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E. E08EWATEB , Editor.
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KWOKN hTAI'KMENT OK CIUUULATION
Htate of Nebraska. ( „ .
County oMoiiilni. [
Ocoran II , Tzsclmclc , secretary of The Ilco
riihllHhliiK Company , does wilcinnly swear
Hint HID net mil olrmilntloti of TIIK DAILV HEK
for thu week ending May 17. 1MW , was us fol
lows. ,
Ktinday , May II . 21.020
Monday , May I : : . W.IOO
Tuesday. May 1:1 : . I , W
Wedm < dny. May II . WSW
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Buturdav. May IT . . .Sa\fO \
Average . 20.014
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Sworn to lioforo ino nnd mibsurlbr-d to In my
presence ) tills 17th day of May , A. I ) . 1ROO.
ISeal.l N.I' . FEU *
Notary I'ublla
Etatoof Nebraska , I
t'oiintv of Douglas. [
George If. Tzscliuek , bcliiR duly sworn , do-
iioscs mid nays Unit lie 19 secretary of The
lien 1'iibllshlns Company , Hint tbo actual
nVeniKe. dally circulation of Tun DAILY
HUB for the month of May , 1W ) , I8.B39
copies ; for .lime. 1880 , 1H.KW copies ; for
July , Ib8 ! > , Ifl.TTH copies ; for AiiKiist , igso , 18.1131
copies ; for September , 1WJ. 18.710 copies ; for
Oclnbor. li-M ) , IH.IW copies : for November , 1MO ,
JO.S10 copies ; for Ooceinlior.lSSO , 20.0H copies ;
for January , INK ) , inAV > copies ; for robrnary ,
JMK ) , llTil ! ( cnnlps ; for March , Ib90 , 20,815 copies ;
for April , 1800 , SO.WH t'oples.
1 OKOiir.i- . T/pniuCK.
fiworn lobcforn mo and snbsorlbed In ray
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IG-piiKU paper " Scents " 2 cents
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2J-iiKeiiper ] ! | ; " L'cunU " 4 cunts
I HAS Jailor Miller been retained to
fessiat tbo defense in tbo tbo Keal trial ?
WITH C'ai lisle out of the house tbo
fninoiity bbip loses what little ballast
It possessed.
IT is worthy of note that every enter
prising Iowa town is pronouncing1 for
tiigh license in original packages.
TIIK proponed chain of stock yards from
the Missouri river to the raciflc coast
marks a long stride in the westward ten
dency of a great industry.
KN' original packages , ' licensed
saloons and the steady increase of ro-
subinis.sion clubs , prohibition Is being
hopelessly pulverized in Kansas.
Mu. STANiiKv's engagement to ono
Of the holies of Britain will doubtless
prove more enjoyable than his ongago-
tnunta with the -Bohooa and Wtiwnhs of
tile dark continent.
Tun vociferous Bynum of Indiana ac
cepts the censure of the house as a dec
oration of honor. Before many years
Bynum and his party friends will bo
mighty glad to cast away the decoration
and expunge the record.
Sus'ATOU MANDICUSON is not ready to
Dxohango his present position for a mis
sion to Spain , but there are a surplus of
patriots in Nebraska who would cbeor-
lully sacrifice- themselves for the public
service at homo or abroad.
Tin : latest deal of reform boodlers is
to send three or four strikers out into
Mio state to beat the bushes for.tho
Broateb boom. The expenses of these
political missionaries are to bo berne by
the riprapping contractor.
"FKKQUKNT copious rains have placed
the raitges of Wyoming in bettor condi
tion than for years past , insuring a year
of prosperity for the great industry of
the territory which will bo felt mate
rially ia the Omaha market.
A lucni'CTiON of five dollars a mile in
the cost of Btreot sweeping shows the
value of frequent compotition. Even at
the reduced rate there should be an im-
arovoment on the present method of
lusting the streets and dumping the re
fuse on the sidewalks.
TUB reports of the movements of the
American squadron of evolution in the
Mediterranean cannot fail to thrill every
patriot at homo. Dull to every sense of
national prldo is ho or she who will not
rejoice to learn that the now navy IB
Dvolutlng baseball where Paul preached
Mid lllling the grotto of Calypso with
ihreo-baggors and homo runs.
Till ! war raging between Major Pow-
ill. director of the geological survey ,
i ml Colonel Dick Ilintou , recently ap
pointed to boss the artesian bores , has
illrrod up the fossils in that department.
L'ho major assails the colonel with a jaw
bone of the tertiary period , insinuating
Hint the boss of the bores does not know
jnough about the irrigation question to
furnish moisture for his tongue. The
colonel retorts with the noozolo boinb-
shell , pointing to the report of the son-
itu committee accusing Fowoll of misap
propriation of funds. The friction be
tween those two distinguished surveyors
at the public crib promises to bring to
the surface the methods employed in
scattering government funds in annual
western junkets.
K advance guanl of an army of
twelve hundred Mormon converts biic-
ca-wfully passed inspection at the port
of Now York , and arc now on tholr way
to the kingdom of Brlghnm. The ad
mission of this batch of deluded foreign
ers , while ministers and musicians com
ing to the country have been subjected
to annoying' uud costly delays , brings
Into contempt the enforcement of the
contract labor law. It is a notorious
fact that Mormon immigrants are
brought over under a diixct or implied
contract. The church pays tUolr pas-
cage and they are compelled to work It
out In the Holds or workshop * of the In
stitution In Utah , They are the chat-
tola of Mormon power and their udmis-
ilon Is a scandalous breach of law.
tnnia.i T/O.V rnosvKcrs.
