Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 28, 1890, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1800--SIXTEEN PAGES. THE DALY BEE b ROSEVATIR, Bitor. PUBLISHIED EVIERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSRTPTION, i Penrl Sirec: 7 O ¥ Rooma 13 1, 5l Foutteenth Street. CORRE NCE. All_communleatios rolating to news ediorinimatier should bo adiressid to th Editorial Depirtrnent. NS L i sslottersand remittances shonld o Thellee Publisiing Com pany, and posto e orders bleto the order of the om th Strocts. £ Commoree. Tribunebuildng Washing Onih tolbe made p P Plie Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors, e Bee 1A%, Famim and_Soven teenth §ts EWORN STATEMEINT 0F CIRCULATION Btuleof Nebraska. ) o County of Dougls. ¢ Goorazo b Tuschuck, sevetary of The fiee Publistiing eomp s slernnly s wowr il thoietual clralnton of Thi DALY [k forthe weex wding Sopt 27, 19, wis as fol- o Bundnv. Sept.dl,. Monda v, e pt Tiesdny Se i ne sy, St hurscny, Sept. Frdoy. Sipt Baturd ay, & s Avcrage.,. erabal In v mer. A D, 150, Notary Publi Eworn (o before me and & neo thns fin A S0 [§RA .| NP R Btute of Nehriska, County 8 i 0 Yeir. " sitls abuirve ad | OND! Americawill presontly w b i 1 the collegeof « | | Dotighs, § ‘sehuk, ez duly sworn. do- ysthathe 1s seretiry of The e nythatthe of Tiry of Septerm dump in speeuls throws a blae of light on the healthy candition of the legitinate bushess of tho country. Tie retrating colnels who have bew whiningsine theGrand Tslind de- bate, evidently do not know when th arwelltreated. THE short in the coupled wvith the wvane in toes and like commoditic the glomn ofad vancing w Iskin erop, oal, potu- intensifies nter, OMAT capitalists are 1ibe resentedin the Union stoc pany of Sult Lalce, which will form an Emportant amex to the Omaha plant. SAM JoNES congratulates himself that ho doesw’t “preach like other presach- ers” 1L is fortmate for the eauseof rationalreligion tha the Joneses not. nume rous. Tz domocratic MeAulifes in Ne- braska will save themselves consider- able pain anl proserve thie jersoml nppearaice by throwing up the sponge belore Novembe ally ards rop- com- Accorpt to late Archbishop Kenrick of St. Louls who, Liko Wil Gladstone isstillin prime o lifeat theageof eighty to be mude acardinal i thene iella le adwvices Bpoc dinals. CANADA threatens to look about for otlher ruvkets than those of this coun- trywherein (o sell her surplus manufac- tures if the McKinley bill becomes a law, Ifthatthreat is cavred out no- boly in this country will be seriously discommoded. Wo are in condition to supply all the wants of America without importing the manfaclured productsof chap pid Canadin libor, Te national prison congress mow in sesson at Cincinati, pomises %o be one of the most importaut sessionsin tho history of tho congress, The good results of these amual meot- ings of men ongaged inprisn worle and denply intersted in pison reform e well known by those who have paid at- tention o the subject, and every yew the congress s atiracting meater atton- tion, al hence necesarily beoming more useful. Thero arefow matters that bettor deservo theinterst of the student of ocinlogy and of the philanthropist than thesubjeet of prisn reform, — TOMORROW oceurs the one hundredih annversury of thobegiming of cotton manufacture in this country, On Sep- tember 2, 1700, the first colton mill was stattd by Samuol Slalor, the story of wlhose labors and genius 13 familiar to allstudmts of history,and the centen- niul which colebrates his achievements ismore thana nalional event. On to- morrow the little city of Pawtucket will bethe focus of the industrial world, and & numerous body of pilgrims will gatler atthe od Slhter mill and review the hislory of & entury in making cotion goods. That mill was the begimin g of & plant that now gives employmentto many thousand operatives and turns out anmnul proluctof ower tvo hundred million dolLars in value, It IS very gratilying to the peoplo who livoin the west to know that mos, 1 1ot quite all, whoareduped by spirit- ualistic inpostorslive est of or imme- dirtely this sido of the Alleghenies, The Diss de Bar scandal md robl ry that New York Cily people tools such in- terest inis sareely out of print before Ponsylanis funishes an exdnple of woman'sduglicity and nany simplicity that merits the attention of tha pres. In the caso of Medium Wyeth and Widower Hill of Carbondale, more vig- orous language could bo usel to express thomental status of M, Hill with ap= plicable propriety. Itis stanger than fiction that Mr. Hill shold depuosit money at various timesunder a “certain stone”™ that Medium Wyothwas to trans- port to the dead Mrs. Hill to buyclothes with! And yot, inthatway, he remitted hisangel wile four thousand dollars for 8 heavely wardobe and pin mony! T'he receipt of the man's money has not beon acknowledged, and he therefore sue Molium Wyth fortheamount. The eourt thit glves him judgment should Bollony delay in plachg him i some Analitution Lor the locblo minded, THE TWO AMENDNENIS. Many of the mostintelligent citizens of Nebraska are entirely at sea bout the propmsed prohibitio and liense smendments. Some of the advocates of wrohibition hive ourpoely miswpre: sentod theefTect of the two armendments, Theyhave sought to crete the oplnion thata vote against prohibitionis a vote for com plsor, In other words, theywssert that voting down the pro- hibitry smendment would do away withlocal option and make thegranting of licenses compulsory in every conmu- mty, whether the poplo wanted it or not. This vesion s radically at vari- ancewithihe itentand