THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JULY 23 , 1891 ,
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JfcW ) . lO.Tra copies ; for Soptnmlii'r. IS90 , 20,870
cnplos ; for October. 1M , SJrc ! copies : for No
vember. IH > " , 12,181) ) copies : for IMP , Decambpr ,
IS'.O , 21.471 copies : for .January. Ihll M.44II
copies ! fur I'i'liriiiiry , IWU. 2S.II2 : copies ; for
March , 1801. 21,005 topics : for April , I Mil , 'AWM
copies ; for JIny , 1MI ) , 1(1,810 ( copies ; for Juno-
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AM. tlio issues of the day are business
Issues John Sherman ,
wants congress or noth-
iti } , ' . Ho is no off year candidate.
IT is neither good souse , good law nor
peed politics to vote for governor this
fall.
KMCCTIONS provided for in "oven
years" cannot consistently behold in odd
To the average mind it looks as if
Chairman Watson had boon startled by
something. _ _ _ _
Ricroii'fS from Manchester , England ,
show business to bo about as dull in that
mart as anywhere in America ,
will ship $7,500,000 in gold to
Itussiu but there will bo no panic on the
Bourse. Shipments of gold no longer
produce panics.
BKTWEBN the Grenadier guards and
the Cold Stream guards of Great Britain
military discipline in the British army
is suffering a good deal in its reputa
tion.
NICKNAMKS and pot names among
school teachers must go. Now York
and Chicago are heading the crusade
against the Matties , Follies , Maggies
and Mamies.
THE fiat shriokors will jloaso note
that gold olosod yesterday in Buenos
Ayres at 287. South American inflation
ought to bo a warning to sensible people
in this country.
SAN PUANCISCO and Boston stand al
most nlono as cities in which brutal
prize fights can bo conducted under
forms of law. It is no credit to either
city that such is tlio fact.
IT TAKES $23.50 of the inflated cur
rency of the Argentine Republic to pay
for n barrel of Hour. This is the country
where money is miido of paper and
printer's ink on a power press.
TUB headquarters of the republican
national central committee is in Wash
ington , but the executive committee will
moot Jn Philadelphia on the 20th In
stant and Omaha will bo there to look
after her interests.
TUB governor of Minnesota is right in
preventing the Ilnll-t'lUsiinmons prizo-
ilgbt. It is high time the executive power
of every state was thrown against those
brutal exhibitions. The prizefight is
a rollo of barbarism. It has no place in
the civilization of this ago.
CONSKHVATIVB estimates plnco the
wheat crop of the state at 20,000,000
bushels. It is harvested and safe. It is
worth not less than $10,000,000 to the
farmers of Nebraska. This year's crops
will holi ) our western land owners out of
debt and put thorn fairly on their foot for
the luture.
A Hi'ASM of virtue has seized upon the
city olllcials of Ocean Grove , N , J. , and
ladles are compelled either to wear long
trousers nnd hlgh-neoked waists or take
their ocean baths In bath tubs. It is
needless to add that ttfo season will bo a
good deal shorter than the bath suits at
Ocean Grove this your.
CAUTKU HAUKIKON is the great spook
of domooratio politics In Illinois. Ho is
now throwing his threatening shade
across the path of Grover Cleveland and
actually psplros to the presidency.
Cleveland helped to kill him at the last
municipal election , and that is why the
ghost walks so cloa to the "stuffed
prophotof Williams street. "
TUB South Omaha Live Stock Exchange -
change cheerfully Joins with the Omaha
board of trade in furthering the plan
for iv grand banquet to the grain nnd
stock producers and shippers August 20 ,
This Is evidence of the cordial spirit of
co-operation which prevails between
those two business orguni/.ations. It la
also an assurance that tlio banquet will
be a great success , and the guests of the
oxolmngo and board of tnulo from nil
the territory tributary to Oamhu will
bo moat royally entertained.
IT cvt.YAor tin HONK.
The assumption of lion. John C. Wnt-
son , chairman of the republican fltuto
central committee , that an election for
governor may bo hold this year , Is des
tined to hnvo brief llfo ns apolitical
BoiiHatton , and if Mr. Watson hud tiny
other motlvo in renouncing It than to
mnka a sensation in these "piping times
of peace , " it la not apparent. TUB BBB
prints elsewhere a number of Intelligent
opinions on the quest Ion raised by Mr.
Watson , nnd the consensus Is very do-
cldcdly against the vlow of
that gentleman , It la impossible to
sco liow any ono capable of
understanding the plain language of the
con.Htitutlon and thostat'ttos could roach
a different conclusion.
The constitution clonrly provides , in
section 1 of article 6 , that the executive
olllcors of the state shall bo elected in
each oven year , and there is nothing In
that instrument or in any law to war-
want a departure from tills mindatory
provision. It is true that the election
this year will bo regular or general in
its character , but this does not ulTect the
question in the least , for the reason that
the class of olllcors to bo chosen
hi this uneven year Is spocillod , and
governor Is not Olio of them. Yhu sug
gestion of Mr. Watson that the law says
tlie governor shall bo elected at a regu
lar election does not justify the conclu
sion that that ofllcor may bo elected at
any regular election. Only at a general
election in sin oven year can a. governor
of the state of Nebraska bo constitution
ally elected.
