Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 3, 1890, Page 2

pasted on it one reads, ' the other, ‘Prepare ughter and applause.| Tere s a letter that 1 recefved hour ago. It is postmarked Ne und reads SO PROHIBITION 18 FOUR OF US HAVE DR YOU MUST DIE, STER TOO. ITMAY Vi WILL NOT LE HIM EITH W AND WE K / DOES. 1F YOU AS YOU COULD WITHOUT LY WOULD HAVE LET YOU AND WEB- GO, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD J_YOU AND HIM ONI / : YOUR WORTHLESS CARC! ) ONLY ONE.' [Prolonged laughter. | 1 have received all kinds of cross bones, skulls and threats during the present cam paign, but T have not lost any sleep on count of th The prohibitionists are brave. They are like St, Join, They would rather bushwhack # man behind his back than meet him face to face,” [Applause and chee Mr. Rosewater then referred to the as tions of some of the men wn o have been talk- ine prohibition in the “Luther Benson, the author of “*Fiftee in Hell” was oneof them. In this book Benson confessed that he had been in two insane asylums and one inebriato asylum, and that he lectured on Aemperance between asylums and betweon drunks, After one of his debauches he went n Maine ured on temper- or, whe nt on a drunk thrown in ng bis debauch. ‘et Benson says in his book,” said Mr. water: * *Appetite cannot be controlled w, and can only be restrained by the it appetite is stronger than will it will 1f tho appetite der liquor the Inan will have iteven though five hundred lasws declare against it." Aud Benson is one of the men who in Nebraska are trying to in struct you how to voto aud how to guard the of your children,” I ter also quoted from Sam Small's Beatrico speech in which he (Small] had said s long _as the loose and men are mean, wen will get 1 the devil on account of liguo Iu reply to the assertions of prohibitionists that from 70 to S0 ant of the cri mitted are ca read from the Louis pi showing at le per cent of the crimes re- ported were due to thelove of money, and that the number of serious crimes traceable to drink was very small SIf you abolisn money property, a cording to Bellamy’s theory,” continued s Rosewater, “you would abolish 75 per cent of the crime of the country, Further reading and investiga- tion leads me to the conclusion that 15 per cont of the erimes traceable 1o women. “Abolish women and you would do away th 15 per cent of crimes. |Laughter,| Then abolish man and there would be no mes, th would be as peaceful as it Adam was created, and the colo- n, if any of tnem get there, could look down upon earth serencly ana be happy.” | Laughter.) ST wa speaker, “that Tam 1ot in of a consti- tutional amendment abolishing women, and i f one were offered I would oppose it as ear- s | am now opposing the prohibition ment," srring 1o the statement of the prohibi- uists that prohibition reduces crimes and ails, Mr. Rosewater showed that in the United states there is one convict in_the penitentiary to each 1,754 of the population. u Maine the ratio is one to 1,055 of the popu- Jotion; in Kansas, one to 1,53, while in Ne- braska it is but one to 2,710 of the population. Kansas bas 576 convicts'in_the penitentiary Towa, 649, and Nebrask a, 350, [Applause.] “Wneu { made this statement at Ponca,” suid Mr. Rosewater, *‘a gentleman in the audience chargod me with misrepresenting the facts and he claimed thero were only in the Kansas penitentiary. Iasked " him where he got his information and he replied that he had it direct from Governor Martin of Kansos. Itold him that as Governor Martin had been dead for two years he must have direct spirttual communication with bim. [Laughter]. Ithen offered to donate £1,000 to any charitable institution in Ponca our sins will damn 0 meet thy God.' only an o ) couviets in’ the Kansas pen- I then wired the warden of the penitentiary for the number of s and he replied by wire that_there 7 convicts in his charge sol had a majority of 26 on my offer.” [Applaus Referring to the claims of the prohibition- ists that the jails of lowa and Kansas were without inmates the speaker showed that there are 343 prisoncers in the jails of Tow: 548 in those of Kansas and only 137 in tho: of Nebraska. Kansas bas thirty-one empty Juits, Towa thi three and Nebraska fifty- on he prohibitionists’' claim that the saloons fill the usylums was refuted by figures show- ingthat the asylums of prohibition states huve a greater number of inmates than those of license states compared to the population. Towa has 1,008 insune patients in her asy- Tuws, Kausas, 1 and Nebraska only 680, Besides these Towa has over tweve hundred insane people in her jails and poor houses, und Kunsas over five hundred. Kansas has three insane for every two in Nebra and Towa has two for every one in Nebraska. Statistics were also given showing that the percentage of insanity caused by alcoholism is not more than 5 to i per cent and no greater than that caused by religious excitemen! ebraska,” said Mr, Rosewater, in con- cluding this branch of his discussion, *‘has a better reputation for sanity than any pro- hibition state. 1 can't explain it unless it is becavse the cranks live in the pronivition state, and they are all on the border of in- sanity.” (Laughter and applause. ] “Inow come to a very grave question, I take it that every citizen who desires the |x|‘|mlpul‘lly of this state is anxious that we shall maintain our schools at the highest standard of excellence. The question arises, “What will be the effect upon the educa- tional institutions of this state if proLibition should be carrie “The first effcet of prohibition will be the loss of three-quarters of a million which we recelve annually from the liquor trafic. In he city of Omaba we receive 1124!,00\1 a yoar, Now, if prohibition carries the schools of Omaha must close as soon as prohibition goes into effect next January, and they will re- main closed during the entive year. The amount of resources that the s fiuol board has on hand at this time is 76,061.08; liabili- 4! 