THE OMAHA DAILY BEJW : J UN3S 27 , 1591-TWELVJS PAGES ,
THE13AILYBEE
_ _
KTuOSEWATEH BHITOIU
PUBLISHEDEVEIIY MOKNING
7TUMB OP SirilSOIHITION.
Dully nenwllhniit. ( iini1nyOnoYonr..f ) A 6
Dally ntnl Sunday , Ono Year 10 J
Fix month *
Tlirrn month * * { ;
Hnmlnv lire , Onn Vrnr. 20
"ntunlnr Hen , One Your ' ,
Weekly lieuOnu Yeiir 1"
on-'IOESi
Omnhn , The Iloo IlnlldlnR.
South Onmlm. C'ornor N nnrt Sfith Streets.
Council ilium , 12 I'mirl Street.
C'lilcnpo Oilier , 317 ( Jhninbrr of Oommoree.
New York , Ilooiinl3Hnml ISTrlbunoUullilln ;
Washington , 5ia I'otirtppntli street.
COnilESl'ONDKNOK.
All communication * relating U > news ni
rriltnrlnl matter should bo addressed tc tin
I.dltorlal Department.
IIUHINEJM I.ETTKRI
AII builnr-n letters nnil rmnlttanrpishoulc' '
linncllrc i cl toTtin HPO I'nlilliililng Company
Omaha. Draft * , chock * nnd poslolflra onlor
to lie made payable to the ordur or Iho com
pnny.
The Bee Pnlsbiirc Company , Proorietors
TUB IlfeK 1IUII.D1NO.
BWOHN STATKMHNT OP CIRCULATION
btsitn of Nrbr.iskn , I
County of Douglas , f"
Qporao ft. Tzsuhiiuk , secretary of The Iw
I'uhllsiilnK romp ny. does solemnly swnm
thnt thii iirtuul ulroiilntum of Tin : DAILY Hut
for the WBOk ending Juno W , Ittll , was as fol-
Hiind'ny , .Tunoll SWH
Monday , Juno l.p > ' . .M.m
Viipvliiy , .Inno 16 < "
Wednesday. Jiinn 17
Thursday , Juno 1H
Friday. Juno 10
baturdny , Juno SO t .W-
Averugo 20,1)1)1 !
OKOItOK II. T'/SOllUOIf.
Fwnrn to bpforo mo : ind subscribed In my
presence thtsSUtli day of June , IHUI.
N ] ' . KKIU
Notary 1'ubllo.
Ftntoof Nebraska IH ,
County of Douglas. I
Oporgo II. T/si'linoh. bplnc duly sworn , do-
roses nnd nays that hntssucruinryof TIIK HKK
I'nblUhln ; ; company. Unit thu actual average
dully circulation of Tun DULY llrK for tbe
le1"1. ziii" copies : mr iiovoinnrr , JDIM , . . .I.K
ropips : for Dec-nibcr ; , IHP. 2',471 copies ! for
.Innuury , IWH US.44H cop'p.sj for February. IftOI ,
2.VII2 coiilcs : for.Miirch. Ihltl , L'4WK copies : foi
April , 1601 , SI , KM copies : for May. 18'JI. Sfl.SlC
copies. ( JKr.iKiK II. T/.sc'iitiCK.
Hworn to before mo and subscribed In my
presence thlsSd day of June , A. I ) . 1891.
N P. PKir.
Notary Tubllc.
l-'ltOM Mil. ROSKWATKR.
It Is with plonsuro Tun BKB an
nounces the first Kuropenn letter from
Mr. Kosowiitur. While it was written
before Mr. Kosowivtor hud- landed at
Southampton , it is full of Interest. Ho
contrasts the voyage of today In the
peed uhi | > Normannhi of the ILunburjj-
American ptickot line with the voyage
of 37 years ivo ; in the Bailing vessel in
which , when a boy , ho toolc passage for
Amorica. Tins letter will appear in
TIIK SUNDAY Bicn , Unless something
unexpected happens Mr. Rosovvator's
next letter will treat of his first im
pressions of London and the English
people ,
Ki'.MOVAT , from Iceland to Alaska can
not bo called leaping from the frying
pan into the flro , though as a dilemma
the horns are little if any more at
tractive.
IN Bl'iTK of the low temperature and
humidity of the atmosphere at Lincoln ,
Steward Livoringhouso feels very much
as if ho wore in close uroxlmity to a
very hot furnace.
LOCAL alliances are devoting consid
erable time these days to fomenting in
ternal dissensions. They will find it far
more profitable to study the warehouse
law and got ready to take advantage of
its beneficent provisions.
GOVKHNOK TiiAYKiiia right in urging
the board of public lands and buildings
to go through the accounts of the Hast
ings asylum from the date when it was
opened. The people desire n , thorough
investigation of the institution.
IOWA needs a warehouse law similar
to that in force in Nebraska. The re
publican state convention at Cedar
Rapids will do well to pledge the party
to the enactment of such a measure. It
will help local produce centers and
prove beneficial to producers.
Tins North Dakota alliance platform
demands a silver dollar worth 100 cents ,
favors a mortgage tax. an income tax ,
prohibition and woman's suffrage. The
North Dakota alliance has loaded itself
to the guards. No party ca'n carry all
those planks in u single platform.
CANDIDATES for Judge Humor's seat
on the Twelfth district tiniich are put
ting up lightning rods from the top of
nearly every courthouse in the district.
Kearney prewmts the war-worn names
of two gentlemen who not many moons
ainco wore shining lights in the democ
racy.
KANSAS feuds are almost as deadly as
those of the Kentucky mountains. The
death of Sam Wood appears to bo a se
quel to the Stevens county seat war and
the attempt to impeach .Tuugo Botkin.
In both these somewhat sensational pro
ceedings the dead alliance politician
was a conspicuous fitrure.
