Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 19, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY PTUBLISHED B BEE. MORNING. TERME OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Morning Edition) includin 8 Sund 1Kk, One Year, For Bix Months, Hr Three Months o Omaha RY RERT. PRI i WASHINGTON Uvrl(l, Nu b13 Foviw TEENTH STREET, CORRESPONDENCE, All communieations relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed to the rs and remfttances should b 1kE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMARA. Drafts, checks and postoflice orders to made payable Lo the order of the company. The Beg Pulmshiufinany, Proprietors, | E. ROSEWATER, Epitor, — THE DAILY BEE Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of ?\: hr ki County ‘Geo, 1 ’l/ llilll"l{ COMPAN actual eirculation of endin, IL 1 Jct. 8, fo.n. ccretary of Th 4 solemnnly e the Dally | was as follo Bea Pub- r that the Oct, Y. Tuesday, Oct. Wednesda Mhursday, Oct. Triday, Ott. 14, Average. « X Bwarn to and_subscribed 'y preseice this 1th dnyor(llmlu r, A D, FRIL P, i, Notary Public Btate of Nebraskn 1o !’ulllll{ of Dou, A Geo, 18 Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- Josce and suys thist he i secretary of The Beo Publishinic company. that the actial average daily circulation of the Dully Ioe for the month for November, T, 1866, § copl for March, 187, for July, 187, 161 coples; Sworn to and subseribed in my pr 6th day of October, A. D, 18 (SEAL,) Notary Futiic. COUNCIL BLU is doing one good thing for Omah: She is furnishing millions of brick this season for the builders of this city:. court of the United Btate uses to pass upon Quin Bohan- non’s case unless he delivers himself up to the jurisdiction of the court. If Mr. Bohannon really wants his casc adjudicated he will act accordingly. THE supreme Tue New York purchased by a syndi publicans who, it is reported, intend to convert the paper intoa Blaine orgin. The Graphic has been an expensive white clephant on the hands of - its ve- cent owners. DR. HOLMES' poem on the dedication of the Shakespeare fountain will afford Mr. Dounelly another opportunity for searching for o cipher. He will no doubt discover in the poem a cipher to the effect that Bacon wrote Dr. Holmes’ poetic dedication. has been o of wealthy re- (iraphic MUNICIPAL corruption has reached such o stage in San Francisco that a committee of safety has been organized for the purpose of overthrowing the po- litical gang which has made the city a hot-bed of vice during the recent years. Omaha may be compelled to tuke a similar step before long. LELAND STANFORD in his recent an- nual report of the condition of the Cen- tral Pacific states that the total indebt- edness of the company is $171,719,527.37, If anyone thinks this is o truthful statement he is very jgnorant of Mr. Stanford’s character. The company has been a very officient pitfever of the public if those figures are truthful, now has an open board of Tomake ita swecess, however, we should have more elovators. The grain trade as now handlod in Nebraska i5 in the hands of an Omaha monopoly, but, thanks to the interstate commerce law that monopoly ean be easily broken by any one who will build one or more elevators, The interstate commerce aw opens the way for competition, and it is hoped that this provision will be taken advantage of by some of Omaha's enterprising capitalists . OMAHA treade. T Republican ealls upon Judge Groft 10 withdraw from the nonpartisan judi- cial ticket beeause he was not endorsed by the roustabout convention. This is decidedly checky. Judge Groff did not sk a nomination at the hands of Pat Hawes, Vandervoort, Cadet Taylor and that ilk of republicans for revenue only. He surrenders no political con- viction and violates no principle by yomaining associnted with Judges Wakeley and Hopewell on - a non-parti- sun ticket. And he is just as certain to be olected on the Eighth of November as his colleagues on the bench. THE sugar trust proving to be a formidable affai The capital invested in it by New York and Boston refiners amounts to $15,000,000. All the fineries in the country notin the com- bination are two in Philadelphia, one in Boston, three small ones in New Or- leans, one in St. Louis which isnot running, and two in San Francisco. Sugar has advanced in price about one cent since the combination was made, and will probably be further advanced as far as the trust monopolists dare. Another bad feature in relation to the matter is that the outside refineries, in- stead of competing, seem to take ad- vantage of the situation to mark up prices also. is AN EASTERN contemporary well says: **A large registration is a healthy sign. The more citizens there are who attend to their political duties the better. A large vote means the real expression of the will of the majority, and that is what our elections are meant w getat.” No citizen who howds his right of suf- frage at its true value, and who has a proper regard for his duty as a citizen, will neglect to register. 