nicaragua government.
Of course our government would pro
test against any concessions to foreign
corporations which could Impair AmiM-1-
can interests in the Nicaragua canal ,
which if ever constructed will be under
American control. But manifestly it is
our duty to Nicaragua to decide without
much longer delay what we will do In
regard to this project \\uMier it shall
receive the assistance of tlis govern
ment or bo abandoned a.s a national en
terprise. In the meanwhile this new
complication , accepting the report re
ferred to as true , is not likely to prove
at all troublesome.
DKUANMfil ) TO HOLT.
One of the most enthusiastic and harmoni
ous meetings ever held In the Sixth ward and
participated In by over 100 representative
citizens and business men gathered last night
at P. 0. Hanson's , hall under the auspices of
the Sixth Ward Lincoln Republican A. n. C.
club for the purpose of. putting up an "antl-
boo3Io" delegation to the coming primaries.
The following names were elected as candi
dates for the delegation :
Carr Axford , II. S. Anderson , S. 0. Dennett ,
William llurrlll , John D. Daley , n. E. Hcrd-
raan. T. W. nickel , J. M. Talbot.
A resolution was adopted Indorsing John
McDonald for sheriff , without a dissenting
voice. W. J. Droatch was present and made
an enthusiastic address. The club adjourned
to Its regular meeting night on Thursday ,
when final arrangements will -he made to
down the "boodle ( rang' ' which has been ruti-
ning the Sixth ward. World-Herald.
This is the most impudent attempt to
steal the livery of heaven to serve the
devil in that has ever been proposed in
Omaha politics by any party. The or
ganizers of the club who are profaning
the name of Abraham Lincoln and
masquerading as republicans while they
are in league with the popoorats make
no secret of It that they will bolt the re
publican ticket unless Hodfiohl , the
Uenegade , Is reiiomlnated. Kvorybody
knows that such an act would dismem
ber the party. A party that pays a
pivm'lnm ' to reward descrter.s anil
renegades cannot survive anil ought not
to. Tlie endorsement of the candidacy
of McDonald by the Hedlleld boltws was
merely a blind to satisfy the friends of
McDonald , and Ihus to use his popularity
in order to enable the Itodlluldlles to gel
into ( lie republican county convention.
It does not require a prophet or the
seventh son of the seventh daughter to
predict what such a delegation would do ,
The A. B. C. clubs were organized to
create dl. cord within the party under
false pretenses and to play tin-can to
the popocratlc kite. The most effective
way to create dissension would be
through the door of the convention from
which the reformers are pledged In ad
vance to bolt. It Is a pretty spectacle
for Hie-so reformers to take William .1.
Broutch as their model of A. B. 0. Ue-
form. Broatch has voted for but one
republican candidate for mayor In
twelve years , and that was -when lie
voted for himself. lie bolted and helped
to defeat LIninger under pretense that
he would be too friendly with the
foreigners who keep saloons , and helped
to foist upon the city Dick dishing , who
was hand-ln-glovo with the aloon keepers -
ers of all nationalities. As a municipal
pnrlliur of the JXL. brand , Broatch
atunds peerless. During his llrst
term th' ' i | 'Hlt l-eformor , who
was on "V\lny ro" of Uncle
Sitiii nt S'-'jHKKJi year ns Missouri
river comiulsslitfi JV u drawing ? 'J.f > < X1
a year as m.fydff employed -100 stivet
sweepers nnd evur.il u'-tugs - of river rip-
rappers at tliijL < fible ! expense to carry
the primaries tlr.li. B.-C. ivform. When
he was up fmroelootloii last spring
Broatch and IJa l'ar. who Is now linked
with ISodllold for Uoronu and a sfl.fiOf )
job. spell ) ! ? 4.)0l ( ) ( fop ! political street
j sweepers and A. B. C. reform. An hour
' before Broateh went out of otllco ton
! years ago he slgu d the Piri.CO ! ) gas job
j ' ordinance , which was -io.OCO pure water
and . * . " . < ) ( ) ( ) water gas. When the cham
pion of A. B. C. reform was made
| appraiser of Bill Dr.rgau's penitentiary
junk , with Ills Intense desire for
1XL. purity Appraiser Broatch pocketed
$ . " > 0 < ) of stall- money for helping Mosher's
pard to unload § 2r > mules at $1(5O ! ( and
wornout nnd condemned boilers for
! ? : ! .0H ( ) , thus tllchlng ? : ir.i oo out of the
taxpayers for what nobody In or out of
Lincoln would have been willing to pay
$ . " ,000 for. This was A. B. C. reform
with a vengeance. If the Sixth ward re
publicans propose to endorse this kind of
reform the sooner w.e know It the better.
