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Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
ResnIts of Prohibition.

The BEE of saturday contained dis
patch from Atlanta, Ca, showing that
the effect of prohibition In that state has
already been to largely increase illicit
distillinG. Prohibition having closed the
saloons, moonshine whisky is peddled
about in wagons, covered up with apples,
which travel through the country and
stand in secluded streets in towns, giving
all needed facilities to negroes and poor
whites for getting all they want of the
most yillainous whisky made. Well-to-
do people send abroad for their liquor
and drink as much as ever. Thus pro-
hibltion does not prohibit in Georgia,
In one day, recently, in Portland, Me. 4,
fifteen liquor cases, a part only of q very
long docket, were passed upon in the su-
perior court, and fines and costs imposed
amounting to S4,6S5S5 Nothing more
conclusive than this can be cited to show
that the general sentiment of that city
does not sustain prohibition, or men
wonld not be found to incur such pen
alties for selling liquor.
The Providence journal says that IN
that city since the law went into effect
club rooms have sprung up in all direc-
tions. All that is required by the club
manager is pei sonal knowledge of the
thirsty applicant and then he is furnished
with key. 1 he more jntroductions he
gets to the managers the more KEYS he
gets, so that in a short time his ring is full
enough to gain him admission all over
the city, and his keys not only admit him
self but all his friends. In the hightoned
clubs fee of 81 is charged for initiation,
and then the key is furnished and a
punched slip for which the new member
pays and which he uses until its purchas-
ing power is exhausted, when fresh slip
is taken.
Ina same paper describes the Newport
method of eTsdiRS the law. A company
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24

ter Winnie, at an Official reception to be
given by the governor of Virginia. Miss
Davis was but recently, at confederate
soldiers reunion, formally and officially
adopted as the daughter of the confed-
eracy," Governor Fitzhugh Lee escortlng
her and presenting her at the ceremony
On the occasion of the visit of President
Cleveland and his wife to Richmond in
response to formal invitation, 1t was
arranged, not that jeff Davis daughter,
Miss Winnie should be a simple guest at
the governors official reception, but that
she should be the presiding genius there
of She was, in her official capacity rs
daughter OF the confederacy, to form
ally receive the grcsts, with the wife OF
the president OF the United States stand
ing ut her side and assisting herl The
blue and the gray, not as represented by
humble soldiers of the ranks and on
equal footing. were to meet again, but
this time they were to be represented by
the families of the union president and
the rebel president, and that of the rebel
was to hold the chief place of honor.
How clearly this proves that bourbon
ism forgets nothing and learns nothing.
The south does not forget its treason, but
still glorlcs in it, and it has not yet learned
that the popular heart of the north will
not glorify treason or traitors. The most
the north is prepared to dc Is to forgive
those who show works meet for repen-
tancc. 1t is possible that Mr.. Cleveland
was caught IN n trap, that he was not
duly advised of the use that was to be
made of himself and wife in the old con
fcdcrate capitol, but he should have fore.
seen it and taken steps to guard against
it. AS q democrat he would of course
have been in congcnial company, but at
the last moment he perceived, or Shere
were those about hIm shrewd enough to
perceive, that it would be disastrous to
democracy for him and his wife to play
the parts assigned them in this apotheosis
of jeff Davis ana the dead confedcracy,
and so at the last moment he decided to
leave his wife in Washin gton, and de-
clined himself to attend the reception
arranged for.
What is the consequence? The southern
chivalry Is up in arms, and declare
that Mrs Cleveland's absence was IAN
insult to Miss Winnie Davis and the best
families of Richmond" They do not
explain why Mrs. Cleveland was called
upon to honor Miss Davis by her pres
cnce ; they do not perceive that they had
arranged for an insult to Mrs. Cleveland
in the part assigned to her, and through
her to the loyal north. They are only
chagrlned that their nice little scheme to
exhibit the president and his wife as eel
ebrating the moral victory of the con-
fcderacy, though physically defeated, was
frustrated. This shows what the south
expected from democratic victory. 1t
| shows also that the north is not prepared
to crafty that expectation.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
The uormnn Libel suit.

