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THE OMAHA DAILY _ . . . BE JO. WEDNESDAY . , NOVEMBER 4. 181)1. ) . T-ir-f 0HE ? DAILY BEE. I * . ItOSI'.WATKII. KI.ITOII. PUHL1SIJKD EVEHY MOHNINO TKItMH OK gl'llSCUII'TlON. Tally Hco ( wthotil ) Sunday ) Ono Year. . .IB M bully nml Sunday , One Yi-ar . Jo no Hit months . ' , * J Three Months . f.'jS. Hnmlny lli.Onn Year . * | Hntiinfny HOP. Una Year . \y \ > Weekly lieu , Oilo Year . ' W Tmnhn. The lice Iliillillnp. Fmith Uniiiliii. corner N nnd 2 > Hh StrooU Cnunall IllnlK 12 I'tMirl Street. ClilcntoUlllec , BITOhnniliurof Cplnmorcp. NpwVorkUoomii.Hniidr : > .TrllUiiuUuldlni ! ? Washington. 5ia KourU-wiili Street. All communications roliitlnz to news nml rillUirlnl matter should bo addressed to lltu IMltorlnl Uoptirlment. HUSINI&S KETTKUS. All IxnlnriH letters nml remittances should fencldrerxeil to Tlio llcul'iihllslilni ? Company. Onmlin. Draft" , checks ami pnstolllcporclon loliomiidopnyahlo to the order of the com pany. The Bee Piiulisliing Company , Propriety THE IIF.n Him.WNO. HVIOKN SPATIMINT : : ot- Main of Nidirusuii I. . Oounlvof Donelni. I0' Ororeu 1 1. TMPlmok , prcretarv of Tnr. HUB rubil liln cfinilitinv , dot" * lolomiily swii.ir Hint Iho nctiml rlri-ulntloii of TIIK KAII.V llcii Tor thu WCPK cnJInK October III. IMI , was us To'lowi ' : _ . . - f-un.iy ! Oct.2. ' > . g- ; ? ' Hominy , Oet. 0 . fisP Tuesday. Out. 27 . s-i'i Wedniwlay. Oet.SJ . - ' Thtirs'lav. Oct.U J . . .31 Trlil ay. ( ) ot. M . \ bulnnlny , UcU III . . V Fworn tn lioforo mo ami oiilHcrlhod In my pr spiicothlsilt : day of Uctouur. A. Ii.JbOI. SF.AI. . N.I' . 'K" ; . Notary I'ulillo. 7 IIP prowth of the avornio dally clrculnt'on nf TIIK HKK for six years Is bhpwn In vho fol- lowltu table : ISM 1S.S7 IS.i',1 dnmmrr I0..7 IS , 171 1't'bniary IO.W , I.V.r.i , March. . * . . . . . . II. BIT II.IIX ) 19,1 tu April IJ.I'.Pl U.nr , IS 741 Jlny 13,4 W ii. a ; 17.181 Juno . 11.147 l'.i,2l 1 .lulr 12.311 I4.IM IS.OU ' . ' . | ; ll.l.M 1H.IS.1 1.1.11,0 H , 'in KIM iilolicr _ II. . ! . ! . ! IS.IWI I.t.IIH li.Ztfi IS..IN , JH'COMlhcM \ty\i \ 15.1) ) II IS.-il DON'T all speak nt once. MAVCUICIC was ; i bad naino for a Bos ton bank anyhow. OSTHOKP'S explanation is that ho did not know It was loaded. AM. things considoro.l Ada M. Bitton- hondor made a lively hpino run up in Kiobrara. IN TIIK snbllino language of Frank 31 Mooroii , "there's a hole in the bottohi of the fio.i. " Tiinm ; will bo mourning and lamen tation in the lands beyond the sea over the news from Ohio. OSTIIOFK'S boot straps could not stand the tornblo strain when the Fifth ward licolors were pulling his log. Some of our voters will bo decidedly roticonl about the candidates for whom they votud until the returns are in. Du. CONKMXO enjoys the satisfaction that ho has not put on a mortgage .plnslor to pull himself up to the citv hall. PnoviDiNCi3 smiled upon the people with good weather in the great centers of political importance. This augurs well for the republicans. Wn SHAM , forgive our now forecast olllcial for his iniscuo on the weather yesterday. It was probably duo to the oxcitoinunt of the politic tl campaign. MANY people on this side of the Atlantic have had tholr sympathies nrotisod for Mrs. Maybrick and will bo glad to know that her case can bo again heard in the English courts. IIONKSTY is the best policy. But the best policy does not often have a fair nhow in Omaha's city council. Think of that contract for Incandescent lights in Iho outskirts of the city in this connect ion. Six congressional elections were hold loday to (111 ( throe republican and three tlomoor.itic vacancies. The democratic majority in the lower house is so largo , however , that comparatively little intor- DSt is taken in the results as they will have no especial infltienco upon legisla tion. OMAHA is congratulating herself oyor the fact that the smelting works compa ny has determined to add a copper plant to Its great industry on the river front. This will glvo permanent employment to fifty men and will increase the im portance of the city as tin ere treating center. \ViUM5 most people regret that the minors took the law into tholr own hands tn Tennessee and released tno convicts employed In the mines , they nil syimmthlzo with the olTorts of Ten- tiossoe worklngmon to put an end to the contract convict labor uystom. It should bo abolished by law instead of the mob. OHIO people without regard to the exciting campaign turned out onmasse at the towns visited by the Nebraska advertising train. The iniullc schools wore dismissed at some points and the cars were crowded vherovor they wont with eager people anxious to see the products of the best agricultural state in the union. Ouu llrst experience with the Impor tation from the antlpodos known as the Australian ballot loaves tm with a fav orable Impression. It needs some modi fications to adapt It moro fully to our conditions , but it is a great improve ment upon the old style of election , and It gives the ward bummer and ticket peddler a very cold shoulder. TIIK London yUeyruph does not mince matters in discussing the Chilian con troversy , but emphatically objects to the effort to have England brought into it in any narticular. Tlmt journal noti fies the Chilians that Great Britain will not in tori ere to protect a nation which permits outrages to bo commuted upon unarmed inon In a friendly port. People ple on this uldo the water fool llko shouting "bravo" to the great London expositor of English sentiment. Tilt ! Kti Advice ? up to midnight from the states In which public Interest hai con- let otl were very meagre. Tlio returns from Now York indlento the election of Hoswoll P. Flower , dem ocratic candidate for governor , 'W ' n dednlvo plurality estimated ( it from SMOOOto2l,000 