THE OMAHA DAILY PEE , 1W1DAY , MAY 22 , .1891.
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CAITAIN'RK.MKY is acuusod of stiyliifr
Unit the "Hula" is out of sight.
flAi.VKSTON' scotns to have ? carried oft
the big plums at. the Denver congress.
Is on his foot again and the
Dritiah ntny expect seine notion in regard -
gard to souls.
OMAHA will very likely entertain the
next Trans-Mississippi congro.ss. She
will do it in satisfactory form , too , if
pi von the opportunity.
AMHKICA Is prolific ! H politicnl ngila-
tioiiR. It ts uot surprising that the
nation cnn hold two conventions of dis
gruntled politicians at the saino time.
TIIK state business men's tisrfouhition
were deterred from their excursions
about tlio city by tlto rain , but no com
plaint wns heard from them on that ac
count for the reason that moro rnln
means moro crops.
TIIURK is an opinion nfloat that the
American naval dispatch cede ivas
stolen from Donnelly's great crypotgnm
and sold to the naval department for
85,000. Mr. IJonnelly might gain some
notoriety by Instituting .suit to recover
damages.
Tun first shipment of silver ere from
the now mines near Ilormosn , S. D. , to
the Omaha iincltor is the bagl lining of
silver mining in that locality. The
mines give great promise for a largo
'yield and add ono moro clinching "rivet
of truth to the oft-ropoatod .statement in
these columns that the Blnck Hills coun
try la the richest mineral region iti
America.
A OIOANTIC undertaking is said to bo
in the minds of ton" Wall street bunkers
who have formed a combination to corner -
nor thu gold coin of the world tind stop
its shipment across the Atlantic until
England and Russia are willing to pay a
luindsomo premium for it. Spectres of
Black Friday rise nt the contemplation
of this financial foat.
LlKUTB.VAXT TOTTKX , U. S. A. , Of
the Yale ShoOlold sclentilic ecliool lias
gained n considerable amount of notori
ety by prophesying that the world will
cnmo to an end in 1SOO. Ho bases hl.4
prophesy on scientific data and is said to
have mudo a ] > n\found impression in the
city of clmruhos. Wait and KOO how
nonr ho can boat the prophesy of Axma-
zoddon.
VKRJIONT paid into the United Slates
treasury $100,000 at a time when the
direct tax laws were in forco. She now
illos her claim for reimbursement , but
the treasury department returned a bill
for $ .r > 75,000 for arms furnished for the
St. Albiin'ii riots. It is known that
Slo OOO was rouoivod for some of these
anna Hold to Franco for the war of 1871.
Vermont's nerve is only equalled by the
Ei/o of its debt.
ONE of the three national cotnmUtoo-
inon of the now party from California is
, A. G. Illnukloy of Los Angeles , tin at
torney at law by profession , an un-
forlunnto speculator by experience , and
, jvu enthusiastic admirer of Senator Stan
ford by acquaintance. Ho is expected
to hold ono of the braces of Stanford's
.presidential boom. Thus do the minions
qf monopoly adapt themselves to the
situations the times present. If the
Salvation army should go into politics
the rnilrotids would secure the buys
drummer. _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _
WIND and \Visdom nro seldom yoked
together. Wind is strong ejiough in
ttie new party to pull the wnponloiid of
hobbies from Portland to San Francisco
lind back If it would not got out of
brtmth. Without Wlsdoiq , however , it
will utall on HID first hill of common
MMINO find buck Into tlio hades of heresy
iti nplto of liloclcb put under the wheels
\ > y tlio HuriHlhlo hut mlHguiilod drivers
who nro footing It outside the vehicle ,
which IN ovnrlondod witli the bombast
dt rlildflnrluji and the -petrlllod corpses
df dfftcnrdod jiolltlolntm. Wisdom will
pill dor lioad Into the ox-bow of
nud
111K HiSL'lT ; AT
After two diiya of wild , bolstortits din-
cord , whlnh for a time tlirontonod to cot
buyoud control , the confuroiica of tlio
difcontcnlcd at Cincinnati llnully agreed
that n now political tiarty thould bo
formed , uml adopted \ \ platform for the
to stand upon. Mover before in
the hifttory of the country was there a
paritllol to thl < ) convcnlion in tlio variety
of Its constituent parts mid the diversity
of vlows represented. TUoro were in it
prohibitionists , socialist ? , woman snf-
fniglats , liollamylte ? , allhuioo men ,
colored tia well as > vhltn , sin
gle tnx Dcoplo nnd low tarllT
udvonntcH , groonbaclforsund hnrd money
men , anti-monopolists nnd pntornalists.
Of till * motley crowd Hourly otory man
had nome Hchoino for roorgannlng' and
reforming the government. Many of
them wont to the convention with drafts
of thulf ideas In tholr pockots. There
wns a very heavy Hprinklinf of poli
ticians who had boon discarded by the
old pnrtlec , nnd of pornljtent agitators
who find that vocation moro profitable
thnn honest work. Undoubtedly a. con-
Emlcrnhlo tutmbar of the o in attendance
sinroroly believed that tlioro Is nocos-
slty for. political nnd economic reform ,
and it is probable that most of these
composed that portion of the convention
which did not want to launch a third
party at this time. The convention wns
controlled by ambitious leaders whoso
concern for the welfare of the people is
measured by the possibilities ol personal
advantage.
