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MAI : io\\y. \ \ . IN THE DAILY BEE E. KOSEWATER , Editor. ' BVKKV"MQKN1NG TKUMS 0V D.'illy nn ( I .Sunday , Onu Vuur . tin 0 Klx monllis . BO Thri'iMiiniitln. . . . . . i Hnnilny Hvr OneVctir . 20 Weekly Hue , UiiaVnnr . 15 - OI-TIGK9. Omnhn. The flee lliilldlMir. H. Oinnlin. Cornnr N ami Sit It Htrcoti. Council lllnfTs , 12 I'eixrl Htrent. 'Chicago ' Olllcc , ! I17 Chnnilier "f Oominnrco. Nnw VirlltMiiiiK 1:1 : , 14 and l.VI'rllniiio Itullillng Washington , 51:1 : I'ourtuunth struoU COUnESl'ONDESCE. Alt communications relating to news am rdltorliil inattrr should t > o uilil rested to tli Kdlturlnl Department. 1IUSINK.SS I.KTTKKS , Alt himlnriq hitters and remittances sliouli tiuadilrcsKcd to Tin ; Itco I'ulilMiliii ' ; Company Oinnlin. Drafts , check * ami postolllco urdnr ID lj rnailu payable to the order of tliu Com puny. The Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors The lieu It'ldlng. I-'iinmm and Seventeenth fits fiWOKN STATEMENT OK CIKOUI.ATIO : < btatnof Nobrnika. I , . County of Donclnn. I _ . . Orornii II. Tzmohuok , secretary of Tim Itci riibllshliiK Company. ( lops Milrmiuy swou tlmt tliu uutitul circulation of TIIB IHU.r HKI for tlio week ciidlne May 2-1 , 1&W. was us fol IOWBI Sunday. Muy H . . * Monday , May IU . -.IT Tuoiday. Maya ) . I'.UVt WrdncHday. May 21 . ! , : Thursday. May Si . 2l.ro l-VIilay. ttav ) . 19.71 ! Euttirduv. May : J4 . lO.fcV Average . 2 ( > , < in OEOIinEII. T/.SCHUCK. Sworn to before inn an < l subscribed to In mj presence tills ' 'ltli day of Muy. A. T ) . IWM. IHuul.l N. I'.KKir , . Notary Public. Etntnof Nobnukn , ) County of Pouslns fs'- Georjjo II. T/seluick , belli ; ? ( Inly sworn , do poics and wiys tbat bo Is secretary of Tin lieu I'tihllshliiK Company , tliat tbn netua nvurnan dally circulation of THE DAIM HKK for tbo mouth of May , 1HS9 , IS)1. ! ! ) copliis ; for .lunn , 1S80 , IH.av * copies ; foi July. IKS ! > . IR.EH copies ; for August , 18.19 , . copies ; for September , 1881) . 1S.7IO copies ; foi October. lt-H > , I8.MI7 copies ; for November , Ihfii 1lilQcoj : > lpH : fnrDcrnmhor. IhRI ) , 2U.IHH copies for January. ISU < ) , ll'AVi ' copies ; fur Kebruury m < 0. JlVTfil coptiM : for March , 1800 , 20,815 copies ; for April , 181'U ' , .1 > , M4 copies. OKOIIOK n , T/SCIIUCK. Sworn to hnforn mo and sulmcrlbcd In my presence. thls&l day of Muv , A. I ) . , If/an. / [ Heal. ] N. I' . Knit * Notary Public. HINOTjE COPY POSTAGE UATK3. Anti-Monopoly Coininittco Call. Si'iiiNo UAXCIII : , Neb. , MnyiJO. The "com. inlttco or fifteen" appointed by the antl- monopoly republican convention bold at Lincoln Nob. . May 20 , 1S90 , is requested tc meet nt the Capital hotel In Llncoln atI p , m , on Tuesday , June , 1890 , for the transaction of such business as may properly como before It. I ) . M. NITTI.KTOX , Chairman. TFIK school fund must bo kept out ol the hands of mercenaries. KVII.S coino and evils { * o , but the pole nulKiincu grows luxurluntly horoiibonts. TifK courts hiivo doilt : the doith : blow to the { jus trtiHt of Chicago by appoint ing a receiver to wind up its affairs. Tin ? formation of a melon trust in the Eoulh is another malicious partisan as sault on tlio rights of the colored people. THE reports of an epidemic of mad dogs and horses in a section of Iowa in dicates that a pretty strong brand of original package is in circulation in the vicinity. TJ ' A KKKSII contingent of the Salvation < army , just landed in Now York , could bo profitably employed by the monument association in drumming up subscrip tions among the millionaires. ij professions of moral agony over the wickedness of the army canteen are intended solely for homo consumption. To bo consistent the mem bers should abolish the canteen in the capitol. THK eastern tenderfoot is needlessly alarmed about the activity of scalpers Jn this section. They are neither Sioux nor Pawnees on the warpath , but a tribe of palefaces employed to scalp the cor poration surplus. IN the lexicon of political boodlors there is no such word as theft. Such is the opinion of the democratic council of Kansas City , which glosses a deficit of twenty-one thousand In the treasury as "a clerical error. " Tins Illinois prohibition convention endorsed every ism afloat in the politi cal world , with one exception the nonpartisan - partisan dodgo. That was hold in abeyance - anco until its fortune is determined by the Nebraska experiment. Nmv II.uiPSHiUH and Connecticut are energetically supplying the demand for confederateHags. . It is n dismal sea son when the genuine Yankee permits his tulmiration for the stare and Htripos to interfere with a profitable business. Tun negotiations with the Iowa irij > o of Indians for the sale of their reserva tion in Indian territory have boon suc cessful. As u result nearly a quarter of a million acres of land will bo added to the public domain at a cost to the gov ernment of two hundred and thousand dollars. AX order issued by the census bureau removes from local ollleials the duty of prosecuting those refusing to answer questions relating to physical infirmi ties and debts. Enumerators arc- in structed to place In the proper column the words "refused to answer. " The widespread criticism of the questions has apparently produced a commotion in the census bureau. Tint extreme anxiety of tv faction of Iowa politicians to maintain prohibition is easily accounted for. During the past live years the prohibition constables of Dos Molnes have , it in estimated , cleared ton thousand dollars each from direct fees , not to mention the sums exacted from joint keepers aa the price of poaco. While- the constables wore enriching themselves and their supporters , the costs wore piling up on the taxpayers. The efforts to enforce the law swollo d court expenses in Polk county from thirty thousand" to ninety fliou- saiid dollars annually. No wonder the