Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 17, 1888, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17. 1838 THE DAILY BEE, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, TERMS OF SUB, Dally Morntng Edition) lncludir By, (n for 8ix M Por Three Months THe OMAIA SUSDAY BEE, 1 address, One Y ear, HAOFFICENOS B1E AN D16 PARN AN 51 NEW YORK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 16Tt 1t BUILDING. WASTINGTON OFFICE, NO. FOURTEENTH STiLET, 1 to any 0 ¥ oL CE « tonewsand edi. ssed to the Epitor All communica torial matter shou Or THE BrE, BUSINE Allbusiness letters and remittance: addressed to Tuy ek PUBLISHIN OMAMA, Drafrs, checks and jo bemade payabic to the order of the The Bee Pflhlii‘dingiflflmflfln‘]‘ Proprictors. VATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. $worn Statement o Circulation, Btataof Nelrask Connty of D George 13, Hishing comipi actual cireulation week en s, | &80 ccretary of the Ree Pub- nnly hat the o ik DATLY for the T 14, 1888, was as tollows iniz Oetol ol 1 1 1 Average 18058 R SCHUCK. and’ subscribed in my of October A. D, 18, FEIL, Notary Public. Sworn 10 hefore mi presence this 13th da. Seul. State of County eorge 13, Tzschuck, being oses ATl xiys Lt he 15 secretary of The Bee Publisling company, that the actual average Aally circulation of ‘Tik DALY BEe for the montn of October, 187, 14,55 coples; £ yember, 1 iCoples; for December, il copi uary, 1855, 15,26 copio for Febriary, 155, 15,082 coples: for' March, 1 10,69 coptes: for April, 1888, 15744 ¢ May, 185, 14181 copies; for Jine, coples: for Jiily, 1454, 15,03 copic 1888, 18,163 Copte’s foF Septem e coplies. duly sworn, de- in8%, 19,243 for Augu 8, was 8,154 Z5CHUCK, ence, this Btk day of Octol N.P. FI THE school board w fied that more seats were needed in some of the school rooms. Hands up! st ni T re illegitimate newspapers as v{/u]l as children, The one is born for iniquity, and the other of erime. " READERS of this papor during the campaign will find news of all political parties. In political, as well as other matters, Tie Beg buzzes for all, war in democratic circles in South Omaha, Each nation- ality claims recognition and demands a bhunk of the spoils. "Twas ever thus. 1 rank and file of the unterrified in South Omaha are opposed to a com- bine in favor of any republican, and will deprecate any such tic-up by their alleged bosse: THE electors of Douglas county are noted for a tendency to pick their men, regardless of party lines, in local ele tions. There is no reason why they may not do so again. IE— Tue corvespondent who desires to know the amount of revenue reduction which would be made by the senate bill is informed that it is estimated at about seventy-five million dollars an- nually. Mackenzie and the German physicians who attended the unfortunato Fredorick there is a chasm wider than the British channel. By the way, who is umpiring this Europcan mill ? BETWEEN Dr. S0 MANY members of congress have loft Washington that the spectacle of the two houses logislating for the coun- try without a quorum reminds one of Mark Twain’s first audience, which con- sisted of one man, who had previously been bribed to applaud the spoaker. E—————— A CORRESPONDENT asks how long he must reside in the city to qualify as an elector. An American by birth, ora maturalized foreigner, he must have re- sided in the state six months, the county forty days and the ward or procinct ten days, in order to become a legally qual- ified elector. TuE women of Nebraska will be proud to learn that one of their number, Mrs. Ada M. Bittondorf, has been admitted to practice before the supreme court of the United States. This is a distinction to which few women can aspire, and it s an honor that has heen conferred to only three women in this country. To THE two hundred business men from Superior, Brainard, Fremont and other cities, Omaha bids a cordial welcome. They will be hospitably received and entertained by the merchants of our city, aud it is to be hoped that they will take home the kindliest feelings for the metropolis of the state. SITTING BULL made a speech before Secretary Vilas at Washington which at least had the merit of brevity. His style of oratory, though not much in favor among congressmen would com- merd itself to them. He said nothing, but said it well. In this respect he has made a similar record to that of a Ne- braska congressman, who says little but keeps up a terrific thinking. TuE declaration of the election of President Diaz to a second term by the Mexican congress completes the formal- ities necessary to confirm the popular wvote held some weeks ago. The almost unanimous re-clection of General Diaz is a most healthful sign of the tranquil- ity, und of the progress of Mexico. It is the strongest guarantee for the fu- ture of the republic, and will encourage the investment of American capital for the further development of its re- sources. For the first week in October the railroads of the country report a gain of four per cent as compared with the coorresponding week last year. There 4s moreover an activity in railroad cir- .oles that speaks of heavy shipraents of grain eastward and of coal westward. All roads are hampered for want of ears. Various western railroads report that they have not only all the business they can handle, but that the rush will gontinue well into spring. All this is gratifying and gives a buoyant tone to business. THE CONVIOT LABOR QUESTION. It wus expected that the democratic party of Nebraska would endeavor to mak apital out of the convict | labor n, and that in order to do this the pa would not hesitate at nt of mise sentat . [ts in this particular is to throw the | whole responsibility for the legislation extendin lubor and contract upon CGovernor Thayer, but fair-minded men who will acquaint themselves with the record will not be influenced by this misrepresentation. The governor in approving the bill granting the extension merely con- formed to the wish