Ohio has , It Is generally conceded , elected Major McKlnloy as povornor , but the returns received are Incomplete and no untimato can bo nmilo as to iMcKlnloy's majority. Iowa llko Nebraska , Is an agricultural slate. The polling places In the country bchool houses are out of reach of the telegraph and complete returns will not bo in for at lofisl forty-eight hours. So far as they have been rot-olvod they point to the election of Hiram C. Wheeler , the re publican candidate , although this may possibly bo reversed bv later returns. Nebraska ha1 ? boon redeemed. Judge Post , the republican candidate for supreme premo judge , i elected by at least fl,00l ) majority over Edgorton , the independent nominee. In Douglas county and notably In Omaha there tins been a complete rev olution. While the canvass of the bal lots Is still in progress in many of the precincts , enough is known Iq assure re publicans that they have elected George P. Bomls * mayor by a very handsome majority and carried the greater portion of the county and city ticket. 11'KiTKKX I'H The next two years m < iy reasonably bo oxpcctud to witness almost unprece dented progress In the development of the west. The great crops of this year , for which there is an assured market at good prioas , will bring to this section hundreds of millions of dollars. This will enable the farmers to pay oil'a con siderable pai'l of their mort gage indebtedness and to make needed or desirable im provements which a period of depression compelled them to forego. A now im pulse will bo given to emigration from the eastern and middle states to those of the wobt , and the. larger demand for agricultural lands will increase tholr market value. Capital is certain to How westward for investment in a steadily swelling stream , for in no other feection of the country is tlioro such prom ise of a favorable return , and only the fear of adverse legislation has prevented its coming for the last year or two. The great mining interests of the west will experience greater ac tivity and their enlarged output will add materially to the money ounply of this section. Under the stimulus of greatly enlarged markets for our moat products the industry ot cattle and hog raising will Inevitably grow , and this already largo resource of the west will contribute moro largely than over before to the revenues of western producers There is not an interest in the great west , agricultural , mining or industrial , for which it is not entirely safe to pro- diet a decided progress during the next two i earn. Particularly with regard to the agricultural interest there is warrant for the belief that it has entered upon an era of greater prosperity than it has perhaps over before Known , and which is likely to bo indefinitely prolonged The most intelligent opinion is that the day of unprofitable prices for food pro ducts is passed , and that in the future the industrious and thrifty American farmer will have no cause to complain that his toil is not adequately rewarded. With the steady growth of his homo market and the certainty of a foreign demand for all the surplus which this country may produce , the farmers of the United States can look to the future with unlimited confidonco. With the productive lands of Kuropo about ex hausted thovosl must continue to supply a largo part of the world's food , and this fact , con sidered in connection with the vast mineral and other resources of this section , presents possibilities of im measurable wealth and power toward the attainment of which'the next two years will witness anrirko'l ' advance. OHIAKtX.lTIO\ CONUttKHS. Tno speaker of the Fifty-second congress - gross is certain to have several arduous and delicate tasks to perform , but per haps the most dillicult ono will bo the distribution of the sixty chairmanships at hia disposal In a way to satisfy the country and the members at the same time. There is a clique of members of the house , made up of promi nent inon from the south , who have soon many years of service , who are great sticklers for seniority , and those will look with disfavor on an attempt to distribute ) the chairmanships on the basis of a recognition of the superior' voting power of the north in the house. Some of them , it Is not doubted , will bo chagrined if the apportionment is made upon a purely arithmetical scheme. They may bo found , It Is intimated , before the congest for speaker is over , aligning thombolvos with the candidate who will throw out the most agreeable intimations concerning the respect to bo shown to years of borvlco and former position on committees. Assuming that the speaker will make use of his arithmetic in arranging his pri/.CH , some interesting conclusions can bo reached. Of the 2.17 democrats in the house , 1-0 are from the north and 117 are from the south. The excess of northern members will entitle that section to thirty-one commlttco chairmanships , leaving twenty-nine to bo distributed among the southern members of the democrats in the last house standing at the head of the minority , and for that reason assumed to bo entitled to succeed to chairmanships , there are in this house forty-three. Eight of them ap pear to bo entitled to two loading places each , but it is out of the question to give them so many if there is to be n fair apportionment of members. Give the members who might claim two places just the ono to which a fair division of the prizes will ontltlo them , and there would still bo . . thirty-five heirs apparent to the privi lege o' giving out time on the lloor. In order to give the northern members on the democratic side the thlrtv- chairmanships to which they ani .1- tltlcd , the south must give up six places to which that section is entitled by service. It is not probable