Tlio senate committee appointed to prepare
pare legislation on the subject of irrlfjn
lion , while conceding the magnitude ant
importance of the problem , divided upor
the question of how much the govern
mcnt should undertake. Thcro was m
disagreement ns to the expediency o
congress continuing appropriations foi
surveys , the selection of sites for watei
storage , and the designation of lands
which may bo reclaimed by irrigation
but a j > ortion of the committee Insisted
that the government should go nc
further in the actual work of irrigation
than to provide for the establishment ol
wntcr-storago sites , leaving the ditching
to stale , territorial and private cuter
prlhu.
If this la the policy to bo finally
adopted by congress , and it probably is ,
it is clear that a great many years must
elapse before the vast imwatoral empire
of the nation will bo reclaimed. So far
as the states are concorncil
in which there are arid lands
they may be able to redeem
them as rapidly as the demands of n
growing population may require. Hav
ing1 authority to Iwrrow money or to con
tract with private capital for carrying
on such enterprise , the states can go on ,
as some of them have done , to work out
the irrigation problem for themselves
without any assistance from the govern
ment , and this undoubtedly in time they
will do. But the territories have no
such privilege , nnd it is in
those that irrigation must wait
indollnltely if the government refuses to
do anything beyond what the minority
of the senate committee recommend as
expedient , namely , the completion of
the irrigation survey and the designa
tion of irrigable lands. The very fact of
the government refusing to do more than
this must retard the progress of the ter
ritories and delay the time when they
will bo able to carry forward the work of
irrigation.
That the problem is a formid
able ono everybody at all fa
miliar with it fully understands. Of the
little more than three million square
miles embraced in the area of the United
States , exclusive of Alaska , over one-
third must have artificial irrigation to
Insure regular annual crops. Thus re
claimed it would become the most valua
ble land in the country , and would un
questionably many times repay the cost
of redemption , granting that the largest
estimates were equalled or exceeded.
But in accomplishing' this private
interests ' would necessarily to
some extent bo benolitted , which
is a chief source of objection to the gov
ernment making provision for irrigation
out of the public treasury , while there is
opposition on the general ground that
this is not work in which the govern
ment cart properly engage , although the
necessity for its intervention is obvious
from the fact that the matter concerns
publio lands in which the right of
reservation for storage sites belongs to
the general government alone. The
hostility to the government going into
the business of completing the details of
irrigation is manifestly too strong at
this time to permit the hope that a much
larger appropriation can bo obtained
from the present congress than was pro
vided by the last , which was simply for
the preliminary work of investigation
and survey.
N'S POSITION ON SILVER.
It is reported in the eastern papers
that President Harrison has for several
weeks past been in constant consultation
with prominent men in both houses of
congress regarding the proposed silver
legislation. It is also said in explana
tion of the failure of the many confer
ences on this subject to result in an
igrcomcnt , that the president has an
nounced his unwillingness to sign a frco
coinage bill. Ho is said to have
made the positive statement that ho
will veto such a bill if sent to him , and
.hat while ho is anxious for the passage
of a silver bill in order to redeem the
pledges made by the republican party to
.ho people , ho does not think that the
country is yet ready for frco coinage.
There is nothing improbable or incrcd-
blo in this , in view of the very positive
ittitudo of the president regarding silver
in hid annual message to congress. It
will be remembered that while express
ing the opinion that a larger
employment of silver in the currency
was desirable , Mr. Harrison suggested
/hat It was necessary to proscribe a
imit to its use and distinctly declared
ills conviction that- free coinage would
> o dangerous. While it is probable the
views of the president have since then
undergone some modification , as is fairly
to bo inferred from the treasury bill
which is understood to have represented
Lho opinions of the administration , it
.4 to bo presumed that the prcsi-
lent is no more willing now
.him whan ho communicated Ills
views on silver to congress to approve
Tree coinage. There has boon no now
light shed on the question by the advo
cates of unlimited coinage to produce a
change of opinion , but on the contrary
the weight of argument in the discus
sion of the subject is to confirm the con
viction that'free coinage would bo a very
grave mistake.
But notwithstanding the attitude of
the administration and the undoubted
sentiment in accord therewith of a
majority of the people , the supporters
of unlimited coinage persist in
urging that policy , regardless
of the danger to any silver legislation
Involved in their course. They claim to
liave a majority of votes in both houses ,
though this is questionable , but allow
ing that they have it is certain that they
are not strong enough to pass a free
coinage bill over a veto , and none of
them appear to doubt that such a meas
ure would encounter executive disap
proval. They do not expect the presi
dent to stultify himself by giving his ap
proval to a policy which ho has declared
would be unwise and unsafe. Obsti
nate adherence to their position by the
advocates of free coinage , therefore , not
only endangers sllvor legislation , but It
may result In an Issue between the exec
utive and congress that would prove
Imrmful to the party in power. There
Is nothing more certain than that the in
telligent and conservative judgment of
[ ho country is not In favor of frco coinage -
ago , and the uncompromising light
which the advocates of tu/it policy are
making for it Is doing the cause of sllvct
serious harm.
A.V AnaiiKssirt : rosier XRKDKD.