It is not onsy to consider seriously a
political movement which has such
leadership. It would fall to pieces of its
own weight were it not that tlioro are
since ro and honest mon in sympathy
with it who really ox poet that some
good will como of it. These mon
are entitled to hare the now departure
discussed seriously and frankly and to
bo shown the utter lack of coherence
among the elements that yo to make up
the now party. The "People's Party of
the United States of A.moriea" is the
amhitlottalntt misleading name ( riven to
this movement misleading because it is
already apparent that it will have no
strun gth in the cast , the middle states
or the south. The principles enunci
ated at Cincinnati , which give
the now party its distinctive
clinrsictor will receive little support in
Now York , Pennsylvania and Ohio , and
the alliance men of tlio south have vig
orously proclaimed that thev will not
renounce their democracy. Tiioir load
ers and their organs have declared re-
poatc'dly that they hnd no sympathy
with the third party movement , and the
southern democratic lenders boast that
they have nothing to four from a third
party. U must find Its strength in the
west , if anywhere , but it would
be an unwarranted disparagement
of the intolliconco of western farmers.
And why should western farmers sup
port n movement whooo effect , if by any
possibility it could succeed , would bo an
injurious reaction from prevailing' con
ditions ? Every producer wishes to got
11 sound nnd stable dollar for what helms
to soil , nnd all honest men desire to
pay their debts in the kind of money
they have borrowed. Nondoparturo
/rom this fair and just principle , such as
the Uiird party reformers propose , can
bo achieved without disaster to the
financial and business affairs of the
country in which the agricultural pro
ducers would inevitably sutler their
share. The United States is infinitely
stronger in credit and resources than
the Argentine republic , but wo cannot
adopt Argentine methods of finance and
escape the consequencci. Tlio honest
and intelligent farmers of the west will
not boeatight by the financial vagaries
of the "people's party" vlntform , and as
there IH little else in Hgiving that party
a distinctive claim to attention , it is
safe to predict that its progress in the
west will not justify the expectations of
its promoters.
The wisest thing1 said in the Cin
cinnati convention was the remark of
Congroasman-oloct Jerry Simpson that
parties nro grown and not made. The
truth of this will probably have new
proof in the case of the so-called "peo
' . "
ple's party.
K.I rwrs itNS HI.A T/O.V. /
General Green B. Ruum , commissioner
of pensions , has tendered his resignation ,
and it is to bo presumed it will bo
promptly accepted by the president.
The announcement of this action states
that it was taken by the commissioner in
the interest of harmony , but in view of
the fjint that ho had a consultation with
the president tlio duy before Bonding in
his resignation it is probable that it was
requested. It is hardly conceivable that
in the circumstances the president would
have left it with General llnum to deter
mine what course ho should pursue.
The immediate cause of the resigna
tion is the scandal involving tlio son of
the commissioner , who until recently
hold the position of appointment cleric
in the pension olnoo. Young Ruum was
charged with using hisollicial position
to soil places and promotions , and the
evidence was1 so conclusive against him
that ho wns compelled to resign. The
matter wns not permitted , however , to
end with this , the commissioner himself
belngr subjected to novoro and persistent
critic-iriin on the ground of responsibility
for the conduct of his subordinate.
It was not ditlloult to make
out a CIIHO showing that the
commissioner , if ignorant of the miscon
duct of his eon , which 11 fair-minded
mon will bollevo him to have boon , wno
not bullidontly careful to nbcei'tuin the
circumstances connected with appoint'
mentH , and it must bo confessed that
this was probably the caso. tt was most
natural that Commissioner Rautn should
have full conlldonco in the integrity of
his son , atul therefore would exorcise
less vigilance as to hln olllcial con
duct limn ho would have been
likely to use in respect to an
other1. The circumstance 'suggests
that public olllcials would do bettor
not to have relatives in positions under
them , particularly positions involving
Important trusts that may bo improperly
used to the pecuniary profit of the In-
cumbont. Had some other man boon
guilty of what young Rauni did the
cominlsisfonor would doubtless have
escaped the criticism that hns driven
him from olllco. On general principles
it la wlso to avoid nepotism In public
offlca Another thing thnt has operated
to urge on tlio pursuit of Commissioner
Rrxvim la the fact that ho
wnq himself charged in congress
with conduct that was doomed sufll-
clontly objectionable te justify investi
gation , arid although the report was
favorable to him the circumstances loft
something of a stain on bis reputation ,
as is almost inevitable in every such
caso.
caso.The
The retirement of Commissioner
Ruum is undoubtedly desirable and
necessary. His qualifications for the
position have never been ques
tioned , but ho has lost the eon-
lldonco that no * felt in him whoa ho en -
tored the olllco , nnd with Unit loss his
usefulness wont also. It is a sad mis
fortune to liiiu that ho goes out
under a cloud of dishonor duo
to tlio misconduct of his son , nnd in
which ho is compelled to share , and -ho
will have the sympathy of all kindly dis
posed people , The pension olllco has
been the only source of trouble to the
present administration , anil it is to bo
hoped the president will now bo able to
llnda man who will so administer its
utTuirs as to avoid further scandals.
TIIK ITALIA A' MIMSTIU' .
Since the Marquis dl Ituillni has siin-
morod down in the American Mafia mud
dle it appears that the jjroator part of
his bluster urns caused by desire to up-
pease the people's clamor for a decided
stand for indemnity. When , however ,
ho wns shoved to the wall by Secretary
LSlntno and the truth wa exposed by
his consul ho acknowledged that his case
was virtually out of court. To clear
himself and the ministry he is forced to
place the blame on the consul who has
tallied too nntfh.