of an over- whelming majority of the legis- luture, including a number of demo- cratic members of both houzes, and we do not think any just ian wili condemn him for an act which. under the circum- stances, was as nearly as possible de- manded of him, In his speech in this city Monday evening, Hon. C. O. Whedon outlined the full history of the legislation in this ate providing for thoe leasing of con- viet labor, and we commend it to the at- tention of our readers. It is shown by Mr. Whedon that the subjec given a most thorough inv by the committee on penitent and that the policy of leasing conyiet labor was endorsed by all the officinls and ex-officials of the state, among the latter the only democrat ever elected to a state of prison contract wus e cuted i yand in less than two years thereafter it was extended for the period of si 1ws, there being but seventeon votesvecorded in both houses inst the extension. * ol any ¢ effo the convict lease the co. hie bill of 1857 for further the lease was extendin A by the Knights of Labor and amended agreeably to their and a Knight of Labor who was a member of the committee on penitentiary concurred with the other members of the committee in reporting the bill to the house for This measure re- ceived the unanimous recommendation of the committees of both the senate and the house, and it was opposed by only twenty-cight out of one hundred and thirty-three membersof the legislature, It is worthy of specinl attention, also, that a majority of the democrats who supported Mr. MeShane for the United States senate—thivty-four in number— voted for the bill. Having received the endorsement of the executive officers and ex-ofticials of the state, having been amended as recommended by the Knights of Labor, having been passed by an overwhelming majority of the logis- lature, and being in no sense a party question, the governor promptly ap- proved the bill. What candid man will suy that it was not his duty under the imstances to do so? Such is the unquestionable record of the course of legislution on this subject, and it shows that the policy of leasing conviet labor had the support of a larger number of demo- crats in the legislature than op- posed it. Regurdless of the merits of the question, there is obviously no hon- on the part of the democrats in ragring it into the state campaign, and we do not believe their doing so will have any influence upon minded men. — WITHOUT A PERSONAL FRIEND. Of no otber man in public life in the United States could it be truthfully said, as the New York Swun has said of Mr. Cleveland, that he has not one de- voted personal fricnd. That journal is credited with the following remarkable assertion: *“Mr. Cleveland lives in the peculiar situation of not having in all this broad land one single devoted, earnest, cordial, personal friend. There is not one man who cau truly and com- prehensively say that he likes Mr. Cleveland.” And there will be few to question the truth of the assertion. What is the explanation of the fact that a man sitting in the highest e of power in the republic, with a vast patronage at his command, and with boundless opportu- nities to make sincere personal friends, is thus isolated from all earnest and hearty friendship? Obviously there must be in the character and manners of such a man an entire absence of those qualities that attract, and which win confidence and respect. His nature must be unnaturally hard, his conduct repellant, and he must be wholly de- void of every kindly and geuner- ous sentiment. This would not be an altogether unjust deseription of Mr. Cleveland. Whatever he may have been as a Buffalo lawyer and official, among his associates of that period, his political elevation since has sveloped personal qualities which have not drawn men to him in the relation of sincero friends. He speedily forgot those who had done most to secure his elevation, while as toothers he adopted a practice of exclusiveness that kept them aloof. He has never shown any interest or sympathy with the society of which he isa pary, and for a time he was 50 unapproachable that even the leaders of his party in congress kept away from him. Such courtesy as he has been called upon to show in public has always been formal and cold, and never before was the white house less attractive to the people than since he became its occupant. A man of strong passions and imperious will, with unquestioning faith in himself, Mr. Cleveland has none of the qualities that win true personal friendship, while his political ingratitude has been so con- spicuous as to incur the displeasure and resentment of all who have experienced it, and the number is not small. The man is not to be envied, whatever may be his station, of whom it can bo said truthfully that he has not one sin- gle devoted, earnest, cordial, personal friend. discu ions, NO REGISTRATION NEEDED. The requirements of the law, so far as registration if Omaha is concorned, do not generally seem to be understood. Several enquiries have come to THE Bek asking why steps to publish the places where registrars will sit have not been taken. No such steps have been taken because they are not needed. For the first presideniial and state elec- tion in yoars, the largest city in Ne- braska will vote without any list of fair-| rogisterod voters as a guard against election frauds, Voters may step to the polls and offer. their ballots, subje only to individual chatl Thero will be no registey lists seked off and no preliminaries in the way of onths as to residence in state, county or ward, The reckless crew who hacked and hewed the Omaha charter during the last legislature destroyea the regi tration clause at the same time that they cut out the sections making a park system possible, and the clauses com- pelling railroad corporations to bear their share of municipal taxation. This is unfortunate but it cannot now be remedied. Whatever glory there may be in throwing wide open the bal- lot box must bo reaped by the