Nebraska Newspapers

    TTIti OMAHA DAILY KKI * ; : WEDNESDAY , MAY 10. 1893.
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Atonic" Clri'iilntlim lor April , IKI ) ! ! , 9 1,281.
Mil. DOHGAN'S iirotityim must exist
in Iowa. At least , Unit sluto is to htivo
a ponituntliiry Investlfjalioti.
To iJi\lt : Mayor Harrison parley
French is said to bo one of the most
mmtslng cntcrttiininnnts at the World's
fair.
Tin : presence of an onorgoliu republi
can majority in Loulsvtllo this week will
lie a rude nhock to bourbon traditions of
the Kentucky metropolis.
Tin : Corduffo trust has been forced
into the hands of a receiver , and Cleve
land's attorney gonorul can claim no par
ticular credit for it , either.
ARKANSAS has abolished the convict
Icaso system by act of the legislature.
A Nebraska legislature would hardly
have been HO courageous.
Now THAT Secretary of Agriculture
Morton has consented to bo present at
the openiii } , ' , the success of the manu
facturers' exposition can no longer bo
questioned.
THK Iowa Stnto Hoard of Health has
issued a bulletin advising people afllictcd
with heart disease to remain away from
thu World's fair. In view of the extor
tion of the restaurant men , the advice is
timely.
IT NOW transpires that the attention
of the members of tlio State Board of
1'ublic Landsund Buildings was directed
to the asylum frauds as far back as 1891
and that they either neglected or de
clined to investigate thorn.
THK saline lands which belong to the
Htalo , and which are to bo sold under
the recent act of the legLsluturo , are
worth from $ .10 to $100 per aere. This
fact should bo borne in mind by the
aUito oflioialH when the appraisement is
inado.
IP THK plan of translucent sculpture
invented by an American artist proves
the success it is claimed to bo , Mr. An
thony Comstoek may yet bo afforded
moro light on art matters than it has
hitherto been doomed possible for him
to discover.
THE greed of the stale printing ring
this year surpasses anything in the
history of Nebraska. As an instance , it
may bo cited that the combine fixed a
prieo of $ , * ) , -UM ) on one class of work for
which the state was required to pay but
$180 two years ago.
WITH his trial indefinitely postponed
Bank-wrecker Moshor will doubtless
take in the World'n fair with a deputy
marshal us a traveling companion. In
the meantime the Lincoln people who
buffered through his peculations will
doubtless remain at homo.
TIIK gratifying intelligence reaches
the west that the upward turn in stocks
has rodtored the Wall street brokers'
conlldonco in the country. It will require -
quire something more than a favorable
turn in stocks to restore the country's
conlidoneo in Wall street brokers.
Winr.K the Lancaster county grand
jury is In feoftsion it might , with perfect
propriety , ask William Djrgan a few
questions relating to the details of the
transaction by which Bankwrccker
Moshor turned over to him the valuable
property at the state penitentiary owned
by the prison contract.
THK Chicago newspapers are unspar
ing In tholr oxposii.-o of the numerous
devices for entrapping unwary visitors ,
mid tholr work Is bearing fruit. Extor
tionate charges have already boon re
duced and many abu-.es corrected. A
courageous press is a potent factor in
these days of enlightenment.
THU World's fair galas woi-o closed on
Sunday in the face of 00,000 people whc
sought admission. The gambling hells
and disorderly resorts \voro wide open ,
however , and the men who wore turned
nvruy from scones of art , bounty and
refinement for the vindication of UK
American Sabbath received an effusive
welcome at questionable places of umubo
inunt.
A VKW stnto papers , which have all
along poieJ us apologists for the inv
poached blato olllulals , iieouso TJII : BKK
of twisting and distorting the evidence
adduced in the impeachment trial Nt
ono , however , who has listened atten
tively to the proceedings of the trial has
had the hardihood to challenge the re
liability of TUB BHK'S rajKirts , The
inct is there can bo no reason for garb
ling the testimony. Up to date it has
abundantly justified the demand of Till'
BKK for the Impeachment of crooked
nnd faithless oulelaU.
( M.V.VOT
The grand jury of Laneasior county
has fdi * u " . 'i end Hmo brought in IndleN
iijonts against thu men ohtu'ccd with
( Ii'frauiling the state in the matter of
f annulling snppltos for state institutions.
The indictments are bas-ul upon the
saniu ovidnncu presented to the grand
jury Irnt December. Owing to evident
irregularities in the manner In which
the previous jury had been culled , it
MIW doomed best by the county attorney
ti > .summon a now jury and present now
Indictments. This has been done and
the result has xet at rest any appre
hension that the guilty parties might
succeed in escaping the c mioqueiioes of
tholr erlines through u lack of earnest
prosecution.
There can now bo no further excuse
Mr dolnying the trial of the indicted
parties. The district court Is in ses
sion , the indictments fairly presented
nnd their Irregularity unquestioned , the
witnesses present and the evidence at
hand. As fur as can be learned the
county attorney of LnncaHor county has
no desire to delay mutter. * . The people
of Nebraska tire directly interested in
this trial , and th y only usk the L-incus-
ter county olllclals to do tholr duty as
unlllnchlngly ami us expeditlously us
possible.
The trial of these men who have for
jcurs looted the state treasury , together
with the impeachment of tlio state olll-
ciuls whoso carelessness or indilloroneo
allowed the dishonest contractors to
carry on their nefarious operations with
perfect Impunity , will mark a new era in
the conduct of our state institutions.