At this time of more than usual con
flict nnd disturbance in the railroad
situation , it Is natural to inquire whether
the Interstate commerce commission ie
taking such vigilant Interest in the con
dition of allairs as may bo necessary to
protect the public from evasions and
abuses of the law. It is hardly to bo
presumed that the vigorous warfare go
ing on between the railroads is being
prosecuted with absolute freedom from
any violations of cither the letter or
spirit of the interstate commerce
net. On the contrary , few will doubt
that infractions of the htw are numer
ous. It would , perhaps , bo a somewhat
dllllcult matter to discover thorn , and
yet the common impression Is that this
is one of the functions of the commis
sion.
In its last report the commission said
that the educational process necessary
under the interstate commerce net hav
ing been compiled with , the time had
come when more aggressive steps
could properly bo taken. No
excuse can longer bo made , said
the commission , that the law Is
not understood , or that sufficient time
has not elapsed to give the carriers op
portunity to conform their methods to
its requirements. This was in effect no
tice to the railroads hint the "country
that the commibsion would tolerate no
more excuses for a disregard of the re
quirements of the law on the score of
ignorance , but would bring its penalties
to bear whenever violations were dis
covered. This was an assurance the
public had been anxiously waiting for ,
and the absence of it unquestionably had
a measure of influence in discrediting the
law with some. A member of congress
who is opposed to the law recently urged
as ono reason for its repeal that it is and
is likely to bo imperfectly enforced.
The present extraordinary state of af
fairs among the railroads imposes upon
the commission the duty of unusual
vigilancn. In a general way the law is
perhaps being complied with , but that
it is being violated in some 'particulars
is not to bo doubted. It is highly proba
ble that before the conflict is ended the
commission will find opportunities for
showing the public what it means by ag
gressive steps.
THE legal department of the Union Pa
cific , having mot defeat in the Elmwood
elevator case in the state supreme court ,
announces that the case will bo appealed
to the United States supreme court.
Tliis result was predicted at the outset.
The solo object of the contest is to carry
it through the various courts , to delay
and harass the producers and strengthen
the grip of the elevator combine. The
corporations employ their lawyers by the
year. They can alTord to fight an in
terminable legal battle , trusting to politi
cal changes or the demise of
the original plaintilfs to score a
victory. The assertion thai the decision
of the supreme court is "taking property
without duo process of law" is one of the
most absurd pleas over advanced , but it
serves the purpose to prolong the settle
ment of the issue. Thcro has not been
the slightest attempt to take property
"without duo process of law. " The vital
principle involved is whether a common
carrier can deprive producers of adequate
facilities for storing and shipping grain
and compel them to patronize a monopoly
of elevators controlled ut least indirectly
by the railroads. The common
.aw sustained by court decisions
prohibits discrimination by com
mon carriers against any class of
shippers or patrons. The Elmwood
farmers did not seek to take property
"without duo process of law. " On the
contrary , they offered to pay for the
privilege of trackage the charge exacted
[ rom the existing elevator , and the supreme
premo court confirmed the justice of
their demand for equal privileges and
facilities with the most favored patron
of the railroad. On that issue there
need bo no fear of the final determina
tion if the producers see to it that their
side of the case is properly presented to
the United States supreme court.
TllK petition of Madison county tax
payers for a radical revision of the pros-
out system of assessing property strikes
at-ono of the greatest evils in the stato.
Every county and particularly the mu
nicipalities tire seriously affected by a
system of taxation which not only in
vites discrimination , but materially in
jures the people when the tax rate is
) laccd side by side with that of other
states and communities which assess
property at or near its actual value. In
ill comparative tax tables the Nebraska ,
) er cent of levy appears excessive to in-
.onding investors who are not fa-
niliar with the fact that the as
sessment of property in the state
s scarcely one-tenth of its actual
value. It is useless , however , to expect
an equitable assessment of property
under the present revenue law. Some
system must bo devised whereby the
state will secure its revenue without ox-
tcting a per cent of the total asscss-
nent. AH long as that Bystom exists it
ilncc.s a premium on low valuations BO
is to escape paying a fair share of the
expenses of state government. Higher
valuations and lower levies will remedy
.ho evils pointed out by Madison county
.axpayors , but it Is folly for ono county
, o try to revolutionize the system while
the remaining eighty-seven stand aloof.
TUG railway conductors in annual
convention have taken a stop which
ilacos them in accord with the labor or
ganizations of the country. The antistrike -
strike clause of the constitution was
stricken out and western men placed on
guard. This action was necessary to pre
vent a disruption of the order , as the
western members wore determined to no
ongorhold aloof from kindred organi/.a-
lons. The action of the convention is
significant. It foreshadows a complete
'ederation of railway employes In the
westwhoso power , guided by Intelligent ,
conservative leaders , will prove beneficial
to all concerned.
Crude Itut KfTcotlvo MnolilnvolUm.
Mutton Juunuil.
Having fulled to crush that determined agitator
tater , Cuptulu TiUuiun , by inlldor methods of
coaxing uud flattery , the SuuUi Carolina
jourbous uro uow ivsortlui ; to threatening
nnd nbuso. 71 Tlllmnn does not keep a nlian
eye about lihirUJmay go tbo wny of John M
Clayton mul cflher men who have been bolt
enough to challenge tlio rule of the frce-tnuli
oligarchy In thVsouthoru stntcs.
Tendency or jUi im I'onnlon Claims
> i'lfthMiMu , lUconl.
lleforo many. years It will bo the noblesl
dhtlnctlon nnij jltlo to honor of the vcturnr
soldier that 1/mfys / not a itcnstoucr of the gov
eminent.
tTliciIiOltcry Must do.