that the southern members will show any such magna nimity. Ills not their habit to surrender anything that will gh'o them power or advantage , and It is not likely that they will show any more generosity now than In the past. The numerical superiority of the democratic members from the north ought to place a northern demo crat In the speaker's chair , and thr > ro r.ro candidates for the position , but it is a foregone conclusion that a southern man will bo chosen , and who ever ho shall bo his election will undoubtedly carry with it the pledge to recognize the claim of the south to a majority of the committee chairman ships , and of course most of the best positions will go to that section. The 120 northern democrats will bs com pletely dominated by the 117 demo crats from the south , just as the repre sentatives of the democracy o ( the latter section have always controlled in a dem ocratic house , and always will wlillo the south continues solid for that party. A ritAunn.bXT HKAI * Headers of Tun DKB will recall the contest over the suburban lighting con tract which took place in the council last summer. They will recollect , too , that the council manipulated the bids in a very remarkable style and that finally the Ohio company which has had A monopoly of the gasoline lights since .Tune , 183'i ' , when n con tract was made for 100 lamps was loft in the Hold to furnish light at the old rale of 31 ! ) per lump. Competition was smothered in ono way and another although it took six weeks of rather acrimonious controversy to accom plish it. Brielly let us review the history of that controversy : The Ohio company hnd live voars of undisturbad monopoly of the suburban lights , durlncr which time its service was very indllTorontly performed upon a contract altogether in its favor at S10 par lamp. The number of lamps steadily increased from 100 to over 000 , but the candle power continued weak and the price strong. Notsatisliod with this decidedly advan tageous arrangement the Ohio company sought to induce the council to raise the price to 822 in consideration of which a now patent burner would bo used. This was the straw which nearly broke the back of the monopoly for the council concluded to ask for competitive bids as a matter of form before awarding a contract for five years. Several com panies filed prouosals and a variety of patents were offered. A St. Paul com pany entered the competition and of fered a sixteen candle power lamp for SI.1) per liirht per year. The Ohio com pany's bid was 819. A Haw was found in the terms of the advertisement and all bids were rejected. Upon readvertising the Ohio company continued to demand 819. The St. Paul company advanced to 815.50. The con tract was at last awaraod to the St. Paul company , but the mayor vetoed it be cause the city's interests were not sulli- cienlly protected , and a third lime pro posals were called for. The St. Paul oompanv raised its bid this time to $10.90. The Ohio company put in bids under the name of the Sun Vapor com pany for lights varying from thir teen to nineteen candle powor. The Thomson-Houston Electric Light company entered the competition at this point with a bid for incandescent lights of twenty candle power at $20 p'or light per annum , and was awarded the con tract for live years , to begin Novem ber 1. All competitors of the Ohio company except the olootrio light were driven out of the field , and the Ohio company's contract was continued until the electric light company should bo ready for business , presumably November 1. That date is passed , and the Thompson- Houston company has not taken a stop so far as can be soon to place its lights or fulfil its contract. Meanwhile the Ohio company has repaired its lamps , and replaced a largo portion of them with what Is called a now and Improved burner. The electric light company is under a bond of 85,000 to carry out its compact with the city. It is apprehended , however , that some loophole of escape has boon scovorod or was made in the draft of the agree ment and the wily monopoly will escape this penalty. Meantime the Ohio Gaso line company continues to draw pay at the rate of $19 per annum for each of its 000 lamps and the city council looks on unperturbed. The whole transaction is a fraud upon its face perpetrated deliberately by the lighting companies. It is the expectation of the Ohio company to hold Its ground in spite of protects. The city's interests are not protected by the provisional contract under which it Is operating. The bonbon is so late that lamp posts cannot readily bo sot by any now com pany. The Electric Light company pro bably never intended to perform its agreement. The whole thing is a job and the people would be pleased to know exactly what members of the coun cil were parties to it. OMAHA'S registration is a gratifying showing for the city. It Is within two thousand of that of ono year ago when the prohibit ion question drew out the largest vote over polled In the city. The registration vindicates the national cen sus In Omaha. IT Is to bo hoped a city clerk will bo elected at this time who will crawl out ' of bud in time to have the polling places , open at S o'clock for the next election. ST. Louis will no longer monopolize the copper industry of the wost. Omihti : is to bo in the business and well up tu the front. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WITH the election over wo shall all return to o.ir usual tumporatu luhlU and give moro attention to business than polities. Tin- : Australian hnlint is on trial at this election. Every good elU/.ou hoptts It will prove a circle lo the frauds which have boon pq j trutod with moro or loss impunity ImroWiforo. SOUTH OjfA'M has enrolled 1,220 pu pils in her schools already this yoar. South Omaha1 Ingrowing in school pop ulation as tvqfj.us In wealth and inlhi- once. . , , > A Iltick Number. Senator Quay' la trouble npntn about hlu reputation , bat llfo fact isn't of any portion- Inr Interest sine ? ; tie is no longer nt the homl of the ropubll6an nutloiml commlttco. I Con ili on tlio liens. It Is now authoritatively announced tlmt Canada's attempt to build up an ops trade with England has proved n failure. The prohlnltor.v clause In the MeKinloy law may suit ox-Prcitldoiit Hnyoj , but It is fuUl to the prospects of several million honest Untmdhui iicns. Sum null Ills Quarrels. London dalllcH nuilco n mistake in season- I K their articles on the Chilian situation with covert throats. Undo Sam Is able to UKO euro of his own quarrels , anil he will In sist on satisfaction from Ihoso who insult him. John Dull would do no loss were ho in the same position. * Onions an I Olplitlicrin. JSV leu ( ( / ! < .1 melean. . In a caiu of diphtheria raw onions should bo plneou In a cloth ami baatoa Into a pulp , and the cloth ( uontalnlnir the onions , Julco and all ) bound unout the throat and well up over the patient's ' cars. UonewaU to ho mauo as often as the mass becomes dry. The oltcct Is almost magical , the doudly pain yielding in u short time. " in : T.IKK.S coACirrATOitv. Olilll'fl Minister ol' Foreign AfTalrH Addresses Mr. lO an. Nnw YOUK , Nov. ! J. A Santiago correspondent pendent cables that ho is just in receipt of a report from Santiago to the effect that Min ister of Foreign Affairs Malta has sent a dis patch to Minister Egna relative to the Balti more affair. It Is said to bo couched In a conciliatory tone and to evlnco In every way n desire to see that justlco Is done just as soon n * the inquiry in this city Is concluded. Minister M.ittn has written a dispatch to In- tondonto Arlcnui of this city asking him to Inform the Gorman Admiral Valois that Malta regrets exceedingly the Insults offered the other evening on a train to two Gorman naval oflluors and ordering an immediate in quiry into the affair with a view to punish ing the offenders. IHIY run iiM.vruK ir/i/M T. Ilrport ol' tlie Government Weather Hun" it for Octoupr. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Nov. a. The Depart ment of Agriculture weather bureau crop bulletin for the month of October says in regard to the rain fall that October was ono of the driest of which the bureau has record. Dry weather was general throughout the northern states ana tlio month closed leaving the winter wheat Crop in a critical condition , as most of It has been ulnnted In ury soil nnd tticro has not been sufficient rain to give it strength enough to resist the cold. The con ditions may he greatly improved , however , by gcneroas rains and moderate ) weather during November , AX O3l.HlA M Iff llKt.lt Ul' . Salt I.aco ! Detective ; Arrested for tlio Crime. SMTL\KK , U. T. , Nov. 3. { Special Tele gram to TIIK Br.c.J Detective Daggott of tlio police force was todav hold to the grand jury for attempting tO'liold up William Hull , foreman - -man of the Hio Grande machine shops. Hull Is an Omaha man and at ono time wonted iu the Union Paclllc shops thoro. Ho had some trouble with a young woman at Knwlius , Wyo. . a few months ago and it is claimed that Daggett tried to obtain money from him on tnat cunrco. Failing , ho tried the hold-up act. _ - _ DUUltLKMUltnKll JI An Alabama Couple Horribly Mu tilated With AVCH. GKOIIOMNA , Ala. , Nov. a. Last night Thomas Sheppard and wife , highly esteemed people residing two miles from town , were murdered. Their bodies were horribly butchered , the crime having apparently been committed with axes. J3vory trunk mid drawer in the liouso was pillaged. The people nro in a" state of frenzy , andalaiiro lorco of men has boon patrolling the country in search of the murderers. AfiOTllllll JIAXK F.lll.UKK. First National Hank of Damiscotte , Mr. , Added to the l.i-t. \V\8iii\OTO.N' , D. U. , Nov. 3. The comp troller of the currency has received Informa tion that the First National hank of Damls- cotto , Mo , has boon forced to suspend pay mcnt In consequence of the failure of the Maverick National bank of Uoston. Ho said that the bank is in good shape and will un doubtedly be able to resume business In a short , timo. Til.IT CKltTII'IV.lCK UF U'liere Old the Pennsylvania I ) 1111- urnlH Oet Mold of it. WASHINGTON . D. C. , Nov. a. Acting Secretary - tary Spaulding received a letter from Fran cis U. Hooves of Philadelphia this morning , stating most ompnatic.tlly that ho had never given a cortllicato endorsed by Senator Quav and Uardsloy to any one , and that ho had no Knowledge 'how It got into the possession of the democratic state committee. 11KTUHX 1U It'OltK. Striking Pennsylvania Coal Miners O vu In. PiTrsnuiiQ , Pa , , Nov. 3. The strike of coal miners In the Pituburir district for an ad vance of 10 cents per ton has ondod. Over 12,000 men. who have boon idle for throe months , will return to work nt the operators' loans. Tlio agreement was arrived nt today. luvltefl to Attend , Atm-STA , Go. , Nov. 3. The Augusta ex position recently spjtt President Harrlion a copy of the resolutions adopted at a mass meeting on tlio return of tlio opposition dele gation from tho.east and Washington. An Invitation was extended the president to at tend the exposition. Ills letter in roplv aclinowlodired the r ceipt of the resolutions and showed tils lutcrcst la the prosperity of the entire south. 