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KVKKY true American of wliutovor
purty , creed , color or niitionnlity , rejoices -
joicos in the olieorinj , ' information that
James G. Dlulno is rapidly regaining his
health.
PnmtAi'8 the job printing ilopartment
of the Skit * Jnnrnitl lius some interest in
the Hastings usylum investigation , und
this may explain the irritation of the
nuwspapor onil of the concern upon the
huhject ,
TWKNTY Indian boys tire at work in
the sugar-beet fields at Norfolk nnd no
fault is found with their presence. The
momentary foolishness of tt labor organi
zation which resented their employment
him boon almost forgotten.
GOVEKNOH TIIAYKK is participating
to a rather unupiml extent in the asylum
investigation. This will enable him to
pies : unon the findings and act upon the
recommendations of the board of public
lands and buildings without delay.
HASTINGS is to entertain the inde
pendent btato convention , which is an
other straw to be grabbed at by Judge
Gaslin before ho sinks out of sight in the
turmoil of alliance politics in hiu strug
gle for a place on the supreme bench.
EIIASTUS WIJIAN is right. Every
thing points to good prices for American
i cereals this year. Nebraska farmers
will bo wise if they hold as much of their
surplus as id not necessary for iinmo-
di to requirements for the winter
markot.
Oun people must not forgot that wo
cannot make a great grain market hero
without atorago facilities and manufac
tories. Wo need lingo elevators , flour-
inor mills , malt houses , cereal mills and
distilleries to euro for and consume the
product offered.
Tin : Missouri river i'a now running in
a now channel at Atchison and a slice of
land from Missouri has been loft on the
Kansas bank of the river. The border
troubles between Missouri and Kansas
will never cease so long as the Big
Muddy continues unconquorcd. The
corn-crackers who arc thrown into the
prohibition community from old Mis
souri will never again bo happy.
CKDAIE RAPIDS has a population of
18.000. The Iowa republican state con
vention numbered 1,005 delegates. The
little city entertained them handsomely
and satisfactorily. Omaha , Council
Blurts and South Omaha have a popula
tion of l&'J.OOO. The national conven
tion numbers about one thousand dele
gates. The conclusion is eloar. Omaha
ean entertain the national convention.
TIIKIIK are ! tr ,000 strangers in Indian-
npolls today. No complaint of a want
of hotel nnd other accommodations
comes back from that city. Her popu
lation is 107,000. As many as thirty-live
thousand people attend the state fair at
Lincoln and yet that progressive little
elty manages to entertain the crowd.
There will bo probably ton thousand
people at the national convention aside
from those coming from western lo.va
and Nebraska. It will bo n very ro-
marlcablo fact if this city and its close
neighbors are nofoqual to their proper
entertainment.
Tun ofliclals of the department of
agriculture bollove the farmers will not
nv ill themselves of the Nebraska , warehouse -
house law to any great extent this year.
Why not ? The warehouse aet goes
Into effect August 1. There is a largo
surplus of grain in the Plate. There is
warehouse room for a considerable portion
tion of It. Why should the department
conclude that the Nebraska farmer will
continue to Boll all his surplus grain im
mediately after harvest when ho knows
to n moral certainty that prices this winter -
tor will bo better than for years preced
ing ? The trouble with the department
is that it does not understand the Ne
braska law and does not approolato the
opportunities It offers the farmer. The
railway companies bollovo they will feel
the effects of the Inw in a bettor equi
librium of trnllla The railways kuow
more about the probable offoots of the
law than the clerical farmers in the
agricultural dnjmrtmout.
TIIK IOWA RKFUltMCANS.
The republicans of Iowa Imvo nomi
nated n strong ticket , The candidate
for governor , Hon. Illratn C. Wheeler ,
Is one of the best known nnd most popu-
Ir.r men In the state. For 30 years lie
has been Identified with the agricul
tural interests of Iowa , and no man has
done morn for their development. Ho
la a man of ability nnd of the highest
character , and being thoroughly familiar
wUh the wishes and the needs of the
farmers ought to receive the support of
a very largo majority of that dominant
clement in the politics of lown.
The candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor. Mr. George N'an Houton , IB
also ti successful farmer , widely known
and popular. The other candidates are
men of conceded ability und irroproach-
nblo character , who merit tlio full sup
port of the party. '
The platform , HO far as it relates to
national affairs , h thoroughly repub
lican In tone and spirit. It judiciously
commends the national administration
und the work of the last congress , favors
the policy of reciprocity , and justly
claims for the republican party in the
country the merit of having always fa
vored the purity of the ballot and promoted
meted legislation for that purpose. Hut
national ulTutrs will not play a very
largo part in the Iowa camp lign of this
year , und in dealing with the cardinal and
vital issue of the coming contest the
platform in a disappointment. It re
commits the party , it successful , to the
maintenance nnd enforcement of prohi
bition. To have done this in the face of
the fact that the party has never been
aolo to enforce prohibition whore that
policy was not supported by public sen
timent , that It has boon more distinctly
a failure in Iowa than in any other
state , und that there is undoubtedly a
minority of republicans opposed to pro
hibition largo enough to trutiifor polit
ical power to the democracy on this
issue , must bo regarded us ti most de
plorable blunder. Til 1-3 BKIJ does not
desire lo prejudice in the slightest
degree' the cause of the Iowa re
publicans. It recognizes that the suc
cess of the party tin's year is of very
great importance in the inllncnco it
would have upon the national contest of
next year. If the democracy secure * full
control of the utato administration lowti
will become a doubtful state in the battle -
tlo of 1S)2 ! ) with the advantages in favor
of the democrats. As was said by the
temporary chairman of the republican
convention , if the democratic party ob
tains control of the legislative und
executive branches of the state govern
ment it will so gerrymander the con
gress districts as to give It the
greatest possible opportunity to cap
ture the delegation in the con
gressional elections of next year , nnd
may imituto the cxumplo of the Michi
gan democracy and provide for the elec
tion of presidential electors in the gerry
mandered districts , thus assuring to the
democratic candidate for the presidency
in IS)1 ! ) ! a part at least of the electoral
vote of Iowa. Those considerations
should induce every republican in the
state who desires the success of the
party in the nation to give it his vote
this year , and it is probable that they
will inlluonco many to do this who ,
opposed to prohibition , would in different -
ont circumstances vote against the
party. But Tins BKK believes that the
republicans of Iowa would bo in a
for safer position if they had courage
ously acknowledged what , till the world
knows to bo the fact , that prohibition is
u failure , and promised the people u ju
dicious system of license regulation and
locul option which cun bo enforced. Tlio
blunder of the republicans in this respect
will muko their fight harder and the
outcome moro uncertain. But with a
ticket in all respects stronger than that
of its opponents , the party may still bo
successful.
