Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 13, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE, PUBLISAED EVERY MORNING, TERMS OF SUBECRIPTION, Datly (Morning Edition) lncluding SUNDAY 1EE, One Year Serhvins ¥or Six Months For Threa Months Ty OMANA SUNDAY BEE, mail ddyess, One Y ear OMANAOFFIC IERUTSY NEW YORK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBUN BUILDING, WASHINGTON OFFICE, No. 013 FOURTEENTH STREET. 1 to any 018 FAHNAM STREET CORR All communications rela torial ma OF THE 1) nd adi 110K onld be PANY mitiances LIRIING postoffice rof the cor The Beg Publishing Company, Proprietors E. ROSEWATER. Editor. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement ol Circulation. Btateof Nebraska County of Doug George B, Tzschuc pany, does s ation of THE ' {85, tary of (he Bee Pul anly swear that th JAILY DBEE for the 18230 IR0 ot & Friday, Oct.5 Baturday, Oct. 8. Average Sworn 40 before me and subscribed in my Presonce this 6t day of October A. D.. 1884, Seal. N P. FEIL, Notary Public. Las being duly sworn, de- s socrotary of The Hee smpany, that the actual &verage tion of "Tik DAILY § montn_of October, 187, 14,4 vember, I 3 16,041 cop for Februar 10,65 copl Miny, 148, 1888, 18,155 copies. Sworn to before and subseribed in my pres- his 9th day of October, A, D, 184 P. FEIL, Notary Public. JUDGE THURMAN can make bette telephone arguments than he can cam- paign speech Mi. BLAINE in his trip through Tn- diana is carrying everything before him. It is his march to the sea. NEBRASKA'S representatives in the house are letting congress take care of itsell just now. There are some fences at home that need fixin', THE senior member of an embarrassed wheat-broking firm in New York City committed suicide. That is one of the penaltios of being on the wrong side of the recent wheat corner, I CAN hardly be called an opportune time for Sitting Bull and the other Sioux chiefs to visit Washington. The Tammany braves are all that the great father can attend to for the next three weeks. THE ne naval launch will be the gunboat Petrel. Only a few days ago the Baltimore, the largest and best equipped American wa structed, was floated. hip yet con- At this rate the new American navy will soon be put into commission and do honor to our party. SECRETARY FAireninp has alveady purchased sufficient bonds to meet the requirements of the sinking tund for the present fiscal year. Whatever pur- chases he now makes will be voluntar, This would indicate that the treasu is amply prepared to extend adequate reliof in case of a money stringency. IT APPEARS that the recent collision on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, by which a Cincinnati and St. Louis ex- press was wrecked and several lives lost, was caused by the blunders of men who had been on duty for forty hours without sleep. It is high time that this abuse be corrected in the interest of the veling public and the overworked subjected to th THE nomination of Abram Hewitt for mayor of New York City by the county democracy is the fire brand which has set the whole state ablaze. The strained relations between Hill and Cleveland have been smouldering for a long time, and only needed the Hewitt incident to fan the embers into a disastrous confla- gration. Mr. Cleveland will crawl out of the ashes a singed and unhappy man. IT 1S positively asserted that Leland Stanford will retire from the presidency of the Southern Pacific at an early day and will be succeeded by a son of the late Charles Crocker. U the young man succceds as well as his father did in manipulating the Central Pacific, the producers of California are in a fair way of being fleeced for all that the trafio will bear. WASHINGTON dispatches mention the arrival of sixty Sioux chiefs. It was generally believed when objec- tions were made to the sale of their fands in Dakota that the real veason was that the big chiefs thought them- selves entitled to the delights of a big @ime in the national capital at the na- Sional expe Aflter they have seen the Big Father, whose size will prob- ably excite their admiration, and have visited the sights and eaten the white man’s substitute for boiled dog and parched corn, it is supposed that there will be no further obstacle to the sign- ing of the treaty. In this case Dakota will be warmly congratulated by her neighbors at the throwing open for actual settlement an immense area, much of which is fine wheat land. THE republican “emonstration in Omaha last night was one of the largest political displays ever made in this city, and showed conclusively that the party has lost no ground in Omaha. The brilliait host of torch-bearers, it is well to note, wi composed, with very few exceptions, of voters, and not a few of these were young men who will cast their first ballot in a national election on the 6th of November. There was no fact in counection with the demonstra- tion more gratifying than this. The great crowds that witnessed the proses- sion was evidence of the popular sym- pathy with the republican cause, strongly manifested in the enthusiasm that everywhere prevailed. It was an event 80 successful in all respects that it must exert & very favorable effect, braska show that the tection to all Nelraska Republioans, The reports from all quarters of Ne: republicans thoroughly alive to the duty that is be- fore them, and that they are larmoniously and zealously to maintain re working the high rank of Nebraska in the list of republican states, cient reason why this state should not There is no sufti- be found in November as securcly in the republican line as it has alw been, Its prosperous farmers, for whou there was nev a future of brighter promise than is now before them, mani- festly have nothing to gain b giving their votes to the pa whose represen after months of labor, were unable to pro- duce a revenue measure that would be equitable in its operation and just to all tions and interests, T intelli- gent citizens, while fully believing in the necessity of a wise reform of the tariff, cannot be drawn intothedelusion that such result would be accomplished