Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 17, 1890, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1890. THE DAILY BEE. P, ROSEWATER, Bditor PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION Dally and Sunday, One Year Blxmontis 5 T months. ay Hiee, On Weekly lee, One Y 0l Bul ha, Corner N arid 2 Conneil Blufls, 1 Ominha 4 Strects ‘ommerco Tribune Bullding ) Street, . Rooms 1 hinglon, bis Fourt CORRESPONDENCE AlL communi editor to news and BUSINESS LETT All bi®nesslettors and r nees should bendd rossed o The Beo Pu ‘onipany Omlia, Drafts, cheeks und postafice orders 1o e il able to the order of the com pany The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors, Tihe Beo BIdg, Farnam and Seventeenth $ts BW( STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Btate of Nebrask 1 County of Douglas, { 8% weretary of Tho Teo ar that theactual e the week onding Sept 13, 1500, w. Fun(l]n\ S i/ . .. 1ber, Notary . ... 150), Jublto. Nebraska, ity of Doiig o B Trsc shing duily clreulati nonth of 150, for Ay copies; for | niy cmber, A 1, 1 Public, presence, this 10th as 1800 LVEN indemocratic circles, Wyoming is no longer an uncertain state. THE crop of Irish potatoes this year demonstrates the faet that potatoes are potatoes even if small and few ina hill. SIGHAN is yot busy saying ibout his record. The voters, in the meantine, are demunding an cx- planation, THE advance in the price of southern yellow pine proves that novthern moth- olls ¢ king root in the land of the late confederac TuE people of Bangor, Maine, now propose o abolish the saloon from pol- ities. Of course Maineis a prohibition state, but two hundred satoons flourish and interfere in Bangor, SECRETARY RUSK says that thereis 10 serious danger of a shortage of grain crops this As Uncle Jerry has n viewing the county fairs, this semi- 1l statement should settle the whole question. i Tue question has been settled that Nebraska is to have th ¢ congress- men, after the legislature reapportions the state, but even this increase in actual statesmon cannot increusse the number of candidates. M. CrLE AND has been unusually silent for several weeks, Can it be that he is studying his cyclopmdia and in- tends to make a specch, oris he lying low and watching in unspeakable anguish the boom of David B. Hill? Tue sixty-ninth anniversary of Cen- tral Amorica has been celebrated. The revolutionists joined the loyal people, and the day was madeoneof great re- joicing. President Kzeta scems to be more popular than any of his prede- cessors, Ovut of the one hundred and ninety-one thousand votes cast at the late election in Arkunsas, eighty-five thousand were cast for the vepublican ticket. With an untervified vote and an honest count Arkansas would become an ornament to the republican column, EE—— THERE have been, it is claimed, enough Ingalls men nominated forthe legislature in Kansas to return that gen- tleman to the United States senate. Mr, Ingalls will doubtless take the stump now and see to it thata legislature is elected that will prove the immortal- ity of a United States senato Tie official footings of the population of Utah show two hundred and six and a half thousand, an incrense of sixty-two thousand five hundred and thirty-five in ten years, Extracling from this in- creaso the great influxof Gentiles during thedecude an accurate measure can be taken of the decline of the Mormon insti- tution. CHINAME nativ N anxious to return to their land can do so without cost hy exercising that shrewd faculty peculiar tothe race. The trewsury department decides that the exclusion act provides for the return of Chinamen, unlawfully found in the United States, to the Flowery Kingdom. This means the pay- ment of their passage home, —ee THE congressional convention to nom- inate a congressman in the Third dis- trict meets at Columbus today. There areseveral candidates and the fight will doubtless bo warm, Several countios go instructed to oppose Mr. Dorsey’s renoms ination, while soveral counties also go instructed to assist him in being renom- inated, It will be a sort of go it hus- band, go it bear of a time, and with all the contending elements in earnest it is hard to muke any prediction as to final rosults, ——— THE Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- men of America is doubtless the strong- est organization in this country, Their recent meeting at San Francisco brought out some facts which are of interest. It seoms that during the year of 1888 the order collected the sum of $160,000 to support the strike against the Chicago; Burlington & Quiney, and now they pro- pose to build a central headquarters to ©ost not less than 8150,000 for their chief officers, Outside of the locomotive en- gineers there is no greater organized brotherhood. PROHIBITION AND BUSINHSS. Prohibition agitators never tire of orting that the banishment of the “open saloon” from lowa aund Kansas improved the general business of the states and brought about an era of pros- pority. Doctored statisticsare produced | to sustain the claim, and interested opin- fons quoted to give the shadow of truth to their Reliable data is at hand which thoroughly disposes of the assertion that prohibitionis astimulus to business, The treasiry department has issued o tabulated statement showing the com: mereial failures in the country from 1879 0 1889, a period of notable development inall departments