Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 2, 1889, Page 4

THE R ROSEWATER, Raitor. PUBLISHED BVERY MORNING. — TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Yenr., ... Bix Months ... e “Thres Month Joase Sunday Ties, Une Vear ... Weekly Bee, One Year wi OFFICES, Omanha, fee Building. OHitags Otos, 867 Rookery Biiding ew York, Hooms 14 and 15 Tribune Build- N Ing. " asington. No. 513 Pourteanth Stret, Council Blufts, No. 12 Pearl Street. rool Lancoln, 1020 F 8u South Omaha, Corner N and 2th Btreets. CORRESPON Al communieations relating to news and edi- forial mater should bo addreased to the Editor- ial Department BUSINESS LETTRRS, ATl Vasiness letters and remittances should De addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, Omahs, Drafts, checks and postoftice oraers Ve maude payablo to the order of the company, Toe Bee Pubising Cempany, Propritors sex Butlding Farnam and Soventeenth Stre The Beo on the Trains, Thiore {5 1o excuss for a faflure to get Tz BEr on fhe trains, Al newsdealers have been noti- fieq to carry & full supply. Travelers who want Tk BEE and can’t gat 16 on trains where other are carried aro requested to no- : Wy Pleass be particu fnformation as to train. Give 18 your name, not for publication or in- necessary use, but a4 & guarantee of €ood faith, in all cases full r to give ray anud number of ite, rallwa; THE DALY BEE, Sworn Statement of Circulation. Etate of Nelraskn, % County of Dongias, ) e Georio B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company. does solemnly swear that the actial circulntion of T DAILY BEE for the week ending October 20, 1880, was as follows: Sunday. Oct, 20, Thursduy, Oct Friday, Oct. 26 Baturiay, Oct. BT GEORG | State of Nehraska, Cournty of Douglas, 1y before mo and subs presence this 2ith day of Octobe; (Seal.] P, FEIL Notary F George B, Tzschuck, being duly o- % that he Is secretary of The lee mpany, that the actual ayerage daily ¢ ation of TiE DA1LY iy for the month of October 1883, was 18,184 coples; for vember, 1184, for Dec l‘nh«r. ribed to in my A. D, 1880, for June, 18:6, (:‘r 3 coples: Tor Atgist, X ptember, 186, 18,710 8. « TZ8CHU il to before me and subscribed in my esence tiils 4th day of October, A. D, 1K80, ] N. I, Fetr, copfes; ANOTHER railrond bridge will scttle for all time the commercial supremacy of Omaha, SUBORNERS and pe 's should be given a vigorous dose of the ivon heel of justice. Ev the Stinking Water scandal rises upto plague Laws on the eve of election day. Tne stendy advance in the British and American iron markets indicates that n strong bond of symputhy exists between the masters. THe weather agrees with the goose- bone signs that the winter will be an open one. Itis already wide open in 3his vicinity. OMATA is large enough mnow to have two union depots, and within the next two years there will be traflic enough in Omaba to require two bridges. lominski church spire is pro- slowly. An endorsement of Coburn und three others netted the glorious cause the miserly sum of forty dollars. PENSION CoMMissioNEr RAum will give persoual attention to all claims in- volving large sums of money. Mr. Raum is bound to make a record of deeds, not of words. EVEN if Adam Ford was competent to perferm the duties of county treasurer, his supporters and groomers in the Third ward would condemn him in the eyos of all decent men. AL WANAMAK- ER’s ubility as a cutter is shown in a handsome trumming of telegraph rates. Naturally the Western Union people consider it a misfit. They are hard to suit, rate of ten dollars a head, Dr. Slominski’s church fund will reach the munificent sum of one hundred and Jixty dollars, it all the candidates are “seen.” The doctor’s fees are always deducted in advance. NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the Beaders have been dead and buried for a number of years, some enterprising Michigunders have resurrccted them. Friends of Charlie Ross and Willie Tas- cott should not despair. BARNEY MAGINNIS' campaign letters wveftoct credit on his private secretary. Personally Barney couid not be guilty of snubbing his former business associ- ates, and denying the source of his wealth and ambition, The letter writer should bo prosecuted for failing to add the postscript, **Burn this,” Tuz deserted farms of Vermont and other eastern states are attracting col- onies of industrious foreigners. The land commands from three to five dol- lars an acre, and inducements in the shape of roasonable torms, stock and transportution are included, to repeoplo the state. This goes to show that the west has drained a large per cent of the vitality of New England. E——— ApAd Fonrp SNYDER is altogether t00 ambilious. He was clected council- man two years ago last spring sud con- tinues to hold thut office. He was elected to the legislature last fall and is still & member of that body. He drew three hundred dollars last winter for his legislative work, while at the ‘same time he was drawing his sulary as councilman, 1t is questionable whether he had any right to hold both places at the same time, and take pay for both, but as nobody raised the question, he was allowed to doso. Now he is run- ning for county treasurer. In the language of Cassius we would ask: “‘On what meat doth this our Siezer (Cwsar) feed that he hath grown so great’—all at once¥ POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. ‘The civil mervice commissioners are unanimous in their determination to prosecute the persons who have been soliciting contributions for political purposes from clerks in the depart- ments at Washington. It appears that employes of the government who are citizons of Virginia haye recently found on their desks circulars signed by the president and secretary of the Old Dominion league