After six days trial the jury in the case
OF J NJ. Hoffman against Edward Rose.
water has rendered verdict awarding
$1,000 damages to She plaintiff for sup.
posed injury TO his feelings and reputa.
ton. Such a verdict would have been
rendered nowhere in Nebraska outside
OF Lincoln.
At the outset this suit was instigated
by the rings ami plunderers who
hang around the state capital, and
by newspapers that make it their bust
ness to shield every dishonest man who
holds an office Behind these came the
political bank, which, in connection with
Il great railroad, has kept in abiect sub.
lection the business community at the
state capital. To that class of cormorants
Roscwater and the BEE have for twenty
years been mortal terror.
With a populace preiudiced by venal
press and overawcd by money power and
state house influence there was very little
chance for fair play and justice.
In any other county verdict for the
plaintiff, in the face oil the testimony,
would never have been rendered. An
appeal for a new trial has been made,
and there are ample legal reasons why it
should be granted. The precedent
established in this case will not deter
us from doing our duty in
dealing with public mon, and denounc-
ing conspiraccs and consplrators, public
thieves and official knavcs whenever we
deem it conducive to good government.
The verdict of this Lincoln jury has not
vIndicated Governor Dawes and his pri.
vatc secretary. The high-handed outrage
which took place at the capital when the
woodenlegged man was shot down in
cold blood by the detectives for "a reward,
which the governor had promised, will
never be forgotten or condoned. To
punish the editor of this paper for calling
attention to this ncowardly plot and muir
der was fully as infamous as the plot
itself
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24

ocTatie speeches In Michigan during the
present campaign-or, rather Will deliver
one speech fifteen times, That same old
whig -abolHlonist.rcpublicau -greenback-dcm-
ocratic-tcmperancc effort will again be
pressed into active service.
Colonel Wind is running for congress in
one of the Wisconsin districts and is making
no blow about II. Colonel Quayle, of Mis-
souri,, is also pluming his wings for a con
gresslonal flight, and Colonel Bob White, of
Mississippi, would like to meet him in the
representative halls.
The New York voters have in frequent in
stances demanded of the storekeepers they
patronize to take down the lithographic pic
lures of Henry George Five hundred speak.
ers are to talk for Henry George until cleo
tion day. Great enthusiasm prevails among
the labor organizations, but the lines will
not be drawn tightly by the political powers
until a day or two before election.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
The Latest Shocks.

Since the widespread earthquake
shocks of August 81 there have been fire.
quent occurrences of slight disturbances
in tie region about Charleston, but these
have generally not been so marked as to
occasion any alarm save among the ex-
tremely ignorant and superstltious, and
confidence had become quite generally
restored. On Friday. however, sharp
shocks were felt through considerable
portion of the area in the south that was
affected by the great seismic disturbance,
and in scme localities there was re-
newal of the feelingo of alarm and anxiety
which prevailed after the first calami-
tous visitation. At two or three places
these last shocks are SAID to have been as
severe as those felt in August. They did
not however, do any damage, beyond
opening seams in the earth, which oc
Cured IN portion of Virginia, and up
setting type in the fourth story of a news
paper office in Washington city.
This pronounced recurrence of the dis
turbences will still more distinctly indi-
cate the area in which the conditions pro.
ducng them are present in great force,
VI III WHICH lCtSu lHcy dlc pC
culiarlv susceptible to seismic inflnen ce.
but whether the demonstration will
be of any considerable value to sci
ence, one is compelled to doubt, in view
of the very little that has apparently
been definitely learned from the August
disturbances. The investigation and
study given to these phenomena seem
not to have brought the scientists any
nearer together as to the cause and orr
gin of earthquakes than they were before,
or, in fact, than they have been at any
time in the last half-century during
which this subject has been a matter of
scientific study. There have been printed
during the past five or six weeks any ex-
tent of theories, all learned and most of
them plausible, but no two in full agree
ment so that there is still no undisputed
ground upon which sciesmologists meet
in accounting for the origin of earth
quakes. The phenomena, however, have
become of such great interest that they
will continue to be subject of earnest
study, and every fresh revelation that
may contribute to better understanding
of their causes and nature will be care
fully noted.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Memphis knights have nominated five
members for legislative positions.
The Utica On. " workmen have nomi-
mated molder for the legislature.
EX-COngressman Belford Is leading an in
dependent republican revolt in Colorado.
The Louisville trades assembly have pro
pounded a series of questions to candidates.
The industrial party of Maryland has NOM
mated municipal candidates in twenty
wards.
Some of the Iowa papers are booming Sem
ator allison for the presidency with much
earnestneSs.
The San Francisco labor party have nomi-
mated Henry Georges old Daily Post partner
for mayor.
Congressman Ranney, of Massa chusetts,
left practice of $4,000 per annum when he
entered political life.
Ex-Governor Brown, of Tennessee, says
the democratic ticket in that state will be
elected by majority of 30,oO0
Charles A. Garter is a candidate for con-
gress in California. III woman suffrage pre-
vailed in that state. Mr.. Garter would have
tremendous run.
The independent labor party at Detroit
Mich, has put up congressional, legislative
and senatorial ticket. There are three old
printers on the ticket.
Politically speaking, San Francisco seems
to present a scene of inextrlcable confusion.
There are ten tickets in the field and others
in course OF preparation.
Mr.. John Tyler Cooper, the sef-nominated
anti-prohibitonist candidate for mayor of
Atlanta, Ca, is a grandson OF President
Tyler and also of James Fenimore Cooper
Senator Malone will bid farewell to poll
tics at the expiration Of his term as senator,
and will go into the real estate business at
Washington, where he has recently made
large investments. a.
Secretary Manning annOu noes that he in
tends TO stand by Cleveland so long as'he is
president. 1t might bs mentioned in passing
that Mother.in-Law Folsom has expressed a
similar determination;
Bob Taylor, the democratic candidate for
governor of Tennessee, married cousin of
Senator Zeb Vance. He used to ride on
horseback ssyenty-fiye miles over the noun
tains TO WOO the fair maiden.
J. b, Belford, erstwhile known in congress
as "The Red Headed Rooster OF the Rockies"
and famous for his cOnviyial habits, has joined
the Total Abstinence league. But this step
toward reform is counteracted and oyershad-
owed by the fact that he has also joined the
democratic party.
Amos J. Cummings Il. j. Merriam and f.
j. Conkling, booked for congress from New
York. are all members of the editorial staff OF
the New York Sun. They are bright and
hardworking journalists, and they probably
want TO secure a season OF complete intel
leciual rest by going TO congress.
General Sam Carey is to make fifteen dem-
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24

