Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY KEK : Tl'MSDAY , A1MUL 25 , 189 ! * ,
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IT is to i > o hoped Unit Mr. Mo.shcr will
not got lost. Sometimes man in his po-
Hitton wnncler oil into strange lands and
f 3rjot ( to return.
IT IS eiiid Unit .1. SturHiiK Morton is
tlio boat drcHsert man in the cabinet ,
which goon to show that the wild and
woolly west has liecnino civill/cd.
IT Al'I'KAltH that 00 per cent of the
people of Kansas are opposed to an
oxtrn scHsion of the legislature. They
know when they have had enough.
TllEin : are now two or three canal
Tirojccta by which it is proposed to fur
nish thitfclty with cheap power. It is
much easier and cheaper to build pro
jects than canals.
IT is now understood that the prince
of Wales is not coming to this country
tills year. Hut the preparations for the
Columbian exposition have progressed
BO far that it cannot bo postponed with
out great inconvenience.
WllKN the president and the heads of
tlio various departments of the govern-
inont look upon the naval display in
Now York they will do well to remem
ber that our great war ships are not the
outgrowth of the policy which they
represent.
A DUNVnit contemporary thinks that
a round trip rate of $25 from Colorado
common points to Chicago during the
fair would bo about right. When Denver -
vor secures such a rate there will bo
some ground for the belief that the day
of jubilee is close at hand.
YOUNG King Alexander of Sorvia
does not receive much credit now for his
honsational eilup d'etat. It scorns that
Russia , holding u first mortgage on
Sorvia , was behind the movement and
used the youthful king as a tool. The
game of politics is a deep ono in Europe.
THE gamblers of Chicago arc prepar
ing to reap n rich harvest during the ex
position , nnd it is said that at least $50-
000 haa boon expended during the past
three weeks in getting ready for n sea-
non of wide open games. What does
Mayor Ilaf'lson propose to do about it ?
WHEN the homo rule bill passed its
second reading the other night by a
majority of forty-threo it was apparent
to oven the most bitter of Mr. Glad-
btono's cnomies that he is an invincible
force in English politics. lie is making
n splendid fight and is winning the ad
miration of the world.
AT a public mooting in Now York
City the other night tliero was a strong
domnnd for a constitutional limit upon
the power of the legislature to mcddlo
with municipalities. If that power were
taken away from the Now York legisla
ture many of its members would bo with
out an occupation. In that httito as well
as in many others thorn are lawmakers
who make themselves rich by devoting
their attention to municipal charter
tinkering.
ONCE in a while a millionaire has a
bright idea. Henry Villard has placed
about $12,000 at the disposal of the
German government to enable worthy
young men to visit the World's fair. It
is altogether probable that young men
"
"of the best sort will bo chosen , and it is
a good thing for this country to have
such people come hero. Perhaps they
will bo so favorably impressed that they
will stay hero and join our great army
of wealth producers , and it may bo that
Mr. Villard slyly entertained that idea
when ho undertook this novel enter
prise.
CAUK in the selection of consuls is to
be commended and nothing will bo lost
by the proposal of the president to put
oil further appointments for some time ,
in order to give the olllctals In the State
department opportunity to make a
thorough investigation as to the character -
actor \nd \ tltness of applicants for the
consular service. It is understood to bo
the Intention of the administration to re
tain a number of consular representa
tives who hnvo made a good record for
capacity and fidelity , Mr. Cleveland -
land having adopted this policy
in his first term , but there will never
theless bo a great many changes made
if desirable men can be found to take
those places. The plan understood Is to
give preference to men of some practical
business experience , but it will probably
not bo u disadvantage to an applicant
that ho lias done some service in prac
tical politics. The consular service of
the country is on the whole in bettor
condition now than over before , but it is
jiot to bo doubted that it may bo im
proved , and till changes that work for its
betterment will receive popular up-
provul.
Anovs
Whan the resolutions to impeach the
numbers of tlio State Hoard of Public
Lauds and Hulldlngs were first Intro
duced in the house tlioicousod officials
nnd their personal followers omleavorod
to tnako It appear that the inspiration
for Impeachment caino from personal
enemies. The fact Is that the impeach
ment proceedings were the natural out
come of the findings of Investigating
committees whoso reports charged the
members of the board with criminal neg
ligence In the management of state in
stitutions and collusion and complicity
with frauds and thefts committed by the
penitentiary contractor and Its superin
tendent , who is now under Indictment
for grand larceny.
This report was adopted after a spir
ited debute by an overwhelming majority
of the house. It was voted for by repub
licans as well as by democrats and pop
ulists , and hence cannot have been in-
Hpired by partisan malice or persomil
animosity. In taking this action the
house of representatives was actuated
solely by a desire to vindicate tlio laws
and put an end tothest-andulouH methods
through which tlio state treasury had
boon pillaged by summarily deposing
olllclals who had proved themselves un
trustworthy to remain custodians of
public funds and public property.
Some of the apologists for these cor
rupt practices have recently conceived
the notion that popular interest in the
proceedings instituted by the legislature-
ih dying out , and they go so far as to lire-
diet that the supreme court will find
nothing to sustain the impeachment and
the trials will turn out to bo a costly
farce. Democratic-populist papers lire-
diet that the supreme court will acquit
the impeached officers , no matter what
proofs of malfeasance may bo brought
out. because tlio judges are republicans.
