Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 15, 1891, Page 4

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Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee pmpany. does solemnly swear Tntlon of TiE DAILY BEE W ending Septenber 12, 1801, was a Bunday, Sept. 6 Monduy. Sept. 7. Tuesdn, Sept. 10 Friday. Sept. 11, buturdiy, Sept Averago,. ey E B TZSCHUCK Bworn to before me and subscribed In my presence this 12th day of September, A, D. 1801 SEAL. N N. P F Not Btate of Nebraska, s County of Douglas, { George 1. Tzschuck, belnz_duly sworn, poiontnd says that ha 18 secrotary of T B Publishing company, that the ictual av- duily circulation of Tk DAILY BEE for IO, Wi ipies; for No for Docembur, 1800, Taniary, 1801, 9840 copics: Febr 12 copless for Mareh, 20,066 coplos: for April, 1801, 208 copies; May. 1801, S6.840 cop June, 1801 coples: for July, 1801, coples: for August, GEORGE 1. TZSCHUCK. sme and subscribed in my ust, 1801 otary Publ erag tho month of Septembe for Octol er, 18 1800, 11K Copies: coples; for pmber, W71 for 180 for For the Campaig In order to give every render in this state nnd Towa an ovportunity to keep posted on the progress of the campaign in both these states we have decided to offer T WEEKLY BEE for the balance of this year for twenty-five cents, Send in your orders early. Two dollars will be accepted for a ciub of ten names, Tue Beg PuBLisiiNGg Co., Omaha, Neb. Nopopy will shed tears to learn that John Steen is again out of office. AN A oroLY platform with a railroad candidate will simply be an in- sult to intelligent republicansand it will be rosented in such a way us never to be forgotten. I WoULD advise them [the democratic state convention] to meet the clamor for a “‘cheap and nasty” silver dollar with a bold and broad declaration for honest money.—Dr. (feorge L. Miller, (dem.) Tnr fact that tho Tnterstate Com- merce commission breaks down the health of its members will not deter any of the aspirants for appointment to_the two vacant places from pushing their clafms with all possible ardor. PrriArs the city clerk can explain why outside bidders on movable furni- ture for the city hall wero permitted to scale down their bids after they were opened and councilmen were advised of the fact while the Omaha bidders were not informed that this would be allowed. I wouLD advise vthe democrats of this state to pay no heed whatever to the warnings or the threats of a newspaper that seems to be “‘everything by turns,” except an advocate of good government in this state. This it never seems to be. There appears to be no current heresy of political doctrine that it does not approve.—Dr. Miller on the World-Her- ald. T rEAD thedouble-lead 2d proclamation to tho democrats of our state that graced your oditorial columns this morning (September 12) with carious interest not unmixed with a feeling akin to loathing. * % % Thoro Is nothing in the record of tho World-Herald to warrant it in giving counsel to the democratic —Dr. Miller to the Editor of the Herald. World- FULLERTON is the homo of Lieuten- ant Governor Meiklejohn and that is why the busy little city rises en ma to proclaim against his assault in Wis- consin. They threaten to call out the Fullerton light guards and go on to the Badgoer state in war paint to make it intevesting for the other principal in the fisticu/l which oceurred at Madison the other da, IT WILL not be necessi nate Charles H. Gere for regent of the university merely to save to tha Journal Printing company some 310,000 worth of univorsity job work. Tho Journal com- pany has had & long pull on state print- ing and in the interest of the republican party ought to tako its chances on the university business without insisting upon owning a regent. ry to renomi- I7 is bad policy and the city attornoy intimates it is illegal to award contracts for the furniture of the new city nall in adyance of the eity election which shall provide funds for making the purchases. Tho mayor will doubtless rofuse to ap- prove any conditional contract. The council will act with discretion if it shall return certified chocks and reject all bids until after tho November election. GOVERNOR JAMES E, BovD is a demo- crat and that is his chief fault, He is more than a democrat for he was able to poll votes enough in & vepublican state to be elected governor. If his political associates desire to commit political havi-kari they will pass the proposed resolutions of censure against him for vetoing the Newberry bill, Such reso- lutions passed by an already demoral- ized political organization would simply wipe up the soil with what is left of it and leave no one to carry the corpse to the cemetery for descont interment, are the operation of the tariff, and are find- ing that it has not been productive of any of the evils that were predicted, but on the other very mater the trade reciproeity which the McKin- ley largely in THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: T{ GETTING INTO LINE Advices from fowa are to the effect that the republicans are rapidly falling | into line, and that the work of organiza- tion is progressing favorably. The good effoct of the republican discussion of na- tional issues is becoming apparent in their return to party sllegiance of the | republicans who strayed away two years