Another formidable difficulty in the
way of tho' proposition to elect a
governor this year is the provision of the
constitution regarding the canvass
of Iho votes for executive olli-
cors. This duty must bo per
formed by the legislature , and the
power to perform it exists nowhere oho.
The next legislature will nnt bo chosen
until 1892 , and will meet in January ,
1893 , and the old legislature can be con
vened only by proclamation of the
governor. It need hardly bo said that
no such proclamation would bo likely
to issue for a legislative session to
canvass votes cast for gubernatorial
candidates next Novombor. Strange as
it may appear , Mr. Watson , who
is a lawyer , says that In case
Governor Thuyor should refuse to con
vene the legislature for the purpose of
counting the votes and declaring an
election , the supreme court could de
clare an election from the returns fur
nished the secretary of stato. Neither
by the constitution nor by any statute is
that tribunal given power to do any
such thing. The supreme court has no
authority whatever over election re
turns , and the secretary of state would
have no right to hand over returns to
that tribunal , if it wore disposed to re-
colvo them , for tlio purpose of
counting the votes nnd declaring
the result of an election. The supreme
court is empowered to "hoar and determine -
tormino contests of the election of
judges of the supreme court , judges of
the district courts , district attorneys ,
and regents of the university , " but there
is no law authorizing that tribunal to
assume a function which the constitu
tion has devolved exclusively upon the
legislature , and that body cannot bo
convened except by proclamation of the
governor , whoso discretion is absolute in
the matter. Thor'o is another require
ment that appears to have boon lostsight
of by these who huvo discussed this
question , .ind that is that the governor
must in his proclamation of an election
designate the olllcors to bo voted for. If
Governor Thayer should in his procla
mation of the next election omit to state
that a governor was to bo voted foi\would
not such omission have thoeffoct to ren
der worthless nil votes cast for candi
dates for the ofllce of governor ? Wo
think there can bo no question that it
would. But suppose the election should
behold as suggested , and the legislature
bo convened by proclamation of the gov
ernor to canvas the vote , and all the
proceedings of the canvas wore regular ,
the main question might still have to
go to the courts and there would simply
have boon added a complication to the
situation. The acting governor might
rof'iso to turn over the office to the
candidate declared to bo elected by the
legislative canvassing board , and in
such case the only way the title to the
seat could bo determined would bo by
proceedings in the supreme court of the
state.
TUB BKE does not care to consider
this matter from the view point of poli
tics. It is not a question whether
ono party or another would gain or lose.
The only thing to bo considered is what
the organic law and tlio statutes enacted
in conformity with It roqulro , and wo do
not doubt that the intelligent judgment
of the people will overwhelmingly de
cide that tlioro is no authority or war
rant in these for the election of a gov
ernor this yoar.
of ir/fKar MUCKS.
Ono of the largest millers in the
country recently expressed the opinion
that the price of wheat would settle
down at about 80 cents , and probably
.would not vary much from that for a
considerable time. The general opinion
undoubtedly is that the price is likely
to range considerably above that figure ,
and certainly wheat growers will bo
disappointed if It shall not. The wheat
situation of the world scums to ns.su ro
n greatly enlarged ox port movement
from the United Stated during the
coming cereal year , and It Is reason
ably assumed that this will have a
stimulating effect upon prices. These
are lower nowthnn at the corresponding
time last year , and the largo onrly move
ment of the crop may force values n lit
tle further downward , but if the later
demand for export is what it Is expected
to bo , in view of the foreign dollciouoy ,
it appears reasonable to look for iv recov
ery of prices.
There was exported lost year 100,000-
000 bushels of wheat and Hour , nnd it has
been suggested that if that amount
could bo spared at moderate prices when
there was n heavy shortage in the pro-
duotloh of corn nud a dollcloncy in the
yield of other crops necessarily tending to
advance the cost of nil cereals , there is
no good reason why the larger foreign
demand of the present season should not
bo mot without a very marked or rapid
advance In values , since nil crops this *
year pronilso moro abundant harvests
than these of last your. But while this
country might do the largo export trade
in wheat now Indicated without a specu
lative advance In prices the most Intolll-
pent opinion Is that such n contingency
would bo improbable. It is , of
course , Ullo to conjecture as to
what , flights prices may , tnko or
where they may settle. If any of the
projects for holding back supplies nnd
for cornering the wheat market should
bo seriously attempted the Immediate
offocl doubtless would bo to elevate
prices materially , but very high prices
would diminish consumption abroad nnd
reduce the demand for export , with the
inevitable result of breaking down
prices until they reached llgurcs which
European buyers wore willing to pay.
The promise , however , is that in any
event American wheat growers will bo
able to dispose of the year's product at
a fair profit.
nt.ir Mrs.
Sunday , July 12 , Tun BKB published
an exhaustive review of the resources
of Nebraska. On the same morning an
epltomo of that showing appeared in
every dally newspaper in the union
which published the Associated press
dispatches. In many of the leading
papers of the country the magnificent
showing made was the occasion of favor
able comment.
Ktich mall brings to TUB BBK news
papers in which
the financial resources of Nebraska are
a topic of discussion. In every single
instance surprise and gratification are
expressed. The financial and trade
journals are devoting especial attention
to the subject nnd Nebraska's condition
is the text of hundreds of able editorials.
The local newspapers of the state with
a single exception found in Tun SUN
DAY BBK of the date named nn occa
sion for speaking well of their stato.
