Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 25, 1891, Page 4

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In order to give every reader in this state und Towa an opportunity to keep posted on the progress of the campaign in both these states wy ded to offer T WEEKLY Bi: the balance of this ¢ for twenty-five cents. Send in your orders early. Two dollars will be accepted for aclub of ten nuines, The BEg PuBLisinyG Co. Omaha, Neb. s have de fo To Ti1: city council: Turn the rascals out. ALL honor the Recso dolega- tions. solid Crurcn Howe and Tom Majors were for Cobh. Wno smd the railronds were go out of politics ady to THERE was n0 swearing t Lincoln lnst nigh 1in out of Ou republican platform makers were 1n a very eheerful mood. H. THUMMELL ased chairman. For once the North was in it and captured GEORGE lutely unt viis an abso- Platte country orything. THE Board of Transportation was lot down very casy by the state convention. JunGe BroApy will be at liberty now to withdraw from the democratic ticket. THERE was less bitterness than usual in close contests. Everybody was good natured. THE republican stato contral commit- toe has a great deal of hard work to do before eloction. MR. CHARLES I, GERE'S term as re- gont of the universtty expires December 81 or thereihouta DR S, D. MERCER as chairman of the state contral committee means o great deal for tho ticket. JUpaE Coni’s fiends wero despor- ately in carnest but the persimmon pole was not long enough EX-CONGRESSMAN DORsEY voted for Cobb for three ballots. In fact the old politicians were nearly all for him, THE Real Estate Ownors’ committee 18 ovidently not a whitowash machine. It employs vigorous English, to sy the least. —_—— WiLL Judge Broady accept the nom- ination tendered him by the democrats? This is a leading question, but not an fmportant one, —— PROBABLY tho worthy chief justice is by this time convinced that the little sensation he sprang rocently developed life-sizo hoomerang. DOUGLAS county had its little fracas and required a poll of the voto but the wore thirty-seven votes for Reeso and they were not ashamed to their preforenc UNPLEASANT inforences may be drawn from recent editorial expressions of the Chicago 7ribune. 1t is thought that that paper is opposed to Omaha’s candidacy for the national republican convention, nnounce JupGge Coss made a remarkable showing in the convention, His dofeat was not the result of a want of organiza- tion, for he had on his side the best known political leaders in the stato and the andisguised sympathy of the B. & | M. railroad. A QUESTION which a great many democrats are asking themselves is, where did the democratic convention of New York leave Mr. Cleveland? Ac- cording to good mugwump testimony the name of the ex-president not mentioned there exceut by his special friends, and there was or distinet manifestation in him. on the part of a New'York democratic tonvention is certainly significant, was marked interost no of Such indifforence to the claimant | THE_STATE TICKET After a spirited but by no means acr monious contest Ibert M. Post of Platte county was selected by the re publican state convention at Lincoln steruny as the standard bearer of the party in the ensuing cam- Ho was the most available man d and pla wos waged Judge / publican in paign as the five ballots distinetly prov united all factions having no sore to bo healed. The contest irly and Judge Post's friends honest rnod their The strength stood Judge Cobb from first to last and died in the ditch with its favorite. Judge Reese’s friends fought mantully from start to finish and proved both by their staying qualities his vote the clements of poj y which have mado him the first choice of a ver Gtrong clemont in the party. A. M. Post, the he convention is a lawyer of good ability who is extremely populur among the people who know him best. He has exporience as well as ability and a namo which has never been assailed, He is an upright judge, a just man and wil the before wso his wnd railroad by and large Judg nominae ¢ wear well in campaign the e private There is affilintions in been peoy public record is above reproach no taint of corporation public life. o active potitieinn factional He is n lieves he be an honor to prrty which tribunal The nominees William . M and Ser county. tured competent men. Shumway and his friends stood by Judge Reese throughout the straggl this your ns in the Huastings convention two years ngo and faced to their home candidate by so doing. They would not barter away their choic for the head of the ticket to ad their own interests. Mre. Shumway will add strength to tho ticket in northeast Nebraskn. Mr. Marple has a host of young lawyer and other friends in Douglas county who will take off their couts for him and give him a large vote in this city. D, S. D. Mercer of Omaha was elected chairman of the state central commit- tee, which insures to the campa vigorous management. No bettor se tion was possible und the compliment was most graciously made unanimous after the announcement of the first bal- lot, although he was several votes short of & mujority. Taken all in all, though the action of the convention was not exactly what THeE B had desived, the ticket is one which every republican can heartily endorse, and the convention did itself credit. It leaves fower wounds than any convention in yeu It demonstrated the fact that the republicans of N braska are both in earnest and in hal mony and can go into the contest to win success in November his has nover there opposition to his candidacy. ng man and Tie Bk stedand that he nd to him to an and can b no be- will the that will bo ole the will beneh elevate for arple of itor Shumway Both M. Douglas county of Dixon active, cul- Senator regents are are possible defeat wnce THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. The piaivrm of the repubiican party of Nebrask: heerful and cheering document. 