Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 14, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BER.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1889, THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Favame TRRM8 OF S8UBSCRIPTION. orning Edition) including Sunday 5 gurgas - 0 o Your e e i ana o0 _Butlding, t-amgjl;fia Earnam sc'r'f;]u‘.m 0 Ofce, b7 Rookery Bl e Fork Offics, Hooms 14 and 1 Tribune .gmmm ashinigton Office, No, 513 Fourteentn Street. CORRESPONDENCE. e ATl communications relnting to news and edi. im‘;l metter shonld be addressed to the Editor of the Bee. BUSINESS LETTERS, Al business letters and remittances should e addressed to Tho e Publishing Company, g:nlhn Drafts, checks and postoflice orders o mnde payable to the order of the company. The Bee Poblishing Company, Proprictors. Brr Bn"dh,';', Ernlm and Seventeenth Sta. THE DAILY BEE. Eworn Statement of Circulation. Stats of Nebraska, {n. County of_Donglas, eorge B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, does solemnly swear thut the actual circulation of THE DAILY HEr for 2 August 10, 1850, was a8 follows: Sund gust 4. v Monday, August. b. Tuesdny, August 0 Wednesday, Augu Thursday, August Friday, August o Baturdiy, Augus Average.... GEORGE B. TZSOHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed to in my presence this 10th day of August, A. D, 1880, [Seal.] . P. FELL, Notary Public. State of Nebraska, ! Collmr of Douglas, { %% George B. Tzschuck, belng duly sworn, de- 0fes and says that ho 8 secretary of The’Hoe ublishing company, that_the actual average dally circilation of iy DAILY BE for the month of August, 188, 1183 coplos: tor Sej tomber, 1%, ‘I ibi. copind: for October 1, 8,084 coples: for November, 185, 18 -, 1888, 18,223 coples: foi January, B0, 18,574, coplos; for February, 1580, 18,00 gaplos Tox Mareh, iS9, 14454 coplus; for’ April, 1889, 18,650 coples; for May, 1580, 18,04 coples: for June, 1880, 18,858, copies; for July, 1889, ]mavo[\le 3 GRO. ZSOHUCK. worn to ' before me and subscribed in my presence this 3d day of August, 1880, [8EAL.] N. P. Frir, Notary Publie. HAs th:;rfnz cntlfc; V;how ;mjl;cl been put out to pasture? Oh, Woodman, gpare those ferns and palms, has been heard. OMAHA’S appeal, COLLECTOR PETER'S store-keevers and gaugers can be hoard daily siching for the appointments which never came. TEN governors are to be elected this year in as many states. Six of them will be republicans-*those from the two Dakotas, Washington, Towa, Massachu- setts and Ohio. THERE is one man by the name of Boyd who is willing to accept a nomi- nation without so many frills. His front name is John F. And he would Jjust as lief be sheriff as mayor. " —— JupnGe COOLEY wants the powers of the inter-state commerce commission enlarged so that he can stop the ras- cals from wrigglmz through +the meshes of the inter-stato railroad law. ‘WHILE the farmers of the west are rejoicing in bountiful crops, the farm- ers of the Middle and New England states have cause toremember the sum- mer of 1889 for its humidity and de- structive storms. IN THE mwain the Omaha police force has become very eflicient, and Omaha is as well policed now as any city of America. The only trouble with our police is that it is oo officious, and tries to overdo things. < A GREAT many people are waiting for Judge Groff to return. His judicial boots are objects of a great deal of at- tention just now. The question is, is there anybody around here large enough to wear them. ALL THE talk about candidates for mayor is slightly too previous, The city election does not oceur until December. ‘We shall first have to dispose of the @oestion—Who are to be sheriff and commissioner? IN advertising for bids to erect the oity hall the city clerk represents that he is acting by order of the board, ‘What board? The board of park com- missioners, the board of fire and police or the boaid of public works? E—— I¥ tie Brown-Sequard elixir fad runs its day, as it seems likely to do, the doc- tors of this country will have struck a rich bonanza injecting the new-found tonic into every man, woman and child that suffers from real or imaginary dis- ease. Sm——— EXCITED citizens of North Dakota have just got to that stage where they ‘burn unpopular delegates to the consti- tutional convention in afligy for favorit- ism in locating public buildings. Ten years ago they would have hung the delegates themselves, but times have changed. E—— Mz. JAMES E. BoYD has once more declined to be a candidate for mayor, but that does not absolutely take him out of the fleld, Mr. Boyd rather likes to be coaxed, and the democrats will only have to improvise a citizens' meet~ ing and get Paul Vandervoort and John M. Thurston to second the motion, and Mr, Boyd will accept and bare his chest to the arrows and slings of the repub- lican hosts. ————————— THERE is altogether too much sym- pathy wasted by certain business men upon the impostor who has recently been passing forged checks on our banks. He may be a very genteel young man; he may have some very respecta- ble relatives, but he is entitled* to no sywmpathy or forbearance. Peovle who get money on forged checks are no . better than burglars and pickpockets, and are entitled to noleniency on ac- eount of their family relations. E——— Tk Chicago, 8t. Paul & Kansas City