All the wiiy through the Italian min
istry hns shown that Its acts were
backed up , not' by inlornntionnl law nor
the Italian-American trout.v , but by the
demands of the people us represented In
the person of the Italian secretary of
the interior , who is said to bo an ox-
member of the murderous gangs , or at
least to ewe his position to their inllu-
onco. Now Unit the wholoafTitir has been
virtually soltlod and the action of the
Now Orleans people has been vindicated ,
'the ' marquis ifnds himself In a political
qunndry. The position is that of being
adjudged incompetent to manage the
ulTalr or that of havlnir tmnagod it for
political capital.
The truth seems rather to bo that the
marquis was forced to tholssuo and will
bo now subject to political defeat be
cause the case was against him from the
llrst. It shows also that the Italian
government is ruled ratherby faontimont
than by clear reasoning and that though
it is a monarchy the people control the
"acts of tlio ministry.
A MKllK r.WAHV ,
Eccentricity is above par in the polit
icnl market today. This explains the
prominence which rgnuthis Donnelly ,
Jerry Simpson and other slcy rocket in
tellects are enabled to achieve. J3ut
every visionary reformer is "by no moans
destined immortal .fame. This may or
may not apply to Mr. Gustiii of Kearney.
Mr. Gustin has just evolved a startling
solution of the railroad problem. His
method is as unique and about as prac
ticable as the sub-treasury scheme.
Mr. Gustin proposes that the govern
ment should not only own and operate
till the railroads of the country but
should establish uniform rates of trans
portation regardless of distance. lie-
cause the government carries a letter
for two cents from Danger , Mo. , to San
Francisco and charges the annie rate for
carrying one across the street , Mr.
Gustin believes tliat a carload of wheat
should bo carried from ICcitrnoy to Now
York at precisely the same rate as from
that city to Rudn. Ho figures that the
uniform rate would bo $5 per car and of
course scos the millcnitnn bulging
through the clouds of agricultural dis
tress at the very thought of such a de
lightful condition of affaire.
The notion so gravely argued is
scarcely worth serious consideration ,
yet in those days of Bollamylsm there
may bo persons credulous enough to re
gard the scheme as practicable. "What
would bo the oiloct of sucb n system of
transportation charges ? The postal ser
vice is now operated nt a loss. The whole
country is taxed to rmiko It possi
ble to enjoy Hie- benefits of cheap
postage. Newspaper mail is carried atone
ono cent per pound to any part of the
United States , while tho'actual cost is
greater. Tlio primary object of this
low rate is the somewhat lino-spun
theory that in some why the national
treasury should assist in the dissemina
tion of intelligence. But there is no
such theory back of the Gustin schedule
of uniform freight rates. On what pretext -
text could the government tnx all the
people to moot the enormous deficiency
that would inevitably result from such a
scheme ?
Suppose , however , that there should
be no such deficiency and that the
freight cotdd be handled at a profit to
the government at uniform rate , what
would bo the effect upon the country ?
It is clear that no man would ship grain
from Kearney to Dudn , because there
would be no demand atDuda for the
grain. It would ' naturally be sent to
the point where the demand was great
est , which is the soabonrd , Interior dis
tributing centers in the midst of the
producing boctions would go out of
business except so fur as they
could buy and handle the
produce of their inimodhito territory.
The interior grain growing states could
raise cereals enough to supply the
world. They would shut eastern farm
ers out of business absolutely. Produc
tion west of the Mississippi would bo Im
mensely stimulated , but tlio lands east
of the great lakes and nearer the sea
board would bo worthless -
tig-aliist a com
petition which would enable western
farmers to deliver grain in Now York at
prices that would ruin the eastern farm
ers. If a carload of merchandise could
bo shipped as cheap from lloston to
Cheyenne or Portland us from lioston to
Albany what would become of Chicago
as a great coming coal center ? Mr.
Gustiii U opposed to class legislation ,
but a uniform freight rate would bo soc-
tlonal and class legislation of the most
pronounced typo. The only rational reg
ulation of freight rates should and must
bo the cost of service and risk of car-
rtn-ffo. Kqullablo rates based upon the
actual C03t , of o.irying the product to
nmrkot is all Nebraska haa a right to
° xpot.'t Ol. uonuimh Any scheme which
ignorQa the prl j plea which mint pov-
orn all naturaU'imunorclnl conditions is
c" " "orient , ana H carried out would bo
positively hurtful , Cost , supply nnd
domaiui arotlp ( three regulator * of val
ues and prices nml the rolntlons of thcso
oloinollt cannot bo disturbed without
unhappy
; inn
points raised against the pro
posed special bond election nro. In our
opinion , not well talcon. There nro
Muioty.nino chancoq to ono that the
Proposition if submitted nt the general
election | n November will not receive
two-thirds of all the votes' cast at that
olooU0n , That would necessitate a
special election in December or Interim.
Jhoro would , therefore , bo no saving in
puttliijrotr tlio election until next win
ter.
Thof0 is no provision in tlio charter
that pi-ovcnls tlio submission of any
proportion for bonds to bo Issued next
year Ua wou 1V9 thla V0ftr > The umtn | _
tions i-ointo simply to the amountthntcan
bo issi40i in any one year , and ttio ng1-
S ' 0fira.to that can bo Issued within the
limit o [ joj per cent of the assessed.
valuation. It may bo true that the con
tracts for paving and sewerage could
not bopi , , um , , August and work could
not bo [ Ot , mti , | September. Hut who
will contend that employment during-
Soptotnoot October and November for
sovertvi thousand worklngmon would not
bo mo.0 | advantageous to the commun
ity thtin to drive these men out of town
for \vholosoasonorfor.good\vhon work
can b0 ] mi ( ( or tuom during the fall
months.