'l i is not in it a single suggestion of pessimism. In sharp con- trast with the democratic platform, which is u series of denu ations, the republicans offer nothing but congratu- lation: T'he character the two parties ave shown in their convention enunciations, One is a prophet of the other of good. One see ting popular distrust ana sion, the other by building confidence and encournging the peopl to look on the bright side of affairs. The republican party is essentially tho party of prospority. It delights in abun- dant crops, in active industries, in fully employed and well paid lubor, in the material progress of the country—condi- tions that vindicate its principles and policy. It is this spirit that per- vades the platform of the republi of Nebraska, and it is in feet harmony with the tion and with popular feeling. Tho position arding is sound in overy respect, Tho existing law, pro- viding for the purchase by the govern ment of an amount of silver which sorbs the production of the mines of th country, and under which there is an- nually added to tho currency nearly $60,000,000, is operating well, but it is the farthest limit to which the country cun safely go ip the use of silver as u part of tho currency. The platform states fconcisely and clearly the dungers to bo apprehended from free and un- limited silver coinage, and the entive enunciution of the varty on this subject merits unqualified approval. The plat- form is equally explicit and straightfor ward regarding the system of protece tion and the policy of reciproc show- that the republicans of Nebrask: are it complete accord with the party throughcut the country on these quos- tions. The general provisions of tho interstate cosimerce are endorsed, and the party insists upon the suppres- sion of combiny and schemes to artificially iner the of the necessaries of life, It is n commendable aration of principles which will need no apology or defense, e sties of ovil, s success by apprehen- up public ans per- situa- rog silver ac! ions 150 vrice dec THE NEW YORK CAMPAIGY. A prominent Ne v York politician cently roferred to the sclection of Mr. Fassett at the republican candidate for governor as an inspiration. Atany rate it is proving to boe a very wise choic Fassott huas not only harmonized the party, but he has infused into it earnest- ness, enthusinsm and confidence, His public specches have a froshness and gor about them tha! make a most favorablo impression. He is a man of intelligence and of ideas, and he states his opinions in language that per- mits no doubt of his meuning and sincerity. The putlic and private char- actor of Mr. Fassett is ‘lrreproachable, s his political opponents freely admit, his ability is unquestioned, and he has that aggre as o which all wmen admirve and especially commend him of the younger class of yoters. The most sorious charge wmade ugainst him is, that he was lurgely instrumental in defeating & bill in the legislature sivennss politician which will to the favor his | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE which proposed to appropriate $10,000,- 000 as a gua fund to enable New | York city to get the Columbian exposi- | tion. The truth is that this was a scheme to place a large sum of monoey | within the reach of Tammany, to bo used in the interest of the democratic | purty, the republicans in the islature very properly | opposed ~ and killed = it. The fact that Mr. Fassett was prominent in | this action is altogother to his credit, and while it is possible that it will him some v in New York city, it | ought to make him stronger in other parts of the state, The nomination of Mr, Flower by the democrats has not improved the chances of that party. He is a weuk man to be | | put in leadership, except that he i v wealthy and liberal his money for political pur- Tho selection of this millionaire candidate was a striking example of the inconsistency of the democracy, which laims to be tho only party that is the end of labor and the foe of plutoc- and Mr. Flower will not be able to command the full strength of his par even though David Bennett Hill should go upon the hustings in his interest. There ure thousands of demo- eratic workingmen in the state of New York, and a great many wtic farmers also who will not vote for Flower, not alone he Ithy, but for tho that made a large part of his money as railroad director by the simple process of stock watering. In convention which nominated him several promi nent democrats deprecated the choice of of the length of his purse, and the unheeded ceunsel of men will have its influence with the masses of the party. Tho