Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 2, 1894, Page 3

e TRADE WITH Asnponms] Amerioans Fadly Naglect Their Opportuul- ties in the Ieland Uontinent, THEIR BUSINES: ALL GDES TO EUROPE Other Things Dulng Bqual Australi J fee ‘Frade with Thy Conatry, but Ne (% to Slo Made to Beonre the Busivess I na I're- sems WASHINGT consii Al Sydiy drossed lo the Sta ceummereial impo:tance of & cut that the harbor ar Port fs the finest on the globe, being absolutely | Jandlocked and with still T. t. 1.—George W. Australia, i n paper ade | department ugon the ney, points known Jacksoti | He then furnishes statisticsa showing the magnitude of the business of Sydney. The | entive ton w Soath Wales for 1862 | valuel At $170,000,0 1\.{ eurried In 6,530 entered vossels. Of this | number thcre were but wiae enivies of | United Siates steamers and twenty-one United States salling vessals, The latier | were Inden vly with lumber from the Pacifie con al Bell deciares that the people o the ed States underestimate the hnportance of trade with Ncow South Wales nd its 1,200,000 people. He niercharts and manufacturers have bean less in th of their goods up to people of that country have A stro 5 for the United Statos and for Amorican gosds. Speaking more particu- larly of the transportation I he say: erc are but two small Am: , built ‘for the Honolulu and S clsco trade, with 1900 tons net register, plying hetween Sydney (or all Australia) and the United States, while there are ten lines of monster stoamers running from Sydney to various ports of Burope. Some of these shipe rogister 8,300 tons. Besides the ten lines referred to (one going via the Cape of Good Flope and the others passing through the Suez canal) there are hundreds of tramp steamers and safllng vesscls secking cargoes in this Eldorado of commerce. Then there gre five lines of steamers plying between Sydney and various ports of China and Japan. “The passenger traffic, too, Increases with trade. It Is not uncommon for 400 or 500 passengers to be seen on these European ves- sels, while from ten to thirty is a fair aver- age for the United States stcamers going ance a month. “The United States 1s closer to this great commercial country than any of the com- peting countrics; the ocean voyage is im- measurably safer, both for any kind of freight and for passcngers, and Australia has more of the things we need and needs more that we have to spare than any like number of people anywhere else, yet we have less than 3 per cent of her trade.” PYTHIAN PRIZES AWARDED, First Pluce In e Uniform Rank Went to a Michigan Division WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The drill prizes for the competing divisions of the Uni- form Rank of the Knights of Pythias were awarded by the judges today. The ten prizes for Aivislon drills were awarded as follows First—Hestings of Hastings, Mich.; sec- ond, Parkersburg No. 13 of Parkersburg, W. Va.; third, John Barr, Glenn division, of Eau Claire, Wis.; fourth, Mystic No. 12 of Girard, Kan.; fifth, New Aibany No. 5 of Now Albany, Ind.; sixth, Yellow Cross No. 8 of Alllance, 0.; seventh, Provost No. 1 of Kansas City, Mo.; eighth, Terre Haute No. 3 of Terre Haute, Ind.; ninth, Lily No. 16 of Radeliffe, la.; tenth, Indianapolis No. 16 of Indianapolls, Ind. The cavalry drill prize was won by the D. D. Burnes Hussars of St. Joseph, Mo., and the battallon drill by the first battalion of the First regiment of Indiana, who were without competitors. A handsome stand of colors, offered by the Evening Star of Washington to the regi- ment making the best appearance in the parade, was awarded to the First regiment of West Virginia. The awards were announced by General Carnahan as soon as the judges had reached their detision, although the presentation of prizes did not take place until § o'clock. Much disappointment was manifested because the local lodge has not received the full amount of prize- money. The ‘prizes offered aggregated $8,200, but only §6,000 cash was procured, Checks will probably be given for the balance and an effort made to raise it within twenty days. This is the last day of the encampment. The flags will be lowered from Camp George Washington tonight. Knights have been Jeaving the city for their homes for three days and the tents are comparatively de- serted today. PUBLIC ¢ EBT STATEMENT. Decrense Daring the Month of August Was 81,718,634, WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The monthly statement of the public debt issued by the Treasury department today shows @ decrease in the public debt of $1,713,654, including certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. Ex- cluding the certificates and treasury motes the decrease was $91,897. On August 31, 1894, the Interest bearing debt was §635,042,- 670, an increase for the month cf §30. The debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity was $1,831,750, a decrease for the month of $9,100. The debt bearing no in- terest amounted to $379,867,593, a decrease of $82,877. Certificates and treasury notes outstanding offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury was $616,250,672, a de- creass fcr the month of $1,621,767. aggregate August 31 was $1,632,092,685. The several items of cash in the treasury is given @s follows: Gold coins and bars, $120,885,- $69 bilver, $513,167,330; paper, $130,819,260; ment, 1t bank of Qarfiold i on rovidence, of the serics of 4 cheek letter A, 9, treasury n Rosecrons, regisier 3, W. B N. Jordan, treasur THE FEDERAL PAY FON Some Lively Skiemishing ¢ of Nath L Bank ¥ WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 gram to The Bec.)