of industry, In 1870 prohibition was not seriously thought of in Towa, and business failures averaged fifty ht in the former state and thirty-seven in the latter, out of each. ten thousand firms engaged in business, In 188) the Kan- su8 rate rose to one hundred and seven- teen per ten thousand, an increase of ninety-c cent, The rate in Iown last year was ninety ach ten thousand firms, an in of one hund r ixty-two per cent in com- mer i A of these figures with the condition of Nebraska and Minne- sota illustrates the beneficent effect of high license and regulation and the demoralizing results of prohibition and free whisky:, High license was inaugu- rated in Nebraska in 1881 and in Minne- sota a year late Before that period there was comparatively little regula- tion and nolicense worthy of the name, In 1 the number of failuros in Ni hraska was one hundred and twenty-fi to every ten thousand firms. In 1859 the number increased to one hundred and thirty, or three per cent. In Minnesota the number grew from one hundred and twenty-seven to one hundred and ninety- one, an inc of thirty-six per cent. Under prohibition the business fail- ures in fowa and Kan sed in ten one hundred and sisty-two and ninety-eight pe cent respectively. Under high license, Nebraska's com- meveinl failures iercased three per cont and Minnesota's thirt, X per cent, The figures tell their own story. They emphasize the fact that prohibition, in addition to its failure us a restrictive mensure or as a temperance agent, is a light to the state impos- ruments, Kansas or asine years commercial bl ing it. FRUIT. When the question of annexing South Omaha tothe pavent city was pending, Tur Bee clearly demonstrated that union was essential to the pumetection and prosperity of Packingtown, Facts und figures were produced 1o show that the financial condition of South Omaha was below par, and that the strength and giltedge credit of Omaha could alone save the city from financial col- lapse. The mercenary and lawless elements conspired against the city’s welfare and defeated annexation. The jobbers and contractors had not entirely sucked the municipal lemon dry, and they succeeded in securing an extension of their leaseat the publicerih, The rejection of annex- ation is benring its legitimate fruit. The city is face to face with the problem of maintiining a government with an empty treasur Taxes have practically reached the legal limit, and there is no feasible way of meeting the outrageous debts piled on the city by the gang. With characteristic hindsight the council inaugurates cconomy by reduc- ing the police for The full number of men employed was insufficient for the needs of the city, and a reduction of one- half practically turns the town over to the gangs of toughs and law-breakers. ‘While thu i ishing tho police foree of the city, it isa noticeable fact that the council approves clims of doubtful character and leaves the job- bersin undisturbed possession of their municipal profits, The matevial inter- ests of the city are of little consequence to the gang us long as they can main- ntheir grip on the revenues of the city. This condition of affairs, unless promptly checked, must prove disastrous to South Omaha. The great and grow- ing industries, the steadily espanding Dbusiness interests, and tho security of the homes of the people demand the adoption of leroie measures of self-pro- tection. It behooves the taxpayers to get together and form a vigorous and vigilant organization. The time is ripe for the adoption of measures to check the reckless methods of the council and compel reform and economy in the man- agement of the cf TAKING AN INDEPENDENT VIEW. The failure of the senate to adopt the proposition of Senator Sherman looking to negotiations with Canada for the com- plete or partial removal of duties upon trade between that country and the United States w undoubtedly a very great disappointiment to a large element of the Canadian people, but a very much larger clement appears disposed to take a very independent view of what is re- garded as u palpable manifestation of commercial hostility to Canada, and tofind enlargement in the belief that the ultimate results may notbe to the disadvantage of Canada, There ave some, 00, who profess to welcome the course of congress regarding the tarift aslikely to operate as an incentive to the Canadian people to strike out for a position of commereial independence, so far as the United States are concerned, Thus Mr. Foster, the ministel of finance, says of the hostility to Cana- dian interests involved in the pending tariff bill, that it is not a thing which should cause one moment’s hesitation or desponden 1t is not the first time that Canadi has had a like experience, and she has now no other alternative, suid Mr. Fostor, than to pursue hor own commercial course with spirit and inde- pendence. She has the markets of Great Britaln open to her natural products and willing to take all she can send. She can enter the markets of the rest of the world on equal terms with her neighbors, *‘She is opening up her own magnificent territory,” continued the financo minister, *“with splendid facili- ties for communicating, and joining these by fiue and far-reaching lines of steamships with the markets of the east, west and south. Her inter-provincial trade is inerensing, and her population will wapidly in- crease in the east and