3, leaving @ deficiency of $18,- on the fivst of Januar *How can we raiso the §250,000 to keep tho schools running? This amount must be raised by direct taxation, Our assessmeut is not made until April, and the taxes if levied cannot be collected until next summer, That means that we will bo unable to keep our schools open after New Year, “‘When vour schools are reovencd, the board will be hampered for want of funds be- ase we cannot possibly levy a 10 mi )\ addition to the § per cent of county, city and state taxes. We will have to cut” down expenses. We must close the traming school, lop off drawing and other branches, and may bave to close the high school. The salaries of all teachers will have to be reduced, The next step that will have to be taken will be the abolition of the free toxtbooks, In this city there are not less than seven or eight thousand children whose parents are mechauics and quite a large number of them are very poor and can- not afford to Py for books. = Very few of these men would be willing to go béfors the board and announce themselves as paupers in order to get funds with which to buy books for their childven. This would be crippling our educational institutions in & manuer that 10 one can conceive. “I have seen many elegant chool houses in various parts of the state that have boen built in part or in whole from the mouey re- ceived from the license fund, but our prohi- Dbition friends say, What of that? We think it & disgrace that the children of i’our city should be educated with blood money; the money derived from the liquor traffic should never be given to this purpose. This is the kind of talk they givous, 1 demand, how are they going to keep the blood money out of the schools{ The wmoment they urrest & bootlegger or & jointist he will be brought into urt and flned. The constitution of heaska provides that all money recoived from fiues shall go into the school fund, so that if the saloons are closed, every dollar received from fines will go into the school fund. The mouecy collected in the lice court goes into the school fund, and it E'very proper that this money shihuld there, for in the schools the pupils are taught the abuses of alcoholism and its effects; they ave taught that lolzrlot( is essential to suc- cess In life and it is quite proper that this education should be lmparted to them and the expense of it be met oy the money de- rived from the liquor trafiie. “We wlllgo further. We find the presi- deut of the United States, the cougress, the Kausas | chaplain of the senate, the chaplain of sthe house of representatives, the supreme court, | the army und the navy and every person_em ployed by the governiment; the old soldiers nd the widows who draw pensions, all of them receive this blood money Not one of them has ever been known to reject his or her share of the £100,000,000 on account of its having beeu derived from the liquor traftic ‘Our Young Men's Christian ation building was built b tributions fi classes of men 1 who has n S0 severely denounced by the probibitionists, was solicited and he paidhis $100. [Applause. It i3 in there, in stone and y nd it s going to stay, for they will be s engaged inthe s scarcely a church or | that has been built that has not been b and held up by men who, directly or indi vectly, got their money out of the liquor trafic, but I fail to know of an justance | where contributions have been rejected on ac count of this “The is a sorious conside people of Nebruska pi teachiers than any of the othe withstanding what St. John says. And the ty of Omal ys the best ries of any in America, [Prolonged Applause. | “If you vote prohibition you are simply going to cripple your public _schools, because without the money derived from tho license fund it will be impossible to maintain them in their present excellent condition. w let us ook at the business side. ssert that lowa and 18 are perous than Nebrask: Lot us e bonded debt of Towa has inc d ot since 1580, nsas the bonded J na now it is 1 of 03 per cent. This was unde ion rule 1 Nebraska in 1850 the bonded debt v B4, 000, Now it is $5,050,013, an inci of ouly 2 per cent, and this was under high license, ~ [Applause.| “In the state of Kansas, as per population, for every man, woman and child they owe £1040, In the state of braska we owe but £5.02 per capita, and yet these people toll us that these states are more prosperous than the high 1 ise state of Nebraska, “In Net ka many of the counties have but little debt standing upon their books, and in the northwestern part of the state many of the counties are ent v out of deht, “In the state of Kansas three of the couutics out of tho 183 are with- out any floating or bonded indebtea- ness, while in this state there are fifteen counties that do not owe a cent. “Now let us look at the question of popula- tion. Here we havea statement that cannot, be gainsayed. The state of Kansas has a population’of 1,123,485 an during the past'ten years. The state of Towa hasa population of 1,406,720 an increase of 292,114, The state of Nebraska bas a popula- assoc v teafti hospital s worthy of is, that 'the sularies to states, not- Pro hibitionists far more pr. 7 “In 87,964, creas bib bt in_ 1880 was increase of 427,830 t , the same period of time. e aro ofti figures and they show that from the point of increase, Nebraska stands as the fourth state in the union nd St. John will tell you that penses are much_ smaller than in 1 admit thisto bea fact, but in ey have two insane asylums when ; two reform schools when and as a result th institu- tions are overrun, their insane in county ils and poor houses and their truant boys and girls are running at large or laying in jailin company with the most dangerous criminals. “In this state we have during the past four vears crected two asylums for the insane and one institution for the fecble minded, besides a home for aged women and a howe forinfirin soldiers at Grand Island at a cost of over 500,000, We have also expended hundreds of thousands in enlarging our asylums for deaf mutes and the vlind and the state un: versity, All this by direct taxation. Now had the state of Kansas erected the institu- tions that they need their taxes would be lrvlwumdch as they are at the present time. “Mr. St. John asserts that state taxes in Nebraska arc higher