Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 31, 1888, Page 4

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FEIL, Notary Public. ingland wont fight us perhaps Hayti will, THE people of Douglas county want no roustabouts to represent them in the legislatu —— THur boomerang aimed at Governor Thayer's head missed its mark, but re- coiled with telling effect on the party which aimed at é Mr. SMYTH gets some notoriety out of his attempt to arraign Governor "Thayer, but it is questionable whether he has contributed many votes to the cause of McShane. GOVERNOR THAYER carried the breastworks and exploded the maga- zines of his enemies in his address be- fore the workingmen of Omaha as gal- lantly as he led the charge at battle. I 1S not alone the twocities of Omaha and Council Bluffs which rejoice over the completion of the tie that welds them into ome. Nebraska and Iowa joined in the celebration with many happy congratulations. - THE republicans of Nebraska have ‘caught the fever of enthusiasm. From Hastings, from Wahoo and from many other towns in the state comes the news of big demonstrations and renowed vigor as the campaign draws to a close. —e THERE is nothing like competition. ‘The reduction of Union Pacific bridge tolls for which this paper has battled for years has at last taken place. Both Omahka and Council Bluffs have for years sufferod for want of cheap transit between the towns. [ — IT APPEARS that the Omaha horse railway company has neglected to avail itself of the privilege to construct its tracks across the Eleventh street via- duct. It has failed to comply with the provisions of the ordinance and now the board of public works very properly re- fuses to grant the company a permit. — THE only question among republi- cans in Minnesota relates to the size of the plurality their national candidates will receive in the state. No intelli- gent Minnesota democrat any longer professes to have a hope of his party varrying the state, and every such one will be gratified if the republican vote does not roll up the old timo figures. The northwest will speak next week with no uncertain sound. TuEmost careful republican estimates on Indiana place the probable plurality of Harrison and Morton at ten thousand. There is a very large floating vote in that state which is purchasable, and the only serious danger to the republicans Is that the corruption fund which the democratic managers are collecting will be freely used there. There is un- usual vigilance, however, on the part of the republicans to prevent all forms of fraud,and the democratic corrup- tionists are likely to find their task a difficult one. Tne condition of western Kansas is said to be far from encouraging. The prolonged dry scasons of the past three years have discouraged the farmers of that region. Whole counties in conse- quence are aepopulated, as crops have failed and the land seems adapted for stock rasing purposes only. In con- trast to this state of affairs, the people of Nebraska are to be congratulated. The crops of the western part of our state were never in better condition and immi- gration is rapidly populating the broad praivies west of the one hundredth meridian. — COMPETITION in street railway traffic has met with liberal encouragement at the hands of our citizens. We have voted franchises to every company that has applied for one. But if the motor company persists in planting polls in the business centre and making a net- work of wires across the streets when we are already afilicted with an inter- minable number of wires, the public has a right to object. It is all right enough to allow the overhead electric motor on streets thatare not used for traffic, but it is & serious question whether Omaha has not outgrown the telegraph-pole nuisance. No ity in this country of over one hundred thou- sand population will permit her thor- oughfareés to he obstructed by the over- head wire electric motor system. THE NEW BRIDGE. The event which the peeple of Omaha and Council Bluffs celebrated yestorday, the dedication of the new bridge that brings the two communities into closer social and business relations, and makos of them practically one ¢ommunity in mutual interests, is certain to have im- portant results which the average citi- zen may not fully apprehend. It must inevitably prove largely to the advant- age of both cities, and the benefits are likely to be very nearly equally divided. The primary value of this improvement which has perhiaps suggested itself to everybody is the fact that it will termi- nate the monopoly of transportation be- tween Omaha and Council Bluffs, which for ysars has extorted from the citizens of both and from everybody coming from the east to Omaha an unreasonable and unjust charge for the service ren- dered, to say nothing of the inconven- ience and delay, inseparable adjuncts of all monopoly of the facilities of travel. Under the new order of things the rail- road lines whose termini are now at the Bluffs will extend spurs to the new bridge, so that their passengers may be enabled to enter Omaha without any burdensome charge and without delay or inconvenience. The time cannot be remote when these necessary