7nJjji ) i ) > of5 ! Jiiuniitt.
Congress will subject Itself to sevcro cen
sure If It mlJomiA without enacting a liuv tt
exclude the lirt'tcYy ' frx.n the use of the malls ,
Ulr. Hrcuklifrfdgo'B Graceless Attitude
This country would bo much better satis
fled , also , if , Instead of constantly rcncntlnp
a wish that the committee would llml out whc
killed Clayton , ho would go to work ami uelf
It discover the guilty persons.
Petitions Itnokcil Ily Uayoncts.
A'cio 1'oifc Jlerald.
Petitions nro being circulated , addressed
to the czar of Uussln , mildly suggesting that
tlio outrages practised on Siberian exiles arc
"not lu harmony with tuo humanizing senti
ments of the age. "
Despotic governments , unfortunately , have
never been reformed by petitions except
when the petitions were backed up by men
ready to light.
OUK CONTKMZ'OKAIUES.
Clileat/ii Tribune.
Mr. Butlcrworth points out clearly that the
trade relations between the people of the
United States and their northern kinsmen
have been to the advantage of the former to
the extent of S2.TOooo,000 hi the last forty
years. Ho also shows that during the same
thno the balance of trade with the Latin
races to the south of us has been over
$ : > ,000)00,000 ( ) against this country. Yet every
effort is making to establish unrestricted
trade with Mexico and south Central America ,
while fresh difficulties were thrown in the
way of trade with Canada , whi' 'i always buys
more from us than wo do from her.
An I2vll of the Registration Iiaiv.
C/itoiyi / ) Intcr-Occtni.
The now law will make it necessary for the
republicans of New York to be constantly on
their guard and each year see that the far
mers are registered , because when n man haste
to travel several niilc.s over bad roads to reg
ister his name and then give up another day
to go over the saino ground again to vote ho
will become carold.s. It places a double bur
den on him simply because dishonest men
have corrupted the ballot in the cities.
The Siiei'uliindniiu ) < ; of Hills.
.S ( . 7oufs Glibi > Dciniicnit.
Thousands of measures are introduced in
ono branch or other of congress every year
which never can p.iss , and which the mem
bers standing sponsors for them know never
ought to pass , either body. Some , happily ,
never get beyond , the committee stage , nnd
some are not oven considered in committee ,
and these do not have much effect toward de
laying legislation. But even these have a
detrimental influunio ; in talcing the attention
of the members reH | > onsiblo for them away ,
to some extent , from legislation which is pos
sible and needed , i
A Iaiiitrron I'rolilhition Spit's.
PliHaili\i \ > lita liccwtl.
Under this deefsldn and the interstate com
merce net , which it afllrms , the states have
ample power to utterly prohibit the internal
li < iupr traRIc or to regulate it in any manner
they may deem lit. ' But they cannot semi
constables and .siiiei tn sniff into railroad and
express parcels in interstate transportation
In order to confiscate , the private property of
tho.citUcn . , This , and only thf * , ' is what the
prohibitionists seek "to accomplish by the
LJoutello amendment to tlio interstate com
merce law. The decision of the supreme
court stands between this citUca ami as mean
i system of legislative espionage and tyranny
is ever was perpetrated in a free stale.
The Orl-iii of the JloniBill. .
A'ansds C'Journal ( ( | / ,
If the southern democracy had been con
tent to conduct congressional elections de
cently and fairly Senator Hoar's bill never
would have been thought of. And oven if
iliut bill becomes a law its provisions will not
lie operative except upon the petition of a cer
tain number of respectable citizens of ndis- _
trict , who have reason to believe that the state
olllcials will not conduct the election fairly.
The south 1ms not been abused and will uot
bo abused. Itut it will bo made to behave
itself about election time.
HTATJK JOTTfXfSS.
Nebraska.
Soward's now Methodist church will bo
dedicated Juno 1.
The Covington school hoard has decided to
erect a $10,000 school building.
About ono thonslmd acres have been sown
to hemp in the neighborhood of Fowler.
Kev. A.V. . Cooper was last week ordained
ns pastor of tlio Baptist church at Loup City.
Kearney has another paper , the Democrat
! iaving made its appearance , published by II.
L * . Mason.
Tlio second annual Sunday school conven-
; ion of Perkins count v will ho held at Grant
May 'JO mid 21.
All the merchants of Kearney have agreed
lo eloso their stores at 8 o'clock every cvcn-
ng except Saturday.
Charles Dunn of lirowstar hnd his leg so
uully crushed by a hni'so falling on it that
imputation will bo necessary.
The Brady Bludo has made its appearance
at Brady Island , Lincoln county , with Stock
ton & Stockton as publishers. .
The .sixteenth annual convention of the
Adams county Sunday school association will
bo held at Kenesaw May SI and S' . ' .
Llu'htning struck the residence of John
[ lull in Bluino county Wednesday night ,
instantly killing a hoarder named Duarn and
badly .shocking Mrs. Hall.
John F. Bnrron , agent of the Union Pnclllo
nt Ord , 1ms resigned to accept the position of
cashier of the Ord national bank. Ho will
enter upon his new duties Juno 1.