by the house tariff bill, which discrimi- nates generally against the agricultural products of the west and northwe: while protecting the sugar and rice growers of the south. They have not failed to find in the democratic revenue policy, framed by southern men, a palpable purpose to guard every southern interest and in- dustr; not excepting the moonshine whisky distillers of that section. They are in favor of a reasonable pro- American industries and to American labor, and they understand ives, o8 that under the Mills bill many indus- tries would have no protection, while others s would be unduly cared for. Against this sectional ana unbusiness like effort of southern democratic repre- sentatives to reform the tariff and re- duce venues is the assurance con- tained in the senate tariff bill, and in the pledge of the republican candidate for the presidency, that the tariff will be revised on a national basis if the re- publican party is given the power to do 50. There can be no doubt of the sincerity of these assurances. They will be kept if there is the op- portunity to keep them. The ques- tion the voters of Nebraska should themsclves is, whether it be wiser and safer to intrust this most important duty to the party whose policy it bas always beea to consider the welfare of American industries and labor, orto commit it to the political organization which in all its history has never mani- fested any concern for either. Tarift reform is not in doubt. Tt is certain to come. But it is to be brought about with justice to all interests and to all scetions, and this the democratic plan of reform will not accomplish. It is far more objectionable than the existing tarifl in the extent and gravity of its inequalities. The republican candidate for the pres- idency is in need of no defense or apol- ogy. In whatever station he has heen placed he hLas shown himsell capable, upright and trustworthy No candi- date was ever subjected to a severer or- deal than he has passed through, and he has acquitted himself to the admi tion of all candid men as a man of su- perior intelligence and judgment. He is worthy of the confidence of the pco- ple, and the voters of Nebraska should attest their confidence by giving himan old-time majority. Civiy Services Abuses. The report of the majority of the sen- ate specinl committee to cxamine into the condition of the civil service adds some facts to what had heen previously known regarding abuses in the service, and strengthens by unquestionable tes- timony what was already of public knowledge. The committee found that there has been a very large number of changes for purely partisan reasous, and without the slightest pretense that the interests of the public service re- ask quired the changes. This was especially the case in the larger castern cities. The flagrant partic- ipation of federal officials in politi- cal caucusses and conventions was found to have been widely extended, and in no case has an official thus offending been disciplined, though evi- dence was found where such interfer- cnces were rewarded. The report says that asscssments for political purposes have continued without interruption, and it is certainly a fact that they are being very generally made at present. A good deal of attention is given to the civil service abuses in Indiana, where they have been rather more prominent, if not moro serious, than elsewhere. The report is timely, and although it will doubtless have no effect with except possibly to in- crea their admiration for the administration, it ought to produce some serious reflection on the part of the independents who have had such implicit faith in the sincerity of the president’s reform promises. They can not with a how of reason hold him free from responsibility, for they will not question that he has been fully in- formed of the abuses and has made not a single effort to correct them or to punish any one for their commission. A few examples would have operated as acheck, preticularly in the cases of oficials meddling offensively in politics, but the failure of the president to do anything in such cases has naturally cucouraged these violations of law. It is an unanswerable arraignment of the course of the admimstration regarding the civil service. demograts, s0 Tie dewocrats are deriving comfort from the progress of registra- tion in New York and Brooklyn, and on the surface they appear to have reason for doing so. The democratic districts show larger gains than do the repub- lican districts. But the exceptional nature of the democratic situation in New York and Brooklya must be taken into account in considering the value of these figures. In those sities this year there will be democrats and democrats —those of the Cleveland strive and those of the Hill stripe, Hewitt demo- crats and Grant democrats—and there will be an unprecedented amount. of tradiog between them, as the re- sult of which the whole demo- cratic establishment may fall to the ground. Every day the complications increaso and the difliculties in the way come . greater.. . At this time it seems hardly possible thiat they can be brought together, since Mayor Hewitt has abso- lutely refused to withdraw. As matters now look, the democrats must make very much greater gains in New York and Brooklyn than they are estimating on the basis of the registration figures to save themselves from disastrous defeat. TiE stories of enormous arrivals of wheat at Chicago must be taken with grains of allowance. The rts are against belief, The price of cash wheat in Chicago where these immense sup- plics are said to have been delivered is $1.14, five cents higher than in St Louis, 48c higher than in Milwaukee 153¢ higher than in Kansas City and so on. Chicago feels the wheat pulse of the entive country and the advance in price in other sections comes grudging- 1y because the mevchants there have not the full knowledge of the true state of things with regard to wheat, sessed by the Chicago deal movement in flour in England, and the advance in bread in America and the attitude of the French government to- wards the bakers