1t costs alittle time and trouble, but the purpose to be subserved, which is that of seccuring to every man who is entitled to vote the right to do so and excluding from the privilege those not entitled to it, is worth the expenditure. Registration will proceed to-day, and it is to be hoped the lists wilk receive. yery large addi: Lion: b The General Land Ofiice Report, The annual report of Commissioner Sparks, showing the operations of the general land office for the last fiscal year, is a comprehensive document pos- sessing a great amount of readable in- formation of interest to every citizen. It starts out by saying that the policy of preceding years for the suppression of fraud, the prevention of land monopoly, the recovery of public lands illegally seized or dominated, and tho preserva- tion of the public domain for actual inhabitancy by the people of the coun- try, was steadily maintained during the past year, and the commissioner says he has not a word to recall of what he had hitherto uttered “touching the aggra- vated misappropriations to which public lands have been subjected through improvident laws and inefficient methods of administration, and to which they are still exposed under present wasteful and fraud-inspiring systems of disposal.” Those who have given attention to the course of Com- missioner Sparks will not hesitate to give him credit for consistency. Asin previous years the general land office accomplished less than it might have done because of inadequate appro- priations, but still it did a great deal of work most valuable to the country, and all of which served to illustrate more strongly the vastness of this field of reform, in which there is yet left to be performed a great amount of labor. The field ¢ ninations, the commis- sioner says, have developed fraudulent and defective surveys, heretofore returned, to an extent which renders apparent the necessity for an inspection of all preceding surveys, and fully justifies the conclusion reached to defer payment of accounts for past surveys until the true character of the work 1 have been ascertained. In New Mexico about forty claims were mined during the year,and in nearly cvery instance the surveyor general recommends their rejection on the ground of fraud or non-compliance with the law. Many were found to cover areas several times as large as that of the original grant, The claims under the swamp land grants, now aggregat- ing over 77,000,000 acres, have received thorough investigation, with the result of demonstrating that many of them are fraudulent, the character of the land being represented. Patents have been issucd for more than two-thirds of the amount of these claims. In short, all that had previously been reported re- garding fraudulent surveys was fully confirmed by the investigations of the past year and considerable new evidence added. Some of these can be rectified, but, it is probable the greater part of them will stand, owing to the difliculties which in many cases an attempt at cor- rection would encounter and the large expenditure that would be involved. The great public importance of the mat- ter is obvious, but cong has never been very liberal in providing for this 1d it is not likely to be more =0 roafter. The political results ach gratifying. In alittle more than two y thirty-two million acres ved are have been restored tothe publicdomain, while last year the sales, entries and selection of bonds amounted to nearly twenty-six million acres, the govern- ment’s receipts from the disposal of pub- lic lands during the last fiscal year being over $12,000,000. The commissioner elaborates on the subject of the for- feiture of railrond land grants, venewing his recommendation that forfeiture be declared in all cases in which the roads were not completed within the time and in the manner conditioned in the re- spective grants. The investigations of theland oftice into the methods pursued by the corporations in regard to their ants have as to most of them disclosed a state of things which the commis- sioner deseribes in language not to be misunderstood. Regarding reform in the public land laws, the commissioner believes that amendments in detail ave impracticable, and thinks the time for tinkering has sed. “What needed,” he says, “is an entive reforma- tion of existing laws, retaining an absolute homestead law and obsoleting all other forms of disposal of agricultural lands.” He thinks the exclusive condition of acquiring title to such lands should be actual resi- dence, improvement and cultivation for the homestead period of five years. The work of the office islargely in ar- rears, the demands upon it do not dimin- ish, and congress should grant the in- crease of clerical force asked for by the commissioner, and cnlarge the appro- priation for this important service so that the delays and difficulties incident to inadequate means and facilitics ms be avoided. There is hardl ny other branch of the public service in which the practice of a narrow economy would result more to the disadvantage of the public interests than in this, Resistration. The strict letter of the new election law requirers all voters in cities of the metropolitan class to present themselv for registration on certain days