Chairman Jones of the democratic na
tional committee says lie expects the
democrats in 11)00 ) to realllrm the Chicago
cage platform of ISOli. Just previous to
the late election this same Chairman
Jones Issued repeated proclamations
stating that lie expected Bryan to be
elected piesldont by an overwhelming
majority.
For an example of It ! to 1 nerve , the
Otoe county popooratos who solicited
contributions from republicans to defray
the expenses of Bryan's campaigning.
And by the way , was It not given out
that Bryan's speeches In Nob'-iskn ' wore
to be his own contribution to the cam
paign and free of expense to the party ?
Chairman Dahlnian in his protest
against placing the names of the nom
inees of flu Nebraska national democ
racy on the olllelal .ballot asserts that
there is no old parly by that , name ami
that there is no new parly by that name.
It takes a popoi'crat to look backward
and forward at the same time.
The Tokamah IfNob. ) attorney who had
himself interviewed In connection with
the Luelgort trial for the sake of a
little free advertising has been Indicted
for perjury. It is perhaps fortunate for
the. Chicago sausage-maker that the To-
kaniali man was nbt drawn on as a wit
ness in his defense.
IN-rllm-iK Ailvlris
Louisville Courier-Journal.
There arc rosy rti/orts-of increasing pros
perity In Nebraska. , Brer Bryau had better
hurry homo or his 'statelll be in "the
enemy's country. " > .
Only One of the HCIIIM. >
G I be-Ucmocra t.
The four adjacent states of Missouri , lown ,
Kansas-'and Nebraska have raised over OSO-
000,000 bushels of corn this year. That looks
llko good times , , and it is only one of the
> ' - I- *
Gel Thpi' ' $ ' ' ' .
Indianapolis News.
The biggest increases in bank clearances
last week were reported from Nebraska
c'lties. Wo uro curious to know what line
of argument Mr. Bryan is to follow In his
speeches hereafter.
Turning ( he Tiililcx.
Itoston Jcuinal.
It would be a singular turning of the
tables If Turkey were to take the Initiative
In a movement to compel England to evac
uate Kgypt. The spectacle of Turkey head
ing a European conference for such a purpose
would furnish a Krlm rebuke for British
weakness in the recent negotiations.
Trt'inl > t ProprrrxHiri * .Vntlons.
New York Tribune.
Nicaragua Is adopting the gold standard
piecemeal , the merchants of Blueflelds having
introduced It in their commerce , and other
trading centers are apparently ready to fol
low their example. The movement Is not
so 'influential as that of Japan and Russia
In the same direction , but as a sign of the
times it is significant and interesting.
' 1'n in in n 11. V'M ( irentVnnt. .
Indianapolis News.
Tammany cares nothing about gold or
sliver in n municipal campaign. What It
wants is the ofliccs , and there Is no sacrifice
it will not make to get them. Its leaders
are shrewd men , and they no doubt realize
that an Indorsement of free silver would
have brought certain defeat. So they did
not Indorse It , hut left the way open for
an. understanding , with J'latt , and for a deal
with the gold democratic leaders.
I Ainerletin Ilofc.
Philadelphia Ij-ilRor.
The manner In which public sentiment
In Germany is being worked up against
American pork and other food products Is
exposed by the trial of a wholesale pork
merchant at Cologne , who was arrested for
soiling dleased meat. Ho asserted that the
pork came from America. On investigation
It was found that all the spoiled meat , and
there uos an enormous quantity of it , came
from 'Servia. There is but ono apparent
reason why the knavish merchant should
have misrepresented the source of his
supplies , and 'that ' Is that he thought It would
plt-asii the authorities to have such an
accusation against the United States and
they would bo dhpcsod to deal nioro lonlantly
with him. Fortunately for this country , the
judges were not influenced , by political con-
H'.doratlonB and puahcd the investigation to
the discovery of the truth.
TaUlliK I'ruMH-rlty In IllH'n.
St. Louis qiobf-Democrnt.
