Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 10, 1895, Page 5

v : | i | e M8 OF BUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bes (Without Bunday), One Year. Daily Tiee and Sunday, One Year Six Months Three Months . Bunday Bes, One Baturday Bee, One Weekly ~Be Omaha, The Mo Rulding. Eouth Omaha, Singer Blk., Corner N and 24th Sta. Councll Biuffs, 12 Pearl Bireet Chicago Of 317 Chamber of Commeres. New York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Tiibune Bulldiog. Washington, M7 F Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE, All _communieations relating to news and_ edl- torial matter should be nddresard: To the Editor. RBUSIN All businesaletters and addressed (P The Boe Oma yrafin, checks An ba made pavable 1o the or THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAR MENT OF CIRCULATION. STAT George B, Taschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub. ny. helng duly sw thit mber of full and co plea nny Tiee , 1805, was Lo om 1,054 A 1931 9 10658 20141 19909 20,285 20,260 19,226 Total 588,174 Less coples Net sales.. Daily average subscribed Sworn to hefore In my resence this 1st or. 1895, Pgenty 2 L. Notary Fublic, —_—e A $100,000 gugar beet crop I8 some- thing few states other than Nebraska can boast. It is yet to be“determined which is more dangerous to human 1ife foot ball match, prize fight or a Chicago primary election. Feneralissimo Pee with his 100 rifles and 5,000 rounds of ammunition, may now emigrate to Cuba and enlist with the revolutionis News of the wherenbouts of the once flourishing presidential - hoom of ex- Congressman Joe Sibley would be a very interesting rveminder of recent ancient history Governor Altgeld Is said to be in active pursuit of a renomination. Mr. Altgeld apparently has a lingering de- sire to remain in public office longer than President Cleveland. If that widely announced fistic con- test should simmer down to an en- counter between the great pugilists and a rock pile the public dissatisfaction would not be too noticeabl over land leases have at all times professed eagerness to obey the law as interpreted by the courts. A graceful acceptance of the court's de- cison is in ordes the Winneba Mr. Coe is the nominee of the Citi- zons' Reform league for clerk of the district conrt. He is not an office secker, nor is he a partisan. The league named him beeause it had con- fidence in his ability and integrity. It 15 dreadfully hard on ex-Meat In- spector Frank to lave his income chopped off on both ends. He might manage to get along without his salary or without his dog rake-off, but its mighty hard seraping trying to get along without both. With the ari of the time for moy- Ing the crops the regutar annual dearth of cars has also arrived. We suppose it ix expecting altogether too much to look to the railroads to anticipate these ex- traordinary movements of traffic and to be entirely prepared for their coming. 1f, as is currently believed, the only hope of Tammany regaining control of New York City lies in the division of the opposition and constant quarrels among those who were formerly ar- rayed united against it, the prospects ate very fair that that hope will not be realized. If the Citizens' Reform league shall succeed In its aim to put up men for the city council who, when elected, can- not be voted like cattle by franchised corporations and public contractors, they will be elected by the largest plu- ralities that ever hoisted men into pub- lic office in Omaha. France s pu ing her dominion in Madagascar. There is nothing in the shape of new territory that the Juropean powers would not take, If south pole were only discovered re would doubtless be a and mble to see which of the civilized governments should have it, According to a Lincoln paper A. D. Beemer walking about the corridors of the state house Monday. We have no doubt that the report is correct. But why should Beemer the taxpayers of Nebraska to 40 cents a day each convict con- fined in the state prison for doing noth- Ing but wear out the soles of his shoes in the corridors of the state house? was seen South Dakota's State Board of Agri- culture is being made the object of charges very similar to those brought against the members of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture. The books of the board indicate the wmisappropria- tion of money aund the manipulation of contracts. A reorganization of the managements of the state fairs in the two states might not be altogether out of place, According to one of our contempo- raries, the nowmination of Mr. Frank B. Jolmson as democratic candidate for clerk of the district court, when an- ounced In the republican judicial con- vention, was greeted with enthusiastic cheers According to the same vera- clous organ, the announcement of the withdrawal of My, Johnson will be recelved by the same set of republican dervishes with shouts of “Amen. Some people must be easily pleased. AN UNWARRANTED PROCEEDING. The new superintendent of the State Institute, for the Blind at Nebraska City