Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 28, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE "~ H. ROBEWATER, Biitor. FUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Months. ... The Omuhn Bunday e nadress, One Year ... Weekly Hee, One Year... OFFICES. Omaha OMce, Bee Bullding. N. W. Beventoenthand Farnam Streets. Chicago Offica, W7 Hookery Hallding, New York Office, Rooms 14 and 15 Trfbune ulllnfl, Washington Office, No. 513 Fourteenth Strect. Conneil Biafts Office: No. 12 Pear Stroet. Lincoln Office, 1020 P St ooty CORRESPONDENCE. All communieations relating to news and edi- torial matder should bo addressed to the Editor of the lee, BUSINESS LETTERS. All Lasiness letters and remittances should ‘be addressed to 1'he Bee Publishing Company, Omaha. Drafts, checks and postoilice oruers (o e ninde payablo 1o the order of. the company, Tie Bee Publishing Company, Proprictors BeE Buliding Farnam and Seventeenth Streets, THE DAILY BEE. €worn Statement of Circulation. Etate of Nebraska, Vo County of Douglas, (%% George 13, Tzschuck, secretary of The Beo Publishing Company, does solemuly swear tht the actual circulation of Tk DALY 1ER_ for the week ending Augus! 1830, was as follows: Sunday. August1s .. 8,550 Monday, August 19 Average. .. GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Bworn to before me and subscribed to in my ‘presence this 24th day of Augnst, A. D, 1830, (Keal.] N. P. FELL, Notary Publiz. State of Nebraska, Wi County of Dot George B, Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- Jotes and says that he'is seartazy of The Hee blishing company, that the actual average daily eircnlation of ‘Trin DALY BEe for the wonth of August, 188, 18,18 copfes: for Se tember, 188, 18151 coplos: for October 1 18,084 coples: for November, 1838, 18,086 copies: for December, 1888, 1822 coples; for January, 1880, 18,57, coples; for February, 188, 180% capies: Tor March, 189, 18,854 copless for April, 189, 18,550 coples: for May, 1850, 18,600 coples; for 'June. 180, 18,88, coples; for 'July, 1530, 18,738 coples. Gro. B, TZ80HUCK. Bworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 3a day of August, 184, [8EAL] N. P. Frir, Notary Publlc. PRATRIE chickens will be ripe in this state in three more days. —_— It 18 the council’s duty to protect the laborers of grading contractors trom imposition. fF the public should take the part of the bull in the china shop, there would not be much left of the table, glass and crockery trust just formed. A SOUTH OMAHWA man has offered his sarvices as paving inspector without salary. This would indicate thatsome perquisites exist in thisline of business, Now that the cruel war is over in Hayti, Fred Dougias may change his mind about throwing up his fat.com- mission as minister to the black re- public. RIDDLEBERGER has been heard from at last. He refuses 10 support Mahone for the Virginia governorship, and now there is more war on the hands of the little general. Tue Kansas City Zimes of Monday de- voted ten solid columns of small type to the question of taxation. How to evade taxes is a very serious problem in Kan- gas City just now. OMAHA’S credit is evidently as good as that of any western city when New York bankers are willing to pay a premium of five and sixty-five one- hundredths cents. CHICAGO is becoming desperate over the world’s fair. Monday’s issue of the News contained editorials in twenty different languages appealing frantic- ~ ally for a popular subseription. THE cedar block war between the chairman of the board of public works and a contractor continues unabated, The dual is principally waged for the benefit of competing contractors in Denver. HAs'the Kouts disaster, still fresn in mind, had its counterpart in the recent torrible railroad wreck near Streator, I1l., where some fifty Grand Army vet- * erans, bound to the Milwaukee encamp- ment, were dangerously injured? BosTON, St. Louis and Omaha are the base ball centers of the world. The Omaha team is doubtless the best of the lot. The growth of intellectual pur- suits and pleasures in the west is sur- * prising even to its most ardent support- ers. IT 1AS just been discovered that the retiring mayor and council of Madrid, * the capital of Spain, robbed the city of $20,000,000 during their administration of municipal affaivs. It is just possible that they were Chicago boodlers in dis- _ guise. —— THE public schools will open next Monday., More than twenty thousand pupils wiil receive the benefits of free instruction during the year in the finest quarters furnished by any city in the United States, This item is for Bos. tonian perusal — ‘THE location of the postoffice has been advanced a little further by the con- demnation committee. At the rate at which the process of acquiring title is progressing Uncle Sam may possibly be in'possession of the title to Mrs. Grover Cleveland’s lots by New Years. TuE State Development association officers are considering the best meth- ods of adveriising in eastern papers, Proper advertising isa fine art in which experiments cost & good deal of money, The members of the association should exercise great care in their selection of advertising matter and the choice of mediums; otherwise the money used will be thrown away. e THE county commissioners cannot af- ford to ignore the revelations recently made about that grading job, If & for- gery hus been committed the county at- torney should be iustructed to proceed against the parties. The