Daniel Hilbcrt , who had Just completed a
i/orni / in the punitentrary , was arrested at Alien -
) ion last week f6r 'mortgaging ' property he
lid not own and was taken to Logan , county
lor trial. " ' "
The Loup City Citizen has been discontin
ued and the plant has been sold to n company
hat will publish u'jfnjter in the interest of the
Fin-mars' alliance. Mov. W. II. Ogle will act
as editor. ' " '
The Norfolk Congregational church cele
brated the twentieth.anniversary . of Its or
ganization last week' . The church started
with ten members , and today the member
ship numbers IKi. \a \ , ,
Charles Balsley ,1111 old veteran of Boone
county , has been adjudged Insane and sent to
the asylum. His hallucination Is that every
body Is trying to poWon him , and his actions
led his wlfo to sccufjjijldivorco several months
Miss ICnto Iloustru , who resided wltli her
parents u few nUlijti. north of Js'iobrara ,
drowned herself In u luke heeauso sue din not
want to marry John Holland , the husluind
who had been selected for her by her father.
The wedding ilny was Hxcd for last Saturday.
Charles , Fred and August Schmelchel ,
three wealthy farmers living near Urownleo ,
Cherry county , hare been arrested by the
sheriff of Blaine county , charged with
burclurlzlug a store at I'imlum , The stolen
goods were found Ih the possession of the
prisoners.
Little Clay ChnmhlU * of Paxton thought
ho would like u pig for a i > ot and attempted to
take one with a nlco curly tail from a litter In
upon. The old sow objected , however , and
made n lleroo attack on the boy , biting him
badly , nnd would undoubtedly have kilted thu
llttlo fellow hud not u big dog taken u hand
in the struggle and driven oil the infuriated
limit Items.
T M , Condlff , living near Bldwell , owns a
midget calf , born a few days ago , It Is pet
fectly formed , stands 10' Inches in height , I
21'i Inches long nnd weighs 23 pounds.
Storm Lake ladles have organized n boa
club.
club.A
A missionary convention will bo held a
VnllMitySStoJunol.
The now Methodist church ntMuchaklnoc !
was dedicated Sunday.
A Keokuk man has a fig tree which prom
ises to yield heavily this season.
The ICnssuth county Sunday Bchool convcn
tlon will bo held nt Algonn May 27 nnd 23.
The editors of Hamilton , Vlght , Hancock
Wlnncbago , Kossuth , Humbotdt , Wabstci'
Calhoun , Pocahontns , Polo Alto nnd Kinmc
counties nro planning to get together to font
mi association.
Tlio hnc-ycar-old child of Carl Livcrcnz , o
Paulllna , while playing on the lloor the otuei
day found an Iron staple about nn Inch long
nnd before the mother could get It away swnl
lowed It. No serious result has us vet fol
lowed.
The Congregational churches of Iowa con
trlbutcd to homo mission work In the stati
during the year ending April ! ! 0 , $ lt,9.M.'Ji )
Thu j ear closes with $1.100.0. in the treasury
The plan was to ralso $18,000 , but the
present Is an increase over any previous
year.
The annual report of the Episcopal dioce.
of Iowa shows the numlxir of parishes in the
diocese to bo-19 : orpin bed missions , 110 ; un
organized , JW ; churches nnd chapels , 7711 ; roc
torlcs , 2ft ; families registered , ,727 ; Individ
ual members , H.01S ; regular communicants
0,00" ; contributions last year for rcllgioiu
purposes , SI l'O.Oil l ; value of property in tki
diocese , $1,271,375.
Scranton City Ls threatened with a novel
damage suit. A well-to-do fanner named
Colder visited the city on business and aftct
cracking several "originals" found hlmsoll
behind the bars of the city lockup , where he
remained all night. Ho awoke the next morn.
Ing with n severe cold , caught , ho claims ,
through the negligence of the city to furnish
comfortable accommodations to guests , and
thinks he has been injured to the extent ol
$5,000 or thereabouts.
The Crcston Gazette publishes extracts
from a letter written nt Oskaloosa , March 17 ,
HB , by the motherota soldier in the Thirty-
third Iowa , ut Now Orleans , but who was
then a prisoner of war. The captain of his
company got the letter and not being able to
deliver it lllcd it away among his papers. In
looking over his army effects a short time
ago ho found the letter and sent it to its
rightful owner , who received it on the twenty.
Jlfth anniversary of the day It was written.
The Two Oakotns.
There will bo a band tournament at DolanC
May 2:2. :
The pontoon bridge just completed at Pierre
cost SW.OOO.
Three silver tip bears were killed near
Devil's Tower the other day.
Fort Pierre claims a population of 1,000 ,
and n proposition to incorporate will bo voted
on May 28.
"The South Dakota theological institute will
meet at Ynnkton July S and continue in ses
sion a week.
Whitewood is to linvo a new reservoir , with
a capacity of 50,000 gallons , to bo located iyu
feet above the town.
Miss Josephine Crowfeather , n full-blooded
Sioux maiden , has taken the veilnt Yaakton
and IMK-OIIIO u Benedictine nun. Her father
is a Sioux chief.
Charles Finch , a placer miner in Beat
gulch , the other dav stubbed his too against
u gold nugget weighing four ounces , the
largest found in the Black Hills for some
time.
Supervisor of Census WakoflcUl , whoso
district includes all that part of South Da
kota cast of the Missouri river , states that
ho has divided his district into 4'0 sub-dis-
dricts , all the enumerators for which have
been appointed.
The expenses of the recent session of the
South Dakota legislature amounted to $95-
0i4.0l. : ! The senate- cost the state $2Ji.TUO !
and the house K ! ) ,4S2. : l , while $10,000 was
expended in legislative printing.