That exception was the paper owned
and controlled by Jay Burrows at Lin
coln. Hundreds of copies of the special
edition have been mailed to eastern
friends of residents of Nebraska.
This is advertising that pays because
it is truthful , effective , convincing and
contains exactly the information people
looking to this state for homos or in
vestments dosiro. It reassures capital
ists who have boon led to dotlbt the
rosourcs of Nebraska by the calamitous
tales which have boon so freely
circulated within n year. It is a
practical proof also that the local news
papers are the best medium of advertis
ing either n city or a stato.
Tllb KVKS 0TIIK H'OKLD.
Chicago will bo greatly benefited by
the world's fair immediately because
immense sums of money will bo ex
pended there by millions of people. Her
greater benefits , however , will bo indi
rect. Heretofore Now York has been
the ono city in America which the
world has regarded as a commercial
metropolis. The Chinamen in America
know but two cities San Francisco
and Now York. The interior centers of
population count for nothing with them.
It is so with the world at largo.
Chicago by reason of the advertising
which the world's fair will give hoi-
stops to the front in the eyes of the
world and after that event will bo asso
ciated with America as much as Now
York. In other words , the fair rives
Chicago a cosmopolitan reputation
co-oxtonsivo with that of Now York.
On a smaller scale , of course , but pro
portionately of as great importance to
Omaha is the General Conference of the
Mothodis't Episcopal church , which is to
bo hold in Omaha next year. Forty
million people in this world
adhere directly and indirectly to
the great Wesleyan communion.
Every Wesleyan communicant on the
glebe will turn his eyes toward Omaha
during the general conference as the
Mahommodan turns his eyes toward
Mecca. This great religious mooting
also interests the people of all the other
Christian churches , and it introduces
Omaha to the world.
In a loss extensive way the interstate
drill keeps the eyes of the nation di
rected toward this metropolis , and as
representatives of the military organ
izations of the country participate in
that mooting , there will go out from the
interstate drill information about our
city which will interest people in our
growth and send to us capital and
energy from every state in the union.
Should Omaha secure the national
convention as she may if proper effort
bo made , wo shall turn the
oycs of the world again toward our city
and the territory tributary hereto , Tlio
republican nominating convention will
bo Uio greatest theme of discussion in
the world during its continuance.
Every great newspaper will bo
In demand by the reading public
of all nations nnd the Omulm date line
will bo searched for in its columns with
an interest which can bo appreciated by
every American reader who recalls the
recent national conventions. The world
of politics and the world of commerce
will bo anxiously inquiring for information
mation regarding its proceedings , The
value of the convention to Omaha
cannot bo overestimated. Money cannot
ho assumed as a mousuro of its value. It
would simply bo invaluable.
Bunkers , merchants , professional men ,
mechanics , laboring men , everybody
should bo working for the convention.
Omaha can do nothing which will turn
and keep the eyes of the great world
upon her so long , so Intensely or so pro
fitably as to secure and entertain the
great convention. With the Methodist
general comoroneo , the interstate drill ,
the convention of the stationary engi
neers and smaller conventions coming
ono after the other , and the national
convention as the climax of good for
tune , this city would oxpurionco a ro-
awakonlng which would give us 2-50,000
people and quadruple our commercial
resources in ton yours. It would give
Omubu a place in the eyes of the world.
Now that Henry M. James has been
retired by the board from the position
of superintendent of the bohools of the
city and will shortly leave Omulm , it is
duo that iron tie in uu to stiy that his work
hero for nine years hns boon creditable
alike to himself and the schools. Ho
may not bo the most brilliant educator
and probably some of the grounds of
complaint against him tire correct , but
I
under his supon-Islon the achoola have
Increased In number nnd efficiency. Ho
has frequontlyu/eon handicapped by fac
tional opposltitSIHn the board nnd among
the tcarhoroLmt In splto of It nil the
schools hnvo ccmllnunlly prospered. Mr.
James carries./May ' / with him the re
spect of a larg majority of our cill-
xons , of thtjo toaehors who have
served with "iflrn and tlio puplla
who have attquded the schools during
his udmlnistnU6n. [ Ho can justly point
with pride (6n"Jllio work accomplished
hero nnd the ponplo will bo very much
pleased with his successor if ho shall develop -
volop equal administrative ability and at
the end of a term of years have the re
spect of n majority of his associates , n
majority of the ox-mombors of the boa'd
of education and a majority of the pupils
who shall have boon under his instruc
tion.
FUUXITUHK for the city hull Involves
n largo expenditure. The council
should determine what is needed and in
vite bids for futnlshlng it. Competition
in plans is very different from competi
tion in prices. The city is entitled to
the benefit of both. The action of the
council in rejecting the bids upon differ
ent plans nnd inviting proposals upon
both plans and prices is therefore prop
er. It delays the work but the city
stands at least an oven show with the
bidder .
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OMAHA must bo represented at the
Philadelphi meeting of the republican
national committee July 20. Senators
Mandorson and Paddock will probably
attend , and should bo requested to push
*
the claims of this city . It would bo well
also to send a delegate or delegation
thcro to keep watch of our Interests.
AnVKUTiSiNO for bids , opening thorn ,
announcing them and then rojoctlng
them is a rank violation of business con
fidence , if the bids are rejected in the In
terest of the higher bidder. The trouble
is that very often the rejection of all
bids 1ms that very purpose in view.
NOBODY is surprised to learn that Mr.
