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THE OMATIA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JUNE 0 , 1893. THE DAILY BEE. E. IIOSEWATHK , Kdllor. PUBLISH El ) IJVEUV MOUSING. TUIIM9 OP SUUSCimTIOS. IH-c ( without Sunday ) Ona Year. . I JJ 00 lly and Sunday , Ono Year . . . . . ly no Fix Month * . . jj ° { j Three Monti * . . . . . g DO Humlfty Ilcp. Ono Your . ? ° O Bftlimfny llco , Ono Your. . . . . . J J > 0 Weekly lice , Ono Year . * 00 OFFICES. Omahn , Thn lion Tlnlldlng. Fonth Oninlm , cnrnnr N nnrt 30th Streets. la 1'earl Street , ChlciiBO onii-o , .117 Chamber of Cotiimrrro. New York , Iloomii 13. It nnd 10. Tribune tlnlldlnt ; . Washington , Ola Fourteenth Ptreet. COUIlKSPONnRXOE. All communications relating to .now * nnrt rdltcitlnl matter should bo addressed : lo the fcdllor. , , USiNnsg MTETUUS. A II biiRltieM letters and remltlanrns. nhnuld be addressed to The lit o I'uwlililns Co mpany , Otniilm. DrnflR , ehcr.kd nnd tnvnonVn orilnr s tnljomadopayablu to the order of the com- I tiny. I'n i tlc.i leaving Ihoclty fortho sumtnor can Imvp the IIKK ? i'iit their address by leaving an order nt thliofllce. run nun PUBLISIIINO COMPANY. Thn llco In Chlrnco. TIIK DAILY ntui StrsnAY BRH Is on sale In Cliir.'iKotil the following places : Palmer homo. Grand I'liclflc hotel. Aiidllnrliirn hotel. nicnt Not thorn hotel. Goiohntol , Inland hotel. \Voll . Klzijr , 1 SO State itrnot , , Fill's if ) Tin : IIKK can Im seen at the ri- hrn'kii bulldliiK and the Administration build- Injr. ExiHisltlon croumK SWOIIN STATICMKNT Of UlIlCUIjATIO.V. Ftnlnof NohrnnVn , I Conr.tr of DoucliiK. f _ flroreo fl. T rcliiick , gccroturr of TnB HUE pnb- Ilililnit romnnnr , dnm folomnly uncut tnat tlm neiunlclroiimion otTiiu DAILY IlKKforttio weuk cnillnR Juno 3 , IS'JI , vriu .19 folloff.ii Bnnilar. Mnr 5' . . * . 2J5 " , Monilnr. MBTII S3M ! Titenlar. Mnr 0 21.TJJ Wrrtno cl jr.'M y HI nhumdnr. Juno I Vildmr. Juno 3 Baturtlnr , Juno 3 71,101 OEO. II. Tszciiltric. Birorn In bnforo mo nnrt mibscrlbort In mr presence - enco thU8Jdn-of Juno , IS'JJ N. I * . Mtiu NoUrr I'utjllo culation for May , 18011 , S4.174 Till : list of prominent Nobraaku demo crats who luivo bcon recognized by the administration Is growing1 no longer every dny. ICONOOI..ASM hns evidently Bccnrcd a foothold in Missouri. They nro notimlly Eonilin train robbers to the penitentiary down thoro. Tun new government of NicaraRua lins lasted nearly a wcnk. The profus Bional revolutionists Euem to bo laekinp in their customary energy. Dit. BHIGGS , the ox-Presbyterian di vine , still has much to bo thankful for. A few hundred years ago ho would have been burned at the stake. THE most unfortunate result of the disintormnnt of the bones of Jeff Davis is the disposition of somoof the southern editors to fight the war all over again. THE minors' strike in Kansas is still spreading. Two thouiand men in the rs-northcrn mines quit work today. Public Ecntlmcnt still remains with the strikers , IT IS predicted the attorney genera' will do a great deal to bring the trusts to n realizing sense of their hcinousnoss when he unco gets to work. Wanted , Blartcr. Tun lynching of a negro in Illinois on purely circumstantial evidence proves that not all of the "latest southern out ragos" are perpetrated below Mason and Dixon's lino. IP Tiin democrat ? of Iowa are only half as anxious to ronominato Horauo Boies as the republicans appear to have thorn , the Hawkeye campaign will open auspiciously for both partioB. THE day that the Now York Stock exchange refuses to list the trust stocks will mark the downfall of the trusts. The stock gamblers have an interest in keeping the illegal combinations aliva. Tun contest for election of governor in Virginia this fall f-eoms to bo narrow ing down between the democrats and the populists , with the chances decidedly in favor of the former. It is now predicted that the republicans will not oven inako a nomination. THE Washington Star has figured it out that there will bo no trouble in re pealing the Sherman act at the next session of congress BO far aa the house of representatives is concerned. The foolIng - Ing among the senators is still too in definite to form the basis