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Holes is Mlidiiig- into tlio roiniblicati
tllO 1.111VIS. ! !
IP the blustering Cnnntlians
to curry out their lluvats lo inviilo :
Alaskan waters this season they will.ro-
Cflve ii warm iviioplion.
INSUIUNO the eotinty hospital ngainst
fire is not half us important to tlio tax
payers as insurance against , jobbery and
robbery in its nmnngoinor.t.
has decided to cut
bait and well to all com < rs this season.
Mr. Hlainu's inlhieneo extendn beyond
the boundaries of the United Slates.
Tllic poHtolIleo site boomers have at
la.-'t made up the deficit of six thousand
dollars , but not without a tremendous
strain on their liberality and public
spirit. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is true that Kansas City has period
ically managed to keep up a line of
fttoamboats to St. Louis , but the river
between Omaha and Kansas C'ity is not
what ft is between Kansas City and St.
Louis.
TllK romarlcablo anxiety or New York
capitalists to connect Omaha and Pitts-
burg by a boat line is a specimen of that
large hearted liberality with other pee
ple's money for which the Gothamites
are noted.
TIIK tariff debate on the Mills bill
lasted two months and nothing was ac
complished. The republicans ought to
profit by the blunders of their opponents
and restrict the tide of fruitless talk.
The country demands fewer speeches
and more action.
NOTICK bus been served on the police
commission that the system of police
telegraph now in use in this city is tin
infringement of patents held by Indiana
parties. This looks very much like an
other Ilolfiwstein claim. Hut tholloosiur
lawyers will probably discover that their
threats arc futile.
A I'AiNKUi , wail comes from the drug
gists ot South Dakota. Having been
given a monopoly of the liquor trallie by
the generous residents , they cannot
enter upon their inheritance on the llrsl
of May , when prohibition goes into ef
fect. They are required to go through
the annoying form ot giving thirty days'
notice , which deprives them of a month's
prolit. This is rank injustice.
The tories of Britain are making des
perate efforts to stem the tide of popular
disfavor. Rigid economy has been enforced -
forced in all departments of the govern
ment and about ono hundred and fifteen
million dollars of the public debt can
celled in thrco years. The ministry ,
however , have not boon successful in
satisfying the country. On the contrary ,
recent hyo-oleetions in Scotland and
'ales returned two liberals In place of
deceased lories.
TllK projected improvements at East
Omaha promise to equal If not surpass
in importance to Omaha's industrial de
velopment the establishment of the
Omaha stock yards. The locality is
particularly suited for the locution of
mills and factories. The leading spirits
in the comiuiny possess not only the
means but are in position to secure un
limited capital to carry out their plans
In o\ery delail , and to ofl'or unequalled
inducements for the location of suitable
industries. The island , so-called , will
have connection with every railroad
entering the city , there is ample room
for expansion , ii is convenient to the
center of the city , and enjoys other nat
ural advantaged which make it an un
equalled bite for factories , warehouses ,
elevators , etc. The owners of the land
are building on a broad , linn foundation ,
and expending vast sums of money In
preliminary work. They are backing
their conlldonco with dollars and quietly
arranging for industries which will not
only compensate for the onturprl.su dis
played , but prove of Incalculable bonollt
to the material welfare of the city. On
with Iho good work.
( /M.Vr/K ; V PtfOK/M/i rni'llTS.
The hill which passed the houao ol
rnpri'sontntlves last week providing for
the relief of the supreme court of the
United Stntos , la not favorably regarded
by the judges of the district courts , or
the ground that its uffect will l > o to
greatly inuraaM thn work of these courts ,
Judges Gresham , Hlodgott and others
have boon quoted as criticising the
measure for this reason , and expressing
the opinion that the bill would have the
effect of strangling the district courts it ;
Now York , Chicago and San Francisco ,
This vlow , however , does not appear Ir
bo warranted Ify the provisions of the
measure.
The bill abolishes the present circuit
court as a court of original jurisdiction
and confers all its former jurisdiction
upon the district court , which thereby
becomes exclusively the court of original
jurisdiction of sill cases criminal , ad
miralty , bankruptcy , equity , patent
and law. All the business of the present
clrtuit court goes to the district court ,
and the former becomes an appellate
court , holding Its sessions at but one
place in each circuit. The district
judges are invested with all the former
powers of circuit judges relating to ap
pointment of receivers , etc. , and become
the sole judges in the courts of original
jurisdiction. Tlio now circuit court will
be composed of the present circuit judge
and two new judges to bo appointed in
each circuit. All cases tit present cog
nisable by the supreme court on appealer
or writ of error will go to the circuit
court , and the decision of that court will
bo final on all questions whcro the
diverse citlxenship of the parties is the
basis of jurisdiction , except in cases
where two of the circuit judges certify
that n question of sulllcient im
portance is involved to go to
thu supreme court , or in cases where de
cisions of two of the appellate circuit
courts conflict , or in cases involving a
federal question. All such cases may
go to the supreme court on error or ap
peal. This will relieve the supreme
court of about two-thirds of Us present
cases and leave that tribunal to pass
only upon constitutional and federal
questions. In order to relieve the dis
trict courts whenever they should be
come overwhelmed with business , and
undoubtedly some of them would bo a
good deal of the1 lime , Iho bill provides
that ii circuit judge inny bo desig
nated lo sit in Iho district court when
needed. It is believed that the circuit
courts tis constituted under the propo-ied
law would not bo overworked , that In
deed the judges would have less to do
than at present , so that they would have
simple time to do district court work
whenever it became necessary. As it is
now the district judges in mint districts
do fully nine-tenths of the circuit court
work , and under the oper.ilion of Iho
proposed law they would have but
little more lo do than they have
had , but would bear the solo responsibil
ity and bo invested with more authority
than before. The circuit judges being
required lo do district court work whenever -
over the exigencies may require , it will
ba hardly possible that in any district
the district courts Hhall bo strangled.