improvements will transform the ‘‘flats” cast of the bridge into a place of busy and bustling activity, rendering what has been a barren waste useful and val- uable property. Already the signs of this progress are visible, and there is every reason to believe that before an- other year shall have passed, those citi- zens of Omaha and Council Bluffs who have for half a life-time looked upon the_Missouri flats as worthless for any practical use, will wonder and rejoice at the transformatio The new bridge must prove valuable to Omaha in a business way, and also in supplying this market more freely and cheaply with commodities that are abundantly raised by the farmers of Towa, who will seek this market more largely than hitherto. Thus there will be mutual benefit and a stimulant to Iowa farmers to increase their efforts. Council Bluffs offers attractions as a place of residence, and particularly so to people of moderate means who desive to possess a home. It is not doubted that many such will in time make their homes there. During the weather when out-of-door ‘“‘airing” 18 so essential to health and comfort, many thousands more of Omaha citizens than heretofore will find what they need in visiting the Bluffs and enjoying its parks and lakes, in which respect it has as yet greatly the advantage of Omaha. In short, on every account, and from every point of view, the new bridge is an improve- ment whose practical importance to both communities which it unites can- not easily be over-cstimated. It is a great step in the march of mutual ad- vancement and prosperity, and the splendid celebration of its completion and dedication fittingly honored a really great enterprise. A CHANGE OF FRONT. A decision made within the past ten days by the acting commissioner of the general land office makes a notable change of front from the position hith- erto held under the present administra- tion regarding the rights of settlers on lands claimed by the Northern Pacific railroad, the effect of which must work very serious hardships to thousands of such ‘seitlers. It appears that under previous administrations it had been uniformly held that the Northern Pa- ¢ road had the right, under a joint resolution of congress passed in 1870, to make selections of lands from a second indemnity belt of ten miles in width on each side of its road, and that from time to time such selections had been made and duly ap- proved by the registers and receivers of the local land offices, the correctness of which was not questioned until last year. Butin August, 1887, Secretary Lamar declared the lands so selected public and subject to entry under the homestead and pre-emption laws. Up to that time the Northern Pacific had sold large quantities of the land se- lected in the second indemnity belt, and the parties who had purchased it had paid their money therefor in good faith amd made valuable improve- ments therecon. No opportunity was given these purchasers to assert their rights or protect their improvements. Within six months after the ruling thirteen hundred claims were filed in the land offices of Minnesots and Da- kota on landsselected and falling within the ruling of Mr. Lamar. The Northern Pacific made applica- tion for a re-hearing of the question whether the legislation of 1870 created a second indemnity limit, but while it is said that on & more careful investiga- tion Secretary Lamar came to doubt the correctness of his ruling, he adopted the expedient for delay of referring the matter to the attorney general for his opinion. The desired opinion has never been given, and meantime the deeply interested pur- chasers have been in a most uncomfort- able state of suspense and doubt. Hundreds of settlers under the decision of Secretary Lamar had made final proof in the land oftices and received their pre-emption certificates, the rail- road company and purchasers from the company having made unsuccessful ef- forts to be heard in such cases. Finally in last July decisions were rendered by Judges Sleeper and Brewer afirming that the joint resolution of 18 did not create a second indemnity belt, and sharply criticising the conduct of the government regarding these lands. The former of these judges declared that it was the duty of the department to have submit- ted the question to the proper tribu- nals, and that the failure to do so was a wrong and injustice to citizens having vested rights and to others who would be imposed upon by the rulings of the department. *“The assumption of the department,” said the judge, “‘is a two- edged sword, wounding the purchaser and theseller, confusing interests, and bringing about a -condition of conten- tion wholly without justification, and unwise from any stand point.” Tt is probable that these judicial opinions were the influence which induced the acting - commissioner of the land offi under instructions of course of the secretary from the interior, to make a complete change of front, deciding now that “‘when an en- tryman publishes notice of his intention to perfect his claim he challenges the whole world to dispute his right todo 80," of course, including. the railroad company whose right had before been denied. Thus