than they arein Kansas, Let us see. According to the New York Voice, which is good prohibition authority, the assessment of Kansas property is upon one-third of its real value, while in Nebraska it is upon one-fifth. Therate of taxation in IKansas is 41 cents on the£100and in Nebraska 65 its per hundred. Suppose have & pi of property v in the market $,500 in Kansas that property would be assessed at 500 and the state tax upon it would amount to $2.05. In Nebraska it would be assessed at $300 and the state tax would be $1.95, Where is the high- Ax1 The report of the inspector of fin te of Vermont shows that the safe deposit and trust company, with a_capi- tal of §200,000, has $1,620,514.54 invested in outstanding loans on which there is £30,000 of terest due, besides $00,000 of loans that are not collectable. Compare this with the condition of a Nebraska sinancial institution. _Take the Omala loan and trust company for instance. This corporation has a capital of §350,000; $3446,000 lnvested in loans und only $10,102.50 of unpaid- interest and loans in course of foreclosur This ought to show something of the prosperity of tates, idering prohibition in the state of Maine, Neal Dow, the father of the move- ment, makes a good witness, He says that the volume of the liquor trafiic has not been reduced, and in many places tho law bas been ignored. In Portland the report of Captain Green of the police force shows that last arrests for drunkeuness were wmade, and this in @ probibition state. “We will now come nearer home and take Sioux City for an example. A Dixou county man was down to the corn palace and when hie went home he reported that he conld not find a saloon in the town, But did he look in the right place! Sioux City-dealers have taken out 370 gov- ernment liquor permits,and if this man bad looked he could have found places where whisky is sold. There are no saloon signs, but there are places where, over the doors, you will find these inscriptions : “T'his is the lace you are looking for, ‘We all meet here,’ “If you don't see what you want, ask forit,” aud a score of other inscriptions. In all these joints liquo is retailed night and day without let or bindrance, “In 1889, in Kansas, 1,747 liquor permits issued and this yeur the number has in- sed to 1,855, which shows that prohibi- tion does ot prohibit, “On a recent visit to Leavenworth 1 walked into a place just opposite the city hall and opposite the city marshals office, the principal botel of the town. Over the door was the sign, ‘Star of the West! With a friend [ went inside this place one ovening and called for two glasses of beer. Twas in- formed that T conld not buy beer by the glass, but I bought & bottle and the clerk poured it into our glasses and thus in_Kansas. you are compelied to drink a whole bottle of "beer or whisky. [Applause, | “In Des Moiues you go right bebind the prescription case and there you drink the vile stuff. ‘At the Kirkwood house drug store they run all night. At half-pust 1 a. m. [ found the store brilliantly lighted and the clerks all busy. At that pluce 1 bought a bottle of whisky, and at Grand island I put it under Goveruor Larrabee’s nose and asked him if he could recognize it as Towa whisky, but still that gevtleman tells you the law is en- forced. |Laughter, “The records of the revenue office show that o ine thousand liquor stamps were issued for lowa dealers this year. 1f high license was in force in Iowa the drinking places would be reduced to less than fifween hundred, but as it is now the boys go to these drug stores and joints and buy their jugs and bottles, and it 1S the same way in Kansas. This is the way the homes are protected from the trafic. “What do they do with these boot-leggers ! They put a few of them in jail and they to roast them, but it is @ very expensive amusement for the taxpayers, “In Iowa the court expenses were $467,000 last year and iu Nebraska they were §15: “Des Moines paid 0,000 in the firs months of this year for arvesting and te sundry botties of beer and whisky, The bottle'is arrested, taken before the justice and out of the trial the justice and constable get a fee of §7. “When Judgo Carpenter came to seo me in s.-lnvmlmrho stated that he was one of the judges that endorsed prohibition but he Tound it to be an expensive farce, but, he added, ‘Don’t mention it “Senator Allison, who visited Omaba and called on me three weeks ago, asked what was the prospect of prohibition, and when told that it would be beaten by 20,000 to 25,- 000, said he was glad to hear it because it was. utterly impracticable. The speaker then od attention to the im- moral tendencies of prohibition, and he asserted that in all the probibition states it romoted hypocrlsy, perjury and secret rinkiug. Citizens and oficlals would certify ] to the good effects of probubition and wain- Nebras} Kansas nce for | they play “Little | the variations. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, MONDAY, tain that liguor could not be had for love or money, while they have whisky and beer in their houses and use all kinds'of devices to conceal liquor about thelr persons At this poiut Mr, Rosowater exhibited one of the lowa drinking flacks. It bad the ap pearance of being a neat little book and on the back in gold letters it the title, +Spiritunl Series, Lectures on Temperance I'his was held up aud uncorked, and as the liquor flowed into a glass theaudience cheered loudly Mr. Rosewater * then told of the lc d canes of IKansas, explaining that thev nollow and so made that the possessor ¢ take & nip as he walks g the stroet also told of the musical beer mugs they in Dubuqueand explained that when are placed upon the bar of the *speak easy!! Annic Rooney” with all Continuing his address, he 1 H have they 1 in many of the states by plurality vote and not by o major- ity vote, and in every state wh tried and re-submitted ft has been “Wat will we have if prouibition is dopted hraskat In January the high lic will be wiped out, and until the I an enuet o Law there will bo no v 3 h to punish the violators. About April 1 next the law will bo passed, but if 1t does not pass by a two-thirds majority