charter mongerers who did not hesitate to as- suil the interests of a whole city to sat- isfy personal interests or to vent per- sonal spleen. The removal of the sufeguards of registration demands in- creased labor and increased vigilance on the rt of good citizens of both parties. to he ¢ THE pugn Senator Blair, which was entively unsuspected until his controversy with a southern sens tor about a month ago, and the dis- covery of which gave him a new pre tige, was again displayed on Monday when he denounced the president as an infamous libeler, reference being made to the now memorable reflections mado by Mr. Cleveland on the character of Mary Ann Dougherty. Congress, it will be remembered. passed a pension bill for the relief of Mrs. Dougherty, and in vetoing it the president charged that she had been man of bad char- 8 Tt was & proc of question- sle propricty, to say the least, on the et of Mr. Cleveland, and the evidence since obtained appears to con- clusively show that it was unwarranted. Mr. Blair has been especially carnest in championing the cause of Mrs. Dougherty, doubtless from a chivalrous spirit, and his re- marks on Monday show that he has the cause very much at heart. He cer- tainly did not heip it, however, so far as this administration is concerncd, by lis characterization of the president, however justifiable that was, and Mus. Dougherty must count upon waiting untilthere is a successor to Mre. Cleve- land before she can hope tohave justice done here. CrieAGo will know her most promi- nont citizen no more. “Long John' Wentworth is dead. He whose stature made him u most conspicuous Hgure wmong men has passed away. But Chica- go will mourn for her venerable founder for other reasons. Mr. Wentworth was a pioneer closely identified with the growth and progre of Chicago. For many 1 the intervests of his city in many eapacities. As mayor of Chicago he saw her develop out of swaddling eclothes into a city of rich promise. When he took his seat in congress by the vote of his fellow citi- zens, Chicago had alveady become one of the leading commercial cities of the country. TFor the first time since the campaign opened the statement is made that the vepublican national committes is poor and will require generous contribu- tions to enable it to combat the fund which the democratic committee is col- lecting from the officeholders to be used neaver the close of the canvass, The method of raising contributions by pop- ular subscriptions among republicans has been started, and if it shall become general the national committee ought to be soon in possession of all the money it can require. AvLL through the wheat excitement the position of Minneapolis has been different from other centres. The mill- ers wanted the best grades of wheat so badly that the prices were higher even than in Chicago. This misled some speculators and they forwarded more than a thousand cars of miserable stuff below grade, which the elevators would not take and which therefore has re- mained in the cars, blocking up all the switches and rendering the transporta- tion of wheat impossible. ars he ser is Tue efforts of the friends of Thomas Barry, ex-Knight of Labor, to prove that the association has received a mor- tal blow through his departure are ridiculous, and no one knows it better than he. The existence of the Knights of Labor does not depend upon any in- dividual. The organization is a fact because labor is dissatisfied. When labor thinks that it is fairly treated by pital, there will be no noed of the knights, TuE decision in the United States circuit court of California declaring the constitutionality of the Chinese exclu- sion bill will be received generally with favor by the people of that state, Tt re- mains to be seen how far the measure will bhe effective. There are ways that are dark and tricks that are vain for smuggling Chinese from Vancouver into this country, and there are subter- fuges by which Chinamen can be landed right on the docks of San Francisco. IN view of the fact that teachers and pupils of various schools in the city have been stricken with malaria, it is the duty of the board of education to look to the sanitary condition of the schools. It is notoriously true that while thousands of dollars have been spent in the erection of new buildings, there are school houses in the eity be- grimmed with filth, and surrounded by open vaults and cesspoo WiiLE it would be both pleasant and profitable for Omaha if 1t could be placed in direct communication with the southern tier of counties, the sober thought of men who have studied the railway question is against the hasty construction of new lines by capitalists, for the advantage of the community is usually the bait they offer, but not often the end which they seek to accomplish. PROMINENT PERSONS. Governor Ames, of Massachusetts, fully recovered his health. Some of Emperor William's kisses smack more of diplomacy thao affection. Geueral Lew Wallace 1s putting the finish- ing touches upou @ new work to be entitled “Commodus.” This Commodus was & has Roman emparor whg myrdered his wife and hired the a«u«m&m}r his best. friends Carter Harr CHicago's unparagonoed | ex-mayor, hds writing letters home from Norway Johin I, Sullivan of age. 1t is suid cnine yoars ade and spont nights of Labor, raal boyeott” on Hutet stherawiteat gamblors, adstong's Mtellectual activity is Ho hag fir'st written an article | in reaction aud Mr. Powderly, recommends an * inson and th wm, | remarkable. entitled “Queen Edwavgth reform. i Max O'Rell's book abbut America will ap pear in France, in England and in this coun try next Janua 1\ will treat us gently and wittily, yet firmly, Mrs. John A. Loggn, who sails for Europe this month, will take with her the two daughters of Sit George M. Pullman, the railroad-car millionaire, ho will bo in Europe all summer, General Grant's widow has purchased a new residence on West End avenue, New York, at a cost of £163,000. Two of her sous and their