Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 18, 1888, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TH DAY, OCTOBER 18. 1888 THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISAED EVERY MORNING. TERME OF KITRSCRIPTIPN, Pally Morning Edition) including SUNDAY. BEe, One Year 10 0 Yor 81X Months 6w For Three Months ) Ty OWARA BexoAY Bk, mailed to wiy t 2 address, Ome Y o OMAHAOFFICKE,NOS 0T AND O FARNAM STREET NEW YORKOFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBUNE No. ol BUILDING, W ASTING FOUUTRENTH BTHER rON OFFICE, CR to news and adi EDITon CORRESPONI Al communications relati forinl matter should be wddressed to th or THr Bke. BUSINESS LETTERS, All bustness | and remittancas shonld be addressed to Tur BEr PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAIA. Drafts, checks and postofice orders o be mwade payabli to the order of the company. The BE&PI]DHSI]H[E—M]DHHY‘ Proprictors. 5. ROSEWATER, Editor. _—— THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation, Rtataof Nebraska, fo o County of Douglas, (% Georgs B, Tzschuck, secretary of the Bee Pub- ini company, does soloinily swear that the 1l clrenlation of THE DAILY Bk for the weok ending October 13, 1585, was ws follows: Bun 7 vy Monday, Oct. s & e Tucsday, Oct, 0 B XT3 Wednesday, Oct, 10 LR0N Thursday, Oct. il.... L1%080 Friday, Oct, 12 Baturday, Oct. 13 Average..... Sworn 4 hefors me and subscribed In my presence this 15th day of October A. [) . 148, 1. NP FRIL, Notary Bublic. Btate of Nebraska, | County of Douglas, {53 George 1. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- pons and says that b Is wecretary of The live ublishing compe hat the actual average daily circulation o montn_of Octobe DALY Bee for the 14,833 coples: for No- vembor, k¢ for December, 1847, 16,041 coples; for January, \200_coples for Februury, 1554, 15,90 for March, 1585, 10,680 coples: for April, 18, I8R744 coples; Miay, 1884, 15,151 copies; forJine, 1585, I copioa: for July, 1588, 18,05 coplus: for Aug 1858, 18,153 coples; for uher, IS, wis 18 coples. GEORGE B,TZ5CHUCK. Sworn to befors and hed In my pros- euca, this 0th day of October, A, D, 1844, N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. WuEN a democratic officeholder is called upon for campaign funds by Chair- man Brice, he should inform Mr. Cleve land’s right bower that this is a cam- paign of “intellect.” Tue women of Marblehead who did guch wonderful things a hundred years ago are nothing compured to the women of Dakota who showed how to enford prohibition laws by gutting the saloons of a little town in that territory. GovERr o Cauren of Dakota denies that there is uny tin in that great terri- tory. The greatest source of the world’s supply is in New South Wales, where tin ore is found in large black crystals. In this continent it has never heen discovered, except in very small quan- tities of pure metal. I7 15 hard to believe that in the great wheat belt of Dakota there ave farmers absolutely in want. Yet such case, due to the untimely August, which destroyed the standing grain in several countics. No doubt the people of Dakota will come to the aid of these unfortunate localities, now that the seriousness of the damage is confirmed. is the frost in — THE Sioux Indians who are at Wash- ington have given Secretary Vilas to understand that they want one dollar and a quarter an acre for their land. The Sioux commission was instructed to offer them fifty cents an nacre. Mr. Vilas has the opportunity of striking a bargain which will satisfy the Indiuns and save the honor of the nation. —_— FROM now on Indiana will be kept at a white heat of enthusinsm by both parties. The array of oratorical talent is decidedly brilliant. On one side Harrison, Blaine, Foraker, and a thou- sand lesser lights are ranged. On the other Thurman, Hill, Gray and spcak- ers of local reputation are pleading the cause of democracy. The average Hoosier has nothing else to do now- days but attend political meetings and wear his lungs out in cheering the can- didates. —_— ANOTHER horror on the Lehigh Val- ley road! This time a gravel train was gmashed up and six Hungarian work- men killed outright. There were twenty more injured, many so seriously that their lives are despaired of. The public will not accept the punishment of an engineer or two as suflicient action. fThere is bad management somewhere. It is whispered that men are kept run- ning trains forty-eight hours at a streteh, and under such circumstances the most stringent regulations become a farce. Riagnr heels of Govornor Mhayer's challenge to the Hon, John A, MeShane comes a counter-challenge from Hon. George E. Bigclow, prohi- bition candidate for governor of Ne- vaska. Mr. Bigelow is anxious to wmeet Governor Thayer on the issues wvital to the existence of the prohibition party. But as Governor Thayer is waiting an answer from Mr. Mc- hane, it is not at all probable that he will meet Mr. Bigelow until he has dis- ‘posed of his democratic rival, on the THE twenty-ifth annual international convention of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Enginc mbled in Rich- mond yesterday, and its progress will be watched with a great deal of inter- est, not alone by members of the brotherhood. It is expected that some very important questions will be raised pearing upon the present and future re- lations of the order, the decision of which will be of general interest. There has never been a convention of this organization of greater concern to its members than the one now in session, ——— Tue departure of the Italian railroad laborers from Hamilton county, Towa, on whom a poll-tax was levied, puts an end to the controversy as to the right of the county to levy such a tax on aliens, This is precisely what the peo- ple of Humilton county desired. They wanted to getrid of this class of labor and hit upon the novel expedient of utting a poll-tax upon each individual. 