of Paris all tend, to show that the rise rests upon a solia founcation, and that it will not be cked definitely until cash wheat is .25 a bushel for delivery. In the ntime mitlers who are in desperate raits for wheat in spite of the enorm- E (alleged) naturally resort to bear tactics to scare the farmers into coming forward. That game will not succeed. It 18 said that a wealthy syndicate is being formed at Kansas City with the object of inaugurating direct commer- cial intercourse with Mexico, and the movement is reported to huve received encouragement from a representative of the Mexican government. Kansas City is perhaps as eligible a point as any from which to direct such a project, but its success will depend upon other con ditions than location and capital. This country will have closer and enlarged commercial relations with Mexico only when the tariff systems of the two coun- tries ave materially modified, and this is a matter of the indefinite fu- ture. Meantime, IEngland, France and Gevmany may be ex pected to continue to en- joy nearly the entire Mexican trade, which is neither small nor unprofitable. However, the scheme of the Kansas City capitalists is not to be discouraged, since it may, if ied out, have the effect of hastening the removal of the ff obstacles to a move extensive com- e between the two countries. THERE is probably more cry than wool in the attempt to create public sentiment against the Union Pacitic bridge on the ground that its new piers in the Missouri are an obstruction to navigation. When navigation at this pdint is confined to one or two wheez crafts a year it does not seem likely that piers two hundred and fifty feet apart in a river whose currents constantly change would interfere with navigation to any considerable extent. Other Lands Than Ours. The state of things in Paris looks moreand more ominous, and at any moment n2ws may come of bread riots which may start a revo- lution wkose end no man can foresee. France is a pretectionist country, and imposes a heavy duty upon wheat from which the gov- ernment derives considerable revenue, and a8 the harvests of wheat in every part of the country are short, to the amount of forty or fifty mitlion bushels, the price of flour has gone up very seriously. In Paris and all the large cities the bakers are compelled to fur- nish loaves of a certamn weight at the rate fixed by the government, and this is known as pain de regie. The bakers have remon- strated with the administration and have asked for an iucrease in the rate for this bread on account of the rise in flour, but the government has refused to listen to them. Some bakers have resorted to adulteration, and others have made an exceedingly limited amount of government bread. So great has been the suffering in consequence that it has been found possible to make a profit in the importation of bread from Belgium, which country imposes no duty on imported wheat. There are many stores in Paris where Bel- gian bread is sold in lurge quantities and the avomaly exists of a government taxing heavily a raw material and admitting duty free a manufactured article made from that same product. The government winks at it, because a hoarse murmur is going up among the workmen of the faubourg St. Antoine and every Parisian knows well enough what that preludes. o The Mexican government is considering a proposition made by a syndicate of Mexicans and Americans to establish a gaming resort in the style of Monte-Carlo in the diminu- tive possessions of the Prince of Monaco. The syndicate wishes to locate it in the City of Mexico, but the president, Porfirio Diaz, is opposed to this. He has stated thathe sees no objection to the scheme so long as the gaming halls are in some place where the population is limited, and where there is little commerce. He has suggested aiffer- ent localities in the northern provinces of Mexico, but this does not meet the views of the syndicate, and it is probable that the watter will be allowed to drop. Lord Ronald Gower, the sculptor of the statue of Shakespeare which was unveiled recently at Stratford-on-Avon, is brother to the Duke of Sutherlan the head of the house of Levison-Gower. The family has an undoubted strain of Jewish blood, which probably accounts for the artistic fecling which bias now distinguished them for five generations. The country seat of the Duke of Sutherland is & perfect museum, for almost everything in it in this age of machi- uery is hand-made. It has been the custom of the Levison-Gowers to wait until they could catch a genius in wood-carving, or ceramics, or in mosaic, or stone-carving, and engage his services at the mcst liberal rates for the decoration of thew palace. They have not beeu collectors in the ordinary sense of the word, but the beautiful objects which in other great houses are gathered into one room and labelled, have been put to use, and form a real part of the furniture aud decora- tious. B Bismarck is more tuan ever the prime fac- tor In European politics, and the French papers in the interest of Houlanger are at- tributing to him a new scheme for the grandizement of the German empire, which would be fatal to French iuterests, and wou'd reduce that country to a second rate power. Theold king of Holland is nearing his end, aud Bismarck's polioy contemplates the annexation of his kingdom after his death. Besides Holland it is thought he in- tenas to consolidate and round off Germany by the seizure of Luxembourg, and either all of harmonizing the warring factions be- | or part of Belguum, according as Frauce is willing to co-operate.of not. It willing, she would be rewarded with the southiern half of Belgium, if unwillingshe would get nothing savea casus belli if disposed to ask for re- venge for Sedan, Austria is to be rewarded for complicity by a huge stice on the eastern of the Adriatic from the Turkish dominions, ineluding some possessions in the LAgean se mwrum have Constantinople, the eastern haif of the Balkan land, and her own way in Asid Minor. Greece isto be told to be quict br she will be promptly spanked. Russia’® pet, the