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t PUMMsltUO KVKKY MOUNINQ.
Tiil.MS : OF SCllSCItll'TION.
ftnlly lloo ( without Kiinday ) Ono Year . i fl 00
il > nllv mid Sumlny , One Venr 1000
Hit Months no
Tlirco , ' Mouths 800
Hnnilny Her , Ono Year 3 DO
Hntnrday UPP , Onn YOMT 1 60
Weekly lice , Ono Your , . 1 IK )
ornc-Ks.
Omalin , Tlm lire llnlldliiff.
i outli Onnilin , corner N nnd 2fMi Streets.
iViiinull llhKTs , IS IVurl Htrnel.
'lilciiifo onion , 317 Chutnber of C'omtnoroo.
. Now York , Itoonis 13 , U nnd 15 , Tribune
tlulldliiK.
Washington , M3 fourteenth Street.
All rmnimiiilcntlnti'i i-olallng to now * nnd
rdllnrlnl mutter should bo uddrussod ! To tlio
Editor.
All business loltors mid roinlltuncps sliould
l > o addrcsii-d lo Tlio Heo 1'iibllslilnir C'o mpnny ,
Oiniilm. Drafts , rlii-cks und postnlllco orders
tube mndo pavablo to tlio order of tliu com-
] > nny.
Parties leaving thoclty for the summer can
linvn tlm lint : pent their nd dross Ijy leaving tin
order nt this union ,
TUB HUB PUnUSHINO COMPANY.
8WOIIN STATBMKNT OF CIHCUIiATlON.
Stale of .Sebrnitkn , I
County of Doimlnn , r
( Irorun II. Tsiclitick , Bccrolfirr of Tim llr.Kpub-
Uihlii't company , deus nolomnly woi\r Hint the
otuftl clrculntloii or Till ; DAILY IIKK fur the week
nillnit .May 1 : : , 1891 , wn m follow * :
Bumlay , Mny 7 . MMO
IMonilnr. MwjrS . 2.1.7 U
'llio-rtur. Mnr U . 31.MI
Wcilm-iulny , May 10 . H.WM
I humility , Mnr II. . . . 2.1.J7J
Vrlitnr. Mar U . M.72I
Sntnrdnr , Mnr 13 . . . . . . .Jl.ril
Or.it. n. THZCiurcK ,
Sworn to before mo nnd mitiacrlbeil In my I'res-
enco tbl9 IHIIi Jny of May , Ib'.U. N. 1 * . Km ,
Nolarjr I'ubllc.
AKII.RIClriiilutlnii lor April , l ni : , 'JV-JHt
TIIKHK Is nothing dibcoiiraging1 about
crop prospccto In Nebraska this week.
Tin : Chinofo will bo ] ) crmiltcd to
register but they will not bo allowed to
votu.
DKlUTOKS who have nothing1 else to
write about iiro now di ous-shit ? the proa-
l > cetH for a war with Ghina.
Ouu own Juliua Sterling Morton is
pluming himself over tlio weather
service ho is { jiving the country. The
reeont ruin in Arl/.oiuv was the first in
lovcn years.
TlllJ fjhobt dancers on the Sioux reser
vation uro comparatively quiet , but there
tire indications of an impending out
break among the ghost dancers in No-
briibka politics.
AKTKU ull , the Cordage trust , the
Columbia National bank and the shell
game do not dilTor materially from an
othieal standpoint. All are swindling
devices for lleocing the unwary.
THKIIK are more evidences of crooked
work at Lincoln in connection with the
indictment of the asylum boodlors. The
attorney for Lancaster county may yet
bo called upon for an explanation.
THE installation of exhibits at the
Manufacturers'exposition is progressing
rii3 favorably as could bo desired. "With
a largo installation of visitors next
week tlio exposition will be uu unquali
fied success.
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A DENVER firm lias apparently secured
llio contract for the erection of the
Omaha postolllce. While it is to bo regretted -
grotted that the contract could not como
to Omaha , everybody will unite in the
hope that work will bo no longer de
layed.
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THE administration has taken Albert
"Watkins in out of the wot.Vntkins , it
will bo remembered , is the Lincoln
patriot who ground the knife which
Secretary Morton artlessly thrust into
Congressman Bryan's ribs in the last
campaign.
CENTRAL Wyoming will take a hand
in state politics in ISOi. Tlio central
and northern portion of the state will
mnko largo gains in population in time
to participate in the next election and
"tho Union Pacific combine will bo
asked to take a back seat. "
THE secretary of the navy has es.ab-
llhheil the f-amo policy pursued In the
War department respecting long grants
of leave to officers to enable them to en
gage lu pursuits foreign to the service.
Secretary Herbert says that ho does not
think that an ofilcor educated by the
government should bo permitted to util-
ixo his knowledge ami'experience for his
peruonal advantage and still remain on
the olUoial pay rolls.
GOLDWIN SMITH'S outspoken opinions
In favor of the union of Canada with tlio
United States appear to have rendered
lila presence In the Dominion as dis
tasteful to the politicians of that coun
try ao it was to thobo of England. An
utlompt has been made to ox pel him
from the St. George society of Toronto ,
which would have proved successful bin
that the law protected his membership.
Nevertheless , ho goes right on bravely
lighting with all his old-tlmo vigor in
favor of continental union.