Another vital point has boon over
looked by these who oppose the proposi
tion. jf t10 ] b0mls nro voted In Juno
they cjati bo readily disposed of because
there is always plenty of money in the
summer months. But should the bonds
Du put upon the market in the winter
they \vould encounter n tight money
iimrkQtr during the season wnen all
available money is used in movingIho
season > g crops.
inn r/iV iwnox.
° f all articles affected by the McKinley -
loy tariff law none has received such
widespread1 comment as tin and tin pinto.
From the llrst it took the foremost rank
in the tariff discussion , and no
foatui-o of the tariff law has
been so grossly misrepresented.
UP ° the passage of the bill it Is true
that tin plate went up in the American
mnrlcat from $1.66 to $5.50 and 35.75 per
100 pounds , and it still remains at a very
hiK Price. ]
The cause of this rise has been the
point Of , nu.i , peculation. That It ia
not caused by any change in the tariff is
ovido.nt for thg'biU roads : "On nnd after
July ll.flt , 1801'ill iron or stool shoolaor
plates or luggers' iron coated with tin or
lead , * * * and commercially known
as tin plates shall.pay 2.2cents porpound.
Tin : on and after July Jmt ,
cif/htccn hitmlrtW a'ndimcti/-tlircc ; ) , there
shall 1O Imposed and paid upon cas&itor-
ito or black oxide of tin , and upon lir : ,
block nnd pig tin a duty of 4 ccats
per pound. "
Statements have boon freely made
that the people have already paid
$5,000,000 of duty on foreign tin , .Such
palpable untruths are striking1 chiefly
for thftir audacity. A candid investi
of the real facts di.sputo
all assumptions thnttho rise in the price
of tin 58 mio to uny act of congress. The
truth is that the advance on tlio price of
tin mvjst bo ascribed to the peculiar
features of the trade. As is well known
the tin. innrVot is practically controlled
by the \Volch minors. This is because
Wales Is the country whore by far the
greater part of the tin usad
in coininorco comes. This may ac
count for the. fact that the
market price wont up about Novoin-
D01 < 1 1890. To state the matter plainly
tlio market is in the hands of a , mining-
syndicate who can raise the price by re
stricting the supply or holding tholr
products from the market. The advance
could scarcely bo explained on any other
theory Binco congress has given moro
than two years and a half to 'tho
, , people to prepare for tlio
J duty , and the prospective output
of tin in the Blnck Hills warranted the
insertion of sucli a provisional clause in
a revision of the tariff laws on the basis
ot Protection. Tlio Black Hills mines
are not very far advanced as yet , but by
the tiino tj,0 duty will have como into
effect the mines will in all probability
bo producing enough to supply the
Amoriciln market.
The McKinley bill Is no moro respon
sible for the rise in the price of tin plato
than f0r the rise in the price of copper ,
when vj10 copper market is controlled by
the Anaconda mines in Montana nnd
Michiqrm , . Governmental action has
not so much to do with the rise in price
as supply and demand and the manipu
lation of the njarkot by a trust , and thib
especially where [ the governmental ac
tion is dolayod-'for from six months to
twoyonra lxnd Isronly prospective ,
On the otho 'h'iuid the rise In the price
of tin Inis roaul'ijb in the ostablislimen t
of several tinplate ( factories in this
country which'Ur& now manufacturing
American tln' ' fate which in duo tlmo
will Hitppiiuit thu" Imported plato mid
place the tin tuannfucturing Industry on
a Perijinnont fiMUjdatlon.
Sioux Cn'vSfa a cereal mill with a ca
pacity of 2,000 jjushola of grain dally. It
has boon profrniblo enough to warrant
quadrupling its capacity. It will soon
*
bo enlarged to 150x102 , four storlon
high , with elevator storage room for
25,000 bushels of grain , making It tlio
largest coroul food 'manufactory In the
Union , except the one at Akron , O.
Hero is u hint worth money to seine en
terprising Omaha capitalist or corpora
tion.
K the park commission lias de
cided t0 regale the citizens of Omaha
with open concerts it teems to us that
the muaio should bo of the very bo1 .
This can only bo hnd through a band
composed of professionals who nui'co '
tholr living 'out of music and ilovoto
their entire tlmo to its artistic cultiva
tion. Amateur brass bands are good
enough in their wuy. They fill a
vacuum in public processions and upon
occasions whore nolao U inucliinoro up *
prcolnlod than harmony and line art. If
would bo preposterous , however , ( o
invlto people to open air concerts for
unictico and pay out the sun : amount
for which n orofosslonal bund could bo
secured. The proper | ilacofuriiuiatourd
to got ft hearing Is to glv-o Iroo concerts
at the park on evenings when the pro
fessionals tire otherwise onjagoil or can
not bo onrptoycd for the want ol funds.
A > ? effort to secure the next repub
lican national convention in Omaha Is
worth making whether it bo successful
or other wise. The city that grows and
prospers is the city that nssorti herself
on all proper occasions. If Sm Fran
cisco cnn entertain a national conven
tion Omaha can. Omnlia Is i ottoris.blo
today to accommodate the onnvds
which would como than was Chicago
in 1808.
