Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : PUT DAY. OCTOBER 20. 1897.
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TCUMd OF SfltSCKll'TiONs
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Daily llec ana HutuUy. One Year . 8 v (
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Bunilay Ilrp. One Year . * JO
Kntunlay lice. One Your . I M
VS'eckly Her , One Year . * *
01'TICI.S :
Om.iha : The Dec lulMln .
Hout.i OmntM : Hlnitcr U-k. , Cor. N and Jlth Sti.
Council HlufTft : 10 1'ent I .Street.
I'hloaito onicc ; ail ChHmlicr ot Commerce.
Now York ! Dooms 13 , 14 nml 15 Trll/une Bldg.
i Ml Fourteenth Street.
All communications relatlnR to iiew nmt eilllo.
rial mnlter ihnuld lie fuJ < l reused : To the Kdltcr.
All business letters nnd remlttRnoeB should t )
nddic ed to The Ilee I'ubllsliliiK Company ,
OrnnhM. lr.iflH. checks , cxprffs nml l > a tofncc
money ordrm lu bo mailo rnoulile to the order ot
the cuinrmuy.
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Htnte of Nebrnrkn , Douglas County , M. :
eieorgo H. Tzi-chuck , eecretaiy of The life Tub-
! l lilm ; Cotnimny. being duly g\vorn , nays that the
nctunl nmnlH-r of full nnd complcto coplca of The
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tlurlnff tlio month of September. 1M7 , WRS ns fol-
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2 19.CZ3 U 19,884
V 15.010 JS 19.M2
4 19,917 J8 19,750
B 19.900 : o : oou
C 1U.9S ! ) 21 ! flM31
7 1.SI1 ! jj 2D.S97
8 19.S30 23 I0.7C6
9 19,778 SI 20.12J
10 19,818 ! 3 20.4M
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13 19,979 2 * 19.711
14 19.8M 29 19.57
15. , 19.CSG 30 19.WI
Total r,07.CS9
Less rctiimcd nnd unsold copies 9,415
Total net stiles oSW,4
Net dally nvornijo Itl.liOD
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IXSIST OX HAVING THIS MI2I3.
Fall pnrcliasps offer : i flood ot-c.'islon
io apply tliu rule of patronl/.liif ; homo
Industry.
Familiarize yourself with lht > now olli-
clal ballot. It Is entirely din'orent from
tlio ballot heretofore used In this state.
The railroad Issue to which the popo-
crats were committed in their last cam
paign has been kept very tll.scre.utly In
the background.
Without a periodical Indian war scare
the federal troops would not feel that
they were properly appreciated by the
jwuce-IovliiR public.
A HOW and authoritative definition of
what constitutes a democrat might tend
to unravel some of the complications In
Greater New York.
Now that Mr. Hryan is in Ohio he can
toll Mr. Coxey personally that lie didn't
mean any of the nice things he wrote
aboil I. him In his book.
The Jail Job Is coining up in. a new
form. ThtTo Is no good reason why
the city should at this lime bind Itself
for live years on any lease of jail < piar-
ters.
.Til pan may decide not to protest
against the ratitieation of the Hawaiian
treaty , but that will not make annexa
tion any more desirable for the United
States.
15ewa.ro of the campaign circular ,
which Is almost always gotten up lu the
Interest of men and measures that can
not stand the searchlight of. newspai > cr
publicity. i
Keep the exposition out of politics.
The enterprise was started on lines of
strict non-partl.snnship , and It will lose
more than it can gain if it departs from
that policy.
Tom Hector is making a vigorous
campaign , but he should stop long
enough to explain bow lie got. hold of
that Drlseoll claim against the city of
South Omaha.
One by one the list of national con
ventions for Omaha for 1SS ! ) Is Increas
ing. The latest are the national organ
ization of Scottish Kite Masons and the
American Association of Farmers' In-
fititiitis Managers.
Over In Chicago the newspapers and
politicians actually si > em to think that
they arc engaged In the arduous task of
selecting the mayor who Is to act as
chief executive over the people of
Greater New York.
It Is announivd that thi < railroads
which converge In Kansas City are
about to replace their old union depot
with a new structure to cost ? . ' ! ,000JOO. (
If a ? : { ,000)00 ) union depot project were
oven suggested for Omaha the railroad I j
managers would go into a spasm of j ]
Indignation. I
When a man has to have his name I
printed on the olllelal ballot four times
In order to make sure that all the
political mongrels will llnd an excuse
for voting for him , It Is an open confes
sion that there Is no creed he Is not
willing to embrace and no party he Is
not willing to desert for the sake of n
political Job. And that's what's the
matter with Mel Hedlleld.
Among the matter.s In which populists
used to demand reform was the. perver
sion of the state capltol Into political
headquarters , thu Impressment of slate
house employes Into the service of po
litical organizations and the assessment
upon the state salary roll for campaign
funds , All these abuses were In crying
need of reform from the populist stand
point HI > long as the republicans were In
control of HID state government , but no
sooner lwi > Ilia populist machlnu taken
control than they are repeated In moro
extrenui forms than ever for the beneilt
of the fusion candidates for olllcu.
A VtlOTKl TJON bKSSON ,
Aft wo hnvo more than once poluted
out there Is no better Illustration of the
merits of the protective policy In de
veloping our material resources than Is
to be found In the extraordinary prog
ress of the tin Industry. There have been
no very recent statistics ns to the state
of thin Industry as whole , but the chief
of the bureau of Industrial stntlHtlcs of
Pennsylvania has Just completed a report
showing the condition of the tin In
dustry In that state , from which It ap
pears It Is nourishing. There were over
. ' 1,000 persons employed In the Industry
In Pennsylvania last year nnd the prod
uct waa valued at nearly ! ? r ,000,0 ( ) ( ) , the
facts showing that the state has become
the largest single plant producer of tinplate -
plate In the world.