has come to the rescue of the cities on the Missouri river in demanding that the low commodity tariff made to St. Paul and Minneapolis from Chicago should apply equally to Missourl river points. Should this road, aided by the Alton, be successful in ite fight, rates would be lowered from twenty-five to thirty-five per cent below the present schedule. INTENT OF THE SLOCUMB LAV A citizen of Harvard, in this state, propounds some queries to THE BEE which we deem proper to answer con- cisely. It appears that after a heated contest an issue had been made befors District Judge Morris with regard to the right of the city council of Harvard to over- rule remonstrances against the issuing of licenses to sell liquor. According to our informant Judge Morris held as fol- lows? 1. That the Slocumb liquor law of this state was intended to be a prohibitory law. 8. That the protest of even one porson is sufficient to prevent the council from grant- ing a permit to sell intoxicants. 8. That objections to the moral character of the applicant may extend back to the cradle of the applicant, and if nis entire life cannot stand the ordeal of such a test, he is not the proper person to sell. 4. That he who has at any prior time sold on & permit is disqualified on the ground that he has sold adulterated liquors. If Judge Morris has been correctly quoted his version of the law 18 extraor- dinary, to say the least. The Slocumb law was designed to be what is expressed in its title, “*An act to regulate the license and sale of malt, spirituous and vinous liquors.” The title of an act is its index, ana always express the intent of the law. No such word as prohibition occurs in the title of the Slocumb bill, but the right to re- fuse license is conferred by the act upon poards of county commissioners and town councils wherever public senti- ment, expressed in their election,is op- posed to the traffic in liquor. The mani- fest intention of the lawmakers and the law was, local option to regulate, re- strain or prohibit, as the majority of the peovle in any county or town may direct. The protest of one person is just as good as those of a thousand persons, provided that ‘it is satisfactorily proven that the applicant for a license has been guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of the Slocumb law within the space of one year; or, if any former license held by the applicant bas been revoked for any misdemeanor against the laws of this state. The plain intent of the law regarding ‘| moral character is that no person con- victed of a felony or minor criminal offense shall be granted a license to sell liguor. For such offenses the records *“from the cradle to the grave” may be searched, and, if produced, would sus- tain a remonstrance. But ill repute that rests upon hearsay would hardiy be sufficient as a bill of attainder. If the dictum of Judge Morris is cor- rect with regard to adulterated liquors, no liquor dealer in Nebraska is entitled to a license a second time. All liquors are notoriously more or less adulterated. The purest of native and imported wines and the best brands of domestic liquors ‘are an admixture. The only unadulterated liguor that we know of is the pure corn juice in the distillery, and even the distillery alcohol will con- tain a mixture of various chemical sub- stances. Judge Morris, who was once upon a time a storekeeper in an Omaha dis- tillery, is bound to admit that fact. THE TRADE CONGRESS. There is a growing interest in the trade congress of the three Americas, which is to assemble in Washington in October. The state department has beea advised of the appointment of del- egates from all the countries that will be represented in the congress, except those from Uruguay and Venezuela, and it is estimated that the membership of the congress will be about seventy. It need hardly be said that the dele- gates will be representative men of the soveral countries, selected by reason of their particular ability to discuss and intelligently consider the very important questions that will be pro- sented to their attention. From hay- ing regarded the matter of accepting the invitation of the United States as an affair of courtesy, it is evident that the governments of Soutb and Central America have come to look upon the congress as roally a very important event, and hence they will send their best citizens available for such a service. Perhaps nothing could better il- lustrate the growth of interest in the congress on the southern continent than the final decision of the empire of Brazil to participate in it. Owing to various conditions, chief of which was the disturbed political condition of Brazil, it was not expected that coun- try would be represented in the con- gress, but a prominent officer of the government has been commissioned to attend, and it is said he has also been instructed to negotaite a commercial treaty with the United States. Our last treaty with Brazil was negotiated eleven years ago, and pertained en- tirely to reciprocity in trade marks. The only treaty of commerce and navi- gation we have ever entered into with that country was that of 1828, which has since terminated. DBrazil has al- ways shown a friendly disposition toward this country, and she offers per- haps the best opportunity of any of the countries of the southern continent