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honor of the chief donor ?
TnK Union Pacific litis successfully
tiilcon in Holland to the oxlunt of four
inilllou dollars.
Misi'OKTUNUS never como singly.
The IJusHlan crown | tflnco and Russo-
phobla will ninko a tour of the United
States to'roUioi * .
THIS weekly bank statement shows the
reserve IIIIM increased § 2,078,000. The
banlcH now hold 80,988,000 in excess of
legal requirements.
ONTA * Htuhvart ropublicuns who car
ried a lowio Icnifo for Llningor lust fall
are eligible to inomborsbip in the Tina-
many Twonty-olylit club.
IT is a significant fact that the "peace
of Europe" becomes painfully Insecure
whenever an increased appropriation for
military purposes is wanted by the
powers.
TIIK reports of heavy purchases of
real estate in Beatrice by the Rock
Island company point significantly to
the route of the proposed extension from
Omaha to the southwest.
So fin- the of
only paper any prom
inence that has championed the aspira
tions of Missouri River Commission
Pensioner Uroateh is that stalwart re
publican organ known as the World-
Jfcmld.
AN investigation into the construction
of the city hull of San Francisco de
veloped a condition of things that
actually ovorsbadowH Ibo Douglas
county hospital job. That is saying a
great deal.
IT is a notable fact that the highest
honors of the university of Cambridge
were awarded to a woman this year.
The gentler sex is steadily crowding
mankind in the higher fields of educa
tion.
Tun eighth annual session of the
Chautauqua at Crete will open July 1
and continue twelve days. The session
promises to bo more than usually inter
esting , the talent engaged to participate
in the work including many of the
brigho&t orators in the country. The
venerable Bishop Vincent , the founder
of Chautauqua , will attend the session ,
and among others announced are Rev. T.
Dewltt Talmago , ox-Governor Cum-
back of Indiana , Gen. Clinton
B. Fisk , the prohibition can
didate for president in 1888 , Dr. Duryea
of Omaha , Dr. Price of Livingston uni
versity , North Carolina , noted as ono of
the most eloquent of colored orators , nnd
many others of distinguished ability in
various ways. A most comprehensive
Jirogramiuo has been arranged , insuring
dully exorcises of the most entertaining
and instructlyo character , and there is
every reason to expect that the ninth
Kossioji of the Crete Chautauqua will bo
one of the most profitable and memora
ble in its history.
IT is proposed to establish a school of
medicine open to women In connection
with Johns Hopkins university. The
movement to do this was instituted by
Miss Mary Garrett , a member of the
well known Baltimore family of that
name , and nho has associated with her a
number of ladles of that city of wealth
nnd b'ocinl position , as well as some In
Washington , among thorn Mrs. Morton
and Mrs. Wlndom. There appears to bo
no doubt regarding the success of the
movement , which is noteworthy as an In
stance of the expanding Held | for women
in the medical profession. Boston took
the lead in enabling women to enter the
Profession , followed soon after by Now
York and Philadelphia , and now Balti
more promises to fall Into lino. Loss
than n generation ago the doors of al
most nil our modlcal colleges were closed
to women , and a member of the gentler
sex who desired to become an educated
phyi ielan was compelled to go abroad.
She could 11 nil admission to the modlcal
b'chools at Paris , Vienna , Zurich ,
und oven St. Petersburg , which have
long granted thia privilege to women ,
thus setting an example to thu republic.
The prejudice against female physicians
in thia country having been once over
come , however , the reform grow rapidly ,
and now some of the best medical col
leges In the country are open to women.
The establishment of n school ut Johns
Hopkins university will bo another Jong
plop forward la thia mutter.
TUttNIXO OUT SCItULAHS.
We nro in the midst of the season
when the colleges of the country are
Bonding out hundreds of young men to
enter upon the practical duties of life.
It la on the whole n hopeful nnd con
fident host that will recruit the ranks of
the professional and business nrmlos. A
few thoi'o may.be who will turn their
backs upon the nltna mater nnd face the
world with some nuxloty and misgiving ,
but the largo majority will look out
upon the future with the eye of the
optimist , seeing nothing but bright
ness and fair promise beyond. So far as
the schools could equip them they are
well prepared for the contest , and It Is
only natural they should fool that the
largo store of knowledge they have gar
nered from the Holds of philosophy and
science must command iv ready und
profitable market. Some undoubtedly
will reall/.o this expectation. Amply
provided us every department of activity
appears to bo thcro is still room at the
top , and for men of energy , zeal nnd
ambition .there will always bo n place
in the race. But to the many the struggle -
glo for the attainment of their hopes will
bo hard and severe , nnd not u few must
stiller disappointment. When ono re-
llccts that there must como to the largo
majority of thc.se young men ti process
of disillusion more or less bitter and u
rude awakening that will put their man
hood and tholr faith to the severest test ,
it Is a question whether the college grad
uate is to bo congratulated or commiser
ated. It is really n sad reflection that
some of these who have spent the best
years of their youth in prepar
ing to servo the world are sure to lind
the world , like an ingrate , refusing to
accept their services at any price.
There has been some discussion in
recent years of the value to bo placed on
a college education , and the weight of
opinion is that it is rather a drawback
than a help to these who must employ
their talents In the practical affairs of
life. Mr. Carneglo has found in
his experience very few college
bred men occupying the highest
positions of responsibility as manufac
turers , bankers , merchants and rail
road managers. Senator Ingalls has
said that college graduates are a small
minority in either branch of congress.
They are not numerous in journalism.
Even President Eliol'of Harvard has re
cently said that ho was not sure that
thorough mental training helps a man
in ordinary practical affairs , though lie
thought that in every business which is
conducted on n large scale , and therefore
demands administrative power , the college -
lego bred men Imvo a great advantage.
There would bo no dUIlculty in show
ing that the men who have or
ganized and built up the greatest indus
trial enterprises of the country , who
have projected and controlled the great
est railroad interests , and who have promoted
meted and carried to success the grand
est commercial undertakings , were not
college bred men.
But nevertheless a college education
has advantages , and very great ones , and
it is not to bo decried or disparaged be
cause it does not make practical ma
chines of men. It provides the
most thorough mental discipline ,
tenches elevated ideals of life
and its duties , disseminates a cul
ture that is essential to the security and
proper growth of society , and exerts a
moral and intellectual inlluonco of ines
timable value. No education , correctly
observes President Eliot , can supply a
youth with natural shrewdness and
good judgment , but college education
makes of a youth who possesses these
natural faculties a much more effective
man of business than ho would bo with
out that education.
IWOKKT SlIOl'S DOOMED ,
The decision of the supreme court of
Illinois , iif the case of a party who had
been convicted of violating the law of
that state for the suppression of bucket
shop speculation , declared in effect that
no option dealer can find shelter In Illi
nois. By the revised criminal code of
1874 it is made n criminal offense to deal
in options , and the validity of- this
law Is now nfUrmod by the
highest tribunal in the state.
The case in which the conviction
was obtained was similar in character to
thousands that have occurred in all the
principal cities of the country , namely ,
that of trading on margins without the
article traded in being received or de
livered by either party , and in declaring
it to bo simply a gambling contract , and
therefore having no validity or binding
force , the judgment of the supr.omo court
of Illinois condemns all such transac
tions , whether effected on a reg
ular board of trade or through
tin agency of u bucket shop. It
Is true that the law of Illinois was in
tended only to suppress bucket shop
speculation , but a like form of specula
tion is not less of an evil because under
the guardianship of an institution hav
ing a legal status , and indeed may bo
more harmful for that very reason.
This decision will effectually put an
end to the bucket shop business in Illi
nois , whore it perhaps reached its high
est development , and its destruction
there must bo speedily followed
by its disappearance everywhere. Since
the action of the Chicago board of trade
withdrawing quotations from those in
stitutions they have boon rapidly dying
off , in most cases to the financial loss of
tholr confiding patrons , and very few
grain and produce gambling bucket
shops remain. The total extinction of
these Institutions will bo cause for con
gratulation , but will It not bo necessary
to go further and provide against option
trading in boards of trade ? Grant
ing this form of speculation to bean
an evil , doing necessarily more
or less hiirm to the pro
ducing Interests of the country , it Is
manifestly desirable to remove it alto
gether if a practicable way can bo
found to do so. But the proposition in
congress to pass u law intended to do
this is vigorously antagonized by the
board of trade speculators on the ground
that the system of dealing in options
nnd futures practiced by them Is n
blessing Instead of an injury to the pro
ducers , and that if it were done away
with tlio farmers would find themselves
at the mercy of combinations of cap
italists who would constantly impose
on thorn. In no other country bos spocu-
ution having all the qualities of simple
gambling boon found noccHsary to protect
the interests of producers , nnd why It
should be in the United States It is hard
to understand. Certainly the producers
do not regard It as essential to tholr
prosperity and very generally demand
legislation that will at least put a check
upon option trading and kindred forms
of speculation. The bucket shops being
doomed , it might bo well to'try ' what
more can bo done to bring dealings in
food products to u strictly legitimate
basis. . '
llKXltl' T. CIiAKKK'S Al'l' KAL.
Wo print elsewhere iv communication
from Mr. Henry T. Clarke , urging
greater effort in behalf pf the people of
Bradshiiw. By devoting as much of his
time as possible to this work , Mr. Clnrko
has secured thellboralsumofovorsoven-
teen hundred dollars In contributions ,
and It Is not to bo doubted that had there
been iu few other equally zealous men en
gaged In the work an amount sev
eral times larger could easily Have been
obtained. Very few of the people of
Omaha who will gladly and generously
contribute to this most worthy cause
have been called upon , and an effort
should bo made to effect a fuller canvass.
Mr. Clarke suggests that it would be
well for members of the real estate ex
change and of the board of trade to take
tin active interest in this matter -
tor , and also that the pas
tors of _ the . churches make an
appeal to their congregations for contri
butions. Both are excellent sugges
tions , which , it is to bo hoped , will bo
promptly noted upon. Mr. Clarke urges ,
as TllK BKIJ has several times done , that
the help needed by the stricken people
of Bradshaw should not bo delayed.
There is an imperative duty upon tliolr
follow citizens to lift them out of " their
desolation , and it should bo
discharged at onco. It is
possible before the end of another week ,
with proper effort , to obtain money
enough to restore every destroyed homo
in Bradshaw , and it ought to bo dono.
Wo trust that the practical suggestions
of Mr. Clarke will receive immediate at
tention , and wo are confident that if they
do the result will bo in the highest de
gree gratifying.
TltKY STILL UAfiO TOOKTlIKIt.
When Olson and Shiivor joined Davis ,
Wheeler , Chaffoo and MoLoarlo and
brought suit for ton thousand dollars
each for alleged damages to their respec
tive reputations wo were charitably dis
posed to designate them as chumps who
did not know enough to keep
out of bad company. 'But their
course on the witness stand
when asked to testify as regards to their
relations to the combine shows them to
bo no bettor than their co-conspirators
in the combine.
Why should any member of the city
council refuse to answer questions con-
corniinr his conduct as a public servant ?
Why should ho decline to tell what sort
of an agreement ho had entered into
with other councilmen and what obliga
tions ho assumed toward the combine ?
The more fact that their attorneys ad
vised them not to answer .these ques
tions affords no excuse for them.
On the contrary , it shows that they
have something to conceal from their
constituents. True Olson und Shri
ve r each want . ton thousand
dollars damages for being desig
nated as members of the combine
and associates of men who were brought
into llio combine by boodling con
tractors. Are they really after dam
ages or are they trying to mend their
reputations by a libel suit ? If they are
after a vindication their refusal to give
away the secrets of the combine will
scarcely inspire people with much con-
lidcnce in their integrity.
A MASONIC SCHISM.
The grand lodge of Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons which is to convene in
this city during the present week will
bo confronted with a very grave issue.
A factional nnd intensely bitter con
flict was precipitated upon the frater
nity in this state during the past year
by the edict of Grand Master Mercer ,
which proscribed ono of the Scot
tish Rite bodies and directed till
symbolic lodge Masons to sever their
connection therewith. This edict pro
voked a revolt and threatens to disrupt
the whole order in this state unless the
grand lodge shall display wisdom and
prudence enough to restore harmony
and remove further incentive for dis
cord.
It is claimed with some reason of
justice that the grand master
made a serious mistake in
issuing his edict which lias acted llko a
firebrand In the order and has arrayed
Mason against Mason in a controversy
which docs not and should not concern
York Rite Masons.
It is not for any secular paper to cen
sure or criticise the conduct of the head
of the order in this state , nor is there
any disposition on our part to discuss
either the merits of the respective
Scottish Rite bodies , or the rightful
priority of either. AVe do , however , doom
it proper to regretfully admonish the
grand lodge against widening the breach
in the order that must Inevitably demor
alize the craft and seriously impair its
usefulness and elllcloncy in the noble
work of fraternal benevolence.
SKXf ) IK YOUK NA.MKS.
Mr. Cooke , the census suparintondent ,
has been untiring In his efforts to have
n complete count made of all clti/ens of
Omaha. Had ho been permitted to pick
out the best men for the work according
to his judgment there would have been
no cause for complaint. No matter how
earnestly ho may personally desire per
fect returns of Omaha's popula
tion ho Is powerless in- certain
cases whore enumera'tora , are Indolent
nnd have no conception of the Importance
of the work they are but indifferently
doing. In half the districts of the city
perhaps , good men have boon appointed
as enumerators , but the balance are
ward strikers appointed at the dictation
of the Vundorvoort-Broutch club In
liquidation of old debts or under pledge
that appointees shall work the Broatch
booml'it In the coming campaign.
It is an outrage that such
timber should bo forced upon
thu superintendent , who will be hold re
sponsible for nil omissions of the polit
ical pensioners.
From Information in the possession of
THK HHK It IH safe to say tlmt nt least
ton of the city enumerators are not mak
ing any attempt at u faithful count of the
residents in rtUtflr districts. Reports
reach this oQVco from families who
complain that ! , the census taker
has fulled nip count them or
tholr near ftMlghbors. A canvass
throughout Tllifl .BKK building reveals
the fact tliut not moro than one-half the
families of the , tenants nnd employes
have been coultiidi
If this bo n fair Indication of the con
dition of the count throughout the city ,
and If It bo true that the work will cease
on the 18th ins ! . , the census of 1800
will bo a roaring farce so far as Omaha
is concerned.
All THK Hun asks Is that every bona
fide resident bo counted. The enumer-
ntor who shirks hla duty must be pun
ished. As n means of detecting the
omissions THK BUB will undertake to
print the imirfos and addresses of resi
dents who will notify this office In writ
ing that they have not been counted. If
this plan Is carried out it will servo as
a check upon the careless enumerator
nnd as an aid to the superintendent In
making the final footings.
THE discussion of the question , do
Americans hate England , started in the
May Issue of the North American Jtcvicw
by Goldwin Smith , who asserted that of
nil nations Americans chiolly hate Eng
land and showed that Englishmen also
hate Americans , and which was contin
ued in the Juno number of the magazine
by n symposium of writers , including
Carnegie , Murat Halstead , Colonel
Higglnson and several others , seems
to bo an altogether profitless ex
penditure of thought and labor.
The broad assumption of Goldwin
Smith that the people of either nation
generally hate the people of the other
will bo repudiated by all intelligent men.
Everybody understands that the fulsome
expressions of friendship that are ex
changed between representatives of the
two countries at dinners and on public
occasions are not wholly sincere , or at
least do not accurately represent the
general public sentiment in the two
countries , but it is no less a misrepre
sentation to say that the people of
either country , speaking of them
as a whole , halo the other. It is to bo ad
mitted that thcro are historical preju
dices and conflicting material interests
which interfere with a hearty feeling of
friendship on either side , but after all
the bolter classes in both countries un
questionably have a decent respect for
each other , nnu it is not to bo doubted
that a more frieidly ) and fraternal feel
ing between Englishmen , particularly
such nsnroof liho'ral ' political tendencies ,
and Americans itj steadily growing. It
is but natural that this should bo &o be
tween peoples of a common origin , with
a common tonJfUG and literature. Love
between the two countries there may
never bo. It ? ! is , perhaps , neither de
sirable nor necessary. But it is not.
true that there is any general fooling of
hatred on citltot-'sido.
THE stilled and superficial cxh bitions
to which .oiirJ citizens are annually
treated by the graduating class of the
high school scarcely afford a true in
sight into the utilitarian work of our
public schools. A moro convincing proof
of the practical training afforded to the
pupils of our schools will bo given
in the exhibition of mechanical skill ,
proficiency in drawing , penmanship and
composition which is about to open in
the art rooms of THK BEE building dur
ing the present week. The patrons of
the public schools will bo agreeably sur
prised by the very interesting1 collection
of actual work done , and wo have no
doubt that the effort made by the teach
ers will bo highly appreciated.
JOHN CrA HICK would not divulge any
of the names of the olllcers of the T. E.
club , but ho desired to impress upon
Judge Anderson , before whom ho was
giving his deposition , that the main ob
ject ot the oath-bound conspirators who
organized that club was the purification
of our elections.
Just as of Old.
Clilcquii Inter-Ocean.
The crackcrmaltors have form d a trust ;
but the bread winners continue to do busi
ness in the old wav.
The CliIoknniiniKn Park.
l > lill < t < 1cll > lita Times.
The proposition now pending in cotiRross to
dedicate the Chickamausra battlefield as a na
tional park should rocelvo the unanimous ap
proval of the senate and house.
The Quarrelsome Twins.
The publication of the census may ho de
layed by waiting for the returns from the
Minneapolis and St. Paul districts. The su
pervisor In each of these district Is deter
mined not to make hla complete returns until
these of the other man are in ,
< Y Gooil MitiBlnimry Field.
Knntna City Timt * .
If the Choyennea nnd Crows maintain tholr
insurrcctory attltudo there will bo a first-
class chance for .tho United States army to
make a few huiutrod good Indians , "Tho
only good Indlatif'l declared the sage , "is a
dead Indian. " l ! '
Auot lioivJl'pote.xt for Arrest.
iOitoi/o ( New * .
William O'HrlMV , the Irish editor an agita
tor. has married ajady whoso family name is
napfachovltch.tl , $ . will now bo In order for
the British authorities to clap him Into Jail
for entering lut/t A nihilistic allianco. Ho
has boon nrresutd upon almost every other
pretext. ! S"L
I'll.I liit to a
(1ijrtii/o ( Trl/iwir.
Curious Visitor "Why Is It that all thoso-
big buildings arc. Jaccd with hard , smooth
brick I" ; ! ' , '
Hesldent "Tuat's for looks. "
"And why nro these streets paved with soft
and rotten wood I"
' That's for use. "
AVtll They Work lit 1'oHtles ?
ffew York Sun.
An Improved brontomoter which Indicates
"tho instant of each lightning Hash and the
beginning and duration of a thunder clap" Is
on exhibition In London. In the Interest of
science , wo hope that n few brontomoters
will bo Imported before the fall campaign
begins In Michigan and Kansas.
HUH Ijooiiiti Up.
linilantl Orrym/un. /
Perhaps It would bo well to remind our
democratic brethren that the vote on the ro-
publlcan state ticket ( governor oxeoptod ) In
dicates that Oregon Is n pretty good republi
can state n state moreover that doesn't prom-
tso great things for the democratic party In
the near future. A majority of 8,000 looms
Up something llko u mountain peak.
The Turner Ijettor Fraud.
iVtaimaiImfimhm / ( //i / > MMI/on / )
The Voice , n partisan prohibition paper of
New York which Is evidently of the opinion
that It Is miming the Nebraska campaign ,
publishes the replies of certain papers to the
advertising proposition of Charles Turner.
It draws to great extent upon the proposition
that the Nebraska press can bo bought to aid
the liquor Interests , and Is corrupt.
Tin : OMAHA Br.i ; was correct when It said
that the proposition was the work of some
prohibitionist. The Durtonlan , true to its
promise , denounces the net ns a contemptible
nnd dirty game which will make more votes
against tlio amendment than for it. The
guilty parties are not Nebraska citizens who
favor constitutional prohibition. The Voice
took the responsibility and it may be , nnd Is
qulto likely , that Wolfonbarger , the man
who assisted to so nearly defeat prohibition
in Iowa last fall , was a copartner In this
scheme.
The Volco borntcs the journals which ac
cepted the proposition. How much better Is
that paper ! It is continually foraging on the
prohibitionists and circulating in every. state
In the union for subscriptions to Its Nebraska
fund. Out of this campaign It Is safe to say
that Its publishers will realize $23,000. A
thief who steals a million Is spoken ot ns n
gentleman and receives the applause of n largo
number of people , but for stealing a loaf of
bread some people would hang a tramp. It
may ho that on this ground the Voice excuses
Its voracious grabbing after prohibition del
lars. Nebraska papers that opiwso the
amendment have ns good a right to accept aid
from nnti-prolilhition sources as a prohibition
paper from prohibition sources.
Prohibition lecturers in this state have deplored -
plored the fact that certain high license state
papers refused to publish their matter when
pay was offered. Is the buyer any better
than the seller ? Is not n high license organ
that will sell its columns to prohibition as
much a subsidized press as the other !
The Voice is doing Nebraska much harm
and it is hoped that the mass of voters from
which wo expect to obtain llio voles which
will carry the amendment , will not Judge the
cause by this sheet. If the paper did not fall
ns It does , into the hands of those who are
wavering between two sides , it would do no
harm , but an It is the paper had hotter bo
burned before It reaches our fair itato.
VOICE OF THE STATE I'll ESS.
Kurt oik
Tun OMAHA BII : : Is getting nil the fun It
can out of the seven councilmen who have
sued it before Its § 70,01)0 ) suit is tried. Libel
suits como high , but they keep up public in
terest In a newspaper wonderfully.
LJCC.HC'H Foolish Enemies.
Keariifii Huh.
The newspapers of Nebraska that continue
to abuse Attorney General Loose are pursu
ing a very short-sighted policy. His strength
with the people has been created largely by
the enemies ho has made , and the moro those
enemies howl at his heels the greater the
probability that the people will not penult
him to retire from public position.
Don't Go to Sleep.
3teCtml Ilcciiril.
If the people sit idle and allow the machine
to run the convention , as has been too much
the case in the past , they cannot expect to ac
complish anything in their interest ; but if
they are nwako and stand united upon men
that have the moral courage to stand by their
interests and scud such men to the county
and stiito conventions , they can succeed in
accomplishing any desired end.
Off Your for Sclf-Sockcrs.
This is a good year for the man who seeks
the honors and emoluments of ofllco to show
above all things the trait of modesty. It is a
time when the party should bo committed
strong and unequivocally upon the right and
honest side of the questions of the day nnd
when the candidates should bo sought after.
The claims of individuals are nothing and
will have very little weight in tills campaign.
A Golden Opportunity.
' Scwanl Reporter.
The farmers should attend the primaries
and see to the election of delegates to the
county and state conventions who will repre
sent their dosires. They can secure the nom
ination of just such men us they want if they
will adopt this course. The farmers have
the power In their hands nnd all the poli
ticians In the state cannot prevent them from
securing what they want If they will take
advantage of the means provided.
On tlio Road to Victory.
Kearney KntcrprlM.
The republican party in Nebraska Is on the
road to victory. Nothing but monumental
stupidity on July 2.1 ? cin : prevent It. If the
Lincoln convention of that date is composed
of men who represent the actual voting
elements of the party , rather than corpora
tion boomers and the hired mon of ambitious
politicians , wo shall have a tiokot and plat
form that will command the conlldcnco of tlio
party uud state , and that will therefore win.
to the I'J
Jtntken lime Ici > nlilc ! < ui.
The calling of the state convention at an
early date meets with the approval of n great
majority of the party and it will have a ten
dency to harmonize all factions. This action
of the central cojnnilttco will very much
strengthen the party. The party Is strong
enough in Nebraska , if the convention Is
judicious In Its action , to elect every man on
the ticket. It always has proven Itself e.ual ]
to any emergency , and holnij the party ot the
people there Is no reason why It will not bo
able to moot the demands of the public and
judiciously servo the best Interests of all.
The convention should nominate the best men
the state affords and their election Is nssu red.
Keep XI p tlio Pace.
Jllnir 1'IM.
The action of the republican slalo central
commlttoo in calling an early convention
meets with approval on every hand. The
popular voice has been heard and heeded In
its demand for bettor mothoil.s and the way
is open for healthy action upon lines of equity
and honor. It remains now to llnlsh the
work so well begun. The popular voice
must not cease linking Itself felt. Having
demanded and received a just concoaslon , Its
Inspiration must not cease nor It * Inlluonco
bo loss potent. _
Strong anil Influential ,
The Hustings membership of the Stnto
Business Men's nnd Bnnker.H' association
secured In the. city by Secretary Hoggen
makes a very strong and influential showing.
The slgnaturcof no man in any way Idcntlllcd
with the liquor Interest was tukon. Lawyers
and doctors were passed by the organization
Is in the strlcUMt sense precisely what Its
name Indicates it to bo , and the men who have
thus united themselves In a protest ngalimt
the prohibitionists' impracticable theory of
suppressing the liquor traffic and the liquor
habit are In the boat sense temperance men ,
and lu many instances teetotalers. It Is a
stone wall that will stand 11 nil and unbroken
In the midst of the Intcmpjrant agitation that
will l > o atlrrod up In the campaign.
Tlio Knrmer linn tlio Floor.
t'rleivl Telfaiiipli.
Many small-boro politicians over the state
nro In "nack-cloth and ashes , " us It were , over
the governor's rescinding UU cull to convene
the legislature. Ono moro pull nt the state
treasury , bo It over so short , would have Ixscn
a sweet relief. Another legislature will ns-
Bomblo In idx months , but It will bo of .1 far
different complexion , There will bo less cor
poration attorneys nnd moro men who come
from positions nearer tno people. They may
not wear so good clothes , smoke such fine
cigars or siipiwrt blonde mustaches , but
when questions como up that affect the gen
eral tnterestrt ot the people they will not bo
found wallowing In the dirt , nnd when the
session Is over wo hope to bo able to say that
they have done something besides to draw
tholr salaries. The farmers of Nebraska will
doubtless have something to say as to who
shall warm a scat lu the next legislature of
Nebraska.
Another Candidate Drought Out.
Among the prominent men of the state be
ing named for gubernatorial honors , none are
moro favorably mentioned In central and
western Nebraska than Hon. . ! . ' H. MaeColl
of Lexington. Jack MaeColl , as his Intimate
friends nro wont to call him , Is n man among
men , nnd would honor any ofllco In the gift of
the people of this stato. His long residence
In this stnto hits mndo him familiar with Its
needs. Ills early days In the state were not
flavored with case and Idleness ; ho weathered
the storms and hardships of pioneer life , and
has reached his present standing among men
of tlio stale by energetic efforts and force of
character peculiar to the man. The republi
cans of Nebraska would do well to place his
name at the head of their ticket In the com
ing campaign. Ho would make them a leader
worthy of the full parly support and enjoy
the confidence of the people generally. Cen
tral nnd western Nebraska should send a solid
MaeColl delegation to the state convention.
OUU CONTEMl'OKAKIES.
St. I\wl I'tonecr-Prefs.
It Is a singular form of government cnro
which selects a certain Industry and pro
poses to give It undue advantage at the cost
of another already established and equally
repuloblo in law and In fact. The protest of
the consumer nnd the protest of the merchant
have as much right to ko heard and as much
claim to consideration as the petition of the
manufacturer. For every dollar's worth o'f
the almost fabulous tolal of commodities
handled by those importers is paid for by the
product of American labor. And -wo cannot
destroy this commerce without destroying
with It our markets abroad.
Significant Census Returns.
CMcaao Tribune.
. West Fellciann parish , Louisiana , may
claim the honor of the first census return , its
list having been lllcit the tlth hist. The return
is a very significant ono. Itshows 2,178 whites
nnd 1U10 ! negroes. There are 021 whltrfand
4,312 negro voters in the parish , n total of
l,0tj : ; voters , but , this parish with 021 demo
crats nnd > lli , ! ) ! republicans gnvo Cleveland In
1SS3 1,7(1. ( ) votes and Harrison ! ( ( , a total of
ISI ! votes , which indicates that something
over 3,000 republicans failed to vote in that
parish. Of course there may have been some
increase In population In West Feliciana
parish since 1838 , but by no means enough to
explain these curious results which grow out
of the census returns.
Canada's Future.
Ktw York Tribune.
The most accurate forecast of the future of
Canada is contained in n volume published
twelve years ago by Professor Goldwiu
Smith. In that treatise he assumed , after an
exhaustive analysis of the political , social
und religious tendencies of the provinces ,
that Canadian nationality wns a lost cause ;
that confederation would do little moro than
to develop the bad sldo of democratic gov
ernment , and that the ultimate union of
Canada with the United States was morally
certain. That experienced observer im
paired his popularity In the dominion by that
publication , but ho has found no reason dur
ing the last twelve years to modify his
judgment. His arguments have never been
answered and the weight of his conclusions
increases every year. The equal rights
movement , which is the outgrowth of the
anti-Jesuit legislation , points unerringly to
annexation as the remedy for reactionary re
ligious Intrigues and clericalism.
Grant and TJCC North and South.
0/inrteton / A'cics nnd Courier.
Bettor let the hero of Apponmttox rest In
the tawdry brick vault at Ulvcrsldo than to
proclaim to the world that the people for
whom ho fought are so parsimonious that
they will not spare anything from their
hoards of treasure to pay a lilting tribute lo
his name nnd fame. To say Ihat Now York ,
with its millions of money , Is "too poor to
pay for a monument over the pravo of the
dead hero" is to place a low estimalo indeed
upon llio public spirit and patriotic Impulses
of the metropolis of the nation. The people
of the north , with their money and resources ,
Imvo not erected u monument to Grant ; the
people of the south , in their poverty and dis
tress , have built a grand statue to Leo. The
people of Ihe south nro worthy of Leo ; the
people of the north nro not worthy of Grant.
The contrast between thoseclions Is striking.
Paoillo Railroad Funding Kill.
A'cw York 11'firM.
For llio first time since the Pacific railroad
companies have undertaken to secure an ex
tension of time on their indebtedness to the
government and u reduction of interest , there
seems lo bo n disposition at Waslilngton to
deal intelligently and on business principles
with these public debtors ,
The sum and substance of this is that the
corporation has no respect for the laws of the
country whoso debtor It Is , and that , Instead
of extending llio lorm of payment and reduc
ing the Interest , the government ought to bo
considering the bast and cheapest method of
ending all relations with it. Before any
acllon Is taken on llio Fryo bills there should
bo such a thorough congressional investiga
tion that there would bo no doubt as to tlio
policy of congress In dealing with the dolln
debtor.
qucnt
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A SONCr OK rONa AGO.
Jdtncs ir/ittcomh / Hllcy ,
A song of long.ngo ,
Sing It lightly wing It low-
Sing It softlv like the lisping of the lips wo
used to know
When our bany-huighter spilled
From the hearts forever filled
AVlth a muslo sweet as robin over thrilled !
Let the fragrant summer breeze ,
And the loaves o'f locust trees ,
And the upplo buds and blossoms , and the
wings of honey-boos ,
All palpitate with glee ,
Till the happy harmony
Brings back each childish Joy to you and mo.
Lot the eyes of fanny turn
Where the tumbled pippins bum
Llko embers In the orchard's lap of tousled
grans and fern ;
And lot the wayward wind ,
Still singing , plod behind
The elder press the good old-faMihicd kind I
Blend In the song llio moan
Of the dove that grlovos alone ,
And tlio wild whirr of the locu.it and the bum
ble's drowsy drone ;
And the low of cows that call
Through thu pasture bars when all
The lundseapo fades away utovcnfall ,
Then , far away and clear ,
Through the dusky atmosphere ,
Let the walling of the Ulldco bo thu % only
sound you hear.
O sweet and sad and low
As the memory may know
Is the glad pathetic ttong of Long Ago )
Chicago Tribune : John M. Palmer has
been compared by homo thoughtlotw ponton to
Allen ti. Tliuriimn. Honora ! John IH lacking
In Hovoral of the qualifications bonldo the red
bandana that are uucutt&ry to warrant this
compurUou.
THE LIGHTNING AT LINCOLN ,
Thuudor Bolts Play Sad Havoo at the
State Capital ,
ONE LADY VICTIM REPORTED DYING ,
Harm's Destroyed rtml HIHIICH Pis/ * '
inuntlcd-rl'ollccnuMi Foiled In tliu
Street Itmnorrt of tlio Cy-
cJotic Other News.
Lixcot.v , Nob. , Juno H. [ Special to Tun
Dnn.j About 1 o'clock this morning Lincoln
was visited with n tofrlblo electric iiiul rain
storm tlmt played general Imvoo and
paralyzed the female portion of tlio papula-
tton with fonr. Tlio lightning struck In llvo
different places , IcnvliiK Its fearful traces ,
niul ono old lady , Mrs. .1. L. Baldwin , wns so
biidly shocltod Hint she may not recover.
The llrst plnco struck was the bant at .1. L.
Baldwin in the northeast part of the city t
"
The bolt struck and killed u valuable how-
in the barn and then glanced toward tlio *
house , tearing open the weatherboards and
giving Mrs. Baldwin such u shock Hint she
lay for several hours in nn unconscious con
dition and completely paralyzed. The phy
sicians have grave fears that she will not
survive.
The next place struck wns that of Mr , Har
ris on Twenty-eighth mid N streets. The
damage was confined mainly to the tower at
the corner of the house , tlio lofty splro seem
ing to act as an attraction to the lluld. The
shingles on the roof were torn off for n dis
tance of six feet , and the weather-boarding
mid studding bursted , leaving two great holes
in tlio side of the house through which the
rain poured In torrents , Tlio members of the
family were severely shocked mid the entire
neighborhood were paralyzed with terror.
The third bolt struck Kobert Mitchell's
bum , near the corner of Ninth and ( } streets ,
setting It on tire and burning it to the ground.
Persons In the vicinity were afraid to apprise
the flro department of the blaze for fear of
being shocked while nt the telephone. Chief _ ,
Nowborry saw the blaze and started out himself - "
self In the drenching rain to Had it. After lo .
eating the blaze ho then sent for the depiu t '
ment , but its best efforts availed nothing
About $200 will cover the loss.
feTho fourth place struck was the Burr
block. A bolt of lightning singled out the
flagstaff as its mark , and after tearing it to
pieces , plowed up the root for several feet
and then glanced oil across the street. At
the latter point were Ofllecrs Palmer , Sipo
and Khmer of the police force. The two first
were knocked down by the force of the bolt ,
but Kinney was not oven shocked.
Tlio cottage belonging to Mr. Warner on
Twenty-ninth and N streets was struck bv
lightning and a largo portion of the roof torii
oir , allowing the rain to pour in. The side of
the house was also torn open and a hole in tlio
ground marks tlio point where the force of
the bolt was spent. All the members of Mr.
Warner's family were badly shocked , but
none seriously.
There are rumors of damage done also 'a
the country.
IIOAIIl ) OP IlEOr.XTS.
The board of regents of the state university.
alter A three days' session , has finally finished
its work.
Prof. .1. S. Kingsley was appointed biologi
cal agriculturalist on the station staff. Mr.
S. W. I'erin wns roappointcd foreman of tlio
station farm and Mr. .larel G. Smith experi
mental agriculturist on the station stall for _
the ensuing year. *
The acting chancellor was authorized to up-
paint an instructor in the department of agri
culture and biology at a salary of $1XX ( > .
A resolution was passed urging the legisla
ture to appropriate $100.000 for a fireproof
library building.
A series of resolutions wore passed ahol
ishing ordinary farm work at the university
farm on account of the legislature failing to
make any appropriation for it. For the
present bi-cnnium , or until the legislature
makes the appropriation asked /or , the farm
is to bo used merely as an agricultural exper
iment station only , and is to bo mean white
known as the "experimental tract. " \
i'MoiM OK TIII : CYCI.ONI : . *
While Mr. F. M. Shnllenbcrgcr of Brad-
shaw was in the city yesterday looking after
the subscriptions for that cyclono-Hwopt
town ho called at the state house anil while
there related n number of humorous inci
dents of the storm in addition to the
pathetic ones. The llrst story was
at the exnonso of a young man
who had calle'd to sco his affianced that oven
ing. When the storm came up the young
man and his girl adjourned to the dining
room , where the olhor members of Iho young
lady's family were sitting. The windows
wore suddenly blown in and the light extin
guished. An exclamation of fright fell from
the lips of his inamorata and throwing his
arms about the willowy figure nestling near
him ho whispered : "lon't ' get scared , dar
ling. "
The next moment the house was torn Ui
atoms and the fragments scattered to thil
winds. The young man , still clasping thC
frail Jlguro in his arms , wont Hying through
the air with the debris and landed nearly a
block away with her still clinging to
Neither were hurt beyond a few sen
and the Jar received in landing. After recov
ering from the temporary stun received
the ladvexclaimed :
"On , how kind of you Mr. . " and to his
astonishment the young man discovered that
ho was embracing not his best girl but his
prospective mother-in-law.
Mr. MoUermott , the school principal , was
out walking with a young lady at the time
the cyclone struck the town. The two were
so deeply engrossed in conversation that they
did not notice the approaching storm , and
the first intimation they had was when they
found themselves sailing through the air.
They were thrown into a tree , ami granplng
ono of Iho limbs , McDermott held on for dear
life. The young lady also held on to a limb ,
but It belonged to Mr. McUermott , and her
life was thereby saved.
AVhcn Joseph Wbltlleld's house was blown
away and husband , wife nnd child were
found terribly disfigured , the Infant being
taken out for dead , they tooJc refuge in it
neighbor's collar. Hero a cundlo was HI , and j
Mrs. Whlllleld's first exclamation was :
"Thank heaven , Joe , you have got on your
best breeches , "
Daspito the solemnity of the wcono all thu
other persons huddled in the cellar had lu
laugh.
NKIV8 AND NOTTS.
W. K. Pfenning attempted to shoot n frail
creature of the doml-mondo , known us
Franklo Mooro. last evening. Ho was in
Lydia Stewart's bawdy house at tint time ,
nnd that female throw him Into the street.
Ho was arrested hitor and lulled.
A number of the Lincoln newspaper men
loft at noon today on the Black Hills excur
sion glvon to the JoijnmllstH of Omaha and
Lincoln by the B. & M. They were T. II
Hyde of the News ; H. D. Halhaway nnili-
II. Gore , of the Journal ; John M. CottnTirfTl
the Call ; L. Weasel nnd Fred BciulngiT. of
the Courier.
W. L. Dutchor , ono of the victims of the
now defunct Capital loan and Inve.stuioui
company , Is suing for $ 100 foolishly put u > ' >
that Institution by him and for which Inr. .
colved nothing. Judge Stowarl has tun
formerly pronounced these confidence om > ra-
llons Illegal and awards thu victim invariably
thu full amount of money for which ho was
worked.
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Hnhftorlhrd and Guaranteed Capital. . fvKMXil
Paid In Capital " ' " ' "
lliiyHand tu'll.s Btoi-Uti and hnndx ; iicxotliili-H
'ui > 'H
commurulal import roeolviw and oxo
trUMta ; anlHuHlraiiHfiiruKOnt and IruU""i
corporation ) ! , takes uharKu of jiroporty , cul-
lueiH luxe * .
OmahaLoan & TruslCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Corner * 10th nnd Douglns Sta
I'uid In capital
Siihsorlhcil nnd fuaranlou ! < l Capital 10Um/\
Liability o ( Hloukholduiit . 'Jl
G I'ur C'unt Inlurcht Paid on Deposits ,
I'UANK J. I-ANOK ,
OflU'iirttiA. \Vymiin , pri'slihtiit , J. J. Iliowo.
vlcu-iirurililoiiti W. T. Wynian , lii'iisuror
Ulrccliint-A. If. Wynian. ,1. 11. Mllhml .1 J.
Ill-own. ( Jay O. linrUui. K. W. NunU , TUunu *
J. Klinbn ? ! , Uvorgo It. LuU *