The necessity of relieving Ihe supreme
court is imperative , and the bill passed
by Iho house is the result of most careful
consideration by the joint judiciary com
mittee of both brunches of congress , as
sisted by the suggestions of some of the
ablest lawyers in the country. It is ex
pected to meet with little opposition in
the senate.
TllK FA 1131 Kit IX SOVTIIKItX I'
The farmers of the south are becoming
an active and aggressive factor in the
politics of that section. The fact is caus
ing the party mn.nager.-t . and organs ti
great deal of uneasiness , and the possi
ble results suggest a subject of general
interest. In South Carolina , the farmers
have organuo : ! , hold their convention ,
and nominated candidates for governor
and lieutenant governor. They have
proclaimed their loss of confidence In
the political parties , and particularly
in the dominant party at Ihe
south , and they demand legislation in
the interest of the agricultural class. So
formidable is this movement that the
democratic party managers are seeking
to counteract it by starling a back-lire
among Ihe farmers , and a convention of
those opposed to the movement will as
semble at Columbia today. In Georrgia
the farmers are also thoroughly organ
ized , and though they have taken no
formal action they have mada their
wishes pretty well known and lot It bo
understood that when the democratic
convention is held they will bo on
hand to see that their wishes
receive attention. In other southern
states a like movement is gaining ground
and will in duo time m.ike itself felt.
Everywhere the democratic organs are
appealing to the alliance to bo careful
lest something bo done to weaken the
hold of the regular democratic organiza
tion , but it is not upp-.iront that this
counsel is having any Influence upon Iho
farmers.
In the more populous and prosperous
af the southern states the farmers and
these employed in agricultural pur
suits coiislitulo a majority ot the
voting population. If they can bo
united In suolfstates in support of can-
lldates of their own selection they will
liavo no dlfllculty with the sympathy
mil assistance they will get from voters
In the towns and cities , In electing their
: : indldatea for state otllcos , and in many
llstricts their legislative and congres
sional representatives. The diftloulty Is
that they may allow themselves , as
Tanners uniformly and universally do ,
Lo bo cajoled by the party managers and
wld out for sumo trilling consideration
i > y self-seekers in their own ranks. Tlu
misfortune Is that tlo farming olo-
inent generally does not give sulllcient
ittenilou to political affairs , does not
fully reiill/e the importance ot union ,
imd Is too easily persuaded to yield Its
| ust demands to party exigency , ac-
L-apllng in return the worthless promises
uf the politicians. The movement among
the southern farmers seems to promise
that they will sot an example of what
I'tin be accomplished by united and ag-
ffreitslvo notion , and if this should bo
realized there may ensue a mo-it Import *
tint political revolution In tlio south the
OtToct of which would be felt in
jvtiry Bootion of the country. The
revolt of the farmers of a part of that
section against local democratic rule 1 :
the very Hlrongcsl arralgnm-jut that
could IK ) m ido of thu dominant part }
there , and If they can anywhere deslroj
the hold of that party the result will b <
one tobu welcomed as promising a bettei
state of political alTalrs In the south , am
through that bcnofltllng the whole coun
try by lessoning the causes of sectional
differences and reducing the necessity
for legislation to protect citizens of the
south In their constitutional rights. Tlu
anxiety of the party managers there to
check ihe independent movement of the
farmers is evidence of their fear that il
may result in destroying their hold upoi
political power , which once broken woulti
not bo easily recovered.
carxTi' iiintn FHO.V.
The executive committee of the repub
lican stale central committee Is , wo are
informed , lo meet in conference in tin :
near future for the purpose of taking ac
tion on the railroad rate question. The
promoters of Ihls conference desire the
committee to make a formal de
mand for local freight re
duction nnd pass resolutions lo bo
acted upon by the coming republican
state convention. There have been a
ffreat many startling departures in Ne
braska politics of Into and this move
may bo in perfect , accord with others.
What business the executive committee
of any party has with railroad rates wo
cannot divine. Central committees are
not supposed to be bo.irds of railroad
commissioner : ) . Their functions arc
him ply lo maintain the party organiza
tions intact and to manage campaigns
after n ticket has been placed in the
lield. The present republican central
committee has no further function to
perform than to put the machinery in
motion for holding the stale convention.
That body will undoubtedly have intelli
gent membership enough to draft its
own resolutions and make up a platform
in accord with the sentiments of the del
egates in convention.
The executive committee might as well
attempt to nominate a ticket in advance
as to frame a platform.
TUK question whether criminals shall
bo permitted with the s-inction of courts
to enjoy the fruits of their crime has
been passed upon by two prominent
courts , and the conclusions of both are
radically tit variance. A few years ago
a rich New Yorker threatened to disin
herit his nephew. The hitter knew that
11 will had bean made in his favor , and
fearing that his uncle would carry out
his threat , decided lo possess the prop
erty at once by murder. After serving
11 brief term in the penitentiary for the
crime ho sought to establish his
right to the property in the courts.
The case was finally determined in
Iho New York court of appeal adverse
lo Ihe plalntilT. The court emphat
ically declared that the murder was
committed for the sole purpose of possess
ing the property and that the court could
not sanction crime by rewarding Ihe
criminal. A similar case has just been
decided by the appellate court , of Chi
cago. A woman cremated her husband
with coal oil , was convicted and is now
serving a term in Iho poniteaitiary. Suit
was brought by the murderess for Iho
insurance on her husband's life and the
court decided in her favor. The con
clusions are remarkable from a lay or
legal point of view. On the flimsy pre
tense of the woman that she merely
poured the coal oil on her husband and
touched a match to the fluid to wake him
up , the court holds "constitutes no es-
loppel except between the people and
the person convicted. " Under this as
tounding definition ot the law , a general
boom in graveyard insurance may be
looked for in Illinois. All that is nec
essary to realize is for the beneficiaries
to Maturate their victims with kero
sene and wako them up on the other
shore.