Fitzputriclc promptly accepted the posi
tion of superintendent of the schools of
this city that is , nobody who knows
how the pins wore sot up for his election.
IT is no violation of confidence to re
mark that there are no fire Hies on the
Ohio gasoline lighting corporation.
ON general principles , all things being
equal , the lowest'bidder should not bo
juggled out of a city contract.
A METJioi'OUTAN city like Omaha
could not afford to bo without a baseball
club.
WANTED Somebody who can draft
ordinances and1 contracts without holes.
Idiocy 'Free of Duty.
The McKlnloy law is charged with the in
sanity of an Illlnbis mun. Mr. McKinley
inndo a crreut mistake in not placing a pro
hibitory tariff on idiots.
it. MOIIIIH.
C/ertfamA.JJemlcr. /
The democratic party la Omo recommends
a 75-cant dollar ana 'a method of .securing
covern mental revenue which , ns the demo
cratic Now York Sun declares , is "a tariff
on integrity and n bounty on perjury. "
How to llun a Newspaper.
St. Louis licpnMic.
When editors have a conventlpn with
essays on "How to Uan a Newspaper" they
make it all scorn inco and easy. Perhaps
this is because it is somebody olsa's paper
they nro tolling how to run. Everybody
icnows perfectly well how to run somebody
else's newspaper.
A St. Paul Hint.
St. 1'iwl Globe.
Omaha and Chicago are coming to believe
that Minneapolis is in solid earnest in reach
ing for the republican national convention.
It has no formidable competitor but Chicago ,
and if the chief object of Omaha is to have
the convention west of the Mississippi it
should bo ready to throw all its voies for the
other twin.
A Good Thins All Itnitutl.
Sjirtimfieltl ( .Wn.-w. ) Unl'iH.
The decision of the French chamber of
deputies yesterday toappove the government
bill , admitting American salt pork , hams ana
bacon on n moderate tariff is n matter for
general congratulation in this country , And a
triumph for United Stalls Minister Ucid ,
who has been very urgent in securing this
result.
Jar Their I < ; iinriiico. :
lliatnn Aile'ttlKfr.
The Kansas judtro who refuses to obey the
rulings cf the supreme court must have nn
oxaltcd idea as to the importance of his own
conclusions nnd rulings. The only way to
deal with such specimens of the judiciary is
to remove them from the bench wltti a sud
denness and vl or which may possibly jolt a
little common sense into their intellects ,
'JTHKV iIKK IT.
Most Kavorable.
. .Imdrtain llaiJstr.
THE OMAHA Bui : prints reports from every
county in the state on the crop outlook. The
showing is the most favorable over made in
Nebraska.
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A Grunt Work.
'vijSriifH tluli.
Tun OMVIU Bur. of Sunday , July 13 , was n
great paper. It ' 'fn'nilslio.s ' a surcinct but
bright page of Nebraska's prosperity during
the past ton years ! ! 'It ' Is doing u great work
in putting the rcsqurces of the state before
the world. ' " "
Cilaii'0Courier. / ( .
Wo clip the foUpwJUg ) paragraphs f ron a
late issue of Tin : OMAII.V RKI : which was de
voted largely to a/wrlto up of Nebraska and
her prospority. They speak for themselves
in tones louder tliiiti"tlio wall of the calamity
howlers who are ikiing all they can to injure
the fair name of our ktate.
A ( JrolU .State.
Last Sunday's Ouut.v BKK contained an
exhaustive nnd comprehensive review of
Nebraska's growth nud proipunty. It is n
wonderful array of facts and figures that
ought to sot at rest any doubts ns to the gen *
oral thrift ot the stato. The compilation of
the htatUtlcs given was u splendid piece of
work for which TIIK UKK is entitled to a
great deal of credit ,
Kent UKuHt.
NIobrara Plonuer : The OMMIA HUB of
Sunday was a paper of which Nebraska may
well fool proud. It gave a complete write-up
of each county in the state showing ( ho In
dustries and advantages of thcso counties ,
with n tablti allowing population , bank de
posits and amount of deposits per capita.
ICnox county was "iii It" with the rest , and
while brief it showed up u good deal , and on
u much lower luieasoa valuation tbau our
neighbors. All o. the counties In north Nebraska
braska nro assessed one-third tnoro than
Knox , so wo may feel glad that wo nro not a
tax-ridden people. Kach county In Nebraska
could affont to distribute ono thousand copies
of the UKK throughout the oast. It should bo
systematically circulated , giving as It does
a true coloring of the stale by carefully gath.
ercd facts.
How Nolirnaka HUB Prospered ,
Jtratlitrect't ,
In Tim OMAHA Uui : wo find nn exceptional
ly cnroftn nnd comprehensive series of nr
tlcles with reference to the state of Nebraska
braska , astute , by the way , which , thirty-
six years ago , contained only 't.-IOl Inhabit
ants , as compared with lOr > ( , "VJ In 1S90
Some other loaturos of Nebraska's linpor
tanco are ot general Interest also. Kor In
stance , Its assessed valuation of real nnd per
sonal property twontv-thrco voars ago wai
$ .TGOO,000 , while last year It was $1,635,150 , .
3H ( ) , or moro than the total value of nil experts
ports from anil imports of merchandise am !
produce Into the United States In the census
year 1839-1)0. ) The per capita avor.igo of deposits -
posits In both state nnd national banks In this
distinctly agricultural state Is ft" , or twice
the average amount of money In circulation
per capita In the United States.