it canuot go into effect until next July and until that time you will have tree whisky and no law. “Do you want such a state of affairs? Do you wint si uths of anarchy, and six vears of ruinous contention and turmoil, t will paralyze business, depreciate your prop- erty values aud cripplo your schools ¢ {Probibition has been voted upon in seven- teen states within the last ten years. Inone of the states, Rhode Tslund, it was submitted and adopted, and resubmitted and repealod after two years and a half of faivtrial, Only in three states out of these soventeen had prohibition been carried by majorities sas voted upon it in 1580, the total vote bei 201,019; for prohibltion 1 shortagoe of 8,208 to make a majorit ) Kunsas they donot have the provision of Nebraska that requives a majority of all the votes cast; hence it was declared carvied by plurality lowa voted upon the proposition in 188 Total numver of vot )76, for prohib 6; short of o majority, supreme court of lowa dinent lost and Towa now ohibition. Yhio voted upon the amendment in 1883, total yote 718,168, for prohibition 323,189, short of a majority by Maine voted upon it in 1884, total vote 104, for prohi- bition 70,78, which gavea majority of ouly 700 for prohibition. “RRhode Island voted upon it fn 1356, total vole 208,064; for probibition 14,113, wajority for prolibition 1,678, dichigan had pronibition for twenty-five 3 Sheadopted the amendment in "1 but did not get the statuatory laws until | Three years ed, total vote for prohibition by 21, an defe: of 01,857 three years ago and Tennessee by 8,573 the same year, ane yoar Oregon did so by 7,955, rginia defeated prohibition in 153 by YIn 18800t was submitted in ew Hamp- shire ; total vote 90,0902, for prohibition only >rohibition carried in North Dakota in 1850 by 939 majority and in South Dakota by 6,053.~ Both of these s will repeal the law as soon as they have a chance. Last spring Penpsylvania voted upon the proposition; total vote cast, 97,5683 for pro- hibition, 3 being & shortage of 441,344 and a majority tetween the ‘for’ and ‘against’ vote of 155,02 “Massachusats voted upon ar, it the same ving giveu it a fur trial, and re- ears ago, Out of a total vote of 4,517, the vote for prohibition was 56,459, or a shortige of 59, and a clear majority on the ‘for' and ‘against’ vote of 46,020, “Connecticut voted on it the same ye ,0i8. Prohibition only receive , or ouly one-seventh of the vote cast, “Rhode Island resubmitted prohibition in 1859, after a fair trial, and the total vote was 43,1113 for prohibition, 9,93, or more than four to one against it. “Taking the votes cast in the seventeen states 1 which constitutional pronhibition was submitted in the past ten years, and omitting the silent vote, the majorities in favor of prohibition aggregate 115,604, while the majorities against prohibition aggregate or nearly four to one. Computing the majorities on the basis of the total vote polied at these elections, and we have an ag- gregate majority of only 0,37 votes for pro- Tibition, and 1,i06,749 against prohibition. “Shall Nebraska profit by the experience of these states or do you propose blindly to force a_nostrum upon us which is worse than a disease? 1 mean ust: what Isay. Nomatter what law your legislature enacts, prohibitionists will im it is not stringent enough, and then they will urge the next legisiature to put the scrows on. The opponents of prohi- bition will dewand that the question be ‘re- submitted and it will take at least six years before the law would be repealel. And un- less it is snowed under by a larze majority we will have no end of agitation. Kan: i now agitating resubmission and Iowa will repeal the law which is a dead letter when the next legislature convenes.” Mr. Rosewater closed by an earnest appeal t prohibition, He said: “If you vote for the amendment you are doing the educational institutions of the state an incaleulable damage; you will injure your boys instead of helping ' them, and you will depreciate property values and pull down ‘what 1t has taken years of toil to build up.” ‘When Mr. Rosewater concluded his spoech there was a tremendous outburst of applause, and then followed cheers in rapid succession. A];sm'eu!.ly the vast sudience could not suficiently attest its appreciation of the facts and figures presented by the speaker, and its condemuation of the ruinous policy of pro- hibition. Just as the audience had risen and was reparing to leave the building, Charles Watts of this city, the prohibition candidate for secretary of state, pushed his wiy to the front of the stage and requested to be heard while he offered an explanation of the non-appearance of ex-Governor St. John. Ho read what purported to be a telegram from St. John. claiming that he had received no formal challengeand stating that he knew nothing of the challenge of Mr. Rosewater until Sunday morning, but that he would speak on prohibition At amendment head- quarters jn the evening and would divide hi time with any United States senator or mem- berof congr As Mr. Watts finished his alieged explana- tion, the audience, which had stopped in the aisles or mouuted chairs to heéar what was being said, surged toward the stage, Mr. Rosewater again stepped forward, and the tumult subsided while he stated that Mr. St. John did know of his challenge; that he had seen it in Tug Bee. but did not leave Lincoln until 2:40 in order that ke might not reach Omaba until too late totake part in the debate, Again tumultuous applause rang forth, and hats and handkerchiefs were waved, while the deafeuing sound rocked the building. The meeting wis over and the house was speedily cleared, but for fully fifteen minutes tho human streaw continued to pour through the wide exits, Ll Bluejackets Going Through WasniNGroy, Nov., 2.—[Spocial Telegram to Tue Bee.