calling their at- tention the pending Virginin campaign, and inviting them to become members of the leaguo and also to contribute to the campaign as their means would permit. Clerks in the departments from Ohio have received a similar circular from the Ohio republican association. Theso circularsare regarded as in the nature of an assessment, and it has been ascertained that some of the officers con- nected with the associations sending out the circulars are federal office- holders. The civil service law is very plain and explicit in pro- hibiting any one 1n the service of the government from soliciting or receiving contributions for political purposes from any other employe of the government, and it is upon this that the commissioners will base proceed- ings against the officers of the political associations who are also in official capacities under the government. If the commissioners carry out their de- clared purpose the result of the prose- cutions will be interesting as deter- mining the gcope of the law and defin- ing the nature of an assessment under it, and also whether the fact that a government official who is an officer of a political association which 8 [ eolicits contributions from employes of the government for political purposes is umenable to the law for such action. There is room for a doubt whether 1n this matter the commissioners can sus- tain their case. It is certainly legiti- mate for a political organization to scok to incrense its membership, and there is no law to prevent the clerks and employes of the government from becoming mem- bers of such an organization. On its face the circular sent to the clerks i the departments at Washington con- veys nothing more than an inv ion to identify themselves with the associa~ tion sending it, the suggestion of further aid to the campaign not being at all in the nature of an assessment, gince noBum is spocified as an expocted contribution. It is the privilege of a government employe to make vol- untary contributions to politi purposes, and the circulars in question left those to whom they were addressed entirely free to respond or not, according to their pleasure or cou- venience. The intention of the law, as generally understood, is to protect em- ployes of the government against en- forced political coutributions and the inrimidation incident thereto, and it is a strained construction to assume that the law does not permit federal em- ployes even to be remiuded of an op- portunity to aid the political party of their afliliation by doing what they have an stionable right to do as if federal office holders may be members of a political organization, a privilege which it is presumed no one will deny them, they must be bound by the will of a majority of such organiza- tion, and cannot fairly be held responsi- ble for acts beyond their control. It is more than probable that this is the situation respecting the federal officers involved in this case of the alleged violation of the civil service law. There has been developed a great deal of dissatisfaction with the operation of the civil service law, and there are strong indications that an effort will be made in congress to thoroughly revise the law. 'Che issuo the commission is now making, upon what has the appearance of a somewhat thin techmnicality, may serve to inten- sify interest in the whole subject of civil service reform as now provided for and administered. THE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT. The department of agriculture has is- sued a circular intended to refute the criticisms of the agricultural exhibit of the United States at the Paris exposi- tion. American visitors to the exposi- tion have uniformly stated that the ag- ricultural feature was the weakost part of this country’s contribution to the great fair and far from being cred- itable to us, but this opinion is not sustained by the facts presented in the depart- ment circular. Some of these consist of the expressions of correspond- ents of European journals, which highly commend the American agricultural ex- hibit. Thus the correspondent of a Lon- don paper said that no section of the ex- position possessed greater interest to British farmers than that devoted to the agriculture cf the United States, and he speaks of it as a display that must have involved much patience, care and diserimination on the partof the collectors, The exhibit received gen- erous attention and commendation from the French press, but perhaps the most satisfactory and conclusive evidence that the exhibit was not so bad ns repr seuted and far from being a failure is the liberal number of medals award- ed to American exhibitors, The showing 1s gratifying, and yet in looking over the list of articles for which awards were made it is founa that the agricultural exhibit was not so complete as it might have been. The most serious omission was that of one of the great staple products of the country, corn, a full exhibit of which was more to be desired, and it is be- lieved would ultimately have been of greater benefit to the country, than that of any other of our agricultural pro- ducts. There was an opportunity to show the people of Europe the value of corn ae human food that ought to have been taken the fullest advantageof, and the failure to do so was & grave mistake, since another equally favorable chance may never be presented, or at any rate not for many years, We cannot hope to make amend for this mistake at our own ex- position three years hence, for the reaspn that we shall have no such num- ber as Buropeans to interest in the matter of visited Paris, Tuaere were other things not in tNe agricultoral display of the Unjted States which would have given it larger interest and value, but no omission is so much to be regrottod as the failure to give due prominence to corn as a most whole- some and nutritious food cereal. 