INASMUCH as the warehouse act does
not become a law until August 1 , under
the decision of the attorney general , the
state board of transportation can first
turn its attention to tv schedule of maxi
mum freight rates. The warehouse
law will take care of itself for a week or
two while the board attends to its regu
lar business
NOIITHWKSTKICN IOWA has felt the
power of the elements and many homes
are in mourning for the loss of loved
ones. Thousands of dollars worth of
stock has porlxhed nnd hundreds of people
ple are temporarily homeless. The
catastrophe is awful , but thus far no
wu.ll ot destitution has come up from the
distressed people. Should they be in
need the surrounding regions will uhoor-
fully respond with substantial assist
ance.
TUB Kearney Hub wants the republi
can league of Nebraska to wake up and
got to work. The league ought to
arouse Itself no doubt , hut its sluggish
circulation does not quicken much over
the coming campaign. The election of
justice of the supreme court nnd two
regents is not a very Inspiriting political
elixir. Novortholeart TIIK UKK seconds
the motion to have tbo league put in a
few weeks of campaigning between now
und November.
irtrtotrs' PB VSK > .V C
The announcement that for the next
six weeks Iho work of the pension ofllco
will bo chiefly devoted to the settlement
of the pension claims of soldiers' widows
will bo gratifying intelllgcuco to the
thousands of women whoso hope for
future moans of subsistence rests largely
upon securing a pension from the gov
ernment. It ought to bo the rule of the
pension olllco , if it is not , that those
claims phould receive the first attention ,
so that there would bo the least delay
poailblo in passing upon them. They
make the strongest of appeals to
the beneficence ot the government , nnd
every consideration urges that they
should bo pushed to settlement as rapIdly -
Idly as is compatible with a proper in
vestigation. Commissioner Ilaum iso
be heartily commended for the Interest
ho is manifesting in this class of claims ,
and none will HO warmly appreciate his
action In behalf of the soldiers' widows
as the veterans themselves , oven though
It should somewhat delay the settlement
of their claims.
The number of widows' claims await-
'ing settlement is not stated , but it is
probably largo , and when one reflects
Upon the great store of comfort
and happiness which the allow
ance of thcso claims will carry
to thousands of worthy women it is im
possible not to fool a stronger devotion
to the government and to reject the idea
that its wide-reaching and generous
beneficence imposes any real burden
upon the people. The annual pension
charge is largo , but every dollar of it
goes to an honored and most meritorious
class of our citizens , to bo distributed
again througli the channels of business ,
and it is what the nation justly owes to
the men who preserved it and to their
widows and orphans. It Is duo to the
present administration to say that none
of its predecessors since the pension sys
tem was established showed greater
solicitude for those entitled to the bounty
of the government. A republican congress -
gross redeemed the pledge of the party
to the old Holdiors , and u republican ad
ministration is faithfully carrying out
what the representatives of the people
provided for.
IMPORTANT FIXANCfAL QUKSTIOXS.
The country will probably learn
within the next few days what is to bo
the policy of tno administration regard
ing two very important financial ques
tions. Ono of those relates to the exten
sion of 4i per cent bonds at a reduced
rate of interest ; the other to continuing
the coinage of silver after July 1 , and it
is presumed a decision as to both of
those questions was reached at the cab
inet meeting yesterday.
With regard to silver , the secretary of
the treasury holds that it is discretion
ary with him as to how much will bo
coined in future , but this construction of
the silver law of the last congress is not
generally accepted. It is urged against
it that the act of 1800 not only made no
provision for continued coinage of silver ,
but expressly required that the coinage
of $2,000,000 a month under previous
enactments should bo stopped July 1 ,
1891 , except upon distinctly specified
conditions. The act authorizes the sec
retary of the treasury to coin into stand
ard dollars only so much of the bullion
purchased as may bo required to re
deem notes outstanding , and unques
tionably it was understood to bo the in
tent of the act to put an end to the coin
ing of standard dollars and to substitute
for them in the circulation treasury notes
issued against the bullion purchased ,
and redeemable In gold or silver coin
If the view of the secretary is correct
and Is made the policy of the govern
ment , wo shall simply go on coining sil
ver dollars to bo piled away in the treas
ury vaults , which certainly seems to be
a wholly useless proceeding , oven if
no harm should come of it. The sugges
tion that the secretary of the treasury
or the president is disposed to
favor the extreme silver element in this
matter is pure assumption. There is
no reason to believe that the views of
President Harrison regarding silver
have undergone any change , while as to
Secretary Foster , lie made his position
entirely clear in his address to the Ohio
republican convention. Ho is a friend
of silver and believes that the policy
thnt ought to bo pursued in this country
should bo such as to retain for the basis
of our financial operations both metals.
There can bo no doubt that the adminis
tration is entirely friendly to silver , but
there is not the least danger that it can
bo induced to favor free and unlimited
coinage.
As to the plan of bond extension , it
will doubtless bo adopted and the rate of
interest fixed at 2 per cent. The condi
tion of the treasury and the interests of
the money market seem to render this
highly expedient if not an imperative
necessity. . _ _ _ _
MlSRKl'HKSKNIINa TIIK I'USITIOX.
The Now York Times , referring to the
attitude of the press of the northwest
and of the southwest about immigration ,
does not fairly state the public senti
ment of those sections. It is not sur
prised to find the northwestern nnd
southwestern press diametrically op
posed to the piois of the more thickly
settled parts of the country , because the
ijroat need of a now country la labor ,
and the 'Junes suys : "So long as the in-
How of immigration moans a great ac
cession to the ranks of ablo-
bodied and willing laborers , no
matter how alien or ignor-
uit or unskilled these may
l > o , the people of a now country will wel
come it , and will receive with oqua-
namlty whatever of helpless pauperism
and of crime and of anarchism it mivy
bring in its train. "
This will not apply to any portion of
the northwest or of the south weat , whose
[ loople are as solicitous regarding the
jharactor of Immigration as those of
Now York or Massachusetts. The desire -
sire in those sections is as strong as in
any other for the exclusion from the
country of paupers and crlininals , and
ns to anarchism it is a bugbear
which ia hugely exaggerated.