1 HUH An tlnrlHillclinn. MIIMSIINVis. . , Nov. M. Judge Newman , after listening to tiVguineuU of attorneys on bath sides in thoyi'jybratod case of tlio St.ito aifiilnst ox-tjtuto Treasurer Hnrsliaw , to re cover intoin-a on Wtatu funds , decided that ho had no Jurisdiction In the CUM' . Kx-Stato Treasurer M. K. Fotrl'lgo ' will now ho tried. H involve * the saldo'quostlotis as the first case. _ none tn Meet isVIIV. . W\SIIINUTO.X , U. C. , Nov. a. Tlioro was no Chilian nuws at the departments today. Honor Don Pedro Moult hm fono to New Or leans to meet hU wlfo nnd some momoors of the Chilian legation wno are expected tu ar rive tomorrow on the aiu.imor from Colon. Nnliii'-l ! KUticnt r.s. New YQIIK , Nov. : i--Tho nxecutlvo com mittee of tlio National Kducallonnl n-isocm- lion has docldoa to boll the next annual con vention at Sarutoiik UprlngJ July I'J to 15 , Ibltt. . . ' * ' Snl'ed tor ilie Knst In lit ) ' . Ninv YORK , Nov. ! i. The Ihuvtup Phila delphia suiloo from the DrooUlyti navy yard HiU morning. Ilor lirnt slopping place will bo ll.irb.ulo.We t InJicu. m RAID EVER KNOWN , Story of the Roloaai of Tonncsmo Convicts by the Minors. BLOODLESS BUT EFFECTIVE INVASION , An Orgatil/.cui Army U'hloli Il l Us Work ( Juletly anil Tlion aii-ltoil Away , l.iMivltiB tin * Author ities UolplosH. ICs-oxvit.i.K , Tonn. , Nov. 3. The last con- vlet has loft the U'aldons IJldgo mltilnff ro- Rlofi. The stookudos are disinaullod or burned and moro than lot ) desperadoes roam the mountain * and valleys of northeastern Tennessee. Through the acts of these miners , violating the law when the law refused - fused lo ali.1 them , the government and the people of Tennessee Had themselves faced by u complicated and perilous situation. Gov ernor Uuchannn has confessed that ho does not know what to do. An armed body of men has marched through the state , has de stroyed a portion of Iho state's propurty , has released Iho state's prisoner * convicts of tlio worst stripe vet it is Impossible to pur sue or face this small army of revolutionists because this army melts away as completely as if It never existed wneii it has struck a blow , and then reassembles silently , ready to strike the next blow. It Is fully armed and organired , perhaps the be it equipped corps of sharp-shooters over got together ; yet the names and homes and identity of the leaders nnd privates are unknown. The whole Incident Is unique , oven In the history of labor agitations. It was set on foot by worklngmon for the lives ot them selves , the living of their families , and this phase of Ibo affair makes thu other side of a question , which at first seems to Illustrate only the recklesiness In freeing criminals. Having offered rewards Iho uovernor took the early train yesterday morning for Nash ville. Ho had iiardly got clear of the town when a telegram was sent announcing Iho news from Oliver Springs. When Saturday night passed without any sign of further violence , and when people who visited Bricovlllo on Sunday found everything so quiet , tlio hope Hint violence was at an nnd began to bo indulged in. liut tlioro was a feeling of unrest. Oliver Springs lay not far across tlio mountains from llnce- villo and Ooal Creek , a half a night's Journey at most , four miles north of Oliver Springs was the convict mine run by the Cumberland Mining and Manufacturing company. Here was a big stockade with a hospital , stoio rooms , superintendent's houses nnd convicts' quarters. Ono bundled and llfty-slx convicts were hold there , but the governor and the state guards evidently thought , as this mine hud not IlKurcd in the other affair , there was no danger of an attack upon It. The guard was not increased and no special precautions : were taken. Indeed , the guards might well have thought that lirlcoyillo lay too fa:1 across the mountains for the distance lo beget got over in a night's Journey. There were llfteon guards , well armed and behind good fortifications. The Cumberland company's stockade , unlike the two stockades captured on Iho other ride of the range , was on high ground , overlooking nil the other mountains except that against which it was uuilt. So on Sunday night guards and convicts , all ex cept two night watchmen , went to sleep with no Idea of any excitement that night. Hut at about lii o'clock a negro convict heard a sound ns of horses approaching. Ho said noihinp until suddenly the low sound be came a gteat scrambling of hurrying hoofs , and almost Immediately there was u great banging nt the door of the block house nt the corner of the stockade. The cuards jumped to their foot , rushed toward that door and stood with cocked rilles. " \Vhoisthcrei What do you want ? " said ono guard. "Open the door or I'll throw this dynamite against It , " was the reply. At this the convicts , most of whom were negroes , sot up a gioat howl , bogging the guards to open the door. The guards did so , hut through no persuasion of the convicts. Outride , almost surrounding the stockade , were armed men , some masked , others merely sooted , but all had rilles. The load ers ordered the guards to get away as quickly as possible. It is said tnat at this command ono guard dropped his gun nnd ran llko a hounded deer until he readied his own house. The mounted mountaineers set about the business that hnd boon done on the other side of the ramie. The storeroom was burst open and such of its contents as could sup plement what provisions the horsemen hud brought for the convicts was utilized gener ally. The supply of clothing was small , however , nnd the leaders saw that it was given to the convicts of .short term and therefore less criminality. When as many convicts ns possible were supplied , the leader said : "Now , boys , skip out ; make for the north , quick. " "Which way h north.1" asked a couvlct , who knew neither the stars nor Iho moun tains. "That way , " said the leader pointing. Make a boo lino. If you have not got clothes , ask nt the minora' houses. They'll lit you out. " So thieves and murderers , burners of houses , and men guilty of all sorts of out rages , Hod over the