ago, and as the campaign advances the movement will become move active and general, The democratic position on sil- ver will not get the support of the intelli- gont and honest farmers of Iowa, who have hitherto been steadfast in favor of asound and stable eurrency, and espe- cially is this true of those who until two years ago constant in their alle- giance to the republican party. They understand that they have nothing to gnin but everything to lose from the free and unlimited coinage of silver, with its inevitable result of bringing about the single silver standard and lessening the purchasing power of the dollar, and that the only persons to profit by that policy are the silver mine owners, who would get the profits which the govern- ment makes on the purchase and coinage of silv Th know that the government is now purchasing all the silver produced in this country, less the amount u in the arts, and that there is no sound reason why it should were open its mines to the silver product of the rest of the world and the supply in Jurope which would be poured in upon us in a flood if we had fr The farmers and workingmen of Towa so being enlightened regarding e colnage. brought some They know that hand has 1l benefits. bill made possible will be their interest, in sup- plying enlarged markets for the surplus products of American farms, and they realize that the success of that poliey is dependent upon maintaining republican ascendancy in the government. In a word, the eyes of the intelligent voters of Towa are being opened to the un- Amorican principles and the indefen- sible poliey of the democratic party in regard 1o national questious, and the r 'ty is getting the benefit of the awal EUROPEAN WAR CLOUDS. A short time ago Turkey permitted armed transports of Russia to pass through the Dirdanelles, and sinee that time all Europe has been more or less anxious regarding the rvesult of this unlooked for concession on the part of the Turkish goyernment, and particu- lavly as to the course England would pursue. The latest dispatehes roport that a British naval force has occupied a point within storming distance of the Dardanelles and will fortify it, and the event is said to have created grave ap- prehension in European diplomatic and financial circles. In order to understand the situation it should bo stated thatas long ago as 1809 Turkey’s right to dictate the use of the natrow straits, called the Davdanelles, was first acknowledged. At different times that agreement between the na- tions was renewed, especially by the treaty of Paris, which also opened the Black sea to the commerce of all nations but excluded from its waters ships of war. In 1870, when war broke out between France and Ger- many, the czar, Alexander IL, took ad- vantage of the opportunity to annoance that he should disregard that portion of the treaty of Paris which forbade him to build or keep ships of war in the Black Sea. Inthe time since Russia has organized in that sea a much stronger naval armament than she ever possessed before, and were her war ships per- mitted to pass through the Bos- porus and Dardanelles she is in position to figure among the Mediter- ranean naval powers of the first rank. But while the powers have conceded to Russia the use of the Black sea for her ships of war, they have withheld the right to pass these ships through the Dardanelles except by permission of Turkey. Inallowing the armed trans- ports of Russia to pass through these narrow waters which divide Europe from Asia, Turkey has made a con- cession which naturally suggests that Russin has been able to obtain influence at Constantinople, which 1s a menace to the rest of Europe and particularly to England, whose oc- cupation of Egypt and control of the Suez canal would be seriously threat- ened in the event of a combination of Russia and France to control the Levant with their fleets, This is the menace which has led England to proceed none too promptly to provide against the dan- gev involved in the Turkish concession to the northern autocrat, and her ac- tion, if of the nature reported in the dispatehes, is very certain to produce a stirring effect upon Europe. War may not be imminent. Turkey may be able to explain her action to the satisfaction of the powers. Within the past throe or four years there have been circumstances quite as threatening to tho peuce of Europe asthe permission to Russia to puss her transports through the Dardanelles. But there appears to be excellent reason to _believe that Rus- sian intrigue hus been very uctive at Constantinople, and has been more successful in its purpose than will prove to be in the interest of prolonged European peace. PENSION WOR The letter of Pension Commissioner Raum to Congressman-elect Enochs of Ohio, supplies information regarding the work of the Pension bureau, which cannot fail to be of interest toall per- sons having business with that branch of the public service, and also furnishes facts that will be instructive to every- body. The fceling of the Qhio con- geessman © which called out the communication from the commissioner, that there is unnecessary delay in the settioment of the pension claims, is one that doubtless widely prevails, Nothiug is move natural than that applicants for pensions should become impatient, after months or even weeks of waiting for in- formation regarding the status of their claims, and assume that the officials of the pension office are neglecting their duties. Attorneys and claim agents are very sure to tell porsons who entrust their claims to them that they have pe- culiar facilities for securing prompt at- tention to the business thoy send to the bureau, and to promise clionts a prompt adjudication of their | laims. When such assurances fail the claimants naturally become irritable and charge the whole fault upon the pension oficials, The injustice of this is clearly pointed out in the letter of Commissioner Raum. Very few people can have any concep- tion of the enormous amount of business transacted by tho Pensfon bureau. 