another form of hardship is visited upon the numerous settlers who have taken up lands under the rul- ing of the department of last year. In a speech made 1n the United States senate last September, by Me. Plumb, the pretenses of the present adminis- tration regarding what had been ac- complished for restoring the public lands and protecting honest settlers was very fully set forth. All the evi- dence goes to show, and none more forcibly than the last decision from the goneral land office, that in the matter of the public lands as in all others the controlling motive with the administra- tion has been political, and that this great subject had been juggled with mainly with reference to the possible effect upon the popular mind, rather than to secure exact justice. In the last and present congresses the demo- cratic house refused to accept the sen- ate proposition to forfeit the unearned lands of the Northern Pacific road, and now the land department of the govern- ment has retreated from its brave atti- tude, denying to that corporation the right to be heard against the claims of settlers on lands claimed by the cor- poration in the second indemnity belt, thus virtually acknowledging that such a belt was created by the legislation of congress. In whatever direction the policy of the present administration is investigated it is found to be essentially wrong in theory and unjust in practice. —— CLEVELAND'S NEMESIS. The opponents of Mr. Cleveland are profoundly obliged to Lord Sackville West because, undesignedly, that gen- tleman’s letter threw a flood of light upon the policy of humbuggery and de- ception which the president has steadily pursued. His famous epistle to Mr. Murchison is considered in the pres dential cabinet as of such a character that it cannot be ignored, because in- ferentially it shows that he considered Mr. Cleveland a liar, a man who said one thing whilst he believed another. All the English papers, and more than one-half the American papers, had drawn that very inference, and necessarily, because 1t was unavoidable. But when Brutus West drew the same picture in black and white with his own hand, the blow was felt so terrifically by Cwesar Cleveland that he has been unable to restrain his groans. He has characterized his English friend, Brutus West, as an awkward brute, and will insist upon his being withdrawn from ‘Washington, upon the ground that in criticizing publicly the acts of the power to which he was sent, he trans- gressed the sacred laws of perfect neutrality which must environ an em- bassador. But the thing that particu- larly tickles the eneémies of Mr. Cleve- land, both within and without his own party, is that Lord Sackville West was working in the kindliest spirit for his friend’s interests. He was of all men the one who would know best whether Mr. Cleveland was a mere actor going through o picce of mummery for pur- poses of his own, or the champion of his country carnest in the defence of her interests. He himself has said it, that Mr. Cleveland was not to be considered by men friendly to Engiand as sincere in his utterances. The well beloved Brutus delivered this fearful stab, and our Ciesar has felt that nothing remains save to mufle his head in his ulster, and die. There is here the hand of Nemesis. This man, placed by luck in the great chair of an American president, had from the beginning of his greatness de- livered himself of the most noble senti- ments without the least idea of exem- plifying them in his own conduct. He had spoken in explicit terms of the nec- essity of civil service reform only to ignore it when it suited his purpose. He had shown in the clearest manner the evils that must result from a second term and pledged himself not to seek re-election. When the period for ac- tion came he by the most subtle in- trigues with the money power not only of New York but of England made it impossible for his- party to nominate any one else save himself. Relying upon the overwhelming force of this money power he made no effort to con- ciliate his own party but showed plainly his disdain of them. He threw himself nto the arms of England’s money lords without hesitation, without a blush. He quarreled with the active poli- ticians of his own political persuasion, believing that his English friends would win the battle by their pamphlets and their secret influences, and their commercial alliances. Eng- land was his real supporter, not the democratic party, and that tremendous power Nemesis has decreed that his po- litical death should be dealt by an Eng- lish hand raised to aid him, Let Colonel Ingersoll say what he will, the world will still believe with Shakespeare, *“T'here is a divinity that shapes our ends Rough hew them how we will.” — INQuiRres have been made by the commissioner of the general land office touching upon fraudulent entries and the attempts to improperly acquire the public domain. In reply tothese inqui- ries the various districts in Nebraska have sent in their reports. The regis- ters and receivers of the land offices at Sidney, O'Neill and North Platte sub- stantially agree that the attempts to nproperly acquire title to the public domain have