has taken the decision of the supreme court declaring the ap- pointment of trustees for that institu- tlon by the legislature unconstitutional and void to be authority for him to summarily dismiss every member of the teaching forc 1l to instate in their places some school teachers from other parts of the state whom he hias brought with him. This procedure is altogether unwarranted by the situation at the blind institute, In an institation of this kind experience and fitness for the speclal work demanded of the faculty should count for something, The positions on the teaching force whicly require technical skill and tried ability should under no circumstanc be made the mere spoils of party pol- itics or used as rowards of party sery fce for persons who happen to be other- wise unemployed. The Bee does not contend that all of the former teachers of the blind in- stitute are o indispensable that they must be retained forever on the pay roll of the state. But it would be a most remarkable state of affairs If there was not in such an institution one single instructor who had made himself of sufficient value to entitle him to refention in office, The slightest re- gard to the eficiency of the service would oppose turning over so important a work to a set of teachers altogether untrained in the instruction of the blind and without adequate comprehension of the field covered by the .institute. If the new superintendent is wise Le will retrace his hasty steps and by restoring to their positions the most capable and experienced of the teachers recently dismissed rescue the good name of Ne- braska and maintain the reputation of its State Institute for the Blind. THE EASTERN WAR CLOUD. The latest advices from Constantl- nople are more warlike, indicating that an outbreak of hostilities between Great Britain and Turkey is not merely pos- sible,” but imminent, The threatening attitude of the former power is shown in the presence of a large fleet at the mouth of the Dardanelles, the entrance of which would be an act of war, while the action of the Turkish government in adding to the means of defense shows that it not only expects hostil- ities but is not disposed to do anything to avert them. When Great Britain made the aggressive demonstration of collecting a formidable fleet as a menace to Constantinople it was was undoubt- edly expected that the effect would be to promptly bring the Turkish go ernment to terms. It would seem, however, that Turkey was fully pre- pared for such a demonstration, and the question naturally arises as to what support she is getting in her position, for it is hardly to be supposed she would assume an attitude of practical defiance of (¢ Britain unless she nhad the assurance of support from one or more of the great Buropean powers, It has been thought that Germany is advising her and such may be the ease, though no evidence of it has come to light. Russia and France arve parties with Great Britain to the Berlin treaty and while neither of those powers fig- ures in the hostile demonstrations their representatives are as firm and uncom- promising as the British representative rding the demands upon Turkey. They stand together in this matter, as it is to be presumed the governments will do if it shall become necessary to use force for having the demands ac- cepted and carried out. Would Turkey herself handed against three powers? Would she, even with the backing of the triple alliance, undertake a war with Great Britain, Russia and France, knowing those pdw- ers to be united in the determination to compel obedience to their demands? These qgestions may very soon be an- swered by e One thing may be very safely predicted, and that is if Great Britain begins a war with Tur- key it will lead to a general FEuropean conflict that would probably be one of the most destructive in all history. 1f a war is started it will not end until the Turkish empire is dismembered and its division among the powers effected and no man is wise enough to foresee how long such a conflict would last or what would be the extent of its devas- tation, REPUBLICAN INTENTIONS. The reports that emanate from Wash- ington regarding the intentions of the republican leaders in congress as to revemue legislation should be received with some grains of allowance. So far as own there has been no consulta- tion of these leaders and probably will not be until the time for the meeting of congress arrives, There is no apparent ason why there should be any consultation before that time, since it can require but a few hours for the vrepublicans to come to an agreement as to the course to be pursued. The election of Mr. Reed as speaker of the house being a foregone conclusion, it is to be presumed that he will announce "the committees within forty-cight hours after his in- stallation as speaker, so that there will be no delay in the organization of the house. This done, as soon as the presi- dent's message and other public docu- ments are submitted the house and sen- ate republicans can hold their caucuses and decide