PIiQ people of the northwest nnd
ot the southwest want no onu ad
mitted into the country who is not cnpn-
jlo of bolt-support , but they malst thnt
for men nnd wonun who have the abil
ity and the will to work , and who come
liora intending to establish homos and
joeomo good cltUons , there ia still room
nnd opportunity. Such people are
needed to help in the development o
our resources , nnd every such one has t
positive value as a contributor to the
productive power and nnd to the woaltli
of the nation. It is altogether poaslblo
thnt undesirable persons will got Intc
the country , however thorough the In
spection or rigid the restrictions , bul
shall wo shut the gates ngninsl
the thousands of worthy nnd desirable
people who come to ua with the bosl
intentions in order to keep out the vorj
few who are not of this class ? The law
passed by the last con gross , it thoroughly
executed , will reduce the number ol
undesirable persons coining Into the
country to very small proportions , and
the people or the northwest and the
southwest are as anxious as those of any
other section that this law ahull bo
rigidly enforced.
TIIK ST. MAHVS AVRNUE OHAUK.
It Is rumored that many of the prop
erty owners affected by the St. Mary's
avenue grade will resist the awards
made by the board of appraisers. This
will delay that important enterprise. It
ia to bo hopud the gentlemen whoso
property is damaged will not bo blind
to the immense benefits which a proper
grade of St. Mary's avenue will bo to the
city at largo and property within the
improvement , district in particular.
At present the lower end of St. Mary's
avenue is worthless so far aa business is
concerned. The failure of the people to
appreciate the importance of u good
grade several years ago la now
recognized to have boon a seri
ous misfortune. It is always expensive
to correct mistakes of this character. It
costs leas to do the right thing in grad
ing , paving and otherwise improving a
city at the beginning than in after years
when necessity compels the error to bo
corrected. It will never cost less than
now to bring the St. Mary's avenue dis
trict into proper relations with sur
rounding districts. It should bo done
now.
now.This
This depression filled and the Douglas
street hog back reduced , will make the
central section very presentable and
vastly improve the value of every lot
and building within its boundaries.
Should Mr. Kountzo open up his hourt
and enable the city to establish a central
market on the land between Seventeenth
and Twentieth streets , adjacent to St.
Mary's avenue the value of till this prop
erty for business will bo vastly improved.
Unless the estimates of damages are ex
tremely low there is scarcely a property
owner in the district comprehended who
cannot well afford to waive every cent
and assist in bringing about this very
important improvement Tun BICE
hopes nothing will bo allowed cither to
prevent or delay the work. It is worth
all it can reasonably cost.
OMAHA'S postolllco service has never
boon in bettor hands than today. Post
master Clarkson is a wide-awake citizen ,
a pushing , intelligent ollicor , fully ap
preciating the extent and importance of
his duties. Inspector Browne is an old
postal employe. Ho knows the business
by long , faithful and efficient service.
Ho seconds the efforts of the postmaster
and the department to improve
the service of the Omaha post
olllco. It is to those gentlemen
this city owes the addition of six new
clerks in the ofllco and 1C new letter car
riers for the free delivery force. Post
master General Wamtmakor learned to
his gratification when hero that both
these gentlemen are reliable servants of
the government , and when they recom
mended an increase of the force ho read
ily assented knowing that Browne was
thoroughly acquainted with the city's
needs , and Clarkson competent to direct
the details incident to the improvement
of its poatal service.
PnoiiinmONiSTS everywhere are
liable to a fanaticism which carries their
zeal and enthusiasm beyond reasonable
limits. This is illustrated by the con
duct of the "enforcement committee" in
South Dakota. Although scores of
saloons are running wide open in the
state and the committee would have its
hands comfortably full looking after
open violations of the law , it prefers to
make itself and the law obnoxious In-
sending its spies into the privacy of the
homos of citizens to detect them in serv
ing liquor at meals or in their families.
The olToet of such despicable methods IH
not to break down the evils of the tratllc ,
but to make the law oppressive and un
popular. If this course Is pursued with
any degree of vigor there Is no doubt
about the abandonment of prohibition in
South Dakota.
Tun city council having cringingly
complied with the demand of the water
works company , that corporate monopoly
ely has graciously consented to lay its
mains on North Twentieth street so tjiat
the paving may proceed. Sooner or
later the people will elect a city govern
ment which will have backbone enough
to assort the rights of taxpayers as
ngainst franchised corporations. The
test of power must sooner or later IK >
made , and the sooner the bettor.
UNMCSS the storms continue and undo
the good work which the earlier rains
accomplished the boaaon will bo romari < -
nblo for the yield of small grain. Fre
quent rains and cool weather are hold
ing buck the corn crops , but unless
these continue there is plenty of time
for corn to grow nnd mature before
frost. Wo still believe this is to bo the
farmers' joar of jubilee.
As TIIK investigations of the board of
county commissioners proceed the in
equalities , omissions , undor-valuationa
and general carelessness of the assessors
and thu unseemly rottenness of the
whole revenue system , as applied to this
county , are more and more striking.