ex- pressly numed in the act, ov failing to do so their ballots are to be rejected on election day. Only three morve regisf tion days vemain before the coming election, namely: Wednesday, October 19; Friday, October 28, and Saturday, Octolb 29, ‘While there is some doubt as to the coustitutionality of any law by which a citizen can be disfranchised under any regulation, the law as it stands must be complied with until declared void by the courts. We therefore urge every citizen to have himself registered. Do not depend on being carried over from last year’s list. The registration of this entirely new and mnobody rried over by the new regis- It seems to us, howover, that the reg- istrars should be allowed to exercise diseretion about continuing their ses- sions from duy to day, if they are un- able to accommodate the voters apply- ing for registration on the days fixed by the statute, There certainly was no design by the law-makers to disfran- chise citizens who are willing to com- ply ‘with -the registration provisions. The only purpose of the. election law is to guard against’ fraudulent voting by THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: W non-residents, aliens or repeaters. The reglstrars certainly have as much right to adjourn from one day to another as the boards of equalization whoso ses- glons are fixed for specific days and dates, How to Vote for Commissioner. The law by which Douglas county is allowed to elect five county commis- sioners has been misconstrued in cer- tain qurrters, and its bearing upon the coming election is not generally under- stood. The law expressly provides that the county shall be divided into five commissioner districts, and each of the five commissioners must be a resident of the district from which he is elected. The two commissioners who hold over are to represent the two districts in which they respectively reside. The three new commissioners to be elected this fall must each be a resident of one of the three new dis- tricts which they are to represent. ‘While the voters of the county have the privilege of voting for all the commis- sioners only those candidates who re- ceive a majority over their opponent in the district in which they reside will be elected. This practically makes the race between Timme and Turner in one distriet, Walsh and Corrigan in another district, and Morrell and Anderson in the other district. The voter who seratehes any one of these candidates and votes for a condidate residing inan- other district is virtually throwing away his vote. This reduces the contest to a simple one between opposing candidates living in the same district, and voters ould clearly understand this. Tuk New York Herald suggests that if the republican leaders really want a candidate with brains, why not try Mr. Chaunc M. Depew, and proceeds to extol the well-known qualifications of that gentleman, which no one will venture to gainsay. Mr. Depew has himself furnished the answer and in that shown that he is much more level- headed than those admirers who would have liked to start & boom for him. He was a little while ngo quoted as saying that as the public feeling is at present a railroad president would have a v slim chance as a candidate for chicf pistrate of the nation. Very likely Depew would be the least ob, tionable of any of the prominent road officials of the country, but he would be sufficiently to en- counter certain and overwhelming defeat. Fortunately he has no wpirations above his present position, is quite satisfied to remain what he is, finding in it abundant occupation, ample compensation, and suflicient honor to gratify his ambition. Other- wise it might happen that certain New York republicans, blind to the folly of such a thing, would insist upon his go- ing into training as a candidate. As to the republican leaders wanting a candi- date with brains, the Herald need give itself 10 concern. The supply is ubund- ant of men who arve in all respects the equal, and in some very much the su- perior, of Mr. Depew. The republican party, unlike its opponents, is notin bondage to any one or two men, but can make selection of a ecandidate from among a dozen any one of whom would merit and command the confidence and support of the party. 50 Tne St. Louis u-pum-r who inter- viewed Mr. Depew and incorrectly stated the views of that gentleman v garding the immediate future of finan- cial and business affuirs, which were promptly heralded to the country, might have caused much more damage than was done if Wall street had been in a more sensitive condition, and if Mr. De pew had not at once sent out o ment saying that he had been misy sented. The pessimistic opinions ¢ ited to the president of the New York Central were the very opposite, in most respects, to those he entertains, He re. gards the financial and business outlook of the country as anything but gloomy. and on the contrary anticipates a tinuance of goneral The corvectly reported of Mr. Depe contain nothing of a discouraging nature, although he sces, as all intelligent observers mu that certain booms with no substantinl foundation will have to be paid for at