wives will live with her, and Mrs, Sartoris is expected to make long visits Mrs, Grant suffers much from asthma. Chief-Justice Fuller's family will great addition to Washington society. his numerous ~daughters, three are old enough to engage in social aveties, They arc pleasaut, well-mannered girls and will bo vopular, There is a fourth daughter, who is studying music in Europe, who has reached the age deemed necessary’ for an entrance to society, She will be home this fall. STATE AM T be a of RITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The Odd Fellows have rocently organized a lodge at Stockham with a good list of mem- The democratic convention held inated Prank Slonecker and O. for representatives, The biggest squash yet reported comes from Sherman county.” It had been raised on sod and weighed 144 pounds. “The district court is in session at Schuyler, Judge Post presiding. There are four crimi nal and fifty-nine civil cases to try Thousauds of Kansas cattle will b win- tered in the vicinity of Stockham, and the favimers will have use for all their corn. 1. Grover, a farmer living near Valpa- is0, was shot'in the hip by Isaac B. Will a neighbor, caused by Grever's cattle tres: passing on 'Willis' cornfield. T. M. Peterson, the Blaine county man who shot himself ‘at Grand Island two weeks ago, is dead. ‘The woman who was to have eloped with him is still at Grand Island. Stockham is now an incorporated _villago with the following as the village fathers: 1. shairman s Joseph Stockham, . Reselt, W, d Walter Scott. “The Fremont Tribune reports that a gen tloman attempted th cdous feat of crossing the muddy stroet with his wife in his arms tho other day. Their bodics were recovered several hours later by the liberal use of dynamite. F'rom an interior town where they have local option comes the news that aman was | ticular spot had arrested and tried for selling whisky. The jury, in sampling the stuff sold, got drunk and could not agree upon a verdiet, It 18 not stated whether or not the judze partook, but it was criminal negligence on his part to por- mit them to taste it. He should have only allowed them to smell the cork. Towa, Cherokee now hag a brass band of its own, Davenport has a zither club composed of sixtecn people who play that instrument, The movement for eldctric light at Atlan- tic waked up the gas company and a very considerable reduction of prices resulted. The printers at Burkugton are arranging for a grand Thanksgiving ball, of which tho customary typographical coutest will proba- bly be a feature. W, H. Hall, a brakeman on a Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul freivht train, was horribly mangled in tho yards at Perry. It is sup- posed that he fell down between the cars. Sioux City claims thaz her corn palace was a @igantic success; that fully 100,000 people visited the town andexpended, according to the estimate of hee merchants, fully §50,000, The largest indiyidual taxpayer in Du- buque is Bishop Honnesey, whose assess- ment amounts to $170,%00. A. A. Cooper comes next, with an assessment of $179,130. A young man of Fairfiell made a par- achute a day or soagoand jumped off the rear end of a high store building with it. 1t was thought that if had descénded about twice as far he would have gone into the ground clear un to his ears. Perry Welsh, agent of John Paul's lumber yard at Britt, hias disappeared. Investigation of the books show frequent fraudulent en- tries and that he has defrauded the company out of quite a sum of money. A number of citizens have notes against him, cach having John Paul’s name forged to it. Sneak thioves are foraging in_Sioux City, and the Journal remarks: Man born of woman places his pants on the back of a chair and retires to sleep. Lo and behold, the thief cometh as gently as the autumn dew, inserts his fishpole in the garment and hangs 1t on the back yard fence, and man awakes 1 tho morning to stamp and roar ana gather chills in his naked extremities, The Great Northwest. The dairymen around Denver, Col,, have formed a trust. An Episcopal church is being built at Rock Springs, Wyo. Sacramento, Cal., has passed un ordinance to suppress the low dives. Gold gravel has been discoveraed in Clear creek, near Carson City, Nev, The Presbyteriansare agitating the ques- tion of building a college at Denver. The new hotel at Anaconda, Mont., will cost, finished and furnished, $135,000, Recent rains in ail parts of Colorado have put the ground in excellent condition for fall plowing. Washington Territory has over 9,000,000 acres of wheat lands, while Oregon has 7,000,000, Deer and bear are reported as being very pientiful upon the Grand Mesa, north of Delta, Col. Monterey has a Chinese voter, named Ah Tuck Lee, who intends to cast his vote for Cleveland. A Northern Pacific express messenger routed two highwaymen who attempred to raid his car at Missoula, Mont. It is estimated that 50,000 bushels of field- peas have been grown in the San Luis valley, Colorado, the present soason. Hen Carter, the condemned Carbon county (Wyo.) murderer, is reported to have lost his appetite. He will lose his breath on the 2th. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Laughton, of N vada, has struck it rich in Oregon, having a half interest in a gold mine for which he has refused $30,000 cash John Olson, Wm. of Placerville, Cal., be hanged November: rancher named John There is a scheme transfer to the stal of Washoe county in state university froj Fannie Fisher rec Sacramento, Cal., against the Southern tained in a collision last. ‘The mayor and bos wood Springs, Colo., der a finding of the g ting the use of the G ground for the city's Tacoma is making olean out its low cha \ just adjourned has foghd indictments against gambling house keeffers, saloon men who keep opeh on Sunaay, and keepers of houses of prostitution. Bryson, the Helena, Mont., man accused of the murder of Anna Lundstrom, was in- dieted for murder in the first degree by the grand jury at that place. Bryson is the man who, after throwing his victim into a pros pect hole, stoned her to death. A tenderfoot from Wisconsin named Elliot tried to use a *‘gun" on an enemy at Elliston, Mont., the other day. The first shot missed the intended victim and _ struck a bystander, and the second was oqually unfortunate, hit ting & pussor-by. Elliot was then disarmed and locked up. Both of the wounded wmen will recover. The Sierra Valley (Nev.) Leader saysa strange disease is raging in that neighbor- hood among the cattle. It is estimated that two hundred have gone blind within the last mouth. There is & disease in the northeru agerand W. H. Myers, ve been sentenced to for the murder of a owell. foot in Nevada to 0 §20,000 indebtedness rred in removing the 3lko to Reno. ered, by consent, gment of $2, for injuries sus- Roseville ou July 5th of trustees of Glen been arrested un- nd jury, for permit- d river as a dumping fuse. determined effort to The grand jury portion of the valley which affocts them similarly as did the epizootic. Only a few have died as yet. In excavating for sowers on the m t Helena, Mont,, the workmen d in the shapo of rich dirt which runs a dollar to th N, ‘The strect is a part of the Id Alder Guich, which produced many mil ions in the seventies. The rich dirt extends for a block, and old-timers say that this par never been worked. ‘The actors are making arrangements to have tho ground thoroughly developed. News has beon reccived that a shooting scrape oceurred in the mountains, forty miles from Pendleton, Ore., betwe Bowley, & sheep herder, and Campbell, sheep owners. The band of shecp which Bowley was herding became mixed with Campbell's sheep, and in separating them a dispute arose. Bowley ealled the Campbells liars, and Len Campbell said “You are another,” At this Bowloy became cnraged, drow his_pistol and empticd it at mpbells. Two bullets struck Len Campbell, but 134 _escaped unhurt. The lat ter drew kis revolver and fired one shot just as Howley vanished in the bushes. It took effect. Len Campbell has died from his in and Bowley is not _expected to live. apbell leaves a widow. Bowley is unmar- ried. The Campbells are of good reputation, whule little is known of Bowleys il o CONVICT LABOR, in steeot o a good cont Hon. C. 0. Whedon's Sensible Speech on the Sutje Hon. Chas, O. Whedon, in his speech on convict labor at Esposition I Monday cvening, made the following forcible obscrvations: Ou the ninth day of the logislative session a bill was introduced in the house extending the lease for the pe riod of ten years from the time of its_expira tion and rrred to the committee on tentiary, This bili as introduced containc no restriction as to the employment of ¢ In its investication the committe before it all ex-state offic hin reach, meluding Mr. Sturdevant, the only democrat over elected to a state office in the history of the state, as well as those then fiil ing exceutive ofices, The present prison policy of this state received the endorsement of ull these oflicers and ex-ofticers. The Kuights of Labor held a meeting at Lincoln at which the bill reccived consideration, and this organization recommended that tho bill as introduced be so amended as to prohibit conviets from making cigars and _from mak- ing brick and cutting stone, exeapt such brick and stone as might bo required by the state for prison purposes. Philip An- dres, o member of Knights of Labir organization was & member of the _ penitentiary committee to which the bill was reférred, he brought in the umendment proposed by the labor organ- 1zation and it was adopted.” As thus amended the bill was reported back to the house with a recommendation, in which all the members of the committce concurred, that it be passed. The original prison coutract was executed in 1377, and took effect on the 1st of October of that year, Before it had been in foree two years, and at the legislative session of 1870, t contract was extended for the period of six years, So well satisfied was tho legislature of the wisdomof such_action that the bill extending the lease i 1570 re- ceived out of ur votes in the house sixty-four to s out of thir and six 1 In 1357, after the lease had been once ex- tended, and_after the present system had ecn tried for more than nine years, out of undred and thirty-three members of the but twenty-eight voted another extension. It was not rty question. More than 75 per cent of the democrats who voted for John A. MeShane for United States senator voted to extend the lease and contract in 1357, The bill, as amended at the suggestion ‘of the Knights of Labor, having received the unanimous recommendation of the commit- tees of the house and senate, the endorse- ment of officors and ex-ofticers composing and who had_composed the board of public lands and buildings of the state, and fifty-six mo votes than u constitutional majorit s pr sented to the executive, and on the day fol- lowing its presentation received his approval. Iu a Jarger number ot persons are engaged in agricuitural than in any other oceupation, and in proportion to their wealth they pay a larger proportion of state taxes than any other class. From any system or policy which, without injury to other indus- tries or classes, reduces the cost of impl ments of agricuiture, the farmer reaps a di- rect and the entire state an indirect benefit. One company is engaged in manufacturing certain’ kinds of agri- cultural implements, and in 8o doing employs convict labor. _Since the passage of the extension act of 1587 it has in ed 1ts plant and now employs 113 convicts where it formerly employed but seventy-eight. It has reduced the price of implements, not only such as it manufactures, but others, 10 per cent since it placed its goods on the m: ket. It comes in competition with no other manufactory of the kind in the state. Kast- orn manufacturers have been compelled to reduce the price of their implements to meet, the price of those manufactured here, and