—An appointme! pocted to he made soon to the qu national bank e: ainer for the rth and South Dakota to Aill the vaca ed by the resignation of John D. of Eioux Falls D., which for by the secretary of the treas When the fight was most inter.se over wux Falls postoffice it was the comptroller of the currenc in " mon call rangod W that aid that since Tini vency Eckles todny ndit and 0. J.. Higb end of this year, to the vatican at Dr. Papy, ment th the request of his secretary, made t the delegate had not yet been y the pope as to the matter, an; of the fact did not believe t was true. Dr. Papy said further Mgr. Satolli be called or not. some one be maintained here in the office he occu This is now a permanent represents Pope Leo in church aftairs, same as the embassy of Italy here seats the political government in diplon matters.” Atter making this fmportant declara Dr. Papy refused to discuss the matter ther. It is the opinfon here that Satolll will not be recalled. the p Receipts for the Mon statement of the of the government department today during August to st $34,809,3 receipts for August $11,804,014 customs. $27,582,278 from and $1,050,413 from The expenditures aggregate 656,636, which leaves an unexpended bal for the month of $8,760,969. receipts fssued by shows from venue sources. Genernl Armstrong Has Returned. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—General strong, assistant affairs, has returned to this city. D the past two months he has been makin inspection of the schools and Indian Commissioner Browning will leave on vacation in about ten days. He has pla to visit a number of reservations in Dakotas and other sections of west. Pharmacists Confer with Carlisle. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Charles A. facturing pharmacists in the world, conference with the treasury officials empting nal purposes, aleohol, this firm is strongly oppos alcohol. qd to Overhauling the WASHINGTON, Sept Qepartment building is undergoing a ge Bissell, First Assi; A thorough Postmaster General Jones and other officlals. the next few days. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Assistant S; Chapman of Hlinols. Promotion of H. C. Anshe. WASHINGTON Sept. 1.—Mr. Harrl Anslie, heretofore acting treasurer, has appointed treasurer of the Southern road company with ington. bonds and minor coins, $17,330,897, aggregat- ting §781,708,357, against which there are demand liabilitles amounting to $654,635,260, leaving a cash balance of $127,148,097, of which §66,216,900 is gold reserve. The i in the cash during the mcnth wa WILL NOT BE One Provision of the Tarlff Bl Which Can. not o Tec leally Construed, WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—In reply to a cor- respondent at New York, calling attention to the impracticability of a technieal compliance with the requirements of section 5 of the mew tariff act providing that involces must state quantities exactly, Secretary Carlisle has written a letter in which he says: “The department recognizes the correctness of your contention (n the matter, and admita he impracticability of such a mathematical ascertainment of the quantity, welght or measurement of every imported article as would result from the actual measurement of every spool of cotton or the gauging of every bottle of wine. In view of this con- Qition, it is held the law i¢ complied with when the packages which contain such ar- ticles us are usually marked, stamped, branded or labelled duly indicates the quan- tity of their contents. Such packages must, ccordingly, show the number of pleces or articles contalned respectively therein. This ruling does not change the Instruc- tlons heretofore issued regarding the mark- ing of goods so as to indicate the country of origin, but refers solely to the provisions in TOO STRICT, section § resp:cting ‘quantity.’” Invest o0 May Do Good. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Carrol = D, Wright, chairman of the strike lovestigating commlttee, returned last night from Chicago, and left here today for Boston. He will re- main away until September 25, and on the day following the strike investigation will be resumed in this city. In an interview today Commissioner Wright said: “The in- yestigation, I believe, will do great good in the end, and that out of it will come some valuable recommendations. Our plan Is to have the report ready by the middle of No- vember, and submit it to congress early in the next session.” New Oounterfuit Discovered. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—A new counter- feit 32 bank note has been discovered by the redemption agency of the Treasury depart- John 4 WASHINGTON, pman Keslgns Sept. 1.—The resign S DAKOTAS. or the Position (Speeiai Tele ition of states of Dia- should | Tinsley not recelve the appointment to the postoffice he should be made n bank vaminer for North and South Dakota. He vas, however, nominat:d by the president and was of course not then considered an applicant for the position of bank examine . M. O'Brien of Yankton, 8. D, called to sce the comptroller in hopes of being ap- po hims:lf, but dld not receive much uragement. Comptroller of the Cur- « withdrawn from the contest he thought the appointment should go to a North Dakota | man. He expressod the belief that should this be the course pursued C. H Anhler of Iargo, 8. D., would be appolnted. Ay office has b established at Re lle, Walworth county, 8. D., and Rosalie Hofimayes commissioned postmistress Patents have been granted as follows: To_ Nebraskans—Willlam B. Ward, Seward, 10 3. H. Morris, Lincoln, permtuation lock. To lowans—Frank M. Anderson, Keokuk, fruit peelicg table; Thoma: Beck, Des | tiam J. | | | Moines, car loaiing machine; Wi Haddock, lTowa City, forming c:ment walks; Adolph Plagman, Davenport, wheel cultiva- Charles B. Proctor, nssignor one-half folding egm case or sh g crate; assignor one-half to H. W rs, forceps To South Dakotans— 2s 11, Wolgemuth, Plerre, and G. 8. En- gle, Ab.rdeen, collar button cl; IS A PERMANENT LEt 1ON, Mgre. Satoll's Ofii as Viewed by N Private TEeTArY. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—A reporter called at the residence of Mgr. Satolll to inquire concerning the report that at the Mgr. Satolli would return the state- ad- a in legation, whic repre- Were Heavy, WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The ecomparative and expenditures the Treasury the total receipts have been $40,417,605 as for the' previous month. internal re: miscellaneous Arm- commissioner of Indian agencies on reservations near the Pacific coast. the north- terell, representing Parke, Davis & Co. of Detroit, sald to be the largest general manu- had a today regarding the section of the new tariff act ex- from tax all alcohol used for medici- Although very large users of vation of the building will be made during Golng to Examine Northwestern Posts, the Commerelal Notional 882 chartes num um- | 1 G ex- was ury. the with sley pope. will b ple: the atic tion, fur- Megr. were $31,- ance iring g an his nned the Cot- free neral overhauling of furniture and necessary re- pairs to floors and walls in the absence of stant reno- ecre- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: ., B SUNDAY, 10WA'S WAR GOVERNOR DEAD Suinuel J, Kirkwood Exp'res After a Ling- ering Llvess ot fowa City. MAGNIFICENT RECORD OF THE PATRIOT Welghed In the Bala of the Natlon fe und Not Found Wanting In the Slght- est Degree, I0WA CITY, ia, Sept. 1.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee.)—Samuel J. Kirkwood, the old war governor of lowa, died at his home in this city this morning after a long ill- ness. He wos born December 10, 1813, Since ‘retiring from active political life cight years ago, Kirkwood has been in vigor- ous health for one of his age, and in fact has had no sickness, About one year ago he began to decline. This year his strength enabled him only occasionally to drive out. He was able to exercise around his beautiful grounds and greatly enjoyed resting on his perch, where he was always sure to be sur- rounded by relatives and friends. Last Sunday morning he was feeling more under the weather than usual and did not rise at his usual hour. In a short time he grew much weaker and was never able after that to leave his bed. The cld family physician and warm personal friend, Dr. Frederick Lloys, summoned, and found that the governor was sinking purely from the result of old age. The doctor had attended the governor several times during the summer and fafled to find any indications of disease that there was a general breaking down physically. During the last week the old veteran grew weaker and weaker. His mind was clear and while he conversed but little he emed c:nscious of all that was golng on around him. Up till last night he was able to speak briefly to his wife, but this morning he was to> weak to talk, In- dicating his wishes by motioning his hand. Just before notn he seemed to fall to a stupor and just at 1 o'clock the loved ones noticed that' his heart had ceased to beat. The funcral will occur Tuesday afternoon HIS LIFE'S WORK. Samuel J. Kirkwood was reared in a slave state, but shortly after reaching his majority removed from Maryland to Ohio, His politi- cal affiliations had been with the democratic party. He had no liking for slavery, but looked upon it as a system, recognized, if not fortified, by the constitution, and within its legitimate guarantees not to be meddled with. Like most young men along the border, of ambitious and self-assertive characteristics, he took early occasion to move out of its atmosphere. In Ohio he soon rose to prominence at the bar and in the councils of his party, and in 1855, et a transition peiod in politics, he re- moved from Ohio to Towa. It was not long after his removal to lowa that Kirkwood elected to the state senate. In 1859, so widely recognized had: his sterling abilities and qualities of leader- ship already become, he was the republican candidate. for governor, and was elccted over General Augustus C. Dodge, a_demo- crat of high personal standing and com- manding_popularity in his party. In 1861 the re-election of Governor Kirkwood was a foregone conclusion, although his op- ponent in the canvass was Colonel Willlam H. Merritt, a war democrat, and a true man, who had made a fine record for gal- lantry at Wilson's creek. At the time of the breaking out of hos- tilities in 1861 Governor Kirkwood could see but onme course to pursue. He had- pre- viously announc:d his attitude in unmis- takable terms. It was simply this: That respect for the union and the laws must be maintained at all hazards. He was averse to the precipitation of an armed confilct Dbetween the sections, but would make no temporizing or humiliating ceremonies to avoid it. As the peace conference of Feb- ruary was about to meet in Washington— the one last feeble and futile effort to avert the inevitable—he wrote to the lowa dele- gation at the national capital that “it was the policy of all good citizens to set their