prospect of repubiican suceess in w York is altogether encouraging Tho party has never been in botter fight- ing form than it is at the time, and there is every reason to expect that harmony will be maintained and that wrnestness and enthusiasm will inereaso as the campaign progresses. Republi- can victory in the Bmpive state this year would practieally settlo the presi- dential contest of next year in favor of that party. i democratic party urges that this country ought to have reciprocity with the countries of Burope,—-with England, Pranco and Germany--but it does not say how with such an areangement the government would raise the revenues lost by the abolition or heavy reduction of customs duties on the products of those nations. In somo of the stutes the democratic platforms favor an in- come one of the mecans of providing revenue, and among democratic leaders. Mr. Mills of Toxas champions this policy, but no such in- quisitorial system would bo long tolet- ated by the American people, and bo- sides it is a verv uncertain method of obtaining revenue. The trouble with the democratic party is, that while it has abundant capacity for finding fault it lacks the ability to find wise and sound remedies for what it complains of. When the party had an opportunity to frame a tariff law suited to its notions it bun- gled the business so wretchedly that the worlk is still remembered as a reproach to the intelligence of the men who did it. It is to have another opportunity, and the prediction is entirely safo that it will make just as bad a job of its efforts to reform the tariff as it did in the Fiftieth and preceding congressos. iteo and | loso | tos demo- beeause is we: reason he wman solely because these present THE Now York Commercwal Advertiser is making war on the Pinkerton police system, and itis to be hopod it will not stop fighting until it has created a pub lic sontiment that will compel legisl tion in every state hostilo to this private and irvesponsiblo constabulary. Our Now York contemporary pointedly say: “The very existonce of a private organ- ization of armed men is an imputa- tion of inability upon the part of the peoplo to govern themselves and maintain order through theic luwfully constituted police. The logical extrema of tolerating organized force beyond the regulative power of law is the surrender of law to force. If mere wealth, exist- ing in o corporation or individual, can by an appeal to armed forco coorce citi- zens beyond lawful limits, it coerces law itself. The Pinkerton army isa menaco to sel-governnent.” For several years Tne Bpg has from time to time de- nounced the methods of this organiza- tion of janizaries and urged that laws should be passed in every state prohib- iting the employment of Pinkerton de- tectives as an armed force. We arve | therefore in sympathy with the efforts ments of of our' New York contemporary and trust it will maintain the war until th object it seeks is attained: THE farmers’ alliance of Ohio has re- pudiated the people’s party. Ina cir- cular issued by the officers of the alli- ance they declare that that organization isin no way identified with the new , and state that the proper attitudo alliance politically is to be pared to eriticize or admire the actions of any party. In other words it a distinet o nization for purposes than politics, and striving to ine an in public matters among its members and educating them in regard to matters, novertheless holds itself froo to support whichover party most nearly meets its views. This is undoubtedl the wise and safo position for the al- liance cverywhere. It can exert far more influenco in this way than by allying itself with any political party. stands other whila interest such THE republicans of Nebraska are not behind those of any other state in their | admivation of Secretary Blaine, as wus ovidenced by tho enthusiasm with which his name was greeted in the | vention, but at the same time they have | stato con- a just appreciation of the distinguished ability that has marked the administ tion of President who | tainly desorves a very lar ro of the credit for what has been accomplished during the last two years. Mr. Blaine | was never before s0 populur with his | purty us ho is today, and admiration of his statesmanship is not confined to republicans, ary down the Harrison, ce | OUR shaky coutowmpa 'RIDAY hill is wabbling a bit on Latfr it will the be monetary question, found de | wanding “a 100-gqnt dollar.” A HARMONIOUE united platform and agtrong tickot are the cle- iccess with which the repub- lican party entifis the campaign. A Slight Differe, GlatieDemoerat, Baimaceda is dewdt physically. This 13 the only respeet in which ho differs from Grover Cleveland, sonvention, a ce. i Waited 'Till His Beard Gi Kansas City Star, Be it said, to the crodit of the young em- peror of Germauy, that he waited until his beard was grown bofora he referred to Napolean Bonaparte as the “little parveru from Corsica, Child-like Humor. Phitadelphia Ledger. Minister Pauncefots's note to the State de- partment relative to the excess of seal skins taken iu Behring Sea furnishes ground for the inference that he believes that the modus vivendi is a veritable skin game, Ana ¢ o8 Plentiful, Cincinnati Commercial, With a 600,000,000 bushel wheat crop, & 2,000,000,000 bushel corn erop, good crops of cotton, rye, oats ana barley, and unusually abundant fruit and vegetablo crops, the people are growing impatient for Thanks- giving day, moro than two months ahead. 