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THE DAILY BBJB E. ROSEWATER , EditorT "KVKIIY MOUNINO. TKIIMH Of HUIIHCKM'TION. Pally irml Hiindny , Ono Year 110 ' HI * months fiOO Three months. 2M Htimlay Hee , Ono Year 2 0 ° Weekly lluo , One \ oar . . , . . , . . . 1 J5 OITIGR& Omnlin. Tlir ! Pee Iliilldlni ; . H. Omnhn. Corner N and Hh Street * , roiinell IllnlTs , 12 IVarl Slrent. rhlcnirrt Onic'C , 317 Clmmlxrof Commerco. New York.Itfxmidn , "and r.Trlliunolinlldlng. WiislilnnionfSI.I rourtccntli street. All rnimminlcntlom relntinif to nnws and rdllnrlul matter should bo addnwed to the Kdltorlal Detinrtmenu llt'SINHSS I.ETTniW. All litnlnrM letters and remittances should Ixi nditrcM'od to The Ileo I'ulilHhlna Coin piny , Oiniihn. Drnfttt. checks and poslofflpp onlurt tohninadu payable tothu ordur of thuOom- | i iny The lice Publishing Company , Proprietors. The lU'oll'Idlng. I'arnam nnd Seventeenth Sit. HWOUN BTATOIEM' OK 01UOULATION , Htatcof NohrnsUii. I. . , . County of HniiRliM. f"1 _ , . , Ororae II. TVschuek , Boorotnry of The llco J'nbllshliiB ' Oomimny. docs unli'imily swear that thn nclual olroulatlon of TIIK OAII.V IIEK fortho ttcok ending May 17 , Ib'JO , waaus fol- Sund'ay. May II SI.1- " ] Monday , Jlny 12 I'-l ' Tuesday. May 1:1 : IOM , Wednesday. May 14 | l. ' Thursday. May 13 ' . .If ; > . . Krlilny , Mnv in Butunlav. May 17 . . .20.180 Average 2O.O1I onoitan H. T/somroK. Sworn to liefnro mo and sulisrrlucd to In my prrsoiico till * 17th day of May , A. I ) . Itpj. LHCU | 1 > Notary 1'ublio. Btntnof Nuhriilcn , l. ( 'oiiiitvof DotiRliui , ( " Oior ? ( i It. T/m'huck , belli ) ? duly sworn , do- posrsand xa > H that hn Is seerntnrv of Tim llco I'nlillsliliiK Uoinpany , that thn notual nvetiiKc dnlly circulation of TUB IAIIV ) IIFK for the month of May , im IS.fWJ copies : for .luno , 1880 , 18.KVS copies ; for July. IW > , 1H.TJ1H copies ; for Audist , 18V ) , 18ffit copies : fur September , I8S9. 18.710 copies ! for October. US' ) , IC.IirT copies ; for November , 1S.SO. Main copied ! for nrcpinliur , I8M ) , 20.018 copies ; for January , INK ) , inWS copies ; for I'nliruary , IfSH ) , 1(1,701 ( copies ; for March , WJO , 20,815 copies ; for April , 1810 , 20,501 copies. Oroiinp. n. T/sciitiCK. Sworn tobeforo mo nnd HiiliHcrlbed In my presence tillsJ : < 1 day of May , A. I ) . , 1HIH. [ Seal. ] ' N. V. VKII. . Notary I'uhllo. HINOLH COPY I'OSTAOn KATHS. R-paso p.nper U. 8. 1 cent 1'orolgnS cents IS-jingo jnj > er " 1 cent " 2 cents - . . . . " " 2 1fi-pnRe p-iper. 2 cents cents S.0-jiiiKO paper " 2 cents ' 'I cents " 4-paK paper " 2 cents' " 4 cents Tnn Florida thugs nro itching for an ofllulul thrashing. Tlio government should promptly accommodate thorn. Rr.ronTs from the white house indi cate that n muscular veto awaits the river and hnrhorblll in its present shape. WHAT Kansas hungers for just now is n sot of judges fashioned after the North Platte luminary who dibtinguiahcd him- pelf by hotting aside a decision of the United States supreme court. THIS is an off year for political trim mers and straddlors. Candidates who nro not outspoken and positive on the vital issues that agitate the people of this state may as well retire from the liold. Ir the raflroad organs and railroad roustabouts "keep up their war on At torney General Loose ho will stand a good chnnco for being our next governor. The people love him for the enemies ho lias made. Tin : fact that the successor of Sam Randall never wears a pair of breeches moro Hum tno wook-H Will TntlkO him a decided acquisition to the minority side of the house , where the party is woefully bagged at the knees. Now that the smoke of the tariff bat tle lias cleared away , it will bo in order ior some of the western -representatives to explain why the demands of western producers wore made Hocondnry to the commands of eastern manufacturers , trubts and combines. THK instructions forwarded to the revenue cutters protecting the scaling Interests in Alaskan waters refute re ports in certain quarters that the gov ernment has Lacked down from its pre vious position. The iiustructioiib are moro specific than these of last year. BY the decision of the supreme court Mormon property valued at a million ttiid a quarter reverts to the school fund of the territory. This will not only place the school fund on a bolid basis but will add materially to the perquisites of federal ofllcial life on the banks of the Jordan. Tnn Kansas City Joitrnnl has boldly pricked the town's population bubble. The estimates of two hundred thousand and over are conceded to bo inflated , and rather than permit the census enumera tor to demolish local pretenses , the Jow- 1HZ ( comes down to one hundred and sixty thousand. These liguros are more in harmony with the actual population. IT may interest democrats to know that the "theft of Montana , " of which which they loudly accused republicans , turns out to bo an instance of the rogue yelling "stop thief" to divert attention. An exhaustive examination of the fa mous Tunnel precinct , where one hun- 'drod ' and sovonty-llvo votes were .cast for democratic candidates , has jusTt been concluded by the state supreme court. In u unanimous decision the court holds that "tho vote of the precinct was so ir regular in all respects and BO saturated with proven fraud Hint it should bo en tirely rejected. " The decision elects the republican county ticket and places -tho final stamp of political infamy on the leaders of the Montana democracy. WHOM the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. If the railroad man agers persist In foisting their Inekies , tools and hirelings upon the exasper ated people of this state ; If they persist in controlling politics , through the party machinery which is now admit tedly in their control , they will arouse a general revolt that must end both in disaster to thoin and Incidentally to the detriment of the stato. The people are In no mood to bo trilled witl. . They will give the railroads fair play and make reasonable concessions whenever the railroads withdraw from politico nnd give the pee pi o u chance to govern themselves. But the railroad bosses tire on u powder magazine and they and their fool friends had 'bettor Wvnro'how they throw sparks. ' TIIK sanvmoAT of THK IMKTV , The republican party of Nebraska Is on the eve of n great crisis. The party is besot by enemies from within and from without. It la menaced by disaster. Unless wise counsels prevail and the corporate Influence { hat has undermined It nnd destroyed confidence in its Integ rity is checked and shaken off. It will surely be overthrown at the com ing election. The conference of anti-monopoly re publicans was the supreme effort of true republicans who desire to avert the dis integration of the party. The hour had como when something had to bo denote to check the stampede of re publicans In the Farmers' alliance who had loit faith in the party by rea son of its broken promisesnnd sub serviency to corporation power. Fully forty thousand of these repub licans enrolled In the alliance are ready to cut loose from the party at a. drop of the hat. Nothing could have pre vented their wholesale defection except ing an assurance from republicans who are in sympathy with their demands that a chance will bo given them by an early convention to redeem the state from railroad rule by the nomination of candidates of their own choice , and the adoption of a platform that expresses in positive and unequivocal language the popular wish and will. It was to have been expected that the men who dared to come to the front to rc&cuo the party would bo reviled and belittled by the organs and minions of corporate monopoly and ridiculed oy the democratic papers and doublc-cnders who expect to thrive on the ruins of the republican party. But nil true republicans who do not wear the brass collar \vill applaud their action. The resolutions they enunciated are the sentiment of more than one hun dred thousand republican voters. The demands they have made for an early convention are for the salvation of the republican party , and if the committee disregards the interests and wishes of the party , at the behest of the railroad bosses , the conference has empowered its representatives to call upon all loyal republicans to rally around its old Hag and resume the sovereign powers which have been usurped by proxy delegates and surrendered to corporation mercen aries. AND TIOK. General Manager Iloldrego of the Burlington has gone out of his way to charge before the state board of trans portation that THE BKK building was as sessed at thirteen thousand dollars while the Burlington headquarters building was assessed at forty thousand dollars. Why Mr. Holdrego should indulge in such misrepresentation wo fail to com prehend unless ho desires to strike a blow at Tin : Biu : because it has always been an advocate of railway regulation and an opponent of the interference by railroads with 1 ho politics of this state. Mr. Holdrego is either misinformed or ho has purposely misquoted the facts. The assessment on THE Biu : building for 1889 was on thirty-eight thousand dollars lars instead of thirteen thousand. That assessment was made while the building was yet unfinished and unoccupied. The assessment this year will of course bo considerably higher. It may bo true that the Burlington headquarters building is assessed higher , relatively , than other buildings in this city. But the Burlington road owns more than a mil lion dollars worth of property in Omaha that practically escapes local tax ation entirely by being dumped into the railroad right-of-way and valued with all the equipments , buildings and tracks at ten thousand a mile. Quito apart from that the Burlington has obtained franchises to lay tracks through streets and alleys without pay ing u dollar into the city treasury , when their value can hardly be computed. Possibly that fact was taken into consid eration by the county and city boards .when they made the levy on the Bur lington building. But why did Mr. Holdrogo single out THK Bni : building instead of the Pnxton hotel , the First National "bank or the Now York Life build ings ? Why did ho talk about property assessments in Omaha ? The board of transportation is not the board. of oquali/ation. It has nothing whatever to do with property assessments. Mr. Holdrego was cited and appeared to defend - fond existing freight rates. It scorns to us that the Burlington road must have entirely run out of figures that confuse and befog which are usually abundant whenever revision nnd re duction of freight rates are proposed. Otherwise Mr. Holdrogo would hardly have boon compelled to resort to such pettifogging as ho exhibited in com paring assessments of newspaper olllco buildings with headquarters buildings of a great railroad corporation. 