mountains. The mountaineers dismounted ami set llro to thostockaiJe. As the llro uhuod up tlio mountaineers gel on their horses and watched it from the concealment of the trees. Someone shouted , "Hurrah' for the end of the convicts In these parts. " They sot up a shout nnd then redo away rapidly and silently toward the east. " The mountaineers have fulfilled their throats. The last convict is gone from the Waldorns range region. The blockades aio destroyed , and those who have done It all , nro apparently snfu from the law. It HCOIIIS to bo the general impression that no moro leased convicts will toil up thu Mopes of U'aldons raugo , that the convict system in east Tenncsseo.ls ended. Stood OlVVitli Dummies. SAN rt ] ? R , Nov. 3. Three convicts escaped from the penitentiary yojtorday. They used imitation pistols whittled out of wood to stand oil the guard and made their lllght on horses. Ono of the trio was shot in the arm and rc-capuirod by Iho guard. AMHHICAS finn > AC ( Jill LI. Instruction * ) V.'liluli Mini lloou Issued to J huh1 t Ommandei'.s. W\smsorov , L ) . C. , Nov. : -Secretary Tracy has made public Iho Inslructions is sued to the United States squadron on the coast of Chill at the beginning of the Chilian dislurbance. Secretary Tracy says : "Thoso instruction * have been vigorously ndhcivd to throughout. In no Mngio Instance huvo they boon departed from. Tlioy provo conclusively that the charges of partiality madi ) by Iho English newspapers are un truths and lhal they h.ivo been invented In order to prejudice the Chilians against the United Stains for commurclal purposes. " Tlio instructions i\ ere dated March 'M. U was explained thai Insurgent vimels , al though outlawed by the Chilian government , weio not piiatc unless committing acts of piracy , and Iho admiral was ordeiod lo ob serve strict neutrality and to take no part In the troubles further limn lo protect , Ameri can interests , it was furthci ordered , however - over , to take all necessary measures to pro tect from injury by Insiirgonl vessels In lives or propjrty of American cilUuiu. H was or dered that endeavor bo made to delay horn- barUmcnl bv Insurgents until American iltl- zens and properly wore removed , using force , if necessary , but only us u Insl resort. Amor- lean vessels , it wis stated , sol/ml by tno in- HUt-geuis without . < atisiactory compensation , wcro liable to bo roroveied forcibly , tint it \vn > ordered Unit ovorv precaution should bo laUcn to avoid such measures. Scot laud \Viiu tlio Til } ; . SXN Fin MI * co , Cat. , Nov. 8. Tlio inter national tug-tif-war coiitestoiuled last night. .Scotland guts lint pri/.e , Dotimark second. Gurir.iiiiy third and Ireland fourth. I dillItrlllsli 'ii'i-ri Drowned. I.O.MIOS , rsov.A : ) dispatch from Port- laud says a boat uelo'iglutf to Ilor Majesty's ship llowo caiHlzuil , drownlni ; four sailors. "Mr * , .Mnj'liflish ; ' * Krttr. Lo.xiiox , Nov. 3 , After further argument In the court , of appeals In tlio Maybrlck cai today , Judjmiiiit was ruiervixl. ir.i.si//.voTo.v HfiiK\u or TUB HKB , ) nin KofllTRUNTII STItKRT , > \ V.IH.SllTOX , I ) . C. , NOV. 3. ) It Is not unlikely that Iho failure of the Maverick National bank of Boston will bring about some very radical changes In the pres ent system of bank examinations. It has boon found that there were downright steal ings of cash going on in this bank but It failed to couio to the notice of the examiner. It U believed that a more searching and rig orous examination upon the part of the ox- runnier , who died suddenly of heart disease. thoother day , would have resulted iu dls closures leading to the corruption In Iho Maverick bank which might have saved largo amounts to the depositors and stockholders. sometime ago , probably nt the time of the failure of tlio Keystone bank of Philadelphia U was suggested to tlio comptroller of the currency , by ono high above him In ofllcml rank , that In somn rospucls the present sys tem of examinations of national banks was a farce and that the system should bo changed. The comptroller was reminded thai It hnd become the custom of Iho examiners who were retained for such long terms at Iho same place lo bo moro or 'MS perfunctory In the discharge of their duties that Instead of couiilliig thu cash and going cure- fully over the nnpor hold by banks nnd making Investigation as to Iho securities , and the same upon the second , third or fourth examination of a bank as It was made upon the th-U examination , a sort of general inquiry of the otllcers of the bank ensued. The comptroller was urged Ufc nialco oxam- Innllnns of bunks at moments unexpected by their ofllcors and by examiners unknown lethe the bankers , nnd It was suggested to him that it would bo good oollcy to change the examiners from ono district to another so that banker * would not know by whom their Institutions wro to bo exam ined , and that examiners should be required to institute an entirely now Investi gation every time Umy looked Inlo thu ac counts of a bank. At present , bankers know thu examiners and the lime of their coming and prepare for them. Comnlrollor Lacy objected to this proposed now pulley on the ground Unit a new examiner would bo un familiar with collateral and personal securi ties and could not kcop posted on values held by thu bankers , so well as ho could bo by be ing retained at the same posl and familiarize himself with the people and also the secur ities which were held by the banks. Never was their moro Interest shown In the election returns at Washington than is evinced lonlght Thoovciumient equals that of a presidential contest. The streets are crowded about the bulletin boards , the stcre- optican exhibits mid clubs at midnight , and us the returns are displayed the crowds howl with