Whether the Impeached ollloluls arc
convicted or not , they or their successors
will have learned a lesson that will pre
vent i'lditlorenco and curolcssnius for
years to come ; and the conviction and
punishment of tlio dishonest contractors
will servo as a warning and a lesjon to
others with whom the state will deal in
the future.
KW.Ss'SlOA' / . /OHM. .
The trend of political events in Iowa
.eems . to point unmistakably to the fact
hut the prohibitionquostion is bound to
K > coinc an important factor in this fall's
ampaign. There is undoubtedly a
'rowing sentiment in favor of a resub
nission of the question to u vote of the
i > coplo. After u trial extending over a
> oriod of ten years the inadequacy of the
aws to wipe out the liquor trallic has
) een fully demonstrated. The pro-
libitory laws have not only hud
ho benefit of a fair trial upon
heir merits , but successive legisla
tures have strengthened the original
aw until it Inn had the bone-
lit ot all the statutory aid
.hut could be thrown around It. Every
n-ovision that the experience , foresight
; uul wisdom of oven the most radical
irohibition extremist could suggest has
been added to the original enactments.
i\nd yet the opposition of the masses of
the people to the law has unquestion
ably grown in intensity until the ques-
ion of resubmission bus attained the
dignity of u pronounced issue in the poli
tics of the state , which can neither bo
ignored nor evaded.
It may bo a liltfo early in the season
to enter upon an intelligent discussion
of the issue with reference to its olTect
upon the political parties of the
llawkeyo state. The subject is
already u matter of animated dis
cussion on the part of the republican
press of Iowa , but as yet the discussion
is confined to tlio length to which the re
publican platform declaration shall go
in its reference to a question which more
than any other single issue has so
nearly wrecked u in tgnillcont party or-
ani/ation. In the interior districts of
the state , where the dilliculty in enforc
ing the provisions of the law has not
been so apparent , the sentiment in favor
of rosubmis.sion is not , of course , so pro-
nou.iced. and republicans there will nat
urally oppose any radical declaration in
the plutlorm. In the larger centers of
population the conditions are exactly
the toverso.
As the matter rests at the present
time the republicans of Iowa are con
fronted with a grave responsibility.
That they will not hesitate to moot the
responsibility isovidenced by the serious
manner in which they have , oven this
early in the campaign , taken up tlio
solution of the question. That they will
meet it in the honest and courageous
spirit which has long characterized the
history of the party when wiser counsels
prevail is certain. But through all the
doubt and uncertainty with which the
perplexing situation is surrounded , the
ono f.ict , that the party cannot atlord to
disagree or ignore the growing senti
ment in favor of a rojubmihsion of the
whole question to u vote of the people , is
upparant.
TIIK .U/Sr/M MA' CltlSlS.
The failure is reported of another
Australian bunk with liabilities amount
ing to millions. Tlio disastrous char
acter of the crisis in Australia will be
understood when it is state 1 that in-
htitutions with liabilities in excess ol
$ l.r > 0,000,000 have gone to the wall in the
hist few weeks , and evidently the title
of disaster is not yet stayed. While the
Australian crisis may not huvo anj
boriou.s otleot upon financial condition-
In the rest of the world , for the reasor
that it has been anticipated and in i
considerable measure prepared for , yol
it conveys a lesson which it is well tc
give s > mo attention to. It is the inovi
tublo result of inflation and reckles :
speculation , for which the hanks them
helves are responsible. These institu
lions have multiplier ! far moro rupidlj
than there was a demand for thorn , anil
in the desperate competition nmon- .
thorn little regard has been had foi
sound and bnfo principles of business ,
The consequence has boon an inilutct :
volume of banking far in excess of tin
Industrial and commercial growth of tht
country. It is stated that from 18SO U
181)1 ) the trade of the colonies with othoi
countries increased from $15:1,000,000 : t <
$220,000,000 , or about 43 per cent. Bu
in the same time thu bank advance :
Increased fnnuJ 821)0,000,000 ) to $703,000 ,
000 , or about 14'l per cant. Last year
English capital to the amount of $21.r > ,
000,000 was loaned to the Australian
banks
The bunks have encouraged all sorts
of speculation. Kor a year or two pus' '
there has been u vigorous laud boon
which these institutions have kept slim *
uluting. In the cities vast sums have
been uxpcntled in building for which
there wus no demand , the money being
obtained from the banks. Australia
does not oncourngo Immigration and
consequently the growth of popula
tion Is slow. Investments In build
ings not wanted wore of course
unprofitable and when loans on such
property became duo they could not be
paid. Depositors taking alarm at the
situation , withdrew their inmoy from
the banks , weakening the ability of
tho-o institutions to sustain the specula
tions they had encouraged. Most of the
bank failures have been attributed
directly to the withdrawal of deposits ,
though the number of people who were
so fortunate as to wive themselves in
this way is probably much leas than
the number of losers by the failure.
Tlio Australian crinisi Is sure to entail
widespread suffering in the colonies and
its effect must be felt in England. The
financial conditions in the latter country
have not yet fully recovered from the
damagingolltcts of the Argentine crisis ,
and this Australian eollupso cun hardly
fail to add to the embarrassment and
perplexities of the situation. The loss
of English investors from the latter
disaster may not prove so serious as
from the former , but it will hurt.