for instance If they wanted q legal title to
the property they were purchasing. I have
given fictitious names in these cases, but they
are fair samples of q carelessness which win
cause endless litigation In the future
- 6. g.
speaking OF real estate men, ne con.
tiuued, "lhat was funny story one of the
city papers told recently Of a huiel-kccper OF
Kansas, who came to Omaha two years ago
with 81, 400 capital, went into the real estate
business aud is now worth Sl50,00O, The
truth is there are but three men In tho busi-
ness who are worth that amount, and they
have been in Omaha for a quarter of a cen.
tury, or thercabouts. There are not moro
than three others who could clean up tho
half of S15O,0OO II their debts were paid.
This cx-hotel-kceper OF Kansas Is represented
as casually remarking to the reporter that
his sales during the past thirty days had
nettcd him s25, 900. How much property do
you suppose he would have to soil to earn
that sum? An even million dollars, provided
he got the biggest commission allowed on
large deals, and these would necessarily be
large deals"
MAJOR CRYER, of Southport England,
who is visiting in Omaha, to attend to somc
raal estate matters, is 10y no meads stranger
here. He was one of the early settlers OF
Omaha, and is full of "reminiscences of the
stirring scenes OF the famous claim club.
"When the claim club was started" said
Major Cryer, Jesse Lowe was president Ho
sent for me one day and asked me to make a
requsition on General Thnyer for arms and
ammunition for the defense of the property
of the club General Thayer had charge of
the government arms which were placed IN
his care for the defense of the life and prop
erty OF citizens. A few days before he had
received particular instruction from Icler-
son c. Davis then secretary OF war, to be
most careful about the Issue OF arms, etc, 10
citizens for defense against Indians. He
heStatcd long time in honOring my
requisihon, but finally consented, after
exacting pledGe that they should all be ac-
counted for every three months during their
retention 10y the club. OF course the menu
bers of the club had no earthly right to tho
government arms any more than any other
private citizens who might wish to go on
shooting expedition. Lowe knew this per
fectly WELL and told me that he had called on
me to make the reQuistion because, beinga
minor, they would have difficulty in holding
me responsible in case of any trouble. Most
of the guns never got back. They myster
ously disappeared, and how they wore set
tied for | have no means of knowing.
l can remember George and Joe Barker
in those days lying under the hill on their
claim with the barrels Of their old muskets
glittering in the moonlight to keep off claim
Jumpers. 1 was then holding down a claim
on the Papillon, and had also a jumpers title
to the ground on which the Willow Springs
distilery is now located. The claim club
offered to confirm my title to the Willow
Springs claim If | would rclinquish my Pa
pilion farm. Having pre-emptor's right
on the Pspillion land and no right under
heaven to the Willow Springs tract accor-
dinghy gave up the latter"
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24