As the Philadelphia North American
observes , It Is Interesting In the light of
these statistics to look back upon the
protests which were made against the
first protective duty on tlnplate , con
tained In the tariff act of 1SK ! ) . Kvery
democratic" opponent of "protection
denied the possibility of the develop-
mcnt of the tlnplate Industry In this
country. Kvon lu 1802 , wheiv a number
of tlnplate mills had been established
and the Industry was gradually being
developed , Mr.V. . .1. Hryan declared In
the house of representatives that a tin
Industry could not be established In the
United States and sought to show that
the tariff had Increased the price of
tlnplato. Yet In the seven years that
have elapsed since the McKlnley law
was enacted this Industry has not only
been tlrmly established , but produces al
most enough tlnplate to supply the home
demand , while the price is much lower
than when wo depended on a foreign
supply. In time our tin , like our steel ,
will command the markets of the world.
AUA1XST M'Jll.I H" .
Governor Atkinson of Georgia is one
of the few southern governors who have
shown a proper sense of the enormity
of mob law and hnvo not hesitated to de
clare against It In the most uiKpialllied
and uncompromising terms. The gov
ernor of Georgia would employ drastic
measures in dealing with this form of
criminal lawlessness. In his message to
tile legislature he suggests among other
things the passage of a law subjecting tea
a large Indemnity every county wherein
the crime of lynching is committed.
Doubtless tliis would tend to the repres
sion of such lawlessness , but there
should go with it other penalties , some
of them applicable to otllclals. who not
infrequently are in a measure re
sponsible for lynchlngs by reason of
dereliction in the matter of taking
pioper precaution for the protection of
persons against the mob. An olllelal
shown to have failed In bis duty in such
a case ought to be punished and legisla
tion providing for ibis would undoubt
edly have a wholesome effect.
Governor Atkinson very properly says
that the fact that lynchlngs take place
In the north , where there is less provoca
tion for them than in the south , fur
nishes no excuse for tolerating the crime
In the latter section- . The fact Is , the
south lias set thu bad example In this
matter and therefore Its people ought to
make every effort to repress mob law.
Of the more than 100 lyncliiugs that
have occurred in the United States Ibis
year nine-tenths were In the south , over
eighty of the victims being negroes.
This does not exceed previous records ,
but it. is certainly bad enough and while
Georgia is not. llrst in the list of states
where mob lawjia.s prevailed there has
been so much of It there as to fully
justify the governor of the state In
directing attention to the matter. It
may be doubted , however , whether the
legislation he suggests will bo enacted ,
because thereIs a very strong popular
sentiment In Georgia that Is not averse
to lynch law.
A I'ACIFIC ItK
The American public must wait some
time for the full text of Spain's response
to the note of Minister Woodford , but
enough has been learned in regard to
the nature of the reply to give assurance
that It is pacific in tone and contains
nothing which this government can
fairly regard as offensive. It Is stated
that the Spanish note elaborates In re
spect to filibustering expeditions , but
not in a way to rellect upon this gov
ernment or upon the present adminis
tration , unless tile i > xpression of a hope
ili.it President McKinley will follow
precedents In enforcing the rules of In
ternational law can fairly bo regarded
as implying that he lias not done so.
Such a construction , however , would be
strained and assuming this feature of
the Spanish reply Io be correctly stated
in dispatches there appears to be no
reason why our government may not
pnperly : take notice of It by showing ,
as 11 can most conclusively do , that
there has b.'iMi full and faithful compli
ance with Its obligations in this partic
ular. As we have heretofore said In
reference to this matter , the United
Stales has taken every precaution for
the c-nfocement ! of the neutrality laws
and has strictly observed Its Interna
tional obligations toward Spain , In tlu >
opinion of imt a few American states-
men going much farther in this direction
than was necessary In view of the fact
that Spain has never admitted that a
state of war exists in Cuba. The Span
ish government evidently regards the
.shipment of arms and munitions of war
as 11 violation of the rule.s of interna
tional law and If this Is Its view It will
undoubtedly bo assured by our govern
ment that Uu'ro Is no remedy. The right
of our people to sell arms nnd munitions
of war to whomsoever will buy has been
too long maintained to be. Interfered
with now.
It was not to be expected that the
Spanish government would fix a date
for terminating the conflict In Cuba and
the expectation of that government that
the United States will glvo the new
policy for Cuba the requiem ! linio for a
test of sincerity and ellicacy Is reason
able. Undoubtedly wry few Americans
have any faith In the success of that
policy. Not only do the Cuban leaders
declare that U will bo rejected by their
followers , but the Spaniards of the
Island a it ; opposed to it , on the ground
that the Cubans are unlit for the metis-
uro of self-j'ovurnmeut which the now
policy offers them and that life nnd
property would not bo safe under n
Cuban government , oven with Spanish
suzerainty. The proposition of Sagasta
Is said to liavo excited great alarm
among the Spanish merchants In Cuba
and oven the autonomist party Is
divided In regard to the now policy. In
these circumstances It scorns hardly
possible that the program of the llbcrnl
ministry can succeed , but novcrtthelosts
there should bo no obstacle placed In
the way of Its success by the govern
ment of the United Slates. Uocognljilng
the extremely dllllcult tn.sk the Sngnsta
ministry lias on Its hands , thin govern
ment shpithl ( scrupulously avoid doing
anything that might embarrass the ef
forts of the ministry to carry out Its
policy. The probability of failure should
exert no Influence In determining our
attitude.
It Is probable that the administration
will take no further action in regard to
the Cuban question before the meeting
of congress. In the meanwhile there
may be Home Interesting developments
in Cuba respecting the new policy for
that island.
jVO l'WmCS IN TIIK KXI'USITIOX.
The following announcement , which
appears on the front page of the World-
Herald In double-column under glaring
headlines , Is an attempt to turn the ex
position Into a political machine :
The 'trouble between the management of
the exposition and organized labor waa put
well Into the way ot settlement yesterday
afternoon by tbo action ot the executive com
mittee. The committee unanimously adopted
the foIlowlnR resolutions , recommended by
the committee , consisting of G. M. Hitch
cock , Thomas Hector and C. S. Jlont-
Bomery : , .