Mr. llryan has just sampled the Kansas
brand of prosperity.Ho attended the State
fair at Wichita 'last week and for his nhard
In the exorcises' WBH handed a check for
nearly $2GOO , lie 'remarked ' to the committee
that ho had never before earned so much
money In ono oar ttffQ that the amount waii
more than ho hd'l'b'cen ' guaranteed , Perhaps
the thought occllrred to him that the nno
day's receipts could bo exchanged for G.COO
Mexican silver dollars. Why would It not be
a good Idea for Mr , , Bryan to convert his
earnings In this , way 'with the expectation of
doubling them ata.sjrpko In the year 1900 ? It
is possible that htt cunght n gllmpso of Gen
eral Prosperity \Ylqhlta , In full drras , with
golden epauluts. . ) iu It Is more likely that
Mr. Bryan was lojKiS ) | | in another direction ,
deeply Immersed ) " in Jhought on the calam
itous condition o"thecountry. ( , . i
PlTlCIIHI'H.
Press.
Ono of the Insults continually hurled nt
the United States by the Spanish press Is
that we are moved solely by sordid com
mercial reasons , while the Spaniard com
placently assure * litniBt-lf that whatever elfco
lie may ho ho Is not a bookkeeper. That this
give * the Spaniards satisfaction Is a curloua
comment on the Inability of any ono to make
a true estimate of his own character , for If
there he ono characteristic 'that has dis
tinguished Spanish officialdom It has been
greed. In fact , the weakness of Spain lies
largely In the corruption that steals the funds
while affecting an Irreproachable patriotism.
It la that that has -brought it low. StealIng -
Ing , gross and petty , seems to be the order of
the day , so that It Is but natural that the
retirement of Weyler brings up the question
of the fortune ho has made out of his Cuban
campaign. If ho had not fleeced the govern
ment according to the thnehcmorod custom
nnd let all the little officials get their whacks
as well he would not he a true Spaniard. And
yet It U these who talk to Americans about
commercialism against national honor !
RAILROADS ASK MORE TIME
Say They Are Not Kcndy with Safety Ap
pliances.
FIVc YcARS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM
Inli-rnlntp ( 'oiniitcMiiCnintiilxilnn
Ankcil touiiln Sti * | > rmt ( lit * I.IITV !
Only Aliniit Half ( lie K
WASHINGTON , Oct. 6. Uy fur the most
Important question which will come before
the Interstate' Commerce commission this
] full will ho that of thu o.xlenslnn ol the
limn In which the railroads ot the country
I engaged In Ititorotato commorcu mtiat equip
i their trains with train brake systcmo und
| automatic car couplers. The act compelling
the railroads to equip their trains was passed I
In thu closing houra nf the Harrison ad
ministration after n protracted and bitter
contest. The act was approved March 2 ,
1S93 , nnd Rave the railroads about five years.
or until January 1 , igas , to comply with
the law.
The same act provided that the railroads
should equip their cnrn will , hand rails and
uniform drawbars before July 1. JS95. The
whole purpose of this legislation wns to
Insure greater safety for passengers and to
give greati-r Recurlty to brakcmcn and other
railroad employes In coupllm ; and uncoup
ling cars. During the flvo ywrs previous
to the passage of the act the stat ! tles showed
; hat each year one employe In each t3S
had been killed nnd ono In every thirty-one
Injured.
Before the time for equipping the cars
with h-Mid rails and drawbars had expired
many of the railroads petitioned the com
mission for an extension. This the com
mission was empowered to grant , and. after
an examination , extruded the time when ( he
operation of that portion of the act rnlalliiK
to hand mils nnd drawbars should go Into
effort from July 1 , isn."i , to February 1. 1SC. ! )
Thi ) commiMlun Is now beginning to receive
petitions asking for an extension of the time
In which the other sections of the act pro
viding for automatic couplers and train
hrnk ( . shall go Into effect and before Jan
uary 1 they muBt decide this Important
question. The railroads nsk from ono to
ton years longer thim the law provides. The
last report made to the commission upon
thplr equipment ( April 1 , 1SOO ) , shows that
the pnr-ficiiger trains were almost entlre-b
equipped as required by law , but that only
about one-third of the freight trains and
c-ars had been , provided with tlit > propel
spfoty nppllaprrs. Thp figures on that date
svnvedtfcn * " ' be " 3,3"G pfRo-i er ca'-s ' owned
by the railroads ot tlu > country , ; ! 2H : ; : were
equipped with automatic couplers and 32,003
with train brake appliances.
KIIBIGIITS NOT EQUIPPED.
Of the 1,217,310 freight cars , IKS , 110 were
cnulj'prd with automatic couplers and 3GO-
"ft" with train brakes. Of the 3B 2S. loco
motives , freight and passenger , 2D,1'HJ wen
equipped with the driving wheel brakes
piovlilfd for by the act.