constabulary of Iowa declare the law a success and demand its con tinuance , regardless of the burdens plied on property owners and taxpayers. i DAY. The passing years dd not diminish the interest and worth of Momorlnl day , None of Its impressive lessons or bonutl- ful suggestions become trlto from rope- tltlon. All tlmt It teaches of patriotic sncrlflco and loyal devotion , of heroic valor , of hardship and privation cheer fully bomo , comes to us with each re curring anniversary without having lost In freshness or In force. There are other days' wo colobratc whoso story Is u platitude ; this daj and all that belongs to it preserves its youth and returns to bo welcomed as an Inspiration to affection , to hope , to patriotism , to n higher estimate of free Institutions , to a loftier apprecia tion of what It Is to bo tin American citi zen. In the beautiful homage wo today pay to dead heroes there is an influence for the elevation of our own lives , and every aspect and association of Memorial tiny contributes to the growth and im provement of all tlmt is best In our na tures as individuals and as citizens. AGAIS OKTTIXO TOOKT11KR. The reported agreement between the western roads to advance passenger rates may not bo wholly duo to the reccnl action of the interstate commerce com mission , which was n notification to tin roads that they would thereafter bo held to n strict observance of the law , but it if quite reasonable to suppose that this de termination of the commission to take notice of what was going on had some influence. ft is not questionable that the roads have been daily violating the law since the rate war began , and not simply in failing to conform to the requirements of the interstate commerce act in the very essential matter of properly notify ing the commission of changes of rates. Thcro- wore undoubtedly other and more serious infractions of the law , and the fact that the commission was on the lookout for these and intended punish ing them , may fairly bo presumed tc have suggested to the managers the ex pediency of bringing the conflict tc an end ns quickly as possible. The effort to effect an agreement having been Instituted , the action of the com mission hastened the consummation. The Indications are that the agreement entered into will hold for some time , but in view of past experience it is not safe to predict that it will bo permanent. It is easy enough to understand that the roads which have been slashing passen ger rates are tired of a policy that has already cost them heavily and for which there has been no reasonable ex cuse , but it is by mo means cer tain that this experience may not bo re peated before the year is out. So far as the traveling public is concerned it has profited by the war , but regarded from the broad view point of the general in terest a settlement of the conflict and a return to settled rates that will bo profitable to the roads is to bo wel comed. If the agreement holds sixty days , as provided , without any road giv ing notice of withdrawal meantime , it will most likely bo continued indefinitely. NOT ALARMING FIGURES. For the current year immigration has been at the rate of about ono thousand persons a day. There is no reason to ex pect any increase during the remaining months of the year in the number of for eigners coming to this country. In the event that there is not the total immi gration of tlio year will probably not exceed four hundred thousand. This is about six-tenths of ono per cent of the population of the United States , estimating it to bo sixty- live millions. Certainly there is nothing alarming in these figures. No reasonable man is likely to have any fear of our ability to assimilate an addi tion to our population of no greater pro portions annually than this , Btilliciont care being taken to enforce the law which provides for the exclusion of criminals , paupers and other objection able persons. Nor will any ono not under the control of a wholly selfish sentiment pretend such an an nual augmentation of the indus trial forces of the country can , if distributed generally among the vari ous interests , operate to the disadvantage of any of them. It is plainly ridiculous to talk of danger to the political , social and material welfare of tlio sixty-live millions of American people from the annual accretion of foreigners to the number of less than one per cent of the population. Yet proposed legislation for imposing additional restrictions upon immigra tion is advocated upon this ground , its supporters persist ently urging that the immigration to this country today is dangerous , un healthy and of undue proportions. The committee of congress which has been investigating the subject-is looking for testimony to show that this assertion is true , and of coin-so it him been able to find such testimony. There are men who believe it would bo well to close every seaport of the nation against foreigners who desire to como to this country to make homes , and the largo majority of such men were themselves emigrants. They would like to enjoy a monopoly of the privileges and opportunities of this country , not reflecting that they have no more reason to nsk it than those who were hero before they como had to ixsk for the exclusion of emigrants , They forgot that but for the liberal policy of this government , which they would have it abandon , they would not now htivo the right to call themselves American citi zens and to enjoy the protection and ad vantages which the possession of that proud tltlo gives thorn. In their utter selfishness they would have this government renounce a policy Instituted by the wisdom of Its founders and maintained through moro than a century to its Immeasurable glory and gain , in order to shut out people as wor thy ns themselves of the boon of fruo institutions and tholr beneficent privi leges. Unquestionably the fair and unpreju diced sentiment of the