THE HKK entertains a higher opinion
of the court and does not believe that its
rulings will bo biased by partisanship
ono way or the other. Legislatures ,
acting as courts of Impeachment , have
risen above party in many instances , and
our supreme court certainly is influenced
less by political bias than u legislature.
Republican legislatures impeached and
removed republican governors in North
Carolina and Nebraska in 1871. A re
publican legislature in Minnesota do-
por-od n republican judge in 18S2.
Democratic legislatures of Mis
souri have voted half a dozen
impeachments of democratic state offi
cials and judges and at this very time
a democratic land commissioner is under
going trial on impeachment by th 3 demo
cratic legislature of Texas.
Whatever the supreme court , sitting
as a court of Impeachment , may rule
or decide in tlio trials that are now
pending will , wo confidently believe , bo
in conformity with the letter and spirit
of the constitution and statutes , regardless -
loss of any bearing their action may
have upon tlio fortunes of any political
party.
TIIK I'llKUWKXTS XTATKMKXT.
The statement made by President
Cleveland to a representative- the
Associated Press regarding the position
of the administration as to gold pay
ments outrht to put at rest all reports to
the effect that there was a serious dif
ference of opinion between tlio president
and the secretary ot tlio treasury as to
the course to bo pursued for maintaining
the credit of the government. Tlio un
qualified statement of the president is
that there is absolute harmony be
tween himself and his cabinet "in
tlio determination to exercise every
power conferred upon them to
maintain the public credit , to keep
the public faith and to preserve the
parity between gold and silver and be
tween all financial obligations of tlio
government. " The president says tliero
is to bo no discrimination in the pay
ment of notes issued by the government ,
for although the law gives the secretary
of tlio treasury discretion to redeem the
notes issued in payment of silver bullioi
with silver , in order to maintain the
parity of the metals , It is necessary t (
redeem them them in gold. It
is now clearly understood to ba
the policy of the administration
to continue to do this , although
in the event of a possible speculative
movement to deplete the treasury gold
reserve it might bo found necessary to
resort to silver payments.
There is no ambiguity about the state
ment of Mr. Cleveland , as there was
about that of Mr. Carlisle , though the
subsequent action of the treasury in in
vading the $100,000,000 gold reserve
made sufficiently plain that the secre
tary regards this reserve as lawfully
available for other uses than the re
demption of legal tender notes. The
fact that this reserve was temporarily
Impaired to tlio extent of several million
dollars , and that the public knowledge
of this created no serious disturbance in
financial circles is to bo noted as signifi
cant. It is proof of the strong confidence
of the money interests of the country in
thn financial stability of the government.
The amount drawn from the reserve was
restored in a day or two and that fund is
now intact , while the experiment has
taught the country nn instructive lesson
frpm which it is reasonable to hope
for good results. It is to bo
remarked , however , that it might
be found a very unwise and un
safe course to follow the counsel
of tho.io who ad vise that this gold reserve
bo made available to any extent in moot
ing demands outside of that for which
it was created , or for which the public
has boon given to understand during the
past fourteen years it was ojtablisliod
and maintained. To use a few million- )
of it in an emergency it is now apparent
may be safely done , but a policy regard
ing it that would eventually wipe it out
must lead inevitably to a silver basis.
It is not probable that the administra
tion cjntomplntoj such a piliey , but
that it will bo prepared t'j soil bands
for gold whenever the danger of a seri
ous depletion of the gold roJorvo becomes -
comes manifest.
There is a large stock of gold in the
country and it is the opinion of those
who ought to bo well informed that the
government would have no dilllcultv in
disposing of a 4 per cent bond at a pre
mium whlnh would reduce the interest
to II per cent. The objection to increas
ing the public debt can be easily under-
blood , but the administration would suf
fer loss from Ibis than If It sh'iuld ' per
mit gold to go to a prumiuni , a condition
which some intelligent financiers now
apprehend.
TIIK JVKH * roMl'TllUtit.KH.
There are few more important olllcos
In the government than that of comp
troller of the currency , whoso duties are
llrectly related to the financial interests
) f a large body of people who have busl-
loss with the national banks. It has
wen the custom wince this olllco was
created to appoint to it a man having
some practical knowledge of banking ,
this scorning to bo essential to an in
telligent administration of the office ,
[ 'resident Cleveland departed from this
rule and appointed to the position
i lawyer who is said to know
very little about the practical operations
of banking. The appointment has boon
subjected to a good deal of criticism , yet
it is manifestly unfair to assume that
Comptroller Eckels w'll not make an ac
ceptable official , or indeed may not do
bettor in the olllco than sorno of his pre
decessors selected because they had boon
practical bankers.
At any rate the new comptroller has
some ideas about the nature of the
duties ho will bo called upon to perform ,
which are entirely sound and if put Into
effect cannot fail to have good results.
In an address to his fellow-towns
men , who banqueted him a few days ago ,
ho said regarding the expressed appre
hension that the national bank pybtom
may suffer impairment because the comp
troller is not a skilled financier , that no
impairment to any system can bo brought
about by an honest and rigid enforce
ment of the law which governs it , "and
those most strenuous In their criticisms
must not complain if the national bank
act , as it stands upon the statute buok ,
bo the rule and guide of the comp
troller. " Ho said pointedly that the
danger to the public , the dan
ger to the banks , has never boon
the rashness of the comptroller ,
but has always had its source in
the indifference of bank officials to keep
ing within the restrictions of the law.