faces like flint against secession, and to stand by the government in all lawful measures it may adopt for its preservation and to trust to the people and the consti- tuted authorities to correct under the pre: was save ent constitution any errors that may have been committed or wrongs that may h been suffered.” No compromise, he de- clared, could be depended on to insure peace or restore fraternal Jfeeling that would de- grade either side. The month before he had written to Senator Grimes that he would “see to It that the last fighting man in the state and the last dollar in the treasury were devoted to the preservation of the go ernment if Mr. Buchanan wanted them. Shortly after the firing on Fort Sumter he wrote to the president: ““Ten days ago there were but two parties in lowa. Now there is but one, and that one is for the constitution and the union unconditionally."” WAS NOT FOUND WANTING. The crisis had indeed come and the man for the occasion was not wanting. This was in the spring of 1861. At the end of Gov- ernor Kirkwood's second term of office in De- cember, 1863, he had the satisfaction of know- tary of War Doe leaves today to make a tour of northwestern frontler posts. He will be accompanicd by Captain Baker of the First infantry. General Schofield returns today and will act until the return of Secretary Lamont. New Chief Inspector Appointed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Albert S. Rob- erts of Texas was appointed chief of the in- spection division, second assistant postmaster general's office, at §2,000, to succeed John A. e O been Rail- headquarters at Wash- ation of John A. Chapman of 1llinois, chief of the inspection @ivision postmaster general's cepted. office, Wilson Will Sail on Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Sept. in the second assistant has been ac- 1.—Representative W. L. Wilson of West Virginia was In the clty today getting ready for his trip ——————— WYOMING STUCK NSHIPM of Catrle ® Market. —(Special to Bee)—Stock shipments from this state already commenced, and there will steady Increase the next two months. terday thirty-eight cars were loaded at ling by Carbon Haley of Lar Hutton station, east through here shipment of sheep Several Trains Omal CHEY! E, d fourteen ca three trains morn‘ng. western mis load making this from Wyo Omaha, Shrowd D CHEYENNE, 1ot Wyo., Sept ttle Man. stockman of Chadrin, Neb., was several thousand dollars by the new Dbill. When the bill pass:d the senate ards went to Mexico and purchased head of cattle for $2 and $3 a head. also secursd an option on about 8,000 additicnal for fall delivery. At that the duty on Mexican cattle was $10 a The new ad valorem, which inoTcases every Mexican ste:r several dollars. operation of the law will work a great Eighty Miles in Six Hours. ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Sept.*l.—(8) to The Bee)—Antone, a Mexican herder, rode from Little Hole ern part of Swoetwater county to Springs, a distance of elghty miles, | and & half hours, changing horses times. This Is considered the fastest distance ride ever made In this se The law fixes the duty &t 20 per e the value of hroad. He will sail from New York on Wednesday. VIS, tnroute to the The have be a Yes- Raw- county stockmen and Ora rs at sent fall oming and Utah will also begin in a few days for 1.—(Spaclal to The Bee)—Bartlett Richards, a well known enriched tarift Rich- 1,000 . He head time head. The hard- sbip ou cattle growers in this country, peclal sheep In the south- Rock n six three long cticn. Antone came to summon Dr. Field to attend Mrs, Thomas Davenport, the wife of & rauch- man, who was dangerously il ing that the work which he had set out to accomplish was well-nigh perfected. Through his own persistent and self-sacrificing efforts and the supreme confidence his example and enthusiasm inspired in others, he had suc- ceeded in restoring the impaired credit of the state to a sclid and solvent basis and in find- ing ready market for her -bonds. Handi- capped for many months by innumerable embarrassments and perplexities that would have exhausted the capabilities and over- taxed the patience of men less resourceful than himself, he had succeeded in organizing more than forty-five regiments of infantry and cavalry, besides several batteries of artillery. He had sent fully 75,000 men to the field. Iowa had furnished for the na- tional defense 10,000 men above her quota, and it was estimated that of the entire popu- lation of the state one-ainth was under arms. The goversior had nobly redesmed his promises. More than tweny-five years after the proclamation cf peace the venerable patriot was waited vpon at his residence in lowa City by a large delegation of old-time citi- zens, irrespective of former or present party lines, to assure him cf the grateful re- membrance and appreciation which they en- tertained of the ecourage and sagacty with which, in a great public emergency, he had protected the hcmor and interests of the commonwealth. But Governor Kirkwo services to the state and country did not terminate with the splendid culmination of his administrative career in 1863. Three years later he was clected to the United States senate fr the unexpred term of James Harlan, who had resigned to become sccretary of the in- terio In 1876 he was again elected t the governorship of lowa. In 1876 he was returned to the United Stites senate for the term expiring in 1883, and resigned his s:at In that body to enter the cabinet of President Garfleld, where he remained at the head of the Interior