TIIK resolution introduced in the
house of representatives by Mr. Hitt of
Illinois , relating to reciprocity in trade
between the United States and the other
nations of the continent , is the first
formal movement In congress in this di
rection. It was very likely inspired by
Mr. Blnlnc , and pledges the favor of the
house to any project looking toward the
modification of duties by each of the dif
ferent countries of the hemisphere on
the peculiar products of the other coun
tries , the object being to widen
the markets and increase the profits of
nil of them. It is pretty well under
stood that Mr. IJlnino is practically In
favor of free trade BO far as American
. ountrlo.s tire concerned , and the fuel
Llfftt this resolution was introduced by a
member of the house who is on the
most intimate relations with the seero-
Lnry of state imlurally suggests that it
proceeded from Mr. Hlaino. In that
; aso it is to bo presumed to reflect the
iontiment ot the president and
probably that of the entire admin
istration , as It certainly does
jf the great majority of the republican
party and very likely of the whole pee
ple. Such an expression on tlio part of
congress would go far to counteract any
ulverse effect upon the opinion of other
tVmerlcan countries from propo.sod tariff
manges which are certainly not in line
rt'lth a policy of trade reciprocity , but
Lho question Is whether It would not bo
! ) otler to show our desire for enlarged
mil closer trade relations by something
nero practical than the assurance con
tained hi this resolution.
As A matter of interest to the cred
ulous who hope to see a line of steamers
ind barges running between Omaha and
Plttsburg , wo should like to know how
much capital Mr. Phillips ot Now York
proposes to invest in this enterprise , or
for that matter how much capital ho has
it his command outsldo of the subscrip
tions ho oxpecls to got from people on the
rivers between Omaha anil Pittsburg.
Isn't this steamboat line very much like
lohn Pope Hodnott's Trans-continental
Mr Line railroad , to bo built * owned
mil operated by the people , with not a
foliar in sight ? , * .
TIIK business of the railroads Is a re-
lox of the condition of the country. If
.hero was anyKorlousdopros&Ion in trade
, t would bo promptly felt In the volume
) f tralllu moved. Reports published in
ttnulatretta of the January and February
justness of ono hundred and live roads
.how . a substantial Increase In gross and
not oarnhif ' < : omparcd with the snm
period of isa The nlno groups hit
which the JlRt is divided Include th
leading line ? of , the country. The gal
in gross receipts was eight and n hal
per cent , ami Jn not earnings a fractlo
over nlno peiroont. The so-called grange
roads , notwithstanding rate wars and re
ductlons , cnrnojtl half n million dollars no
more than ( Hiring the first two month
of the previous year , nnd this , too , ii
the face of 'the fact that the sovorlt ;
of winter must , have increased operatiii )
expenses. 1'heso figures clearly shov
the volume of trade Is much grealei
than hist yci < r'nnd the business of tin
country in n fairly prosperous condition
' ' tllO Utlioi
ClHKlEXTMJfKKK UtMH'HOf
Pacific has made an exhaustive invesll
gallon of the railroad situation In Wash
ingtoii and urges the company to built
nn extensive system of roads In thai
stale. There is no doubt that the com
pany contemplates n largo outlay in thai
section. Having already acquired u line
to Spokane Falls , it will'doubtless be ex
tended northwest to Seatllo through n
rich agricultural , mineral and limber
country. The company controls miles
of water front on Puget sound , and has
recently added lo Us possessions. The
progressive policy of thu company is a
startling contrast to its penurious treat
ment of Nebraska. It has practically
ignored the vast liitcreat * of this stuto
when they were within its reach , de
clined to give the people an adequate
system of branch lines and frittered its
energies and substance in profitless rain
bow roads. Exparience is a costly
teacher. The company is evidently de
termined not to repeat in the northwest
its mistakes in Nebraska.
IF Mr. Francis Murphy will remain
away from Omaha and Nebraska until
after Iho November election he will bo
received with opan arms by the minis
terial association. His coming at this
time naturally excites alarm , lest ho
should toll lite truth and the whole
truth and nothing but the truth about
prohibition and destroy the occupation
of the agitators.
WIIBN doctors disagree who shall de
cide ? It is to bo hoped that Ihe spirit
of professional rivalry which usually
prevails among doctors will be laid aside
in the interest of Omaha by the medical
society and that all will unite in favor of
holding the next annual convention of
the American medical society in Omaha.
Meusiireil by KcstiU.s.
Three years o fclgli license have reduced
tlio number of salmons iu Philadelphia from
. " ) , i7.'Mo 1.1T8. GJU prohibition show us good
results in any largfe city i
A Itcmimlcr to Henry TM" .
L'lilrmja 1'rOtune.
Let Henry M.'Sfunlcy think long and well
before hcbucoiacgusubjcctof Queen Victoria.
This is a time when to bo an American re
porter is to bo greater than an English prince.
An i\ample : Tor I5ra7.ll. -
> / , I.mn * ( ilnlic-Dinniicrtit.
The constitution which the United States
luvs hnd for thc'pAst hundred years has made
it comparatively easy for the newer republics
to start in the business of self-government.
Lot us hope that Brazil , which has framed a
charter soinowhut resembling ours , will live
up to the spirit anil traditions ot IU model.
Stanley anil ICinin.