' 'I venture the statement , " said the
comptroller , and he risked nothing in
doing so , "that the history of bank fail
ures since the orguni/.ation of the first
bank will prove timt the loose method
of the officials of failing banks , or their
patent dishonesties , have caused the
great majority of bank disasters. " Ho
urged that if those most interested in
the national banks desire most to serve
the public and themselves , let
thorn insist that those placed
in direct control of those in
stitutions "bo not only technically hon
est , but absolutely so. Lot thorn insist
that the spirit of the banking act gov
erning official conduct bo lived up to not
less than the letter , and that no bank
official bo permitted to do by indirect
means that which ho could not do under
the law by direct means. " Those aru
sound views and their utterance is
timely.
Comptroller Eckels will enter upon
the duties of his office today , and it is
understood that as soon as practicable
seine contemplated reforms will be insti
luted. Among the changes talked of is
n rearrangement of examination dis
tricts , so that the work of examiners
shall bo more equally divided than at
present. .Many examiners , it is said , are
now overworked , or rather more is re
quired of them than they can perform
properly and ollicionlly. An effort is to
bo made to remedy this. It is evidently
the purpose of the administration togivo
close and careful attention to this branch
of the public service and to strictly enforce
force the law in all respects. The banks
will grow stronger in public confidence
under such a policy.
SUFFHAUB IX TIIK SOUTH.
Two states in the south , Mississippi
and Alabama , have qualified suffrage.
The former adopted it nearly two years
ago upon the suggestion of a representa
tive of the colored race. Tlio late legls
laturc of Alabama put into effect a now
election law which establishes an educa
tional qualification for voters without
regard to rnco or class. The result will
bo the disfrnnchisomont of about 40.000
blacks and 10,000 whites in that state
This moans tlio elimination of a largo
and dangerous clement from the
politics of tlio state by legal and legiti
mate moans. The persons deprived of
the franchise owe the misfortune not to
their color or previous condition , but to
their ignorance. Whenever they fit.
themselves by education they can regain
the lost right , and Ihe knowledge of this
will bo an incentive to thorn to educate
themselves. The discrimination against
the illiterate is based upon consider
ations of public safety and pro
priety , so long as it applies to all citi
zens. It Is not antagonistic to our system
of government. There is nothing
in the federal constitution to forbid such
notion. The state has supreme power in
the matter of determining the qualifica
tions of voters , subject only to the condi
tion that there shall ba no distinction on
account .of color. Alabama has acted
wisely in adopting a plan that has the
merit of honoity and impartiality , which
is preferable in every respect to the
various devices that have heretofore been
tried for the purpose. The white people
ple of the south have always main
tained that they objected to negro
voters not because of their cjlor ,
but for the reason that they
are illiterate and oJrrupt. Lot thorn ,
then , shut out all Mich voters , treating
blacks and whites alike.
The system of a qualified suffrage in
Mississippi , which was designed to pre
vent a minority of Intelligent whites from
being subject to the political rule of a
majority of ignorant blacks , appears to
bo producing results not anticipated. It
is relieving' the community from the
dominance of the worst elements of the
whites as well as of the blacks. . The
Ignorant and shiftless elements in both
races , so the reports say , fail to qualify
themselves as voters , and thereby lose
tholr former .power to settle various
questions of local administration. The
change in Mississippi , and it should bo
remarked that it is incorporated in the
constitution of that state , has boon foil in
all directions and with general satisfac
tion to the people.
The example of those states Is very
likely to bo emulated by the other state's
of the south , when its advantages shall
mvo been fully djOtii'itistrated ' , The
> oril of negro dojlii | | | tlon ( which IH thn
nigbear of the sorttlh can \w \ removed by
the simple oxped W of making Intelli
gence the test fortaU voters. The south-
u-ii states can tint * Fhsurofor themselves
ill noeo.ssary protection against the
lollttcal wrongs abjnt which they make
so much complaint. "It Is safe to say that
the example of Mississippi and Alabama
will bo followed by all of the other
southern states within the next few
years. , . \
IT SEEMS unnatural that the United
States , the country" that Is less likely
than any other In the world to have oc
casion to go to war , should bo the ac
knowledged leader in the invention and
manufacture of armor and guns , lleccnt
tests of steel armor plates have estab
lished beyond question the superiority
of the American plates over those made
in European countries , nmU. now a now
American gun has made its appearance
which completely eclipses all competi
tors in its power to resist the force of
explosives. In the testing of Ihis gun
lasl Saturday It was found to bo tiblo to
bear a pressure of 70,000 pounds to the
square inch , while the standard army
requirement is only 117,000 pounds. How
much more pressure it would have
birno : without bursting Is not known. It
Is fully demonstrated that this remarka
ble gun. the product of American genius
and skill , is far superior to any other in
strength , which is one of the qualities
most sought after iti the manufacture of
arms. It is highly probable thai all of
Iho greal lighting nations of the world
will soon bo equipped with American
armor plates and guns , or with imita
tions of them.