what they will do in regard to the recommendations made by the administration. Until then there can hardly be an authoritative statement as to the intentions of the republicans. Among the reports from Washington one is to the effect that if the adminis- tration recommends a tax on beer, as it Is. expected to do, it would probably be passed, together with a duty on wool. ve is hardly a probability that the the republicans will agree to double tax on beer, even should the demc in congress and the adwinistration con- cede a duty on wool, which they are not at all likely to do. It was proposed in the last congress to increase the beer tax and the democrats would nof listen to it, fearing the political consequences of such action. They preferred an in- come tax, which they thought might be used to the advantage of the party with a class of the people. With what sort of THE OMANA DAILY BER: THURSDAY, Justification can the republicans n o means of raising revenue which the fotmer rejected, chiefly for the reason congress to adopt that it might party? If that prove were danfiging to the the only means maining by which to provide more revenue the case would be different. Not only are there dther means, but they are such as are in accord with the economie policy of the republican party, and it is absurd to suppose that the party will lay these aside and adopt something that would certainly turn an army of voters against it. There would be no weight in the excuse that the ad- ministration reconmended it. A repub. lican house is not called upon, in this matter, to give heed to the suggestions of a democratic administration. It w not chosen for any such purpose, to the suggestion that the democrats may concede a moderate duty on wool, it can safely be said that nothing of the kind will be dope ree wool is the corner stone of Mr. Cleveland's tarifl ve form policy and to abandon that would be to surrender the whole scheme of tariff reform. It is highly probable that the house will pass a bill restoring wool to the dutiable list, but if so it will certainly be vetoed by the presi- dent, The fact is the chances scem to be largely against any legislation by the next congress providing for more reve- nue, simply because it will be imp sible for the house and the administra- tion to come to an understanding, or to “compose differences,” as Senator Al- lison has suggested. The republicans may be disposed to authorize the secre- tary of the treasury to issue certificates of indebtedne: to meet current penditures, whenever there should b insufficiency of revenue, as they were ready to do in the last congress, but it is pretty safe to say that they will consent to no legislation for raising more revenue not strictly in line with vepublican policy. AN EX-MINISTER'S GRIEVANCE Perhaps Englishmen who do not like this country will derive some gratifi- cation from reading the phillipic of Lord Sackville, formerly Sir S West, who w for sevel ish minister to this country and was sent home Dbecause of his indiscreet meddling in politics, but it will not re- lieve him of the odium which justly at- tached to his conduct here and fully warranted our government in giving him Lis passports, ThE attempt of Lord Sackville to bring into disvepute several of our public men, including President Cleveland, will probably be successful with a few, but it must con- vinee all fair-minded men that its au- thor is a sort of person who never should have been sent on a diplomatic mission, at any rate to a nation like the United State® Tt was not showing this country proper respect to send such a man here as minister, having claims to the consideration and courtesy-of men in all respects superior to him. As matter of fact West had became per- sona non grata before he wrote the po- litical letter which caused his dismis- sal. His personal career was so ob- jectionable that he was recognized so- cially at Washington only in the most perfunctory way. He enjoyed little re- spect and there was a distinet feeling of relief when he took his departure from Washington, the second foreign minister, if we mistake not, to receive his passports since the foundation of the government. West has been nurs- ing his grievance for some six or seven ¥ and now airs it with accompany- ing defamation of distinguished Ame icans, living and dead. He should ha been more careful to keep it among those who will unquestioningly accept his statements, for he will have reason to regret its publicity. MR. (COE ENDORSED. The withdrawal of Frank B. John- son from the race for the district court clerkship and the practically unan- imous endorsement of the candidacy of Charles A. Coe by the democratic county committee has harmonized all the elements that oppose the policy of proseription and favor radical reform in the affairs of our local government. With a platform committing him to non-partisanship and civil service re- form Mr. Johnson found himself embarrassed at the outset by the clamor of his own radical deni- ocratic supporters. Within twenty- four hours .after