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THE OMAHA DAILY JpjfiE , MONDAY , JUNE 9 , 1800. THE B BROSEWATEB , Editor. PUBLISHED EVEtlY MOUNINO , TKIIMS OK 8tiIH'KIt'TIOX IJiiIJy nnd Hniidny , Ono Ywir . . . .tfOW Hlx tnontliM . . . . . . . ! . f > ( X Thrrenionlln. . . . . . . . . . . . 2W Hiindny lii-o , Uno Your . . . Uw Wcukly Ilco , Ono Ycur . . . . . . . . . . 1 - OI-TK.K9. Omnlm. Tim tlort llulldlliir. H. Onmnn. Uorwr N nnd aitli Streets. Council Illutrs , 12 IVnrl Htn-ct , ( 'lilcimo Ofllcc , 'II ? tlliiirnbur of Cotiltnorep. NdwYork.Koonml.'t. Unnd I.ITrlhunoliullilIng Washington , S13 I'oiirliiuntli street , COnitKHPONllRNCE. AH communication. * minting to now * nm rdllorlal ninttcr Nhnuld bo addressed to UK Kdllurlal llopnttmont. I1U.H1NKSS I.BTT.EKS. All business loiters neid remittances should lie adfltvwd to Tito Ilco I'lililishlntr ( 'ompnny Onuilin , Diiiftif , cheiilM nnd postolllco order ; to be inndo piiynblo to tlio ordur of tlio Coin1 Jinny. Tlie Bcc Publishing Company , Proprietors Tlio Itco H'ldlng , Pnrnnm nnd Su vcntt'i-ntli Sts "HTATKMENT OK OIUUULA.TION Ktntcof NolirniUn. oj Comity of Donald * . Ocorgii It , Tzsdnick , secretary o.f Tim Hot I'lihlNiIng Company. rtooa pnloninly sweiii Hint the nelnal olreulntlon nt THE DAit.Y JU : for tlio week ending Juno T , 1899 , was as foil- Iowa : Hnnilny. .Tune 1 . S2.W * Monduy , .Itino 2 . . . II'.M ' Ttiesdiiv.Jiinn il . 10'iii : Wednesday" , Juno 4 . 1K..V6 TluirHliiy , Juno 0 . 1 , . ' . ' ) ; Frlclny , JunoO . . . llt.M ; Butiirduv. Juno 7 . 1IMWI Average . 2 < ) .0l < Or.OUQE I ) . T7.S01IUOK. Etatrof Nebraska , ! County of Douglns f Oroi'BD It. Tzsuhnck , being duly sworn , deposes - poses mid Nays tlmt li la secretary of The Ilco rtibllMil'iiK Company , Unit thn notuul nviirngu dully circulation of TIIR DAILY IlKHfoi tlui month of Juno , INtf , was 1HB. " > S copies ; foi July , IWHt , IK.raS copies ; for August , IK * > , 18,051 copies ; for Scplomber , ll-Nl. IMIO enples ; for Orlnlior. 1KW , 1C.HI ? copies ! for November , 11S.1. 1Hitnropli : ( ; for December , ISK'J , EO.OH copies ; TnrJnntmrv , LS'.Xi ' , 1 ! > , r > "i copies ; for Kobrimry , 3HK ) . li'.Tlii ' copies ; for March. ISM. .U8I. ' . c-onlus ; for April , 18CO , ! , copies ; for .May ISiW , SO , ISO COpIl'.H. DKoiidn II. TZSCIIUCK. Sworn to bcforo mo nnd subscribed In my lirpscnru tills tfl.st day of May. A. I ) . , 1800. IPunl.J N , 1' . Kr.ir. . Notary Public , BINCIM ? COI'V 1'OSTAOn HATES. 8-papp paper U. S. 1 cent KorulgnS ! cents r--pagojiapor " 1 cent " ; cents : lii-pnpo paper ' "cents " 2 J ! cents S.0-pigc : paper " Scents ' 'I cunts i4-niKO ] paper " 2 cents " 4 cents MA YOU CUSIIINO is distrusted with tlio cares mid affairs of olllcinl life. The collar of tlio combine is beginning to chafe. TIIK expulsion of a doctor from a medical society for the crime of adver tising commends the victim to public support. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK demand for a now deal in railroad rates necessarily invo'.ves a fresh cut. Loaded decks are barred in the corpora tion game. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ iMi'OUTKi ) contract laborers are walk ing the gang plank homeward bound with the assistance of the immigration commissioners. IF the recent vandalism , at Harvard leads to the abolition of college athletics more and bolter brains and less beef would bo a happy result. Ox the question of ucalping the scalp ers there is a practical unanimity be tween the railroad managers and the in terstate commerce commission. SMtrc.or.iiNO Chinamen into the coun try at twenty dollars per head has grown to profitable proportions on the northern and southern borders. Niw : Youic'rf supreme court affirms the sentence of ox-ShorilT Flack. Eighteen months' imprisonment , however - over , is trilling punishment for the scan dalous crimes committed by this model Tammanyito. Mu. CONNKLI/S maiden speech in the house attracted considerable attention , but there was not enough magnetism in it to distract Speaker Reed from his dogged determination to keep free "coinage out of the silver bill. A I'ltOTOOHAi'H of the combine order ing a seventy thousand dollar suit should he given a conspicuous place among the mementoes of the oily hall corner stone. This is a cheap and effective way of em balming the memory of councilmanie idiocy. TIIK defaulting treasurer of Missouri has boon indicted for embezzling thirty- two thousand dollars and admitted to bail for sevoiity-llvo hundred. Evidently the Missourlans are thankful that ho did not demolish that surplus of one million and a half and blow it on a South Amer ican silver mine. AT.AHOK crop of centenarians who linvo pressed palms with Washington or .presided over the culinary department of Mount Vernon is being harvested by the cuinis takers. It is clear that George's immediate acquaintances did not absorb the full significance of the cherry tree incident. K interstate commerce commission confirms what the people of this section have persistently claimed , that grain rates "are grossly excessive" for short distance.- ) and "unreasonably high" on the long haul. If the railroads persist In ignoring the demands for a reduction the peuplo must exorcise their power and compel a reasonable concession. . Tim conquest of Africa goes merrily on. Accounts of the latest French victory convoy the cheerful assurance that King Agmagon with one thousand men was uttaclced and not a Son6gambian lives to tell the tale. Evidently Europe is do- termlnud to plant civilization in the dark continent , oven though every native porltlh. ' Tun people of Nebraska scarcely real ize as yet the extent of the desolation and distress that has followed in the wakeof the cyclone at Uradshaw. While the maimed and wounded people are beIng - Ing properly cared for by their own neighbors , several hundred persons still remain shelterless , homeless and with a very scant supply of clothing. The con tributions for tiie relief of these people so far Jiuvo boon barely sufficient to tsupply them with the necessaries of life. There is an urgent need ol more uxtcnslvo contributions and TIIK Biu : invokes nil humane people to respond promptly to the eall for nld. Do not wait for anybody to sot the example , but forward your subscriptions to the relief fund at onco. n QtffiST/O.V. Tlio republicans in congress find the question of passing a fedenrt. election law a very por.plo.xlng ono. A majority are agreed tli vtdomstltlng should bo done , on grounds Of both justice and polloy , but lhqyaro : divided aa to the extant to which such loglHlivtion should go. Several of the republican representatives from the south , as wo hnvn heretofore noted , nro of the opinion that it will 1)3 wiser not to pass any nowlogislatton. Sp alclngfor their own sections , they my they can HOC no good to come from it , white there is possibility of much harm. Others tire prepared to accept a moderate measure , such as that proposed by Congressman Uowell of Illinois , which simply pro vides for extending lao * suparvlsory sys tem , while two or three demand a meas ure as radical as the Lodge bill. Quito generally the northern representatives nro most favor.ibly iliop.so.l toward the riowoll bill , very few of UUMTI approving the measure of the Massachusetts con gressman , oven with the provision for the Australian ballot omitted. At the last caucus this subject was discussed without tlio members getting any nearer to a decision as lo what it is expedient to do , and there was observed an apparently decreasing interest in the question. The matter will bo again considered this week , but very likely with no different result from what has followed the discussions of it already had. It is a delicate and embarrassing question from the point of view of party expediency , and to add to its per plexing character comes the suggestion that a member of the Fifty-second con gress having boon already elected in compliance with the requirements of ex isting election laws Mr. Ilermann of Oregon it will bo a rather delicate task to frame a national election law , to go inlo effect at the next congressional elections , which will have the appear ance of equity on its face. A federal election law must operate equally in all congressional districts. It must bo general in its nature. But tlio Oregon gen congressman already elected cannot bo sot to ono side and the expressed choice of the electors of that-state can not bo ignored , while on the olhor hand it would bo unfair and probably uncon stitutional to Subject other elections for members of the Fifty-second congress to restrictions and conditions which did not prevail at the election of the Oregon congressman. There is clearly some force fn this suggestion. Republicans in congress will do well to acquaint themselves as thoroughly as possible with the sentiment of their parly at largo before deciding what they will do regarding this question , and wo have little doubt that if they will do this they will find there is no general sym pathy with the proposed legislation. The masses of the party may take less interesl in the subject than it merits , but it is hardlv rmestionable that those who have given it any serious consider ation are very generally not in favor of legislation which would in evitably have the effect to create sec tional irritation and prove a source of aggravated political discord. The states men at Washington should understand that the people do not want any new irri tants to strife and contention. What they desire is legislation that will in vigorate industry , enlarge prosperity , and rolioyo them of unnecessary bur dens , and the representatives who shall bo successful in securing them this will have the best and surest claim to their approval. run HUSINKSS SITUATION. Activity in commercial circles con tinues unabated and the outlook both hero and in the cast is alike satisfactory to the merchant and banker , though perhaps the latter would prefer more stringency in the money market , as loanable funds are plentiful and rates comparatively low. The im mense volume of business transacted in the month of May was in the face of prophecies uttered in the spring of the year by eastern capitalists , that trade would bo stagnant and a tight money market would bo the rule. Both proph ecies failed , and trade has never been bolter nor tlio countenances of bankers more Kcrono than during the first live months of 1SOO. But still the croakers say we may look for tight money during the fall months. Speculators may do well to heed this caution , but the merchant of average prudence and ability will decline to bo influenced by such forebodings , no matter how forcibly expressed. So far as can bo learned the country looks forward to a continuance of at least its present meed of prosperity for the balance of 1890. Wo in Nebraska have prohibition to dread. But as our people are thoughtful and intelligent , and capa ble of taking warning from the mishaps of others , and have in view the results of that fanatical oppression as apparent in Iowa and JCansas , it is to bo hoped that the well directed efforts now making to awaken the business and agricultural communities lo a knowl edge of the danger which threatens will bo successful Doubt less they will bo , and Ne braska , instead of experiencing a depression of values through the stag nation , of trade and stoppage of immi gration , which must of necessity bo resultant effects in this state as they have been in others , will become the Mecca to which the level-headed , self- controlling business man and farmer will direct their-stops and an era of un precedented prosperity will bo assured. If prohibition is defeated in this state this fall It needs no prophet to foretell that the influx : of wealth and immigration which will surely follow such defeat will just us. certainly add to the wealth of those already hero. THE J.VDI.KV Al'l'llOPM.lTIoy HILL , The house committee on Indian af fairs , in cutting the appropriation for the Indian bureau down to six million dollars , the smallest sum allowed for this service in two years , has not given the proper consideration to the recommenda tions of Commissioner Morgan and to what Is required for adequately prosecut ing the work of Indian development and