little principality of Montenegro, is to have some trifling ex- tension of territory in Albania. England is to be ignored, flouted and isolated. This hatred of England by the chief protestant country of Europe that survived its early tribulations entircly through English subsi- dies and alliance isa peculiar hatred, It is notof race, because the English and the Germans are of the same race. It is not of religion, because the English and the Ger mans are both Lutherans. It is not because England has done any injury to German, 1t is because the English are in the wi German development, and therefore the Ger wan government has made up its mind to hate England as a state measure. It was for this reason that Rome hated Carthage, shores o a Ishak Khan, that bad little man, has been defeated at Tashkurgan. So the English re- ports say, but as preceding reports have re. peatedly related circumstantially his death in bloody battle with the troops of the Emir of Afghanistan, it is probable that the defeat simply amounts to nothing. The Tartar tribes to the northwest of Afghanistan have been in the habitof attacking and plundering the Afghan frontier, and since the conquest of the Khanate of Merv by the Russians it is probable that they have received some little encouragment to enlarge the scope of their attacks. The real Russian movement against India will be by way of Thibet, not Afghan- istan, oo Anything more ridiculous than the use of bloodhounds to trace the Whitechapel fiend cannot be imagined. A bloodhouna can be put upon the scemt of an individual, but blood breaks the scent, and it is notorious that fugitives pursued by these animals in the old slavery times, used to gash their arms to produce a sufficient effusion of blood, and when the hounds came to the stains they refused to go any further. Sir Charles Warren, in the use of the bloodhound, has nothing to commence with save the bloody corpse, and it is difficult to see how that could serve him to discover the murdercr after hundreds of persons have crossed and recrossed in the neighborhood. He might just as well consult the seventh son of a seventh son, oralady born with a double veil, or trance medium or a clairvoyaut. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The brick blocks at Hartingto are being rapidly pushed to completion. John Crockett, sferiff of Wheeler county, has resigned and bgen succeeded by Douglas Marlow. 1 The Dodge cnu\tv democrats have nom. inated L. P, Larsoh and Hal Christy for the legislature. i Prairie fires havd destroyed a good deal of hay in Cedar county} but rain has now stopped the progress of tha fiames. Not a pound of coal could be found in Grant last week and the people were obliged to shiver during the cold snap. Wheeler county will vote, November 6, on & proposition to issue $5,000 in bonds to pay the outstanding indebtedness. Despondency caused Mrs. M. D. Pickens, residing near St. Paul, to take twenty grains of strychnine Wodnesday with fatal results. Mrs, Ellen Jorsyone of the earliest resi- dents of Dukn.ils'wuu\_v. died at_the resi dence of her efir Jackson, Thursday, aged eighty-seven years. J. C. Kobinson has been nominated for s ator by the republicans of the Eighth district, and Dr. Alden is their nominee for repre- sentative from the Nineteenth district. The Crete (tlobe supports ~the republican ticket with the exception of the legisiative candidates. The editor is a republican pro- hibitionist, and takes this course because e believes that the republican ~ candidates would not vote for submission if elected. ‘Thomas Owens, who has been a resiient of Plattsmouth for thirty years, was taken to the soldiers' home at Grand Island Thurs- day, his mind having been so impaired that he was unable to care for himself. He served during the war in Company A, First Ne braska. Two boy burglars, who entered the resi- denco of H. N. Blake at Beatrice last Wednesday, were captured Thursday with the stolen’ property in their possession and were immediately bound over to the district court for trial. Their names are John Bur- ton and Harry Miles, the older of the two being but sixteen. W. H. Crabb of Curtis, Neb., charged with conveying a tract of 90 acres of land in Frontier county, known as the “Warner Runch," to which be could produce no title, in a trade for the Hollingsworth stock of merchandise, worth §2,000, was honorably acquitted at Hastings, Tuesday, before Judge Fleming. It is claimed that Hollingsworth will commence a civil action against Crabb, while Crabb swears vengeance, aud the end is not t. Writing from Grand Istand in regard to the soldiers' home, a correspondent says: The home 18 nicely 'furnished, there being a good recention room, reading room, kitchen and dining rooms, a smoking room, besides the large and airy bedrooms, water ever, where from a well on the place, and ev convenience. Between this home and the city the foundation of the new Baptist uni versity is just being laid, the excavation for the basement story being just completed. The city clains 8,000 inhabitants and from the many buildings going up it seems to be prospering. lowa. ‘The amount of salaries paid to teachers in Muscatine county in the last year was $54,693. Over $90,000 was collected by the treasurer of Des Moines county during the month of September. ‘The Iowa Mortgage company of Muscatine has filed notice with the secretary of state that the company has gone out of business. C. Lusk, statistical secretary of the Upper lowa Methodist conference, was pre d with a fine gold watch and ' purse of at the Viutou session in covsideration of his service William B. Smith, cashier of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio freight house at Mason City, has departed for purts uuknown It is said that he took uearly #£3,000 of the company’s money. His uccounts are being examined. Augustus Cloud, who was sentenced to a termof eight yeurs in the penitentiary at Fort Madison for burglary and had scrved four and oue-half yegrs, was pardoned by ornor Larrabee.. ' The pardon was nted on account of Cloud’s failing health. The Keokuk