'he question came up before the courts. But had the Italians remained in the eounty and fought the assessment, the #uit would have dragged along and evontually would have led to cadless in- tornatienal correspondence. S ass DAKOTA'S GREAT WRONG The denial of justics to Dakota by tho democrats isa national disgrace. Here is a community ocenpying & vast area of the best wheat land in the countr, whose commercial importance and wh numbers are of the most imposing char- acter, and yet it cannot become te. Tts population, according to the latest estimate, is 640,82 There should be a fellow feeling among all the statesof the northwest, from Wisconsin to Oregon, and every voter should, in the inte s give his batlot to the repub- an candidates, Never before secs ism shown so shameful a deter- mination to be unjust. The south cow- vlains bitterly of the waving of the bloody shirt, though it cannot be deniced that some of that blood is very recent. Can the south deny that its influcuce has been given solidly against the a mission of Dakota as a state beeause it would 1ncrease the number of novthern states? No possible reason can be given v Dakota should not receive the dignity of statehood, except the adver: fecling of the south. But that fecling will not prevent the nse growth of Dakota. It must incr in common with Nebraska and other com- muunities of the northwest, because it is a teue wheat country, and has immense mineral resources. These twoelements combined cannot fail to promoto its growth in an eminent degree. In an- other ten years its population will be a million and a half. Should the demo- cracy retain the national control the prejudices which now prevent the recep- tion of Dakota into the union will of course be equally powerful, and the anomaly will be presented of a mosc im- portant section remaining under terri- torial government, when in wealth, commerce, population and the educ tion of its citizens it will surpass every southern state. publican ballots can end this state of things and do justice to Nebraska's sister, fair Dakota. NURSING THE SURPLUS. No more trenchant blow has been struck by Mr. Blaine in the present canvass than he delivered at New Al- bany, Tud., last Monday, in commenting on the speech of Seeretary Fairchild in New York, in which the secretary ex- plained and defended the treasury policy of loaning a large amount of the surplus to the national banks, rather than use it in the purchase of honds. We have also referred at some length to the position taken by the scer of the treasury, by way of show- ing that the policy defended was in hostility to the views of the president as expressed in a mes- ge to congress and that its adoption s undoubtedly in pursuance of a de- liberate plan of the admimsteation for “nursing the surplus,” but it will do no harm to recur to the matter in ovder to note some of Mr. Blaine's incisive ob- servations upon it. Me. Blaine declared that Se rehild did not frankly and manfully confront the issue. He failed to explain to the people how the bauks could afford to buy government bonds when the gov- ernment itself could not afford to buy them. *If it was an advantageous pro- ceeding,” said Mr. Blaine, *‘for these banks to invest sixty million dollars in government bonds, why was it not stlll more advantageous for the government to do it and we do not doubt that the question will remain unansweved. It must be evident to the merest tyro in finance that if the 1lcs could make two and one-half per cent upon the purchase of government four per cent bonds tho treasury could have made as much, and that if it had done so the debt of the government would to-d be sixty million dollars less than it is. The surplus, also, would be loss by this amount, the money being in the hands of the people, instead of 1n the banks. The example of two demo- cratic secretaries of the treasury, Guthrie and Cobb, whose ability was inly equal to that of any mem- of the present administration, in buying bonds not due on the ground that they were worth as much to the national treasury as to any purchaser in Wall street, will hardly be regarded by any intelligent democrat as unworthy of consideration. But there was no politieal capital to be made by the administrationsof Pierce or Buchanan in nursing asurplus, while the present administration believed there was and proceeded accordingly. The democratic party had got into power by the help of the false charge that the vepublican party had allowed four hun- dred million dollars of idle money to accumulate in the treasury, and when it found ber was that there was no surplus to speak of it became the plan of the administration to pe mit an accumulation for future politic service. Immediately the surplus began topile up and every opportunity has since been given it to grow, in order that the fact might be of service in pro- moting the fiscal policy of the demo- cratic party and assisting it to retain control of the executive branch of the government, But the scheme has been exposed, and the intelligent people of the country fully understand its motive. Tne fact that for a year past favored banks have been getting the profit from between fifty and sixty million dollars of the public money caunot be justified by any such shallow defense as that of- ered by Secretary Fairchild, which Mr. Blaine justly character- ized as positively amusing. Nor will anybody be deceived by the latest pretense of treasury officials that the surplus revenues for the current fiscal year will largely exceed one hundred million dollars. The extravagance of the democratic house of representatives has made any such result impossible, andno amount of jugghng with figures can alter the fact, As