Whether the damage done will have
any intluenco tipin the financial rela
tions of tliis country with England can
not bo readily determined , but in the
Dresont sensitive condition of monetary
affairs it is quite possible that it may be
felt hero. It certainly will in the event
of any severe strain upon the English
money market us the result of the Aus
tralian crisis , and this cannot bo re
garded us unlikely to happen.
DllFHCllVH FR.lTUIlKsi Ul' 7'rtf/STS.
The panic of last week in the "Indus-
.rial . * ' securities , the worst shaking up
tlio market has had since 187 ! ! , disclosed
the dangerous character of trust stocks
as speculative investments. They can
not be hold up except upon iv very easy
money market. The reasons are that
their value as collateral is uncertain ,
they are looked upon with suspicion by
the conservative , they are taken at the
banks with caution and held only on
sufferance ; and whenever the money
market suggests to bank man
agers the necessity of a contrac
tion of credits they are the
first to bo thrown out of loans. It is
practically impassible for the public to
obtain the information about tlio work
ing of the properties the securities rcp-
ont that is necessary to form a rea
sonably accurate judgment ns to their
value , and tlio readiness with which
they may ha subjected to manipulation
naturally increases uncertainty regard
ing them.
But apart from this , which has to do
only with these who speculate in stocks
and whoso gains or losses uro of as little
consequence to the imblie as these
of any other class of gamblers ,
there are inherently defective fea
tures and weak points in these
industrial monopolies which should lead
prudent and careful business men to
stand aloof from them. In the first
place , every combination of this kind ,
in order lo bo successful , must absorb
every enterprise in its line of business
regardless of the condition of the bus
iness to bo taken in. This is necessary
to secure the intended monopoly. "If
the organizers of a trust imagine that
they can safely leave out the shaky con
cerns,1' says the Boston Athcitiw ,
"they will quickly find that those con
cerns are sharing all advantages
of higher prices and diminished com
petition , while shouldering some of the
responsibilities and risks. " Another
consideration is that in advertising its
success a trust invites its own destruc
tion. If in order to sell its stock it lets
the world know that it is making money ,
the tendency is to induce others to em
bark in the business. Thus "tho suc
cessful trust is compelled to go on buy
ing up now rivals or suffering from the
outside competition which it was or-
gani/.od to choke otT. " Only the indus
tries in which competition cannot be
readily established huvo any assurance
of escaping this. But the most serious
defect of the monopolistic combinations
is the fact that they uro obnoxious
to the law of the land and that there is
an ever increasing popular hostility to
them. "For all those reasons and for *
various other reasons , " says the Boston
Adrerli cr , "it will bo well for manufac
turers who have not yet put tholr necks
under the trust yoke to pause and do
sonio hard thinking before they give up
tholr independence , their solid sub
stance , their well-trodden and safe
guarded paths of business prosperity for
the sake of becoming fractional parts of
gigantic structures which they can
not control and beneath whoso
crumbling ruins they may bo
crushed. " This is unquestionably ju
dicious counsel , but the probability of
its being generally hooded is small. II
manufacturers would act upon this ob
viously sensible suggoitlon there might
bo an end to the extension of monopoly.
But this is moro than ran reasonably bu
hoped for. The growth of trusts will bo
stopped only by the application of Ihc
law which llieso comblnalion uro violat
ing , the enforcement of which has al
ready boon lee long delayed.
UXDOUliTKUtA President Cleveland
was fully prepared when ho announced
his determination to shut out the linpor-
tunato place hunters for sonio udvernc
criticism from the spoilsmen of hh
party. The men who assume that it is
the first , if not the highest , duty of a
president to attend to the distribution
of the offices , could not -bo expected tc
take kindly lo the knockout blo
given them by Mr. Cleveland ,
for Its effect will bo to deprive <
privo a very considerable number
of this class of politicians of the
opportunity to payoff political debts and
at the same time demonstrate their lii'
llucnco with the administration. It wa-
a very important privilege for these
politicians to lx > permitted to thrust
themselves upon the president almost at
pleasure and it is not surprising that
they are displeased at having It taken
away from them. But the botlor tenll
mont of the country , which is not con
cerned about the spoils , will approve the
action of the president , for which he
gives reasons Ihut nbrtndantly justify it.
lie was torcoft' ' $ chmw boturoon attend
ing to the public business as It
required and'MiVrrendorlng ' his tlmo to
the plncn hun' fs. Ho decided to give
the preferenceto the demands of public
duty and It wnVu proper choice. Here
after Mr. G'loxnftind will see only such
applicants for Dlllco as ho desires to
communicate"jj th personally , nnd while
noono will nqcessurily suffer any injuR-
lice by this arrangement , tlio president
will suvo a gr { > uj deal of valuable time
and avoid a 'vast ' amount of annoyance
that must bo 'exceedingly irritating.
Ho has established a precedent which
will doubtless bo observed by his suc
cessors.
THU autobiographical sketch of Sena
tor John Martin of Kansas , as It appears
in the extra edition of Iho congressional
directory , Is likely to attract attention.