1 8ilver, ¥.) Pust. The democrats of Nobraska did not think it necossary to hodge on the silver question or to speak in words of uncertain meaning, **We favor the tres coinage of silver,” they say: and they demand *‘that it be made a tull nd legal tender for all debts, public or pri- vate.”” This may not bo the position but it iy cortainly a clear and courageous ex- pression. wise - rsas Prohibition. Chicaay Times, Prohibition has madoe an upward stride in Atchison, Kan, ‘ihe saloons have ail been ordered to move upstairs, and no ground floor liquor selling will bo permitted hence- forth. This will cnable the proud Atchi- sonfan to point out to visitors as they stroll tho streets that no saloons are visible, whilo attho samo timo thecity may enjoy the §2,000 a wonth blackmail 1t collects from saloonkeepers for permitting them to break thelaw, Ko = The Late Con essman Sc Ohiladetolia Ledger, Hon. Willinm L. Scott, who died yester- day, was a conspicuous oxample of a self- made man, Although in recent years promi- nent in national politics, for which, perhaps, his six years’ service us a page in the house of representatives when he was a boy helped toqualify him, he was batw those periods avery active and successful buswmess man. Le: al, where he was born in 1828, he settled at Erie when 20 years of agens a shipping clerk. It was his native enery hrewdness gnd industry that made for him a great fortune. He embarked in many enterprises, and was at ono time dis- tinguished as president or director in 22,000 miles of completed railroad. He was mayor of Erie for two torms and was elected to congress in 1854 and 185 e old Your Wheat. Denver Sun. Again tho farmors of tho west and nortn- west have been advised to hold their wheat for a rise, They are assured that the prices within a few months will go to $1.50 or 3 Unless the reports of the shortage in Euvope are greatly cxaggerated thero must, in a comparatively short time, be a considerable advance 1 the price of wheat. And cer- nly ould be much better that the farmers should get the benefit of it iustead of any muddle men, Indeed, well in- formed favmers will be inclined in their own judment to hold their wheat to as great an extent as thay can. It would, how- ever, bo hardly practicable for the farmers of any great extent of territory to organize an actual corner. But they have as good a right to go into the coracring business as ther class. SING t. SEST: Washington Star: Resident—Our most re- parkable citizon 1s also our oldest inhabitant. Stranger—What is remurkable about him? Residont—That's it; it {sn't a him. Strangor—No? Resident—No, it's a woman, Philadelphia Press: “Do you know, T al- wivs think of the hog us belonging to the vog- ihie kingdom,™ Why so7'" <O, hecause ho grows from tho root." N ald: Mrs. Payne (very donf)— Is your husband stiil troubled with chills? Mrs. Bacon-—ta is dead. Mrs, Payne (misunderstanding—Ab, aelighted to he I am tuat ho hus no more chills. CUPID VS, CAPITAL Cleal Rev ew, n cloak from pa, And puts his bank account Lo test, But when some fellow comes around She 1ikes his overe She—Why. Cha 4ve you bhe I've heen’ walting age for vou. Oh. hut then, your time, you know. 8o more than ev Charley 1s such a dear Yunken Blade: Rural Visitor—I nave been tmposed upon, and I want my money back. Aditor of Furm Friend—\Well, sir? Visitc uid in your lefter to me last tyou iad sent me the carrent fssuo of the Fari Friend, and [ searchod the paper through from bezinningz to end and thore Wasn'U i siugle Word s Dot currants i it ago Is such a brief r of the opinion ollow. that 1 50 anxious for it to b fin ald Mrs. Tomdik to Captain Enst- Luke, who Is sometliing of o weathor prophet “You dow't think 1t whl rain, do you, cap- taln to- replied the gailant captain, fror'n comprohensive swoep of the horkzon. e only thing that can miur perfect woather for tomorrow 15 an adverse meteorological condition 0, thinks,” rop! much rolieved, “then'it 1 the grateful womun, is cortain to bo fine, ON Tk FARM New X% Horald Should auld aequaintanco be forg With rake ot piehfork tne, With which we 1ispd o toss the hay Tn days of auld lung syne, Just zoout in th harvest fold A piteh i LOWOF hiy Twiil linger in your memory And museles many w diy ! ~aile [5 o mostly? Dublin havo onw requost 8 typowritor, when s yer's proposal of mur- York Sun: sald tho pre to Numo it, my love “Lot mo seloct my successor at the desk," S Pharmacouticul Erd: A wostorn man says that this I8 a “tough world,” and It 15 s opiuion that very few who ufe in it now will e getout alive. Tor father was u auctionecr, Tike all of thut class, hid o loud voic when hor lover stayed too long, the old man oailed frory the hoad of the stuirs: “Golng -golng—" then as the front door opened—"Gone!" Detroit Froe Pre and, aw Orloans Ploayane aver lowed to discourage the ambitious Whon a kingaroo I8 on 1ts Iast logs ity still be able to do some 1 jumping, Trifles should Balthmore Amerlean: Girls who allo w sparking In their homo should use smokeless powder, s0 thut