Clnco this report the work of repairs has
ROIIO flciiiilly on , but It 'a doubtful whether
more than 50 or CO per cent are oven now
supplied with the safety appliances re
quired by law. Should the comm'ssion decide
not to giant an extension the railroads whose
rarj arc not equipped January 1. 1S9S , would
be liable to a fine of $100 for e : > cij and ever >
olTensp rgalnst the act. By the terms of the
Hw nn employe Injured by any locomotive.
car or tiuln In use contrary to its prevision
shall not be deemed to Imvo assumed the
risk occasioned thereby , although continuing
in the employment of the read .iftin- the un-
lavful use of such locomotive , cor or train
has been brought to his knowledge.
The Interstate Commerce commission will
hold a full meeting in this city the lat'--r
par' of n. xt week. This will bo the first
meeting belli here In some mpnt'.is. Chair
man Morrison , who has been taking testi
mony In some cases at Chicago and Karfsas
City , has rbturned to Washington. Com
missioners Clements and Younitt-.is are at
1'hlladt-Ji hla hearing the case of the ware
housemen against the Pennsylvania and
Heading toads , which. It Is alleged , give free
storage at depots and yards to cwt.iin t-hip-
pcrn and thereby Injure the ' usinesa of
the warehouses. Commissioner Kr.opp has
gene to Nashville , where ho will muKa an
address and also servo on the jury or awards
ot ihu uxpo&itlon. Commissioner Prouty has
jus' , concluded the taking of testimony Et
Buffalo in several cases and Is expected here
In n few days. There Is no l-uslnt'is of
immediate Importance pending before ' .be
commission.
TIIUHSTO.V O.V OHIO CAMPAIGN.
.SayN llnniitt mid lllniHcIf Have Had
HlK Cl-IMVllN.
WASHINGTON , Oct. C. ( Special Tele
gram. ) 'Senator Thurston Is In the city in
connection with several appointments which
he desires to bo made In Nebraska before
election. IHo will return to Ohio for a speech
at Cleveland on Saturday night , and may
then enter the campaign In Greater Now
York. Ho said , speaking of the Ohio cam
paign , thp.t Jie never saw BO largo or en
thusiastic audiences as came out to hear
Senator Ifanna and himself. "If the repub
licans of Ohio are apathetic , as thy demo
cratic press would Imvo us believe , I have
failed to see whereon they base their con
clusions. "
First Assistant Postmaster General Heath
today appointed Edgar A. iliemsworth a
stamper In the postolllco at L/lncoln / , vice
Albert Pcntzcr , removed. It appears that
on September 1 the postmaster at Lincoln ,
who Is a democrat , appointed Pentzer chiefly
because he was an ardent llryan man and
In splto o the fact that Ilemsworth , who la
a. republican and an old aohllcr , should , by
reason of the fact that he was the senior
substitute on the roll , have been given tbo
place. When the attention of Mr. Heath
was called to the case ho promptly removed
Pentzer and ordered the promotion of Hums-
worth.
Congressman i\V. L. Stark of the Fourth
Nebraska district left yesterday for Nash
ville to bo present with other Nebrjskans
In celebrating Nebraska day at the Tennes
see exposition. ' ,
\I-\VH fur liltArmy. .
WASHINGTON. Oct. C. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The following transfers are made
in the Eighth infantry : First Lieutenant
John Adams Perry , from company II to
company E ; First Lieutenant Edward N.
Jonoa , jr. , from company E to company II.
A general court-martial , with Captain
Jamca Parker , Fourth cavalry , as picsldcnt ,
has been ordered ! to meet aU West Point.
The following changes In stations of of
ficers of the Medical department are or
dered : First Lieutenant Leigh A. Fuller ,
assistant surgeon , from Fort Mcade , S. D. ,
to Fort Asslnnabolno , .Mont. ; First Lieuten
ant Edward L. Munson , assistant urgeon ,
rrom Fort Asslnnabolno to Fort Adams , H.
I. ; Captain George McCreery , assistant sur
geon , from the Soldiers' Home , Washington ,
to Fort Myer , Va. ; Captain Edgar A. Mears ,
assUtant surgeon , from Fort Myer to Fort
Clark , Tex. : Captain James n. Glennan , as
sistant surgeon , from Fort Clark to Fort
.Myer. The order directing Captain Nathan
Strong , assistant surgeon , to duty at Fort
Myer , Is rovokod.