enthusiasm. The returns are not coming In in as intelligent a form as usual , not being in com parison to the Jlguros of former years. The opinions of well known public men in the various states ns to how the re sults will affect candidates named are tlii moU intelligent , bringing out the greatest huiias : or groans. President Harrison began receiving bulletins over the executive man sion wires direct from the Press assoeial < jn and telegraph companies as early as ( i o'clock. He seated hlmselt in the library , and was soon joined by Attorney General Miller , Secrotarys Tracy , Proctor and Uusk. The president himself compared the figures of today \vi'h these of ono and twoye.irsago and was soon able to reach a satisfactory conclusion. Ho was greatly Interested and not surprised to sec how well McKinley had maintained his position on the tarilT nnd sil ver coinage , and was else grateful to learn oarlv that the republicans had moro than held their own In Massachusetts. It wns a source ol great regret and disap pointment to him lo see lhat tlio county dis tricts of Now York were not coming up to the standard ho hnd anticipated , but It pleased him much to early conclude that Kassott's light against Tammany had been a ' winner la Now York City if not'ln the stale. The president and his cabinet ofllcors will remain at the wires till they have some idea ot how Iowa , Nebraska nnd South Dakota have gone , yiurotury Hlalno is receiving the news ovoi- special wlro at his residence. Washington will not sloop much this night. P. S. H. _ _ itr.cKST Attnr OHIIKHS. Detail of Cliniiso * in tlio" Itr > salar Servioo Vostorilny. vVAsniN-aros , D C. , Novfi. : rSpoclalTolo- eram to Tin : Bun. ] The following army orders were issued today : The leave of absence granted Second Lieutenant Kdwln W. Cole , Eighth infantry , October 19. 1801 , Department of the Platte , Is extended one month. The retirement from active service on November 1 , 1S01 , by operation of law , of Colonel Charles II. Smith , Nineteenth in fantry , Is announced. Leave of absence for four months on surgeon's certificate of disa bility is granted Second Lieutenant Amoroso Mcriarlty , Ninth Infantry. The leave granted First Lieutenant.I. Kslicourt Sawvor , Fifth artillery , October 1 , Department of Cali fornia , is extended ton days. "Western J'.iteul.s. WASHINGTON- . C. , Nov. 3. | Special Tele gram to TUB UiB. | Tholfollowlng list of patents granted U roiortoa by Tin : Baa and Examiner Bureau of Claims : .loan Arboin , DCS Moines , la. , airship ; James W. Uallard , assignor of one-half to W. 1 \ Johnson , Toledo , la. , handcar ; Oscar Uooth , Creston , Iu. , liandploco for dental ouginos ; Gairett O. Burton , Trenton , Neb. , bookbinder ; Edward W. Cralno , Missouri Valley. Iu. , pneumatic train signaling np- paralus ; William Delain , Earlham , la. , ten sion device for wire fence mauhlne ; Henry E Harden and C H. Mcrriman , Nebraska , draft oqunli/or ; John \V. Kor.sliaw , jr. , Burn- sido. la. , rotating grain measurer ; David S. McConnaughoy. WashliiL'ton , la. , suture In strument ; Charles S. Mosoloy , Dubuquo. la. , machlno for llnlshing metal goods ; Peter Peterson , Fremont , Nob. , wagon Jack ; U Illis D. Sherman , assignor , to Union Hydraulic Drain Tlio company of Omaha , soivor plpo and drain tno niuchiiie ; Charles H. Taylor , Lincoln , Noo. , conveyor chain ; James' H. Ytind , ( ir.iud Island , Nob. , plate , cup and saucer holder. In ( lord , \Vh > ? OMIIIA , Nov. 'J. To Iho Editor of Tut : Ur.i : : A traveling man visiting Omaha for Iho first time tnkos advantage of Iho opportunity afforded by TIIK BIK news-box to express his surprise at the entire absence of street signs In the business portion of the city. A charm- ins city sucti as Omaha Is , should certainly bo proud enough of her broad streets to nlaco .signs indicating tholr name in positions where they could bo readily s > eon , so that u stranger In the cllv could go about without being obliged to nsk nt. every turn the numo ot the street on which ho may bo. Omaha Is not the only city , to bo sure , where this vox- iitlon state of affairs exists. A reformation on her part inluht lead her sister cities to lollow suit. The common council could reaullv remedy the fault by passing an ordi nance requiring every owner of oornor pro- riortv to put out Hlrcetsignos not only requir ing it , but making It compulsory. E.H.1C. Oir I'loi-ldii. WVSIHNIITON- I ) C. , Nov. --Tho rcvoiuio steamer MuLano at Key West has boon or dered to go to the assistance of the British steamship Mali ) , reported to bo aground on .iinu'er Bread ( Sround , near Stirrup Kovs , . "In. The vessel has lost her propeller and Is totally disabled. Hho has a valuable cargo , Muslim : * ' HSTISOS , Nob. , Nov. -Special [ Polo- giam to Tin : Bun.At ] a special mooting of the council held last night Iho contract for pavliiu' district No. 1 wu awarded to Thomus E. Parrell. HOW THE ROW OCCURRED , Another Chapter in the BoMolnnn Falluro at Lincoln. II , A. LAU VERY ROUGHLY HANDLED , Hoth PnrtloH to the Affair tiiro Their Vornloii of the Provoca tion Iiciullnt ; Up to the LINTOI.V , Nob. , Oct. 3. [ special lo HKB. ] The Uossolinau trouble will not drown but koopi bobbing up under various phases. Last nlgl't Mr. Uossolnun knoclcoil down Mr. P. II. Jjiti , the wholesale man. According to the story told by each the other Is to blamo. Mr. liossoltmin says thai hq has good reasons for fooling aggrieved lo- \viml Liu : that on Sunday Lau came to him and told him tint since the scandal had boon published ho ( Ilo olman ) would have lo skip and that he would glvo him $1,500 for his stock of goods and lot the other creditors whlstlo. Jiosselman declares that ho refused to do this , saying that ho would not defraud the First