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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.
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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.
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