TltAKKS , QKNTLKMKA' .
The Omaha- delegation to the Cedar
Rapids convention return to the city full
of pruiso for the Iowa republicans.
They found the delegates to the state
convention utmostununimous for Omuha
as tlio ulaco of holding the next repub
lican national convention. Congress
man Perkins of Sioux City ,
chairman of the committee on
resolutions , Hon. John Y. Stone and
lion. , T. H. Gear , temporary and perma
nent chairmen of the convention , Hon.
David B. Henderson und the Pottuwat-
tamio county delegation wore especially
active. Not one word of detraction was
offered and no-doubt of Omaha's ability
to ontortnln the great political gather
ing was suggested. In fact every man
to wlioso attention tho. Omaha people
brought the subject was heart and soul
for our city.
Aside from the high compliment paid
Omuhu by the resolution e'ndorsing her
ambition for the honor of entertaining
the convention in 1892 , the people of
this city will bo gratified to learn of the
universal good will existing among rep
resentative Iowa people for this city.
Commendations of her enterprise , sur
prise at her marvelous growth and con
fidence in her great future were upon
every lip. It was u great day
for Omaha , not only in furthering her
present purpose to secure the national
convention but in concentrating and giv
ing utterance to u gonorully friendly sen
timent toward the city socially and com
mercially. The gentlemen named , und
a thousand others whose mimes ought to
bo printed , will pleusc accept the lliunks
of Omaha for courtesies extended , und
may rest assured wo are ready on call to
reciprocate.
CONDITION 01- ' rilKfltHASOHY ,
The public debt stntumont for Juno Is
calculated to reassure the country as to
the condition of the treasury. Without
going into details it ia sutllciont to say
that It shows a not bulanco of u fraction
loss than 800,1100,000 , und any practical
man who will study the figures cannot
doubt that the llnanoial department of
the government Is at this time entirely
solvent , while there Is nothing In the
aituntion lo suggest that it will not con
tinue to bo M > . There is ample moans
at command to meet all currant de
mands and the plans of Secretary -
rotary Foster contemplate abund
ant provisions for future wants. Today
it is expected that the cabinet will act
dually upon the proposal to extend 4 }
per cent bondn at a reduced rate of
interest , and according to advices
2 percent is Hkoly to bo the rate adopted.
It appears that the secretary of the
treasury was able to overcome op
position to that rnto In favor of n lower
rate , on the ground that extension
would probably bo a falluro at n losa
rate , and the necessity of extending the
bonds in the interest of the money
market , us * .voll ns to relieve the trea
sury of what might bo a perplexing
task if compelled lo take up the
bonds ut maturity was doubtless tin ur-
gumcnt of sufllclent force to overcome
all scruples or objections. It is stated
that If tlio extension plan Is successful
there Will bo tin uddltlon to the circula
tion during September und October of
? 1" > ,000M)0 ( ) , which will bo n very mater
ial aid at lliat time to the business of the
country. In the meanwhile a further
addition of an equal or larger amount
will bo mudo to the currency. So that
between now and the lust of October it
appears safe to say that the
available circulation will bo in
creased . to the amount of be
tween 930,000,000 und $ IO,000,000or from
ono-hulf to two-thirds of the amount of
gold the country Iris lost since the be
ginning of the current your. It is prob-
tiblo , also , that within the next three
months u part of the specie that has
gone to Europe will have returned. At
uny rate the present situation Is sound
und the promise for the immediate fu
ture nppoars altogether fuvorublo. Secretary -
rotary Foster 13 not giving the croakers
and alarmists much encouragement.
ffn ATTOHNKYS.
It is important tint claimants under
the Indian depredations law should un
derstand that nil contracts mudo by
them with attorneys were cancelled und
unnulled by that act. Section nine of
the law oxpliclty says that "all eon-
tructs heretofore made for fees and ul-
lowuncos to claimants' attorneys are
hereby declared void ; " and the secretary
of the treasury in issuing warrants for
judgments is required to m.ilco them
payable only to claimants , their lawful
heirs or other represontati\'os specified
in the act , "except so much thereof as
shall bo allowed the claimants' at
torneys by the court for prosecuting said
claim , wliioh may bo paid direct to such
attorneys " and the amount of the allow-
unco which shall bo mudo is specified.
The claim agents and attorneys are
making a light on the Inw upon the
ground that congress has no power to
annul private contracts , and hold that
contracts involving a contingent fee are
irrevocable. Claimants who are thus in
formed should pay no uttontion to it.