TIIK clearing house of Iloston yester
day came to the assistance of the gov
ernment by voting to turn into the
treasury several million dollars in gold
in exchange for greenbacks. This action
will give the treasury a sufficient sum
in free gold to enable it to meet demands
for at least another week and keep the
reserve intact , while in the meantime It
should gain some irold in the ordinary
way. Tlio example may also bo followed
by banks elsewhere , though there scorns
to bo small reason to expect any aid in
this direction from the banks of New
York , whoso position appears to justify
the opinion said to prevail tit the Treas
ury department that there is a conspir
acy of Wall street bankers to force the
government to issue binds. Tliero is
gold enough in thej country to supply
every need of the government if it can
bo reached , but 'under existing con
ditions tlio tendency undoubtedly is to
hold on to it. Of course in exchanging
L'old for greenbacks the operation is
simply ono of temporary relief. The
gold obligations of. the government re
main ns before tho' ransaclion.
A OIIKAT irrigation canal is now being
constructed in Arizona by which the
waters of the Colp'rado river are to bo
distributed over a vast territory that is
specially adapted to riomi-tropical fruits.
Over 500 men are .noW .employed on the
work , and many more will bo added to
the force. Irrigation , costs money , but
il has been fully demonstrated that it
pays. '
No Ainli.ist.idor at Tain in inyVt Court.
'CVifaiyn ' Trlhunt ,
The president shows no signs as yet of
any intention to send n special ambassador
to Tammany.
l' ' ( > llo\rlu ? In IliirrNun'H 1'oot stcM. |
.St. uiif * ( llolic-iemncrat.
Clove-land i.s ( loin ? his buit to maintain the
the financial policy which ho inherited
from Harrison.
Unodlcir.s Mukn u Ithlll'
MliiHeapiilln Ti-llntne.
Now York aldermen are about to strike foi
nn increase in s.ilary. They nro now ro-
coivliiK * 2,00l ) nnd want 1,01) , ) . It is n rank
bluff. Most of them could well afford to
servo without any salary at all.
The Other Fellow Mnil.
Frfcml Telegraph.
Aleut ) a month since It was currently reported
ported from Lincoln that Air. lid ward Uosc
water of THE OMAHA ifnij was mad. It is
now quite apparent that tiiis was merely n
case of mistaken identity and that some ot hei
fellows are mad instead.
Cuspor'H llulliiltlun ( it a "fltrnlslit. "
IJavM City I'rc.n.
The word "straight democrat , " so oftei
used by certain eminent gentlemen , is begin
niug to explain itsalf. It moans a liok-
spittol , who has no opinion on the tariff , who
is a subservient , tool of corporations , anil
withal , a blatant advocate of the liritish
tlnanclal system.
Mil kink" It Unpln.Munt lor Olnoy.
SI. ; ' , u < / / ' / Kierr'rt'ss. .
The Iieartlossnos ) of the press of the
United States in prodding Air. Olney will
bradawls for his masterly inactivity is ono
ot the things that is making oflleial life un
pleasant for the Massachusetts gentlomai.
of corporation instincts. If it were not foi
this ho would almost as soin live in Wash
ington in silent contemplation of his own
greatness as in Boston.
\Vliit ; HdliM to M.ik < ! AimrchUU.
I'lultc ( Vwntitriiin. / .
Tlio three Columbus lads who are not yet
out of tholr teens are now laboring fora pub
lie rogue In tlio stiitu prison. They took i
few hogs from tlio millionaire owners of tlio
Hay State Cattle company's r.incli u week ese
so a < o. Ilut long before this Moslier
wrecked the Capital National bank , Lincoln
anil by his stealings tlio state lost eve
$ . > ( > J,00l ) and business men and laborers lo-t
several hundred thousand dollars. Mosbo ;
is potted and ban < int'ted. is traveling ovu
tlio country at will lilwsv prince and when n
homo ivines ami dines his associates ii
crime. No wonder tn6 common people an
Irresistibly growingtgbo ) ; anarchists.
Truth A ! > Hit -Iiiiiaichmiiit. | : .
iMi'ttl Cttu I'rem.
The Lincoln Call insists in publishing to
tlio world that the attorneys employed to trj
tlio impeachment ca u-ng.ilnsi certain staU
officers , nro uach paW. ouuj. Tlio Uull i
mistaken. Tlio agrfpjicnt is made will
Messrs. Doano , Ureen.T'ound and Lambert
son at $ iilM ! each , aii'Mwith ' Air. Snoll , who
will assist in putting Jlgi testimony in shapu
f500. The three nrsfr'lawyers were deslg
nated by tno loglsjiaiuro itself , but Mr
Lambortsou was employed m addition ti
those , nnd also Mr. Siiull , for good nnd suf
llciont , reasons on the part of the committee
onto whoso shoulders was placed tlio whole
burden. Tlio committee has no malice bo
hind It. It desires to do its simple duty am
believed what it did in engaging attorneys
was for the host , nnd that there shall bo no
occasion for chaiges of dereliction of dut
in the future.
Lot Tliom I'ruvu Tholr Jiimicouoo.
( iitintliiiJ / ( Tliiiet.
It is an exhibition of weakness for nny o
the Impeacliecs to sot forth the plea tha
tholr terms of ofllco had expired buforo ac
tion was instituted niralnst them for mal
reasanco. If they worn honest and uprlfjh
dm ing tholr incumbency of the rospoctlv
positions to which they were chosen by <
confiding public nnd JcM that tlio necusa
tions which stare them in the face so unplea
santly are without foundation , they shouli
hail with joy thoopnortuulty that Is nlTordoi
thorn for vindication , instead of plcadliu
the baby act. Tlio massoa of the people In
lluencod by the evidence already uddurod
bcliovu thorn to be Guilty , und that belie
vlll abide with them until the partita no
mod establish to thn contrary And Unlnsi
Ills eotirsn Is pursued by thorn , wtmtwvnr
lin decision of tin' rourt limy bo , they will ,
n tlio mlnils of the voters , bo ndltidgoil
unity , nnd the nlnriw nf honor mm prolU
hat will bn n\r \ their dlsiwnl heroaftur will
be few and fur between.