contractors should be mpde to disgorge every dol- lar they have received above the sur- veyor's estimate and the contract price for the grading. “that section in A WARNING OF OPPOSITON. Thero s reason to expect a some- what vigorous opposition from the enst to the proposal that the government shall embark in an extensive systom of irrigation for the arid regions of the wost. The New York Sun doubtless voices a quite general sentiment in asking what right the general government has to use the money of the whole peo- ple to improve the lands of a few states and territories, and 1t is to be expected that this argument will be freely used in congress when the irrigation question is pre- sented for the consideration of that body. The Sun may have taken its cue from the expressions of Senator Reagan unfavorable to the government having anything to do with providing a system of irrigation. The idea will undoubt- odly find numerous supporters in the east and some from the south also. The westorn people so deeply concerned in this question of irrigation may there- fore conclude that they are not to have their demands acceded to without a struggle. It is not doubted that the sonate committeo will report that irri- gation is necessary and feasible, but this will hardly be sufficient to silence the opposition, bulwarked bebind the vlea of paternalism, of which there is already warning. The demand tor government aid in reclaiming the arid regions of the west is not a selfish demand, urged wholly in the interest of the section making it. The contemplated scheme of land re- demption is of national concern, and it is hardly possible to overstate its im- portance. It proposes to render avail- able for agriculture a vast area’ which under favorable conditions would sup- port a population equal to or greater than that of the country at present, and which would add incalculably to the national wealth. A considerable por- tion of the lands to be reclaimed is a part of the public domain, and it is directly in the general public in- terest that this portion shall be put ia condition for settlement, a duty clearly devolving on the general government. In dischurging this duty the benefits resulting to private lands would be incidental, and it should be understood that the people of the west do not ask the government to do more than this. They simply ask that the government shall construct reservoirs on its own domain, maintaining them under national control, and with this in view the area examined by the senate committeo 1s almost wholly the property of the United States, Certainly, n project which contem- plates the reclamation from aridity to fertility of an area out of which eight statos, each as lagge as Indiana, can be made may fairly be regarded as of sur- passing national importance. It is be- lieved that at least one hundred and twenty-five million acres of land out of over eight hundred million acres can be, within a few years, brought under cultivation at no great cost. Taking the generally accepted fact thav twenty-five acres of irrigated land, properly located, is equal to one hun- dred acres of ordinary farming land, this would mean twenty-five million farms, sufficient to support one hundred millions of people. Assuming that the cost of reclaiming this land did not ex- ceed fifty million dollars, as has been estimated, and that its value with the privileges of irrigation would be no more than fifty dollars an acre, and it is easy 1o calculate what a vast addition it would make to the wealth of the gov- ernment. It would return fifty times the investment of the government. It is an extremely narrow view which regards this great project as of merely sectional benefit, and the proposition that the government should have noth- ingtodo with developing the great possibilities involvad in this project, and in the benefits of which the whole people must inevitably share, is essen- tially unwise and unsound. Never- theless, opposition on this ground is to be expected, and it may be found no easy matter to overcome it. 4 C 'LY LESSON. The forest fires in Oregon and Mon- tana have swept away a vast amount of timber. In Montana alone the area of timber lands devastated will cover one hundred and twenty square miles. The money value of this destruction is com- puted to he millions of dollars, and the consequences to follow can not be com- puted in dollars. Forestfices have rarely been g0 destructive as those of the pres- ent year. In 1880 the destruction of forests in the Rocky Mountain region extended over more than four hundred thousand acres, the value of the timber burned being estimated at nearly seven million dollars, The fires of three years ago were very destructive, par- ticularly in Montana. Probably no legislation could ve entirely effective in preventing these forest conflagra- tions, whiech somgtimes originate from lightning. The laws pre- seribing penalties for the willful or careless setting of fires, and requiring the local authorities to post notices warning persons against violation of the luw, have accomplished some good, but these measures are far from being adequate., The last report of the chief of the forestry division of the agricultural department says that under existing laws and regulations it would appear that forest fires have al- most undisputed sway. No forests are saved from fire.and few, if any, from the axe. In every respect, says this re- port, the management of this part of our vational