18 COBURN A SAFE MAN? NMr. Coburn’s unfitness to continue as sheriff of Douglas county is not alto- gether owing to his partiality to dan- gerous prisoners, but in his lenfency toward habitual law-breakers. Mr. Coburn has always kept his eyes closed and his ears stuffed when the state laws have been set at definnce right under his nose. He has allowed road houses to run riot in the two-mile limit; he has never attempted to do his duty by suppressing prize-fighting or any other brutal sport forbidden by the laws, His most ardent backers to-day are the dangeroue classos—the toughs and thugs and koopors of road houses and bad re- sorts throughout the county. A man who will not do his duty without fear or favor in enforcing the law has no busi- ness in the sherifi’s office. Anothor and equally serious objection is his membership in the school board. Tn that position he has wrought incal- culable mischief and positive damage to our schools by using the patronage of the schools and his influence in awarding contracts, purchasing school sites and supplies, to personal and po- litieal supporters and using the patron- age and influence of the sherifl’s office with its pumerous bailiffs and favorites to manipulate school board nominating caucusses and elections, In the hands of a man like Sheriff Co- burn, the power exerted through his double capacity as sheriff and member of the board of education becomes posi- tively pernicious. THE BROAD-GAUGE VIEW. Tn denling with the question of a via- duet and union depot project property owners and business men generally should take the broad-gauge view. Nobody contends that the railroads are entitled to a dollar of subsidy from this city for any needed improvement they may malke here, and nobody will deny that we have been crippled ana our growth retarded by the failure of the Union Pacific to carry out 1ts original contract with this city. It is not a question of past damages now, but of benelits to be derived. Con- ceding that the Union Pacific and B. & M. roads will be obliged to give us bet- ter depot facilities at some future time, the question is whether we can afford to deprive ourselves of the ad- vantages that will accrue by the immediate construction of the Tenth stroet viaduct and union depot. Reduced to amathematical problem the question is will the city of Omaha gain one hundred aud fifty thousand dollars by settling the terminal and transfer controversy at once. Will not the building of this depot and viaduect be worth three times one hundred and fifty thousand dollars as an advertise- ment abroad and as a lever for booming Omaha real estate values, by the mo- mentum given through the raising of the traffic embargo, and the removal of the impediment to travel in and out of Omaha without danger, discomfort and harassing delays, Tn other words, will the one hundred and fifty thousand dollar bonus de- manded by the union depot company prove a paying investment to the tax- paying property ownersand ron business men, on whose prosperity de- pends the income of the real estate owner. JUsTICE like truth is slow, but it rarely fails to reach its destination. It took the federal land ‘office seven and a half years 1o reach the frauds perpe- trated by the McCook land office in 1882, but the decision is sufficiently em- phatic to compensate for tbe delay. The assistant secretary of the interior affirms the charges made by THE BEE that the men in charge of the McCook land oftice conspired with a dozen or more political strikers to secure control of the land on Stinking Water creck and rob honest settlers of the right of entry. The fraud was so open aud glacing that the participants did not attempt a denial, but like Bill Tweed they defiantiy asked, *‘What ave you going to do abont it?” The general land office answers by re- pudiating three of the fraudulent en- tries, and denouncing the conspiracy against the iaws of the land. The de- cision is a rebulke to Gilbert M. Laws, who was then an official 1n the McCook land office, and who connived at the frauds. He now seeks to misrepresent in congress the people he conspired against. As was expected, the decision in the contested Tunnel precinct returns, which involved the political complexion of the Montana legislature, was in favor of the democrats, Tne odds were against the republicans from the start. There is no doubt but that the Northern Pacific grading gangs were coerced into voting the democratic ticket, but the claim that republican votes were not counted was refuted by the fact thata majority of the election judges were re- publicans. The decision of the court was in acenrdance with established pre- cedents, The settlement of the contro- versy will enable the president to issue his statehood proclamation at once. THE Missouri Pacific is “penny wise and pound foolish” in opposing a viaduct over its tracks on West Leavenworth street. A few accidents at the crossing would cost the company more than 1ts share of the cost of the structure, Pub- lic safety demands the improvement, and the city authorities bave the power to compel it. S—— A WASHINGTON contemporary has just discovered that Pierre, ‘‘of which few people in Lhe east had heard until re- cently,” is & “stirring and prosperous city.” If the wise men of the east will follow the star of empire westward they will see more stirring and prosperous towns than they ever dreamed of, DORMAN B. EATON, the famous civil serviee reformer, calls upon clergymen to direct their Thanksgivipg sermons toward securing purity in elections. To g1ve the suggestion practical effect the vreachers shouid sirike the “strikers” at the polls on elec®on day. OTHERTANDS THAN