campaign capi- tal for the democracy the surplus bug- bear has been pretty thoroughly dis- posed of. Sm——— INFLUENCE OF THE SUGAR TRUST. When Mr. Mills broadly denied the chuarge that the great sugar trust was instrumental in having the sugar duty changed in the house tariff bill after it was reported, and also that the presi- dent of the trust was never before the ways and means committes, he was either ignorant of the facts, in which case ho should have kept silent, or he made a deliberate misstatement, It was notorious more than ago that Mr. Huvemeyer, the head of the sugar trust, had been in personal communication with members of the ways aud means committee,and the f was widely commented on when amendment of the sugar duties made. But the means of convicting Mr. Mills are not confined to newspaper tements, They ave of official record, and consist of acknowledgements made by a member of the ways and m committee, Mr. Breckenridge of kansas, on the floor of the house. When a member from Maryland charged that st the ways and moans committee had given a hearing to the sugar trust while denying the same privilege to many important American indus- tries, Mr. Breckenridge at first met the charge evasively, but was finally forced to admit that the trust president and attorney had had a conference with himself and other members of the ways and means committee in the room of the comwmit- tee, but he sought to weaken the effect of the admission by saying that it was was only an “informal talk.” Never- theless, it accomplished its object of changing the sugar duty agreeably to the wishes of My, Havemeyer. Mr. Mills was present in the house when the Maryland member made the charge, and the Arkansas mewmber, in effect, admitted it to be correct, so that he cannot plead ignorance in defense of his denial. Ttis a clear case of pre- varication, and as such puts Mr. Mills in a very unenviable situa- tion before the country. The change which Havemeyer was mstrumental in sccuring in the sugar schedule would be worth to the trust six million dollars aye The demoeratic party has pro- fessed great hostility to the trusts, but in all the long sessions of congress its representatives have taken not one practical step against these combina- tions. A score or more of anti-trust bills have been introduced in the house only to be buried in committee. Not only s, but the leaders of the party in the house ave clearly convicted of having favored the trust that 1s now exacting more tribute from the people than any other one of them, and which, in order to continue this exaction has recently closed up several refineries and thrown upwards of thirteen hundred people out of em- ployment. Ts it not an insult to the in- telligence of the country for the demo- cratic party to prate about its hostility 1o trusts THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICK The republicans of Douglas county are burdened with a local - ticket which sadly disappoints their expectations. With the known disabilities under which they enter the county campaign, the demand of the hour was for men of first-class ability and unassailable char- acter, The ticket is a misfit; 1t is weak where it should have been strong, and the party enters the fight handicapped with Isaac S. Hascall at the head and Morrig Morrison at the tail. Colonel Savage has fair qualifications for the senate, but his past legislative record will need explaining. John Erck has no experience what- ever in public life and while he is a good citizen we doubt his fitness for a seat 1 the upper house of a legislature. Three or four of the nine candidates for the house are men of fairability and good repute. Mr. Andreen is an excel- lent mun for the county commissioner- ship. Mr. Gurley, the candidate for county attorney, has more than average ability er, but is very vulnerable as a legislative lobbyist. TiE BEE regrets sincerel the entire republic ticket its unqualified suppor OUR GUE Our visitors from Superior and south- ern Nebraska came in full force as was hoped and weve received with the cor- diality which they had a right to expect and which it is always Omaha's ple ure to extend to its guests. Both hosts and guests recognized that the opening of a new trade territory and a new mar- ket is an event of mutual benefit. They were, therefore prepared to take in the situation thoroughly and to examine the grounds upon which each expects to de- rive present and future advantage. State pride hasa pavt in trade in the west as well as in the south. Other things being equal our wholesalers pre- its inabil- an county fer to compete for their immediate trade territory among neighbors rather than for business at a distance. The push, the enterprise, the honesty of Nebraska merchants, stimulated as it is by a developing and rich couutry, makes them desirable customers. And the growth of Omaha’s wholesale trade, the rapid strides which it is daily mak- ing, shows that our enterprising mer- chants are able to meet the business men of other and greater cities in the struggle for trade at home. Now that another and nearver line of railroad is opened to Nuckolls county, it is to be hopea that transportation wates will be made by which our wholesales can com- pete for a trade which they are able to supply. MORE URGEN "ER. With the opening of the new bridge connecting Omaha and Couneil Bluffs, will not the necessity of a public ms ket in this city become more urgent than ever? The increased faci which the bridge will afford to Towa kitchen gardeners to bring their pro- ducts to this market may be expected to add largely to the number of truck peddlers, and while this will doubtless ve its advantage in reducing the of such commodities it must also ase what is already regarded by a great many of our citizens as some- thing of a