Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BISJC : TUESDAY , JUNE 10 , 1801.
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THK Holirliif , ' sou ililllculty is settled
for a yc.'ir nt lonst-
WK want no moro rotten walls In the
buildings constructed for this stato.
THK people of NobraaUa will not care
to oxpoiulf.SO OO in now buildings at
Hastings so lolig as suspicion sinolls so
rani : in that locality.
NINA VAN XANT Is ono American pirl
to whoso wooing by a foreigner no
American will interpose an objection.
Tlio Sicilian newspaper man may take
her with our blessing.
TWKNTV local newspapers in Kansas
have become disgusted with the demo
cratic harlotry of the alliance in , that
state and elsewhere and have returned
to the republican ranks.
GitANn ISLAND has 2,700 acres of
growing sugar beets and Norfolk 1,237
acres. Tlio sugar beet industry has
more than doubled its acreage , as well
as mainifai'tiiring capacity , in Nebraska
within a vear.
MR.VirM.M LKESK takes so pis-
slnmtic a view of the chanco.s of the re
publican party in Nebraska that his old
frionda cannot escape the conviction
that ho expects something from the in
dependent organization.
JOHN WANAMAKKK has never found
it nocossany to defend his administration
from the malevolent attacks of demo
crats. His administration of the post-
ofllco department is a sullluiont defense.
It has been beyond all question the best
the country lias ever known ,
IlKitKAFTiui Chinese entitled to
enter this country or transit through it
will carry cortilluatos of identity. Now
If this government will take a similar
stop and tair all tlio celestials entitled to
remain hero it will not bo so easy for the
almond-eyed brown men to skip across
international boundary lines or smuggle
themselves ashore at out of the way
ports.
LKT.AND STANFORD , JH. , university
In California has captured Prof. George
E. Howard of the Nebraska university.
Prof. Howard is a Nebraska product. IIo
is a graduate of the state normal school
and of the university. IIo is a brainy
man , a successful instructor and will
make a rot'ord for himself in California.
It is a misfortune to Nebraska to lose his
services.
THK Keystone bank brought financial
ruin to a great many pooplo. It threat
ened political ruin to several others.
It now appears that tlio bank examiner
is entitled to most of the maledictions
which have fallen upon treasury olll-
cials. It is proper to add , however ,
that Mr. Drew , the examiner , has not
yet boon hoard from in response to the
statements of Comptroller of the Cur
rency
THOUSANDS of playgoers in every
part of the country will road with regret
the announcement of the death of the
genial comedian J. K. ( "FritKmmott ) ,
Few actors of moderate histrionic
ability have enjoyed greater popularity
and entertained moro people than ho ,
and had Kiuiniit possessed the thrift of
BOtno me'mbers of the dramatic profes
sion ho would have died ono of the most
atlluont among them. Ho had genius of
a Id ml and in what ho gave to the stage
lie wus without a poor. IIo was largely
a creature of wayward impulses , and ho
was his own worst enemy , if indeed ho
had any other.
IT IB reported from New York that a
strong movement has boon started to
make Governor 1'attison of Pennsylva
nia the domooratlu candidate for presi
dent next year. It is said to have
originated within the wigwam of Tam
many hall , and if this should bo verified
it would bo likely to glvo Mr. PaUlson a
gopd deal of a boom , because it would
put Cleveland and Hill out of the Held
BO far as Now York is concerned. Some
time ago Pennsylvania's governor was
quite freely talked of as a possible can
didate , and lie Is a man by no moans to
bo thought lightly of in that connection.
Other mun are being talked of who have
loss availability.
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'I'lio asylum for the chronic Insane at
Hastings has boon a hotbed of ugly
rumors almost from its inception. The
very building itself ia a monument of
incompoloncy or fraud. Its manage
ment has boon adversely criticised over
slnco the Institution wns opened , The
same' steward Is still in thai-go and the
Indications of mismanagement are
stronger than ever bt-foro.
In another column appears a special
dispatch exposing the details of the
financial management of the affairs of
the asylum in a manner to excite a strong
suspicion of corruption or tnofllolcncy.
The people of Nebraska will not bo sat
isfied with anything short of an exhaus
tive investigation. It must bo conducted
in a business-like manner ami follow the
Horns of expenditure from the steward
and Miporlntondent , to the merchant
furnishing supplies and back from him
to the state treasury. It must
inquire into the payments of salaries
and all wages of labor. The manago-
mnnt must not only exhibit the hooks
and accounts Htipplemonlud by vouchers ,
but the vouchers themselves are open to
suspicion , which must bo removed. If
half the suggestions tire based upon any
foundation in fact , there are at least two
ollii'ial heads ready for the ofilcial guil
lotine. The Investigation should go
back to the opening of the institution
and the truth must bo laid bare to the
public for exactly what it reveals , no
matter who if ) helped or hurt.
The board of public lands and build
ings is ro.-'ponsible for the proper con
duct of stale institutions. It establishes
the regulations by which these institu
tions are governed whore the law is not
clear. That body is entitled to all the
facts , and can and should make the in
vestigation without delay. Tlio people
of the state and these involved in the
scandalous stories which ae alloat are
entitled to early and decisive action on
its part. Lot there bo no delay. Open
up tlio true inwardness of tho. two ad
ministrations and fliow to the state ex
actly what is wrong with tlio conduct of
this public charity.
'jut : SAMK HULV run M.I , .