the result_has been a direct benefit to the farmer. It would be far better if the state had not a convict in her penitentiary; better still1if the necessity for a prison 'did not exist; but so long as crimes are committed, and criminals are a_public burden, it is the duty of the state, and should be its policy, to reduce this burden as low as possible. The prison population of Nebraska does not in- crease as rapidly as would be supposed; tho number of convicts on the 1st of June, 18537, in Nebraska, was 345 the number on the first of June, 1838, was 328, a decrease of seventeen in one year. Of thenumber now in continement, i13 are employed by the Whastern Manufacturing company; seventy are employed by other contractors. threo are engaged in & laundry, and of the remainder, thirty-five are cripples and the balance are engaged in prison duties or in raising produce consumed at the prison. With so smalla number of prisoners, and so slight a rate of increase of prison population, the danger of freo labor being seriously af- fected by being brought into competition with that of convicts, is far removed. If any citizen has to advance a better system of prison management than the oue now in vogue, it is his duty to bring it forward and, if possible, secure its adoption at the proper time, but if he isunable to propose a better plan, he secures neither friends, influence or votes by impugning the motives of, or ap- plying epithets or inuendoes to those who voted for or gave official sanction and ap proval to the act I hava considered. Following Mr. Wheaon, the chairman in- troduced I. W, Lansing, who spoke substan- tially as follows: We are now on the eve of a campaign that will not die in the memory of the people after its termination. We have sot out as an oppressed poople to battle for our rights, and as republicans to protect our home in- dustries from the invasion of British pro- ducts. The democratic ty has simmered down and has dragged what few principles it possessed down with it. It has simmered down to one man—Grover Cloveland. It has got to that poiut that when Grover takes snuff every democrat bas to sneeze. They launched out on an issue of free trade, but have since discovercd that it would not be tolerated, and in consoquence have began to craw-fish. Cleveland in his last message w0 congress dwelt lengthily on the tariff and pictured metaphorically the evils it was sheltering. What was this message! I assert that it was @& measure on free trade, as radical, too, as ever found its way into print, and to the eyes of the reading public. What does it mean? Does it mean that the manufacturing element has grown rich by not having an active com- petitor! I defy any man to draw any other conclusion than that it was designed in the interest of foreign manufacture and foreign capital and labor. 1 do not desire you to take my utterance as proof, but turn'to the indisputable evidence that' stanas on our rocords. Figures are tho speechless wit- nesses that often supplant human testimon, and in this instance they play & most co spicuous part. Now let us take up tue record of the present democratic administration. In the cabinet of the United States we have representatives who, to a great extent, fash 100 the destiny of all our purposes. Who ure they! Six arch-traitors to this republio— landmarks of rebellion and disunion. But I regret that such can be said. It is only one of the many unpardonable errors of the present administration. Then again permit me to call your attention to the weakness of the chief executive. ro to ue with Canada. Our school-boy of to-day is vested with more moral courage than was shown in tuis in stance. Then we have the Cutler-Mexican flasco, his pousion vetoes, and above all tingod with monumental disgrace and cow- ardice, the attempted return of the rebel flags. I woader what the spirit of conviction does not unchain tho patriotism of every Amcrican citizen and cause thent to wipe out any man or party, that would dare to reflect upon the pride of this governinent in such & dastardly light In concluding the speaker took occasion to tarif issues, aiming soma scath- s at J. Storling Morton, whom he frea tradoe satellits of rural McShane Swallows Himself. Grand Island Independent: In the whole history of the democratic party for half a century, for inconsistoncy, there has appeared nothing more ridie- ulously absurd than the attitude of the democratio party and the democr candidate for governor on the present high license law, which the party of alse pretense now endorses unquatifi- edly in its state platform, and which the candidate for governor endorses with great pomp in his letter of accept- ance. The remarkable change in atti- tude in the short space of a little more than seven years is indeed surprising to any man who gives the matter a mo- ment’s thought and investigation. The following ave the exact words of the democratic state platform in en- dorsing the republican measure Resolved, That the mainten enforcement of the present high license law is the best and most practicable solution of the liquor trafiic question.