nuisance. Street ped- dling should be restricted rather than encouraged, and if & pub- lic market were provided that of its- self would have the effect of reducing it to a minimum. It will of course not be practicable to erect a public market house this year, but a central location might be designated as a market place. if this were doue it would fairly test the question whether the people desire a public market here, and upon this test three months | such an institution could be perma- nently establishgd next spring or the idea abandoned.. Wo are still of the opinion prople would market house. —— TiE grand 'annual encampment of the Independent Ovder of Odd Fellows for the state of Nebraska, now in ses- sion at Omaha, marks a red letter day in the calendar of that worthy org ani- zation. Wedded to the cardinal prin- ciples, friendship and charity, the order has devoted itself to the alleviation of distress and the cave of the widows and orphans of its members. To all men worthy of its membership it extends the that a :great majority of the be benefitted by a public vight hand of fellowship, and to the work of humanity the order owes its wonderful growth and influence, In Nehraska the Odd Fellows have formed a flourishing organization, gaining strength and usefulness as tho benefits of the order become the more widely known. MAvor Hewrre's independence and outspoken frankness has made him a thorn in the side of the administration. He is not only opposed by Tammany but his candidacy for re-election as mayor of New York has found opposition within his own camp. Amos J. Cum- mings refuses to accept a renomination to congress from the county domocracy owing 1o its support of Mayor Hewitt. This falls like a thunderclap from a clear sky. It was bad enough to divide the democrats of New York by alien ating Tammany. But a split 1n Hewitt’s own wing of the party is destined to complicate the situation all the more, and insure the complete overthrow of democratic supremacy in the city and state of New York at the coming elec- tion. Tie Argentine Republic, from latest advices, has caught the speculative fever. Under the stimulus of large shipments of gold from Europe, the pro- ceeds of loauns, the government has in- augurated’ a large amount of public works and internal improvements. But aside from this artificial prosperity, the country has logitimate reasons for busi- ness activity. Its crops and its cattle are in prime condition, which insure to that country a lacge export trade. The United States could well cultivate the friendship of the Argentine Republic with profit to both countries. It is sincerely to be hoped that the car men in Chicago will be satisfied with the concessions made by Mr. Yerkes and not ' give the enemies of lubor any advantage by showing a bad spirit. George hilling, who was libeled by Mr. Yerkes as an anarchist, is using all his influence over the men to get them to accopt the view put for- ward by the superintendent as to the meaning of the terms offered by Mr. Yerkes. It is a material gain, and to insist that the wording of the conces- sion entitles them to more is litigious and grasping. — THE opening of the new Armour-Cud- ahy beet packing establishment at South Omaha adds another important industry to that city. It starts out with a capacity for handling fifteen hundred beeves a day. This at once gives a stimulus to the cattle market. South Omaha has already fixed her supremacy as o hog market. She has now the op- portunity to take as rapid strides iu be- coming the second or third cattle cen- tre in the country. LET the managers of both parties see to it that a free ballot and a fair count be assured in this city. Let them look to it that no repeating and fraudulent voting take place at the polls. The removal of all registry lists in Omaha, due to peculiar circumstances, will open the sluice ways for corruption. The duty therefore devolves upon both parties to protect the purity of the ballot box by careful supervision of the polls on election d WiiLe Professor Salmon, of Wash- ington, D. C., has been holding a post mortem on the lung of a dead hog from Towa to ascertain if the animal died of cholera, the discase has spread into Nebraska and is causing great pecu- niary loss to many farmers. One farmer near Talmage lost one hundred and fifty head in a few days. There is no doubt at all that the disease is cholera. Now let the Washington bu- reau act promptly DOUGLAS county has a habit of select- ing with care the candidates which a majority of its voters will support. Tts choice is usually made without much regard for the heading of the ticket. This custom, while advantageous to the interests of the county, does not ulways acerue to the interests of any one politi- cal party. But it ought to stimulate both parties to put up their best men for the suffrages of voter UNDER the peculiar conditions of Douglas county politics it was highly important for the suecess of the republi- can party that the strongest possible legislative ticket should have been s lected. And yet sye do not imagine that any r.-punu.‘{ is prepared to deny that the ticket put in nomination has several elements of weakness which might have been axoided. THE journals of St. Paul and Minne- apolis, after a careful survey of the northwestern wheat raising sections, came to the conclusion that there was a falling off of aboyy forty per cent. But it was admitted that this might be erroneous, because there was 8o much diversity, in one spot half a crop, in an- other a full crop. THE coming of Congressman Thomas B. Reed of Maine to Omaha the latter part of the week will bring to our city an earnest worker for the republican party. [t goes without saying that Mr, Reed will be accorded a hearty welcome, GOVERNOR THAYER has renewed his challenge to the Hon, John A. McShane for a public debate on the political issues of the day. e——— Forming an Iron Trust. Grasaow, Oct. 17.