purpse of the two propositions now belore the people, When the constitutionality of the bill license. ombolying thee amendnents was af- fiemed by the supeme court during the session of the late legislature, Judge Maxwell on behall of the conrt, rendered an opinion clearly dofining the relatiy ects of the two mmendment Thisopinion was published infull inthe house journals for 188, with the record of tho twohouses onthe imendments. The follwing extract from the de- csionof the supreme court shows how our lighest judicial tribinal construes the tvo amendments: An exanination of the propsitios in question, will show that one provision is not dependant upon another. They are ind pendait propositions for the control of the liquortrafiicto v submittel to the electors of thestate for their approval or r Both > the same subject, viz: The wntrolof thetrafic in intoxiating drinis, butdiffer merly as to the ronedy propos the alter and intended to give voters i opprtulity t express their preforence, 15 tothe mode of controlling the trafiiein in- txiciting drinks, To be effectave, but one of the propsitions cin be adopted and b ome port of thecnstitution, Tho propsed amendnents, therefor, ar not dependent uponch other, and tk o are not in onflit with the constitution. We therefore aswee thefirstinquiryin the afmatiy "hoy aro independet prposals, both in- tnded to place rstrictons upon the traftle in intoxcicting liquors as a bov i * %+ =+ Foy bet to controlthis ts ocapied the attention of wise and tfulpersons for many yeurs, anl the is. what systemwillproduce the best al vesilts! On the one hand, it isplain that inthe present statoof publicsentinent the most efiicient restriction can b obtined by plicing licenseat solighasum thatonly reputable and responsile persons can cnguge in thobusiness, i they under sich labili- ties and restrictions as provent sals to Arunkards, one on Sut or dectin days, or ¥ time insuflient quaniities toproduce intoxication,aud by mak- ing p linthe business, and the suiretis on their bnas liabl for any dam- s sistained by any oe fiom thesaleof in- xiciting liquors. On theother hang, the opponeats of license clim that theonly dfec- tive moae of controlling the i hibit italtogether, Tholegislature, x iner thediviled state of public sentim i efet sid to the elecors of the “Chosse yewhichsysten yewill lave,” and lencehavesibinittod both questions. Elee- tors incasting their balbts for or against a propasitionare supposel to e, andas a rule are governed by prineiple; huce, if one votes i fuvor of probiibition it will be rre indeed that bo willalso vote in favorof “license; so if he votes for licnse he willnot vote for pro hibition. The proposed dments provide for differentand contralictory modes of con- tolling the liguor trfle, but one of which an beeffeced ifalopled. The propositions ingindepndent, hoyever, any dector may vote for oneand ugainst theother, or for or wgainstboth, If both shoild rowive ama- ty of all the votes cast, however, the umendnents being irreoncilible bth would fil. Sucha conting 50 remote that it searedly newl be consilered.” In the fuce of this plainand clear defi- nitionby the supreme court no lawyer of any reputation will dawo contend that tvoteagainst the amendment prohibit-| ing the manufactureand sle ofliq uor as abeverage would mike licenso compul- sory or nullify any part of our present highlicense and local option laws, No reputible lawyer Il contend that = vote sgaiist prohibitiom is a vote for license. Any man who votes agunst prohibition simply votes against the re- peal of local option and high license. Theromay be adiflerence of opinion as regans the eflect of the second amend- ment, which requires the legislature to licenso and regulate the tmfiicin Liquor. Somelawyers wssert that theadoption of this anendment woull compel the licensing of the salom in cvery commnity, We doubt very much whether this construction could be placel upm the license amendment. The lmguge is vey explict, “The legisliture shall liense and regulate the sile ofliquor.” Regulation must go with license, and any reasonable regula- tion will be sustained by the courts. It wouldbe resomble regulition, for lustance, 0 require every applicant for license in village andsmall cities topro- aire o petition signed by o mujority of the residents ol his town, which in efect wouldbe the same aslocal option. 1f a majority refused to sign thore woull be uo license granted and there woull be 10 saloon. Otlier regulations reganing the amount of license fee tobe levied would have thesame effect if cach com- wunity is given the right to fixthe amount ofthe license, Xot usmalsothe matter plain toevery voter. First, Thereare twoamondments pond- ing, cich of them Independent of the other, and each to be voted on separ- oly. Om of theso amondments pro- hibitsthe manufacture and sale of in- xicting liquors 15 & bevenge, the otherrequires the legislature to liconse and regulate the trafie inliquor, Secwnd, Those who desire to prohibit the manu facturcandsale of liguor, should vote for the prohibitory amendmentand ngainst the license amendment; but if they fail tovoteon the *licenso amend- mentthe effectis thosameas if theyhad voted against it, beciuse it takes a cear majority of all the voles cast atthe clec- tion to curry a constituional amend- ment, Third, Thosewhoare opposed topro- hibitn md desire our presont loeal optionandhighlicense laws to remain in force shoutd yoto against both of the amendments. Fouth, Thos who desire to engraft the liconse principle coupled with regu- lation upan the constitution, and forever prevont stitutory