Not IIni-il Up.
St.odcji'i Herald.
For a state that Is advertised as a bank
rupt , Nebraska has a peculiar way of show
ing it. Tlioro Is on deposit In the banks of
the state $ 'iO,507,000. Nebraska is n farming
fttato almost exclusively and much of this
money represents the accumulations of the
farmors. The facts are that the paoplo of
the west are not ne.trly so nard up as calam
ity people would load the outside people to
suppose.
\eliriis If II'.M Adverti sum out.
Sclmultr Sim.
The greatest advertisement which has over
appeared for Nebraska was In Tun OMAHA
SUNDAY BIR. : It was n report sent In by n
reliable correspondent from every county in
the slate ni to the valuation of land , assessed
valuation of same this year and of 1SSO , total
bank deposits per capita , population In the
ten years , area In square miles in each county
and price of land'In each county , etc.
Denver Sun : Chapplo'.s Krlend U'as Miss
Gay , the soprano , In good voice lust nlaht ?
t'bapplo ( Who Is on good terms with Miss
Gay ) Gwout voice , dealt bov ; shu persuaded
mo to pay $1. > 0 faw a new necklace.
IJurdette : "How do you suppose I brought
on tills Illness , doctor ? groaned the patient.
"It was contracted by you becoming over
heated , " said the medluaf man.
"That's nonsense , " returned tlio patient ,
"heat doesn't contract. Ituxuands. "
"That's all right , " saltt the doctor , "It Is a
cold you contracted , "
Indianapolis Journal : "Your argument Is
too one-sided. It reminds moot a jug handle. "
"Ot You grasp It with ease , eh ? "
THE 11A1II ) AT Till : IIOAUO.
lloiton Courier.
Tlio bard sat. at the dlnlnir board ,
Whence all but him had lied.
Excepting. If you plense , the damn
Who graced the table's head ,
Ami as the latter asked of him
In speech as smooth us glass
If he tin ) plate of butter would
He kind enough to pass ,
lie struck an attitude , and then
Tlio oleum did reach , :
And as hu p issoil the same to her
Exclaimed In brand of speech
That quite revealed the poet-soul
Tina did within him itliiani.
"Life's butter-passing dream , " bo said ,
"hifo's . "
butter-passing dream.
Pittsbiire Chronicle : "A lion broke loose In
a circus at Hock Island the other day. " remarked -
marked Airs. Hnaggs , who had been reading
the papers.
That's not the usual way , " replied her hus
band.
"Isn't it ? "
"No ; the lylu" generally breaks loose on the
posters. "
ANCiioitnn.
Detroit Free t'rca.
"I have a weight upon my mind , "
I overheard him say.
"That's good , " said she , " 'twill keep the wind
Fiom blowing It a way , "
Denver Sun : "Thotldoof public sonthmmt
Is turning against you , " the politician was
warned by bis friend.
"Well , then. " replied the politician , as ho
drew bis bank book anil filled out nn order for
a large sum , ' take that and use It , We will
tiavo to 'chock' the tide. . "
Now York Moroury : Wooden Oh , sco that
girl with the bright red hair ; what a very
rare color.
Bullfinch "Yes. positively raw. "
Now York Herald : Mamma Ho Is rich ,
distinguished , cultivated. It Is absurd ,
Mabel , to say that you cannot love him.
Mabel Hut , mamma , his teeth are falsn !
M-mma So are your father's for that
matter. You love your father , don't you ?
A I'HOrilECV FUfjVIMEU.
liuitanavultx Journal.
The day ho graduated I heard bis father say.
"I tell you wliiit , that boy of mlnu will boat
the world some day. "
And yesterday I saw him , as ho swung a
pavlor's rummer.
With which upon the face of earth most
stoutly did bo hammer.
Pliarniucoutlo.il Era : Captain Cruiser So
your son Is a little dissipated , eh ?
Anxious Mother Oh , very , captain , vory.
What can I do with him ?
Captain Onilsnr loivo ; him with mo. Wo
Hall from Now York for San Kranulsco next
week and won't touch port for seven months.
Anxious Mother Hut. , captain , don't you
think brandy or any other spirit Is Just as bad
as port for my son'/
Atchlson Globe : Kagmun My business Is
picking up ; how's yours ?
Undertaker Dying ojf.
K VHHI\ii 1'JiXSl OXS.
Kansas City Journal : Kaum's pension
machinery must bo in good order to cope
with his ! S. > 0OuO original cases. Yet ho hopes
by the aid of his big force of clerks to dis
pose of the cases "at once. "
Kansas City Star : Commissioner Hauin
makes tlio announcement that ho'is going to
hurry through and dump yriO.OOO original
cases upon the various pension agencies of
the country before the year is out. Away
with the surplus I
Philadelphia Press : So , at the rate of
moro than n thousand cases 11 day , the list
of pensioners is to bo Increased , and Secre
tary Poster must wrestle with the treasury
balance as ho may , ' It Isn't Kaum's business
to find the money ; ho Is only to do the
"dumping. " It really looks as tlrough it
may bo necessary to ' 'dump" Uaum to save
money enough to pay the salaries of the
oftlcinls at Washington. As a distributor of
the surplus Tanner wasn't in It with Haum
at all.