XUItlt.tSK.l , l\l * AK/IJM.I/f.l.V.V.
Tnblo Hock is to have a democratic paper
dl'.cd by Klmi-r Uiynmn.
A horse roared up nnd fell on Henry Mosc-
nan ot Oakland , breaking hU leg.
Hon. C. H. Norrls of Tnlilo Kock Is
criously III with stomach trouble.
I'at Ounpliy of ( iiiiud Island , who has Juit
( turned from Honolulu , is ngnlnst tlio
vnnexntion of Hawaii.
N. K. Origgs , tlu "poet larint" of No-
iraska , has removed with hl.s tatnlly from
ioatricu to the stnto capital.
U'hllnrepairing a windmill Harry lluldcn
of Harvard caught his hand In a cog wheel
iii-l had to have n part of his lingers ninpu-
atcd.
Kills City will have n manufacturers' ex-
losltlon , beginning July I ) . The proceeds
vlll bo used to help build a Presbyterian
church.
A cigar stub thrown In tlio grass in n
suburb of O'Neill caused a lire which burned
over several vacant blocks of ground nnd de
stroyed a barn.
John Buchanan of Burr was struck by the
Missouri Pacille pay train at a crossing and
thrown quite a distance , but ho was not
seriously injured.
Jcsso ( iniuly , the founder of Broken Bow ,
nftcr residing In tlio city from it's birth
mill it is thirteen years of nge , has resumed
ife on his farm.
The enterprising town of Axtell comes to
the front nnd offers n bonus of SI.'JiH ) cash
for the location of n llourlng mill , nnd also
i bonus for n brick yard.
Five of the six children of Mr. nnd Mrs.
i'cter Sorcnson , formerly of Omaha , but now
residing near Fremont , have died within n
few weeks of diphtheria.
While the young son of Uov. Mr. Hawley of
Auburn was playing around a bonilro his
clothes became ignited and before tlio llames
could bo extinguished ho was Indly burned.
Boys at Uushvillo threw a base ball up
Into tlio air , nnd when it descended it
landed squarely on top of ( "Jeoiyo 11. Jack's
head , knocking him senseless. Ho will re
cover.
The Broken IJmv Beacon-Independent lias
"unhyphenated" and hereafter there will bo
two papers issued instc'id of ono. Beal &
Derris will conduct the Beacon and Colonel
Webb will run tlio Independent.
With the utmost faith that tlio Ynnkton
Norfolk road will be speedily constructed ,
the town of Crafton has boon Inid out in
Kiiox county , sixteen miles from Bloomtleld
ad : seventeen milc.s from llartington.
Joe Hoiiscr , a farmer near Bollwood , put
his hired girl to work n couple of weeks ago
cutting stalks with a stalk cutter. Sbo fell
olT the machine , and the result was that she
was badly "cut up" by the machine running
ol-er her , one limb being badlv mangled.
The story that Quln Bohanan , tlio escaped
murderer , is working in machine shops in a
Mexican town hasn't created great excite
ment at Nebraska City. Quin has been
reported in so many places at the same time
that all hope of catching him lias been
abandoned.
M.\ David Ncalo of Fort Calhoun has
recently patented a machine for making
and depositing "anchor riprap , " ami has
issued a very neat pamphlet descriptive of
the same with illustrations a * to construc
tion of the riprap and its advantages over
any now in use. Ono of its principal points
of excellence is that the riprap may be
manufactured and ready for use in so short
a time that it is available in case of sudden
high water or Hoods.
Kov. B. F. Flory of Pawnco City has been
acquitted by a Jury of the charge of forgery.
The grand Jury found seven indictments
against him , and tlio ono just tried wns with
A. W. Miller ns prosecuting witness. The
fact thai Flory had tried to imitate Miller's
signature , coupled with his sudden disap
pearance for parts unknown over a year ago ,
satislied the public that ho was guilty , but
tlio state failed to show evidence to tlio Jury
that would lead thorn to bo convinced that
ho wns guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The llrst ballot of the jury stood four lo
eight for acquittal.
The Campbell Commission company of
Soutli Omaha denies categorically tlio as
sertions of a Kearney paper that the com
pany , through Mr. T. B. Clnwson , lias Deen
negotiating for a trnnt of land near that cily
to be used us feed and stock yards , or that
any thought ot the enterprise spoken of by
that paper lias over boon entertained by the
company. The "big deal consummated'1 by
Iho Kearney paper must , therefore , bo con
signed to the shades with the numerous
other big deals that have had their origin
and consunynntion solely in the lurid imag
ination of newspapers.
JM.VS.VO.v.rs. .
Detroit I'rpo I'ro.ss : Husband Well , my
dear. thoru'M ono advantage In being poor.
\Vlfo IM llkoloknovv what It is ?
Husband We don't have to pay $10,000 u
year for house rent.
Washington News : It having boon settled
that mlercibu.s o\lst In lee , the doctors may bo
expected to advlso people to boll their Ice be
fore Using It.