Elkton citi/.cns , and fanners in the neigh
borhood , have raised a t,000 bonus for the
parties who are to build a S12.000 roller mill
at that place. It is exacted the mill will bo
in operation by November next.
A Northwestern train pulled into Redfleld
tlio other day and the engineer was some
what surprised on going to the front of the
locomotive to lind a sheep lying on tlio pilot ,
uninjured and contentedly chewing its cud.
The animal had evidently saved its life by u
quick Jump just as the .engine- reached it.
fn grading the railroad near Deadwood the
other day a huge rock was blasted and behind
it was found a small cave or well full to the
brim with snakes. Thousands of the reptiles
were killed by the men , but not ono rattler
was found. They were of the varieties known
as hull and garter snakes.
IMSUSONALi AND PO
Chicago Tribune : Let nobody ask the old
question hereafter : "What is Butter-worth i"
Washington Post : The John M. Palmer
senatorial boom is scudding along under 11
full head of wind. In fact there are some
unkind enough to intimatotlmt the propelling
force is about the only substance there is in
the boom.
Providence Journal : The Boston Journal
says that the farmers of Vermont are greatly
pleased with the McKinley tariff bill. Per
haps this is because the more intelligent and
enterprising have left tlio state or have gone
into more profitable business.
St. Paul Pioneer Press : Hill may plant
and Cleveland may water , but tliov do snv
that next spring Governor Campbell will
transplant his own little boom from the soil
of Ohio to the political hotbed.
Minneapolis Tunes : Since Senator Sher-
iian declared himself on the poker question
the other candidates for the presidency have
icon feeling about in nn uneasy manner for
something striking to counteract the boom the
llstinguishcd Ohioan has ijlvcn himself.
From the Augusta Chronicle : But Mr.Wnt-
terson is a brilliant writer and n graceful
speaker. Ho makes his mark wherever ho
goes. Ifo wants it understood that ho haslet
lot lost 81,800 in poker. Mr. AVattcrson is
leither a Puritan nor a prohibitionist , but ,
withal , is a striking liguro in Kentucky and
the south.
Washington Post : They have commenced
lulling Chicago democrats in jail for the ro-
ent election frauds , and General Palmer's
senatorial boom has fallen off twelve points
within the la > jt two days.
Springfield Kepublican ( Ind. ) : With such
nen us Vest and Coclcrcll posing as great
enders on the democratic side of the United
jtatf s senate , and "Cnl" Brice on the way , it
s time that Carlisle was made a senator.
Louisville Courier-Journal : The startling
admission of Mr. Butterworth , that improved
nethods of manufacture cheapen manufao
.ured articles , will "bust" the homo market
If ho persists in It.
Tlowliif * Over Dakota Dirt.
CiUMui'.ni.AiN , S. D. , May IS. [ Special to
Tin : BKK. ] A struggle that promises to beef
several years' duration has commenced for
ho possession of Ii-0 acres of laud which lies
directly north of this city In what was until
recently a portion of the Crow Creek nnd
Winnobago reservation. When these lauds
were opened for settlement In IbSli the two
claims above mentioned were taken by home
steaders. Upon the withdrawal of the reser
vation from the public domain two months
ifter it was thrown open , the original Bottlers
eft and the claims were shortly afterward
taken by settlers , who have olace remained
upon the land. About four years ago the two
claims were , by legislative net , Included In
the city limits of Chamberlain. Krocatly an
organisation of citizents put a town slto filing
m the claims , and attempts were repeatedly
nado by the town-sltcrs to erect dwellings
hei-eou , hut the settlers did not take kindly
n the idea of having buildings erected in
.heir onion and potato patches , so they con-
bcated the building material us fast as it , vas
HI tu pou the ground. The town-sitors , lie-
'oro attempting to build , had the tract sur
veyed into two-aero lots , and now the settlers
uro engaged in pulling up the survey stnkoi
ind using them for firewood. It will bo many
VHII-H before the matter will finally bo settled.
The two claims are handsomely located and
ire very valuable.
Itaru Klrcd by
LuiKiirr , Nob. , May 18. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tins UKH.J The first rain this spring
fell yesterday evening. The farmers uro
ubllunt. its the ground was very dry mid nil
ho small grain HunYrIng greatly on account
if the drouth. During the thunder storm a
> iirn four miles southwest of town , coutnln-
ng a Imgior , com sheller , ubout five hundred
Mishels of corn and u quantity of buy , way
struck by lightning uud burned. Loss ,
usuraiicc , I-MX ) .
NO SUNDAY AMUSEMENTS
Acting Mayor Fnco Closes the Eden Muse
at Lincoln
PYTHIAN LIFE SHOWS FIGHT
Filed to tlio Charges Made l > j
It. Powell Arrpfllcd for ha-
boring < > tlio Haliliiitli Col
lision nt AVnvcrly.
LIXCOI.X , Nob. , May 18. ( Special to Tim
Bun. ] A meeting of citizens was called yes
terday to consider the best means to close ui
the Eden Miiseo on Sundays. Thcro wen
iiluo men present and they unanimous ! ;
passed a resolution demanding the mayor tc
see that the museo was not allowed to givi
any more Sunday exhibitions , Messrs. Join :
H. Clark , C. G. Dawes and A. H. Don-is wen
appointed a committee to call on the chief ex
ccutlvo of the city and inform him of this
action. Mayor Graham being out of the city ,
the two called on acting Mayor Pace , nnd he
in turn called on City Attorney Holmes and
asked him if there was any law under which
places of amusement could bo closed Sun.
days. Mr. Holmes said that there was , ami
the acting mayor instructed Marshal Melieli
to arrest Mr. Luwlor If bo opened his place
today.