called the Avadink company. OF New
York, sends there what is known rs Ava
dink tonic, which is sold at fifteen cents
bottle The bottle IS packed in neat
pasteboard box teHing the name Of the
company and the fact that it contains "A
tonic for general use A good appe-
tier. AIDS digestion. Price 10 cents. y
The tops of thoI- bpxes bear either tile
letter "w'' or "g, = bmch signifies the ma
ture of the cocktall-that is, tonc-in-
side. The bottle cgntains one cocktail,
and the directions say: Empty con-
tents in glass, add a little piece
of ice, stir and drink The tonic
is said to have large sale, end as none
is genuine unless the name is blown in
the bottle the company must be coming
money. Do the people of Nebraska wish
TO see this state of things become general
in our state Do they think it better to
have our drug stores converted into
saloons and such club rooms as above
described. established in our cities and
large towns, than to retain our well regu-
lated system, with local option TO pro
hibit Governor Rice, of Massachus
etts, says the prohibition law of 1876 has
proved failure in that state, and drunken
|. ness has increased instead of diminished.
The people of that state, therefore, are
opposed to prohibitOry laws, because they
do not believe temperance is best secured
by such enactments. Has this not been
confirmed by the observation of thinking
people everywhere? Temperance must
result from general conviction of
its dcsirableness, to be brought abont
by gradual change of public opinion,
and cannot be compelled by any law that
was ever framed.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
TOM ECkERT'S FIRST LOVE.
An Old Breach OF Promise Suit
Against the General Manager OF
the Western Union Revived.

AN Ola bre"cn Oh .roh'se sun
Against the Eenor"i Manager OF
the western union revived.
Cleveland Leader: One of the most
important cases ever heard in Wayne
county Ohio inyolvipp MANY dolica,e
.oaha;n,Ii,ios onJ sn.;nr,;nn fron, an
'ec',i''o'il,,cs' 1Nu ap' liis,ns iiom a',
oid ioVe auai1, Is Waitihg me ueclsioh OF
Judge PARSONS III tle GO mmon pleas
court. In oeRten,Der' lot2' mary Mary n
Flemlng' OF wooster, suGo hohlas l..
Eckert nov genera ma'isgcr .ag2
OF inc western oIiom noie,
graph coihPXvny WIN Win IunudInaseIhs t hraanh
at M New rnu orh cry, SSyo, roo,vod ~, piUdon iuda
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taInu, iJo go ,ftar sl.ttlod dory,, now.
n,,ar hona,,n an evnnrt onorotnr woo
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ond dnr'm,r rrI The var hold Tho nos;t,nn no
nann~ina n'," oui, , ome,,tor mf thn Arnv of tha
pntnn3anS Sv,h;nh Gm,Ij,, onin, ;nataa in h;s
: ,rosant u, n,o"it;on No Strenmoms af,ort was
,moSo oSo"t ~ cniicct tho ;ndnmcnt as the
nIaint;ff snnnosed If wonld be settled with
ont inwinW 'rhe interest ON the judgement
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
Some Big Figures,

A mathematical calculation which ia
just old enough to make interesting Sun
day reading once more is based on tine
following passage from the Book of Rev
elation: And he measured the city with
the reed 1900 furlongs. The length and
the breadth and the heighth of it are
equal This pretty little calculation,
which Is being freshly quoted, is as fol
lows; "IwelVe thousand furongs, 7,020-
600 feet, which being cubed i 49G, 1913. OS9,
900, ,0O0 0OO 600 cubic feet, Half of
this we will reserve for tho
throne of God and the court of
heaven, and half the balance for
streets, leaving Il remainder of 124, lGS.-
472, 900, 900 100000 cubic feet Divide this
by 4,09g, the cubical feet IN room SIX
teen feet square, and there will be 30, 32l,-
1923, 700, 600, eco rooms. We will now sup
pose that the world always did and al
ways will contain $50, 600 o 70 inhabitants,
and that generation lasts for thirty
three and one-third years, making in all
900, 900 900 every century, aud that the
world will stand 100000 years, or 900
centuries, making in NIL, 1910 coo, 0C0 600
Inhabitants. Then suppose there were
100 worlds equal 10 this in number of in
habitants and duration of years, making
a total of 2D1, 900, 0UO, 900, 900 persons, and
there would be more than one hundI ed
rooms sixteen feet square for each per-
gou -
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24