MB. LivicuiNoiiousK's btylo of finan
ciering ia decidedly original but not
honest. Ilia admissions to the board of
public lands and building are Bulliaient
to show that ho has no business to repre
sent the atato In any fiduciary capac-
THKUK is encouragement , hut not on-
thuaiaam in the announcements made by
the board of public works that work
upon street improvements will soon
begin and proceed. There would bo
both oncourn rnMint and enthusiasm I
the present InslMd ot future tense won
more frequent In the rhotorio of tin
chairman of thtmxmrd of public works
Wo all like "iJ&t work" bettor thai
"soon will bo Her way. "
TIIK week's packing report for the
western packing , establishments shov
an nggrognto'b'croaso of 72-5,000 hogi
as compared with Iho pack of last year
Chicago falisolT 160,000. Kansas Citj
177,000 , Sioux City 110,000 , Omaht
12,000. In other words Omaha it
steadily galnlng n Kansas City In spite
of the decrease in the number of hogi
packed this year.
TUB Iowa republican state convention
moots at Cedar Rapids next Wednesday.
This date must not be qvorlookod by the
Omaha business organizations which will
exert tholnsolvos to secure tbo noxl
national republican convention.
TIIK moro the affairs of the Hustings
lusylum nro examined into , the clearer
( lees it appear thtit the management has
been grossly inelliclonl and extravagant
If not positively corrupt.
SOMK of the asphalt paving of "olnss
C" is making a poor showing IXH to dura
bility. On at least ono street carriage
tracks can bo soon in the pavement for
blocks.
TUB proposed amalgamation of the
grain and produce exchange with the
board of trndo promises to bo bcnoflcial
to both organizations.
UNUCSS the now asphalt company
furnishes a hotter quality of pa'ving
material than the old one , it will not bo
particularly welcome.
ADVBIITISINO Omaha in eastern news
papers at card or column rates is about
as profitless as pouring water in a rat-
holo.
SlXTKKN moro letter carriers on and
after July 1 is another indication of the
rapidity of Omaha's growth.
If WK secure the republican national
convention it will boby pushing our
claims early and vigorously.
OMAHA is proud of her high school ,
proud of its forty graduates and proud
of her publio school system.
THAT St. Mary's avenue grade should
not wait another year.
The Ohio
Ctcettand iMMrr ( rep. )
It Is a soldiers' ticket , a sound money tlcKot ,
nnd an American Uckot , and will swoop
things in November.
iK the ICrror.
if ( rep. )
No less than twenty-ilvo sub-alliances In
ICnnsas have rcniulintc'l the action of the
Cincinnati convention nnd similar reports
como from Iowa and Nebraska. , The farmers
nro beginning tojpo that the proposed now
party U only n device to promote democratic
interests and purposes.
VnooitHulous Humor.
Aew liif AtlMrt leer.
The weather Is warm and news Is scarce ,
aim o.x-Confrrcssiuau John A. McShano of
Nebraska erstwhile warm friend of G rover
31eveland has nominated Chief Justice
Melville Wostou" lAillor , for president ,
mustache and all. Wo shall have a great
deal of this style of unconscious humor as
: ho season advances.
Utnli'H Admission.
St. Limit ( UntieDemaral ( rep. )
The Mormon party In Utah Is disbanded
ind the opposing organl/atlon , therefore , will
go to pieces , ns It has no further necessity
for being. Steps will then bo taken for the
formation of parties which will divides on iia-
iionul issues. With the abolition of polyg
amy , which Is probably now complete , the
solo reason for keeping Utah In the territorial
stage will bo removed. When the country
aecomcs convinced that the "twin relic" has
actually gene to Join the ono destroyed in
the civil war , Utah's ' admission to statehood
will bo at hand.
New York "Isn't in It. "
JVmo York Ailvei liter.
A desperate struirglo Is going on between
Chicago and Omaha for the republican na
tional convention. Oshkosh some Hino ago
saw tno futility of remaining In the contest ,
and is now no lougor hi It. Kalamazoo did
not outer nt all. The fight has already got
to that point where Omaha boldly proclaims
lersolf the poor of Chicago , socially , politic
ally and commercially. As for hotels and
joarding houses for the accommodation of
argo assemblies , Omaha prints a list to show
hat she has * thorn. There nro ulso some
'onudatlons laid for others , nnd some vacant
ota are being cleared oft. Now York will
vatch the progress of this contest possibly
with a view to securing the bono of coutcn-
lon herself. _
The Foe < > ( ' llopiihlio.iu Ijlhorly.
Ilurptr't HVc/dj/ / ( / ' ! ) .
Thovo nro droll peojilo who apparently
anoy that they commend themselves to ad
miration by saying thnt they have never voted
any tloltet hut the republican or the demo
cratic. If they toll the truth , they exult In
laving been often led by very contemptible
oadors , Independent voting Is tno result of
ho common sense and self rosiioct which re
train the excess of party soint a force
vhich Is zealously fostered by Mr. Quay and
CJovornor Hill and Tammany hall , but which
oxhorio'djto restrain. Ho was ,
Mn-lmps , as sensible ana patrlotlo nnd wlso
is thoy. It is party eirtrlt , not sympathy with
n ponornl party tendUncy , which has created
ho party mnehinj- ( power without prlncl-
> lo of any hind ix < ; opt plunder , nnd which
ias developed patconugo into u vait system
of partisan brlbury'b ' mibllo money. This
s all very elomont"iry | , for full grown Ameri
cans , But the party spirit which sneers nt
lulopontlonco , nnu'ftp'Vorns by the corruption
of money nnd torrtwiifl tqo real fee of ropub-
Ican Hborty. The'billwark of that liberty Is
jolltlcul
STYLE.
,
Oh , I'm weary of dplng the proper thing ;
I'm tlrod of doing 0.1 1 am told ;
want to hear the buhlfrohg ,
And smell the fresh wet mold.
Oh , it's take mo llngor bowl away ,
And make mo wanco moro n hey ,
With a .sun-burnoa wedge down the splno of
mo buck ,
While I whoop with the hoi nollol.
Oh , mo swnllytall hurts mo under the nrms ,
And mo patent leathers are hot mid tight ;
For Lee Lee McCalllstor's loat his charms
And I'm homesick and weary tonight.
siu-li for the song ot the katydid.