Rama * Cltu Journal. *
Henry M. Stanley ilenie-i that he ma
neuvered to betray his employer. ! , that ho at
tempted to steal ivory and that ho desired to
found nn independent kingdom. Thc.io
clmrtfo ho says , ho says , emanated from a do-
pruvccl mind , and he leaves Einin to amice
the application for himself.
Krunlc Murphy's Sensible I'laii.
t'lilcatin lltrahl.
frank Murphy la having- great success in
Iowa. Ho commenced hia campaign tit Ores-
ton , last winter , and already over twenty
thousand converts nro wearing his ribbon.
Many ot them nro olil topers , the red of
whoso noses combines beautifully with the
blue of their newly adopted badife. Mr. Mur
phy seems to have L-OHIO about as near a prac
ticable solution oa the prohibition question as
it is possible to reach. While frenzied wo
men are staving in boor kegs , nnd politicians
are lighting or coddling the liquor men ac-
L-ordins ? to expediency , ho K ° right ahead
making converts. Some of them backslide ,
same of them do not. His work lias produced
more practical results than all the prohibition
legislation so far enacted. Experience .seems
to proro that men will get liquor in some
form as long us they want it.
Tins Nebraska Case.
S / < m.r Citii Juunial.
The issue as regards transportation in No-
Invislcn has shifted somewhat in form. For
the present It is an issue between the people
on the ono hand and the state railway com
missioners on the other.
Some months ago the people of Nebraska ,
shippers , dealers and the general body of pro-
lUiecrs , made direct protest to the railroad
L'orpoi-ations doing business in the state
ugainst the high and unjust tariffs of freight
L'harges. There Ms positively no rational
ground for the inequity of the charges levied
unon the Nebraska tonnage , and especially as
regards the rates for so-ealled local hauls.
On a vast amount of business these charges
were , as they are today , from two to four
times as high us in Iowa.
No casuistry iTCrnial to the feat of putting
uven a plausible1 faljo upon the situation. The
hald fact of gross and iniquitous discrimina
tion Is too obtru.sly.e- .
Direct protest to the corporations availed
nothing. Individual shippers , eommoiviul
argaiil/atloiis mid whole communities , If they
secured from tho' corporations the form of a
iicaring of Just cMnplalnts , got no considera
tion certainly got no rellnf. The corpora
tions refused repf. ) | The whole question was
prejudged by thor.dlroad oillcials , who from
ihe tlrat were rosillved to grant no reduction
if the oxtorttomlto levies.
Well , what tfcil ] ( There was the state
joard of railroad , commissioners. Was It not
-onstltuted for precisely such emergencies !
Ills nsoless to , multiply words'in detailing
: ho tortuous , dilatory and ovaslvo tactlc-.s of
: ho Nebraska railroad commissioners in clcal-
ng with this emei-guney. As a body , two of
ho members oxcuptcd , they have uttei ly and
iltlnbly failed. They have done worse , for
jnder the flagrant drcuinstuiiri's of the cor
poration olTenso fallura implies bctruytil of
.ho public conlldenco and intercut.
The Nobnwku commissioners found the
allroads shylocklng the people to the extent
) f quadruple the Iowa local ratw , nnd they
eave the situation miraniediod. and absolutely
mtouchod. All their paltm-lni , ' with this bii-
ircmoly Important content seems rather to
mvo been directed to thu end , not that there
mould bo u remedy , but that they , the pro-
mmptlvo guardluim of the public Inturwt ,
night prevent nny remedy. They have acted
; urouihout as the tools of Uie corporations ,
not as the representatives of the state. Tl
carriers refused any relief anil the conitnl
sloners liavo backcil them up In such rufusa
That Is the e.xrtct si/o of It
It simply brings It so to puss that the pc <
pic of Nooraaka , In onler to iet Jttstlco froi
the carrier corporations , have not to get rl
of the present 9tito ! railroad commissioner :
The latter nro n part of the hostile array , tli
part that must bo tlrst attacked. Do not tli
people of Nebraska see that ns lout ? as thel
ostenslblo representatives , the state nillroa
oniclals , refitso to act , so lone most corlalnl
will the railroad corporations extort tlio ul
most penny of existing tariffs I And arc th
latter most to IM ) blamed I
How loiiff Is Nebraska to endure such In
position I Iowa revolted against n small frac
tlonof thodlscrlmlnallon as between Itsol
and Illinois which today exists .as betweei
Nebraska and Iowa. Jf Nebraska Is eve
Kohitf assort Itself , If It Is ever troltiK to cffec
11 ivinedy , In nil conscience now Is tlio time.
And the nominating conventionsas the Mrs
act , should mid must put the railroad comnils
slonors on Iho list. And while they nro at J
they should take care of the legislature , am
tlio people should remember It at the poll
this fall. With n virile , loyal , steadfast state
board of railroad commissioner * , backed by i
fiympathetie and trustworthy legislature , tin
people of Nebraska will not lonj ? bo drlvet
from pillar to jxist In the effort to get rello
from extortionate freight rates.
VO1CKOK TIIK"STATI3 1'UKSS.
Ki\trri \ > rlif.
It begins to look us if Mr. Laws would no1
get back to congress from the second dlstrlci
without some sort of a demonslrattim fron
the section of the pcoplo who have a prcjudlci
In favor of men of brains. A little of Law ;
goes a great ways and there's precious little
of him.
Xettletoti 1'or Congress.
CM ) ; I'tnter Sim.
Hon. D. M. Nettleton , the "Tall Sycamore
of Spring Kanch , " seems to bo constantly do
vcloping strength as a candidate for congress
His ability ; is unquestioned ; Jhc has had ox.-
pcrienco as a legislator ; ho Is a farmer anil
the farmer's friend no amount of money can
buy him. It looks as if ho is the man the pco
plo of this district have their eyes upon tc
represent them in congress.
r < e'gislative Prayers.