Tins BKB learns with uluiuuro that
tlio report of the dissolution ot the
Omaha real estate exchange is without
foundation. This organization has boon
a valuable ono to the city. It lias been
the only live organization o ! Omaha
business men for months and If it will
remain intaot it hns yet a gooilworic to
perform.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ „ _ _ _
A woxuMusr to General Crook in
JolTorson siiuaro' is a proper tribute to
the memory of that gnllant olllcor and
every citizen of Omaha will take spoulnl
pleasure in contributing to the oxpimno
of its construction , should the parlt com
mission and council decide to appropri
ate the sum necessary.
ALTHOUGH attention has boon re
peatedly called to the inequitable assess
ments made'In this city , thus far the
assessors have not 'conceived It to bo
tholr duty to enact the roloof reformers.
AuTict.K22 of Iho medical cede of
othlcs prohibits physicians from advertising
tising- their olllcioncy nnd paying : for it ,
but in nowlso shuts oltfreo complimen
tary notices.
JSTOT only more light but a better
quality at a lower price should bo the
ultimatum of the council to the Thom
son-Houston nnd all other companies.
Is Thin a I'Yeo ' Country ?
mtmlelvhtti Lcilatr.
Mr. Brown , chief of Pittsburgh depart
ment of safety , has declined to allmr a noted
lecturer to attack rollgioui belief iiui tboator
of that city on Sunday , on the grouml that ho
inlght just as well permit theatrical enter-
taintnoiits , as tbo lecturer spoalcos under a
llnniicial contract. This seems tolerably sen-
si DO. !
Ulicrc lli ( ImliiitiH HelotifC.
Yanktim I'nu anl Daliitan.
The Indians on the Big Sioux reservation
were turned over to tlio war department lost
falldurlnp : the troubles and have not yet
been "turned back" to the Interior depart
ment. It U barely possible that tbo ( rood
order now vrovallmgin the Sioux country is
duo largely to tlio splendid administration of
Oeneral Miles.
Clinnco to < ct liveii ,
SiirlnafteM Ita ubltcan.
Very few states , it Is said , have tuxcd the
cars of the Pullmnu and similar compauios
passln cover the roads williiu their borders.
The recent decision of the United States supreme
premo court upholding sucli a tax la I'onn-
sylvan ia will consequently draw attention to
this forgotten source of revenue , to the cost
of the companies.
JlovrAimruliy Orijlnaloi.
Hiirntr'i
The May Jay demonstration has not a
dclluito purpose , except , what Is ullod an
eight hour day for labor. Sueh n scheme ,
however , fs not In any coin iirohonslvo sense
an Industrial movement , because in can apply
to but a very limited range of Industry. The
siunillcanco of tbo demonstration li discon
tent.rXho fooling extends from'u vague sense
of the constraints of poverty to the doflnito
purpose of crime. There ere no rnoro ruth
less enemies of industry and of nil the vital
conditions ol civilization than those who call
themselves anarchists. The knot of society
must bo gradually ami thoughtfully un
wound ; It can never bo cut. But anarchy
offers only n sword as tlio solution mid Is the
common enemy of Justice iinU equal rights.
wonsr. STIM-
Clnnll llcvttiv.
She tallu about the silly youth
"Who smoltcs n cigarette ,
Aiidyotsho wean a collar ,
Orpcrchanco acollarotto.
Now York Weekly : Mr * . ( Jadil-How am
you passing tlio tlmo now , Mrs. ( Jnbbf
Mrs. ( ! abb Oh , I' in dressing and undressing -
ing with the weather ,
Epoch I Wife-How can you ojpoct any
reconciliation , when I know yon hate my
very presence ? ,
Jlusbimd Oh , come , you know Hint's not
so.
\Vlfo-Notso \ ? Didn't you tell 1110 to go to
the devil ?
Husband But I lcno\v you'll bosont back ,
lioston Transcript : Brown Why in lime
do the papers inalco so much over , 13 Ixby's
household infolldtlos ? It's nobody's busi
ness anyhow. Koisg Aly dear hey , it Is because -
cause Ills nobody's business that everybody
is Interested In it ,
Ml'IIINO ,
Kim I'u If Sim.
Daitio iNatnronow , on pleasure Irani ,
Puts on lior gayest duds
And introduces to the world
And cuapurouca thu UUUH.
Cloak Uoviow : Clovei-ton Have you any
idea how much that divis cost lliutMlss
Swansdown Imdon last nlglitl
lUshnway VosSli. . " > .
Clovertoii How iliii you cotno to know )
Diishawav ( sorrowfully ) Her father took
pains to tell me thu ollioi-Jay.
tin SALVATION.
Mysweothuart perfect ! No , indeed
That's very plain tosoo :
Per , if Mho was , sbo wouldn't ' lova
Poor inlseraliio mo.
. * 1,1 s / ' / : AI A < : n i it it ,
f. It. DonIn HII-IVI'H ) ViuniV ( : < Iile.
A lltilo bird sut on an apple-tree ,
And ho was as hoarsen * tioarsocouW boi
lleprocnod anil ho prinked , and ho milled
his throat.
Bui from it turue floated no silvery note.
"
"Not u MHigciui I BUI. ' , , " bljtiod" lie ,
ho
"Not naongctin I sin ? , " sl licil he.
tn troinuloui sliowor.i the npple-treothod
It.s pink and whilu blossom * on his liond ,
Tlio K'l.v sun shoiio , a ml , like Jubilant words ,
tlohcunl thuKuysougof a thousand hi rJs.
' All the others o.in sink' , " ho dolofullv sold
" .All the othurs ran slnir , " ho sad.