27TB TAltirP f.V THE SEX ATE. The passage by the house of the Me- Kinloy tariff 1)111 ) was u foregone conclu sion from the time of its introduction. It was made plain when the voting on amendments begun that the republicans of the house had determined 'that It was necessary to sustain their committee on ways and moans , and that the prediction of the chairman of the committee , that the bill would bo adopted by the nearly unanimous vote of the repub licans with very few changes from the form in which it was reported , was based upon a perfectly accurate knowledge of the situation The arraignment of the measure by Mr. Buttonvorth , as not in accord with the true protective principle or with the precedents and pledges of the republi can party , is seen to have had no effect BO far as the action of the house republi cans is concerned , though it is not to bo doubted that a great many of them were to a greater or loss extent in sympathy with the views of the Ohio con gressman. It is by no means necessary to conclude from the nearly unanimous republican vote in support of the McKlnloy bill that nil of them regard the measure as en tirely wise nnd Bound. It is very well known that ti number of them , perhaps sufllclent to have defeated the Dill , do not so regard it. But these men yielded their conviction to the demand of party discipline , oven Mr. Butterworth stand ing with his party at the final vote. It was another and very striking Illustra tion of the force of party demands , which nro generally able to overcome every other consideration and lead men to dis regard their convictions and stultify their utterances. Each ono must judge for himself of the propriety and'morality of such a course , but It Is certainly ouo of the conditions of a political career In this country. The tariff Is now transferred to the senate , and the question of how that body will deal with it Is of paramount Interest. How will such statesmen as Allison and Aldrlch and Sherman , who , as members of the finance committee , will have to formulate a tariff measure for the consideration of the senate , treat the McKlnloy bill in view of the fact tllat It has encountered a moro general and vigorous opposition than al most any other tariff bill in the history of the country. There is not much for the guidance of opinion as to what the senate will do , but there is enough to warrant the expectation that it will In many and material respects amend the McKinley bill , and may substitute for it an entirely now measure. The very fact that senators have preserved a studied reticence of this subject is suggestive no their disapproval of the house bill , or at any rate that it docs not as a whole commend ilsolf to them. Somrtor Allison is on record as favoring a revision of the tariff that will reduce duties generally , and unless ho has experienced a radical change of mind within the past two months ho will vigorously oppose the proposal to advance duties upon all the necessaries , placing the highest rate , as a rule , upon the articles of least cost , thus throwing the heavy end of the tax burden on the poor. It is hardly con ceivable that any of these sena tors will give their support tea a measure that provides for duties in some cases of ouo hundred and eighty and two hundred and twenty-live pur cent , as the McKinley bill does on cer tain articles of wearing apparel in gen eral use. Senators may bo induced to believe that it is well tu an experiment to put a duty on tin plate , and that it will not bo inexpedient to make silver-lead ore pay a duty , although that might invite a further retaliation by Mexico against our products , but it ought to bo safe to assume that they will not see the wisdom or the justice of increasing the cost of everything the people wear , of all articles of domestic utility and necessity , of the whole range of articles which everybody must have , from the lamp chimney up , thereby imposing an added tax upon the people of several hundred million dollars annually , for under the McKinley bill the advanced duties would bo added to the present price of the articles and become a direct tribute to the manufacturers. Republi can senators , particularly those repre senting constituencies largely composed of farmers , will hardly approve a policy so distinctly retrogressive as this. The country will await with extraordinary interest an expression of the views of republican senators on this subject. itEPuuLicj.nis3i ix The convention which will meet today at Topeka , Kansas , to urge a resubmission - sion of the amendment to the constitu tion prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors , promises to be a notable gathering. It is expected that every portion of the state will bo well represented by representative men , many of whom were among the most earnest advocates of prohibition when that policy went into effect. They are now opposed to its continuance because - cause experience has convinced them that it cannot be generally enforced. There will bo men in this convention who in their capacity as public officials have had the most ample opportunities to obtain a knowledge of the almost in surmountable dlflluulties inl the way of enforcing a prohibitory law , and they will doubtless give most valuable testi mony as to the failure of prohibition to prohibit. Tills convention is the cul mination of a movement which has been making rapid progress for the past six months. It is the outgrowth of a state of affairs that compelled thoughtful and practical men to reject a system that brought no real good to the state and seriously damaged its business and ma terial welfare. Prohibition in Kansas , as in other states , is effective only1 in the rural districts where it has the sup port of popular sentiment. In the towns and cities where it has closed- saloons they have boon replaced by joints and boot-loggers , and thcbO have done a most profitable business with liquors of the vilest de scription. Nobody in Kansas towns who dcbiros liquor to drink finds any great difficulty in procuring it , while the im portation of liquors by individuals for tho'r own iwo amounts annually to a very largo sum. In the capital of the state there lias boon , no time , according to trustworthy authority , since prohibi tion wont into effect that liquor has not boon sold , and