Lieutenant Henry C. Cabell , Fourteenth
Infantry , 'lias been detailed to duty with
the Oregon National Guard , relieving Lieu
tenant James Jackson , First cavalry.
Colonel Guy V. Henry , Tenth cavalry , ( has
been relieved from duty with the Third
cavalry , and ordered to join his regiment.
Leaves of absence : Lieutenant George E.
lloulo , Third Infantry , extended ono month ;
Captain Walter T. Dug 'an , Tenth Infantry ,
extended ono month ; Lieutenant Zobulon II.
Vance , Eleventh infantry , extended one
month.
Aiinliil4 | > il l > y ( In * I'ri-Nldi'iit ,
WASHINGTON. Oat. C. The president to-
lay appointed Augustus G. Seyfcrt of Penn
sylvania , consul at Stratford , Ont.
The president has appointed the following
lostmasttrs : Alabama , Suskoge e , James A.
Irlmmet , Arkansas , Malvern , Enoch. H.
Vance , jr. , ; Rogers , Leo Fester. Idaho , Uela-
mar , William J. Oddard. Illinois , Cham
paign , Ozlas Hllcy ; Forrest , P. L. Dullard.
Indian Territory , Wynwood , N. H. Norman.
Iowa , Honaparte , J. P , Davis ; Elkador. 0.
M , Gilford ; Onawa , J. J. Elliott. Missouri ,
Ilrcckenrldgo. L. H. Hoblnnon ; Dexter ,
Thomas J , Ulen ; Pleasant Hill , Bernard
Zlch , sr.
COVVn.NTtO.-VS TO NAMI3 T1CICI5TS.
CnlCnx County HrimlillnntiN I'tit Up
Tliolr CiMiillilntrn.
SCHUYLKU , NVb. , Oct. 6. ( Spccl.il Tele
gram. ) Thu republicans of Colfax county
met In convention At the court house this
afternoon and nominated the following lor
county odlcors : Tionsur r , Morris Palmer ,
Schuylor ; clerk , M. J. t'onboy , Hogurs ; Judge ,
A. / . Donate , Schuylor ; superintendent of
schools , J. P. Daly , present Incumbent , noinl-
iit d by acclamation ; shurlff , A. II. Crls-
man , Leigh ; surveyor , K. E. Urccnman. pres
ent liiMiinbont ; coroner. Dr. T. H. Slxta ,
fdni > li > r. Tin-re was tl nnnsu.illy largo
rcprt'Sfiiintlon fiom each of the precincts ,
them bring present ninety-five of the 100
entitled to scats. Frank Kharrar wns presi
dent John J. Murphy mid C. J. Wcrtz sec-
iiettirlos. All i-alidld.ttcs wore brought out
by Informal ballot. Voting was done with
Inter.so Interest nii1 : without Interference ,
and no slates wi-nt through. U Is n fight
against fusion , with dinners to win. James
1angle j , who has been commissioner * ot thr
Flist district six ye.u-s. was 'defeated for
( ( 'nomination by John Hlckert.
WEST POINT , Nob. , Oct. . ( Special. )
At the republican county convention , held
li > this city today , the following candidates
for county oillcos wuro nominated : For
sheriff. Martin E. Kcrl ; for treasurer , A. T.
llchlor.s ; for county clerk , C. 0. Ilartels ;
for Judge , Charles McDcrmott ; for school
superintendent. II. I ) . Hcadlngcr ; for sur
veyor , John Gannon ; for coroner , Dr. H. S.
Summers. A. D. Ilcemcr wns elected cluilr-
man of the republican county central com
mittee , and James C. Elliott secretary. The
proceedings of the roivvontlon were char
acterized by the utmost harmony and good
fci'lliit ; . The party leaders are confident
of victory.
SYRACUSE. Neb. , Oct. C. ( Fpcclal Tele
gram. ) At the Otoo county populist conven
tion held hero today the following ticket
was nominated : Treasurer , n. II. Harden.
Oaago ; clerk. J. G. Strobir. Noh'uska City ;
Judge , William Mo-an. Nebraska City ; sheriff ,
John Wilinan , Nebraska City ; supwlntoiidont
of schools , 0. M. Uuffy , Palmyra ; coroner ,
Wilson. Talmugo ; surveyor , Muuu , Nebraska
City.HRAINARI
HRAINARI ) , Xeb. , Oft. C. ( Special. ) The
free silver democrats held a caucil" last iilsht
I'or thu nomination uf fifteen delegates to the
county convention , yomo of the would-be
leaders wore turned down.
fJRUING. Nub. . Cvt. C. ( Special. ) The
pnpullot and democratic ticket of Scotts Uluft
county Is as follows : Mirtln Hrlst > l , county
rlo'k : A. A. Jeff rds , county Judge ; U. C ,
Onstott , sheriff ; E. F. Sowder , treasurer ;
George E. Mark , county superintendent ; F.