1f the officials had nothing more to do than to pass upon claims, of which there were pending on July 1 last over 929,000, their timo would be fully occupied, but in addition to this there is an immense correspondence that must receive atten- tion. The number of communications recoived last year from clajmants, the friends and attorneys, was, according to Commissioner Raum, 1,170,660, which was at the rate of 97,555 per month and 3,252 per day. Besides these, there were received from members of congres, re- garding claims, 154,817 communications, which was at the ratio of 12,920 per month and 431 per day. A thought- ful consideration of the figures must con intelligent mun that the pension office is u very busy place, and that in adjudicating 30,000 claims per month, which the commissioner states is now being done, it is doing all any reasonable man can ask with the forco it has. There ave three conditions which entitle claims to special consideration, viz: destitution, old age and approaching dissolution, and the commissioner states that when- cither of these conditions is brought to the attention of the office he does not hesitate to have the case ealled up, examined and the status given. Commissioner Raum makes one im- portant suggestion which claimants would do well to bear in mind, and that is to obtain and furnish the necessary ovidenco to complete their claimg, This saves time and insures a prompadjudi- cation. The commissioner thinks that the appropriation made by congress for the current fiscal year will be suflicient. The statement of Commissioner Raum shows that the pension bureau is being administered efliciently and on good business principies, AN ASPIRING young district judge in the interior of the state is allowing his name to be pushed among republicans as a canaidate*for associate justice of the supreme court. Unfortunateiy the pushers are railroad men and muchine politicians, The gentleman is an hon- est lawyer, a good district judge and has kept himself fairly,free from corpor- ation influence in the past. His eager friends are making a mistake, howeve: in calling him away from his district just now. He will be obliged to explain how aand why he was selected as a candi- date by the corporations and the machine and the necessity of an explanation will of itself kill him before the people. He can be re-elected a district judge. Ho isyoung and can afford to wait a few years for a promotion. He knows t the candidate who will win this fall must go into the fight with a well known anti-monopoly record, not merely anegative reputation. As a friend of every honest man who aspives te this high place T Bee would simply say that in this particular campaign nobody is available whois obliged to prove that heis not under corporation in- fluence. This is political sense and ought to be heeded nee every ever KANSAS CITY newspapers which are s0 anxious to compare bank clearings with Omaha wili please keep in mind the fuct that several banks whose busi- ness was shown in 1890 are shut out of the clearing house this year by an arbi- trary ruling. They will also please re- call the fact that no Omaha bank, large investment company or land company has gone into bankruptey. They will also keep in mind the fact that if Omaha maintains her gait a few months longer Kansas City will be third place as a hog packing center. There are other little matters which .could be brought out to the disadvantage of our down river rival if she is especially anx- 100s for a controversy. The fact is that Omahn has held her own most remark- ably during a period of very distressing business stringency while Kansas City has suffered severely. Nevertheless there is no disposition on the part of this city to revile her neighbor on ac- count of her misfortunes, On the con- trary, Omaha wishes Kansas City were swimming on the top wave of prosperity. Di. GEORGE L. MILL blood boils with indignation as he perceives to what base uses the paper which he fathered and, nurtured into democratic greatness is put, and says: *I would advise the democrats of this state to pay no heed whatever to the warnings or threats of a newspapor that seems to be every- thing by turns * * * [ have been unable to observe that there is any eco- nomic error for which it is not quick to apologize, ete.” BOLIVIA appropriated $150,000, Guate- mala $120,000, and Peru $100,000, to be represented properly at the World's fair. Is any other argument needed to prove that 50,000 is not half enough for Nebraska? The World’s 'air commis- sioners of thisstate should do something