The protest of the citizens of the Fifth
ward against tlio ruling of the county
commissioners on the question of assess
ments not only shows the evils which
are incidental to the plan , but also
shows that the rule is not impartially
applied.
An ice company has its personal
property , its ice houses , machinery ,
etc. , in the Fifth ward.
Its olllco is in a rented building
in the Fourth ward. Under- the resolu
tion of the commib'sionoi's the assessor
of the Fourth ward listed the property.
IIo placed upon it a valuation of $700.
Last year practically the same property
was hold by the assessor of the Fifth
ward to bo worth S,000. ! ! The ice com
pany paid taxes according to that valua
tion without protest and it is
therefore proper to assume that
it was not an unfair assessment.
The rule of tbo commissioners in this
instance caused the loss of S2iOO ! in the
aggregate valuation of the city. This
illustrates one phase of the contention.
Now consider another.
The Thomson-Houston electric light
company has its principal ollleo in the
Fourth ward. Its power house and
much of its personal property is situated
in the First ward. In the faoo
of this new regulation relative to assess
ments of corporate personalty , the prop
erty of the electric light company is re
turned from the First ward instead of
the Fourth.
Why ? Is it because the assessor of the
First ward having for years hold the
position is bettor qualified to list the
property ? The assessor in the
Fourth wart1 is an experienced
man , probably as competent as his co-
laborer from the First. Is it because the
assessor of the First ward would favor a
lower valuation of the property ? Is it
because the electric light company know
the First ward assessor bettor than the
ether man ? Or is it the intention of the
commissioners to allow the corporations
to determine for themselves whore their
property shall bo returned ? Why
should assessor Khronpfort insist upon
assessing this propcrtj * , contrary to tlio
law as interpreted by the commission ?
The commissioners cannot escape
criticism if they allow this flagrant , in-
tontiomil violation of their rule to
prevail while standing firmly against
the position taken by the Fifth ward
people. What will the commissioners
do in this instance ?
wnmif , iMiiwit.iTiox is ir-uv/'Kn.
It is proposed to hold a state conven
tion in California to devise a plan to
promote immigration to that state. A
San Francisco paper of ret-out date says
that ono of the things which bus pu//.lod
California for the past ton or twenty
years is the slow growth of the state.
There has boon fair progress , but not so
rapid as the natural advantages would
seem to warrant. There is a vast
amount of unoccupied and uncultivated
land that offers a splendid opportunity
to Intelligent , industrious anil thrifty
farmers. Tlio purpose of the proposed
convention is to ascertain , if
possible , why the opportunities
which California offers are not
taken and to devise some way to indut'o
people to go to that state , The idea is
to scuuro immigration from the eastern
states , but undoubtedly there will bo a
cordial welcome to these from foreign
lands who undorstnnd agric.ulturo and
are qualified to become good citizens.
California wants people , and if she can
secure tlio right sort she will not bo par
ticular as to their nationality.
What ether progressive state is there
between the Mississippi and the Paulllo
coast that dues not want more people ?
Oregon has room for many moro , Idaho
is anxious to inorouhu her popula
tion , Washington and Wyoming are
are capable of sustaining many times
tbo number of inhabitants they
now have , Montana still offers oppor
tunities to the right class of settlers ,
there is room in the Oakotaa for moro
people , the agricultural resources of
Iowa and Nebraska have not reached
the limit of development. All of these
states can not only accommodate a
greater number of people than they
have , but there are opportunities in
every ono of them for building up
thousands of comfortable homos and nc-
quiring a competence by tons of thous
ands of people. How Is the needed
population to develop the resources of
these commonwoJiHlis to bo provided
unless by foreign immigration ? Only a
very small part of it can como from
the eastern states. If all the Now
England states wore emptied of their
farmers they would not supply one-
tenth of the demand , and then It Would
bo necessary to replace them with for
eigners. Nor is the average oaatorn
farmer moro to bo desired than the In
dustrious and thrifty Gorman or Scan
dinavian farmer. The latter are generally -
ally bettor agriculturists and they adapt
themselves moro cheerfully to the new
conditions. The foreigner who takes
up a western farm Is moro likely to become -
como a permanent citizen of the state
than an eastern man.
The great west is still calling for im
migrants , for able-bodied and willing
tillers of the soil who will lake up the
unoccupied and uncultivated lands and
improve thorn , making them add to the
productiveness and wealth of the country.
It goes as far as any suction in its desire
to exclude the worthless and objection
able classes , but it hns a hearty wel
come for every man who comes to our
shores with the ability and desire to become
como a good nnd useful citizen. The
movement in California in the interest
of immigration is commended to the at
tention of the advocates of a policy of
extreme restriction ,
LOOSK HANK KXAMIXAT10X.
In commenting some days ago on the
case of the Keystone bank of Philadel
phia , the developments in which have
since been of a very interesting charac
ter , THK HUB remarked that it fur
nished another instructive object lesson
as to the utility of bank examiners ,
under the methods commonly pur&uod
by thorn.Vc observe that a llko im
pression obtained elsewhere. It is re
ported from Washington that there is
reason to believe some radical changes
in the existing law regarding bank ex
amination will bo recommended to congress -
gross , the feeling in olllcial circles being
that the present system does
not afford adequate security
either to the banks , the depositors or
the govorment. According to this re
port it is suggested that the practice of
permitting the examiner to remain in
the city where ho has-strong social in-
llucncc.s and the attachments of a life
time is not best calculated to secure a
rigid and impartial security of the con
dition of banks. It might happen that
the bank examiner , whoso services are
paid by the banks , and who naturally
looks to the bank olllcials to bo moro or
less helpful to him , would bo moro dis
posed to bo lenient to the banks under
his supervision than an entire stranger
would bo. The transfer of bank ox-
atninors from ono district to an
other may Do recommended , and
it is the opinion that a moro searching
investigation of banks which are under
suspicion could in every instance bo
made by n competent examiner who is a
stranger to the bank than by ono who.
may bo on the closest personal and social
relations with the ollicials of the in
culpated bank.