—An iron syndicate is being formed here. Its success depends upon the Cleveland ircn masters joiciug the cow- bination. PROMIN T PEOP Miss Florence Bayard {s a success at ten- nis. She 18 the champion lady player of the District of Columbia. Levi P. Morton's cattle have already won soventeen prizes. November 6 the red rib- bon will be hung to Morton's lapel Barnum 18 an enthusiastic Harrison man, while Adam Forepaugh is for Cleve land. Barnum always goes in for the best Joseph Jefferson is said to have more than two thousand head of cattle, mostly thor- oughbreds, on his big Louisiana piantation General William Tecuwmseh Sherman's son and Stonewall Jackson's nepliew peacefully oceupy & desk together in the law offico of the Hon, William Maxwell Evarts. rald Massey has arrived in New York, having completed his tour around the world. He will lecture at Vassar college, and s thinking of pubhishing some of his poews her Sarah Bernhardt has got a new pet. Tt is a large green lizard which crawls about her neck and shoulders in a way to startle the beholder. It was sent to her by an admirer i Spain, who scemed to realize that there is notling green about ah herself, Mra. Stowe is said to have received but very little of the immense amount of money which was made by the dramatization of “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” She failed to reserve any rights in that direction, as it never oc od to her that the story woula make its v upon the stave. Scnator Ingalls is one of the men who have suffered at the hands of the caracitur ists. He is tall, spare, and agile looking. A shock of sn white hair surmounts his fore- head, his eyes are bright, and he speaks with- out affectation of any kind. The faculty of force and finish which is so marked a charac- teristic of his speeches is the natural manner of the man, KINGS A - D QUEENS. The Grand Duke N sian throne, will hav winter, Dom Pedro has arrived home in Rio do Janiero. His health is reported to be sound that he has at once engaged in his imperial dutics. Prince Henri d'Orleans is staying with his parents at St. Firman's, near Chantilly, where his amateur photos of Amorican beau ties are attracting much favorable comment. Dom Luiz, King of Portugal, who trans- lated “Hamiet” into Portugese 'some years ago, has just published a_translation of the “Merchant of Venice.”! The monarch, in ad- dition to beinira linguist and poet, is a Virtuso on various instrume The King of tho Netherlands, who is dying, has been in_a precarious state for several months, and now he s wheeled about from olas, heir to the Rus- @ separate court this room to'room in a chair, and is even uaable to sign his name, During the last three weeks all state business has been trausacted by Queen Emma, The Empress of Austria is proud of her waist, which meof the smallest in Europe. At arecent r tien her entire bodice was hidden with an incrustation qf diamonds, an emerald the size of an egg forming the cen- tre. She wore a diamond necklace with pen- dants of emeralds. A diamond crown, formed of single stars, was on her | mass of brown hair, with feath artistically minglea withit, fell in curling waves dowi her va Ex ! . s pri- vate fortune was £750,000, invested in l'.ll;;}h\h funds. Iu addition to this she has a main- tenance and five palaces, all the expenses of which will be borne by the state, The Ber- lin palace, which she has occupicd since ter marriage, will be her town residence. In ad dition she has the Villa Carlotta at Potsdam, a schloss at Wiesbaden, an old castle at Hom' boury, and the Castle of Borustadt. She fs now busy preparing for s monuwent of the lute emperor. It will be an exact copy of the Church of the Holy Grave at Ennisten, near Tablach. Itis very peculiar in its architee ture, and is admired by all visitors to the Pastor Valley. It was great favorite with Frederick, and two architects are now mak- ing plans of it for reproduction above the grave at Friedenskirche," sind e Dreaming the Happy Hours Away. Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette, During all this poiitical turmol the son of luck who occupies the presidential chair moves serencly along in the belief that he cannot be beaten for re-election; that he is a man of destiny, another Napoleon. What a rude awakening to the fickleness of fortune there will be in November! - Campaign Oratory. Glohe-Democerat, As the campaign draws to a close the re- publicau speeches increase in force and ex- celleuce, while those of the democrats be- come more trivial and absurd. The explana tion lies in the fact that the former have truth and patriotism on their side, whereas the latter are entirely wanting in such ad- vantages. Itis casy for an orator to be elo- quent and effective when the doctriues which he advocates are sound and attractive. b min Connecticut Safe. N. Y. Tribune, Connecticut is proving a bad job for demo- crats this year. Their national committee is accused of openly joining hands with the noisy free trade element and is aiso charged with putting its money into channels where it hias been cordially advised that it is worse than wasted. That is the way the Hartford correspondent of the democratic Springfield Republican puts it, and doubtless he would make the best showing possible. It is to be feared that Consul General Waller's efforts to save the state will be all in vain, 2 Dol B Hoodlums to the Front. Chicago Herald. Intimes of civic disorder the scum comes to the surface. The low and the vilo hold high holiday. The revolving lights on the cousts of scampdon rise and shine. The young hoodlums come to the front and are in their glory. Then it is they have a chance to work out their mischevious ends