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    THE OiMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JULY 1 < 5 , 1801 ,
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OHIO nnd Iowa nro the strategic states
for the olT-ycar campaign ,
WYOMING is working up to a mining
activity which promises great dovolop-
inonta in thnt industry.
WITH $50,500,000 already laid by for n ,
reserve and a nmgnificont crop now being -
ing garnered , Nebraska ctin look into
the future with the utmodt complacency.
NKHUASKA ingenuity is nqual to the
taak of manufacturing election booths.
Tiio eastern man witli a patent will bo
excused for the season. The eastern
man with a patent right has boon-hero
often oTiough already.
JEUUY SiMPdON declares the only way
to got rid of the mortgage indebtedness
of Kansas is repudiation. In view of the
fact that the people of Kansas are liqui
dating at the rate of 31,000,000 per
month , Jerry's declaration sounds alarm
ingly like n vilification of his constitu
ency.
.ALT. , efforts made to date this year to
got up nn Indian war have failed. It is
almost safe to say that Indian wars in
this country are ended. Tno savages are
hemmed in by whites and in sight of
soldiers everywhere. Nothing but des
peration can induce the remnants of the
great tribes to fight
WHAT Prof. Snow of the Kansas uni
versity does not know nbout nrasahop-
pors it will take Unolo Jerry Rusk and
the agricultural department a long time
to find out Ho says the Colorado grass
hoppers which have boon tnuking a sea.
antion huwostorn Kansas are non-migra
tory and practically harmless. This
Bottles itor the present.
IN 1689 the school census enumerator
found ] ,030 children in the Third ward.
His auccoHsor must have boon excep
tionally liv/.y , for ho discovered but 712.
The assessor this your , however , got up
early and worked Into. lie reports 3,01-J.
It is hard to say without investigation
which of the three assessors is most unre
liable. If there are but 2,7-10 children in
the First ward the returns from the
Third nro grossly padded.
SKNATOU PKFKKUSJ foot is becoming
inextricably looked in his .mouth. The
latest illustration of this fact is a show
ing made by the Topeka CVt/iiYuZ / of the
mortgages released and filed in 50
counties during April-May and Juno of
this year , by which it appears that the
total reduction of mortgage indebted
ness for the porio"ll named is $073,753.
Those- three months are not these usu
ally selected by farmers for liquidating
indebtedness , and the reports cover loss
than half the counties in the state. The
fact is that Kansas is paying olT her
mortgages at the average rate of
nbout $1,000,000 per month , in splto of
the calamity howls to the contrary.
There appears to bo favorable prom
ise thnt the French government will
abandon its attitude of hostility to
American pork. The minister of agri
culture advocates the withdrawal of
prohibition , and is supported by two
ether members of the cabinet , and there
are ether inlluoncoH on the sanio sido.
Ifaeont advlcoa reported thnt the matter
had boon referred to the council of
hyglono , and it is believed that the report -
port of that body will bo favorable. The
able advocacy of the American case by
Minister Hold thus appoara to be bearing -
ing good fruit , but there in doubtless a
vigorous pressure from domestic hog
raisers which the government finds
it hard to overcome. It is an
nounced ; also , that the Gorman govern
ment la nbout ready to announce a with
drawal of the prohibition In Germany ,
having expressed entire confidence in
the inspection system of the United
States. This intelligence disposes of tha
idea that in the event of the formation
'of u commercial alliance between the
countries of central Europe American
pork would iirobably bo excluded from
these countries by a prohibitory tariff ,
since it is not nt all likely that Germany
would bo a party to an arrangement
which would render that government
amenable to a charge of duplicity nnd
fuluo pretenses. She will not remove
ono form of prohibition to adopt another.
T/IK KAST OMA1U
Cut-Oil Island has boon elnco 18/7 a
sort of no man's land. Prior to thnt
period It was in Iowa. It was hardly
worth contending for , however , until
thu Hast Omaha land company began to
Improve it and establish Its value ns n
site for railway nnd mnnumcturing en
terprises. When It became apparent
thnt a prosperous suburb would grow up
there it was desirable tn determine defi
nitely whether It belongs to Iowa or
Nebraska. If the middle of the channel
of the Missouri river as laitl down In the
maps of 1851 Is the boundary between
the two states East Omaha belongs to
Iowa unquestionably. If the present
channel Is the boundary it belong * to
Nebraska. But In the former case Iowa
would lose the eastern ends of both
bridges and the bottoms west of Spoon
lake. In the event of a decision favorIng -
Ing the present channel Iowa will lese
nil of East Omaha.
The change in 1877 was a sudden ono
nnd It is contended that it should not
determine the boundary and no right by
accretion comes to either state , but the
channel us it had gradually outlined its
cour.Ho at that time should bo the line of
demarcation between the two. In this
ca o the oust end of the island is in Iowa ,
and the principal p irt of the manufac
turing enterprises belong in Iowa.
'Tho Nebraska attitude in the contro
versy is very much like that of the
darkey's coon trap , "It is sot to cotch
'om a-cotnin' jest do same as a-goin' . "
Whatever conclusion the supreme
court reaches will add to the territory
of this state land which at the ditto of
the admission of Nebraska to the union
and for many years subsequently was
conceded to belong to Iowa. The points
Involved are very nice ones , and the de
cision of the supreme court will be an
American precedent for the application
of a time honored common low principle ,
whether East Omaha goes to Council
Bluffs or the two bridges corno to
Omaha or the state line is located be
tween the two tracts in East Omaha.
