Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 9, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. " PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMA OF SUBSCRIPTION ¢ l‘!y (Morniag v,nmnm Inciuding Bunday One Yea $10 00 50 1) OTFIom, No. o1y AND, 018 FARNAN K O 00N 5, TRINUNR llmnn- Oveice, No. 015 FoURTRENTH OORRESPONDENCE? All communications nllt!nl to nows -na ed}- mn matter should be addressod to Ul ¥ THE Ber. DUSINESS LETTENS: ATl bueiness letters and romittances should be 0 Trs BEk PUDLISHING COMPANY, HA. Drafts, checks and postoffico orders made payable tn the order of the company, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS. E. RO!'WATFR Eviton. PowDERLY' sm‘ldrens looked s it um pronoun 1" had been sprinkled over it from a pepper —_— e — MR. GArrerr says the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph has not been sold, Mr. Gould says the Western Union has gob- bled up said line. We pays our money and takes our choice, The transfer has evidently not been made, TaE obief of the Choctaw nation has Just 1ssued his annual message. Among many other things he says that the re- lations of the nation with the United States government continue of a friendly und satisfactory character. This sounds a trifle odd, coming as it does not far from the geographical center of the United States. e seE——— Tue New York health authorities find it more aifficult to check the progress of cholera among the infected Italians than was expected. Quite a number have died since landieg and many are yetsick. There is little danger of a spreading of the disease among the citizens, however, as energetic precautionary measures have been adopted. Tag Railwvy Gazette record of train acoidents for August ncludes sixty-five collisions, sixty-four derailments, and eight other accidents, a total of 137, in which 127 persons were killed and 323 in- Jured. Most of these “accidents’’ could have been avoided. The next crusade needed in this country is one against negligence in the operations of our rail- roads. —_———— Ta1s country has not hitherto cut much of a figure in the production of diamonds. This remissness is soon to be remedied, if the reports froia Kentucky are true. The state in which the star-eved goddess of reform, whisky, and fair women are indigenous, is said also to contain dia- wmond mnes which are to be developed. The precious gem thus threatens to be- ‘came 80 common that the hotel clerk may ‘be compelled to resort to some other means of distinctio — A KANsAS judge is reported to bave id to an impecunious criminal recently: *‘A poor man should be exceedingly care- ful to obey the law, tor he has every in- ducement to do so. The rich man may wviolate the law and by making a big fight escape punishment, but the poor seldom escape incurring the penalties.” What a comment on our judicial ma- chinery, coming as this does from the wyery sanctuary of justice. A more shame- ful confession could not be made. THE New York Post recently stated that there wera on the pension rolls three or four widows of revolutionary soldiers, but & late statement from the pension office shows that there are no less than thirty- five such widows. Whareupon that paper remarks that as several of these women are less than eighty, and are still in good health, it seems reasonabie to expect that the year 1000 will find the pension roll #till bearing the names of widows of soldiers who diod in & war which ended 4n 1783. It secms probable that the year Q000 may find the nation still paying pensions on account of the civil war which ended in 1865. The time will doubtless eome in the next centnry when every widow of u Union soldier will be granted a pension, and the fashion of young women marrying old soldiers is Nkely never to die out. A young man who onlisted n_the last year of the war at eighteen will be seyenty-eight in 1935 =the same age at which a Revolutionary soldier in Ohio married—and if he should pick out a girl of sixtecn, as the Ohio soldier did, she would be nine years short of a centenarian in 2000. In short, not merely future generations, but a future wentury, may need to pass before the Dation gets through paying pensions, even supposing that we are never in- volved 'n another war. — It costs something to be a candidate for office in New York city. A paper of that ®ity savs if the office to be filled is a su- preme court judgeship the price of a momination ranges from $10,000 to $20,- 000; if it be a comptrollership the pri $10,000; for a united nomination for dis- triot attorney it is $5,000 to each of two ®halls,” and for nomations for the minor judgeships, state senators and as- semblemen, it ranges from $500 to $10,- D00. Theso are certainly large figures, but they are accounted for when the large emoluments belonging to most of these oflicers are considered. For exam- ple the fifteen judges to be elected wall draw $131,000 a year in salaries. he su- preme court judges roceive $17,500 a year, @nd are elected for fourteen rs; the general sessions judge elected for fourteen years at an annual palary of $12.000; city court judges get $10,000 a year and are elected for six years; city justices are chosen for six ars at & salary of $6,000 a year; the istrict attorney and the surrogate got each $12,000 a year and are elected for gthree years. Such oftices are worth ptruggling for, and as long as they pay now men will be willing te give the :r.' assessments required to secure ghem, Inveighing against the assess- ment system will amount to little while prizes continue as attractive as now. t is sald that there is no parallelin gecent political history to the contest that is making to secure nomination for ?fio offices. The entire bar of New 'ork is in a ferment and permeated by #ll manner of iutrigue and combines to gother the luscious plums from which men of other professions and pursuits are excluded. The trouble is that New York pays too generggaly for its legal Salent Parker's