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SWOKK STATEMENT OF OIUOUI.ATION.
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THE weekly bank statement shows the
reserves hiis Incroiisod $1,070,000. The
bunks now bold $5:57,000 : in excess of
leg-ill requirements.
TUB rumor that citizens of Oklahoma
nro sulloring Is confirmed by the Inter
report Unit their logiBluturo is in session.
THK crop of political sunflowers bloom-
Jiifj for local itnil legislative oilices in this
hcetlon is millleiont to mnko an curly
frost n welcome benediction.
T events bufjfost the necessity
of the Htuto banking board showing some
pvidonoo of life. If there , has boon any
attempt to enforce tlxo banking law , the
fact has been jealously withhold from
Iho .
press. _ _ _ _ _
TUB exhibits and attractions booked
by tlio Dougtau County Pair association
Nvnrrnnt the assertion-thai the fair will
bo ono of the most complete and inter-
.usting hold in Omaha for years. The
energy of the malingers merits the sub-
Btantinl support and patronage of the
people.
Tine cold wave which is said to have
congealed the parting salute of the em
perors furnishes n significant explana
tion of the earthquake shocks folb in the
Valley of the Danube. All indications
point to that section as the thontor of
early convulsions , monurchial nnd othor-
\viso.
THE proposed exchange of French art
lor American pork will not strike the
esthetic as a desirable trade combina
tion , but it smacks of practical reciproc
ity , which is the main desideratum.
[ Every patriotic cultivator of hogs must
fool a tin-ill of joy over the prospect of
.trailing . his raw product for masterpieces
of French art for homo decoration.
negroes of Calhoun and adjoining ;
Alabama hold a convention
Jrocently nnd unanimously adopted a
memorial which they will present to
congress asking that the government
luako a loan of $1,000 , to each negro man
with which to buy a farm , the govern
ment to take a twenty-year mortgage on
Hho land. This is about ns novel a
fechomo us Jlnjor Vaughn's frocdmnn's
pension law.
THE brick fight in Now York grows
( nioro interesting and there seems to bo
too hope of stopping It soon. The price
Jot bricks has advanced from four dollars
y\ud ninety-live cents per thousand to
JBQvon dollars and forty-five cents , nnd
will go on up. It is simply a ooycott ,
and thousands of laborers are out of em
ployment who arc iu no way responsible
for or interested in the origin of the
tprctiont trouble.
I "WATEUI.OO , In. , is the first city of
that state to avail itself of the provisions
of. the school-book law which was passed
by the last general assembly. Contracts
Imvo been nmilo with publishers for sup
plying tlui schools of that city with
books for live years , and after paying nil
expenses , they will bo furnished fully
thirty per cent cheaper than formerly.
hls is the right way to strike the schoolbook -
book trust in its vitals.
I Tliu National conservatory of music of
f-Amorica , Now York , announces a moat
.valuable addition to its faculty in Signor
IXlomnalto Sepia as principal and profos-
.eorof the vocal department. The sig-
jiior is commended ua nn excellent musi
cian , and the fact that ho was conductor
/or Mme. P.ittl during her recent tour of
the United States sulllolcutly attests this
[ /act. This is an important addition to
thn faculty of the conservatory , and will
Bervo to commend that admirable insti
tution more strongly to the popular
, fuvor. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
* "nu ox-Khcdlvo of Egypt , Ismail
IpiiHlia , whoso death by poison was ro-
jlxirtcd from Constantinople a few duys
ngo , was perhaps the most versatile nnd
| 1 > rllHant ncoundrol of the present cen
tury , lie wnH a man of intelligence , nnd
'enterprise ' , but In the furtherance of his
< 'lipm(8 nbuolutoly unscrupulous. IIo
wiw both a thief and a murderer , his
'A'lrthns being estimated at hundreds of
fliwxons , while his stealings amounted to
aulUloim of dollars. As nn intriguer ho
iljud few equals in modern times , and his
fceath will bo a rollof to most of the gov-
pmuiont * of Europe ,
n.ir.
In twenty-three states it is provided
> y statute that September 1 shall bo ob
served as a holiday of labor , so Hint to
morrow In moro than half of this great
intion hundreds of thousands of work-
nen and workwomen , putting aside the
niplomcnts of Industry , will celebrate
, holr lawful right to a day of freedom
Vom toll. In every considerable city of
.ho states whom Labor day is established
jy law their will bo parades and
exercises appropriate to the occasion ,
and Iho grand army of toll will for the
time take possession of the public inter
est and attention. For twenty-four
lours at least labor will command rec
ognition of its dignity and power. With
music and banners It will peaceably and
joyously proclaim that In this republic
-ho workingman has a voice and an In-
luenco which all must hear and uc-
-cnowledgo. In no other1 land has ho a
iiolltlay distinctively his own. In other
.anils the laborer may bo given oppor
tunities of recreation and enjoy privi
leges accorded him by long-estab
lished custom , hut in no other country is
it provided by law that ono day of the
yotir shall be his day an occasion when
lie may go forth to the unconstrained enjoyment -
joymont of his privileges as a man and a
jittzon , fearing no tank-master and re
sponsible to no boss for his conduct.
Intelligent workingtnen to whom ro-
ilcotions of this nature must eomo on the
recurrence of Labor day , cannot but
have their patriotism and their
devotion to free institutions stim
ulated and enlarged thereby , and
the exercises of tomorrow wherever
the day is oluorved will bo defective in a
most important particular if they fail to
convoy to these who celebrate some Im
pression of the higher respect shown to
labor in this country than in any other
and the greater advantages it enjoys.
Despite tlio contlicts which sometimes
seem to indicate n dolibjrato purpose to
drive labor to the wall , to destroy its
organization , to break down its power ,
and to deny it all rights except that
of toiling at the will of com
bined capital , nnd despite the some
times grave mistakes of labor itself ,
which seriously impair confidence alike
in its intelligence and its integrity , the
grout body of tlio American people nro
always in hearty sympathy with every
just and reasonable demand of labor and
earnestly desire its improvement and
elevation. This great country , moro
than any other on the face of the globe ,
represents In its unparalleled progress
and marvelous material achievement the
power and the worth of labor.
It is a nation of workers sur
passing every other in energy
and enterprise. The foundations of its
stateliest fortunes were laid by hard
and persistent toil , and while it may bo
true that some of tlioso who now enjoy
the rich heritage of labor forgot how it
was obtained , they cannot wlpa out the
fuel respecting its origin. Wo believe
there is none who will question that
the rights of labor were never more
generally recognized and respected in
this country than they nro today.
There is at present a good deal of
unrest and dissatisfaction in the ranks
of labor , both in this country and
abroad. In Belgium thousands of
minors arc engaged in a content which
promises , before it ends , to involve every
worker in this branch of industry in
that country. In England there are
threatened outbreaks which may be
come very serious. There is hardly nn
industrial center on the European con
tinent whore labor is not exhibiting
more or less unrest , and even in Aua-
Htralia the labor troubles arc of greater
magnitude than was over before known
there nt ono time. Happily what a few
days ago threatened to bo ono of the
most disastrous labor disturbances in the
history of this country appears to have
practically coino to an end , a situation
duo to the conservative action of largo
nnd influential bodies of workingmon.
80 far as American labor is concerned ,
it is on the whole in a satisfactory con
dition and the outlook for it Is favorable.
There ia no reason to believe that
American labor will not enjoy in the
year to come as largo opportunities and
as satisfactory rewards as it has hud in
the past year , while it is not improbable
there will bo Improvement with respect
to both.
A LKSSOX jy VUULIG CHARITIES.
Among the many problems that every
modern society is called upon to con
sider is how the demands for charity
shall bo best mot. How are wo to provide
for these in need who have a just claim
to public bonollconco without offering an
encouragement to unworthy mendicancy ,
and how can the public protect itself
against imposture and fraud ? This
subject has boon ono of moro
or loss perplexity almost since the
organization of civilized governments ,
for the truth proclaimed nearly nine
teen hundred years ago , that "tho poor
yo have always with you , " was founded
upon the experience of ages and is atill
being verified. The history of charac
ter is therefore practically as old as the
history of mankind , and yet euro of the
poor by the states in accordance with
general laws , is .comparatively modern.
The ancient methods of providing for
the indigent were not regulated by any
well-defined system , and oven when with
the growth of Christianity the church
became the center of charitable work it in
curred the reproach of encouraging
idleness by giving undeserved assist
ance. How to relieve honest poverty
without encouraging voluntary pauper-
lam Is a question that has boon most seri
ously discussed in Europe nnd America ,
particularly during the last halt century ,
and while not yet satisfactorily settled
there certainly has boon great progress
made towards its solution. Ono evi
dence of this Is in the fact that in Eng
land a revision of the laws which took
place about the beginning of
the reign of Victoria has re
sulted in reducing the cost of
pauperism about 40 per cent aa well as
in greatly diminishing the number of
paupers relatively to population.
Perhaps nowhere has this matter of
public charities boon reduced to a moro
satisfactory nnd efficient system than in
Germany , whoso practical statesmen
have glvon great attention , to it during
the past twenty years. In a late con
sular report Issued by the Btfcto department -
mont at Washington , Consul General
MiiHon , nt l'Ynnkfort-on-lho-Maln. pre
sents a very complete account of the
Gorman plan , known as the "Elbor-
fohlor eystom , " the nnmo being taken
from lilborfold , a town in Prussiawhoro
t first had an ndcipiato test , Under
his system It is made the duty of each
community , city or village to tnko care
of the deserving poor , and the rollof
given is considered a loan , the person
ecelving it being required to pay it
back if ho is over able to do so. In each
community the leading citizens uro ne
eded to attend lo the relief of tlio poor ,
mil no ono is permitted to decline or to
shirk the duties Imposed , under a
i > otialty of the loss of civil rights
'or ' a term of years , ns well as
in Increase of taxes. The duties , how
ever , are not especially onerous , since
10 ono is required to attend to moro than
Ivo indigent families. Orphan children
vho are destitute are kept temporarily
n asylums or boarded in private faml-
ics , the latter system having boon at-
ondcd with highly satisfactory results.
I'lio Gorman laws combine indoor and
outdoor rollof , but give u decided prefer
eiico to the latter. Generally this plan
ins boon found cheaper per head than
.ho other , but it has usually boon
iltcndoil with such aa increase
n the number of piutpors as
to augment instead of diminish
.ho aggregate expense. Although
lighly regarded by 0 or may , it appears
lot to reduce the proportion of paupor-
Hin to a very low figure , Consul Mason
staling that the number of persons to
whom relief is granted is a little \oss \
.linn four to the ono hundred , which islet
lot much below the proportions fifteen
years ago. The annual cost is twenty-
one and a half million dollars , which
represents n tax of forty-six cents on
ciu'h inhabitant in a population of forty-
seven millions.
Of course it would not bo practicable
to apply the Hlberfcldor system ns a
whole in this country. Communities
lore could not , for example , require cer
tain olti'/.ons to perform charitable
duties. But there tire featured of the
system that can bo applied anywhere ,
md the success attained in Germany
warrants attention to thorn on the part
of communities that will have to con
sider plans of public charity , and there
ire few that will not have this question
soon brought homo to them with moro
ihtin ordinary urgency.
A SOUTHKltX PHOliLKM.
The Mississippi constitutional conven
tion now in session at Jackson , was con
vened ostensibly to solve the franchise
problem. It is sought to obtain by con
stitutional provisions the results which
: iavo heretofore boon olToctod by intimi
dation and other illegal methods. Hut
it is now found that this problem does
not easily afford a satisfactory solution.
"While the constitution of the United
States does not establish the quallflca-
! ions of the electors of the various states ,
it places certain restrictions upon the
ictions of the states in prescrib
ing these qualifications. By pro
viding that the electors of members of
the house of representatives shall have
the qualifications requisite for the most
numerous branch of the state legislature ,
the framers of the conatitutioti gave to
the states the power of extending or re
stricting the franchise at the will of the
majority. Universal nvmhool suffrage
was not in force at the coinrnoncomont of
the republic and Rhode Maud retained
a property qualification in her constitu
tion for over fifty years after she had be
come a member of the union. But these
restrictions were by degrees voluntarily
done away with by the states themselves
in order to afford greater in
ducements to immigrant settlers
and later the whole people
by amendment to the constitution
agreed upon certain restrictions upon
the power of the state to restrict the
franchise. It was therefore declared
that the right of citizens of the United
Slates to vote , shall not bo denied or
abridged by the United States or by any
state on account of race , color , or previ
ous condition of servitude. Tlio states
nro loft to devise and put into operation
any plans for rodtricting the right to
vote upon another basis , which they
may think desirable.
The abridgement of the franchise by
the establishment qf either property or
educational qualifications or by the es
tablishment of both , seems to afford the
only methods available to the Mississippi
convention ; yet their adoptiom
must necessarily btJ followed
by several undesirable results.
The most reasonable provision would bean
an educational qualification , for it seems
no moro than proper that only the In
telligent voter should ba permitted to
take pirt in public nu'aira. But the dts-
franchl.somont of the uneducated negro
must bo coupled with that of the ignor
ant white man. By the census of 1830 ,
of seven hundred and fifty-throe thousand
six hundred and ninoty-throo persons
over ton years of ago enumerated in
Mississippi , forty-ono and nine-tenths
per cent were unable road nnd forty-nine
and five-tenths per cent unable to write.
Of the whites , sixteen and throe-tenths
per cent were unable to write , while of the
negroes there was seventy-five nnd two-
tenths per cent In that condition. From
this , it is estimated that an educational
qualification would , while disfranchising
seine hundred thousand colored men ,
also deprive nearly ( If teen thousand white
domooratd of their votes. The same un
satisfactory consequences would result
from a property qualification inasmuch
as nearly a like proportion of white and
colored men would bo disfranchised.
But there is another and moro poten
tial argument against the restriction of
the suffrage by the Mississippi conven
tion. Before the civil war , the slaveholding -
ing states were accorded representation
in the federal congress according to their
respective numbers which was deter-
* ralnod by adding to the vrholo
number of free persons , including
these bound to service for a term of
years , excluding Indians not taxed ,
throe-fifths of all other persons. Thus
the white people were enabled to elect
'
representatives for thomsolvo's and also
three-fifths of their slaves. Emancipa
tion not only failed to roctfy this injus
tice , but the whlto voters , by the adop
tion of intimidating methods , virtually
obtained the right to elect represent
atives for themselves and the whole
number of negroes. The disfranchise-
nont of any part of the negro voters
vould seriously endanger this privilege
is now enjoyed.
In adoptliigtho fourteenth nuiond-
nont , itV M oajStod into the constitu
tion that "whon'tiio right to vote at any
election for " 1Kb chotca of electors
for prosldontr land vice president
of the UhljjOd States , repre
sentatives in confrrcss , the executive and
udlcinl olllcors o | n stale , or the mem-
) ors of the legislature thereof , is denied
to any of the male inhabitant * of such
st-.ite , bolug twenty-one years of ngo and
citizens of the United States , or in any
way abridged except for participation in
rebellion or other crime , the basis of
representation therein shall bo reduced
.n the proportion which the number of
such inalo citizens shall bear to the
whole number of male citizens twonty-
ono years of ago in such state. " In ills-
Tnnchlslng any considerable number-of
voters , Mississippi would reduce the
lumber of congressional representatives
lucurdcjtl to It. Instead of retaining the
seven congressmen which Mississippi
now has , tin educational qualification
would lesson tlio apportionment
jy over forty per cent , leaving not moro
, han four ni-embors. Such a thing is not
contemplated by the constitutional con
vention. As yet the shot-gun policy is
the only way which has been invented to
disfranchise the negroes without depriv
ing the white men of their votes and to
retain at the same time a full representa
tion in congress. The question is : Can
Lho .Mississippi convention discover anew
now and more peaceful method of accom
plishing the sumo tiling ?
A n'lXOFAItL t'OIl
There is nothing moro disgusting than
Llio demagogy of some of our public
men. A striking instance is afforded
by the recent gyrations of Senator
Plumb in his frantic effort to work up
Dopularlty among the voters of Kansas.
Sir. Plumb Is known to bo
iho richest man in Kansas , and
liis close association with monopolists ,
bonanza kings and money lenders
is an open secret at Washington , if not
among the members of tlio Farmers' '
Alliance in Kansas. But today Mr.
Plumb is the most rnntaukerous anti-
monopolist in the United States senate.
His latest performance Is on a par with
all his recent exploits. When the sec
tion of the McKinley tnrilT bill that cm-
bodies imported wines and liquors
cnino up in the sonnto , Mr. Plumb
Lhrow a sop to the prohibitionists
by offering an amendment to
raise the duty on champagne ono dollar
per bottle , and ma ko a corresponding
increase in duties on Jamaica rum ,
Rhino wine , Holland gin and other
liquors that are imported from foreign
countries. Those' amendments were
adopted and MriPlumb has put another
[ enth r in his prohibition cap.
But what does prohibition or temper-
unco gain by raising these duties ?
People who drink champagne , Jamaica
*
ruin or Holland gin are not likely to
substitute Kentucky whisky or Milwau
kee beer for them. .iJBut there is n small
fortune in this raise for the importers
and liquor dealers who have a largo
supply of foreign -wines and liquors on
hand. It is a windfall for them. The
importers can wcli"a1Tord to bo liberal
and keep the senators' wino collars filled
with the choicest brands of Widow Cli-
quot , Burgundy and Johanisbergor for
the next five years.
ARK irOJfGiV OPPRESSKD 1
A paragraph which recently appeared
in THE 13EB has stirred a member of the
gentle sex to her innermost depths.
This paragraph was nothing moro nor
less than a casual and perhaps flippant
remark that the republicans of South
Dakota , who wore wrestling with an
equal sullrago plank , would furnish
women in pants another chance for ex
citement nnd agitation.
Some Nebraska fairy who signs her
self "Aurora , " takes this as an affront ,
and talks wildly about the bombro dark
ness which envelops THE BKK. Now
the poets have represented Aurora as
arising out of the ocean in a chariot
with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.
This is evidently not our Aurora whoso
carmine-tipped fingers have dipped the
pen into vitriol.
She asks indignantly and with scorn :
"Where Is the logical connection between
an interest in peed government , Just laws ,
jniro living , advanced clvilUutiou , and
pjiuts ? Is the wearer of pants only alTeeted
by legislation ? Why should not a woman bo
equally interested with men in the solution
of all the tji'cat questions which vitally jon-
com humanity ? Nothing bettor coulu pos
sibly happen to the human raw ) tlum an
nwttkonlni ? on the part of all women to the
fact of their rights , duties nnd responsibility ,
llow can n world bo expected to bo a .success
wlieu it ignores one-half of itsolfj How can
inon i-iso to the JM stuture of not.o , trim and
free manhood when womun with whom they
are so closely connected are ignorant uud en
slaved !
Aurora's plea is the old , old story of
oppression , of degradation , of denied
rights and the unbearable tyranny of
brutal man over helpless woman. When
the question of equal suffrage was be
fore the people of Nebraska in 1882 the
issue was thoroughly dincussod and ef
fectively dlsposed'of'through tlio ballot
box. It is hardly wcoswry to reopen
the debate at this time. Tun BKE op
posed female suffrage because it sin
cerely believed that it would decrease
the happiness of woman herself. Society
is founded on tho'fnjnlly relation , which
in turn finds its basU in sexual relations.
"
The demands of the family rolajion
upon woman must monopolize her time
and strength , ajjd 'necessarily prevent
her sharing with' ' man the duties im
posed upon the fuU-floilged citizen.
Woman's ' positlbtf before the law Is
not a degraded or enslaved ono. In the
matter of law shohu.3 ; an advantage of
three years over men who become of
ngo only when twonty-ono , while women
are legally recognized as individually
responsible at eighteen. The laws
of Nebraska give to woman what
ever she could want or reason
ably ask for. All the property
that a woman owns before mnrrlago ,
personal and real , can bo retained by
her after marrlago and willed away il
*
she BOOS fit. But how is it with men ?
When a man marries , the moment that
the marriage is solemnized , the woman
.becomes the absolute owner of one-third
of his real property. IIo cannot dispose
of any of his real estate or mortgage it
without his wife's consent. And why ?
Because it is the simple recognition by
man of woman's depend once and man's
Icslro to protect hor. It does not in-
.imato slavery or degradation or nbrldg-
nont of liberty 119 the female euffriiglats
will have It. Under"our laws a mnrriod
woman may sell or convoy her property ,
she may dispose of it at pleasure , she
nay , If she desire , go Into business in
short , she is nt liberty to do anything
that she wants to with her property nnd
no mnn cnn legally Interfere with her
ind yet a few of the gentle creatures
call this bondage nnd shudder at their
abject slavery.
With these generous laws , made by
men for the protection of women ,
Aurora contends that women should bo
equally interested and intimates that
/ho world is not a success. 13ut this is
moonshine on a shovel. Suffrage is not
an inherent right. It Is simply n
uivllogo conferred upon men in exchange -
change for the discharge of duties for
which men ulono tire fitted by reason of
-heir physical condition. These who
make our laws should bo over ready and
xblo to enforce them. Sexual differ
ences which render women , its a whole ,
ncnpablo of performing the political dit
ties required of men , need not bo dis
cussed , but cannot bo overlooked in de
termining tlio question. From the
standpoint of womanhood Itself , fcmalo
suffrage would bo equally inexpedient.
"Woman is by nature the custodian of the
nation's morals. The homo is the
natural center around which the hopes
and aspirations of womanly women clus
ter. The homo work is the woman's
work it Is there she naturally belongs.
As Artemus Ward said , "when woman
behaves herself she is tin angel , but
when she gets Into my pantaloons , meta
phorically speaking , and tries to play
the iniin"sio ] plays the devil and is an
emphatic nuisance. "
11UMAX1T1"S OKSTLK JIMfD ,
A dozen fashionable women residing
in Now York have undertaken a some
what novel scheme. It is nothing of
greater importance than founding an
isylum for itinerant cats and homeless
dogs. A building is to bo erected , and
the countless curs which erstwhile bayed
Iho moon will bo provided with a place
Lo sleep and plenty to eat. The cats and
kittens are to have a separate apart
ment , and the women having charge ot
the asylum for these unfortunate or
phans , and also those with families un
able to support themselves , will employ
assistants whoso duty it will bo to see
that tlio cats conduct themselves in a
manner becoming the demands of civili
sation. Tliis will certainly prove a sweet
boon , and is well worthy of the willing
hands and hearts which have undertaken
to relieve the vagrant animals. The old
cats which have boon known as rounders ,
and which have sat on the back porch or
the front porch and poured out their
souls to their lost mates in the darkness
of the night , will find their occupation
gone , but the man with the loaded boot
jack can slumber on and on , while the
rounder sloops sweetly in the corral pro
vided by the humane women. Of course
the countless waifs human waifs in
the streets of Now York who go to bed
hungry , and are ragged and miserable ,
did not appeal to the sympathy of these
noble wouion. But the cats and dogs ,
with their fleas nnd fits , struck them In
a tender place , and they will care for
them.
FUOM the variety of reports that como
from Europe regarding the results , or
probablo'rosults , of the conference be
tween the czar and Emperor William , it
is quite impossible to determine
whether the chances are moro favorable
to peace or war. For instance , it was
reported from Vienna that the czar had
refused to consent to the Gorman-em
peror's proposition that the forces of
llussia , Austria and Germany stationed
on the boundary between the three
countries bo withdrawn , which would
indicate that the conference was n failure ,
while on the other hand the advices
from St. Petersburg breathe nothing
but ponce , and these from Berlin are
non-committal or doubtful. The fact of
tlio matter is that all these reports are
the merest conjecture , no ono but the
two emperors and their most confidential
advisors having the least knowledge of
what transpired in the conference , and
they will take euro that the hecrot does
not got out until they are ready to
divulge it. The fact that everything on
the surface appears calm should per
haps be accepted as an assurance that
there is no immediate danger ahead.
THE reported discovery of a euro for
pulmonary consumption in Europe is
discredited by the press of Colorado.
In exhaustive articles on the subject ,
the politico-medical writers of the state
cough up the significant information
that the ozone of Colorado is the ono
great specific for patching shattered
lungs. It must bo admitted that- the
scribes of the centennial state are au
thorities on the disease. No other like
aggregation has had the opportunities
to watch its progress. It has boon their
melancholy duty to chronicle the demise
of moro consumptive victims than nny
equal number of obituary writers in the
country. Hut before they proclaim
Colorado as the pulmonary sanitarium of
the world , tlio vital statistics of the state
should bo suppressed or published in
ono of the dead languages.
WE have boon asked to publish the
full text of the Connell labor bill that
passed the lower house last Thursday ,
and point out the benefits which workingmen
ingmon will derive from it when it
becomes a law. Wo shall do BO just as
soon aa the official copy of the bill as
amended by the house cnn bo procured.
Thcro is already an eight hour law on
the statutes of the United States , and
wo cannot possibly point out tlio scope
of the proposed legislation without first
making a comparison with the law now
in force. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A Practical Fnut.
St.xrnfj nMie-Ctemnerat ,
The silver dollar was worth only 71 cents
when Cleveland rotlroJi now It U worth U3
cents. This Is one of the practical facts that
will help to keep the republican party In con
trol of the legislation of thocountiy.
New , Mr. Tolstoi.
M. Einlilo Zola lias criticised the "Krcuttor
Sonata , " aud gives it as his deliberate ) opin
ion that the author of the hook must bo In-
sauo , Will some ono plcaso interview Count
Tolstoi us to his opinion of Zolul
ThoKlastleutus Which Is to ho pineal over
the nwln entrance of the city ( mil wllltimko
n street p.irmlo on Tuesday nt 10 o'clock. '
hovor.il visiting Blastleutusos will bo present
from abroad , and the procession will bo a
blaze of glory. Major John II. Furay will
head the procession , followed by the
Blastlcutns , It followed by Messrs. Iltrk-
hauscr , Dhmior , Chuffo uiul U.ivls. The pro
cession will form at block 80 , and march
minimi the cntlro siumro. Mr. Dlrkhauscr
will make the opening address nnd introduce
the ntranpa pro-historic biMst. By per
mission wo nro permitted to print Ids speech ,
which abounds in stirring sentiment. IIo
will any :
Ladles and Gentlemen ! I hnvo the honor
to introduce to you the great Klnstlcntiu. It
lias eyes but it sees not , oars but it hears not ,
claws but It claws not , sijaloj but It weljjhs
not nnd wings but it Illcu not. At this Junc
ture Count I'ulMkl , the pound master , will
authorize a dog catcher to polso the poaroca
.stufllnioutof the glasttcutus and the meet-
lug will ailjourn to the city hall , where the
r.iro piece of art will bo placed in its proper
position ,
Ono of the mo t novel features of the cam
paign is salil to hiivo been Introduced by
Partner Kdgorton , the foot-sore and horny-
handed son of toll. The nearest ho over got
to a plow was la a picture book , but when lie
commences to ImratiKUo the farmers ho al
ways speaks of "wo , " l-'or fear that ho maybe
bo called upon to " .show his hand" and tlio
bunions of toil upon It , ho has hail nn nrtlllcl.il
arm anil hand made , all covered with warts
nnd bunions and blisters. During his spocch
ho takes his nrtlllehl arm from out hli coil
sleeve , leaving his real arm hatiglnjjat his
side , and passes It through the audience for
careful inspection. Duvo Hutlor was carry-
In ; , ' It through the uudlcnco the other day
with tears in his oyea , when a small boy dis
covered that tlio bunions were made ot putty.
Dictator Durrow.s , in the last issue of bis
personal organ , withdraws Senator Van
\Vyck \ from the race and calls upon the
congressional committee to put a now candi
date In the field. The committee , which is
made up principally of Alloa Hoot , will
now call upon Allen Root to take the position
for which nature nnd nature's God have
lltted him the ' candidate
people's for con
gress. Mr. Hoot's election is a foroijouo con
clusion.
The majesty of the law has boon invoked
by two Long Island citizens to settle a dis
pute such as perhaps was never brought into
a court before. Neighbor No. 1 owned a hen
that laid eggs which he claimed belonged to
him. Tlio licit of neighbor No. 2 hatched the
eggs , nnd a law suit , whiuh is attracting
great attention , is the result. The eminent
judge Is asked to decide which ono of the dis
putants owns the chickens which were
hatched. From a strictly legal point of view
Tin : Dm : ventures the opinion that the bun
owned by neighbor No. 13 has a mechanic's
Hen on the chickens ,
A barber trust has been formed in Chicago
with a capital of Sa OOO. The trust proposes
to operate shops in various cities in tlio state.
Next !
Tlio yield of prunes in California this year
Is estimated at 15,000,000 , pounds , or moro
than a pound for each family in the country.
It is to bo hoped that the Nebraska states
men who are demanding1 a division of all
wealth will see to it that each family gets its '
pound of prunes. If they nro not forthcom
ing the government should bo called upon for
nu appropriation to purchase a pound of dried
apples for each family.
An Atlanta , Oa. , preacher delivered a ser
mon In Washington last Sunday , in which ho
bitterly opposed tlio custom of the people
paying for the congressional chaplain. IIo
contended that if the members wanted to
hear a prayer , or bo prayed for , they should
pay for it out of their own pockets. 'Iho At
lanta divine should go slow. Congress Is bad
enough with a parson to help it , and without
ono there's no telling what would happen.
After an exhaustive investigation the Ber
lin Telephone company pronounces women
superior to men ns telephone employes. As
no particular reason is jjlven for the decision ,
It is presumed woman's natural ability to
"talk back" distanced the steruorsex.
The advocates of Volapuk have reason to
feel gratified with the spread of the univer
sal language. At u late convention of its
votaries in Boston , statistics were produced
to show the wonderful fnvor with which
Volapuk is received throughout the world.
It has five millions of students , twelve thous
and Imsiness houses use it in flf ty different
countries , and two and a half million people
speak it For a language of comparatively recent -
cent origin , the sprcnk of Volnpuk is cer
tainly remarkable. It commends itself
specially to the "people's candidates" in the
present campaign. Tlio universal language
will enable them to niiiko their wants known
to the Poles , Bohemians , Russians , Germans
and Scandinavians of the Second congres
sional district without having an Intornro tor.
A Ijendcr AVIio Doesn't ; Icad.
IVeui I'oiA Sun.
The Knlchts of Labor have passed that
portion of their career which has been prom
inent to the eyes of the public ns the most
headless labor organization ever known.
During all that period their ox rent Ivo ruler
has been Mr. Tcrenco V. 1'owdcrly , a vain
uiul nlncompooplsh person , lacking in every
characteristic Unit could Justify tlio respect
of tils followers or give effective counsel uud
direction to their efforts ,
MiiBt Draw the Ijliic.
Ololie .Democrat.
"The protective tariff , as I understand it , "
says Senator Hoar , "is u measure to increase
the wages of American labor , that thereby
American citizenship and American man
hood may bo exalted. " There can bo no ob
jection by any republican to such a definition.
IJut when duties are imposed or increased
merely to swell the alraidy sufficient profits
of manufacturers , the policy is perverted to
fulso and unjust uses.
Given Out > ! ' Ot-atltmle.
Kale FIM' HVts/ifnutoii. /
Speakintr of the grand array encampment ,
Major McICinloy made a strong point In his
controversy with General llutlcr , wliero ho
defended the veterans " of our civil war
against the imputation of sordid motives be
hind their services to their country. Thcro
is not nn American patriot who would
begrudge to the old soldiers all the kindness
and care they need to mnko their lives com-
fortahlo. But there nro n great many or us
who halo to see a disposition , on the part of
any of them , to put a moro money value on
what they did for the unlon-to spoil n glor
ious record of unselfish devotion by demand
ing a special reward for what they
were supposed to have offered
us n free gift. Major McKin
loy's manly statement that the volunteer sol
dier only did his duty ns a citizen may call
down on him a vast deal of abuse from pen
sion sharks and cranks of till orders , hut it
will also draw forth u hearty response of ap
proval from the bettor class of Americans , In
the Grand Army and out of It. What the
government o [ this country ( jives to Ita de
fenders , It gives out of the fullhcss of Its
gratitude and not because a writ lias been
served on it. The government accepted the
services of loyal and patriotic citizens to fight
Its buttles In the war of secession , because
these services wcro freely offurod. If It hail
wuntcd simply to buy food for confederate
powder , it would have gone to Ilo eo for its
army.
STRANGE DEATH IN LINCOLN ,
Ott Trow Found Djing From tlio Hflicts of
Chloroform.
MRS , HENRY MOHR STILL ALIVE ,
llo\v Glllesplo Got n lllll Hettlec.1-
Otlicr News tn the Cnpl-
tnl CijStnto llouso
Notes.
LINCOLN , Neb. , August ! ! 0.
to Tins lKK.-OUo ) ] H. l-'row - , n well
known nnd popular young man of twenty ,
seven years , citinu to his ilenth this morning
by tailing chloroform. No satisfactory ro.xsoa
can ho assigned for tlio act. Lint evening
ho was bright nnd cheerful nn usual and ntS
o'clock ho attired himself In his beat suit et
riot lies ns though he was going to inako a
rail. Thirty minutes later ho purchased
half nn ounce of chloroform ntStelnerA
Sehultz's drug stow , lie returned , to 111)
homo nt l'J.13 Q street so Into
that neither his father nor mother heard hita
coma In. AtTtfO this morning ho was found
on his bed dying , ills clothes wcro still ou
and close to Ills fui-o was the empty bottle of
chloroform mid his handkerchief Into which
ho had poured the drug. A phj'sielan win
called , but In fifteen minute * l-'row was dead.
The fact that ho had heart trouble Is attri
buted as the reason that such n small quan
tity of the sodatlvo killed him , as ordinarily
It is claimed n full ounce or more Is necessary ,
The deceased was ono of the head elerks nt
Miller & 1'alno's store and
dry goods , n great
favorite there. IIo bus not , enjoyed thn best
of health , as ho was mulcted with dyspepsia.
Still this has never Interfered with his work
nor his cheerfulness Ho .suffered with a se
vere toothache tibont a week ngo and his
father and mother wish to bellovo that prob
ably ho hud another attack lait evening and
took the fatal drug for relief. Hut no ono
can be found who beard him complain of pnlu
last evening , and the fact Hint ho cmi > tied tha
bottle miikes the theory of suicide look very
probable. None of the members of the family
can assign nny reason for his pinposoly tak
ing his lite in case it wai intentional suicide.
Lint evening ho took supper nt the Howl
hotel with Charley Hond , nnd was nt that
time in the best of spirits. Later bo met
Deb Wilson , ono of his chums , and win then
In his usual Jolting mood. Where ho went
after ho put on his best clothes at 8 o'clock Is
not known , but It Is presumed that ho culled
upon bomo young Indy , but who the person Is
lias not been ascertained. Whether such
young ludy had anything to do with his tak
ing the chloroform Is , of course , also veiled In
mystery , but that belief is expressed by
some , although hli relatives say ho never
kept steady company with nny young lady.
The father nnd mother were very averse tea
a post mortem examination , nnd consequently
none will bo hold. The relatives were also
opposed to tin Inquest , owing to the publicity
It would give the unfortunate nlt'ulr. So
there probably will not bo any. There tire
conflicting reports concerning the young
man's heart and lungs being effected , but the
fact that half an ounce of chloroform killed
him shows that ono or the other of these
vital organs or both wcro affected. A sister
of his died six yours ngo with heart disease
and his married sister is afllletod with heart
trouble. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Frow , tlio
father and mother , say that Ott frequently
complained of his heart , and If this is true ,
there is no doubt that but that ho wna nwura
of the effect of chloroform on him , ns once n
dentist refused his request to use chloroform
after learning thut young Frew's heart was
not in a healthy condition ,
MHS. MOIIU STILT. ALIVE.
The physician in attendance upon Mrs.
Henry Motir , who was shot in the abdomen
by her husband , says ttiat the reports cur
rent in Lincoln last evening about Mrs.
Mohr's condition were exaggerated. Ho ad
mits that she is In a dangerous condition but
denies that mortification basset in. U'lio re
ports were believed In West Lincoln ,
over , nnd seurot urninpcinonts wcro offoutod
for a lynching psyty. The doctor says'-Uuit
there uro some hopes of the poor woman's re
covery.
nowoii.usriK COI.MOTII : : > A HIM. . .
John Dondicaii , who runs a feed store , Is
very angry over the trick played on him by
John S. Parks to square a ilout owed by Don-
dican to a man named Gillisplo. Parks Is a
drayman who called at Dondlctin's place nnd
ordered n load of oats. The wagon was tilled
and weighed , when It was discovered Unit
there were thirty-two bushels In the load and
that It would come to ifU.-'S. Parks shoolc
his head dubiously and claimed that the
weight was not correct. Doiidlcun Uicu al
lowed Parks to drive to another sot of scales
and there the weight rcglstorcdwas identical
with that of the other scales. Parks then
laughingly told Dondiean that the oats were
for Olllisplo , nnd as ho owed Oilllspioover
$ M.iS ! l.o could charge it to that account. Be
fore the chagrined Dondlcnn could do any
thing the fellow drove nwny with the cereal.
Dondiean then repaired to Justice Brown's '
ofllco and sivoro out u warrant for Park's ar
rest on the charge ot getting goods und
false pretenses.
WAST TIIBM TO Sf.OW UP.
At the special meeting of the city council
last evening a resolution was Introduced
favoring the placing of n watchman at the dif
ferent crossings to see that the railroad com
panies comply with the laws governing Iho
speed of trains Insldo the city limits.
STATH IIOUSK XOTDS.
The Bank of Berlin Incorporated this morn
ing with J3Tioao capital. The incorponiton
are N. A. Duff , A. M. Cook , Fred Shnidor ,
.T. II. Young , O. W. Voting , Conrad Farto-
nnu , F. L. iilllinatins , W. K. lOuir , David
Strento.
( JoveniorThaycr Is expected bad : from the
east this evening or tomorrow. Mrs. Thaycr
is still In bud health and will not return for a
number of weeks.
Tom Bcntoti , state auditor , Is back at hli
desk again ,
The grounds about Iho state house nvo
finally in splendid condition and attract con
siderable favorable comment on account of
their beauty.
onus AND KNDS.
Charles Znlkci * , a cl rk at the store of
Hcfllov & Son , got angry last night at a Httlu
U D , T. boy named Charles Gleemin. who
hapixmod U ) run against him , and udminis-
tored a beating to the lad. Today Zulkcr
p.ild the police ] udgor .tt ) for his actions.
Tttn BHIS correspondent would bo pleased
tomoot.f. A. Adams , who sent n communica
tion to this paper for publication. Cull at
ISJUIS 8 street.
The Nebraska Wcsloynn university hni
commenced suit against Captain Carder t > (
the police for the collection of WO subscribed
by htm toward the erection of the now unl *
vorslty building. The captain is very indig
nant , and says it vyas his Intention to pay ' ' -
satno , but of Into the payments on his li
have taken all the nVmoy ho could possibly
spare , and ho wan toil tlio university people
to give him a little moro time , which they
have refused him.
The wifoof Olllcer Koano Is dangerously
111 with typhoid fever , nnd has been taken to
the hospital tor treatment.
Mr. II. 0. MoVlclier has returned from a
delightful tun days' ' outing hi the western
part of thoaUita.
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital. . . .1500,000
I'tild In Capital . 330.W
lluys nnd soils utocks anil bonds ) negotlutc" )
commercial puporj reculvcs nud oiuouteij
trusts ; nuts OB trittmfur iigoiit and triuUx ) < > (
corporatl'ins , tukea charrfo ot prupurty , col-
Io3ti
OmahaLoan &TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S E Corner 10th and Douglas Sta
I'uldln Capital . . . . . . . .I 60.000
HubsorlbeU und Uimratitood Capital. . . . iru.OOO
Liability of titooUlioldm . IWJ.W )
5 1'or Cent Intonmt 1'iild nn Iooill ) | ) .
I'UANKJ. I/ANUH , Uushlor.
Oflloora : A. \Vynmn. . president ) J. J.llrowty-
vlce-iirosldont , w. T. Wyniau , trousuror.
Directors A. U. AVymun.J. II. Mlllurd , J , J
Jlmwti.duyO. Burton , it. W. Nu h. Thucii
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