TUB Pullman Car company still owes
this city andjjounty thousands of dollar *
for delinquent taxes. This company
owns property in this city and ctijoyri the ;
protection thrown abojit all property ; it
profits by the tralllo of this city. If It it
right for the railroads to pay taxes it is
equally just that the Pullnuin company
do so. Yet It has taken advantage of
every legal technicality to cause delay
in the collection with
the hope of com
promise or llnal evasion , The case now
pending should bo upeodlly disposed of.
Tlio road of the taxshirker should bq
2niaflo reeky and unpopular.
PKKSONS who have been upprehonsiv-
lost the Mexican boundary survey of the
line Wlwoon that country and the
United States should sllco off some portion
tion of the edge of the territory of the
t > . - i&Jor may become reassured. There
'
J was no foundation whatever for the
rumor that un error had been dUcovorei
in the original line that would thro\\ \
Bovoral thousand square mlle3 of Ari
zona and California into Mexico. Am
now Colonel Barlow , chief of the BUI-
voy , atates that the survey makes no
change In the location of the entire line
whatever , Its solo purpose Is to re
establish .it whore the monuments have
been destroyed.
STATH
The attempt of the Imponchod slnto
ifllc'als to plead overwork n't an OXOUBO
or carclo3ino < and notrloot will not
tolp their case with fair-minded people.
Their own records show that during
heir first term of ofllco they hold but 174
board meetings , leaving 452 working
lays of the biennial period in which to
> orform the other duties pertaining to
heir respective ofllcos. But oven the
coord of 174 baard meetings does not
irovo that they wore overworked to any
iorlous oxtont. Facts will boar out the
itatcmont that the meetings did not
cover an average of moro than throe or
our hotiM each.
By far the most important duties do-
olvlng upon the Impeached ofllclals
vero those pertaining to the Board of
ubllo Lands and Buildings. And yet
.his board hold but sixty meetings in
.ho . two years. At these sixty sessions
ho board prosumnd to supervise ox-
wndltures amounting to noanly ? 1,2. * > 0-
00. The appropriation for public
mlldings alone amounted to $271,000. ,
Vnii yet these ofllclala have the assur
ance to claim 'that they were over- ,
vorkcd when they devoted sixty sessions
> o inspect' plans and snoclflcations , ox-
amlno bids , select material , award con-
mots , audit claims and approve tic-
iottnts for an expenditure af over 81,000- ,
000 of the people's money.
How the state olllclals must have
vorked during these sixty sessions 1
A M1STAKKX
It Is truly p.ithotlc to sue how Industri
ously'the republican papers are now dcfcnd-
tlio state onlulals whoso tmpc.ichmcnt
trials are now being conducted. Tlio State
four/nil lends la the assault upon every man
who dares to hint that the officials may bo
guilty. } 'ork J'rcsi.
It is a fact much to bo regretted that
some of the warmest defend jrs ot gross
carelessness nnd criminal negligence in
the management of state institutions are
, ho newspapers which are of the ropub-
.lean faith ; but the inference that the
republican press as n.wholo is defending
tlio impeached olllciali is an entirely
nlstakon one. To the honor of the ro-
mblican newspapers of Nebraska bo
it said that a largo majority of
them take the position that if the
republican state ollloials now on trial
before the supreme court permitted the
state to bo defrauded when they might
liavo prevented it they should be
promptly removed from olllco and their
places illlcd by honest and capable men.
But very few of the republican papers
of Nebraska are attempting to shield
dishonesty and carelessness in their
party representatives.
The fact that the State Journal "loads
in the assault upon every man who dares
to hint that officials may bo guilty" pos
sesses not the slightest significance.
That newspaper has for years been the
self-constituted champion and apologist
for the rings and corporations which
have persistently plundered the state
ever since it came into the union.
It stands todaj self-convicted of an
attempt to extract nearly $2o,000 from
the state treasury in the matter of state
printing contracts. It has been built up
and supported by the contributions of
the'rings and the corporations. It is
simply the paid hireling of the boodlors
at the fatato capital and every word of
invective' and every assault upon decency
costs the taxpayers of Nebraska just so
much a line.
RADICAL ACTION.
The directory of the Columbian ex
position has decided to take a radical
course in the matter of Sunday opening.
It proposes to pay back to the general
government the money that has como
out of the national treasury for the fair
and thus relieved of all obligation
to the government to open the fair on
Sunday , the government exhibit alone ,
perhaps , to bo excepted from this ar
rangement. The beard pf direc
tors was practically unanimous
in favor of this action and it
Booms to bo practically- assured
that it will be carried ito effect. It is
claimed that whereas congress withdrew
a portion of its appropriation the effect
was to nullify the contract with the gen
eral government for keeping the fair
closed and that it is now entirely within
the power of the local management to
pursue whatever court-o it blmll doom to
be oxpod'ont ' with regard to the question
of Sunday opening. So far as the gov-
ornmunt exhibit is concerned it may bo
kept closed , but the federal authority ,
as now t-coms to bo determined , will not
bo permitted to go further than this.