Resolved , That from and after tills date
all contracts for construction which shall be
awarded by the exposition shall provide tbat
tbo union scale of wages In force October 1 ,
1S97 , shall govern In the payment of skilled
labor and that eight hours shall constitute
oneday's work , providing that extra shifts
of eight hours may bo used without over
time charge.
Resolved , That for all skilled labor em
ployed directly by the exposition the union
scale of wages and eight-hour day , as pro
vided above , shall prevail.
This statement is misleading and de
signed for effect upon Hie labor vote.
The resolutions adopted by the exposi
tion executive committee were not
recommended by the Ilitchcock-IIoetor
committee. That committee submitted
a contract with the labor unions which
had a stilug to it that would have made
the contract void and would , if carried
into effect , have thrown a cloud upon
the legality of the exposition bonds.
Tlie oxocntlvo committee therefore de
clined to adopt the recommendations of
the Iliteheoek-Iloctor committee and in
their place iidopu. * . the resolutions
drawn and offered by Manager lto < e-
water. Thomas Hector was not present
at the session of the executive commit
tee ami has no claim upon the gratitude
of organized labor for what was done.
The attempt of the popocratic organ
to make political capital out of the con
cessions to union labor under pretext
of promoting the interests of the expo
sition will not be tamely submitted to
by republicans. The supporters and
friends of Sheriff McDonald have con
tributed as much toward -exposition
as Tom Hector and his friends. Nor
will the other candidates on the repub
lican ticket look with indifference upon
the imliscivot course of the self-styled
friends of the exposition who have made
the popocratic paper the repository of
funds raised to help carry the bond
proposition which are being used to prop
up the waning fortunes of the mongrel
county ticket.
Tlh'-ro was nothing improper in hiring
space to boom the bonds In the World-
Ilornld , which is notoriously for sale
to all parties. It is of very doubtful
propriety , however , to make any po
litical newspaper an exposition canvass
ing agency when it is apparent that Hie
canvassers hrtvo a political mission to
which the exposition business Is moro
or less subordinated.
The managers of the exposition have
fiom the outset endeavored to steer
clear of all political entanglements.
Unless that policy is adhered to the
success of iie great enterprise will bo
seriously jeopardized. If it was deemed
necessary to organize a systematic cam
paign for the bonds it should have been
done on a strictly non-partisan basis.
Attorney G-i-noral Smyth and Judge
Sullivan ought to get tugetber and fix
up some kind of a story Hint will ex
plain why they are recorded In the leg
islative house journal of 1SS7 on oppo
site sides of the railroad question , the
penitentiary contract extension , the sa
line land grab , the boodle gambling bill
Investigation and all tlie other vital
Issues with which that legislature was
called on to grapple. If Smyth was
right , mu.st not Sullivan have been
wrong ?
The popocrallc organs that are Insist
ing the money stolen by Hartley Is alto
gether lost to the taxpayers put little
reliance In the popocratic attorney gen-
er.tl. There are two sets of bondsmen
who hnvj undertaken to stand good for
any shortage In 1'artley's accounts for
the periods covered by them and If the
state does not recover on ono of them It
will be because Its claims are not vig
orously pushed.
Spain Is discovering Hint the problem
of autonomy for Cuba is by no means
Isolated. As soon as It begins talking
about concessions and privileges for the
Cubans , the people of its other colonies
who have bot'ii loyal to the mother conn-
try Insist Hint they are entitled to at
least equal favors. Spain may have to
reorganize UK onIIre system of colonial
government before It finishes with Cuba.
Tha IJee suggested several months ago
the formation of a convention bureau by
joint action of the Commercial club , the
Ak-Sar-lten nnd the Retailers' associa
tion to take charge of till matters per
taining to securing and entertaining
meetings of great national organizations.
While the suggestion should have boon
acted on when originally made , It Is not
too late to move In this direction.
Nebraska railroads that have been enJoying -
Joying re-established prosperity should
listen to the demands of the people of
Interior towns for bettor train service.
The public tara.-been mcwt liberal to the
railroads lu linking account ot their
straitened telrcunistitnoefl , and now
that the change for the better has sot in
ft little reciprocity would not be out. of
order. _ "
The exilnglfTsnlnont of the debt of the
Union Pncllle 1f > the government will
moan the axtllOnilshment of at least
$ ; w,000,000 of iho public debt repre
sented by thot Paclllc railroad bonds
Issued as subsidy , for the building of the
road. , The crcijj.t.for the first reduction In
the public dnhtj since .President . Harri
son wont out of olllce will belong to tbo
McKlnley administration.
Governor Holcomb has not yet ex
plained how he was justllled In accept
ing pieces of paper In settlement of
Hartley's accounts when ho turned over
nt the close of his first term oven If ho
did consider the law that required
the production of the cash or Its equiva
lent as n sham and n farce.
AiiKlriilln'n Con I rl tin t Inn.
Minneapolis Journal.
A little jag of $ llCO,000 ! gold Is conrinR
from Sydney , Australia , to San Francisco , to
pay for wheat. London Is trying to stave
off such shipments to us , but she can't do It
much longer. Urole Sam la a creditor na
tion now.
ThliiKN Co in I n u- Our \Vny.
Itullnnapolla News.
Moro agricultural lands have changed
bands In Nebraska In the last sixty days
than for the last ten years , according to
statements going Uie rounds of the press.
It Is bird to sec just what chance , llryanlsm
can have with such conditions.
TinCoinliiK llj uli'iilr KcilNt.
Mlnnenpolls Tribune.
Now the hygienic cranks toll us that salt
Is not healthful , In spite of Its scriptural
sanction. If a man were to believe all that
Is told him along this line and leave off meat ,
bread , fruit , potatoes and the thousand and
ono other Hems of food which have been ta
booed ho would Jiive to appease his appe
tite solely on generous chunks ot atmosphere
and quench his thirst with the early morn
ing dow.
Condition of l.iilior.
Olobp-Ueniocrnt.