Providence Telegram ! Pension Commit *
sionar Hnum is reported to have determined
to rush : i5u,0i)0 ) claims for pensions through
his ollico botovo thu year is out. Having
done that , ho thinks ho may bo nblo to reduce
Ills force of clerks and economize. Unit in is
a nice man to talk of economy ; also of
expediting the business of his ollico. Prob
ably if ho rushes these iiSO.uoO applications
'
for'orlginal pensions through ns ho proposes
ho will not know whether they i ri lawfully
entitled to bo favorably uonstduicd or not.
1 TIll'K M'lUTtlllE.
KIM H'hrtler Il'ilcor.
Laugh , and the world laughs with you ;
\Voop , uml you weep alnno ;
for the sad old o-irtli must borrow its mirth , J
Hilt has trouble enough of Its own. '
Slug , and the hills will answer ;
Sigh , it is lost to the nlr.
The echoes bound to a Joyful sound ,
Jlut shrink from voicing euro.
Rojolco , and men will .seek you ;
Urlove- . und they turn and go ;
They want full measure of all your ploajuro ,
Hut they do not need your woo.
Do glad , and your friends are many ;
lie sad , and you lose tliom all
There are none to uocllnoyournoctnr'd wine ,
Hut alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast , and your halis nro crowded j
fast , uud the world goes by.
Succeed and glvo and It helps you Hvo ,
Hut no man can help ynu die.
There Is room In thu halls of pleasure
For a largo and lordly train ,
Out ono by ono wo must ail file oa
Through tbo narrow aisles of pain.
ASYLUM OFFICIALS' ' DEFENSE ,
Messrs , Test nnd Livorlnghouso Snbmit Stnt-
monts in Their Interest.
DUPLICATION OF VOUCHERS ADMITTED.
Strong KfTort Mntlo to
Itei'uti ! tlio KtiibitfrtiHHl
Of 3IItIIUIMIIK < ! tlteilt Of tllO
IiiRtlutlion.
LIKCOI.V , Neb , , July 22. [ Special to Tun
Bun , ] The state board of public lands and
buildings mot this nfternoou to resume tlio
Investigation of Superintendent Test and
Steward Llvcrlnghouso of the Hastings hoi-
pltal for Insane.
The board had employed T. 11. Lcavltt , n
Lincoln expert , to go through the accounts of
the Institution , and It was expected ho would
be nblo to make n partial or preliminary re
port today , but the board was disappointed.
Attorney Darnell objected to putting Dr.
Test on the witness stand until after hearing
the report of the expert accountant. 1 he
board Insisted on having hli testimony at
this sitting , If tit nil , nnd Mr. Darnell llnally
decMod not to let-tho doctor testify.
The attorney for the accused officials then
read a typewritten plea , which reviewed the
charges , or at least some of tbotn , und argued
that they had been refuted or satisfactorily
ox plained.
lie admitted the duplication of vouchers to
the amount of $ r > SUW. Llvorlughouso readily
accepted the criticism , ho continued , but If
there was any Impropriety Itshould bo at
tributed to his zeal to .savo the niotioy to the
Institution by converting It from an unavail
able lund to the cash fund. Ills defense wa.s
that thu state had not lo > t a dollar ami ho hail
received no benefit.
A comparison had been madn between the
expenses of the Huttings and the Norfolk
Institutions. Mr. Darnell assorted that the
Hastings hospital had been managed the
moro economically if the exhaustion of the
appropriation wuro taken into consideration.
Ho compared the expense of broad , but
touched upon no other item of supply , con
tenting himself with the general assertion.
On the creamery charge ho stated that Ltv-
urnmhouso had disposed of his stock. The
contract for supplying butter had been lot by
the board , nnd , bo said Llvoringhouso had
nothing to do with it.
The charge that ? SO had been paid Livor-
Inghotiso's mother-in-law. Mrs. M. K.
Abbott , for the use of a horse und buggy
was met with thn statement that thu outfit
was needed ami the state got moro than Its
money's worth.
Air. Darnell ridiculed the Idea criticising
the management for paying IJov. Britt ? TU
for services as chaplain , and hu asserted that
the sum was the reverend gentleman's
recompense for two years duty.
Taking up the matter of Zlcpler's death ,
bn maintained that tlio testimony of witnesses
wfio charged malpractice- had been Im
peached. Ho thought the charge should bo
dismissed as not sustained. But Mr. Dar
nell's ' glittering gonor.ilitios did not roach
their brightest effultronco until ho lookup
the charge of Immoral conduct. Ho de
livered a oulogism on Messrs. Test and
Llvoringhouso , congratulated them on hav
ing passed the ordeal with honor untar
nished , nnd , assuming -that the board had
dropped that branch of the investigation ,
complimented the members on their eminent
good sense.
jit the conclusion of bis defense Mr. Darnell
launched Into another eulogy of the accused ,
alleging that Dr. Test had greatly Improved
the morale and efficiency of the hospital and
that Mr. Livcringhouso had saved a largo
sum to the state by acting as steward , book
keeper and head farmer for ono salary.
The attorney dealt in generalities through
out. Ho did not mention the exorbitant
prices of groceries and drugs , and ho forgot
to explain how the deficiency reached & 3.000
under Dr. Test as against the $18,000 , esti
mated by Dr. Stone. Air. Loavilt , tbo ac
countant , is expected to mnko his prelimi
nary report by Friday. The board Intends
to close the case after receiving that report ,
when it will make up its findings and trans
mit them to the governor with a rec
ommendation. Tbo board , however , in
tends to have the expert continue his work
nnd make a thorough examination of the
books of the hospital from its opening to the
present time. This full report may bo de
layed two months.