inheritance reflects dis- credit on our much-praised business ca- city. Thizgoverumenl is more penurious in the matter of muaking provision for the protection of its forests than any other in the world having torests to protect. Since 1883 the annual appro- priation for this purpose has been sev- enty-five thoysand dollars, and in that period the estimated value of the tim- her reported stolen is over thirty-ihree million dollars, of which less than half a million was recovered, The example of European countries that have suffered from delorestation has been wholly lost upon us, France in & few years has expended in round numbers five million dollars in the work of reforestation and for the protection of forests, and the aggregate L amount expendoa by various European countrios for these purposes is estimated at thirty million dollars. « Such facts, however, although re- peatedly presonted to the attention of congress, scem to have made no serious impression upon that body, nor has it ever shown any adequate conception of the importance of the subject from any point of view. It has provided for the employment of 0 small a number of _special agents to protect the vast forest area that however active and vigilant they may be they cannot possibly guard 1t against depredations, and the result is shown in the enormous loss the govern- ment has sustained in the Iastsix years, to say nothing of the damage in other respects. It is certainly time that a more liberal policy wers adopted for the better protection of this great interest, Tn a paper on this subject by Professor James, of the university of Pennsyl- vania, embraced in the report of the chief of forestry division, he says: “We are wasting our forests by the axe, by fire, by pasturage, by neglect. They are rapidly falling below the amount required by industrial needs, by our water supply, by our rivers, by our climate, by our navigation and agri- culture. It is high time to call a halt. The devastation of the axe will proba- bly go on in the forests owned by pr vate parties. Other forms of dev: tioy can and should be stopped by vig- orous measuros on the part of the gov- ernment.” The senate committee ir vestigating the subject of irrigation has had an object lesson in forest devasta- tion from which it may be vresumed to have derived valuable information that may be used to induce congress to adopt a more liberal policy and institute more effective measures for forest protedtion. @AS AND ELECTRICITY. The local manager of the Thomson- Houston electric lighting company in- dulges in some strictures of THE BEE'S position with regard to the problem of cheap street lighting. *“The article published by THr BreE,” says the electric light manager, ‘‘sa- vors strongly of gas.” This remark savors strongly of impertinence. ‘What right has anybody counnected with the lighting job to cast such re- flections? THE BEE has very emphat- ically declared over and over again, that the citizens of Omaha de- mand cheaper and better gas, and we have also stated in language that is plain, that it is the right and duty of the council to fix the price of gas at the lowest reasonable rate and regulate its quality by ordi- nance. Tie BEE has urged the council to in- vite proposals for gas and electric light- ing under conditions that will give the city fair competition. This is however not what the electric lighting lobby are after. They claim that they have already underbid the gas company. Suppose this were really true, has not the council the right 1w re- ject all bids, if there is any pros- Pect of getting a still lower bid? I8 it not manifestly to theinterest of the city to give competition the widest lati- tude? The assertion that New York city pays for aboutone thousandelectric lights signifies nothing. New York has a populatlon of more than a million and a half, and at a guess we should say has at least thirty thousand street lamps. One thousand electric lamps in New York would about equal thirty electric lights in Omaha. It may be true that Jackson, Mich., actually uses 180 electric lamps at this time, but Jackson, Mich., has iess than forty thousand population, and covers less than one-fourth the area of Omaha, ‘What we maintain now, as heretofore, is that the scheme to light the whole city with electric lamps would swamp the city treasury. We can afford possibly to pay, for lighting the business streets with elec- tricity, but the fund at the- disposal of the council for street lighting will not hold out if gasand gasoline lamps are to beabandoned forelectriclights, If the ‘I'honison-Houston company is wi! take its chances with other competitors for lighting the business district, well und good. “If it is simply proposed to substitute the electric light monopoly for the gas monopoly, the taxpayers will get very little relief. What we contend 1s that the men who are engineering this elec tric lighting scheme are try- ing to work the lcouncil by methods that are not clean.’ If we are correctly informed, and we think we are, they are trying to pull through a contract that will enable the local company to give away a good many shares of stock profitably to all con- cerned. Undoubtedly some members of the council desire to give the city cheaper lLight, but they are uncon- sciously playing into the hands of a gang of boodlers. This is why THE BEE does not join in the crusade. THE Kansas City papers feel sore over the attitude of Governor Thayer in prohibiting the shipping of Texas cattle from Kansas City or any other point into the Omaha stock yards yntil all danger of Texas fever is passed. They impute the motive of Governor Thayer to a desire to build up Omahaas a cattle center by seeking tocripple the trade of Kansas City by false represen- tations. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Texas cattle are as necessary for the business of Omaha as they are for the business of Kansas City, and the embargo, instead of helping the Omaha market, is in a measura detrimental to it, as it seriously inconveniences both stock buyers and packers, Of two evils, however, it is better to choose the lesser, and while there may be no sick- ness at the Kansas City yaras at pres- ent, they are liable to be infected at any moment by the handling of Texas cat- tle. Governor Thayer’s proclamation 18 no more nor less than a health measure to protect the Omaha stock yards as well a8 the state of Nebraska, It is proper that an ounce of preveatative be used before great injury be doue to local herds by infecting them with a fatal disease. m—— A CURIOUS phase is exhibited by one or two New England and Middle states in calling attention to their advantages for farming and stoci raising. They have goneso tar as to urge upon the department of agriculture to advertise their res s and invite immigration, just as thefllk ricultural bureau has been doing for wost and south, But it is nighly robable that the thrifty foreigner be induced to come to New Ham@#Bire or Vermont, or to New Jersoy for purpose of tlling a tock- ribbed soil whose producing powers have long been exhausted, so long as the great west with its virgin prairies of- fers cheap & boundless homes. IN TRE proceedings before” the United Statos court at San Francisco touching the Terry-Field case, a paper drawn up by Justice Field was read in which the judge charges that a con- spiracy existed to injure him in person on account of his connection with the Sharon-Hill-Terry embroglio. This is certainly a most serious charge and would not have been made by Justice Field without due delibera- tion. It remains for the authorities of California to probe the matter to the bottom, and if the allegations of Justice Field be well founded, to punish the parties mentioned in the petition for this foul conspiracy. SAN F'RANCISCO’S chamber of com- merce is urging the necessity of direct cable connection with Australia, claim- ing that such a line would be of great help to the Pacific coast. However, as the merchants of that city deem it necessary first to obtain a subsidy of three hundred thousand doljars a year as bonus from the government, it is hardly probable that the contemplated communication will bo established. The subsidy business has been worked once too often in building Pacific railroads, and it is too late in the day to ask the people of this country to sanction any similar scheme for the private gain of monopolists. WaiLE the United States have several patriotic airs which have become ua- tional through popularity, it is never- theless true that our country has no national song in the sense of “God Love the Queen” among the British, ‘‘Der ‘Wacht am Rhein’ among the Germans, or the ‘‘Marseillaise” with the French. Two well known melodies, however, have recently received official recogni- tion from Secretary Tracy of the navy, in a general order issued to all men of war in commission and to all naval sta- tions. THE theory that *‘the only good In- dian isa dead Indian” was never more forcibly illustrated than in the case of District Attorney W. C. Jones, of Washington territory, refusing to pros- ecute certain Indian murderers of the Colville agency ;in that territory, on the ground that no grand jury in the neighborhood would indict an Indian for so unimpoptant an act as killing a fellow redskin. —_— THE saving® banks returns for New York state shgw that there were nearly twenty-four million dollars more due depositors or July 1, 1889, than there were on the same date of 1833, What is true of New York is also trus of this as well as other states. It is the most | substantial proof that American wage workers are enjoying unusual pros- perity. THE New York Commercial Advertiser of last Saturday notes a subscription of 8500 to the Washington memorial fund of that city, and the paper states that the fund is advancing slowly. That is true, very true. The fund is advancing very slowly, but it is to be hoped it. will soon catch up with the Grant monument fund. ONEof the legislative provisions of the constitution adopted by the North Dakota convention is that any member of the Jegislature who uses a railroad pass shall forfeit his seat. Ifsucha law existed in Nebraska it would be impossible to drum up a quorum unless there was a senatorial election or boodle in sight from some big job. A BHORT time since two hundred and fifty thousand bushels of whent were sent from New Orleans to a port in Uruguay. I is the first grain ship- ment of any magnitude ever made from the United States to the South Ameri- can country, and further shipments may be confidently iooked for. improved by a Little Whisky. 