prohibition as it now oxistsin Towa, should volo agiinst the prohibition amendment and for the 1i- cense amendment. ‘With these directions hfore him we do not see how any intelligent voter can possibly mike a mistake. minor sen MSLEADING STATISTICS, A statement is goingthe romdsof the press pirporting to give the number, total cost and averagecostof buildings ercted in seventeen of the leading cities of the country lwst yoar. So far as Omaha is concerned the figures are mis. leadir The total number of buildings erwtedis pliced at y{our hun- drel and ninety<ight; total cost, four million, & three thousand, seven hundred and thirty-five dollars;average cost, eighteen hundred and three dollars, Theso figures correspond with tho footings of the annual report of the superintendent of bulllings, but the compiler ignores the statemont of the superintendent that the estimates ar below the actual cost byat least twenty- five percent, Thetruth is that the per centis nearer fifty thantwenty-five, The lastannual veviewof 7TiE Bee contains carcfully prepared tables showing the actual cost and character of building im- provemonts inthis eity, These tables were compiled by experisnced men, who didnotrely on theincomplete records of thebuilling depariment, butvisited and consulted theowr or contractors of every buildingerected orunder way, The resilts of these labors, covering a periol of three months, show that the aggre- gate costof the twenty-four hundred and ninoty -eight buildings ercted was seven millions, si four thousand, five hundred and fifty-six dollars,or anave twent t hundrad and twenty-eightdoliars, To this may prop: @ be adled the cost of one hundred and six buildings erccted in Souwth Omaha, four hundred andtwelve thousmd one hundred and ix dolla fiftyeight buildings in Dundee Place, on the western boundary of the city, three hundred and eighty- three thousand dollars, andssven hun- dred and filty thou d dollars ex- pe on huildings under way at the clowe ofthe year,making tho total in- vestmentin buildings eight million, six hundvedand nine thousand, six hundred andsi twodol lars. Thess figures represent actual money invested in building improve ments in O in1889. They show an s of neawrly four million doliawrsover thealleged comparativo statement, and prove tht instead of elghteon hundred and three dollars, the actual costof the buildings was a fraction over thirty-two hundreland thirty-four dol- las, So much for agocostof the average Our reu- Omaha's record. Llocal laws arerespmsible for the ation of falseand misleading building tatistics, Under the odious building fee system in vogue lere, the city vir- tually pits a premiumon under valua- tionand bogus estimates. The amount of the feo is guaged by theestimate of cost fumishel by the applicant for a pemitsas o consequence estimates aro aced b the lowest possiblo figure to pe aportion of the graduated tax. It would be far more profitable to the cityto abolish thefee systom entively than give oficial sanction to a false record of Omuha’s builling operations, A SLIGHT CONCESSION T0O ART. The tarff conferces decided to retain paintingsand statury o tho dutiable listat fiteen per cent ad valorem, one- hall the prsent duty. The house, under the inflienco of an almost unive! sal demand conspleuonly urged by American artists, placsl works of art onthe frea List, but the sonate docided to retain the present duty. The agrec- ment of the conferess is consiquently o slight cocossion to art for which the houwe uembas of theconfeence com- mittee doubtless doservo the cre dit. 1tis probable that this provision of the taril bill will not unlorgo any further changs in the present congress, andthat freeart isa malter of the mere or less romote future, though its attain- ment hasbeen broight nearer by the action of the house than it would be if that body hal ot placed works ofart on thefreelist. OF course there aretwosidesto this question. One relates to the educational alvantages likely to result from cncourging the importation of forsign works of art. The other view regardssuch works as lux- uries to be cnjoyed chielly by the wenlthy, and therefore proper objeets of revenue, Those who demand that art shall be free contenl that it is an essen- tial factor of natonal enlightment, a source of popular educition wnd eleva- tion, and thereforo ought to bo relioved of every hindrance and buvden, so that thapeople_would bo embledto obtain thelargest possibloen joymentof it It willharily be questioned that an offect of whigh tarit on works of art is to lceop thom away from the general pub- lic, excopt as they get into public gal- leries, and these aro undoubtedly not so well supplied, both as to auality and quantity, as they would be if there wis no duty on paiting and sttuary, Thero aro sevoral well appointed art gallerios in thecountry notwithstanding the heavy existing duty, as the Corcorangallery at Washington, In which tho most im- portant pictures are of feweign origin, the great Walters gallery of Baltinore, posibly the richest in'the couniry in Ahe examplesof modern fordign paint- wt works, the New York, the Boston ind the Phitadelphia art musums,’ and the Philadelphia acalomyof the fine arts, all possesing many fine works by forelgn artists which arc opento the public wiew. Other s have public ad private colletions of more or lessmerit, But still the fact is, lllowing art tobe essential to the education and refiement of the poople, thatis not so generlly distributed as 15 desirablo, and communities whichmght ings and other establish collections for the enter- tainment and cultivation of the public