OURS. It would séemy that Prince Bismarok per- suaded the exar to temper his aggressive policy pendink #n attempt to settia the east- ern diffioulty by calling another Berlin con- forence. The ¥lsit of the German emperor to Constantinople will, therefore, have unus- ual significanéds, as he will be preceded by Count Herbert Bismarck, who is commis- sioned to negotiate upon the lines of the chancellor's project. The next step will be the conferenge of Italian and Austrian pre- miers with Bismarck. England, Turkey and perhaps Spain seem destined to torm a second line of defenso wbout the central Europoan alliance. It may not be pleasing to the aver- age Britisher.to, be classed with the odds and ends of the continent in this gigantic league of peace, but everything points in that direc- tion. The British liberals continuo to doubt Lord Salisbury’s diplomatic assertion that England's hanas are free. Assuming that the czar has really yielded to Bismarck’s desire to bring about another conference, the developments of tho scheme, step by step, will form one of the moat interesting studies n public affairs, The genius of Bismarck is nothing if not bold. The alternativeof a new troaty or war puts many eloments in his favor. No other diplomat in £urope is in a position to formulate another combination or mothod of adjustment, and - Russia, the ouly power ready to begin hostilitics, has been fairly entrapped in the net of her own weav- ing. Europe increased its armaments bo- cause Russia did, and sho has been beaten at her own game. - ot It appears evident that Bismarck proposes to make permanent the legislation against thesocialists which has hitherto beon tem- vorary. Should the bill to this effect be passed by the reichstag, a repeal of it here- after will be almost impossible owing to the extremo dificulty of obtaining under any circumstances a liboral majority in the bun- desrath or upper house of the German par- fiament. When the new law is placed upon tho statuto bock, a considerabie fraction of the German people will find 1self deprived, not for a brief term of years, but for an in- definite period, of privileges shared by all the other subjects of the kaiser. Among these privileges are those which Argiericans count most precious, viz., the right of as- sembling, and right of frec specch from the platform or through the press, These rights hundreds of thousands of German citizens are to lose for no better reason than because they profess the principles of state sovialism, principles which Prince Bismarck has in no small measuro carried out in his workmen's insurance acts, Against such discriminative legislation the progressists or New German liberals (us the uncompromising opponents of the chanceilor now prefer to call them- selves) are certain to protest, It is also ex- pocted that many of the clericals will join in remoustrance, seeing that they have often combined to with the socialists in districts where neither party has been, single-handed, strong enough to elect its candidate. Un- fortunately, the genuine liberals were re- duced to a remnant at the last general elec- tion, and even with the nelp of all the clericals, as well as the Poles and Danes, would still form ouly a minority of the reichstag. If the nationat-liberals deserved the latter balf of their double name, they would not permit the permanent disfran- chisement of a lar ge part of the electorate, s Whatever the wisdom of the plan of in- creasing her defehsive torce, France is fully committed to it. 'Since 1874, when she first begun w build a defensive barrier on her eastern frontier, £75,000,000 have been spent on the work; und further large credits must yet be voted. The proposed doubling of the Sixth arniy corps at Nancy, thus bringing it up 1o war strength, shows a determination to carry out the plan; and if it is to be foi- lowed up at the various camps a declaration of war would sce at least 230,000 men immo- bile on the castern froutier alone. The ques- tion, the ¢, is whether the army can stand this drain. In time of war the French staff could count on the services of no less than 4,108,635 men, of whom 2,025,253 would be fully trained soldiers who had served in thestanding army for perioas varying from three to five years, On the 1st of January nexv the mew recruiting law, which was passed by the chamber in July last, will go in force, By this law service in the active army was reduced from five to three years, and its eventual effect will ve to give the country more fully trained soldiers than are under arms at present. The organization necessary to bring such vast masses of men in the field is identical with that which exists in Germany; and experiments have shown that the work of mobilization would not be attended by any great dificulty. The rail- way problem will be the chief factor; but the raillway rolling stock is so efiicient that, if properly distributed, the concentration and strategical deployment of all of the French tield armies could bo carried out simultane- ously directly after the mobilization of each corps in its own district. + wn The young king of Siamis a ruler with ideas of progress, and he is likely to make fawe for himself by bringing his country into line with the march of events, We have reason to regard this young eastern po- tentate with friendly interest, for he seems to have a special liling for Americans, and greatly admires our enterprise and iaven- tions. A while ago he told our consul at Bangkok that he hoped before long to see a line of American steams plyiog to his capi- tal. He was sure there were promising op- portunities for trade, for Siam would be lad to buy many of our manufactures, and he belioved we could purchase rice cheaper in Siam than elsewnere. The king is more fortunate