CVitMmfiiM Sentinel.
The hiring of legislative prayer-makers is
fiireo anyway. Hotter a thousand times elect
legislators who will not need a brother tn
[ > ray for them , but who can pray for them
selves and pray without ceasing. An ordi
nary legislative invocation , which is paid for
at so much an invoke , never roaches above
the celling , and If It should bo carried to the
throne of grace by a p.igo with wi'igs and a
salary of SI.SO per day during the session ,
Sundays included , a dollar to ten cents it
would smell so strongly of political jobbery
that it would bo thrown into the waste basket
outside the gate to be used as kindling for the
lower regions.
Adams' GIIOHO Cooked.
nine lllll Time * .
C. E. Adams , who was mentioned as being
a probable candidate for state senator in this
district , has cooked his political poultry by
either advisedly or unadvisedly expressing
some very radical views on the Farmers' alli
ance question. His idea that "theusury hur
rah is all made by men who have no credit ,
and can not got any ; " that "the talk of the
mortgage burdened condition of Nebraska
farmers is all bosh ; " and that the Farmers'
nUlanco is being run by pcoplo who wenr cowHide -
Hide shoes and patched pants for effect , is not
likely to be very popular Just now. Al
though no one doubts that Mr. Adams is an
iblo man , lie is not liable to be our state sena
tor this year.
year.A
A lioom I'or liurfon.
Hmkeu How Iciulilean. ! } (
Wo notice from the McCook Gazette that
our old friend , G. W. Uurton of Orleans ,
llarlan county , is bcinjr pusclid by his friends
tor gubernatorial honors , and the reports eom-
: ncr in from the southwest part of the state
indicate that if ho sees lit to enter the race ho
will have everything his own way from that
> art of the state. Mr. Burton Is at present
ono of our leading senators , and men that
wow him best are among his warmest , sup-
lorters. Of all the candidates spoken of to
; ome before the republican convention , wo
snow of none better qualified for tlio position.
We say lot them come. Wo are no ono man
.nrty , and there is always room at the top.
HTATK .IXIt TKHIllTOKV.
Nebraska Jottings.
A gun club has been formed at Waterloo.
Another building association Is to bo organ-
zed at Hebron.
A now baud of twenty pieces has been or
ganized at Hay Springs.
The prospects are that two now elevators
will bo erected at Sidney this season.
The stock growers' association of Grant
county pays f.'i for a single wolf scalp.
Hay Springs needs a public hall and tno
ousiiicss men will organUo a company and
mild one.
For procuring liquor for drunkards at Hay
Springs , A. II. Lydlck was arrested and paid
i penalty of idO.
The Waterloo canning factory will probably
) o closed this summer , a mortgage against
the company having been foreclosed.
Thrco brick yards at Aurora have com-
nenced malting brick for Iho new buildings
hat are to bo built there this season.
The Chadron Republican has tmuto Its up-
learanco , with G. A. W. Oavison as editor ,
t'ypognipiilcally it is a beauty and is well od-
toil.
toil.Tho
The Chcycnno county teachers' association
vlll hold its next meeting at Sidney May 10 ,
'or which occasion an extended programme
las been prepared.
The Grand Army postal Uiirnctt will give
i picnic July , to winch all their friends in
Madison , Antulopa and adjoining counties
iavo been invited.
Hurplnrs broke Into the store of C. D. Mc-
Connaat Grctna , blow open the safe and
.ecured 10 ! ) in cash. This Is the second time
obbera have visited McKenna's store in nine
iionths.
The case of Mrs. D.ivls , who snotl the own-
jrs of the Falrbury mills for damages on ao-
jount'of the death of her husband , who was
tilled while stealing feed , was dismissed by
he court.
The Oakdalo Pen nnd 1'low has completed
ts thirteenth year. 1-3. P. McCurmlck , the
dltor , m.iUes his fourteenth bow to his pa-
rnns with thu announcement that though
till covered with the sinoko and dust of nct-
vo campaigniiiir , the future looks bright and
ho crisis hi about over.
It Is reported that soventy-llvo families
from Pennsylvania will locate on the table
amis In the southern jnirt of the county this
iprtng , says the Chiulrun Republican. Also
.hat about thirty families ot Danish people
, vlll bo settled In Iho eastern part of this
. oiinty and the western part of Sheridan
. utility.
N. W. WulU tells the Schnylor Sun that
lit llrm will employ an experienced hand and
, vlll thoroughly test what the soil can do in
: ho way of raising tobacco. They will try a
Joniiecllctit tobacco plant. Mr. Wells Is
ather of the opinion that with the right kind
jf tobacco and proper euro It can ba mudo a
prolltablo crop in Nebraska.
Says the Gordon Republican : Mr. J. n.
; ) 'Neill brought to thlsolllco a sample of gold
imirtz , fruin Wounded Knee , in the northern
mrt of Shi-Tidan county. Mr. O'Neill
rushed a small quantity of the quai-U and
ixtrurted a reasonable nmoniit of gold
heivfrom , mid although the experiment was
lot nt all thorough , It Is enough to show that
i rich Ibid him been made. With gold on our
wrdurs. eo.il under the ground , mill a rich
.oil on top , we ouyht to bo able to get along
iretty well.
The Count and .Vortliwesi.
The jail at Bowman , Mont. , h without an
won pant.
HoporU from Santji Uosn , Cat , slvo Indlc-a-
tons of u heavier fruit crop than over buforo
u the hUtory of the couuCy. I'coclna , clicr-
rlcs , apricots , prunes and berries of nil kin
will be la abundance.
The wood markets of Salem , Ore. , Imi
been empty for some weeks ami tlio poop
have been forced to bum coal.