8t. Paul Pioncer-Press, ‘When Dan Voorhees is sober he is a good democrat; when he is drunk he is a better anarchist. — All Gone Before. Loutsville Commercial, Itis a little singular that wo hear nothing lately of any democratic sages. e The Denfensel South, St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Wade Hampton says the south does mot need protection. Yes, it does. In needs protection from such men as Wade Hamp- ton, —_— A Never Falling Speaker, Philadetohia Press. President Harrison’s speech at the dedica- tion of Indiana’s war monument was & sin- gularly appropriate and patriotic utterance. it was worthy of the time, the occasion and the man, ———— Food For the Enemy. Kanbas Uity Times., The Chicago Pribune gave Manderson's letter just five lines of its valuable space and the other republicaspapers are not having much to say about it/ The demooratic papers crowded out advértisements to make room for it with the sayie gheerfulness thut they give Tanuer all the gpace he can fill, B nt 'Bhilantbropists. wdianabolis Jowrnal, Coal Baron Scotf, of Pennsylvania, who has bought 40,000 acres of coal lands in flli- nois, declines to treat with miners as organ- 1zed bodies, but insists upon making con- tracts with them as individuals. This is one of the things that rouse that emineut friend of the laboring man, Secator Vdorhees, o & frenzy of rage. Although Scott is a demo- crat of high degree, Voorheos, of course, has hiw on the list of *‘the Carnegies” he means 10 dispose of him when he goes out hanging. i Emin SEASONABLE FRIVOLITY, Boston Herald: Tight mouey is the inevit- able consequence of the treasury taking too mueh. Germantown Telegraph: *1 heard you were fishing yesterday,” said one traveling ‘man to anoth “Yes." “Have any luck!™ “Yes, some—1 didn't get drowned,” Time: Tompkins—'‘There scoms to be sand on these berries, Mrs, Humpup.” Mrs, Humpup (stiffly) —*I think you are mistaken, Mr. Tompkins: the truit is perfectly froe trom grit. Possibly you heaped on too much sugar.” 4 Baltimore American: The actor who lost over $100,000 at faro in New York will have to play a great deal better than that this winter if he expects to make good his deficit. Boston Courier: When you are parting with an acquaintance and he says, “Oh! by the way—"' get out your pocket-book. Terre Haute Express: *'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” There is some con - solation for the sinner, anyway. New York Epoch: Preacher—‘Ye gener- tion of vipers!” Umpire (waking up)—‘No back talk here—ten dollars!” Jewelor's Weekly: Mr. Tmport (to appli- cant for position)—'*You say you are able to distinguish a genuine diamond! What are its principal foatures(” Arthur Smart—"A grand stand, a_home plate and whitowash lines botween the bases.” Life: Lawyor's clork—"Will you takea chalr, miss?”’ Boston girl —*No, thank you ; T wouldn's know what to do withit. But I'll sit down, if I may." Albany Express: How the seals in Behr- ingsea must laugh toses the huntsmen hunted. Toxas Siftings: First tramp (to his pard) ~*“Did you tell the mistress of the house that we are Johnstown sufferers, washed out by the flood?" Secund tramp—‘I did.” “What did she say?” ‘‘She sald we looked as though we hadn’t been washed in ten years.” Washington Capital: “Doctor,” sald Sohker, “how would you treat a man who was subject to dipsomania?” “I wouldn't treat him at all,” replied the doctor, after a moment's consideration, *‘troating is the bane of our civilization.” And the applicant for information paid the usual fee and left the office. Jeweler's Woekly: Judge (delivering his charge to the jury): “Gentlemen, you must carefully weigh and determine the value of this chain of circumstances, ana—" Juror (who is a Jjeweler): “Excuse me, judge, but will you allow me the use of the stone and acid?” Hutchinson (Kan,) News: An antidote for the elixir of life will prove a very important discovery if the victims contiuue to loom up at the present rate. Chicago Tribune: A base ball crank says the heaviest batter in the country is Buck Wheat. In thelineof discovery this takes the cake. (i an o, DISGRACED H1s NAME. A Decendent of Alexander Hamilton in a Sensational Scrape. ATLARTIOCITY, N. J., August 27.—|Special Telegram to Tne Bre.]—The story of the stabbing here yesterday, and of the people connected with it, is & sensational one. Rob- ert Ray Hamilton was for eight yearsa member of the New York legisiature from the Murry Hill district of New York city, is a son of General Schuyler Hamilton, ono of the leaders in New York’s ‘‘four hundred,” and a great-grandson of Alexan- der Hamilton. He is a prominent member of the New York bar aud has a large in- come, which he spends lavisnly upon him- seif and friends. ‘The story of his courtship and marriage is as remarkable as the story of the tragedy is thrilling. Hamilton was for many years a lion in New York society circles, but like many of his associates, soon became a fre- quenter of houses of questionable character in the metropolis. In one of these he met and became infatuated with a ‘woman whom he afterwards married. Mrs. Hamilton was for years the most conspicuous adventuress in New York city, and it 18 said many young bloodssquan- aered fortunes on her before she captured Hamilton, whom she married, it 18 thought, for his fortune. About two years ago they were clandestinely marvied in New York. When this became known, he was ostracised by the “‘four hundred” as'well as by his own parents. Although an outcast, he had an immense fortune behind him, and after standing it as long as possible in New York, six months ago he took his wife and child and Mary Donvelly, the nurse, to southern Califoraia, with the intention of locating in the west. He returned disgusted and temporarily took up his residence in Atlantic City two weeks ago. Joshua Mann, who