The labor situation at the present time Is
notably satisfactory. No strikes of any lin-
purtanco are under way , and apparently al
most everybody who Is willing to work has
work. The number of Idle persons In the
country Is prctably smaller now than at any
previous time since the middle of 1S02.
Kverjbody can see that business is steadily
Improving. Rvcn Bryan has dropped that gag
about the delay In the appearance of "gen
eral prosperity. "
.Mull IllNcrlinlniitloit In ChlciiK"-
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The I'ostolflco department has no justifica
tion in making a discrimination in favor ) t
the newspapers of ono city as compared wl'Ii
another. Still It Is "by no means certain that
the department , considers a Justification of Itn
course nccesstry. : The experience in this
part of the country , where the practice of
arranging the iralls'to suit the wishes of the
Chicago newspjoers has been In operation
for several years , does not indicate that such
justification Is require ) ! . The trains carrying
Iho malls to western points are held in Chicago
cage merely to accommodate the newspapers
of tliat city. Tn this way the business In
terests of the western cities suffer from thr
delay to the malls. ' There Is , therefore , an
additional grlevanct to that of the news
papers of other western cities which are un
fairly dealt with by the system of govern
ment aid which parmlts Chicago papers to
have the mall tra'as ' waiting till the presses
rnve run off late editions to bo sent out In
cnmpetltlrn with the papers of adjacent
statess. It /probable / that .the New Vprlt
papers are 'simply adopting tlie Chicago
scheme which has worked so easily.
CruiiN anil ( Jjtuh In .WlirnsUn.
Chicago Trllmno.
Though tlio great drouth of the last two
months has diminished the production of
grain iiod other farm products in Nebraska ,
the figures as given iy Ihe State Hoard of
Agriculture- staggr-rlng In their nnsu tude.
This is the estimate made by the board for
the ycar'fl yield :
"Wheat ( bushels ) , 32.907,730 ; corn. 2,37.907-
981 ; oats , 71.231,709 ; rye , C,39S4i ; ! : ; potatoes ,
US7G,321 ; barley , 2,987,870 ; flax seed , 291SSI ! ;
hay ( tons ) , 4SS1,73U ; migar beets ( tons ) , 180-
080 ; chicory ( tons ) , 6,722. The , report places
this value upon the products , commuted at
values on the looil market : Karm products ,
$99,370,905.21 ; dairy products. $9,438,000 ; eggs ,
$ j , 50.000 ; poultry , $7,507,2-15 ; llve.stock , $01-
890,000. "
It is easy to understand , In vlow of these
statistics , why the Nebraska farmers are
KOini ; to hold their crops themselves. Their
deposits in the savings banks , like those of
their brethren In Kansas , are large and they
do not need money at present. Indeed , HO
great la the glut of cash that the country
banks no longer solicit deposits and have
stopped paying even 3 per cent interest to
dci.'ssllors. Under these circumstance : ! what
do the western farmers think of IJrysti's com
plaint that there Is not money enough to
transact the business of the country ? Uo
they still believe they are cpprasscd by the
wicked banks ? What Is their cpinion of the
Bryan theory that they will never be prosperous -
perous until ho Is elected president and hiis
opened the mints to silver so their debts can
be scaled down 50 or CO per cent ?
I'KIISO.VAI , AM ) OTII fill \VISU.
Today Is Arbor day No. 2 In Indiana.
Indiana political workers will view with
disfavor the proposition to abolish the J2
bill.
The state of Illinois will probably get at
least ? 30,000 utt Inheritance tax on the Pull
man estate.
Paul L. Dunbar. the negro poet of Ohio ,
has been appointed a position In the li
brary of congress at Washington.
Hon , Thomas B. Heed has Just had him
self photographed In a standing collar and
a brlJllfmt tie. Mr. Keed regards this Iniest
picture as the beat he has over hud taken.
A largo hospital for children Is to be built
and endowed In New Orleans by the' widow
o ( the late K'.c.'iartl ' Mlllikcn , as a memorial
of her husband , who wss oneof the largest
sugar planters In Louisiana ,
The Knights of P > thlas have raised $12.000
for a monument to John V. Hathbone , the
founder of the order. It will be placed In
Now Forest cewttB y , In Utlca , the owners
of the eomctecJilwatlng a plot of 10,000
feet. ' _ jj
A Plttsburg J1rryM4vardcd } a woman a ver
dict of $0,000 Rgamfel'a liquor dealer because
her husband loadeilniip on liquor and per
mitted a freight tfrifln to grind his It-g oft.
If the verdict . ( STiti'qs , there will bo quite
a strain on thoj' ) | iJifir dealer's leg.
Stewart M. IJrlce , who has been nomi
nated from the Fourth assembly district
for the Now York legislature and Indorsed
by Tammany , Is a son of ox-Senator Calvin
S. Brlco of OhiOjand New York , Ho is said
to bo a young man of brilliant attainments
and much popujojUj This Is ula debut In
politico.
Referring to tl"Mlate ex-United States Sen
ator Hobertsoiij.n ) jSquth Carolina , a Wash
ington correspojpdjjflnays. / . "I'orhnpa his
greatest personal .defect was his pride In
his wealth , and' ' a common flaying of his In
< x > cU ! gatherings and around dlaner tables
In Washington was"I don't scratch a poor
' ' "
man's nose.
A Connecticut man on trial for embezzle
ment set up the plea that ho was a victim
of "masked epilepsy , " and did not know
what he was doing when he took the money ,
but ho was convicted , nevertheless , and sen
tenced to tUreo years' Imprisonment.
"Masked epilepsy , " then , It appears , la not
a good defense to a charge of theft.
Count "Bonl" do Castellane , who married
MIsj Anna Gould , and lives In Paris , bas
been requested by a delegation of the mayors
of the Department of the Lower Alps to
stand as a candidate for the Chamber of
Deputies for the arronrtlceoment of C'aslel-
lane , where the Castellano family origi
nated. Count Castellano accepted .the Invi
tation , and will stand as a republican. If
ho Is elected ho will bo the only Frenchman
representing a city of big own name lu the
French Parliament.