TIIK CUAUTAUQUA ASSEMIIT.r.
Omaha people are reminded that the
Omaha and Council Bluffs Chnutauqua
assembly is now in session on the beau
tiful grounds in the outskirts of Council
BlutTs. This city is lamentably wanting
in pleasure places but her Iowa sister is
abundantly provided for and cheerfully
shares her attractions with Omaha ,
The beautiful parks of Council Bluffs ,
the driving park , Lake Manawa and the
Chaulauqua grounds are all easily ticces-
iablo from this side of the river and atone
ono time and another offer to our citizens
especial attractions.
Just now the Chautauqua assembly is
the drawing card in Council Bluffs.
The grounds are reached by motor and
rail or by motor and private convey
ances or by team direct from , Omaha. It
takes only nbout an hour to go from
this side of the river , and if there were
no intellectual treat offered the beauty
of the grounds and the charms of the
drive over and back would amply repay
the visitor for his time and nominal ox-
ponso.
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock ox-
Senator Ingalls will deliver ono of his
great lectures. Mr. Ingalls is ono of the
most interesting public speakers in
America. Ho is witty , original 'and en
tertaining. His ability and reputation
are a guaranty that his lecture will bo
brilliant , startling and enjoyable , wheth
er the hearer agrees with his sentiments
or not. It will bo ah intellectual treat
which citizens of Omaha cannot afford to
miss. The association shows a degree
of enterprise in securing Mr. Ingalls
which deserves recognition , and Tine
BKK hopes Omaha will crowd all the
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transportation facilities on this occasion.
THE "KA TIONAIj ALltlAKCB UNION. "
Reports have boon numerous recently
of a comprehensive project to unite the.
farmers of the country for the nurposo of
holding back grain and pushing up the
price to a specified figure. A Now York
paper states that a secret conclave of
representative farmers' alliance men
from all parts of thocountry was recent
ly hold at an but-of-tho-way hotel in the
vicinity of that city at which a scheme
of the above character was concocted.
This mooting was hold several weeks
ago , and all possible secrecy was ob
served regarding it , but there were
some present at the mooting who
were unwilling to endorse the project
until it had received the approval of
the alliance through its various chan
nels of expression. Accordingly the
Bohomo was formulated in a glowing
'prospectus , says the paper giving the
information , in which the name of the
institution was quoted as the National
alliance union , and resolutions were
adopted calling upon the state exchanges
to submit the scheme to the judgment
of their subordinate district and county
exchanges. It was resolved thnt when
a sufficient number of the subordinate
exchanges approve the plan a national
convention shall bo called to formulate
and finally adopt and organize the
schomo. It is said that the principal promoter -
motor of the project Is an olllcial of the
National Cordage company by which title
the twlno and bagging trust is incorpo
rated. A mooting of Missouri and Kan
sas farmers for promoting this scheme
was hold in Kansas City yesterday ,
There Is no ro-'son to doubt that a
movement of this kind has been started
and is of wide oxlont. Whether It can
be carried out as projected is a question
which may bo worthy the consideration
of practical men , farmers particularly.
It H > wnll to remember that ono of the
chief causes of the rapid dovolopmontof
wliuat-growing in British India , which
nearly a decade ago began to threaten
the market for American wheat
in western Europe , was the persist- ,
out attempt of speculators to - maintain
tain the price of xvheat against the
changed conditions landing to lower the
price as the opening of cheap now lands ,
the use of Improved farm machinery ,
nnd the reduced cost of transportation.
Of course the speculators were beaten.
The wheat markets of the world could
not bo cornered by withholding from
European exchanges the export surplus
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of the American crop. The result 'was
Injurious to the wheat producers of the
United States , who have , ever slnco
Buffered from the 'greatly increased
competition incident to the ( level- ,
opmont of wheat production In"
India , Australia and elsewhere , The
present may appear a bolter oppor
tunity to renew the attempt to corner
the world's markets , but It must bo obvi
ous to intelligent and practical iron that
in any circumstances it is nn oxtroinoly
hazardous undertaking , It is true that
the European crop is short , but it will
not bo wlso to calculate too much upon
the Inability of Europe to got along
without our wheat , A sharp advance
In price may greatly decrease the con
sumption of wheat-Importing countries
llko Franco and Great Britain , while lu
whoat-oxportlng countries such as India ,
Russia and Hungary the same olTcct
would bo produced upon homo consump
tion , with the result of releasing n
greater portion of the crops than usual
for export.
The proposed scheme Invites Amor-
lean farmers to risk the losses
which the speculators formerly sus
tained , ns well ns the entailed ovlls
which foil upon'tho agricultural Inter
ests of the United States. Hnw many
of them are in condition to take such
risk ? Can any largo number of them
nlTord to reject a fair price for their
wheat in the face of pressing obliga
tions the postponed payment of which
would cnnblo creditors to largely in
crease their exactions ? The producer
has a right , by every legitimate moans ,
to got the highest price ho can for his
products , but it Is questionable whether
the plan the farmers of the country are
asked to adopt is legitimate , judicious ,
or practicable. Further developments
in the promotion of this scheme of a
national alliance union will be watched
with curious and cronoral Interest.