Though failing to mention the contest
for his seat in the chamber , It closes
with this suggestive paragraph of his
signal olllcicncy us a politician : "Was
principally instrumental in securing the
endorsement of the democratic state
c invention of 18SU of the populist ticket ,
und in bringing abiut congressional and
county fusion for the purpose of taking
the elect iral vote from the republicans
and in securing the legislature , which
plan succeeded. "
Tun summary impeachment of the
national administration is demanded b >
the Oregon populists. Their fulmlna-
lion emanates from Oolph B. ITannun.
ex-chairman of Iho slate populist con
vention and the acknowledged leader of
that party in Oregon , lie declares that
the Chinese Six Companies have "bull-
tin/oil Cleveland and his cabinet , and
that they are in control of the country ,
HO far as the Chinese are concerned. "
Allusion is made to this empty vaporing
as merely illustrative of tlio impotence
that still characterises the leaders of
the people's movement.
Tin : protest formulated by a group
of intelligent und patriotic Russians in
Europe and presented to the people of
this country by Mr. George Kennan will
do much to arouse popular indignatit n
against the recently ratified treaty.
The identity of the signers is concealed ,
since if known they would bo arrestul
and imprisoned us soon us they should
rccross the Itusilan frontier. This fait
of itself adds emphasis lo the oxposui cs
they make of the treatment meted by
the Russian autocracy to all who try to
throw oil the inherited yoke of Iho
Romano ! ) tlynasty.
Tun death of ( Jolonol Ward II. Lamon
removes u familiar and popular charac
ter from vcler'an.cirolcs ' . at the national
capital. Colonel' Lamon , who died at
at MartiiHlmr'g' , ' Va. . on Sunday , was
once President Lincoln's confidential
secretary , and uUlhor of a life of the
martyred president. IIo was a recog
nized" friend of. tie ) old soldiers and the
announcement of ] his death" will bring
regret to hi surviving comrades , to
whom ho was generally and favorably
known. , , _ _
Oun friends of tjjo southland should
learn to dUourn hetvveon hu.sine.ss ana
feentimeilt. The confederate Hags that
were hoist at the time of the recent
assembly of southern governors in llleh-
inond btill float over the eity. This may
Bivvo as a gratifying roininUcenco of Ihe
dovolion of the boulhern pojplo to the
cause for which they fought and lost ,
bat the cold logic of the demonstration
will not tend to advance the immigra
tion they so much netstl from the north.
Tin : revelations before the Interstate
C > mmorco commission in session at
Sioux Falls , S. D. , respecting railroad
rate discriminations uguinst that city ,
promise a golden opportunity for the
commissioners to impress these corpo a-
tions with the absolute necessity of amore
moro just reirard for the prinoi ] les of
equity in dealing with citizens of rival
communities.
AS WAS to have been expected the
severest criticisms of the president's de
termination to close the doors of the
white house against the mob of importu
nate olllco socket's , in order that ho may
.devote himself uninterruptedly to public
affairs of moro moment , comes from the
rebuffed applicants themselves.
Mil. GHNKAU says that a coat of pp'nt
has greatly improved the appearance of
Nebraska's World's lair building. Now
if he will contrive to paint a little sun
shine on the grounds surrounding the
building nothing will bo lacking to make
the exhibit u glittering success.
\Vlint ll.'is Tliiii-ii a'or ,
.St [ * < > uls filnlie-Demiicrat
Commissioner Hloiiut s-jcms to be stny-
hiir in Huwiiil solely for the purpose of keep
ing the American lUi ; huiilud down.
Look Out for a Political C } clone.
Inifc 'HileHiiwnt ,
Already tlio rumblings of next f.ill's stntc
campaign may bo ho.inl by the o wUo liolil
tlioir ear close to tlio ground , and it win bo n
campaign such as we novcr had in Nebraska
Not \V..rry in i ; .
M. L < Hti JB/I/JIC-/J / mocrat.
Canada , for the numbur of her inhabitants
has a debt tar laixor tluiti the United States
but Hb slio look- , for annexation in a do/or
or lUtt'enoars . , whan the United tjtntcswil
huvo to help tier piy the aobt , she Is no
bothering hcrso a uut It.
I'nnli'H NIMT ZItirt Trusts.
( Ill .it'j't litter Occin.
The Chicago plitform was distinctly dowt
on trust i and a ill ! : "I'lio worst trusts mu
combinations cau-j > p abated bylaw. " lu
what trust has thu administration uttnckcc
or thriMitonodt I'erlmps It isaitintf foi
"panics" to knock the tnists out.
llciuAltDiit It ?
Kew YurH Sun.
Some people lost .1 great deal of mono ;
during the p.tst wcolc. Some people rondo i
great deal. Is the pleasure of the winnori
communsurato nith the grief of the losers
or is there moro sorrow th in joy ? How di
theao feelings balnuro in the world any way
ho-t'.Klinl
M l.o .
The so-called "s-ifofjuards" added to thi
Kusslau treaty have boon outlined in reccn
publications und they amount to nothing a
all They nro merely attempts to quiet tin
cor.sck'iiL'o of the Amorlain peoplu so as ti
allow the unholy alliance with the ' -dUim
right' dos > pjusm of the czar to bo con
summated
drou * liitrrixtliii ; u < It
The inquiry into the workings of tin
electric light trust has crone io far and hai
produced so much interesting testimony
that U cunnot bo pormllted to lui blocked ti' '
this stage of the proceedings.
nro Mimmoiuxl tmt thov fnll to nppoar The
committee cither has or has not power to
enforce nttfuiUtice , and U is entirely right
In concluding to Assert what It believes to
bo its authority The trust U n Rigantlc
cotiivra that is chargiiii ? two niul three
prices , nml the people uro not going to bo
contented with only a partial investigation
of It.
niul tin ) litvr.