CII.ITTKH ,
There Is discord In the mongrel cfttnp.
This time It Is over the distribution of money
amounting to over $1,000 , which was raised
br a cotcrlo of bankers and railroad offlclula ,
ami placed In the hands of a. M. Hitchcock ,
for the purpose of defraying the ixpcnsea of
a campaign for the exposition bondn. Ho hn
boon hiring some Rood democrats with this
money , nml giving them the tip to put In
two licks for Hector nnd nedflcld to everyone
ono for the bouds. When populists or silver
republicans applied to him for employment
on this campaign work they have been given
the cold shoulder , and the money reserved
for those who can bo depended on to do the
fine work of the mongrel program , which
consists of trading oft three-fourths of the
ticket for the otbcr one-fourth. Hitchcock
ntlll has a good part of the pot raised by the
syndicate , which ho Is doubtless holding
back for use the hint day or two before the
election.
The ofllce of register of dceda Is ono of the
very Important ofllcos In the county and to
entrust It to Incompetent liands would be a
grave mistake. A slight error In this branch
of the county government might i-loud the
title of some poor man's property and cause
him no end of trouble. T. S. Crocker , the
republican candidate for this olllce. Is In
every wny well qualified for the p'aco. Weal ,
ern Laborer.
The populists and frco silver republicans
arc just waking up to the tact that they
have been beautifully fllmflammcd In the
matter of the Hoard of Kducatlon ticket.
The sample ballots for the Boird of Kduca-
tlon , now being distributed , show only two
tickets one beaded "Republican , " and the
other headed "Democratic. " U will be re
membered that the fusion Board ot Educa
tion ticket was nominated In a sort ot con
solidated convention , presided ovfr by the
notorious Dan Honln , and while the nomina
tions were apparently made by three different
parties , Honln took care to flic the certificate
only In the name ot the democrats , nnd when
the vote comes to be counted on the Board
ot Education ticket they are going to claim
that every vote cast against the republican
nominees , was a vote for the democratic
party.
Tom lloctor Is encountering the same old
trouble which always arises when a candidate
promises thu same Job to too many people.
There are three or four active politicians In
forming their friends that they have an un
conditional promise from Hector of nil up-
poliitment us his chlct deputy as soon as ho
umcs the ofllco of sheriff. In the mean
while the redoubtable Charlie Rosters Is giv
ing his cronies the tip that he has a dead
cinch on the Job. no matter how many other
people get promises from Hoctor.
The Western Laborer asks bow the
mongrels ever managed to get a man on
their ticket for county Judge who never had
anything lu common with any of the
mongrel elements. H wants to know If
Candidate Anderson thinks his fellow citizens
Imvo forgotten his services to the prohibition
party when ho appeared as a prohibition wit
ness against Governor James E. Boyd. He
is asked to explain why ho appeared as a
prohibition witness against the only demo
cratic governor the state ever had , and , while
Is in the explanation business , to tell also
why ho was an applicant to ex-May.ir
Urcatch for the position of city p'oaccutor ?
Was it because""hc supported Urcatch In
stead of the democratic nominee , Charles H.
Brown ? As yet , however , Mr , Ander.soii has
not explained.
I'AYJMJ THU Kl'I.I. IMIIfK.
Springfield ( Maes. ) IlepubllcKci : Notwith
standing repeated nsser' ' : r.is that the road
ivas not worth more than Lhe promised com
mittee offer of $ . )0,000,000 , the commit tee it-
sell' hastens to increase its bid by $8,000,000
'or one parcel of theiroyerty alone rather
than delay the tale or risk the chance of
osing possession.
Globe-Democrat : In the t-alo of the Union
I'acifle railroad the government will get the
'nil amount of its lien. Ths ! is a great
triumph for the McKlnley admlnlbtratlo'i. '
Wlicn the rrad was started a third of a
century ago nobody supposed the government
would gel back In direct cash .iny of Hie
money which It ynt into the wo'k. It was a
great military as well as economic enterprise
nnd It was expected to pay the pecple , by'
uniting the Pacific coast with the Atlantic
nnd ki developing the west , many times for
the money expenditure which the government
made. This , of course , It has done. It will
do more than this , however , for tlie govern
ment Is obtaining the full amount ot Ho
claim.
Minneapolis Journal : The reorganization
committee , having now bid up to the govern
ment's Hen , this halting business is settled
so far as the Union Pacific main line is con-
curni'd. The goveinment gets the full amount
oi' Its claim nnd the committee gets the
road cheaply. Congress will never act upon
a mode of settlement. It has been tested
for many years and has signally failed , us
there were always enough senators to save
the Pacific roads from compulsory adjust
ment. The charge that the government has
shown bad faith In the matter of postpone-j
mcnt of Iho foreclosure sale Is nonsense , as
the president nan pofect : llbe/ty to accept
any other bids previous to the date of bale or
to stek a postponement of tale In order to
get a higher bid. The proposal to adjourn
the sale brought the further Increased bid
of the reorganization committee , which offered
no objection to postponement , but because
the interests of the security holdn's nnd the
syndicate demanded speedy action , raised the
hid promptly to the face of the government
for principal and interest.
AUDIT \OTKI )
The famous Qulncyc * , father and son , of
Massachusetts wcro so much alike at one
time , In spite of the difference In years , that I
it was hard to tell them apart. Once at a |
public dinner , whnro both father and son
were present , a toast was glvoii to the father.
Instantly the younger Qulncy rose to his
feet , end , pointing to hfs venerable father ,
said : "My aaa will respond. "
Dr. Hamlick of Vienna tells of having
askud Schumann how ho got on with Wag
ner. "Not at all , " ho replied , "he taks | at j
such a ralo I can't got a word In edgeways. " I
Shortly < after this Dr. Hamlick met Wagner
nnd put a similar question to him about '
Schumann. "I can't get on with him at all , "
replied Wagner , "ho just looks at mt > with a
vacant stare trid never says a word. "
Harrlwm Perry MIrd ot Greensburg , Pn. ,
a former slate senator , who IK very III , Is '
known throughout Pennsylvania as a man i
of wealth and n constitutional lawyer. Hu U'i
noted for his many peculiarities. He
married. Ho never sold a horse , a dug or a
caw , but kept them until they died. Ho was I
a tireless student , and thorough In his knowl
edge. Ho was an earnest member of the
Reformed church.