Indianapolis Journal : "Vos , " said the pretty
typi'writi'i1 girl , "I bcllovo I had rather work
fora Mitirrlud man thiin a single one. Von
sec , when things go wrong : i nian just natur-
nlly has lo gut oven by glvlns seine woman
fits , and If ho bus a wife I am Ilkoly to es-
enpo
Truth : "llawloy was budly hurt last Suu-
dav. "
'llowf J
"liisomo way hi ) dropped a Sunday nows-
papuron liU foot and crushed It. "
Chloago Inlor Oi'oaii : "Why did you Invltu
Mr" . Instylo to your lea when you dislike her
soV"Wlfo
Wlfo Ili'causo I know hho wouldn't have
llmu to got a now dross.
C'blcago Tribune : "I wasn't always down on
my luck lllin this"said Ilut fnuzlud tourist ,
whlttllnt , ' a splinter from the bench In thu
park. " 1 hud ugouil position on n nuw.spapcr
iini'i1. "
" .so did I , " responded his now acquaintance.
"Shako ! "
"Put 'or there.Miat was the Job you
hold ! "
"I was a copy runilur. "
"I was a reporter. "
iinr :
Hang !
And the iiolirpiiiflii said b'iorio ( , It was thu
toughest tlht ( ho oversee !
I'hlladulphla Tlinos : ( llbors strike for vari
ous ruiisons , nut when n tramp strikes work
It's bccausu he hatus it.
Ilutl'ulo Courier : Tlio most upright dealer
In HUH umbrellas will occasionally get ml.xt'i"
up In u shady transaction.
t'hlctiKo Dispatch : The r'yi : > tlans at Mid
way pliilsunro are lonriilna very inuldly ti
spunk English. They alreaily can say "Thali
you , " "hour" and "whisk , " and can drink very
tluuntly.
Somurvllln Journal : There are supposed to
bo about -120.000,000 Christians In ilio world ,
but you wouldn't think so to hoar some people
talk.
Now Orleans I'leiiyniie : A poet asks : "When-
are iho sprlii'-i of long uiroV" Iln patlnnt.
Thuy may rnmo around again In the hoopsklrt
of the future.
GOI'M ) UK IIKTTKlt.
ICiix/idii/Iou / / .Sfnr.
I.lfo U real , Hfo is earnust ,
Ilut It might bo moio Mihllmo
If a man wuro not kept busy
Dodging microbes all tbu time.
IT i < ii.u-i > unit.
Dramatic AVir * .
Him studlod a year In thu I.ycoum school ,
Camlllo and 1'aulliio she could piuy ,
And hurhunrt throbbed with ardor that noth
ing rould cool
Tor Art with n capital A !
.Minor scales Rlio had practiced nnd ntiKm < 'iilt-'d
thirds ;
She know uvcry bar of Iktulhovon :
Hhi' could slim IlKf Wt- Cicely to Herman words ,
"Oh , 1'romlso Mo" by du Komi.
Sim took her accomplishments one fatal day
To nn agency on tlio lilalto ,
And'sald : "I would Ilko loading business to
play.
Or to sing jirlma dunna contralto. "
Tlio agent regarded her coldly a bit ,
Tlum siild , with an air vtiry im'uk :
"If you can turn handsprings and diuiiiuat
spilt
I can oiloryou thirty a wt k ! "
Hhe K | np whuro tlio gad sen waves beat Illio
llfo'n hourt
'Gainst her tonib Hollowed out of a rock ,
And liereDltnph U : "Here a | , i ie le-s nf Art
Mes a Ucilm of cold. Uiiuul ali k ! '
I'KOi't.K ironrn , VIVT/O.V/V ( ,
The agricultural department of thn I'nl-
voralty of ( icorgla 1ms just nintrlmilnted n
freshman who Is IMjciiM old. Ills name is
(1. M. lloliU.
President V. U Patton of Prlncntoii , Ims
mt fully recovered his health , though It was
nuch Improved by his sojourn In Swlt/.or-
and last summer. Lr. ) Patton Is now in
Bermuda.
Hoko .Smith's aunt has Just died , leaving
ilm ? ' . ' ( K ) In cnsli. Should the secretary keep
on accumulating legacies and become n real
millionaire no one v\lll make any tnoro fun
ibout his name.
Octavo Uznnne , n distinguished French
author , compiler and editor , Is tin Intending
visitor to the World's fair. While In this
country ho will contribute letters to Figaro
under tlio lio.ul of "Sensations d'Amorlquo. "
Theodore Krasnovsky , n Kussiau pennant ,
died recently at Tokarok.i , In Volhynla , at
tlio reputed ago of 130 years. His great age
was protl.v well substantiated , and ho came
of a long-lived family , his father having at
tained tlio ago of UK ) .
Tlio I-iondon Times calls Captain A. T.
Mahau of th'o United States-navy "tho most
distinguished living writer on navalstratogy
and the originator and tlrst exponent of what
may he called the philosophy of naval his
tory. " Tlis | is high pralso from the very
highest of British authority.
In nn address Prof. Charles Idiot Norton
of Harvard , speaking of James Kussull Ixiw-
ell , said : "Ho and I were friends for motv
than forty years. Wi1 used to sue each other
almost every day , and I do not remember
over hearing him say anything which over
gave p.Un io any other human being. "
Sir Henry Wood , who is one of Oreit Brit-
nin's olllcial representatives in connection
with the World's fair , is a brother of Mrs.
Annie Bcsant , the tlii-osophlc high priestess ,
and both are cousins of Charles Stewart
Parneirs widow , who wis Miss Catharine
Wood before she became the wife of Captain
O'Sliea.
Whnrton Barker , ascetic and qiiakorish ,
tr.ivols often between New York and Phila
delphia , and is usually seen In deep converse
with some fellow passenger , to whom he im
parts political and other secrets in a .singu
larly penetrating voice that makes ln.s con-
lldences the 00111111011 property of alt who do
not willfully stop their e.irs.
Clement Scott , the eminent Knglish dra
matic critic , has Just been making ii tour of
Japan and lie bluntly characterizes all of Sir
ICd win Arnold's effusions regarding Japanese
women as balderdash. Indeed lie says that
it is an insult to Knglish or American
womanhood to institute any comparison be
tween them and Japanese women.
The deatti at Cambridge of Charles Appleton -
ton Ixmgfellow , second sou of Henry W.
Longfellow , leaves four members of the
poet's family , n son , Krnest , a well known
artist and architect , and three daughters.
Mrs. J. ( ! . Thorpe , jr. , Mrs. Uiclmrd Henry
D.ina. nnd Miss Alice l.ongfollow. Charles
Longfellow was -ID years old and a persistent
traveler.
General Grant's birthday , April 27 , is to bo
celebrated by the Union League club of
Philadelphia with an elaboralo banquet and
spaechmaklng. Among those who will respond
spend to toasts are ex-Secretary George M.
Hobeson , General O. O. Howard. Governor
P.ittison , Admiral Ammen , Congressman
Breckinridgoof Kentucky and General II.
W. Slocum.
Admiral Sir John Hopkins , tlio enthusiast
among tlio foreign sailors , is bound to show
us Americans how proud ho is to be with
us. He has ordered a statue of Washington
for each of his four ships and will set them
up on the decks when he gets to Now York.
The statues are being made in Now York.
From IjOtulon ho has ordered complete out-
Ills of electric lights for all of his ships.
With these lie will trim the vessels fore nnd
aft and up and flown from the mastheads
and yardarms. No other ships , not oven
our own , will make such a urilliant display
ut nigbt as the Blake , Tartar , Magiclonno
and Austrafia.
David McCoy of Kodlamls , Southern Cali
fornia , celebrated this year his 103d birth
day. He is still haio and happy , and hopes
to live down many younger men yet Ho
was born in Burke county. North
Carolina , on May * 2 , 17'Jl ' ) . When
til years old ho moved to Frank
fort. Ky. , and in the war of 1812 he Joined
Colonel H. Al. Johnson's llrst regiment of
Kentucky volunteers to go up against the
British and Indians who were menacing the
United States border from Canada. In 18)0 )
ho moved to Greencastle , Aid. , and in IH.J'I ( to
Holla , Aid. In 18IXJ ho went to California ,
but after n residence of some years there re
turned to Missouri. Ho is finally in Calfornia
again.
Will Restore Pomlir ; Coiilldonco.
Tclinmali llurto lian.
Tills paper rejoices over tlio passage of
the maximum rate bill , not so much because
of the expected reduction of freight rates ,
but because it forcibly emphasises the right
of the masses to regulate and control to a
certain extent common carriers and publi. "
highways. The new law undoubtedly is nor
perfect by n long ways. It was not expected
it would bo , ns it must be tested before its
defects come to the surface , but the Idea of
the non-abuse of private monopoly nnd equal
ization of freight rates in Nebraska is com
mendable and will tend to restore to conll-
dcnco of the people in out lawmakers that
the proper tiling was aimed at if all the
good results are not apparent at the begin
ning' . Governor Crounso reigns and the
government at Lincoln still lives.
Carlisle nnd tlio New Yorlc Hunks.
Chicago Hcralil.
Hardly had the Carlisle circular been made
public before it was made null and void. The
Now Yorlc bankers saw in the compliment
paid the western banks aislnp In the face for
themselves and , in the slang which is fast
maturing into classic Kntrllsli. they kicked.
Subtreasurer Jordan served as the heel of
the kickers. Ho went straight to President
Cleveland and fllrd n vigorous protnjt The
remit wns that poor Oarllslo hud lo chtxiifl
between being turned out or turned ilotvn
ami , faithful to the regulation charartcr of
the habitual ofllcoholdur , ho submitted 1 1
the latter.
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I.VDM.V C < I .N lt.l.\QVKr.
A Norol .Sprcnd Triutprril by Colour ! .Miir-ll
plir In CopFiihiicrii , | j
Copenhagen DaunebroK' Colonel Chariest ]
J. Murphy , who has been sent to Kuropo by
the United States Agricultural dep.irtment ,
in onler to further the Introduction of In
dian corn as human food , last night at the
Hotel King of Denmark , gave a made ban
quet at which llfty-two representative uu
tlemen were present.