A MOUK disgraceful squabble than
that ever the possession of the remains
of the unfortunate victim of the elevator -
tor accident in the Paxton hotel seldom
occurs. The part played in it by the
coroner is ns discreditable to him profes
sionally as officially. The cold-blooded
avarice of the man is shocking to the
decency of the community. Coroners ,
post-mortem doctors and undertakers
may look upon"a mangled corpse as
a source of profit and unfeelingly
quarrel ever its possession as farmers
might contest for the possession of a
brute , without a qualm of conscience era
a sickening revulsion of fooling. People
generally , however , naturally regard
such conduct as mercenary , ghoulish ,
disreputable and inhuman. The citi
zens of Omaha are fast losing patience
with the coroner and the greedy sang of
doctors , constables and hangors-on ho
has attached to him&olf.
A Sl'KCIAlj dispaich from Beaver City ,
Furnas county , announces that wheat
harvest is underway with the largest
crop over known. The implement deal
ers have not boon able to fill their or
ders for binders' , and consequently a
part of the crop will bo wasted for want
of facilities for harvesting it. Every
machine is going from sunrise until
dark , and many are running on Sunday ,
but oven these extraordinary efforts are
unequal to the emergency. Information
of this character comes also from ether
sections of the state , and everything
points to the largest crop ever harvested
in Nebraska. Bettor still is the pros
pect that the crops will sell at the
highest prices known for many years.
This is indeed the farmers' jubilee.
WITH three lawyers in the office of
the city attorney and ono on the judi-
ciory committee of the council the city
has a right to expect that technical
accidents shall not occur at the expense
of the city. The fact that Dr. Clarke
Gapon can bo entitled to two salaries
for the same service for thrco months is
a sarcastic commentary upon Iho diligence -
gonco of the legal department of city
affairs. This represents a loss to the
tax payers of $000 or moro than enough
to pay the salary of ono additional
stenographer in the city attorney's
oil ice.
TIIK board of trade paid $400 for an
ndvortisment in a comic paper. Four
hundred dollars will buy and pay postage -
ago upon ono thousand copies of last
SUNDAY'S BKK with the exhibit of the
financial condition of Nebraska. It re
mains to bo uddod , however , that the
board of. trade has not ordered the ono
thousand extra copies of THE SUNDAY
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BEE.
SOJIEHODY is responsible for allowing
Dr. Clarke Gapon to hold two city ofii-
cos and draw two salaries. The genial
doctor is doubtlosscompetont to perform
the duties of two ordinary physicians ,
but that is no reason why ho should bo
paid $4,400 per year when the plain in
tent of the charter is to allow him but
$2,000.
No wonder the controversy between
the city and county physician has boon
in abeyance for several wooks. The city
physician had no occasion to protest in
view of the fact that ho has boon receiv
ing a little moro than double the salary
contemplated by the charter.
THE light testing apparatus which it
is proposed to purchase for the olty will
cost $ lf7" ! . It will bo cheap at this ,
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price provided it has no slot into which'
the lighting companies can drop boodle
and make the machine play music of
their own selection ,
I MMMW MW
Drt. C&AKKU GAi'KN , city physician
and commissioner of health , should use
ono of his salaries in purchasing an iun-
bulnnco for the convonlonc'o of the
health and police departments. This
will bo patriotic and gonorour.
A HOND for his brothor-ln-lnw is very
often as satisfactory un obligation as ono
for a councilman himself. It looks just
an peculiar , however , when officers of
frnnohiacd corporations and city con
tractors are the bondsmen.
DEI.IKOUS demagogues who live by
traducing this state and its people find
very cold comfort In THE SUNDAY BEE'S
exhibit of the financial condition of Ne
braska.
A OAIN of nearly 3,000 in .the last
year In the school enumeration la con
clusive proof that Omaha IB growing in
population steadily.
TIIK board of public lands and buildings -
ings should not allow the Hastings in
vestigation to drag itself throijgh the
summer. The hot weather will not help
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the sinoll of Ww thlng n particle. The
sooner the Inquest Is over nnd the corpses
nro Interred tfj , < jjoltor it will bo for nil
concerned. y < - ,
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j xro the greatest excur
sion travelers4 , ! ] ! the world. Fourteen
thousand dolej os nttondcd the throat
Christian Endeavor mooting at Minne
apolis last week- ! and ever Ilftccn thou
sand were at thef same time hurrying as
? ' ' them to the
fast as trains otild , carry
National toouhers' convention at To- '
ronto. Those tulo the special excursion
ists The regular tourists from the cities
to thi ) ocean , Inko and mountain resorts
n u in lie r millions.
GOOD for the Nebraska delegation to
the National Teachers' association. It
steamed into Toronto on the "Empress of
India1' singing "America. " The To
ronto people were delighted because the
air is "God Save the Queen , " and hence
enthusiasm prevailed both on shore and
on the wave. It was a reciprocal dem
onstration.
A CONTRACT to supply himpa of slx-
teon-oandjo power with no penalty for
violating this provision is n good one for
the mayor to lay ever for repairs. Let
us have a contract with the apparent
leaks at least safely calked up.
ALTHOUGH it is more than three
mo'nths ainco the amended charter tool :
effect rules for the government of the
board of health are not yet adopted. In
some particulars the Omaha city council
is a , deliberative body.
'MiSMliisus of the board of education
should not forgot th.vt it will require
rare executive ability and consummate
tact to manage the public school system
of this community with 27,273 children
of pchool ago.
IT is to bo hoped the mayor will con
tinue to vote ordinances Increasing the
number of municipal tax eaters. Wo
now have too many names and salaries
on the city pay roll.
JAMES E. CASH-HELL , was oy no means
the unanimous choice of the democratic
convention , although a slnglo ballot re-
nominated him for governor of Ohio.
A SALAUY of $1,000 ought to secure an
honest sanitary commissioner.