Xeif Yn / . tnminoflnl Ailttrtlicr.
As the Chinese are not clllrens , no p.irt of
the constitution relating to citlrcns can bo
pleaded In their favor Uut they are "per
sons" and they sue "people. " The wor.l
DPnple Includes the mass of Inhabitants
dwelling In a country , without regard to clti-
7cnslilt ( The jicoplo huvo the right to bo so-
( "ire In their iM'rsons , homes , p.iuurs and ef
fects against unreasonable se'irehes and
scUurcs It is n constitutional right , nnd
lietice due with which no statute can inter
fere. Anj act which so interferes is void.
Is u seizure of a Chinaman followed by his
liicurcci.ttlon "imruasoiuble. " ns u penalty
for his refus il to register nnd have his
Portrait taken so that public ofllccrs can dis
tinguish him from Chinamen nowh arriving ?
This Is the question which the supicmo
court will pass upon.
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Al'rHI \iuutliiii ,
f/ifrd o licj-atil.
With such n man as Prof. S. 1 * . Pangley
of the Smithsonian Institution interested In
aerial navigation Iho solution of the proulcm
Is likely to bo gientlv advanced , if not In-
ilood pushed to early consult mntum Many ,
In fact , most , of the odd-shaped machines
that have been shown to the world of late ,
have been the WOI-K of ignorant enthusiasts.
The problem of aerial n.iviaation is too in
tricate and requires too deep a knowledge ot
the secrets of nature to be solved by the
lucky thought of some unlearned genius
Prof I/ingloy is onu of the foremosjt scien
tists of the world IIo Is careful , eonservu-
the and clcar-lieided. To the construction
of the model which ho has now completed he
has devoted so veil . \oars of thought and up
wards of * . > 0KH ( ) in money. The world will bo
gr.ititied to know that ho Is today surer of
the feasibility of aerial navigation than
when lie llrst began his experiments. The
airship will bo the next great step in
human progress , and it is possible that that
step is soon to bo taken.
youi'iiiM ! / ; / / : fiti.ir
Huvelock Times : Impeachment proceed
ings are becoming moro and more interest
ing. Mr Uorgan's fluctuating memory has
biji'it a star attraction in the court proceed
ings.
ICoarnoy Telegram- The impeachment
trial is on again ami it is prolublo that the
evidence for the prosecution will ha com
pleted this week At this writing there nro
variously expressed opinions as to the result
ol the trial , but none but the attornojs for
the defense express a decided opinion as to
the Innocence of the accused , which is al
ways vei'i natural.
Grand Island Democrat : The Impeach
ment trials are now goiu ; on at Lincoln
When the impeachment oflluials found that
the lepublicaus did not have enough votes
in the legislature to vote down articles of
iinpoachment thcv sent in a long-winded re
quest that all their friends vote for impeach
ment and glvo them -.hanco to vindicate
themselves Now they are trung to worm
out of their dilemma by all the technicali
ties known to the law. Some of them claim
that the supreme court has no Jurisdiction
in their case. It seems that they don't want
to vindicate themselves with evidence as
much as they did.
XiHK.tilil AMI AKllit.lSK.lbS.
llandolph's building improvements in the
past six months amount to f 10O.K , ) .
A horse stumbled nnd full on Henry Porter
of Table Itock nnd dislocated his shoulder.
L. A. Southworth of Hholton is making ar
rangements to feed GO.OJO shojp on his ranch
the coming fall.
Frank Wilson h.is been arrested nt IIol-
drcge on the charge of burglarulng a house
at Ox foul
Tlio Ulooinlleld rongreintlonalists dedi
cated their now church with appropriate ex
ercises and raised the last dollar of indebt
edness on the structure.
A Dodge county teacher has sued the
school "board to recover nine weeks p.iv.
The ntUndili'co was so small that the * board
kicked up and dismissed school in the middle
of a term
Aurora named Walthcrs
A fi-year-old boy
was neatly scalped by the wheel of n wagon
loaded u lib lumber passing eve11 his head
and slipping off , talcing hair and skin with
it , but fulling to crush the skull.
Tough Tilden boys have made it n practice
to disfigure the Lutheran church property in
that town and the authorities promise to
make it warm for the dcsccrators in the fti-
turo. Somebody else may make it hot for
them In the sweet bye nnd. bye if they don't
repent before death.
Dr. II. A Tnrton , who was recently ap
pointed aid-do-canip on the staff of General
\Vemcrt. coinmundor-in-chlef of the Grand
Army of the Republic , was tendered nil ova-
,1011 by members of Uono post and other cit-
.rens of Lexington. He was presented with
i beautiful badge , indicating the rank of his
appointment.
At a iccont meeting of the Women's Suff
rage association held in Table Itock n rcso-
.ution was ndopted censuring Dr. Ricketts ,
member of the legislature , for refusing to
vote on the bill giving the right of suftrago
to women , "the action being considered especially
* " the resolution "as
pecially imworthy , says ,
it was owing in a great measure to the ef
forts of women in bohall of his race that ho
Is eligible to tin * ofllco bo so unworthily oc
cupies" A copy of resolutions was or
dered sent him.