for the development and extension of ou. trade in that direction. She is the largestof the South American countries, having a population of about fifteen millions, and her people are enterpris- ing and progressive. The TUnited States did' a trade with her in 1888 amounting to sixty million dollars, which was move than twice the value of our commerce with Mexico, and nearly equal to the value of our trade with = Canada. of course much the greater part of our commerce with Brazil is in what we buy of her, but the fact that she desires to negotiate a commercial treaty with the United States is evidence of a wish to become more largely than she has been & purchaser from us, and this dis- position is worthy of being encouraged. The action of Brazil, with other indi- cations of the growing interest taken in the objects of the trade congress, render much brighter the prospect of some practical good resulting from it. A gentleman recently returned from a visit to the republics of Central America, where he inter viewed the presidentsand leading states- men of those countries upon the sub- ject of the congress, states thut he found them a unit in their desire to reverse the ‘present system of giving Rurope ninety per cent of their trade. All of them expressed the hope that the United States will attentively consider the things which will be presented at the congress that have operated to turn their trade to Europe and away from its natural channel in this country. Those who have predicted the complete fail- ure of the trade congress seem likely to have occasion to confess their mistake. At any rate the present outlook is highly lavorable. e e NOT QUITE A PARADISE. The portion of the Sioux reservation to be opened to settlement is not repre- sented by those who have given it care- ful inspection to be quite the paradise it has been supposed to be, Ex-Gover- nor Foster expressed the opinion, as the result of his observations, that a great part of tho new territory is not worth much for agriculture. He thought that perbaps one-fourth of the whole, being arid, can not be used for grazing or ag- ricultural purposes, and of the remain- ing three-fourths the groutee por- tion would be best for grazing. The climatic conditions would have to change before agriculture conld be made a success. As it is, the intense heat of the summers burns up the crops. There is insufficient rainfall, and irri- gation will be necessary. It is un ex- cellent region for vegetables, and gen- erally for grazing, but not for growing grain. A correspondent who has evidently given very careful study to the entire region to be opened is not altogether flattering in his description of it, though he does not go so far as Mr. Foster in depreciation of its agri- culural worth. He remarks that within its boundaries there is such a variety of soil and condition as would seem adapted to fill the wants of any one secking a home in the newer portion of the west. The bottom lands along the streams, he says, afford the best facilities for general agriculture, the soil being in nearly all cases deep- er, richer and less susceptible to the drouth. For stock-raising and grazing the region lying in the extreme western part, and between the head waters of the White and Bad rivers, will be found most suitable. Timber is found along the rivers and creeks, and very little in any other place. This correspondent ro- marks, in conclusion: ‘“‘Let it be un- derstood that this territory now to be onened is not a paradise, where indus- try. economy and shrewdness are not necessary for success. There is no more certainty of a full return from the seed sown in this region than in any other, but it is equally sure. The home seeker who comes here must de- cide to undergo and forego. There will attach to this new region all the dis- comforts which are the usual accom- paniments of every first settlement, but the man who comes here and is indus- trious, economical and -painstaking, will be able to build a home and sur- round himself with the comforts of life.” THE STRUGGLE IN UTAH. Although the Gentile majority in Salt Lake City at the recent election was only forty-one, it was sufficient to justify the congratulations with which 1t was everywhere received. It does not appear to have taken the fight out of the Mormous, however. That elec- tion was for members of the legislature. The great struggle for the possession of the city government will take place next spring. Meantime the Mormon manugers are not likely to be idle. Already a scheme of colo- nization - is hinted at. A para- graph has appeared in the Mormon organ asking all persons having rooms to let to communicate with a certain Mormon, who can supply them with roomers and boarders. This is con- strued to mean a vast scheme of col- onization, and it is by no means im- probable that such is the purpose. It would be quite in line with the cunning of the Mormon politicians to bring into the city a few hundred of the faithful and keep them there long enough to give them apparently a legal vote, and when the election arrives herd them at ths polls to overwhelm the Gentiles. At any rate there can be nothing amiss in keeping a vigilant lookout with a view to the prevention of such a possible fraud. But evan should such a scheme suc- ceed and the Mormons win at the next