more than draw salaries if we are to be decently represented in Chicago, and they can not be too early in the field working up interest and cash. It 15 folly to discuss the matter. Chief Justica Cobb simply cunuot be elocted if nominated. His candidacy is an invitation to defeat and isso con- sidered by every intelligent man who is familiar with the situation. If he should be foisted upon the republican party by the railroads the republican party will g0 out of business until after lovember if not longer. NEXT Monday night the manufactur- ors will get together and form an organ- ization which it is to bo hoped will cen- tralize the efforts now being made to encourage home industries. SNAP games are never popular with the rank and file of the republican party, This fact should be made clear to the county central committee which without previous announcement or con- ference arrogated®ts ftself the authority to name the delggates to the state con- vention. The excase offered on its face is not wholly bad biit the precedent is ab- horrent to all the practices of the party and cannot bo alibwed to go without re- buke. The ward, caucuses and ward clubs should have, been taken into the confidence of the evmmiittes on this sub- ject and their KeWtiment should have formed the basis of action. Having made he mistake of {gnoring them, it is now possible in part te satisfy the republi- cans of the county: by calling together ward and precinct caucuses to select the delegates to be reported to the full com- mitteo noxt Saturday. The ward and precinct committeemen must not insist upon exercising the arbitrary authority delogated to them by the general com- mittee. There is too much at stake in the coming state convention to permit its deliberations to be influenced by a packed delegation of sixty-three mem- bers from Doug county. ‘T'here isa well grounded suspicion that the central committee has been taken intoa deep scheme which can only be defeated by referring the selection of delegates to the ward and precinct clubs or caucuses. THE Des Moines Register vepublishes an editorial article printed in THE BEE on the 10¢h inst. in unswer to one in the Requster charging this paper with vaceil- lation in its discussion of the question of prohibition and high license. The lead- ing repunlican paperof Towa is consid- erably off its balance on the prohibition question in the eyes of Tir BEE, but it is courteous and fair enough to give place to the defense of this paper although that defense is couched in somewhat sqvere language. EX-GOVERNOR La urging his appointn commerce commissioner to succeed Judge Cooley resigned. The west is en- titled to a place on the Interstate Com- merce commission and if the president thinks of naming a man from a state enst of the Missouri viver, Jowa has powerful claims upon his attention. The president, however, ought to look west of the big muddy for timber with which to fill the vacan s friends are nt as interstate THE precedent must not be consented to by ward and precinet clubs that the counly central committée may at its pleasure select delogates to represent Douglas county in the state conventions A stinging rebuke to the arrogance of the committee should be administered by the local organizations of the party and the clubs should démand at least that the ward delegates ‘shall be selected by caucus of the republicans of each ward. IT MAY be remuarked in passing that v Blaine has lost no sleep over the Itata incident and has never found it in his heart to grudge Secrotary Tracy of the Nuvy department the honor of both pursuit and capture of the Chilian vessel. In fact, the State department ather chuckles to itself as it observes the contortions of the Navy department in its offorts to let {tself out of the Chil- ian episode. OMAHA has no candidate for associate justice of the supreme court to place be- fore the republican state convention, but Douglas county will give a roasing plurality to a republican whose record is the best possible proof that the rail- road corporations cannot use him if he shall receive the nomination. Douglas county polls one-seventh of the vote of Nebrasl Tie independents may or may not have proceeded according to law in the matter of holding their primary olec- tions, but it will bo very small business on the part of the older organizations to take any ndvantage of purely technical errors. It is a new party, young in years and experienco and youthful in- Qiscrotions must be charitably over- looked. THIS is no yellow dog campaign. A respectable republican, who, as Sen- ator Manderson truthfully says, s entirely free from taint or picion of being under the influence of corporation control can beat an ignoramus like Fdgorton by a good round plurality regardless of the i of the democratic party, SHE THAT provideth not for his own and especially for his own house- hold is worse than an infidel.” This go from Holy VWrit is commended to the attention or those members of the Omaha city council who would pass by Omaha firms and award the contract for the furniture of tho new city hall to out- side concorns. sus- THE,eleotric light company should be compelled to connect ‘its testing wires with the office of the gas inspector That officer should be enabled to make his tesvs without surveillance from