department until the accession (f Mr. Teller in 188: He soon after returned to h's home in lowa, where he has since resided in the enjoyment t a serene old age ind amid domestic sur- roundings In harmony with his quiet and unostentatious tastes, KIREWOOD'S CAR R OIN 1O0WA, Brief Glince at the Publie Life of Huwkeye Statesman. During the year 1855 an addition of more than ninety thousand was made to the eiti- zenship of lowa, and among that number was Samuel J. Kirkwood. The great needs of that time were the breaking plow, the grist and flouring miil, and the country store. He came to help supply these needs in the development of a 1200-acre farm, in the managing, on the Iowa river, of a mill which manufactured,the flour and ground the pular grists for most of the settlers who then oeeupled the territory lying between his mill and the northwestern boundaries of the state, and In satisfying the wants of his customers at the counter of his variety store. He had been but little more than a year SEPTEMBER 2, - 1894 ) torial district, compored Wf fthe counties of Johnson and lowa, concluded that he could better serve them (n a-iegislative capaeity | than he could between the plow handles on the farm, among thé glsts of his miil, Or at the counter of his store; and they ch him for senator to représéfit them In Bixth and enth general assemblies, ing the first session the question of the ex tension of slavery into theé new territories of the west occupled public attention, and as | the attitude of the demdcratic party on this | questlon was the cause+of his leaving that party he took an important part in the dia- cussjon of the question whenever it was presented in the senate or elscwhere. From the time the ol Miner's bank of Dubuque, chartered by the Wisconsin legis- lature in 1836, was strangled to death by the Towa legislature in 1845, down to 1858, lowa had been without a banking system of her own, and she was in @ Dur- situation to receive the overflow of all the cheap cucrency of neighboring states, and when the financial crash of 1857 came, Which rendered this moncy uncurrent and wor(hless, our people suffered for the want of something better As the constitutional convention of that year made provision for the establishment of a banking system, it devolved upon the Seventh general assembiy 1o provide such a system As Mr. Kirkwood had but a few years be- fore been a member of the constitutional ¢ vention of Ohlo, where the whole banking question in all Its phases had been most thoroughly discussed by (he best financiers of that state, himself included among them, he was just the man to take a leading part | in such a discussion In the senate, In making up the committees at the first of the session he was not placed on the committee on banking, but after his special fitness for the place was learned he was added to that committee, The banking law passed at that session, which he took an active part | in preparing, bore <he impress of his wisdom and experfence, and it proved to be the best of its kind. In later years a bill was passed by the general assembly opening the door to “wild cat” banking, which, as governor he vetoed. HIS SERVICE TO THE SOLDIERS. When the war broke out and troops had to be raised and subsisted and munitions of war purchased, with the state treasury empty, the bank: lished under the law he helped to pass opened their vaults (o him as governor to supply the funds that en- abled him to raise and equip th soldiers and send them to the front. While there was no written law authorizing him to thus borrow money for this purpose, under (he ‘‘unwritten law of necessity”” he borrowed it by the tens of thousands, giving his note for its' payment as “governor of fowa,” with his own individual endorsement, thus becoming a personal endorser and surety to the banks for money due from_the state. At the special ses<ion of the general as- sembly in May, 1861, an act was passed providing for the issue of state bonds to the amount of $800,000, to be sold upon the market to raise funds to help prosecute the war. Such was the condition of the money market at this time that it was impossi- ble to negotiate such bonds except at a great discount. There was a provision in the law that they should not be sold below the price they would bring on the open stock board in New York City, after being ively advertised and offered for sale e. It is doubtful whether, without some precaution, these bonds would have brought more than 65 cents on the dollar. Governor Kirkwood thought that with a large amount of unpaid taxes and 35,000,000 acres of the best land in the world pledged as security for their payment, these bonds should not be sold much below par. He therefore sent his brother-in-law and business partner, Hon Ezekiel Clatk, to New- York to buy enough of the first ones offered for sale to fix their price. This Mr. Clark did” paying for those he bought 93 cents on the dollar, which was the price at which all the others were sold, but no more were_ever sold in that market RO Here is an instance in which an honored governor's prudent forethought has enabled his state to be today, unburdened with a state debt. The people of the Hawkeye state pride themselves In nothing more than in having the least per cent of lliteracy of any sta'e in the union; that Is, surpasing the people of every other state in average intelligence and in knowing that this fact is established by the census reports. It would be difficult to find In the state any one person who has contributed more to establish this