somebody’s 1ons, and that more or less reckless railvroad building will be for some time unprofituble. The ill effects, however, will be largely local. Mr Armour is another gentleman whose judgmenton this subject is valunble who takes a hopeful view of the situation. He says the country was never in better condition than now, and he sees nothing to warrant any fear of impending trouble to business. Opinions from such sources ought to go a great way in maintaining and strengthening confi- dence. prosperity. views —— THE annual session of the Lodge I. O. O. F. of Nebraska will begin at Lincoln to-day. This old and honorable order has a numerous men bership in this state and is understood to be steadily advancing. Omaha of course has a larger number of Odd Fel- lows than any other locality and this should be the most fruitful field from which to recruit the order. Why would it not be, therefore, a proper and wise thing for the grand lodge to hold its next annual session in this city? Lincoln has been honored with the last and present sessions, and it seems do- sirable, for the good of the order as well as for other obvious reasons, that the favor should be passed around. Omaha would be glad to have the grand lodge meet here next year, and we are sure its members would have no reason to re- gret doing so. — THE business men of Omaha are waking up to the fact that railway dis- crimination against this great trade center must be stopped. There is no reason why Omaha should not be on'a perfect equality with Kansas City in the matter of freight rates to and from the east, and there is nothing to justify the roads that center at Omaha in contin- uing a policy that deprives this city of its legitimate trade from the region naturally tributary to it, by tariffs that almost compel country deal- ers to trade in Chicago. .If our mer- chants and manufacturers unite and Grand stand ghoulder to shoulder to enforce their just demands they are certain to succeed. The trouble with Omaha has been a lack of harmony and agreement ameng her business men. This era of discord, we are pleased to note, has passed away, and the disposition is man- ifested on all hands to makoalong haul, o strong haul and d haul all together, a privilege which even the interstato commerce law dees not prohibit. ————— CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW says that popu-~ lar prejudice against the railroads has largely died out in the east, but that it still exists in the wést. If by popular prejudice Mr. Depew means popular sentiment against arbitrary and exor- bitant tolls he is correct in his conclu- sions. Itisto be hoped the prejudice will remain until the railroad managers of the west have been compelled to deal fairly with their patrons. REPUBLICANS in Washington are ac- tively advocating the admission of Da- kota during the coming session of con- gress and democrats are as actively op- posing the scheme. Tt is probable that no territory will be admitted until after the next presidential election. Besides Dakota, Washington and Montana ter- ritories are eligible for admission. They will probubly all come in together. PERSONS, Jeff Davis is a victim of rheumatic gout. Carl Schurz is said to be permanently crippled by the result of the fall on the ice last winter that was at first believed to have caused only a sprain, “Phere are two new parties in existence to which Ben Butler never bolonged, and he shows no symptoms of joining. It the old fellow losing his grip? istics regarding Prosident Cl hand-shaking ability are ent. One observer says the made 12,600 “shukes” in rest.” Mrs. Halbrook, of Woodstock, Conn, is lineal descends el Putnam. She has a number of letters written by “Old Put,” which show that he was a better sol- dier than scholar. Mrs. Colton, the widow of the man to whom the fumous Colton letters were writ- ten, denounces Mr. Huntington as a falsifier for asserting that these letters had been offerad for sale, or stolen. Prof. E. S. Horsford of Harvard colloge hus made a fortune out of his famous acid phosphates. He is a peculiar man in appear- ance, has a heavy, stooping figure,an English face, and gray side whiskers and beard. Arthur Ridley of Meriden, Conn., went to Melbou alfa,a little overa yoar i . which he invosted in now owns W netted him 295,000 in the last yea veland's numerous at pres- Mr. Cleveland Louis without whi Lord Herschel, the distinguished lawyer who was lord chancellor of England during Gladstone's last premiership, is in Haven, Conn., the. guest of Prof. Daniel C. Euton, of Yale collcge. Lady Herschel is with him. Pittsburg Phil, the great American plunger, has made, it is said, $100,000 this scason betling on the horses. But the vast number of betters who have lost money are a silent majorit desirable profes While at Milwaukee Mrs. Cleveland said cursorily: “T find by experience that the best way to shake Lands is with the bare hand. Just give a good squeeze and then let £0." Mrs. Clovelund said it hurt her hand to shake hands with her glove on, Potter Pulmor, ), is one of those men who always secm to be in a hurry and whose fuces earry about a permanent look