west, thus constantly broadening her home market.” He said that wishall doubts removed regarding the attitude of the United States, Canadians can now work boldly and on their own lines, This reassuring view of the situation isdoubt the proper one for the Cana- dian finance minister to take, but he can- not conc from himself or from others of his countrymen the fact that the loss of the American market, assuming that such will be the result of the tariff if adopted as it now stands, would bea very ious matter to Canada, for it is ex- tremely doubtful whether uld find an equally satisfactory and profitable market elsewhere. It is not, however,u wholly ided affaiv, because if the Canadinn people ave compelled to go to othermarkets to sell their products they will supply thelr own wants as faras pos- sible in those markets, and this would mean the loss to us of a very consider- able trade. It would seem to bo in the natural orvder of things that two neigh- boring countries, having intevests in common, should be on the friendliest erms in their commercial relations, but the prospect of this being brought about between the United States and Canada is ve remote. The advocates of re- ciprocal trade in either country ave still a very small minovity. A PUBLIC WAREHOU LAW. The republican platform commits the in Nebraska to the passage of a laring the owners of public ele- vators to be public warehousemen, and requiring them to roceive, store, ship and handle the grain of all persons alilkke, without diserimination. This is goodas fur as it goes, but in order to make assurance of the fultillment of this pledge doubly suve, it is ex- pedient that republican can- didate for the legislature shall be dis- tinetly pledged to support this sort of legislation. It is not easy to exaggerate the im- portance of a public warchouse law of the character proposed in the republican platform, which contemplates in addi- tion to what »ove noted requiring all railroad companies to switch, haul, hon- dle, receive and ship the grain of all persons, without diserimination. Were the such o law in Nebraska it isestimated that the farmers of the state would be better off by from ten to fifteen million dollars from the cornerop of last year, and a repetition of that experience is to be expected in the future, ifsuch a law is not provided. Under present conditions the producers are wholly atthe mercy of the clevator owners and the railvoads and it goes with- out saying that they very rarely got fair treatment from cithe The pre ducers, however, have the remedy in their pwn hands, and they will have only themselves to blame if they do not apply it. We have heretofore referred to the action of the Omaha board of trade on this subject, strongly commending the proposed law. It was hoped that simi- lar expressions would have been heard before this from other commercial bodies in the state, but it is not too late for them to act in the mat- ter. Their intevests ¢hould be identical with those of the producers, and their in- fluence in behalf of the proposed legisla- tion would be valuable. At any ratethe duty of the producersis clear and they should insist that all legislative candi- dates who ask th votes shall pledge themselves to support the proposed pub- lic warehorse law, which is demanded by every practical and just considera- tion affecting the interests and welfare of Nebraska grain growe GOVERNMENT FUNDS IN BA Among the numerous suggestions which are heing submitted to the secre- ary of the treasury at thistime, brought out by the monetary situation, is one favoring a return to the practice of de- positing government funds in the banks, modified so as to avoid the objection of favoritism which was urged against the system under the last administration. It 1 be remembered that in order to re- ve u finuncial stringency S y child carvied the depos money in the banks up to something like sixty-one million dollars. The practice did not originate with him, but he car- rvied it farther than ever before, and the present administration eame into power pledged by the national platform toabol- ish the sy 0, The course of the pre- ceding administeation 1n this particular was freely and vigorously denounced as not only contributing to the national banks the gains from the use of the people’s money, but as doing this in the interest of particular banks. As s00n as practicable the present ad- ministration began fulfilling the party pledge by withdrawing government funds deposited in the banlks, and this has been continued until there are now deposited in the banks only 'such amounts as are necessary for the business transactions of the government, The secretary of the treasury in his last ve- port, referring to this matter, said that the deposit of public funds with the bunks to an amount largely in excess of the needs of the public service is wholly unjustifiable and he stated anumber of objections to it, Among these he said that it necessarily involves temptation to favoritism of the most objectionable character; it makes the treasury more or less dependent upon the banlks; it in- volves the exercise of a most dangerous power by the secretary of the treasury, whereby he may, i so disposed, expand or contract the currency at will and in the interest of cortain favorites whom he may select, and it is unjust to the government and unfair to the people 10 give the banks the use of