and in dulge to the full their malicious souls in de- struction. At times like the present the malicious mischief is done by loafers and rowdies who have no real sympathy with the strikers, nor with anything human, and only see an opportunity to work ont their mere animal propensity for destruction. It is a phase of strikes often noticed before, and is one of the sure evils attendant upon them. Ao Nk jon STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. The pumplin pic sociable now furnishes funds for the churches at Hastings. The republican convention of Sarpy county has been called to meet October 29, York has now six papers, the latest being the Register and Gazette, just started by k. F. Chittenden. Ex-Governor R. W. Furnas has been ap. pointed commissioner from Nebraska to the great Paris exposition of 1589 James Craig, an employe on Buffalo Bill's rauch near North Platte, died recently of alcoholism. ~ He had been on a protracted spree. The three men who broke iuto a Missouri Pacific car at Lousville October 11 were tried at Plattsmouth and fined §25 each and given thirty days in jail. Mrs, §. N. Grant, wife of the first Congre- gational mnister of Franklin county, died suddenly of neuralgia of the heart on the 15th, She, with her husband, came to Frank- lin in 1872 and organized the churches of Franklin, Riverton and Macon. She was a woman of noble christian character, and her death is a severe shock to her aged husband Listle Johnnie Bridger, who was 80 badly injured at Juniata a few days ago by riding into a barb-wire fence, will recover. ilis leg was nearly severed, even the bone being cut through, the limb hanging by only the tendon, The physician in charge has hopes of saving the limb from amputation, The pouy he was riding was killed by the acci- dent. It is said that there is a young democrat in Hoit couuty who is watching the course of the campaign with & peculiar interest. He i3 madly in love with a young lady, who is not only beautiful and accomplished, but also the possessor of a comfortable forthne. Ste is, moreover, an enthusiastic republican, and has promised ber hand, heart and fortune to her democratic admirer iu case General Har- rison is elocted. If Mr, Cleveland is olected, the young lady will emphasize her disa) poinument by marrying some other ma Consequently the young dewmograt is waiting :"\r ection duy with considerable impa- ence, owa. What Cheer has several cases of black diphtheria, The city hall of Davenport has been de- clared unhealthy Des Moines, take notice: Two members of the Salvation army and a two-stringed tiddle are reported as wending their wiading way to that city, “mil Schroeder, of Davenport, whi Moline, where ho went to repair tho gr of his paronts, was thrown from his buggy and fatally injured by his horse stepping oun him, A republican cavalry company has been or. ganized 1 Davenport., The officers are Captain, Harvey Stiles; fiist lieutenant, H. Ostrom; second lieutenant, Henry Kuos man, and first sergeant, H, P. Brown. Th JERTRT 'vival meeting at the rink in Davenport, commencing November 11. Dr. Munhall and anumber of other evan- gelists have been engaged, 1t is proposed to arry the good work on from that time for- ward. The thirteenth Towa Butter, Cho annual _convention of the o ond” Egg association will be held at Waterloo, November 13, 14 aud 15, Dwirymen, creamerymen, farmers, manufacturers and dealers are mvited, A local committee has made ample arrange ments for all things connected with the meeting. Railroads give oue fare for the rouund trip. Dakota. Ole Olsen, school treasurer in Wolsey, has left town and his cash is short $40. Olsen's bondsmen are looking for him. Yankton college has 104 students aside from those taking the musical course. This is the largest number yet attained. Eli Perkins takes in the Black Hills this winter and will deliver a lecture on “The Philosovhy of Fuv,” in Deadwood. Several thousands of trees will be added to the already well started grove in the peni- tentiary grounds at Bismarck this fall. In Logan county it 1s said that much dam age will oceur from prairie fives, and that all the eastern portion of the county has been swept by the ffames, The late crop season in Dakota has mado all kinds of fall work late. Very little fall plowing has beon done, and it is likely that 1t will bo spring plowing next year. Colonel Gale, president of the Yankton asylum board, has been superceded by Mr, Robert Cox, a prominent merchant of that city. No cause is assigned for the change. Iv is stated that the insane hospital at Yankton will not bo fiuished this year. About a year was frittered away in a fight over the appoiutment of a board of trustees, A farmer in Barnes county, while mowing, caught a skunk on his sickle. The machine was backed up to get rid of the obstruction and distance only” lent enchantment to the spot. The Dakota supreme court has rendered a decision against Aberdeen in the Brown county seat casc, by reversing the judgment of the lower court. An appeal to the United States supreme court was allowod. At the Methodist conference at Yankton it has been decided that the church, while it will work for local option, and ucidentally prohibition, is conservative and does not favor athird party. The confercuce will meet next year at Huron. The Huron Packing and Provision com- pany, re 1y burned out, are commeneing to rebuild. C . Candren and A. Kiegel have purchased the interests of the other stock holders and will rush the work so as to be ready for business before cold weather sets in, st b ‘LONG JOHN'S" LIVE. Some of the Incidents of Went- worth's Stirring Career. Crmicago, Oct. 17.