Wheezy at the Joints.
Washington I'ost.
As a political m'efry-RO-round the Isaac IJ.
Gray presidential boom is n great success.
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A nmicuit Job.
Gbttie-Democrat.
It will bo very difficult for the democrats
to fllch Mr. Wunatnakor's good name from
him on tbo ialo1 talk of a man who is now
serving a llftooii yoars' term as an om-
bozzlor. „
Prepare for Thanksgiving.
A'fmjrarle World.
An American grain crop of 3,200,000,000
bushnls , the heaviest ever known , Is reported
as in sight. To do justice to the occasion let
this year's Thanksgiving turkey begin to
fatten himself up forthwith.
Cull the Roll. '
' nillttdelpllfd Pressi '
The fact that the domocratio editors In
Kansas favor the runomlnatlon of Cleveland ,
is Important only because it shows that there
are still sorao democrats In Kansas despite
the ascendency of the farmers' alliance.
Ghniico to Kcilcom Themselves.
Nurfolli News.
GovornorThnyor announces that bo doesn't
believe the people want an extra session of
the legislature and ho therefore will not call
one. This will ba making it all the more
necessary for the inonjbors of tbo state board
of transportation to make on effort to earn
their salaries.
Harvest Excursions.
Denver Sun.
The Nebraska papers are insisting that the
harvest excursions m that state bo run this
year as usual. If the crop reports are not
grossly exaggerated , there is certainly every
reason why tha excursions should bo con
tinued. Tbo formers can enjoy excursions
this year with no twinges of conscience be
cause of the coat.
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Failed to Work.
Clilcagu Times.
Tbo conviction of ex-Treasurer Moland of
Missouri on the charge of embezzling $37,000
of state funds and his sentence to two years
in the penitentiary can not fail to cause gen
eral astonishment. It bus generally been
supposed that tho'fact that ho lost the money
at poker would bo regarded by a Missouri
jury as an extenuating circumstance.
Omaha the Proper Place.
Kearneil Hub. *
Omaha has received the endorsement of
the state republican control committee as the
proper plauo for holding the next national
republican convention. There is no quo.itlon
about Omaha being the proper place. Ic is
centrally located , easy of access and the ex
pediency of the proposition cannot bo
doubted. Tun Bun is pulling strong for the
convention.
' 1 lie hong nnil the Hiort or It.
SpnnufkM Itepuliltcan.
The receiver of the Keystone bank nt Phil
adelphia finds that tha assets equal $1,720,511 ,
of which $990,003 nrj of doubtful vnluo nnd
$103,1112 worthloss. On the other hand , tbo
liabilities are $1,7:15,077 : , , not including the
duo bills for UarMsloy's alleged loan of $925-
000 of public money or $2,000,000 with these
thrown in. Abolit iVmlllloii and a half is the
size of the bank's s u'al. This must pretty
nearly beat \ho \ record.
The Ilr.jio'hiKl ' the Fair.
HoW/u / dlolie ,
All honor to thb nAive western woman who
took down her lli/stfand'3 / Winchester rillo
and put holes tbrqu h. the bodies of three nf
a gang of whlig jcaps who were about to
whip him in their usual savngo fashion. The
white cap oulraganidmvo gene f.ir enough ,
and it ls < Umo tha'coltl load treatment adopted
by lliii plucky womnji was more generally
applied. The avortftu white cap is just about
us barbarous a b < jijf | [ ] 3 Jack tbo Ripper.
Sl8tty"Noise. .
Kan t'rane.licn Call.
The assumption Is unwarranted that the
west Is for frou coinage. In tbo country
west of tbo Missouri valley the silver mining
Interest is largo nnd powerful , It controls
men and it controU newspapers. It makes a
tremendous uolso , so loiid that it appears to
bo the voice of the whole western pooplo.
But it is not. A vast minority of the people
of tbo west nro not owners of silver mines ,
and bavo not the smallest notion of parting
with their property or their labor for n cur
rency which Is depreciated.
The ICHhcncn of Justice.
I'IMailtMta Itecunl.
The supreme court of NobnwUa has do-
ailed that \vbeu a husband Is physically un-
iblo to support his family , and his wlfo corns
the money to pay Iho bills , she Is the legal
licad of the family. Few authorities , legal
or socml , will presume to question thnt such
A decision is In accord with thocquitio ? , anil
therefore , promottvo to the public good
Nevertheless , In Us tendency it Is cnleilliUci
to crcato on apprehension m the moro timorous
rous of manly bosoms thnt the doctrine n
loRal headship If given an Inch may
gradually proceed to help Itself to
nn ell ; In other words , that It might
result In a division authority which would nf
ford lamcntablo disproof of the mlago that
two heads nro better than one.
This apprehension is prcmnturo , to any the
least. There is not the slightest warrant for
assuming thnt woman drost in n Itttlo brief
authority would so nbusoltby fnntastiotricks
as to wring tears from the nngcU , M Shako-
sponro tells us man h wont to do. So far as
actual headship of the family may po , money
or the capacity for corning money is by no
means the only test of primaoy. Talent of
Various sorts , and especially executive talent ,
Is very often found to survo the same func
tion as authority. Tills , however , Is merely
do facto authority , which Is a very different
thing from authority before the law. Thus
far the rights of the husband are entirely se
cure oven lu Nebraska.