condition of affairs than Samuel J. Kirkwood. It is one of the redeeming features of our American politics that nearly all public ques- tions which affect us in one way or the other are discussed pro and con upon the rostrum Commencing in 1856 as candidate for sta senator, no man has done more of this work o1 done it better than he. In 1857, during the ~anvass resultitg in the election of R. P. Lowe for governcr, in company with Gov- ernor Grimes he spent three weeks making speeches In sixteen counties in northeastern Iowa. Then, in 1859, he held his memor- able canvass for governor, with General A. C. Dodge as his competitor. Hon. James W. McDill says of this discussion: JUDGE M'DILL'S TRIBUTE. “Kirkwood had the natural strength of a great debater, a full assurance in his own mind that his cause was just, and the co forting consclousness that the awakening minds of the people were falling rapidly into support of the views he advocated. “No joint discussion ever held in Iowa attracted more attention. Its influence w powerful in forming public opinion, which lasted more than a quarter of a century; and among the thinkers of the state it is ccneeded that the truthful historian must give Samucl J. Kirkwood the front rank in the long line of great men who have led the people into conciusions which have ruled them in public afairs for a whole genera- tion. “Kirkwood could not be said to be elo- quent, but he was the most convincing de- bater T ever heard. His language was cor- rect and simple, his figures of speech plain and homely, and every word went home with convincing power to the reason and conscience of his hearers. They felt ca ried as by a powerful wind Kirkwood way, and when the wind ceased to blow they felt anchored In the right as rocks and mighty forest trees rest firmly in the staid and solid earth. “Most people speak of Samuel J. Kirkwood as the great war gavernor, and he is en titled to every honor in that respect that has been conferred upon him and conceded to him, but, in my way of thinking, the greatest and most lasting work Kirkwood ever did was in the joint discussion With General Dodge when they ran as opposing candidates for governor.” When he was renominated for governor in 1861, his public duties connected with the prosecution of the war prevent:d him from canvassing the state at that time: but when he was renominated for his third term, in 1875, he made a very thorough canvass, es- pecially In the northern part of the state. In his discussion of questions of political cconomy and governmgntal policy from 1856, when he was 4 candidatg for senator, to 1856, when he ran for eangress in the Second congressional district, he helpsd to educate a whole generation of Towa volers, and better lessons than they got' from him they have learned from no profgssor of political econ- omy. When the question,of striking the word “white” ‘-om our present constitution was before the people, in'Its advocacy he went into the counties on ouf southern borders, where some of the GId, pro-slavery stains were dark and deep, and he helped to blot those stains all out. INTERESTED IN BDUCATION. 1t was during his, sendiorial term that lowa's whole school system was re- modeled by Horace{ Mann and Amos Dean. Though Governor Kirkwood was never in the state called to fill a professor's chair or oecupy a teacher's desk, he occupled more school offices that’ are the power behind that chair and that desk than any other man. R was for many years subdirector in his own subdistrict, president of the Township Board, régent of the Etate university, one of the trustees of the Agricultural collegs, a member of the Board of Education, one of the board of senatcrs and president of the State Historical socely; and in all of these positions he was an active and industrious worker. He made a large donation of books to the library of the Historical sociity and enriched its literaiure with his pen. Samuel J. Kirkwood was an American prince of the blood royal. Whether in the overalls of a rustic farmer, or in the dusty coat of a coun- try miller, or seling goods over th counter of a variety store, or filling the office of governor, or sitting in the United States senale, or performing the duties of a thus employed till the voters of his sena- 1 cabinet minister, he always modestly gave Continental. Clothing House. CASH COUNTS ? Because you can buy cheaper for cash than you can on time, and that is why we have something to offer you Why does cash coun for less than its actual value. We have just received the largest ship- ment of Men’s Suits that has ever been received in Omaha at one time, which we bought for CASH at about half its value, and which we will offer to the public beginning tomorrow and continuing all next week at the following ridiculously low prices: $5.00, worth $10.00. $7.50, worth $12.00. $10.00, worth $15.00, $12.50, worth $17.00. $15.00, worth $20.00. Men'’s Men’s Men's Men's . Men'’s all all all all all wool suit, wool suit, wool suit. wool suit, wool suit, Bovs New FEall Suits. 3350 BUYS ANY OF OUR REGULAR $3.50 Suits. ) BUYS ANY OF OUR REGULAR 85.00 Suits. 540 259 Ypuvs anv or vk RECLLR §4.00 Suits. BUYS ANY OF OUR REGUIAR $5.50 Suit 549 8390 Ypuvs vy orovn RECULAR §4.50 Suits. BUYS ANY OF OUR REGULAR $6.00 Suits. You will find each and every suit made ap in the very best style, and the patterns all new, with nobby effects. [We have all sizes and can fit any boy.] Mothers, Here Is Your Chance. THE CONTINENTAL GLOTHING GO. IS5TH AND DOUGLAS STS. S i n repre- | Ho was §3 yoars of age. During the 60's ¥~ | he served as chief quartermaster to General evidence that he belonged to the nobility of | re-entered congress as a republics AMitan manhded: sentative from Massachusetts. Aft ing congress he retired to priva RucKer ot th 4 and the last years of his life were devoted DO AL to his busine interests He was the vner of extensive granite quarries in New gland., FRAL ¥ DEATH OF G NKS, H dudg: 3 na. SLLSVILLE, 0., Sept. 1.