of a urodiction. Tim real estate dealers who con stantly keep their lingers on the pulse of Omaha's progress and who nro quick to note every change , unlto In saying that the city is enjoying a steady and healthy growth. Capital is seeking investment here and with capital como the people who ui > o it and who are bonofltod by it. IN 1802 the collector of internal revenue from this district turned into the United States treasury $4,000,000. Of this amount the two Dakotas con tributed hut $ 12,000. The balance was contributed by Nebraska. And yet in all Nebraska a democrat could not bo found worthy of an appointment to the position of collector. THKpopulist party la not as venerable - able as that other political organization which gave inspiration lo the principle that to the victors belong the spoils. But it is not a laggard in way of emula tion where it has the power. Thus in a single day the warden of the Kansas state penitentiary removed sixteen guards and appointed populists to their places , and the hoadbinan a novice at the business , too. TllK attorney general of Illinois , not of the United States is making * considerable headway in his fight against the Whisky trust. When ho Hitit instituted his suit to have the trust's charter forfeited , the attorneys for the trusts sot up the plea of no jurisdiction. This plea was overruled. Then the trust fllod a general de murrer. This , too , was overruled , and the big whisky combination was glvoc twenty flays in which to convince the court thut its charter should not be rovokou. - I ' " ' ' . . ri m i Y w .A run A ruling majority ot the court of 1m * pORchmont has acquitted Messrs. Hast ings , Allen and Humphroy of the charges preferred Against thorn by the legislature , as sot forth in the articles of impeachment nnd confirmed by the testimony adduced in the trial. The verdict rendered will not bo a surprise to these who have watched the case cl&scly , for it has bcon anticipated almost from the outset of the trial. The find ings of the court will cause much regret throughout the state. A largo majority of the people believed the impeached state officials should have been hold to a more rigid account for their misconduct of the affairs of the Hoard of Public Lands and Buildings. While the people will bow in passive submission to the decision of the highest court of the state , they cannot bo ex pected to approve Ih6 methods that have been practiced by the ollloials whom the court has acquitted upon morn techni calities. THK I'LKVOK TltnV OAVB. The antl-comblno convention now as sembled in Chicago Is made up largely of representatives of the republican and democratic parties. And these are the two political parties which stand spe cially pledged as opposed to tho3o pernic ious trusts. The pledges they gave in their respective national conventions are clear , conclusive nnd cannot bo misun derstood. Says the platform of the tenth repub lican national convention , adopted nt Minneapolis Juno 10 , 1802 : Wo rcafllrm our opposition , declared in the republican platform ot 183d , to all combina tions of capital organized In trust or other wise , to control arbitrarily the condition ot trade among our citizens. Wo heartily In- ( lone the action already taken upon this sublcct , ami ask for such further legislation as may bo required to remedy any defects in existing laws nnd to roudor their enforce ment more complete nnJ effective. Says the platform of the democratic national convention , adopted at Chicago- .Juno 22 , 1892 : Wo recognize in the trusts and comblna tioi's , which are designed to enable capital to secure more than Its Just share of the Joint product of capital nnd labar , a natural consequence of the prohibitive taxes which prevent the free competition which Is the lifo of honest trade , but wo believe their worst evils can bo abated by law , and wo demand the rlsld enforcement of the laws made to prevent anil control them , together with such further legislation in restraint of their abuses as experience may show to be necessary. Is the national democratic administra tion exerting its power to insure the "rigid enforcement of the laws made to prevent and control" these vicious com binations