|-The city of Omaha has frequently secn its full share of the milit branch of the war establishment of the United States, but it is seldom that a whole company of sailors has passed through the cit Heretofore it has been the invariable custem to transfer soamen from one vessel to another of the navy by carrying them round the Horn or across the Istbmus. This has been done becuuse of the dificulty of secur- ing transportation, but now the ofcials of the department have made a satisfactory arrangement with the railroad companies and on Monday the 10th a company of 150 blugjackets will start for Sam Prancisco by the trans-continental route. They will pass through Omaha about November — ton, Wasmyoros, Nov. pecial Telegram to Tue Ber.]—It is oxpected that the agri- cultural depurtment will be ready to announce the plan for carrying out the irrigation clause of the appropriation bill within (he next two weeks, The ofice work has nearly all been done aud the engineer is pushing the prelim- inaries necossary before he can startit. The secretary of agricuiture believes that the plan rmpmwd of securing irrigation by the artes- an well system within a few years shows that the arid region can be much more quickly and better supplied with water than under the system which Major Powell suggested. Omaha. | THE CAMPAICN IN NEBRASKA. Maloney Again Hoodoos the Alliance in a Star Engagement at O'Neill, DEMO-PROHIB. BECK AS A STRADDLER. Democrats Offer $00 for a McKelghan Report — RaMies in Various Places -Other State [Special Telegram nd county rally of the independents, which bas been advertised ex- tensively as the crowning glory of their can- paign, was hield at Atiginson last night. The result of the meeting was disastrous to the cause, There had been agood turnout, but when the speaker uppeared in a drunken con- dition and in_the three minutes he kept the tloor betrayed the fact that ae was erployed by the democruts, the republicans wero dis usted, The speaker was Maloney of Liucoln, lbe meeting broke up without speking, as .\l;;lom‘y intorvupted all efforts of others to talls The chairman of the meeting and se. Shannon of the county the state commitice follows sponker is dead drunk, Woat shall we do with the body 1" They then paid Maloney's fare to Norfolkand telegraphed the commit he boly has been resuviccted and ped to Nowfolk, If you want it go after as he meeting was an ili fated one for the al liance, as a Straddler. Nov. 2-(Special to Tus sk of Tekamah, candidate for state senator from this district on the prohibition ticket and endorsed by the demo- crats, fluds himself in o box. His signature toa set of resolutions published iu the New York Voice strongly favoring the adoption of the prohivitory amendment has created a ampede of the German voters in this coutt y which can be depended upon to voll upa mujority of 2,00 against the amendment, In order to stop this tide, Mr. By has made a statement, witnessed by & number of prominent democrats of West Point, He also takes occasion to iu- troduce the compllsory educotion issue into the campaign ina frantic attempe to cateh the Personal rights league sympathi It is evident that this statement is only intendea for Cuming e suinp- tion, but it is recognized by an adroit straddle and has tnoroughly disgusted the amendment voters it. this part of the county The followingis Bec stutement, which was published only in the Volksblatt, the German paper of West Point, yesterda; “Inrefutation of the false charges which have been scattered broadcast in this county concerning my stand on the license and school questions, U hercby make the following statement: “If the prohibi- tory amendment is defeated by the votes of the people and [ am elected I will vote against all measures for statutory prohibition whieh may be introduced info the legislature. T will vote and work and do all that lies fn_my power to defeat all measures of this kind in order that the will of the people may be car ed ont. As regards the p schools, T will oppose all bills which may be introduced into the legislature to restrict the rieht of parents to ecducate their children ac- cording to their own wishes or the dictation of their own conscience.” Bee Wisver, Neb., Bek.]-N. B. Be Offered $90 for the Report. HastiNgs, Neb., Nov. 2.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Be An Omaha sheet pub- lishes this morning a special from this ci which alleges that the congrossional central committee of this district had engazed M. K. Lewis to go to Red Cloud and investigate McKeighan's record, for which he was to re. ceive §100. C. A. McCloud, secretary, treas-. urer and general manager of the committee, was seen on the subject. He said the con- gressional committee had never asuthorized Lewis to go to Red Cloud, and furthermore, had never seen Lewis until the morning of November 1, nor has he alter his_alleged re- turn from Red Clond. Mr, Lewis was seen and it was learned that he had negotiated ‘with Myron Van Fleet instead of the con- gressional committee, Van Fleet was then seen and he suid he had been approached by Lewis. He said Lewis was unxious to nd examine McKeighan's record and ‘Van Fleet told him that if he did not find the ecords as sworn to by Webster county offi clals and printed iu the supplements issued howoald give higi #1000on his return from Red Cloud. He acknowledged that he had not examined the distric it records but demanded the §100, This was refused, Lewis informed Van Fleet that e had been ofcaed $0 from democrats for his report. Two Rallies Contrasted. Braosmw, Neb,, [Special to Tu Bee. |—The new hall here, with a seating ca pacity of perhaps five huudred, could hay accommodated fully one-thivd 1more people than were assembled Friday to listen to Me- Keighan's weak defense of his inglorious past. Butat least two hundred were unable to tind standing room even yesterday while Hon. Charles Keckley of York was making a masterly review of the good deeds of the re- publican party. His occasional refevence to the republican nominee for congress in the Second district, Hon. N. V. Harlan, brought out round after round of applause. The York Glee club furnished appropriate music. Hon. John Gilmore of Aurora also addressed the meeting. Big, Rally BeryipEre, Neb., Belvidere, Nov. 2.—(Special to Tk BEk.