than some potentates, for bis peo- ple arc loyal and peacoful; he has no debts, public or private, to mar the pleasure of ex- istence; his annual revenues have invariably exceeded bis cxpenditures, and there is no prospoct that any greedy western power will gobble up hus country. His little state is wedged in between the British and French possessions in Asig, and those powers ‘are glad 10 be separaiad by neutral ground. In the words of & Freuch diplomatist: “If there had been no Siam we should bave bad to make one.” . “n Emperor Wiliam's journeyings for the present year are not yet ended, but already he is making up bis “schedule,” in base ball phrase, for 1890, The czar has wvited him, it is said, to witness the Russian military re- view next summer; aud the chief signifi- canco of this iuvitation is its indication that the Russian monarch does not mntend to go to war with Germauy at prescnt. Mean- while, the scenc of interest will soon be re- moved from Athgns to Coustanpinople, whither, after 8 jour of the Pelovonnesus, Emperor Williaw will betake himself, and where the political part of his journey will be played. This may create far more anx- lous interest amoug the diplomats thau the pomp and splendor of the nuptial ceremonies &t Athens. But the Greeks who are ex- citedly watchiog for the fulfilment of the prophecy, now so much gquoted—that the mosaue of St. Sophi; Constactinople will be restored to Christian worship unger the rule of a Greek emperor named Coustan- tine with & wife pamed Sopnia—will have plenty of time to get cool. King George is a man not yet forty-four years oid, undoubt- edly possessing no desire or intention to dicate for the purpose of verifying or falsi- fying in the experieuce of Lis heir apparent an ancient saying. », Madagascar is about to cause more trouble for the Krench if it be true, us reported, that the Hova povernment 1s proparing to declare the proteotorate af ond. Only after a costly war, prolonged through several sea- sons, was France able to establish this pro. tectorate, and the quoen of Madagascar, or the queen of the Hovas, as the French per- sist in calling her, was finally iaduced to make peaco only by the moderation of French pretensions. Hardly hud the new arrangemoent boen consummated before dis- putes under it broke out, and at one time the French resident, General Do Vilers, haulod down his flag and threatened to leave the country, The Malagasy government could make a good fight again, should it resolve on indepeadence. In the former tronble, when an Englishman, Colonel Willoughby, com- manded the native troops, the Hovas had succeeded in manufucturing their own éart- ridges and oven, it is said, in casting cannon, as the French ships kept the island closcly blockaded. Perhaps, however, the present quarrel may be smoothed ovor as preceding ones have been. Experience has taught the French the policy of muking some cone sions in Madagascaz, rather than go to the exponse of war, " General Diaz, president of Mexico, came into powor in 1876, as an advocate of theone- term principle, which was soon afterward definitely established by an amendment to the constitution made for that purpose. It was still possible, however, for a president to be re-clected after one intervening term, and this happened to General Diaz, who, after Gouzales had held the oMce tour years, from 1880 to 1884, was chosen again. His second term proved as valuable to Mexico as his first, and for the sole purposo of keep- ing him in office, the constitution was re- amended by striking out the old restriction, the great majorities by which this was ef- fected attesting the popularity of Diaz. In 1888, accordingly, e was re-elected with scarcely more than a show of opposition. Now, it appears, a movement is begun look- ing to the perpetuation of his rulership through a third successive term. Whether this 1s wise the Mexicans will soon have to determine, - e Costa Rica is in the midst of a hot political nght, growing out of a ministerial crisis-—a not uncommon occurrence in that hot-headed little provinco. Exactly what. s the trouble is hara to make ovt, but in an interview with Senor Jiminez, who lately resigned from the cabinet, that gentleman leaves it to be in- ferred thut one of the principal causes is tho proposition to form a Central Amorican uuion. Heis strongly opposed to it and frankly said: “In the event of its becoming @ necessity for Costa Rica to unito with any foreign power it would be far better for her to be annexed to tho United States.” Thoe fatal obstaclo in tho way of thie senor's pro- gramme is that the United States does not want Costa Rica. It would be much better for ull the Central American states to join in a coufederation or union modeled after the United States as closcly as practicable, and then obtain as tavorable a treaty as they can with us, AT The Saddest ot AlL Punzsutawney Spirit Of all the sad and glooiy words That mankind ever writ, There are no sadder ones to me ‘Chan these two: “Please remit.” s Ben Butler's Memoirs. St. Lowis Globe-Democrat, Ben Butler is at work on his memoirs; that is to say, he is preparing a history of the war period thoroughly imprognated tith the elixir of cussedness. e The Next Step. Chicago Herald. son has succoeded in putting a very cry into & lifeless doll, but he has not succeeded in removing the vociferous cry from a live baby. There are feats beyond ven the reaches of the genius of an Edison. A New othingi Louisville Courier-Journal, Thero is notuing in the constitution pfo- hibiting the marriage of American girls to foreign persous with titles, but it almost scems that there ought to be. ‘'American girls for Americans” might at least be put on the flag with the now stars. MEXICAN SOLDIERS MUTINY, They (Shoot Down Their Superior Ofticers and Escape. W York, Nov. 1.