materially decreased for the past year or two. They attribute this fact to the steady increase of immgration and the rapid set- tlement of the vacant lands. The ecattle men no longer find ranges sufficient for the pasturage of large herds. With the departure of these cattle men, the desire and need of large bodies of land for grazing pur- poses have ceased to exist, consequently the attempt to secure title to large wracts of land for such purposes has al- mest entirely passed away. Fraudulent entries of a different kind are, however, the rule.. Theland that belongs to the people is AR acquired by unscrupu- lous men for speculative purposes. The liberal co ction of the law by the land’ com: oner and the secretary of the inter! ncourages perjury and fraud. T particularly true of the timber e act which opens the door for gi abuses. The nature of the act m: it eusy for fraud and speculation (48 no residence is required on the landjagd all the work necessary can be don&tiy agents. Under the pro- visions of tie ct three years can elapse before t wed be planted. During this period the claim can be held at nominal expense and sold by the origi- nal holder ata profit. The purchaser may also enter the land asa timber claim and follow the tactics of the former claimant. This practi kept up for years, and is an evil wh calls loudly for correction, as it with- holds fully oné-fourth of the public do- main from settlement and cultivation. ENQUIRER writes to ask ‘“‘if England is in control of the port of Hong Kong, and when and by what means the English secured such power at that port.” Hong Kong—properly Hiang Kiaug—is an island belonging to En- gland, and is one of a group which Portuguese navigators, who were the first Europeans in those waters, called Ladrones or Thieves, from the disposi- tion of the Chinese to robbery. The Portuguese obtained, as early as the sixteenth century, the right of trading in Canton, and of scttlement in these islands, particularly Hong Kong, which contains a fine harbor; but they never became masters of the place. Gradu- ally merchants of the chief European nations were admitted to Hong Kong and to Canton. In 1841 the English, having insisted upon importing opium from India into China against the orders of the emperor and the moral sense of humanity, went to war. and after taking the forts in the Bocca Tigris that defended Canton became masters of that important city, and wrested from the reluctant court abso- lute rights of trading in certain treaty ports and the cession of the island of Hong Kong. There is still a large Portuguese population—sunk, however, very low—but the Chinese coolies, who come there from every part of the em- pire, are a bad lot, A MAN by the name of Smiley has been putting in his time for the past six months vilifying and abusing W. J. Connell, the re- publican nominee for congress. Un- able to secure a publication of his vile slanders in Omaha, he has been tramp- ing ovér the district endeavoring to give them nal circulation. At Falls City he g with a warm reception, owing to the pragence of Judge Dundy, who made known to the citizens of Richardson cbifity the true character of the man. The false and libelous statements concerning Mr. Connell can- not harm himi:dén Omaha, where he is koown, nor will the roorback of Smiley, prompted by malice and sprung at the last days ot the campaign, be likely to influence any {btor who may lack a per- sonal ucq\mint& with the parties. THE voters of Douglas county must not forget to vote down the proposition to allow the commissioners to go into farming on a large scale ostensibly for the benefit of paupers. Forty acres is ample to keep all the paupers employed in raising vegetables for their own con- sumption. This county cannot afford the luxury of an experimental farm like the state agricultural college which costs the people ten dollars for every dollar’s worth of products raised, Enough Intellect to tage, Washington Post. “A campaign of intellect” is compou nded of 1 percent of intellect te 5 per cont of as- sessment. e ‘What Indiana Should Do. Chicago News. The honest men of Indiana should lock up all the 2 bills on suspicion during the next few day unless they can give a good account of themselves. ix the Percen- — The Democratic Version. Pittsburg Dispatch. Chairman Brice appears to have affixed an amendment on Grant's motto. The rule for the democratic campaign seems to be: *Let no guilty officeholder, who has saved any money, escape. —_——— The West,That Grover Knew. N. Y. Tribune. “I know no north, east, south or west,"” a famous statesman once exclaimed. As Mr. Cloveland sits in the white house to-day ever and anon biting shingle-nails in two he doubtiess wishes ho had known the west, s An Example and a Rebuke. Towa State Register, Judge Gresham is supporting the Harrison ticket heartily and sincerely wishing it suc- cess. By attending to his official duties, however, he is giviog & atrikiug rebuke to democratic officeholders of high position on the stump. — More Ornamental than Useful. Globe Democrat, Lord Sackville-West is more ornamental taan useful, oficially considered, and yet ho may prove to be a geod enough Burchard to make