the same is true of every other city. This has not been duo to any laxity on the part of the au thorities in the performance of their duty to enforce the law. Jifost > f these have b3on in sympathy with the law and oarne.stly desired its enforcement. But they have found it Impossible to do moro than prevent the open trafllo in liquors , nnd in accomplishing this there has boon encouraged a surreptitious trafllo far moro harmful to the morals and health of the communities. As to the unfavorable effect of prohi bition upon the material interests of the state , it is impossible to determine how great thih ban been , but no reasonable person will doubt that it has retarded progress and diminished prosperity , just as it has done in Iowa. The rate of tax ation generally In Kansas is higher now than Iwforo prohibition , nnd besides the of roouue which a license tiystcui wou'd ' produce , millions of dollars lars are Annually sent out of the stale,1 irlnclpally | to Mis souri , to pay foe liquors. It Is entirely probable that Jhoro Is as mnch liquor consumed yearly * , in Kansas as in Ne braska , and tluigreater part of It of n much Inferior gnulo. The practical' ' men of Kansas who know these things , who have experi enced the imp'oMbilUy ot a general en forcement of prohibition , and who have become convinced that this policy Is a most serious , ols-\taclo \ to the material progress and j prosperity of the state , keeping1 up the heavy burden - don of municipal taxation , caus ing a largo sum of money to bo annually sent out of the state , and encouraging a disregard of law , are the promoters of the rcsubmisiion movement. There tire men of intelligence who bollovo in promoting meting temperance by means of a judicious and practicable system of regulating and restricting the liquor trulllc , and they have entered upon the task of attaining this with the earnest ness of a strong sonao of duly. It may take Bomo time to accomplish their object , but that they will ultimately succeed is not to bo doubled. Tin : CONVIOTIOX or A/ML. The chain of circumstantial evidence that luiH been skillfully forged together link by link by the prosecuting attorney around the monitor charged with the murder of Allan Jones has resulted in tv verdict of guilt by u jury of twelve men good and true. Upon this verdict , the prosecuting attorney , the jury and the court will rccive hearty congratulations. They have vindicated the law and meted out justice in accordance with the evi dence adduced. Since the murder of Higgins by Baker , who suffered the death penalty on the gallows in this city nearly twenty years ago , no minder as atrocious and cold-blooded as that of Allan and Dor othy Jones has been perpetrated in this section of the state. It was the crime of a fiend , who for profit slaughtered tin aged , dofonseloas couple. No palliation for this crime has even boon attempted by the defense , and no testimony has been introduced that could leave a vestige of doubt as to Noal's guilt. The prompt conviction and execution of such a man is-tho surest safeguard of society against the wanton slaughter of innocent people by desperadoes. Self- preservation demands that such monsters be extirpated. ON Tin : night of her last appearance in Omaha Holim Cougar is reported by the World-Jleruld to have made the fol lowing declaration : "Tho statement I made with regard to that high licence league was oxactJy true. But you don't need to take my word for it. This morning word was sent to mo by Mr. Con Gallagher , through Mr. Paul Van Dor Voort , andt delivered in the pres ence of Mr. MeG'andlish , our chairman , that what I said was correct. " This is a clincher by which Postmaster Gallagher stands convicted jas a liar and sneaking hypocrite. There is no getting away from it. Gallngher and Vandervoort both have been tryln'g to stab the business men who are endeavoring to avert clib- aster to the coidmercial and material interests of this stale by representing them as mere catspaws of the dibtillery trubt , and they have fired their poisoned arrows through Mrs. Gougar. The most disgraceful thing about this bush whacking warfare is the cowardly way in which "business men are being way- lai'd by government officials who are de voting most of their time to plotting and intrigue. . WE ALWAYS admire ontot prise hi newspapers. But the line between en terprise and imposture , between fact and fiction , should be clearly drawn. When u paper tries to ere.ite a sensation by ex aggerated tales of vice and orimg it in flicts a positive injury upon the com munity in which it is published. It is with cities as with men. The bad things that are said about them are copied far and wide , while the good they do is scarcely noticed. The howl raised by n certain paper about the Chinese opium dens has scarcely any foundation. It is asserted that tlioro are ono thousand Chinese in this. city. The fact is that there arc less than ono hundred. Instead of forty opium joints there are probably , not four , and none as far us we can learn are patronised by white people. The whole story is the figment of the rattled brain of some opium cater , or a fake concocted purely to attract , attention to a paper that is usually patronl/ed by people who want to read themselves to sleep. Tins appointment of Mr. Euclid Mar tin as ono of Nebraska's conimihsioners to the world's fair is a merited com pliment to one of our representative business men. As president of the Omaha board of trade Mr. Martin has thoroughly famlliari/.ed himself not only with the commercial and industrial resources of Nujjij.iska'.s metropolis , but ho lias also cultivated a very uxtuniivu acquaintance with the business men of the state and acquired a vast