Soliu dntand hu drooped , -Uut ai Tar and
wlJo
Thoiiiuula was berne on thu ulr's warm tldo ,
A sudden thought enino to tin ; eaa llltlo bird ,
And ho lifted liU head as within him U
Ktlrrod.
"If I cannot sliin , I can listen , " ho cried j
"Ho ! hot Icunlistvul" uo crlixL
IHAYER WILL NOT IN7TERFEI1E
Auothor Bequest for n Btny of Excoutlon
Denied Ilaiionstoln ,
ERRCR3 IN THE SURVEV OF THE SfATE.
lloyil's Ovoi\sllit | > - < V Ques
tion hitcre.Hiliij ? Uio lloai-d f > r
Transportation la ( ho
Stipi-uiiio Court.
Nob. , May 31. [ Special to Tun
K.J Attorney Rulllvna ol Uroknii lion- ,
who def ouJcil Albert HauonUohi , the mur
derer Rondoinnod to bo bunjj toinorron * ,
catlodon tlio governor nnd nslcod him toln-
Utrfuro nnd invest tlio uxooutlon of the
sent nco The truvcrnor dcclhiod to ilo so ,
Ho Una coiaiiutotluttilruutiittAacoitiiidar ; ; ( !
which thoiTimown1) ) ' . oniiulttnd , and had no
disposition to nvost the c-oitrsio of justloo.
Mr. Sullivan gave it us his opinion that
Haucnstola wns nnd is lusmio. Ilo did not
rcQoli the point of o.vnlaliiliiK what action ho
clcsircil ou bolialf of Ills client , but ho loft
the Impression that ho wanted n stay of
execution with a vleiv todotorinltilng llnuou-
stfin's ' Insanity nud sondliiK hhu to an
asylum. A commission oxnioincd the coii-
domnoil mail n niontli ago nnd pronounced
him satio. Governor Thayer has accepted
the work of that commission as correct nnd
conclusive.
TIIU STITI : .Himviir.
Aloxniulor ychlajjel , uhlof ilrnughtsRian In
tlio Irtiui cninnilssionor's oilU'o , is nuUtliiK an
index to the books containing the llold notes
of the survey of Nolnialia , mid n quovr iuitox
It is. Ho Is making a map of the stnto by
toivnsldm , nnd on each township .iro written
the letters and Hsures indicjitlnp the boon In
which the corrj.si > ondlnR nntoa arc1 found.
These hooks occupy only otiusido of a small
vault , but they represent an expense of over
{ 1.000.000.
In the course of his Investigation ? Mr.
Schlngol discovered that the cast line of
Dcucl county had never boon Hiirvoyoil.
Clio.vcnno comity wm orcani ud before the
wustcrn part of the state vns surveyod. and
the twonty-llfth meridian from \Vusluiigtoii
was designated as the eastern boundary of
the county.Vhou Dcitol was taltcii from
Ohoycnnothoold unitcniUno was retained.
As n mnttor of Met the line between
Doucl and ' the counties on too east ,
Is rnthor indefinite ) and is llxod by neighbor
hood aurooinont instead of a survey , The
meridian isnn Imaginary line and has never
boon surveyed. It cuts through the town-
shin , and most , if not all , existing maps run
the county boundary nlonp the township
lines next west of the inorldmn. This in-
dollmtonossin county lines causes trouble In
tbo land cilice in keeping Its records of la tuts
belonging to the state , mid an effort will bu
made to correct It by the next legislature.
GOVnilXOIl IIOYO'S OVEllSlfiliT.
An omission of executive notion has been
dlscovoruil In the cnso of the act creating the
state ooard of houltb. It wns passed March
2f , naming the governor , attorney general
and suporlntondont of public instruction as
tbo members of the board , nnd directed tlio
governor , as ex-ofllclo chairman , to call the
board together for organization thirty days
after its passage. Oovoruor Boya failed to
call thnt meeting , and it tins not
yet boon hold. The net also
requires the throe stnto ofllcinls to moot
sixty days after Its passage , which 7lU bo
next \Vdano \ dny , and select four secretaries.
They mustho doctors who have boon In
prtictlco seven years and are practicing at
the tlmo of tholr selection. Two ore to boot
the regular school , one Homeopathic and ono
eclectic. They will bo elected for ono , two ,
three and four yours respectively , and horo-
aftcr ono will bo chosen annually. It Is
needless to say that the governor has num
erous applications for thcso secretaryships.
WANT TO KNOW WIIO WiS IJ ! IT.
Thoehargo made in district court that a
incmoor of tbo board of trusportntfon ffotu
niko-olt ol one-third of tlio prollts for secur
ing a contract from the Ellchorn for Doty fc
lilchardsou of DavlJ City lias stirred up
consideraDlo inquiry at tlio state house.
Auditor Bentonivnd Treasurer IIUI say they
were "not la it , " and they would like to
! < now who was.
IS TUB RUrilRME COt'HT.
The case of M. T. Ward vs John J , Urra-
son , asmnll foreclosure suit from Frontier
county , has been appeatod to the supreme
wmvt.
THO case or u'ay it uyrno vs tno uinana
coal , coke and lime company hus boon a [ > -
pealod. The plaintiffs allege that they boucht
llrne of the defendants to plaster the Mer
chant's ' hotel ; that the llmo was of such poor
quality it fell from the celling , which hail to
bo roplastcrod nt an expense of SU7I ) ; that the
walls were loose ana hud to ho pnpored at mi
cxpunsa of WS2. The plain tills Rot a Judji-
mont in the district court for f'JOS ' and the
defendants have carried the case up on error.