country is opposed - , posed to the demand fgr now leg islation further restricting immi gration , but there is danger that the more clamorous voice of the selfish element , employing much the sumo arguments as those of the know nothing faction moro than thirty year : ago , will not bo wholly unheeded bj congress. The politicians of that bodj who are caught by clamor and swayei by considerations of personal gain fni outnumber those who have nn car foi the conservative voice of the people nni a will to subserve the general welfare A material departure from the pollcj which the government lnw thus fai maintained In this matter Is therefore very much to Iw feared unless the popu lar sentiment opposed to any rndlca change shall vigorously assert Itself. DKLAVA' THE StUf.lTK. It Is now assured that the tariff bll will bo delayed in the senate until aftei the close of the current fiscal year , nni it Is even suggested that a measure muj not bo reported to tlmt body before noxl December , though this seems to b ( entirely unreasonable. The motive o Senator Sherman in.insisting that tlu subject should bo considered by the ful ! finance committee , rather than following the precedent of devolving the work o framlnga bill upon a sub-committee , ha ; been differently construed , but the explanation - planation given of his action by tlu Ohio senator must bo regarded as can did and satisfactory. Ho bellovcs thatr measure which occupied the house com mittee on ways and means six months in preparing ought not to bo hastily 01 carelessly disposed of by the senate , and ho thinks the llmineo committee of the latter body should go over the measure as fully and carefully at wan done by the house committee. "Wo hud better be right even If wo have to stay hero nil summer , " Senator Sherman is reported to have said. It is more than probable that Mr. Sherman approves the general character and policy of the MoKinloy bill , and that ho apprehended disaster to that measure If it went into the ex clusive charge of the sub-committee which framed the senate bill of the last congress. It is to bo presumed that Mr. MeKinloy did not construct the house bill without some consultation with Senator Sherman , and that ho had good reason to count upon the senator's ! support of the bill in the main , or at any rate his assist ance to secure for it a full hearing from the finance com mittee of the senate. But in any event the position of Mr. Sherman cannot fairly be criticised. It is proper that the senate shall not legislate on the tariff hastily or carelessly , and though it i desirable that action bo reached as soon as possible consistent with a thor ough consideration of the subject , so that the business interests of the coun try may bo relieved of uncertainty , the senate would bolter remain in session all summer than to make n mistake in this matter. A great deal depends upon the senate being right on tlio tariff. Those who do not believe the McKinley - ley bill to-bo a wise measure need not fear the result of a thorough study of its provisions by the finance committee of the senate , under such new light as they will obtain from the interests affected. On the contrary , the advocates'of a downward revision of the tariff have everything to expect from such careful consideration of the house measure as it is proposed the senate shall give it. DKl-'KAT T1IK The proposition to permit the board of education to issue two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in school bonds , which is to bo voted on next Saturday should ho defeated. The Taminnnyites of Omaha are mak ing desperate efforts to capture the school board next Monday. Our citizens cannot afford to trust u quarter of a mil lion in the hands of boodling conspira tors. They cannot afford to mortgage this city for the sake of a gang of politi cal parasites and designing jobbers who want -speculate in real estate and "divvy" with the contractors. Before another dollar of school bonds Is votqd , we must know that the money will bo in safe and honest hands. It will bo time enough to vote the bonds , when wo know who the now members of the board of education will be. The school board election comes off next Monday , and the proposition . can bo voted on again within two weeks. Wo can bettor afford to delay two weeks longer with the voting of school bonds than run the risk of placing a quarter of a million into the hands of a ring of polit ical desperadoes organized solely for spoils and plunder. THE BEK advises every taxpayer to Lake no chances , but turn out en masse mid vote the bonds down. THE debt statistics prepared by the census bureau are decidedly unsatisfac tory. The bonded debt of Nebraska , for instance , is placed at a fraction over five million dollars for 1890 , an Increase of 'our hundred thousand dollars in ton oars. It is possible the sum- nary glvon In the dispatches s incomplete. In any- event the Igures do not refer to a state debt , which , vas loss than half a million dollars ) ii December 1 , 1889. If the figures ofor to the bonded debt of 'counties , .ownships and cities , it is too low. Anther - ) thor absurd feature of the statistics is .hat which places the resources of the itato In 1800 at nlno hundred and slxty- line thousand dollars , In view of the 'act that the population of the state nero than trebled in ton years , that iroporty increased enormously in value , md products and industries multiplied , , ho falsity of the cstimato of Nebraska's esources is apparent. If the census iiiroau cannot produce a greater degree ) f accuracy than is hero given , the sta- , lstlcs nro worse than worthless. They ire misleading and an injustice to the itato. Nebraska courts a truthful and omploto exhibit of her financial con dition , both local and general. THE fact is apparent that Omaha and Council Bluffs must sooner or later unlto n the erection of a f reo bridge over tlio Missouri