of fatigue, n he is wand ut his hotel h iy nervously at the whiskers on hi and scems to bo absorbed by some mighty problem. When he taiks his sentenc and to the point. He never looks his hearer in the eye, and always ms auxious to gol away. A Protective Tarift Mjght Do It, Atianta Constitulton the Chil ‘L" No\w night schools would remedy this, der than Shakespeare. Chicago Time Donnelly’s cipher and the sacouite cranks, Henry Irving peare. This is particularl kespeare cof Trving Ki Unmoved by claims of the stands by Lind of Mr - Politican Gnats on C Cincinnati Time It is refreshing to observe tle political gnats that for years have been pestering Roscoe Conkling now begging him again buck place as a matchless leader. In the mouths of his old encmies is found the acknowledg- so well cquipped to se- ‘torics next year as the t ex-senator. Any motion made to again ng Mr. Conkling into public life will meet with a voeiferous sccond among the republi- cans of the gr Attention Prophets. Washington Post Persons and papers on ull sides are spocu- lating how presidential chances will be quoted if New York go democratic or repul- lican. As the clection is only . few weeks away it is just as well for prudent people to waiit that short. time. After then the result of the next presidential election way be told to a cortainty, und_it may not. The Se Ho! Dan, my Cyclop And step'n Ittlo spe My speeches must e memor pecp o' day. “The mod ling orator Must learn to speak memoriter Whole columns of the Gazetteer and Cyclo- pedi-a; A bring a big goography That's got the best typography But don't forget, that bookt of booKs—the Cyclopedi-al ed’ before the Now group your towns synthetically, Arrange them alfabetically, And clip each town's description ahd e tho slips away; And D'l learn them all verbatim, ‘And repeat then seriatim, And make those Westerners recall the days of Henry Cla Shades of Tul Hero aro sp Here is eloquence podi-al S0 bring my Cyclopedia, And step up, Daniel, spoedier; In commendable activity U'll wear the hours away. Tl cram a good oration For each town and railroad station, And exhaustive local history for cach village on the way. T've discovered it, Eurcka! Would you be & public speaker, Go buy the latest railroad map sud Cyclo- pedi-a. and Quintilian ! ches for the million ! wholesale in the Cyclo- ——— Mr, T, P, Jump, re umminfi Charles W. Mecke & Co., of Philadelphia, who has been quite ill a¢ the Millard since Friday las qc will be able to be out again in a day or two, when he will resume bis trip castward, DNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1887 STATE _JOTTINGS. Cedar Rapids vinu the finger of Erldo and p! cusux'u to a $13,000 school uilding now going up. W. I". Blakemore, of Shelton, mourns the loss of 8200, the result of un un- bidden call from hurglnri The (‘um‘mlgn is now open in all quarters and candidates brouse and but- tonhole on every corner. The prohibition campaign 18 uncom- monly lively in Wahoo. Fifty-five men are actively at work laying pipes for the waterworks. The new postofiice building at Ne- braska City grows slowly but substan- tially. It is an_appropriate monument to General Van Wyck’s energy in the senate. A matrimonial boom promises to settle down in Plattsmouth next month. The cooing of the doves now heard on the hilltops will soon relapse into squalls in the valley. The Nebraska City packing houso is being overhauled and embellished with new machinery for the winter caum- paign. Slaughtering will begin early next month. Among the banners thrown to the In- dian summer » in Omaha, the most affactifig and truthfal, is that in Fons of the Herald office, “Roasted chostnuts for sale here.” J. M. Woodson, of Plattsmouth, ®as gone to his old home in Virginia for chunks of recreation and joy left by a deceased unele. They amount to 000, and _tinge the horizon of his future a beautiful crimson. The United States supreme court has invited Quin Bohannon to come back and stick his lu':nl in the halter at Ne- braska Cit But Quin is wiser than hisadv The nocturnal elevation of Shellenberger has no charms for the spelling professor Chadron is enjoying a lively building boom this fall. = Six brick busin house 1 two story and some three story, a $30,000 court house, a $20.000 school house, a $3,000 church edifice, and no less than eighteen dwellings, nging from the $500 cottage to the ,000 residenbe are in the hands of the contractor, The St. Joo & Western railroad has come to the relief of the shippers of Hastings with a reduced long haul rate that puts the town on an equal footing with competitors, This is the first de- cent concession the town has receive from the ilroads, and she has paid lavishly for fair treatment. The Stone Ballast Lodge of Locomo- tive Piremen of Plattsmouth are worl ing upa congregation of distin- guished disciples of the dance to their annual evening out. The date well in thoe future and the time sign t— Thanksgiving eve—when the memi will give thanks for the kindly care of Providence on the journey home from Shogo island. Plattsmouth fears that the hoodle honors showered upon O. H. Ballou will prevent him from