M. Sands , surveyor ; Josriih 11. Miller , cor
oner. The democrats took clerk nnd the
popullst'i filled the balance of the lit. Thu
democrats were unwilling to take but ouu
placu , although offc.-o.l mo'o.
r. n. o. uo.WH.vriox ATVAIIOO. .
Informal Itorrpllmi anil Ojic'iilim Si-s-
Nlnn of tin. ( ii-niiil Cliaplcr.
WAHOO , Neb. , Oct. C. ( Special. ) The
eighth annual meeting of the.- grand chaptur
of thu P. E. 0. sisterhood of Nebraska Is In
.session In this city. An informal reception
was tendered the delegate * iind visitors at
the residence of Mr. and Mm. Thomas Kil-
llan last evening. The chapter was callc.l
to order this morning by 1ho president , Mrs.
Clara We-sl. The address ot welcome was
delivered by Mrs. Jessie Hawthorne of this
city and was responded to by Mrs. Ella Allen ,
corresponding secretary of the giand clnptcr.
An address was delivered by Supreme Presi
dent Mrs. Spollman and this was followed
by nn enrollment of delegates.
The members of the convention are as fol
lows : Mrs. Spellmau , supreme grand presi
dent ; Mrs. Clara West , grand president ;
Mrs. Carrlo Norherg , in\nd ; vice prnslduat ;
Mrs. Maud Watklns , grand recording secre
tary ; Mrs. Ella Lyon Allen , grand corresponding
spending secretary ; .Mrs. Hrrtu Fox , gran.l
treasurer ; Mrs. Laura Allen , organizer ; Mrs.
Hello Klngslry , chapter A ; Mrs. A. 13.
Huiitor and Mrs. Margaret Doau , chapter D ;
Mrs. Mary Lyon and Mrs. Jennie Traynor ,
chapter E ; Mrs. Lillian Parmulu , Miss Alma
Waterman , chapter F ; Mrs. Grace Klpp. Lil
lian Urown , chapter G ; Mrs. Gertrude Titus ,
Miss Nellie Cornell , chapter II ; Mrs. Jessie
Hawthorne , Mrs. May French , chapter J ;
Mrs. Jennie Volgbt , Mrs. Ella Mcllenry ,
chapter J ; Mrs. Estolla Dcvoro , Mrs. Id.x
Gllkoston , chapter K ; Mrs. Kate M. Harbor ,
Mrs. Cella Hurd , chapter L ; Mrs. Mont
gomery , Mrs. Crefcscy , chapter M ; Mrs. Car
rie llapoman , chapter N ; Mrs. Emma Slcau ,
Mrs. Hattlo Edgcomb , chapter 0 ; Mrs. Lee
McGrcw , Mrs. lilack , chapter P. The city
Is beautifully decorated with the colors of
the sisterhood yellow and white. The del
egates and vlditors will be given a carriage
ride about the city byVanoo chapter.
Ql'AHHKI. 13 XI is IX A KII.LIXG.
Coi-oiif r' .Iiiry FJnilH Hint Ii-c Illlliin
NEBRASKA CITY , Oct. G. ( Special Tele
gram. ) A coroner's Jury empaneled this
afternoon fouud a. verdict to the effect that
William Relsch , the German dairyman who
was .found In a dying condition on the street
early this morning , came to his death from
a blow Indicted by Leo Dillon. Dillon WJS
placed under arrest to answer to the charge
of homicide. The evidence tends to show
that the men quarreled over a trifling mat
ter , finally coming to blows , nnd that Dillon
struck Reich in such a manner as to cause
his death.
IIIAIUOK HMSCITIOX rnorns-rs.
Until SIlvtM * Itcpiilillraii amiatlnnal
Di-inni-rat .Set 1'or .Same liny.
LINCOLN. Oct. G. ( Special Tolegram. )
The secretary of state has fixed the date for
the hearing of the election protests for next
Saturday. The case of the silver republicans
will bo taken up at 10 o'clock and the na
tional democrats at 2 o'clock. The law pro
vides that protests shall bo lieard at least
twenty-five days before election , and Sat
urday Is thu last day of the limit.
Xlnliriirn I'ri-xliytrry In Si-Hslon.