National Dank which had loaned him f.lHJ ( ) when ho llrsl started up In busi ness. ness.Mr. . liossolman says further that his arrest on the cliarga of criminal Intimacy \v.'H counsel by Lau who wislind morolv to got him to the jail and searched , so ttiat ho could get away from htm the roll of S1..7JO saved from the wreck. Lau suvs that last night nosiolman sent Miss Lllllo Hart , the woman In the case , to Mrs. LHU to damage her husband's charac ter , but she failed lo get in. Hossolman then assaulted him. in run iiraii. There Is considerable Indignation among certain classes of citrons on account o ( Policemen Yoomans nnd Malone entering a private residence In the southern portion of the city and without any warrant or any other pipers sol/ing nnd conllscallng a pony keg of beer , with which tlio family and a few visitors vero regaling themselves. It wni Iu u Gorman family and all were quietly talking and sipping their beer after the German custom. LIVING CltliU' IV Till ! WEST. Edward Atlcmson of lioslon Is preparing n treatise on scicntltlc nutrition In which ho will endeavor to show the actual necessary cosl of living In Iho various cities of the clviii/.ed wor.d and particularly of thu United States. Colonel Marry F. Downs of the labor bureau has received .1 communication from Mr. Atkinson Ir. which It Is stated that from statistics already received he has discovered that thu same nutriment that costs l.'i .1-5 cunts a day iu Bonon and 121 cants a da ) in Dayrouth and Nuromburg , Germany , can bo procured for 10 conn n day at Topeka , Kan. it Is believed that the rate In Lincoln and Omaha will bo about the same as In ICansis. ODDS AND IINDS. A. Otto Piner tolci Judge Field how tie was married only a year ago in Council DIulTs , bat after three months' married life she left him. Ho was granted u divorce. Hnrvov Wells has brought suit against It. G. McMillan , his employer , for his wages tor llio lasl live jcars amounting lo S-.lSO. ' and which now his boss rotuses to pay him. r Till ! OWI5X lllVOHCi ; C\SK. The noted Owen divorce case Is ngaln brought to the attention of the public. This time Mrs. .Icnnlu Owen tins tiled a motion in the district court , asking that nor probable husband , Samuel G. Owens , bo punished for contempt of court in refusing to obey tno mandate of the judgj in ordering him to pay her $ . " > 0 every month pending the far away decision of the supreme court ns to whether they could bo mmriod people In Missouri , but cease to bo married simply on crossing the river into Nebrasxn. She declares that Mio has not re ceived any money trom him since ho took a course of bichloride of gold treatment over six weeks ago. That ho has had the electric lights taken out ot her room , requiring her to use a common lamp , and by other similar nets of oppression is endeavoring to Iiarrass her. That worst of all Owen has destroyed her credit by advertising in the newspapers that ho would not bo responsible for any debts she might contract. She asks for ? H)0 ) to pay her bills for October and November. JM.SAJ.MJ -liliiston St'ir : H Is quite In nccordmu'n with tlm principles of languajo to sspnau of a railway's toto-al uuiryln ; capaeUy. Now York Hora'd : lUhol Would you lIKe to an to thu North 1'oloV .Statute No ; whatg.ivo v.iu the Idea that I would cnloy snuli u hardship ? I'tliol I dltln't Icnuw but It might suit you ; the nights are six months long , yon know. I'tiek : Mr. OjiDiitop I can't o.it this plo of ycmn. Maria. It would bu suielda MrOpenloii ( toiirfullv ) And yel. bcforo e \u-ro murrlod , yo'i said you would die for me ! Chicago Tiilmne : l.aiu-a If pana gives hU consent. Oeoive , dear , wliun you o to HSU him , won't you Do fairly transported with Joy ? Ueorzo ( Rnmonhnt nnprohonslvulv ) Yes , r/auni , and If H shouldn't happen to HtiiKo him favorably and I HI'S feeling light well I shouldn't womlur If I'd be considerably movej auyho\v. A 1IOIINV Ur.lMII. I'liiltttlcliilitn I'rfft , "Millions for defence ] " That , was .lucKiim'.s mnttn : K\erj imtrliildiy , the same. Or , at least , ho ought tu , In the pasture running , tire hfsstrldos Immimio : A hull miildurkoy foot race " .Millions for do fence ! " II.iHIinoro Amoilcan : "Did you sixy nny- thlngV" asUud thu funny mini , us his compan ion's bloyolu save a loud snap. "No , " lospomlod the cyclist , wearily , us ho ptcKcd himself tip , "It was thuwhuel "Ducllno n man , " tlio toacliur crlodj Thu maldun uoloied ted ; ' Doulliio a man'r" the pupil sl''lied , "I can't I won't ! " she said. Cincinnati Commercial : Old Soak ( swaliow- IIIK anuiiurnious drink ) I havu a wry ncoK tliiH morning. ( Jarraii ( disgustedly ) One would think you was rye fioin nuok to lieuis. Star : ' .SnlCKlns H all wrapped up In liniisulf , " was the remark that was made on the abii'iit iiiuml or of Hie elnli. "Is huV" was tlm rujolnuur. "I'll nollcn the n \t time I sen him out , of doors whether nu USUH one oar or both. " Kate I'luld'H Washington : "lleaid von. hud a pointer on tlio laces yesterday. How much did you wln'r" "Walked homo. H was a dlsap-polnter.1' A WAII.Nt.Nd , Yru' I'orft Sim. My love put powder on her faoo I feul qullo urn of this r'urycbiurdiiy 1 dared to place IJliun horehiHik u kiss , And shortly afterward I olianco.l Ikifonjii Ulass to wik | , And us I \ lowed myself I saw My lliis mire whltu as chalk , Nc-M lime I cati'h you , lovu , hewaro I'll hold you close , ami then I'll Iklssyou on your ruby llpi 'Iu turn mliiu red again. Lowell Courier : How oan ono neijotliito n loai. when them iriist bo two panics to tin Ttixus SlftlnKs : Sobur second tnoughtx nra generally preceded by headache * . r.lmlri ( In/otto : Thu man who votes on i promise of pay becomes a fallh heeler. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.