Some such modification of the system
as this would doubtless improve it , but
whatever raay bo recommended the
obvious fact is that some very radical
change in the law is necessary. The
report submitted to the secretary of the
treasury by the comptroller of
the currency , regarding the in
vestigation into the affairs of
the Keystone bank before that institu
tion was closed , shows the great lati
tude that is given a bank examiner and
the almost absolute dependence upon
him of the treasury authorities. It
might not bo just to say that in the
Philadelphia case the examiner was
corrupt , but it is plain enough that ho
had every opportunity to bo. What does
seem to bo a fact , however , is that his
personal relations with the olllcials of
the wrecked bank were of a nature that
enable them to exert un influence upon
them which would hardly have boon
possible with a stranger , and thus ho
was induced to delay or shape reports
regarding the condition of affairs so as
to mislead the authorities at Wash
ington , with the result of rendering the
immediate disaster far moro serious
than it would have boon if the action
provided for by the law had boon
promptly taken when the bank fell
under suspicion. Tlio report of the
comptroller of the currency will hardly
bo accepted as completely exonerating
him , but perhaps any man who had con
fidence in the integrity of the examiner
would have done as the comptroller did
in like circumstances. What seems to
bo required is th'.it examiners shall have
loss latitudo. and it would very likely bo
well to apply to them the system
which prevails in the internal revenue
service as to the supervisors and gen
eral inspecting agents.
The recent occurrences will tint im
probably intensify hostility to tno na
tional banking system , and as the ma
jority in the next house of representa
tives will bo antagonistic to the banks
they are 1 ilfoly 10 have a hard struggle
to prevent adverse legislation ,
Tun statement that a largo number of
Welsh tin plate works will shut down
during July , and possibly for a longer
time , owing to the decreased demand
from this country , may simply bo signifi
cant of the fact that the American mar
ket has boon largely stocked in antici
pation of the increased duty which will
go Into effect July 1. It Is understood
that the recent importations of tin have
been unusually largo , and this with the
extensive preparations that are making
for 'Jio manufacture of tin plate in this
country would explain the falling olT in
the demand for the foreign product. The
Indications also are that the demand
will not ho resumed al Its former proper
tions.
TUB assessors are not as much to
blame for the Irregularities their re
turns reveal as the rotten system of val
nation of property which Invites tax-
shirking. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Possiiii.Y Mr. Henry Khronpfort can
glvo a good reason for assessing the line
property of Mr. Frederick Amos , at
Ninth and Jones streets , for 5t > ,000 , while
that of Mr. W. M. Ilushman goes in at
310,000. Mr , Amos' building occupies
132 foot Bquartv'and is a corner. Mr.
nuahman's lot iR'/fexl32nml / his building
covers but ono-lmtt the lot. Mr. Ames
owns a good dcdj'jif Union Pacific rail
way stock. Mr. fjBushman is a liumblo
hut ontorprisirtg > citizen and owns no
rn 11 ways. . _
i'OMS Having abandoned her
efforts to soi'tiro'tllo national republican
convention , thdtlinnoes of Omaha are to
that extent brightened. Where is the
committee appointed by the board of
trade to prosont'Cfmaha'tT claims ? There
is no time to lose. Omnlm should assort
herself. Minneapolis out of. the Hold
ought to enable this city to secure sup
port from all the northwestern states.
THK DIB : gave the assessors fair warn
ing when tnoy entered upon their duties
that the results of their labors would beheld
held up for public Inspection. The people
ple of Omaha are entitled to know what
inequalities exist in the matter of bur
den hearing and burden sharing.
Winni- : the mayor and a committee of
the council are disputing between them
selves over the correctness of certain
figures relative to the amount of public
work which can bo done in this city the
board of puhHo works leisurely does
nothing of any consequence.
TUB value of parks to the people of
crowded cities has a practical illustra
tion every holiday in Ilanscom park ,
Omaha , and Kairmount park , Council
BlufTs. Wo need and must have moro
breathing spots for our pcoplo.
WHKN the county commissioners sit
as a board of equalization it should bo
their first duty to examine and compare
the assessments of property of corpora
tions with those of private individuals.
COUNCIL Burn's will cheerfully join
with Omaha in the effort- for the
national convention. TUB BKK suggests
that a Twin City committee bo ap
pointed to push the project.
THK board of health is still practically
a fifth wheel on the city wagon. It
should bo given some authority to do
something or bo allowed to retire from
business entirely.
THIS weather ought to thaw out the
hibernating board of trade and keep its
sluggish blood in .circulation long
enough to make an effort for a boot
sugar factory. . ,
Grc ; ( > tiiiK tlio Typos.
Jiiisfon Atlvrrtlter.
Boston has a .warm welcome for the
"typographers" who have como to the con
vention of the International typographical
union. May thoy. have mirth , merriment ,
'
moderation and at'h"ousand moro cms in their
"tako , " nnd wherever they may bo sot , they
know that tdoy are not ut present under any
editorial rulo. ? ?