HTATI : uorsi ; XOTUJ.
The governor has accepted mi Invitation to
go to Kearney on decoration day and make
an address.
Laud Commissioner Humphrey loft nt
noon for Uroken Bow. Ilauonstoui , the con-
tlciniiod murderer having sent a request to
.sco him before the execution ,
The governor has the appointment of tivo
world's ' fair commissioners from each con
gressional district. Ho U undetermined ns
to whether thnt will require six or twelve
commissioners , nnd is talcing legal counsel
on the point. If the number of applicants for
appointment has any weight In the matter
there will surely bo twelve.
Secretary Ditworth of the hoard of trans
portation has returned from the commercial
contrrcss nt Denver. .Secrotn.-y Johnson ii
out nt Curtis.
The governor Is receiving many newspaper
clipping * npproviiig his action in pardoning
U.ividltoscrs.
Notarial romniUsIous were issued today to
E. .1. Kams , Ponca ; It. Coryoll , Brock ; 10.V. .
Seymour , Nebraska City ; Chnrlas L , . Ourr ,
Lincoln.
ThoKllthern put in a bill for about f 10,000
for passenger and freight transportation on
account of the Indian uprising. The legisla
ture allowed § ll-00 ! for that purpose , and
.Adjutant ( Joncral Cole is llgurliiK ou the
problem ol how to got nineteen Into thirteen ,
lie has about concluded to refer tbo conun
drum to the next legislature.
TUB Kt'lSCOI'.U.IAV C'OV.N'l'tt.
The Kplscopnllan council for the dloccio of
IS'iibrjikii did little hut routine business
today , but Her.V \ llllams of Omahadisplnyod
his tiKhtingqualltioson several occasions , re-
suiting in spirited discussions and sharp re
torts.
In sflectliiR n committee the tellers pot
mixed on the count. Mr. Williams wanted
tbom to try it again. Dean Gardner sought
to reprove him with tlio i-onmrlt thnt the
Ushopat lurKM.shouldnotusurp thofiinctlons
of tbo bishop la the chair. Mr. Williams
retorted ttint the bishop at largo or the ( loan
nt largo or thu liirj o doan or any other mem
ber of the council bud aright to express his
opinions. The bishop called him to order
and no withdrew his remarks , but ho de
manded a now vote and ho pot It. Hov.
AVIlllams objected to the maniu-r of voting ,
mid , apiiealliiK from the decision of the chair ,
ho a iim onmo out on top ,
Later in the day Mr. Williams started an
other dlscufsion , In which otno of bis brethren -
ren displayed their tempers. The old terri
torial law under which thoKpIsropul parishes
are orgnnlzoil provides that the voting In
parish nlTalrs shall bo by the male communi
cants. The canon of the church does not
inako that distinction of sox , and In many
churches tlio Judlos have boon voting. Mr.
\Vlllliiins , lielluvlng that that might invalid
ate Iho tltlo of the church to otio ! of lt
property , moved to amend Iho o.inoii by In-
sortliip tno word "miilo. " Uo w.is do foiled
In this proposition , but ha mmlo It
for a while' , and hold an nivumcut on tholnw AJ
with u lawyer who linpponcil W lo ) n tneiuUor . / I
of the council. HJ thought ho luiow us imu-h jg
of tholnw nshU K'tful brother , mid more of f
the go.pel. Ilo procoaiteU to prove It ftnd
wonted tuo nttornoy on the lattor'a own
ground.
Canon Whltmnnltviw appointed refUter
hv the bishop ami eonnrmoil by the council.
Uov. M. l'Oaroy iv.tsin n slnillnr manner
mmlo honorary canon of the cutheiliul.
1IIB llOVKIISOn TALUS
The reporter aik-Jd ( Sovoiiior Tiinrar toilny
If hohadiuivthtiii , ' to say about Mr Helm-
rod's attempting tn liold to the oftlco of chief
oil Inspector. The povornor ivpllod thnt ho
hnd nothlntr to nay except that Mr. ( 'rtmo.- ,
was in full possession of the ( iftlco r.ml coti-
duclliijr tlm biislnosi : that nil oil shtppod
Into thu state where It Is to bo Inspected only
under thu jutisdictlouof Chief Oil Inspector
GUMPS.
"As to hU dlspnlliiR tlm title of Mr.
Caruos , that Is not worth mcatlonliiK. Hv
tbo way , t notli-c that TIIK HKI : rondcnms
'ity removal ot Mr. Heunrod and htxvs 1 tavo
him uo notlcu. The fact Is , that vhon
the apiiolntment of Uiirnos was an
nounced as chliif oil Inspector , 1 vent
over in the mornlnit to tlio Inspector's
room to Inform him of his removal ; Uniting
ho was not in I Inquired of the person who
seemed to bo In rharfio whore ho win. The
reply w.n that ho loft town early that inorn-
liiK , thnt ho or somu ono cimo to the ofllco
about daylight , nnd talcing soni'J ' reiorts | and
some other things belonging to the olllco ho
left , Mr. llelmrod did noiiit | In an niipouv-
anco at the ofllco afterwards , i did not
deem It my duly to limit htm up. Mr. farm's
gave him oniclal notice of his rCnrnos'i ap
pointment. Jt is cluliiiod thai 1 removed
Iiclinrod without authority cf law. Mr.
Iloyd removed Smith C.ildwell from the
same ofllco tinder exactly the same iiiTtim-
stances. Uut 1 do notproposo to discussn iy' " " " "
loKnl ( luo-ition in connection with tins mattor.