the public money for nothing, Such, it i pre- sumed, are still the views of the admin- istration regarding this policy, as they undoubtedly are of a wajority of the re- publican members of congress. Itis not at all probable, therefore, that any proposition to return to this policy, however modified, would meet the approval of congress or of the administration, A system of treasury deposits with the clearing house associa- tions, as has been suggested, would cor- tainly avold the objection of favoritism. Undersuch anarrangement all the banks embraced in such assoclations would get constantly sh over, afairshare of ths funds, but there aro other vital abjoctions to the polic; a8 stated "By the secretar of the trcesuey, which would still remaing and they are so sorious as to afons condemn the policy. At any rate, aglogisiation by congress would be needed to establish such o sys- tem, itis not probable that anything could be done abont it at the present session, even were congress and the ad- ministration favorable to it. There is no relief of the financia stressto be oxpected, therefore, from this recourse, antime the troasury appears tobe pursuing an entirely lnw ful and s e in redeeming bonds and prepaying intorest, and there is rea- son to believe the results will prove to be entirely satisfuctory, The monetary yugh unquestionably has doubtless been exaggerated, and the best finanelal opir that there is no roal danger of any dis- turbunce at all in the nature of a panie. THERE {8 a grim pleasantry in the of the St. Paul man who went and bought his cofin and arvanged for his L. He siys that he may live sev- years, butif his friends are cailed upon to mourn for him he does not want them to mix any business with their sorrow. While such advanced notions doubtless belong to another age, there is after all some material in his pro- gramme for serious reflection, —_—— M. Cassivs M, CLAY, JR., of Ken- v, who was elected president of the ntucky constitutional convention, was unlike his relative and namesake, who would her be right than be president. He belicves that he inherited some of the blood and brains of his namesake, and has for his only ambition the hope of perpetuating the name of Clay. But Cassius M. will never be the man that Henry was. Tie Wisconsin campaign has begun, and the opening speech of Governor Hoard had the properving in it. The republican party in its standon the Ben- nettlawin that state will lead the way to victory he democrats who arve op- posed to free schools will find littlo con- ion in the veturn: The Bennett law only guarantees a free education to childven, Tue tallke of an extra session emanates from quarters interested in measures which eannot be acted on at this session, It is an insult to the intelligence of President Flarrison to assert that he usly contemplates calling congress together during the twomonths between adjournment and the opening of the reg- ular sessior A NoT many moons ago it was officially proclaimed that prohibition wasa moral, not a political From the source comesthe lat mnouncement that the issue is political and therefore its supporters shou!d be represented on the lection boards. Why this unseemly somersault issue, same Fresit evidences of life have been dis- covered in the Omaha, Superior & Southwestern railroad. The discovery important, especially at this season. Charitable residents along the line will doubtless provide shelter during the winter months. Tae remarkable speed exhibited in paying the postoffice sito appraisers strengthens the hope that the coming century will witness the commencement of work on the building. s reduction of the South Omaha po- a proclamation to the local dives to turn looso and run wide opan, Grand Islan The chief point, of difference between Ca- lamity McKeighan and “Calamity Jano" is that the former has never yet defeated any- thing or auybody in a fair r though it is sald he has beat several people others Lifndatd ) A Clean Man. Superior Jowrnal, Thero is nota cleancr or beiter man in the state of Nebraska than N, V. Harlan of York, republican candidate for congress, He is a man of the people and if electad to eongre will be in @ position to lelp the farmers thelr demands for laws that will alleviato their hardships, The alliance should stay by Harlan, s n a thorough auti-monopolist, as his record shows. - The Coming Debate, Hastings Newaskan. The Grand Island bectsugar palace man- agors have arranged fora big drawing card onSeptember 15 and 190—a joint discussic onthe amendment question, in whien 12 Rosewater, elitor of Tiur Ber, and Hon. John L. Webster will meot General Brad- ford of Kansas, ex-Governor Larrabee of Tows and Chancellor Creizhton of Liacoln. This arn of talent on both sides will doubt- loss attract large audiences and excite no little inter The surroundings will be far aifferent than when Rosewater and Webster facod Beatvic: audiencos known to be not in sympathy with thelr views. - An Ol Time Majority. It has been some s the re- publican state copvéntion, and still the dem- ocratic party haye found no charge of any ous nature to bying against L. D, Ric ards, the republican, nominee for governor, In character e stands unassaulted,no man has dared to breathe mught agaiust it. In this respect he stands- a1 unimpeachable candi date for the highest, ofice within the gift of the people of th ét a peace-loving, hon- orable and