his mnomination he became convinced that in a three-cornered fight there was abso- lutely no chance of his success at the polls. He also became fully impressed with the fact that his candidacy would be a source of contention and discord among the ranks of the friends of re- form and threatened to imperil the suc- cess of the candidates associated with him on the ticket. For grasping the true sltuation and promptly acting upon his best judgment Mr. Johnson is.entitled to full eredit. The decisive action of the democratic county committee in placing Mr. Coe, the candidate of the Citizens' Reform league, in nomination, will commend its members to the great mass of thelr own party, as well as to men of all parties who have enlisted in conjunc- tion with them in the reform movement. In endorsing Mr. Coe the committee made not only a master stroke in poli- ties, but it really carvied out the wish of the rank and file of the local demec- racy as expressed in the prima elec- tions, In every ward in which the issues were joined and a contest was made the delegates pledged to the en- dorsement of the citizens' movement were elected. Had the delegates car- ried out the wishes of the people who elected them™ Mr. Coe would have been the original nominee of the convention by as décisive a majority as was given to all the other candidgtes on the Citi- zens' ticket. Now that Mr. Coe has been given the democratic, as well as the Citizens' nomination, all the elements and fac- tions enlisted against misgovernment and sectarian intol to mavch forward to in one compact body. A Judge Shiras In his decision in the Winnebago Indian land cases has knocked every prop from under the democrats now ask | Flournoy Liwd compnn I clti- wen of Nef V¢ ‘Ln will be thankful to know that this controve has Deen finally sctt¥8@' fn the eirenit court of the United ®tiftes, and that one of the most energetic coterles of land specun Intors that over manipulated an Indian tribe has Blet forced to vacate and vetive froni' {68 feld. A fortunate fea- il of the mafter is the fact that this year's cropg wre for the most part harvested, aud the losses by innocent e lease holdefd will minimum, reduced to the In years past whenever the business men of Omaha beeame disgusted with the work of machine politicians and dipped in long enough to make a gen- eral house cleaning their work was always accomplished speedily and by OCTOBER 10, 1895, FLOURNOY FARMERS MUST G0 Expeoted that Agent Beck Will Proceed to Eviot Them. MAY BE ALLOWED TO MAKE NEW LEASES Indian Office at Washington Snys the Settlers Are Butit Sympathy, w Warn WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—It is expected at the Indian offiee that Indian Agent Deck at the Omaha and Winnebago r in ervation Nebraska will take steps at once to remove Flour- tie men on tho lands leased from the Fnoy company. Acting Commissioner & legitimate methods. Thelr power In | says that the men occupying the lands are not this community is irvesistible. Just entitled to sympathy on account of their now they are engaged In o non-partisan | erops, as they were notified to get oft or mak movement, the sole purpose of which IS to retire incompetents from office | and substitute trustworth nd com- | petent men. They arve not eking to advance the Iuterests of any party or clique. They are not antugonizing the republican party, but seek to over- throw the dark lantern faction of that party. Their suceess will not redound to the credit of any party, but to the Citizens' Reform league, which is com- posed of members of all parties. It is an organized effort for better govern- ment, and will succeed. Judge Bax it is reported on good authority, agreed to give $300 for the support of a weak-lunged, brainless paper during the eampaign, in case of his re-election. e would have pald | dearly for his whistle, but it was a bet- | ter bargain than that of the Majors gang, who paid $75 a column for publican ballast in a democratic paper liereabouts, Fhe sequel showed neither paper to have had any influence, re- The vested rights of the dend have come into violent conflict with the as- sumed rights of the living in the Pros- peet Hill cemetery cases, which seem to bob up at every turn. So acrimoni- ous has the contention e pme that it may be considered conclusive that | neither side will yield until the su- preme court shall have decided the question of priority involved. | Anent that Damage Suit. Cincinnati Enquirer. “I hear the colonel got damages from the Bugle for saying he was slow pay." “Certalnly” he did. He proved by twenty Gan i wityesses that he never paid at S, Saeals Rixht You Are. Buffalo Express, Towa is a ‘prohihition state, yet the saloons, yhich are nof sugbosed to exist_ are open on Sunday. A Taw which does not rejresent public opinipy does not seem to ba much, 8 e imnigbnnt mus Flgures. Indianapolis Journal, Towa has ‘§ast <completed a census which makes its population 2,035,000, or 123,000 more then ip 1840. The increase is not Ir the larger cilics, but in those having from 