Their obviously wise and proper course
is to bo guided by the provisions of the
law , which are so plain nnd explicit that
no ono can err as to their moan
ing , and to pay no regard to
the opinions or representations of men
whoso interest it is to defeat the intent
of the law. The evident purpose of con
gress in declaring contracts with attor
neys void was to protect claim ants , and
oven if it bo granted that thorn is n
question us to the power of congress to
do this , until that question is judicially
determined claimants will nvtlco a mis-
tike not to tuko the advantage which
the law allows them , und by fuiluro to
do so subject themselves to the oxuc-
tions of the greedy claim ugonts und ut-
torno.vs. But it is highly prob
able that the power of con
gress in this matter will never
bo tested in the courts , since it is
hardly to bo supposed that the many
nblo lawyers in congress would have al
lowed so important a feature of the In
dian depredations uct to remain in it if
there was n reasonable doubt regarding
the right of congress to so legislate.
The thing to bo understood by cluim-
nnls under the above act is that con
tracts mudo with attorneys for fees and
allowance were rendered void by the
act , and that they are at liberty to place
their claims in other hands und to' refuse -
fuse in all respects to bo bound by such
contracts.
TIIK .suggestion that a now olllco bo
created in the board of education comes
not from the necessities of that organiza
tion , but from the neglect of its officers.
The duties which it is proposed to im
pose upon the assistant seerotuvy , chief
engineer or purchasing agent , are all
comprehended in those of the secretary
and superintendent of buildings. If
these men are made to perform their
whole duty there will bo no occasion for
adding a tux-ontor to help them neglect'
Its performance. The suporintendontof
buildings can bo present at any building
where lie is needed ut uny time. The
secretary can leave hit * olllco on cull at u
moment's notice. Between these olticials
every ton of coal and every pound of
other material can bo inspected on de
livery , if this is nocessnry , und yet the
gentlemen will not bo overtasked.
ALTHOUGH the totul pack of hogs for
the HotiKon shows u dccrouso of 830,000
Omaha fulls off but 11,000. Kansas City
is still over 100,000 ahead of this city ,
but has packed nearly 200COO hogs less
than lust your. Lust year at this time
Sioux City mndo a showing of 210,000
hogs. Tills your she has packed but
89,000. A single spurt of u week's dura
tion would run Omaha up to second
place as a packing center.
No man is competent for superintend
ent of the Omaha schools who is course
in his language , brutal In his criticism
of teachers , openly partial to favorites ,
und frequently unfair to those whom lie
personally dislikes. Wo want a man In
this position who cun hold the rosjtoot
of patrons , touchers mid pupils , who will
maintain the high standard of oxcol-
lance already attained by our schools
und who will grow with Omaha and her
school system.
TIIK drill contest at Indianapolis rests
between Omaha , Nob.and Sun Antonio ,
Texas , with odds in favor of 'Omaha.
The guards promise to cover themselves
with glory and return to the city % vlth
Hrst prize , first money , nnd the ngxt
drill for Omaha.
WITH n cash balance in thoUnltod
States treasury of $163,893,808 bank
ruptcy docs not sturo very impudently
at Undo Sam.
Tins secretary of the board of educa
tion -should not bo n cunning ward
striker , u partisan whoso highest pur
pose Is to udCalico the interests of his
political party .iit busybody who contin
ually Intormt/dttios / with matters in
which ho h < utiij | $ right to interfere , a
provorolul tulo-boaror who brows and
breeds lU-feeMiit among touchers , a
tricky , truculdy trimmer whoso meth
ods arouse continuous suspicion of his
motives and itf'individual } , whoso name-
is synonymous with sly manipulations to
advance his owtl Interests und circum
vent by foul mti\ns ) \ Iho plunsof persons
for whom ho fiati conceived dislike. If
there bo nny suoli person in thn Hold for
secretary ho Jiould bo promptly and
effectually remanded to private Ho.
SINATOU : TIMHII Is making an ex
hibition of himself which will bring the
blush to his chcolc in after life , and allen
on account of his extreme udvocncy ol
the free coinage of silver. Senator Tel
ler 1ms permitted his finunclul heresy to
throw him directly ngutnst his party in
a declaration , which , If sincere , will pre
vent him from supporting Harrison for
re-election in case ho is nominated. The
Bonutor cannot afford to muko a fool of
himself , but ho Is nevertheless operating
quite extravagantly In that direction.
ExiM3imiiNT : * in the school depart
ment of our city government , especially
in connection with the instruction of our
children , are dangerous. The bourx !
cannot afford to IK > inlluonccd in favor of
uny applicant for a position us superin
tendent or teacher whoso fitness is not
demonstrated by nctual experience or
known quulifientions.
.S of Omaha nnd patrons of the
public schools are indifferent as to the
individual candidates for offices in the
board and schools. They desire , how
ever , above everything else , that pothouse -
house politicians , ward strikers , und
general rounders shall bo barred from
the offices of secretary and superinten
dent of buildings.
OMAHA , to Iowa -Thanks , gentlemen.
The key.s of the city uro yours and the
host wo have in the house is at your dis
posal. Coma over und make your
selves at homo.
UAKVKSTINO and cultivating corn uro
the diversions of the NobrusKU farmer
these days. Ho has no time for walking
delegates or politics. Iln is all right.
As THE BKK predicted the Cedar
Rapids convention declared by u decis
ive vote in favor of Omaha for the next
ronublicun national convention.
SOMIS of the proposed rules of the
board of health are absurd , but in gen
eral they are o ce/llont. /
Tlio-Xow Mnr.
tt'iuhlnitiin S/nr. /
liojlnnliip July 4 our llnj ; must bear forty-
four stars. July 4 It stars. Whoro's tlio 1H
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Patriotism a Virtue.