—Judge ssing Away of a Soldier Statesman After | | Two Weeks' Serious Einess. M'CONN: 4 WHEN HE BECAME PROMINENT J. E. Hanna is dead. He practiced law In WALTHAM, /Ms Sept, 1—General | Mr Banks' nationsl preminence dates | 1825 and was the cldest attorney in Ohio. Nathaniel Banks, soldier and states-{ back to his election to the kership of | He had been prcsecuting attorney, member man, dled at his home in this city shortly | the Thirty-fourth congress. His election e el T before 8 o'clock this morning from brain | Presiding cflicer of the house of represente- | master under Jackson and again fifty )"’::r; trouble, after a long illness. For mearly | lives Iv one of the mcat lnteresting chap- } atterwards' during Cleveland’s first term. ters in the history of congress, both on ac- two years the general has been suffering, | count of the protracted struggle and the T e but he was not taken seriously ill until | way in R R ‘‘RAILROAD NIGHT.” 0 ‘o weeks ago. Early this summer | at this time that the politicai s'gnificance |, 3 ‘)‘l‘:-mh‘rg':;lu e ally and was taken | 8nd real power of the speaker wes begin- | “M8t Pays of Pompell” Presented with Un- to the home of his daughter, the wife of | ning to be felt, and the speaker was elected, usual Brilliancy and Vividness. Rev. Paul Sterling, Mount Deer Isle, ' MOt as an impartial presiding officer, but The pcpularity of the “Last Days of Mev for the suminer. Three weeks ago distinctly as a party leader. In the strug- | Pompeil” was subjected to a good test last his condition became more serious, and he | 8le Which brought Mr. Banks to the spe:k- | evening. It was not raining at 7 o' s ‘Drought to his home here, He grew | er's chair, for nine weeks the organization | ;o yi¥e goo)ga 3 o'clock worse, and was then taken to the McLean | of the house was prevented through the } .= clock, nor did it rain later than asylun at Somerville. He succumbed rap- | obstinacy of party men, the complication | that, but the heavy shower late in the after- iy and when he could not recognize mem- | Of DAty views, and the tactics of party | noon had lett heavy black clouds, which bers of his family It was decided by the | leaders. The political complexion of the | in the south looked o much like storm cloud: physiclans that mothing could be done for candidites for speaker will show Just how | that they would have probabl N clonis D yesterday ho was conveyed to his | complicated the contest was. Those who | o (Y WORE | probably on any other Hama Qnce’ mor. entered llh!u fight were: Willlam Richard- f 20, k‘-‘":t e Il‘rmul_ night at Courtland He began to sink rapidly, and at 6 o'clock | #on of Iiinols, democrat; Lewis D. Camp- ach, kept people away. Whatever threats bell ¢t Ohio, free. ofler; Nathaniel P. Banks of Massachusetts, republican and know they frowned in the sky, however, were with- last evening it was evident that the end was out” any de anuroanhin " Banks, with the erring effect, for the early even- m:fl:::.;m(;:::xlfi.“v Mrais B e e Humbhray Marabill of - ICentaky, ing motor trains (o thé beach wero. loaded Rilss Bybil Banks, were at his bedside con- | democrat and know-nothing; and Humphrey Just as heavily ax cn any other night when Marsly” until his demise. At midnight the | M. Fuller of Pennsylvania, whig = and | the Performance has been given, and when general became unconsclous, and he siowly | latlonal know-nothing. Amcng those who e Ume for the presentation of the great lost strength until the hour of his death. came up as candidates later In the fight :‘IK :‘“'9 arrived the several brightly cos- e very quietly, and those gath- | Were: A. M. C. Pennington of New Jer- | tumied men and women who march and play ey, republican; Carolina, Aiken James L. southern cf South democrat. Orr of South and Willlam aiso a southern between the city and the lake looked e out upon the amphitheater without bel, see a vacant seat elok VR ered about the bed of the dying general were hardly aware when he passed away. On the announcement of General Banks' democrat; Carolina, a Very appropriafely the rallroa a e flag on the public bulldings in : ¥ raflroads did thelr ‘x‘;.:u(!n;h:ure %11::1)I||3\-1 o1 half mast aad 0B B All scrts of attempts were made to gain | Part yesterday, for large excursions came in ey laide) avidonce ot thalreipeotain iwnich:| Ahe Yotsa oththe yerids factigns:: nooun[ige the Milwaukee, Burlington and other ey e bed i conplcious, The | faction having a majority of the house. One | Toads, and every railroad man near Omaha e e N ace Tueslay atternoon | candidate after another would be ' tried. | Who had u day off was there. The spectacl Atter endless discuss'on and motion was mede to resort to the plurality rule, but was lost. The fight went on day after day, and week after week, with no re- sult. At last, after the 130th ballct, it was agreed that, If after three ballots, no candidate should have a majority of all the harangue a was mainly the same us on previous but the fireworks in the clearer ats ane sy darker sky tock cn an unwonted brilljancy and vividness, while the 10,000 squate yards of scenery set ' forth