—A City of Mexico special says a serious mutiny occurred among the escort on the up train from Vera Cruz Tuesday evening, A corporal snd four privates attacied their superior officers, se- verely wounding a lieutenant and killing a sergeant outright. The affair occurred just after the train bad left Appaco, and the ob- ject of the mutineers, who were forced re- cruits, secms to have been to stop the train and escape. ‘When the train was almost due at Soltepec the mutimeers climbed on the engine with a view to forcing the engincer to makea halt. The engineer was an Amer- jcan and the fireman a Mexican, and both were heavily armed. Seeing that they would probably fall in their attempt, the ring- leaders jumped from the train, but so un- skillfully that one was run over aud cut in two and the other four all more or less in- jured, They succeeded, however, in getting away. On the arrivalat Soltepéc a detach- ment of rural guards surrounded the carand disarmed the remaining mutineers, who were secured and taken to the City of Mexico, 1t is understood the men who escaped have since been captured and brought to the city of Mexico. Tt is probable that the whole party will be teied by court-martiul and shot. —_—— TEARIBLE TALE OF SUFFERING, Trouble and Starvation Drive a Poor Woman insane. New Youx, Nov. 1.—[Special Telegram to Tux Bee.|—Mrs, John B. Baron, wife of a French tailor, has been taken to an insane asylum, her mind wrecked from trouble and starvation. Her husband was oblized to give up work three weeks ago and go to Bellevue hospital, where he 15 dying. T'he loss of his wages left in destitution his wife, twin children, aunother baby and his aged mother-n-law, Everything was pawned for food except the sewing machiue and rickety stove, two chairs and a crib. With little to eat and nothiog to hope for, Mrs. Baron fell @ victim to melancuolia, She refu: food and gave 1t to the children, Yesterday sho was seized with convulsions = and hugged her ovaby so closely she nearly suffocated it. The old grandmother, weak from want of food, struggled with the crazed mother and finally releasca tho infant, but not until it was plack in the face. The infuriated woman then grappled with Ler mother and throttled her. With difficulty the two Litule children released her fingers, when she turned upon one of the boys, six years oid, and nearly choked him to aeath before the screaws of the children aroused the ueighbors. A French Co New Yorxk, Nov, 1.—[Special Telegram to Tup Bee.|—Willism C, Tenor, known in France as Count de Vermont, ploaded guilty Monday before Judge Martine, in the court of general sessions, to an indictment for forgery in tue second degree. He was sen- tenced to five yoars' hard labor in state prison yesterday. The forgeries were for about $100 by checks all 1o be given by small tradesmen on city banks, i More Navassa Rioters Arrive. Bavrvoue, Md., Noy. 1.—The brigs Alice and Romance, with Navassa rioters on board vod bere this morning. They were towed from Cape Henry by the United Staves revenue steamer Ewing, - Bond Offerings. Bee. |—Bonds offered 54,500 at $1.053¢. CAN ADMINISTER THE OATH, A Mayor's Appointee Hus Author- ity, Saya the Supreme Court. FINAL DECISION S1ILL PENDS. The Registration Law Probably Con- stitutional~A Voleano Sizzling in the Supremes Clork's Office—0ity in Brief. 1020 P Stieerr, LixcoLy, Neb,, Nov. 1. Regarding the Douglas couuty quo war- ranto case, brought to test the constitution ality of tho registration law, heard yoster- day specially through intervener's rights, the court said this mornimg by Chief Justioo Reese, that thoughtful attention *had been given the matter, but that the constitution- aliwy of the act had not been examined ; that there is 8o much doubt about the proper con- struction of the act as to whether the mayor could authorize others than the city clerk to administor oaths that the court could give no general opinion on the case this morning. Judge Cobb, said, however, that there was 10 question as to the ability of the mayor to authorize a single person to administer oaths if the cily clerk was disabled, but whether one or an indefinite number could be author- ized quaere. It is said, by varties who eclaim to know, that the court wiil hold the law to be con- stitutional, LaxcoLy Beneav or T Omana Ben, } Liasting ¢ Property. Walter A, Loeso, temporary clork of the supreme court, has commenced an invoice of the state's property in the office he has been called upon to fill. Bailiff Lobingier is at work on the state library. When questioned as to tho progress of the work by Tus Ber representative, Mr. Leese said: “‘Everything is all right thus far.” “Do you expect to runupon any ‘funny work? " “N—o, but I'm bound to know what prop- erty I've got to account to tho stute for when I quit the office ’'m hoiding temporarily. Besides I want to know that evorything is all right.” ‘The invoice was ordered on the day that Mr, Leese took charge of the office, and the order was given quietly. Some of Mr. Brown's friends took radical excoptions to this, and asked that two assistants be ap- bointed to aid Mr. Lobingier in making the invoice. A8 thore was seemingly no disposi- tion to do this a rush was made to the oflic of Attorney Holmes, of the firm of Weoste & Holmes, who has' the settlement of Mr. Brown ate in band; the situation was stated to him and he was asked to send two #ood men to the state library to assist Lo- bingicr to check up as theinvoice progresses, and, a5 the saying i thing moves merrily along, Tho assistants appointed and now at work with the bailiff are in the inter- ests of Mrs Brown, who sceks to protect horself and her husband’s good name from nnpleasant complications.’” “'You