progress. The committed may have- felt that owing to the extraor dinary demands upon congress for spending the revenue of the govern ment , which U mot would result iu a very considerable dnflolt , it was neces sary to economize , but there are other directions In which economy could be much more wisely practiced than in this. Commissioner Morgan asked for an In crease In the appropriation for Indian education , and he demonstrated very clearly and convincingly that tills is necessary in order to carry out such a system of education among the Indians as it should be the policy of the govern ment to promote. Ho showed that at this time there are but a few moro than one-third of tlio Indian children of school ago in school , and that the present ac commodations could nt best provide for only a little over ten thousand of the twenty-seven thousand" who might bo expected to bo enrolled under the most favorable . circumstances. General Morgan asked for Jin increase of less thana million and a half dollars , six hundred and forty thou sand to be used In erecting now build ings and eight hundred and fifty thou sand for carrying on the work of board ing and day schools. The house bill proposes to expend only ono hundred thousand dollars on now buildings , a sum that must fall far short of meeting the requirements. It is presumed that nobody questions that it is at once a duty and sound policy to provide- for the educa tion of Indian children , and the government , having undertaken to do this , should carry out the work with such liberality as will enable all children lo avail themselves of educational facili ties. The fact that there are nearly seventeen thousand of school ago who have not this opportunity is not credit able to the government , and a refusal to provide for those would bo a reproach on tlio country. The war that has been made on Commissioner Morgan , growing out of his efforts to reform the Indian service , may bo in some measure responsible for the reduction in the ap propriation for his bureau , but whatever the reasons for it , there can bo no doubt that the effect , if the house bill prevails , will bo to mbarrasss the service and de crease its usefulness. Tlio course of Commissioner Morgan thus far , with re spect to the administration of his ollico , is approved by those who are most con versant with Indian affairs , and ho ought to receive the support of congress. TIIK grading contracts awarded by the board of public works involve an expen diture of nearly one hundred thousand dollars , and will furnish employment for a largo army of men and teams. As the bulk of the grading was secured by two contractors , the board should see to it that a sufficient force is employed by Iheso men to insure its early completion. A vast amount of property improvements must bo made to conform to tlio now grades , and it is duo to owners that the' grading bo pushed with all possible speed A INDUCTION of the railroad tariff on coal would be a cheerful sop to the con sumer if the cut was seasonable. It serves to show the usual corporation foresight in slashing rates when they will benefit the public the least. OMAHA'S to Bradshaw'a response ap peal is prompt and creditable. But too much cannot bo done to restore the shat tered homes , to care for the injured and to give the survivors a fresh start in the battle of life. Monument * Come Ili h. Milwaukee Senttfd. The New Yorkers think they arc able to Icoop Grant's memory green without a marble' monument. They prefer to do it that way be cause it Is cheaper. Not Given to I'hllaiMpMa Rctonl. The offer of ex-con federates to build a Grant monument in Richmond should innko the blush of shame mantle Now York's ' brow. But Now York is a poor Imnd at cither man tling or blushing1. Tlio Appropiutc St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A message of. condolence from Texas re publicans to tlio Vermont democrats who have just put a state ticlcot in the field would hnvo been a graceful and appropriate performance. o- CIiiu-notorlBtlo Southern Sneer. dim teuton ( S. V. ) ACIM nnd Courier. In our next war the United States will have to hire its soldiers with the express stipulation in the enlistment papers that the l > rico paid is to cover all the claims against the govern moat , of the soldiers themselves anil of thuirliuirs nnd assigns forever. Tennyson Utilized. Lord Tennyson recently recited his "Charge of the Light Brigade" in an Edison phonograph graph , It might bo a good scliomo to use the copy to rulso funds to got the survivors of the gallant fiOO out of the many pool-houses that holil thorn. How ( o Got a Monument. Kew York H'orid ( Dem. ) The monument to Garflcld dedicated at Cleveland gives our second martyr pres ident a fitting mausoleum. It" was se cured by "striking while .tho Iron was hot. " Delays arc dangerous in the matter of monuments ments in this country. It's Hardly Worth AVhlle. Shnuf Cltu Journal. The Nebraska ropubllcans hnvo called an early state convention. The democrallo press has been bothering Itself vastly about tbo date of the republican convention , ' By the way , why don't the Nebraska democracy eon- corn Itsely n lltllo inoro nbout Us own slalo convention. Vnliiublo TlniB Wasted. Kcenan , Iho boodle uldoriniin of Now York , In reluming nt this late dny to.stund trial for the Broadway steal , shows u remarkable tardiness In comprohe.ndlng Uio progress of cvcnls. It was entirely safe for jilm lo re turn Iho day Colonel Follows wus elected district atlornoy of Now Yorlci t. , ' l-Zmporor Wllllnm KuonomizcH. C/italuo / Td/u's. / Eniporor William hus ivsolved to cease giv ing Jewels to these whom ho wishes lo honor , nnd will hereafter present to.tUc jv cublnet photographs of himself and Iho empress , Tfio emperor lias but recently embarked upon Uio moiigapo-loan business nnd probably finds II necessary lo economize bolwceu payments of inlerost , Itoiublluna Valley Timber. The n'tttern U' < i . Senator George W. Burton of Harlan county Is getting qulto a boom from some of the republican papers for governor , nud It looks now as If ho would como do.vn to the stnto convention wilh a strong following from tbo Republican valley , The farmers may object to h\m \ bemuse ho Is a banker , but his frieitJfl olnt to the fact tlmt ho lives on nnd worltrf ono nf the largest farms In Harlan countyMr. . Burton was quite prom inent In the fcuito senate nnd made many friends whlltrtliero. Wo say put up the best timber ; wo llitris lots of it. , . , Xebrnsltn. tan Courier Is ono year old. Three trauqu wcro rotten-egged out of GUmvlllo , Cljiy county , for Insulting young Indies. The baccalaureate sermon of Falrflcld college - logo was delivered Sunday by Uov. T. L. Fowler , and thd c-ommeneemcntoxerclses will bo held next Thursday. W. H. Morrow , a young attorney of Auburn , was thrown from 'his buggy by n fractious horse the other day , his loft leg being caught in the wheel nnd so badly broken that ntn- ptilatlon wits necessary. The Old Settlers' association of Palmyra will hold their annual plcnlo Thursday , "Tiino 13. .1. Sterling Morton will deliver the oration. There will bo a number of toasts re sponded to and several trotting races. In six months , from December to Juno , a Jmilnta man gathered 3,078 eggs from thirty pullets shut up in yards .Wf dozen , nn aver age of over ton dozen to the hen. Ho suys his buns "aim to lay an egg each day : on Sundays they lay too. " An insnno woman who had run awny from her homo in Boalo City , Idaho , got off the train at Elwood , where her condition was discovered. ( } . O. Arahright of Nemaha City , a brother of the unfortunate lady , was notified and took her to his homo. Isaiah Powers of Curtis has nn orchard of Russian mulbnrry trec.1 that nro gifted with a second blossoming. The trees blossomed out nicely at their proper season this year , but frost completely destroyed the blossoms , and now the trees are again In bloom. The sheriff of Xcmalm county Im- ? arrested "Grandpa" Newman , living near Peru , for selling liquor without n license. The old man claims that the stuff ho sold was manu factured by himself from grapes , but ns several students from the normal school had succeeded in becoming hilarious after imbib ing the llcuior it was believed that it was doc tored with Missouri alcohol. A Plttttsmouth policeman has arrested a mini who nttcmned to dispose of n gold watch , upon tlio backof which was engraved the name of Mrs. O. C. Stubbs , Bradslmw , Nob. The man can give no reasonable explanation of its possession , and ho evidently committed an act of vandalism upon a.victiin of the Brad- Shaw disaster. The man gives his name as' James Casey and belongs to the tramp genus. lown Items. Wright county has over Sfl.OOO in the treasury. Duburnio coimtv has voted to build a now $133,000 court house. The croamorj' recently destroyed by flro at Castunn is to be rebuilt. The Tama county soldiers' monument will bo dedicated at Toledo July ! . Largo numbers of hogs hnvo died from cholera in Harrison county during tbo past ten days. The Catholics of Eagle Grove will soon commence the erection of n § 15,000 church building. After having 200 bushels of corn destroyed by rats , n farmer near Koppock turned 'out and killed 1'IK ) of the pests. Joshua W. Robinson , n sovonty-two-voar- old bachelor , mid Miss Eliza Jnno Franklin , a maid of sixty-two summers , were married at Ottumwn the other day , To date Collector Lothrop has issued 1,137 licenses to liquor doulei-s in the northern forty-eight counties of the state , an increase of ! W7 over the same time last year. It is alleged that a well-to-do Sioux county farmer mimed Huigens has placed his aged mother in the po'or- house because she has be come too out and rcoDlo lo worlc lor nun. A bullsnako of "huge dimensions , with ahead ' head ns largo as n coco'anut , " strayed into a school house near Griswold the other day. " The teacher didn't faint ; she just grabbed "a club nnd killed the roptile. There wcro 820 inmates in the Iowa hospital for the insatio at , Independence on June 1Kili , men and 381 wo'iuon , nn increases of four over May 1. During the month of May 33 were admitted nud 28 discharged. Tlio state university catalogue shows an attendance of 73 ! ) , divided amongtho different departments ns follows : Collegiate , 200 ; law , 11T ! > ; medical , 131 ; homeopathic medical , 31 ; dental , 117 ; pharmaceutical , 23. Lightning struck tlio chimney on the resi dence of John M. Giltncr. near Elliott , Mont gomery county. Mrs. Giltncrwns preparing breakfast and the bolt passed within two feet of her and killed a dog under tlio houso. ftirs. Giltner's sister wns sleeping in n bed with her head close to where the lightning passed down the chimney and was shocked severely. J. H. Youngclus of Dnncombo has lost four young horses from hydrophobia within a short time. The animals seemed to suffer in tensely , bitinp themselves and tearing their flesh in a terrible milliner. Ono of the horses was bitten by n nmd dog about a month ago , nnd had succeeded in biting the other three before the nature of the malady was discov ered. The r.ibid canine wus killed bv a cow which ho attacked , but did not succeed in bit ing. ' _ Tlio Two Unkotnn. A metropolitan lire nlarn system has been put in at Aberdeen. Edmunds county has eighteen branches of the farmers' alliance , About one-third ot Hamlln county has been seeded with flux this year. Chamberlain expects to lay out$12."i,000 in building improvements this season. It will require about three months to complete - pleto the cement works ut Yankton. Susiin B. Anthony has boon invited to deliver - liver the Fourth of July address at Huron. A Knights of Labor assembly has been formed by the worlsingmen of Hot Springs , Oliver Dnlrymplo , the bonanza farmer , pre dicts 11 largo crop of wheat in North Dakota this season. A good quality of anthracite coal has boon discovered on the reservation a short distance from ChiiniDctiaiu. The young son of Ncls Hongum , living near flnrrutuon , fell to the bottom of an old well the other dtiy. a distance of flfty feet , and es caped with slight injuries. While a boy named Allen was riding a horse nt Hurrlsburg the animal wns struck by light ning and instantly killed. The boy was buuly stunned , but will recover. Colonel Elliott F. Shopnrd , editor of tno Now York Mull and Express , has contributed ? 1,000 towards the fund for the completion of the Presbyterian church at Grand Forks. A peculiar accident , terminating fatally , oc curred at Luke Prostan the other day. The two young sons of O. O. Huko were playing with a toy cannon , when a lot of powder which the elder had In his pants pookot caught lire , and before the flumes could bo extinguished hp wjis burned so badly that ho died In u few hour * . Sheriff Lee ofj jiko county went to Oakes , N. D. , the other day and captured u man nmnod Luffmnri , who is charged with stealing a number of hoi > Ri from farmers In Luke and Mtnnohuha counties. The horses were also found and will ljo.i-oturned to their owners. The sheriff did \ \ nunt piece of detect ! vo work In getting LutTmaiZuoroas the border without the aid of a rorjuisltlon. Ono of the laws of the last North Dakota legislature requires elevators to pay an an nual llconsoof $2.50 per 1,000 bushels tnipuclty on August 1. Now1. It is said , In retaliation , the elevator men wJll refuse the ilftoun days' free stor.igo hereWforo allowed where grain was tulcvn to the clovator and not sold. In such an event fut-moi-s say they will petition the rnilroiid compiuloa for sidotruck.s , pint- forms and curs MIII ) do their own shipping. Under the oxlstrn'-flaws railroads are obliged to provide such -shipping fucilltlu.s , and the i -.ill road commissioners will see that the laws uro enforced. Itoyal Arcanum Klcotlon. MII.WAUKHI : , Wls. , Juno 8. The annual election of the officers of the supramo council of the Roval Arcanum resulted In the reelection tion of tnu old oftlcocs , uxccjit u few minor ones , The trustees nnd flmmco t-ommlttco wcro iiuthorUcd to pure-huso n situ In Boston for a building and vaults for the use of the supreme secretary. Sixty Fox IIoiimlM I'olsonoil. Pmi.ADKi.riiu , i n. , Juno 8. The Radnor fox hunting club has destroyed by poison sixty valuable fox hounds , Ono of the dos who strayed was bitten , rablo ttovoloped and la splto or every precaution the disease spread. It was then decided to diwtroy the whole Ucuncl to t'Jt rid of tlic dUoasu. CALUMNY AND PUBLIC TRUSTS Disreputable Sohomej Which Are Employed to Obtain Government Appointments. SPECIMEN PIECE OF DIABOLISM , A Deep IiiiUl Plot to Iluln tlio Char acter of n Postmaster In the Interest of n Scoundrel. WASHINGTON- , Juno -I. [ Special to Tun Bii : : . ] What gauntlets some men run to got appointments I A western senator who has frequently run-for olllccs tilled by the people , who has received federal appointments , anil who lm moro than once been chosen for the upper branch of congress by legislatures , re cently wild to mo : "It Is a severer test of character and gen eral fitness to get favor nt the hands of the federal government than the people at the polls a very much more testy ordeal. " And then ho went on to toll mo how nnd why. Popularity is everything In seeking oiyco at the polls ; it Is very little in n race hero. Purity of character and Illness form ono link in the chain which draws i uccess nt the polls ; it is really a secondary considera tion. Hera it Is everything. A blatant dem agogue , n rank scoundrel , an incompetent , may nnd often does got place in Washington , but ho "docs so under fulso pretenses. Tlio best men are soincl lines defeated In their ambition , but not so often as nt the polls. Ono or a few more men have to stand the responsibility of nn appointment , and hoer or they arc very apt to bo chary about select ing a man before his character IS KNOWN TO UK GOOD. Wo all know how it is at the polls. The person responsible for an appointment stands In the light of n guardian or bondsman of the appointee. And the ono who knows the man to bo appointed and knows him best is the ono who should nnd generally is responsi ble. " Political bosses nnd district organizers nro familiar with many of the ways emplovcd to defeat undesirable aspirants. Many of them are bold , open , and require all sorts of cour age ; others covert , unmanly nnd disreputable. But It remains for those who seek federal ofilcos to invent deviltry to defeat rivals. If only the flics of the departments could bo called to the requisition of the romancer nnd the funds of information possessed by con gressmen wci o utilized , the yellow backed novels of a quarter century since would pulo in interest compared with what it would bo easy to produce from truth itself. The sen i- lor above quoted is n member of the senate committee on postofllccs nnd post roads , where many papers nro llle-J by prlvnto in dividuals and public oftlciuls to defeat the confirmation of nominations of postmasters , and where many verbal.statements nro miido which disclose all varieties of diabolical plots to defeat the ambition of men nnd women wbo have been successful aspirants. Ho tells me of a struggle for a postmastorsbip in a well known western city which illustrates the extremes to which men will go in their determination to rule or ruin. If 1 could remember - member It ns ho told it and had the space to record the details it would form an almost blood-curdling romance. A mule person , who Is beyond doubt a deep dyed scoundrel , conceived the idea that if ho could secure the removal of the postmaster in his city ho himself might get the appoint ment. So ho FOKMEU A COXSt'IHAOY to bring about the removal. To his aid ho called a woman of the town and , a couple of young men who wanted positions in the oftU-e. The woman's services were bought with money. It was her part of the conspir acy to invieglo the postmaster into some compromising position , when there wns to bo u public expose , and his resignation or removal from offlco would fol low as a matter of course. There were di vers meetings of the four conspirators nnd reports as to progress. Ho wns an offlccv of character and refused to fall into the pit. A woman of respectable standing but n free lover , was called into requi sition. The additional acquisition was regarded ns a success for she soon conceived the idea of charging the post master with collecting all the letters received for women of questionable reputation nnd making personal delivery , for the purposes of his wicked ends. Having set the machinery In motion for the destruction of the postmaster and the bringing about of a vacancy in the oflicc , the man put into circulation certain reports in tended to frighten him into a resignation. Immediately that there became a prospect for a vacancy another candidate entered the Held for the appointment. His popularity scon gave him first place in public estimation. It now became necessary to wreck this man's ropututioiijCrush his chunces for success nnd a SKCoxi ) coxsriiiAcr WAS roitMnn. Immoral character wns alleged. Women of the city were added to the list of conspirators whoso ability was beyond question when diabolism was necessary to success. Affida vits were procured showing the disreputa ble character , of the new aspirant , among them being ono to the effect thet the ntllant was engaged to bo married to n well known nnd reputable lady but upon learning that the postolllco aspirant was upon familiar terms with her the engage ment was terminated. Such a statement would of course ruin the reputation of the woman , but money or position secured it. He- ports were circulated as the conspiracy began to work upon the postmaster that the post master general was about to remove the of- ilcor. , A petition was circulated among the best citizens for the appointment of the con spirator , and a special iioint was made to secure - cure the signatures of all the ministers in the city. As ho had denounced the postmaster and the leading applicant on account of the reports in circulation affecting their moral character Iho ministers took such conduct as prima facie evidence of morality and at tached their names to the paper. Ho succeeded with mardcd success in securing other recommendations on the ground of un blemished character nnd eminent Illness. His character wns extolled to the uzuro skies. Meanwhile ho met nightly his despicable men nud women engaged in the plot. It wus a game as bold and physically courageous as it was murderous and damnable. It took but a short time now for the case to get into the hands of the congressman , who being a republican would bo asked by tlio postmaslorgoneral for a recommendation bo- furu making n change in tlio olUco. The en dorsement of the congressman was refused to all aspirants ; but the conspirator con ceived the notion that ho would enlist the sympathies of the poUmfistorgenerat in the good work of turning out bud nnd putting In good men , nnd BO ho presented his recommen dations of citizens and ASKED DIHECTI.Y FOIt THfi ri.ACR. The postmaster general notified the con gressman , who at once said ho would visit the city and investigate the mailer. To keep the congressman away from the city whom the postoflleo excitement was running high became absolutely necessary for the success of the conspirator. So ho hired a friend of the congressman to go to Iho lattor's homo and keep him in "tow" till the tracks of the conspirators were mifilciontly covered us lo bo not discernible or the postmaster general could bo induced to net upon the evidence in his hands a hugo pile of affidavits taken in profound secrecy , mid Intendca'no destroy every vesllgo of ropututlon of the two op ponents. Weeks passed and no word from the con gressman. The "shadow" selected to linop him nwuy from the poatoillco light did his duty. Finally spot-In ! agents were dispatched to the scoiio of action , for Mr , Wunuiuukur did not wunt to retain a man in ollico witli such n character as his postmaster. No bank robbery or oxprois train "stand- up" over had behind It n moro complete , ox- tonslvo or skillful plot thun was disclosed. It had all of the EUtMK.VTS Of .MfUnnilOUg 1IIAMOI.1S.M except munlor Iteelf. I hnvo no doubt that If the Information secured by those npuclal agents could bo written In Bcudlo form It would rival Iho mo.Jt blood-curdling. The telegraph soon entered uu estoppel lo the re moval of the ixwtmabtur , and of oourue there waa no appointment. But the good people of that city no doubt lira wondering yet why the postmaster gen eral did not remove the wlc-kud man In the pootofllcx. , ugulnst whom eo much wus s..l'J , and appoint the good mnn who IIMt aspired totlieuppolntnu-nl. It Is an cosy mutter to blast a man's repu tation or get i-ndorHomcnta of people when you want ofllt-o , F.iidorsomontn amount to very little. Personal knowledge of eharao. tor nnd illness | i bettor than the stntomcnt.i of never o many inn-sons who know llltlo of Iho aspirant ami care loss. Many men nnd women who oak for office nnd present the most elaborate and valuable certlllentoa of character nnd never get con sideration often wonder whht has conio over the spirit of those In authority , It In often the private source of correct or erroneous Information - formation that Is responsible. This does much good nnd great harm. Jfonly the re ports of special agents In the departments sent out to Investigate the character Of and charges against applicants could bo made public they would relieve Iho president nnd cabinet ofllccra of much responsibility that should not attach to them. Freqtionlly It appears to the thousands of pontons In n city who Interest themselves In behalf of an ap plicant that tlioi-o could bo no excuse brought for refusing Iho appointment ; and yet there Is the III-.IT rxrtisr IN Tim woitt.n. It often occurs that an ofllpcr Is removed from his position , nnd amid Iho bowl of In- dignullon that Is sent up no ono can Imagine that the department Is jnstllli'd In Us action. Yet the private flics of Unit department c'ould bring applause for the removal If only the in formation was madepublic. . But tlmt cannot be , for It would often result in manifest Irrep arable Injury. Uc-cently , for lust-anco , a postmaster removed several letter-carriers In ii day. Indignation ran nt fever heat , nnd Indignation by mass meetings could nol bo snfilciently expressed to appease Iho feelings of citizens. Iso ono could imagine thiitnnv but political motives could bo behind the postmaster or the department. Yet if the privnlo files of Iho department ami Iho re ports of special agent1 ? could hnvo been con sulted by those indignant people they would have soon that the removed employes were guilty of the grossest immoral conduct , mak ing them unlit for any trust. Tlio facUs were kept from the mibllu because the letter-car riers bad families , which should bo protected from the disgrace of fathers , husbands , brothers nnd sons. Justice , It will bo seen , often cuts with the wrong side of the oword. Hero is mi illustration of the ill-use ot-Vson- Bcmiiisin in the department , Recently the commission of nn officer In the fur wes't was about to issue. It was made oat in the de partment nnd the president had said ho would sign it as soon as It was presented to him. AH enemy of the appointed hoard of it. Slyly he strode into Iho scerolnrv's ofilco nnd made a verbal slnlcmcnt to the effect that Iho man was of immoral character. It resulted In the commission being held up for some weeks. Meanwhile an inquiry wns instituted which resulted in the ucmfittal of the mnn from every suspicion ; but it also re sulted in the circulation of reports in the gentleman' ! * neighborhood from which ho will not cease lo suffer for many years. The impression is now nmongmostof that officers' acquaintances that bo wns shown to bo guilty of some dishonorable act , Ihoy know not what , but political influence saved him. Tlio contrary is true. But the rules of the de partment forbid vindicalion by Iho publica tion of any kind of statement , based upon the resultof tbo inquiry. If only the accuser's nnmo was known vindication would instanlly follow wilh nil who know Iho Iwo men. Itjs probably not generally known that in- vostunitions are often made by special agents into the charges against the character of ap plicants to otllce and the homos of aspirants are frequented by officers with n view to as certaining whether allegations are true or falsq. It not infrequently occurs that there nro special and manifold reasons why thu appoint ment of nn aspirant would bo desirable ; but charges have been made which , if true , make him unfit. Under such circumstances a special agent sometimes makes an investiga tion , and the man's falc , in a political way , hinges upon the report of that olllcer. Those reports could tell tales of intense interest and they would often disclose perjury , subordina tion of perjury and deeds too dark to credit to respectable citizens. PEURV S. HBATII. ABOUT WOMKN. Countess do Kcrsnint bus the most success ful salon in Paris. She will receive no gen tleman unless ho is clothed in us gay colors and as fine stuffs us the women. lira. John E. MoElroy. sister of the Into President Arthur , Is a quiet llllle homo body , and lives nt Albany. Her love of domesticity , her charm of manner and her beauty nro still as notable ns when she was the llrst lady of the land , presiding in the white house. In conversation with a friend recently , Julia Ward Howe confessed to being bored to dcalh by constant allusions in her presence to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic. " Christine Nilsson recently attended n soiree in Paris attired in a dross of moire antique of the new tomato rod , relieved with sashes in very pale blue nnd yellow. A former resident of the United States , Mrs. Georgia Gilt , is now lix-ing iu Berlin , and is president of n society culled the "King's Daughters , " having for its object to provide a place of worship for American strangers. Ono of Iho prettiest women in the sen atorial circle nt Washington is Miss Courtney Walllmll , daughter of the senator from Mississippi. Shots n brunette , with clear complexion , hazel eyes and well-rounded liguro. Miss Constance Fenlmoro Woolson , the novelist , is the idol of the novel publishers. All the productions of her pen are eagerly bought by them and easily dispossd of. Shb is now living in Italy. She Is a dainty litllo woman , and very particular in her dress. Mrs. Henry Ward Beechor has returned from Florida and is occasionally seen , on the streets of Brooklyn , u Httlo liguro , slight , white-lmircd , nnd folded in a black shawl. Mrs. Bccchor's rooms are full of pictures of her husband. She studies to interest herself in affairs which she believes would interest her husband if ho were alive. Nclmisltn nud Io\vu PciiNions. WASHINGTON , Jnno 3. [ Special Telegram to TUB BKK.I Nebraska pensions : Original John Q. Burleigh , Lincoln ; William II , Assbury , Mnrtlnsburg ; Elisha H. Johnson , Hay Springs. Re-issue and Increase Will iam H. Bradt , Dillor , Inwn pensions : Original Amorous Cams , . Can trill ; Alanson Shannon , Muurico ; Ran som Hudkins , Van Wlrt ; John S. Haven , Clarion ; Thomas Blukolv ' , Sandyvlllo ; William T. Hooper , D'allns Center ; Charles N. Stoddnrd , Vlllisca ; Samuel W. Mullln , Harvard ; Job T , Lane , WoUlon ; John I' . Brookshlro , Elkport ; Henry Engan , Wiota ; Edward Hull , Sucltcnoy ; eorgo W. Sudlson , Alt. Ayr ; Ellas D. Albright , Shell Rock. Increase James Molntyre , ( deceased ) Corvdon ; John Ward , Miu-ongo. Reissue Fred Frost , Fort Dodge ; John Ryan , Wlrt ; William T. Orr ; Corydon ; Jacob W. Kelly. Fort Madison ; John Muselman , St. Charles. Original widows , etc. Ahgellno E. , widow of John R. Jones , Shell Rock ; Ellen , mother of Timothy Harden , McGregor. Killed l > y an ICIeutrluVlic. . B.u/riMoun , Md. , Juno 8. [ Special Tele gram lo Tun BII : : . ] Charlea Fnuler , an em ploye in Iho saloon of Charles Kern , at Pratt and Fremont streets , went into tlio collar last night to got a Icog of beer. In his work ho caught hold of an electric light wire and wns instantly killed. The smell of burning flesh ntlractcd the attention of Mr. Kern and ho wont to the assistance of Frazier , but as soon as ho touched the body ho received u shock which knocked him senseless. Ho was re stored to consciousness after some labor. Frazler wus terribly burned. I'Vco Hoard. NKW YOHK , Juno 8. The seven Belgian glass blowers brought hero in the Cunard Htoamor Umbrlu and orderea returned us contract laborers were returned to llmt ves sel yesterday. On hoi- departure the caplnln put