Tribute to Beecher. Eulogy is very generally little olse than indiscriminating panegyrie, It is not expected to go much beyond or out- side of this. Even those who bave passed away in the humbler walks of life, to whom surviving friends render tribute, receive consideration only with respect to those qualities which are remembered to their honor, leaving out of regard all those frailties and defects which marred their conduct. In the case of those who have occupied a conspicuous place in the higher walks of human activity and achievement the demand seems even stronger for putting out of view those weaknesses and deficiencies that were the blemishes and drawbacks in such lives and bringing forward to attention and observation only those characteristics which shed glory upon the memory of their possessors and ure the explanas tions of a successful career. Doubtless this is the true office of eulogy. We are admonisbed to speak only good of the dead, and every right-tiinded man will admit the justice of the admonition. But it may not unwisely be said that the life which is presented to the world asa model for men’s admiration and an ex- ample for their following should not be shown so entirely devoid of its essentially hpman defects as to lose or greatly diminish 1ts worth as an example, howso- ever great its claims to admiration. To the average man that life is most valuable for instruction aud guidance which has had to contend with its share of the frailties common to ail and has largely or wholly conquered them. In order to know what the struggle of such a life has been, to measure the extent and nature of the victory, and to give the lesson its just and useful application, it is necessary that the frailties be not wholly lost sight of. Rather 1s it essential to see the full char- aoter, with all of its angularities, defects and deformities. Eulogy is hedged by limitations that do not admit of so broad a view. The eminent London preacher, Dr. Parker, who on laust Tuesday evening pronounced his eulogy on Henry Ward Beeeher, kept well within the lines by which he was circumscribed. His effort was highly creditable to his head and heart, and if there is any friend of the dead divine who is not fully satistiea with the testimony it is hardly conceivable what such an one would require to satisfy him. The great Brooklyn preacher left numerous evidences of his ability in this line, and 1n a similar case he might have said some things less trite and embellished his theme with illustra- tions less commonvplace than the London vreacher employed, but for the one pur- vose of eulogy he could hardly have sur- passed the work of Dr.Parker. Itis rich to repletion in adulation, expressed in alanguage so hearty and earnest that there can be no question as to its pro- found sincerity. The admiration and love of the eulogist for his subjectis made strongly apparent in every sent- ence. He was the 1deal preacher, hold- ing his veoation by divine right; he was the genius in intellect who gave & new impulse and direction to the world he represented; he was the commanding leader whose eloguence and zeal drew men to him irresistibly; he was a philan- thropist whose concern for humanity was boundless; he was, quoting the language of Dr. Parker, ‘‘great 1n every aspect.” Eulogy, surely, could go no farther. With some modification, perhaps, all will acquiesce in this estimate of Beecher. He did a great work, and he did it well. The grand opportunities that came in his way were not lost. But it must still be remembered that he had frailties, some of which were very pronounced, and which, in a man of less brilhant gfts, would have been very likely to wholly de- stroy his usefulness. They unquestiona- bly militated against the later useful- ness of Henry Ward Beecher, as the recollection of them must with many militate against a complete and unmixed admiration of his charac- ter. Let it charitably be said that gifted as he was in all those qualities which are the “divine part of man,”” he had also strongly developed human weaknesses which he controlled better than the great majority of men. Certainly in most re- spects which justly command admiration and honor, Beecher was a man whose “like we shall not look upon again." College Barbarism, The opening of the college year has been signahized by a case of huzing which has again brought th:s subject, so familiar to collegiates, prominently to public attention and discussion, and aroused the faculties of various colleges to the necessity of stern measures to pre- vent the spread of this barbarism. This case is a peculiarly sad one, and very well illustrates the heartless barburity of the average college student. It oc- curred at Williams college, and the vie- tim was George Choate, of the freshman class, son of a prominent citizen of Massachusetts. It appears that the young man was singularly susceptible to religious fervor, and learning this fact the irreverent sophomores played upon Choates’ weakness most zealously and successfully. They preached to him and exhorted with him until he was thrown into the most distressful state of mind and went about a picture of misery and despair. The hallucination, sedulously cultivated by his cold-blooded persecutors, grew upon him, and was exhibited in conduct which indicated that reason had pretty nearly lost sway. This added to the effects of some personal abuse speedily produced an illness, and young Choate is at his home a pitiablo wreck. It 1s doubtful if he can survive, and if he shonld his mind will probably be perma-~ nently impaired. This is said to be the most serious re- sult of hazing that bas ever occurred in Williams college, but there have been many quite as bad in other colleges. Life bas been sacrificed in the practice of this brutal and indefensible cus- tom, injuries have been suffered from which the victims never recovered, and outrages have Dbeen perpetrated as shumeless as they were criminal, For some years the