Elsewhere is published notice of the
meeting of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty TO Animals, which will be
held to. morrow evening ut the residence
of Judge Savage, on Twenty-second
street. 1t is gratifying to learn that the
effort made several years ago to main
tam branch of this worthy organiza-
ton in our city has not been allowed to
die out. Although it has not courted no.
toriety or forced itself much upon the
public notice, the society has already ac-
complished much good. Arrests have
been made under the provisions of the
law and for some time an agent was reg
ularly employed to enter complaints
against offenders. 1t is now the de-
termination of its members to reorgan
ize the society on broader basis
commensurate with the work which the
growth of the city provides for its atten
ton. Every friend of humanity should
gladly cooperate. Not a day passes
without glaring violations on our streets
of the ordinance prohibiting cruelty to
animals. Overloaded urays and trucks
drawn by staggering horses pass TO and
fro. Crowded horse cars groan up our
hills dragged by straining ard over
tasked teams. Abuse of dumb animals
stare us in the face on nearly every street
where grading operations are in pro-
gress. Months ago the BEE published a
letter from stranger visiting our
city, calling attention to the need OF
active work by strong society
for the prevention of cruelty to animals
and commenting in singing language
upon the neglect of the west, so far ad'
vanced in so many other reformatory
movements, to engage heartily in a
work whose results are now shown SC
strongly in cities further east. The BEE
will gladly lend Its voice and assistance
towards futhering the work of the soci
ETY., 1t Is an educational as well as q
benevolent work. Its influence in lessen
ing the brutalizing effects of cruelty
up on the growing generation is by nc
means an unimportant feature of its oper
ationS,
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
Contents or Sunday Rec.

Page I. General Tolegraphic News.
Page .. City News-Miscellany
Page B., Special Advertisements.-Gene
and Local Markets.
Pave 4. Editorials. Political Points,
Press Comments. Sunday Gossip
Page .. Lincoln News -Miscellany.-Ad-
yertisements.
Page 6. Council Bluffs News Miscellany.
Advertisements.
Page Z. The Week in Omaha Society,"
Advertisements.
Page 8. General City News.-Local Ad
vertisementS.
Pages Miss Tickle Love In Slices-The
Tragedy of a Glance, by Fred Nye.-Sunday
In Paris and America.
Page 10. Hints for House Buildcrs.-Col-
onel Bowie and His Knife.-A Delaware
Ghost Story.
Page IL. Adventures of Major North, by
Alfred Sorenson.-Th Paris Rothschild's.-
Honey for the Ladies' -Connubialites.-
Religious. Drops.-lmpieties.
Musical and Dramatic cational.-La-
fayette's Grave.
Page IL. Among the Wits and Wags.-
An Entertaining TriO.-Clara Belle, Omar
James and David G. Croly. "A Career of
Romance.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
AustraIia's Rabbit Plague.

GaIignanTs Messenmer: The farmers Of
bits, which breed in that country at a
most enormous rate. One man has Just
accepted tender for wire netting which
is to make rabbit-proof fence from
Narromine to Bourke, aud will extend
over distance OF 203 mites. If the un-
fortunate rabbits search along to find the
end Of the obstruction they win be a nit
weary before they have arrived AT their
destination. ltis said that the work will
cost fl5,O0 and at that ratio, # man
could offer such figure, IT proves that
the RABBIT must be the most destructive
animal m the aGtipodes
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
Has the Big Head.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago TTIDunC.
Public Printer Benedict has great head
Indeed many people who have came in con-
tact with him say he has the big head. He
processes to have made some startling dis
coveries in his office, but declines to make
them public till just before the New York
election, and then. he says, lit will be a
bombshell, and carry weight before it can
be denied" This is in the nature of an ad-
vance advertisement of forthcoming cam
paign lies. Mr. Benedict should travel ahead
of circus
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
An Ordinary Matter.

Chicago Herald.
The report originating in Paris to the effect
that Bonanza Mackay had loaned the Bull
garian government $1,000 900 doubtless grew
out of the fact that he has been buying his
wife few dresses, and his checks passing
thrOu III the clearing house excited some curl
oSity. Such transactions may seem like gov
ernment loans to people In Europe, but over
here they are common matters of domestic
economy,