Constitution-Democrat says “The richest mag in lowa undoubtedly is Edwin Manning, who lives at Keosauqua. He has many millions, and his interests in- clude all sorts of enterprises between the two great rivers and the Missouri and Min nesota lines. He was a pioneer settler in the state and made every cent he has in legiti- mate business enterprises and not in specu- lative ventures." The Great Northwest. Miles Finlen has been acquitted at Virginia City of the charge of murder in killing Daniel Pyne in May last. Drunken Indians made an attack on the au- thorities of Spokane Falls, and 1n overcom- ing the raid an Indian was killed and arother severely wounded. Senator Stewart is to be given a rousing reception at Reno on his return from Wash- ington, in recognition of his distinguished services o the people. Charles F. McCormack, formerly an at torney at Portland, Ore., ‘committed suicide at the insane asylum at Salem by severing his head almost from his body with a razor. It 18 said that Mirthful, the §7,000 Wyoming horse owned by Stokes & Whitehouss, that died recently, Lad only one lung. The fact :'\n'; ascertained when a post-mortem was eld. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, had anotaer fatal €l shooting last weei, George Price mortally wolinding Henry Hanthaw. The shooting was entirely unprovoked and the murderer 100k to the hills The First National sessod at 8557,5%0 this year, a large incr which included the ndivided profits; bank protested, bit the board of equalization refused to reduco ank of Butte was as- In the Sacramento police court Judge Buck a ley held George Lang, aged sixty years, o charge of committing rape on Cora Mor thirteen, and Teresa Raukin, aged nine years, Bail was fixed at §1,000 in’each case Dr. Harry Lane, superintendent of the Oregon insane asylum, reports 504 patients, and the number still increasing. They are largely foreigners, and ho claims that “other countries send their insane here to get rid of them. The White Pine News says: The recont death of Tom Roberts at the county hospital is attributed to his bad luck in winning $15,- 000 in the Havana lottery. It was too much for his nerves, and he sported and drank him self to death Some time ago a dissolute, wandering den tist named Martin, who was married, chloro formed and outraged a servant girl on the Mascalero reservation, New Mexico, and made his escape from a band of lynchers, Lately he was arrested, convicted, swnd sen- tenced to five years in the penitentiary. The Caldwell (Idaho) Tribune says: News come over the telephone that Hev. J. D Flenncr was “fired”” bodily out of the Meth- ist fold by the conference nowsitting here, nd that Eider Eads is likely to get a healthy improssion of the same boot. Flenner way fired for taking liberties with the sisters, unbecoming s cloth. He was tried about a year ago and acquitted, but the prosecution appealed to the conference with the above result. Charges were also brought against Elder Eads, who presided atthe former trial, for using his ofticial position to screen Flen- ner. We understand that a minister or two who served on the jury are also in hot water The conference secms to be making & clean sweep, FIGHTING FOR HARRISON,, A Habeas Corpus Case With Multi- tudinous Points. The petition of Edward Harrison fora writ of habeas corpus was argued before Judge Groft of the district court yesterday. Harrison was arrested in this city two weeks ago on a tele- gram from Aricona, saying he bad forged the name of *'Henry" to a telegraphic money order. The prisoner’s attorney held that the information on which Harrison was arrested was defoctive. It charged the prisoner with having committed forgery in Arizona, but did not al ege that he was charged in Ari- zona withethe crime. The information also failed to allege that Harrison was unauthor- ized to sign Henry's name, and failed to al- lege that he had obtained any money on the order signed by him. Tne first mll\‘!a'.l(r-‘n, ific: required by the statute. The second was necessary to coustitute a of forgery. The attorney stated that Harrison had been arrested ou & complaint charging him with being o fugitive from justice, but t subscquently & war- rant charging him with forgery in Arizona was read to him while behind the bars of the county jail, upon which warrant he is being held, It is argued that a man cannot be ar- rested while already in the custody of the law. Harrison should have been given his liberty before being re-arrested. As a mere matter of fair play, “the boy should be given a chance for his white alley,” a bit of metaphor that made the lawyers smile audi bly. The attorney also argued that Harrison could not be held over four days, but did not press the point, as the judge discouraged that construction of the law. The county attor- ney argued in general terms that it was not necessary to be as specitic in a complaint the attorney urged, was a formality spe ally for arresting @ prisoner as in _an indictment for his trial, and held that his information against Harrison was sufficient to hold @ man wanted in an- other state, where all the spocific allegations would be made. He arcued that the only point for the court to cousider was W Harrison had been detaine length of time for the Arizona authorities to get requisition papers and come for him. The county attorney concluded: ““The com- plaint, T admit, is not artistically drawn, nor with inteut to try the prisoner here, but’ it is sufficient to hold him for the Arizona ofticers. If the habeas corpus is grauted, I will file at other complaint. We can keep the prisoner here, and we are going to do it. 1t will do no good to discharge him.” Judge Groff re- served his decision till to-day. ‘The jury were unabie to agree in the case of James W. Peterson vs. the Uaion Pacific railway company, asuit for $1,950 damages for personal injur They were discharged and the case continued. In the case of Isaac Richenberg vs. Will- iam Chamberlain, a suit for the possession of two mules, the court gave a decree for the plaintiff by consent. In that of Diedrich Kunneman vs. Gustav Hacsuner, a