Ai-iB Or ( ( ins I'tcnynnt.
Patriotism is a virtue that cannot bo too
caroftllly festered and cherished , and there
fore wo applaud ( tlia disposition which at
tracts our citi2eii3tp a public observation of
the day. -
An Olil-Fiis'iloned Fourth.
A'cio OrtMiw Tlniti.
It is going to bo "nri'old-fashloneJ Fourth"
thioughout the country. The dlrticulticu
through which the country has passed In the
last few months have aroused all the patri
otic spirit of the Ainericau. and ho Is going
to show it the Fourth ,
Uecpiu' the Fourth.
CMcagit Pi'r.wt.
"Keeping the Fourth" is simply the Amer
ican's expression of an Itiallonalilo right to
his possession of that holiday. It is his to
"keop , " and keep it ho will through the
course of centuries. Ho will Itoop it ns it
suits him , too , ana no ono CUD object whether
ho commemorates it with pajans of music or
blows it up with Hrecrackors. The pliraso
is pretty nearly perfect , nnd onlv the literary
art of the bible and of Shakespeare equals It.
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Give the Hoys a Chance.
Savannah Ifeies.
What's the use of having a Fourth of July
If the youthful American is not allowed to
cclobrato III Nearly all of the largo cities are
thus onrly announcing that the bright and
cheerful lirocracUcr Is to bo prohibited. Sup
pressing youthful patriotism in that way Is
not altogether wise nor a wholesome policy
for the republic , it should be fostered and
encouraged Instead of being suppressed. No
country can afford to forcibly restrain the
patriotic demonstrations of its future citizens
when such manifestations do no injury to
others. There is too llttlo of such enthusiasm
to allow U to bo In atiywiso reduced iu vol
ume. Give the boys a chmico.
How to ObHcrvo tlio Day.
Chlctiuo Kewi.
To properly observe this day freedom
should bo made to rule everywhere nnd slav
ery of every sort should bo suspended. The
observance will ba Incomplete If anybody Is
obliged to perform work by which ho or oth
ers Intend to on rich themselves , unless the
same Is a matter of absolute necessity. No
store should bo kept open during any part of
the day except these do voted to absolute nee-
ccssltles which cannot bo anticipated.
It , will not bo a holiday unless
this is dono. Kvory open store on the Fourth
will bo n denial of tlio declaration of aubmU-
slon and feally to uu alien power mammon
and therefore high 'treason.
"TUlt.V THJMt.lSV.tKV OUt' . ' *
Kearney Hub : T o. steward of the Hast
ings insaiio u ylunradinlts that ho duplicated
vouchers on which lie drew money twlco
from the state treasury , but disclaims any
dishonest Intention. He therefore has his
cholcooftwo hornsrof' ! the dilemma , ono la
beled "fraud" and l io other "foul. " In either
uvont ho Is an unllt.pujjllo servant.
Fremont Tribune It begins to look as
though the confessions' of tbo managers nnd
developments of tliu'- Investigation of the
Hastings asylum wdMl result in dropping
Dr. Test and Superintendent Llverliighouso
In the
mulligatawny
gY
Fromout Flail : 'T rh OMVTTA HUE Is do-
aervlng ot a great deaf'of ' credit In exposing
the rottenness of the Hastings asylum. When
curable newspapers become fcarloss and vig
ilant the rascals In the public service will the
better curb their beastly Inclinations. The
Investigation of the asylum has produced a
sensation , to say the least. It has tirovon
that Dr. Test and Steward Llvorlnphotiao are
not only dishonest with tnu state
but vile and dishonest gonorully. If
the sworn statements of the fumalo
help can bo believed Test and Llvorlnghouso
should bo both bounced from the Institution
before they have time for another polluting
breath , and they should bo ostracised from
decent society. It seemed to bo a case of
"dog oat do ? , " but the aisaults of both on
the lady employes were damning in tbo ex-
tromo. Would It not bo n good thing to replace -
place each of them in the management by
good men nnd confine thorn In tbo tninno
Asylum until their ahnrnctors are fumlea'xxll
Hnstlng * N'obrnskan : So far the evidence
In the asylum Investigation shows that
neither Test nor LivorlnKhouso nro flt or
competent men to manage an Institution ol
that kind , nnd even II they are whitewashed
enough to oscano criminal proceedings they
should bo ousted. By their actions they
have not only brought dligrneo to thorn-
selves but the city of Hailing * and the itnto
of Nebraska. The present Indications uro
that thdro will bo but little vvhltowashlng
done , and In the face of facts that hnvo al
ready been brought to light It Is a wonder
that Superintendent Test and Steward Llv-
oringhouao do not resign , liven with what
uvidcnco has already boon tflvcn they nro
gultly of sufllcient n.uoulonablo transactions
to warrant Governor Thayer In suspending
them Indefinitely nnd In pushing the investi
gation Into tliu last notch.
* ' TIIK J''J,1 < 1.
The forerunner of the American Mag ol
today was the military and nuval standard
adopted by the congress of the thirteen col
onies , Juno 14 , 177. That standard differed
from the present flag only Iu the number and
the Arrangement of the stars Iu the "union , "
or square , Iu the upper loft corner. It con
sisted of thirteen slripo.i alternately red ami
white , beginning with red , and n union of
dark blue with a circular grouping of thirteen
white stars , The union was n sqimro with a
sldu equal In length to the breadth of the
llr t seven stripes.
1'rovlous to Iho adoption of this ( lag there
hail been no distinctive American ling.