practice has been 1 abey- ance, the faculties of the colleges having firmly set their faces against it and made rigid rules forits prevention an d punish- nient, but the proportion of diabolism in human nature is so large, and particular- ly in youths away from the restraints of howe, that it has not been found possinle to wholly repressit. Even the vigilance and stern discipline of West Point have been found unequal to the task of entires ly putting down the practice. Yale re- centiy axpelled a student conviet- ed of participailon in a hazing, and five others are undergoing aw wvestiga- tion. An effort to revive ‘‘rushing™ i just been made at Harvard, and this practice prevails at Columbia college. President Barnard, of the latter institu- tion, is authority for the statement that hazing is practised at nearly all the col~ loges, It takes as many forms as the ingenuity of those who engage in it can dovise, and quite generally the most heartless and barbarous that can be sug- gested, within reasonably safe limits, is the one that is adopted. It is strange that any one should find any palliation for this barbarism, but we have read in at least onc eastern paper, since the Choate affair, an effort to extenuate the conduct of students who engage 1n hazing. 1t fell very tar short of the purpose, but it could not fail to have a bad influence in encourag- ing those predisposed to the practice. There should be no mercy shown those who engage 1n this brutal pastime when they are detected. But there's the rub. Are not the faculties generally much less solicitous than they should be to detect the guilty parties? "Where the case against a student is so plain that they cannot shut their eyes to 1t there will be a manifestation of firmness by expelling the culprit, but it is not profitable to ex- tend this discipiine to a dozen or twenty who may be implicated. Allowing for all the difliculties in the way, it is still doubtless not unfair to say that it the college faculties were 1nore vigilant in guarding against these occur- rences and more diligeat in hunting out those who participate in them they would be less numerous. The sad misfortune of young Choate will very likely subdue the hazing spirit for a time, but for its permanent suppression 1t is evident there must be more stringent regulations than now prevail, and that they must be rigidly enforce Science has again borne testimonyin favor of cremation. At the late hygienic congress 1n Vienna there was an exhaus- tive discussion of this subject, in which all the arguments, sanitary and other- wise, were considered. It is most signifi- caut that among all those learned physi cians, many of them of world-wide repu- mtion, not one had a word to say in op- position to cremation, while every speaker on the subject advocated this method of disposing of the dead. It was especially supported as a necessity to the safety of the living in cases of death from smallpox and other infectious diseases. It was stated that in spite of all ordinary sanitary precautions there had been many instances where the lwving had been poisoned by the dead. There could be no more valuable testimony than this tothe im- vortance of cremation, at least in the case of death from a certain class of dis- cases, but 1its eftect will be contined to the comparatively few who can lay aside the sentiment which is the formidable ob- stacle to the acceptance of this method of disposing of the dead. That senti« ment has the support of centuries of practice, of religious belief, even of superstition, and it will stubbornly and probably always successfully resist the efforts of science, with all the evidence on its side, to substitute the incinerating furnace with its resultant ashes safely inurned for the grave and the tomb, POLITICAL POINTS. Arizona newspapers propose General Miles “for president. Mahone is putting his strongest lieutenants in the field as candidates for the legislature. General Spinola 1s going to Washington to try and get the civil service law ropealed this winter. There Is an organization of the labor vote in Virginis sufliclently strong to count as one of the uncertainties of the campaign, Oune of the republican issues in the loeal campaign in Ohlo this year is the abolition of the fee system of paying county officers. &.The campaign in Maryland and In Balti- more this year seems to have been reduced to a question of cl:oice of men, not measures, Governor lLuce, of Michigan, says it is fif- teen years since he has seen the republican party of his state so harmonious as it is to-day. Colonel H. €. Thompson, of Alabama, will try to get Senator Morgan’s seat. He is in favor of protection and retention of the liquor tax. General John McNulta is being pushed for the next republican nomination for governor in Illinois. Heisan ablelawyer and a shrewd business man. Perhaps President Cloveland will be re- nominated. If so, it will not be because he is rich in merit, but because his party is poor in available men. ‘There is not much talk about politics in the Grand Army ranks,but among the republican members the presidential choice is Bob Lin- coln, by a large majority. The republican and democratic candidates for lieutenant governor in 1ndiana last fall may confront each other again next year as candidates for the governorship, There is still in the offices of the national capital a large leaven of republican integrity and intelligence; naturally, therefore, is there excellent conduct of public affairs. Eugene Higgius consoles his democratic bretbren with the idea that Mr. Cleveland is not a civil service reform humbug at heart, and that some time this will become appar- ent to all, About the only thing democrats have to go on in Ohlo is the cultivation of their imagin- ations with respect to the relations of Shor- man and Foraker. Now Sherman and For- aker aro getting along very comfortably in- deed. They are not in conflict. Dave Littler of Illinofs, returning from his labors on the Pacilic railroad commission, says that he tinds that the republicans in California are inclined to come to the con- vention next year without expressing any cholce and to wait for an expression from other states before they decide. William Walter Phelps sizes up the situa- tion admirably from a republican stand-point when he says: Mr, Cleveland will be nomi- nated by the inexorable logic of circum- stances. ‘To refuse him a renomination is to confess that the ouly democratic administra- tion, the ouly test that this present genera- tion has for proving the quality of democ- racy, has been a failure. 