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Touches a Tender Spot.
ClfVelpnil Lnuler ,
Such incidents * to the sending hack to
Europe at the expense of the steamship com
panies , of twenty-three immigrants in ono
day , which was done on Thursday at Now
York , will surely nbato the ardor of the trans-
Atlantio lines in drumming up stcorago pas-
sonpers from the slums of Europe. It Interferes -
fores with prolits and touches those corpora
tions in a very tender spot.
Colonel Cock , rill's Salutatory.
New Yark Advertiser Vol. / . , Ab. 1.
For the student of Journalism it may not bo
uninteresting to say that no moro daily news
papers are printed in Now York city today
than twonty-flvo years ago. The old news
papers have grown in size , circulation and
potentiality with the enormous growth of tbo
city , and some of thn younger ones have
passed to tboir rowtird. Numerically , our
press stands today about where It did a quar-
torof a century ago , und it will bo observed
that the enterprise which begets the MornIng -
Ing Advertiser , and which proposes to fur
nish the host ovoninc newspaper on the
Island of Manhattan adds nothing to the to
tality.
An Immature Political Party.
J/iinw'ji Weekly ( MtiO' )
The platform of the people's party shows
that It Is chiefly nn expression of discontent ,
not n mar.ihnlling of intelligent forces for a
definite purpose. Conspicuous citizens ,
statesmen , familiar political leaders , and pro
found constitutional lawyers united lu the
formation of the republican party. But the
late Cincinnati convention contained no
promWiont citizen , nobody who can bo called
a loader or a representative of anything but
dissatisfaction , and a vague hope of some
thing hotter than the existing situation. It
proposed nothing which was apparently
"thought out , " or which any member could
explain In detail , or which at oneo commends
iUelf to the average Kood sunso of the
country. The movement is evidently imma
ture.
Tlio Union Depot.
Council llliiffit ttnniuirfjl.
Our present depot accommodations nro un
worthy of the second city of Iowa and do not
in any way represent the growth or beauty
of Council Uluffi und certainly not the great
railway traflic transacted in this city. Coun
cil B lulls wants a handsome depot , ono that
will bo n credit to every railroad using
It , and the Nonpareil nrop-jios to keen
its columns opou for the discussion und agi
tation of the mutter- until something is Hone
In the way of orcctlni ? nn oJltlco that will bo
n credit to our citx.jjjuiil its enterprise. At
this time the situation is peculiarly favora
ble. On tit-count of rfno or two crack-brained
citizens the union ficnot at Omuua has boon
abandoned nnd tie | workmen discharged.
Nothing remains mil a few old sheds and tno
unfinished walls us silent wltnoasos of the
folly of a city refusing an Improvement worth
millions of dollars directly und indirectly.
What Is Omsihti's foollsbnnis is Council
Illuffs' opportunity. Council Uluffs should
not wait to bo introduced to it.
MtUlt 1'EOJU.KnilO It'XKIt.
Sad Accident \Vliinli l.ol'oll an Iowa
Homing Party.
Mvsos CITY , laTT-funo 15. [ Special Tcln-
cram to Tim HKK. | A terrible accident
occurred at UocUford about 10 o'clock last
night. A party of four , Ml-n Jo-ulo Uoilins ,
Miss Anna Ivouliler , C. H. Anderson and A.
D. Cooley , the two latter residents of Codtir
Hapids , were out boat riding on the Khell-
rock. In some manner unknown the row bout
cnp.-ilzcd and all were thrown Into thn river.
Their cry for help was hoard , hut buforo
they couiu bo roaolied they were all d rowned.
The river win drugcud mid all the bodloi
wore secured. Tbo m-c-ldont has cut u pall
of gloom ever tlio ciitlro community.
Knil I'jiitl of a 1'loiiniiro Trip.
NKW York , Juno 15. Early this morning a
tugboat -ran Into and sunk the yacht Kmlln.
Krank Jenkins and William II. llolum wuro
drowned. A party of uluvon were on board
the yacht. They hud been on u oloasuro trip
up the Hudson and wore ruturnltiK homo
when the nrcidont occurred. Thu pilot of the
tug has bccu arrested.
THAWl'S ' ACTS QUESTIONED
Regarding the Legality of Appointment
Maclo While Out of the State ,
LAWYER SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY
Attorney /Ink's Iluwnrd ( or Swlml
HiiK \Vldo\v Miiooln'H New
Theatrical Palace Jay Ilia-
rows' lilhcl Hull.
Uxcoi.v , Nub. , .Iiino 15. ( Special to Tin
BII : : . | There Is considerable dlsctisslot
among politicians ntul ii'.iu ether persons ] us
now In regard to Governor Thnyur's ntaeiico
from tlio stnto. It Is generally admitted Urn
wiioii a governor intends to Icnvo u.stuto ho
should notify the lioutonunt governor of the
fart. Some pontons nllogo tlmt Thuyer hn.s
not ilono this , although on returning fron
Missouri on Wednesday he loft almost tin
mediately for the st.ito of Wyoming , where
ho bus rcmulnod ever since. It is not Unowi
positively tlmt Thuyer did not notify Ll-'u
tenant ( jovernor Majors , but today when the
notarial appointments were is.suud Irom the
governor's oflleo the namoof .loiin M. Thuyor
nppeurcd nt the bottom ot triiiin , Thaver huv-
Ing put his autograph to about a liundroi !
blank notarial appointments , and cominlttei
the real work of making the appointment.1 * tea
a young rlork nnnied Fred Ferris.