SOLIlinitS' 1IOSIR A1TAIHS.
Mrs. Laura A. Bates , secretary of the
visiting and examining board of the soldiers'
homo , has made n report to the governor , from
which the following facts nro gleaned :
The farm has sixty-llvo acres In oats , sixty
in corn , llftcen in millet , and twenty in pota- .
tot's and garden truck. But two farm hands
are employed , all other work being done by
the Inmates of the homo. The institution
has eight horses , thirty-four head
ot cattle , eighty-live Of hogs
and an abundanceof poultry.
A number of improvements In the grounds
and buildings is reported. Those include a
house of brick , stone and Iron for the storage
of oils. The commandant Is planning n
miniature lort with earthen walls and u
regulation army cannon for the entertain
ment of the old vets. A now building to bo
completed before December will provide cots
for forty-eight persons , which , with the
twenty now available , will bo ample for
some ttmo to come.
The committee says affairs are
much moro satisfactory at the homo
since the passage of the law
excluding females unoor fifty years of ago.
Since the homo was opened 2ST > persons have
bcun admitted , and tno present membership
Is 100. Nineteen are bedfast in the hospital.
The board heartily commends the general
conduct of the homo nud says It is unable to
suggest any ithnnco Tbu report has no
criticism or recommendation.
MAKING ItOOM KOH 1XSANH.
The board of public lands and ) buildings
today ordered the discharge of tlio following
persons from the Norfolk hospital for Insane :
Dennis Harrington , Antelope county ;
llachuol K. Solllck , Boone ; Mary Burger nnd
Kllza Cummings , Burl ; Alexander Fra/.cr
and Hugh MoDovitt , Cedar ; J. M. Davidson ,
Chorrv ; Alfred Snyder , Koya Pnha ; Krnos-
tina Kooiiur , Plattu ; Mary Hcnr > , Cheyenne ;
Ansll P. Curtis , Keith ; James Mutliorim ,
Lincoln. These pconln nro "exaggerated
cranks , " as the superintendent expresses it ,
who do not need medical treatment. They
ire discharged because the institution is full ,
and thcra are violent insane now confined In
Bounty Jails who should bo taken Into the
40spiial.
The board will visit Norfolk tomorrow to
examine several improvements now under
way.
ANOTItr.lt STATI ! CONTKACT.
The board of public lands nnd buildings
today awarded ! ' . M. Trlch of Hastings the
contract for erecting thu wings to the hospl-
al for insane ut that placo. The price is
fftwhich , ! : ! ! ) , Includes the fixtures. The
contractor will bo required to give two bonds ,
ono for * TOUOO , and ouo for $3 ! > , UOO , the latter
to guarantee the payment of thu wages of his
employes. Leopold Halm , ox-ropresentativo
rom Adams county , was appointed supurln-
ondcnt of construction.
sr.ciiKi sociKTr OF COOKS ,
Omaha hns a council of the National Cos-
nonolltau Culinary. Pastry and Confection
ers' association of tlio United Status , because
ts charter has boon Illoo. with the secretary
of state. The charter WAS granted to Loon
tlalhluu , Cioorgu Asohonbach , James Blanc ,
Jacques Larro , Kobort Manning , Albert Duel ,
0 Schweitzer , ( Jhurlus Lagrnngo , ( Joorgo
Couzourts Albert Anderson. Barth Atalony ,
'Yank Canton , Frank Boldl nnd A. ( Iran-
lour. Tiio charter was Issued by W. II.
Phillips of Northomo , Minn. , the grand
epicurean professor.
cirr NOTES.
John Ilanhnm has began notion ng.ihut
John Fitzgerald for * lO,8ia on account of a
eradlug contract In the construction of the
B. A M. from DoWitt to Edgar In ISSil.
Mrs. L. h. YoiU'or , whoso daughter loft
homo without notice , found heratn relative's
In Omnhn , nnd the girl readily accompanied /
her back to Lincoln.
The Lincoln hotel company has filed nn
nn answer to Contractor J. 11. Hnrto , who
sues for n balance of # 10,000 , The company
claims n forfeit of lr > 00 at the rate of $100
per day , because the building was not com
pleted on time , and offers to confess Judg
ment for ? 15,500.
JIOItJK /ttt.UV JIVTI.\V.
Cold Stream Guardsmen Sulky and
llcfiiMo to Parade.
LONDON , July 22. Truth today wrlnts an
other startling story of mutiny in the Hrltlsh
army which it claims occurred In the Second
battalion of the Cold Stream guard quartered
at Wellington barracks , near Hticklnghnm
palace , where iucldontally it furnished the
guard of honor during the recent visit of
Kmperor William. It seems the extra duty
thus necessitated was far from
pleasant to the guard.smeii , who have
long been the pot.s of tbo British
army. After the departure of the emperor
the guards expected a day of freedom from
guard mounting for recuperation. The men ,
however , wcro ordered to parade as usual in
full marching order. As a result they be
came sullen and unmanageable , the tint nud
third companies nt first bluntly refused to
parade. The ofllcers of these companies
held a hurried consultation , not liking t.ai
prospect of a term of exile , similar to that the
second hatulllon of the Grenadier guards
was subjected to , at Hurmudn. As a result
they argued the matter with the privates ,
holding tip to them the prospects of oxllo
from Hiiglnnd. The privates llnally stillonlv
consented to parade , but their'behnvloV
became so glaringly Insubordinate
that tbo oftleorn marched them back
to the barracks and ordered the commands
coilllnod to the barracks thrco days as pun-
Ishmutit. Ton senior privates were also
placed under arrest with a vlow of trying
them by court-martial for Insubordination.