|—A republican rally was held av the Presbyterian church in this place Friday night, which in point of numbers and enthu- siasm was indicative of tho sen timent of the people on the issues of the campaign. The room wis fitled to suffocation anding room beingz above par. The sveakers were Mr. M S. Gray of Davenport_and and Hon. W. H Dow of Alexandria, the latter delivering the main speech of the ovening. ‘Thayer courty will bo true to her colors And the republican candidates will score an easy victory on next Tuesday. Final Rally at Arcadi Ancapia, Neb, vecial Telegram to Tue Br.] ~Tho republicans of this place held their final rally last night, For enthu- siasm and size it far excoeded any previous demonstration. Tue town was gay with flags and banners. Milbourn’s hall was filled to suffoeation. Hon. Aaron Wall of Loup City and Hon. Michael McSherry of Broken Boi were the speakers. The audience wis most enthustastio, und the meeting was o grand success. Rousing Rally at Spring View. O'NriLi, Neb., Not | Pelogram to Tie BEk, |—A rousing republican rally was held at Spring View, Keya Paba county, at 2 p. m. yesterday. The court room was crowded 10 Its utmost capacity. A. L. Towle made the principal address. Other spoeches were made by Messrs. Mcl'ee, Billings and Kenni sen, Much enthusiasm was manifested. A large republican aagjority is assured in Keya Paba county. Democrats Abandon Hop Cuunrtsoy, Neb., Nov. 2. —[Special Tele BEE.|-McKeighun stopped of last night for a few hours held & hurried consultation the democratic leaders in the county. It was learned today that the demo. crats have given up all hope of electing the state ticket and will trade anything and everything for McKeighan votes. and with| An Alliance Blow-( Tecumsen, Neb, Nov, 2.—[8 Bee.|—~The much aaves out occurred yesterday. At 12 o'clock the fon filed into town. The showing made was far from what the boasts of the leaders led one to expect. Speeches were made at the rink. pecial to Tur blow. More Crooked Tickets, CULBERTSON, « Nov. 2.—[Special ‘Lele. gram W Tue Bee at excitement pre. vails in Hayes county over thediscover o8- | any member of the Choctaw NOVEMBER terday that the independent tickets distribe uted over the country aro all printed with the proposition_for rn.mlnnm and against bigh lic he high licenss and anti-pro- hibition propositions are omitted from the ticket Notes from Caster County, Neb., Nov. 2 —(Special to T It is understood that work upon the new Episcopal church begin very shortly. The building will be located on the public square and will bean ornament to the town. The guild is making rapia progress in the mattér of the money for the chureh building. County d killed by the by Jud from i tion ated by the trick. As the eloction was ordered by the county board, they h: taken upon themselves to issie for the clection, 1f they got a majority, they strain every nerve to have the on_do ared valid, ~Although this question is por enuiolly before the people of this county, there fiever was so much feeling overit. It is sufe to say thava fuller vote than ever be- fore will be polled on that issue alone, 1t has dwarfed every other question. 1f determina tion count= for anything, there will be fun in Custer county next Tuesday. THotel ransactions, v Istaxn, Neb,, Nov. pecial to Turl Willlam Haynes, proprictor of the Palmer hou has sold outto E. C. &C. A. Brown, who took charge vesterday Dr. Marden, proprtetor of the Midway at Kear ney, which was recently buraed, is also in- tercsted, and the two hotels will be mn in nnection as soon as the latter is rebuilt. he consideration was $25,000. raising ision was not by any m nt lssuing of an injunetion forbidding the county clerk A Deposed Chiof. Nowrn Prar, Neb,, Nov. 8- [Specia t0 Tt Bre.|—The ax has fallen on tho head of B, R. Grifin, chief of the dispatchers here, Mr. Grifin has worked for the Union Pacific company eighteen years, mostof the time as agent al Cleyenue, Kearney and Notth Platte. - THE CLEARANCE RECO&D. Financial Transactions of the try During the Last Week, Bostoy, Nov. [Special Telogram to Tie Ber] The follwing table, compiled from dispatchies from the clearing houses of the cities named, shows the gross ex- changes for last woek, with rates per cent of increase or decrease, as against the several amounts for the corresponding weelc in 1889 Coun- i New York Boat. Ol Phi St 1 i3 Kan Franclsoo .. Plttsbu Baltimore Clueinnati New Or < Kansas ¢ Milwnuge Dumulos Minnespolis Gnlveston Loulsville, Cleveland Providence. . St Paui. Indianapolis Columbus Dallas Duluth Memphis Portiand, chync Hariford Grand Rapids Bir L v Los Angelos Chattanooga.. Dea Molnes peka ... New Bedfora Loxington, Ky Nushville. “Poledo. *Rochester Total _Outsi ot included In totals. No thix time lust your. cleariug house at e Municipal Elections in England. Loxpoy, Nov. 2.— Municipal elections were lield in England and Wales yesterday. Whete the results turned on polities the conserva- tives gained fifty-nine and theliberals eighiy- seven seats. The leading feature of the re- tarns from the municipal clections is the fact that not a single dissident liberal success is yet recorded, Labor candidates won some seats from the conser S The Chronicle say bad outleok for the o what will happe: the country. the results make a qment and show in the event of an appeal to Closed the Consulate. Kiy West, Fla, Nov. 2.—The Spanish consul in this city, who was last week as- saulted by some Cuban refugecs and who had been compelled by them to close the con- sulate, has written a formal notice to the he has closed and sealed his office until the United States goverument gives a sufficient guarantee to S n that the con- sulate will obtain tue privilges due to it. The refugees are ina very excitable condi- A Murderous Oh Cmeaao, Nov. 2.