the electric light people. Tests made in the company’s power house will always be open to suspicion, THE new city hall can be furnished for 21,000 by Omaha people, who own property here, pay taxes here and yx pend large snms of mouey annually for wages in this ¢ity, When money is available for the jpurpose the Omuha firms should be given the preference. ——e HONEST inspeowen of gas and electric light is out of the question when tests are made under the immediate eyes of | the gas and elagtwic light companies upon machinery furnished by those com- punios on bases ‘¥ testing stipulated for by the companies. INTEREST in kindergarten instruction an Omaha is rapidly spreading, and the address of Miss Harrison at Young Men's Christinn association hall this ovening will probably result in the or- ganmzation of a local kindergarten association. JUDGE DAVIS has brought the Board of Public Works to a realizing sense of the fact that it is not an absolutely inde- pendent body —— This is Methodist week and Omaha will be in the hands of the members of the North Nebraska Methodist Episco- pal conference, If it be in order Tue | ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1891 Brr will on behalf of Omaha extend to the visiting clergymen the freedom of the city. Ir the city council awards the con- teact for city hall furniture to outside firma the people on olection day will repudiato the award by refusing abso- lutely to vote for the issue of necessary bonds for completing tho building. SPEAKING about fire insurance rates recalls the unhappy fact that up to the present time no steps have been taken by the local board of underwriters to re- duce the premium rates in Omaha, ANY councilman who will vote to award contracts for city hall furniture to outside firms before money is avail- able for the purpose ought to be drummed out of Omaha. SnovLp Hon. William A. Paxton be nominated and elected mayor of Omaha, acorn-cob pipe factory would become something move than a possibility, It would be a necessity. TEsTs of candle power of electric lights are made in. the electric Jight company’s power house. Could anything be more absurd? C'ose to His Level. Nebraska City Erpress. Office-Seeker Edgerton has been pushing a lawn mower the past week i order to accum- ulate encugh corns on his hands to prove his claims to be a farme; LT o Positive Proot of Health, Detroit Free Press. The demand for coftins ought to bo the steadiest and most certain of any business in the world, But an Omaha coftin factory has just failed for $25,000. N AN Another Apology in Order. Washwgton Post. The mayor of an Ohio town has apologized in the most humble manner for having whipped the villago editor. It would seom that tho editor owed the people an apology for allowing himself to be licked. Halstead Defends E Cineinnati Commercial-Gazette, Mr. Egan, minister to Chili, did not at- tempt to distanco newspaper men with dis- patches to the State department. e waited until the events were fixed and officially stated them in a few words remarkably clear and thorough. Heis a man of intellizence, and, mindful of the dignity of the United States, has not played the part of a profes- sional revolutionist. e ng Bachelor. St. Pawl Globe. The bachelors in Wyoming are beginning to get ou their war paint over tie giscrimina- tion made agaiust them by the legislature in imposing a §2 tax. The amount is trivial and not complained of, but theyinsist that they are not proper objects of this sort of dis- credit. Thoy allege, too, that their single condition is not_altogether a voluntary mat- ter. Wyomingis one of tho states where marriageablo females are greatly in the mi- nority as regards the other class adapted to matrimony, and if they aro to bo fined for not having wives it is the duty of the state to provide the material. 15, The reporter who remarked that the coun- clithen gazed on the furniture exhibits “with baited breaths.” evidently iinzered on the lee side of the procession from th Epoch: Younghusband—You've fool of me. Mrs. Younghusband—That will be handy for you now. my de: You can do silly things to Keep the biby wmused. made a *‘Are you the owner of this house, before the baby was horn. Tam under the impression the nurse owns it now.” Chile ¢ “You bet.” answered the little city boy. who had juse returned from n sation In tho country. *He weighs H8 pounds.” zo Tribune: *Is your uncle an exten- Visitor—TI have often wanted to visit aluna- the asylum, DUt T suppose there is nonc in- the clty. I dent—No, but we've got Trade. (Proudiy.) Come ulong. slon. Tuwilldojust as well. Now York Herald: Mrs. Hicks—Tho milk- man says you told him he had been putting well water in his milk. Hioks—11o got that mixed. Isuid the stuff tasted as thoukhi ho had been milking fa" his well, a Board of It's in ses- OUTSPOKEN YOUNG MAN. 4 Epoch. “I'll be yoursister, John,” sald she, Ana he lisped. “Thtop your futhin,' You'll be my wife, Penelope, nuthin't” New York ett s no republicins democrats’ will depend on sign_that the bunghole. rse it hurt, )" sald Mrs. Chug- she npp liniment and rubbe y. s always nurts, 1 and bear it to bear It Samanths” grouned but darn me if I'm going to 0t co water, o Jewelors' Weekl, rdpato—T enwn't seo the advantage of having a gold wateh when i gold filled one feels as well, 