Ninety of the guardsman imrracaded them
selves In a room of the barracks , refusing to
emerge until their ten comtndes should bo
gunrantcd the same treatment as the others.
General Harding was llnally called in , mid
by a Judicious speech succeeded In quieting
them.
The significance of the mutinous sentiment
can bo judged when it is understood that the
guards are the oldest corps In the army with
a single exception ,
C.I A"/1 HI ,
President ( ImnperM Dl.souqsos tlic Sit
uation in Tennessee.
Nnw Yrtinc , July aj. President Samuel
Clampers of the American federation of labor ,
In speaking yesterday of the action
of the Tennessee minors In driv
ing the troops from Hricovlllo , said :
"Whether the action of the minors was Justi
fiable or not , no one can blame them. They
are simply lighting for bread for themselves
and their families. The affair at Now Orleans - "
leans has created a precedent that when pro
tection fulled to bo provldo.I for citizens , the
citizens took the law in their own hands. I
am well acquainted with thoio minors , and I
know that largo numbers of them nro thrown
out of work on account of the employment of
convicts. This present case is worse than
all others , for the men were struggling for nn
increase of wagaa and convicts teen their
placed. The state of Tennessee really con
verted itself intoaburo.iu to supply scab
labor.
"Somo time ago the miners had n bill In
troduced In the Tennessee legislature to pro
hibit the employment of convicts as miners.
Governor Uuchanun fought against the bill
and had it defeated. What justice can the
minors expect from this man , now that hu
hns to administer thu law I"
President Gompors was nott asKed If ho
had anything to say about the report that the
Chicago trade and labor assembly hail de
cided to ask nil unions nflllintod with the fed
eration not to vote for his ro-olecllon ns Us
chief ofllcer.
"The report may bo true , " ho replied , "but
I do not care to say much in regard to it. 1
cannot please every ono , and these who nro
uot satisfied with mo have a proper place testate
state their grievances at the mooting of tha
federation. "
KK.1IAMIK\KIjK NUlltJIC.IJ , VAUE.
Big Piece of Wood lOxtrautcd From n
Patlcnt'H Head.
PKOIIM , 111. , July 2-2. Lewis E. Uiottor-
man of this city , wbo has just returned from
Chicago , has In his possession tbo proof of .
ono of the most Interesting cases known in V
surgical history. Ho was ono of the possum *
gors on the ill-fated Niagara Falls oxcurslpn
train which wont down to such torrlblo
destruction at Chatsworth. Ho was in the
last couch , leaning on his hands In an open
window when the crash came. Nearly
everybody in the car was injured nnd several
men wore killed outright. Uiettorman'.s fncu
was badly cut and bruised and ho was uncon
scious for several hours. His face was -
sowed up nud healed rapidly. Since then ho
hns suffered constant pains in his head , but
local physicians attributed it to the shock of
the wreck and treated him accordingly.
Last Noviwibor , while blowing his nose
vigorously , ho blew out a wlro nail l'1 '
inches long , badly rusted. Ho mid his
friends were confident that his trouble was
at an end when thu null was dislodged , but
ho still suffered a dull pain In his head. In
Juno he wont to Chicago and was examined
by the start surgeon at Uush medical college.
Tlio physician found u foreign body in lilut- " > -
tcrmau's hoail nt the Inside corner of the loft
eye , and in the presence of u room full of
surgeons cut the patient's ' Fucu. Imhoddod
In the head , back of tlio nose , was found an
irregular piece of cak l inches long , % inch
thick and 'j ' ; Inch wiilo. This fragment of
the window sill bad been carried in iiis head
for four vcnrs. The paint had boon nusorbod
by his blood. Thu case was reported to all
the leading doctors in Chicago and Is pro
nounced one of the incut remarkable In his
tory.
nvsv cor Kit vi' TIIKIII I'K < IS.
A New Orilfli * of Tliln H Makes Occnn
Grove HutliurH AIIK'T.
OCHAN GitovK , N. J. , July 2'J. TIe | hun
dreds of women and children In bathing .sill a
who walked down to Lllllgoro's pavilion ,
for their daily baths yesterday were mot
wltli n romaruat'lo rebuff. At this pavilion-
was a policeman who refused to allow them
to go into thu surf until they hod gene homo
and secured wraps to hide their logs. Kven
little boys and girls wore included in the
order. If they mid a covering around thuir
shoulders they wuro nllowod to pass by the
sentry , but otherwise they could unjny no
swim.
During the day signs were posted up on
thu pavilion to the effect that all persons
found walking through the streets without
proper covering or wearing bathing apparel
would bo arrested nnd lined Jo or Impmutiud
live days In the county Jail.
The dresses of the baihcr.s nt Ocean Grova
are and always have been moro than modest ,
and tbo order that they must walk through
the streets clad In a heavy cloak or a gossa
mer Is being most bitterly received. The
order Is signed by President Stokes , and ho
asks all policemen und watchmen to unforco
the rules.
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