are decharred from do- ing so by the twiff. In this view thedutyon worksof artis ineffect a tax on the dducation of the people. . Itis to be bornein mind that no Amer- icanartist, orat any rate none of repu- tation, asks for a duty on works 0 art, and certainly the govemment does not require the revemie from this source. Thoonly defense of taxing them is that they areluxuries intended only for tho enjoyment of the wealthy, who should be made to pay for their enjoyment, This is o very inudequite defense, de- spite the fact that it appears to have beon satisfactory tothe conferces on the tarffP bill. We enlightoned 1 bt the prog that wo shall o yot behind all other ns in this particular, made gives promise be so always. A DISAPPOINTING RESULT. Theresult of the conference on taritt bill willybe o very great disap- pointment to the west, The opinion of this section regdiding the house mens- ure was very plainly expressed in con- demnation of its goneral provisions, and taking counsel of this feeling the senate attempted to bring the bill more inteac- cord with western views. In this it was tosome extent successful, and the bill adopted by the scnate, though not alto- gother satistctory to the west, would have been accepted with little com- pliint. Butthe conference committee has thrown aside nearly allthe most im- portant amendments made by the senate tothe house bill and practically adopted that measure, the few modifications made giving 1t no better claim to wes ern acceptance than it hadin its original form. The interests of the west can expect no benefits from this tariff moasure agreedon by the conference committe It is cortain to advanes the priceof almost everything the farmers of the west must buy, if it becomes a law, and it will not incrense the price of a single article they haveto sell. Western grain 3 asked t binding twinebo placed on the free list and the senite conceded that much, but its conferces rveceded and binding twine was returned tothe dutinble list by the conference committe This is in distinct disregard of the Intevests of the tens of thousands of farmers of the west and northwest for the benefit of ahout two score of twine manufacturers, who if they do not con- stitute n trust, as that formof combin: tion is legally dofined, are unquestion- ably united to regulate the production and price of binding twine, boginning with the raw material, The representa- tives of the west and northwest in congress have an imperative duty to perform in resisting this manifest con- cession to acombination which has al- ready plundered the grain growers of the countryto the extent of millions of dollars, The conference committen agreed to the reciprocity and retaliation anmendments passed by the senate, but how much of value there will be in these expodients for enlarging the country’s trade is wholly problematical. The report is vary likely to encounter vigorous opposition in the senate from northwestern republicans, and its defeat ormodification in material respects is probable. growe WOMEN IN THE CONFERENCE. The question of admitting womeén to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal churchiis tobe voted on by the laity during the months of October and November. Electionsby ballot will be held inevery mecting house, and mem- bers may vole who are twenty-one years old and over, For several years the proposition to allow women representation in the gen- eral conference, which is the legislative boly of the churck, has been agitated. Two years ago it-was beforo the confor- ence and the decision was against it, but if the vote to be taken during the next two months shall show that the laity are infavorof itundoubtedly itwill prevail. The question is regarded asof very great importance to the church, and while there is a very strong opposition to ad- mitting women to the conference, as at- tested by the action of that bod M. B. the proposiion has also o vig- orons support. Those who op- the innovation male their prineipal ground of opposition the in- junction of St. Paul against allowing women to speak in the church, while another objection is that the admission of women to the confercnce might ve used to bring the influence of thechurch tobear in favor of woman suffrage. The advocatos of the proposition contend that women have always been in the habit of speaking in Methodist meet- ings, that some of the most effective ex- horters have been women, and that the counsel and influence of women is being constantly and widely exerted in the aflairs of the church. Certainly Metho- Qist practico strongly supports the prop- osition. The apostolic injunction that the women b required to keap silence in the churchesis not now observed, if iteverwas,in the Methodist church, and as to the apprehended danger that admitting women to the conforence might lead to thouse of the church to futher the cause of woman sufrage, it is not at all lkely to he- come serious. It is quite possible that o fow ~women would take advantage of thisprivilege in the church to urge political suffrage, but it is not probable they would ever secure suffi- ciont followers to make their movement formidable. As towhat the result of the laity voto on this proposition is likely to bo thore are no indications upon which to safely ground a prediction. The Mothodist women, 50 far as appears, are apathetic, orat allevents gee not prosecuting campaign for théie rights with any do- groo of vigor, This doos not necessarily show, however, that they are not inter- ested in the question, and when the time for voting urrivesior before it ends, they muy show anamgunt of