fund of In formation abouti our Interior towns and cities. Mr. Martin has taken a deep in terest in all thatconcerns , the develop ment of this ntato and will douhtlc-ss take pride in promoting her interests at the world's falr'o'.tho ' . best of his ability. RlOiiAill ) VAjp , a bourbcm of bourbons bens , lias boon uu ) ted to the vacaney created by the d6ath of Samuel J. Ran dall. Mr. Vau ji a representative of the ultra-rospocitkblo fraction of the Quaker city 'Mujnoeracy. While an oddity in dress ilp/l / appoarnnco , ho is a brainy , aggressive man , an advocate of low tariff , and one who has consistently fought within party lines for honest and competent men. At the ago of sev enty , however , it cannot bo expected that ho will become an active factor in the controversies and turmoils of the house. ACTING on the Impulse that "misery loves company , " the prohlnltion wreckers - ors of Kansas have decided to make up a fat purse "to fix Nebraska.1' In view of the mutilated condition of prohibition in Kansas , the money could bo used far moro profitably at homo. Nebraska Is fully competent to manage her internal affairs without the assistance of modulo- t = oiuo non-rcsldonts. THK fakir of opium fiction would make a commodious running mate for the Ilooalor shriokor. TIQ | town Style , GYiictii/i ) Infr-cCiM , Out In Iowa they remark , " 1'loaso pass the original package. " Kdltor Dnna'H Cheerful Philosophy. 7Cit > u < M Clln Journal. Of the $10,000 , which the Now York Sun contributed to Now York's world fair fund , it 1ms received back 3,818.00. Mr. Dana niiikea this fact the subject 61 n Jubilating oil" Itorlnl. H is particularly philosophical of the gentleman to grow happy over the return ot $3StS.CO and to forgot thouliavulUngoxpciidl- tuio of S7,181.-I0. The Great Prize-Winner. A o Oittant DMa. The winner of the capital prlzo In today's ' drawing of the Louisiana stuto lottery coin- puny was the Louisiana state lottery com pany. It disposed of 100,000 tlckoU at $ .10 cucb , amounting to2,000,00 , , , ami offered lirl7C3 amounting In all to $1,0.11,800 , leaving In the lumiU of tuo comniny the dllTcroiico SUID.'JiX ) , which , in our judgment , is tlio capi tal prize. NeliruHkix HopaliHc'iuis. .SJoii-c Cltu "low mil. The republicans of Nebraska have a con siderable Job before them if they succeed in Uniting the paity In the election in that state this year. Tlio farmers of Nebraska are tired of cor porate dictation , If the old parties cannot divorce themselves from railroad control , the farmers will divorce themselves from the parties. They demand railroad legislation In that state as radical and olToetivo as the leg islation that han been provided in this state ; and they want oniccrs of the state as loyal to the Interests of the people In this rogurd as Gov. Lnrnibco proved himself to he , and as a majority of the Iowa board of railroad com missioners aio. Now , then , the first thing for the repub licans of Nebraska to do , If they uro really going to bring their party into line and malto it tlio paity of the people and secure to it the confidence of the people , Is to call an early state convention. The Lincoln conference has made an ultimatum In this respect ; it has insisted that the republican state com mittee shall call the convention to meat as early as July 8 , and in case of a failure on tlio pait of the committee to do this It has named n committee fcr the purpose of making u call for a "regular state convention under tlio regular appoitionment. " This would appear to cover a throat a threat of u bolt. A holt might ho Justillable , but there may bo ques tion whether tlio recommendation of the state committee would not have been stronger without the tine it. But , this feature of the case aside , It must ho clear to the icpublicnns of the ntato dis posed to .stay with the people that the only way to hold the people with the pai ty is to give them grauiiil-woik for confidence in the pirty. There are two influences at woik within the organi/atton , ami the ono Is pro- giessive and the other is obstructive the ono is allied to the caiibu of the people against the corporations , ami the other is allied to the corporations against the cause of the people. The issue should bo submitted to a conven tion of the party without delay , so that It may ho determined as to whose servant in Nebraska the republican paity isand HO that politieal alliances may he made accordingly. There can hardly bo a question that the re publican party of Nebraska is very largely composed of a membership fice and disposed to help the interests of the people of that state. The truth has been eloudedby assaults upon the integrity of the pirty , instigated by ilvulry and by men and influences having sollibh ends to subserve. The machinery of the paity iiiaj bo in wrong hands , hut a con vention of thop.uty , before It is too late , would certainly demonstrate that the mem bership of the pirty is light by an over whelming majority. ST.l 1'K .1OTTISG8. Nebraska. Eighty-two recruits uio needed to fill va cancies at Fort Sidney. Nine students w ill graduate fiom the Chad- roil public school Juno ( i. Every house in Milford Is occupied nnd there is a demand for more. The new throe-story hotel nt Lexington will be , christened the Cornland. Thousands of acies of prairie will be broken in Box Buttc count ) in the next sixty days. The Sidney cieamcry will bo .put In oper ation ngaiu after having been idle for some time. time.Nicholas Nicholas county was visited by a terrifilc hail stoim the lii-st of the week , considerable damage being done. A farmer living six miles north of Sidney brought a full grown otter to town the other day which ho hail captured several miles from any stioam of water. Elk Crock is badly in need of better school facilities anil the people are talking seriously ' of voting $3,000 , bonds for the purpose o'f erecting a new school building. The executive committee of the Logan Val ley fair association has decided to hold the unnual fairnt AVakelleld the first week In Sep tember , piobably thcJId , ' 1th and 5th. The dead body of John Gerdcn , a German fanner near Auburn , was found Wednesday in a Held where ho had been at work. The cause of death is not known. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Slui'k of Maple Creek , Dodge cmintv , have n genuine piodigy in a twenty-months-old daughter who can carry a tune through with ease. Music Is as natural to her as her breath. The Omaha Indians are making rapid Ktlilies toward c-ivlli/nUon , says the Homer Hciald. Tuesday thoio wcio four couples of them united in nmrriago according to the custom of the whites. Lemon I < \ Uutter and W. W Johnson , owning land near Ilnvvloy Plats In Blaine county , quarrelled over the dividing line nnd Johnson fired a load of shot in the di rection of his neighbor , for which he was bound over to the district court in tha sum of 53u. Willis Hudspoth has sold the Newport Ad vocate to Mis M 13. Bowser , who will per sonally edit tlio paper , Hho Is not the Detroit lady whoso lenifiik'ihlo oxpeiienccs with her husband freiuicntlv appear in publio piint , but is n icsldent of Newport T. J Elliott of Wilbcr , while in a delirious condition , escaped from this house and ran to the croak , a distance of ono mllo.whcro wadIng - Ing into the walci , ho began praj ing prepara tory , It is supposed , to drowning himself. Drawn to the spot by the noise , his son , with homo neighbors succeeded in rescuing him Ono day last weak some Indians came into this ollleo to sell us a few articles of their manufacture , as wo ntti dealing in that liuu Just now , .says the Cordon Hepubllcan. The Indians were selling whit they had in order to buy something to cat and wanted to travel with some show in order to obtain the necessailes ofllfe , , saying they were desti tute of such.Vo noth o oflatu that the In dians have been sacrillclng their blankets , ponies and other things to purchase edibles. Uncle Sam had better bo looking after those people and Iceep them from starving to ( tenth. IO\MI ltem . Tlio O'Brien county wolf hunt netted nine teen scalps. There aii > ftW veterans at the Marshalltown soldiers' homo. Sioux Haplds has been offered a creamery for a &JOO bonus , . Over $100,003 will bo expended In building Improvements In Uldora this season. Small fruit in the vicinity of West Point liai been completely killed by frost. Seven hundred school children will partici pate In the Marshalltown musical festival. Crouton people aio trying to nocuro Dr. Talmago to OIKMI the blue grass palnoo. A ono hundred und ten-year-old veteran of the Mexican war visited Hoouo the other day. The co.itraut for building the crematory building ntDftvenport has been let forfcJ.QOO and the work Is to bo completed by August 1. I'roston 1C. Seaman , the first white child born In Clinton nlid for many years a promi nent merchant of that place. , died recently of consumption. Hoof rot 1ms appeared among the cuttle of Hlkhorn township , Webster county. The disease b not of n contagious character , hut Is caused from blood poisoning , resulting from eating the blight on timothy hay. The Sterling Standard sayj the people of that place are wohdorlng what n local preacher me.int last Sunday when he took for Ills nioriiiiiK text , "Ye nro the Children of the Dovll. " and In the evening preached from the text , "Children , Obey Your Parents. " Qeorgo Palo , a wealthy Gorman fanner liv ing near VIelo , attempted suicide by Jumping Into a well , but was prevented from drowning by the timely assistance of Ida two llttlo chil dren , who culled neighbors to their aid and succeeded In rescuing their father Uoforo life was extinct , Iftito's wlfo deserted him a .short time ago , nlnco which time his mind has been unbalanced. Owing to delays In the work upon the sol- dleiM' monument at Toledo , It will bo Impos sible to complete It for Momorjal day. The committed has therefore decided to postpone dedication to July I , 1890 , and requests that tuo vm Ions communities of the county , layIng - Ing aside local celebrations. Join in ono grand Tuma county celebration and monument dedication , Tlio Two Dakota * . Spcarflsh Masons contemplate building a temple this season. The Ilutchlnsoa countv Sunday school convention will bo held at Ohvot Juno 8. The annual conference of the South Dakota Mothodlsta will ho held at Mitchell October 0. A Sioux squaw secured n dlvoreo from her husband atPierro the other day on the ground of desertion. Washington Hughes of Spoarnsh Is hold In bonds of 8)00 to appear for trial at Dcadwood on the charge of killing n horao by beating It with n club. The new Methodist college at Hot Springs will bo opcno.il , it Is expected , on September 11 , with a full corps of Instructors. The tins- tecs will meet at Hot Springs on thaSTth inst , for the purpose of electing a faculty. The Olivet Herald says a party ot Iowa hunters nro making n ti ip through that part of the state after wolf scalps , which they In tend to jilaco on the Iowa market , where the bounty is much larger than it is In Dakota. The U'argo mo department , board of trade , mayor nnd city council are sending out invita tions to the grand tournaments of the North Dakota firemen , baud , baseball nnd wheel men , to bo held In that city Juno IT to ? 