1f they go before the people without Clevelaud, they goasking the people to endorse a failure. 0Old man Cleveland has the party by the neck and they caunot shake bim oft.” R e Shake for Shake, Chicago Tribune, Cleveland this year gives Iowa the go-by. Towa will raturn the compliment next year. e A New Literary Field. Albany Argus, A literary magazine has lately suggested Canadian life as material which has not yet been much used by American novel writers. ‘We suggest » description of the bemutiful lives led by exiled al such taking title as * 'men under some or the Wicked.” Quarters, ution. Bostan Pt A woman always 100ks ‘under the bed for A man. A man goes out between acts to loo k for him. e The Immortality of Clothes. . New OrleaRy Picayune, Kossuth is remembered by his hat, Garl- baldi for his red flannel shirt, and yet it is said clothes do not make the man. Jroistinte 4 dired And Some Are Hard Burlington Free Press. There are a few things in this world which are particularly hard to do, and one of them is to pay for a suit of clothes afteritis worn out. Wear. PR . Stuff Them into the Pen, Alta Caltfornia. Stuffing ballot boxes cannot be pravented by patent boxes. The evil is not in the box but the stuffers. Stufting them into the penitentiary is the best preventive invention. — The Natural Sequence, New York Sun. The dismissal of the Pan-Electric govern- ment suit from court should be followed by the prompt dismissal of the Pan-El ectric at- torney general from the cabinet. ———— New Kind of P Chicago Times. ‘The people of Sioux City have a ‘corn palace” which they have just opened with a large celebration. Corn-juice palaces are common enough, but & corn palaco is & new thing. —— All Froth, In Other Words. Philadelphia News. The beautiful and valuable cow presented to Mrs. Cleveland by Mr. Childs has arrived at Washington. We trust Mrs. Cleveland fully understands that Philadelphia cows ive nothing but whipped cream, e L g, ce. The Explanation Needs Explanation. St. Louts Post-Dispatch. One of the witnesses before the Pacilic railroad commission has given Mr. Hunting- ton another fine chance to “‘explain things,” by glving the names of a number of promi- nent gentlemen who were converted from vigorous assailants into prominent defenders of the Pacific railroad management. If the change in their position was wrought by ex- planation the public would like to hear Mr. Huntington explain the explanation, it e Omaha's Claim Recognized, Chicago Herald. « The city of Omaha is discussing the possi- bility of securing the national conyention of the republican party. The friends of this movement declare that the organization of Nebracka as a territory gave birth to the re- publican party; that Lincoln himself, visited Omaha and Council Bluffsin that early day, and becamo the first presidential owner of real estate in the city of the great boom; that the parent should not deny its offspring—the party should not turn its back on a state of its own creation; that Chicago, with a popu- lation of only 80,000, nominated Lincoln in a wigwam not nearly so large as the exposi- tion building in Omaha; and, finally that the publie-spirited men of Nebmaska ought not to hold back and let some less diflident city walk away with the prize. 'All these consld- erations affect us so sensibly that if Chicago could by any chance spare one of the two or three great national politicat conventions which are to pe held in 1888, then Omaha, of all other cities, should have it. e it STATE PRESS _JOTTINGS. Politicians with “vaulting ambition” are partiai to rings. The republicans of Nebraska will not ‘take water” on any of theissues of the *day. A democratic paper sends greeting to the hold-ons and suggests that *“‘no self-respect- ing republican will hold office under a demo- cratic administration.” The North Bend Flail thinks “it would be a joke highly appreciated were it decided that the people have rigiits that the railroads are compelled to respect. The Fremont Herald congratulates Colby on having “missed the pleasure of belng laid out by Judee Broady.” The brigadier is right at home when leading a funeral retreat. Colonel Russell, of Schuyler, is already skirmishing for the political boots of Con- gressman Dorsey. The mention of it is sufficient to rattle the bones of Valentine in thelr grave. The Beatrice Democrat gives, as a certifi- cate of character to Dave Mercer, candidate for judge of Douglas county, that he *'is a good fellow and graauated in politics under Church Howe.” The Schuyler Herald does not admire the immaculate qualities of the legislature, and entertaing commodious doubts of their abil- ity to throw off the corporate shackles and regulate railroad rates. ‘The Beatrice Democrat proposes to con- duct the county campaign on merit and es- chew personalities, This will rob the intel- ligent voters of a vast fund of gossip and human discrepancies. ‘The Lincoln Democrat confesses that the advocacy for an extra session of the legisla- ture in the republican convention laid them open to the charze of selfishness and greed. As usual the tail failed to wag the dog. ‘The Democrat of Beatrice has in stock 2 great deal of compassion for a man that is poor, but honest, but a notorlous dead beat who refuses to pay his little bills when he 1s abundantly avle to do so, is too mean to be tolerated in a decent community. ‘The Nebraska City News has just discov- ered, on the eve of the campaign, that “court house rings are a luxury Otoe county has en- joved for years, and while the rings and their friends huve grown richer the county has grown poorer and gone further in debt.” The Rushville Standard thus sketches an opposition candidate in running costume: “The nominee for clerk is some six feet tall and a democrat from the cground up. He wipes hisnose on hissleeve and you can smell the democracy on his breath at a con- siderable distance.” The Nebraska City News says: ‘‘Church Howe will no longer have to depend on his salary from the Missouri Paeilic railroad or the small amount he sometimes makes out of politics, as he now receiyes a pension of $12 per month. Church, it will be remembered, suffered from rheumatism.’ ‘The Fremont 'L'Tibuné is pleased with the nomination of Messrs. Postand Marshall as their own successors on the bench. *“I'hese men have been tried at the bar ot public opinion and the verdict rendered that they are honorable and upright judges, and hon- ored for their faithfulness by a renomina- tion.” The Nebraska City Press says: “David H. Mercer, late of rownville, lias been nom- inated by the Douglas county republicans for county judge. This shows what native ability, hard work and a therough knowl- edge of how to fix the primaries wiil do. It is & great country, and even an Ann Arbor graduate has a chauce If he ouly runs with the machine.” ‘The Beatrice Democrat grabs with un- seemly merriment the horizontal bars or- dered for the public schools of Omaha, and exercises Imagination thus: “It 1s sald that the boys aud girls can now skin-the-cat with- out breaking down all the neighboring tences. Owmaha is a great place for gywmoas ties. They teach 1t In school, practice it in politics, and young ladies actually turn uollne.ruulu asan attraction at church festi- vals.” The Bloomington Justice drops the scales for a moment to proclaim that ‘‘the pallot is the weapon of a freeman. It blazes the pathway to a higher plane of civil liberty when men wield it in the interestof real progress. The wageman must use it with greater wisdom In the future than in the past, or his name wil! be engraved on the tablets of history as the foe of itbarty and the unwitting instrument of her downfall.”” The Norfolk News says of the head of the republican ticket in Douglas county: *“The republican convention of Douglas county did a good thing when it nominated F rank E. Moores for county clerk. When the writer was devil in the Greenville (0.) Journal office, Krank was & rustling business man ot that city. If he doesn’t show the mossbacks of Douglass county how to run a lively eam paign, we lose our guess. The only thing the democrals need to figure on is how far he is going to pound the hole In after the fellow tlat runs against him.’ “The citizens of Plattsmouth,” says the Journal, “have finally awakened to the fact that the location of the Nebraska Swenger- bund in this city s a greatthing for our town ; but they are not the only one who are gratified by the affalr. The visiting mem- bers of the Swngerbund are themselvgs most enthusiastic in praise of their treatment here, and over the success of the affair in all ap- vointments. For the first time in the town’s history it is demonstrated that she has room and accommodations for a large crowd of people, and is entertaining them hand- somely.” o e~ CONFLICT OF AUrHORITY, Prominent Union Pacific Officials Have a Quarrel. ‘There was a lively time among the promi- nent officia!s of the Union Paclfic at the depot the past week. It is claimed that Mr. McClintock, who has lately been appointed local freight agent, has rendered hlmself very obnoxious to all those with whom he has come In contact. The principal cause ot dissatissaction, as alleged, is that immedi- ately on assuming his oftfice he discharged all the employes without reason, some of them having been in the company’s’ employ over twenty years. Last week Mr. McClintock came to the oftice after a day’s sickness and dictated two et to his secretary, one discharging M. C. Straight, yard master at the depot, and the other appointing W. H. Whitcomb to the position. Assistant Superintendent Deael, who is officially charged with such transfers, thought that the change was made by Su;-er- intendent Dickenson or Mr. Blickensderfor, and let the matter pass. The latter two thought the chan:e was made by Mr. Deuel. So it rested until Mr, Straizht came around to make comolaint for the treatment he received. The consequence was tuat McClintock’s usurpation of authority was discovered, and Superintendent Dickinson and Mr. Deuel went to the ldcal treight office and read him the riot act. The matter was left in abey- ance until Mr. Potter relumml When he did arrive he appointed Mr. S. W. Davis as a compromise. MASSACHUSETTS EXCURSIONISTS, George V, Lancaster, ticket agent ot the New York ew England railroad, arrived with thirty free excursionists bound for the Pacitic coast. They spent the day in visit- ing different points in Omaha. Before de- parting in the evening they passed resolu- tions of thanks to Mr. Grevy, of the Union Pacitic, who has charge of excursionists at the transfer, for his kind attention. A PARTY OF LADIES, The private car of G. W. Holdrege, gen- eral manager of the B. & M., arrived on the morning train over the U Pacitic with the l’ollowlnfi Iadies aboard, who had_been visiting Utah and the west: Mrs, Besler, wife of the general superintendent of the Chicago, ll\lr lll ton & 1.!umca‘ Mrs. Van Clute, Mrs. J. Lindsay, Mrs. William Boys- ton and Mlfl Lena Maul. They will re- main in this city to-day and xo eastward over the Chicazo, Burlington & Quincy to- MOrrow. EVERYBODY GOING WEST, The excursionists from the east during these autuinal days are phenomenal in the history of the Union Dacific road. Yester- day seven car loads of these tourists passed through the city. Mr. Field in His Own Defense. To the Editor of the Ber: Your paper of a few days ago gave an incorrect report of an affair In Mercer, near Lowe avenue,in which I was the victim of an accident which might have resulted disastrously, while I was later subjected to the disgrace of imprisonment without a shadow of justification. On the night in question I was driving to town with William Moran. I was on the right side of the avenue when a tarmer’s wagon, driven rapidly, came westward on the same side of the road, and, although 1 had shouted to the driver and got as far into the ditch as 1 could without upsetting, to avoid him, my buggy was struck by his wheels and myself and my {riend narrowly escaped being overturned in the ditch, ‘The farmer, notwithstanding mv calls and his maticious act, refused tostop. 