Several of the colonies hrtd their
favoHto devices which they used
on colors homo by militia organiza
tions , but there had been nothing llko n roc-
ogmzcd ling for all the colonies. In 1775 the
I'hlladelphia troop of light horse , In escort
ing General Washlnctou from I'hlladnlphla
to Now York , had carried a ( lag which con
tained red and white stripes , and it con
tinued to carry the snmo Hag until Septem
ber , 1777. The sight of the stripes In the
troop's banner , and the fact that the army
under Washington before Boston , and sub
sequently In the vicinity of Now York , car
ried lings in which rod nnd white stripes
were prominent , may have conjoined
to Induce the members of the con
gress to cheese the -tripos as the
principal characteristics as their national
.standard. But stripei In the Philadelphia
troop's standard nnd those In tlio continen
tal army were both doubtless duo to the fact
that the Hag of the United Provinces of the
Netherlands , familiar to and respected by
'
the colonial settlers , consisted of stripes o'f
orange , white and blue. Bands of rod , white
and blue had been used u la chevrons to des
ignate some of the military grades iu the llrsl
week of the war , before the continental
forces had been properly uniformed. The re
sult , of all those things led to the choice ol
.stripes in the national Hug , and the choice ol
red , white and blue as the national colors.
Ked and wnlto having been chosen for the
coiors of the stripes , it wai imperative to use
blue ns the background of the ' 'union" or cor
ner Held. White was then selected in prefer
ence to red as the proper color for thirteen
stars ranued in a circle , to evidence the
strength of the union of the thirteen colonies.
The ling as constructed In 1777 ( looted over
the continental armies at Yorktowu nnd was
the standard of St. Glair's and Wayne's
forres in their conflicts with the red
men. Remaining unvaried until nil. ) ,
it was then enlarged by the addition
of two stripes to commemorate the
cntr.tr of Vermont ana Kentucky as states
into the Union , and two now stars were also
placed with those In the Union. The stars
were then arranged in three parallel rows.
No further variation was made until 1818 ,
when the stripes were again made fifteen in
number and live additional stars were dis
tributed in tbo union to represent live now
states. At the sumo time whun thcso alter
ations were made by congress , it was mudo
obligatory bv that body that another star
should bo added on tliu Fourth of July flrst
ensuing after the admission of a now state.
TIIK XOltlV'tOUUTU HT.IJt.
On the Fourth of July the forty-fourth
star will be added to the flag. That will bo
for Wyoming. It did not get quito ready
last year. The order of the war department
prescribes that after that date the forty-four
stars on the flag shall be disposed in six
rows , the tipper and lower rows to contain
eight stars , und the four intervening rows to
contain seven stare each. Hero uro the
terms of the president's latest order as an
nounced to the army : The Hold or union of
the national Hag in use in tbo army will , on
and ft r July 4 , Iblll , consist of forty-four
stars In six rows , the upper and lower rows
to have eight star. ? nnd the second , third
fourth and fifth rows sovou stars each , in a
blue ticld arranged as follows :
* * * * * *
* * *
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * * *
A year ago today the American ensign hud
only thirty-eight stars , but as North and
South Dakota , Montana and Washington and
Idaho had been admitted into the union , Hags
wcro made ana hoisted on July 4 , containing
five rows of seven stars , and ono row , the top
one , of eight stars. Idaho had been admitted
into the union on , Inly I ! by the approval of
the act by the president , and the additional
star \vas nt once put on. The symmetry of
the flae will not be changed by adding
another stur for Wyoming , admitted on July
10 , since it will bo put on the lower row , so
that there will bo four rows of sovqn stars
each , and two rows , the upper and lower , of
eight stars each.
Should nny moro states bo admitted the
"
stars will be "added to the intervening rows.
For instance , should Now Mexico and
Ari/ona bii admitted ; one star will bo added
to the second row , another to the lifth row.
t'AHT. KVKX I a O Iv TiliS FttVMtTII.
Surrender ot Vicksburg , IS03.
Ground broken for the Krio canal , 1SI2.
Hart hold ! statute of liberty presented , 1370.
Tbo declaration of independence- 115
years old.
Cornerstone of Washington monument
laid , IS Id.
Cx-Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John
Qulncy Adams died , ISJO.
Formal work begun on the first chartered
American railroad at Baltimore , 18:23. : by
Charles Carroll , ono of the signors of the
declaration , then ninety years of ago.
Pueblo's ( Colo. ) mineral palace will bu
opened to'iiorrow.
Congressman Bryan will deluge the Big
First with lingual pyrotechnics ,
Governor McKinlny will start out on the
ITourth of July and maku the welkin ring for
protection in Ohio.
The laying of the corner stone of the
soldiers' homo at Monte Vista , Colo. , on
the Fourth of July will bo ono of the notable
events of th.it day.
The National Letter Carriers' association
jus erected a statue of S. S. Cox iu front of
Cooper institute. Now York city. The
statue Is the work of Miss Lrmlso La wson ,
ind will bo uuveilud on thn Fourth of July.
I'ho work Is a torching tribute of labor to
ono who in life labored for the cause.
A It Kit Jt.i'ttit DAV.
Youth' *
The Hags nro floating against the sky ,
I'ho crackers crack and the rucxuu fly ,
While wo celebrate our nation great
And letter In rod J-u-l-y
Tomorrow the biados , so steady and bright ,
Will flush through the clover red and white ;
We'll rake the hay through the shining day ,
And rldo aloft oil thu load at night ,
Of all the frolics In all the yo.ir
There's tiono that's jollier , Daisy , my dear ;
And the city cousins shall comu by dozens
i'o the fragrant tlitlds and the froat uund
sky ,
For It's hot In the town when the sun glares
down ,
And the guy llttlo calendar spells July.
KnoiiKh l.ot't.
Phllndeldhla Record : Tbo COP.IUJ bureau
s getting rid of Its "counters , " but thuro'll '
30 enough left to llulsh the t'umo.
X4. TIO XA I. K C.I .11 t'JI KXT.
lilnuoln Tnken Stops to Hcouro the
Votornlin' Next Heiiuloii ,
Lixcot.x. Nob. , July ! -Special [ to TIIK
BBR. ) ProMJont li. II. Oatcloy of the board
of trade , to whom wns uivou the duty of se
lecting a general commlttto to raise fund * for
securing for Lincoln the national encamp
ment of the Urand Army In ISO'J , completed
his committee today , and It IA composed of
the following gentlemen : H. H. Oaldoy , J.
II. MeOlay , J. D. MoFnrliud , F. W. Llttlo ,
C. A. Atkinson , H. M. Buslumll , A. U.
Ulomor , K. 11. Slgor and C. K. Mor.tgomery.
Tliln commlttoo will ir.i > ot tomorrow sometime -
time and upiioint nuticommittucH , mid then
work will uclivoly begin , looking to the se
curing of the cncaimmiont that will hrlnjto
Lincoln inuii from almost every city and
haulct In the United States nnd .special
trains from the Atlantic mid Pitcitli : coasts ,
the Gulf nnd the Canadian borders. It U
proposed to niako camps nt Grand Viow. the
state fair grounds , 'Jotnor iinii Wcslcynii
universities , Union college nnd Lin
coln parks. All thaso places nro
reached by street railways nnd the
managers huvu partially ngracd to pass old
soldiers on badges from camp to camp , that
they may visit each other and nt the same
time see the city thoroughly. The encamp
ment will bo held for ono week cither Iu July
or August , and during that tltiio will bo spent
In Lincoln between * . 'i < H > , lX)0 ) nud $1,000,000.
Therefore It Is urged that the enterprising
people of Lincoln bestir themselves. But n
comparatively smalt sum of money Is needed
to secure the encampment and this. It Is be
lieved , ought to bo raised very readily.
TIII : JMTIIK.MR foi'iir.
The supreme conrt has boon hard at work
the past month nud iu that time the throu
judges have written sixty-six decisions. The
Justices uro determined not onlv to avoid a
further accumulation of ease * , but aUo nro
attempting to lessen as much us possible the
time between the tiling of n case nnd the de
cision thoreon. Bv keeping up the pvc.stmt
gait the juoges will bo only a year behind by
October 1.
wno WIM. ruimsn sfrw.ir.s.
The state board of supplies has made the
following award of contracts for supplies for
the various state institutions :
Industrial Homo-Mllford : Flour and feed ,
Johnson & Co. ; coal , George A. Huymoo it
Co. ; meats , D. A. Howard ; groceries , L. A.
Wnrrinor & Co.
Homo for Friendless Lincoln : Moats ,
Lincoln meat company ; coal , Whttobrcuit
coal company.
Hospital for Insane Lincoln : Coal , White-
breast coal company ; paints and oils , McAr-
thur & Sons ; drugsand medicines , McArtliur
& Sons ; butter , J. M. Bolts ; hoots and shoes ,
W. W. Webster ; dry goods , Hcrpolschclinor
& Co. : Hour , Kendall , t Smith ; moats. Ilub-
bard Brothers ; groceries , Raymond Broth
ers.
ers.Soldiers' nnd Sailor's Homo Grand Island :
Meats. N. Watts & Co. ; drugs , II. B. Boy-
don ; flour , Gludo , fe Co. ; butter , Uocssor A
Co. ; groceries , W B. Kerr ; coal , 10. It. Kerr ;
dry goods nnd clothing , Ham Wolback.
Chronic Insane Hastings : Meats , Palmer
Brothers ; groceries , Charles II. Klpp ; dry
goods , Pickens & Sons ; bread , Jacob Fisher ;
boots mid shoos , George Kent ; drugs , Me-
Wade & Smith ; clothing , Fulk & Bloom ;
coal , Hastings fuel company. The board
'
passed a resolution that tho' whole of the
drug bill be purchased nt onco.
State Industrial School Ifcarnoy : Gro
ceries , H Coddlngton & Son ; coal , Kaymer
& Co. ; dry goods , C. B. Finch ; Hour , fvear-
noy milling company.
Insane Hospital Norfolk : Drugs , A. 1C.
Leonard ; coal , Uaynior & Co. ; liroad , Birch-
nrd , Bridges & Co. ; moats , W. H. Euderly ;
groceries , Uaymond Bros. & Co.
Feeble-minded Beatrice : Coal , J. L.
Mageo&Co. ; groceries , Anderson & Co. ;
bread , lirenkor Bros. ; me.xt , C. F. Wilbor.
Deaf and Dumb Institute , Omaha Bread ,
Otto Wagnor.
Institution Fortho Blind Nebraska City
Moats , G. W. Eisor ; coal. C. Chapman ; gro
ceries , F. T. Davis ; broad , T. W. Wcliloring.
01)113 ANI > 1INDS.
The now coliseum association of Omaha
has filed articles of incor'ior.itlon. The capl- \
tal stock is § , VOIX ) ) . The mcorporators uro f
M. L. Koodor , M. S. Lindsay. Goorco W. '
Poyutor , Luther Poland and J'ohu A. Wako-
field. j
George McDonald , the supervising nrchi- '
tcct of the state industrial school at Geneva , '
has IlleJ his baud for $10,000 with the secre
tary of stato. His sureties are E. K. Cobb , '
\V. H. Jamison , W. II. Stewart and H. S.
Huston. j
Sheriff Jones of Gage county has brought I
J. F. Burns and Thomas Wright to the poni- ,
tcntlary.
JB.tL.31AVKttA"ft SVCCKSSOK.
A. Now I'rcsiilent of Chill Elected
Jlctuly for n Iluttln.
NKW YOIIK , July 2. The following Is from
the Herald :
CoqciMiio , Chili , Juno 28. The now presi
dent of the government party has boon
elected. The provinces In south Chili , nil
under Bahnaceda's control , voted ou Satur
day. As was a foregone conclusion , Bal-
maccda's candidate , Vicuna , was chosen his
successor. This is only a general ropoit of
the voto. The final result will not bo mndo
public until July .io. Between now and then
Bnlmacedn will remain in olllco nnd will hesItate -
Itato at nothing to stump out the revolution.
Ho is m the fight to the bitter on'd. There
will bo no compromise , Either ho must fall
or the insurgents will have to make an un
conditional surrender.
This town is alive today with warlike
scones. Everything points to n fierce fight
at a very early date. News roaches hero
that all the ships of the insurgent fleet , with
the ono exception of tlio Esuioralda , are Iu
rendezvous ut Caldera , 200 miles to the north ,
the port where the Blanco Enculada was
sunk. Their purpose is , without doubt , to
attack Coqulmbo at onco. It seems that the
insurcents have boon encouraged by the re
ports emanating from hero of dissatisfaction
nnionir the supporters of Baimaccda. They
hope to bo joined by hundreds of deserters
ns soon as they make a descent upon this
place. IF this Is so it will mnito a difTurcnco
In the coming light. It looks as if the Insur
gents and the BalinacodlsLs would bo In con
flict by July 1 or'J. There are fi.OOO govern
ment troops In this town. Much less than
one-half of these are regulars. The rest are
volunteers. They are not to bo much de
pended on. It is from their ran Us that matt
of th'j deserters to the other side are gath
ered. There Is no telling what the strength
of the insurgents at Caidora is. It is thought
that they have 0,000 troops Iu all , which are
well armed , und that only for luclc ot ammu
nition they could put a much larger force Into
the field. I have been informed that an at
tack by both land and son upon Coqulmbo
may bo looked for.
Balmaco'lu's ollicers hero nro making every
every preparation for a savage resistance.
They nro trained men and good lighters The
weakness of the Balinaceda army Is iu Its
volunteer ! ) . The messugo was filed nt Co-
julmbo ou Sunday , June " 8 , for transmission.
A reporter asked the manager of the Wosiorn
Union telugruph company last night how ho
accounted for the delay In Its reaching New
Yorlt. He said the Unlay was duo to the Im
perfect telegraphic facilities In Cnlll. Those
: ablcgrams roach Now Yorlc via Gulvoston ,
i'ax. , and the manager of the telegraph oOlco
there tologr.iphed last night that the message
was not received from Coqulmbo till yester
day. It Is possible that the dnlay was partly
duo to the opposition of thu representatives
of Batmacodu , who control Coqulmbo , to the
sending out of new * . Former reports from
hat country have alluded to the difficulty of
sending out news , though the Henild corro-
spomlct.t docs not refer to nny dlalculty in
sending the above Jtory.
Su ar Impmitor * App.Mnte I.
WVSIHXUTOX , July 2. Tbo commissioner
of liiUirnnl rovoauo htu appointed the follow-
INK mgar Inspectors under the precision of
thn tariff hill In rngnrd to the bounty ou
donu-stlo sugar ! Henry C. Morton , District
ot Columbia ; Harvey N. Shuscr , Ohio ;
George E. Fletcher , Now Hnnp < hlroEv ; ) rott
H. Norton , Mnlno ; H. Lornnz , Iowa. Tha
law limits the number of thnici Inspectors to
twelve.
KMt ov A wiA7ii' Tiifi.itr.
Sliniin Whin n Thottxuiul AVitllcluK
I'foiii CJiilvcstou to < ! hlt < nK < > -
CHICAGO Orpin : or Tim r KK , I
( Jniouio , July i ) . I
Tl'ore nrrlved Iu the city yesterday n travel-
stained nml foot-sore pedestrian. Ho wns
Gcorgo Slmiiis , and ho had counted nvorv
railroad tie between this town nud Gntvcston ,
Tex. ( J. U. Fox , of Galvcston , waged $1,000
that Slmms could not walk without money
from Gulvestou to Chicago In sixty days ,
SlintiM accepted the challenge. Yesterday hu
completed his long tramp , finishing four or
flvn hours abend of time. Slmms says th.it
ho had nil sorts of thrilling experience ; ) . Su
many adventures were crowded Into his
trnmp that ho will wrlto a book.
IIKXOU.VUI ; THE I'ltrnHtAX ri.orrr.u.
The Houinii Catholic Inymou of Chicago do
not tnko Ulndly to the Cahonsly scheme for
planting foreign bishops iu their midst. Not
oven the language of condemnation used by
Archbishop Ireland nnd trading Honiau Cath
olic papers exceeds In heartiness the censure
which the laymen of the faith utter in regard
to the "Prussian plotter , " as Herr C.iheusly
has been called.
tnov WOIIKKHS c.vu.Ki ) orr.
The iron workers hold n big moating last
night and decided to call out all tliu struc
tural moil employed ou the buildings now
under police protection and th structural
men will assess themselves in order to sup
port the shopiu"u who are ou u strike. The
structural uiun nro Instructed not to work
"scabs" or hnudlo iron made in nou-uiilou
shops.
C'llKATEII WITH 1'AMSV.il.