oceupying his gorgeous residence now approaching completion near that city. ” > is no The generous voters of this district will never consent to deprive Cass county of such a versatile citiz Otis can move immediately without marring the solemnity of his political funeral. A gang of surveyors belonging to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad are at work on the western borders of the state. The line they ing is the much-talked-of catt run from some point in Te As the chief engineer h«l-(.u]n\ulln' present time, always been identified with the 3. & M., it has the nee of a B, & M. deal, ‘v Morrison, of the B. & M. has invited the people of Ne- City to turn out and celebrate of the corner stone of the main ym rof the bridge. The invitation will be accepted and a programme ar- ranged in a few days. The event will u important one to that city, ess s it is the beginning of the end ouri forr discussing the relative merits of the home-made and imported locomotives in the Union Pacific yards. “These new Black Marias of Hack build will prove a failure,” said hostler, meanwhile mopping sweat which his wisdom ¢ had 827 up in the hole for exercise, and she stopped in the middle pasture to let her cowcatcher £.7 A vigorous tap of the fiveman’s k laid the hostler in his stall. William S. Amison, a Cass county farmer, h cred the spook that h ~l winted him for several months, Six years ago he buried his wife in Iili- nois. Shortly after he came west, 1 spring he received a letter “Lulu,” his wife's name, upbr him for deserting he .mmng that uh.- was alive and appointing a meeting place. Several other letters of similar tearful tenor were ived, and at last he set out to inve He went back to Ilinois and found the grave and dust of his wife undisturbed. Returning to Table Rook, this state, where the last maled, he found a woman resented her- and from the de- resembled the dead wo- n believes some one life endeavored to feeling and The game ono cription ui man in lifc s acquainted with h play upon his supers extort mon from failed to wor him. - *hell Bounced. Ella Mitchell, the notorious colored prostitute who rents rooms from Mrs, Hi on Eleventh street, between Capitol avenue and Davenport street, had some trouble with that aged female yesterday morning. After leaving the house for an hour or two Eila returned to find the doors locked and her per- sonal effects thrown into the dirt of the street, Among them was a new 875 dress. This aroused her ire and for a quarter of an hour she danced around swearing and threatening to mako it hot for the parties. The police wero called and despite her flaming red silk s and other finery she was tumbled iy e patrol wagon and hurried to the Central police station. A lnm Mute, s, 2 mute from the deaf institute, wandered away Monday afterncon and up to last night no trace of him could be found. It is known that he boarded a street car and came into the eity, but what became of him is a myster Davis is a young boy, not looking to be over eight years old, and the authorities at the institute will thankfully receive any information a3 to his whereabouts Ella M ks Elmer Da and dumb An Towa Fugitive Arrested, Jim Ryan, alias Riles Zeiner, who was arrested last Sunday by Officer Cullen 08 a suspicious character, is wanted at Marshalltown, Ta.; for jump- ing his #1,500 bonds for illegally selliy liquor. He was followed herc by De- tective Graves, of Des Moines, who will divide with Cullen the 8200 reward of- fered for Ryan’s arpest. e Bank Clearances. The bank clearances yesterday were $501,834.28, FIXING FOR THE CAMPAICN Interesting Meoting of the Repub- lican State Central Committee. NATIONAL A Strong Effort. to Be Made to Sccure 1ts Meeting in Omaha Next Year—Other Business Transacted. THE CONVENTION. Republican Central Committee. The republican state central commit- teo held an interesting session at the Millard hotel last evening, with Hon. George D. Meiklejohn in the chair. Mr. ‘Wheaton moved that Mr. C. L. Hill cast the proxy of W. A. Dilworth, of the Hastings district, in order to have a quorum. A motion was made that it bo amended by using the nameo of Mr. Laird instead. The motion ns amended was carried after considerable debate as to the advisability of a member outside of a district casting a proxy for a mem- ber from that district. On motion of Mr. Hill ten members will hercafter constitute a quorum. Mr. Simmons moved that hereafter no district shall be represented by proxy through a member of another district, and the motion was carried. Mr. Hill presented the resolution: Whereas, The republican state convention, held in Lincoln October 5, 1887, passed & resolution usking the republican ' national committee to seloct Omaha us the place to hold the convention of 18885 and Whercas, Omaha is_situated nearest the geographical center of the United States, of aceess to_all parts of the nation, pos. ssing the accommodations, enterprise and the enthusiasim to entertain the great repub- : ssfully and satisfactorily; following , That a committee consisting of Lairman, sccretary, treasurer and seven members of the committee, be appointed us o committee to take the necessary steps look- i X wention in the and, if advisable, meet the committee at its meeting next spring, and that Hon. Church Howe, of the national committee, be requested to use his influence and all honorable means to aid the commit- tec in its work and object. Mr. Slaughter moved that after the word treasurer in the resolution there be inserted the words ‘‘Senators Pad- dock and Manderson, Representatives Laird and Dorsey, and two citizens from Omaha and one from Lincoln.” The resolution and amendment were Dboth unanimously carried. In response to o call from Mr. W. G. Whitmore, Hon. James Laird, the rep- resentative of the Second district, was called upon to sy o few words concern- ing securing the national convention. Mr. Laird said that while he was friendly to such an undertaking. he r 1 that it was a -vw:lt one. He said there was_ groat dice in the east against the "vnl uml woolly west;” t they would look askance at our ob- - ind lack of powers of entertain- ment. He doubted whether we could handle the crowd of delegatos and al- ternates, numbering 1,500, beside the army of followers. Our state convention alone packs our hotels. Besides the ex- pense of securing the convention would bo lurge. He did not wish to discourage the undertaking, but wished toshow the magnitude of the proposed work. brought out anumber of spirited replics in fuvor of making every eflort to secure the convention. Mr. Hall said that if Omaha fai this undertaking it will be the that shoe has gone at anything and failed to swallow it. Mr. D. H. Wheeler said he believed that Omahu could entertain all the delegates and visitors of the convention, He referred to the immense number of seople easily entertained in Omaha dur- ing the fair and reunion. He thought it would be a good thing to lot the cust meet the “rowdy west” at home. He also thought that $20,000 or $30,000 would be easily raised by the people for the purpose of ing the convention. Omaha could entertain more people than ecither Baltimore or St. Louis, where conventions have been held. Mre. T. C. suid that in an- xton hotel alone could accommoadate the greater portion of the delegates, as the capacity of that hotel " is to be doubled, He iid that if Omaha did not have a hall » enough to hold a national conven- tion in she would build one. As to the hangers-on who swarm about a conven- tion, he thought that not more -than 30 per cent of the usual number would be present at Omaha, The chairman ni suggested the ady of following the oxample of Oma hroughout the state by organ- y wlw]mhllmm clubs, whereupon Mr. ughter offered the following resolu- tions: Resolved, T ization of républ in this stute, Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to prepare uniform articles for the organization of republican clubs, and that the samo be printed and furnished to the chair- man of each county represented in the central committee on application. Resolved, That the chairman of each county cenfral committee be requested to forward to the republican state central com- mittee the address of each club organized. This was adopted, and s followed a goneral discussion as to what consti- tutes eligibility to membership in a re- publican elub. ~ An exccutive committee consisting of Messrs, G. G. Bowman, W. (i. Whitmore, Thomas Darnell, C. L. Hall and J. H. Sterling, in vnnjmn'- tion with the 1 ssident and were appointed to p and regulations concerning the govern- ment of primaries, and will submit them at the next meeting. el O Y. M. O, Annual State Convention Nebraska City. The eighth annual convention of the Young Men's Christian Association in Nebraska, will be held at Nebraska City, October 20-23, Each association is entitled to an unlimited delegation. Representatives of Young Peonle’s As- sociations, Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, pastors, professors and teachers in colleges, members of churches in towns where there are no associations, are invited 1d will be welcomed as corresponding membors. The international committee will be represented by Mr. Robert Weidensall, of Chicago, and possibly one other of its secr The state committee has srepared a programme, embracing the eatures of the work, which \ull be pm- sented by earnest work All gates and corresponding membe m will be entertained by the Nebraska City asso0 fation, should notify soon as possible, 'J hv B. & \l ion Pacific and souri Pacific ‘railroads will all duced rates. Those attending full fare going, and get a from the agent where the ticket is pur- chased, This certificate tnust be signed by the seeretary of the committee, and on presentation return ° tic can be secured at one-third local rate, The evening sessions will be. held in we recommend the organ- «an clubs in every precinet Eighth at the Preshyterian, Methodist and Baps tist churolios. The day sossions will ba held at the association rooms. A roe r.