1 chased him for two blocks and overtook him. He refusea to eive me his name, refused to be responsible for the injury he had done and steadily strove to get his horses out of my hold to escape responsibility for his act, 1 then told him to-come down and take a threshing. Now such men as he are numer- ous on that road and especially after dark. When some of the farmers are going home drunk, citizens have togive them nearly the whole road, and even then there are friends of mine who have been run into four times this season. So when 1 found that I could not get satisfaction in any other way, 1 struck him with a small piece of brick, which however did him nonjury, My companion was still in my buggy and holding the heads er’s horses, when the latter struck the head with the buckled end or ins. 'This angered Moran, who jumped from wny buggy into the farmer’s wagon and dealt him but three blows. 1 called to Moran to desist, which he dia immediately, where- upon the farmer rode off again in the same reckless manner. The next, I'wasarrested on a warrant sworn out by a friend of the man who had run into me, and after dark, at my own home, when meollcaomct’r had the warrant in his possession for two days, was brought to town, searched and imprisoned like a common thiet, Now when I was arrested the ofticer claimed it was on a very serious charge, and vet he admitted that hie had the warrant in_his pos- session for two full days, and no time else conld he select to disgrace me by dragging me from my home until after nightfall and from the bosom of my fanily, and then upon the oath of a man who had no more to do with the affair than you had. 1 am a well known lu\flmw and business wan in this city, and though of course I secured bail, yet the principie of dragging a reputable man down at the word of a man who could have been actuated only by malace, and had never before been scen by the judge nor will be ever azain perhaps, it s, in‘my opinion, but nv'rlnclnx respectability and citizenship to the lowest scum who may take a desire to use the courts to avenge \lmnj:- Personal Paragravhs. Byron Reed left last evening for Chicago. Will H. Swith, of Denver, Colo., is at the Paxton. J. H. Pratt, of Summer I1il], is a guest at the Paxton. L P. Hill, of Logan, la,, is registered at the Paxton, F. J. Mackay, of Minneapolis, is in town on busines: \m Dr. S, J ., yesterday, ll Smith has returned from a business trip to Chicago. Augustus Frank, of Kearney, was at the Paxton yesterday. Dr, 0. M. Oleson, of Fort Dodge, la., is rezistered at the Millard, S, F. Martin, a well known business man of Kansas City, is at the Paxton. Dr, Julius M. Cabell, of the Unitea States army, was at the Millard yesterday. Will L. Lykens, advance man for the Mazgle Mitchell company, is at the Millard. C. C. Felt, of Keeline & Felt, hoavy hard- ware men, of Council kluffs, was in the city Iyeslunlny. attending to big contracts e has \ere. Rev. H. B. Burgess, Miss Lulu Burgess, Miss Janet Livingston, of Plattsmouth, and Mi; assie Carter, of Ashland, dined ~with Henry Palmer, ot Plattsmouth at the Paxton yesterday, Chambers left for Exeter, LOCAL POLITICAL DOINGS, Plan of the Oampaign Arrangel by the Republican County Oentral Comamittee THEY WORK TO KEEP IT DARK. The Democrats Meot and Do the Same--The Council Transacts Election Business—Third Ward Bourbons Meet. County Central Committees. The republican county centeal committee met in the councll chamber at the city hall yesterday afternoon for organization, and for the purpose of making preliminary ar- rangements for the coming campaign. John Rush, chairman of the committee, called the meeting to order shortly after 3 o'clock. Herbert T. Leavitt was appointed tempo- rary scoretary. After the roll was called it was found that there was a very small at- tendance of members of the committee, and Mr. Morrow asked if the committee could ao any business without a quorum. Before the question was answered Mr. Rothacker made a motion that each ward and preeinct repre- sentation be empowered to cast the full vote of the ward or precinct they represented. ‘This motion was carried. Upon motion John Simpson and Mitchell Chapman were appointed delegates from Florence precinct. The tl\leutlon regarding the boundaries of the varlous wards and precincts brought out considerable discussion, and Mr. Leavitt made a motion that a committee of two be avpointed to procure proper maps for the purpose of ascertaining the correct boundar- les of the various wards and precinets, and thus settle the many l]lleillnnl raised regard- ing this matter. Messrs. Leavitt and helley were appointed on the committee, Dr. M. O. Ricketts was elected as perma- nent secretary, and John R. Webster as per- manent treasurer. An_executive committe was then lp?