3,000 to 8,000 population. If this should in- dicate the towns which are gaining popula- tion during the present decade, the theories of some of those who claim to be wise on these topics must give place to others. In this state thers are<no more delightful dwel- | ling places than. some of the cities haviifg vopulations ranging from 2,500 to 10,000 P ke Why the Farmers Are Cedar Rapids Republican, The farmers are mad. They have a right to be. Oats are 12 cents a bushel, wheat is 40 cents and falling. Corn when ready to market will be correspondingly low. Tae last straw that breaks the camel's back is placed on this week. Freight rates on grain have been raised 3 cents on the hundred. It is about 1 cent per bushel. It Is an additional freight tax of $10 on every 1,000 bushels of oats, corn or wheat shipped from Boone county. It is done to replace the money spent by the railroads last fall i ng republican votes. It cost money to elec republican legislature last fall,” but it was necessary in order to make John M. Thursion senator. The railroads advanced a good part of the money that bought the votes and now they are taxing up the farmers to get it back. The state had to be redecmed and the farmers must pay for the redemption. The “golden rod” is a costly luxury, but what easier way could be devised to pay for it than to place a 3 per cent tax on the farm- ers'grain. 1f Boone county ships 500,000 bushels of oats the tax will only amount to $15,000. Of course in addition to this will be the tax on wheat and corn shipped out of the county, but all told it will probably not amount to more than $25,000. Just how this tax will strike other counties we are un- able to say, but if other counties are made to dance to the same tune that the republi- can fiddlers require of Boone county, the tax will probably not cost the farmers of the whole state more than haif a million dollars. But why should the farmers complain at this small expense? Have we not got John M Thurston tc represent us in the United States senate? Is not the state redeemed and its credit maintained? Have we not got the “golden rod? ——— THE PASSING SHOW, worth Mad. The proscriptives of Massachusetis are quite yellow from the effects of Hoar frost. Mr. Thomas C. Platt tips the beam at 139% pounds, yet mighty few ambitious New Yorkers would class him as a light weight. The ‘‘Unspeakable Turk” is not saying much, but shows great activity in planting torpedoes where they will make themselves fell. Judge Kilgore, who was translated from congress to the bench of Indlan Territory, has ceased kicking with his feet, and Is working his mouth instead. Henry George s organizing a knapsack campaign through New Jersey. Orators in broad hats, blué shirts and leggins will stump the state for the single tax. It is susceptible of proof that the man most active U kopstructing sympathy resolu- tions for Cuban’ digestion is out of sight when the hat.comes round. Several Idabo bankers, who have been in- dicted for fraud in handling county funds, at the Instangg v)‘ populist officials, are fully convinced of the terrors of populist rule, John W. Mackay 1s sald to be very fomd of old-style ome cooking.” He recently gave a lunchebn fn San Fran 0 which con- sisted of cormed deef and cabbage, clam chowder, squash ple, and buttermilk. Baron von $tumm, the German politiclan and milllonalre, had to serve only one day's imprisonment for challenging Prof. Wagner, the famous palitieal economist. The emperor reduced his time of punishment from fourteen days. 1 Denver and Ardpahoo county are in condi- tion to sympathize with Omaha. The annual expenses of ‘the county have grown from $194,457 In 1854 to 3704429 in 1894. The | clerk’s office here that R. A. festive taxeater is uncommonly voracious in Denver. Highest of all in Lea vening Power.— Latest U. S, Gov't Report Roal new leases before their crops were planted 1t Is posstble they will bs given an opportuni to make new leases in cases where the lands have not been leased to other parties. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—(Special Tel gram.) he Indian office has received no in- formation today from Captain Beck relati to the decision of Judge Shiras ai Lincoln dissolving the injunction lssued to restraln the agent from continuing eviction of set- ters from the Omaha and Winnebago reser- vation. No action therefore has been taken by officials here. Captain Beck stated while here recently that there were only about seventeen tlers who had not accepted his terms. [Ty co T0 DECIDE, 1 Have Many Dis- for Itx Members, WASHINGTON, Oct ~Not one of the contests filed against the members of the new house of representatives is complete. In most of them the testimony furnished on be- hailf of buth the contestants and ‘contestee has been deposited with the clerk, but in none have tho contestants filed their testimony in rebuttal. In the Belknap-McGann case, from the Third Tllinols district, Mr. McGann has not yet furnished his testimony, which according to law he should have done within forty days after that of the contestant. Although this Is the law, the house is not always guided by the statute if satisfactory explanations for the delay are furnished. In the Beatty-Price case from the Third Loulsiana, for instance, Mr, Price's testimony was delayed by smallpoX, which was epidemie in certain parts of his district Although no officlal information has been re- celved to that effect, it is understood at the Cheseborough, nst George B. who filed notice of contest aga | MeLellan of the Twentieth New York, has abandoned his contest. In the other two New York cases (Michell vs, Walsh in the Bighth and Campbell Miner in the Ninth) the contestees have not filled their testimony owing to some lccal hitch and Mitehell, it Is understocd, charges Walsh with attempting to delay the case. All the contestants in the thirty cases are republicans save Goodrich, who i contesting Cobb's seat in the Fifth Alabama, and Camp- bell, who is contesting Miner's seat. Good- rich is a populist who had the republican endorsement, and Campbell ran as an inde- pendent democratic candidate, The gencral opinion 15 that the cases of these contestants, who are scated by the next house will have to be very meritorfous, as the republican ma- jority is overwhelming, and there is no politi- cal emergency which would tend to make the members look on contestants with anything but an impartial eye to their justice, When the majority of a party in the house is small there is aiways a tendency, In the bitterness of political feeling, to increase the majority by the admission of all contestants whose cases have any merit at all. In the Fifty-first congress, for instance, when the republicans had but six majority, eleven of the seventeen democrats whose seats were contested were ousted, while in the last' con- gress, where the democrats had about 1 | majority, but three republicans of the nine whosg title to their seats was questioned were unseated, and two of the cases were never even acted upon. The following is the list of the contests in the Fifty-fourth congress: W. C. Robinson against George P. Har- rison, Third Alabama; W. F. Aldrich against Gaston A. Robins, Fourth Alabama; A. T. Goodwin against James E. Cobb, Fifth Ala- boma; T. H. Aldrich against Osear W. Un- derwood, Ninth Alabama; John A. Rinaker agalnst F. E. Downing, Sixteenth Illinois; W. H. Fenton agaiust John W. Maddox Seventh Georgla; George Denny, jr., against William C. Owens, Seventh Kenticky: N T. Hopkins against J. M. Kendall, Tenth Kentucky; H. Dudley Coleman against Charles F. Buck, Second Louisiana; Taylor Beattie against Andrew Price, Third Louisiana; Alexander Bennoit against Charles J. Boatner, Fifth Louisiana; William A. Booze against Harry M. Ruk, Third Mary- land; Robert J. Horn against John C. Tars- uey, Fifth Missouri; J. A. Mitchell against J."J. Walsh, Eighth' New York; Timothy J. Campbell against Harry C. Miner, Ninth R. A. Cheseborough ~against McClelland, Twelfth New York; P. Cheatham against F. A. Woodard, cond North Carolina; €. W. Thompson against J. G. Shaw, Third North Carolina; C. H. Marten against J. A. Lockhart, Sixth North Carolina; G. W. Murray against William Elliott, First South Carolina; Robert Moorman against A. C. Latimer, Third South Carolina; J. E. Wilson against John L. Mc- Laurin, Sixth South Carolina; Thomas B. Johnson against J. William Stokes, Seventh South Carolina; Jerome C. Kearby against Joseph Abbott, Sixth Texas; A. J. Rosen- thal against Miles Crowley, Tenth Texas; R. T. Thorpe against W. R. McKenny, Fourth Virginia; G. W. Cornett against C. A. Swan- son, Fifth Virginia; J. Hampton Hoge against Peter J. Otey, Sixth Virginia; Jacob Yost against Henry S, Tucker, Tenth Virginia, and Hugh Belknap against Lawrence F. McGann, Third Ilinois. New York: George B. H. HEADIN OFF FILIBUSTERS, Se Parties Ready to Sall from e United States to Cuban. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—The Treasury de- partment has secured, through the secretary of state and the Spanish minister, the sub- stance of a telegram from the Spanish consul at Key West stating in effect that another fillbustering expedition is fitting out at Pine Reef, one of the Florida keys. Leaders and a considerable number of men have left for ere. The “Cincinnatl” is said to be at Key West and the “Woodall" is about to start from New Orleans, conveying a party The “Childs,” probably now at Key West, is preparing to sail. Assistant Secretary Wike has sent telegraphic coples of the Spanish minister's note to the collectors of customs at New Orleans, Key West and Tampa, with ipstructions for them to consult the United States attorney and the officers of the necarest Tevenue cutter with a view to preventing any violation of the neutrality laws of the United States. Nile Overflow Higher Than Usual. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—There is a great flood in the Nile valley and United States Consul General Washington reports to the State department that the situation has be- come suficlently grave for the Egyptian gov- ernment to apply the provisions of the decree of 1887—under which all the inhabitants may be called upon to serve in watching the river banks. A circular to that effect has bsen issued to the governors of the provinces. This force will be in addition to the guards already on duty living in tem- porary reed huts built on the dykes at in- tervals of about fifty feet. At Cairo the river on September 11 registered the unusual helght of fifty-three feet six inches and a further rise was expected, Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE guarding and | LOCAL CAMPAIGY CHA Between Chaffee and Broate Donald feels like the man wh be tween the devil and the deep sea, Chaffe has the backing of Johuny's friends in Coun- | eil 125, whilo Br who has heen his pa- | tron saint for years, counts on the warm sup- port of the Third Ward Poker club and the Down-town Divekeepers who assoelation votes Johnny is anxious to corral. Which- ever way he may turn Johnny Is llable lose votes. He, therefore, is thinking seri- ously of sawing a cord of hickory wood on city primary day, Colonel Mel Redfield bis Bohemian, Polish woek he will address each of these nationall tes In thelr native dialect them that he always was and always will be thel friend in F. P. & P, the Dutch, cursed the Poles and turned his Yiose at the Czechs. is now brushing up and German. Next to assure One of the dervish organs quotes Felker's views on the duty of democ | support the dervish candidate for d court clerk. Why don’t it quote “Jud Covell? e is just as high up in the A, P inells as Felker and fully as good a demo- crat Ben Baker has encoun red several serious obstacles to success in his eanvass for judi- clal honors. Although as a member of the legislature he voted for the prohibition amendment to the constitution, some of his | pronibition friends have mistaken him for a | bartender. On the other hand, while he Is 1n good standing as an active member of the A. P, A, council, a man ss the streot looking at him standing in front of the New York Life building, pointed him out to acquaintance as an Irish Catholic priest Then comes a report that the barbers Omaha are organizing against him for s The famous three Charleys—Unitt, Djureen and Johnson—have got together In the Ninth ward and are booming Broatch for mayor and J. H. Dumont for city treasurer. As a touch- ing committee, Allan, Youngers and Lady of the Eighth ward are not in it with the three Charleys of the Ninth. Colonel Akin now has an organ on his hands and can mold public opinion in favor isfled. The thing that really broke the back of the official organ of the dervishes was an editorial which cne of the heavy guns of the sheet in a fit of temporary honesty wrote calling upon Broatch and Chaffee to get off the track and give some honest man a chance for the dervish nominatien for mayor. That started the howl, and the sheet was turned over to Colonel Akin. John Jenkins has withdrawn from the race for the dervish nomination for the mayoralty, There was nothing left for him to do when he saw the sheet which had captured $400 of his money pass into the hands of Colonel Akin, who installed as editor Colonel Jasper 1liff, one of Broatch’s trusty lieutenants, Pete Schwenk has lost all interest in poli- tics. With no plzce on the Eighth ward touching committee for him he has retired in disgust and left that field open to Hon. Jim Allan, What will Bdwards do now to counteract the handicap he received when Colonel Akin, his opponent for the dervish nomination for city treasurer, captured the official organ of the dervishes, Confidentially, E. B. Zimmerman claims to have a cinch upon the position of first deputy in the county treasurer's office in case of Heimrod's nomination. Zimmerman says all his ante-convention talk was not wasted, Charley Unitt is trying to do up Beech Higby for the nomination on the dervish ticket for city clerk. Unitt wants some real &ood man slated for the place and if no one else can be found who is willing to go against Higby he'll make a try for the place himself. F. B. Bryant has withdrawn from the race for the nomination for city treasurer. He sized up the touching committees in the varlous wards and decided that he didn't want to part with the savings of a lifetime to get a nomination on a ticket doomed to de. feat. iy Mac- | even when he damned | up an | of | of his candidacy for the nomination as city | treasurer. With Colonel Akin In the edi-| prire: Sandstone—Weren't torial chair of the Dervish's Own, Doc | AU LT DL Saville's a ., " wl -Y ow did you know? sAW aville's plea for “a loyal press™ will.be sat- | giing’ into a chiropodist's this morning. TIMATUM, e reports from Wash- ot that Mr. Olney has tall a preliminary Chicago Record: L Ington are to the eff already given the lion's and painful twist, Chicago Times-Herald: The country will firmly sustain President Cleveland and Secre- tary Olney In every rational application of the Monroe doctrine upon the American cons {nent. There s no reason for assuming that any such emergoncy has agrived In