THE OMAHA DAILY TUESDAY , JUNE 30 , 1891 ,
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IGNATIUS DOXNKMA talks far tnoro
entertainingly ot Dncoii than of politics.
Ho knows moro about that subject.
The board of education will certainly
not porinit u few ward buminors to intor-
lore wltl tlio election of u good mttn as
superintendent of schools.
TIIK chaplain who pronohcs to Incurn-
bio insane Is clearly after the money
which is paid for the service. IIo knows
It can do his auditors no good.
THAT lone Opillala infantryman up at
Pine Uidfjo Agency , wl o composes Com
pany 1 , should bo plven command and
assigned to garrison duty at Camp Sup
ply. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SISTER BONKS of South Dakota has
abandoned the prohibition party and
gone into litigation. She sues a daily
newspaper at Aberdeen for $20,000
damages. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CALIFORNIA champagne will have a
chance this year. The French article
will bo very high on account of ascarcity
of the vintage. In other words the
extra dry season is unfavorable.
OMAHA'S fair daughter , Mrs. Russell
Harrison , is as much at homo in Windsor
ser custlo or Palace d' TSlysoott as in her
father's lovely drawing room on Sher
man avonuo. She is graceful and lovely
every whore.
EX-EMPRESS EUOKNIE proposes to
bring her wayward boy , Prince Victor
to time. She will not bequeath to him
her fortune of 1,000,000 unless he agrees
Xo brace up and marry into some royal
family. She will put up with no mor
ganatic or other subterfuge.
Tuk czar of Russia is reported to bo
angry at the Danish crown prlnco for
protesting against Russian intoloronco
to the 'Jews. If the czar proposes to
nmlco it a personal matter ho will soon
bo angry at all the world and ashamed
of himself bos 1 do. There is no sort of
excuse in this nineteenth century for ro-
liglous intoloronco anywhoro.
STKWAKD LIVKRINOHOURK pays the
chaplain from the "amusomont" fund ,
the painter from the drug fund , his
inothor-in-law from the domestic animal
fund , the patent modiclno man fromvtbj }
wlno and llquor _ majiU(1i"iIInB'6lf in
_ _ _ 'plJgg ' < ! .trfrTTn'nio ) wage fund. Steward
* T * "tivoringhouso's style of bookkeeping is
not ndnpted to the auditing of anything
but dishonest accounts.
Tin ; Italian chamber of deputies can
not endure hot weather and has boon
prorogued. Ono or two more heated
sessions would have cost King Humbert
the lives of as many ot his subjects as
were required to appease the wrath of
Now Orleans. A stiletto in the hands
of a dago statesman is just as deadly as
in these of a banana pcddlor. Rudinl
was wise in putting an onil to the tur
bulence by adjourning the hot headed
marcuronl eaters until cooler weather.
TIIK effort to make a hero out of
Colonel Sam Wood , late wlro puller of
the alliance party of Kansas , who was
murdered in his town of Woodsdalo last
week , and to saddle hla assassination
upon the republican party , will probably
fall. Wood was a frontiersman and a dar
ing , turbulent man , but no halo wllfglow
around his memory. Ills violent death
is to be deplored , but the chief wonder
Is that ho escaped It so many years In a
state whore hatred has led to feuds
without number.
TIIK Omahn guards have gene to Indi
anapolis and the good wishes of the city
have gene with thorn. This trip has
two laudable objects in view , The first
is to win the prize for the best drilling ,
in which they will compete with fifty of
the most famous inllttla comp.inlos in
the union. The other la to bocuro for
Omaha the Interstate mooting of the
military companies of the United States
next year. Tlio boys mti favorites here ,
and win a good name for themselves and
tholr cltywhorovor they go. TIIK UIK
expects thorn to capture both the prize
and the next year's drill on tholr morlts
and the morlts of Omaha. The oity will
stand by any promises they make on her
behalf.
DO TllKY NOT IIKSJON1
Surprise in expressed on all aides at the
assurance of Superintendent Test nnd
Steward Llvorlnghouso of the Hastings
asylum for the incurable insane. Al
ready facts enough to warrant tholr
summary discharge have been admitted
by Iwth these gentlemen. The situation
Is critical enough to expect them to ton *
dor tholr resignations , and so take the
cdgo off public condemnation. They
have utterly failed to refute the damair-
ing evidence of tholr inolllciqncy , tholr
peculations , and tholr entire Incompo-
toncy for the Important positions they
hold.
They have duplicated vouchers Inten
tionally and with the purpose of deceiv
ing the board of public lands and build-
Ings. The steward has alllxod signatures
of employes to the payroll when thoao
employes were not within the state , nnd
had not performed the service for which
they were alleged to have boon paid.
The steward lias Ignored the regu
lations of the board in the matter -
tor of purchasing supplies with the
knowledge and consent of the superin
tendent. Hills have boon returned for
drugs which the steward alleges were
really for ether articles. The liquor
bill of the institution is out of all pro
portion , and the only explanation olTorod
Is that ether necessary articles were
charged up aa winos and liquors. Horses
belonging to persons no way con
nected with the institution were fed at
the expense of the state , and relatives
of the steward have been paid exorbitant
prices for the use of horses which were
really not required at the institution.
The treatment of patients has boon
brutal. Deaths have occurred under
circumstances to oxclto suspicion , and
no proper investigations have followed.
The employes guilty of cruelty have
boon retained. The whole management
of tlio institution has boon confessedly
extravagant , loose and positively bad.
The admissions of the two olllolals es
tablish all these accusations. There are
other charges sustained by evidence and
there is moro to follow of even moro
damaging character.
Why do the ofllcials hold out against
so clear a IT.SO against them ?
TIIK VAltaiKlt O.V TOP.
The fact is being universally recog
nized that the era of exceptional pros
perity for the farmer is at hand. Mr.
Erastus Wiraan , an intelligent and care
ful student of existing conditions , con
siders in an eastern magazine the events
and tendencies which are putting the
farmer on top. Ho concludes that the
period of low prices through which the
country has just passed was a natural
result of the rapid occupation of the
arable lands , but these being occupied
and the population of the farmers' homo
market , the cities , growing much moro
rapidly than the population of the
country , there will not bo a recurrence -
curronco of low prices. Furthermore ,
Europe still looks to us for food , and is
Hkoly to do so moro largely In the
future than in the past. This writer
refers wholly to wheat , but all practical
people understand that if that grain
rules high , nearly all food products will
sympathize with it to some extent. High
wheat assures higher corn and rye , nnd
the advanced price of these is certain to
have moro or loss effect upon ether farm
products.
The present year promises to the
American farmers almost unprecedented
harvests , and there is excellent assurance -
anco that prices will bo higher than
for a number of years past. There
is every reason to bollovo that
the immediate futujo at least
will bo equally favorable to agriculture.
It Is not necessary , in order to roach
this conclusion , to accept fully the opin
ion of the statistician that tho.wheat
area of the world is nearly exhausted ,
and that within the next flve years the
United States will become an importer
of wheat. There is capacity in this
country for greatly increasing produc
tion , but there is every probability that
the growth ot demand will keep pace
with it. It was noted that the agricul
tural department in a recent report had
advised farmers not to bo too anxious
about oxtondlng the wheat area , lost
there bo overproduction and consequent
depression , but there is very little
reason to fear any such state
of affairs. European countries hiy _
reached the limit iof , 'j',7.Khroflvo"noS ;
J.UiUft "TO5 > 'K' ' ro"'ir'littlo moro in the "
years to como than in tlio years past to
the world's supply. South America and
Canada will add something. But these
additions , will not make up the annual
deficiencies in Europe , and as this coun
try , with a steadily increasing popula
tion , will continue to bo called on , there
is the best ot reasons for expecting that
the American farmers will have an un
interrupted era ol profitable prices for
tholr grain. The outlook was never
brighter for the agricultural class in
this country , if they will but reject the
schemes which would inevitably bring
disaster to their interests and to all
'
others. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
KKD Of TUB VISGA.L YKAtt.
The fiscal your of the government
ends with today , when nil accounts belonging -
longing to the year will bo practically
closed , the books balanced , and tomor
row a now beginning will bo made by
the national treasury in its financial
operations. All this , however , involves
no change of policy or practice , except
possibly In minor details , and the vast
financial machinery of the govouunont
will move on as though the conclusion
of another yoai > ot business , during
which hundreds of millions of money
has boon taken in and disbursed , had
not boon reached. The beginning
of a now tlscal .yoar brings
with it largo disbursements and for the
next few weeks the national treasury
will send out a very much greater
amount of money tluvi it will take in.
A great deal has recently boon said
regarding the condition ot the treasury ,
and unquestionably the surplus is lower
now than at the end of any fiscal yo.ir
during the past -0 , but the treasury
IH very far from bolng bankrupt. An
institution with even suuh vast obliga
tions to provide for as the national treas
ury cannot bo consldorod Insolvent while
it hat available funds to the
amount of about 917,000,000 in excess -
cess of itnrncdiato demands and u
steady income. It seems probable that
for the oust two or three mouths there
will bo somewhat closer sailing than
has boon experienced for a number of
years , but there is not the slightest rea
son to doubt that every demand will bo
mot , and that to this extent the money
market will bo helped by the treasury.
Whether this assistance will bo suf-
flclont to restore confidence , however ,
romalns to bo scon. The continued lo s
of gold , amounting to something llko
$ < 53OOP,000 since January 1 , and the un
certainty as to when the outflow will
stop , Is a condition that naturally cre
ates Bomo distrust. In the ordinary
course of trade , nnd particularly if there
should bo. as doubtless there will bo , an
unusual demand from Europe for our
grain , there would bo a return tldo of
the spuclo sent abroad within the next ,
CO days , but there appears to bo a
tooling that this will not bo the course
this year , but that European banks and
financiers will resist the return of specie
to this country. In that case monetary
stringency here can hardly bo averted ,
and tight money would unfavorably
affect both the movement and the value
of the crops.
It will bo hardly profitable , however ,
to seek for possible dangers in the now
financial situation , for all present the
ories nro quite as likely as not to bo ex
ploded by future results. Having every
assurance that the national treasury
Is able to take care of its obligations ,
maintain the stability of the currency
and keep the credit of the government
unimpaired , the country can await de
velopments in ether directions "without
serious apprehension. With an abun
dant supply of everything the world
needs , us is now promised , wo ought to
bo tiblo to face the futuco with oiitlro
confidence.
A DISCllKDITKI ) LKADEll.
President Polk of the national alli
ance has fallen into discredit , and it
would seem that ho is likely to have a
great deal of dilllculty in regaining the
confidence ho has lost , if that bo possi
ble. A short time ago Mr. Polk delivered -
livered an address at La Crosse , Wis. ,
in which ho was reported by a
local paper to have said that "ovory
stop gained by the alliance in the
south is almost in the face of shotguns
in the hands of democratic leaders. "
For this alleged statement the alliance
loader has boon unsparingly denounced
by the southern papers , including organs
of the alliance , and in the paper of which
ho is the editor , ho of course denies hav
ing made any such statement. It is
highly probable , however , that he was
correctly reported , for while Mr. Polk
is a good democrat in the south , like the
great majority of alliance men in that
section , when his mission is to make
converts to the alliance cause in repub
lican states in the interest of the third
party , it is not to bo doubted that ho is
quite capable of abusing southern demo
crats. There is no reason to believe that
the reporter of the La Crosse paper mis
represented him , and when his evidence
is in it will doubtless establish the fact
that Mr. Polk was-accurately reported.
But this is not the only thing
which is brought forward to the damage
of the alliance loader , who , it may bo
pertinent to remark , is understood to bo
nursintr the presidential boo. General
Boynton , the Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette ,
whoso trustworthiness is universally
recognized , reports an interview with a
North Carolinian regarding Mr. Polk ,
in which the fellow citizen of that gen
tleman stated substantially that Polk
had but little standing in the state for
business or ether ability. According to
the interview ho started out with a little
democratic paper at Wadesboro , N. C. ,
on the South Carolina line ,
which in duo course of time
was swamped , and subsequently
ho received from the governor the ap
pointment of commissioner of agricul
ture. This was not because ho know
anything about agriculture , for the of-
llco was absolutely n sinecure , and as a
matter of fact Mr. Polk has no practical
knowledge whatever of farming. Ac
cording to the Nortli Carolinian , who
appears to bo thoroughly well acquainted
with him , ho "could much easier make
a living throwing somersaults through
the eye of a darning needle than ho
could at farming , " and according to thls-
" < no authorityjio luia-no-rTiTruonco on
j-o' yrmen in North "Carolina.
J& ' ' ° rather amused , " this
is quoted as saying , "to see
how ho dupes the Yankee farm
ers , but if ho can make money
out of them by humbugging them that
is all right ; ho will bring to North Car
olina whatever ho makes , and we ought
not to object to that. " This North Car-
olinlnn said further : "If there should
bo any disposition to injure Uio demo
cratic party in the south you will hoar
from us , and if the bugle ever blows for
Mr. Polk , you can bet your life ho * will
como homo pretty quick and make his
peace , or ho will stay north of Mason
and Dixnn's lino. IIo can fool your people -
plo as much as he pleases , but he oan't
fool us ; wo know him. "
Here is a man who is manifestly with
out honor in his own country , and ho
knows nothing about farming , impu
dently masquerading as the leader of a
farmers' organization and endeavoring
to draw the agricultural producers of
the north into the support of the wild
schemes of which ho is an advocate.
How long will northern farmers permit
themselves to bodupodby men who have
only the most snlflsh interests to servo
in professing to bo their friends ?
TIIK SUl'EllWrKNniJhT OF tiQMJLS. )
The election of a superintendent of the
jchools of this city ia a matter of grave
importance. The city now has a system
ot public schools inwhioh , every citizen
takes pride. In educational circles the
schools claim very high. Graduates
from the Omaha high school are ad
mitted upon1 tholr diplomas to most of
the colleges and universities of the
country. The superintendent is the ox-
ocutlvo head of this system. An Incom
petent or unworthy man in this high
position can do a vast injury to our
young people and to the educational
reputation of Omaha.
No man should bo considorcd for elec
tion to this olllce who has not already
demonstrated his capacity for managing
a largo system of schools. No man of
mediocre ability , wanting tact , or lack
ing in experience can satisfactorily con
duct the schools of this city. Whether
any successor selected at this time must
bo clearly tho.s.uporior of Mr. James in
nil tho'olomonts'Dntorl.iig into the ques
tion of IHnoss-fti- plnco. It will not
do to supplant n. man under whom the
schools have prj > Jp < jrod ( with ono whoso
quallllcatlons are to bo determined by
the future.
Wo want no small man from some
small cltv. If any change is made , wo
must have the best man that can bo ob
tained. The salary is $3,000 per annum.
This is siilllciont to warrant citizens in
ox | > ecttng a superintendent who has
achieved distinction In ono of the larger
cities.
THU Lincoln judge who decides that a
marriage contract valid in Missouri is
invalid in Nebraska , not only affords
another strong argument for national
laws governing marriage and divorce ,
but distinctly removes all danger of his
own promotion to the supreme bench.
The sense and sentiment of the commun
ity resents the idea nnd the supreme
court will probably reverse the iniqui
tous decision. Missouri's lax marriage
laws have stimulated weddings all along
her borders. If those contracts are void
or voidable , there are thousands of
families in adjacent states whoso lives
promise to bo very miserable.
GHNKKAI , BUTLKII'S auto-biography
ought to bo interesting. If it had been
issued 10 years earlier it would have
been almost sensational. The author
has outlived most of his great contem
porary war heroes and the grave has
buried with ninny of them the koon-
edged shafts which the general had In
tended to hurl and dulled the severity
of his strictures upon their eharr.ctors.
It is perhaps bettor for General Butler's
own good name that his reminiscences
have been hold for publication until
now.
AitoUT the meanest thing a man can
do is to convoy lands before reaching his
majority without intimating that ho is
under ago , and then ( iftoon or more
years after attack the legality of the
title and seek to recover his former pos
sessions. This differs from ordinary
theft only in the fact that it escapes pun
ishment.
THUS far the board of county commis
sioners has given no indication of its
purpose to have the .property of the
electric light companyVoturnod from the
Fourth ward , o _ : Jhat of certain ether
corporations ncnv" listed in the Fourth
returned from the Fifth , where the per
sonality is situated.
GENEUAL ALffitfi says Chicago will
not make as hard r fight for the repub
liciin national conv ontion : i3 she would
have made had she lost the world's fair
The fair Is taking ipiiiost of her timo.
This Is another ro ; Son why Omaha may
hope , for.suocoB8j" '
SOME of the South Omaha packers arose
*
so well pleased with the now govern
ment inspection law that they will have
all moats whether for local consumption
or import inspected , certified to and
tugged. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
MAYOR GUSHING will bo excusable for
losing patience with his board of public
works , when he comes homo to find work
has not yet boon commenced upon the
unfinished 1890 contracts for street im-
provomonts.
OMAHA desires to thank the news
papers of the state for the cheerful and
loyal support they are giving to her as
pirations for the honor of ontortaingtho
republican national contention.
THK board of public'lands and build
ings is commended throughout the state
for pushing aside all moro legal tecni-
calities in conducting the investigation
into the Hastings asylum scandal.
THE bflar.d-9-Cu7Tc ! tlon cannot afford
"tcT-utTtho schools for the benefit of any
Individual ambition or to vent individual
malice. BXghor m&ivofJ must control
school affairs.
ANY man , woman , or child who would
find fault with Ilanscom park Sunday
will suffer eternal disgust in the bettor
world.
AccouniNG to Judge Hall of Lancaster
countv , raarrlngo is a failure in Mis
souri. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nortli Cnrolinn Wont her.
A man dropped a match on the sidewalk
Thursday und It at GJICO ignited.
Prohibition Knforuoil.
\ \ 'nnhlllllli1l1'ilit. .
Now that part of I > owa Is under water It
can bo said that prohibition has really gene
into effect In that state.
A Vermitllp. Inuulmtor.
Mlnnedfiihh Tribune.
Indiana claims to tvytho greatest nnd best
egg producing state iil-lho union. As nn In
cubator of political schemes the Tloosior state
Is not slow either.
Tin ) lory Mulitmuro.
Mlnneiixilii Join mil.
The lintlsh torloi have had Mr. Gladstone
half way Into his gravodo/ons of times In thn
last tou your * . Th4' "grand old tnan" Is
probably destined tUsurvlvo many of his
bitter unomlos.
v
Don't Danlc on Faction.
. I'Ml ' .
.Sf. VJMt-trl'lM *
It may bo In ordorw-nottfy our republican
brethren In Ohio tlut 1 } is signally unwlso to
put much trust in lho > result of domocnittu
factional lights , They are full or sound nnd
fury signifying nothing In thu way of repub
lican gains. The domocratlo ward bummer
may flourish his milclconnco and roar and
bellow amain , but the chances are very much
In favor of his making a successful dicuer
with the men he Is threatening Just bafora
the balloting begins.
Homo ( lout ! , Hani Sonao.
Oinaliil Ialii ( Demncnit.
Llvorlnghouse In his testimony admitted
all llio duplication ot vouchers charged , und
Test was an accessory to the iiut. Has
Tbayer reason to supposn that the predeces
sors of Test and Llverlu house committed
the same acts as they are charged with , and
does ha propose to excuse thorn oa that
ground ! There is nobody on trial but Test
and LJverliighouso uow. TUoy are asked to
explain tholr own nets , not the acts of others
Whan the proicnt culprits nro disposed of 1
will bo time to look for others.
Llvorlnghouso testified that Dr. Test told
him they could not afford to go before the
legislature with n deficit ; that unless
they could make n good shewing they
would bo charged with mismanage
menu So to make n good showing they dti
pi lea ton voucher. ! , forged signatures of cm
ployos nnd fraudulently kept at least the
name of ono employe on the books
flvo months after nlio had left the nsylumand
regularly forged nor tmtno to n voucher for
services which she did not render. It was
also shown that the Hastings asylum cost for
six months SIR/&I.GS , whllo the Norfolk asy
lum , with eighty moro patients , only cost for
the satno time 911,40:1.01. : This horrid scan
dal brings a blush of slianio to the cheek of
every cltlron of Nebraska. Wo cannot undo ,
but wo can severely punish , what has boon
do no , and , wo hope , guard against Its repeti
tion.
The "Way to ( Jot Money.
July Forum : The man who wants more
tnotinywlll Htm no royal rend to the wealth
ho covets , no patent method } for Its acquisi
tion. Ho must plvo something for It to make
It honestly his own , nnd the man who sets
himself earnestly to do this will Una that nil
financial svstoma will bend to his conquering
will. The gambler , whether ho plays his
gnmo In the oxclmngo , at a faro table , In n
policy shop , or with smaller stakes In prlvnto
circles nt baccarat nnd progressive ouohro ,
will find the issue precarious nnd unreward
ing. The way to cot moro money without
any loss of pnaco or self respect Is to earn It
by toll of brain or ainow , and the funds thus
acquired have no gnawing tooth. All otuor
wealth cats like n canker.
The Triumph of Kduuntlon.
lliiftim Oltltc.
Such n triumph for the crimson ns yostor-
day'sracoon Thames water Is worth waiting
for. It makes amends for past shortcomings ,
and sots a precedent which Harvard will
spare no endeavor to maintain. Yale was
not "in It" for a moment nftor the oars
struck the water. Bob Cook is a mascot no
longer. After allowing the fee from Cam-
brldgo to take the load from the start , and
lengthen it steadily until tlio close , the
"coach" on whom the Now Haven boys so
confidently rolled , will bo Inclined to feel his
occupation gono.
THK tonf.I ItlfiVK.
Washington Post , ( rop. ) : Iowa Is un
doubtedly a republican state , but the party
Is nut strong onoucch to carry an overload of
Isms.
Isms.Now
Now York Sun ( dem. ) : Governor Holes Is
somewhat too much of a free trader for onr
taste , but he Is a line old fellow all the same ,
and n sturdy democrat ; and ho will have the
best wishes of the democratic party in the
canvass.
Philadelphia Ledger ( rop. ) : lowu used to
bo good for sixty thousand to seventy-live
thousand republican majority or plurality In
presidential cloctions , and it cave fll.OJO plu
rality to Harrison in 18S3 , yet it Is now In the
balance so far as the state election Is concerned -
corned , nnd may got , into the doubtful col
umn in 1SU2.
Now York World ( dom. ) : The democrats
of Iowa have deserved success in nominating
General Boies for ro-oloction. It was ho who
for the first time tn a generation redeemed
that state from the firm grasp of the repub
licans , and his conduct In ofllcu has been .such
as to commend both himself nnd his party to
the favor of men who desire good govern
ment.
Minneapolis Journal ( lud. rop. ) : How the
republicans can avoid a clear and courageous
stand in favor of the prohibition law. for the
existence of which that party is responsible ,
does not appear. The democrats seem to
have left no tenable middle ground for the
republicans to occupy , and possibly an over
whelming majority of the republican party
has uo desire to occupy any compromise po
sition or to modify the attitude of the party
on this question.
Washington Post ( rop. ) : The foremost
issue in the state of Iowa relates to the liquor
question , nnd on this the convention adopted
tbo sumo plank upon which Gov. Boies won
an election two years ago. It Is a atralght-
forxvard declaration against prohibition and
In favor of a carefully euarded license tax
law , the procepds of which , they declare ,
should uo applied to tbo running expenses of
the state and municipal governments. In
this section of the platform the Iowa demo
crats do not only ox press the sontlmonlof the
democratic party , but tlforo Is a larger sec
tion of the * opubltcan party of that state
which believes In and advocates tbo snmo
system. What inroads the democracy will
be able to make upon the republican vote on
this issue depends a good deal on the action
of the approaching republican convention.
Minneapolis Tribune ( rop. ) : The renoml-
natlon of Boles makes him a presidential pos
sibility. If ho is ro-olectod or If he shall suc
ceed in holding1 the republican plurality
down to a matter of two or three thousand
ho will bo a formidable candidate before the
democratic national convention. With this
hope over in view the democracy will make
the strongest flght in the history of Iowa and
it will require the utmost wisdom , energy , ,
nnd harmony on the part of the roptsOllcans
to redeem the state-jrortuiiatiJlv times are
bOwtortJhjttnJH-K iror IS'.K ) ; iheI/lcKlnloy bill
4Hrt"foclproclty are now understood ; crop
prospects are bright and , best of all , the re
publicans have learned a valuable lesson
from defeat. They now realize that repub
lican majorities of thirty or forty thousand
without effort nro things of the past , and that
henceforth victories can only bo won by hard ,
shrewd work.
JUS 'JICE
Sidney Telegraph : TimBHK Is making a
great expose of the administration of nlTnlrs
at the Hastings asylum for the Insane. It
finds a state of rottenness there which savors
very much of Tammany on n small scale. It
Is to bo hoped that the state board will sift
the matter to tbo bottom and punish the
KUllty no mnttor where the weight of the
blow may fall.
Nanco County Journal ; The republican
party cannot afford to shield tbo guilty In
the Hustings asylum Investigation , neither
can It afford to condemn the innocent. Lot
the investigation bo searching nnd Impartial.
It cniinot ho in the very uaturo of things but
that sotno dishonest icon shall creep ii\tu
ofllco' , but there Is no excuse for shielding
them after their malfeasance is discovered ,
Grand Island Independent : The state of
Nebraska und the republican purly cannot
afford to stop anything short ot the most
thorouKhiinvustlgatlon of the Hastings asy
lum affair..It should bo either the most cotn-
pluto vindication possible , or tbo most thor
ough exposure , us the case may bo , nnd if the
charges made prove fatso there should bo
some way found to punish these making
them.
IIowolls Journal : The financial affairs of
the asylum for the Insane at Hastings are
sulJ to bo in a very bad condition. It Is
charged that ttio same bills btivo been paid
twice , . that wagon have been drawn for em
ployes who uovor worked , and that numer
ous other crooked methods have boon used
by these tn ohnrgo of tbo asylum to got
money from the state to which they nad no
right. The board of publlo lands and build
ings should uinko a thorough investigation of
thu matter. Let there bo no whitewash
brush used , but lot the guilty bo punished.
Hastings Nobraskau : TUB OMAHA llr.r.
makes snmo very Interesting statements con
cerning the drug business connected with
the Hasting * asylum and claims that ono
drug store here has hud a cinch on furnish
ing drugs to the Institution to the
exclusion of all others , even to put-
tlnir In bid * . A HKK representative
has been In Hastings making an Investiga
tion for himself and finds thai our people and
business men demand a change in the man
agement. If the present management Is to
bring discredit on the city the sooner they
go the bettor.
Ked Cloud Republican : Grave charges
have boon made against the management of
the Hastings asylum for the chronlo msano
nnd the state board of publlo lands nnd build
ings are making n thorough Investigation of
its affairs. If even a ( mall per con t of the
charges maaa are true an on tire change In
supervision U evidently called for and will
bo mado. It Is evident from the prompt
action of the state ofllcors whoso business It
U to look Into these matters that no time will
bo lost In unearthing any crookedness which
may exist , and romovlug such oftlccn as maybe
bo found guilty ot dishonorable conduct.
Enoch : "Ho is nglng very rapidly , Is ho
not ! "
"Well at the usual rate. Sixty seconds to
the mlntito. "
Washington Post : "Don't you long for a
llttlo rustic bower ? " she said .
"No , " was the reply , "I don't ' The last
rustic bowers I struck were up an Innocent
farmer's sleeve during a game of auchro.
That farmer cost mo something over WO , not
to mention my board bill am ! general discom
fort. "
Llfo : "I don't moot you at Miss Svolto's
any moro. "
"No ; she and I hnvo had a difference of
opinion. "
"Nothing serious. I hope. "
"Oh , no ; only I thought I was the man she
ought to marry and she thought I wasn't. "
TB ( It'll.El.ii : > 9 IIAIinn.
( Tuditr Jtnkt. In Centura ltrtc-i-liratJ
I wl.sto ho was a guileless bardo ,
Fore eke to plo.se hys spouse
Ho wrought n bltto of pooslo
Allo dayo within , vo house ,
Ho fetched yo scrootlo untoo yo dame ,
And whan aho oped yo ode ,
She dealt hyr lord a bufletlngo
Whereat hya blue bluddo flowed ,
Yo lynos were prottyo lynos ynough ,
Anil tlmtto whycho caused yo stryfo
Was bnlto yo tytlo that ho chusod :
"Yo Bardo to hys llrsto wyfol "
Flloirondo Ulanttor : "For heaven's sake ,
what Is your husband doing there with his
head In thostovol"
"He's smoking his midday clear I'm not
going to let him rula my curtains with his
nasty smoke. "
Munsoy's Weekly : Tomorancn Advocate
My young friend , lot mo counsel you to road
this story of the .shocking fate of n man In
Brooklyn who mot n terribio death from de
lirium trcmons. It would perhaps inspire
you with a wholesome horror of the wlno cup.
Young Man Perhaps it mightn't , though ,
You see , I'm a reporter on the Dally Fnko ,
and I wrote that story myself-puro inven
tion , every word of it.
THE COMINCI KACKKT.
Chicago Times :
The noisy Fourth draws nigh a pace ,
The nervous people flco
In crowds for some secluded placo.
From patriot racket free ,
The small boy hoards his pennies , and
Exults without hi.s host ,
Some of him will bo minus hands ,
Some may glvo up the ghost.
Detroit Free Press : A Dotrolt traveling
man mom Kentucky colonel recently on n
train headed toward Toledo , and as traveling
men nro liable to do , ho made the acquain
tance of the Kcntucklan. and thov got to
talking about the late Italian ritckct.
"It isn't all over , either , " said the drum
mer. "I noticed only n day or so ago thnt n
lot of Italians In Now York had beaten a
doctor nlmojt to death for refusing to take a
drink.
"Is that sol" oxclamed the colonel , ox-
cltodly.
"Of course It Is , " asseverated the drum
mer.
"By gad , sir" and the colonel clapped his
hand down on his leg with a thwack "why
didn't they kill him I"
Washington Star : Ttio'-o is nn old couple
in this city who uavo proved to their entire
satisfaction , after over thirty years' trial ,
that marriage Is not n failuro. It was a
birthday occasion with ono of them , nnd they
wore demonstrative to a degree that a youth
ful branch of the genealogical trco considered
unseemly. Strolling over to his mother with
us hands In his pocicots , ho said :
"Mother , what do you think of that for a
collection of souvenir spoons ! "
ONLY SK\MIXO.
H'a.t/iini/'uii ' 1'nxt ,
She sat her down awlnlo to sow.
And gave herself to dreaming.
And mumurod , "Naught Is real I know ,
For Hfo Is only so-imlng , "
Munsoy'.s Weekly : Marie Would you
bo surprised if I told you that Jack White
proposed to me last , night !
Loulso Not at all. I knew his creditors
were pressing him terribly , nnd I fully ex
pected ho would do something desperate.
Epoch : "That's a mlghtv poor poem you
selected for the prize , " said n man to nn edi
tor who had been conducting a literary con
test.
test."You
"You think that was a poor ono , do you I"
replied the editor. "You ought to see the
others. "
SUSAXNAH.
K. IF. CooJr , [ n Detroit Free Pren.
Alack , alas , nnd woo is mo
And woe is mo , Susannah I
I love a maiden fair to see ,
A maiden , by some fell decree ,
Who cares for uo ono no , not shot
This cruel maid , Susannah.
For oh , and ah , nnd woll-a-day ,
And woll-a-day , Susannah I
Your golden hair wilt turn to gray
The rose of youth will fndo away j J * "
December snows miiy.JoHfti'rWtty
Bovvaro , bovraTuvSusannab 1
So wooed f then In moral tune ,
In moral turio , Susannah ,
I craved her band ; she gave the boo.
Butsald , "My love , we'll marry soon ,
Say on the thirty-first Of Juno "
This cruel maid , Susannah.
Indianapolis Journal : Mlnnlo Poor fol
low I I hated to refuse him , but It was Impos
sible to do otherwise. And then bo went
away and got awfully Intoxicated.
Mamie I wonder why it Is that a man al
ways thinks drinking a necessary part of a
celebration.
Hastings Tribune : TUP. OMAHA HKK Is
twenty ye in * old. Tnu HKK Is one of thu
Kiioatust uapors In thu west. U r.mks with
, ho Chicago Tribune , Now York Tribu no. Sun
und Hiieh jmpors.
Itiipld Oily Ituimbllcant TIIK OMAHA HKK
celebrated thu twentieth a * nlvuriitry of Its
establishment lust Friday. The llrst iiiimhur
of Hint uruut pier : | ) uppuarod June ID , 1H7I , and
LS the product of twenty yiiurs' growth TIIK
IKK U a striking example of tlin dovnloiiiiiont
> ( Oinuha. Thu city 1ms rlson from un outpost
lamlot upon the conllm'H of civilisation ton
urge city with fill that thla today Impllovind
TIIK HKK has kept full pace wltli that Krnwth ;
nduiul It IKIH lurxoly contributed to thu splcn-
lld result * . Omulm aupportod her nowsi > : ipunt
and like other towns of tills kind "got thoro"
n glorious stylo.
Ocnural K. T. Test In Council lllulfg Nonpa
reil : The Nonpareil cunuriitulatus TIIK
XMAIIA HKK on Its twentieth birthday. It ha
ml reieticd : the your of Its majority vet. tiding
still un "Infant" III a Ingul MHISO. but the
years of Us minority are HO full of vlKor und
irogroHS , thosu of Its full grown nmnlumi !
Ivo nromltuof u giant. Krom Its Inception
i'HK HKK bun been u olmmnlon of Omulm und
ho people. It bus buttled for Oinuhu nnd the
uuterlul Interests of tlmt city. It has con-
nienxi and In now pcnrlusii In rank ns nn
Aniorlonn journal. True to the bust
iiloreass of Oiiinha , thn Imslmms men ( if
hat oily liavu Klvtm It their ceneroiiH
mtronuKO. until It hus risen from u little
iliuot llixld Into proinlnvnco and prosperity
inuiinallud by any paper tn the west. The
8ucruto ( thn HIICCCSS of TIIK HKK lies In the
ililllty of Its editorial corps ; Its duviitlon to
mine Interests and abovu all to the snlman-
lul support of Its home iiiurcliuntH nnd pi'o-
ilo , without which no paper uitn Hiicnuud. 'ind
vltli tthluh none eiui full , I/et us hbud thla
es.-mn. ( Hvon u loyal press duvoti'd io our
lome IntrroslH , Huppnrlod by thu enthiirtlHn-
Ic , Rnnurons imtrona.'oof oiirpnoplo , und In
un years l/'onnoll Illulfu will rank UK thu lint
ulty In louu , thu uusturn half of the mutropn-
IsiiT the trims-.Missouri roiilon teeming with
tu wealth und myriad * ,
WILL HANG OCTOBER NINTH ,
Onto on Which Ed Neal Will ExpInU
Ills Orlrao.
GURLEY'S ' OBJECTIONS OF NO FORCE ,
Dr. Wllklnnoa of the Norfolk Asylum
DcmnmlH nil Investigation
Charged with Train \Vi-ook-
OildH niul Kudu.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Juno 20. [ Special to Tun
I BKK. ] As announced exclusively In TUB HKH
I Itvo days ago Ed Neal , the murderer of Alien
nnd Dorothy Jones , the ngcd couple near
South Omahn , must hnmr for his crime. So
the .supremo court decided today , nltboiiKli
the decision was not handed down until 0 ,10
p. in ,
The date ilxod for Noal's execution Is October -
tobor 0 , and Is to bo between thu hours of 10
a. m. and 4 p. tu , Tlio hanging must tnku
place In the court yard of the Doitdas county
court house nnd l.s to bo under the I in moil In to
direction of Sheriff Boyd.
It Is reported that this will bo the first
hanging that has occurred In Douglas comity
for twenty years , the lost occurring on the
present high school slto.
The opinion of the chief Justice dwells
mainly on the objection of ( lurloy , thnt Neal
did not hnvo the privilege of going to the
I'iiinoy farm , the scene of the murder , with
the Jurors , The Judge held that ns the iiflldn-
vlts showed that thnt privilege luul boon
oiforcd Neal , but had boon waived , It was no
error.
NOIiroLK ASYLUM IMIMUHIUO.
Dr. Wilkinson , superintendent of the
asylum for the Insane nt Norfolk , was
closeted with the board of public lands nnd
buildings for over nn hour this afternoon.