the engagenent muy not bo discovered, has that what he not what ho plest; 1v 1s Eluira Guaetto: 1t | mikes the reporter hu niakes others glve up owoll Courler: The bashful should t for a while ou pop cora lover al SEP EMBER 1801 25, HE MAY RESUME BUSINESS. Howell's Oreditors Acoopting His Propos tion for a Settlement. IMMENSE LEASED AN BUILDING. Single Mercantile Pala the United States—War in the Watch Trade City Gossip. Liargest Garden Cmicaco Burear o Tie Bee, | Cricaco, I, Sept. 24§ It is said that S. R. Howell & Co., the lum- ber firm which failed a fow months ago for over $1,000,000, is about to resume business. The rumor, while not lacking foundation, is not confirmed by S, K. Howell “Our oreditors hiave until Ociober 1 to ac copt or decline the proposition I made them offering to settlo for 3 cents on the dollar Until aftor that date it is impossible to say whether we will be able to resume businass, y, though, that my attorney is re celving many replies acoopting the offer. In fact, the majority aro of that nature, and I am very much encouragod over tho pro- spect LEASED AN IMMENSE BUILDING The great Leiter block on Stato streot has been leased at a term reatal of over $1,000,000. The lessoes are Siegel, Coover & Co., Who by the transaction will secure control of th Tavgest singlo mercantilo building in tho J States. The floor space is 538,620 foet, exclusive of the subplementacy Power building. This means a floor space of twelyo and one-eightn acres. Tho lease 13 considered by far the most important busi- ncss lease ever negotiated in Chicago, Jor- dan, Marsh & Co., n Boston syndicate, a New York syndicate and a syndicate of Scotch capitalists bave all figured for tho entire vuilcing. In fact, the last mentioned organ- ization practically closed the lcase for the builcing to be completed w a height of six storics, but the planned addition of two stories frigutened the forcigners and it re- mained for a Cnicago house to lease the building. WAR IN TUE WATCIU1EADE, Wild hilarity cnaracterizes the stage of the contest now goiug on betweon the trust and auti-trust watchinakers. The opposing factions are the Kigin and Waltham compa- nies on the ono side and Johu C. Deuber on the othor. Whon tho trust announced a re- duction of 20 per cont on the prices, the trust paid rebates to the jobbers for all goous they had on hand that were affected by the cut, put tho retailers lost money from one end of the conntry to the other. The retatlers aro swearing ‘at the “trust.” One big retail store on State street has hung out placards announciug a cut of 50 per cent on the orig- ional price, which virtually gives the move- ments to purchasers at cost. ‘This is the first instance where a purchaser has over gained by a cut on tho part of the manufac turer in the watch trade. In Cincinnati a call bas been 1ssued for the rotailers to most and refuse to hanalo tho “trust” product. 1t is said that retailers all over the country will join the tightazainst the combine. ~ Regarding the financial effect of the big reduction it is tho general opinion that while John C. Dou- ber may not bo embarrassed, 1t will probably drive somo of the smaller watch factories out of existence. TOURING SECRETARIES, A distinguished body of foreign secrotaries is at the Snerman house, consisting of most of the Europeans who were in attendance at tho international congress of geologists at Washington, D. C. Tho party is to make a month’s tour through the Yellowstono park, Utah and Colorado. LEFT AMERICA. It was Jearncd today that Ogden Strong, whose sensational marriago to a young woman far below his own station in lifo and his subscquent experionces with her, which caused such # storm in north side society circles some months ngo, has been sent to Australia to. get himself out of the woman's way. Perhaps it would be moro correct to say that the young man went to Australia, for his friends say that after nis fathor's death the young man began to reelize tho fotly of his past life and dotermined to do all in his power to redecm himself: that ho will- ingly 16ft the city to place himself out of the reach of the young woman who has exi cisod such a disastrous influence over bim and that ho has fully resolved once in the antipodes to begiu life anew and make a man of himself. WESTERN PEOPLE Tho following western p city. : At the Grand Picific—Mr. and Mrs. Georgo B. Young, C. C. Keepers, Clinton, In.; W. D. Backett, Hull, C.S. Chaffee, H. L. Jewett, W.' H. Harrison, Grana Island Mead, Des Moines, la.; Mrs. Webber, Omaba. At the Auditorium—A. L. N wortn, Kan. At tho Wellington—William P. Rook Rapids, la. At the Palmer—Anthony C. Daly, Mar shalltown, [a.; Loon Mayer, Iowa City, Ia. J. B. Robeértson, Juwell, Kan.; W.'T. Shank, W. W. Merritt, Ited Oak, [a.; W. W. Bal- man, Burlington, fa.; A, B. Stearns, Garden Girove, Ia.; Miss' Kate Long, Leavenworth, Kan.: Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Why, Cheyenne, Wyo At the Tremont ze S. Ralston, L. I Weoks, Omaba shaver, Cedar Rupids, Ia. At the Sherman S. Abell, Keokuk, Ia. Senator Paddock of Beatrice and Presi- dent Murphy of the Omaha Merchaunts tional bank are guests at the Palmer, IN CHICAGO. oplo uro in tho chols, Leaven- Riggs, Geol H. LS NT ARMY ORDERS. List of Changes in the Regu vice of the West. smivaroy, D. C., Sept. 24.