oity election, nothing is more certain than that their period of domination in Utah is about at anend. One moré term of municipal power in Salt Lake City would be no real advantage to them. Itcould notadd to their strength, or enable them to improve their stand- ing before the country. It might give them the opportunity to get out on a little better terms than they otherwise would, but that is all, They are doomed to go down be- fore an opposition that is irresistible, the hostility of sixty-five millions of people to their system and their prin- ciples, embodied in laws from which there will be no retreut, and as certuin to abide and grow with the growth of population as did the hostility against slavery, And when Mormonism is overthrown in Utah, it will bardly find a safe lodgment elsewhere on the Amer- ican continent. That, we believe, will be its last battlefield, and its frte will be final., And the day of this consumma- tion is undoubtedly not far off. —— THE failure of the United States to erect a corn palace at the Paris exposi- tion is due wholly to the poor manage- ment of the New York Produce ex- change, which undertook to father the project early in the season, New York subscribed the beggarly sum of a thousand dollars when its rich produce brokers should have raised a purse of at least twenty times that amount. As a result of their indifference but little was done outside of New York City looking forward to such an exhibition, The United Suates commissioner at Paris was discouraged from diverting a single dollar from the large sum set aside by congress for the exposition for the exhibition of American corn. In consequence the whole scheme fell flat, and America’s great staple product, instead of being shown off and adver- tised to the best possible ad- vantage, does- not make its appearance w Aho meager display of the agrioultu A_l:}m«lunu of this couatry. America, and, esproially the west, has been greatly damaged by this neglect and mismanagement. A proper display of corn wouldihave been of more prac- tical value té7the corn exporters and farmers of th{§ country than all of Ameriea’s oxhibits combined. Itisto be greatly regretted that the project was not in the'flrst place entrusted to the United States commissioner instead of the New Yérk Produce exchange. That would at least have insured a re- spectable recognition for corn at the exposition, and Europeans would be able to learn many of its manifold uses as a food product. It the account thus given of the new territory is somewhat disappointing, in view of the general impression that had obtained regarding it, it is manifestly better that it should be fairly given in advapce of the opening than to allow the erroncous impression to remain. It is not at all probable that the govern- ment will have any difficulty in dispos- ing of all the more desirable lands within the three years during which the price will be one dollar and twenty- five cents per acre, and it is more than likely that the entire area will be sold at this price, but with intending settlers properly informed as to the character of the lands greater care will be taken in making selections. At any rate there will doubtless be something of a rush for the new lands during the first year. From what is said of this terri- tory as a whole, it is certainly to be con- cluded that the terms offered by the government to the Indians are entirely fair, and that it would not have been justified in paying more than the agree- ment cails for. THE new law of nationality in France is to the effect that a child born of French parentage in any country is a citizen of France. Serious complica- tions are likely to ensue in the future if this law be strictly enforced. Thé con- stitution of the United States provides that all persons born in the United States whose parents are residents and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States are American citizens. Bosrton expended fourteen hundred dollars for the reception tendered to President Harrison, and squandered forty thousand dollars not long since to entertain the Princess Kapiolani. But then it must be remembered that the latter is thé consort of the great King Kulakaua of .the Sandwich Islands, while the former is merely the chief magistrate of ‘the United States of America. EUROPE has ibeen called upon quite recently to 'pay her respects to Americen diplomats, statesmen, sol- diers, men of letters, engineersand marksmen. Shé has now the opportu- nity of doing holnage to a great elec- trician and inventor, And there is every reason't0 believe that Edison will be honored while abroad in a man- ner befitting his geniu —_— The Final Resort of A Fanatiocs, San Francisco Alta, The Henry George people are beginning to talk about the purposes of providence, which they declare to be adverse to the private ownership of land. This professed partner- ship with providence is the final resort of all fanatics who want to enjoy what others have earned. P STy This Makes the Reader Heave, Too. Toronto Glove. The captain of the Rush is said to have saluted the captain of the Black Diamond with the remark: ‘‘Heave to; I wish to board you.” It afterwards appeared, how- ever, that the Black Diamond had both to board and lodge the Rush’s able seaman. —_— The Deadly Parallel, i Chicago Tribune. The gonerosity of New York is proverbial throughout the bounds of civilization.