Mr. Lawlcr will not attempt to give any
Sunday entertainments until the mayor re.
turns.
An olllcer was posted near the muses and
watched It closely all day to see that no
tickets were sold.
TIUil'YTIIMN I.irE SHOWS FIOHT.
Two representatives of the Pythian Lifo
association , Messrs. Bechtel nnd Pot-tor , were
in the city yesterday and in the afternoon
filed replies to the charges nmdo bv John H.
Powell , general solicitor' of the endowment
rank , that the Pythian Lifo association is not
i sccret organisation and is not , therefore , en
titled to do business under the provisions of
the act governing such companies. These
gentlemen in their reply make the following
statements :
'Tho association was chartered according to
legal requirements November 10 , 18SS. A
revocation of the authority of the association
to do business would cause It to suffer irre
parable injury. The members have now In
force insurance amounting to $1,500,000 , and
the business has been conducted in a thor
oughly legitimate way. The members deny
that they wcio incorporated under the secret
society act of 18s7 , although they have com
plied with its provisions. They assert that
the association is a fraternal and benevolent
one as contemplated by the act , nnd the mem
bership is restricted to the members of the
order of the Knights of Pythias. They sub
mit the opinion that the auditor has no
jurisdiction to hear and determine the mat
ters and assertions set forth in
Powell's complaint ; that Powell is
a non-resident , as ho makes his homo in Mil
waukee ; that ho was not a member of the
Pjthian Lifo association , and therefore Is not
n competent complainant ; that hois traveling
us a solicitor for u rival company , and that
the complaints filed by him were simply in
tended to do injury to the Pythian Lifo nnd to
build up his own company.
If the request of Powell is enforced it is
claimed that it will drive out of existence
also the endowment rank , the Masonic in-
sur.uico companies and many other similar
benevolent associations connected with the
secret orders.
AltllKsTHII Foil WOKKIXO OX SIIXDVY.
L. AVnlpa , while working in I. Sandusky's
shop nt Seventh and ( ) streets this morning ,
was arrested on the charge of "laboring on
Sunday. " Will pa was engaged in beating or
breaking iron nt the time , and the policeman
claimed that ho was making too much noise.
Mr. Sandusky was present nnd asked
the oftlccr why ho did not go down to
the depot and arrest all the engineers who
ran locomotives into the city on Sunday , as
"one engine makes more noise , " said he ,
"than n dozen blacksmith shops. "
The oflleer. becoming somewhat nettled ,
told Mr. Sandusky to "dry up. "
The olllcer then attempted to drag Wnlpa
away , when Sandusky seized his employer by
the arm and released him from the policeman.
The officer then placed Sauduslty also under
arrest and escorted both men to the city jail.
Walter Bohanan. u prominent citizen ,
went their bail until tomorrow , mid employer
and employe were both released.
it.unii : ) , v aA.Miu.ixo HEX.
The officers have been suspicious for two or
three weeks of the business carried on in a
room over Hood's saloon at UK ) South' Elev
enth street , and finally were satisfied that
it was a gambling establishment. A
raid the , at o'clock
on place - yes
terday morning by the police proved their
suspicious true , as the room was found.
equipiMid. with u full gambling outfit , while
seated nt 0110 of the tables dealing cards at
faro was J. It. Harvey , n knight of the green
cloth well known in Omalui. About him
were a number of sports well known in the
city , and the entire company were placed
under arrest uud taken to the police station.
The chipsrouletto wheels and other gambling
[ laraphurnelia were confiscated by the police.
Un being arraigned all the men arrested
[ Headed guilty to the cliurgo of visiting a
gambling den , and were each fined § 10 uud
costs.
Q STIIEHT scnoor. A i.i. moor.
There has been considerable talk of late
concerning the sanitary condition of the Q
street school , but after a careful examination
of the building yesterday Drs. Paine , Caso-
l > eer , Mitchell , Lowry , Hook , Garten and
Dayton pronounced it perfectly safe for the
school children. They assort that the base
ment is perfectly dry and wholesome ; Unit
the cesspools nro all right and that theio are
no noxious gase.s of any kind ns claimed.
I'heso gentlemen unanimously recommended
that In order to provide for any scares that
are liable to result in the closing of the
schools , a board of physicians should ho ap
pointed whoso business shall bo to investi
gate just such matters.
COLLISION' AT WAVKItLV.
A collision occurred on the B. ifc M. at
Wnvorly at a o'clock this morninf , , NoT78
east bound , running into a west bound extra.
Three box cars were badly damaged and
joth of the locomotives were smashed but
nobody was hurt.
CITV KKW8 AX1 > NOTTS.
The cast Lincoln prohibition league nt its
meeting last evening adopted as n badge u
nitton covered with the stars and stripes.
The league will hold its first meeting in its
low wigwam Monday evening.
J. Anglo was arrested yesterday afternoon
'or violating the city ordinance requiring
tawnbmkors to make a full list of all articles
received by them. The officers claimed that
Anglo was not complying with the ordinance ,
iml fuaring that he might bo keeping a
fence" for thieves caused his nrrost. He
was found guilty of the charge against him
and was fined * i" and costs. Ho refused to
my the amount and took an appeal to the dis
trict court. , ,
A. P. Hallcnbeek attempted to kill a neigh
bor's dog , and was arrested for discharging
inuirms within the city limits
Neuralgia pains huvo necessitated n tcmpo-
arv change of cliiimto for Mayor Graham ,
mil yesterday ho loft for St. Louis , where ho
will stay at least two weeks.