—W. V. Hobbs,a gambl tonight entered aroowm where William Snyder was sitting with Bessio Howard, Hobly former mistress. Diawing a knife he en- vored to stab the woman, but she eseaped from the room. Hobbs then turned upon suyder and aftera desperate strngele suc cecded in cutting a horrible wound i the a's neck, probably ly irjuring him, Hobbs is still at lar — - The Modern Marty Wireiaxtic, Conn, N th, widely kuown as died in this city today. She was born” at Bastford, Conn., in 882, She wae unusually vigorons and ' active until eleven years old, when she was prostrated by a olent. cold. This doveloped a discase that made her a helpless invatid, and she was con- fined to hew bed for y ifty-five years Dead. Miss Lizzie The Mode - The Batte at Vit Loxnox, Nov. [Special P Tne Bee. | —The British fleet has returned to Zanzibar from Vitu. The total number of British wounded in the recent fight was thir teen, who injuries were only slight. From cighty to ninety of the enciny were killed and wounded, all being slaves and natives, and not Arabs, as reported chised Choctaws. ou. 3 —A bill disfranchising Indians, either gram o Disfra Pans, Tex,, by blood, adoption or mar wha has taken or may take the oath giance to the government of the Stutes bns passed both houses and the approval of the gov Balfour Gets Generous. Loxpox, Nov. % - As a result of Balfour's Trish tour the government has given £4,000 for the purpose of decpening the harbor at Ballna, for which an appropriation has by ired for a long of alle: United veceived R Death 1t Vi (« Vincent, Michaol's colloge, and who supreme general of the for twouty-oue years, is Toroxro, M superior of St was Canadian Basilican order dead. al THE [OWA CAMPAICN CLOSED. Bright Prospeots for a Republican Victory in the Hawkeye State. A REVIEW OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. Not More Than Oae Demserat Ex vected to Be Retarned -Failurs of a Candy Cowpany at Stoux City Des Morses, Tn, Nov, 2.—[Special to Tre Ber.]-The campaign in Towa is practically closed, and the prospects are very bright for republican victory all around. The demo- crats have practically done nothing fort state ticket, and very little on the surface for the congressional canvass, while the re- publicans have mado an aggresiy mpargn ul along the line, They have had the assist- ance of Speaker Reed, ex-Congressman Horr of Michigan, Senator Allison, Colonel W. P, Hepburn, aswell as thelr own eandidates, every one ofwhom is 4 power on the stump. The democratic candilates were unknown to begin with, and have scarcely inereased their acquaintance with the voters. A great amount of monoy has beey spent by the dem ocrats, however, on thequioct, by which means they hope to gain one or {wo congress. men, The alleged doubtful —distric are the IMrst, Third, Sixth, Bighth and Ninth. They base ¢ calculation on the vote of last’year, ),00) republicans staud at home'and permitted the election of Governor Boios on a small plurality. But based on the congrossional election” of two years ago, there seoms to be little chance for them, unless public sentiment has more" than us probable. Ex( g lity two years ago in tho about nine hundred, and his fino 1 in congress is likely to merease vather diminish it this y Colonel Hender: son's plurality in the Third two years ago was about four thousand five hundred, which will probably be reduced this year, as he has a sironger opponent and a inost’ dosperate fight has been waged against him. Major Lacey in the Sixth was clected by about seven hundred plurality over Weaner, and there is an indication” that ho will bo re- turned by an incrcased majority this time, He bas proved a stroug member. It is more than probable the opposition have combined on White, but that gentleman’s stand on the T question and violent opposition to the tholics will moke him exceedingly weak. ngressman Flick's candidacy in the hth district has gained him many friends, hile Major Anderson seems to have lost him some ground, and ne will hardly beable to reduce the one thousand majority of two years ago, and the republicaus say it will be doubled. A most bitter and underhand fight has been made against Judge R in the Niuth district, but it is scarcely veasonable to be supposed thut his majority of three thousaud two years ago will be wiped out, though the opposition bave pract united on Bowman. I'rom present indications the ten republican congressmen will be retur~ad from lowa, avd the republican majorits on the state ticket will beso largeas to remove the state from doubt. Candy Failure at Sioux Oity. Siovx Cray, Tn. Nov. 2.—[Special Tele am to Tue Bee,) —The lowa candy com- which employs about fifty hands, to- wmade an assignment to J. F. Smith, Liabilities, $10,50; nssets, $16.50. The company will probably resi:e. A Condemn BooxeviLie, Mo., Nov. lingon, a noted desperndo and train robber, under sertence of death for the murder of ex-Shoriff Cranmer, and who has been con- fined here in the county jail forthe past six months, effected his escape last night by placing s dummy in bed aud hiding in the depnty sherifi’s room until a favorable op- portunity offered. e S Fartl Fight Over a Girl, CHicAGo, Nov, 2.—Frank Hogan and John MecCarthy quarreled last nightat a dance in a Milwaukee avenue ball over a girl. They adjourned to the sidewalk and fought the matter out with knives, Hogan beiug nearly disemboweled, while 'McCarthy was only slightly wouwded, Hogan will di e Utes Still Off Their Reservation. MeEx Colo., No» The Utes are still off theirreservatjon intimidating settlers and killing cattle, They are encouraged in this by the hide dealers, who ate offering to buy polts, Thereis no probability of auy serious trouble. -— PERSGMAL PARAGRAPHS, D. A. Vaugh of Kansas City is atthe Bar- ker. W. D. Clinton of Chicago is at the Casey. 1. H. Wiley of Lincoln 1s in the city, at the N. L. Walker of Beatrice was at the Casey last night. S.J. Lang of St. Louis was at the Paxton last night. 