0 , Inclusive. Two Judges , Hanoy of North Dakota and Aikon of South Dakota , have decided that thcie is no law In cither state to punish adul tery , the old territorial statute being repealed by a law of congress , intended for Utah polygamy , but applicable to nil territories. Captain F. S. Demcrs , receiver In the United States land olllco at Pnrgo , has boon taken to the Jamestown insane asylum for treatment. Tlio strange action of Mr , Domers were first noticed while attending the theater at Fargo the other night and ho was taken homo by his frieifds. While excavating fora llmo kiln at Foiest City the other day the skeleton of an Indian was uncaithcd. Them were several holes in the hones , as if made with bullets , and ap pearances indicatu that the biavo had met his death violently , piobably from a Winchester in the hands of a soldier. While at work in a quarry near the Sioux Falls penitentiary J. O'Donnell. " ' serving a term for grand laieeny" , took advantage of the absence of the guard at dinner to malco his cseaue , since which time nothing has been heard of him. A reward of $35 Is offered for his capture. O'Donnell's ' ' sentence would have expiiod next January. GUI3AT MEN. Governor Hill is accused by an Albany edi tor of tapping "Cyclopedia Americana" for his ideas on election eases. Ex-Senator Sawyer of Alabama now earns his dally bread as a Second-class clerk in the war department ut Washington. Young Emperor Wilhelm is said to look wretched about half the time. Ills face is vellow , his Jaro ej cs hiious , and ho seems thoroughly afflicted with ill-health. Of Kobert C. Winthrop , who is on his an nual visit to Washington , it is rouiiMKed that no ouo perceives unychan u in him. Ho bids fair to rival Bancroft In the vigor of his age. Wilfred Blunt , the English publicist has i enounced politics , and intends to turn his attention to hoijje breeding. Emm Pasha h.is demanded from the Egyp tian government seven years' back pay and a pension , which shows that Emin's mind , though his head was Injured by his recent fall , is still a thrifty one. Sir William Jenner , the physician of Qiioon Victoria , Is about to retire from London and live oil his Hampshiio estate , where ho will engage in litcjaiy work. The author of "Shakespear as a Dramatic Aitist , " It. G. Moulton , intends paying a visit to this country during the coming sea- sou , and will luituru on literary subjects. Mr. Riclmrd Vauv , the successor of Sam Handall , is described as a splendid specimen of physical manhood , bearing the weight of his seventy-four years with the jaunty , springy step of forty. His long nnlr , oneo tawny , now plentiful ! * ' mixed with gvay , hangs in tangled mass over his broad shoul ders. Ho wears a full beard and mustache. He still takes vigorous physical exercise , in dulges in cold baths and never wears an over coat , carries tin umbrella or tides in a horso- car. . Senator Wolcott of Colorado , who recently married Miss Bass of Buffalo , bears the proud distinction of being the only man on the republican side of the senate who served as a private in J.ho war. Ho Joined a company of the One Hundred and Fiftieth regiment of Ohio volunteers In IS'U ' , when only sixteen years of ago , and saw some service. l AII > l < ING THROUGH THE AIK. An Air Ship That will He Inhibited at the AVorld's Fair. The latest attempt to solve the prob lem of au'iul mu trillion is that of Jean IJaptihto Cerbor a San Francisco genius says the Examiner. No attempt lias been made by Gerber to binld his serial ship on u Inrgr scale , and thus prove its practicability , security and cheapness. Ho lias , however , in his shop a small working model , which works in what ho declares is a most satisfactory manner and piovos that his idea entirely feas ible. Propulsion by wings Is the principle on which the machine is bused. Otto Lilienthal of Berlin , and other exports on the subject , maintain that successful inrinl navigation will only bo accom plished by working on this lino. The vessel is shaped like a lifeboat. The material in a small affair will bo of wood. At one nnd is the rudder , and at the other a funnel-shaped device intended - tended for catehing and taking advan tage of the wind. In the center of the vessel is an opening something like the center board slot , in which revolves a great paddle wheel. Tin : MOTIVIS rowiK. This wheel furnishes the chief pro pelling power. Above the cantor of the docksls a great parachute balloon , the cords of It being alllxed to the sides and dock of the vessel. It Is made of very line silks and cleverly divided Into two purls , so that the upper portion con tains gas and 'acts like a ballon , while the lower portion Is ullll/cd as a parn- uhuto. Gas is readily supplied to the balloon by a generator In the vessel. The baleen parachute appendage is used chiefly in making the vessel descend to the earth from the upper air , the rapid ity of the descent bqlng controlled by the omission of the gas and by the great paddle wings. The bottom of the boat in hollow and concave . As has boon said these paddle wings aio the principle on which the now auriul ship IB made to do its work. There are eight of thorn , four on each side of the vessel ; they are hollow- shaped like a spoon , and by a simple de vice may bo turned atany anglo and may IK propelled by the foot or electricity. Two men can readily operate the two wings. "When asked w hat a vessel to carry a dozen nocuous would probably co.st , Oorv bor said ho could not toll yet , as ho had boon too busily engaged on developing the principles on which the inaohino in built to add In the cost of the thousand ami one items tUft4 would go Into UIQ completed ati'Ui'iun ) , * ' NKW YOHIC IN FIVK DAYS. "As for uncoil though , " M said , "I ex pect to make Now York in It in loss than live days , and after successive trials and