The position taken by the local direc
tory focniH to bo entirely sound and
tenable. Referring to the relations of
the federal government to the fair the
Now York Sun lakes the view that It
has no right to Interfere with the man
agement and no. power to prevent the
( monlng of the exposition on Sunday if
the managora of the enterprise think
best to exhibit on that day. That paper
nays : ' 'The government1 ! ) jurisdiction
extends to the government's own build
ings , exhibits and employes , no
further. To that extent the regula
tion of alTalrs belongs to Wash
ington. Beyond that it belongs to Chicago
cage , subject only to the laws of Illinois , "
The iS'im takes the position that it is un
important whether or not the federal
government has failed to perform its
part of the agreement and says : "What
wo wish to make clear Is that oven if
Chicago , without pica or pretext , should
disregard the Sunday clause In the act
of congress und openly defy the federal
government's authority , bho would bo
within her rights , and there would bo
no constitutional process by which the
federal prohibition could bo unforced. "
That journal submits the following
very pertinent questions : "Under what
statute can the executive proceed
through the civil ofllcors of the United
States to oloso the doors of the buildings
in Jackson park , or to arrest and punish
any Individual concerned in the Sunday
opening ? Will the president Invade
Illinois with United States troops , do-
olaro military law in Chicago and sus
pend the act of habeas oornus until the
World's fair directors Blmll mibmit and
obey ? What j-oollon of what article
of the constitution gives to the
United States the power to regu
late the opening or closing
of places of entertainment in Cook
county , Illinois , or in any other county
of any state of the union ? Furthermore ,
where U the constitutional warrant for
Imposing upon Cook county , Illinois , a
federal police regulation which applies
to plnoos of entertainment nowhere
else ? "
If tt bo contended that to open the exposition -
position on Sunday would bo a broach of
faith on the part of the management ,
the answer Is that the government has
not fulfilled Its part of the con
tract. It it said that the local di
rectory has determined to adhere to the
position it has taken and It would seem
that It clearly has tno weight of argu
ment and of authority on Its side , as it
unquestionably lias of Intelligent nnd un
prejudiced popular sentiment. It is
hardly to bo expected that the course it
has decided upon it will bo permitted to
pursue unchallenged , but there Is every
reason to bollevo that In whatever con
test it may bo Involved it will bo able to
triumphantly maintain Its position ,
1'horo is no power outsldo of Illinois
competent to compel the closing of the
fair on Sunday.
A FBI ! ' VldUKKS.
The agitation tot a fi-cont bridge faro
between Omaha nnd Council Bluffs Is
not likely to ccuso until the people of
the two cities can bo convinced that It Is
Impracticable by bettor arguments than
any which have so far boon advanced.
It cannot reasonably bo urged that the
company oucrattng the bridge nnd the
motor line cannot afford to lower the
faro. A very brief analysis of the figures
covering the cost of construction nnd
equipment , operating expenses , capitali
zation nnd interest , will convince every
fair minded business man that the plant
can'bo operated nt a remunerative profit
with the faro cut in half.
The statement submitted to the city
council of Council Bluffs , sitting as a
board of equalization , shows that the
entire cost of the bridge and motor plant
was $05TiilK ! > . These figures include coat
of the bridge , cost of main line , with
the Broadway extension and the Douglas
street branch , electric plant and machin
ery , arc light plant , rolling stock , build
ings , stocks and shares , real estate , cllico
furniture , expenses of selling bonds , ac
crued intere'st and stationery. No item
fecoms to have been omitted.
The operating expenses for the first
fourteen months of the plant wcro $30- ,
011 , while the earnings for the sumo
period from all sources were $172,010.
Deducting the operating expenses from
the earnings , the net income of the com
pany was $122,060.
The company is capitalized for $1,300-
000 moro than double the actual cost
of its plant , and , in addition , it is bonded
to the extent of 8400,000. Thus the
patrons of the bridge line are expected
to pay the interest on an excessive
bonded indebtedness nnd to earn a divi
dend upon a heavy capitalization. That
they are doing so will bo ascertained by
carrying the .figures farther. The
bridge company for the first fourteen
months of its history earned a dividend
of nearly 19 per cent on its actual cost.
It earned a dividend of nearly 10 pot-
cent on its capital stock. Granting
that it pays 0 per cent on its bonded in
debtedness , the company would still bo
able to deduct the annual interest charge
of 828,000 from its not income and yet
pay a dividend of 0 per cent on its capl
tul stock , or 12 per cent on its actual in
vestment.
The above figures will convince even
the most conservative that the bridge
fare can bo lowered without injury to
the company. It may bo fairly pre
sumed that the lower fare would greatly
increase the traffic between the two
cities without a corresponding increase
in operating expenses , and while the
public would gain by the lower fare , the
company would not bo the loser.
THE COO delcgotes , representing their
respective presbyteries , convene in
Washington as "Tho General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America" today. The most im
portant work which will engage their
attention are the appeal in the famous
Briggs case , and the question of the re
vision of the articles of the standard
of faith. That the assembly will bo
overwhelmingly antl-Brjggs in now con
ceded , but the probable method of its
adjudication is wholly conjecture. The
subject of the ecclesiastical doctrine of
the church will take precedence of the
case , nnd it is altogether probable that
the advocates of drastic revision will
moot with defeat. That the president
and vice president , the entire cabinet ,
with one exception , a majority of the
supreme 6ourt , a heavy per cent of con-
gro.is and a number of governors are
Presbyterians and will bo among the
visitors or present as delegates will add
greatly to the Interest the public will
take In the proceedings of this impor
tant religious convention.
PKOIIUUTIO.V stands in North Dakota
The supreme court of that state has de
clared that the law Is constitutional.
The points made against its legality in
the test case nt Bismark were recited at
the time In these columns. They
were based on the constitutional inhibi
tion , and are held to bo of in force. The
court bays that the prohibition article of
the constitution which received a ma
jority of the votes cast , though not so
great as the vote polled for governor , is
valid under the enabling act passed by
oimgrois ; that the law for Its onforco'
incut was adopted by a regularly convened
voned Icglslaturu and is not vulnerable
to the constitutional objections that its
object is not fully expressed in the tltlo ,
or that it contains moro than ono sub
ject , or that It Is not uniform in Its opor
atlon or that It Inflicts cruel and unusua
punishment.
THE probont favorable turn in the
weather U most timely for the farmers
Notwithstanding the unusually back
ward season and the hitherto dlscour
aging crop outlook throughout the conn
try , this general outburst of sunn ;
weather places a different aspect on tin
prospect. After all there Is encourage
niont now" for the belief that the gouora.
yield of all this year's harvests will bo
larger tjunj tie ) most sanguinewouh
have predicted u few days ago. Whore
wheat has been injured beyond the hope
of recovering to the extent of paying fo
harvesting farmers are .turning it undo ,
preparu tory to the planting of corn , am
the indications are that the corn aero
go will bo considerably extended bo
om ! the early calculations for the
oason's operations. Doubtlois tlio
armors will realize the profit for so
lolng In the market for the now crop.
MINKHS , llko farmers , have their
roubles with the railways on account
of the rates for transporting their
n-oduet. Thus the Idaho Statesman
complains that these corporations reuse -
use to nmko any concessions in rates
on ere from the Cojur d'Alones. The
niiln reason for refusing the reduction
asked for Is that it would involve n re
adjustment of mlnor'af fates from all
loints. The rates nbw 3W Vogue threaten
o paralyze the mining Industry in that
cotlon , It Is claimed. To a man looking
on it would sconi that the conclusion
reached respecting what should bo the
wllcy of the roads Is correct. It should
m to make rates that will keep every
mine working at its full capacity , pro-
idcd , of course , that a fair margin of
> relit Is secured.
WHATKVEK may bo the grounds to
ustlfy the intimation of the Salt Lake
2Vitui ifl that the law for the prevention
and punishment of polygamy is being
disregarded in Utah and just over the
Ino in Idaho and Wyoming , If officials
gnoro tlio offense in the expectation of
thereby obtaining political advantage
heir conduct is glaringly reprehensible.
Bo ho democrat or republican , or of what
ever party , the oIHclal who would thus
> rostltuto his responsibilities should bo
summarily removed and bo held In the
ight for popular execration. Public
ntorest has not yet baen entirely di
verted from Mormon affairs , and the ap-
irchcnsions indulged iln by the Tribune
will servo to revive attention to the situ-
ition in the territory and adjacent
tales.
Tun now president of the National
league of Republican Clubs , W. W.
i'racy , Is a prominent young citizen of
he eity that gave President Lincoln to
.ho nation and where his remains now
eposo. The gentleman is an ardent
jolitical worker and possessed of fine
ability and great energy. That ho ' .vill
address himself to the work that llos bo-
'oro him with all hia characteristic ear
nestness and vigor goes without saying
among these who know him personally.
Clo.ir Out tlio
A'ebraska City I'rens.
Thcro is a general demand In best repub
lican quarters fora rcnovntlonof leaders nnd
i cleaning out of pretenders nnd leeches in
: iigh places. But who will begin tlio jobl
Symptoms of Coming I ) of en t.
MiiilicniHiUf 'liilninc.
SirClmrlos Uussoll , the Enelish advocate
before the Bering sea commission , has suc
ceeded iu losing his temper , which is proba
bly but the forerunner of his losing his case.
The One Sato Flold.
OloLDcmncrat. .
The crash in Australia grows worse and
worse , while the wreck in Brazil and Argentine -
tine is very far from being repaired. Tlio
only tafo Hold of investment open to the
European capitalist is the United States.
Consolation , Viewed train Afar.
ISotton Globe ,
The western farmers * wlll'havo ' one consolation
lation if the crop of wheat this year should
turn out only medium. < Thpy can sell their
staple without delay and got good prices for
it. Some of the Kansas grangers have a
saying that a phenomenal crop is as baa as
none at all so far as the prollt to the hus
bandman is concoriiod.
Kvurllistlnu 1'usli.
St. Paul Ptonttr-Preu.
The commercial persistence of the Ameri
can is illustrated by the effort to introduce
the use of corn as food in Europe. Formerly
it was insinuated into the digestive appa-
atus of the old world in the form of pork ,
but objection having been raised to that in
souio countries , the scheme is now to give
them the raw material in its simplest form.
A Nulinnen and an Evil.
Minneapolis Tlmw.
The croaker is the cause of all the business
troubles. If ho was suppressed confidence
would rcn.ain , and confidence is about all
that is needed to keep the country in a
splendid financial condition. The croaker is
usually a failure in some line of business.
Perhaps his wife keeps boarders and ho has
nothing to do but whittle and croak. Ho is
a rather funny follow except when ho begins
to bo personal and name people who in his
opinion uro in a bad way. Then ho becomes
a menace to the community and should bo
suppressed.
A Southern Huro.
Judge Chrisman of Mississippi lias made
for himself an enduring fame by reason of
his heroic attitude toward the ruflluns , out
laws und bundiu of his state who call them
selves white caps. Ho has hud the firmness
to punish them in their criminal and to defy
them in their personal capacity. Ho has
made it known that so long as he occupies
the bunch , rapine , murder , persecution and
brutality will bo punished according to their
deserts , und ho interposes between society
and violence ) the bulwark of a fourless heart
and a harsh and potent hand.
Grovor'n Houit lu u ling.
//iffncJflji'ifu / Teltgiatili.
These who have seen President Cleveland
lately say that ho is making use of a queer
expression which shows that his mind is not
clear upon many matters brought before
him , A banker who spoke to him about the
policy of iHsiiing bonds saw Cleveland make
a queer motion or gesture by which ho
seemed to surround his heud with both
hands , and then ho saidMy : head is in a
b.ig ; I don't see my way clear ; but I shall see
through this by and oy , " Then a prominent.
Now York man met the president D.y appoint
ment to talk with him about the political
situation lu that state , and while they were
discussing the proper treatment of Tam
many and the state democracy Mr. Clcvo
land mudo a queer , waving motion before his
eyes and said : "My head is In u bag , but I
shall see clour in a little while , and then I
shall know what to do. "
I'rofltx of rrocriiitlir.itlnn.
Kew Yoiklticlfifyler ,
The fact is , dcmocraoyobtained possession
of the government on false prctcnsoi. The
evils it condemned it is now beginning to sue
urj nut evils at all , niuKtlifflleading features
of the policy It opposed will probably bo
adopted l y it before thttOiovoland adminis
tration comes to an end. , 'filial has been the
history of the party durfin * the lust thirty
years. Nearly everything which it con
demned in 1UOO it supports in itj'.iu. Mr.
Cleveland is wlso in lift policy of procrasti-
uutiou. The Chicago .platform , if fully
carried out , would revolutionize the in
dustries of the country 'and ' bring wages
down to the lowest point they have over
reached in the repubRo/iVhu party which
brought that ruin la its train might as well
Mmmton the floltl of national politic * fur A
ponrnitlou to como , The loiigor Mr Cleve
land txrMsti In doing nothing thn bolter U
will ho for the republic ,
rrline CntMpft for llumlllntliin.
CMwiM Pott.
No American has reason to lw proud of
what the lust few month * have brought
forth fromjtlio three bmncns of government.
Within n short space of thno ono or another
branch of congress has nasiod and the
supreme court or the executive has sustaluod
a law abrogating trial bv Jury , the habeas
corpus nnd the right to bull as regards cltl-
7cns of the two most wvotchod nations OH
earth the Uuiistans and the Chinese. So
much for liberty.
The Wlltl Ittoa for omoo ,
.St. Mini 1'tontrr'l'rnt.
The Joyful signs of growing disgust with
the spoils system multiply dally. That
which the persistent efforts of zealous re
formers could advance to only a partial
accomplishment is bringing itself to puns.
The distribution nf patronage is becoming n
task so disheartening and so actually im
possible that these charged with It will bo
compelled presently to adopt some other
method. Never before wns the prospect of
taking the nfllccs out of politics as good as It
is today. 'I hat the president is disgusted
with his ofllco ns chief of the hucksters is no
secret. Ho has secured for himself what re
lief ho can by his orders forbidding ofllco
seekers to como to the white house.
I'KttSUXAli AXIt nitSKltATn
Queen Victoria has reigned for lUty-flve
years about twenty moro than Albert Ed
ward hoped for.
The exploits of now locomotives and ocoau
liners afford proof that this ago is traveling
at a rattling pace.
General S. C. Armstrong , founder of the
normal institute for olndlans and negroes at
Hampton , Va. , Is dead.
" \Voodly , " President Cleveland's summer
homo , was once the property of FrancisScott
Key , author of "Tho Star Spangled Banner. "
An American company proposes to build a
$2,000.000 hotel in the City of Mexico. An
improved quality of mixed pulque will bo
served.
Xlmvi Dwiggius is not a fascinating name
for a financial Nn1 > olcon. Under any other
name his operations would smack no less of
robbery.
Amid the crash of shallow banks nnd boom
concerns , the voice of David Hill is heard
not. An expedition to discover his where
abouts is in order.
Fifty sideshows are connected with the
World's fair , and probably twice that num
ber are operated outsldo llio fence. It is n
wise dollar that escapes.
Infanta Eulalio's hesitancy about visiting
the United States was probably duo lo the
report that fourteen pianos were to bo
played in her honor in Now i'orn.
Mrs. Jennie Northcu of Princeton , Ky. ,
died recently Irom her lirst attack of
measles , leaving a daughter aged 'JO. Mrs.
Northen's reputed age was 110 years.
The stuff of the American consulate at
Liverpool presented to T. H. Sherman , the
retiring consul , a superbly bound and illum
inated album , ornamented with the consul's
monogram.
Isut Brighum , the now United State ? mar
shal of Utah , was a leading tenor m his class
lu Harvard. It is presumed his vocal notes
will not produce discord by coming in fre
quent contact with the crisp notes of Undo
Sam.
It was announced in court in Now York
one day last week that Edward S. Stokes ,
who shot James Fisk , jr. , was pardoned and
restored to all the rights of citizenship by
Grover Cleveland in 1884 , when the latter
wus governor.
Mr. Edgar Scott , son of the late railroad
klcg , Thomas A. Scott , on completing his
21 yer.rs lust August , came into the income
of $1,000,000. At 25 years of ago his income
will be doubled and his prospective fortune
will be something fabulous. Ho is unmar
ried.
ried.The
The notorious Blyth" estate of San Fran
cisco , valued at $4,000,000 , is again involved
in litigation. State courts decided in favor
of Florence Blytho as the natural daughter
of the dead millionaire , but the gypsv
Blythes have taken the floor for the purpose
of showing that Florence is a fraud.
The youths' congress at the World's fair
will convene Juno 17. Delegates to this con
gress inuy bo either boys or girls , and are
drawn from the grammar and higli school
grades of the public schools in every county
in the United States and 'of the public , pri
vate and parochial schools of all foiolgn
countries , though confined to the ages be
tween 18 and 21 years.
Mrs. Itachol Copper , a colored woman ,
who died last week in Philadelphia , was In
her 113th year. By the time she was 103 she
hod through thrift and industry accumulated
several thousand dollars worth of property ,
of which she was robbed by an ungrateful
young colored man whom she had adopted ,
and was loft In terrible destitution in a Itttlo
cabin In the woods , where she had lived all
her life.
The career of Hon. John Balance , premier
of Now Zealand , who died recently , was a
romance of real life. In 1830 ho was born in
a catjin in Glouavy , near Lough Neagh , uud
received his education in a parish school.
Then apprenticed to an ironmonger , ho
served behind the counter until ho was 37 ,
when , emigrating to Now Zealand , ho was
for some time unsuccessful. Taking to
Journalism ho achieved success , in time being
elected to the House of Representatives and
becoming its prime minister and ono of the
most highly honored and respected of
colonists.
JIU'OUB
Tlio youiiK liuslmnd behind the perumbu-
lutor of his Urst born may bu said ( o bo right
In tlio push.
Hoston Transcript : lilryclo riding does not
apuuur to bo conducive to umlulilllty. No
Mioiivr cluuH it inun bo.strlilo a wlieel than 1m
KCt.4 his buck up.
Atrhl.MHi Glnbo : Tlio ofllco never senks tlio
innii because It i-un't push Its wuy through
the crowd of politician * .
Cleveland I'lalmlculor : There are more
thuu 1.000 dlirurunt things made from putio-
Iciini , Including ungols.
Troy Press : Naturally It U the strongest
candidate who carries tlio ( lay.
New Orleans I'lcayumi : Knowledge Is pow
wow when It muuLh In
u go-us-you-plousu de
bating society.
I'.liTiIra Telegram : Thn greatest trouble wltl
the man who learns lo pluy poker Is thut when
ho guts the gunio luarnud lie liusn't anything
10 pluy It with.
ItufluloCourier : Tlio wIclo-Drlinmeclstliriiat
isn't much on beauty , hut wliuu Hcome.s to
htyle no una cnn suy lit , a blouch.
liiillanapolls Journal : "You say she tried l <
stop u street cur by whistling ut It. Did bho
iimuo u buefi'.v , of llir"
"Vet , , In u wuy. It wasn't her whistling tlm
.stopped the cur , though ; it was tliu face ghu
Hindu. "
Kate Hold's Washington : Furmor ( In pawi
shop , surprised ut tlio dlveruliyj Ton my
MHlll *
Diolballstuln How much you viint on It ?
TIIK CASK UKVEllSlil ) ,
I'Mlt ,
Out of the dnrkness und the ( low
Ono slur llko a trembling tuper shown ,
I wu.s waiting , < luar , fur a woru from yon
As wo wulkud In tlio ijululstreet ulono.
Ono word but ah , though 1 pleaded neil ,
No unuwurhig bound from your aweet llpt fell
Now It Is ycar < slnro wo were wed.
Iiimt night lu the bumould street wo wulkoi
And I ll.slenecl mutely to ull you sulil
As you talked mm tallied und talked un
talked.
I wai walling to gut In a ttlnglo word
Hut no bucli gltust or a cliunco occurred.
Highest of all in Leaveninjj Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
DEATH OF JUDGE BROWW ,
> oiiftlft * County linr 1nko Appropriate
Action . < 4kMrt ! ot lll Oirrr.
When district court opened yesterday morn-
ng In courtroom No. 1 , with Judges Kcysor ,
Javls and Scott on the bench , a largo mini-
) cr of the member * of the bar were In at-
ciidanco , ami a * soon as the Jourrtiit of
cstcrday's proceedings was road Jiulqo C.
\ . Baldwin arose and formally announced
ho death of Juilgo George F. Drawn. Ho
iald that ho had known the Oceomod from
jovhood , having been schoolmates together.
Their acquaintance ! had extended over a
> erlod of sixty-one years , nnd ho hail been
riven an opportunity to moro fully know and
appreciate the many sterling qualities of the
li-ceascd than pcrhapi any of the other
nombors of the bar. Thcro wcro many
others , however , who had been Intimately
acquainted and associated with him for a
lumberof.veurs.aml his personality had made
tsolf felt by the bar at Itiruo. The speaker
bought that a committee of the bar should
ic unpointed to prepare suitable resolutions
ouchlng the death of thl ; honored member
il the bar association and report uu next
Saturday morning.
Judge ICeysor announced the appointment
of the following committee In accordance
with llio suggestion : Judge C. A. Baldwin ,
Judge ICdmuud Burtlott , Judge G. W. Doauo
uid Judge K. Wiiltcloy.
Judge George F. Brown , whoso death oc-
: urrcd Tuesday evening at his residence ,
lad been for a number of years a member of
the bar.ot this county , and was highly
esteemed by the legal profession and a largo
lumber of friends outsldo of that profession.
Ho was born and raised in 1'ortage county ,
Jhlo , passing the youth of the average
'armor boy. Ho graduated from tlio Mead-
vlllo , l > a. , college ami then entered upon the
study of law at Warren , Trumbull county ,
O. , whnro ho was admitted to the bar.
After his admission ho opened an
ofllco at Parkman , Gcauga county , O. , but
soon returned to Warren , where ho was
elected probate judge , and ho served In that
capacity for two terms. At the close of the
war ho wont south nnd located lu Missis
sippi , whom ho was appointed judga of the
circuit court. From there ho wont to Kan
sas , where ho resumed the practice of law ,
ami subsequently romov | i to Omaha , and
continued to rcstdo bore until his death ,
which i-onio at the advanced ago of 711 years ,
ilo w.is a very conscientious man , and wns
an honor.iblo and honored eiti/cn. His wlfo
died hero two years ago. Ho loaves two
sous and two daughters. The former uro In
the employ of the Union 1'ucillc , and the lat
ter arc Mrs. J. M. Wolfe and Mrs. J. F. Tal-
liot. A nephew , Frank Brown , is paymas
ter of the Union Pacific. The funeral will
take place at ! i o'clock this afternoon from
the lute residence , " 000 Capitol avenue , with
Interment at Forest Lawn.
I-.II.SE ItHl'OltTs OF X'AILVIIKS.
New Vork Ho.trH Suacood In Doprossliii ; the
London .Stock Miirkct.
NEW YOIIK , May 17. It was learnad that
.he early weakness In the London stock ex
change this morning was the result of a bear
canard. Kumars wore scut last night to the
effect that heavy failures wcro expected
icro today. They were sent for icciprocul
effect hero.
Mlmio.tpnlU Creditors Coinpliiln.
Mlx.sT.U'OLts , Minn. , May IT. " Holders of
; he paoer of the Northwestern Guaranty
Loan company are displaying a good deal of
wrath over what they assert Is nn attempt
to sequester the assets of the concern. The
xipers tiled uro not a general assignment ns
expected , but a deed transferring from the
Northwestern Guaranty Loan company to the
GSuaranty Building company the mammoth
tuildin of the concern , the consideration
named in the dead bchit ; $2,000,000.
Tlio building ic claimed to bo free from in-
cumbrance , except for a trust mortgage hold
by the Minneapolis Trust company. It is
also asserted that such action was author
ized by a resolution adopted July 17 , 1891.
Possibly every act of the company is en
tirely regular , but holders of paper of the
loan company want to know why the com-
l > any docs not make a genor.il assignment at
once , when both President ; Mougo and
Vice President Lowry say they do not sOO
liow nn assignment can bo avoided moro
than two or three days. There being no
claim anywhere that the company can tj'lo '
ever trouble , people to whom , the company
owes money vehemently assort that the
doors should bo closed and everybody given
a fair show at the assets.
London Stock Market Flat.
LONDON , May 17. Stocks opened better ,
but weakened later. Buyers wara scarce
and thcro were many liquiditions. At "
p.m. stocks worn very flat and Americans
dropped 2 to 2J points. Almost to the
close trading was disorganized owing to dis
quieting rumors and the general severe de
pression ot prices , which Avero among the
lowest. Before the close the situation Im
proved , owing to competition in foreign
liquidation of largo account.
Another MlnnonpollH iintik IlrealM.
MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , May 17. The Citi
zens bank suspended payment this morning.
A notice on the door says deiwsitors will bo
paid in full. The officials declare the bank
is perfectly solvent and the suspension is
simply duo to inability to realize on securi
ties. The cashier says the bank will resume
by Monday next at the outside. The Citi
zens is one of the smaller state banks. It
has a capital of $350,000 , and its deposits
May 4 amounted
i-nnsn.vr
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AMcmhly af tit * I'r < < < liji rl >
Church In Snttloit \VitKltllicton ,
WASHINGTON Orimir OP Tun IJns. .t t !
Mfl FofatRKNtit STIIEBT . M
l l LUVItlhlt. lll O I n 1.111.
WASIIINUTOX , 1) . C , Mny IT l . * '
Among the commissioner * of the gonoi * j
assembly of the 1'rosbytorlan churchmns I i
following Ncbraskans ; A. C. Stark , Hal J <
Ings ; John Hell , Aurora ; Kdwanl Ii. Doddf
Grand l.sland ; Sherwood Wllcox , Scotia ; V '
W , Hnrslia , Tccunuch ; John llerk , Hie1
nmn ; N. S. Harding , Kobraska City ; A. ; i
Montgomery , York : John C. Sloan , HcllovuV
Jamc.s V. ( Quarter , Kwlug ; David H. Koii '
Uellovuo. and C , A , Starr , Omaha. > )
The following nre from South Dakoti * '
Samuel Mlllor , Audovcr ; J. M. Adnlr. Ua . ,
mend ; .lames H. Kluxer , TiPTiml : EM war - '
\ \ \ Nugent , llapld City ; A.M. Work , Hroo , - ' .
Ings : Chauneey McAllister. Woolscv ; Lu ,
wig Frlgg , Lenox , and 13. N. Smith , llrlilg , ;
watftr. | _
Mlioellmtooiif. <
A. U. W.vmau of Omaha is In the city , d
S , N , Kay was appointed postmaster t
Kwing , Holt county , Nob. , vlco J. A. Wooff
removed. ) ,
lUIXUl.UtU HltMAHiS QVIKT. | .
I.orlu A. Tlint-ston Aiiolnlt | | > il .Sllnistor tr-
tlio llnlteil Stnto. 'r '
SAN Fnvxcisco , Col. , May 17. Mall nC
vices from Honolulu to May V-
have boon received. Ever.i'thlug rt
mains quiet In the Islands , with no clmnt ,
to note In the situation. The provlslourr
governniout Is on the alert against any n
tempt by the adherents of the late qtieon \
reinstate her , Ixrln A. Thur.itoii , elinlrmo-H
of the commission scut to Washington b-
thoprovtHloii.il Kuvoriiiuont to ncgotlato ft Z.
aiiuoxation and piMi'tlciilly tliu prhuu mo\\
In the ruvolutluu'hns been appointed mil
Istcr to WushluRtou , to succeed J. MoL ,
Smith. n
Nnw Ocnl III Olllro .Sccklnr. V
Nnw YOIIK , May 17. Sun's Washltigto'
spcliil says : Olevolamt's experience with o {
lice soeke.ra hns convinced him that the
cut method of appointment to ofHoo Uiroug" )
political Inllueneo has bccomo a suandnl am
lie is revolving in his mind a schema to dc
away with It entirely by a complete r\ \ _ ,
"
organization of the system , and ho wl.--
urob.ibly recommend to congress the fram 'j
ngofn law for a coinmlsalon on appoint"-
inonts as far removed from political Inlluonc Jj
us the supreme court , to make all appoliui jf
mcnts except foreign ministers and certali * )
high oftlulals nearest thn executive , ( Hialr V
llciitiou for place to bo the only Question lf r' '
making appointments , 7
, _
Itulltlliic I'urmlls.
Fourteen permits to build wcro lssuo ! _ |
yesterday by the inspector of buildings i
follows :
Ktnlly \Ylitllock , Twenty-ninth and
lliirney , repairs t
W. S. lltililtilT. Tnenly-nlnth iintl
Hickory , wl wain
Twelve minor penults
Total 8
Today's Oolil SlilpnionlH
NKW YOIIK. May 17. Of the $1,000,000 go\ \ \
to be shipped by the steamship Augus .
Victoria , $000,000 has already boon wttt'
drawn from the subtrcasury. The banki .i
will furnish the remainder. The assistant- "
treasurer received fcroonbaeks for the goltj
furnished by the government and dollvoro > j-2
it iu double and half eagles. { 3.
KEKl > VP 1TU THE
Alhanii Journal.
Tlioro's an old and truthful Hylng
Worth Unoplng In your mind ,
" > with the procussloa
Kyoti up
Or'you'h'bo ieft diliitlV ' *
The world admires thn mon In front
And greets thorn with n cheer ,
Itut very llttlo notice takes
or these who'ro in the rear.
Althouzh Iho ranks bo crowded. '
Tliuie s always room In front ; ' . , '
If vou expect to win tlio flixht It
1'hou you must bear the brunt. } )
If you'll observe this proccjit '
And HPtip It. well In mind ,
Whou ( 'aln-lel blown his trumpet
You'll not bu left behind.
A 111AT fJtOSI 1'AllIS.
KiUUon Kew York Herald. ,
A I1IN.NRK DUES' ) .
This stylish dinner dress has an
velvet corsagu draped around the bust
fastened with a jeweled bucklo. The l mpi ;
skirt is of nauve silk. " 1 }
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Larsost Mitiutnoturari vi 1
of Olothhula thjVorU. .
We're Cleaning Up k
'
You've no idea what a relief it will be when f
those everlasting hammers c * .
get out of the store. For
years we've been hampered
for room and for weeks
we've been hammered for
more room andnow we've
got it then comes the
cleaning up. We'll bo ready
to show off our now room in
a few days now. We're so
glad to get done that we feel I
like as if we might present a
house and lot to these who
come to the grand opening
in a week or so provided they don't say anything
about hammers and speaking of hammers reminds
us that we're hammering out a lot of suits , the
prices on which have been hammered down to the
lowest obb.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
j S. W. Cor , 16th and Doujlas Sts !