1ooks as woll and keeps time s woll. Hardpate—You ug it up as woll. CAMPAIGN ECHOBS, Detroit Free Press. Now candidates begin to loom the dim horizon, S00n W —keeD your eyes on The voter and yoi soon will seo Him te his p'ison. Braadon Bucksaw: “Well, she may be nice, and il that, but T don't think she s lady Iike." “What! Not ladylike! ladylike! Why, you astonish 1015 true, nevertholess. Whe was not at ail ladylike, for fron shie way dressed Iike a kontlemun sont” s Dohonalr not Tsaw hor sho lio walst up PLiladelphia Record: Overhenrd on Chest- nut' street—We summered at Nowport and we'll fall at Attantic, but Ihaven't thought yot whero we will sprinz. Columbus Post: The herrin 0 that the smell of the corner less pronounced. oh Is small, ry will be American he situation I ore : ms to be a lack of fina; Turkey” just now s clul stufiing. Does your dog come on—Tow- COLUMBUS, Edward Everett Hale, Give me white paper ! ‘This which you use is black and rough with smoars Of sweat and grime and fraud and blood and tears— Crossed with the story of men's sins and foars, Of battlo and of famine, all toess years, Whnen all God's children have forgot their birth, And drudged and fought aud died like beasts of earth. Give me white paper! Ono storm-trained seaman word, What uo man saw he saw; he heard what no man heard, listened to the In answer bo compellod the sea To eager man to tell The ecret she had kopt so well Left blood and guilt and tyrauny bebind, Sailing still west, the hidden shore to find For all mankind that uvstained scroll un- furled Where God might write auew tho story of the world. LINGOLY WOMEN INSULTED, Pugilist Lindsey's Baseness Gots Him Into Berious Trouble. CITIZENS NOT SATISFIED WITH A FINE, Threats That the Law Would Be Taken Into Their Own Hands Causes Him to Suddenly Leave the Oity. LixcoLy, Neb, Sept. 15.—(Spocial Telo- gram to Tuk Ber.|--No decision of Police Judge Huston has probably excited more in- dignation thau his action this afternoon in finng James Lindsay, tho pugilist of Omaha, only §2 for persistently pursuing respectablo ladies on tho street and insulting them. Oue of the ladies insulted is the wife of a well known Lincoln citizens, and the other wus a lady from Omaha, & guost of the first. #'rom the vileuess of the language used by the pugilist and tne manuer in which be pur- sued the ladies and atcempted to force thom to accompany him, it was expected that ho would receive a heavy nne and probably im- prisonment. Botn the police and citizens are indignant that he did not receive the punish- ment the offence warranted. Throats of tak ing the law in their own hands have boen mado tonight by leading citizens, but it is re- ported that Lindsay boarded the last train for Omaha, ana thereby escaped. STEEN RESIGNED. The fight botweon Steon and McDonald, respectively architect and superintendent of the Geneva home nas ended by Steen offer- ing his resigoation. J. D. McKelvoy nas been chosen to succeed Stoen. NARLOW ESCATE. Gieorge Adams, a young man whose home is in a small town néar Chicago, met with & narrow escape from death near west Lin- coln this afternoon. Adams had been in the city during the stato fair, and on this aftel noon went down igto tho Burlington yards, and when a freight train headed for Chicago he boarded it. As they were crossing the switches at West Lincoln, Adams, who was crouched down on the bumpes his hold, and fell tothe tracks. Fortubately he foll outsido the track on which the car was mov- ing, and was not_caught undor the wheels, Ho'lit on the back of his head, and was picked up in an_unconscious condition. He was brought to the city on a_car, and taken from the vard ofice to’ St. Elizabeth hospi- tal, by Ofiicer Enochs in the patrol wagon. Dr. Simmons was called and attended to the man’s injuries which cousist of soveral bad cuts aud bruises on tho head, thigh and vaclk, COUNTY COMMISSIONER FIGHT. W. E. Churchill has appealed to the dis- trict court from the finding of the commis sioners disallowing his claim for salary as one of the county commissioners for August. Churehill claimed that the county should pay the livery bire of the board when on oficial business, but the others said nay. He refused to pay his pro rata share of tho ex- penscand they refused to allow his salary claim. SHEEDY CASE REVIVED. The celebrated case brought by Detective Pinueo to recover somo $900 from Mrs, Mary Sheedy for services rendered by him pre- sumably to prevent her from beiug convicted of the crime of murder, was set for hearing in tho county court this morning, but a dis- appointmene awaited the expectant ones, J. B. Strode, who appeared for Mrs. Sheedy, filed an affidavit asking for a continuance on the ground that his client is absent from tho state, and her_testimony is of the utmost im- portance in this case. The continuance was granted. SHERIFF M'CLAY SUED. E. D. Bowen complaius to the county court that Sherf McClay, in levying on goods his usual cheerful way, has inadvertantly taken about ten barrels of paint belonging to Mowen, who holds a chattel mortzago thereon. The sheriff refuses to disgorge, aud Bowen wants a roplevia. Y. M. C. A, BRINGS SUIT, The Young Men's Christian association has evidently tired of waiting for money sub- scribed for the_erection of its building at Thirteenth