When mo heart was nllvo w'th Joy ,
Vhun I bathed me feet In the long , wet grass
And belonged to the hoi polio ! .
want to got shot of mo mnnlouro sett ,
And dig In the dirt ana the duw ,
want to cat onions , nnd then forgot
All the whole world , mo ilnrllu' , but you ,
Ml put me feet on the oscretolry ,
And let no scallops mo soul annoy ,
want to forget the days , you net ,
Siuco wo shook the hoi pollol.
OTIfKIl Tj.lXltH Tit AX OVItS.
The British government stamli pledged , In
bringing forward the frco education bill , to
the most Important mlvanco In public In
struction that has boon made In twenty
years , It was only n * Into as 1370 that the
government began to oxordso systematic
control over publio Instruction In England.
The olomonUry education net ot that year
gave to the nation unsoctarlan schools , at-
tondnnco nt which was compulsory on nil
children between flvo nnd thirteen years of
ngc , and In which It woa obligatory thnt suf-
Helent accommodation bo provided for all on *
titled to attend. Hut the schools were not
free. A small fee was Imposed upon eacn
scholar , which the school board might
remit In special cases , but which
was , of course , goncrnlly oxncteO , often to
the distress of parents whoso children were
ninny nnd whoso Income wns small. This net
was amended In IS73 , 1870 and In 18SO , In
minor details ; but not until now has U been
proposed to olToet such n radical ctiango ns
the abolition of fees. The present measure
provides thnt thcro slull bo paid out of the
national treasury n "fee grant" In aid of
elementary education at the raw of 10 shil
lings or $2.60 a year for oneh child between
llvo nnd fourteen years of ago hi nvon io
attendance nt any public day school. In the
generality of schools all foes from scholars
nro to bo abolished. In a few special cases
however , It will still bo lawful to exact such
fcos , not exceeding 1'J cents n week for each
child ; and for children under tlvo and ever
fourteen years old fcos not exceeding 4 and li
cents each per week , respectively , may bo
charged. The practical result will bo such n
system ot frco education in England and
Wales ns Scotland slnco 1SS9 already enjoys.
The expense to the government will bo con
siderable 110,000,000 n year , Mr. Ooschon
hns estimated it. There were in 1S8D no loss
than 10ilU : schools la England and Wales ,
with accommodations for 5,110-tll scholars ,
nnd nn average nttrmlanco of y,032,0'J3. ' At
$2.50 per caoltn , according to those returns ,
the "foo grant" would need to bo moro than
19,200,000 a year.
Two or three Interesting things concerning
the relations between England , Italy and the
triple alliance have como to the surface. It
appears first that Italy has not yet renewed
the treaty with ( jormnny and Austria , be
cause she is waiting to SCQ what part England
proposes to play uoforo committing horsolf.
The triple nllinnco ha * boon an oxpsnslvu bar
gain for Italy , forcing her to impoverish her
treasury to keep up the armament required by
its terms , and irlvlng her very Httlo m return ,
not oven proper protection to her long and
exposed coast line. Just now this is ,1 pecu
liarly sensitive point with Italy , because of
her anxiety lest Franco should nttompt to
control the Mediterranean by menacing hot-
coast upon that side , and therefore this do.
slro for some dclinlto assurance of support
from England. All this shows that the re
ports that England had Joined the alliance
were at least premature , although not neces
sarily misloadltir , for Kudinl's reported
refusal to sign n renewal of the
treaty until England's purposes were
known may only moan that Italy
insists upon definite pledges Instead of gen
eral promises. That some kind of an under
standing with England exists hat been ad
mitted in the commons , but It Is probably
not clearly enough defined so that it could tia
called a compact or agreement to defend the
Italian const ngainst Franco , as Prince Napoleon
leon said It was. The other Interesting fact
is that the striking nrticlo In the Contem
porary Review on the condition of Italy was
not written as has been generally supposed ,
by Signer Crisni , but by Jessie Whlto Marie ,
: ho English widow of the patriot Alberto
Mario. This authorship robs the article of
lolltical significance , and leaves it simply
.ho expression of a very competent observer
of the events and conditions with wnlch she
s surrounded.
*
There Is said to bo n good deal ot unoast-
loss among Christians in the Levant at the
signs of Increasing fanaticism among the
lurks. A few weeks ago four Christian
jo/a , employed by n foreign merchant at
Smyrnla to collect bulbs , disappeared myste
riously. A llttlo later the remains of their
dead bodies were found , and It was plain thnt
in attempt had been made to burn them.
Such ovldouco as was obtained In relation to
; ho affair pointed to the commission of a ro-
Iglous outrage , but no QUO was nrrostcd.
Again , during the feust of Ham.ulan , Said
13oy , a major in the Turkish army , nnd a man
of olightened ideas , was accused by a Mollau
of smoking during the fast , and was
arrested. The court martial applied to
the supreme religious court for nd-
vlco , nud received n general Judgment to the
effect that a falluro to observe the Hamadan
'nst wns n mortal sin. Neither the religious
court nor the court-martial ventured to con
demn Said Bey to death , but the unfortunate
nan was found dead in his cell , nnd It was
given out thai ho had committed suicide.
When a post-mortom wns demanded , the
minorities said that the body had boon
nirlod and could not bo oxhuuied. It is nlso
loted thnt denunciations of Christianity arc
locoinincr moro frequent in the mosques , nnd
lint Turkish parents have been forbidden to
send their children to Christian schools. A
ligh Turkish oftlcial is said to have declared
ocently that 03 pur cent of his countrymen
were now fanatics.