the democrats very weary of their at- tempt to elect & _prosident of the United States by inviting British sympathy and co- operation. The Maiden Vot e, Tt 18 the maiden to decide the presidential question, and it is conceded that he is pretty numerous in that state, some estimates placing him as high as 175,000. This is phobsbly rather oo stoep, but there is no doubt but that there will be enough of him to settle the business. ———ree On HO6Qoween. Charles Prescoly Jherman in Puck, On the thirty-first ¢f October The lupeml\loul_ilrl Will pare ap apple from top to stem In a long, unbroken curl And throw it over her shoulder With a single dextrous whirl, And the shape it falls in on the floor She anxiously will sean; Aud whether that shape is like a snake, Or a wheel, or an open fan, She'll discover in it the initial Of the name of her “‘best young man." pb s PROMINENT P James G. Blaine, Jr., is still at his father's home in Augusta, where he 1s often seen sauntering out with his dog. Mrs. Moses Taylor, of New York, is the richest widow in this country, if ot in the world. ' Her fortuae is estimated at $30,- ,000. Mrs: Roger Q. Mills has a liking for polis THEE OMAHA DAILY BEE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1888 tics and keeps well posted on that come before mr’:fl . In this 1t would seem that the “‘gray the better horse."" Young Perry Belmont will not_be a candi- date for renomination for congross this year, but says he will wait until Cleveland's re- election and accept the foroign mission at Madrid. What a fine, white-haired foreign minister young Perry Belmont will make, to be sure. General Butler grows stoutor every year and he is unable to walk any considerable distance without feeling exhausted. But if his body is failing his mind is not, and his friends and brother attorneys say he is as able an advocate and as formidable an oppo- nent as ever, President Cleveland is said to be worn out by his severe labors during the protracted session of congress. He is seldom seen at the White House now, and will remain at Oak View till election day. November 7 he will take to the woods, and after March 4 he will be seen at the White House no more. Senator Evarts has a new hat. He has long been famous for his shocking bad hat, and for many years his well worn old tile bas attracted ‘notice in the streets and has been a theme of jocularity in the courts. The glossy tile in which he now disports himself is worn too far back on the head, as the old one was, but he thus giv good display of his Gladstonian brow and Cicerou- ian features. George W. Childs, the Philadelphia editor, never sits in astreet car while there is a woman standing. No matter what _her sta- tion in life. the moment a woman gets in he gets up. often embarrasses some of Mr. Child’s acouaintances, who are not in the habit of giving up their seats to ladies, as they usually follow his example, so that there is rare woman left standing in & car in which Mr. Chi i prsimaty -t LABOR NOTES, There are 3,000 women in the United States who work for wages. Another shipment of coal from Japan, making the third sinco June, has been re- ceived in San Francisco. A California company with a capital of $1,000,000 will establish a big iron plant near Milford, Utah, that will employ about 2,600 men. Compositor McCann, in a trial heat in New York yesterday, set 2127 ems in one hour. He is one of the union men lately taken on by the Mail and Express. Bakers in Holland work on Friday and Saturday twenty-six hours without intermi sion: other workmen have *‘long hou yet Americans receive the chief criti being “overworked.” The falling off in the manufacture of cigars in the United States this year as com- pared with that of 1857 is_estimated to be from 60,000 to 75,000, The increase in the manufacture of cigarettes, however, has been cqually great. A Kansas City carpenter has invented a new chamfering instrument, by the aid of which he claims to cuta corner to the de- troke, There is no repe- g process, the machine being passed only once over the corner to be chamfered. The pontoon bridge over the Missouri river at Nebraska City, Neb., is said to be the longest in the world. Its length across the navigable channel is 1,074 feet, while tho back channel is traversed by a causeway 1,050 feet long, supported on cribs, The clear span is 528 feet. One of the finest cutting machines in_the world—the vencer saw—has again been slightly changed and is now brought toa point of perfection which is practically un- surpassable. By means of this machine wood may be sawed in_vencers less than one-hundredth of an inch in thickness. A Philadolphia man has invented a ma- chine that, with the help of six hands, will turn out as many barrels in a day as sixty men can make. ~The machine hus been suc- cessfully operated and coopers are taking a ood deal of interest m it. If it proves nancially successful it will probably revo- lutionize tne cooper’s trade. -~ STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The neighborhood of Oreapolis has been devastated recently by prairie fires. Several bay stacks and a number of cornfields have been destroyed. There has been considerable rejoicing amongst Furnas county officials over their new buildings at Beaver City, which they have just occupied. There is a talk of a railway being built be- tween Kearney and Broken Bow, and com- mittees from both boards of e have been appointed to confer with regard to the mat- ter. George Tyler and C. T. Taylor, of Hast- ings, have wagered Hen Gund, of Free- port, TlL, $1,000 that Harrison will be elected. The money is deposited at the Exchange bank. The citizens of Genoa adopted an econom- ical mode of celebrating election day. Both parties subscribed towards it. The victor will do the hurrahing while the other fellow ‘will look on and enjoy the fun. Mr, John K. Vallery, residing on his farm near Plattsmouth, died suddenly from infla- mation of the bowels the other day. He was one of the oldest citizens of Cass county and very popular. Heleaves a wife but no chil- dren. Sister Mary Boniface, of the Sisters' con- vent at Ottumwa, a., arrived in Hastings, Friday evening to complete arrangements for the preliminary work on the new §100,000 convent to be located there. The lo- cation of the convent has not yet been made public. Ava dance in Plainfield the other night W. . Tate, a real estate agent, seized his young brother Charlie and taking him to an jacent barn proceeded to horsewhip him, The boy's pleadings for mercy were heard two blocks away. The man’s wife finally interceded and rescued the lad from his brutal brother. A new secret society was organized in Genoa last week. It is known as the Oriental order of Humanity, which has been spread- ing like wild fire for some time past among the eastern cities, It scems to meet with great favor and from present indications the people expect before spr to see all citi- zens who are cligible members of the new lodge. fowa. The ‘‘bootlegger” is nuisance at Eagle Grove. The village cow at Onawa has been or- dered off the streets by ordinance. Bold wolves make dismal musie for resi- dents of Castana on moonlight nights. Poles have been distributed for a tele- phone line between Lemars and Orange City. Davenport claims to be the only city in Towa in which two theaters are running nightly. Those interested in establishing an orphans’ home at Keokuk are hard at work preparing plans and arranging details. The citizens of Rolfe are contributing funds for the purpose of erccting a caluboose. Ten dollars have already been subscribed. The Orange City Herald tells of a lady named Brown, residing in Sioux county, who has been married fifteen yoars and has eleven children. The Hartley Record says that since O'Brien county scored such a signal victory at the corn paiace there is a regular scramble ong people in their haste to get into that extraordinarily fertile county. coming & numerous The Great Northwest. Trinidad, Colo, clams a population of The corner-stone for a uew Baptist church was laid at Los Gatos, Cal. Frank Ritter was arrested in San Francis- co for garrotting Samuel Hooson. A stove-polisher in a Portland Ore. hard- ware-store stole §6) and escaped. A through tourist _service from San Fran- cisco to Chicago is s0on to be inaugurated. Twenty-two new school districts have been organized in Washington county the past year. The Santa Fe has established a new sta- tiou fiftceen miles east of Deaver, kuown as Struby. ‘The general offices of the Oregon & fornia_railroad 18 to be transferred to § Francisco. A bridge-carpenter namea Newman, at Oregon City, fell a distance of _ eighty feet and was fatally injured. State Superintendent Hoitt of California has issued a circular concerning teachers with temporary certificates. A _gentleman of Laramie, Wyo., who al- ways gets there, bet on Garfield in 1830, ou Cleveland in 1384, and is now offering amounts on Harrison's olection. BThe charge of i larity in LG registra tlon offce 8¢ San Francisco made by 8 tary Long of the democratic county commit- tee, has been dismissed as unfounded. The city of Montrose, Colo., has contracted with Holmes & Wicks, Colorado Springs, to build a complete system of waterworks, It \vflx dirvct pressure system, to cost about. e To Protect Americans. New Yonk, Oct. 30.—That the scizuro of the American steamer Haytion Republic has bocome an international episode will be seen by the following letter from Secretary of State Bayard: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WasiTINGTON, O 20.—-Messrs. Lord & Austin, New York Cit nts: 1 have to acknowle of your letter of the th inst, in which you inform the department’ of the seizure of the American stoamship Haytien Republic at St. Mare, and the re- quest that in view of the serious state of af- fairs in Hayti at the presont time and of the jeopardy in which the lives and property of Americans are now placed, a man-of-war will be sent thither immediately. The military department has received in- formation of a simalar purport from the United States minister at Port-Au-Prince, and in reply has instructed him to protest instantly against the action of the Haytien government, and has informed him that a f-war will be ordered to proceed to waters us soon as possible, avy department has been requested by the scoretary of state to send a man-of- war to look after American interests which have been jeopardized by the seizure of the American steamer, Haytien Republic, at Port-au-Prince. s An Important Question Decided. Drs Moixes, Ia., Oct. 80.