™ This is followed by Me 10, who uses the following words in his letter of acceptance as copied from his own paper, the Omaha Hevald: ¢ eight years' euforcoment and one noof our wise and practicable high license law has demonstrated he- yond all question that it is the most f ble solution of the trafiic in intoxi- ting liquors: the revenue arising rom going forth in the support of Jlent public sehools throughout y relieving the people of direct taxation upon the property of millions of dollars annualiy.” Reading the foregoing plank of the democratic platform and words of the democratic candidate, one would searce- 1y believe that less than eight SAZ0 both the party and candidaté were on record as dec & the vory same law the “most infamous outragé upon the rights of the people, which must rosult in incaleulable injury to the state of Nebraska,” but of sich inconsistency the record conviets both the party and candidate, By referring to pagc nal of 1881, you will find Iy that the vote of John A, Mcshane was corded against this “wise measure you will vote 1 the *'w hce and , house jour- > but find also an explanation of his orded, wherein he declares measure of to-day 1o a most “infamous injustice” jurious to the prosperity of tho and the writer weil remembers ng him speak azainst the measuro time, vigorously portraying the iniquities therof. A look atthe record on the same page will show also that of the cight democrats in the house, seven voted against this “wise law’ and the eighth, Mr. Lehman, was absent and not yoting. We also distinetly remember that it was this same “‘wise law” which the democrats now sounqualifiedly endorse, that caused the foreign eloments to leave the republican party all over the state; and the desertion from the repub- lican party of a large body of Germans in Grand Island, at that time, is directly attributable to the enactment of that law, which the democrati; party, in its platform, and the demo- cratic candidate for governor now declare to have been the wisest meas- ever devised by man, Thoe demo- ratic party having thus demonstrated t its hind-sight is much better than its foresight, and the candidate for gov- ernor, having admitted his lack of ate-ship, to foresee the effect of meas- ures of public legislation, and all demo- crats admitted that the law was a ver good, instead of bad one; and the eaus of desertion, thus having been shown to have heen groundless, it is certainly proper for them to renew their alle- giance to the party that had the wis dom, foresight and statesmanship to enact a measure which would in so short a space of time cause the demo- crats to fall at its feet and worship the wisdom of the measure. Su striking inconsistency on the part of the demo- cratic party and candidate should von- vinece every candid man that it is not entitled toany confidence, respect or support, being merely a party of false pretense. L “Nip the Evil in the Bud.” Stop that cough in its first stages! before serious consequence ensue. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Tar Wine Lung Balm is an effective remedy. 25 cents a bottle. - A WOMAN WITNESS, She May be Able to Throw Light on Rae's Disappearance. A woman who goes by the name of Laura Wood was arrested yesterday afternoon and held as & witness in the casc of James Bond, who is in the county jail awaiting trial for highway robbery. There is quite a romantic story connected with the woman, and onc which she was very reluetant to divulge. She was separated from her husband, whose ame she says was Kartson, three years ago, prings, Ia. Her husband, she claims, was worthless and neglected to sup- port her. She stuck to him, however, until she caught him in & comprouwising situation with his own nicce, who lived with them Sne then left him and came to Omaha, and resided with a friend, a married woman' who lives on the bottoms. Here she met Bond, and became mtimate with him. He proposed that they go to Memphis, Tenn., where they would be married. She' realized that this would be bigamy on her part, but despera tion made hor reckless, and she consented. They left Omaha in'a small bout, bound down the river to the sunny south. At St. Joseph they stopped, and she went to work in & taundry whilo Iond loafed around the saloons. Hond becoming apprehensive that the police were after him, they con tinued their journey down the river in the boat. They stopped at Jefferson City, and Bond, becoming tirea of the woinan, deserted her. There she was taken sick and went Lo the city authorities, and raquested to be sent to St. Louis, where she had friends. After sho became woll she ro turned to Omaba, and Bond turncd up and wanted to be taken back into her good gruces. Sho forgave him, and Bond introduced vari- ous friends to her who served to support them both, Last month Bond introduced a man to her, and after an evening's orgie ho discovered ' that Bond had robbed him. He tried to get away, and Bond, drawing a re volyer, said: I suppose you'll go up town and bring thewhole police force down here, but DIl fixyou Like 1 fixed the others.” The man made @ jump to get frec and was followed by three bullets from BBond’s revolver. Ho got into the weeds, however, and found his way up town, where he reported the case to the police. Bond was arrested and bound over to the district court, and the woman will be held as a witness. ‘The police feel very con- fident thut Bond, aided by the Davis family, who are among the hardest denizens of the bottoms, are the murderers of Rae, whose cketbook and papers were found in & luw. E;r yard on the bottows some months ago. Patents for Nebraskans. WasHINGTON, Oct. 16.—(Special Telegram toTue Ber.|—The following Nebraska pat onty were grauted to-day: Idmund H, Ambler, Beatrice, window screen fixture; Daniel H. Dillon, Nelson, check row corn lantor; Willium 'Kopisch, Blue Hill, door Banwer; Clinton P Hinker, McCook, pumps Thomas P. Owen, York, two patents, pad- lock, also an attachment for draftsman com- passes for weasuring lines, LITERARY NOTES. Trees Axn Tree Praxtivo, by Coneral ¥, S. Brisbin, U, 8, A., 13 mo., cloth, pp. 23, Noew York, Harper & Brothers, Goneral Brisbin has much to say of Vebraska in this his latest and, wo bos lieye, his bost work. Kor many yoars identified with tho Interests of a tree« less state, ho early turned his attontion to the problem of forestry and to the study of treos and tree planting in oone nection with tho needs of the westorn prairies and plains, The vosult is a book which is at once an eloquent pros tost against the spoliation of our forests and a comprehensive compendium of knowledgo on the subject of forestry. General Brisbin’s idea 18 that both profit and honor will result from troo planting—profit because of the growing searcity of lumber, honor on account of the certainty of general recognition of the high mission of