experiments I have no doubt but what the time can bo greatly lessoned ; possi bly It may bo done iu three days. " Gerber is now busily engaged In some minor Improvements which will bo soon finished , As soon thereafter as possible It is his intention to build a vessel on u larger scale and exhibit It at the world's fair in Chicago. Thua far ho has made no attempt to conceal any of the workIngs - Ings of his machine , doing everything as hu declares "for the good of the world and for the honor of California. " Gerber is well known for Ills-ninny ami varied Inventions. Among them are the an'lal railroad , a diving apparatus , Hub- marine wnrboats for harbor dofonsesub. marine wrecking boats , lire escapes ami lifeboats. Some of the models of these have been presented to the French ad miralty and have received duo a tton. llo Is also the hero of that well- ' known picture that appeared in the art exhibition two years ago entitled "Tlio Lost Genius. " VIOISSITUDKS OK NULMU 1UA" . AVhy She liost Her IMnoo A ft or Her lllj * Co-operative Advertising Kent. New York letter to Philadelphia In quirer : Nellie Blj' , whoso trip around tno world in a race against the imagina tive record of Phi nuns Fogg , made such a furorb a short while ago , will no longer shine as ono of the btnrs of the Now York World constellation. And thereby hangs a talo. Miss Bly or rather Miss Elizabeth Coohrano was the recipient of bovoral ol\ors \ from managers to conduct her uppn a lecturing tour. She was at the time the best advertised young woman in this llttlo world , of ours. She had boon widely described as bountiful\yhluh Bho is far from being : as fascinating , - " which nho is not , ana as wonderfully plucky , which she is with n capital P. J , M. IIlll , the manager of the Union Square and Standard theaters , made hei what appeared to bo the boat oiler mid it was accepted , and Miss Nellie started forth upon her tour presumnbfj indorsed and bucked , so far as frco advertising goes , by the most widely circulated danj newspaper in America , At first thi < young woman was greeted with largo audiences and her permanent bin cess boomed assured. But just hero bomothinjr happened. The Now York World had a libel suit on Its hands into which Miss Nellie Blv had plunged that newspaper , As it will bo remembered , this young woman 10- porter made a very clever exposure of Edward Plielps , the king of the Albany lobby. In the course of an interview , into which she entrapped him by the well-acted roprcbontntion that ahoiis socking in the Now York logislatnie favorable , consideration of a scheme , hu wrote down the names of certain states men who , ho claimed , were in his p"nj Among thorn was that of Daniel \v Tallmage , ono-limo assemblyman from Kings county , and that gentleman , upon -n publication of the story in the World , ' brought suit ill the Brooklyn supreme court for damages , valuing the damugo to his character at the bum of if > U- , 000. In order to make proper defense it was of course neces sary to place Nellie Bly upon tlio witnoss.btand , nnd when the was read } for trial the World sent word to its young globo-trottor demanding lit i immediate prownco in Brooklyn nnd naturally expecting a quick i espouse , v MisfaJBlyjinulo it rospont-ff tbnti sbo vvn \ under the management of Mr. Jiill and - , was engaged in a lecture tour , and therefore could not obey the HuminoiiA- _ In this dilemma Manager Hill was appealed to and bent hero for the young woman , requesting her to return to New- York , and. thereupon she most em phatically declined to do any thing of the kind. What led to her assuming this attitude I am not prepared to positively state. Enemies have been unkind enough to suggest that she had become alllicted with the dibeabo whereby - by the head weighs much moro than the rest of the body and which is ' f popularly supposed to bo incurable. Some of her friends , however , allege that she was never properly treated by the World , and that she never received suUitu'ont remuneration for the enormous advertising which she is said to have given that journal. None of these de- lenders , however , have suggested that , , Mr. Pulitzer's cashier did not pay heivf every penny Which it had boon mutually agreed should bo given her , nmPthoy unanimously fail to make mention of the fact that there is abroad an idea that the World has given MibS Bly an-advertibo- mont such as no woman of her ago , po- bilion and ability over before received. In any event the Tallmngo libel biiit was brought to trial in the absence of tlio chief witness for the defendant. A postponement vyas asked for on ac count of the inability to subpoena her , Bho being without the jurisdiction of the courtbut it was refused and thereupon the lawyers for the World withdiow. Tlio cube , however , proceeded , and after five minutes' deliberation the jury , In the absence of any defense , found a verdict for the plnintiiT and iibsebsed the damages at $ _ 0 , < )00. ) Of coui > o this result will bo fought in the higher courts. Asa sequel to this Miss Illy , r as is now well known , has had a falling out with Manager Hill and the luetuiu tour has been abandoned and inio - sequence the young women in quobt on is now having a very pleasant , but. I fancy , rather idle time in tills city. A.MTJS ISM HINTS. ) imc THE BAN"NER WEEK TI-IEl Famous Elliotts" Greatest trluk nnd faney riders of tin ' > cyulo nnd kindred whooln In exlslonoo. M. " Milous 1'eutH. DaiiKeioiid Aols. Unihill ' TrlnmpliH. The ( lre.it Cullmijo Comedy l"ii > puny and u housof nil of Brent urllsls uud ut- U notions. One Dime Admits to All. ' OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. 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