\’)hllcd as follows: ex-ofticio, chairman: C. R. Grove, D. H. Wheeler, Cadet Taylor, W Morrow, Huscall, W, G. Whitmore, and J. B. Ge After the appointment ‘of this commitice Mr, Morrow arose and said: “I was walking down the sirest to-day, and as 1 passed Boyd’s opera house I saw the words on the bill boards, *Keep it Dark.” Now this is what the democtats are doin.: ro-day, and I believe that we should also do the same. Therefore 1 wish to make a motion that we go into ex- ecutive session.” ‘This was carried and the committee went into executive session. THE DEMOCRATS. ‘The democratie county central committee met at Julius Meyer's rooms, corner of Thirteenth and Farnam streets, yesterday afternoon. Jonn O'Connor presided_and Louis Heimrod ofliciated as secretary, Many of the arrangements for the coming campaign were ps-rm-led, and other matters were dis- posed of. e PREPARING FOR ELECTION. John Rush, The City Council Transacts Necessary Rusiness Last Evening. 1n response to a call a special meeting of | the city council was held last evening. President Bechel presided and Councilmen Alexandor, Balley, Bedford, Boyd, Burn- ham, Counsman, Hascall, kaspar, Lee, Lowry, Manville and Van Camp answered to the roll call. A resolution was offered by Mr. ascall designating the Republican and Herald as the two papers in which to pub- lish the boundaries of all election districts and the location of all places of registration or polling places, ete. Mr. Kaspar moved to amend by substi- tuting the Brr instead of the Herald, stat- ing as a reason the undoubted circula- tion ot the BeE, doubling the two vapers mentioned and thereby being the best me- dium of conveying intelligence to the peo- ple. Hascall’s resolution, was, however, adopted. The followlng ordinance was read three times and passed, to take effect inmediately : ‘That the First ward be divided into three polling districts, as follows, to wit: That part of said ward lying north of Pacitic street shall comprisc and be known as the first polling district; that part south of Pacific street, except so much as lies south of that art of Hickory street included between Thirteenth and " Eighth streets, shall com- prise and be known as the second polling district; that part of said ward south of that part of Hickory street included between Thirtecnth and Eighth, shall be known as the third polling district. ‘The following were announced as the poll- iing places: First Ward—First district, southwest cor- ner Tenth and Jones street; second district, | No. 1117 South Sixth street, Viney's barber shop; third district, engine house, southeast corner Dorcas and Eleventh. Second Ward—First district, southwest corner Sixteenth and Leavenworth streets; second district, 16% Vinton street. Third Ward—First district, 1010 Daven- [lwpn‘::llcel; second district, 422 and 424 South ‘enth, Fourth Ward—First district, 1610 Dodge street, Planters’ hotel; second district, 1806 St. Mary’s avenue. Fifth Ward—First district, 604 North Six- teenth street: second district, No, 6 engine house, lmnl and ‘T'enth. Sixth Ward—First district, 1714 enty- fourth street, between Blondo and Patrick avenue; second district, corner Twenty- l(r)‘m'ln and Belt railway, L. A. Fuller's coal office. Seventh \WWard—First district, school house, Twenty-ninth street nnd Woolworth avenue; second district, 1. G. Clark’s building, cor- ner Dupont and Rice, Eighth Ward—Jirst district, (‘\|m|mi and T . L, Chaney’s barber Cuming” between ay’s barn, : rd—Kirst district, Twenty-ninth t and Farnam st Charles J. Johnson’s store; second district, corner Mertier and Lowe avenues, Charles'J» Ryan’s oftice. ‘T'he clerk here reac ist of the judges of elections and clerks vet unqualitied, and consequence of the uncertainty existing in the matter the council until Mon- day evening, when the various members promised to report advisedly regarding the appointees from their various wards, Third Ward Democrats. ‘The Third ward democrats met last night in Cunningham hall. There was a wrangle and a tangleand a jangle. Finally Joseph Standeveer was made chairman of the meet- ing. ‘I'ne parties present tried to take Josepl's political coat off i, but he stood it well, Then another portion of the party wonld try to throw Joseph W a pit; still another ~ section came up and said you re of too many eolors, Just hero the vart form of Colonel Korbes ared in a reas seat and one or two words him settled the matter at once. ‘The nvention arce Patrick Ford, 5 hard Burdish, George N, (,n\m,m, Joseph Standeyeer, August Uhtof and Andrew Moyanhan. ‘T for justices of the peac and R. Wade: for constables, den and George Katl, and for assessor, Aus gust Uhtof, e SOUTH OMAHA NEWS, No one but those enured to the hardships of life in its worst features dared veuture on the streots last nig Nearly nll the trains on the Union Pacific t night on account of washouts, The npellll se takes place with a grand ball to-motrow night. George Clingerman, who was ar- rested for resisting an oflicer, had a trial yes- terday afternoon before Judge Reuther and was dismissed. A meeting of demoeratic residents of the Third ward was held in the K. of L, hall last night. Jondron & Sperlin have completed the ereotion 0j a large store building on Twenty- sixth street. ‘The work on the bone and fertilizing de- partment of Swift's packing house has been retarded on account of the non-arfival of lumber. A wild, uncouthi-looking character, dressed in a blouse and overalls. cowhide boots and an imitation of & ‘I'exas sombrero, surmonnt- ing o long-neglected head of hair, got half full and be: telling a story about the Gal- yeston flood to the loungers in a saloon, in which his heroisin played a prominent part, and to prove that he could endure any hard- ship, attambted to walk on several streets of South Omaha on which thera were no sides walks. In half an hour he returned covered with mud from head to foot and sald it beat the Galveston flood, REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS, Edwin 8 Rood and wife to Maurice 8 Bartlett, lots 1, 4, 3, 4, 8, 10 nml 16, in Valentine l‘ennm Wi . 