suit for a pls jury gave'the plaintiff a verdict for §74.75. In the suit of David T. Lohmes vs, the City of Omaha, asuit for $10,000 damages for injuries resulting from a defective walk on Mason street, the jury found for the cit Judge Groff took up the suit of N. B. Fal- coner against Jennie C. Hornaby for $158 for goods furnished, ° Susan Bailey asks for a divorce from An- thony Bailey ou the ground of drunkenness and lack of support, Judge Doane took up the case of William Mcl3ain vs. Hugh Murphy, a suit to replevin ten car loads of Sioux Falls stone, The ejectment suit against William Barrett of Florence occupied Judge Hopewell's at- tention yesterduy agai The casc of Connell vs Colgan was finished before Judge Wakeley, and was taken under advisement, County Court. Judge Shiclds heard the suit of Fanny Kimball against the Omaha Gas company for $%08, The plaintif's house at 213 North Eighteenth street was burned down last January. She alleges that the fire was caused by the carelessuess of a plumber while thawing or repairing gas pipes, and sucs accordingl Hattie Uebel has sued the Nebraska and Towa Insurance compauy for $255 under a policy on her house and furniture, which were destroyed by fire. , il A PUMP MANUFACTORY. Strong Indications That it Will be Added to Omaha'e Industries, J. L. Westmore, of Elgin, Ill, was m Omaha yesterday in quest of a site fora pump manufactory. He couversed with nu- merous real estate men, but it is understood arrived at no defimite understanding in con- nection with the location. In speaking of his proposed project he said: “If arrangements can be made with certain individuals in this eity, 1 intend to construct an extensive pump and windmill manufactory at this point. My plans call for an investment of about §15,000 i buildings and machinery to begin with and should the matter meet with cven re: sonable success, 1 will double the capacity. ‘There is no visibie reason why an industry of this kind could not be made a paying one. There is no factory of this kind in this cit or within a considerable distance from h So you see that should 1 only receive the d mand of a home market, it would suftice in W nting me to carry out my plans." Have you canvassed the city in view of a site!" “Yes, I had a talk with several real estate men, and I inferred from their conversation that'in case 1 concluded to locate here, | would pbe given all due assistance 1n my un- dertaking. 1 will visit other poiuts in Ne- braska, however, before | determine upon the site.” Mr. Westmore stated that when in_opera tion the factory would furnish employment Lo about sevenly five wen, and would be kept gomng contnuously. He will view some of the suburban property to-day before going away. e Sergeant Successor. The latest reports concerning the condition of Sergeant Matza, of the departmeut of po- lice, are to the effect that all hopes of his ui timate recovery have faded. In police cir cles thero is much conjecture as to his suc cessor. Those who claim to possess an in side tip state that Jailor Johuson will be named for the position, while others are of the opinion that the plum will fall to good- om Ormsby, who is credited with the most desperate ‘arrests that have been made in the city. It is quite probable that Chief Seavey will recommend the appoint- ment of Matza’s successor and the same be acted upon at @ meeting of the board of fire and police commissioners Lhis eveuing. | men ¢ POLITICAL GOSSIP. A Oall For Swedish Citizens to Get Thelr First Papers, A fow of the Swedish gentlemen who ap- plied 100 late on Saturday night to receive their naturalization papers can obtain them now by calling at the ofice of the Omaha Swedish Tribune, room 508 Sheeley block, | whero thoy have beon forwarded by Frank E. Moores, clerk of the district court. It is important ' that the following named gentle Lat once and get thewr papers, which are necessary to registration: John' Alfred Carlson. Sven Anderson, August Anderson, Frank Gust Nathan Jeffry, Andrew Petter son, Theodore Bressman, Peter Bendelad, John Person, J. H. Anderson, T. E. Wan derholm, A Alexandersen, 'Alfred Tr Carl Carlson, Jan Persson, Samuel lascon, Andrew Noberg. For Gurley and Williams, The meeting of the Third ward republican club, called for the purpose of naming a list of delegates und alternates to attend the county convention, at their headquarters on South Fourteentli strect last night, was largely attended. Lee Hartley presided. On motion tbe chair appointed a committee of five, to seloct the delegation, as follows: Messrs. Brumciste Weurer, Hubbard, Briggs and Smith A recess of ten minutes was taken and when the mecting reas sembled the chair announced the work of the committee as follows Delegates—Charles Wehrer, A B, Smith, M. O Maul, Lee Hartley, M. O Ricketts, L. E. Reed, A H Briggs and P.J. Williams. Alternates—Charles Mentor, J. W. Green, Charles Branch, I. Bowman, A J. Martin, Leo Frost, A. H 'Mills and W' F, Banks The delegation was instructed to vote idly for W. F. Gurley for county attorney, and . Williams for representative Fourth Ward Elects Officors. The Fourth Ward Kepublican elub held its annual meeting at tho headquarters, on Iif- teenth aud Farnam streets, last night. The following officers were elected for the en- suing year: President, D. H. Whee president, G. M. O'Brien; secretary Fitch; treasurer, Peter Sharky; executive committee, A. P. Nicholas, Gustay Anderson, P. L. Pruyn, J. T. Leake, Andrew Bevins, F. W. Fitch'and J, G, Carpenter, A communication was read from tho ro- publican county central committee, announc ing that the polling place for the Fourth ward primavies had _been located on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Farnam streets. The attendance was large and the utmost harmony prevailed. ‘The club de cided to convene Monday night and name a list of delezates and alternates to the county convention Political Notes. The democratic primaries, to elect dele. gates to the county convention, will be held this afternoon er, of the Third ward, will ative honors on the demo reach out for | cratie