—(Spocial Telegram to T Bee. ] —Long John' Wentworth, who died hero yesterday, was perhaps the bost known mau in Chicago, Hecame to Chicago in 186 from Now Hawpshire, where ho way boru twenty-one years beforo. Soon after his aerival he bought the Chicago Demoorat. He did job printing in connection with tho publication of the paper, aud when Stephien A. Douglas came o town Johu Wentworth printed his hand bills, “We didw't bave enough men to do the work,” said Me, Wentworth, “and I worked the Tand press while Douglas. inked the pller.” "John Wentworth'went.to Harvard to flnish his daw schooling, aund while he was away movement in favor of sending hin to Wash- ington was startod. e came’ baok fn 1341, and in 1843 wus elected to sit in congress. He was reelected in 1544, 1846 and 1848, There was some oppo sition to Mr. Wentworth in 1850, and with his usual sagacity he deciined to run. In 1352 he was selected from o new district and he went to congress again, Trouble haa grown between him and Ste. phen A. Douglas, due to feeling of rivalry, and this term Mr. Wentworth was in opposi: tion to the “'Little Giant.” His trouble with Douglas probably led him to join hands with Abraham Lincoln and others in the forma. tion of the republican party. He fought the Kansas-Nebraska bill und others of Douglas’ measures, and_he came out of congress to find that the Douglss people were sharpe ing their kumives for him. His political craft told him this and he stayed out of the race, declining & nomination offered him by his personal following, und with the rise of the republican party he changed his politics, He was elected mayor of the town i 1 and again in 1360. His administration of thy city was one of the most notable und charac. teristic portions of his car He seemed to mfuse some of the bristling pioneer spirit into the veins of the town, which civiliza. tion mnow appoared to bo making slug- gish. He built th first fire engine, named it the “TLong John,” and appalled the citizens with it. He received the prince of Wales, then a slender lad of twenty, who was making a tour of the coun try under the guidance of the duke of New- castle. It was a common sight in those days to sce the boy trotting around town beside the tremendous form of the big mayor, who, at every block, waded through the muddy strects, dragging the young prince after him to introduce to somo_citizen and constituent from the Tenth ward. Possibly he learned his taste for rye whisky from those excur- sions with Chicago's honest mayor “Mr. Wentworth," he said i parting, “1 have enjoyed my visit to Chicago immensely, and I would like to return the favor.” rmind,” said Mr. Wentworth, “we that way out west." of Wales sent to Hon. John The p ince Wentworth, & month or two later, two fine Southdown' bucks, whose descendants are now on his farm. His later years had been passed ina quiet way, strongly unlike the turbulence that marked the fivst of his career. Most of the time he was in his room at the Sherman hous ing few persous, but busy with his books aud papers Mr. Wentworth's wealth 1s hard to esti mate, because of his proverbial closeness of mouth regarding mouey affairs. Old tmers who know much of his property and had watched him building it say he s at least £4,000,000 or #5,000,000, possibly twice that much. His farm at Summit is one of the finest in the state and its nearncss to the city makes its value almost fabu lous. Hesides this Mr. Wentworth owns much down-town property, Until the mid- dle of the seventics he had sixty acres be- tween Thirty-first and Thiry-ninth streets and Wentworth and Michigan avenues. He subdivided thisand sold much of it, but much of it also Le ket, and it is now oue of the most populous and valuable parts of the town. The great part of the estate probably goes to Roxanua Wentworth, his only child. e MACKENZIE'S BOOK. It Still Remains the All-Absorbing Topic in Europe. Loxpoy, Oct. 17.—[New York Mail and Express Cable—Special to Tue Bee. | —The confiscation of Morell Mackenzie's book in Berlin has inflicted a heavy loss on the retail book-sellers. This was caused by the astute- ness of the publisher, who loses nothing. In anticipation of probable difculty with the police, he was not content to have his re ceipts depend upon the sales, but bargained for prepayment in cash on all copies deliv- ered to dealera. The lssue began very early in the day, with the idea of getting the edi- tion in circulation before it could be inter cepted. But the police showed the groates| activity in watching for the books and pounc. inie upon the They soizod volumes even at the postoffces and parcel agencios, so that by 11 0'clock in the morning not a copy was obtainable anywhere. The Nord Deutscho Gazotte oxplains, on behalf of the government, that the prohib tion of the work is due to its containing treasonable matter, which could not be per mitted to be published on German soil. In fact, the Muhtheim tribunal ordered the con- fiscation of the volumes ou that ground. But it is more generally and, no doubt, more truly ‘belloved that the Grerman government nctey on the principle of retaliation against Dr enzie to punish him for provouting ish publishers issuing a transiation of wnt of Noble Friederich's illuess compiled by the German physicians. Only four of the British newspapers pub. lish extracts from ¢ Morell's book, Tha others simply announce its publication. Tb Vossiche Zeitung abstaing from comment upon it,but warmly admits Mackenzie's broad and faithful love for the late illustrious Kaisor, who trusted him porfoctly and far above the German physiciaus with the customary mpartiality nd keen insight into men's natures which distinguished jtho great Friederich all through his life, The IFreisinige thinks that, apart from all questions in_medical dis- pute, the book is & valuable addition to our ‘(nuwll-nlge of the kaiser's life. It thinky that the suppression of the work by tho Gor- man authorities is -a serious blunder-as