—[Special to Tne Bk ]—The supreme court has just decided an important question in connection with the enforcoment of prohibition. The point at issue wasas to whether a constable who made a search for liquors was entitled to any fecs 1n case his search was unsuccessful, In all the large cities where constables make a livelihood by searching for liquors there is a chance for them to cause innocent partics much trouble through spite, and to make & good deal of money by going to places where they have not good and sufticient reason to believe that any contraband liquors are to be found. The case came up from this county and supreme court has decided that after tho officer hus tuken oath that he belicves a certain place contains liquors held illegally, and on the strength of his afidavit has ob- tained a search warrant, that he is then en- titled to his fee for the scarch, even though no liguor is found. To hold otherwise, says the court, would be to require an officer to perform a duty and then make no provision for compensating hun. The way is left open for fraud under this ruling, but the court thinks that it 1s the only rule that can be made of general application aud not do in- justice to some. — - The State Board of Health, Drs Moines, Ta, Oct. 30.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Ber.]—The state board of health is making strenuous offorts to im- prove the sanitary condition of the state be- fore cold weather sets in. It is working especially 1n the line of sccuring better at- tention to the condition of wells and other sources of drinking water. Reports have been received from localities where epi- demics have prevailed which are attributed directly to impure drainage and impure water. A case of this kind occurred in Cedar county, at a little place called Itoches- ter. The water of the well belonging to a family that had been wiped out by diphthe- ria has been submitted to examination, and found to be ina frightful condition so foul and impure was it. The well was situated 80 that it received the drainage from a filthy barnyard, and strange as it may seem tho family hud used the water from this well for drinking purposes, for years. It is not sur- prising to know that the family were taken with diphtheria, and every member,—father, mother and scueral children—died of the disease. Quite an epidemic followed, and the entire sickness is traced by the board of health to this impure well of water, e The Campaign at 8, Caznorr, Ta., Oct. 80, to Tae Bee.|—Sac City's rod-letter day in this campaign was marked by a joint-debate at that place last night. Hon.J, Y. Stone, republican candidate for attorney general, and General S. C. Cameron, a democratic speaker from lllinois, were advertised to speak 1n the interests of their respective par- ties, and the democrats persuaded Cameron to challenge Stone to a jont debate, thinking Stone would decline, but they were disap- pointed to sce how quickly the challenge was accepted. The large opera house was filled to overflowing, and the speakers held the crowd for three hours. The general verdict at the close of the debate was the same as at all other places where both of the speakers have been. General Cameron is a frec trader, and bases all his arguments on that fact, and while he is really a gocd speaker and was universally conceded t have made the best of a bad cause,the honors were awarded Hon. Stone by a large majority. Hon. J. Struble speaks at Sac City Friday uight. —-—— A Tug Boat's Boiler Explodes. Mi.wAukes, Oct. 30.—The tug, A. W. Lawrence, exploded her boiler while cru ing in the lake off MNorth Point, at 2:30 this morning, killing Captain John Sullivan, En- gineer John Sullivan, cousin of the captain, Fireman Edward Sullivan and Lineman Nanley. The boat was blown to pieces. Frank McGowan, cook, and Thomas Dooley, a chance visitor on the tug, were picked up among the floating debris by the crew of the tug Merrill, which happened to be close by. Both were severely out and bruised. The men who lost their lives were all residents of this city. The tug was owned by John Mc Coy aund Jumes Bannen, and was valued at $15,000, 2o the receipt City. Special Telegram ——— Fatal Bridge Accident. Dugquory, 111, Oct. 30.—(Special Telegram to Tux Bre.|—A torrible accident occurred at Blairsville yesterday afternoon. A gang of workmen were ropairing the iron truss bridge which spans the Big Muddy river. An order was given one of them to loosen the girder a fraction of an inch. The girder was one of the main supports. The man loosened it too much. The bridge swung out of plumb and without & moment’s warning the whole thing toppied and fell to the river, fifty feet below. William Thompson was in stantly killed and ten others injured. Five of these, it is feared, will die. A valuable team of horses was also lost. The bridge was one of the largest of its kind iu the state, being 170 feet in the clear and 43 feet above high water, the one span reaching across the river. —— Fred Douglass' Position. Bavinone, Oct. 80.