ticket, Congressman Tom Reed, of Maine, will ad- dress the people of Omaha on the political issues from a republican standpoint Octo ber20. The republicans of the Eighth ward arbe re. quested to meet to-night at_Schiroeder’s hall, corner of Twenty-fourth and Cuming strects, to select a primary ticket to be voted for Monday. There will ba a meeting of the Seventh Ward Repubiican club at the Park house at § o'clock Saturday evening to attend to impor tant business. All members are urgently in vited tobe present. Ata mecting of pavers held Thursday night at Flannery's, on Vinton strect. a committee was appointed which has called another meeting for next Sunday afternoon at 1214 Stuth Thirteenth strect at 2:30 o'clock. A gorgeous republican banner, costing = 200, and containing the portraits of and Morton, has” arrived, and will be strung across Fourteenth street, from the Murrry to the republican headquarters, William Neve has announced his tions of going before the democratic county convention in quest of the uomination for county commissioner. It is rumored that he is prepared to give Commissioner O'Keefle a hard struggle. ‘The Young Men's Republican club are con. sidering the feasibility of a trip to Indianap- olis to visit Governor Harrison, the republi- can presidential nominee. They expect to be able to secure excursion rates of $10 for the round trip. inten- AMUSEMENTS, The Madison Square Company at Boyd’s Opera House, An attraction of approved merit is always certain to command generous attention from the people of Omaha. Boyd's opera house was crowded to the walls last night by the larcest and finest audience of the season thus far, and the play of “Jim, the Penman," pre- sented by the Madison Square ‘I'heater com- pany, was received with an appreciation due to its excellence as a dramatic production and to the admirable manner 1n which it as presented. Among the comparatively recent contributions to the drama *‘Jim, the Peunman,” has maintained, a popularity 'sec- ond to 'none, and its intrinsic worth in ali respects must give it a place among the very few essentially moderu plays that will hold the stage beyond the present generation. It is a drama without any taint of uncleanness, perfect in its construction, absorbing in its intarest, and unfolding a strange, though not improbable story, in A most natural way. There is not a trivial incident or a weak situation it, and throughout there is not a moment when the iuterest in the develop ment of the plot is relaxed. It is n play that takes one out of the ordinary lines, and, thercfore, leaves an_improssion ulways to be remembered, and always with a sensc of pleasure. It need hardly be said that its presentation by the Madison Square company invites only praiso. The well known actor, Frederic Robinson, in the leading part of James Ralston, who has won wife, fortune d social position by his skillful forgerics as Jim, tho Penmav, portrays a man of smooth, imperturbable manner, while ever conscious of the crimes that harg over him, with an_artistic excellence that is mas: terful. No less perfect in its way is Alexan- der Salvini's Baron Hartfeld, & scheming, sinister, avaricious adventurer who hasa financial partnership with Ralston. Itis a very striking character, and in the hands of Salvini a very strong ono. Another admir- ble impersonation 1s that by Louis Masscn of Louis Percival, a man of high priuciple and steadfast honor, Mr. E. M. Holland as Captain Redwood, a detective whose man ners enable bim to carry a military title and in entrance into good society, does e dingly meritorious work and is by uno means the ASt interesting charzcter in the play. What there is of comedy devolves upon him, and his art is most admirable, even to the minor detail of significantly’ stroking his _mustache. Miss May Brookiyn approved hersclf an actress of uncomwon merit in the part of Nina, the wife of Rulston. As the soci ety 'lady she charmed by her easc and grace, and as wife who had discovered the fraud by which her husband had deprived her of the only man she ever loved, she thrillod by the in tensity of her passion and touched the sym pathies by the depth of hLer cmotion. It i sufticient to say that no member of the coun pany challonged eriticisim, and that the per- formance throughout was all thta the most ex- acting could have desired. It is due to the management of the opera house to say that the stage appointments were in harmony with the excellence of the entertainment, “Two Old Cronies." The medley of comicalities, droll situa tions, and musical and terpsichorean features presented at the Granda opera house last night was seen by a moderate audience which derived a great acal of amusement from the production. Such plays, if piays they may be call as the “Two Old Cronics," are constructed to make fun for those who can find cnjoyment in the light and trivial—and the number of such is large and if any accomplish this without offense to aoy of the propricties they per form & service that bLas its " value. This production 18 as good as any of its non- descript class. There is & great deal of fun in it, and i quile creditably presented, there is some preity music of the popular sort, the costuming is both varied and to some extent attractive, and almost every- body on the stage is given an opportunity to show some isl cleverness. Wills sud Henshayw are the cronics, and they manage to be amusing throughout, There is food for laughter fn tho “Two Ol onies,” and laughter is good for everybody. neoln a of Delivery, The following vill has gone to the president for signature A to constitute Lincoln, Neb,, a port of delivery, and to extend the provisions of the act of June 10, 1880, entitled, n act to amend thoe statutes in ion to immediate transportation of dutiavle goods, and for other purposes,’ to the said port of Lincoln, Bo it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United Statos of ica in congress nssembled, That Lin in the state of Nebraska, be, and is by, constituted a port of delivery in the customs collection district of New Orleans, and that the privileges of