U P Wilcox , enltor of the McPhcrson
News , nnd his brother thought last Tues'li\
a Rood day for snakes and visited a prairie
dog town near McPhcrson. They succeeded
in killing thirt.\-four rattlesnakes in that
\illago nnd rounded up three others in a
small suburb , making thirty-seven rattle
snakes less to contend with this season To
be sure that the work of extermination was
well done ono of them visited the town next
day and killed eight mote. As this stor.v
might seem Intended for n "snnko storj"
doubting Thomases nro Invited to visit the
town where they c in count the numerous
carcasses , or AVileox stands ready to produce
tlio rattles.
M. .Stnndtah. 70 years of age , has disap
peared from his home in Sarpy county and
his relatives are anxious nbout him On
Mnrch 'J3 ho started for Union to visit his
son , who is a farmer neir tnnt place IIo
went to Louisville and remained till the
e\cning of March - ' ) , when ho was Inst seen
trying to cross the Platte liver lie wus
supposed to bo at Union , but n letter fioin
that place divulged the fact that he had not
been there. As the water was very high at
tlio time , and the old man feeble and dim
from Intoxication , it is feared that ho fell
into the river and was druwncu His son
however , Is of tlio belief that his father has
become insane and vrandorcd awny and thai
ho will bo found all right in thu course ol
time.
JSIHJV.ITIUX.II
a
11 "Dartmouth Sketches. " tlio book whicli
has elicited so much attention of late amonj
Dartmouth alumni , is to ho published in i
second euitlon , revised and enlarged , ui
May 15.
Thoio is no other work in the world o
which so many copies are printed annua'lj '
ns of t ho Chinese almanac The number ! '
estimated at several millions It is printei
at Pekin and Is a monopoly of the emperor
r "Tho Moral Proverbs of Christine o :
Pisa , " ono of our earliest ICncllsh pimloc
works , was rendered into English vurso b.\ \
the carl of Hlvers , brother-in law of ISdwuri
IV. His poem contains UlH lines , each o :
y which ends with the letter "e. "
The members of the school bonnl Ii
a
Doonnoswnlr being suspcclod of nppoinlint
female teachers for an improper < onsulcra
lion , the people eluded a board comiusci | :
wholly of women. In a few jiars tht
scandal was nt nn end There were nc
female teachers In the department
„ General J. B Weaver proposes to estab
t listi nn "independent school of political
t science" at Dos Moines , la , with seven
, prolcssors , on the following subjects 'Land
0 and public utilities and inventions , tlnunro.
a transportation , constitutional law and
legislation , suffrage , nppliod Christianity ,
and public debates "
Christian Ileineekor , nt Lubeck. wl.en enl >
10 miinths old could rcM-at | o\ery won !
sjKikon to him ; nt IB months of age ho had
u incinorUod'all the principal events mentloni' 1
a in the Pentateuch Ueforo ho had finished
f his second year lie had learned all the his
t torical parts of Unh the oil and thu now
1 testaments At the ago of u ho could
correctly to all ( itiMiujns put to hlrr regard
ing universal histor.v and geography , nnd In
in the Mninn year hi leaned to speak both
Latin nml l-'tcnt h.
TiiO .subjoi'ts 1'iiosnii for public lectures bv
Miss Oora A llotuipson , giaa\iiilo of Michi
gan unlvor lt.nnd . uicml'tr of the Illinois
bar , show what wnmen in o thinking nbout.
One of her lectures U on the annexation of
Hawaii ; another about "Our Diplomatic Ke-
lallous with IL'hlna and the Restriction of
Chinese Immigration "
Tlin oldest student nt the Princeton semi
nary Is Henry ( hnpmnn , who is 7.1ears . of
age About llftycnrsngo ho had a great
inclination to aa Into the ministry , but pov
erty obliged him to enter commeicial pur
suits About the j ears ago his brother died
and Mr. Chapman came Into possession of an
income Miinicicnt to maintain him In comfort
for the remainder of his life The longing
of his youth rctutnod and ho Is now studj Ing
theology with enthusiasm.
AIIKS nut 1111 ; , i/M/r.
IiUt nf VhiingpK lii Iho Itrgnliir Si'ftlra IM
AiiniHim'oil Yt'nti'nliiy.
WVSIIIXOTON , D. C , Mny U.-f Special
1'elepram to TUB Hiti : . ] The following army
orders were Issued toitny :
One month's ordinary leave of absence in
extension of the leave of absjtico on sur
geon's ccrtillcnte of disability April 7 , isfl.1 ,
Department of Arl/onn , Is granted Second
Lieutenant Douglass Settle , Tenth lnfaiitr.\
First Lieutenant ICdw in K Curtis. Second
artillery , linving ooen found by nil examin
ing board unlltted for promotion on account
of physical disability will proceed to tils
home and report by letter to the ndjutnnt
general of th" army.
The commanding ofllccr at Wlllctt's Point ,
. V , will detail two lion commissioned olll-
eers and six pn\ates of battilionofenf'ineois
now nt that post , and send them to rcpjrt to
Captain Williim L Mnrsha'l ' , corps of engi
neers , in charge of the engineers' exhibit nt
the World's Columbian exhibition , for duty
Leave of absence for two months is granted
Post Chaplain William 1C. I'ullv , U S A
Leave of absence for eight days Is granted
First Lieutenant Stephen Y Seyburn , Tenth
intnntry , iccrultlng oillior.
Leave of absence fur two months , to tnke
oflcct on or nbout June 1. 1S1U , is granted
Post Chaplain Cephas C Hatemali , U. S A.
I'lilns fur IM KnuiiM.il to Itlfhmoml nnd
1 1 11 1 u 1 1 , riu I'll t ( 'n in pi it nil.