Mrs. M. H. Hill , of I'omono , Oul. , has sue
her husband's stepfather for fi',000 for 1
ducing her husband to desert her.
Work on the govenimont buildings at Ca
sou City , Neb. , will not bo resumed until in
other appropriation can be htul from Wnsl
Ington.
A miggot of gold worth f. > 00 was found nei
Koddlng , Cal. , the other dny. Whore It can
[ from Is kept secret till the claim can 1x3 Ii
ented.
A company has been organized nt I'm
Towiisenil , Wash. , to cultivate an oysd
farm of 111) ) acres. It will bo stocked wit
the best varieties from the c.ut.
The forty-Hfth anniversary of the ndiiil ;
slon of California to the union will lw cell
bra ted at San Francisco In September and
great demonstration Is expected.
Leading cattlemen of Crook county , Orcgoi
say the experience of last winter proves thti
hornless cattle are bolter able to stand sever
weather than these animals wearing horns.
At Elllston , Mont. , Edward Murphv b
suited n waiter girl at the table. Plorc
Coolten remonstrated. Afterwards Murph
struck Cookcn In the face and Coolten drew
pistol and shot hlmdcod.
Plowing by steam has been introduced I
Walla Walla valley , Washington , and is pn
mmneed a success. Heretofore It has cost ?
) > er acre to plow , while under the now systei
It can he done for-It ) cents.
At a mooting of the citizens of Kpokinn
Falls It was voted to organize n coitoratlnn t
hold tin annual exiwsltlon In that city of th
products of Washington , Oregon , Idaho am
Montana , with n capital stock of $100,1)00. )
The basin of an extinct lake In Honey Lnki
valley , Nevada , has been turned into n stoi-.igi
reservoir. The re-servolr Is a mile and a hal
long by half a mile in width. It has as i
feeder a largo ennal that , taps Susan river
The new bodv of water Is known as Leavlt
lake.
lake.Tho
The census ot Tacoma , taken to determine
the right of the city to form a new charter
has been completed , mid shows a total popti
hitlon of ' 'SS1 ) within the present limit *
The United Staled census in Juno will em
brace some adjoining territory , mid probably
shown total population of JSO..isi.
A car load of salmon loft Portland , Ore. ,
last week to be shipped direct to Russia. The
Jlsh are sent In barrels to St. Petersburg ,
where the salt will be extracted and the llsh
will then be canned. This is done to avolil
the heavy duty on canned goods.
During the recent Hoods at Anaheim , Cal. ,
every hummock was swarming with hares
and rabbits that were driven from the plains.
They were slaughtered by thousands by boys
and men , who used sticks , and when tired "ot
the sport would run thu poor beasts off their
dry places into the raging waters.
On March III Paul HorgriMittidt killed
.lames S. Willamette with tin ax in a light at
the mouth of the En-a-at-ka river , on the
Columbia. In Okoaogiin county , Washington ,
curried the body to the murdered man's
homo and tossed it on the lloor before the as
tonished wife. The murderer is in jail.
Stanley Haisin is ono of the oldest placer
: - . . . .ig camps of Idaho , having been discov
ered In IStVl , ciusing a general stampede to
the gold Held in istlt. Although not found to
bo extra rich diggings at the time , yet the
camp has boon more or less worked since its
discovery , and in a quiet way continues to bo
a steady producer.
A farmer near Great Falls , Mont. , has
killed off the prairie dogs on his farm bv
using strychnine. Ho puts a bottle and a
half of that poison in a gallon of wheat and
adds some .sugar and water. A f tor .strewing
the mixture ho puts some of it at the prairie
dog holes. The dogs eat the stun. readily because -
cause of the sugar in it and die.
While a number of .spectators at Miles
City , Mont. , wore viewing the retiming of a
large cinnamon bear killed bv the Cameron
hunting party , a discussion arose as to the
size of the animal's foot , and the measure was
taken , which showed that the length was I
foot and ; i inches and the breadth T'y ' inches.
It is estimated that the animal weighed 1,100
pounds.
While A. Keith , a range foreman of Ma-
trona county , MontanaJ was riding a few
miles from his ranch ho ran into a bunch of
forty elk. The old ones were thlu and dis
couraged. Ho roped a couple but was com
pelled to let them go on account of tlio inabil
ity of his mount , a cull used about tlio place.
He says any showman desiring a herd of elk
of this description will have no dllllciilty In
bcctiringtlio bunch.
During the past year the following sales of
milling property have been muilu in and
around Pony , Mont. Elling & Morris to
Pony Gold Mining companv , thirteen leads ,
consideration $ r.OO,0IO. ( Olds & Illckman ,
Golconda lode , to Eastern company , $1 < U)00. ) ( )
Colonel .T. H. sfohnson , to Now York capital
ists , Revenue group , $100,000. Major N. J.
Isdcll , JuiTcrsnn Bur placer , to Michigan
company , jr 0,000. Melvitrick & . Mood ,
Glided Ago , to St. Louis syndicate , 150,000. ,
The Plutes hero having heard that San
Francisco was to bo destroyed , wore anxious
to learn tlio.fato of that place , says the Vir
ginia City ( Nov. ) Enterprise. Being told
that the "City of the Sea" was all right ,
theysiiid : ' 'Damn fool whlto man , all tlio
same damn fool Injun. " The "damn fool
Injun" referred to was the Red Prophet of
Walker Lake. Ho has been predicting tire
and tlood for months past , mid with the same
success as the California doom-sealers.
PHU.SOXAI , AND POMTICAU
Chicago Tribune : Mr. Cleveland should
Im moro abstemious In his dicst. Most of
what ho cats goes to waist.