N1OIJRARA , Neb. , Ort. : C. ( Spe-rlal. ) The
Nlobrara presbytery began Its session last
evening with thirty mlnlstors present. To
day was devoted to business and this oven-
lug Rev. Dr. Williamson and Rev. Dr. R'lggs ,
who have grown up In the mission work
among the Sioux Indians , will deliver rcm-
InUccnt addresses on that subject.
Itrrcplliiii (11 the \ < MV I'tiNtiir.
OSCEOLA , Neb. , Oct. Cr-Sppcla ( ! . ) Meth
odists of Osceola gave a reception to the new
pastor , Rev. L. F. Smith , last night.
s DKCISIOX.
Kuimn Pity Star ; The decision of Judgn
Foster In the stock jiitds cnso Is of special
Interest to the publlo at the pwrnt time , be
cause of thn numerous complaints lh.it courts
nrn largely controlled by cotporatlon Influ-
oncp , and are mote likely to protect the
Interests of capital than those ol the | > eo ilo
who contribute to the earnings of corporation
Invwlincnts. In this case the decision l.i
against the corporation and It serves to
wenkcn the contention that courts are tools
of corporation * , to nsr fl IOMU adopted by
the more r.idle.U dl-scntcrs from the doctrine
of government by Injunction.
Denver News : Ju-lgo Poster held that fc
congrrss had nut legislated IMIOII thn matter
the state legislature had a right to do ro ;
that the yards wcro only an Incident of Inter
state commerce , and that the prices fl\oi1
by the law gave nmplo rrturus on the capital
Invested. This Is a swooping victory for the
state and for Its oUlrers who wenrecking to
enforce the law. It U a del'lded blow to this
stock yanls corporation which bus been so
long practicing extortion and holding ti ( > the
cattlemen of the wost. that It had Imbibed
the Impnvfllon that U was beyoml the teach
of law. As a precedent tlilK opinion will beef
of the utmost value and It may lead to tlm
passing of laws In other states \\hero similar
concerns ro as rapacious.
CliK'Vigo Post : It U clear that In this cnan
the courts are treading on dangerous .and
doubtPtil ground. Tliry may not annul laws
on mere suspicion of iinroaotiablrtii'RS , but
have to bo convinced of n manifest conflict
bclwron a statute and the constitution In
order to 8ft the fotmcr aside as Invalid.
It may bo that Judge Pastor , while question
ing the propriety of the IrgMatlon arbitrarily
reducing thi' yardage chargr-a. found himself
without authority to avoid It. Thora Is ample
scone for Improper legislation within the con-
Htltutlon : uid the courts cannot alwavs grant
icllef. Thr remedy may lie In the election
of a less foclallstle legislature. Hownycr ,
thi ; cas-o will bo aiipiMliMt and the higher
courts will deal with the vital question at
isuue.
IIUICHT AMI IIIIISIC.
ChlrnRO Ucconl : "You si'cin mro df-
votud tn vmir lli-niln > rn Inw Smith ihun
you n > to your Krothi'r-.n-l.uv ' Jmu" * . '
"Yes ; Smith Itorrowx money ot me ; but
Jones only lends It In mi > . "
SomcrvllU' Jbtirnal : HlokH HOPS your
wlfo buy vour tlosV
\Vlclw-S' mo of thorn. And she wears
thii-o Kha buyti.
Washington Slnr : "What nrr the ' 1'ow-
oin' of Kuropi-V" Inquired the very young
woman.
The veteran diplomat looked nt her
thoughtfully r.ntl then replied :
"For a lonir time jms < i Ihi'V Imvo been
chlclly convd'Fntlolial pnvor.s. "
Chicago Post : "Yon siy ; ho is preparing
for n literary mi-cur ? "
"Yes. Ho lins nlrriiily made ono trip to
the Ai otic region's and now Intends to go to
the Intel Inr of Africa. When ho vetuniH
ho nays ho jvoln reasonably sure that there
will ho nn mrwxlno Hint won't be ishul to
tnUo anything ho "
Itislou Traveler- Friend ; Mv lioy. T saw
Jli'S. Mnni.yba s stop and Htnro at your
Diet uro In the m-adomv.
Artl t ( oV.Ishtcd ) No , old man , did slio ,
thoimliVlnit dd ! Bho say ?
FHotiil SnyV oh , slit1 mild. "I wonder
who on earth painle-l that thing ? "
Indianapolis Journal : "I wonder. " snl'.l '
the iiiatlneo stnr , "If I am growlim pasxo.