uprig@ttéitizen. A mallant soldier and asoldier’s fidgnd, industrious and tem- perate, he standsw grand representative of a grand stateand gigpand, industrious people. His majority on th@ides of November will be old fashioned. /| P hln dont Flail, The public wasghguse plank in the republi- can state platform is one of the most impo; ant ever prosented to the farmers and busi- ness men of Nebraska, It1sin kseping with the spirit of the republican party, which is the only party to which the people can look for relief. Wehave looked in vain through the plat- forms of tho alliance, the democratic and pro- hibition parties for the advocacy of such a boneficent measure. They consist of plati- tudes, and on a vital question like this are s silent as the grave. Tho enactment ot a public_ warehouse law, edon this resolution, by the legislature next winter, will ereate a grain mavket in the state, open to all buyers, compelling the clevators owned or operated by Incorporated companies to handle, receive, ship and store the grain of farmers and dealers without dis- crimination, Vare houses, " President Schi S OF THE NORTHW EST. Nebraska, An Oddtellows' lodgols tobo orvanized at ol ¥ voted §18,000 fn bonds to build waterworks, A Harlan club with 20 members has been organized at York s voted 25,000 in bonds s by a majority of sixty llewill colebrate the eompletion of agon bridge over the Platte on the for Loulst the new v 24th inst. The proposition to bond Stromsburg for £,00010 build waterworks was dofeated by cighteen votes. The Kearney Enterprise has been sold to the Journal of that place and the two papers will be issued as one The Red Cloud st been sued for 1, man from one of the ears. John Donnelly, the seventeen-year-old Stromsburg boy Who was hurt by a team at Il two weeks ago, has died of his in- car_company has ges for cjecting o jur As the result of a parachute ¢ son, one boy is suffering with and another is bruised all over, the parachute failed to work. Fire destroyed the barn_of Pat McGuire, seven miles novtheast of Palmyrs, togethor with a horse, twoenty-five hogs ‘and a lot of tarm implements, The loss amounts to§7,00), with but little insurance. Mr, and Mrs. Zardus Jewell, residing near Lexington, celebrated their golden wedding aaniversary Monday, Over two hundrod friends and neighbors were on hand to cons gratulate the aged couple. The Winnebago Indians are imitating the whites in the matter of marriages, [Last week Judge Downs of Thurston county is- sued two licenses to Winuebagoes, the fivst since the organization of the county Prairie fires started by kA comotive burned a quantit county, doing £500 worth of damage. For o time the town of Harrison was threatened and the citizens turned out and fought the aze at Madi- o broken leg In both cases m a lo- in Sioux John Olson of Potter wears a leavy cardi- gan jacket which he values very highly on uccount of its being wholly & Cheyenne county product. The wool was raised by Adam Gunderson and was carded, spun and woven by Mrs. Haus Hanson, Tow Greene county hogs took more preminms at the state fair than all the balance of the state combined, Three prisoners named Mumby, Conners and Woodruff made their escape from the Linn county jail at Marion and are still at large, Spencer business men are taking_a census of the ~ity at their own expense. The offic- ial count failed to figure up more than 1,200, and it is thought the new count will show a population of 2,000, The state unive at Towa City has opened with the lar, est attendance in years. e says that between eight hundred an nd nine hundred students will be enrolled, a large increase over 1890. Cedar Rapids packers have salted down about sevent, housand more hogs this year than they did for the corresponding mounths of 15 The rapid advance in the priceof corn is given as one of the reasons Tor the large se. Over one hundred carloads of watermelons on Muscatine istind were wasted of lack of proper shipping facilit 1compunies claim that thero w demand for freight cars during the melon season that it was utterly impossible to do more than was done, The mothers of Algona are righteously up in ¢ against a proclamation issued by th forbidding the trundling of by riages along the public streets. Indignation tea parties ave being held, and itis predicted that **bis honor, the mayors” political goose will be budly scorched at futuve elections, The Burlington Hawkeye tells tho story of an unfortunate girl named M:; Smith, who died in the hospital in that cit other day of consumption, alone und fricndless, and ng twin infants to the care of strangevs. 