—[Special Telegram to Tie Beg.]—The following army oudors wero issued toduy ; vo of absence for one month from Octo- 1, 1501, is granted First Lioutenant Honry A. Reed, Second artiliery. Tho following transfers in the Fourth cavalry ave ordered: First Lieutonant James B, Erwin, from troop K to troop M; First Lieutenant Harry C. TBenson, from troop M to troop K. Licuten ant Bonson will join the troop to which he is transforred. ‘'he leave of absence on sur- weon's certificate of disability granted First Licutenant vames O. Groen, Twenty-fifth in- fantry, Augusu 1801, ' Dopartment of Dakota, s extended four months n surgeon’s certificata of disability. Tholeave of absenco granted Captain Col nelius C. Cusick, Twenty-second infantry July 6, 1501, Iivision of Missouri, is extends four months, Leave of abseuce for ten days from and including September 20, 1801, is granted Captain Charles B. Ewing, assistant surgeon. Brevet Colouet Charles W. Foster, Quartermaster with the rank of major, was placed upon the retired list to 'his will promote Captain James M. Marshall to bo major and quartormaster and some lieuton- ant of the line or a eitizen will be appointed captain and assistant quartormastor. JONES OF BINGHAMPTON, New York Sun. Where's Jones In thunder tones, Midst toppling throne And broken bones, And crumbling stonos, ‘And shrieks and moaus, And frightful grouns ‘And People's Owns, Thay as.s: **Wherd's Jonesy And up from the deep, dark, dismdl Vortex of ruin abysmal, 1 & monody paroxysmal, Comes a plaintive wail rom the Land of Fail Deep down by the Gulf of Despair, With the gloom of gloom in the gloomal alr, And the doom of doom in the doomful air, And the boom of boom 1u the Roomiess air, Hopelessly desolate everywhero, Cometh a wal! An echoless hail Out of the darkness evormoro, Dropped with & thud on the hither shore, A wafting wail, From the ma lng gale REC Jones Where's J his bones He's a freight payer whom nobody owas. Here's dones Dowu hero!" WASHINGTON GOSSIE Wasmixorox Bunsav or Tie Bee, 513 FounTRENTH STREET, } Wasiixaros, D. C., Sept It is untrue, as reported, that ex-Minis. tor Blair of Now Hampshire has boen appolnted minister to Chili to sue Egan, who is accusod of furnishing able information to the New York Hor ald and failed to keep his government ad vised os to Chilian affairs. A full investig tion is being made by the stato department aud no action will be taken until Egan has boen hoard in his own dofense and the charges of various kinds investigated fairly. o monotony of uniform announcoments during the past week in_the nowspaper col- umus horeabouts is varied this evening by the statement in the Star that the president will leavo the secrotarysnip of war vacant “till congress convenes, permitting Assistant Soecrotary Girant to st s socretary, for the putpose of simultancously disposing of the attorney goneralship when General Miller is appointed to the circuit court, and the fur- ther announcement that ‘it 1s as good as settled” that Judge John M. Butler of Tndianapolis will succeed Judge Scho- flald on the court of clums and ex-Congressman Clements of Georgia will bo given the place of Bragg, deceased, on the Interstate Commerce commission. ' KEx-Con gressman McoComas of Maryland has tele- graphed from his home at Hagerstown that ho does not want the presidency of the Civil Servico commission, whic it is understood was tendered to aim some time ago. 3§ 136 i " CURIOUS TALE OF THE COUR1 Release of a Prisoner After a Strange Prose tion. New Yonk, Sept. 2f.—Thomas the commercial travelor, who was some time ago in Brooklyn on an ordor of av- rest from Horkimer county and who has been for 1 the Raymond _ street jail, was roleased yosterday by Judge Clemonts on a writ of habeas corpus. Johuson's case is a cuvious one. years ago, whilo traveling in Herkimer county, he met a pretty waiter girl named Hanoah O'Brien, and, it is clsimed, betrayed ber. Meanwhile sho entered suit against him and secured a judgoment for §1,000. Johuson know nothing of the suit. The girl could not find him, and in course of timo for- got the suit tao, and moved out of town. Her lawyers learned years afterwards that Johuson was in Brooklyn, so they cama down and threw him into the Raymond street jail. Ho has been there for months Of course he was surprised at his arrest. That he owed anybody $4,000 was nows to bi ¢ could not get out of jail to earn tho moaey, so it looked as 1f he must stay * there all bis life. Besides, ho was willing t0 marry the girl, but nobody knew where sho was. Jounson’s story was printed. The girl sow it and wrote saying she was now 4 happ; wife aud mother, ana so did not dare to com to Brovklyn and’ help Johnson out of his trouble, although she had tho kindlicst fool- ings toward him. However, after wuch cor- respondence, she was induced to come. Johnson was before Judge Clements a week ago on a writ of habeas corpus. Ho claimed that no notico ot the wial in Herkimer county had beon served upou him and te knew nothing about it until the judgment taken by dofault was sorved, and bo also_produced evidence to show that after Miss O'Brien began suit agaiust him she married and had withdrawn from the prosecution of tho suit against him, But the