* *
The decision of the c/ar as arbitrator of the
lisputo between Franco and Holland in
Uuiana is a gre.it shock to tno French. It
vus thought In Paris that n great diplomatic
idvantago had boon gained when the czar
vns accepted ns umpire by Holland , and his
ordict , which deprives thorn of rich and
ovoted territory , hns disappointed them bit-
orly , nnd has tilled their minds with doubts
as to the sincerity of that Hussian friendship
of which they felt so soouru. They were en
couraged n llttlo by his tardy consent to pay
nn Informal visit to the Fninch oxhlbl-
ton la Moscow , but nro beginning
low to fear thnt In doing this his ob-
oct was not so much to please Franco
is to excltotho apprehension of Germany and
gain n point In the economic negotiations
oing on between St. Petersburg nud Berlin.
\tnll oventa it is plain that the Gallic cu
ll us I asm for the Muscovite tiu : oxporlonuod
n sudden chill , the symptoms of which may
> o discerned In the sudden discovery by the
'uds newspapers that the treatment of the
cws In Kimln has been dlsgr caful. The
'omps , which is not a Somitlo journal , found
ut the other day that the Jowlsh porsocti-
ions constituted a violent blow to the bust ,
rultof the French revolution.
#
* *
Frauds Joseph hns reversed the policy of
its Austrian minister as unhesitatingly ns ho
xigan it twelve years no It hns nccomp-
Ishod its purpose. The personal nscondunoy
f the house of Hnpsburg was never moro
oniploto in all Its dominions. It can return
ow to the support of the f iorman core of the
( ingdom. The ( iernmn llburnl party had , up
o the last election , 151 members out of a
hn'mbor of ,15:1 : seats. It was cut down at the
ast election to 110 , losing in Bohemia and
Isowhoro to n radical reaction , and In Vienna
o a conservntlva renaissance expressed lu
ho succius ot the nntl-SomlU ) candidates.
Vltli the aid of the ( iallclan vote of sixty-
Ivo , always cast solid , the materials oxlst ,
lowovor , for a majority In support of Count
'nffe's new policy. The Cioch oxtromisti of
loliomia find tliolr day U ever , nnd the load-
nhlp of Austria Is unco moro placed by tbo
uiporor In the hands of the 0,000,000 ( lor-
nnus who constitute nlwm oniv-lhlrd of the
1,000,000 in Austria , divided between ton
different and opposlug uatiouulltlM.
GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST HIM ,
Fireman on 'Trial fo& Firing His Own
Dwelling.
WRANGLING OVER PROSPECTIVE SPOILS ,
Curious Complication In n Inimi o
Suit Divorce Suit IttiiiKfl Op n
Peculiar Question on the
LIXCOI.N , Nob. Juno 20. f Special to TUB
UKR.J Jncob A. Morrow , ex-captnin of on-
glno house No. fl , has boon on trial yesterday
nml toilny on the grave clmrgo of nrson. The
prosecution nllogoi thnt Morrow sot llro to
his house for the supposed purpose of getting
the Insurance nml avoiding the payment of
cortnln mortgages. The testimony again.-1
Morrow has been very strong. Flro Chief
Newborry testified that when ho arrived on
the scene ho found thnt Morrow was not
using the proper methods that n man of his
oxporlencoshould use in putting out fires ;
that Instead of cutting n hole m the celling to
got nt the scat of the llro Morrow hnd caused
n hole to bo cut in the wall , which added n
draught to the blaze ; thnt Morrow handled
the llro In nn incompetent manner ; that ho
tried to avoid the chief , made contradictory
statements concerning the lire In the second
story nnd hnd disobeyed orders in not having
n man to watch the telephone while the ether
llrornea slept , The chief nlso Id en tilled some
pieces of partially burned weather boarding
which had been cut from Morrow's house and
which smcllod of Ucrosono.
Fireman Fnwcott tcstillcd thnt the nozzle
of ono of the hose lines was stopped up nud
would throw only n small spray. On oxamt-
nntion n cinder wns taken out of the nozzle
by Morrow. Other llromon testified to the
snmo fact.
FOUOI1T OVKK TIIK Sl-OIIJ.
A few months ago Gottlieb Wlnnlngor was
allowed $9-M'J damages In the district court
for damages received In a runaway caused by
the alleged blowing off of steam by a Mis-
sour ! Pacific engine. It 1ms developed that
slnco that tlmo there hns boon a tlorco light
going on for the spoils , and the result Is some
startling revelations. In tin-llrst ularo Ull-
lingsloy & Woodward Iliad n lion Upon half
the Judgment for uttornoy foes.
Willis T. Snwyor , Winninger's employer ,
began to innnlfait considerable Interest in
vVinninger. nnd shortly afterwards laid claim
to half of the Judgment. WinnhiKor's attor
neys , however , declined to have both halves
taken from their client. Finally , it is al-
leuod , Sawyer induced \Vmniifgor to sign
to him his Intercit In the Judgment
for $3,000 , Sawyer giving therefore n note for I
that amount mid which is reputed to bo ut
most worthless. Sawyer then went to thu
railroad company and offered to compromise
thu manor for $4.r > 00. Ho made 301110 aston
ishing statements which opened the ovcs of
the railway onlcials. Thuy learned from
Sawyer that Wlnningcr wis : drunk nt the
tlmo nnd that the runaway had boon caused ,
not by the locomotive , but by tbo breaking
of the rotten old hay raclc. Winningor's at
torneys nro nlso Implicated , ns Snwyor savs
that they made up the story about tno blowIng -
Ing off of steam. Affidavits to that effect
wcro rend in court.
When Judge Field had hoard the testimony
adduced ho Intimated that ho would llko to
hoar what Mr. Wlnningor had to say about
the caso. His attorneys , however , pointed
out tbo delicate situation in which ho was
placed and declined to permit him to testify
ns It would certainly lead to his arrest for
perjury. At the conclusion Judge Field said
ho would set nsldo the verdict given in favor
\Vinningor and grant a now trial. At the
same time he called the attention oflho
county attorney to the fnct thnt perjury had
boon committed In the ease and askod" that
stopi bo taken to bring the gullv parties to
Justice.
IS IT IIUMOHOH MAMCn ?
Owing to the possible inalico of n cortnin
proportion of Iho local press and tbo intended
facotiiu of the remainder the impression lias
sot abroad throughout the state that Mayor
Weir has presented a bill to the city of Lin
coln for over $200 for makiiiir a speech at the
reception to President Harrison n few weeks
npo. The fact is that the bill to bo paid Is
for tlio reception of the president , and is in
every wav , so far as know , legitimate. The
expenses of the local committee to Denver
and return Is ? ( ! 0 , decorating , Jill ; labor. $0 :
hack hire , SM ; ether expenses. $9 : printing ,
eiU ; total , SJOO.
WAS TIM ; .M.ututuir VOID ?
The somewhat noted divorce case of
Samuel O. Owen vs Jonnlo Owen i.s again in
tbo courts. The case is now up on demurrer.
It will bo remembered that immediately
after the lady secured her divorce from ho'r
llrst husband she nnd Owun ? went to Coun
cil Bluffs to got nmrrliHl , They were refused -
fused allconso , but managed tosocuro ono in
Kansas City. Inside of three months after
getting mnrrlod nach sued for a divorce.
Yesterday Mr. Owen withdrew the reply
nnd cross-petition thnt bo had heretofore
tiled nnd set forth a demurrer claiming that
the mnrringo In Kansas City was unlawful
under the laws of Nebraska and therefore
absolutely void , because contracted within
six months after Mrs. Owen hud obtained n
divorce from her former husband. The main
point argued Is that tbo marriage of Ne
braska people in some ether state would not
hold uood in that stnto as long as it was not
in accordance with the laws of thu state in
which they are residents.
llBl'llKSUNTrjII AT Till ! TIWXI1KZIHIC.
The lollowing members of the Lincoln
turiivorcin loft last evening lor Fremont to
tuku part in the annuul turnbc-zlrk of Ne
braska : Alfred Eisner. Charles Klos , Hiinry
Uarth , Ucorgo Vloln , Hermann Brucxmunn ,
Oscar Jungo , Ernst Jurgonsen , Louis
Fritscho. Louis HIISSO , Henry Vcith , William
Lindor nnd Dick Hollwlg. Tbo were accom
panied by eight members of the young ladles'
class the Misses Martha Haschonbnrgor ,
Clara Wolf , Marthu Hasso , Anna Hasso.Etta
/Coh , Minnie SchwarU , Lena Broukelmevor
and .lima Anthony , nnd llvo members of Iho
imwls' class Otto Wittmann , Kobcrt Wolf ,
Edmund llaschonburgur , Fred Poikor and
George Ivers.
SMAI.U'OX HAS AI'I'KAIIKI ) .
The smallpox has finally ' reached Lincoln ,
having boon brought horo'byThoimu Malloy ,
n young man who wns exposed to the dlsenso
wliilo working on n fnrm near Bennett. The
family at the next house wcro nearly all
down with the dread disease. Malloy was
taken slclc and came to his homo at Twenty-
second and Euclid avcnuo to bo nursed. Dr.
Hrllt was mllod nnu declared thnt the man
wns suffering with the smallpox. Health
Ofllcer linrtrain was Informed of the fact and
ordered to have the street fenced up Imme
diately , and to tiiko all other possible precau
tions ngninst the spread of thu disease.
How many persons were exposed before
the physician discovered wh'it was the matter -
tor with Malloy Is not known , but every
elTort will be made to quarantine every pur-
sou whom it is positively known lias been
exposed.
I'lti'.i'Aitnn KOII iii'iu.u. .
The bodies of Brakomnn Moore and En
gineer Dolamiy , the victims of yoUorduy'.s
wreck near York , worn brought to Lincoln
last night and prepared for burial. Moore
was forty-two years of ace and lonvos n wife
nud three children nt .T.l South Twentieth
Htrcot. Dulnnoy has a wife at Blair. The
remains of Dolanuy woroUkon this afternoon
to Blair and those of Moore to his old homo
In Newell , O.
ODDS AND P.NDS.
Sometime between August 10 and Koptotn- .
bcr SO the annual encampment of the
mllltln will bo hold.
A morning paper attempts to iionr the fnct
thnt the supreme court will on next Monday
or Tuesday band down n decision lu the Ed
Nonl murder CMO , nnd In the nmo breath In.
1 1m at os thnt Iho secret wat riven to TIIK UKII
by n njcont omployo of the sumtmio court.
Fred Wnldloy , n horse Uiiof , sontoiuvii to
n year In the pan. nsks the supreme court to
nirorso the daemon of the lower court.
The recent rnlns have caused Halt crook to
overflow its banks nnd cause Iho tloiicons ot
the bottoms considerable trouble.
Cards nro out announcing the coming mar-
rlngo of Sntn r > . Coi of the Cell to Miss
Lnurn Thompson of Evnnsvlllo , Ind. , Juno
! ! 0. The ceremony will bo porfornuut nt
Ornco Presbyterian church , Evnnsvlllo. Mr ,
nnd Mrs. Cox will bo nt homo in Lincoln
nftor September 1.
K. W. Hutchison , charged with the murder
of Colin Jennie Green on April 2,1 , wns ar
raigned In thu district court this uftoruoon.
Ho pleaded not guilty nnd the case was set
for hioptombor 15 , the tlrst day of the next
term of court.
At ; i o'clock this nftornoon lightning struck
the First Congregational church , completely
demolishing u i-hiinuoy nud doing some other
damage. The Janitor , Mr. Page , was In thu
building nt the ttmo and was knocked dowu
by the force of thu shock.
tut c
n pitl > llcnn Central Comiitlttcn May
Demum ! llrtluuiiil Knllroiul Itnlnn.