Among the prominent personages may ho
named the American minister , I { on Clark
hi. Carr , who presided ; the American
consul. Prof. Baker ; the American vltv-oon
snl , Olof Hanson ; the French , Belgian ,
Uiisslan , Knglish ami Swedish consuls -
suls ; Major General Kobke , head of .
the commissary department of the '
Army ; Surgeon General Moller. several -
oral prominent grain merchants and
millers , Including Air. Carre , Ur Jorgcnsun ,
tlio noted food expert , etc , ctr , and mem
hers of the press. Before the banquet ho
g.in the companv were shown in the salons
samples of tbo different kinds of maize meals
and Hours , hominies and the special prepara
tions of corn known by such names as
shredded maize , ceroallne. etc ote The
guests took great Interest in Mr Murphy's
oxulauatlons and many were surprised to
lo.irn that this useful grain imaizei costs in
ordinary years about one half as mui-h as
weathen-llnur and one-third less thnnrxo
L'pnn adjourning to the b.iniuetitip | hall t' ' < e
visitors found a rich feast of daintily ! ' >
pared and wholesome mai/e disli a waiting
tlio Judgment of their tastes There \\us
mush and milk , grilled ousters r ncd lit
mnl/e , fried hominy and maple HUMP roast
turkey with mai/.e croquettci s veet corn
"nnalriM , mal/.c uuddlng with I 'a ifornlii
fruits , hot corn ( maize ) bread , eercallne ,
pudding , mlxod maize-wheat bread maize-
rye bread , ices , California raisins. American
fruits , California wines of different kinds , as
well as champagne.
iOvery ono was delighted with the maize
and all agreed that such a food could be suc
cessfully Introduced. Colonel Murphy s.ild
that many moro dishes than these . ould bo
prepared from maize.
The toasts of the "King , Queen and lioyal
Family" and "President of the United
States" were duly honored , after which Mm
ister Carr spolto on tlio merits and use of
maize as human food. During the course of
the evening Colonel Murph\ health was
proposed by the Russian consul general and
drank with enthusiasm.
After Colonel Murphy's respnnsn , his son.
Air. 1. I. Murphy , arose an I addressed tlio
company in French and German , as iminj ,
present did not understand Knglish. Ills
theme was maizo. lie referred to seine fo
the humorous incidents of maize introduc
tion , and said that when this grain was llrst
made known in Ireland as human food , some
of the trailers Interested in cereals spread a
re | > ort that if the peasants eat maize thoj
would turn black , as it was on account of the
maize being eaten in Ameriea that tliero
were so many negroes in that
country. But the speaker did not bellevo
that imiijy put faith in the legend Air Mur
phy said that when Napoleon was marching
at tlio head of his legions , h" halted his vast
army at one of I lie noted vineyards of Fraiu-e
which was said to produce tne llnest ihtim
pagno. and ordered them to salute the vine
yard , saying at the same tune'From chut
vineyard came the wit and spirit of Franco "
so , Mr. Murphy claimed , that Americans
could say that from their fertile Holds of
golden grain come Iho wealth and prosperity
of tlio republic. Mr. Murphy closed his re
marks with the expression that the dovei
opmcnt of maize as human food would bo
but a further manifestation of the polluy and
motto of the United States , which was
' Friendship , peace and commerce with ttio
whole world. "
Dr. Jorgenscn. in responding for the modi-
leal profession , spoke eloquently on th sub
ject , and said among other things that Mln
istor Carr , nt the suggestion of Colonel Alar
phy , intended to request the government
to appoint a commission to deter
mine tlio best means of using maize
in the army , navy and other government In
stitutions. Numerous toasts were drunk ,
among them being to the press , the 'Aler
chants of Copenhagen , " and to the presiding
ofllcer. Air. Carr. Mr. Alarstrand , tlio well
known baker , who has n largo number of
baking establishments , testilled to the pos
sibllltles of niai/.u in a business of his kind
Tlio. American consul , Prof Baker , in refer
ring to Colonel Murphy , said it was not
generally known that Coli u 1 Murphy was
the llrst to inform Americans of the distress
of the poor Russians , and his energy in so
liciting subscriptions largely contributed to
bring about the generous offerings of maize
nnd other grains from America The banquet ,
was a great .success. The hall was buauli
fully decorated with Danish and American
( lags , and the menu card was n most artistic !
and unique work of art , a souvflnlr worthy
of tlio occasion. Colonel Alurphy was
often complimented by the different i
speakers during the course of the
evening on his energy and tact and his sue
cess In winning so many sympathies for
maizo. There is no doubt that maize will bo
appreciated by the Scandinavian people
Wo heard of Colonel Alurphy from his work
in Germany ; so lie did not come to us eu
tlrely as a stranger. Wo understand that
tlie business men are already interesting
themselves In the commercial part of thu
maize propaganda , and that maize prepara
tions are already on sale in Copenhagen
Allnistor Carr was very happy in his posi
Him as presiding olllcer , and it Is to bo re
gretted that this popular and excellent mill
ister is shortly to leave us.
The maize banquet will long bo remembered
bored as a unique and interesting event ,
most pleasant to all that participated thereat ,
nnd wliieh has done a vnst deal In removing
criticism in regard to tlio use and vnluo of
mal/c as human food.
Lurgost Mnnutacturori an I
of UlothlnK 1" th. } WorU.
This blew in.
Did you hoar the husky howling1 of the wind
along the street ? Did you see
the prancing1 people as they
tried to keep their feet ? How
it whistled round the corners !
how it galloped through the
doors ! It climbed into the
attics , and it burrowed 'neath
the floors ; But of all its beastly
antics there was ono that boat them all. Twas the
fiendish way it frolicked through that hole that's
in the wall. As a matter of fact did you over see
such weather. In ono respect it's like our suits ;
hard to find their equal. Our own make , guaran
teed. Men's spring suits $8.50 and up. Boys' suits
$2.50 up. Stacks of 'em.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
! sW. . Cor. 15th and Da