the cons tention between Great Britain and Venezuola, Minneapolis Tribune: The cheerful intelll gonce comes from Washingion that Secretary Olney has concluded that he has no authority to re war against England on account of the Venezuelan dispute. He will leave that sterfl duty to congress—all of which is very kind and obliging on the part of Secretary | Olney | Kansas City Times: The president can do no more just thing than to tell these hungry | Buropeans to keep thelr hands oft South Ame He will have the backing of the whole people also, which, to tell the truth, is a little weary of hearing stories, howeved true or untrue, about the neglect of Amerl- can interests abroad. Such a vigorous poliey would be wise, just, and, above all, demo- cratic. Indianapolis Journal: It is not at all likely the present offer of the United States to act as arbitrator will be accepted by Great Brit- aln. Her clalm Is wo flimsy and so easily disposed of by historical facts that she will cver submit it to arbitration. If she pel sists In asserting it this government will have to decide definitely whether it will as- sert or abandon the Monroe doctrine. The latter course would involve such a sacrifice of principle and a surrender of international prestige and influence as the Americah people would never consent to. % Philadelphia Record less cuts no figure in the set national questions; half a century of persist- ent, but friendly pressure from our govern- ment was nceded to induce Great Britain to relinquish her pretensions of a protec- terate over the Mosquito coast. The United States Is the last power in the world which t Britain could afford to offend, even sup- | posing for a moment she has any desire to do A few years more or ements of inter- ding s ‘hair too Wirly. With so many 80, The ruptire of commerclal relations 01 . between the two countries even for a very ;:rf:"'fl"' L pach Baker fs sald o be et period would suflice to bring Eugland sly contemplating pulllng up stakes | to the verge of famine, and close her manu- and withdrawing from the combination | factorles, which depend upon us for their dervish ticket, supply of raw material. Since the American S by government has apparently espoused the couse of Venezuela in the Guiana boundary dispute—but in a friendly way, be It noted —we may - depend upon it that In due time the British government will be brought to a conviction of the desirability of an arbl- tration of the diiculty LIGHT AND LIVELY. Dotroit Tribune: “Some of these da muttered the cannibal, “some of these days they will be ringing horse meat in on me in place of corned missionary.” Washington Star: *“What principles aj you going to advocate in the next town? asked the campaigner's private secretary. I dunno. You get the next train there, and find out what their views are.” Indianapolis Journal: *Love the working- man?" gurgled the walking deleg ordered anothe: strike. “Why, 1 ize him!" support asked the party,” My dear What I ty to support me, as it Exchange: “Are your party in its new platform?" anxlous inqujrer, I support ‘my said_the professional politician, sir, you have gotten things mixed expect 18 for my has done for yeal you golng to Cin innati Enquirer: “How did you like the_last lot of living pictures Vothing but a fake; that's what they were, Ior Instance, in the one called ‘Med- itation,’ the girl was all wrapped In thought.” Chicago Tribune: Customer—What kind of insect powder have you got that you recommend for fockronc ? Druggist—Well, T have a dozen kinds, but T hardly know which is best. My wife has tried them all, and she says the cock- roaches at our house don’t seem to have any preference. A REQUEST. THarper's Hazar, “Just why you need a fan, Marle, Is what, try as I may, I cannot s to m; vs cold- t, 50 cold are you Kes me fairly blue! put aside the fan, lay it apart, let old shimmering S0l melt down your icy heart.” So And Somerville Journal, A_kiss {8 but a little thing; But if you have a wife, And If she chances to #ée, that Kiss May bother you for life. A baby 1s a little thing, And yet among life's joys 1t takes, perhaps, the highest placo But can't it make a noise! A_mouse is quite diminutive, But how a girl's heart thumps sht of one; and if it's near, Great Caesar! how she jumps! Life's happiness, or woe, indeed, s caused by little things And so 'twill be, no doubt, until equipped with wings. She’ll Tell You a a judgment and skill the range of cost. apart, . Ask your wife if you don’t need sprucing T — up for the fall and win- ter. know it as well as she does, and whether it’s anything like even terms. The prices quoted serve only to show The quality is a thing Fall Trousers.. {r;>m $2.00 to $ 8.50 Fa'l Su'ts...... from $8.50 to $30.00 Fall Overcoats. from $8.50 to $25.00 ROWNINCKING S KING & CO. Tt ' Of course you new pair of trousers, new suit or a fall overcoat, you ought to attend now. to the matter That being so, of course it permits us to suggest that no seller of clothes what, for years, we have devoted the best can offer to manufacturing, on