Kansas City Times : If Mr. Randall had
had less conviction and moro policy ho would
have been president.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Mr. Randall
was always honest and trustworthy ; in other
words , ho was always better than his party.
Kansas City Times : When a Kansas poll-
Hclan llnds that there is no such thing for
him a ressurrcctlon ho takes revenge on his
enemies by exhibiting his corpse in public.
Kansas City Journal : If ox-President
Olevclaml b gaining llesh at tlio rate of
twenty-live pounds per mouth , It will bo im
possible over again to lit him Into the presi
dential chair ,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Mr. Evarts
speech In the Montana case servos to remind
Hie country that for a man of his great ability
lie has proved to bo the most pronounced fail
ure of the century as a senator.
Chicago News : It Is authentically reported
lhat after Senator Edmund i learned of the
jiartlal failure of thu Vermont maple-sugar
: ropho never smiled again.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Democrats have
Dcen calling Speaker Reed a < l siot | , but dem-
icratiu presiding oftlcers in dill'ereut parts of
: ho country are adopting his methods for all
.hat.
.hat.Boston
Boston Journal : Mr. Hoar cast a wet
Blanket upon the democratic rejoicings over
; ho uemocratic majority in tlio municipal oliv-
: ion at nutte , Mun. , when ho reminded his
lemoeratlc colleagues thot the duinoerallciiiu-
orlty there a year ago was MXbut now It was
inly ' 'oO ' , and that not a single voter was left
it the disputed Pra-lm-t lit ,
THU WIDOW ( JOT IT.
\ CIIHI ) Wlici-K Humanity anil Justice
Prevailed Over I'olltltjH.
WASHINGTON , April 81. ( Special to TUB
IKK.A ] contest over the appointment of n
loslnmstor lit Lexington , Va. , In which Jui-
ice , humanity nnd goodwill ware pitted
igainst politics , win settled the other iltiy.
Plio humanitarians' slilo of the Usuo won , of
our.se.
An Interesting atory Is Involved in this con-
est. Not long ngo the country was startled
iv reading of a terrible railroad accident In
' > V train went through a bridge over
, swollen stream , and there waaa painful loss
f Hfo and property. Among these who wuro
lushed to eternity was Iho engineer , a bravo
nan , who remained ut his poftt to save the
Ivos of his passonicors. The engineer loft a
vifcand tbreoor four children without any
Islblo moans of support. Ills wife was u
nember ol' ono of the leading families of the
iroud old dominion , and she loved against the
vlshes of her parents and wud not their
'holci' ' . Hut the bravo little woman dolor-
nlneil to ilomonstniUi to thn coinmuiilty that
ho was capable of taking rare of herself , nnd
cry soon after lior huxbunil was laid uwa.v ,
ho rented a little cottu o In thn community
if herchildhixd and lookup the needle und
lOjjan to ourn her llvolihood its a 8cain tn .i ,
L'ho rouratfo of the woman attracted the at-
L-ntlon ot that ( tntiit ) sot-lion of the Htulo , mid
oiiie Keutlonien whq knnw of her clrcuiu-
Unite * dtartod n fiinil for hur rollef. Colonel
'ursona , tUo well Uuown Virginia rcpublicau
nnd philanthropist , was at the limit of thn
movement Within a short time a miflleient.
| amount of money to construct for heraeoay
Hit lo homo mid to bridge her over the point
of want was raised.
Sovuial months ngo the question of the ap
pointment of a posUnnMcr tit Lexington ta
succeed the democratic Incumbent was
mooted. With the usunl engenicss to obtain
ofllco a dweii or more active politicians rushed
to the front and demanded the place. I'ho
! * \ \ltlll\tVVt VLIV > IllttHi I IllJ j1
pocd people of Lexington viewed the scramf
ble for the appointment with much Interest , /
us they bad In i view a person whom tho\ /
knew should IMI recognl/cd in the name of Im
inanity in id Justice. At a period when tlio
contest was waxing warm a pajn'r was eltvu
hited recommending for appointment us postmaster -
master at Lexington tlio widow of Urn loco
motive engineer who gave his life to save tun
passengers on the train which he guided
Tlio politicians smiled and Jeered when they
heard that this woman's name was being
brought to the front , nnd they announced
that only an active imrtlsati could bcglvui
the appointment. When the petition for the
nt > l > oiiitnu < iit of this lady was com
ploled it contained the names of n
number of the most prominent re
imblicans. among them Colonel Parsons ,
upsides till of the mlnisim-s , school teachers
mid a large number of old citizens who look
little Interest In political affairs , and were not
known us partisans. When the papers of all
the aspirants reached the postollleo depart-
.nient u strong contest ensued. The postmas
ter general and First Assistant Postmaster
General Cliirkson were besieged every day
for weeks by Virginia politicians and dutstdo
republicans , nil demanding that a man should
IHJ iipiMinted ) to the place. Flnallv , Postmas
ter General \Vatianiaker said the decent thing
to do was to appoint Mrs. Funny Stewart
Williams , the widow of the locomotive engi
neer , and he made a recommendation to that
effect , and went to President Harrison. Not
content with their defeat , the politicians m
the neighborhood of Lexington transferred
their contest to the whlto house , and the
president was visited with great frequency
mid persistency by a largo number of Vlrginm
politicians. Once the politicians thought
they had succeeded , and boasted on the street
that "tho woman candidate Is defeated , " and
"n politician wid bo appointed. " Asurprl-o
was In .store for them , nowever , for the ap
pointment of Mrs. Williams was uniiimiircd
in duo time , and humanity for once prevailed
over polities ami political prejudice.
1N THU UOTTXOA.
A party of Red Cloud business men com
posed of L. P. Albright , W. N. Richardson ,
U. H. Key and A. Hlgby was ut the Murray
lust evening.