It Is I'lutiuod by some of the stnto ofilclals
that the batch of notarial appointments t.s
sued today iiro Illegal , as Thavor Is out of the
state vLsltinn with liU son in Uock Falls
Wyo. . and Tom Majors Is de facto mid do
Jnro govornor. It , Is alleged that those ap
[ ointments arc not local unless the signature
"Thomas " at the
Majors , governor , appears
bottom of every paper. The secretary o
stuto will not record these appointments
until their locality are shown.
The commissions In dispute are as follows
Miles Zcntmyor , Schuylcr , Colfux county
A. Von Haiils , Whltny , Dawos county
Charles L. Fritschcr. Omaha , Douglas
county ; John A. O'Koofo ' , llago county ; E
J. Esgate. Orecloy Center , C3reeloy county
John T. Marshall , Panama , Lancaster county
Hluhard Cunningham , Lincoln , Lancustoi
county ; S. N. Vlnlng , Stunton county.
A I.AWVKIl SK.VT TO TUB I'l'.N.
The trial of Attornov II. W..ink has fin
ally coino to an end and ho has been sen
tenced to threu years In tlio penitentiary.
Thn crlmo charged against him is cmbczzlo-
iiient. It npDoars from the evidence that
/ink was employed by a poor widow to look
after her business affairs in which all her
fortune , amounting to S5UO , was involved.
Ho looked after the matter so closely thai
not only did ho cot his ? l)0 ( ) fee , but also al
the money that belonged to the widow. Ho
was arrested and given every chance to prove
bis innocence , but Instead the testimony
showed that he was guilty beyond all dou bt.
Therefore , today , ho was sentenced to the
pen.
Till ! NEW OI'KUA HOUSE ,
The work of excavation for the foundations
of the now Lansing opera house at the corner
of Thirteenth and P streets Is being rapidly
pushed forward and the contractors will
soon bo ready for the actual work ot build
ing. The gentlemen backing the enterprise
are Messrs. Henry Oliver and J. F. Lansing ,
and $2H,000 ( ) will bo spent in the construction
of the building. Ed. A. Church will bo the
lessee and manager and the establishment
will bo In point of comfort , capacity , appear
ance and in the character of entertainments
given just such a play house as Lincoln has
needed for a long time and which the Lin
coln theator-goors will appreciate. It will be
in almost every particular a duplicate of the
splendid nowBoyd opera house nt Omaha , with
a few added touches and decorationstand im
provements for comfort. First aud foremost
It will bo a ground floor opera house and will
bo as near flro proof as it is possible to make
it. There will bo fourteen boxes finished in
elaborate designs in nicklo and bronze.
The chairs will bo the latest improved , the
stage will ba ample In its proportions and the
auditorium will bo lighted with 1,000 electric
Jots. The building will bo heated with steam
and both the heating anu lighting apparatus
will bo in the basement.
The exterior of the building will bo of
stone , pressed brick and terra cottn. The
grand entrance and foyer will bo of marble.
The building will bo 'imposing outside and
beautiful and inviting within. It is to bo
finished by the middle of November and then
the capital city will not any longer bow In
humility to the enterprising little city of
Kearney In the matter of opera houses.
JAY IIUIIHOWS' I.IIIKl , SI'IT.
Jay Burrows filed an answer today in the
libel suit brought against him by Dr. H. S.
Aloy for 810,000 damages. The doctor In his
petition states that Burrows , through the
alliance , called him a fraud , a quack , and a
follow who did not pay his bills. Burrows'
reply is something unusual , ai ho admits tbat
he published the article alluded to by Dr.
Aley , ana claims further tbat it is truo.
Till ! STANFORD STATION CASK.
On the first Wednesday in July the secre
taries of the state board of transportation
will sit in judgment on the matter ns to
wholhor the village of Stanford shall
have a station agent immediately or not. On
March 17 tbo B. & M. stopped business nt
that ulacc and dismissed the agent because
only ? ! l.J3 ( was received in outgoing freight
and 81A0.13 in incoming freight. The com
pany says that as soon as it can afford to put
an agent thcro that it will bo done. Until
then the persons looking for freight must bo
on hand to receive It. Under the circum
stances it is hinted that the board will proba
bly favor the railroad ,
Till ) STATB UNtVKUSlTV1.
The cnrollmentof students in the statouni-
vorsity during the scholastic year just closed
was 571) ) , of which ! I'J : wnro young men and
IMS young women ; the percentage of young
men is , therefore , .17 , and the younir women
ij. ; There wore twenty-eight graduates , 175
in the academic department , ninety in the in
dustrial school , ISO in Urn Latin .school and
ninety-seven in the art aud music depart
ment.
SMVI.U-OX AT ic.NNirr. :
It is reported hero today tlmt the smallpox
promises to become un epidemic at Bennett.
Four now coses are reported there today ,
making eight in all , while two morn are re
ported at Douglas , malting six there. The
disease was brought to Bennett llr.st by a
man named Joseph Wall. The doctor treatIng -
Ing Wall was suite ring from a loathsome , im
moral disease , mid treated the patient for the
same. Meanwhile hundreds of persons were
exposed to the contagion by Wall's presence ,
and it is feared that a general epidemic of
smallpox will sweep ever that section of the
country ,
onus AND INDS. :
Yesterday the ICnights of Pythias cele
brated decoration day In Lincoln in the
Douutiful and appropriate manner of that
order.