river. The business and social olutlons of both communities demand mrcstrlcted Intercourse. The cost of a reo bridge would bo a trifle compared vith the benefits flowing to the people. OMAHA Is aflllotcd with a sot of con- icloncoless scribblers whoso ambition Is o magnify crime- and Injure- the roputa- Ion of the city. Regardless of truth or locouoy , they enlarge on potty crimes Mr * M ami draw , ou their imagination fo material w.Yii'm facts cannot bo had These ovtl'iutndod busy-bodies rel ; solely on KtiilAnttons to attract nltentioi and gull the public for a few dimes. I 1 a disgrace to journalism and nn out rngo on th&eJty that men pretending t < respectability ohoulil iwrmtl scniulalou : reports , wljiiio'ut ' a shadow of foundation to bo glvuil. currency In alleged news papers. * M No HOXOU.UHK , man can bo a membci of an oath-bound political club. Such t man may bU ' 1-opcd In to join It undoi false pretenses but ho cannot consolen tlously remain associated with a band o mercenary conspirators. There Is m room in this country for secret polltlen clubs. Political assemblies that wlllnoi stand the test of frco discussion and pub llclty can only promote the Interest o dishonest schemars and spoils hunters ANY man who is crowding himself ti the front for a position on the sehoo board whoso members servo without pnj must have an axe to grind or some seltisli scheme to advance. Men who are will ing to waste their time as public benefactors factors , or friends of education do nol clamor and rustle for the place , but art willing modestly to wait until they arc called upon by the patrons of the schools to servo. OMAHA'S prominence as a stock mar ket is forcibly shown in the comparative statistics of the packing Industryof the country , With the single exception ol Chicago , Omaha shows a larger Increase slnco March 1 than any city In the union. The gain over the same period last year Is notably large a gratifying proof of the steady growth and pros perity of the stockyards and packerlos. Tin ? frequency of basement fires sug gests the necessity of the enactment ol regulations preventing the accumulation of inflammable material in dwellings and storehouses. IT IS in order for the combine to sup plement its demand for damages with a suit against the hungry lawyers who led the verdant seven into a four-ply bear trap. " As A mcnnuro of public benevolence , a workhouse would fill a long-felt want in utilizing the energies of tramps and loafers. A PE\\ ' moro costly mistakes will doubtless convince the park commission that incompetoncy is a poor investment. SE F-SEEKKKS should bo rigidly ex cluded from th school board. In this case the ollico must seek the man. The IMiul IJCVCG Cltiraun Trthunc. The plan qt improving the Mississippi river by building mud lovccs has lost a great deal of ground this spring. A liarnilcNH Pastime. CMcaQit ffcies. Efforts nro being made in franco to devise a law which will effectually stop dueling. What's the use I 'it amuses the Frenchmen and hurts nobodyi Is Tills the IjoiiK-I-jXpectcd. . JVcin 1'or/c / H'or/il. / San Francisco detectives are searching for nn English novelist , ono D. L. Murray. If they discover him they may bo hired to find the great American novelist for whom pub lishers and public have long been looking. Stanley ns an I'htlailcliilita Kii/iiilrtr. On the whole , Stanley has no great reason to complain of his treatment in England. The queen has ordered his portrait for her private collection , ho will probably bo matlo an English baronet , and ho has the promise of a charming English bride. With all these honors it will nol bo surprising if ho should become an Englishman himself. Kcdiiuo the Iiocal Kates. Shnix Cltu Jinminl. The Lincoln Jbiirnal is opposed to a max imum freight law in Nobra Ica. % 'No max imum rate billIt exclaims , "will in the least reduce through rates for the fanners of Nebraska , and through rates are about all that interest the producer. " This is an old story in Iowa. It is not true that the farmers nro only interesteil in through rates. They are interested in local rales. They are inter ested in providing conditions rendering com petition within the. state possible. Moreover , a reduction of local rates will not injuriously iiffect through rate's. On the contrary , the ad justment of through rates must bo mtulo to local rates. Neither docs it follow that the board of transportation , or the board of rail road commissioners , as in this state , must bo dispensed with under a maximum rate law. A maximum ruto will not end the need of a board. The board In Nebraska , as in Iowa , ought to bo continued , and there , as here' , it Diight to bo made directly responsible to the people and clothed with power to enforce its Authority. The Journal believes that No- br.iska can wisely adopt the Iowa law , em powering the board to ilx the maximum rale. riio experience of Iowa and the judicial de terminations under the Iowa law ought to bo valuable and time-saving to the people of Nebraska. [ The Journal mau evidently does not know that the Nebraska lioard of transportation lias ample power to formulate and enforce freight schedules under our present law. I'ho proposition to enact a maximum rate law is urged becaus'o tbo board has persistently refused to act. J Editor Tm : Bin ; . 