—[Special Telegram to Tuw Bre.)—The democratic story about Fred Douglass speaking disparagingly of republi- can success has been used extensively here by democrats tojinfluence the large colored vote. To-day & prominent republican received this letter: The story of my discouragement_concern- ing the election of Harrison is 17 the letter and spirit false. No language ever used by me could have conveyed such an idea. I am suying the revorse of it every night on the stump, and the fabrication has _aiready been branded by its true name in several public prints. Yet I have no expectation of entirely stamping out the lie, for many papers will publish the falsehood and withhold the truth. “The story displays & desperate effort 1o re- vive the waning hopes of the democratic party. kREpERICK DouGLAass. Atleged Dynamiters Disch Cuicago, Oct. 80, —Justice Hambu: morniug discharged all the alleged mite conspirators—IKaselberg, Thompson, Nicbolson and Magee—who were charged with placing dynamite on tho street car tracks during the recent strike. The justice held that the evidence did not warrant. kim in holding the men. The case for conspiracy 10 injure the property of the uorthsiders was resumed. TURF EVENTS, Summary of Yestorday' Jockey Club Races WaAsHINGTON, Oot. 80.—After sevoral days of postponement the fall meoting of the National Jockey club was resumod to-day. Tho track was in a fairly good condition. The entries made last Thuesday held good: one mile and & futlong—Fara. 30434, Bella B second, King Crab National Second race, six furlongs—Rradford won in 1:181¢, Cambysses second, Wagoo third. Third race, one and ono-eighth ilos—Hig. gonette won in 2:04%, Boccaccio sccond, Golden Bell third Fourth race, one and one-cighth miles 20014, Ben D'Or second, Ovid raco, threoquarters of & milo rienne won in 1:19', Lukewood sccond, Regulus third, The Supre Drs Moies, Ta., Oct. 80.—[Special Tele gram to Tur Bre. | —The supreme court filed the following decisions to-day : The State of lowa James Shi appellants; Tama distriet; afirmed. The State of Towa vs Ed Gurbagh, appel- lant; Wapello district; afirmed; Kobinson dissenting, H. E. Teachout vs . B, VanHoesen, peliant; Appanoose district; afirmed. State of lowa vs 1. Cumnungs, appellant; Appanoose distriot; afirmed. George y, appoliant, Chrisinger; Polk district; afirmed C. A. Becbee & Co., appollants; vs the Equitable Mutual Life and Endowment As sociation ; Pottawattamie district; afirmod H. H. Taylor vs Chicago, St Paul & Kan sas City railroad, appellants; Polk distriot afirmed. e Court, ner et al, vs J. H. -y T. McDonald et al, vs Honry Bitzer, appellant; Shelby district! afirmed. State of Iowa vs Albert’ Campbell, appel- affirmed. The Outlook Most Encouraging. Crieago, Oct. 30.—[Special Telegram to |—P. T. Barry, a leading Irish- who has been stumping the east ern states for Harrison and Morton, returned to this city to-day. He is satisfied that the success of the republicans in Now York and Connecticut 1s assured, and has hopes for New dJersey. The republican party has gained, he says, more recruits from Irish- erican democratic ranks this year in tho than he had any reason to hope for, and certainly more than was ever known before. The break among the Irish in New York is doeper and widor than iu any other state. There were 50,000 Irish-American votes for Blane and Logan in 1584, and that number will be increased to 70,00) this year, - A Democratio hodge. Warentoo, Ia, Oct. 30.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee.| ~Chairman Newcomer, of the Hardin county republican committee, had turned over to him yesterday & bundle of pasters bearing the name of Herman E. Mills, democrat, and railroad candidate for railroad commissioner. Accompanying the pasters is a copy of in structions for their use, by pasting the Mills pasters over the name of Frank T. Camp- bell on the regular republican tickets. This unquestionably expressed the character of Mr, Mills' campaign throughout the state, and shows a determination on the part of tho railroads to defeat Frank Campbell. With Dey, Mills and Smith, the ticket the demo- crats are scheming to elect, the people would have no show at all with the railroads. ——— The Northwestern Reconsiders. Citicaco, Oct. 30.—The Chicago & North western road to-day suspended its notice of last weel that it would reduce through rates between Duluth and the seaboard to a basis of $110 to meet the new rates of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic. To-day's action of the Northwastern is the result of a pressura by the otiier St. Paul roads, and it operates t0 postpone a cut until a conference can ba held. The threatened reduction by the Northwestern would put Duluth in direct competion with St. Paul and Miuneapolis ou through busine . TImpure blood is the mother of a hun- dred disenses. Use Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla, your old grandmothor's remedy. Largest bottle in the market for 1. It is safe, harmless, reliable. Sold by all druggists. ol The Central lowa's Manager. W00, Neb., Oct. 30.—(Special Telogram to Tie Bee.|—C. H. 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