The decision Is not only unassailable from
the standpoint of equity , but it is ono moro
proof ol the oft-noted fact that the western
courts are taking advanced ground on ques
tions touching the lognl status of woman
ivhioh the moro conservative judicial func
tionaries of the east may as well prepare to
keep pace with. Meanwhile , and until the
coming of thnt golden era , wo may expect to
see n hegira of uasturn wives , with their hus
bands and families , to tbo promising Ne
braska plains ; for the women of the east
know a good thing when they see it.
M'ASSlXd JWlti.
Arconant : Ho : What kinds of men do you
think makes the best linsbiimls ?
She : liiicliolors and widowers.
N. Yf Herald : Chawloy I foil from my
nhual thli morning , Jllss Jones Took u wegu-
lar hrador.
Miss J. Is Hint'so ? I always board that
you never tumbled ,
Washington I'ost : Husband : Dear , I wish
ynu would brim ; tno mv hut out of the other
room.
Wife sharply Io It yourself. I'd look
pretty wallltiRon you , wouldn't 1 ?
Husband : Vos dear. That's why I asked
you to ,
The chap who trk-s to win a miss
Hy aipoaUiK | : to her reason ,
IB much loss Ilka to gain his bliss
Than ho who ventures on : i kl s.
Combined with gentle Miueozln * .
Judge : Ironical Guest There's only a nice ,
lareo fly In this slow , wultor.
Waiter yuasi I diino notice doy was only
one. It's kinder early for dam yot. boss , an'
yor can't hardly 'spec' mo' dan ono till doy's
In season.
Somorvllle Journal : Convlct--Excnso me ,
nia'nm , yon dropped your handkerchief.
Lady Visitor Thank you ; vou are very
good.
Convict ( caRorly ) Say , ma'am , you couldn't
manage to purstimlo the gov'nor of that ,
somehow , could ycr ?
Washington Star : A young woman un town
whoso first name Is Lily asUod her George
town loiii : to write her an obituary poem , and
ho did this :
"Wo have planted hero this Lily ,
The loveliest , by RUIII ,
That ever grow upon the earth
To bloom In kingdom come , "
The Disappointed Girl It was awful luck.
They called at the sail o , tlmo. Both wanted
to propose. Neither would go. and
The Confidante \ \ hloh one got loft ?
The Disappointed 1 did.
Munaoy's Weekly : Alglo What an unro-
mantle girl Miss Chotuau Is ! She shocked me
terrible last nlpht.
Oharllo Indued ! How was that ?
Altflo--At parting 1 aslicd her for a little
kiss , and she said thatshuciime from St. Loulg
and her mouth wasn't built for little kisses.
VICTORY IN TKAKS.
Sumervllle Journal.
She raged In torrents of abuse.
Ho never fipoko a word ;
To watch his calm. Impressive face
You would not know bo huird.
Sim talked , and talked , and talked , and talked ,
IIu kunt his mouth closed t't'lit ' :
Ilnr language would liavo withered him ,
If words could blast and blight.
And so the sharp warfare was waged
In a one-sided way ,
She Kettinginoro and moro onruged ,
With more and mcro to siy.
Till finally , qulto breaking down ,
She just bugun to cry.
And so she won the victory-
Men know the reason why.
Detroit Free Press : She had just moved
Into her own house on Forest nvuiiuo nnd a
frlnn'd was ciilllnn on hor.
"This Is a vary pleasant locality , " said the
visitor.
"Oh , yea : I like It very much. That's why
wo bought the house. "
"Wiiiit kind of nolchhors huvo you ? "
"Iteally , 1 don't know. "
"Haven't you got acquainted with any of
them ? "
"Oh. no , " with some pride ; "they all live In
rented houses , you know. "
Epoch : "Is there no hope , doctor , " naked
the dying congressman.
"No. "
"Then If I must die. toll the boys to place
the limit at S3 and drink nothing but cham
pagne on the funeral train. "
Rochester l'ost-K\pross : In tbo year 1930.
Grandson 1 b'pobo you've seen a good muuy
oxeltlns Units , grandpa.
Grandpa Yos. bov. I used to write poetry
and take It to the edltois myself.
Drooklyn Llfo : Strawbor I board that you
madu an hour's speech ut the debuting club.
Was It well received ?
Slugorly They cheered mo when I sut down.
Harvard Lampoon : S. I'ongo Can you lot
mo have JIO for a week or M > ?
G. Iviioroiis I'vo only got $9. but you can
huvo that If It will do.
H. I'ongo All rlcht ; I'll take that and then
you will owe mo 21 ,
/II'/JA"/ J'-OA/i1.
Laura Itosaman'l IIVillo ( n Cleveland Leader.
Youth's earlier vears may bo ns fair
As is the sunlight of the air ,
Kro day is done ;
Till boyhood drops life's playful gamo.
That never can bo quite the sarao
At twenty-one.
At twouty-ono the man is born ,
Who suonM the world of men adorn ,
With life begun
In earnestness , for hu has power
To help make rulers of the hour ,
At twenty-one.
The old nnd gray must pass away ,
Death's dictum they will soon obey ,
Their race is run ;
But the bravo youths of our great land ,
Join wisdom's concourse , heart and hand ,
At twenty-oiio.
At twenty-one the earth Is sweet ,
And liowors bloom over ut the foot-
Hope denies nouo ;
But paints u future of delight.
That almost dawns upon the .sight ,
At twenty-one.
'
*
May every wish so far ns boat
Be gratllled , and life bo blest ,
And grand work done ,
For God and man , till life shall end ,
These are my wishes for ray frlond ,
Just twenty-one.
Alore Mon to Cheese From.