and N streets, and this morning filed suit against W. J. Turner for §00 sub- scribed; agianst J. H. MeMurtry for two- thirds of his subscription of £2,000; acainst M. F. Lamaster for two-thirds of his sub- seription of $300, and against J. N. T. Jones for two-thirds of his subseription of §1,000. The plaintiff sets forth that it has complied with its part of the agreement and now has the building enclosed; wherefore it wants its cash, SUES A RAILROAD, George T. Meyers filed suit m the district court agninst the Burlington Railroad com- pany. George claims that prior to January 21 he was_the owner and in possession of lot 1, block 72, corner of Sixth and M streets but that on_that date tho railroad company forcibly took possession of tho same and per- sists in using it without saying as much as thankee. He thinks that the court ought to give him back the lot, $00 for the use thereof and $50 a month, 1S REASON THREATENED, Hon, John Fitzgerald, president of the Irish National Leaguo of America, who was stricken wilh congestion of the brain about a week ago will probably survive, but his pliysicians reluctantly admit that his reason is dettironed and that the once shrewd money making millionaire will never be himsolf mentally. An effort has been made to sup- press this stato of affairs, but already tho most intimato friends of Mr. Fitzgerald huvo learned the truth concerning his condition, ODDS AND ENDS. W. B, Raper filed his bond this afternoon s steward of the asylum_at Hastings with . L. Jacke and John D, Albright as sureties Notarial commissions were issucd today to P. L. Johnson of Hastings, A. k. Thomason of Tekamah, N. D. Bruodenbaugh of Hub- bard, A. J. Ferguson of Scottville, - DON'T EVEN KNOW HIS OW AME, iar Case of Loss of Memory by a *outhern Man. KANKAKEE, 1L, Sept. 14.—A strango caso of loss of memory is roported from the county hospital. Thursday & young mau about 20 years of age was picked up by an ofiicor and turned over to tho county anthorities. Ho could remember that his home is ten miles south of Abordeen, Miss., but he cannot re- member bis name, nor can he recollect whero he hias been since September 1. On that day he loft bis father’s house with over $100 to pay off some colored nauds who wero work- ing on the plastation. Ho also had a fine old watch on his person. Ioth watch and wonay have aisappeared. Ho can recall his father’s first name and says it is Davia B., but beyond that his mind is a blank. He was weil dressed and bas evary appearanco of be- longing to n firsv class southorn family. Ho complains of pains in the buck of the bead and neck, and it 15 the general belief of all those who bavo talked with him that he has been sandbageod and sent to the north by the negroes, who knew he bad money. -~ Ate Melons, Danced and Died. Sr. Lovis, Mo., Sept. 14.—A Guthrie, Okl, Qispatch says that a government inspector just 1 from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe In- dian reservations reports that for nearly a week the Indians have been nolding & dance. From the result of that and eating melons, both ereen und ripe, fully fifty of them died and scores more are very sick. STORY OF A RANK ROBARRY. Albertaon's Little Deal and the Com. plications Resulting. Sax Fraxersco, Cal,, Sept. 1 aminer prints a statement rogarding the rob- bory of Fidelity Trust bank at Tacoma by Secretary Albertson August 24 last. While heretofore it was believod that Albertson lost tho sum of $,000 in specalation, it now ap- poars ho took with him whon ho loft $20,000 in cash and noarly 81,000,000 in soourities. Bariy on the morning of August24, I’aul Schultze, a director of the bank, roceived & note from Albertson, saying ho had lost 810, 000 of the bank’s money 1n speculation, and to foreo @ compromise had taken $10,000 more in cash and $900,000 in securities, Moro over, ho had changod the combination of tho vaults, and it woula take three days to opon them, Meanwhile the bank's credit would suffer, He would meet him (Schultze) or a reprosentative of tho bank at & designated place aud return tho securitios 1f given a writton Mgreoment that he would not bo prosecuted. The point chosen gave a com- manding view to all approaches, and Albert son said be would fles at once if e saw more than one man coming to tho rendezvous. A meeting of the _directors was held and it was agreed to accept the com- promise. A man was sent to the rondezvous and signed tho agreoment. ot to prosccute, Instead of Albertson, he found n Tacoma gambler, ono Chandler, who was evidontly an accomplice. The messen- ger gave him the agreement and reccived the securities and the combination of the vaults, The men separated, and the messen- gersaw Albertson join Chandler, Tho bank at once commonced an extraordinary effort 0 capture the thieves, J. B. Cahoon, eashior of tho bank, and brother-in-law of Albertson, was arrested by Datective Sullivan,who kept him confined soveral days trying to forco a confession. The story got out and Sulli- van was forced to reicaso his priso who was theu legally arrested for compli Last Thursday Sullivan and two boldly kidnaped R. D. Albertson, a second cousin of the absconder, and W.'D. Liiey, who happened to be with'him in thestreets of Seattle. The kidnepers were followad, rrested, and the prisoners freed. Albort on was suspected of complicity in his cou- sin’s actions, It is belioved tho thieves have escaped. — DARK DAYS I naA. Bloody Work of Banditti—Robberies by Public Officials. New Yonk, Sept. 14.—Advices from Cuba show that the island’s future grows darker. With the banditti on one hand, robberies by government officials on another, and enor- mous taxes for appropriations, tho burdens of the people are becoming greater than they can bear. The banditti nave reached a stato similar to that of the banditti in Italy years ago. No traveler is safe on the roads or'in tho country villas. Of late depredations have begun oven in the presence of Puerto Principe. Noar Caimoto lived a family of four persons—two very old people (man and wife,) thoir daughter and her husband. One day half a dozen mounted mer. presented themselves ay tho door while tho men were away and vound the women. After ransacking tho house, the robbers shamefully abused tho young woman and left her for dead. Tne old woman was hit with a carbine and soon died. The banditti waited for the two men to come from tho field and shot_them down as they approached tho house. Soldiers and potice uro In leaguo with tho. banditti, Kob- bor bands have been formod with startling rapidity each having its exclusive territory. Tho home rulo party is dead and the revo- lutionary party is daily growing stronger. It is not to bo wondered at when men soe their homes plundered, their property stolen, their daughters and 'wives assauited and their lives in danger that they should come together and make an effori to rid them- selves of the scourge which is dally making their lives more miserable, Merchants are loud in protestation because tho government has not entered into nego- tiatious with the United States looking towards a treaty for tho tobacco imaustry. S0 bitter is the feeling that the government has to have soldiers stationed at the election booths. Duily doficits are found in_ the troasury and custom house. Monoy paid for vevenues disappears as if by magic. e BUNCOMB OF A BRITISH OFFICER. He Says England Fears Trouble With the United States, OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 14.—A British army oficor on his way to inspect tho defonces of British Columbia says his government in- touds to strongthen the\ defences of Canada along tho front of the St. Lawrence and great lakes, and that the ships and armamens of tho Atlantic and Pacific squadrons will bo greatly strengthened. At Halifax, tho Brit- ish government is building immenso fortifi- cations at tho Yorl redoubts and on McNab's island, at tho entrance of the harvor, whero two revolving turrets with heavy ordnance will bo compfleted by fall. He speaks in pretty strong language about the miserly policy of the Dominion government in loep- ing up the militia force, which, he says, could not with their crude arms repel an invasion of Greenlaaders. He says that tho general belief in England is that troublo with the United States is in- evitablo unless the cause of irritation be- adaand the ropublic is removed and matters of dispute between tha two countries ave settled beforo very loug. Tho defiant and insulting attitude of members of the dominion cabinot assumed toward the Jnited States during the rocent election campaign is generally deprecated in Bugland. Vory little confidenco is placed in execu circles 1 England 1 the successful termina- tion of the uegotiations, waich are to open at Washington on October 12 between tho Canadian and | 1 States representatives. As regards the wreaty of 1517 botween tho United States and Great Britain, which if carried out would prevent any demonstra- tion on the part of the American navy at tho world’s fair at Chicago, he believes that Gireat Britain would removo any obstaclo by suspending overations for the time boing of the clause of the troaty which provides that the navy forces of each government on the lakes should be limited to four vessels, TRIED TO LYNCH AN IN Victims of a Fire in Quebec Pound to Have Blood. Q . Q., Sept. 14.—Two hundred peo- ple havo heen rondered homeless by a fire which destroyed some thirty tenements and the Roman Catholic chureh of Cupe Bianc, To add to the excitement tho sufferers and a number of their neighbors made s desperato attenpt to lynch the alleged incendiury, o men namea O'Clavo Ouellet, in whose house the fire originated. Ouellet has already haa a fire on his prmises and recovered a good amount of insurance. He latelv kept a small grocory storo wiich he had insured for £2,100,” and the partics who rushed lu_when the fire started found it saturated with coal oil. Fire Marshal Voll found Ouellet in the house of a brother-in-luw, where he was hid- ing, and arrested him. Ifully 150 people, many of them sufferers by the fire, surrounded the house and threat- oned to'lyuch tho prisonor. Tho woman of tho house screamed and Ouellot foll in & fant, Tho marshal with a few policomen kept the crowd at bay until assistance ar- rived, when the prisoner was removod to jail. Many of the sufferars are in destitute cir- cumstances and had to be supplied with food today by the mayor. Tho total l0ss is about $75,000, and thore is but little insurance. NDLARY, Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Re%al Baking - Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE