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TI-O ( XBIAHA DAIUY .BEE , JULY 20 , 1800.TWELVE PAGES.
THIS DAIjYr ] JflSE.
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E. ROSBflTATEB , Editor.
'UI3I,1SHBD ISYKUY MORNING.
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Wi'aiii-nln . .tulyllJ 19. KM !
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( fatii uliiy , July ID .l'J.7''l
Average Iio,07i ,
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pri'Boin'o this loth ilujof July. A. I ) , , IRW.
IHIAL.I N.V. I-'KII. , Nulury i'uljllo.
Hntcof Nclirnnka. I , -
County or ( lough' , f
Ocorxn II.TJ-.SChncV , htsliVi ilnly sworn , < lo-
tmi'MMiil WIVH Unit liols socrolary nf Tlio live
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dallyrlrr iilntluiiot TIIK D.vn.r HUB for lln
Month of .Inly. HS'.l. H,7 : ouplH ! for August ,
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i.i.HI.u ) < ) > it' ; for April , Ifc'ti ' , WVVH cnphMi for
May. H'.NI ' , Auo ) cuplo- * : for .luiio. Mil ) . awi :
( ! iiili' | ' , ( tioii < ji : II. 'IVsoiii'UK.
bwinii t.t linforu 1110 mul stiln'Tilod In my
iirosdii-o tli'H 'nil flay of July. A. P.IMX ) .
[ si\t ! \ , , ] JN'.l' . Km. , tury I'ubllo.
TlIK weekly lank slalcinont sliows
Iho reserve has dccrowod JoS 1,000. The
banlfH now hold 5GKUOO , in excess ol
legal ruqiiii-omontj.
A.LI , ] ) olitical rouls : now loud to Lin
coln ,
KANSAS GITV confosscn Unit tlio re
count is u failuro.
TliK rcoojit generous rains throughout
Iho stsito have drowned the croak011
out.
Tlin wlso railroad inaniiger will now
rqulpthwcwcarlng trains with the latest
iiuprovod safety \alvos and sulphur con-
MIIlHTri.
GnxiaiiAij MAIIONK , the Virginia
fitntcsiiinn , renounces the niliiiiiilstration ,
Thojioojilu ol Virginia renounced Gon-
crjil Mulmiio last November.
Till ! wnrnitli anil vigor of. tlio prelimInary -
Inary doluto on oflKlnal nackn cs in-
Bures a steady drain on the Inspiring
cold-toa department of the fodornl capitol -
itol ,
Coxii'AUisii with the lwncfifs to tlio
state at largo , the damage caused hy
Friday nlffht'rf storm Is h'lsignificant ,
Tliflfo-v\'ro millions In It to the farmers
of the stato.
Tlin douMo-ileclccil contemporary
should now ollor eomosortuf u wedding
match to lha republican p'irt.y , Its ad-
ricolo : ill other political organizations
1ms fallen Hat.
TUB stoutly growth of now Industries
In this city and tlio enlargement of os-
tabllsUoil factories ouphnslxos the iin-
portuncoof Oinalrn as a manufacturiiig
nnd distributing center.
TIIK Italian rosidenta of No\v Vork
tire seriously considering ways and
means tooroct a two hundred thousand
dollar monument to Christopher Colum
bus , "While the opulent natives hro not
overgenerous In the monumental line ,
It would not bo surprising 1 [ tlio Italians
pa vo them a lesson in patriotln llboral-
tty that would Roml a blualito tlio choolta
of the stingy Now York nilllioniilros.
-AN ocean trip lo Liverpool Is getting-
lo bo n brief affair , The Teutonic of
I the Whlto Star line recently crossed tlio
A-tliuitio in flvo days , twenty-ono hours
nnd forty-seven minutes , 'i'ho Cltyot
Paris once made the trip in two hours
and twenty-six minutes less time. The
man wlio crosses the oceim for the bono-
flt of the sea broczo vrlll pretty soon
have to go kick to the sallin ? vossolt
IK Now York filar furnishes this
Item , which may ho taken m ovldonco
thnt tlio "Q" road Is not losing any
inonuy : "It la possible that the Chicago ,
Burlington & ( Juiney dlvlilonil may bo
advanced to ono aiul oiio-halt per coatut
tlio meeting to Lo hold t\vo weeks honco.
The recon t largo buying of stock his
been trai'oil principally toinslilo sources
on u well founilod uxpectiition of such an.
increase. "
TltK spock of war In the Uehringf sea
rogton is not very ulnnnini , ' after nil.
Tliocomiusiiidorof the llritlsh North
Pncltlo diMilos that ho has received or-
dcm to proceed toward the seal fisheries
and protect the poachers. As a nild-
Buimuer diversion , liowovor , the rumors
of war were useful. They throw a flood
ofllirhtou the mnnlcr ot ink-shedding-
pntrlotfl anxious to twist the lion's ' lull
at a Biifo diitunco.
TiiKassorllonlroquontlyinailo that the
superior attraotlons of tlio United States
cause n stonily drain on the pflpulationof
Cnuiulu , la disproved by the ( acts , HO far
as the cities are concerned , 'falcon ns a
whole the percent ol growth of Canadian
cities nearly oquaU thnt ot American
cities. From 18S1 to 18)0 ) , Toronto has
grown from olchty-slx thousand to two
litindrctl and sixteen thousand , wlillo
loiitrcul has doubled Hi population in
thosaiuo time , having now u quarter of
million people , Quebco reports ivn
equally Inrj-o growth , and Iho sinnllor
towns have kept pico with the larger
cities. What llltlo Canada suitors from
emigration to the states isuioro thnn
made up l > y tha influx of limiilgrnnts
from abroad. Tlio cltlesof the dominion
are certainly holding their own with tlio
cities ut thh country ,
DOCS IT CUA'sriXVTE rMUJ !
I'UUI'KltTY ' ) ,
Ono ot the favorlta arcumcnts of [ iro-
libltion ornlors Is that the liquor t radio
crcatosno values anil that liquor cannot
> ocounted ns properly Ijeoatiso the users
of It have nothing to ihow for tholr
nonoy. In the recent Heatrlco dcbto
Prof. Diclclo vent EO tar as to assert
that tlio annihilation of nil the product
of the brevorics and distilleries would
not destroy ono dollar's worth of prop
erly.
erly.This
This Is tlio moit nbsuril nnd Illogical
proposition wo have over hoard advanced
by any man professing to boa political
economist. If It bo true thnt there is no
value la tlio product of the vineyard as
soon iis tlio julco of the grape is
turned into wine , bccnuso tlio con
sumer will lnivo nothing to shower
! or his money ntlcr ho has drunk the
wlno , then there is no property in the
tobacco of Iho Virginia or Coraoctlcut
funncr because it all goes up insmolce.
On tlio sumo theory there can bo no
properly in colTec , ton , petroleum , Ice
or any number of articles in common
ue. What has the uoasmnor to show
for his money after ho has used any of
tk'so procluotn ? Carry the ai''uniont ( ,
to all its length and breadth , and
tlioro to no vsiluo In the food wo eat ,
tlio clothing' wo wear or tlio luxu
ries \vo ] > ; iy for that leave nothing
of Intrinsic \aluo to tlio conaumor.
And to tlioso articles might 1io added
tlio money wo squander upon dramatic
performances , concert ! and circuses ,
and Incidentally upon lecturers nnd
prcacliors. Mhat is there left of in
trinsic value for the money a man pays
to hear ljnttl warble , Talmago preach ,
to look at HutTiilo Hill's Wild West , at
tend n baseball match , a horse nice or a
state fair ?
Hut there is absolute value nnd prop
erty in the product of the vineyard , the
brewery or the dlatillofy , because the
products require labor : labor is
the source of all values and it
takes labor to raise grapes , corn ,
barley and hops. It takes labor to
Iran storm those pnxlucta into vine , al
cohol and beer. And tlio pay vvliieli the
farmer gels for hiseorn , barley and hops
julds to the accumulated capital ot the
.American producer. I'ho men employed
tit the wino press or tlio beer vat and the
inoa employed in makingliogs , barrels
and "bottles ave productive factors. The
money paid them represents the value
ot labor and adds to the aggregate labor
product ot the country just as much as
any other class of employment.
The fact that moro than half a million
people are employed steadily in thcso in
dustries nlTords sulllcicnt proof that the
product of their labor has Intrinsic
valuoandis entitled to rank as property
just as much , as any otbor coirfinodity.
The inisaprchonsion arises , no doubt ,
from a contracted economic horizon.
There win a time when no Industry was
doomed productlvounlcss it transformed
tlio forccsof nature into some iiscfulmu-
torinl substanco. Under this delusive
assumption ngriuultural labor aloiio was
regarded ua producing value ivhilo all
people engaged In other occupations ,
wore thoujjlvt to siibsist upon the work
ot tlio fanner , 33iit the time for this
theory is long passed.
All labor Avliich satisfies human de-
tires must bo considered productive.
Does the man who assists la the manu
facture of liquor , destroy values \vhilo \
another makingsodawdter or lee cream
create tliemV To nnsiror the question
ono must have a clear Idea of the term
value , In strict economy , value la but
the moabiire of utility , Ills usually expressed -
pressed In terms of money and is then
given as the prleo of a commodity ,
Whatever has the capacity of utiblyiiig
human desire lias a utility whoso meas
ure Is the amount of oltort r'tqaisito to
satisfy that desire. The value of a
glass of water to n toinporanco agitator
standing beside n-spring is nolluiiy , be
cause the oiTort necessary to satisfy lila
wish is Immeasurably small. But let
him desire water from the saino spring
after ho has returned to tlio city and Lo
will have to pay for it a sum equivalent
to tlw value of the labor required to
bring the cold water to his table.
So the appetite for stimulants needs
as mueh productive labor for Its satis
faction as any demand for a commodity
of equal value. 3 ( 0110 pictures a com
munity -\vhero no division of labor exists ,
whom not even barter takes place ,
where eaeli member oupplics Ills own
wants , lie can see that the effort ox-
pontlod In raising food and that con
sumed in the manufacture of liquor Is
ot ono and the same Uind. All the work
of a mnn fcupplying his own wants is
creative of valuo.
TO s.inouR
The renovated , blenched and rejuvenated -
natod colonels who have boon Imported
Into this state to preach about "homo"
and teach the sober and industrious citl-
zotisof Nebraska how to vote tills fall.aw ,
tor the most part , "liorrlblo examples , "
Thcso reformed wrecks coino to Ne
braska to slander and libel this state
and Its citizens at so much per nlglit ,
and claim that tlioy alone know what an
"awful eurso" the drunkard is to the In
mates ol Uls home , The question [ ) ,
must a man first forfeit all his right and
claim to respectability before ho can
point the way to sobrlotj1 and common
dbccnoy ? Does It stand to reason that a
man who lias wrecked his ovn lifo
by his unbridled appetite for rum ,
disgraced himself and made tlio lives of
friends imd , relatives miserable is more
lit to reform tbo public morals tlian the
man who has led a teivqurato llfo and
uarnoa an lioaost living by Industrious
labor ? Must a man graduate among : the
Kajjlns aa a pickpocket and common
thief before ho can servo as a police jus
tice ? It would bo a protly state of af
fairs If our ministers and Sundaykcliool
touchers were selected from among the
graduates of the dens of vieo nnd de
bauchery. Are thcso male and female
eolonoln from Kentucky , Indiana nad
Missouri to bo monitors for our homemakers -
makers ? "Why don't they sweep before
their own doors first ? Are rneii und
woman who huvo brolcan up their own
homes , scandalized their families and
filled tlu divorce courts with unsavory
records the proper persons to slug1 nnd
proaelinboutthoswoets and joys othoino ?
\Vliy do they come to Kobrasica to pro
tect our homes from the "curse of the
horrid Baloou" while tlioro are ton sa-
eons and wlilslty stdls in Kentucky and
Indiana where tlioro Is ono in Nebraska ?
Why do they plead for the boys of Ko-
jwkn while tlu-lr progeny Is at largo
without a homo and without a mother
or fatlior ? The stern truth is that few
of Iho jlm-jam colonels who talk about
.ho homo have over built a homo.
Nearly all of them are professional
trmnpa who preach prohibition for rev
enue periodically and between drunks.
OX.I DTSVUSSIOX ,
There have been Bovoral notable as
semblages of educators during the pres
ent month , chief among1 which was the
mooting of Iho National Teachers' asso
ciation at St. Paul , and altogether there
lias been a vast amount of valuable Information -
formation and Instruction , contributed
on a subject which to the American
mind exceeds in interest all others. It
would bo an excellent tiling if the best
of what has been presented at thcso va
rious meetings of educators and these
nloreslod In the promotion ot education
could lo collected and published iiinforin
Lo command popular attention and cure-
ful perusalbut , unfortunately a great
deal ot tlio thought and oxporlonco
which Is worthy of bolng preserved for
the instruction of the public Is permitted
to perish with its appearance in the col
umns of the newspapers , -where , as a
rule , only the merest abstract of it Is
? lven.'It Is not necessary to conclude
[ roiii this that U is lost , but simply that
its influence and usefulness is greatly
curtailed. The great body of teachers
get the benefit of it , but it Is desirable
also that the public should bo made ac
quainted -with it moro fully than is possi
ble through the columns of the news
papers ,
Among the many interesting facts
drawn from the recent expressions of
educational opinions the superior pro
gress which the west is making In intor-
inedialo or secondary , if not primary ,
education Is significant. Now England
has lost its long-maintained supremacy
in this respect , nnd other portions of the
country are no longer warranted in
looking to that section for the
highest attainment in this grade of
educational work. The decline of Now
.England in tills particular is attributed
to the grc'itor age , complacency , and
unprofessional qualifications of , the city
and state school superintendents , and
this probably goct ? fur to explain the
fact. An eastern journal , referring to
the meeting of teachers at St. Paul , re
marked that "tho great fact most strik
ingly impressed upon every competent
observer wis the superiority of the west-
tern over the Now England teacher in
professional Interests and wldo pro
fessional reading and intelli
gence , not to say also in phy
sique' " Just as in financial and busi
ness alTairs the most aggressive energy
nnd enterprise of the cast has found its
Iwst opportunely In the west , so the
more progressive among the educators
of Now England have in the past
adopted the advice of Horace Greoloy ,
leaving tlio care of the educational in
terests ot that section to these who
lacked the ambition to launch out into
new and broader fields. The men ana
women who remained under the pld con-
ssrvntlvo influences" * have naturally
grown more complacent , while ruean-
' " "
tlmo "tlioso who came forth
to secure the greater opportuni
ties and larger rewards of the vig
orously advancing west impressed their
progressive spirit , inspired and stimu
lated by their environment , upon the
educational system. Everything has
contributed in tlio'vest to produce a
cltiss of earnest and aspiring teachers.
In no other section is the popular inter
est in the eauso ot education more gen
eral and zealous than in the west ; no
where clso are the opportunities and re
wards of the voll trained and progressive
toaclior better ; In no other portion of
the country docs the educator stand
higher in public respect. And all
thcso favorable conditions tooducatlonal
improvement and progress will bo of in-
dolinito duration. The time is yet re
mote when the aspiration for higher ed
ucational development will no longer
find encouragement in the west. A dis
tinguished educator connected with ono
of the leading universities of tbo cast
recently said Unit in half a century from
the present the centers of education
would probably bo some of the
growing state universities of the
west , suuh as tlioso of Michi
gan , Minnesota nnd Nebraska.
The tendency lu that direction Is clearly
marked.
This year's meetings of educators have
shown that tlioro is an unprecedented
activity in all educational Interests.
They have been attended by college and
university presidents to an extent never
before known , and many of these have
taken an active and prominent part in
the deliberations. All such evidences
of a broadening and deepening concern
In tlio cause of education are in the high
est degree reassuring- , since they con
tain the promise of impending changes
in the direction of higher achievement
and better results. There will bo no
danger to popular education In this
country so long as these devoted to edu
cational work are alert , vigilant and
earnest in seeking improvement.
F0 WV7T/JRS.1L I'K.ICE.
The members ot the Universal Peace
congress which convened in London lost
Monday nre entitled to commendation
for their earnestness nnd sincerity , al
though all existing circumstances tend
to demonstrate the futility of tholr teach
ings and efforts. Men who urge a policy
of pence among the nations , who Insist
that armies may bo dispensed with and
controversies settled without recourse to
warniay , bo thought tobavo little knowl
edge of the motives and impulses which
are the mainsprings of human
action , but it must bo said of their pur
pose that it is at least hutnnno and not
Inconsistent with the theory of civiliza
tion , The whole history of mankind
assuredly is tigainst them , but they are
not to bo condemned nor contemned be
cause of tholr faith , in human improve
ment and elevation.
The conditions which now confront
the advocates of universal pence are cer
tainly most discouraging , and the morn-
bora of tlie congress did not fall
to recognlzo this. Standing in
full view of the vast armed
camp that overspreads Jluropo , and fa
miliar with th > i .uis.-fi which nre oper
ating to brlncj i lighty armies Into col
lision at any tlmn , u was impossible that
the Intelligent mon who mot in London
to counsel unl erMl pence should llnd in
the situation any" real signs of encour
agement Kovor before In the world's
history was war more universally
thought of nnd prepared for than It Is
now. For ycat's jicaco baa been main
tained in Europe only by the main
tenance of vust armaments , but the
wisest statesmen of the old world
fool that sooner or later n conlllct
must come that will surpass in destruct
ive fury any thai has yet taken place In
human history. The great powers are
steadily Increasing the strength of tholr
armaments , whllo sclonco and Invention
are busy , stimulated by the assurance of
rich rewards , in devising surer and
swifter means of destruction than tlioso
now in use. In the same breath that
rulers talk ot peace they call for larger
allowances from already heavily
over-taxed subjects to Increase
the armies nud render moro
lormldablo navies nnd fortifi
cations. But rumors of war nnd war
like preparations nro not confined to Eu
rope. Even now two of the states of
Central America are marshaling armies
in anticipation of hostilities for which
all the conditions seem ripe , whllo the
others look on at the preparations ready
to side with ono or the other as soon as
tbo first blow shall bo struck. Tbcro is
no real cause of war between these
states , no misunderstanding that could
not easily bo settled without
an appeal to the sword , but
probably nothing short of war will
quiet the antagonism that has boon
aroused between them without any ade
quate reason. Even in our own country ,
safe as it would seem to bo in its Isola
tion and in its freedom from any entangling -
tangling alliances with otbor nations ,
the disposition to prepare for possible
warts active. "Wo are constructing a
navy the beginning of which gives
promise of an establishment that
will ultimately rival the best in
the world. We are contemplat
ing n cosily .system of coast
defenses , wo are experimenting with
dynamite guns and torpedo boats , and
wo are plainly saying to the world thnt
but give us a little time and wo shall bo
ready to accept a challenge from any
source.
All these facts show that the spirit of
conflict which has marked the progress
of mankind through all history is still
hetlvo and general. If it is kept under
better restraint than in tlio past
the fact is quito as much
duo to the severer penalty
involved in modern conflicts as to the
pacific Influence of an advanced clvill-
y.ation. Very little , therefore , is to bo
expected in the why of substantial re
sults from the deliberations and recom
mendations of the universal peace con
gress. Perhaps after all the most ottl-
cient preservers of the peace are the
men who Invent the most destructive
weapons and the deadliest explosives.
CUSTOMS.
Americans seem lo h to surrender tbo
customs hcatlifii-nations in the burial
of their dead.Vo. still borrow from tlio
pagan Crocks and Jvomans. Among the
Greeks in historic times , as well ns in
the olden days of the republic of Rome ,
funerals weretho * occasion of great dis
play. The processions were headed by
musicians , thcso followed by hired
mourners vho lamented nnd sang the
funeral songs , and the demonstrations
varied only with the wealth of the de
ceased. In our country funerals were
once moro commonplace than now. The
fashion for gaudy parades and assumed
grief scorns to intensify with time. It Is
often the case that the man of the least
consequence whllo living becomes of the
most-importance when dead. Enthusi
astic mourners who would have refused
a dollar to the living and closed their
doors upon him , are lavish in tholr ap
preciation nnd money for the corpse.
Accordingly a great deal of it becomes a
cheap and silly affectation , a public ex
hibition ot counterfeit sympathy an
oroide attempt at respect. It is fitting
and proper and in the nature of things
that relatives who wore upon terms with
the departed , nnd friends of the deceased
should form the melancholy proces
sion to follow tbo remains to their
last resting place , but the mockery of
stylish processions whoso respect is com
puted by their length or the number of
forced mournora comprising them , has
grown to bo disgusting and should coaso.
When a citizen dies ho should bo
mourned as ho was admired or respected
whllo living. The silly fashion that is
called respect when there is no respect
in it , should bo tabooed. Charity sug
gests this and vuuruisy should demand it.
Another funeral custom that is out of
place is the ono that demands mourning.
Henry "Wnrd Boochor expressed a
desire that his relatives should
not wear mourning for him
when ho died. And his wish wns faltht
fully observed. Dickens , in his will , expressed -
pressed himself strongly upon this sub
ject when ho directed that these who at
tended his funeral "wear no scarfcloak ,
black bow , long hat band or other such
revolting absurdity , " Those who re
member his creation of the funeral of
Anthony Chuzzlewit , with its "walking
attendants ( Ironed , in tlio first style of
funeral fashion" will know how thor
oughly ho disapproved , not only of the
black cloaks and1 , the long black hat
bands , but also pf the hired mutes , the
wands , sombre plumes and other trap
pings which worir so long considered as
a necessary part 4.fan English funeral.
Decent respect * , and appropriate ob
servation are both''demanded. Dut In
Jhls ago the tendency should bo to make
all ceremonies connected with the dead
bright with Howard and full of hope to
the friends. And the shams who sud
denly find great reverence for the departed -
parted should have respect enough for
the grlof-stiickon living to remain away
from the funeral services and keep out
of the funeral processions.
ATTENTION Iscnlled to the instructive
figures , showing the actual cost , per
mile , of the Burlington railway , com
piled by Mr. Charles G , Dawos of Lin
coln. If the figures as presented by Mr.
Dawos are true the actual money , out-
Bide of bonds nnd subsidies , Invested In
the Burlington rend In Nebraska Is loss
than two thousand dollars per mile , and
the company Is making about sixty-eight
per eont. The belief thnt local rates In
Nebraska nro excessive and should bo re
duced Is materially strengthened by the
figures presented In Mr. Dawes' article ,
published elsewhere ,
A UHM.UIKAIIM : fact developed by the
census returns la the steady drift from
country to city life. "When the first
census was taken ono hundred years ago ,
ono out of every thirty of the population
lived in the cities. In ninety years the
ratio decreased to ono In four nnd a half ,
and the last decade will doubtless show
a further decrease. The reasons for
this drain tire obvious. Commercial ,
industrial and professional llfo afford a
variety of pursuits which naturally at
tract the young and ambitious. The
proportion which better tholr condition ,
however , Is small.
Tun now bridge to bo built over the
Hudson river between New York and
Jersey City will oolipse the moiislor
Brooklyn structure. The great central
span will bo twenty-eight hundred nnd
sixty foot long , nearly twice the length
of the span over East river. There are
to bo flvo towers rising to a height of
llvo hundred feet above the water. It is
ono of the most daring feats of engineer
ing undertaken in this or any other
country.
PROM the amount of business secured
during the past six months the regular
llfo insurance companies estimate that
the policies written for the year will
reach the enormous total of one billion
dollars. No estimate can bo made on the
amount of tabulated orations and per
sistent button holding -which forced the
insured to throw up their hands for pol
icy's sake.
TliK sugar combine will obey the law.
A few months ago the managers snapped
tholr fingers at courts and people , but
the court kept on tightening the cells
until the trust helplessly begged for
quarters. Justice , too , often moves at a
snail pace , but it generally gets what it
goes after. _
u are seventy-five thousand moro
women than men in Massachusetts. The
surplus of males in Wyoming and Mon
tana can derive sonio comfort from this
fact by properly advertising their for
lorn condition in the Bay stato.
CHAUXCEY DKPKW'S after-dinnor
- or
ations will henceforth bo sprinkled with
a sufficient quantity of agricultural
flora to make him solid with the fann
ers. Mr. Dopow is president of the
Chicago stock yards.
ImtiOATiON nnd ventilation nro mov
ing together in the senate. The barn
acles in the geological bureau are In
danger of being kicked out into a cold
world and compelled to work for a liv
ing.
TUB first election of the now state of
Wyoming is called for September 11.
This will give defeated candidates in
Nebraska ample time to go west , and
try for ajnomlnation in our sister stato.
THE avidity with which , the lories
swallow every suggestion tending to
hold them in power proves them to bo ,
in fact if not in name , the democratic
party of England.
t ! * ami Stat-'Hmunslilp.
Lnu ( grille GmrlcrJourni t.
Subsidizing vessels to bring to this couutry
goods that wo do not want , is statesmanship
with n big S and consistency with , a big 0.
Should Apply to tlio S nnto.
St Louts Glolic-Ecmofrnt.
In all tbo great legislative bodies of the
world tlio tendency is toward n restriction of
filibustering , talking against time nnd ob
structive tactics generally. In this respect
no exception should bo mnilo ol the senate of
the United States.
Cn'cheH'JSiu Ilotli "Ways.
Jl'iiy/ifnglofi / Post.
John K. Boles of Michigan , who Is a brother
of tuo democratic governor of Iowa , Is being
groomed by the republicans of his state for
the vacant Sp.inUU mission. The Boles boys
seem to have arranged things political so that
they will bo able to cateb the coon at any
l > oiut on tUo round trip.
Would Uocomo n Necessity.
Kno Yuri ; I'rcus.
If Wyoming will send a couple of women
as senators to Washington wo have no doubt
whatever that the senate will probably pro-
coeil to pass a rule under which debate can
bo limited. Tbo tendency of womankind to
"got the last word" would malto It absolutely
necessary that such a rule should bo passed.
An EIcm-Tit of Weakness.
Jiuffala Express.
Cleveland Is so strong In the south that Hill
has no real chance of beating him lu tbo na
tional convention. Hut the flght will weaken
the party to such an extent that Cleveland's
dofcat at the polls will bo Inevitable. Mrs.
Thomas A. Ilendrlclcs lias given Hill an Issue
and thrown a llrobrimd into the democratic
camp.
InconslHtoiiey of tlio rioiirlioiis ,
Xtw York Trf'itine.
It 111 uecomes the party which sneaked Into
administration in the wako o bands of
masked runiuus whoso torches and trlpgora
dcult death and desolation to hundreds of
negro homes in the south , whoso whip-lashes
are still cracking In the cars of every colored
inim who dares to spealc of exercising his
electoral rights , whoso hand Is upon and be
neath and within almost every ballot box in
the black holt It 111 become. ? that sort of
pirty to talk about a "forco bill" and
"federal guns. "
Uvcn "Poor Old .Missouri" in Coining.
St.nils Hobe-/emorot. !
The time has gene by for the old fashion of
blindly voting tno democratic ticket from
force of habit and tradition. Men insist upon
doing their own thinking Instead of having
It done for them by party loaders and candi
dates for oillce. In Missouri , as elsewhere ,
people read and rcilect and study the lessons
of experience. Republicanism Is no longer
a thing to bo laughed at and derided , U hai
bccoino a permeating and potent force , and
the time Is close ut hand when It will tuko
und hold possession of tuo state.
American Itillcmcn I'nnqiirttcd. '
BeitUN.July 10. [ Special Cablegram toTiis
Dm : . ) The .American riUomen arrived at
Neustndt today and wcro enthusiastically
welcomed. The burgomaster , surrounded by
local rltloinon and ttio municipal authorities ,
delivered the address of welcome. The
Americans were moat heartily cheered. Her
man Weber made the atldrais In reply to the
burgomaster's speech. A grand banquet will
be glveu to the visitors tonigbt.
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I u
as and upwards , mile aud oao ' Ii
FROM THE CAPITAL CITY ,
Aspirants for the Various SUto Offices Preparing -
paring for the Fray ,
THE COMING REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ,
Lincoln's 1'ollcn Cnptnln Arrested
A llouk Islnml Depot A Mntu-
tlnul lilnzc City News
niul Not os.
LINCOLN , Nob. , July Ifl.-rSpoclai to TIIR
Dii : : . ] rolttics nro now nt n white hont In
Lincoln nuil tlio Capitol hotel , the f reat i * > -
Itlcnl headquarters , presents nn animated
scene both dny tiud night. A lurRO number
ot political lieutenants mul striken Inwo
quietly Kiithcn'd on thoscono nud purposely
caused the oniUsion of their named * fi-oin the
hotel records , so us to awalton no suspicion.
Caucusing has already commenced nnd last
evening and today groups of republicans of
nil shades and complexions litivo been In unl
imited conversation together but suddenly
( luleted on the approach of the newspapermen
mon , The preliminary skirmishing Is being
carried on and the early birds nro making
their calling and election snro.
The Indications nro from the mcmbora nl-
ready on thu scene that the republican con
vention to bo held no.xt Wednesday will bo
the most notable In the history of Nebraska ,
both hi numbers nnd Interest.
Such demands hnvo been made on the
Capitol hotel that today the elegant Bond
hotel was made the 11 ( th annex to the popu
lar hostelry. This will provide for 100 of the
bX ( ) applications already received.
Today there Is talk of n number of now
candidates , but their lieutenants are working
so quietly that nothing dollnlto ean be learned ,
It Is positive , however , that there will ho some
surprises in the coming convention. Heretofore -
fore the prospective railroad nominees sup
posed that they had cvervthlnc their own
wuy , but It is hinted that n number of them
will meet their Waterloo on Wednesday for
the benclit of the party.
THE HOCK ISLAND DKPOT.
There Is considerable speculation here concerning -
corning the route of the Hod : Island through
tills city and the probable site of the depot.
It bns been suKRCslod that the company
might use the grounds of the B. & M. , but
the Hoelt Island people will not listen to this
unless they can procure tin interest in the
property. 13nt as the tcnuro held by the H.
& M. comes from the Atohison it Missouri
company , the former corporation dare not
antagonize the latter by taking sut-h notion.
A plneo recommended as moat available for a
site la the block just south of tlio Missouri
Pacilli : grounds nnd only one block from tlio
B. & M. depot.
wn.i , XOT i.ivi : WITH HIM.
Frank A. Barrett complains in tlio district
court that although his wife , Mrs. Izn L.
Unrrott , has been married to him for over
fifteen years , she has failed to bo a wife In
the fullest sense of the word , ns she has iiv
fused to live with him for over two years ,
lie says further t'mt ho mid Mrs. liarrott
hnvo three children , and yet the
love for her offsprings Is not sufficiently
strong to iiulucc her to help care for them.
Barrett therefore asks for a divorce so that
ho can have the liberty of Betting a more "
tractable female for a partner.
TIIU WOMAN WHO HIT TUP. COXSTAI1M ! .
The cntiro day In Justice Brown's court
wus devoted to the trial of Lou I'nithcr , the
notorious woman who raised such a terrible
rumpus on the corner of Thirteenth nnd S
streets on Tuesday. Some very damaging
testimony was brought out against the fo-
malo. Lou objects to the statements pub
lished concerning her being a woman of easy
virtue , but the police say that her mime ap
pears on the records ns having paid a line
and they toll some hard stories about her.
A. mistake was made in the publica
tion of the articles that oho ruined
some jewelry rather than pay for It.
It is learned that all she ilestrovod wiw a
castor , n hanging lamp and some valuable
rugs. Only two silver knives wore given to
the railroad man , instead of two dozen , at
least so she allege * .
It was at iirst feared thnt the wounds made
by the woman's teeth oa Constable ItiiiKcr's
arm would have to bo cauterized , but there
is as yet no sign of blood poisoning.
AN uxaixrai itomici ) .
J. E. Lcaper , nn engineer on the n. & M. ,
left his gold watch in the cab of his engine
lust evening for a few minutes while in the
B. & M. yards nnd when ho returned ho
found it missing. The watch contained nn
Aurora movement , the number of the works
being ilO.ST.t and that on the case Di-I07. : ) Mr.
Lcaper lives at 0 7 North Tenth street.
A DOT.LAII FIIVUD.
The police nro looking for one C. A. Porter
ter , who with his seduotivo smile and ready
tongue has been making a myriad of tlio Lin
coln ladies bcliovo that for the small sum of
$1 they would receive the privileges of an
imaginary co-operativo library fund and also
n dozen cabinet photographs. The Indies
have paid their dollars and Porter has turned
up missing.
THE CAPTAIN' OF POI.1CR AllUKSTED.
Carl Smldt , the proprietor of u grocery
store on Tenth street , swore out a warrant in
Justice Cochran's court today for the arrest
of Captain Carder of the police force , ehurg-
him with assault and battery. Sniidt says
that on Thursday evening ho was sitting'in
front of his own store waiting for boino
friends , when Captain Carder cnmo along
and ordered him to move en. Ho told the of-
( Icor that howas waiting for some friends
nnd refused to go until they came , whereupon
Cm-dor struck him with his cane mul
arrested him. Captain Carder says
that ho found Smidt asleep on a doorstop ,
and supposing that ho was a drunkou man ho
awoke him and told him to go homo. Smidt
became very saucy lit this and refused to obey
the ofilcor , whereupon Carder tapped him
lightly with his cane to lot him know that ho
was in earnest. Smidt persisted in being Im
pudent nnd the captain escorted him to the
police stitlon , but released him without Im
prisonment when ho learned there that Smldt
was a respectable citizen.
AS UAiti.v jioitNiso Finn.
The fire department was called at 3:55 : a. m.
to Thirtieth and N streets , whore the now
house belonging to G , B. Foul ton was found
enveloped in iiamos. The building was nl-
inost entirely consumed when the flromen
reached the scene and it was only after
almost superhuman efforts that the flames
wcro kept from -spreading to the adjacent
buildings. Despite the best efforts of tbo de
partment the cottage Just to the south was
set on lire and about hnlf of it consumed.
Foulton's building was burned to the ground.
It was a no > structure and the interior was
being finished by the plasterers. The build
ing was valued at $1WJO and was insured for
Sl.-IOO. FJvo sets of plasterer's tools wore
consumed witti the building. Tno llro is
thought to bo of Incendiary origin. While
the Jlromen wore attempting to drive be
tween the two blazing buildings they were
Komi'whut scorched and one of the horsoa
badly burned.
JJBW coitronvnoNsi.
The Garflohl cattle company of Xi-llgh
have filed article. ! of incorporation with tlio
secretary of state. The capital block U
$20,000. The incorporators uro F. ( j. ( Joryell ,
E. K. Davidson and A. B. Hcach.
The Ucckman investment company of
Shlckluy has sprung into existence. The
capital stock Is $ ' . ' 0,000.
The Beomur fcjtuto bank has llled articles of
Incoriwrution anil starts with a capital of
JW',000 ' , ,
PITT NT.W3 AM ) NOTES.
On next Tuesday the. Modern Woodmen of
this city will hold their annualplcnlont Cush-
man park. At 1)W ) ) u. in. the members of the
organization will moet at KnlghU of Pvthins
hall. Tenth nnd O streets , and march In pro
cession to the depot.
The people's jiarty of Lancaster county will
hold their primaries on the tilth , ami lliolr
county convention on the 'JOth. The state
coavoutlon will bo held on the 20th ut Lin.
coin.
In JudgeCochnm's court W. J. nnd Morris
Turner sued Timothy W. Tnwuscnd for f lin ; ,
\vhlcli the plaintiffs claimed was duo on runt.
Hut the jury awarded the plaintiffs only
i'i.ta. Townsend iuslits that this U * 1 > . ! > U Uxi
much and has appealed the ca-so to the dis
trict court.
Lincoln Is to have another now hotel In
addition to the two now la course of con.
structlon. It is to bo located on the corner
of Fourteenth and I' streets < md will cost
SSO.OJU. .
Captain J. E , Hilt , state treasurer , was In
Omaha yesterday. Ho did not attempt to
chloroform any of the Douglas county dele
gates , but , on the contrary , looked nt Iho biff
building * , rode a ways on the cable cars nnd
went homo when tlio train started , Mr. Hill
nys that Gaga county does not hold her con
vention until Tuesday , but that that docs not
make any dlfforenco so far rw ho Is concerned.
lie Is In the Held for rcnonvtnntlon nnd say
ho thinks ho will hnvo no particular opposl
lion.
It was n rather strange rolncldonra that
Dan Osgood , Henry St. Haynei4 nnd Iko Lan
sing , nil candidates for attorney general ,
should bo in Omaha nil nt one time. .John
Stownrt and Juilgo Itanium coukt not be
found.
itlght on the liceh ot this harmonious visit V
of the thrco candidates for attorney general
comes the scml-oniclnl announcement that
Gcergo Hustings of Saline has concluded to 4
enter the nice for the attorney generalship.
George Is n man of acknowledged ability mid i
ho Is withal very popular , not only In the second 4i
end district , but with nil the boys. Ho Is 11
rattling campaigner mid will make things
lively If ho gets the nomination. i
All the rooms nt the hotels and private
houses In Lincoln hnvo been engaged , nnd
lightning can bo seen from each window.
Andy Gr.ihnm , the war horse ot Cuinlng
county , is watching nil thl < struggle with
great interest. Ho Is only wilting to shy his
castor in the next general light for state
treasurer. AI. K. D. Klnsel of lloldredge Is
also doing something nnd hoping tlio same
hope.
Some way or other Snutulers county did not
rush 10 Mr. Steen with that unanimity that
ho hoped nnd expected.
Mr. J. W. Johnson of Siitton , candidate for
secretary of state , has the nilvnntago of the
other follows. Ho has a paper of his own In
two languages , nnd booms himself with
Brent vigor.
Yesterday was n field day in the matter of
holding county conventions. The slates nro
now beginning to bo made in earnest.
The Hub of ICenrnoy pulls down the name
otA. H. Connor for governor , hoists the
nnmo of Judge Ilamer for congress , nnd ad
vises Buffalo county to throw 1U support to
Governor Thayor.
The doleful news comes from Lincoln that
Mr. Gere , whom Mr. Council appointed post
master nnd who heads the Lancaster county
delegation to the congressional convention ,
wants logo to congress himself. Mr. Cou
ncil never dreamed of such a combination ns
this.
LOVK'S SUPHHMACY.
Vila irhccltr ll'ilcor.
As the Krcat Mm In Ills BUproinc i-onJition ,
Absorbs small worlds , uul niiikcs thoui alt
his own ,
So tloos thy love absorb ciich vuln nmhltion ,
Kacli outsidu purpose which my llfo lias
known.
Stars cannot shitio so near thnt vast orb's
splendor.
Tlioy uro content to fonl hit llumos of llro ,
Anil so my heart is snUslltstllo render
Its strength , its nil , to iiicol thy stroiiff Jo-
siro.
As in ft forest when dead leaves are fnlllng
From all save some in-roiinlnl green tree ,
So onu by ono I llnd all nloiisuros pulling
That nro not linked with or enjoyed with
thco.
And nil tno homnRo the world may proffer ,
I talto as perfumed oils orinconso sweet.
And think of it nsono thing more to oftor
1 And saciilli-o to love lit thy dear foet.
I love myself hecnnso thou art my lover ,
My nnmo SC01H3 dear sltico uttered bv thy
voice :
Yet ni'irus-o.vcd I watch anil would discover
Kauh lilomish In the object of thy clioico.
1 coldl3' sit In JudKineiit nn ouph error ,
To my soul's RIIT.O 1 hold each faultof me ,
Until my pride is lo.it in abject terror ,
Lest 1 become inadequnto for thco.
Llko some su-ift , nibhltij ( mid sea-scchhifj
river ,
Which atbors force the further on it goes ,
So iloos the current of my iovo forever
Find iiildod Kti-oiigth mul beauty 111 it Hows.
The moio gives the moro ivmiiii.s for Blving ,
The moro receives the moro remains to win ;
Ah I only in eternities of living
Will llfo bo IOIIR enough to love theo In.
Itepublieuii State Convention.
The ix-publlciin cluctots o ( the stuto of No
bratku urn rciiucnlcil to send clclc'sntcs frntn
tliuirnovQrali-ountlL'Slumi'ct In convention In
the city of Lincoln , Wi'dnoiiluy. July an , nt3
o'clock p. in , , for HID iiurpo.su of placing in
nomination candidates for the following atato
olllccs :
Ciuvornor.
Llouiuiiiint Oovcrnor
Bccrutary of .State.
Auditor of I'ubllu A
Htato Tronsiniir.
Attnrnuy ln > iiuril. :
C'oininlsbiont'r of I'ubllo I.iiii'.h nnd DulM-
iiss.
Siiiioriiitotidoiit of Public Instriietlnn.
And tlio transaction of Hiiuli othur Imslncst
conn ) lioforu ilioconvuntlJii.
tin : proiiTinsMKNT.
everal counties aio nntltlod In rpprn-
sentiitlon as iollown , nulni ; Imsi'd niion I In )
vntociisi for Hon. tiouruo II , llastiiu'uit'il ' -
dentlul mentor InlK'X. ulvlng onoili'li'Kntu-fit-
tarxn to each countv , nnil ono for uui'li l.'ij
voles anil tliu mnjor fraction tlu'roof :
\ \
Ills rceoiniiH'iiilod tliit ; no i > ro.\tt'4 t > o n < 1-
nilttiMi to the convention. iuidlhtttUi < lou--
Kiiles imsonl ln > tiuUiorUixl lo cu > t the full
veto ut tlio dt > K > ; ; : iUi > ii ,
. , \ , . 1) . HtCMUtti. * , Chairman.
WALT M. SKKLBV Scototaty.
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OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST '
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COMPANY.
StitHorlbiM nml UimrantootH'iipltni . * .vn.oo
I'Hill III I'jlplUll a'lO.HO
lliij-Miiiui kOlUtUocUliiiil boiuU ; ni < Kotlutf <
coiiiiMurolal pin'r : | ; nvolvo * tuid o\t > cut"H
tm.st.s ; ot us trims foruucut iiml trnstro > (
uorporutlim * , taU'a uhur o ot property , col-
IccU
OmahaLoari & TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S.E. Corner IGth nnd Douglas Sta
Pulit In Capital t .V.'Hl .
Suli.sorllioil mul < ] > iurtiit * cil Capital. . l < w.'i > l
Liability of SlocUiolilors IWWJ
5 1'or Cent liiturt'st 1'alil on Di'potliM ,
, I'ltAMCJ.I.ANOK. Cnshl-r
Onicor tA. U. Wymuii. iirMldont. J.J. Jliovrn.
vlco-pro.ihUnit . T. Wymtui , trouiurcr.
nirrutorn A. U. Wynmn. J. II. Mlllur.1. J. J
llr > wii. ( Jiiy O. llurton. IV. ! . Nuati , TIioiuJ'
] , Ulrnbu ! ! , Quoruu 11.1-ako.