'he poor unfortunate was the child of people in good circumstances, buther dowrfall incurred their hatred and they turncd her away from home. So unfor- giving and beartless” was their nature that even deatih did not move them to pity, and they refused to attend the poor chilil’s fu- neralor to care for her helpless children, Badas the world ays the Hawkeye, it lnh'wnlafv\\' iustances of such utter heart- uess, B reyond the Rockies. The Jamestown Congregationalists building a 5,000 chureh, The 3 at Falls, Mont., has been organized with u capital of §50,000! Mrs. Wait of Sulem, Oregon, has ripe raspberries iu her garden, the second crop this yea A team of 5 and an fell into an airshaft the othe horses were killed. Sacramento's big drainage canal, which has bobbed up every year foran appropria- tion, will probably have about 0,000 ex- pended on it this year, Robert Hilley, aged fourteen, killed a large black bear one’ day last woeek with an_old- fashioned muzle-lowing shotguu. He lives near Shohomish, Wash. There is a movement on foot in San Diego, Cal, to establish a tannery. Large ship: ments of hides are made froni there snnually, and it is now proposed to treat them at homt Charles Newton of La Grande, Ore , was working & young horsc with a Scraper re- cently, when the animal balked. Newton picked up a sione and hiv the animal on the head, causing instant death, W. T, Mendenhall, George T. McKay and John Parker have incorporated the Stlver Boll mining and _reduction_company with a capital stocls of 300,000 in 500,000 shaves of $1 cach, Oftices will be in Helen: R. C. Hite of Bozeman, Mout., is building a boat which he intends to float to the Gulf of Mexico, He will lunch his craft at Galla City abont September 15, The boat, v is twonty-three long, will be 'carried around the falls Missouri and its tain expects to male, with the aid of s 100 miles a day John Stanter, a wagonma at Fresio, Cal., a fow days o his wife ana daughter while drunk, rest led to the development that S tante a bigani avried b n 1580, subsequently spouse and resumingz ations with No. 1. His second al venture lives at Los Gatos. round has been broken for the new Union Pacific roundhouse in Pocatellp, Idaho. The act has be od to Mr. Chapmun, who built the roundhouses at Odgen, and who also has a contract for the addition to the roundhouse at GGreen River, His contract in Pocatetlo calls for o twenty-stall_building for a roundhouse, u woodworking shop and au addition o the end of the car shops of soventy-five-foot building. The total expense amountiug to about 50,000, The Portlind Oregonian says: A singular and almost fatal accident oceu - ut Sno- homish the other day. Arthur C. Knight and Giles Hovle went to the slughter house to butcher a st Hoylo raised his rifle and the anima lie ball glanced from icull, and, striking a ot in & bewmn, in glanced, 2 through the rim of Knight's hat over the left eye and ripping up two dnches of his scalp. Had he stood an inch farther forward it would have killed him. Three horsethieves appe borhood of Gold erecls, Montana, having with them fourtecn horses.’ They were headed a fellow called the Mormon Kid. Jim Conley went from Deer Lodge and found them the next morning betwe old creek and Drum- mond and ordered the Kid to throw up bis hands, Ho was mounted and tried to s Conley shot him through one side of the ab. domen. As he refused to surrender a second time Conley perforated his shoulder, Still he rode away and Conloy aimed to dvop him, but his vitle hung five, 5o the kid escaped, A posse is after him In one of the Pullman cars on the Union railroad goinz through Montaus last week were Mr. and Mis, A, H. Smith, the latter pretty and piquant, the former affable but jealous. There was_also on the train an English artist named Wilson on his way to Butte. The two men struck up a bufr iendship that maintained until Smith 4 that Wil sketched his wifs becamo {rantic an wnded the piotur ch was refused. Then there was a fight, ond the infaviated husband was beaten, aft which he was soundly loctured by his ‘sensi- ble wife, while the passcngers jeered him, The artist kept the picture, are vagon at Butte day ana the FROM THE STATE CAPITAL Mysterions Disappearance of an Important Distriot Jourt Witness, INFORMATION FILED IN CRIMINAL CASES. Two Gambling Dens Ralded by the Police and the Tools Confls- onted—The State Unlvers ity Opens Today. Lixcory, Nob., Sept. 10.— [Spectil to Tur Bre. | —Now that the September term of th Qistrict court has commenced it has been dis- covered that s most important witness has been somchow spirited mway. It isno other than Alta Hammond, the thirteen girl on whom tier father made sault. The mother tells rathor an unsatisfac- tory story as to her where CIRIMINAL CASES, The following informations were filed in the district court this morning by the county attorney ¢ Jensen, grand lareeny Henry Mohir, shootlng with fntent to kil W. H. Pickard, adultery; John Cos, 1 ing stolen goods; James Ward, James Clark and George Mattern, burglary and grand larceny; William 0°Connor, grand larceny Charles F. Hammond, criminal assault onhis daughter; John Creelan, grand laveeny ; Harry Emerson, grand lirceny; 1, . Brobst, forgery and uttering forged draft; Samuel R. Bobst, assault with intent to do great bodily harm; William Sherman, horse steal- ing; A.P. Loring, false imprisonment; Al- bert, Chiall, horse stealing: William Schoene- man, obtaining goods under false pretenses ; D.