Mr. HIgby is cashier of the Fill-mow' and
Merchants' bank at Red Cloud , and u brother
of the manager of the Murray. ,
Mr. Richardson Is a cattle shipper with a
stock farm of 1'JOO acres near Red Cloud. Ho
Is quite enthusiastic over the Increasing suc
cess of the South Omaha stock yards and says
they are the favorite shipping point with tlm
larger stockmen generally in Ids section of
the state.
"And yet , " continued Mr. Richardson ,
"Kansas City continues to bid strong for our
cattle. I thinlc that sometimes it
rather overdoes the thing , but of course that
is their lookout mid not ours , Their prices
and those of Chicago are a trlllo bettor , but
you know that a din'ci-cnce of not ) miles , us in
the case of Chicago , Is u big ono. As a result ,
of the .shorter distance In favor of Omah-i ,
and notwithstanding the somewhat better liir-
111-0 offered by Kansas City , wo most gener
ally bring our stock to the market here. An
other thing which o | > erutc * ugain-jt tlu-o
yards the is fact lhat the Kansas laws rather
permit mixing of shipments. For instance-
load of bops can bo shipped under a couple of. "
cattle. The only thing which acts ur a bar to '
this Is the hum-mo law. But even
the humane law does little or noth
ing in the way of stopping tlio
very advantageous though of course bad piae-
ticc. It is only occasionally that a shipper is
pulled up and lined $50 or so for the cruelly ,
and as the practice is a money-maker for Iho
shipper , there is a great deal of it carried on.
This sort of thing , favorable as it is to Kan
sas City , and hurtful to the South Omaha
yards , would bo broken up or at least destroy
the favoritism now at work against Omaha ,
if the B. & M. would nriko a i-atn dtwtroyiiDr
the profit connected with the practice. Tlio
road could do this without Its alecting their
earnings a penny.
"Tho export demand for Nebraska cattle is
greater than ever before in the history of the
utato , and the price of Nebraska feeders
in from HO to 00 cents better than last year.
And yet there are less 4-attlo in tlm state than
formerly. But if the business as a whole is
growing loss It is growing as to profits as It
becomes smaller. The explanation of this is
is perhaps simple enough. As the state be
comes moro thickly populated the herds of
cattle grow smaller , are moro carefully
handled , consequently high priced bcof is
produced. "
A. E. Wcathcrby of Norfolk and Volney
W. Mason jr. , u mechanical engineer of Chicago
cage , are at the Paxton. They are
organizing a stock company in
Omaha for the manfacturo hero of
a metalllo packing. Several well-known cap
italists of the city are interested , and the
L'ompan y expects to Ixjgln uctlvo business
within thirty or sixty days. The company
will have a capital of about SI,000,000. Both
: > f the gentlemen seem highly elated over the
encouragement and success nttemllni * their
elToits to nmko Omaha their principal point
of operations. Mr , Mason will Immediately
talco up his permanent residence hero.
AMUWKM KN-TS.
riiursdny , Friday , Saturday , April 24-25-20
Saturday Matfnoo.
[ . nKauonicnt of Ilin Vnuni ; . Tnli'iitcil ntnl Hnnil.iomo
Auicrli-un HUir.
GQRR TONNER
JmlcMtlio | muiKiitiMiiont of Col. W.M K. SINN' , uf tliu
Turk Tlii'dtc-r , Itmoklyn.
Second Season in tlio Delightful , Sparkling ,
Witty , Now Play ,
_
FascinatioN
riioOililltml Company , ( io Coitum ? * . AI > | > IM-
lirtuto S r-
locul.ir prices. Miillnon ! tKami : ; . ScdUwint > o
put on iili <
) mc
Corner llth mul F.uu.uu S ; .
; irst Appearance in a Museum.
XANKKKTT.Vt *
Famous Pantomime Co.
Ilillllpttl Dumplti I.i lti > M't.t.
Uuhoim-t , Hie lliev A iH-ky ; M.mnlnlil Gout
\\ltti funiiii'rfrot horn * .
MtllndIf IT. " ( In * imirtvliiui * mmtorof tlm
llano.Vorlil' * 1'nir Ton. rvlv I'o. . ctmiru-HIiii ;
U urtUU. Two itrftit atiiui * liows.
Ono Dime Admits to All.
OlvlATfA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
iiibwrtbpd nnd ( iiinrantccd Capital. . . .t.V , oo' )
alii in ( 'initial . aavxio
llnys uml nulls iitoolis nml lioiulH ; ne otluloi
ommurulul pupiir : m-ulvc * anil oicoutex
iiiitu ; iu > tx iih transfer u mil unit truslim of
orporatlini.s ; takes charuu uf pronurly ; out
puts ll\l'h. ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Dmtiha Lcmn& Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
5. E. Cor. 10th and Doufllna Sts.
'aid ' In Capital . i M.wi
ulHurlliuil uml ( lii.uutitueO Capital . . | ! H.i n
.lulilllty ut Htooklioldurs . l Ju-
5 I'ur Cent Interest Pnld on IliiiiiuiltM.
ritA.NK .1. I.ANtli ; . Cuahlur.
'Ilk-em ' ; A. II. Wymun i.nnUk'iit ; J. J. llniwu , VIM-
liriwHIi'iit ; W T. Wjniiin. lriuurur.
llrocturn : A. U. Winun , .1 II. Mill/ml / , J. J. llruwn.
Our C. Iljrtmi , Ky. . Nuili , 'i'liuiuit * J. HltHtiail.
( iBursu II. iJiku ,
I.oiuiHln any amount mail u on City null I tn m
'ixiputty ' , nnil on Uullittur-1 Security I uw-
> t