activity and cam- paigning skill that will keep the oppo- nents of admitting women to the general conferonce vory/hisy. As tho noxt ses- sion of the confeprence will doubtless be held in Omaha, this question possessos a purticular interest for the Methodists of this section, N leon NegoTork World, Henry S. Tves is again o figure in railroad cirvles, and this is the figure—0, — Denver is Growing Olvilized. Lenver Reyublican, Let the stite law and city ordinauces aginst carryiug concoaled weapous be rig ously enforced, Tho hip pocket must go. gl Balfour Sowingthe Wind, Kansas City Times, Mr. Balfour's Tippesary constabulary sowed the wind yestorday. The veaping of it will not be inapt to carry Lord Salisbury aud his paxty dowu to deop griof. The Democrats Pay the Bill. St Lowis Globe-Democrat. The Pennsylyania probibitionsts have se- lected another candidate for governor in place of the oue whodeclived. It is hardly neces- o, sary to add that the expense of the proceed- ing comes out of the democratic campaign funa, Landtordism in America. Boston Globe, British landlords look diminutive beside Wiltiam Specht, who goes into the rack- ronting business in Toxas with 550,000 acres, secured to him by “Spanish grants.” Thus are new Irelands set up in this country right under our very eyes. No wonder the land question is assuming large proportions, puisn -l i A Lord and a Gent! oston Transeript. Lord Sackville's exhibition of unlordly manners in insisting on his rights in the mat- ter of the Shakespeare Memorial, at Strat- ford-on-Avon, is met by a characteristio di play of an American citizen's generosity. Mr. Childs now offers to buy the patch of land the occupancy of which so worries the noble lord's mind, R S— OF THE STATE PRESS, man. VOICE Columbus Telegram. How about tho 120 saloons running wide open in Des Moines, the city in which you resided, while you were governor of lowa, Mr. Larabee? Not Mentally Color Blind. Hampton Huclister. It isa hard matter to prove to an intelli- gent populace that black is white, and that is where the prohibs are getting left in their arguuents with Rosewater and Webster, A wila ser Nebr mble for Holes, a City Press There aroonly a limited number of po- litical holes in Nebraskn, andit is very doubt- ful if there are enough to accommodate the democrats and prohibitionistsafter November 4. Tho Press wounld suggest the Missourl and Platte rivers for those that cannot find an aperture, Don't Draw High F alls Oty Jowrnal, As the Journal remarked some time ago, Mr. Boyd is not getting out and seeing the boys to any great extent. A kick is also being mado that his checks are not as large 15 the boys think they ought to be, coming from a candidate who is building himself a new opera house at a cost of & quarter of a million dollars, They Will Sce It. Valparais Trinine. The farmers have no more reason now than in tho past to hope for anything in thelr in- terost from the democracy,and when they shall understand, as they are rapidly learn- ing, that tho independent party, so called, is beingmadeto serveasa tail to the demo- cratic kite, thoy will toa man refuse to coun- tenance the ticket, Domocrats are building their hopes of success upon republican. defec- ton caused by the independent move. Will you see it? nough. He Can Not Be Trusted, Fairbury Enterprise The ridiculous spectacle of McKeighan in eavor to convince the farmers in this a patched up record that savo vthing foul and irregular can be over- come by glib promises for the future, shows the assurance and gall of the n, The farmer of today is entirely too intelligent to trust the management of state and national affairs to aman who is a drunkard, an em- bezzler, & political pirate, a democratic Au- nanias and a political Judas Iscariot. The Ola Lady Licd. Frement Fiail, The imported shriekers who are lustily de- faming Nebraslka cities, should not be coun- tenanced ortolerated. We people of Fre- mont know that our city Is not as vile and damnable a hole as the long haired shrickers represent. Of course Gougar did not say last night that Fremont was a very vilo city. She thought that would not be popular, She arraigned Grand Island, Lincoln, Omaha and otherabsent cities, butwhen in these citios she leaves them out and inserts ifremont. Who ever moticesa drunken man m Fromont! Oc- casionully there occurs a case, but they are very scldom. Our city is not a Sodom, neither areour citizens escaped jail birds, The Flail believes that the old lady lied while calling on the name of the Lord. They Are for Temperance. Grand Iland Independent, It isnot the aim of anti-prohibitionsts to prove that licensed saloons are a blessing, but it is their aim to show that they are less of a curse, less productive of drunkenness, and from every moral standpoint preferable to the low, unlicensed doggeries, dives and boles-in-thewall so numerous in Iowa, Kan- sas and other pronibition states, which were 50 highly praised by Larrabee, as by all odds preferable to the respectable saloons, as ho designated the licensed saloons, thus conve; Ing the impression that he objects to any- thing approaching respectability. Tt is its aim to demonstrate that every saue man should be the keeper of his own conscience and condnctor of his own tastes solong as he does not interfere with the rights of his neighbor, Tt has been conclusively shown that there is by all 0dds & greater percentaze of drunk- enness in the cities of the prohibition states than in the «cities of the license states, Mhat of itself, unless the pro- libitionists insist that drunkenness and in- temporance are good things, ought