Joe Wild , alias .louLockwood , was released
from the penitentiary yesterday after serving
a two years' term for stealing , and two hours
iftor ho breathed free air again ho was caught
stealing a pair of shoes from an O street
store. Ho was promptly arrested.
A WOMAN'S IM3VOTION.
Slio 1'iibllHlicH Her Own Hlmino to
Have the .Man Him Loves.
A bigamy euso having fionio rqmark-
iblo featured wan heard before Recorder
J. F. Brad nor of this city , siy a Mid
clown , N. Y. , Hpcolal to tlio Now Yor-
TlmoH. The accused , a boylnli-looklnK
irakeman named Utter , employed on the
Ontario & "Western railroad , belongs to
i respectable family of Warwick. His
atbor in nn engineer on tbo Pougb
icopslo tt Boston railroad. Ills wlfo-
vho was a Miss Edith Decker , and to
vhoin bo was married at Goshen by a
Mr. "Whinns on September i8 ! , 1HB8 ,
accuses him of having deserted her five
nontlis later and of having contracted a
second man-luge on JimuilO , 1889 , with
Mis * .Fajiniu Grillls of this city.
Th district attorney introduced proof
of the first mat'rlnpo with the complain *
ant. Ho next placed upon the witness
stand Mrs. Harriet Grillls , mother of
Jonnlo Gritlis , who tofltillcd that tutor
and her tlaughlor went to NowYork ,
Juno 'M , 1889 , and on tholr return oxhib-
itcd n.innrrlago certificate showing that
they were married on that day by the
Kov. Ilk-hard Hartley , pastor of the
Laight Street Uaptist church , ami that
they had slnco lived together as husband
and wife. Utter went upon the aland in
his own behalf , and testified that ho /
never was married to either of the women
who claimed him for a husband.
Jennie Grillls , who is a pretty nnd
modest-mannered young woman , WIIH
then called os'n witness for the defense.
Apparently her only'anxioty was lo save )
from punishment the young rascal who
had basely deceived her. Slio testified ,
i flat contradiction to her mother , that
she had never boon married to Utter nor
exhibited a marringo certificate. She
was sharply cross-questioned by the dis
trict attorney , but stuck to the story of
her shame with a persistency that could
could not bo shaken. Her tlovotton and
self-sacrillco were , howuuer , unavailing.
Tlio recorder committed the young big
amist to the county jail in default of A
& ! ,000 bonds , to wait the action of tlior
grand .
jury. _ _
WAXTKl ) TO IOAT HIM.
SUillliiKH' Fatal UllloVoii
the llc-Hict ] of tin ; SnvnjjoH.
Harry S. Shilling.- Frcoport hasro- .
turned homo after wandering since 18 ( iO
IIo loft Portland the day after thu
great lire and shipped froiiL llostoii to
San Francisco , says a PortTrPnd ( Me. )
special to the Boston Globe. From
there ho went to the South seas and
when near Manila was wrecked.
Shillings and another man volunteered
to swim ashore with a line. They suc
ceeded after being dashed about , in
reaching shore and in saving the real of
the crew. IIo then served on board an
English vessel and was in several bat
tles with Chinese pirates. IIo then
shipped for Sidney , stopped at Pleasant
island and changed for a ship bound for
New Zealand.
This craft proved to bo a slaver and
Skillings gave it the slip and returned
to Pleasant island in the missionary
schooner John Wesley. Then hobhippi'd
on a vessel that wan short of provisions
and all aboard nearly starved.
Shillings at last made his home on
Greenwich island , among1 the camnhaN.
They wanted to try the Jlavor of a
white man and Skillings was soon p it to
it to save his life.
For two mouths ho slept on his anna ,
expecting every moment to have lo light
for his life. Ono day a lleot.of thirty
canoes hove in sight and a herd of \ \ ild
natives made an attempt to capture him.
Skillings , who speaks seven languages ,
held a , parley , and told them that if they
made llio attack he would kill all hu
could with hia rifles. IIo would die-
fighting. The natives were afraid of
the mysterious riilo.
Skillings bet them all to work and
made each one contributeSOO coconmit.s
a day. They buried spears in the gra-
as they worked in tbo Held , and several
times attempted to kill him by strategy ,
as they do missionaries. Shillings killed
two or throe and was afterwards re
spected.
He then went to Ponapo , married , and
made $10,000. July 1st , 1847 , the natives
rose in rebellion , and the massacre of
Ponapo followed.
IIo saved himself and sixteen others
by putting to sea , but nearly starved.
Shillings bought a schooner and went
back to Ponapo , but the Spanish govern
ment would not allow him to land. Tin y
drove him from another small island
which he had leased for ton years.
After many adventures Shillings went'
to Srn Francisco , where ho had i-ont his
daughter to bo educated , but she was
dead when ho got there.
Then ho concluded to return to Mai.no ,
and was rather astonished to find that
ho was the owner of a considerable for-
tuqp hero. Mr. Shillings proposes to go
bach for his sons , and will have them
educated here.
Thosecretartof beauty lies not in cosmetics ,
but is only in pure blood , and a healthy per
formance of the vital functionsto bo obtained
by using Burdock Blood Bitters.
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