‘\ui.m will bs tendered the visiting delegates Thursday evening, at_the residenco of Willlam Fulton, Fsq., from 9-11 o'clock, Delegatos will ros port upon arrival at tho Y. M. C. rooms where they will bo as homes. The Nebraska City convention promises to be the most important and argest over held AFTER HUGH THOMPSON, A Littlo Man who Scor in Big Troubl Hugh Thompson is a little man who has been connected with the street forco of the waterworks ever since they were constructed. On or about January 8, 1887, he was arrested on complaint of his wife for marrying their servant glrl Nellio Potensen without first being legally divorced. The charge was bigamy, but as the ceremony took placo in Council Bluffs tho courf here dis- missod Thompson, claimnig want of jurisdiction, ~ Since then Thomp- son has been indicted for bigamy and perjury in Pottawattamio county, In., and ‘w complaint has been sworn out before Justice brook of this city for Thompson’s re-arrest. D, W. Farquahar has been deputized as spocial constable to find him. Raflway News. Mr. O. P. McCarty, who has for years been in the employ of the Union Pacifio road s assistant general ticket agent of the road, has been appointed superins tendent of the rate department of the Trunk Line Passenger association and will make his headquarters in New York. The stock records of tickets were removed some time ago office of Mr. Wing and retained the charge of Miss Needham and Mis Emory, have been abolished, Mr. Pot. ter deciding that they were being kept twice. Miss Noedham has retired from the office and Miss Emory, who was en gaged in the same work with her, has been provided for in another depart- ment. ) C which to the under Permits to Wed. Judge McCulloch issued the following mar- riage licenses yosterday : Name and residence Christopher Brown, Omaha Ireno Ferguson, Omaha Thomas Carew, Omaha, Hannah Jones, Omaha. . { Charles Baker, Omahn Fmma Buse, Omah, John Rucka, Omaha Katie Bedau, Omah: { Charles Rowe, Sidney Ester Moek, Omaha. . { Patrick Henry Mechan, Or Katie McEneary, Omalia. lel(nn T ‘Turner, Oskaloos Frances A. Sadier, Oskalo "nl‘h( s at Table. An excellent private banquet was given Monday evening at the Millard by the members of the Bachelors’ club in honor of Mr. Lewis Neil, of New ork. The worthy guest read an ex- cellent poem, which was greatly appro- ciated by all presont. Among those around the board from abroad Messrs. R. M. and Arthur E. Gen H. H. Baldrige, P. F. Collins, St. Loui D. C. Beele and John Nuveen, of Ch cago; Charles Crowell. Shotwell Again Arrested. Jimmy Shotwell, the veteran crool, as rearrested yostorday at tho instiga- tion of the officers of the Moerchant’s National bank, for his connection with the Robinson forgery last March, Jimmy has been out on bail to appear before the district court as a witness in this case, and ho claims his prosent ar- rest is a picce of malicious prosecution. 8, The Open Board. Yesterday morning the second session of the open board of the board of trade was Lield, with alarge attendance of mem= bers The engaged caller had not ar- rived, neither had the indicator put in an appearance. Until these and a few formalities are attended to the board will not be able to scttle right down to business. S — e Echo. A new German paper has made its ape pearance in (7nm]|.l. The title is Das Echo and Dr. rick Wilhelm is the editor. The journal will be published weokly and is devoted to “Literature, Science, P olitics and Belles lettres,” issue will v and novel Tn_ another column of be found an enti gpecimen of attractiv one of the neatest ever | v Toll sanuiattor examining this ainroasd display letters in the advertisement of Prickly Ash Bitters, A 'n.u-vln;. Bell Boy. Eddie Woiborg, oneof the corps of bell boys at the Paxton, was arrested yesterdiy chargod with having en- Yerod tha room of Frank Hull and stoale ing a puir of gold-mounted opera glasses, o chain purse and o lot of VITIATED BLOOD Serofulous, Inherited and Contagious Huamors Cured by Cuticnra. Through the medium 1 through M of one of with yuur his opportunity ‘thelr use has permanent] soning, in connection with erysipolas that L have ever seen, and this after having been pro- nounced incurable by some of the hest physi- cians in our county. 1 take great pleasure in for Jarding (o you st Stimoniuly unsolicited us it 3 by you, in order that others suffering from cournged 10 give R, Leechburg, Po. L Wit¥. Drugiat Appotio, SCROFULOUS ULCERS, James E. Rtichardson, Custom House, Now Or- leans, on oath says: Scrofulous Ulcers brokd out on my body until T was a mass of ¢ ruption, Everything known to the medical fuculty”was tried in viin [ becamo w mers At times could not it my hunds to my ould not turn in bed; wis in constant pain and looked upon life as i curse. or cure in ten years. In 183 [ Leard of th CURA REMEDIES, sed ther, wiid Was perfoctly cured.” Sworn o betore U. 8. Com. J. D. CRAWKORD. njlaint the worst ever suw was cured | s of CUTIOURA KEso JitA 8OAP. The Sou ! iiere as & medicing) soap. AYLOR & TAYLOR, Drugicists, Fraukfort, Kan, SCROFULOUS, INHERITED, And Contaglous Humors, with Loss of Hair, mul aptions of the Skin, are positivel GoTicuna and Gomcuia. Soat, sxtarially, and CoTICURA ResoLyENT Internally, when all Gther medicines fuil chupped and ofly skin by Ct TICURA MEDICATED BOAR, id W an d Tfall bie pmwhumg Pplineousetsr;