SAN FIUNUIHCO , Gal. , July 15. The atato
board of trade has adopted n resolution
claiming for California the chlofchlp of the
department of horticulture of tno world's fair
asn duo recognition of her position us the
chief horticultural state of the union , und
ignoring all past contention , presents to
Director ( Jonornl Davis the nuuios of J. Do-
barth Shcrb of Los Angeles , frank Klmbull
of San DICRO. Klwood Copper of Santa
Barbara , mid Ooorgo A. Pluming of San
Joso.
Dopnw KallH lor Kuropo.
NKVV VoitK , July I0.--Chauncoy M. Dopow
sailed today at i'J:30 : o'clock on the Majestic
forKuropo , whom he will rom'iln ' until Sept-
o.nbur 10 , when ho oxpoets to return on the
1'uutonlo. Mr. Dopow had completed bis
plans to leave this country oij July 1 , out bis
trip was deferred owing to tbo Illness of his
son and hU mothor-In-law , Mitt. Hegotnan ,
Who bavo new uuHIciontly recovered to ac
company Mr. and Mrs. Dopow.
SUPERIOR MAN PARDONED ,
Oharlos Stevenson , Oonvloictl of Munbrlng
* Miss Eisloy , Released.
PATHETIC APPEAL OF AN .OLD MAN ,
Tor tlio Ijlncoln Stnto
ralr Hcttor Street Car l < 'n-
edition--llninnRC Onso of
tlio Call.
Ltxcot.jr , Nob. , July ! ! > . ( Special to TUB
HUB. ] Ono of tlio moat affecting scenes prob
ably ever witnessed lu tbo governor's oftlco
occurred this nftornooti. It WM nn need
fntlior who bad coiuo to uik executive clemency -
oncy for tils son wlio , though n splendid
manly young fellow , lind been found guilty
of iimnslnuglitor under a peculiar com
bination of circumstances.
The father was H. u' Slovemoti , a highly
respected citizen of Superior , anil the young
man tils sou Charley.
With thn old gentleman w.irn group of Iho
most prorainont citizens of Unit city , who
seconded tlio old mini's appeal nnd exhibited
pelltlons signed by 1,150 residents of the
county. The governor listened to thu case
which was presented in full , us follows :
( Jharlos C. Stovcnson is a young min nbout
twenty-two yoari of ago anil for about three
years lias boon engaged In the Jewelry busi
ness at Superior. Ho Is an ambitious , ener
getic young business man and very popular.
In the same storeroom where ho carried on
his business , Raymond V. Moore conductor ! a
drug store. Whenever Mr. Moore was' '
absent ho was accustomed to ask young
Stevenson to look after the customers that
came in. Of n very obliging nature , the
young jeweler always complied.
On the ovoninif of January U , while Moore
was absent at supper , Earl Eisloy anil
Thomas Fitzgerald , respectively brother mid
second cousin to Alls * C.irrio Eisloy , called
nt the drug store and aikeil for some alum , at
least so Slovonsou undontond. Ho put up
what ho supposed was the article desired.
Elsley nti j Fitzgerald claim that l they asked
for calomel.
That night some of the modlcino sold was
given to Miss Eialoy. She was taiton deathly
slcknnd dlna in a short time. An autopsy
rovenlod the fact that the young lady's ' death
had boon caused by a dose of corrosive sub
limate.
Young Stevenson was arrested on the
charge of murder in the second degree. Sub
sequently ho was Indicted for manslaughter ,
tried and convicted , but sentence was sus
pended pending n now trial and nn applica
tion to bo made for pardon. The jury found
a verdict of guilty but recommended him
to the mercy of the court.
These facts were ably presented to the
governor this afternoon by General Dilworth
nnd the faultless character of the young
man dwelt on and also his innocence of any
thing intentionally criminal. Tie ! gener.il
was seconded by Captain Ed Murlin , Hon.
C. E. Adams , Smith Caldwell , E. C. Carnos
and Lieutenant Governor Tom Majors. In
addition were presented petitions from
Judge W. II. Morris , before whom ho was
tried , the county attorney , ten of the jury
and the entire corps of county ofllclals , the
bar , the clergymen nnd tbo physicians of the
county In addition to the list of 1,159 other
petitioners.
The covornor gran ted the pardon.
OATI.KY Aitur.arr.n.
Simon E. Oatloy was arrested this morning
while walking down O street by Detoctlvo
Pound ou a warrant from Judge Brown's
court charging him with breaking into a
house in daylight. Oatlov's wife , a hard
working woman , und un employe of L , . 1C.
Holmes , secured u divorce from bur husband
a few months ago on the ground of habitual
drunkenness and has since boon living in ono
of Mr. Holmes' houses west of tlio city.
Yesterday morning Oatloy wont out there ,
and although warned by Mrs. Holmes not to
enter , no went in and took out a lot of house
hold goods , which ho thinks ho is entitled to.
Outloy claims that ho didn't break In , that
tbo door wns unlocked nnd ho simply walked
In. Ho will hnvo a hearing tomorrow after
noon , having given security for his appear
ance.
STATi : TAW AUllASriP.MC.NTS.
The stale board of agriculture hold a ses
sion at the Lincoln hotel last evening. The
matter of arranging with the Lincoln street
railway company for the running of olectrio
motors into the fair grounds wns discmsod.
It was decldo'l to allow thi * to bo done.
Tboro was also some discussion regarding the
snlarging-of the amphitheater. Today the
joard visited the frir grounds and rnado ar-
MnKOincuts for the ru ining of electric cars
to the grounds. Tbo Htroot railway company
agrees to run oars every live minutes wbilb
the fair is in progress.
LINCOLN CAM , CASE.
The Western Union telegraph company has
lied its answer to the suit for damages
Drought by tbo Call publishing company for
alleged unjust discrimination In the charging
of telegraph tolls for news matter. Thov
deny a good many assertions of the plaintiff ,
unong them that the company ever exor
cised the right of eminent domain in Nebraska -
braska , and that they have unjustly dis
criminated against tbo plaintiff by charging
them $73 a mouth and the Journal ? 1SS. They
assort they do not know how much or whether
defendant pays the Associated press for thu
service , nnd denies that plaintiff couldn't
iroouro news except over defendant's wires.
Thov deny that they unjustly discrlra-
nated In favor of the morning paper , and as
sert their readiness to give tha plnintilT the
feumo service tor the same price. The after
noon sheet takes only 1,500 words , while the
Journ.il gets ubout four times as much. The
soivlco for the plaintiff Is all day work , and
for tbo other concern all night work , which
alter costs n third loss to receive.
The telegraph company claims that the
irlco charged the plaintiff is the same ns
ihnrged In other cities , while It takes ono
moro handling nt Lincoln. They assort thnt
, ho Associated press of Chicago collects for
, be work , that it is interstate commerce bus-
ness , and the .stato ot Nobrrfska 1ms no righter
or oowor to llx rates , and this court no juris-
liction In the caso. They are not in the bu < -
ness of peddling news , and ask that tbo case
10 dismissed.
Jho Yotornn Kill tor KnyH Lincoln Un-
ilouhtcdly Profc-noil Johnson.
Nuw YoitK , July 15 , Charles A. Dana , lu
an editorial in the Sun , upholds Colonel Mc-
Jluro , oVIItor of the Philadelphia Times , In
ils controversy with Nicolay , formerly pri
vate secretary of President Lincoln , ever the
natter of bis preference of nomlnoo for vice
irosidont In IbOI. Dana sn.v& :
"Wo bavo no doubt Nicolay quotes Lincoln
correctly us rofuslnu to take any part against
lamlln's renomlnatlon , yet there has never
icon a doubt In the mind of ovury practical
nun who wns really behind the curtain
n thnt tremendous period , that
jlncoln looked carefully nbout fern
n man to succeed Hamlin. Uonorul Duller ,
( Jenoral Dix , Andrew Johnson and , wo daru
ay , two or three others , were very earnestly
onsidered by the president. Johnson alone
inltod the chief requisites. Ho was accord-
nfc'ly Hxod upon and thu fact that ho was
inully nominated Is proof ample nnd pasitlvo
hat ho was not only "referred by Lincoln ,
> ut that the preference wns frankly uxpross-
d to u very few from whom Lincoln con-
oalod notliing that bore upon the subject , "
OK T//K xo/tr/f irittr. a
Nobrankn.
Mrs. Surah Fogir of Hchuylor It dead nt
the ago of olghty-iU.
Sovornl windmills nntl corn-oribs were lev
eled by u heavy wind at Ong.
Attaint county prohlbs will hold a county
convention nt Juntatn July L'5.
Lightning struck Jay Merrill's bnrn near
Columbus , killed three hogs nnd burned up
the sheds.
J , T. Lindsay , who was once the law part
ner of Robert ingorsoll , la now ongiiKod in
farming ICnox county land.
Tno contract tins been lot to an Ohio com
pany for bulldlntr nn Iron bridge across Iho
Elkhorn four miles west of Stmiton.
After being lost In tlio sand-hills about
AnsL'Imo nil night , iho two-ycar-olil child of
Mr. Whtto was discovered by u party of
scnrchcrs nnd was restored to its grief-1
stricken mother.
Ml s Oruco Ovorlon , nn Otoo county young
Inuy , indulged in sloop-walking the other
night and foil out of her bedroom window to
tto ground , a dUtnnco of about twnnly foot.
"
Strange to'say she was not Injured "in th
least , although biully frightened.
During tno recent heavy rain storm light
ning struck tin ) ( lag-polo on the Russell hotel
ul'l'ltdon. It mn down through thu roof and
shatiercd Ihu front windows , melting thu
wlio .screens. Messrs. M. V. Urtio and Jay
Russell , wlio were standing in the front
door , received a sovcro shook.
The beoi wcodir.g and thinning season Is
rapidly drawing to n close , much to tlio rtv
grot of the boys who have boon accumulating
bank accounts while It Ituted , s.iy.s the Nor
folk News , Many of the Holds nr already
"lala by" until harvest , ami next week will
sco nit the Holds in shape lo bo lofi until the
prop Is ready to gather.Tho wet wenthor
has mndo the work of cultivation oxtroinoly
expensive nnd arduous , wl.llo the crop was anew
now ono to those raising It , so thai if n Ilnnii-
cial success Is achieved in Iho fnco of all Iho
obstacles that have arisen , iiugnr beet raising
may safely Uo looltcd upon ns ono of the cer
tain prolltnblo sources of reveiuio to the
farmers of this section.
, I own.
A snloon nnd fixtures were soUl at public
auction In Dubuque Iho other day.
Fremont county fanner * estimate that thli
fall whnat will average thirty-live bushels to
the acre.
10Dli Held exhibited in Hninburg the ether
day a cornsulk eleven foot long , with ttiroo
cars on il.
Mary KtschocU , eleven youiM old , was
drowned In Iho Cedar river near Tipton. She
was Hshing and fell In.
A llttlo daughter of Cioorgo Jnekton of
I.mvoll was killed by Doing llirown from a
road cart while the IIOMO was running
away.
MM. Kuntz , a blind worn in , foil down n A
stairway of her roiidonoo in Dubuque and
sustained a broken arm and had all her tooth
knocked out.
In Muscatlno saloons nro "disorderly
houses. " Thlrueignt paid u line of * and
costs for the privilege of dispensing liquors
during Juno.
The old settlers of Decalur county will
hold Iholr annual reunion in Garden Qrovn
Auifiist l ) . Gonornl W. II. Gibson of Ohio
will bo the orator of Iho day.
MH. Anlolnotta Brlghum , wife of Johnson
Urigham , editor of the Codnr Uapldt Kopub-
llcun , has been granted a divorce for deser
tion. Mrs. Urlghum is teaching scliool in
Chicago.
Chester Wilson , a fourtoon-yoar- boy , is
in Jail at Ottumwa for stealing a sum of
money from a farmer near that city. Ho also
stele a horse at Heradon , CSuturlo county ,
and sold 11 for $2.50.
Conslablo Henry Kclloy of Dubuque has
Iwo fly Ir.im to catch Hies for his chickens ,
and since the bipeds have been feeding on lly
diet they refuse to ont corn , but cncklo all
the llrao for flies. The constable avers that
his hens lay Iwico as many osgs now ns they
did before ho bngau feuding them Ilios.
A soap fakir opened up business in Dysart
the other day , soiling money wrapro 1 up in
packages of soap. A young farmer invested
$ T > in the sltiff , and dotectlnc the faUir chang
ing the packages the farmer kicked his ni > -
paralus ever and pounded Iho fakir until ho
returned the money. The swindler and his
associates then walked out of town.
An Eagle Point young man tool : a girl
nbout seventeen years of ago to n Dubuque
park where beer was freely dispensed. Jiotli
drank until thu girl bocnmo drunk ; and while
she was lying in n drunken stupor iho fellow
took her clothes and hid them , nnd went
homo leaving her in thn park. A cold wind
whistled through the cracks ot the park
fence , and aching with cold the ulrl awoke
to a realization of her position , but she didn't
find her wearing apparel until daylight had
dawned.
During a rainstorm , Iko Ilamsov , a man of
about thirty , living three and one-half miles
southwest of Gushing , was struck by light
ning. Ho was standing In the barn door at
the time wilh his hands in his pockets.
There wns no ono else at homo. The light
ning slruck bis right elbow , passing down
his hand and to his foot , coining out ofy" \ \
boot. Ho lay unconscious for some time , tftit
at last attempted to rise. For some time ho
was unublo lo do so , but finally succeeded in
reaching n near neighbor's , aiid a doctor was
speedily summoned , it U thought that his
injuries are not severe.
li Il.trTKH WITH S.t/fiWttV.
Charleston Tars anil OlIIcct-H Hnvo sv
, „ SorloiiH I''lulit.
SAX Dinoo , Cal. , July 15. The riot bora
last oven ing growing out of the nltompt of
deputy , United States marshals to arrest
eleven sailors from the wiirship Charleston
who had overstayed their shorn leave , was a
serious affair , The sailors were carousing
in a saloon when Deputy Marshals Hradlovo ,
Webb , Wilson nnu Grothor entered and ur-
rested one of Iheir number. The ether sailon
Inmiediatolv closed In and attempted to prevent -
vent the olllcors from ro novlng the m in.
Clubs were drawn by tbo deputies und : l
free light ensued. Constuolo Mitchell came
to the assistance of thu deputies , but thu
street boamu crowded with longshoremen ,
sullors und rlti/ons unit the lighting became
general. It looked us if the oil leers would bu
killed , but a patrol wagon arrived with rein
forcements and the arrested sailor was tukon
to Jail. When Iho palrol loft the crowd again
attacked the ortieers with piuklmndlos , as
plpu and olhor weapons , Deputy Grelher
draw a pistol and thu crowd wns clamoring
for his life , Another conslabla drove up In u
buggy und look Grothor away Justin time , for
Iho crowd bed grown desperate. The other
ofllcors finally got uwuy and tbo wounded
weru picked up. Hubert Brown , u sailor on
the Charleston , died in a few minuUis from
the effects of u blow on the bond with a club
said to huvo been inflicted by Deputy \VHson.
Another Charleston sailor. Paddy Hums , is
dying with n fractured skull , Deputies Hrad-
lo'vo and Grothor won ) badly bruised nbout
Iho head and u number of ether por.soii3.Jt ;
Jurod. There Is great oxclloaient and
thrcaUnf lynching all the deputies concerned
In Iho Iroiihle , The sympulhy of the commu
nity seems to bo with thu sailors , as It was
sail ! the onicer.s wuro too ofllclous and for iho
snko of securing iho reward ottered for desert
ers they undertook to arrest .sailors whoso
shoru leave had not expired. Wilson , Brad-
love nnd.Grethor have disappeared und can
not bo found , _
Caiuiila'H Crop I'rospuutH.
TOKO.NTO , Ont. , July 15. Kopor's from all
parts of Ontario indicate that nil the grain
and root crops will bn about nn average und
that boy will bo away below It.
HUH u
Losnox , July Ifi , Itov , Charles II. Spur-
goon bus suffered a rolupso and is again In a
very critical condition ,
Highest of all in Leavening Power. . Latest U. S. Gov't ' Report
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