repairing tho dame age done to the country by the ruthless destruction of trees, o has written his work much as one would do in intros ducing to the publio a new crop whose successful and profitablo culture had been demonstrated by actual trial else- where, and which was not genorally culs tivated only because its valuo and tho method of its cultivation were not generally known among the plantors and farmers of the country. The author discusses fregly and in a readable man< ner the uses and qualities of the differ- ent species of forest trees which may bo successfully cultivated, and gives the rules for growing them very much as n lener's alminao would give tho rvules for growing asparagus or early peas. Thoso who have givenany atten- tion to the general subject of treo culs ture will vise from a porusal of General Brisbin’s book prepared to admit that 1 the end itis as important to plant troes whenever there is any lack of them as it is to plant any other crop, and that there is no more mystery about tree culture than there is ubout the culturo of gurden vegetables, the cercals or colton. The history of Ar- bor day is well told, ands its results in Nebraska graphically narrate According to General Br bin thirty-three millions of trees were set out in this state in two years, and 1t is believed that twenty millions wero added to the number in 18! *Troes and Tree Planting™ is a volume which des nd will securo o very gen- eral civeulation. Tt is tho best, in fact it is the only book of its class available, Other authors have written on forestry have deplored the destruction of our forests, and have urged measures of ro- demption, but none have done what General Brisbin has accomplished, viz: pointed out the remedy and to bring 1t Dy simple directions within the ronch of all. " The hook is interesting from in= troduction to index. It is more than this. It is a valuable addition toa science to which it will generally aid in attracting attention, Seiaigee o OVER A THOUSAND LIVES LOST, Awful Results of the Cuba Cyclone— Milions of Property Destroyed. The Avisador Commercial of Havana has issued a special supplement giving details of the recent cyclone in Cuba. Tt says: A new enlamity has spr encd wings over this unfortunate land, The 4th and 5th of this month a cyclona swept this land! Its disastrous effocts were felt from Point Maisi to Cape San Antonio—i. e.: the whole length of Cuba. Tts greatest violence was; exers cised in the province of Santa Clara, Telegrams r rding this sorrowful eveat were sent to the fain-general of the island, who immediately authore ized the highest offfelals to form a board to consider mens- ures for allaying the misery caused, and put at their disposal $20,000. The board of relief contains the bishop of Havanna, the captain general, Mavia Carbonel, and Rafuel Montor. Of the $20,000 contributed by the government $7,000 was allotted to the provines of Santa Clara; to be dis- tributed among those who have suf- fered the greatest calamities, $8,000 to Mautanzas, and $2,000 to Pinar dol Rio. These sums have been placed in the hands of the governors of the respoc- tive provinces. This cyclono was as disastrous as that which occurred in 18! Atvthe port of Batabano nine sailors were drowned by the foundering of the Spanish gunboat Lealtad. Trees were torn up, roofs were torn off,and the vio- lence of the hurricane was great. The schooner Juarez, which had made tho port the previous day, was completely wrecked and several of the crew were lost. The schooner Alphonso XII. was driven entirely out of the water and lite erally into the street. The schooner Antonio met a similar fate, having been blown into Pavia street, where she still remains high and dry. The schooncp Almirante disappear completoly. Nothing is known of the fate of the crew. There were many nceidents causcd by falling buildings, vesulting broken legs and arms. In Cardenas the waves of the sea swopt into Heetor street. Many familics abandoned their houses, owing to tho flood. In Sagua the cyclone, properly so-called, commenced * early in the morning of Wednesday. Of the 1,420 houses in Sagua scarcely twenty ped damage; $6,000,0000 worth prope was destroyed. Tho olation and ruin are complete. Tho picture is dark—much darker than any pen can make it, however sad and truthful the lines. In Isabella, Satur- day morning, thirty-four bodies wore found ou the beach. Tho overflow of the river caused great damage there. The b was Co' d with dead fish, and many cattle we drowned by the flood. The latter are producing fearful odors. The correspondent at Caiba “One family lost three childven; the schooner IKmanuel, four sailors and three passengers: the Union, two sails ors. Mr. Cordova, his wife and five children were lost. It is believed that the number of deaths at this point was over seventy. There was an extraor- dinary rise of the river. Mr. and Mrs, Jose Crespo saw threo of their children swept away by a terrific wave. Twenty- two houses were blown down and forty- eight received serious damage. AlL over the city there is much damage.” The total number of deaths from the cyclone throughout the island is esti- mated at upward of one thousand. At Cardenas alone property was destroyed or damaged to the extent of $1,000,000, and the dcaths amounted toover one hundred. The vortex of the cyclono entered the island near Sagun, crossing between Hava and Batabano and through Cousolacion del Sur, leaving Cuba for Vera Cruz. A peculirity of this cyclone was its southward ten. denoy. ad his blacks en says: - Brewmasters in Sesslon, New Yorg, Oct. 16.—The first business session of the United States broewmasters’ association anuual convention was held this morning. President Frisch, in his address of wolcome, suegested the establishment of @ mutual life insurauce smong the assogiu- tion members. e All lovers of the delicacies of the table use Angostura Bitters to secure a good digestion, but the genuine only, manufactured by Dr. Siegert & Sons, __,