thorn on u tug down In the bay and sent them back , alleging lhat ho know nothing about the order for their rolurn. Thu customs oJllulals demanded nn explanation from the Ounurd uianugera and thov will provide for Ihc support of the men until next Saturday , when Ihoy will bo blilpped on Iho Serviu. Death or ( ionural I.lndHiiy. HiniMoxii , Vn. , Juno 8. A telegram re ceived yesterday announce * the death al Co lumbia , Flnviiinnln county , of General B. Lindsay Walker. Ho wus u gradualo from the Virginia military Institute in the b'umo claw with ticnc.ru ) Mulionu. All Qnlot at r.rcon Hay. WASHINGTON , Juno 8. Secretary Noble bas received u telegram stating ihut Kelsey , Indian agent nt the Green Bay , Wls. , agency , has taken clmrgo of the office , and that no further trouble was anticipated , OA' THIi The I'onsloii CoiiinilHsloticr Bays Tlicro'H Nothing in It. WASIIIXCITON , Juno 8. Koferrlng to tha resolution Introduced In the house yesterday by . Itcproscntntlvo Cooper of Indliinn , culling tfe nn Invesllgutlon of Iho pension bureau. Com. mlssloncr Hnuni this evening said that them had not been n share of the stock of the re frigerating cohip.iny sold lo any ono connected wilh Iho pension oillco or with the prosecu tion of pension claims. The commissioner says most emphatically Unit there has not been , so fur na ho knows , any favoritism lo tiny individual claimant or attorney prose cuting claims before the bureau. There was no foundation whatever for the statement that by a recent nnd partial ruling any easoi had been advanced nnd liiken up out of their order , They Dealdo to Keep Chnunucy. Hunso.v , Wls , , Juno 8 , At the annual meeting of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneap olis ft Omaha railroad company the following dlreclors were elected for Ihrco years : Mar/v& vln Hughlll , David I' . Klmball , B.V. . . .WinT tor , tt'.U Scott. C. M. Uepow. Onieora : I'lx-sident , Marvin Hutjliltt ; vlco president , trotisuit'r and seci-etury , M. L. Syke < ; set-ro tary , R Ji. Woodman. A Stay of ICxcoiulon Granted. Aimoitt , Neb. , .Turns 8. [ Special Telegram to Tun BKI.J I' . M. Kellogg ol this oily , counsel for IfoniT Thunihill , who wns sen- toneed by Judge Polity be hanged June 13 , today fllod n pctllion In error in Iho supreme court and obtained an order for n stay of exe cution of the death sentence pending Iho hearing of the case. A Ills Heel'Company. Dnxyini , Col , JunoS. Articles of incorpora tion of the Western beef company with u capital of $ ir,000,000 were tiled with the secretary of state yesterday. The company i.-t ' i consolidation of nil the principal stock'In terests of Colorado , Wyoming , New Mexico md Texas. Two Trains Collide. litciiMoxn , V . , Juno 8. A passenger and1 construction train on the South Atlantic f Jhio railroad collided ne-ir Natural tuii/uft Due passenger was fatally Injured and seveiw .r.iinmen and passengers were seriously hurt , but they will not die. Hull a Foot Deep. VAN Hon.v , Tex. , Juno 8. The conductor on nn'onst bound train last night report shall a 'oot deep Jlftccn miles vest of hero , and us .ho train passed the Sierra Bhinea it was iiiowing. Alleged Misuse of tie ! Jfails. LACno i : , Wis. , June S.Villlam M. I'.il- iner of Palmer & Co. of this plivo with branch offices in several states , was urre.st'-d yesterday on complaint otu postolllco insnector for using the mails to conduct an alleged fraudulent scheme. KeiMibllc.au State Convention. The republican clot-tors of the state of Ne braska nru requested to send delegates from tliolrsuvonil counties to moot In convention In the city of Lincoln , Wednesday. July SJ , aid o'clock p. iu , , for tbo purpose of placing In nomination Candidates for the following t > latw Oovcrnor. ' I.loutcnanl Governor. Secretary of Slate. Auditor of 1'ubllo Accounts. - State Treasurer. Attorney General- Commissioner of Public Lands and Huilil- Superintendent of Public Instruction. And thu transaction of such other binincsi us may conio before the convention. TUB ArrouTioN.MK.vr. The several counties are unfilled to repre sentation us follows , being bused upon tlio votocast for Hon. Oeorgo II. Hastings , presi dential oloutor In ISS8 , giving ono doletfiite-a- ; lursu to each county , and ono for each l\ votu.s and the major fraction tin-roof : > IS Tolnl. . . UH .liiliiumi l ) It Is recommended that no proxies lie ud- inlttod to J.bo convention ; tlmt oaeli county convention elect ulternatus , and that the delegates - gates pipsont bo authorised ( u cast luo full vote of the delegation. Ii. 1) . RICHARDS , Clmlrnuin. WAI.T M. Snr.r.KV. Secretary. Eden ] \/ucc. \ / [ AVco'tC of Monday , Juno Oth. QU EN OF THE 1JAT WOMEN ] MKS. K. M. l-'RNNIMOKKof llololt ICunsai A boauly wulhlnGDI | ! pounds. 01-IA.ltLxIlil DIAMOND , Harp soloist and son ? and dnnco artist , ' OA1PT. Ol-IITTJiiNDIilN. And hl.s Kront A rot to collection. " " SLxAOKlilY , Tlio hero of Niagara and Itlm ; of the slack wire. Ho will Kivo a fnin oxlilbll Ion In front r f the MIIHCO nvory aflurnoon ata o'clock and jvuiilnt- 7n. : ; In llallads iind Hone Solos xJOm HLxA-GK , The Legless Dancer. THIS WHITINGS , John and Annie , In Musical turn. Tl-IHL 1-LALvLxlblS. In tbulr yroat Bkotohus. The Hamilton Comedy . , And two great stage HIOWB. ! ONE DIME ADMITS TO OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. HubRorlbPd nnd Guaranteed Oapltul J.vw.ou' ' ) Paid In Oapltal : WMK > I Iluyn nnd tolls Mocks and bonds : iingoU'itcs ' comimirctal paper ; ruculvuH and t'xm'iiii * IrnslB ; luilti us IruiiHfiriiK ( < 'nl Hiul tiuiitor < > [ I'onioroUoiiH , t lilies charge of i > ropurty. col lects tuxes. _ OmahaLoon & TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S.E. ConnorlOlh nnd Douglas Sta I'uld In fapltiil I M.ttm SuliMcrlbuil mid Cituiiintocd C'unltul. . . lUO.OOQ Iilublllty of Stoe. | < ) n > ldur.s I'uo.UJO 5 I'or Cent Interest I'uld on I > ono-lts. THANK J. I.ANfii ; , OiiHliIrr onicaniA. U. Wyimui , proMldunt , J. J. Iliown , vlcti-prosldont . T. Wymun. truusurur I ) trot-torn-A. 17. Wyiimn. J. II. Mlllnril , J J- Itriiwn , Ouy U. llurlon. KV. . Nusli , J. Klmbull , Gcorgu II. Lukv