is an old lover of Mrs. Hamilton, followed the couple to California and back. The husband discovered him at Atlantic City the other day and learned that his wife was having clandestine meetings with him. Yesterday Hamilton up- braided his wife, when she picked up a dag- eer and made a lunge at her husband. He grappled with her and. pushea her over s chair. Thé nurse, Mary Donnelly, hearing the nose and having had to separate the couple several times before to provent bloodshed, rushed into the room. The wife no sooner saw her than she darted at her with the dag- ger raised, and with the words, **You she devil, you are the cause of this. Youwll never be about me again,” plunged the weapon into the woman’s abdomen. The poor woman sauk to the floor. The excite- ment in Atlantic City over the affairis in- tense. Humilton refuses to talk, Mrs. Hamilton was given a hearing to-day on the charge of having stabbed her nurse, Mary Donnelly. After the examination of sovoral witnesses, the judge remanded the prisoner to jail to await the result of the in- Jjuries of the nurse. Robert Ray Hamilton ‘was beld in $400 bail as a witness. Orowds Around the Cottage. Aruantic Crry, N. J., August 27.—Thero is nothing talked abouthare this morning ex- cept tho stabbing sensation in which Robert Ray Hamilton figures so strangely. All day around the guarded cottage where the stab- bing occurred there was_gathered a tremen- dous crowd. Mary Ann Donnelly. the nurse, whom Mrs. Hamilton slashed with & dageer, is still lying in & _dangerous stute, and fears are entertained that peritonitis will set in. ey SOUTH DAKOTA POLATIOS. The Farmers' Alllance Struggling Hard to Oapture the Convention. Hurow, 8. D,, August 27.—(Special Tel- egram to Tug Bee.|—Never did men work harder than the Farmera’ Alliance dele- gates to the republican state convention of Wednesday are now working here to unite their forces and carry the conveniion for their nominees. They are inspired to this by the success of their brethren in North Dakota. However, they meet with many obstacles, No one is willing to take the field against Mellette for governor, although he is the one of all whom the alliunce leaders most desire to defeat. Mr, Flotcher won't do it. Although Patton, of Carthage, declined two weeks ago, attempts are now being made to have him reconsider his de- cision, but it would be a hopeless task for him t0 now attempt to make the race, Mel- lette already has 300 delegates instructed for hiw out of 448, The farmess were in secret council, last eveaing, W prepare & state tioket. ' It is told on tne still that they will aundorse Judge Gifford, which will make him solid with the convention. There are indica- tions that they will do the samne by Pickle) which will hel txh"n' but it is aot sure of 5‘\!- ing bim & nowlnation, as it is with Gifford. ‘A state republioan 'leaguo was orgenized bere to-day. Colonel Foster, of Spiok oounty, 18 president; Hackeet, of Parker, secretary, and Washabough, of Deadwood, tressurer. At a caucus to-night of 444 of the 443 dele- gates to the state convention a resolution to pominate Mellette for governor was voted for by every delegate present. The sllisnce voted to stand by Van O'sdd, of Yankton, for lieutenant governor. This is & punishment of Patton, who positively re- fused w0 be their candidate for governor sgainst Mellette, but who this morniug an- nounced humself as a cendidate for the' sec- place on the ticket. A candidate for the office of commissioner of school lands an- peared this evening in the por- of O. H. Parker, of Brook- Ings county. Ringrude, the Elkpoint Scandinavian, promises to be nominated by acclamation for secretary of siate. It is rumored that friends of Mathows are seek- ing an alliance with Gifford, 8o as to put the former in as a candidate for congress. “I'ho convention meets at 2 o'clock Wodnes- day afternoon. Moodv and the Black Hilis dolegates arrived this aftercoon, —_— BAD B. & M. WREUK, A Naombor of Workmen Seriously Though Not Fatally Injured. Avuiaxcs, Neb,, August 27.—A bad acci- dent occurred on the B. & M. fifty miles north of here near the new tannel Saturday night. Beyond Alliance the track is new, and construction trains only run over it thus far. In making these tripsthe train goes with the engine ahead, and in returning the enzine pushes the cars. Saturday night, while making the return trip, the first and second curs were thrown from the track near Belmont, by aplank across the ties. A num- ber of railway employes and workingmen were sitting on the cars, and wnen the latter left the track, they were thrown violently to the ground. Altogether eleven men were seriously injured. None the men have yot died, and it not thought that any of the injuries will result fatally. Following is a list of the wounded: ©. Compton, conductor, serious countusion of the brain; George Moore, engi- neer, contusion of 'the lungs and back sprained; James Warren, laborer, badly bruised and ruptured; Charles Strong, ankie dislocatod and bones of the log fractured; Jenson Brown, laborer, limbs sprained; Hansen, laborer, couwusion of the th Almer Fairbanks, laborer, ankle dislocated; William Kiup, laborer, ankle and foot sprained; Charles Vermillion, laborer, com- pound fracture of the femur; Robert Hanl #en, laborer, anklo dislocated. No surgical assistance could be obtained for severa- hours, us the accident occurred some dis- wance from any large place. Aid was sent, however, as quickly as possible, and the company reports all the men doing well. Had it ot been for the fact that the train was running slowly & number of lives woula probably have been lost. It is not known whether the obstruction was placed across the track purposely or whother it was due to negligence. Most of tho injured live along the line of the railioad. Ot e by WILL BREAK UP THE GANG. A Band of Thieves Fall lato the Grasp of the Law. WareLING. W. Va., August 27.