,1
"All patriotic citizens of Texas , " says the
Austin Statesman , "aro oj-.iosed to the re-1' '
iiuival ot the remains of the warrior states
man. Sflin Houston , from Texas soil to that
of Temiesioe. General Houston abandoned I
Tennessee for EOIIIO ceuiso In the very acme
of bis greatness and became moro Identified
with and Interested In Toxaii than In any
other state. Ho cared moro for his history
In Texas than ho did for bis history at any '
other period of bis existence , anil his naino i
end fame became a part ( and no InconUder-
able part ) of the ) history of Texas In It ?
youthful but giant efforts to throw off the i
yoke of Mexico and establish an independent i
nationality. " i
The death Is announced of Henry H. Culver
of St. Louis , the founder of the Culver mili
tary academy at Culver , Ind. . and a practical
philanthropist. A few day * ago , when thci ,
Ilrooklyntabernacle was destroyed , Dr. I
Talmage. knowing Mr. Culver's generous | <
finalities , telegraphed to him soliciting a' ' I
donation of J1CO.OOO to help rebuild thu' ' I
church , nnil promising If It wcro given to
have the no mo ot the donor sUnippd on each
brick In the building. Mr. Culver , however ,
preferred IOM ostentation nnd to use his
money In advancing the Interests of the
school.
Another of Hip old guard of abolitionists
died at Brooklyn the other day , nearly SO
years old. This WAS HczekUh Duvls Slmrpe ,
who was born at Pomfiet , Conn. , Dcccmbci
9. 1811 , and went to New York In 1S37 , where
lin became Intimate with Hornec ( Irci-lcy ,
Henry C. Ilowon. the Taptnns , Tiffany * nnd
others. Mr. Sharpc never held office , nor
was IIP prominent In nltnlrs , but he was
closely associated with the nntllavory men
of New York nnd Brooklyn , and ho It was
who took Lewis Toppln's family out of the
back door ot their house while the draft
rioters of 1SC3 were pillaging It.
TOLD Ol'T OI > \ COl'llT.
H Is related of Judge Hawkins , who at
the ago of SO Is still on the English bench ,
that on ono occasion , when he was about td
pass sentence on a convicted felon , the
prisoner rose anil said. "May the Almighty
Htrlko me dead If I don't speak the truth.
I am Innocent of thl crime. " Judge Haw
kins said nothing for about i minute , when ,
after glancing at the clock , ho fulmViatod
In his motjt Impressive tones : "Slnco tlie
Almighty has not thought fit Io Intervene
I will now proceed to pass sentence. "
Soon after Jim's admission as a loained
counselor , relates Case and Comment , an old
neighbor to glvo him a start gave him a lot
of hard claims to collect , telling him be
could have half thnt was collected. Jim
soon received half that was due from one of
tho. debtors and was called on a little later
by his client for his share ot the money.
Your nair , ' saw me astute lawyer , -i
didn't collect your half. I only collected
mliip. " The astonished old patron said ,
"Why , Jim , I don't understand such pro
ceeding. " But the lofty reply was , "There
Is a heap of law you don't understand. 1
tell you , old fellow tills law Is a powerful
thtag. "
A Georgia correspondent gives us this ac
count of a young man's oral examination for
the bar by a looal committee before an old
judge , who was also an old acquaintance of
the candidate. Being asked : "What Is
arson ? " ho scratched his head , and finally
said , "I believe that's plzon , ain't It ? " On
this Iho old judge , to help him out , says :
"Tut , tut , Jim. Suppose I were to set fire-
to your house and bum It down , what would
that bo ? " With quick and emphatic reply
Jim says , "I think it would 'bo ' a dnd dratted
mean trick. " But although this answer was
not technically accurate , Jim was In the
liaud.s of his friends and was honorably ad
mitted.
'Tho answer to a complaint that the owner
of a cistern had negligently allowed a hey
to fall Into It recently sot up the fact that
when the plaintiff fell In he and a negro boy
were tiylng to drown a stray cat In the cla-
teru after they had rcmovod the cover ,
"making a fine opening for the cat , also for
the plaintiff. " The plaintiff's own negligence
is alleged ns follows : "The plaintiff was
guilty of gross nnd willful neglect in thus
tackling that cat by himself on the to ) ) ot
said cistern near to said opening wkhout
having first put the cat In a bootleg , head
down , according to the cutnbllslied and rec
ognized rules of procedure among all intel
ligent boys engaged in the honorable enter
prise of drowning stray cats In the wells and
cisterns of the neighbors and their parents.
The defendant says the plaintiff was guilty
of gross and willful neglect In not letting
the negro boy first try his hand on the cat ,
and the defendant says the negio boy was
guilty ot criminal neglect in this , thnt lie
saw the great danger to which the plainilfT
wag exposed In his fisht with the cat on the
top of the cistern In time to have avoided
danger , but neglectfully failed to take a
hand against the cat. "
SMOUTACi : IX TIIK I3ISI'J'IM.Y. | ' .
Ii- | irt Ml DiMTiMiwrJ In ( liiiinlirr of
Ci : < l < > ll.irki-tcil.
Clilcaso Cluonlclc.
A paper devoted to thu cattle Interest ,
which generally publishes trustworthy re
ports , says that there will be a decrease of
20 per cent lu the number of cattle nnr-
ketod this year. There is n : reason to be
lieve that this statement U published for
the purpose ot affecting the cattle markets.
The i-eport is of interest as It indicates a
higher price for beef in the wholesale and
retail markets. It requires but small in
crease In the cost of cattle on the hoof to
make an excuse for the market men to ndd
2 or 3 cents a pound to the price of steaks
and. roasts. Yet It. Is but justice to say
that the stock yards men stand quite an
advance in the price of cattle before they
Increase the price ot beef to their regular
customers.