the seventh section of the act approved June 10, 1880, entitled *'An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, extended to Said port. And that there shall bo appointed at said port a sur- veyor with compensation at 50 per annum aud the usual fees, 1t is rumored that trouble of a civil naturo will result from the issuing of tho permit to excavate under enteenth street to the New York Life Insurance company by Build ing Inspector Whitlock. The building in spector granted the permit, he asserts, under the authority of an existing ordinance. The New York company at once commonced work on the excavation and was under good headway when notificd to stop the pre At the last nieeting of the city council a re lution was passed requesting the superin tendent of buildings to withdraw or cancel the pernnt. It is stated that the demand for the original permit has been made on the company, but the latter rofuses to return the document for caucellation and has concluded to carry the matter into court. The infant reason grows apaceand calls for one more application of that good friend,Sal vation Oil, which never disappoints but al ways Kills pain 1L is neitlier pleasant nor vrofitable to hear people constantly cougling when they could be casily cured by a 25 cent bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. - The Amcrican Railway Debt, Minneapolis Tritune, The vailway finances of the United States form the subject for a very wmter- esting paper by Adclbert Hamilton in the current issue of the Forum. The author has many serious faults to find with the federal and state governments, with railroad managers and the peoplo atlarge; but even if his eriticism were unjust and suggestions unwise, the mag- nitude and 1mportance of the interests involved should securo for any intelli- gent essay upon this branch of the *na- tional” finances a liberal share of pub- lic attention. The fact that since 1876 over four hundred American companies, operat- ing more than thirty-five thousand miles of Irond, have been insolvent and the relations of two billions of eapital stock and indebtedness have been readjusted under foreclosure certainly secims to suggest that something is wrong. Out of 3,000 companies only about fifty have provided for sinking funds. Outof 237 representative railroad stocks, 164 are below par, while only eightecn aro worth 80 per cent and upward: In view of ‘these and kindred facts the author conclndes that the dominant American .railway polioy is to “‘cumulate indebtedness to the ut- termost limit, without setting bounds to borrowing, without providing means of payment, and with the most complaisant view of insolvency as af- fording opportunities to *wipe out’ unse- cured debts, to ‘scale down’ stock and bond values, and to reorganize with an enlargement of capital stock and & fur- ther expansion of eredit.” This is a sweeping statement perhaps; yet, in fow of the ets presented, it is not wholly unwarranted. The magnitude of the vailway indebt- edness is certainly appallin, Two years ago it amounted to $4.377,000,000 and is constantly increasing. It is larger than the national debt ever was and equals $67 per capita. The annual interest charge upon this enormous sum is $187,000,000. or about $2.90 per capita. The people pay this charge in the form of freights and fares. The railway debt is therefore a national burden, and should, in the opinion of the author, be regarded as a matter of national concern. The bonds have been placed on the market with- out any well considered plans as to their maturity: but the greater amount ma- tures in from twenty-five to thirty-five years. Will not the funding operations or payment of this enormous debt when due disturb the financial equilibrium and beget either stringency or unwhole- some speculation? The author antici- pates of this character, and thinks t| they should and could be prevente He advocates a central federal supervision with the railwa finances of the country, which he consid- less objectionable than government interference with the making of rail- road rates. The federal and state gov- ernments should refuse charters to com- panies intending to build unneccessary or hurtful railways. Railrond bonds should be made of smaller dewomina- tions so that they could be taken by the common people in the districts traveled by the railways whnich would create o common interest between the people and the roads. The power of the direc- tors to borrow money should ba matori- ally restricted. Sinking funds should be created and placed in charge of the general government which would guarantee that they were applied to pay off the indcbtedness and not ex- hausted by being drawn upon in emer- gencics as is now the case. In this way we can hope to pay the vast debt while the creation of new indebtedness will be restricted or cease; the annual interest charge, paid by the people, couid bo lually discreased; American rail- way eredit would be enhanced; justice would be doneto eredito \d harmony in the relations of the y compan- ies and the people would be promoted, uch ave m brief the _conciusions of the author. His paper is suggestive in many respeet Lin the eyes of experienced men muny of them are, po neither practical uor feasible. The problem is certainly a vast aud conplicated one, if not the most difficult the people are culled upon to deal with. And it would seem that the time has come for its discussion natiemal point of view, - Test Chinese Exclusion, SAN FrANCIsco, Oct. 12.—Judge Sawyer, of the United States circuit court, has issuod from a broad two writs of habeas corpus, designed to test some of the questions to bo raised oy after r the the ex- right of Chinese arriving here clusion act went into eff. SICK HEADAGHE} Positively cured these Littlo Pills, They also relieve tress from Dyspepsia, To Algestion and Too Heart; Eating, A perfect rom edy for Diziiness, Nauses, Drowsiness, Dad Tast in tho Mouth, Coat Tongue, Pain in the sido) TORPID LIVER. Thej rogulate tbe Bowels, Purely Vegelable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE, " PEERLESS DYES ARJASRT