don’t expect Mr. Leese to take any unfair advantages of the late management of the oftice, do you?” querried Tuk Ber man of one of Mr. Brown's confidential friends and advisors. “N—o; but we vropose to look out for breakers. There has been so much smd about the management of the suprems clerk and Livraran’s ofice, the income, Deputy Wheeler’s disciaimors, inquiries by legisla- tive assemblios and the like that'we can't afford to take any chances. Guy A. Brown's good name is too precious for that. Now, see here, no new man can o into an office that has been continuously run by two men for twenty years and grappie with the de- tails of it'i three or four days, and for him to attempt a quiet invoice without calling for assistance is not only cheeky but presump- tuous. ‘There is no occasion for a move of this kind, and we propose that there shall bo no mysteries and that everything shall show up right as the invoice progresses.” “Mr. Lobingier, what were your orders relative to the invoice now 1 progress?’’ “I was ordered to assist 1 invoicing the Nebraska reports or the books sold from this office." *Who are assisting you?" “On the part of the estate, Mr. J. S. Bishop and Mr, C. P. Fisnerdick. The at- torney general and the newly appointed lerk assisted in the count. Mr. H. H. Wheeler was also there a part of the time. 1 should say, however, that the attorney general and Mr. Wheeler were there as speotators rather than as assistants.” “‘What's the object of this invoice?” “I kave never been authoritatively told, and can’t speak with any certainty.” The feeling in the clerk’s office indicates an opan rupture ere lon A Contemplated Conference, At a meeting of the Trans-Missouri rail- road association, at Kausas City, Mo., held vesterday, 1t was decided that the roads interested in the reduction of coal rates in Nebraska should have a conference with the state board of transportation on the subject. The Paxton hotel, Omaha, was therefore fixed upou as the place and 10 o’clock to- morrow morning the time, Notice was re- ceived this worning to this effect by the board. After an wformal conference, how ever, the board decided it was beneatt 1ts dignity to run after railroads, and it will therefore be represented by Messrs. Garber, Gilkison and Gilehrist, the board of secrc- taries. Itis confidently expected that the three G's will be able 10 hold the trans-Mis- souri association to the rack. The Supreme Court. To-day’s proceedings of the supremo court. were as follows : The following causes were argued and submitted: Rice vs Saxon, Carlow vs Ault- man, Kendall vs Aleshire. Bonaell vs Nuckolls, ‘This is an injunction to restrain the county commissioners of Nuckolls county from levying & tax to pay the interest on court house bonds, voted in 1880, under the act of 1889, The county au- thorities have assessed taxes to the amount of $1.50 per $1,000, exclusive of the taxes proposed to be levied t pay the interest on the court house bonds in question, and a olaim is made that this proposed 'interest levy would be in excess of the 15 mills al- lowed by the constitution. The question of the juricdiction ofgthe court was argued at great longth this afternoon, City News and Notes. W. T. Richardson, of Butler county, prom- inent in politics in anda about David City, is here. Judge Stewart gave the parties to the Mc Allister will contest until November 6 to cite authorities. Dr. Holyoke and wife, nee Miss Graco Snelling, roturned last evening from their wedding tour As predicted, the rogistration commenced this morning. 13ut few over half of the you- ers of the city had qualified themselves. ‘The Paul Wing Fong habcas corpus case ‘was on trial betore the couuty court this af- ternoon. It was amusing rather than sensa- tional. Emma C., the twelve-year-old daughter of Detective Pound, died at noon to-day of con- gestion of the luigs, The funeral will take place Sunduy, The funeral of Mrs. Ann Haylen has been postponed until Monday at 10 0'clock. The sorvices will take placo at the CUatholic cliuroh at Davey. Robvert 1. Nelson, of Sencca, Kan., aged fifty, and Mrs. Laura E. Balmer, of this city, aged thirty, were married to-day by Judie W. E. Stéwart.s Jefferson D. Hopper, who was shot in the leg 1n the riot at the Burlington depot, in August, 1855, compromised his $10,000 daa- age suit for §200 to-day, Herman Maxwell filed a cross petition in the district court to-day in the case of Albert Welton vs Jobu Holinger. He hus a wme- clianic's lien that ke wauts satistied. Colonel C. Ruteil was flued 85 in the police court to-day for assault and batlery on one MeCracken. They occupy @ doublo house and a domestio rupture led to the assault. The day was a quiet one at republican headquarters. Secrotary Seeley savs that most of the local differences have becn healed and that a full party vote is exvected. The loag expected telegram arrived last eveuing aod Fraok Kobertson aud Addie Riffenborick were made husband and wife rmm order. Father, of course, was wi ng. H. Goldwater, who was arrested last night for recoiving stolen goods, was released to. day, having turned over all the ¢oods claimed by the complainant, Dr, E. C. Bennett, of Bolcow, Mo, Tho “Asylam street car” and a Burlington passengor train collided at the asylum cross- ing. Thedriver had a narrow escapo, Hiscar ‘was pitchod from the track, but the passen- ger went his way as though nothing had hap- pened. Miss Alice Hiltner's funeral took place from the First Ba t?t ohurch this after- noon. It was atten y the high school class of 1887 and a delegation of university students, as well as by a large number of in- timato friends and relatives, Tho rainfall of yesterday aftornoon ana 1ast night was succeeded by snow, which fell in great flakes until o Iate