3KNSUS QUESTIONS IN UIIYME. JiniftYnilt H'iiM. Does your mothewn-law llvo with you I Are you dcafi , Have you ele-jmtmtlasis of the heart ! Did you over huvo the measles 1 Are you good at huptjng woasols. ' Do you wear your tresses iu a bang.or part ? EIuvo you got a mortgage on your house and lot I Do you pray till you got corns upon your knees ) 3Id you over ilroji a nickel la the slot ! Do YOU rearty thlnk your brother-in-law likes checKOK * \ro you fond of chestnuts ) Do you over swear I n\r \ Do you eat picrwlth a knlfo or with an ax I Vro your molars all your own or does your dentist groan In spirit when ho hears you chewing tacks ) [ ) o you lilio yourslrlolns well done or blood rare I Do you put mplosscs on your black-oyod peas ) Do you have good luck In drawing to a pair ) Do you really think your brotlior-Iu-law likes chccuot Dlil you over kiss a girl at 4 o'clock ) Don't you think that Wagner's music's ratnur poor ) iVoro you qulut-llko or merry when In jail ) Did you ever Blido upon a cellar door 1 1 I Do you feed your wealthy relatives upon poison ? What do you think of queries such as tliosof > top , stop I'll go away , don't kick mo so , I pray Do you roully think your brothor-iu-law likes chuoeol OF TUK civirjVAH Hon. Uobcrt P , Porter , suparlntemlant o ' census , request * publication of the following An u part , of the census of the people to be taken during the month of Juno special pro vision has been made by congress for ascer talnlng the nnincs of surviving soldiers , sail ow , and marines who were mustered Into thi service of the United States during the wai of the rebellion , and of the widows of sol dlers , sailors nnd marine * who have died. It connection with this special census of vet crans the organization or vessel In whlcl they served , the term of service In each case nnd present residence will bo taken by the census enumerators. In the case of widows Information regarding the service of their de ceased husband Is also required. The importance of accurate statement. concerning the military rceoni of each par ticipant In the Into war should not bo under estimated. It should bo the duty , moreover , of every veteran soldier or sailor to sco thai the enumerator Is placed In possession of the necessary Information concerning his own service. If ho cannot bo nt homo when tin enumerator calls ho should leave a propei memorandum In the hands of his wlfo 01 other member of his household , so that the work of the census may not bo delayed , and also that there may bo no doubt as to the nc- curacy of the statements concerning his surv- Ice which may bo given to the. census inn < monitor. That thcro may bo no question IM to the point * to bo covered by this memoran dum. It may bo well to state that the special Imiuu-les to bo made ( -oncoming veterans ol the civil war Include the name , the company , nnd the regiment or vessel In which they served , their Into rank , the ilatcs of enlist. moot and discharge , the length of scrv- Ice In yearn , months nnd days , nnd tholr present posloniro mldrcss. Where a Hulilloior sailor i'A nll.itrd or served In moro than 0110 orguTl/.atlon or voiscl , ho should bo very careful to give the term of sorvk-o in each instance , and to cover each en listment , lit giving tno organl/iatlsn cart should bo taken to distinguish the arm of the service , ns Infantry , cavalry , artillery , etc. , and if n person served tinder an assumed name , his HtiiUmient should bo made to cover both the iiatnu under which ho served and the into name by which ho is now known. Veterans of the war generally will recognize nnd appreciate thovaluoof this special census to them , nnd they should aid the census enu merator * In getting true statements in every way possible. Without their co-operation cor rect results cannot bo reached. This personal appeal Is made to them , therefore , In the hope that tholr attention may bo specially directed to the importance of this work and the neces sary information may bo promptly supplied to the census enumerator when ho calls some time during the month of June. M. II. KINO'S ISXlTjAN'ATION. OMAHA , Neb. , May 27. To the Editor of Tin : REIS : In addition to what your reporter published concerning the city council of Dos Moincs , la. , in your issue of yesterday , I de sire to say that the members of the city coun cil referred to represent the legal , mercantile , mechanical and labor elements ot DesMoInos , where \hey-havo lived and carried on business for years , running back in to the sixties. In all these years there is not a blemish on their characters , cither publio or private , and so far as I know , not ono of thorn ever wronged a man out of a dollar , so that If they are now guilty of willful misconduct in ofllco for tailing extra pay for their services , every ex-member of the city council for the last ten years is equally guilty , as every one of them , rich and poor , received extra compensation for their services and are us technically liable under the code of Iowa as the members of the city council of 1SSS , unless barred by the statute of limitation. Some of these men who nro Charged with misconduct in oHlce , have served the public for years at a salary of a year. In all the time they have had charge of the government of the city no charge has over been made by any responsible person that they were un faithful to tholr public trust , in looking after and promoting the common welfare of tliocity of . " 0CX ) people In so far as It lay in their power to do so. No complaint has heretofore been heard that they received exorbitant compensation for the responsibilities of their position , not withstanding the fact Uut it was publicly known that the members of the. city council had been drawing extra pay for many years previous. As a general rule , the public is a hard mas ter to serve. Every man in a public capacity who will not grind his constituent's ax , no matter how dull and rusty it may be , will bespoken spoken ill of by the owner of the axand from this disappointment private slander follows , until the community will begin to speak of the bad man and look upon the oftlcoholder with less or more suspicion. Such is the tendency of the times and such the abuse of public men In the press and out of the press that the time is near at hand when few nen of sensitive feelings posossing the necessary and desirable qualifications for official positions can bo found who will con sent to risk their reputation iu going into public life by accepting otllce. When the