In freshened beauty and with an eftect of realily more striking than ever, The cheers which greeted the producs under the direction of Mayor Warden and tolonel Ephraim Stevens. On Monday after- noon the body will be escorted to Asbury temple by a detail of the Grand Army of the Republic, wherc it will lie in state untll Monday evening. On Tuesday afternoon at 45 brief services will be held at the resi- 4 briet services will be held b TNC fkain | Yotes cast, the one recciving a plurality | tion in fire of the big lccomotive gave en- ;',;:‘If: L‘L"“\r’““m (P ine. the pubile s \:1:11' be’ declared elected. This was in | thusiastic emphasis o the great |nterests e il) o Rela: pposition to the rule which has always [ and the world-encircling service to which Ly s R, held in the house since the first session | the night bad been dedicated. It wi STORY OF HIS LIFE. that a majority Is necessary for the elec- | cool and comfortable last night that aftes Nathaniel_Prentiss Banks was born at | tion of its speaker. 1t Is (rue that after | the great, the terrible and the fasoloatien W fmv“f"»' {“&‘im’l [.'\‘"L"i."“’nfl““ r‘l,f‘l““ “:::y';; the three weeks' flght between Winthrop | picture faded away unusual numbce:ll :::‘- By e e learned the trade of a michin- [ 2nd Cobb in the Thirty-first congress, a mained to enjoy the other evening at e S ecame editor of & country | Smilar plan” was resorted to, but its con- | of the beach, & Stieston Mewspaper, and recelved an appointment [ stitutionality was at the time thought so —_—— in tne Boston custom I]musvl Ilu- .m.; u;,umnu that a resolution was passed de- Struck by an Engine. stualed law, was admitted to the bar, and | claring Howell Cobb of Georgla speaker A Missourl Pacific train strucl in 1849 was elected to the lower brar v'n'mfl" on a yea and nay ballot. The election of fick & phasieg, the ture of husett containing a 1 Vo Vi N. P. Banks as speaker by a plurality in- i Joan 409 momands it A ENNE 2,200 oh ped) 4 tn, the | stead of & majority Is unique 1n the annals | LCAYeRWOrth street crossing about 11:30 last congre nominally a 8 he | of the national leglslature. night and smashed the rig Into splinters, be- ‘Soon. formaily withdrew from the democratic The result of the 133d ballot, acccrding to | ®d¢s Injurlng the horse so that it will party, and in 154 was v the con- | the rule adopted, elected Mr. Banks, who had | Probably dfe. The rig was hired from the ent vote of the publican 'p At the following mee [hg of congress he was chosen speaker ¢ Palace stables early in the evening by a a plurality ¢f but three votes over his op- man named Tie, and he attempted to cross ponent. The fight had narrowed down to i " speik R hy haR ERUL S RASION Y. 00! the track ahead of the train, not think & G530 batlot, after the longest contest | & d 3 achusetts and » 0ot thinking 16 the 134 ballo, Altes Wlso A member of | Alken of South Carolina, the final billot | W48 80 close to im. The man and womas e W Pagress, and In 1857 waa ele giving Banks 103, Alken 100, and eleven | €5¢aPed With & number of bruises. Hovernor of Massachusetts, and re-cle votes scattering, 1t was a significant cir- g e—— fn"188 and 15 On the outbreak of the | cumstance, noied at the time, tat the suc- 'mb-elly Trust's Assets Sold. oivil war he was made melor amand of | cestul candidate came from’ Massachusetts | NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Judgo McAdam of * SOMLECTS, e" AT of (he. Folbmacs and | 4nd the dsfeated candidate frem South Caro- | the superlor court hus made an order by O e iy Diaced at the head of the | lina was a still more om'nous fact that | whie e receivers o ~ q ot the ‘city of Wash: | Banks was chosen wholly by v:tes from the | nenc ooty e ra e oombrells com- for the d In Dec he neral | freo stites, and that with two exceptions | BARY (trush) may sell the stock of the com- 1 n_commend at and | overy vote trom the slave states went to | P20Y At private sale to Charles F. Follmer, in 185 took Pert . one of the former directors of the company, Mr. Atken, two members fro n border states Mississippl. In the spring of 1 4 for $145,000. This sum is 85 per ce D nsuocessful | expedition up the refusing to vote for either candidate, It { o8 B ™, LU R ‘,”“”'mw ';‘m;’f ‘:! river, in Loulsiana, and was | was the first time that a candidate for | (PPREEC YN colia“be secured as lleved of his command epeaker was chosen without support from . secured. B Long Fall but Little Hurt, upon political life, and both sections, congress from his old distr agaln in 1868 and 1870. In 1872 he took an 3 Wiillam Vao At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the 2= artive part in tavor, of ihe election | of | WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. -William J. Stev- | year-old on of Mrs. W. J. Sammons, 708 Horace Greeey L el (b congress by the | €8on, president of the Metropolitan City | South Eighteenth street, while playing at the Votes of the demncrats and of that portion | rallwey of this city and one of the best known | window of the flat, fell out from the fourth of tue f:?"‘l’;:‘.{x;:.;;1‘;';‘_‘);,“';‘ ‘”;.l;""'.'l: 10 Ah% | business men of Washington, s dead. He | story to the ground. The child was hurt o Doy O e ey, From 157 to | Was taken 1l a week ago in Chicago, where | the head, but suffered no serious injury, | 1888 he was United States marshal for the [ he went to lnvestigate systems of under- | escape from {mstany death causing mucly district of Massachusetts, but in 1589 he ground electric motors for use on his roadyf Femarks %