most striking allegation mado by the counsel for Jolnson was that Miss O'Brien had given a satisfaction picce for the judgment sho ob- tuined against Johnson, and thero was really no claim upon which Johuson could be held. That satisfaction piece, it was claimed, was on fillug in the clerk’s office in Herkimer county. It was boldly asserted that Johnson had boen arrested at_ the instance of some Herkimer county lawyer, who was interested in the case and who had'adopted this plan to enforce his lien on the judgment and collect his bill of costs. Wh Johnson, arrested seks Seven was incrensed and ho remarked be would never allow the machinery of his court to be run for such a purpose. The transcript of the satisfaction piece, now on file in tlerki mer county,was produced in court yesterday, Tho record showed that the judgment bad beeu satisticd and caucelled.” Johnson was thereupon discharged “The former Miss O.Brien, who seems to have seriously repented tho part she took in cuusing Johin3on's arrest and imearceration, was i court. when Johuson was released, They went away togother. 1t would be difli- cult'to say which was the happier of the two. “They actod like a cauplo ot school children just'out on a long vacation. — e SCORCHED BY THE TERRIBLE HEAT. in Michigan— Drouth in Minois. Bevtox Hawnon, Mich., Sept. 24.—De- structivo fires aro raging in this vicinity. Owing to the dry condition of the grass the firo has spread over a large area, At River- side, two milos from hero, the farmors are losing their fouces and stove wood at an alarming rate. The peoplo of the vicinity are fighting tho fire day and night. Tho officials of the Chicago & West Michi railroad are taking every precaution to pre- vent tho destruction of a portion of their road that runs through the burning district. BLOOMINGTON, 111, Sopt. 24.—The effects of September beat in this county are plainly visible, 53 is burning up and some of tha farmers aro begining to feod their stock, The streams aro nearly all totally dried up. Tho leaves are falling from tho treos premi- turely. Such heat and drouth is not remem- bered by the oldest inhabitants. Cuaneaiy, Iil, Sept. 24.—The extrome heat and drouth in this county still continue, Accordmg to the record kept atthe Univer- sity of lilnois agricuitural exporimental sta- tion tho rainfall during tho last tweive weeks has boen but 444-100 wnches. At Urbana most of the wells and cistorns aro dried up, or will not afford onough water for daly use. 1°rom all_portions of tho county complaints are heard on account of scarcity of watel Live stock 1s suffering aud only those farm- ers who aro lucky enough lo possess deop tubular wells are able to water their stock. Iu some localities one well furnishes water for the eutive neigiborhood. PPlowing is out of the question until the ground is soaked with o good heavy rain. Pastures are dry Swamp I grror TIL, Sept. 24, Creeks, wells and ns are'drying up in this section because of the lack of rain. The dry, hot weather hus literally burned up tho pastures and tho farmers aro compellod to feed their stock. W. L. Scott’s Funeral. Exir, Pa,, Sopt. 24 —Tho funoral of late Hon, William L. Scott took plac his luto residence this afternoon. Tho vices wero simple but impressive. Among the most of the many distingaished persons | ox-Presidont Clevel Daulel S, vernor Pattison, dent Roberts of the Pennsylvania road President Hugbitt of the Northwostern. - n Won W Toroxto, Ont., Sept. a hall straight away singlo tween [dward Duran of champion of the Mississipoi Northwestern association ; Josoph Wright of Torouto, junior amateur champion, and K'red the from sor ot and th Ease. In tho milo and scull race bo. Detreit, junior val and n this phiase of tho case was suggested | to Judge Clements his interest in the matter | | fore ordered closod | SCHOOL ~ BUILDING ~ CLOSED, Relio of Other Dags Condemued a3 Excss ingly Dangerous, VAULT SMASHING AFFAIR ALL THE TALK, Discussing tho the City County Oficials at th sIn People | Row Between and Station, Lixcory, Neb,, Sept. 24, Bee. j—Mayor Weir, Chiof Dinges and | Warden Nowbury made a thorough exam ination of the High school building at Six toonth und M stroets tnis morning, and thoir unanimous opluion was that it was dango ous in its present condition. It was ther T'he bullding is tue old school structures of the ¢ been erected, it is said, in I8 tary condition of tuo bullding is also bad and previous to making the examination tho mayor orde Health Officer Bertram to look after tho basoment and vauits and his authority in making it habitablo closing it. Special to havi 0 sl SEQUEL TO TIH ROW. Tho talk of the town today is the battio bo tween the police on oue side and a doputy sheriff and posso on tho other at the city ja last night over the possession of the gambling paraphernalia captured in Bradeen's jo Chief Dinges was arraigued before County Judgo Stewart this morning on the chargo of coutempt of court for rofusing to obey tho writ of habeas corpus commanding the re lease of Constable Kaufman from tho ¢ jail and for tearing up that document judge read tho riot act to the chie leased him without fine, The ton policomen arrestod for inte with Kaufman were arrignod beforo Justics Foxworthy this afternoon, but they sccured a change