The worst ot the report as to the scarcity
of caMIe this year Is that It Indicates a more
sci Ions scarcity next year and for succeed
ing years. Not only is there a shortnqe of
cattle fit for the market this year , but the
2-year-olds , the yearlings and the calves are
less numerous owing to several causes. The
low price of cattle has discouraged produc
tion. Hard times and a shoitago of ten ] ,
severe winters and the uncertainty of prlce
tit the ranches have contributed to paralyze
Ihe cattle industry.
It will , 'therefore , bo two , three or possi
bly four years before there will bo a full
supply of cattle again for the markets. Beef
CHttio are a Blow growth. If a shortage oc
curs it cannot be ended in a single year.
Time must bo given fji-'the cattle to mature
to the boot stage. This requires three or
four years.
In this respect a short.cattle crop differs
from a short hog or sheep crop. Hogs and
sheep come to maturity in a single year.
They are llko grain crops. A shortage and
high prices ono year excite increased pro
duction and the supply is again abundant.
But as to cattle , when a shortage Is ascer
tained n term of years Is necesaary to supply
the deficiency. So wo must apprehend high
prices for beef pel haps for more than a
year r two In the future.
'liK SAM AS A IAMI O\YM < 3II.
! ' ' < .Million AITI-H SUM nil IDs
llnnilN ,
Kaunas i Ity Ktnr.
According to the minimi report of the com
missioner of the general land olflco at Wash
ington , the United Stated government still
OWIM nearly 600,000,000 acres of land , In addi
tion to the ilRy.OOO.OOO acres embraced In
Alnnkn. This land is In twenty-five statiB
.
and territories. Montana stands nt the head
of the list , with 71.r,00000 acres. Thorn aru
still 1,000.000 ncrrs of public land In Kansas ,
500,000 acres In Missouri and 10,500,000 acres
In Nebraska.
The greater part of the government's pos-
Eo.sslonH fonslHt of arid lands and mountain
ous districts , which are unfit for agricultural
uses. Though without much value at the
present time , many ml'.IIoii acres of this great
public ] domain Is destined ut some fiituro
tlmo I to support a largo population , by means
of i cultivation with the aid of Irrigation , and
thi ) prevent growing sentiment in favor
of experiments In government operation of
Industries will probably result , before * many
years , In the construction of vast Irrigation
systems i lu the arid regions by the United
Stutos government. Thcro IK nn excellent op
portunity I , there , to test homo of the popular
socialistic ) theories without u disturbance of
the existing Industrial nnd social conditions ,
and without any ehiinto of serious loss to the
government.
Thcro are many people In the United Sla'.os
who are Inclined to approve a good many
features I of the slnglo tnx Idea , for example ) ,
but who nre too conservative ) to advocate an
application of the theory to lands a'roady '
controlled by Individuals , SUi-n persona
would welcome some experiments with the
theory In the regions now owned by the
government , which can bo made arable by Ir
rigation , and it Is not at all unlikely that a
well-considered plan for dove-loping tlur.o
lands and putting them Into use , with the )
government as n great landed proprietor
and the people en lessees , or rentervi , may bo
adopted by congreiw before many years. In
time i thcbo lands will bo a source of great
wealth to some one , and us they are now
owned by the government and there Is a
strong oentlnient In favor of launching the
nation Into au experiment ot that sort , there )
Bt'oirH to bo no good reason why the gov
ernment should not undertake , by Irrigation ,
to put largo bodies ot arid lands In condi
tion to yield the treasury a substantial reve
nue , and at the sumo time make a test of
the effects of such an enterprise on the so
cial conditions , the Industry and the cnter-
prlso of people who are anxious to take ) part
In suck au experiment.
A NOTAIH.U MIIHfi SUIT.
.Iliry t'plioliln itnrtiNintH < r for
Tolllnur HIP Truth.
Chlcnco Tiltnino.
A llhol suit of more * than ordinary Interest
has just been concluded at Hartford , Conn
On a recent occasion the oratorio of "Kl | .
Ja't" \\ns performed In that city Befjro
U had .progressed f r It was apparent to
those upon the stngo nnd to ninny In the
audience that ono of the solo singers Mr
Max Helikrlch , n gentleman well known
throughout the country on the concert stngo ,
wns not In a sober condition. After n brief
attempt to sing his part be nvoio nnd went
off the stnge nnd the performance continued
without him. On the following morning the
Hartford Times In lt report of the per-
formnnco did not mince matters , but plainly
called a spade a spade In other words ,
Hint eel that the performance was marred 'to-
cause this particular singer was imoxirai < > i1
Mr. Hclnrlch promptly brought suit for
libel , claiming damages in the cum of $ : . " > -
000. During the trial many ot the lust pmplo
In Hartford voluntarily came forward and
supported the nssertlon of thr Times , nnd
nflor n long and ltupnrtl.il Investigation of
the charge- and the hcnrlng of numerous
wltnoase.H en , both sides the Jury brought
In n veiMlct oxoncratlng iho jxipcr. It took
the position that the Times had not boon
nctuntnl by malice towards Mr. Hclnrlch In
any respect , tli.it It hnd not shown nny vln-
dlctlveiicss , but that having made sure of lt
position It had simply told the truth. The
point at Issue In the trial was the right of
n newspaper to criticise and tell the triilh
about a public performance and a public por-
formor. TJio latter hnd made n coutrn. t to
help entertain a public audience and ho
had voluntarily placed himself In n < m > li
tlon which mndo him unfit for a puMir np-
noarnncp. To thnt oxtnnt IIP bad Oofrnmli-d
the nudlence by not fulfilling his e-ontract ,
ami the newspaper In question without any
dlcplny of malice hnd told the reason , why
the audience W.IP disappointed.