No. 40 of "Confidential memorandum , "
which contains u list of individuals who
have violated railroad passes , has jmt booli
Issued. The railroad ofllolals will not
dlvulgo the naino of the compiler or publisher
of this unique monthly , whluh Is circulated
socrntly among them. The in-osent number
comprises nineteen pages devoted to Indi
viduals and sovou to minor newspapers.
Among the ImllIdual dollnqiionts nro min
isters and national , state and local olllclals
who are charged with having sold , loaned ,
altered , extended and oven forged passes and
special and editorial trip nud mileage tickets.
1IKMII.T DOSH Ok1 Oil.
John Molntyro , living near Crawfordsvillo ,
Ind. , while Iu the harvest field stopped to
nist under a trro and wns approached nv
three young Indies , ono of whom ho greatly
admired. So iiitorostcil did ho become lii
conversation that when hu reached for the
water Jug to tnko n drink ho got hold of a jug
of macliino oil Instead iii.it swnllowod nearly
n pint before he ro.iliml the mlstako. Ho
has been in convulsions over sluco and may
not survive.
niiiitsiii : : : TIII : WIIISKV otrrruT.
Tlio whisky trust this morning notified th
collector of internal rovunuo that the cap *
city of thu Shiifoldt and Culuinot dlstillnruis
had been reduced. At Peoria itstmilarrcduu-
tion has taken place and the same is true of
the other distilleries of the trust. The trust
officers claim the doorcase In the output from
the Shufoldt is imply because ot thu usual
Hummer stagnation , but thti trust distilleries
universally restricting their output is pre
sumed to mean , by those who nro in u posi
tion to know , tliat the trust doesn't intend to
waste Its capital when it Is unnecessary.
Jl.t ttJIKttKXTKXVEIi. .
Fifteen Years In Prison ami to Pay n v
Heavy Kino.
Pnn.inKi.rniA , July 3. Ex-City Treasurer
Bardsloy was sentenced this morning to fif
teen years solitary confinement iu the peni
tentiary and to pay n line equalling the sum
to which ho pleaded guilty. The fact that
Bnrdsloy was to bo sentenced today was not
genornlly known and there wns not moro
than fifty people in the court room. The dis
trict nttornoy spoke briefly. In the course
of his remarks ho denied Bardsloy's conten
tion , made In his statement to the court u
weoli ago , that the ex-troasuror bad not mis
appropriated a dollar. Graham showed that
bv Bardsloy's own statement ho mutt have
nt least misappropriated ? i-0UCH ) . as that was
the amount required to be made good by his
sureties. Although hoes not able as yet to
specific-tally state where the money had gouo
to , Graham said Bardsloy's shortage would
amount to about ? IO ) ,000 or $ .00,000.
Alexander , counsel for Bardsloy , reviewed
the statement made by lib client and ap
pealed to the court for mercy on the ground
of Bardsloy's ' plea of guilty nd his past ser
vices to tbo city. Alexander said Burdsloy
did not got n dollar of the money ho put into
tbo Keystone bank , nud that wltnln six
I months It would bo shown who did. Alex
! audor vehemently declared his client had nc
stolen a dollar , hut that ho had only
pleaded guilty to the statutory offences
of loaning and' speculating with nud receiv
ing intorobt on public funds. Never with
his consent , said Alexander , should Bards
loy appear before the investigating committee -
tee of the councils to testify , but If ut any
time thu district attorney desired any Information
mation or assistance , his client was willing
to ni'1. him.
While his counsel had been speaking
Bardsloy sat witli bownd head nervously
tracing imaginary lines with the back ot n
1 pen upon the table before him. With the
exception of his brother-in-law not ono of tlm
hundreds of friends that Bardsloy had a
year ago wi'ro present when ho
arose to receive the sentcnca of the
court. Judge Wilson's severe words caused
Banlsloy the most pnlpablo distress. AH thu
judge said ho could find no pallia ) Ion for
Bardsloy's malfeasance nnd that his offeuso
was moro open to censure from his ilmso of
hU official position , the prisoner almost
collapsed and seemed about to sink to tlio
floor from his chair. Nevertheless , tioforo
Judge Wilson had concluded nnd ordered htm
to arise to receive his sentence , Bnrdsley hud
completely regained his composures and re
ceived the words that .sent him to prison fif
teen years with an utter aosauco of nny taut
tloit.
M'tllE-VICA t'KKItti.
Thov say George III was Imbaclle ,
A regular royal gllly ,
'Twas Washington prepared the pill
That knocked his jlglets silly.
Baseball in Its present perfect Xonn has
como Into being only lately , but along about
1788 Uncle Sum made n huso lilt , and Johnny
Bull scored one of the most luminous hoinu
runs ou record.
Ho wasn't an idiot only the dnda son of
nn nngloinanlai ; . Ho had board of xhoottitif
firecrackers , but ho didn't know how they
did it. Ho put his pnclc as n target and tried
to shoot thnni with his bow anil arrow It
was very Kngllsh , but not entirely success
ful , and now ho wonders why the nelnliuors'
daughters giggle ns they pass by.
It is not known where the thermometer
Blood on the Fourth of July , 1770 , but It Isnu
historical fact that John Bull and the nuglo-
maniacs found this country pretty hot ou the
day iu question.
Orator of the Day It U n glorloui event
wo colebrato. Do you know thatt Why uro
you hero today , do you know }
Boy In the Audience Yes ; wo thought you
wasn't ' coming.
First Boy Wo hnd nn olngant time nn the
Fourth. My papa burned bis eyebrows off.
Second Boy Pshaw. That's iiothln' . My
jsjn'B house got burned down and there
wasn't no Insurance only n mortgage ) .
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report