The main object of Dr. Wilkinson's pres
ence was to Insist that the charges made
aenlnst him by Mr. Leo , ono of the attaches
of the Institution , bo investigated. The
charges made by L.OO are that Wilkinson
has both misappropriated funds of tlio insti
tution am ! that on account of his overbear
ing disposition nil the best employes of the
Institution nro leaving.
The fact that there exists a petition signed
by all the ether employes of the asylum ask
ing for the discharge of Leo , causes the mem
bers of the board to believe tint there nro
two sides to the storv. In regard to misap
propriation of funds Dr. Wilkinson asks the
board to invoHlgato the matter.
YouTiiri'i , uui.mni ) WIIICKIIIS. : :
Detective John Flynn of the B. & M. rail
road company Illod complaints before Judge
Stewart today charging Johnny Till , Jimmy
Jiiilio , Wtllio Judio , I'anl Milosky , Theodore -
Ward and Kddlo Swoonv with placing three *
freight cars on the railroad track with the
Intent to cause n wreck nnd thereby endanger
the lives of the passengers. The
defendants nro nil boys ranging
In ago from ten to llftocn years.
All of them were arrested touuy nnd taken to °
the police station. According to the stories
told by the parents the boys , merely In play
nnd without any malicious intent , moved the
cars nnd started them down to the main
track.
The cars -.vore run down to the track nnd
an incoming passenger train was stopped
Just In time to avoid u wreck.
A Ill'NIlUKI ) I.EC1IKIIS.
In the police court toJay 103 persons wnra
arraigned for violating the social law. Of-
thoao sixty-two were females anu fortv men.
Alt were lined to the fullest extent of the
law. This raid on the bawdy houses caught
a number of well known citizens who.woro
registered at tha police station as Smith ,
Jones , Brown and Johnson , but whoso
names when signed to bank chocks look
decidedly different from any of these cogno
mens. It Is the policy of Mayor Weir not to
accept the customary monthly line heretofore
imposed upon bawd.s. Ho terms the custom
ary system "blackmailing" and deelaros that
all women of easy virtue are to bo punished
to the fullest extent of the law , und this
action is to apply to men also found in quoi-
tlonablo resorts.
opus ANU KNKS.
Notarial commissions were issued today to
A. N. Longwoll of Omaha , \VlllIs L. Hand of
Kearney , ,1. W. Burnoy of Straiten and A.
J. Callondor of Sovvard.
Governor Thayer has decided not to ap
point Harry Downs to the permanent posi
tion of land commissioner. An Intimate
friend of Thavor says that the governor has
good reasons for changing his mind In regard
to thoappolntment of Downs. "In fact , " says
the gentleman , "Downs will not bo in the
labor commissioner's ofllco much longer not
even ns un assistant. Thayer has ttood rea
sons for'dismlssing him , but does not Wifrk *
them revonloj. " .
It Is claimed that the dangerous depression
In the pavomonton South Ninth atroot , between - ,
tween 1C nnd L , is due to the carole.s 'rwork'
of either the gas or water companies. Neither
corporation , however , * has attempted to
reuiodyitho-vrosont state of affairs.
vTtforc is considerable uneasiness being felt
hero concerning the whereabout * ot O. W.
Burtls , recently a loan agent here , but who
has disappeared , leaving a number of unpaid
bills ,
A drunken rowdy whoso name is unknown *
was arrested this afternoon for attempting to
kill two unfortunate creatures known ns
Lydln Stewart and Frankie Moore. Tha
follow was knocked down by the latter nmt
his revolver taken from him by Sum
Hutcnlnu.
An AH.HRNHOI'HYilmlSHlonw. .
Assessor Franklin of the Fifth ward wnnti
to admit that ho has been wrong In ostnnat.
ing values In bis part of the city. He was
before the county commissioners with u pe
tition asking that he bo allowed to raise the
valuation of thu property of nearly nno hun
dred taxpayers of the ward , llo was In
formed that as the books have passed out of
his hands his dutlr.s have ended and that lie
cannot make any changes In the assessment
unless ho can show a clerical error or nn
omission. If Franklin's changes were al
lowed the valuation of the ward would bo
raised something liku $70,001) ) .
Wan Ilunniiii ; Ainuulc.
George Mclntyro was arrested yesterday
whllo rounding up the Third ward. Ho Is
charged with being drunk nnd threatening to
shoot. Gcorga had a great bl U-calibro
Colt's revolver and It will probably go hard
with him in police court today. The pris
oner Is bettor known ns "Sober Burns , " and
was only released from the county jail a few
days ago where ho was held us n Hiinpect In a
highway robbery. "Sober" served three years
In the Stlllwutur , Minn. , penitentiary for
highway robbery.
I'olloo Will I'lunlu.
At a meeting of the pollco force hold last
night It was decided to hold a general polluu
picnic about July if ! , und Captain Mostyn ,
Sergeants Whalon and Slgwart nnd Ofllcon
Ivoysor , Havny , Snvago and Dlller were ap
pointed a committee on arrangomouU ,
Conlny'M
Tha verdict in the Cooley Investigation
will not bo forth coming for aomo days yet.
The bar commtttflo ho completed Its labors ,
but the ntonographor has not yet had time to
trunsciluo the testimony. There will bo
nearly TUO pages of evidence for and against
the barrister.
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