of venuo to Justice Cochiran's cours and the caso willsbe tried thero at1 p. . Saturday. in the answer of O, P. Dingos to the writ of habeas corpus, filed in county court this morning, the chief asserts that~ the reason why the property was not turned over to constable when “he demandod the same was that they wero holding the stff as evidenco wainst suspected gamblors, and that Anson Fullington, the plaintiff in the replevin ¢ was one of them. That Fullington was art rested at the time os tho raia, but gavoe a fictitious name at the police station, DANGEROUS EPIDEMICS, tealth Officer Bartram is kept very b attend and sc Crovle. livi died Instui PoB sy ous cases of diphtheria young sou of il | South Second street, ht of the last named disease. A, ), living av 810 North S.x teenth street, is down with diphtheria Albervand Willio Lind, littlo enildren of Ired Lund, living at 934 U street, aro down with the same disease. Tho Gregory houie at Bighteenth and K streots is also an tined. At the home ot Bugineer Jon Peot, Iighth aud W streets, two littlo ones aro down with the scourge and nnother dicd last weok, Mr. Bartram roceived a lotter from Mayor Weir this worning, urging upon him tho necessity of paying particular attention to the schools of tho city, and 1f the sehool board does not take the proper steps t usn his authority in the premises, promising the backing of the city in the matter. 1S LED ASTIAY. Complaint was made at police headquar- ters this morning that 15d_Grimelmunn and Charlos Raymond, alias Milts, two nackmen of this _city, had enticed away from homo two giris of tender yea MAMII CATILE CAS A jury was empanelod this the case of the state against Frank young farm hand, who was accused of rin- hing off and selling six head of cattlo bo longing to S. M. Elmelund. Tho latter is o farmer living in Saunders county. but has section of lund in Lancaster county, whi has been fenced in for pasture. In this pi turo ho had a lot of cattle. When he took them outat tho end of last September ho found that six of the herd were gone. Ho traced the cattle to the butcher shop. Tho prosecuting attorney asked that tho easo bo dismissed, as the evidence was insufliciont to convict. It was so orderes ODDS AND END: The cases from the Third district (Lancas- tor county) will not be called in tho supremo court until next Tuesday. Artbur . Baldwin of Douglas county and M. M. House of Hitcheock county wero ad- mitted to practice before tho supreme court today. morning to try Matir, u e — Western Pensions, WasniNGTON, D. C.,Sept. 24.—| Special Telo gram to Tug Bee. | —The following list of pen- sions granted is reported by Tur Bee and Examiner Bureau of Claims: Nebraska: Origival—-James M. Coleman, Chester Jones, Gideon I’aimer, Thomas Gan non, Whitman D. Robinson, Jacob . Todd, John W. Martin, Francis P. Price, Jorom S. Rice, Joseph Pickett, John Barrt, Milior Vulontine, Charles C. Radmore, Robert A. Mears, Additional—Benjamin I Daniels, George L. Wax, David N. Miner, William Clark. Tncrease—Loyal W. Creswell, Daniel Clark, William W. Dunston, James Portlock. Original Widows, ete.Myra Shurvington, Mary J. Vanpossan, Eliza Zimmerman, Marca H. Moffatt, Lyda W. McGaughey, Revecea J Layton. Original Widow— Louisiana Redbeiter, mother. Original-Caleb Lamb, Edward iehel, John Bean, ames Mattingly, George W. Bettinger, Alex Clark, John B, Zain, William L. Davis, Andrvow J. Find Owoh Smith, Abijuli Matuer, John We berg, Jumes Rankin, Rial P, ShofMeld, Jacob Mankle, George M. Minklor, Zophaniah Cray, Albert Phipps, Edwin O. Cariton, David King, Otto Means, Claus K. PPaulton Baroey O'Hare, David Liequist, John 1’res. ton, Leander McCulloch, tlenry Balke, Ma tin V. Nowles, James Wollener, deo- ceased; Johm N. Itamsey. Additional Tnhomas Connway, John 12, Ross, Increase—Amos Adkison, Edward It. Chase, John Black, Wiliian J. Thomas, ‘I'. Shaunon, Luther May, Francisco B. Webb, Jacob Decker. James K. P. Englavd, John Gor- main Thomas B. Carpenter, Bloomtield Gireen Original widows, of Johun Boles father Calcina Rogers, other; Alzina Batchelder, mother: IRosanna Miller, mother; Eliza Wollwer, Wilhelmine Fredar- fck, Arvilla Johnson, Blorenco K. Anderson, Elizabeth MoKee, Mary B. Jones South Dakota: Original- George W. Hud- sou, Charles Langandorf, Joseph C. Mason. Additional-Orson 5. Foldon Bttt Moral Monstrosities, Kanwan City Journal, Chieago clorgymen, both Catholic and pro- testant, are indignant over the announcement that Vera Avais to be exbibited in a dime museum in that city, They wish to draw the line at moral monstrosities, thinking it bad enough to parade physical deformities before the people for profit. pidemic of Smallpox. New Youk, Sept. 24.—Word has been re- coived from the city of Campeche, Mex., that a plague of smallpox is raging thore, Over athousand cases ana eighty doaths are re- sd. ‘T'he diseaso is stll spreading. A A Considerate Sulcide. Washington 1at, Owing to tho low state of Chill's finances it was quito congiderato i Balmuceda to Jobuson, junior smateur champion of Canada, Duran won with oase. save the country the expense of a publia exceution, Highest of all in Leavening Power.-—Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Real Baking ~ Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE