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THE OMAHA DAILY JBEE : RATUTI0WY , MARCH 21 , 1801-TWEbVE PAGES. THE DAILY BEE JT UOSKWATKU ttniTnnr _ ruDLisiiEi ) "uvifiVy" " MOUNIN'O ! Tr.IlMSOI'HUllHOIlIPTlON. Iullr ) Ileolwltliinit FniuliirUnnVuar.i..C ] ) 8 CO Jliilly nml Humlny , Ono Your N > < M Hlx nionllis nun Tlimitnimllip , SM Hiiiitlny Hic , OHP Year. . .i 2 0 cc.OiiuVcnr 100 Omaho. 71m lire ItullillnK. Boulli Onililiii. Corner N mid Mill Streets. Council llInfTH , 12 I'nnfl SUcot. . Chicago ( iniiT-.niTCIininbiTof Oomnirrro. NuwVork. l iiiiiiiiil4ninllf'.Trlbniioliiill : < llnR Washington , 013 1'oiirli-entli xtucU comiKsFoNiiKNcr Allrotmntmlcfttlons rolnlliiK to newt nnil rflltorlul mutter should to nddrcsMjd totlio l.'dltorlnl Ht'piittniont IJU8IXKM I.KTTIOIIH. AllbnnlnrKsH'ttors and rein lltimrrs should l > o nddii'wd toThn Ili-o I'nbiljtldns ( 'oinpimy. Omnliii. llrnflu , olii-ekH nnil pustolllio orders to Imiiiudu pnynblu to thu order of tlio coin- puny. 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TllK first volley of the Parnoll envoys In Now York brought , down ( 'tuno to the amount of1,288 , which is not a bail contribution for an audionuo of 2,000 people. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . ISIIAM G. Il.vititis of Tennessee joins the several ether southern sontiloru in the statement Unit Cleveland -has mndo his nomination impossible by reason of hin silver letter. Hut sonutorsnro not til ways reliable ornclos. IN the fauo of the proposed appropri ation of an additional $100,000 for the re lief of western settlers comes the infdrm- ntion that the Kansas relief committee is onrouto to Nebraska to buy spring wheat for the HUtTorors of thivt state. J3ius to promote mendicancy and en- counifjo recklessness like that which proposes to add another $100.000 to the relief fund for settlers In western No- braskti are dangerous. They not only encourage pauperism but they invite corruption. Governor Mcllotto , of South Dakota oxprcssos the deliberate opinion to the president that the talk about an Indian uprising1 is chiolly froth tit the mouth , ills fairlysafo for people hun dreds and thousands of miles from an Indian topco to sleep without pertur bation. SKCKKTAUY FOSTER in an interview remarks that if ho had remained in pri vate life lie would have boon a candidate for Senator Sherman's sent in the senate , but lutviiiff accepted a cabinet position ho considers hiuiSolf out of the ruco. Porlmps this explains wliy the cabinet position was ottered Ohio's popular ox- govornor. TliKitn Is avast deal of nonsense In the talk that Senator Call of Florida is making a light for re-election ajranlst monopolies , railway corporations" ' and combines ngainst the people , The fact is that Senator Call is very poor sanato ria. ! Umber and the people of his state have grown weary of him. His oppo nents mndo a fair light and an open ctm- vass against him. If ho is defeated it will be because ho does not possess the confldonco of his constituents. There are few inon in the senate who can hotter - tor bo spared than Wilkinson Call. Next to Senator Blair , Uo w 9 the most tireless - less and tiresome talker in that garru lous body during the recent congress. IN TIIK case of Shelbloy vs. district No. 1 , Dixon county , the supreme court of Nebraska concedes the right of the school trustees to proscribe the course of study and text books to ba used in the school and to make such reasonable rules and regulations as may bo dommd nood- fnl , but decides aim ) that the parent may select the studios from the proscribed course he wishes his child to pursue and his selection must bo respected by the trustees. This case grow out of the ro- ( usnl of the plaintiff's daughter to study grammar , for which she was expel led. Tlio decision la of Interest , as it involved n. question of some consequence to our public school system. s N , FKI.TOX , who has boon elected a United Stntos senator from California , probably owes the distinc tion to tlio inlluonco of the Southern Pacific railroad company. This fact is to be deplored , but inasmuch us this great corporation controls the politics of California generally , It Is a melan choly source of gratification to find in the man they have permitted to win the senatorial prize a gentleman of ability , experience uiul force. Mr. Folton was a popular congressman and refused a ro- nomination two years ago last fall. IIo will bo an active representative of a state which for sovonil years has had more money and perhaps loss brains in the American house of lords than any other state in the union , Mr. Folton Is nn aggressive man , In good health , and way bo expected to do something for the good ofi California. A iro/io / TO TIIK Ihopcoplo of Nebraska expect some ml lei at your hands from the cxco ivo ch-ivgcs exacted by railroad companies In the transportation of freight. The cotifitltutlon empowers the legislature to roguhito Iho charges of railroad com panies nnd establish maximum rates. Hut thfso rates must bo ruiuonnblo. The manifest duty of the legislature is to enact a maximum bill that will bo pronouiicod reasonable by the courts. To JKW8 a bill that would bo declared void by tlio courts simply means that tlio loglfhituro wants to manufacture political capital rattier than give the people Immediate relief. Till' IJr.K warns the legislature not to bank on the stupidity or credulousness of Iho people. They can see whether inonnru really in earnest orslniiilv play- Iny a part. Kvcry Intelligent person knows that the Iowa railroads can afford to hnttl freight cheaper than the Ne braska roads. Iowa has nearly two millions of people to Nebraska's one million. Iowa has double the traffic. Her railroads not only haul all Iho pro ducts of Iowa , but they have the benefit of hauling nearly all the grain and cattle that Nebraska exports and all the liun- bor , hard coal , implements and mor- chnndiso that Nebnwkabtiys in the cast. This fact must bo taken Into account In establishing a reasonable maximum rate. The Nowborry bill , which is being forced through under whip and spur by monwho are trying to got a jiolittcal grievance for the next campaign , issuro to bo vetoed by the govurjior because it is unreasonable , and oven ifapprovcd by the governor would bo sot aside by the courts. The provision of this bill that gives the court authority to fix a higher rate than the bill provides Is at variance with the letter and spirit of the consti tution. Tlio judicial authority of the court only extends to the right to declare the rate fixed by the law makers reasonable or unreasonable. The legislature and the board of trans portation alone can raise and lower rail road rates. The court cannot order the board of transportation to raise the rates , because that would imply the power of the court to fix the rate. In other words , if tlio courts should rule Iho maximum rates unreasonable nftor the legislature has adjourned the whole question of rate fixing would bo luft with the state board of transportation and f ut moans that it will bo loft with the railroads as it 1ms boon for years. As wo understand it the Stevens bill will reduce the maximum vato in Ne braska from yO to10 per cent nnd still leave it from 10 to 15 per cent higher than Iowa rates on some commodities. It is charged that , the Stevens bill makes the short haul on heavy commodities like grain , cattle and lumber higher than llio present local ralo on those commodities. If this is true the bill can and should bo amended so us to lower the short haul on heavy commodities to moot the popu lar domand. And if there is any defect In the billor any provision that is liable to make it a dead letter or cause it to bo votoofl , the true friends of railway regu lation should have It nronerlv amended. In any event the legislature should en deavor to pass a reasonable bill that will bo approved by the governor or passover ever his voto. The people do not ex pect all they are asking for , but they do not want to bo put oil' with n grievance and a premise of redress through the next legislature. If the legislature can not trot them a whole loaf , lot thorn got half a loaf , . Tlio extremists who de mand the Iowa rate law or nothing , and the demagogues 'and impostors who are clamoring for a railroad bill that they feel euro cannot become a law , should bo brushed asldo bj the lovol-lieaded and sincere representatives who are honestly desirous of giving the people some re lief during the present year. 'tKO TO DEFEAT TUB Ever since the legislature has boon in session Assessor Elu'onpfort of the First ward has boon at the capital devoting his entire time to buttonholing mem bers and lobbying against tlio proposed Omaha charter amendments. Mr. IChronpfort's main object Is to prevent the creation of the city assessor , which would throw him out of a job that yields him a very comfortable income. \VhiloTHKl > HK has not urged the passage of the single assessor bill for reasons heretofore stated , the conduct of Assessor Ehrcnpfortnndono or two ether asscbsors would almost justify the dele gation in pjisslntr It. The average pay of an assessor is supposed to bo about $1.10 a year. Ehronpfort has already spoilt twice that sum this winter at Lin coln. What docs that Indicate ? Noth ing more nor loss than what is commonly believed in this city , that some assess ors are lubricated by heavy property owners nnd corporations to the detri ment of the iniddlo and poorer class of property owners. Now If Assessor Ehronpfort had confined his opposition to the as sessor bill his conduct might bo excusable. But ho has mislead cltl- 7.ons into signing remonstrances against all the charter bills under all sorts of pretexts just In order to carry his own poh4. A majority of those parties are men whom Khronpfort has favored In his assessments ; others are mosabacks nnd skinflints who always oppose every public improvement for fear somebody will bo benefited or that it will cost something. Among tills class are parties who have no use for parks and boulevards nnd others who want all public improvements to cease. It Is very easy to got names to any pe tition , but this particular petition has received signatures from parties who are diametrically opposed in sentiment. A number of wholesale liquor dealers and brewers wore led to believe that the now charter would nmko the license system - tom more stringent , nnd on the ether hand quite a number of people signed because they wore told that the mayor and council wore to appoint the police commission hereafter. As a matter of fact the city assessor bill Is separate from the other charter amendments nnd those who oppose that proposition should have directed their efforts against that particular bill. The city of Qninlut does need parks nnd boulevards , and the city will lose largo numbers ot its population unless wo provide ways and moans for keeping up public improvements without mak ing the Uxxos too burdensome. The charter bill is not tu perfect iio Tin : 13 KM would like toscolt , but it can still bo amended when 11 reaches the house , and wo feel assured that the delegation will endeavor to embody such tunumli'nlmts provided they are offered in good faith and not for the purpose of killing the bill. Assessor Ehronpfort's efforts are purely selfish and mercenary. It is sus pected that ho represents something else besides mere opposition to the chnngos in assessment. The fact that ho travels back and forth between Omaha and Lin coln on an annual railroad pass indicates clearly that the corporations have boon placed under obligations to him. That alone ought to open the eyes of antimonopoly - monopoly mombors. TIIK A'HII' DKl'AHTUHK. It is very probable that the republic ans of Ohio will at their next stale con vention name a candidate for United States Bcnalor to succeed Senator Sherman - man , whoso term expires in 1893. A number of the republican papers of the state have expressed themselves strongly in favor of doing this , most of thorn in the interest of Sherman , but reports indicate - dicato that it Is not the friends of the senator only who are in favor of the move. Ex-Governor Fornkor would very much like to ( TO to the senate , and his friends believe that it ho could bo a candidate before the people in the same way that Palmer was in Illinois ho would bo very likely to bo successful , and at any rate would glvo strength to the republican cause. It is given out that it Is the in tention of his followers to place hismmio before , the next state convention as a candidate for senator , and the Sherman clement in the party being pretty fully committed to this departure could not very well refuse to entertain a proposi tion to name a senatorial candidate. It is not to be doubled , us the indications now arc , that such a proposition will bo submitted , but ns to the result It would bo unsafe to make a prediction , since complications may arise not now fore seen. Interest in the plan of naming candi dates for United States senator by party conventions lias also manifested itself in Now York , where several prominent re publican papers have given it approval and urged its adoption upon the party. Expressions favorable to it have also come from Massachusetts and one of the planks adopted by the state convention of the farmers' alliance of Iowa declares that the president , vice president and senators of the United States should bo elected by the direct vote of tlio people. Undoubtedly this question will receive the attention of the next congress. Senator Palmer is pledged to advocate it and Con gressman Holinan , In a recent inter view , said ho would venture his reputa tion for good judgment upon the predic tion that almost tlio first thing done at the opening of the Fifty-second congress will bo the passage of u resolution to amend the constitution requiring the election of senators by the people , and ho believed there will bo very little delay - lay in its passage. "It will go to the senate early enough , " said Mr. Ilolman , "to glvo thorn , plontyof time to net upon it , and senators , whether they like It or not , cannot allord to defeat the meas ure. A popular sentiment will demand mand the change , and for senators to oppose It would bo construed to signify a fear on their part to trust their fates to the will of the people. " Ho expressed the opinion that the present method ol electing senators will vary soon bo done away with. Many earnest supporters ol the plan of electing senators by the di rect vote of the people will not be able to share the confidence of Mr. Holinan in Us early realization. It would doubt less bo extravagant to assume that a dozen of the present members of the senate could bo induced to support a proposition to amend the constitution for this purpose , and it may take years through the plan of convention noini nations to fco constitute tlio soimto that a majority will favor the election of sen ators by direct vote of the people. Bu' ' there is good reason to believe that the Illinois example may make rapk progress , and if it should become general , or find adoption in a majority o the states , it would bo an easy step to the attainment of the principle of elect ing senators by the popular vote direct It is a good sign that the people are beginning ginning to discuss the wisdom and expediency pedioncy of choosing all elective olllcors without any intermediary politica machinery. FOOfK Tlio state senate has uassod a bill which contains the following provisions "Any publisher of a newspaper who shall , without just and sufficient cause publish or suffer to bo published in such paper , about or concerning any person , any language of ridicule , censure appro- brlum , scandal or criticism calculated to , or the natural tendency of which is , to in jure or wound the foollngs , prldo 01 sensibilities of such person , which i spoken or uttered in the presence or hearing of such person would tend to provoke an assault or n broach of the peace , shall bo doomed guilty of a mis demeanor nnd shall upon conviction thereof bo lined In any sum not Ions thai $10 nor more than 3100 , orlinprisonmon in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than 00 days. " The bill is in conflict with section 5 , o the stale constitution , which deulurcs "Kvory person may freely speak , write nnd publish on all subjects , being responsible sponsiblo for the abuse of that liberty and in all trials for libel , both civil am criminal , the truth , when puollshci wltn good motives and for justifiable ends , shall bo a sulliclcnt defense. " It Is a part of tlio duty of a newspaper to uxposo and denounce Importers am dishonest or incompetent public servants ants * . Such criticism or exposure til ways has a natural tendency to WOUIK the toolings , prldo nnd sensibilities o dishonest olllcials or bad citizens A criminal may have prldo or scnslbllitie which are otlonJcd by rollcctlons upoi him orb } ' condemnation of his conduct Under such a foolish law ho could biinj. a newspaper into court to prove a-"jus and sulllclont cause" for the publication Such a law would bcoomo merely am solely an instrument for annoying pub talior * . The o\tioq \ | * of n paper may IKJ x slock company , uSid under the terms > f the proptMrl jiul every slookholdor voiild be nubjeat tp line and Imprison- nont for every | K riurapli ? regarding an ndivldual whlcMUliat olTendod person should doom impertinent , in the nature > f ridicule or I'qnsiirc. It soonis to us the fool killer Is bidly : wanted at the state capital. Tin : EFFbcv , ( } / ' usvnr ii.nrs. Massachusetts , with no usury law , has n banking capital nyfrujrlnR (319 per capita , vhllo New Yorlt , with' sovcro penalties , lias nn average of S27J per capita. Washington , with no penalty for usury , lint nn average of &i'J par capita , while Oregon , with her heavy pcnnltlos , lias an average of only § 111. The above is cited by ono of our pa trons In contradiction of the exhibit mndo by TIIIJ DKK tn a recent Issuo. The banking capital of the states quoted proves nothing cither In favor or igalnst the proposed usury law In No- jraska. Other conditions account for the larger amount per capita in Massa chusetts and Washington than in New York nnd Oregon. Massachusetts is a richer state than Now York owing-to the dcnso mass of poverty which centers in Now York city anil Brooklyn and brings down the average potcapita. . In Llio cnso cf Washington another olcmonl lias come in to swell llio amount of her banking capital above that of her slower Bister , Oregon. Washington has liad a very extensive 'boom in the last few years , which has ' attracted millions of capital. 'Oregon's development has been very slow in com parison. Capital has coma to her only as f.ist ns needed , while It has rushed to Washington until business has , perhaps , boon overdone. The principal object of a usury law in. Nebraska Is to protect the producing classes from the payment of a rate of in terest which their business will not boar. There Is not the same need of a law in Now England or ether eastern states be cause lenders there do not attempt to extort such rates of interest. The ne cessities of the farmers are not so great , and there Is no class of iniddlo men to carve the pound of llesh from the bor rower , Money is loaned directly by the capitalist upon ( lucuritios with which ho is familiar. The fact Is that the eastern man who loans his money in Nebraska asks no more Interest than the borrower is will ing and able to pay. It Is the western loan agent wno demands high i-atos of interest and bunclilflfroin thorn , and who thus fixes the price of money wnich rules in UiisHcetlon. The usury lawis intended to limit thonmount which ho can charge , and it is not expected that the interests ot the real loanor'as , ' of the borrower , will bo unfavorably affected by such leg islation. The cases cited by our correspondent do not touch tiiuroal question ut issue in Nebraska , which istho control of a class of usurers that docs not exist in Massa chusetts and htwjwrliapsnotyot become oppressive in Washington. PAiltiKOoa railroad bills mud ether vital non-political measures Is'a sneak ing fraud. Every man absent when a bill is on flnal passage counts ono vole against it and every man paired with an sibsont member counts ono vote ngainst it. Pairing in congress is all right be cause bills are passed by a majority of a quorum. But in our state where it takes a majority of the whole number ot either house to pass a bill pairing Is a delusion and a snare. IN organizing a new committee to ex amine Into the ( nullifications of touch ers , the board of education should fix its duties so definitely that there will bo neither fu'voritoisin or carelessness. This examining committee stands be tween the board and the schools and If it performs its duties honestly , incom petent teachers cannot pass muster. A SPECIAL meeting of the city coun cil will bo hold tomorrow night to con sider the Ballcu Electric Light fran chise. It is hoped the drubbing received by the city council during the present week will teach Its members that public sentiment will not bo trilled with , and that they will give the ordinance care ful and candid consideration. CITY ATTOUNKY Pormc'rox's draft of the Metropolitan street cm-franchise ordinance was materially mutilated by the wiseacres of the committee on via ducts and railways. Mr. Popploton sup posed the city wished to glvu the Metro politan people a chance to spend tholr money In Omnho. Quit enterprising East Omaha capi talists will perform a great service for themselves ana for Omaha proper If they will persuade foreign and not local enterprises to locate upon their disputed territory. EXPKKT medical testimony is about ns valuable as street rumor" Four doctors sire called upon Iho stand to determine the sanity of a prif/bnor / ; two prove him sane and two instlnd , A DAuic suggestion comes from Berlin by way of London that the mental peculiarities of thoj > > umpcror of Germany are the result of ; 'a ' mind slightly oil ' ' balance. 'j . , TIIK enterprising1 assessor of the First ward U ontlrely\wllling to block im provements nnd'.stay , , the progress of Omaha In order to-hold his job. TllK city counclltjiliould at least cither revise or repeal" tfho bollor ( iiHnoction ordinance. The/ safety plug job is too transparent for anything. REI'ltKSKNTATI\'K BltKKN'ti bill pro- vldlng for the assessment and collection of n road tax on metropolitan cities , has passed the house. JOY fills the hearts of another do/.on more or loss briolless barristers. Judge Clarkbon will resign , OMAHA r.cods nothing' now so much ns enterprises which will employ labor and distribute cash. IT must bo inturcitlng for Wnrblng- ton quietly to watch the lawyers provo him crazy. ( tTtrr.n x > .i.vm T/U.V otrni. Mr. ( Iliulstono'ndeclaration that ttiollbornl party lias Drokon llnally with I'nnioll , It would * eom , mint complete the dlsuoinlltura nnil overthrow of the Irish statesman. What Mr , Gladstone has now proclaimed wa vir tually dooldoit on months ago , but thn 1'at- nrllltca have nil alon ? hnl liopos that con siderations of self-preservation would con strain UioGlmlstonOiins to sink their personal feelings npatnst I'arnoll m a man hi tholr devotion to the cause for which no lias hitherto stood. It In known by both liberals nnil nationalists that without the aid of the latter the former would bo In a hopeless min ority in parliament. Hut this cotitliiKency lia * no deterrent effect on tlio cx-promlcr nnd bis pact } ' . In the words of that lender , they will "mcc defeat , exclusion from power and political niUfortutm , but Uii'y wilt not create n constitutional Icailonhip for Ire land unttor Pnrnell's uuhlanco. " This for mal placing of P.irnoll outjldn of liberal roc- ognttlon and nfllllrUton has an Important uc- yond and nbovo the effect which It can luxvo on tbo nollllcnl fortunes ot any man , The home rule cause Is directly and intimately In volved , Ireland can not obtain the measure of self-government wliich sue soolts , nnd which the liberals have sought to bestow , until she retires Pnrnell. From tills tlmo onward until ho U disposed of effectively and Dually ho is to bo the BSUO In Irish poll tics , The contest Is now between him and homo rule , and on this line the battle must bo fought. Until this matter Is settled outside nM will lie withhold. Ireland cannot look for any tlnanclal help from the Unllod States until the Irish leaders light this matter among themselves to a ilnlsh. The result , however , can scarcely bo long in doubt. About two- thirds of the nationalist party have rejected his leadership , nnd Ireland , at the only op portunity which she has had to spoatt form ally and effectively on the matter , lias de clared against him. This was at the bye- election in Kilkenny. Undoublcdly public sentiment among his countrymen is tuniini ; against Parncll , and nvcn such Inllucnce as ho manages to retain Is not expected to hold beyond the next general election at the farthest. * # Berlin dispatches inflicalo that tbo "un- pleasantness" between Emperor William and Hlsmnrulc IIM terminated and that a complete reconciliation Is In prospect. It U snid that tbo cx-chiincollnr has finally consented to ta'ct ' ) n seat in the German parliament , and this is regarded ns tbo first stop toward his restoration to power as prime minister of Germany. Ho will return not as Uiilisarius , supplicating for Imperial favor , but to save the uolley which lias boon cmlniieercd dur ing his Urief absence from the helm of stato. The failure of Empress FrotlcricK's ollvo branch mission to 1'aris and the de feat of the Emperor William's naval plans in the parliament n.'o among the recent events that have enforced tlio necessity of calling back to power the man of "blood and iron. " The fresh proof of the impossibility of effecting n , sincere reconcili ation with Franco vindicates anew the wls- Oem of Hismarck's ' policy in establishing the triple alliance of Germany , Austria-Hungary and Italy. In the great ofounizor of this triple alliance for maintaining tlio peace of Europe is naturally found its moat capa ble defender. Of course , the movement fora reconciliation between the Emperor William nnd Bismarck may encounter insupor- nblo oustncles on both sides. These who have taken advantage of Bismarck's re tirement to load him with abuse have heard tno rumors of his prospective re turn to power with alarm , and they will leave iiotuinir undone to prevent it , But personal considerations of this kind will hardly bo allowed to outweigh the demands of political necessity. The Emperor AVIlliam finds him self without a majority in the German parlia ment , nnd Blsmnrek istho man for the crisis , Ills not good for Germany that thn Brentest statesman of the ago should bo permitted to rust in retirement and neglect when there is so urgent : in occasion for Ills services. The return of BUmarck to the stage of political action would bo n new and strong guarantee of the pcaco of Kuropo. # * * For half a century two societies , organized for plunder and assassination , dominated liortions of Italy. The ilrst organized was the Camorra , which had Its origin ia tlio chief prison of. Naples nnd terrorized south Italy. The other was the Matin , born In tlio prisons of Sicily. These societies held almost supreme sway during the reiKii of the Bourbons , but when Italy became united under tbo rule of Victor Emanuel the gov ernment looked with a Jealous eye on the in fluence of tbo two organizations. In both Italy nnd Sicily the revenues which should have gene to the government were absorbed by th i societies. A strong cfTort was therefore - fore made to put down both Camorra nnd Mafia. In September. 1S7-I , the first olow was struck in Naples. Nearly n hundred nuonts of the Camorra were seized nnd Imprisoned In the fortress , and the. customs revenues , which the day before had been less than 4 francs , rose on the day fol lowing to nearly 5,000. Some of tno Camor- ristl were tried and executed , others trans ported , others sentenced to long terms of penal servitude. For weeks the police nnd soldiers wore busy all ever the country ar resting and bringing ; In suspected persons , The prisons wore full , the courts , thouub in constant sr.ssion , could not try the cases fast cnoiiRh , nnd special commissions were ap pointed. The Cnmorra seemed to bo broken up. Dealing with tlio Mafia was much easier , Several regiments of troops from tno neigh borhood of Milan and other places in North Italy , whore Cumorra and Maila were almost unknown , were sent to Sicily. The ofllcors had their orders , and carried them out to the letter. They traversed the Island from end to end , and whenever they captured a Sicilian who seemed to bo of a suspicious character they gave him the benollt of tlio doubt and bhot Jinn on the spot. A few wcro sent to Palermo and' Messina for trial , but the larger portloa was dinposod ofm the way indicated. The government never made pub lic the reports of the ofllccrs who adminis tered Justice in this rough and ready way , but rumor assorted thai bolwoon flvo hun dred awl six hundred suspicious characters In Sicily were thus numuiarlly dealt with , 'I'hrooyears , later It was discovered that tno Camorra had been revived in Naples , nnd numerous arrests wove mndo , wlillo another raid was instituted In Sicily against tlio Mull a Many members of both societies , becoming convinced that their absence would bo very precious to the government ; emigrated , # Brazil appears to bo marching' oa the dan gerous road whicn the Argentine republic pursued to its disaster. Shots Issuing vast sums of pupcr money , and this inflation is golnif forward with no thought , apparently , of a time when the paper must bo mndo good , Of course speculation is actlvo. New cor * j > o nuiounnj investment companlosiiro spring ing up llko mushrooms , In } S'M over three hundred wcro chartered with a nominal cap ital of JTO.OOO.OOO , while In the month of January atone , this yeir , stxty-throo now ones were started with a capital of $310,000- , , 000. The fever th.it tMipd in Hueno-j Ay res nnd .Montevideo until U had nothing loft to feed upon , 1s now at Us height In Ulo , Vast enterprises are afoot everywhere , their promoters are plunging into the wildest luxury , and everything Is rosc- oolorod , Mo wonder taut the cloar-oycd IVHconoinisto Fraucnls , which faithfully wanted Fnmcli investors against thu I.cssojii madness , is lulling the ownurs of the * 100,000 , . ( WO of French capital in Brazil that their in vestments are pcrtloiiii. Luckily , the pov * eminent Itself does notnppoir to ho nolondtd down with debt and obligations ns was the .Argentine Uut It imy tutn out that Col- mitt's personal corruption Is to find Ito counterpart hi the cnroiu * of President Fonsoca ; ho insisted upon putting through nfnt contract fer Improving the harbor of Torrosfor the benefit of a personal frlonil , though It cost him the resignation of part ot his eallnot. The making publieof thh fact just at the time that the Hothschllds declined to net longer as Brazil's ilnanol.il agents la Kuropo , almost brought on a panic. * r Political affairs la the Argentine ropubllo seem to bo coming out of their sul ; tangle. The drift of thlnpi now point to the harmoni ous eboleo of General Milro as president. He tiai already been nominated for the olHco by a largo and roprasontatlvo convention held atUosarhi. ami gives premise of concili ating In his person the warring factions leftover over from the revolution of lust summer. It is curious tonotohow the loaders of that movement make no llguro nt present. With the powerful Union Clvlca back of tboin they uooin to have become entirely merged In the Mltco party. General Mltro himself Is a distinguished personage in modern ArKontlno history , hav ing won nn enviable success in military at- fairs , conducted un honorable administration nt the tlmo of his former ocoup.mcy . of the presidency , and Doing bo-Ude.3 n man of unus ual literary attainments. Ills absence in Franco nt the time of the political outbreak freed him from the necessity of taking any compromising part In those disturbances , nnd bo Is now turned to with rollof us a man who can unite the quarreling politicians In tils support. Wo notice an Interview with him in the Madrid Impartial , on his way homo , in which ho tnkos his election for granted , and promises a liberal administration. \Vlilte\vaNli Co ni os I'i > ( Mm ! Orci/oiifuii. Itcostthotaxpnyorsof Washington S..fll.'J.So ' to provo condiishcly that Judge Sachs Is un lit to occupy tlio honorable and responsible po sition ol Juctgoofono oftlio courtsof tbo com mon wealth. Tills would have bjon cheap enough bad the legislature set the stato's aual of disnppoval upon conduct at once unlawful nnil undignified. Under tbo circumstances , however , they uro justifiable In thinking that they puiu somewhat dearly for what they got in the way of nn example of public raowls. Not the Cnltlt : to I tare Over. iVcio I'otlt Trtlmic. "Small things express the man. " Among thoRonsorvativu follies of the HIM to which Tolstoi has risen superior Is the comb ; it. is giuvuly stated that ho now dresses his hair with hU live fingers. Ills morning ho gives to sweeping away snow , malcinj ; boots , otc. Most of the afternoon ho gives to the instruc tion of his disciples. Ho writes only two hours a day. Way It WOI-'IH. Uniltn ( CnU fun. Comparisons nro sometimes odious. Joyce , the common lauorcr , was convicted and hanged for murder after his victim had pointed n gun at him. McCartney , of the upper crust , wns found guilty of "involun tary manslaughter" after Inyluir In wait In nn alley nnd emptying a revolver In tbo back oflns vletim , The first verdict was just , but what can bo said of the latter. T.aiul or ii'nlr I'lny. ' Stnui ( GViliC-Demacral , The American pcoplo fought each other bravely for four years. Neither side In the great conflict attempted to conduct secret assassination cluus lifter the fight was over ; and neither side will now sanction or tolerate erate any imported murder clubs In any part oflbo United Stntos. Municipal Danuurs , Itiintini Herald. What the Now Orleans "vigilantes" now need to do Is to undertake tbo far harder V ut infinitely belter work of planting and culti vating In the minds of their follow-citlzoiis these principles of political honesty and legal justice which will innka all departures from public order obhorrciitand uncalled for , IJettorOrTTIian iCnnsasClty. CMta'jn Matt. The lioston Herald finds cause for rejoicing in tbo fact that none of the 1,1J1 ( abandoned farms-of Massachusetts llo within the city limits of Boston , Farming In lioston cer tainly appears to lo in a healthy condition. Ahrnnnt or the Times. St. Iinit ninlie-IJr.miicrnt. Reciprocity is strongly favored by Presi dent Harrison. This is only another way of saying that ho is in harmony with his party on the leading issue of the time. \V lu'ii ( lie I'onplo ItNn Up. It Is not qulto tro that no good ever comes out of this kind of violence , is the opinion of the Now York World apropos tbo New Or leans affair. Olil " .Mods" Are in It , Too. netnilt. l < 'ieel'rcft. Is the increased death rate of the spring months tlio cause or consequence of the largo additions made by graduation to the medical profession ? Jloxv Long tlioViir hasted , IfdiMncrton Star , Secretary Proctor has decided that , the war of tlio rebellion began April IS , 1801 , and ended August20 , 1SGO. New Orln.ms" " A.v ! iifiiif. ; A'.w I'aiktSitn. Death sentence uy popular voto. I.ovn Dfnro ThanAit. , Tbo husband of Adohildo Klston , the great nrtor , is reported to have died In Paris a few days DRO. Uo was the Mavrpals Julian C.iprni'ica del Grlllo , nnd fell in lovowlth her in the early days of her stage life , bo- foioshohnd nuhlovod fame , mid his father had him con lined in tbo eastlo of Snnto Severn , iiour Home , to cure him of his pas sion. Hut Itlstori left hertriurnnhsto bo near her lover , nnd they were married in IS 17 , when she wns twenty-six years olu : for sev eral yrars after slio only pluyod in private theatricals. The old 'marquis surrendered , nnd in ISl ! ) the marring ! ) wai ngnln celebra ted with much social tiispiuy. They had sev eral children , HCIII'IK US. ffeu I'mll Iferalil. Her eyes nro dreamy , llico the stars That stud the mildy way , Her snillu I ) 11 ice the light , that floods Tim fairest summorday. Her teeth are sinalj id white , Illto pearls Upon a coral strand The palest Illy of the Kilo No whiter thr.il her hand. Yot. lhat she has no heart , I know , I'll tell you why this bo- Why , when I tools her to my heart SUe left her heart with mo. Terrlhlo Itoso 8\viltr uotl by n filttlo Clilltl , LINCOLNNob. . , Atiirau lK-Spoclal | ta TIIK llr.n.l-Glnh , the bright 11 tlio two- yo.-xr-old child of Mr. and MM. T , U. French , mot with a turrlblo ao- dJcnt ycsU'nhy afternoon that ro- suited In the loss or licr U fe. Mr , Preach li a \vollkno\vn trarolin ; mnn , and ho and hit \vlfo \ uou-d nt the llotol tdoAl i\t 121 South Fourteenth street. Okrlyinrat tlio pot of the hotel nnd hns tliotrcodom of the biilUlltur. Yesterday afternoon she loft her mother's room and toiled up tliostcti * to a boil-dor's room , \\hor03iio \ uploil a holtlo of carbolic add slttltiiUm n\viudo\v \ sill , atidsupposinitlt was something ROoa to drink , emptied u part of Us oontcnu down hortiiro.it . , She was fo ul n moment Utor lyliiK unconscious on tliu Hour and doctors ivoro c.i llol to administer aid , The wiml antidotes won ) ftlvea her , but without av.ill , asshoilloa nt noin. T1II1M.VYOH WIMI'S VN KIMtOll. ThodlscoloiYitloti nnd abrasions on Iho fiie of Mr , IJusllS. Llttlolield , editor of tin ) Mo. bmsua Laborer , lire duo to rjthor violuut coniMi'sloiis with the list of Mnyor Cr.ihnm. Shortlv before noon the unyor < iuiired an old account with the newspaper man , The stories told about thoumtter iigroe nnd they nniUotho mayor appear tbo aggre.ssor. \ grout many pooplo. however. Justify hit course , as they .i.iy that ho reciMved rewntly atonlblo irorulilnf ? In the tiiiuoror. Tbo mayor iiiiitlilttlolluld with Major Uilm.s'j ' nenr tbo police stntion nnd remarked to ilm latter that ho WHS uta-priscd to soehimiu such win jjany. l.lttleilohl retorted tli.it as Hood MooJ llowcil in his veins ns In those of Oruhniu und then the iiuiyor smashed him. Thonmyor wns arrested Inlo In the lifter- noon by Uetoctlvo Urmvn nnd taken bifow JustlcoHi-otvii for trial. llo secured a coil' tltiunnco until the UOtli. into UK TIIK no v's mm , * Judjio Pldd and a Jury were onencrcd todn lalicurliiK testimony In the WHO brouutit bj John Moli-licrt , nu olRhtoon-yenr-old youth , who claims Unit I'rod U'ohlenberi ; , his sU' | . falhor , had cruelly bcalou nnd kicked him , causing the fracture of several ribs nud his permanent injury. The dclouscls that Mel cbort was vicious anil unruly In his temper and behavior , anil that while be olmlisml John there was nouiiduo fon-o mod nor any such injury lullletcd by defendant. m TltVT COl'KT. In the cnso of Montgomery vs O.loll , trKl yostonlay , the Jury this nurnliiR found for nliihitiff , Kavo"hlm 1 cent uainiiKcs , lived the value ol the property tit iI5. ) nud plaintiff's ' rishts Ihoreln at$315. In Iho cnso of tbo Meloy sisters vs tlio Kden Museocnmiiany thu jjlaintids iiskloavoto Jilo un niucndudiictilion making \V. T. Uunotiiui party defoiulant. Thocnnrtovorrulod thomotion foratiow trial In the case of Mr * . Smith vs MM. Drown , and the supreme court will caloh It n alii. I'OK TltCST.VTF. UNIVEUSIir. ITotiso rolls 10 and 17 have bo ; u signed by Governor lioyd. The first is for llio puri os > of appropriating all matriculation i nd diploma fees from thestatu university fora library fund for the university. The fceoid is an net iissontini ; on behalf of thoslntooi Kobraslta to the granls , punioaos , terms mil conditions of an net of congress to apply a portlonof the proceeds of tbo public lands I ) the morn complete endowment and suppcrt of the eollepcs fortho bcnelltof ng-riculti r nnd the meclumloarts established.under the provisions of an net of congress approved July t ! , 1802 , nnd to carry tbo act in to ufToc' in the state of Nfibramci. * . STATE HOUSE SOTRS. Gustavo Andri'on of Omabn was nvlai'-or nt the Jtntohouso today. The Omaha palat , color anil vnrni ih coin- pany has lllrd amended articles of u.corpora tlon , aunounclnglho change of its iiiuno to American manufacturing company. Oll)3 ) ) AXI ) KMH. Thomas McCarthy , a bricklayer , was ar rested last ovonini ; by OfllcerMoWillianii on tbo charge of burglary. JMcCathy wis t a ; . Hired by Ocorj-e Uossolnian juatasttio fcl- .low nad Uiclicd in the rear door of llosscl- man's grocery store fortho pitrixuo of pluL- dcr. dcr.B. B. 0. Miller , the Hock Island agent , Is mourning thu loss of his good suitor clothes , unovurcontimd oilier weai-hiprapp.u-el.whiih was taken by some fellow who broke Into his house at 1517 U street. P.INNIXU 'Washington Post : The avaricious man bcliuvciiu lurmony. llo likes tohavceviry tiling in keeping , "How good of you to come , doc- tori I didn't ' expect you this morning , " "No ; but I was called lo your opposite neigh bor , poor Airs , J3rotvii , uiul 1 thought I mifjht as well kill two birds with ono stone. " Now York Sun : Drown \Vhat is con sidered the proper tiling in u business salt , in Now York this spring } Kohimoii-Suma- thinpr tbat costs { 3J and looks as though II cost S8. Yoiikers Statesman : Customer Ho\i \ much nra your violets ! Jflorlst-Onu dollar ' nnd n half a hundred. "I'll tnko one. " / "Ono hundred ? " "Nn ; ono violet.Ve never sell one. " "Well , 1 shouldn't Ihlnl you would nt that price , " Munsoy's Weekly : "Don't ' lot Jlrouson \vrito iny cbitory , " said tno dving man , "Why not1"askoil the editor. ' 'Ho lmo\vt , _ _ . mo toe oUjispcd ( the other. - * J Texas Slfllnps : "Your trip to Italy must have hcou very pleasant , " snid. one of thu most intelligent ladii's in Austin to Simpson , who had Jmtrt turned fiom n foreign strand. , 'Vory Intcrastin ? , Indeed , " answpied he. "Now toll ir.o , " said iho , "dous Hal v leally look like n boot * You know that's ' the way itloolcson tbe map. " S.HISO I see b.\ the papers U.a * the Do Laity family have many valuable IK irlooma , 1 wonder what they wcavo with ih ir hoir. . . ' looms I Hodd- Tissues of falsehood ulioul their ancestors - cestors , I fancy. St. Joe News : She And how did you ilnd the manners of the African tribes ! Ho ( explorer ) Oh , most plcnsnnt. They always prcsi-ed ir.oto slay fcr dinner. Harper's Imzar : "If your numo Is John Ilarlchis you must have your papa's ' naino. ' "No ; papa lias hU name yet , I guess miiio must bo an imitation one. " Washington Star : " 'J'ho anpcls nrobnau , tltiil , " said the inothorsoftly to her young cst son , "yes , mnromn , " ho murmured , "thoy an out of sight. " 1'IUCTK'i : VS Climl ; Itccloie , IIo taiifjU ins wife the sin of dross "With clofiucnco nnd power , And then played billiards all day long At sixty cunts nn hour , Chicago Tribune : "Victim" writes to iiv quire If thcrols imy uay to stop his nov shoes from squcn'ihiK' wlusti ba walks. Then is , ilcnrslr ; tliuro is. Put en the old ouci again. Now York Herald : Sanso-Praclicomako pcrfoct. Hodd True ; yet the surgeon's ' practla inaUcs men Imperfect. Doston Post : "I say , doctor , " said a nerv ous patient , ' 'could you arrange It to solid your bill every two months Instead o | monthly ! " "Why , certainly ; wlntt for I' ' Why , I thouirht that perhaps 1 might 1i that way sldpa rclapsonr two. " Highest of all in Lsivening rower , TJ , S. Gov't ' Report , Aug. 17,1889 , ,