Hfty-dollur salary was passed by the legislature of Iowa for members of the city council there were no largo cities in the state , and oven at this day the average legislator later in the pcnei-.il assembly has a very lim ited knowledge of the perplexing duties im posed upon members of the city council in all cities of any importance. These duties arose so varied and exacting in their nature that every citizen , whether he pays $ . " > or $ . " > , UI)0 ) taxes , or not 1 , feels that ho owns the man or has n double-action mortgage on his ward nldonnan which ho intends to foreclose at the next city election unless the alderman comes to Limerick or passes round , the "turkey. " I used to have a youthful ambition to bo a municipal statesman and have been promi nently identitlcd with the city government of DM Moines for twenty years , but I have out grown that ambition and want no moro hon ors and glory on that lino. . The members of the city council for the year ISi'.i ' felt that their services were worth | ust as much In that year to the public as in uny of the preceding years , so that the sum if their sinning is not so much in the amount of money received by them as In the manner of drawing their pay. Knowing these men as I have known them , [ is citizens and neighbors , as enterprising , public-spirited business men , men of integ rity , honor and generous impulses , I would trust them every day of their lives , in ollico or out of ofllcc , before I would trust aomo of the men llvo minutes who are per secuting them. Tliuro Is less or moro personal malice , politics and mer cenary motives of long standing mixoa up with the vindication of the law at the bottom of these indictments. I have not lccn a member of the city council since 1SS8 , Imt was chairman of the board of public works for iss'.t ' , in which year the bwrd let between $ > i,00 ) ( ) and $100,000 worth of con- tr.icts , besides the supervision and construc tion of bridges , paving , sowering. public Imildiugs , repairing of streets and sidewalks , uul in all thatconsfdurabloamountof expend itures not ono dollar of a gift or present was svor received by me or my colleague on the Doard of public works , so that wo can Justly luim credit for an honest and clean adminis tration of our otllclal actions. M. H. KINO. 8T.ITK AXH Nebraska Jottings , The treasurer of York county has Just paid 17,000 to the state treasurer. Gothenburg has good prospects of securing .ho location of a plant to manufacture plows leforo the end of the year. AH the leading merchants of Prossar , \dams county , have Joined in forming u luslncss men's association. Whlto moving an old barn near Gothenburg ho Jaggur boys encountered u rat den and onuncnced the slaughter of the rodents. Vhoii the conlllct ended -J05 dead rats were Tlio Edgar city council has decided to grant i saloon llcc'iiho to .1. A. E11U In splto of a re- iionstnmco. The rewonstrutors have up- wiled to the district court for an Injunction ustrulning the board from Issuing such Icenso on the ground that the petition was lot signed by the required number of froo- LOldnrs. Mr. Ellis now says If the license Is ufuscd ho will OM'II | tip n shop for the sulo of tquors of all kinds la original packages. A saloonkeeper of Utica caused the fol- owing to bo published : "To whom It may oncorn : Know ye. that by the payment of l.ri'.V. 10 I am pe.rmtttod to retail Intoxicating iriuors at my tialoon In this city. To the wlfo , -fio Ims a drunkard for u husband or a friend /ho U unfortunately dissipated , I say cm- hntlenlly glvo me a notice of such case or osiw iu which you garo Interested and all such will bo excluded from my 'place. L mothers , fathers , sister * , brothers , unel < and aunts do likewise , and tiit-lr requests wl bo regarded , " Icnvn Iteins. The old aalttcrs of Marshall couuty wl plcnjc .Hi no U ) . Work has commenced on the now f 10X ( opera house at Clear Lake. A stock company will put In a $ UOC pressed brick plant nt Correettonvllle. Mr. Foster of Ottumwu has presented check for $1,800 to the Young Men's Ghrli tian association of that city. The old settlers Humboldt county hav decided to erect an old-fashioned log cabin I which the pioneers cnu meet annually nn talk over old times amid appropriate su ronndlnga. A six-year-old youngster nnmcd Low Kearney , from the orphans' homo In No1 York city , arrived lit Cedar Ilnplds the othc day , having made the entire distance alotu Ho was consigned to a family living noa Ceil n r Kaplds. The otltor day a Hoono cow ( lie 1 worth c groceries from the rear end of a farmer ! wagon , and the granger gave notion to th authorities that ho would hot-carter boycot the town until all omnivorous animals roan Ing the streets were retired from clrculatloi Ernest O. Fisher , the former Attantl brewer , who was conditionally released froi Imprisonment by CJovcrnor Lnrnibeo , ha ( ijKiiiLMt an original packugo house In Atlantic Ishcr'u pardon required him to tulco oatl tlmt ho would never sell llquorln Iowa agali and there is u strong probability that ho wii bo required to complete his term In Jail. A swindle that beats the Itohcmia oats scheme Is Iwing worked on th unsuspecting granger. according t the Dc.s Molnes Leader. A gill tongucd agent goes to the farmer and make n bargain with him to furnish him clnnamni beatm something now , Just out. and fo which there Is u great demand , In tlio produt lion of cinnamon oil , which l.s extracted fron the bean.s. The beans nro worth fc0 ! a bushel and ho will agree to give the farmer fcj fo L-ueli cinnamon bean tree grown from th seed ho furnishes when It has reached ! growth of llvo feet , nnd ho will bind the con tract by a good nnd suntclcnt bond. The seei beans the farmer gets are the common re < bean .saturated with cinnamon oil , and whlcl seldom ever reach a growth above six inches The farmer will wait a good while for the return turn of his $20. Wo wouldn't