In other words , the Jury believed the
Hartford Times told the truth nnd told It
In tin- Interest of the public and by Its vor-
diet Mistnlned the right of newspapers Io
comment upon the fncls of a performance
for the witnessing of which nn admission
too Is charged. To thnt extent the Times
fulfilled Its responsibility to the public and
It Is to be congratulated that Its cour > has
been sustained ns i Ight nnd proper Mean
while the occurrence has Its lessen for Mr
Hclnrlch. Ho Is justly held In high esteem
as ono of thn foremost singers upon iho
American concert stage and In the past ho
has given unusual satisfaction wherever ho
lias appeared. It Is to be regretted that hn
made this serious Mlp , but all will bo for
given and forgotten If he will bo more careful
In the future. Ho Is too good an artist to bo
spared.
IOWA iiss ctniMU.vr.
Burlington Hnwkoyo : Burlington fnotoilos
are running day nnd night. Wo are unable
to see nny argument In this fact for voting
for tin * calamity waller's ticket , either ntnto
or local.
Dos Molnos Leader : Horace Doles Is rlt'i' '
thnt the test of a democrat can never be h1 *
ability to believe that with silver -10 cents
on the ilollar this government can take all
the silver In the world and hold It up to oU
at the ratio ot 1C to 1. Such Insanity would
damn any party In the world It It sturk to it )
long enough.
Waterloo Courier : Chairman Wal-h t h"
democratic state committee Is off afe-r : ram-
bows again. Ho predicts that Kri-d Wh to
will carry Jowa next Tuesday by lio.ooo pl'i
rnlllty. l ist year Walsh piedlrted that
Bryan would boat MclKnley In this M , ' > y
20.000. There Is no ovldonco that Mr Wal.-li
has perfected himself ns a prophet alnre la-
fall and ho missed his guess then by uliout
S3,000 votes.
Dea Molnes Leader : The Chicago Hei-ml
printed a cartoon that fairly represents ' 'ie
present Iowa jwlltlf-al campaign. It pl < inrrs
a farmer asleep on his grain sai-ks w'i >
two rival spellbinders shriek In his ear Tne
campaign of 1897 will be long i nipmbrr l
ns the moat apathetic nnd IivlinVron1 ror
moro than a decndo. This condition i m
hardly help produce a small total \n'i
1MHXTKI ) Itn.UAItlvS.
Detroit Journal : lie I siipposiIf \ < ir
father found mo here ho would kick in ( Hit
of thoi iloor.
She Oh , I don't know. I'apa's
Is wrolelu-d.
Washington Stnr : "Don' go liy fnt t Im
pression , " said Uni'lo ICbcn. "Whali'd folH
bo now ot do mini ( hit ellsUlM rnl < ! . >
oystuli hiidn' stopped ter pry op > ' ! i do
.hell . ? "
Inillnnapolls Journal : Mudto "Wlili' > Is
liropcr , "Lone ! mo $10 0V' or "lonn 1111- ' ( ) '
\\li-kwlre-lt won't do you any good Io
say either.
Was-hlnstoii Star : "Havo you pa. in. d
that province ? " Inquired the Spanish oiu-
clnl.
clnl."Ye. . , Indeed , " replied HIP general. ' .lu t
lieforo I loft those people said that tl y
wouldn't do a tiling to me the next linn I
came. "
Dotrolt Free Press : "I know a tree , "
said tbo farmer to the learned profesnor ,
"what never bad a leaf or Imd , and > et
tlioy'K nuts on it. "
"Astounding , sir , astounding ! No ti' ' h
remarkable tree * lias over be-on found by
the botanist. What Is It' . ' "
"A axle-tree. "
Puck : Mr. Beacon Hill Why , rnu'lope-
What Ii thu matter ?
Mrs. Hone-on Hill Oh , Horace ! I i n
ifrald Kmerson lian not thnt - \ : " . mini
wo have a right to expect In a flitld of
ours. Ho Just said "Da ! da ! " llkr tint
common washerwoman's baby 1 lu < id In
the park !
Chicago Post : "I thought you were
about to bo miirrlc'd. "
"Woll , I was , " returned the mini \vi" wns
overburdened with del > ln , "hut b.-lorc tin-
matter was Irrevocably settled I eli clil-M to
look Into It a little moro fully , and I fuuml
llii'i-o wasn't enough In it to pay for Iho
trouble. "
"What do you moan ? "
"A nmrrlotl man's exemptions are too
little. "
Judge : New Ni-lKhlmr lie them 11'llu
over or. Iho crossroad any connect ion o"
yonrn. Mis' Hall ?
Mm H.ill Wn'nl , wo Is jlut e-miff oon-
m-etod. so 's't of anybody dies out or oi'O '
fiimbly the other fambly follers nrlor I in
funuiiil In the hirst kerrigo , but don't st-v1
tor the supper.
THK OUKST KOK LUC'K.
Clovvlanil l ' .ili ( > r.
Hunting four-loavod clover *
And rusty hor.se.iheios may
Ilo pleaaant or divcrllng ;
' .Hut , oh , It doesn't pay !
The person who In lucky
And Kalllrt thn top today
Is not the ono who monkeys
Around In mu-h n way.
OOTOIIKH MAIM.KN.
JnmoH ItusHpll Jxnri-ll.
What inran those bnnneni spread ,
Tin-mi paths with royal rod
So Kiiyly carpoledV
ComoK there a prlnco today ?
Knell footing wcro too lint !
Kor feet less aigciitliio
Than Dlan'H 011 or thlno ,
Queen whom my tlden obey.
Surely for thee < ire meant
Those hue-H HO orient
That with n sultan's tent
Kiich tree Invite-it the sun ;
Our earth such homage priy ,
So dcokw lu-r dusty ways ,
And keeps such holiday * ,
For onennd only erne.
'My ' brain Hhapes form mid fuco ,
Throbs -wltlv 'ti'io ' rbytbinlo gnico
And cadi-nc-K of her pae-o
Tn all line Instincts true ;
Her footstrps , utt they pass ,
Than moonbe-ams over grans
1'iilI llghltT , mnl , tilu .
More Insubstantial tool
Nature's Drink , J
POSTUM , {
Thu 3
GRAIN fl
COFFEE. S
At GrocorH ,