—New York Tribune. ‘Chis is a good time to remember the Arch. * » » Sendin your dollars and quarters aund dimes—but send something!—New York Tribune. e Little Rhody’s Dilemma. Chicago Herald. The Rnode Island authorities are endeav- oring to put a stop to Sunday base ball, but it is doubtful if they have full jurisdiction when, a¢ is necessarily the case, the fielders 1 the game aro outside the state. Little Rhody, probably, will have to enter nto some inter-state arrangement with its neighbors before it can succeed in this effort. L O'erleaped Himself. Chicago Times, The fact that a New York street-car pres- ident has turned forger is calculated to open the eyes of the public to the fact that to be the king-pin in & company whose shares are quoted at 210 and whose earnings are equally heavy isn't the acme of human bliss. It seems that even street car prosidents want more, Theone in question wantod $150,000 more and got it. He is now injaml. So wuch for vaulting ambition, e ‘What Dispieas:s the Carolinians. Ohilcago News. “Have an ‘dpolinaris with me,” said Mr, Blaine to Mr. Hatrison. “Thank you, I prefer ginger ale,” said Mr, Harrison to Mr, Blaine. Is it any wonder that the governor of North Caroling IPd the governor of South Carolina are dissatisfied with this adminis- tration 1 | A Connectigyt woman is suing her neigh- bor for aamages for putting up fly screens. She claims that; the flies which cannot get into her neighbor's house on this account will come to Lidrd) and she will thereby have double the usyyl, pumber. Miss Maria Mitchell gave $1,000 to Vassar college and divided the remainder of her estate and her scientific instruments, medals, ete., among ber relatives. Madame Modjeska, who 18 to star with Edwin Booth next season, has arrived in New York from her western ranch and will begin rehearsala soon. She will be seen during the coming season as Lady Macbeth, Marie Stuart and Donas Diaua besides the Shake- spearean plays usually presented by Mr, Booth. Deborah Powers, the senior partner in the bank of D. Powers & Sons, Lansingburg, N. Y., is the oldest banker in the country. This venerable but active woman is ninety-nine years ola. She is in full possession of her faculties and her busihess shrewdness is as remarkablo as it was a generavion back. Miss Isabells Bird, the enterprising,daunt- less little Euglishwoman who has traveled aloue in 80 mwany Out-of-the-way countries of the world and written fascinating accounts of her adventares and observations, is mar- ried to a bishop. The king of Siam has awarded her the order of “Kapolani” in recognition of her literary work. The following Is told of Mrs. Jeannie ‘Welsh Carlyle: She went to a school in Haddington. When she was nine years old she was able to read Virgil. Yet Jeannie, with all har learning, was a roal girl, and had a doll upon which she bestowed much affection. On her tenth birthday she made o funeral pile of lead pencils and cinnamon sticks and poured some perfume over it, after the manner of tho ancients. Next she recited the speech of Dido from Virgil, and then she stabbed the doll, letting out all the sawdust. The pite was then set firo to, and after the doll had boon burnt to ashes poor wee Jeannie sat down and cried. An Indiana widow had completed all ar- rangements for her second marriage Satur- day, and when sho had got overything fixed she found that the hurly-burly of prepara- tion coupled with the exocitement consequent on the approach of the nuptial hour had left lier with a beadache. Naturally she didn’t want to have a headache on her wedding night, 8o she took & dose of morphine and lay down to sleep the headache away. The marriage did vot take place. A funeral will e substituted. Mrs, Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin is now living at Hyde Park London. The English newspapers say that it is a surange coincidence that her,husband is descended in o straight line from Mrs. Dandridge, the mother of Martha Washington. Fanny Bignon, who is praised by zoolog- ists for a recent paper on the anatomy of the lachrymal gland of the green turtle, is one of the most remarkable women of Paris. She studied zoology at the Sorbonne, and has combined the career of student and teacher. TP TR The Sioux Bill NIOBRARA, Neb., August 13,--To the Ed- itor of Tme Ber: In your editorial item of the 10th you are 1n error when you say “The greatest difficulty that the government will experience in the sale of land will not come from actual settlers, but from land specu- lators, who will be the first on hand to buy up immense tract +, If it be the policy of the interior department to dispose of the land to boua-fide settiers only, care will have to be taken to prevent the fraud and subterfuge.” “The policy of the interior department’ will have nothing to guard in this particular, as the Sioux bill provides that bona-fide settlers only shall have access to these lands upon paying $1.25 an acre and four years’ residence under the homestead law. Your Washing- ton correspondent also mentions that thero 18 a subsequent bill providing for the Sioux commission, whic! s that before the open- ing of the reservation sheir action must first be ratified by congress. The Sioux bill does not say this, and Colonel King, of Chamber- lam, S. D., Who was at Washington lobbying for its passage, claims that the president’s proclamation is all that is necessary. As this seems to be a question not yet fully settled, would it not be well for Tue Bee to publish the law which provides for the senate’s rati- fication? Ep A, Fry. [An official copy of the bill has been or- dered and will be published as soon as re- ceived.