advise farmer ; to Invest In cinnamon beans. noynnd the Fish Commissioner Mills of Nevada ha shipped 1,000,000 trout to various parti of th state. The 47.1,000 necessary to bo raised li Spokauo Falls , Wash. , to guarantee a smelt ing plant has been subscribed. The curliest shipment of now wheat In th history of California was made May ITbyJ M. and O. B. Kiniberlln of Paso. A little child of Mr. and Mrs. Langdono Plucorvillo , Cul. , was bitten by a turantul ; the other day and died twenty-four hours later. Clinton A. Myers , aged thirty years , com milted siticlde at Bishop , Cnl. , by takini strychnine. The cause was disappointmen in love. O. S. 1'helps , aged sovonty-flvo years , was found fatally shot on his porch in Soutl Portland , Ore. The allalr Is clouded h mystery. Nathaniel .T. Gabcrson of Santa Paula Cul. , is hardly nineteen years old , yet Iu stands 0 feet " , ' 4 inches in his bare feet antl weighs 2i."i pounds. Senator J. M. Snow of Douglas county Washington , has been arrested , charged will the embc//lcmcnt of county money , ant placed under > ,000 bonds. The board of agriculture of Orange count v California , has quarantined fruits , plants , ( lowers anil vegetables which give evidence 3f being utToctcd with insects or their lurvui. Pie Pico , the last Mexican governor ol California , now nearly ninety years of age , is i punpcrund has been notilie'd to leave his old lomostead. Nothing remains of the great iVealth which this old man once possessed. The sum of fTi.'i.OOO in gold coin was sent 'rom San Bernardino to San Francisco by nail u few days ago us second class matter at I cent an ounce. An insurance company took i risk on the coin and the bank saved $150 by islng the mail , The city of Bntto contemplates a largo ox- icnditnro for sewers the present year. Ac- : ording to the programme of the sewer com- nitteo , it is designed to lay this year 13nuo 'cot of pipes. The estimated cost of this con- itructlon will bo W7r > 00 , to which must Iw idded money needed for repairs , etc. , making i total expenditure for sewers of $1 1,800. The newspaper men of Butte , Mont. , have irganizcd a press club. "Each of them , " lays the Inter-Mountain , "has long boon of ho opinion that all the others are ex-horso .hfeves . and road agents and it is hoped that ho organization of a press club will tend to ixposo the fallacy of this opinion and to bring ho boys together upon a basis < jf personal "Headship. " D. B. May of Billings has been granted the irivllcgc of running an incline piano railway ir elevator down the northern slope of the .triind canyon of the Yellowstone to the valor's edgo. The franchise is a valuable mo and has been by several .sought after. 'arties hereafter visiting the park can get a [ llmpso of the fulls from u point hcretoforo naccesslblo. The body of Matt Caruthors , of Waler- illc , Wash. , who perished in a storm last vinter in the Big Bend , was found May 11 ( ctween the Puttie and Landah places about lirco-qnartcrs of a mile toward the Columbia Ivor , The corpse was found in a reclining losltlon , as though ho had sat down to rest. n ono of the douched hands was his hat and ho other grasped his handkerchief. KAlLUOAj"arATTKIlS. . Clio Tenth Street Viaduct and tlio Klkliorn'H Hot Si > riiipUlrnncIi. Matters are getting in such shape now that ground will bo broken very soon for the Tenth troet viaduct and union depot. Just as soon s the tracks nro laid to enable trains to rune o the temporary depot , the Union Pacific will acato ils cow shed and tear it down. The hange , It is thought will occur within the ox t two weeks. In the mean time , Archi- oots Van Brunt & Howe are pushing work n the revised plans and will have them com- ileled by the time the contractors nro ready o commence operations. Several Important inprovements have been made , especially In ho interior arrangements , smco the now tylo of building was adopted. There seems to bo considerable mystery urroundtng the Milwaukee's decision ati- ounccd In Tin : Bun yesterday , not to run its rains into this city on Juno I. Uonoral Agent Jash says ho has no Instructions regarding ny change in tlio original plans and thinks hero must bo some mistake. However , u line table for crossing the bridge Is certainly ccessary and the Union Puciflo had ono pi-e ared but Superintendent Burr received or- cr.s to hold It. The Fremont , Elknorn & Missouri Valley ompany expects to have Its now line now eing built to Hot Springs , S. I ) . , from Buf- ulo Chip in operation by the middle of July. The Union Pacific's high oOlelals will bo In iult . Lake City today. There Is. somo- lilng extraordinary in the wind bocuuHo they Dlegraphcd ( ienerul Manager Dlckonsoii to leet them there , and that gentleman left lust Ight. Chief Construction Agent Cameron as also gone. General Managnr Iloldrogo nnd General Vulghl Agent Crosby of the B. & M. ro- urned from Chicago this morning. Gorman KliurpsImotnrH. The little town of Pankow. near Gor- uiny. Is proparlnjr for an event whhsli romlficM to make her iiaino famous. Yom July 0 to 10 10,000 Gorman murks- ion will assemble there to celebrate the jiith national Gorman tmouUtif , ' festival y comnotlnj ; for 8100,000 worth of Poisonous Throe-Fingered Vinci. Never touch a vine that IIUH three- tigered loaves that In , loavoa divided ito three parts. VlnoH that nhow five- njjorod leaven may bo handled with ifoty. PolKon Ivy ha.s thrco llngom. _ - - The annual catch of fish on the Ku- nponn and North American coasts In [ imputed by a Gorman HtatiHtician to mount to JOO.OOO tons. A ton of fibh jiTcHiiomlH with twonty-llve nlioepln iiurlHliliig power. Therefore thcTtotal uropcun and North American cntoh rjualH in number ' 12,000,000 KIUUI > and In ourlshhiff power 150,000,000. FOUGHT IN COATS OF BLUE. Today Tholr Graves Will Bo Deokotl with/ Suuslilno aud Flowers. PROGRAMME TOR MEMORIAL DAY , AVhoro the Oi-nnd Parade Will I-'onf and