to besuf- ficient to condemn prohibitlon, which pro- motes drunkenness. Itis conclusively shown, too, that more government licenses are issued to sell liquor in the prohibition states of lowa and Kausas, in proportion topopulation, than in licensed Nebraska, and the fuct is suffi- cient to condemn prohibition in the eyes of overy man who wants 1o promote true tem- perauco—the temperate use of all God gifts to man, which if proporly used contrib- utes 1o his health, comfort, ploasure and hap- piness, It aims to show that liberty of thouzht and conscienco are preferable to the iron rule of fanaticism, which would make man the keeper of his neighbor instead of the responsible custodian of himself in the mat- tors of morals and conscience. e = T OF AUTUMN, THE ADVE Eliza Lamb Martyn. There's a silent, solenn spirit stouling over vale aud hil, And the tragite floweret talters in its br faint and ehill AlL tho loaves pause on a somber hue, While the wandefing Ivy blushes ‘neath its vell of po; Iyl_l w. Golden fruit s dropping, dropping trom the over lonaed tree, And the bird Is sad wnd sllent; strangely fdlo 15 the be But the haughiy corn stands proudly in the cool September d Al unmindful of the Kuler whose grim consort Is Docay. hso n their waltzes and take Strauge, vague sigl nt aroma thrill ill the i stirrings float about grossive and encrone tenser brightness strives to bl ho 1 sou the fields o And t strangely pensive, silent, lus- ¥ L and sud, llearts with sympathy o'erfowing, far too thoughtful to be glad Husband fruitod lun. And the prattle of the children hasone note of sud rofraing a the kine with halt-lled udders wander listless In the su Their dull natures dimly consclousof new rul- Ings scure un. 11eareful matron lnger in the All Bow to this = v soverelgn ereshe wave her ey Ere bier thr nded, ore her vis- lon 8 Ere tho o ohead oll hor si- lont will ¢ Whitle Perfaotion tropliles to 1y kneellug, ylelds hor FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. Frod Hovey Amested for Robbing a Farmer at the Hickman Fair SIX PERSONS SEPARATED BY DIVORCE. A Poor Woman Robbed of $300— Who Ate the Discased Meat?— Sold fta Right of Way-— Lincoln Jottings. Liscowy, Nob., Sopt. 97. Ber.]—Fred Hovey, a character well known to the police here, was arrestod at noon on the charge of committing a robbery at Hick- man. He had left that cit hurriedly yesterday shortly after noon, fumping on an outbound train and not stopping to take even hiscont with him, The polico thore tele- graphed the Lincoln maashal toarrest him as 8001 88 1o got off the train, but the marshal did not receive tho telogram until too late and the fellow could not be found until noon today. He admits to having got £5 from a farmer at the Hickman fair, but claims that the granger was gambling with him and he won the mouey from him at agameof dice, He fails, however, to explain his hasty exit from the town of Hickman The police here give Hovey the roputation g0 tin horn gambler and thicef. Ho1s thesamo fellow who, while gambling with Tommy Noonan about two months ago, grabbed nearly 850 belonging to Noonan and decamped. Constable Hunger was put on the robber's trail and he “treed” him in the upper story of a building at Wilbur, but just as the oficer was about to arrest him, tho thief jumped froma second story window and escaped. He then fled to Fairmont, but wis pursied and captured avthat place, It is believod that ho robbed the farmer at the Hickman fuir in the same manner that he robbed Tommy Noonan. SIX HAIPY DIVONCED NEARTS, John A, Ohl was given a divoree yestorday afternoon from his wife Elizabeth. was very anxious to get off on t but Johii was verbese aud insi the court his whole history. bly be shut off, His alleg vas violent in her temper and e: her muscle i pulling his beard frequent practice which caused him 1o lose his oye- sight, and glasses were called into use. F beth lives in Ohio. His prayer was therefore granted. Nancy A. Patterson was divorced from her Tusband Grifiin L. this morning v nine yes od life, T children belonging to the fami her husband haa frequently thi her throat and about o skull, and she lay at time, Datterson lives at'T but didn’ any alin he differances betwee Murphy were settled hearing, although u larg: wero present. Thomas claimed desertion as his grounds, but the court gave Ellen a di- voree on the ground that Thomas had been gailty of cruclty and too much drunkenness. Tho ‘couple have been married twenty-four years, and the wife was given a house and lot on K street near Seventh in addition to the divorce. WIO ATE THE DISEASED MEAT! Meat Inspector Rhodes declares that none of the diseased meat sold by Poter Gross has beon eaten by Lincoln citizens as far as he canascertain, The steer dying with lump jaw that was boughtby Gross & Fiohn was killed by them as stated but was sold to a butcher at Sprague, a town fifteon miles south of Lincoln.