—|Special Telegram to Tk ~For the past fifteen years a well-organized gang of robbers have been operating in the southwestern portion of Groen county, Pennsylvania, and the east- ern portion of Marshall and Wetzel countios, West Virginia, and duriog all that time n defied succossful prosecution. Horses, sheep and swine have been stolen, granarios and corn cribs robbed, mills broken open and looted, stores ruided and every spacies of farm machinery and portable property car- ried off. Many localities were raided again and again and for the past five years the an- noyance has been almost intolerable and the loss great. Tho headquarters of the gang was in Pennsylvania and everything stolen was hurried_over the line. Arrests were often made in Green county but there wero always enough of the rascals to swear sus- pectéd comrades out of trouble. Saturday last David Gordy and Hezekiah Kemble were arrested and taken to the Littietown jail. Gordy made & confossion extending over a period of fourteon years and inoluding near- y seventy-five robberies, Four other ar- rests were made at once and many others will follow, thoroughly breaking up the gang. e s CANADIAN INDEPENDENCE. The Montreal Herald Comes Against Great Britain. MONTREAL, August 27.—The advanced ib- oral party is rapidly becomug a power in the Dominion, and its organ, the Montreal Her~ ald, is very angry over the Behring sea seizures and the attitude of Great Britain in the matter. The Herald says that if Great Britain insists on_keeping on good verms with the [Tnited States regardless of Cana- da’s interests, her only alternative is to de- clare independence of the mother country. AT THE RANGE, Out First Day's Compttition of Military Marksmen. Yesserday was the first of the four day's competition shoot of distinguished marks- men of the army at Bellevue rifle range. The dry was entirely unfavorable, s fif- teen mile an hour wind, of the fish tail va- riety, prevailed. By agreementof all the marksmen the entire programme for the day was gone through with in the morning. The shooting was at 200, 300, 500 and 600 yards, The scores made at 200 and 800 yards ‘were exceptionally good, but at 500 and 600 yards they were poor, but this was due en- tirely to the bigh wind, as the men now com- peting at Bellevue are the best shots in the army. The scores made yesterday were as fol- lows: INFANTRY. COMPETITORS. 373TWoodford, Bgt T, 190 Tudwig Koper, st ¥ 4th i Tth 1n hinf .. iy at b, 2 iy, st R.C. Van Viiet, I Jonn Gormiey, pvt B,5th CAVALRY. COMPETITORS, The.Leavenworth Competition. Lavexworra, Kan., August 27.—[Spacial Telegram to Tue Bee.)—The following 18 the score for the second day’s carbine shoot in the cavalry contest to-day: Private Hanning, L, Fifuh, Corporal Brown, E, Seventh Sergeant Lozenberry, 1, Third Lieutenant Stowart, —, Third, Lieutenaut Hayer, —, Third. Lieutenant Scott, —, First Private Hoitmuller, B, Fourth Corporal Sweestanny, E, Fifta Lieutenant Parson, —, Fifth Private Watts, E, Fifth.., Corporal Hodgos, B, Seventh. . Sergeant Ranken, T, Sevonth Bank of O 5 Judge Shields considered wnother bundle of objected claims of the Bank of Omaha, and will continue the worR to-day. Up to date he has not rejected a single ac- count, though nearly all those allowed have been modified or more or less reduced. The greatest trouble encountered arises over mistakes made by depositors themsclves. Some of them had drawn checks and re- ceived money on them which they had ot deducted from whut they demanded in their claims, and through sbsent-mindednoss oth- e fillea with the judge duplicaie of Trade. Littie besides routine business of an unim- portant character was transacted by the board of trade's directors at their regular semi-monthly meeting yesterday. It had been reported to the board that D. C, Dun bar & Co. were soliciting orders for the special Merchunts' week edition of the West- ern Merchaut and promising that the board would attend to the mailiog of whatever copies the buyers wish to leave with that body. This statement they repudiated and claim they never promised unything of the sorl. THE CAPITAL CITY GRIST, Convention of the State Christian Miasslonary Society. PROMINENT DIVINES PRESENT, The Successful Opening of the Uni- versity of Bethany Helghts a Mat. ter of Lively Interest—The City in Brief. LINCOIN BUREAU OF TiE OMATA 1528, 1020 P Staeer, TLaINcoLN. August 27, The annual convention of the State Chris- tian Missionary society met to-day at the Central Christian church, at the corner of fourteenth and K strocts, ‘Chere wore about one hundred delogates at the initial exercises this morning. State Evangelist R. O. Bar- row, of Tecumseh, delivored the oponing ad- dre: He enterea into a brief history of the work of the church in the state, citing its growth and prosperity, and dwelt upon its trials and triumphs. The day was spent in listening to the reports of ofcors and com- mittees, Ob the whole they were emineatly satisfactory, The session will close with a pienic at Bethany Hoights on next Friday. The