RICIIMOMI , Vu. , May . Arrainremcnts for
the reinterment of the remains of , IolT
Davis in Hollywood cemetery here May HI
have been completed On the tistli Gov
ernor Foster , in a brief address , H ill com
mit the remains to an escort , nnd a special
train will leive New Orleans that night
The funeral tram will reach Mont
gomery , Ala , Monday morning , and the body
will be couveu'd to thu cnpltol and pla - eden
on the front portico , where Davis took the
oath as president of the confederacy. The
next stop will be at Atlanta the s line after
noon , where thcio will bo a profession and
possibly nn address at the cipllol building
There will be a brief stop at Greenville. N.
i' At Ralclcrh elaborate preparations are
being n , a lo for a m'lmmoth demonstration.
with addresses and other exercises at the
capitol. The tram will reich here at 11
on the uicht of May HO The rcnnins will
be escorted by military to the capitol build
ing and lie m state till the next afternoon.
Interment will take place the next a tternoon.
Mrs Davis and her two daughters will bo
urcsent.
Chicago Kocord : "llor I < aM Lo\cr" Is the
title of a now modern love story. It is sup
posed to bo the sequel of about llfteun proccd-
lug \olutnos.
Washington Star : "I understand , " said one
SI. I'otcistiurgcUI/on to another , "that these
are \ery dNnst roils tlmvsUI In the United
Mates of Amerlcin itch. "
"Von don'lskl snyso-kl ! "
"A great m my puoplu are dying of cvpos-
uie. "
"Is It posslblclnsky ? "
"Yes , from the exposure of electric wires. "
And tin1 Unsslaii jt'sliti lun lu'il : i I'liixh that
was u lid arid dtvury and full ot consonants.
Chicago Inter Ocuan : "What did ho llnd
when In' looked Into the unsnipu leuUV"
"A bill for fO. "
Petrol ) Tribune : "That follow ouijht to bo
sen ) to ( In1 asylum "
"Why , Is hi-crn/vV"
"lin/yV Well , f should say ho was. What
do you siippiiio lie \\iis Inlklng lo mu about'/ "
' 1 don't Unort. What I. , It. Hying inueliliii'V"
" \\orsuthniithat IIo says hu'sgot aw'lu'iiio
In nnko nioni'.v spiling chicken sandwiches
n lib chicken in Ilium. "
Arknnsnw Traveler : An Arknnsaw coron
et's juiy , thu other ( Inv , ga\o to the uoild this
stai tllng UTdlct : "It Is the opinion of the
liny that Hi" dt'ceasoil uas inn OMT and Killed
by a lallro.ul train , In a state of beastly Intoxi
cation , uhlle asleep and unconscious.
PAT'S i'.ii ! : > ci : .
Ju : ( nit ( mo Icr.
To bn in fashion A , Id thu tiilnio ,
An" tnak" to vartuo seine concession ,
Wld good Intlnt upon mu heat I
Ol wrolto thisolron-clud expression.
Ol'Il knock off , soUl \\11I. bedad ,
Nomatlii'i phut tbo tnlniu or ulther ,
On all intoxicating drinks
An' sthlck tojiluski aitoithur.
HIS OM.Y ItKVSOX.
Cincinnati I'nmmtreM-datcite.
"Oh , poet , tell mo why
Yon loxu to tiy
Sneli fit'iiupiit ( lights to wing
With Kpi Ing.
Though oilier reasons bring
Themes north yum enroling ,
You sm'in to cling
To . ' 'in Ing. "
llu paused ere ho replied ,
Anil then lit' slghud ,
"I sing
Of spring
Iti'i'iinsi" most anything
Will i by in i wlt'i ' > ; ) nn4 '
THE IADY AND THE JWUOI.A1'
Mm p. Mnrl Met n 11 n < in Tlirft Intent
Who < Hillfil | Her Ii ) l.cmliii ; .
It ts surprising what courage and f > rtltud
n timid womiu will show sometimes , who
occasion demands an energetic action
Mine. Mori , onoof Ihebcst known teacher
of 1'Yoncli in Om iba , tuottinr of Mrs I
Muptiteferlng , thti pl.vilslc , has had nn lit
invasion for moro Hum twenty years tha
she \\ould meet n burgl ir some time nnd hi
frightened Into a severe slckiioss throu l
the interview. Mine. Mori , who resides \\ll"
her son-in-law , Mr. H. MuenU'fering alwaj
Insisted that the ciroloss m inner of le.iinj
evcr.v thing on tlu latch , as It were , was in
iiivlliulon to .sneak thieves to coino am
burgle , an I her Impressions received strong
endorsement Silurday afternoon by the npl
IHj.iranct ! of a real live burglar In the house )
A little after o'clock mi Saturday Mrs [
Muenteferingle.fi the house. Twenty slxlh
and Cnpltol avenue , to make n low calls
Icaung her mother , Mini' Mori ID the house
the servant being below stnlrs in the Linn
dry Mine Mori WPS in her room in tli'j
second stor.v when ilie heard some ono walk
ing in the house Thinking Uns tin
housemaid , she paid little attention to tin
sound , and went back to the txwk shu wa-
reading. Again ttiero was a susplclout
noise , nnd feeling restless with u scnso o ! |
something not right Mine Mori went lo tin
hath room and linked in L\cnthmg was
In shipshape order Then it oi' < urred to hoi
that posslbl ) some of the workmen on thi
outside weio making the pei uliar nolsi ,
and she passed o\er to wistsldeo
the house and looked down Notlimg out' ]
oftheordin.il' } met tier I.M/P 1 hen slu *
walked into the front ro mi t < > see if work
inen were eii''aged In tikmc awaSOIUL
iKiaiils In the fivmtard N. . > workmen ii
sight. As she turned around her e\es fel' '
upon the cut tain covering the tinsel 1
didn't hang tttralaht It seemed to b
cauglit on a nail in the upper left ham
corner and Mine Moil walked over to Iho
closet and divw the cm tain back The light
Irom the finnt window shone full into the
closet and as the curtain was drawn the faco.i (
of u man caino out of Iho shadow , scarcil'
two feet away.