~ This butcher, ho says, re- tailed - [Special to Tur tened tocut : ctured her door for a long dand G streets, opear. The aged plaintiff did ot ny. s and Ellen without a witnesses tho unwholesome flesh to 'the people of that town. Tho inspector intinates that when tho Spragne meat dealer bought the dressed steor from Gross & F'rohn hie kiew well the true condi- tion of the meat. A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. Mr. H, T. Sherwin, the druggist, is under theimpression thaty man named Gehagen from _Friend has been trying to *do” him. Sherwin sold his drug outfit to Gehagen and took in payment & mortgage for 81,50 on the He claims that he was to retain pos- of the stock until the receipts from the sales ageregated the amount that the mortgage calls for. Gehagen says otherwise. the dicker was made Gehagen has con- fessod judement to a note for $1,300 held by E.J. Ferguson of Friend and gave an order ou the drug store in payment. This procecd- ing would knock Sherwin cloar out in the cold and hv ralses a very emphatic objection to heing swindled in such o manner, Moan- while tho sherif is holding possession of tho stock. A MOOTED POINT. The B, & M. railioad company filed its today in the case of Nathan C. Blake- gainst that corporation. The question in'dis pute is weether the railioad company has the authority tosell a portion of its right of way to another railroad company. The land “ia guestion lies southeast of Beatrice and formerly belonged to Blakoley. In 1855 the Republican Valloy railroad company se- cured the strip for its line and eventually it ‘was turned over to the B, & M. In 1856 that company sold the south forty feet to the Chi- cago, Rock Islnd & Pacitic railroad com- pany. Blakely objected to this and brought suit to recover the forty-foot. strip, In the lower court the action of the railroad com- pany was endorsed. ROBBED OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, Regaglia Adeliate, an_Italian woman, re- ported at the pohce station this morning that she had been robbed of #00. She said that this amount, which was the savings of years, was taken from hor while she was standing on O near Eleventh street yesterday. She is thewife of a vender of fruit. The police are inclined to distrust her stor CHANGE 1N CAMPAIGN APPOINTMENTS. John L. Webster will b2 unable tomeet his engagoement at Creteon Wednesday, October 8. All his other engagements, however, will ain as fivst announced: Hastings, Mon- Octobert; Nelson, T day, October7; Seward, Thursday, October ; York, Fri- day, October 10; Ashland aturday, October 11. Hon. H, M, Sullivan will take the pla br of Mike MeSSherry in the joint_specches with Hon. A, E. Cady at Ord Octobor 8, and Loup City October 0, THE NEW DANK. ‘The new Lincoln bank is to be lmown as the Columoia National bank. The capital stock is 250,000 and its place of busi to bo at Twelfth and O strects. The fol ing oMcer: clio: i John B. Wright; r ders; cashier, John H. two weeks the new bank will commence busi- ness, 1N THE SUPREME COURT, The case of Rollin L. Downing vs George W. Overmire and others, error from Buffalo county 0 appealed tothe supreme coutt. Oyermire is a constable and Down ingg dewands §10+ from him on_the grounds that Overmire has failed toaccount to tho proper parties for money thut came into his pos- session. Andrew 1. Bloomer is trying by the help of the supreme court to_collect a bill of §324.08 for lumber which he claims is due from Lucian C. Nolan and £2dwin W. Mosher of York 3 Charlos I, Fisher and others who have been contesting with John W. and N. J. Bar- tholomew over the ownership of & rom mare leftby J.J. Chadwick, deceased, have ap- pealed the case o thosiprome sourt. BTATE HOUSE NOTES, The general scramble for the position of stato bank examiner, made vacant by the resignation of T. K. Sanders, still gots on. Among the aspirants for the position ave 1. Waite of Lincoln, F L. Brown of Mec- Cook, L. A. Brandhoeferof Ogalalla, . W. Woll of Sterling ). Edgercomb of City, W. B, Thorpe of David City, V. G. Lyinan of Kearney and others. The vacaucy will be filled October The Hecla fire iusurance company of St Paul 1s authorized to do business in this state, ODDS AND ENDS. Mr. Van Duyn, the city clork, has issued orders for the board of supervisors of reiis- tration to s oflice at 4 p. m. Monday, to coucerning the knowlec ned their duties. Hen Mohr, who made such a murderous assault on his wife and was convicted of shooting with intent to wound, is not satisfied with the verdict and wants anew trial G, H. Buughman, ouo of the reporterson the Journal, has decided to abandon the newspaper business to onter the real estate business, Hehas formed a partnership with Mr, G. W, Gerwig for that purpose, William Hoogebruin, & gy young man from Hickman, who is charged with taking unduo advantage of Johanna, daughter of Farmer Dovries, was brought to the city this morning by his bondsmen, George Brokema and M. Hoogebruin, and surrendered to the i William was placed in tho one_gontlemen of forclgn birth havo sut naturalizition papers within the past twenty-four hours, in Lincoln At o'clock this atternoon Harry Emerson was found seuilty, in the distriet esurt, of the crime of grand lareony. This will send him to tho penitentiary. Ho stole a satchel, gold watoh and €2 from & woman of the town known as Frakie Kellgg. KEmorson had tried to lay the blame upon & companion named 1, L. Remer, paminis e THE RAIL B Switchmen's Strike and Other News, There are no new developments in the switchmen's strike at Donver. The ofticials liero ure waiting for the arrival at Denvor of arand Mastor Sweeney of the Switchumen's aid association,and until that time no definite action will bo taken, General Managor Moek has furnished The Denver tailed statoment of his actionto the head officials, Ho allgges that the Denver vard , men QOhave been in the habit of taking their engines out at night au laying arund for threo or four hours time drinking beer. And thero is scarce shipper intown whohas not_been comp to give thom “tips’ togot his froight b “Thoy have made pledges to me and have ot kept them, and the situation has been grow ing worseand worso until we have been com pelled todefend our own interests, Wo do 1ot propose to discriminite ugainst switch men-—the yards are open to