church is taking a lively interest in the successful starting of its new university, and tho energies of every delegate to the convention are enlisted for this end. J. Z. Brizcoe, of this city, presides, Prominent among the divines in attendance are the fol- Eldors Mauphin, of Hastings; . of Nobraska City; Sumptis, of Una- lla; Aylsworth, of Fairfiold: Barrows, of Tecumseh ; Nowman and Henry, of Lincoln; Bowles, of Blair, and Moffott, of Cleveland. State House Records, The Ansley Banking company filed articles of incorporation to-day, authorizing a capital stock of §100,000. Existenco dates from July 25, 1886, to July 25, 1899. The sum of §30,000. was subseribed and paidin hand. Incorpora- tors: (. J, Stevens, F. M. Rubbe and C. M, Stevens, ‘The Blair Electric Light and Power com- pany also flled articles of incorporavion to- day. 1Its purpose is to operate a system of lighting and power by elestricity. Capital stock authorized, $30,000, Incorporators: . W. Kinney, A, P, Howes, W, H. Palmer, F, M. Castellor, I, H. Mutthiesen aud W. C. Walton. The Gering Building and Loan association, of Scott’s Bluffs county, also filed articles, Its purposo is to buy, sell, deal in real estate and erect homes for members, and other- wise furnish a_safe and productive means of investment. Capital stock, $200,000. Incor-* porators: C. W. Johnson, A.B. Wood, C. Markiand, O. W. Gardner, Peter Mo }*‘nrlmm, James Westwelt and Martin Ger- ng. Supreme Court Cases. The following cases were filed for trial in the supreme court to-day : J. C. Crawford vs. K. (. Galloway; appeal from the district court of Antelope county. Pheenix_Insurance company of Brooklyn vs. Mike 1" Behmau; error from the district court of Colfax county. Omaba Lithographing & Stationary com- pany etal. vs. Audrew J. Simpson; error from the distriot court of Douglas county. Carry M. Hunt et al. vs. Valentine Lipp et al.; appeal frow the district court of Douglas county. Valentine Lipp vs. Carry M. Hunt; error from the district court of Douglas county, State Treasvrer Hill went to Beatrice to- day. Attorney Cheney, of Red Cloud, is in the city. Colonel E. P. Roggen left for Kansas City this evenng to lock after business iuter- ests. Itis rumored that the Billingsley block was sold to-day. The consideration could not be ascertained. ‘The docket for the next term of the su- preme court was closed to-day. It will be the largest ever tried at any one term, Smith Caldwell, W. 'F. Robinson, Joa Carns and Walt Seeley were in the city to- It 18 currently reported that these gentlemen are doing the Second congres- sional district with a high hand, but the political novice can read between the lines. Joe MobDowell, of Fdirbury, Jefferson county, was in the city to-day. It 18 said that Ben Baker has been crowded off the track and that Mack is an open candidate for congress, By the by, candidates are getting thicker than blackbirds in June in the bloody Second. Attorney Cheney, of Red Cloud, is also said to be in the swim ———— A Wool FPuller Asnigns, BosroN, August 27.—John S, Mackintosh, a wool puller of Milton, has assigned. Mack- intosk is confined to his home by illness, and an acurate statement of his liabilities cannot qe given at present. They are estimated at $100,000. The assignment was caused by the emburrassments of 13rown, Steeso & Clark and George W. Hollis. Revenue Department Appointments. WasmiNaToN, August 27.—The following appointments have been made in the revenue department: Storekeepers —Vincent Car- First Illinois; Jonn H. Sadler, Fifth Gauger-—Charles Langenberg, Fiith Storekeeper and gauger—John J. Beckner, Nebraska. 1 At the council meeting Iast night an ordi- nance ordering the paving of Fighth street from Farnam to Douglas, was pussed over the mayor's veto. I'he guestion of con- strudting a viaduct on Tenth street was ton- smidered and wade & speciil object of o mect- ing to be held this evening. * DISEASED BLOOD. and Loss of Hair Curcds Terrible Blood Folson. duffered all a man suffer and lLive. Face and hody covered with awful sores, emedios ten ully cured, A r of wnom did me sny good nan can suffer and live. earing of URrA Remepies | concluded to try them, knowing if they did me no good théy could Tuks me no worse. 1 Lave boen using them about ten Weeks, and au most huppy to say that I am 8'most rid of the awrul nores that X red my face and body, My face was as than that of Miss Iicynton, 11 book, and | would 88y 10 any (nein the sime condition, to uss CUTICURS, anud they will surely be cured. You muy uso This letter in the Interests of suffering human. ity E. W, REYNOLDS. Ashland, Oblo, Covered with Run ing Sores 17 years Ihave been troubled with o skin and scalp I Boventesn years, hoid b Limos WS one running s and n? 0ly wus covered with them s large s a half dollar, | tried & great many remedies without effect until 1 used the CoTICUIA REMEDIES, and thankrul to stute that aftor two months of tuelr ure I am entirely cured. I feel jtiny duty to you snd the publicto stats the uh. Lo K. MCDOW ad, If DOt WO spolkon o fu y 1 go Mr, Deu: have aug and I'had what is ji - vorything, and trix O ox o rolter, Ay body (ould nave g0t 44n haa pey cured me. The COTICURA RaNBOINS cured me. God biess the man w ho fnvaniod Ot CHENJY GLREEN. Canmbridge, Mass, Outicura Hemoeutes Are sold everywhere. Price, CUTICURA, Bcy Boar, 2o; ResoLvENT, §l. Propured by the Porrkis DRUG AND OHEMICAL CORPORATION, Lon. 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