3. Tell of London, Merchants. Augustus Taylor of San Francisco was at the Paxton. Charle: the Millard. «“Henry P. the Barker F. 8. Fullam of Blue Springs is at the Cusey. W. White of Minneapolis is registered at the Paxton . G. Steelo of Kunsus City was at the Bar- last night Charles J. Smith of Milwaukee w Murray last night, George J. Sanborn of Philadelphua is in the city at the Paxton. W. C. Hughes was at the Chicagoyesterda John T MeC: city at the Murra William M, McLrughlin of Boston jruest at the Millard. J.S. Woodie of Hot Springs, 8. D, was at the Millard last night. C. G, Gillespie w Chestoriield in Topol ins and son on Chicago are in at the Barker. W. . Conner of Boane, yesterday, at the Barke Henry M. Stadler of New York was in the city yesterd the Murray Fourteen members of the Duft opera com pany uro regestered at the Bavker, William O. Johnson of Cedar Rapids was in tho cily Just night, registered at the Mer. chants. Mr. S.5. McClure, of New Yok, the news. vavndicate man, called upon Tk Ber sterday A H. Dyerof O'Neilis at the Merchants, D, €. Howard of Kearney is in the city ut the Merchants Seth Macy of the Register, DesMoin and daughterare in the city and called at | Tk Ber oftice, | Mr. Lonis Heller was called to Milwa Wis, yesterday on aceount of the illness of his agnd fathe - - a Bulie England, is at the Allen of Bridgeport, Conn. is at Acker of New York is a guest at registeved ke at the auditoriam in nn of Cincinnati is in the is a Sunday gudst atthe y Ta., was in the ci koo, severe 'SCROFULA 1s that imputity of the blood which produces unsightly lumps or swellings fn tho neck; which causes running sores on the arms, legs, or feet; which develops ulcers [n tho eyes, ears, oF nose, often causing blindness or dealness; which 13 the originof pimples, can- corous growths, or “ hiumors;" which, fas ing upon the lungs, eau consumption and death. 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Proparedonly by C.L HOOD & CO,, Apotheearies, Lowell, Mas, 100 Doses One Dollar S ———————— BRACELETS FORBIDDIIN, Reasons for Prohibiting These Ornne Jnents 1 a School for Young G The scholars of the school of practice, on Spring Garden street below Soven: teenth, upon whom the young women of the Normal school are supposed to ry their prentice hands before becoming full blown toachers, are just now the o {'w‘l of an educational expeviment that ms made their liltle souls hot with in- dignation says the Philadelplia Record. The girls, most of whom come from the surrounding neighborhod, and are of well-to-do families, have been ordor not to wear bracelets, and these orn- ments are now no lon the cluss rooms. This curious edict was issued a duys ago by Miss Hall, the princi the school, and led to a vigorous p from the larger girls who woi noxious ornoments on their wrist Hall insisted, however, and sofar her point that all but two of the scho ars took off their bracelets. In the « of those two the parents made such Lively objections to any such exercise of authority by the teacliers that the mat ter was not pushed, and the two retain the tabooed ornaments, [t s id th some of the others, while nominally complying with the new deeree, manage to seercte the precious but forbidden bracelet under cuff and sleeve, and that this formof adornment ol the feminine person is now moro popular in the School of Practico thin before When Miss Hall wz for this prohibition of the bracele veplied: I think bracelets are unnecessa the wrists of school-givl requested them not to wear A are noisy and interfere with writing and other hand work Then again, the children who wear them are the envy of those who have none, and [ believe it is our duty to teach the little ones that such things as braceiets are not neces- say to happiness. School is not the plice to air finery, *“Wo like our pupils to loolcatteactive. but not so attractive that the attention is directed instead of books. Jewelry is distr seen in fow o the The Horseman's Paradise. The California of Nlfty years ago has disappeared, but it is still the land of the horseman as much as the Upper Al- leghany regions wherea wheeled vehicle eldom seen, 1ts great mountain wil derness are crossed, Lo be sure, by | highways, but back and forth between them is woven the network of horseback trails from house to house and ridge ridge, The wonderful forests of r and sugar pine, called by Prof, the fincst coniferous forests on the ofthe earth, are unfenced for hund of miles. According to that excellent doseriptive writer, Charles Howard Shinn in his illustrated avticle in Outing for November, the country is still un- spoiled for tho horseman.” The peoplo, too, are frank, feiendly and hospitai ready to guide one to the best tfut stream or to the likeliest ravine for deer. There is no place in Americ better than California for the man wiho wishes to escape the beaton paths and who enjoys grand scenery, new char- acter studies, botany, hunting or fishing. But railroads and stages only cavry oie into the desired region. No one except the horseman is made free of the whol realm of the California wilderness, fae Is colan e Sl The Old Wheel Problem. When awheel is in motion does top move faster than the hottom? people out of ten would ery the mere question, says the [Hlustrated American, Both the top and bottom o the wheel must, of necossity, it would seem be moving forward at one and th same rate, i the speed at which th carriage is traveling. Not 5o, however as a litle rellection would con vince y The top is moving i tho di on of the wheel’s motio of translation, while the bottom is moy- ing in opposition to this motion. In s, the top is moving forwari inthe same direction 1in whigh the cu i g, while The botton ard, or in an oppo-il direction. That is why an instuntane photograph of a ¢ e in motio shows the upper part of the whe 1 a o - fused blur, ilo the spokes ower purtare distinetl y visible, e Nine nonsense at n living at 406 North mo very near being shot by the accldental dischurge of u re volver in oining room. Mrs, Stever was lying 1iu when the bul let crashed W I and barel missed ber head Sixteenth street, ¢ vesterda - ut Cule Pecan N Peean nu owin ing industries of the galf the trees begin to bare they involve no labor or expense and yield. 1t is said, an | income of $300 to $1,000 per uere, aceord ing to the quality of the nut, ‘ - ysburg Field. tobert Tngeaham of Philacelphia, n guest of Captuain Fieholtz at Gettys: burg, found a gold chain on t " field, It was probubly deopped during | the batle, | of the ris tes, After On the G POWDER Absolutely Pure. A oreamn of tartar halking powdor. of loavening strongth U, oort Aug. 17, 1800 ghew 8. Goverame RATC REMEDY % Fire years in Use and Nower F on. W te f until our dngete iem covmrol " N o ket genine. Write for eforim: COOK BEMEDY (0. Owiaha, Nebrasha, me ©f ¢q 3L for \ i @ tr - - A ) ! v