short-sighted as Bismarck's brutal attact on the memory of Germany's roally great kaiser, as the behavior of Wilheln 11, toward his father's memory, and as the entire conduct of the government in relation to Frederick's truth-telling diary. The controversy errors committed concerning the griovous in the professional treatment of the dying kronprin: and kaiser king still continue to rage with unmitigated asperity, replies bo ing forthcoming s the London pross from Drs, Bergmaun, Virchow and Mackenzio hioi self, who has been forced to tako up the bat tle in this way. While large extracts from the German physicians’ report are bein, printed English, the translation of the origmal German report is being published in Berlin. The effect of all this confusion of publishea records and arguments must be to bewilder the public, It is altogether proba ble that every reader will keep to his first idea of the watter. in - Army Orders, Wasimizaroy, Det, 17.—|Special Telogram to Tur Bee.|—Private John Rogers, Com pany A, Twenty-fourth infantry, now with his company at Fort Bayard, New Moxico, is transferred to Troop 1, Ninth cavalry, and will be sent to the station of that troop. Fort Robinson, Neb. Tho cutire cost of transportation aud subsistence attending this transfer will be charged against the sol dier on the next muster and payroll of troop to which he is transforred. The superintendent of the recruiting service will cause thirty recruits to be assigned to the Twenty-first infantry and forwarded, under proper charge, to such powt or poinis in'the Department of the Platte as the com manding general of the department shall designate. After arrival in that department the rocruits wili be distributed us equitably practicable among the companies of tho regiment, On the mutual application of the officers concerned the following transfers in the Tweuty-first infavtry are ordered: Captain sdward 13 Rheen, from Company H to Com pany K Captain Daniel Corntai from Com pany K to Company H. Captain Cornwmau will join his proper company. Robert Maher, late private Company D, Second infantry, who is now in the Oregon state penitontiary under sentence of a gen oral court-martial of April 1, 185, and m whose case “a full and unconditional pardon of the unexecuted portion of his senterice has been granted by tho president,” will be re leased from confinement, aud the pardon will be delivered to him on reccipt of this order at the penitentiary. - Depew Talks on Politics. Cuicaao, Oct. 17.—|Specinl Telegram to Tur Bee.|—Mr. Chauncey M. Depew,of New York, was at the Grand Pacific hotel last evening, a member of the Vanderbilt party traveling west to inspect the railroads. Mr. Depew was asked how politics were i Now York ew York is still there and bigger than ever,” he replied. *“The republicans_will come to Spuyten Duyvil creek with 70,00 majority, Politics in New York amounts to an industrial revolution. The laboring peo- ple secin Mr. Cleveland’s propositions tho destruction of wages and the manufacturers are alarmed at the message of the presideat and consider it indicative of free trade. 1 should suy there was a land-slide in N York. What may occur before November 1 do not know. ‘There may be some moro Burchards, but if the vote were taken to- morrow I have no question, except us to the size of the republican majority. There is ro ally no fight between Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hill, though of course between Mr. Miller and Mr. 'Hill the issues are different from those between Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Harrison, Miller is making his fight on high license, He will be elected, and a ver, I think. bold one, too , Oct. 17.—([Specl ]—The Journal sa; “Wo loarn from an excollent authority the full measure of the Atchison’s financial necessitios, and this is $10,000,000. This sum will take up the floating debt and also meet the indebtedness for the new equipment now in course of con struction. To meet this new burden a pri- vate canvass of the larger stockholders is g0 ing on 1 order to ascertain the amounts that these stockholders will take of a second mortgage it is proposed to ssue. The now mortgage will probubly be a 7 per cent one. — - Wood Made Fire-Proof. Itiaca, N. Y., Oct. 17.—In the course of & conversation at Cornell university, Edward Atkinson, the BBoston economist, stuted that New England genius recently discovered & cheap method of dissolving zine by combin ing with hydrogen and producing a solution called zine water. ‘This liquid, if “applied to certain woods, notably white woods, mukes it absolutely fira proof and at & low cost. At kinson regards this as a most important discovery, and one that wlll surely revolu- tionize fire insurance as well as imwonsely decreasc loss by fire. A All druggists sell Jarvis brandy, Some Very Fast Sprinting. ST, Louis, Oct, 17.—H. M. Johnson, cham- pion sprinter of the world, ran three races yesterday with W, C. Hryan, of Soux City, In. There were two 100 yard races aud one 800-yard. Johnsou won the first 100-yard dash in 9 45 seconds. He won the sccond 100 yards in 94-5 seconds. Bryaun wou the 300 yards in 3:34 5 seconds. e The best is cheapest. Jarvis 77 brandy. ol e il A Gift From the West. New Yonk, Oct. 17, Tug Bee)—A beautiful gold fire badge, studded with diamonds and rubies, was re ceived yesterday by Chiof John McCabe, of the New York fire department, from the board of engineers of the San Francisco fire department. It bears an_inscription indica tive of the donors’ high estecm for the chief, who was in the city of the Golden Gate last month. SICK HE pecial Telogram to Mouth,Coated Pain in the Bide, TO] PID LIVER, &e. They regulate the Bowel and prevent Coustipation and Piles. Tl smallest and easiest to take. Only ove pill dose. 40 Ina vial. Purely Vegetable.