—ED. | - DAYS OF CHIVALRY. Will Be Recalled by tho Ward Clubs Fair Week. “You may say,” said Councilman T.ee, “‘that the Seventh ward will send a booming band and a booming ward club, mounted and uniformed, to take part in the ward display carnival week, We never do things by halves in the Seventh, and we won't do it this time. We had the flnest ward club dur- ing the last campaign, and we're going to keep up our reputation.” William I. Kerstead, of the Ninth ward says that there will be a mounted club from his ward in the night cavalcade which will recall the days of chivalry. The prize ban- ner, he asserts, will be sufficient incentive to a display, but this will be increased by a de- sire toaid in a grand public event which will go far toward giving visitors an idea that Omaha can get up a show worthy of be- ing witnessed. Mike Maul speaking of the Third ward, says that he does not think his division of the city will get the bounce, but 1t will leave nothing undone to make a creditable display. Louis Heimrod in the Second ward has no fear that the mounted squadrons of his ward are o be outdone by any competitors, Cheering news like this comes from other sources and to-morrow night and Monday will bo backed up by the suthorized resolu- tion or the ward organizatlons. The subject will be considered next Friday evening in the Fifth ward. — MAJOR DAVIS WAXES ELOQUENT And Rallies the Boys For a Move on Milwaukee. Major Davis has sent the following letter to Colonel Morrison: Cnioago, August 12, 1889.—To Colonel S, H. Morrison, Senior Vice Commanaer, Com- manding Department of Nebraska: Please communicate to the comrades assembled at the reunion my sincerest regrets at being unable to meet with them in the festivities of this annual meeting. Detamed from active work by illness, 1 have not been idle in the interests of our order. The question of transportation I found immediately upon my election was “the biggest question on earth,” so far as our iuterests were con- cerned, and in the long weeks of my illness 1 have not failed to keep stirring for the old rate of 1 cent per mile. But up to this time 1 find that the railroad combination was too strong, and that the preceaent we have had for the last five or six years of riding from ocean to ocean at the rute of 1 cent par mile is to be broken, I have now no hope of any change, After due consideration, and for the interest of the order, L have taken pleasure 1in selecting the Union Pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads as the best route for the headquarters train which is to convey the Nebraska delegation to our national encampment at Milwaukee. 1 have every confidence in the ability aud de- votion of our senior vice commander, and commend him to the same loyal support you have always given to me. Comrades, I may never greet you again, but I desire to assure you that the best regards of my heart for the order, the best thoughts of my mind for its interests and the best work of “my hands for its welfare will be given to it while I live. I greet you all to-aay in the kindest sririt of the fraternity, charity and loyalty of our oraer. God bless the old sixth corps, and God bless the whole Grand Army of the Re- public, J. B. Davis, Dopartment Commander. i AN ART DEPARTMENT. It Will Be One of the Features of the Omaha Fair, In less than three weeks the fifth annual fair of the Omaha Fair & Exposition asso- ciation will be opened in this city, It prom- ises 1 bo the greatest attraction in its lne that has been held here, The management is more than pleased with the present out- look. It is expected that the capacity of the buiidings will be taxed to accommodate the exhibits, while the attendance will be larger than any previous year. There is one thing that the association desires, and that is that the people of Omahs will contribute to the successof the art department. This can be made one of the leading attractions if the lovers of art in this city will place on exhi- bition their several art collections, There is uo danger of the exhibits being injured or stolen, and if they are placed in the art gal- lery they cannot help but be a drawing card, Yesterduy Mr. (iibbs, the assistant secre- tary of the association, said the assurauce that the people of Omaha and Council Bluffs would place on exhibition their works of art was all that was noeded to insure the finest eneral display that has been seen on the Enaa fair ground State Rewnion G. A. R. at Kearney, Round-trip tickets at half rates on sale at all Nebraska stations of the Burlington Route, B. & M. . R., Au- gust 12 to 16, good returning till August 18. City ticket oflice 1223 Farnam st. NON-PARTISAN PROHIBITI The Lancaster Brethren Moet and HEnthuse and Indorse. EDITOR HARDY IN A DILEMMA. It Was Only Momentary, for the Professional Veracity of the Sanctum Came to His Relief —Oapital Uity News. LIN0OIN BUREAU OF THE OMATA R, 1020 P Strert, Laxcows, August 18, At 9:80 p. m. the county convention in sup- port of the prohibition non-partisan amend- ment league was called to order by C. A. Atkinson, and H. A. Wilson was elocted chairman, Mr. Wilson, in acoepting the position, said that those who came expecting to be nom- inated for ofMce would bo sadly left. 1he only object of the organization was to orystal- izo public sentiment in favor of tho prohidit- ory amendment, and thus secure its adoption by the people at the genoral election in 1890, They had no thoughtof organizing a new party, but to draw into close assoclations all men, no matter to what party thoy might belong, who favored the adoption of this amendment. The convention numbored, perhaps, fifty persons, nearly all of whom were from the city, and none, except Messrs. Atkinson, and Wilson, of any political prom- Mr. Hartloy, of Beunett, was suggested us secrotary of the convention, but he declined, a8 he had to go home at 4 p. m. The Rev. E. H. Chapin, pastor of the Uni- versalist church of this city, was then elected secretary. Mr. Robbins suggosted that the object of tho meetiug was to organize a county loague, auxiliary to the state league, and he moved the appointment of acommittee of three to prepare a constitution. Adopted. The chair then appointed the following committeo: Messrs. C. A. Robbins, H. W. Hardy and Mr. Hartloy. Mr. Hurdy, who is the editor of the third party prohibition organ, the New Republic, was somewhat dumbfounded at the announce: ment, as ho had scveral times announced that he had no sympathy with the organiza- tion. He was for third party prohibition, and like many more, was for third party work exclusively. He did notlike to commit himself by accepting a position on tho com- mittee, and he did not like to decline and givo his real reasons thercfor, but he wot out of the dilemma very gracefuily by stating that his position as a reporter for tho New Republic would engross his attention, and he begged to be excused. He w cused, and Mr. Trester, of the bloody ward, was appointed in' his stead. While the committeo was out preparing to report on a cut_and dried constitution C. A. Atkinso, president of the state league, made an address on the objects and work of the league. The committes on_ constitution reported, recommending the adoption of the county constitutional amendment by the state league, which was done. State House Jorttings. The examining board of the state board of pharmacy meets to-morrow to pass upon the qualifications of persons. who may desire 10 dispense medicines in the state without the necessary certiticate. It 1s learned that the examination commences at 9 o'clock in the morning, and will be held in the senato chamber. “I was glad to sco Tur Bex take the stato board of transportation to task this morn- ing,” remarked a prominent member of it, “but, as T am not a candidate for a second torm the shoo didn't pich me o bit. The gentleman from the ‘interior’ has tha board down pat. There is more truth than poetry in his statements, and tuey ought to stir the members of the board into action at the next meeting, and I believe they will.” be idea that the bourd of public landsand buildings zoes to Hastings and Kearnoy this week 10 visit the state institutions seems to awmuso the boys. It scoms that the members of the bourd have an eye to the reunion now in progress, where favors can be courted that will come in play a year later. The soldier vote is everything but a nonentity, and no one recognizes the fact more fully than the politicians, ‘The work of removing the state library rapidly nears completion. It is said that it will be in the new quarters before to-morrow night. The reserve shelf room is not what was expected, and # great many books will have to go into the gallery, which is_being furnished from the furniture of the old rooms. Tho general verdiot is that the new rooms are very couveniently arranged and a great improvement over tho old. The Sewer Bond Election. Next Monday, the 10th, 18 election day for the $20,000 bonds for extension of the sani- rary sewer system of this city. No very thorough explanation of the proposed exten- sion has been made, and vhe subject has at- tracted but very little attention. It will probably carry by default. The following parties have been appointed judges and clerks of the election in the soveral voting precinets: First Ward—Judgos 1. Valland Thomas Hes Bennett and E. J. Fleharty. Second Ward—Judges: Noonan and M. Bohauan, and A. Katzenstein, Third Ward—Judges: Karcher and A. G. Barnos, Clerks: 1. A. Cooley and A. D. Borgott. Fourth Ward—Judges; J. C. Adams, William Gidespie and S. Males, ‘Clerks: L. Wilson and Mart Howe. Pifth Ward—Judges :James Aitkin, Henry Brose and Jack Johnson. Clerks: 8. Sny- der and Thomas Hudson. Sixth Ward—Judges: J. L Salter, T. H Worthington and J. W, Bartscherer. 'Clerks: E. M. Crittenden and Sam Woodley. 1. Oppenheimer, H. Clerks: W. B W. Watkins, M. Clerks: H. Stern John_Avers, G. D. City News and Notes. Tom Carr, besides pushing his West Lin- ooln manufacturing interests, is booming his canaidacy for sheriff. Well posted politi- cians say that the race for the republican nomination lies between hin and Sam Mc- Clay. D. N. Syford, the local manager for the postal telegraph company here, has re- signed, and the friends of Sam Roverts are pushing him for the place. Sam 18 a very worthy young man, who held the position of line man for some time until he met with an accident on the Union Pacific near Beatrice some three months ago. By order of the county commissioners made yesterday afternoon, Lincoln is to have three justices of the peace in the future in- stead of two as at present. This conforms to an act of the legislature of 1859, The First district includes the First and Third wards; the Second the Second and Fifth wards; the Third the Fourth and Sixth wards. In these Joseph Brown is & candidate in the First t, 8. T. Cochran and Judge Snelling in the Second and Charley Foxworthy in the Third, Robert McReynolds has been appointed chairman of the advertising committee of the board of trade, with instructions to de- vise and arrange for an anoual festival that will exhibit Nebraska products and adver- tise the city and state. The fire department was calleda out to the Buckstaff & Stout brick yaras about 1:30 this afterooon, but the fire was of no conse- quence and was extinguished before the boys g0t there. Ed Ewan, who has been visiting friends and relatives in this city and in Otoe and Nemaha counties for the past two months, left this afternoon for his home at Clarks, Dak. He1s s Huron boomer for the capital of South Dakota. Farragut post, G. A. R, sent a drum corps, fifty strong, o Kearney to-day in & special car over the Union Pacide, The car was hangsomely decorated and the boys were as Lappy and jolly a lot as oue could imagine. O, W. Webster reauests Tur Bee to state that his brother, W. W. Webster, has not left Lincoln for gcod, and that he will return 10 the course of time. He also states that he has not sold his business interests here, and that hus absence 1s due to & businoss call. TH CASE, The Defense W Attempt to Show That Mrs. Saxs Wrote the Lottors. The caso of Saxe va Swou was callad in the police court yestorday afternoon. Dr. Swotnam was tho only ono of the principals prosent. Mr. Honry Estabrook, one of the attor- neys for the proseoution, asked for a contin« uance of two weeks on account of the ab- sence of Mrs, Saxe, who had been sont to St. Joe to get a short period of restand quiot. Tho attorney for the defonse, Mr. Davis, objected to a continuance becanso his client was subjected to great pablicity on account of the nature of the cliarge which had beon made against him, and he was anxious to have the matior heard. “Wo propose to show the court,” continued Mr. Davis, “if this caso evor comoes to trial, the complete innocence of the accused. We will introduce testimony 10 show that the person who wrote thoso letters was Mrs. Saxo herself. That is our theory, and it will be clearly estab- lished by evidence. Wo believe Mrs. Saxo loft town to avoid testifying, If she was able to travel to St. Joo, and was ablo to make sovoral trips down town, she was cer- tainly able to appoar in ocourt. We = want 1t explained why she ‘was not able to appear if " she was ablo to come down to General Cowin's office, The prosecuting witn and his friends have beon very busy circulating reports of their side of the case on the streets and through the pross. Dr. Swetnam, being in- nocent of the charge made against b ought not be subjected o this publicity “The state should have been ready to go on with the case when they+iled their informa- tion. We would like to have them explain why it is thata continuance is asked, and why they have sent tLeir principal witness away from the city. We bave only Mr, Ks- tabrook’s bare assertion for the fucts, and while we have no doubt as to his veracity we should think they would produce some- thing more,” Mr. KEstabrook here offored to make a sworn statement or an afidavit of the facts in the case, His offer was accepted, and he was then sworn and made the following statement: *I have known Mrs. Saxe for a number of years. For tho last two yoars she has baen subject to a nervous and mental trouble which has almost eompletely prostrated her, The day before the last hearing 1 talked with her for about two hours. She belipved then that she could not ap- pear in court, us she was averse to any more publicity in the matter. She finally said it she could help her nusband in any way she would appear aud testify. When the carriage was sent after her, on the day of the hearing, she had almost a spasm of nervousness, from which she has not yet recovered. “We are glad the point is to bo made on the authorship of those letters as between Mrs. Saxe and Dr. Swetnam. Mrs. Saxe says she did not write those letters, and if anyone suid that she did she said she would commit_suicide. Sho will tostify that she received those letters through the mails. “The first continuance was had with the tacit understanding that the time was not long enough. It is a late day for the do- fense to want professional evidence that Mrs. Saxe is not able to appear. At the ficst hearing wo offered to producs such evidence o prove Ler condition, but they waived that and preferred to take Gonerat Cowin's word for it. Now they want the evidence.” The court_announced that the case would be continued for one week. SBAXE-SWHETNAM 1If you suffer from loosencss of bowels or fever and ague, Angostura Bitters will cure you. Dr. J. G. 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