84475 Edwin 8 Rood and wifo 1o Sor schein and Valentine, | 13, blk 5, in Albright's annex (o South Omaha, w d. Louis Schroeder, trustee, to W Gulon, lots 19, 20 and 21, I!Ik b, In Brown's vark, wd..... W A Guion and wife to Cooper, lots 19, 20 and 21, Ilk 5, In Brown’s park, w d.. E A Benson and wife to lntn blk 4, in Mayno plm-a -dd. EA Benson and wl(u 1o Victor il (‘nmnnn. lul 6, blk 4, in Mayne place nign, lots 23, Brown's park, w d.. Charles Ll Guion to Co ) Loop- % and 2 Brown Augustus F d nelius C Cooper, lots 16,17 and 18 bik 5, Brown Park w d. . Andrew 8 Vankuran van 8 Vincent, lot 5 blk " Creston )| i uxm"sa feet of lot (-Iw sadd w d. Edward N Ruandoiph an btlnley. lot 26 blk 11, Umn a View (xeonmll Tayne to Mattio A Lmu:< well, lot 15 blk 4, Omaha View wd.. P R Beldon Ind wite to Thos H ln)- «Jor, 1ot 9 bik 5, Hanscom Piace w d.. W K Vaughn nnd wi to H C Newton, lot 22, in blk 10, of West :\lllrlghl. add. wd. Samuel S Curtis and i to George ‘i Hayne, lot 15, in blk 4, Omaha lu\v w d. i Byron Reed and W to Lewis 'S XTIt of lot 4, blk m;, my ui ()mnhl\ wda 1 of lot 3, in block 20, in mith’s add. w d... . David H Seaver to Mary Weiner, 8i§ or qu in block 20, in K 'V Smith’s wd. w IHInIII J Maxwell to Ebenezer Archer, lot 2 in Arcade place. w d... Albert M Baumann to Essie \\ allace, lot 16, in Burdette court, w d Clifton E Mayne and wite to Aivis Svacl, lot 10 in blk 1in Mayne's ad- dition, w d.. J.Iml‘n M Nelson and’ wife to_ Charles R Webster, lot 16 in block ll 1n Hanscom Place, w d,. (.\\rlnn Wrig and husband ¥ Strong, 10420 in bIk 8 i \\nlnllt Hul, wd s sess Mmlln Quick and wife to J 1) Lovett etal, tho undivided 3 of lots 8 and 4 blk 420, Iul-« 11, 8, 0, 15 and 16 blk 0, §, 12, 13, 14’ and 15 in bik 2, 4 and 6 in block 430, lots nd 20 in blk 454, lots 17, 18 and 20 in bik 460, lots S8, . 10, 1 and 15 In bk 464, lots 1, l-. Tl and ts 3, 4 and 5 in” blk 478, l and 11 in blk lot ¥ 5 in l'lk 4.5! lul 12 in bk 4 lots 6, 7 and 8 0 blk 452, 1ots 1 and in bIk 474, lots 4, 5 and 6 in bik 488, allin L‘l!)’ 2 g che, lots 16, 17 and 18 in blk u in Brown Park, w d. Bathas Jetter and wi Boyd, beginning at sw corner of Moodey’s 2 acre tract on n side of section 9, 14, 13, thence w 500 5-10 ft n 25 84-100 ft n 70% 30 e 620 4-10 1t, 8 242 8-10 ft to beginning, w d. 1,000 Bmilding Permite, The following building permits wero fis- sued yesterday by Superintendent Whitlock: John Hazard, 1-story frame cottage, Ohio and Fifteenth, to cost $000. Wm. Gember, 1-story frame cottage, Four~ teenth and Spruce, to cost $400, Catherine Schwalenberg, 1-story frame addition to dwelling, North Eichteenth street, between Chicago and Davenport, to cost £400, E.E. E. Mc.llunney, 1-story frame cottage, Tw emv ~third between Laird and Manderson, to cost $500, Peter Clarsen, 1-story frame addition to altered barn for dwelling, Twentieth between Nicholas and Paul, to cost $300, Wm. Boughton, 2-story double frame dwelling, ‘Twentieth near Grace, $3,300, to cost Marringe Licenses. The following marringe licenses have been 1ssued by Judge McCulloch: Name and Residence. { Tiiburn . Ewing, Omaha. 1 Mary Buckner, Omabha... { Henry Iutchison, Omaha, 1Julia l"urrell. Omaha. { Julius A hirmer, Omal 1 Hulda Irohlish, Omaha. Duncan W. Carruthers, Denver, Col.... fll Grace M. \Vlhlum'\n, Omaba.. . 23 l\ravlllec, Tom Dresser, Sam Keyes, Will Lewis, 8, B. Finley and Robert Bates, the colored gam-~ filers, were disinissed without trial yester- ay. William J. McG county court yest son & Co. for ¥ rent. Eimer Raffer vock filed a suit in the inst Sloan, John- d to be due for a clerk at Lehman's store on farnam street, was arrested yesterday for keeping a pocketbook that he picked up while sweepinz out the store. The pockets book contained only a few cents. City Physician Ralph's monthly report for September shows a marked decrease in the death list, there being only ninety deaths in that month, to 121 1in Augustand 150 in Jnly, ‘The number of births during the month of September were 145, 1 August 146, and July 03, The regular Sunday afternoon meoting under the anspices of the Metropolitan ro- hibition club will be held at 35:30 o'clock in the Tabernacle, Capitol avenu and will be addressed by the Rev, R. McKaig of Minueapolis, All are iuvited. Admission free, Arrested For Burglary. Officer Whalen arrested Dick Gorman last evening on the charge of burglary. Gorman was locked up, and will appear in the muni- cipal court to-morrow morning, pidemic, Wasit ¥ Surgeon General Hamilton this morning received the follow- ing telegramns, dated Tampa, Fla., Oct. 7: “Four deatiis from yellow fever and about twenty cases, A few of these have passed the fover stage of seventy-two hour Mnny peopla have fed, It may be nccessary to establish a eamp of refuge in the cuuntry Maiis ean be fumigated. (Signed.) [. WaLL, M. D.” “SanrFonrn, Fla, Oct, 7.—Can you loan me tents for retugees Troi epldemic at Tanpa? (Signed.) KiNG WyLLy, M. President Florida Houith Frotective Asso- ciation.” In reply to this Dr. t sent to Sanford, ‘The sur or weneral has sent a dispatch to Colonel Vaines, superin- tendent of the Plant hine of steamers and the Savannah & Florida railroad, stating that in his judement sleeping ears should not be al- lowed to go beyond Palatka, until the Tampa epidemic is over and the panic:hall have ceased. Mutiny of Chinese Soldiers. Loxnoxs, Oct, 8,—Intelligence hias been re- ceived that an_emute oceurred among the Chinese soldiers stationed in_Dublaseh, on the Russo-Chinese frontier. Several officers were murdered. A quantity of ammunition and a sum ol money belonging 1o the gov= ernment were seized by the mutineers, The commander-in-chief of the troops was panic= stricken and fied, e A story comes from Dawson, Ga, of a range apparition. As a well-known citizon was driving along a lonely road at night near a chureh he saw a white, shadowy objeet in the road having the shape of a woman, floating hither and thither as if on invisible spirit wings. It gave forth no sound, but movenl its long, whntc arms in the air as if in great dis- tress. The gentleman mounted from his bugey and attempted to lay hands on the spook, but it vanished, Several others report baving seen the ghosty n ordered tents