them —all we a is that the men enterine our employ shalld charge their duties faith fully and not conspire against us. We have no prejudico in this matter; 1 beliove I have the welfare of the mien us much at heart as any one, and would g0 as fav for them as any iving man, 1f the switchmen will stop to think they will sco that all of this trouble is about nothing: y anted oved on chiarges br acainst him two years ago, and they a fling, too. Someof t 3 ereated bitt feeling against him without foundatic have 100 miles of track in the knows every inch of it. No strangt comein and handle sucha complicated ter as Burns can. Iventure tosay that uir out of ten superintendents in charize of pr erty would fail as yardumasters. It tak man who can kebp thing in lis mind, who has good executive ability and whio can command a force of men; it also requ man who must work with close methods il wisdom, There is more in this than tho public dreams of. To relate the ac t number of the switchmen would be v ing, ind yet wo have been paticnt, in th that we might bo able to have loyal so I have hoped to succeed and havo failed Shippers are exasperated and have b losug thousands of dollars. Our action warranted by every fact and we are now de termined to do our duty all areund. Nebraska's World Fair Com Mr. Euclid Martinstated yosto Nebraska world's fair comumission, meet soon to e stops wward o plan for Nebraska’s exhibit. The two comi- missioners, Buclid Martin and A. C. Seott, ioners ay thattho 0] together with W. L. May and J. C. Lau- terbach, alternates, and R. W ) alternate for the commission are constituted a_committee for this pu by the rules of the national commassion. A meeting of this committee will ve called vory soonand the mecting will probably be held i Omaha, Ar Captain F. B, Robinson, has from quitoan extended Captain Powell, Engineer corps, is sssigned to station at Omaha, Neb., and chaxge of the improvements of the Missouri river above Stoux City. Licutenant Newton, Sixteenth infantr duty at the United States infantry and = ca: al hool, has been ordered to join his com- y at Fort Du Chime. The commanding ofiice has been authorized to lough for thirty-five daysto Sergeant How- ell, company K, Seventeenth infant The colonel of the Ninth cavalry has boon ordered tosend to the headquarters of the army the name of a captain ant of his regiment for a special detail on ro- eruit Major Vroom, inspector general of the i parunent of the Platte, avri from Washington. He will be inspector general by Major Bacon o O« tob 1and will ther go to the department of the Missouri, with station at St. Lou Licutenant Greggz, Sixteenth infantry, Fort Douglas, has bean recommended by the colo nel of his regiment, which recommendation has been approved by General Brooke, for i full courseof instruction at the United Statos torpedo school, at Willett's Point, N.Y. Lieutenant Gregg is rogarded as one of the most competent officers in the regiment. Colonel Blunt, commanding the Sixteenth infantey at Fort Douglas, U. T., has gone on leaveof absence for two months, his address being Parkavenue hotel, New York. In tho meantime the command of the regiment and post has devolved on Licatenaut Colonel Penrose, Sixteenth infantry, Fort Douglas. ylor, Ninth e that post for d 1 at Fort Russell t a hunting The plans for the new buildings aud quir- ters of thenew post, Fort Crook, at Bellevuo are being rapialy pushed to completion unde o the direction of Captain Humphrey. buildings will be numerous and remar fine in plan and finish. The c of this post, which will bo one of the finest and largest in the country, will furnish a larzo quantity of materialto bé supplied from the Omaha markets, R The lowa Crop Bu Drs Moies, Ia, Sept. This weoks bulletin of the Towa weather erop service e ports conditions favorable for maturing lito crops and in portions of the state the corn willbe dry enough to crib. An unusual amount of fall flouring has been done, and in outhern half of the stato has been a largely increassd aereage of winter wheat sown compared with former years. Many countries report. over >and also some increugg id barley. This closing issue of the rop bulletin for the year says that the past seasom, though not. s0 favorable as formeryears for bountiful production, has brought, prosperity t a - jority of Towa farmers, enlanced pricos moro than overbalancing the shortage in the amount produced, ~ The state will have i abundance for home consumption and con- siderable surplus for less productive sections e Mrs. M. EQith Howeott, of New Orleans probably owns more real estato than any other southern woman, Sho hasin her own right over fifty thousand acres of selected timber lands inLouisiana and_Mississippi, and isstill buying. She bas Just counloted purchiase of “6,00 acres of hardwood and press timber find in 1,00 es of pine in Texas letin, nter ry Louisiana and e e— OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST { COMPANY. Subseribed and Guurantoed Capital. .. 850000 Pald n Capital i 0.0 Buys and sells stocks and bonds; negotiatos commerolal paper; recelves and execud i tsinetsas transfor ngent and trusteeof porations, takes charge of property, col- lects taxes, SAVINGS BANK. S, E. Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts. I'la In C; 5 #5),00 Subscribed and Guaranteed Capltal. ... 100,00 Liability of Stookholders. 200,00 5 Per Cont Interest Pald o FRANK J. LA Wyman, preside W. T, Wyman, treasurer. Wymnan, J, B, Millard, J. J. Barwn, E. W, Nush, Thonise Deposits. i, Cashier. J. 3. rowa, Directors:~A. Brown, Guy L. Kimoall, George b, Lake, r firstlicnten- -