J. U. White , the forger , was brought back
from St. Joseph todav by Constable Bench.
In default of J500 bail ho was committed to
the county jail to nwult trlol.
The members * of thu state board of agrlcnl-
: uro have adopted resolutions thanking the
buivuuof horticulturestato bo'irrt and faculty
of the Colorado nericulturul fiinn fur eour-
tclo.s shown during thu recent tour of Inves
tigation through Colorado. Thunlts wore
also voted to the railroad companies for
special favors extended.
A telegram from Now York says : In the
court of common pleas William Wharton , jr. ,
it Co. nro suing Charles F. Winch to recover
5LS,0Ki ( , damages for broach of a contract for
: ho construction of n cubloVstroot railway In
Lincoln , Noli. The defence is that Winch
assumed no personal responsibility to the
constructing contractors ; that it was under
stood that the expense of construction was to
bn met by the proceeds of bonds of tlio rail-
rend company as they were sold ; thai Whar
ton & Co. huvo nlruudy received advances
that cover more of the road than they have
built , and that the sale of bonds is hampured
by the fact that Wharton & Co. are derelict
in currying out their construction contract.
MM. Long ot Huca , unuourb of Lincoln is
receiving the congratulation of her friends
upon bur recovery. For years she suffered
from an ovarian tumor , which was taken
from her by Dr. T. II. Woodward of this
city. The tumor was what Is Known to
surgeons ns an ovndnn cjst and weighed
fifty-llvo pounds. From the day of Us ro-
movul thu p.itient has continued to Improve.
She has enjoyed un uninterrupted and Ideal
recovery from a medical standpoint.
Jildpo : A Boston limn hanged himself
from the top round of a ladder. Wo are thus
reminded again that thcro is uhvays room at
thu top.
, H-NTH.
Denver Sun : "Cholllo's ' 'trnln of thought' '
U nboiit llko tlmt rnllro'ul show lu town this
Wnnk. "
"How's thntt"
"Limited. "
I'hnrmaooutical Km : Chlof Soda Jorkot
( to customer-- ) * . It's a regular kohlnoor ,
but I toll you It worries mo , for It would rep
resent n great loss If anything should happen
ll'i
Second Assistant Uottlo Washer Hov' ycr
tried the plate glass Insurance cotnu.uiioa lor
cazo your mind I
PAXVlKS OP VOUTII.
H'nsMMuton l\ut.
'I think how wo cling to the fancies of
youth
And n tear scomnd to spring to her iash
Sentimental It scorns , but I do. Ml * the truth ,
When you pull nt your budding mustache. "
Philadelphia lU-cord : Hobbs.100 the
doctor's currlago In front of your house
thi'so two mornings. Anybody sick I Nobbs
Yes. My wife. Case o't son-strolte.
Now York Herald : Fit * William doi.'t
waul any morn of you , pard. I can't do bu.nl *
IIOHS with a pard who depletes the treasury
to tiny raiment.
Dusty Uhodos Pat's all right , cove ; I
found a dude's pawn ticket and traded it oil
fordcsn duds ; you stick to mo , nn' you'll
wear rhlnostoii6.i , scol
Tin : I'OKT.M > TIII : i-.ut\iin. :
ll'its/idii/lo'i / / .Slur.
"Into all lives some rain miist fall"
But out tharo In the west ,
The farmers have to Irrigate
Qr dry up with the rust.
"Evory cloud has a silver lining , " oxcont
perhaps the cloud of dust which is raised by
the horse you didn't bet on , and which hides
from view the one on which you did.
Rochester Express : The omnibus corn-
panics of London have been compelled to
listen to the drivers' tale of whoa.
Epoch : "Could you make n water-color
sketch of mo ! " nsliml Mr. Soaker. "All out
the nose , " returned 1'nlntto. "I couldn't got
that color In water any more than you could. "
Minneapolis Journal : Mrs. Parkav I un
derstand your son is a great spendthrift.
Mrs. Pnrkavenuo O , yes ; wo sent him to
spend four years at Harvard and It only took
him about six months. Ho works very rap
idly.
"You may notch it on the palings
It's a mighty risky plan
To form a hasty judirmont
From the clothes that's on a man.
For you bet your bottom dollar
That you often eomo across
An eighty-dollar i.addlo
On a twenty-dollar "boss. "
Jewelers' Weekly : Wholesale Jeweler
Your inexperience is against you , but 1 may
glvo you a trial if you have no family in-
cumbrai.ces.
Applicant There are none worth mnntion-
ing except a trust deed on father's sawmill , n
vendor's lien on brother John's farm and a
chattel mortgage on sister Maria's husband's
sorrel colt.
Columbia Spectator ' : Miss Inquisitive By
the way , Mr.'Doadbroko , where did you sit
nt the Intor-collegiatosi
Mr. DeadbroUo ( who being unable to pro-
euro the needful on that day had stood in the
broiling sun for four hours ) Oh , I had a
grand stand nil by myself ; strange I didn't
see you.
IT'S NATI'KAI. ' .
AtUuita Conttitutlon.
The drowsy summer days again
Dawn o'er the sweltering sod ;
* And many a toiler goes , like Cain ,
Into the land of Nod.
Indianapolis Journal : Minnie What are
you reading dearj
Mamie Mrs. Southworth's ' "Self-raised. "
Can't , you see the tlt'.o ' on the cover )
Minnie Yes , 1 did see it , but I supposed it
was ono of these -baking powder advertise
ments.
The Dansvillo Breeze man , who is a patri
otic citizen , regardless of politics , says the
best article ho has yet seen on tin plate is
custard pio.
Ail Indian-Chinese Tale Wliiuli is
Hard to llclicvo.
SAN FUANCISCO , Cal. , Juno 15. The Chron
icle's , Hawthorne , Nov. , special gives ghast
ly details of the killing of a Chinaman , Ah
Ti , at Bridgeport , Cal. It was reported to
the Chinese location hero that Poker Tom , n
Piute Indian , had disappeared live weeks
ago and his body had boon found cut into
small pieces. Tlio body had boon packed in
brine and completely pickled. Ah Ti gave
the Indians a feast a ow days after Poker
Tom disappeared and served some choice
delicacies. The Indians now bollovo that Ti
made a fricassee of Tom's head and heart
and served it nt the foast.
Last Monday the Chinaman gave himself
up to the police , as ho feared an attack from
tbo Indians. Next day Ti was arraigned on
on the charge of murder , but as ho admitted
the killing , saying it was done in eolf defense -
fenso , ho was acquitted. As Ti loft the
court room the Indians bound him with a
ropu aud led him half a mlle from town.
Then a brother of Tom cut off ono arm. The
Chinaman cried piteously , but the Indians
cut oil the other arm. Then they cut off
both logs and his head , cut his breast open
and scattered bis entrails through the sago
brush. Two hundred armed Indians were
present and the butchery was witnessed by
two white nion. At the sheriff did not pro-
lost , no ono interfered. The lawyers and the
ustico of the peace are blamed for acquitting
Ti , as it was itnown the Indians would kill
him if sot freo.
AlillOTT.
Itoportoil to lo .Making Coed 1'rojjross
With tlio Now Ministry.
OTTAWA' , Out. , Juno 15.Hon. . J. J. Abbott ,
iromier-olect , spout several hours nt his
olllco in the senate chamber today and had
nany callers. It Is onlcially learned that ho
s making progress in his task of iormluir a
miuistry and will likely bo able to announce
vhen the house meets tomorrow that ho has
icon successful. The Government will bo
carried on in the old lines until after the
election , when the reconstruction takes placo.
As far as can bo learned all thu recent
: ollnaguos of thu latu Sir John Mncdonald
iiivo been invited to join Mr. Abbott. It is
Icllniloly known that already Sir Hector
. .anguvin , Sir John Thompson , Hon. G. F.
Cosier and Hon. Mackenzie Bowcn have ac-
opted. II any trouble occurs it will come
rom lion J. A. Chnploau , who assorts that
10 regards Sir John Thompson as the host
ualllled under the circumstances fur the
iromiorship.
Mr. Abbott has cabled to London , ordering
iK broker to bell all ills stock In the Can-
dinn Pacillc. President Van Horn has also
oceived Mr. Abbott's resignation as director
f the company.
Kir John Thompson was , ills understood ,
skod by tlio govoriior-gonnral to form n
nlnlstry , but ho declined owinir to the oppo-
Itlon of two of his colleuges and the ultra-
'rotostants of Ontario.
Ontario.o
'XVninnu Mimloror Kniind
LVNUASTHIIS'is. \ . , Juno 15. Koio Xblduskn
as been found guilty of murdur In thu llrst
ogreo.
SALE OF ANACONDA MIXES ,
They Aid Purolinsad by a Forofrp Syndi
cate Backed by the Rotbsohtld ? .
CHICAGO WILL HAVL NATURAL GAS.
N < > / Labor 4\ ; titlM ( ( Iir
Worltl'n l''alr Ma minors to lit * Sol
l-'orth In n Olroiiliu An Oi'til-
OFFICB or Tint Bar , I
( 'MHMOU , Juno 15. I
A special from Untie , Mont. , states oosl-
lively that the great Anaconda copper mlne.s
there hnvo bnon sold to n foreign syndicate
backed by the Kothschilds for $25,000,000 , ami
that AuiriiHl Uulmont , acting as agent of the
Hothschilds , has boon Instructed to close tbo
deal. A now company will bo orgnnUed and
will be ruady to reopen the mines on fSop-
tembcr 1. Tlio Anncomln company's group
comprises Anaconda , St. Lawrence , Tno
Mountain Con , Modnre , High Oru , Woke V\t \
Jim , and some mines of less productive quali
ties. Tim Anaconda proper overlooks Hut
city of Butto. It Is opened to n depth of
nearly 11 f teen hundred foot.
TO HAVi : N'KTL'lUf. lUS.
Chicago Is to have natural gas after all.
The work which wai abandoned last fall on
the pipe line from Marlon , Ind. , and con
tiguous gas territory , has been resumed.
Last fall the Columbus construction company
seml-ofllclally declared thiit natural pas
Would not bo brought to Chicago. Now it is
as llrmly assorted th.U It will. It is thought
the Idea that work on the plpo Hue had boon
abandoned was given out In ord or that rights
of way could bo purchased at b otter terms ,
Wll.l. ISSl B A OIllKVANCR C'HU UI.UI.
The commlttccmen assuming to represent
live central labor organizations in n con
ference Wi'li the board of directors of Uiu
world's fair have been hard at work on n cir-
cluar which they will -suo soon , giving an
account of the failure of their negotiations
to sccnro a minimum rate of wages and tbo
Insertion of an arbitration clause.