tlio Various Orders and So cle ties Which Will Tnko Part In It. The committee to arrange for Memorial day , hold n long meeting Wednesday nlghl at the Mlllard hotel. Colonel Frame K , Moore * , the marshal of the day , announced the following programme : rillST DIVISION. Fifteenth Street North of Douglas , IteMlng on Douglas. Chief of Police. I'latixm of Police , Marshal of I ho Day. Aldo C. K. llnrmestur. Second Infantry Hand , llattallon Second Infantry , RKCOND DIVISION. Fourteenth Street , Klchl on DotiRln * . Assistant .Marshals , K. M. Stone and M I * . O'llrlcn. nato City Drum Corpi. Phil Kearney Post No. s. ( I. A. It , Oeo. A. Cutter Post No. 7. O. A. li. U. f. Oi-nnt Post No. 110 , ( ! . A. II. ( lonoral Mcnrgo Crook Camp No. I , S. of V Children of Veterans anil Itollef Corps With Howew In Wagons. Tlltltl ) DIVISION' . Thirteenth Street North of Douglas. Uiuhl on Douglas , William II. IJnrns anil Jacob l-a\vc tl , Assistant Mamlmls. Hrlgadlor Ucnural John K. llroolc and stair. United States Army. Colonel Frank \Vhcatoii and staff , U. S. A. . Depart intuit Commander C. A. K. and stun Orator of the Day. Dr. Joseph T. Duryoii , and Chaplain of the Day , Dean Uardenor , In Carriage. Mayor dishing. Judges of Federal anil State Courts. , City Council. Hoard of Education mid other Guests In Carriages. fODIITK lllVIStO.V. Twelfth street. North of Douglas. Ulght on Douglnx. It. S. Wllcot. Assistant Marshal. Typographical Union No. 1UO. Overland Lodge No. ISJ. - Ilrotherhooil Locomotive Firemen , ' 'J - ISohenilnii Timiveroln. Othj-r societies deslroui of taking purl will form In this division on the loft of the sncicly last named. FIFTH IMVIS1OX. Eleventh street , Noith of Doughis. Hlghl on Douglas , D. (3. Ulmiles , Assistant 5Iiirsh.il Cliluf Kirn Department. Union Pacllli ! Iliniil. Durant Mre Knitlne and Hose romnuny. Umaha l-'lre Department. The line of inarch will be. as follows From Fifteenth on Douglas cast to Tenth , to Farnum , to .Sixteenth , to California , to Twenty-second , to Dod o nnd thence to tli.i hlBh school ( ji-ounds , where the exercises will tiike place. The exercises at the high school ground * will coinnicnco at 'JiHi ) and will bo : Opening A ldre < < * by tliu Olllcerof the Day. Prii.verliv theClmplalii. Mnsle Mnle ( Juurtette. Address by tbo Orator .rnspnli T. Duryna Music Mule Quartet to. Kltinil Kxcrclses by the Grand Army of tlirt Ilenubllc. llyinii "America , " Male Quartette and Audience. Heiiedlctlon. "Taps. " The column will move nt I : HO p. in. All participating must be in position at that Unto. Owing to a scarcity of funds It is expected , that the city council and board of education i will furnish their own conveyances. ' ' The several ( J. A. K. posts'nro requested fo assemble at their respective posts today 11112:30 : p. m. Yesterday morniiiKComrades Allison , Ijami , Hull , Wilcox- , together with a number of the Sons of Veterans and the several Women's relief corps called at the various publio schools for tbo Hewers which the chlldr. n had promised. They were aided m this work by tbo liberal inana'i ; - mcnt of the American district telegraph , which placed at their disposal half a dozen of the delivery wagons of the company. Tl j flowers were liberal in quantity , and mnn > % . of thorn were of the most beautiful order They were brought to the hall of CnsU * post and also Goodrich hall , where a number of ladles received and worked them into graceful and beautiful bouquets. The commander of each post has appointed a committee of three members , together with a couple ot representatives from the Woman's relief corps , to strew these flowers upon the graves. These committees will perform this work during the morning , leaving the run ilczvous about ' .I o'clock. Chief Marshal F. E. Monrcs announces that in case of rain the Memorial day exercises will bo held in the Grand opera house thw afternoon. Too Yoiui nnd Too Old. Jintnira/iulM / TrUiune. ' nismarck says ho is too young to quit work , lie Is probably of the opinion that Wilhulm Is too young to begin , but doesn't say so. A Secnnd-Ilnto header. ntlrittt Trlliitnc. Mr. Mill's qualities as a party leader stji out moro conspicuously when .sucli men Carlisle uro not around. Cleveland' Ijatest Hival. Hon. G rover Cleveland must contemplate with some uneasiness the rapid rise of Mel rtllo W. Fuller In the democratic , llnnument. HOVI ) & IIAYNKS , MnnnKCM. Friday , May 3 BMchforcl Kauanagh , The Phenomenal Itoy Soprano ASSISTED iiv Master ,1-Iarnj Olmoml. ( l3rear nCiiKO. ) Wonderful Violin and Mandolin SoliHt. Bovrrnl other nnmlcnl fontttroti will lie Introilucoil , 'ormliiKii niont cnlurtalnlnu liniKriniiniii. 1'rlcoa , c , Wo. 7Sc mill tl ; miitlncc , Wo anil 750. Di me ] Yupee. [ WtEK OF MONDAY , MAY 26. Roars of Laughter Great Fun And nn Intellectual trout. Trained and PIGSlMONKEYS An InturestliiK combination , 2 Grout Bt.iou Bliowt * . CiO Now atitl Olovor Arllsta. One Dime Admits to All. * OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed mill Guaranteed ( Jiipltnl. . f.MOMX ) Paul In Capital KKI.UUU Iluys nnil Hulls Htooko and bonds ; n'"tij' ' ' ' ' loiiiniurctul papur ; riicolvon iinil i > iit-ui" riistn ; autx ns trausfnr meant and tru ttin "i Hirporutlons : tukoi okurtiu of propui ty , " " - octB tuxcu , _ _ _ _ _ Omaha Loan&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. 5. E. Cor , 16th and Douglas Stj. i'nlil In Capital I U > , < > > i iubsurlbuti nnd Uiinruntuod Uupltul IDU.uOIv Liability of Hlookholduri 200.WJ X. & 1'or C'cut Intnruat I'uld on Unpoglts. N. FICANK J. I.ANUK. CunhUr. ) fflcori : A.I ) . Wjrman.prmldunt ; J.J , Urovn , rlcJ- \ president ; W.T. Wrnian , Irouiurnr. Mrcclora : A. U. Wrwan , J. H. MltlnrU , J J. Urown , ( Juy U. IlaUon , 16. W. Nub , Ttiomaa J. Klwlmll , ( ivuru * U. l iko. loftiu ) In any amount made on City anil l-'iiru 'ropurty , and on Collateral UuourUr , ut l < uw' : l rttui ourruut.