LINOOI.X , N'otx , Juno ! M. jSpocinl to
TIIK BEK.-Sliicothocnll | for n nicotine of
the republican state central coin nut too has
been made public by its chairman , Hon. John
C. Watson , some speculation by the political
clans hero has been Indulged In ns to the real
object nud meaning of the call.
An Interview with several of the knowing
ones develops the fact that when the republi
can committee convo-.ios in this city on the
evening of July S , It will then become known
for the llrst time thnt n mnjority of in mem
bers favor the pnasajto of a resolution do-
mantling that the < tate board of transporta
tion proceed nt ouco to reduce the schedule of
rates charged by the several railroads lu this
stnto. U Is argued by those best postocl ,
with forco. too , that if the state board of
transportation will take this matter up as it
should , ami act promptly in carrying out the
views expressed by the republicans of this
stato. through their stnto central committee ,
at least ten thousand alliance votes can bo
brought back to the ranks of the republican
party this fall.
Ttiis would insure to nn almost dead cer
tainty the election of the cutiro republican
ticket at the forthcoming election , as well as
make it possible for thu republicans of this
statute "win in IS ! ) . ' .
A call for -nisi convention has for some
t'.nio ' been In contemplation by t o moro Inde
pendent republicans of this state looking for
thondopllou of n plauk covering Identically
the same ground as It Is now rumored the re
publican central committee will act upon at
their forthcoming mooting ; nnd It is said
upon gnod authority thnt if such action Is
taken no further move will be made by the
moro independent nnd ntitl-mnchino element
of the republican party In Nebraska towards
compelling the .slate board ' of transportation
to do Its plain duty in 'the promises.
An anti-monopoly republican said hero to
day :
"It is n fact patent to all lioneit , fair-
minded republicans that Iho party has never
fulfilled the plcdgos which it bos mndo so
many tlmos to the people of this state to reduce
duce ratos. The state board of transporta
tion has as yut to in.iko Its llrst order re
ducing railroad rates. Tno demand made
upon the state central committee from re
publicans in every oiiartur of the stnto Is
ttieroforo timely. The party must rcdoom Its <
broken pledges now or suffer an Ignominious
defeat ut Iho bands of the people at the polls
this fall. " Do.v.
10W A A AW It Kit IIOIJKS.
St. Louis Republic ( dem ) : The governor of
Iowa is ono of the Bolos that always "get
thoro. "
( tlobo-Domocrat ( rep. ) : Iowa Is a safe re
publican state \vhei. that party makes no
blunders.
St. Louis Kcpublic ( dom. ) : The Iowa domo'-
crats seem to think that "Cleveland mid
Boios" could not bo Improved on as a ticket
for JStRJ. I'ornnps they are right.
Kansas City Times ( dem ) : Iowa puts
Ohm's drummed up MelCiuloy inthuslmiu
clear out of slight. The scuno which accom
panied the rcnomlnation of Governor Boies
was a spontaneous outburst which will carry
him to victory next fall.
Chicago Herald ( dem. ) : The election of
Mr. Bolos in ISS'J ' was a great adiiuvotnont ,
but , after all , it wns only half a victory. This
year thor democrats of Iowa should carry
tholr entire state ticket nud u majority in
tjoth houses of the legislature.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Governor
Boies' renomlnatlon , which has just occurred ,
has been expected nil along. 'Ho Is probably
a stronger man than nnv other whom , Vyx
Iowa democrats could soled. At -oy/tfit-s ,
by his victory two years ago ho for tb.6V.ti"1 ' >
pained n prcstlgo and a potency such as no
ether democrat in the Hawlcoyo state slnco
the war has been able to achieve.
PASSIXit JESTS.
Perhaps the weather clerk borrowed Harrj
Donol's skimmer for the bottom of his tunic
What Is rarer than n drouth lu Juunl
The dudo's corral opens today.
Denver Sun : An increase in crime ha %
followed the advent of the Salvation unnv at
Butte , Mout. It is understood that the army
at Butte has two cornets.
Washington Star : She Are you going
away for the summer }
Ho slgnillciuitly I don't have to.
Epoch : Mrs. Bunhorton I do so ndmiro
your husband , Mrs. Higgius. Ho Is .so
nmlablo.
Mrs. Hlgplus You must have inut some
other Mr. Jllcglns.
Now York Sun : "Barrows lacks decision.
Ho iiovor goes ono way or the othnr. "
"What could you oxpoctl Ho has n porous
plaster on his back nnd another on his chest. "
Now York Telegram : t Lushlngton ( moro
or loss Incoherently ) 'Scuso mo , mlss blc
won't you take my Ino soaU
Fair Stranger No , thank you. You huvu
a grcut deal more to carry than I have.
IIRII WKAK rOl.NT.
CliiaH lie view.
She had n tnsto for color that wni line ,
She knew the rnugu of beauty In n line I
And In costumes that wuro fetching she
was
Way beyond nil catching , and her bonnets
Were referred to as divine.
She know the subtle art of woman's frills ,
And studied all thu coquetry that kills ,
But In spite of all she curried , she was
Never , never married , for she didn't
Have thu cash to pay the bills.
Detroit Fren Press : Walter ( to proprietor
of a far west rostatirnnt ) Long-logtred iludu
In the fccdury says be cawn't oat plo with u
knife.
Proprietor Toll him to go
Wnlter ( tuteiTuptU'g ) Did. Said ho
wanted a saw or u halchut.
Epoch : Stranger , In Texas ( entering a
house uud seeing n woman with n smoking
pistol ) What duos this moan , m.nlaml
Woman ( pointing to man kicking ) My
husban' nn1 mo wiu iiunrrulln1 , an' guiu' tor
separate , on1 I wu < only givin' him n partln1
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
'
' ' '
- ( -