It was a stressful moment , one requiring
immediate action , and Mine Muri who Is
large and linn looking , demiiudeJ in a voice
that rang thiough tlio honsp
"What are \ou doing hcie'
The man dis"iig.iged himself fii > m the
clothes hanging in the closet and walked out
into the room and wltli a Mllainous expres
sion on his face , s lid
" 1 urn going to show j on what 1 in hero1
for "
Looking him straight in the face Mine.
Mori said tn nhir "How dare \ou como
hurt1get out as ijulck as juu i.in
And the fellow didn't st ind on the order
of his going , hut went , two steps at n time ,
out Into the street.
Yesterday inoinitig , when Mrs Mnente
fering looked into her jewel iase she found
ovcr\ thing in a state of disorder and n num-
bei of pieces of jewelry gone , notnhl.\ . miur
nificent Hungarian sut.cr. . \ antique , set In
Illlgrco work in tuiiiuoi-.fs , pearls nnd pink
garnets , the set consisting of n broach , car
rings and slcovo buttons A pair of mag
nificcnt moonstone callings also were muss
ing and a tiuiiioi'.o | ting set with a diamond
in the center.
Mma Mori , in givinsr a dcsi rlptlon of her
li.uvl.ir , " who burgled \en softli , said
' Ho wis : \oung fellow between " 0 and Jl
years of us-'e , nbout live feet six or live feet
sovcn in licight , smo ith hhaxen with a
fresh complexion , and looked like n well to
do worklngman , n plumber or gas litter Ho
wore n blnnco.it and a da Me slouch lint of
the prevailing mode , creased in the center "
The loss was reported to the police
nnd n description of the burglar given ,
but no arrests have nset , been made It U
thought the rarity of the jewelry will assist
in the apprehension of the daj light thief
should he try to dispose of ills stealings in
Omaha.
AMK//M/ , ( J.I.S i\l'lMf > IOX.
Two HoimoH Wrrrkml anil I'our I'nople III- '
Juroil , Oun I'alalljr.
ANIIEHSON , Ind. , Mny U A terrible explo
sion of natural gas nt nn early bout' Wrecked
two bouses , fatally injured Iwo persons and
badly bruised several others The explosion J
took place in the residence of Hit Murray ,
large two-story building , nnd was of such |
force that the residence of George Groir , ad
joining , was demolished The debris of botlc
houses took lire and burned. The InjuredJ
are-
( ii.oimi : Ouiiin.
Mns ( iroimiuiiiKiu.
: , Mriiit\v.
Jlit-s. .MUHII\V. fatally Injured
The sou and daughter of the Murrajal
were also considerably injured by fallingf
timbers.
nt.ii.ntKi > o.v /.r.vw.ir oruxixa.
St. Iwtlt
I'd llko lerollur sonio icmarka
Consainln' that lilgNliow
That they hev ji-s' oiiunod
Up I bur In Clio-caw-uo ,
Sen CD I noils tbat a dlfrunco
Ov 'pinion hi'uroso
I > tor kerpln' opn Sundays ,
An' iiioi.il pints lIKe tliosc
1 nurer hov gone much mysult
On whiit Is known 07 eroeds
An' bnld n man's rvllKoon a best
Kxi'inplerllH'd by drcds ;
Hut vhi'ii It td'ins terti-i'spnssin'
lip-in the Miionlh Cay ,
I 'low Hint all Rood clll/i'iii
Miould huv a oid tur say
I hnld It I line to put on brakoi
An' KIMI li'ollcHlow ,
Whi'ii HP nil < nr bu MI bl/7y
Thai the bible luv ti'i KO
Ye TIKIJ cull It inoili'in pioKross
I'liick. olileiiilsp | , IT jiusli
Hut In HID onil ye'r boun lei fin'
Ycr jolinnlu-cnkp Is mush
& BO.
Lurgoit Minut4icurjri.nl 'tis ill 1:1
of Clotbliig la thiVjcll. \ .
When our ship eomes in ,
Or rather when the carpenters get the Annex
done they've got the
hole done then
we're going to have
a grand opening-
great walk around as
it were. Wo can't
tell just when it will
be , but pretty soon
now and we're go
ing to give away
some pretty souvenirs at the time. Wo will con
tinue to sell our tailored garments at half tailor's
prices. All perfect goods. Wo allow nothing im
perfect to go out of the store , nor to get in either ,
if we know it. A suit or overcoat bought of us will
give you just as good satisfaction as if you had paid
your tuilor twice as much for it.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Eloreopen buturd.iy ovcrr till evonlnjtlll u S I SW.CDr,15laaadD3JlajJl ]