OlMUT.I.I.OWs' 1110 UNlimiTAKINO.
Within n few months the Oddfellows will
begin the erection at Vouburun street and
Fifth avenue of a sixteen-story build
ing to cost $1.000,000. The first lloor
wilt bo divided Into ton stores and
the two top lloors will bo divided into
sixteen lodge halls , to bo rented out to differ
ent societies. The other thirteen lloors will
have an area of 11.V1UO stjunro foot forofllres.
The building will bo constructed of Bedford
stone with variegated trimmings and
corn ires.
\VIM , KIRI' : in * TIII : CIIAHIII : .
The Lincoln Monunipnt association at
Springilold lias refused to accept the annual
appropriation of ? l5l ( for the care of the
monument , and will continue to , charge visi
tors y5 cents.
Tin ; ll.U.I.-KIT/SIMMON'S riOHT.
Jim Hall , who will fight Bob Fitxsimmons
before the Twin City athletic club July aj , is
duo to arrive at bis training ijuartors in
Bololt , Wis. , tomorrow , and his mnnai'cr ,
"Parson" Davles , will return home Wcdncsr
day. Hall now woigns 101 pounds. Ho has
11 vo pounds to take off before
entering the ring. Pitzslmmons will
probably be a pound or two lichter , but
neither will weigh ever I SI ! . Hall will ba
assisted in his training bv Billy Woods , the
Denver heavyweight. Jimmy Carroll will
look after Fitzslmir.ons as ho did nt Now
Orleans.
cim.mtnN's DAY IN CIIICAOO.
Children's day in the churches of Chicago
has grown to bo ono of the features of the
early summer and as the years roll by thu
observance is growing moro general. \ i\s-
tcrday thousands of children who attend tbd
urotestant. churches ( locked to the places of
worship where special children's services'
were held. In the Baptist , Methodist , Pres
byterian and Congregational churches tlio'
observance was general , and in many other
denominations the day was recognized and
services fitting for the occasion were held.
; DUAW inn mir. 1'ATAi.rri" .
An unknown man driving a brown horsoi
attached to a single buggy dashed over the
open draw of the Dearborn street bridge nt
1 : ! H ) this morning and was drowned , together
with his horse. The hrldgo was open for a. .
boat and hnd Just cleared the approach when
the bridge tender saw the rig with tbo man
in it coming down at , full speed nnd plungu
into the river.
SUICIDE 01' AN ACTOIl ,
.fames I. , . Edwards , the original "Paul
ICnuvar , " committed sulcldo by taking mor
phine nt the Beaumont hotel on Wabusb
nvenuo. Ho was playing the loading man in
"Stricken niind. " The action Is supposed *
to huvo boon causoa by grief over the recent
death of his mother , ilonry Av.'ling.tho actor
who took Edwards place as Paul Kauvor in
Now York , suicided by morphine only a few
weeks ago.
wisTKiitf : I'ROi'i.r. ix CHIC AOO.
Among the western people in Chicago today
were the following :
At tbo Grand Pacific E. E. Clark , E. 13 ,
Pinnoy , Cedar Uapids , In.V. ; . A. Hostwiclc ,
L. J. Drake , Mrs. J L , . Wohstor , Miss Flora
Webster , E. lj. Lomax , P. W. Corbott , H. C
Cusblnc , Omaha ; N. It. Pcrslngor , Central
City , Nob.
At tbo Auditorium Mr. nnd Mrs. C. A.
Jowott. li. I < \ Noivcomb. S. II. Emorv , Sioux
Klllls. S. IV ; Mr mill MnuV IT 11 , , , , „ ! . , . .
.
At the Uichollcu J. F. Taylor , jr.Choteau ,
Mont.
Atthn Wellington J. C. IConworth , Lang-
don , N. D. ; James W. Fowler , Hupld City ,
At the P-dmnr-Mr. and Mrs. S. L. IComp
Lund , Mont. ; H. L. Hood , J , W. Ward , F
H. Jnckntt , Cedar Knplds , la. ; John Done-
At the Sherman-Mr. and Mrs. W. W
Taylor , Hedllold , S. D.
Arthur Johnson ot the llrm of Johnson
Brothers of Omaha , to whom was awarded
the contract for the construction of the elec
trical building at the world's fair , is In the
city making arrangements for the work.
ATKINSO.Y.
Shot tlio Wrong .Man.
EvANSVii.u ! , Ind. , Juno in. Matt Bausly
murdered Eil Ulclmrdson yesterday morning ,
tiring n heavy cliargo from a shotgun Into bis
temple. Both are colored. Bnusley and
jomo other colored men had had trouble over
\ \ girl , and thu former armed himself and
wont to Hliihardson's honso. Ho wax refused
[ ulndUnnco and forced the door. Ho Haw a
man sitting on a bed , and supposing It to bu
Ills cnomy blew out his bruins. The
IVIH Kichurdscn. Bnusloy is at largo.
Did Not , Kult.
Hntmimfaii.
Down on my knees I sol/.o her hand ,
That miiiden peerlos.s In the luml.
"O fair one , let mo press my suit I"
With throbbing heart I swear my love
By nil the stars that ahlno above
Oh , If sho'd only follow suit I
Her frigid words my llfo-blood frco/.o ;
' 11 you kneel there and bag your knee *
I think you'll liuvo to press your suit. "
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