hour to-dayv. Tho Burlington woather buroau states that tho storm was genoral throughout tho state. All tho trains to-day were from twenty min- utes to threo hours late on account of it. NONPARTISAN JUDICIARY, The Business Men of Omaha Their Preference. To the Electors of the Third Judicial Dis- triet:—Too much importan e cantot be given to the selection of our judiciary. An inde- pendent, fearless, able and incorruptible bench, all citizens are interosted in sceing es- tablished and maintained, The bencn should bo kept aloof from partisam primaries, con- ventions and politics, It should be non-par- tiran. Two years ago we elected four jndges by non-pariisan movement who have honored the position. We had supposed that the non- partisan principle had been firmly establish- ed. There 1s now an effort on foot to over- throw it which connot be too severely cen- sured. ‘We appeal to you to vote forJoseph R. Crarkson to succed Judge Groff. While Mr, Clarkson 18 a republican in politics, he was selected by o large meeting of tho bar, our most reputable and distinguished lawyers, without regard to party, joining therein, The democratic convention has endorsed his nomination, but the revublican convention has nominatea @ partisan candidate. While we regard the nomination of the bar as high evidence of the qualifications and fitncss of Mr. Clarkson, and beliove that by reason of his greater age and experience, he hasa higher claim upon the suffrages than Mr. Davis, we place our appeal to you prineipally upon 'the importance of withdrawing tho Judiciary from the unseemly and discredit- ablo contentions of party primaries, conven- tions and politics. = Let us uphold the in- togrity and honor of the bench. Lot us moet “the. attempt to overthrow the non- partisan principle with determined resist- ance and overwielming defeat, Woodman Linseed oil works. George H. Hammond & Co., by Hy. H. Me- day, manager, packera South Omaha, W. L. Parrotte & Co., wholesule hat and caps. Lee, Clarke, Andreesen Hardware company E. M. Andreesen, secretary and treasures Charles A. , wholesale boots and shoes, Paxton & Gallagher, wholesale grocers, Darrow & Logan, wholesale hats and caps. American Hand Sewed Shov company. Gilmore & RRube, wholesale clothiors. C. B. Rustin. Kiricindali, Jones & and shoe: D. M. Steelo & Co., wholesale grocers. Williams, Van Aernam & Harte, wholesale boots and shoes. Louis Bradford, wholesale lumber. James J. Brown. ‘Acme Pressed Brick company. Thomas ¥. Tuttle, insurance. George A. Hoagland, wholesate lumber. Sioan, Johnson & Co., wholesale grocers, McClurg Cracker company. Drexel & Foll, contractors and stone work- ers. Richardson drug company Bemis Omaha bag company Ribble & Smith, commiss J. W. Walker, commission. The ilmerson seed company. Milton Rogers & Sous, waolesale and retail stoves. Kennard glass and paint company. W. . Fahs, manager Wm. S. Wilson & Co., wholesale tobacco and cigars. Charles Shiverick & Co., wholesale and re- tail fucniture. A. C. Dreibus, wholesale confectionary, J. H. Boonskia. Omata Rubber Co. Turner & Jay. hats and caps. Churchiil Pump Co. 1. T. Weiant, Mgr., for A, L. Dean & Co., safes and vauls, Rector & Wiltelmy Co., wholesale bard- ware, L. Kirscat & Co., cigars. John A. Wakefield, wholesale lumber. Max Meyer, wholesale jewelry. B. A. Lauman, of Perkins, Gatch & Lau. man, china and glassware. 8. A. Orchard, Wholesale and retail car- ets. Cn&’n olidated Coffee Co., W. N. Cole, Mgr. Meyer & Raupke, wholesalo grocers. Marks Bros., Saddlery Co. E. L. Stoue, of Dewey & Stone Furniture company. Peycke Bros. & Co., commission. P. Roceo Bros. & Co., sommission. J. 1. Robinson Notiou compauy, notions. Lombard Iny A. F. Boscl mission. Charles J. Bell, manager R. G. Dunu & Co. Soper, Welis & Co., wholesule iumber. F. B is, cashier First National banis, S. Brady, of McCord, Brady & Co., ale grocers, Parlin, Orendorffl & Martin company, agri- cultural instruments. Allen Koch, of Kirkpatrick, Koch Goods company, wholesale dry geods. . C. Powell, cashier Awmerican Loan Trust compauy. Miller & Gunderson, sash and door mill. ¥. W. Brown, of Cotsworth Lumber com p Y. Dunbar & Co., publishers. justave Beneke. . N. Deitz, wholesale and retail lumber. D. Wyatt, wholesale and resail lumber. A. A. Stiger, of Kolley, Stiger & Co., dry goods. Omaha Paint and Oil company. ' Gwin & Dunmire, guus and ammunition. 7. J. Nickey. Goorge Patterson, of Nebraska Fuol com- pany. Pomy & Sogelke Metz & Brother. Henry Voss. Omaha Packing Co., by James Vides, jr., treasurer, Armur, Cudaby P4 Bwift & Co., by A. Gibson, Miller & Aaron Cahn. E. W ash, Omana & Grant Smelting and Refining Co., by Guy C. Bartou, presideut. M. H. Bliss. Truman Buck, 1. J. Beard & Bro, orton & Son. Iora, cushier pross Co., wholesale boots wholesale liquors ana wholesale stment company. & Co., cold storage and com- Dry and cking Co., . A. Cudahy. foste Douglus County Bank, Dougias County Bank. John Linderiolm, Byron Kceed Co., A. L. Reod, sec'y, Dexter L. Thowmas. Harry Law Wendell 13¢ Cummings Neilson, Lininger & Metcalf Co, W. A. Paxtol 1. Bowman, lip Potter. smpson, Belden & Co., by C. C I3elden, lier & Co. 8. P. Morse & Himebaugh & " uwod, Loomis & Co. N. 1. Falconer, Witliam Barr Dry Goods company, Samuel Burus. H. Kountze. W. A, L. Givbon, W. G, Sloan, mayor of South Omabas. Hugh Murohy, conlractor, Frank Jobuson, Bank of Commerce, Board of Public Works. At the wecting of the board of publie works yesterday afternoon the followiug estimates were allowe J. K. Riley & Co., paving, Fox, paving, $6,846,03, J. L. Murphy was awarded the coutraet for grading Grove streot from Dodge 10 Davenport at 18 cents per cubic yard. Frank L. Reeves & Co. were awarded the coutract for bulidiog s sewer in district Ne. v, 900.78; J, & P.