( houp, false pretenses, The eriminal court was engaged today in the caseof the stato vs Ella Jonos, who ap- pealed from the decision of the police court in fining her for assaultand battery on her own fourteen-yearold daugher. The next case taken up _was t Webber, James Wood and Franl & the diamnond robbors GAMBLING DENS RADED, Major Graliam s keeping his word concern - ing theshutting up of the gambling estab- lishments, 43 ho not only ordered them clo Iast week when ho heard that they mng in full blast, but last evening he in- strueted the police to make a clandestine raid on the establishments and if any of them were found ranning toars tthe inmates o confiscate the gambling paraphernal s and sureenough, two lishments were found Gus Sandc Alick Jetes, Four m and rouleite halls the former place and _ three in the latter. All were arrcsted, but were bailed out by theiv reputed ' employers. Nearly 300 worth of gembling apparatus was captured in the two plac The raid was made by Mavshal Melick, Captain Carder, Detective Jim Malone and Oficers Bob Ma- lone and Otto, THE STATE UNIVEISITY. The state university opens again tomor and already the students are flocking and the grounds present once more th lively uppearance during the scholistic year. It is estinated that there will be 600 students enrolled this fall, examinations have been held of for admission into the first and s of the Latin hol, The questions tods confined to United states and general history, arithmetic, ilge- bra, physies and chemistry, Tomorrow the examinations will continué andwill include geography, Latin, English grammar, botany, physies and chenistry The cxamination of applicants for admis- sion into the fresiman and higher classes is also in progres Iy T tho case of 1, the fai of Lonis . Clai ostab- o, one supposed to and the other b ipulators of the cirds wero - caplured in DIVORCE MILL she has ovidently chan has Joft the city meanyhiilo md lias no 1den where she is. “The caso was this morning and broke its jaw and ke pan, It hiad to bo killed. Fioalth OMeer Borteam has quarantined 1(4 K stroot, as Mr. Presho's son has o sey ors attack of diphtheria. g Srank Michigan is In durance vile ot charge of snoaking into Louie Ksenky's loom on Tenth street and stealing three bot tles of wine. Tho commissioners appointed to appraio the damage made by the B, & M 1t of way through Frank Sheldon's twenty.siv neres cast of the city reported today that th aamo was worth §2,200, 14 Will H. Swander, the past grand sacl of the Improved Order of Red Mo over from Des Moines today to take ch of the institution exercises this even the new tribo started in Lincoln Sergeant Fred Millor of the police forec turned from Omaha last evening, whithe went to collect the §,000 insurance or father's life that camo due to the widow the Knights of Honor on the death of My H. Milleron July 1. Frod returned with te draft for the full amount, —— N IN SPRINGFLELD. How esidential Candidate Got His Mail-His Wife's Ambition. “Yos, as you say.new yarns ahot Lincoln are hard to find, Neverthe his was such a striking personali it is not easy to exhaust the materin offered to the story-teller.” So spoke o middle-aged man a nights ago toa writer in the Chica Herald, “You sce,” continued my friond, was born in Springfield, 11, and 1ivel there until afver the war. From enrliest boy hood Abe Lincoln was to | an improssive figure, He used to co to my father’sstore, stick his feet on ). corner and talk about the affairs of t) nation. I was present one night whi Abe came in looking as melancholy as man whose hens won't “What's the matter father asked, Oh, nothing much. I'm discourag: | a bit. Ifearmy tilt with Douglas w not very successful,”” “Nonsense, Abe,” remarked my (. ther. “Your words have electrificd country, They will bear vich fi for you. Your reputation has b merely local heretofore; now it is - tional.” “Do you think g0? Well, Thope you vight.”’ Then the future presid: stalked out into the night looking mc cheerful than when he entered. I will never forget the first fow after he was nominated. At that Springfield had no postal delivery wewerein the habit of going to tho postottice late in - the afternoon for o mail, Sometimes 200 people woull gather in and near the postottice, Tho eveningufter he was chosen the presider tial candidate by his party, Abe came (o the postoffice as usual for his letter was dressed in the homely fashion of time and place and groeted lis neighbors in his usual democratic wuy He found hisboxfull of letters and news= papers. O The next afternoon he came This time the mail filled three boxes. e dressed with more care than ho ad been the day bef On the third after his nomiination he appenred ut thepostoffice with a basket on his arm. Ho went away with his basket, pockets and hat overflowing with envelopos newspapers, campaign documents, ete, After that he was obliged to employ a secretary, who collected his mail, and we saw but little of the great man. ‘Whenever he appeared in public, how- ever, we noticed that he wore what gos- sips called *‘his Sunday best. Those were lively times in Spring- field. The town was overrun with prom- inent men from all parts of the countr Tt was my priviloge to attend the ro tion g(ve? to his. fu that Lincol da, tin thevefore dismissed. She will have to try again before she can remar ‘I'he next case called was that of Eliza Crandall vs Albert Crandall, Thelady plaia- 1Y too, in this case had been very anxious to ecure a divoreo, but had dentally forgot- ten all about it, o shealso fiiled to appear, This case, like the other, went by default. Virgio 'Lamoreaux, however, was of a more determined mind in regard to ler application for adivorco from hor con- ort, Albert. “'When the case was called she camo forward wnd in unmistakable languago told about the terriby cruel treatment to which she had been subjected by the man she had married. The court was “touched with her story and granted the decree, At present Alby holding down alonely claim in sheridan county, Mrs. Mary Brennan, who recently figured in an abduction s, and from whom her husbaud wants a divorce, applied today for