I have done Just what the constitution aud
Iho law Allows mo to do. "
WIMj HI KMT IN ; r.\U.
Tlinl'ruditun nncl ( iralu n\c-JiiniKe to
lU'Klu U'Di-Jt t-hortly.
Kvor.since the subject was Jlrat sUBgcstcd
the gniln men have boon dlsoussliiB thu pro
posed rain and prodnco uxehaii o and the
otlorts of the boiti'd of trnlo ; to brltifr thoui
into that ort-Miiization have fun.l.shed thorn
with fresh material lur ooiuidur.itliiii.
While there la n cliff cronco of opinion on
some minor points the grain men who nro the
heaviest dealers and who have taken thu lead
In the organizing1 of an exchange still ndlioro
to their original plan of goitiR ahead inde
pendent of the board of trade. At the name
time they express themselves ns being mix-
Ions not to appear In the light of antagoniz
ing the old board. One of the landers in
the enterprise remarked : ' 'IJecause wa
who are Interested In grain and produce form
mi organisation by ourselves the board of
tradoshould not regard u as rivals or ene
mies any move tiiau lliov should the realt's-
tnto mun or property OWIIORI who have or
ganizations indotx'iidont of the old board. "
The board or trade appears to bu very anx
ious to bring In the grain mon nnd its ollloors
are doing what tliuv can to bring about thnt
result. As yet untiling cnn bo said positively
as to what the grain men will do until they
hold a meeting , but this is not very fur away.
The following letter has boon addressed to
the parties subscribing for stock In the
Omaha Krain nnd produce exchange :
Gentlemen : It has been thought best by
the subscribers with whom \vo have roHv :
suited that a meeting should bo called as1
early as possible for the purpose of complet
ing the orgnnlzation of the Omaha Grain &
1'rodiico exchange , not later than the llrst---
wookin Juuonoxt , Duo notice will bo served
on each subscriber as to the particular tnno
and place of the meeting.
Up to this present time sixty representa
tive business men of Iho city of Oniuha hnvu
subscribed for stock In the exchange , and thu
Incorporalors nro In dally receipt of inquiries
from different portions of the stnto rolatlvo
to this enterprise nnd desiring to become
members. Wo think there is lie doubt lint
what the entire amount of stock will betaken
taken on or before thntlmo of the organiza
tion. This .enterprise , has received tbo en
dorsement of the business men of the city ,
and the papers have favorably discussed and
encouraged it. In view of this widespread
Interest it Is to bo hoped that every sub
scriber will mftko It n point to bo present nt
the llrst meeting that n wlso selection of
oQlcers may bo made , who will bo onorgotio
and faithful to its Interests.
The In corporators have received n com
munication from the Omaha board ol trade
reijutsting thnt a committee of llvo bo select
ed to confer with a committee of lilco number
from said organization to consider the mutter
of an open hoard. Of course tlda request
could not bo coinpllud wltti owing to the in ;
gnnlzatlon not having boon completed. ATOT
the organization this matter can Lo taken un
In an ofllclul way nnd disposed of. Very triuy
yours , IxcowuiuToits 0. ( J , & 1' . ICx
BlGtiHST IN Til 13 WOULD.
Nc\v Pump Added to The Water
WorkH Plant.
The now pumping engine ordered by the
American water works ono your ago hns ar
rived , and has bc.n put In place In the punip > .
house at Florence.
This engine which was built upon n special
order ts considered the finest and Is the
largest in the world.
It Is known as a triple expansion , weighs
1,100 tons and has a pumping cupidty of0 , -
000,000 gallons against a UK ) foot head awry
twelve hours. Its cost , delivered and set up ,
wusW UX0. ( } Hosldos being n monster , it is
n most economical machine , as when run at
full capacity It burns loss coal than tbo nvei--
1170. in,0IOUOO ( gallon oimlno.
Owing to the low rate of spcod nt which
pumning engines nro run , it Is dlfllcult to ts-
tinmto the horse-power , but if this onu-Ino
was run at tlio same speed as these used on
ocean steamers , It would bu a 17,500 her o-
power engine.
The work that will devolve upon this en
gine will bo to pump the water through 1W
miles of mains to supply this city ami South
Oiimlm.
With the placing of this engine the water
works company will not stop its improve
ments , UK imollinr engine of thu same capac
ity has been contracted for and will IMJ put
In place next seasou. Aside from this thu
foundation is now in and everything is In
rendiness to rcralvoa JIli.OOO.OOO low prcssuru
engine that will hu added to the plant next
season ,
Those improvements are being made to
supply the ranldly increasing demand tliat
Is being made imon the waterworks roirpnny
and to keep pace with tbo growth of tlieT"
city. _ _ _ - . _ _ _ _ _
JWollrldo Quit.
ODlcor McHrldo , ono of the patrolmen dis
charged by thu police commissioners Tues
day night , stopped up to the chiofj ofllco
yesterday uftornoon and surrendered his
star. It is understood that several other ofll
rors rontoniplnti ) the sumo move , proforrinK
to quit now than to work until Juno I.
A counloof the dischargoa iiatnilinon nm
rushing around in a wild endeavor to bo re
instated.
\vltli ComitcrlVKing.
Deputy Marshal Ilcpilnger rolurnod yes
terday from Koya Paha county with Wil
liam Young and Drayton G'rouk , arrested for
circulating counterfeit money. They are
supposed to boa part of thu band of emu : t IT-
felturs who have sprinkled thu northern
part of the state with spurious coin.
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