The wonii'ii didn't ] > a.v half tlie attention tome
mo Hint they usually ilo. "
"You needn't worry , " said his mining ,
Hoollilnply. "These was a bargain ndvor-
tl. oment printed In ti' < ' program. "
Chlc-fifM Tribune : "I notice , " remarked
the literary < illtor , carnally turning over
the lo.ive1 ! of the hook the Htruggllng au
thor bud lirnugiit In , "you Imvo glvon your
hero six lliiKeiT. on h's ' rliiht hand , ami
there Is nothlnc In tbo ptory , so far ap I
can see , to explain whv. May I ask what
the extra llniwr ! n for ? "
"To snnp ut the erlti H ! " vociferated the
struKln4 ! | author , with a gleam of ven
geance In his eye. Tlie worm had turned.
Puck ; In makliifr Ihe round of his gar
den for the llrst time A/lam'R attention
was altr.iott'l . by n rich looking , down- .
covered fruit Brewing on one of the trees.
He | > ulid ! ; onn of the anccJuu'iiH that hiliiff
within easy roach nnd look n bite of It.
"Well , " he exi-Jalmed rapturously , "you're
a peach ! "
Detroit Journal : "No one , " ho walled , '
"will slvc mo a Fliow ! "
And the accusation against the world at
largo \vnt lee true , lie had tried to ( lead-
head hit way Into every theater In town ,
but tlforo was no gift of a pcrfcruianc *
available.
THE PHNNANT.
Chlcnco Tribune.
The Hoctou heel I.s on thy neck ,
lialtlmore , my Haltlmoro ,
Thy Kcnlp-lool'S Hnslon's belt bedeck ,
Hitlllmore , my li.iltimorc.
Hear Huston's mmlulatcd shout !
Culture hath Heanly put to rout ,
And beanw have knocked the oyster out.
Baltimore , my UidUinorc !
incitocs OK 'mi' : citmiito.v.
Pittslmrtr C'hronlnle TolCBrnjili.
Hip ! bin ! hurrah ! A tlijcr , too ,
And all that port of tfiliu1.
Lot loose the loudest kind or yells ,
And hlrch the headgear Hlng.
We've waited long , and now vo join
In wild , tmmilttioiM cheer ,
For on the long gridiron Ik-Ms
The foot ball teams appear.
The heroes with the nn-Med limbs
And Padero.vikl hiir !
Now own the earth that Is , ns mivh
An on their tults they wear.
Llko nthlotCH buld or ancient time ) '
They're always * out lor blood ,
But now nnd then they take n turn
At wiping up tlia rru.l.
With sturdy lit arts and curving backs
They line up for tlie p'iss ,
Then helter-skelter ulT they go
To tumble In n man ? .
Perchance they rtae to Und that nose
Or oar or tooth la gone ,
Hut when the ambulance IH ( lllul
The jjamo oca Kuyly on.
A thousand chappies , crazed with Joy ,
Disturb tie ! ritinosphoro
Ity wiving vent to yullu Hint play
Sad havoc with the ear.
The fool bill girl- , that heretofore
Hud seemed HH rnUil an doveu.
In frenzy clap their hands until
They bin-tt their dainty glovea
Though some may call It brutal' sport ,
Th'-y nnrely must bo wrong ,
I31 o how would jollity prevail
Among thu watching thronn ?
So lot u join in loud hurrahs ,
And all thu heioeH praise ,
Kor now we've reached the time of year
That brlngH thu foot ball ciay.f.
fill
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: flemice p
Are commonly at odds. Society , for example , may demand the ( Jr
corset ; Science derides it. Society steps daintily on , , ugh heels ; [ j |
Science declares them to be an anathema. Jt is struggle between fli
l7 ! ' two great forces.
Sometimes , however , Society and Science agree. Jt is such a
3
harmony of powerful elements which lias given
its world-wide and constantly increasing popularity ,
Society declares Londonderry to be simply unsurpassable as
a table water.
L1 Science , as represented by physicians everywhere , pronounces
it the most valuable remedial agent known in cases of Rheuma
L1I L1I I tism , Gout , Dyspepsia , Gravel , Bright's Disease , etc. / / / -
" , "
sist on having Londonderry
I Notwithstanding the advance in the price of foreign waters , prices on Lon
donderry will remain the same.
ftetcrlbed 6y / EoMbyalli dealers in Mineral
e Itaalny physician ! Waters , and m every hottl P
Ml over thi land. I and club in America , j