temporary aliznony from her husband. GOT H1S MOTHER-IN-LAWS PROPERTY, A hard story is reported coneerning George L. Gay's treatment of hi n-law, Mrs, Helen J. Roe. The lady wasworth $3,000 and had au only daughter. ' Gay managed o cap- ture the affecctions of the widow's daughter and married her, 1t appears from reports, however, that. all this time hie has had his ey, upon the old lady's handsome dowr first Georgeaffected farming, but finding employment not congeuial, cime to the and in some mamer managed to get wl his mother-indaw’s proparty into his name and then tumed her out of doors. The s that Mrs, Roe de- lares she hus never deeded the property o Gay, and yet the records show that a trans- S Mrs. Roe has left the neighborhood and it isnot known where she is. Gay claims that he came by the property END 07 A RUNAWAY MATOIL . Alonzo Bacon's child, which was kid- napped forthe second timo by its father on Sunday, was found this morning at the home of William Childers, southeast of the city, where Bucon had taken it. The child was retumed to its mother. Mrs, Bacon isan ap- divorce in tie district court, ning ofa runaway love matel, TWO IMRIGATING COMPANIES. irrigating companies have noti- y of State Cowdesy of their in- luiiming the arid regions in western wka, The first 18 the Nio- brar irrigating and improvement company and starts withs capital stock of 850,000, ‘The otheris the 19 ' Coloralo No- braska ditch company and the water s to be ken from the nox th fori of - the Republicun TUE COPPMAYN BUILDING S0LD, Tho elog vy v brick building on 0 str n Fificentn and Six teenth, just about finished and knowwn as the Coftari bloels, has been sold by Mr. D. T, Hoftmaz and son to C. S. Metn of Rock Isl- and, the consideration being $65,000. ATTIE $TATE HOUSE, Horaco G. H. Tarrof New York asks fora mandamus of the supreme court ordering the mayor and city council of € testand inspection of the Cry George S, Amold, who W. Burton of Minitare ¥ Wwis sent to tho | crime, has grown ti of confinement there andappealed the case to the supreme court, The question as to whether the new county to be ceeated out of i portion of Kuox is to be callod Union or Alliance county has boen appealed to tho supreme — court appollee that the signe *tion to erect the county of Allince was signed by only 263 persons, Whille thut forthe wuuty of Union bad ovor 300, The Chicago, Missourl Pacific asked the supr compelling the [ toremove its trac 4 George years ago and for life for tis Burlinglon & Quincy and rilroad companies ~ haye me court for & mundamus n electric strect railway polos, overhead wires, ete, from the cr ¥ ot Eloventh street,” It is claimed by the railroad companies that the crossing is dingerus and that a viaduet shoula be built at that pout. OLDS AND ENDS, Catholic school dedicated ton days ed yestorday with 200 pupils, optember term of the supre conmenced today aud docket argued, A horse belonging to Mr. Rogers ran away court, the first case ou the old friends. There wu.' wii ner the slightest indication or whn. . now called *“the big head.” Mrs. Lin- coln was very gracious and made w fino impression that night. I heard Abo s tomy father in the hullway as wo wero, ahout to leav I guess Mary will earry hors well in Washington, old man. Speaking of Mrs. Lincoln reminds mo of an episode that took place some y before Abe became o national hero. There was a well-to-do tailorsin Spring field who owned a handsome house just across the street from the Lincolns, Mrs. Lincoln did not feel pleased that a tailor should live in a finer residence than that oceupied by a leading lawyer, When Abe wus off on cireuit, thercfore, sho had a story added to their house. Tho job was nearly finished when A be 1 turned. He strode down the streot, gazed at his houso in surprise, and then crossed to the tailor s side of the road, *Who lives in that palatial mansion over there?” he asked of his neighbor. “The widow Lincoln,” answered the smiling tailor. Then was heard a voice from the top story of the Lincoln house “Abe, Abe, come to dinne You'ro late.”” If vight —_———— At Ease in the White House. A young and prefty woman, tastily dressed, entered the white house a few days ago with a party of friends—they ‘e all southerners—and was ushercd into the east room. Aftera fow glances around at the beauties of the apartment she proceeded to take possession of the sofuon the east side, opposite the en- trance, in a very complete manner. She not only sat aown, but lifted her litt!o feet and tucked her dre s around then and thus lay at full length at her easc } 1 Tor over an hourshe lay thus, whilo | s~ friends sat in the ch around her Finally one of the ushers, fearing thit she might be ill, approached her o told her that if she wished she could 1« tire to one of the other less public She looked up smilingly and said never mind; I am very comfortably fixed.” And there she staid until th staving curiosity of the other visif forced her to assume a more dignificd position. The Grant Cottage at Mt. M At the General Grant cottagoat Mour McGrogor is kept a register of visitor and among those who have within the last few duys affixed their sign manua may be seen giobe-trotters from En land, Scotland, Sweden, Belgium, | Prance, Germany, Hungavy, Mexico, Brazil and South Afr OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. 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