of capital , with that energy that the people have reason to expect from the earnest denouncement contained in the democratic platform ? Is it not true that in this state and elsewhere both republicans and demo crats , with Individual exceptions always have boon and are yet the firm friends nnd supporters of the corporations who labor to control arbitrarily the condi tions of trade and commerce ? Do not the people look upon these declaratory and denunciatory clauses as tlip'idlo mockery of scheming politicians nridUomagogues ? As hollow and empty ? Sounding brass and tinkling cymbal signifying nothing:1 The words spoken by members of the convention who belong to either these old political organizations will be fraught with special significance because many of them are representative men , loaders of their respective parties. Doubtless they will explain the Import of thcso platform protestations , that have thus far proved a trespass on the credulity and hope of the people. It will bo wise for both democrats and republicans in the interest of the future of their respec tive parties to recognize their errors of omission , and at the same time seek to amend and to guard against further re prehensible commission. AS TO TUB Reference was made some days ago to n statement that it was contemplated by the secretary of the treasury to increase the present volume of United States notes , as an alternative to Issuing gold bonds , if the necessities of the govern ment required such action. Wo said re garding this that while the secretary of the treasury could reissue greenbacks ho had no authority of law for an extra issue. The act of Juno 20 , 1874 , fixing the amount of United Stntbs notes , pro vides that the amount of such "outstand ing and to bo used as part of the circula ting medium shall not exceed the sum of $382,000,000. " The resump tion act provided for the redemp tion of United States notes in oxccsa only of $ .100,000,000. Under this act the maxi mum amount outstanding was reduced to $ : i47,000,000 _ in round numbers. The net of May 31 , 1878 , repealed HO much of the resumption act as provided for the redemption of United States notes nnd forbid the secretary of the treasury to "retire any more o ( the United States legal tender notes. " The effect of this act was to fix the maximum of legal tender - dor notes at the amount outstanding nt the time of the passage of the act , and thut amount cannot he increased or dim inished without the authority of nn net of congress. It is not ut all probable that Secretary Carlisle , who is undoubtedly thoroughly familiar with the various acts of con gress rotating to the greenbacks , has over had the slightest idea that ho could increase their volutnu without the authority of congress , the suggestion having had ita origin , doubtless , with sotno eastern banker with little knowledge edgeof the laws , but a shrewd mind for expedients. Such an expedient , however - ever , would obviously have no value should congress authorize the secretary of the treasury to adopt it , for the effect of increasing the volume of legal tender notes coincident with u decline of the gold reserve would but intensify the dinioultloi of the situation. What the treasury needs to do is to augment its gold reserve , now reduced 310,000,000 below what has for a number of years been regarded as a safe sum for the maintenance of the government credit , and there appears to bo only ono practi cal nnd cortnin way of doing this , and that is by the sale of bonds. The gold IB not coming through the custom houses and the holders of it nro not showing great willingness lo exchange it for greenbacks. There is nn nmplo supply of gold in the country to mcot cnslly every roqulromont , but under existing conditions these whohnvoitnro disposed tqhold on to It , nctuntod by prnotlcnl rather than patriotic consider ations. When early in the proson ; ad ministration Secretary Carlisle made an appeal to the country to rollovo the treasury gold situation there was for a tlmo n quite liberal response , but it did not last , and now that the need of relief has become more urgent than ever bo- fora the disposition to furnish it appears to have boon lost. Meantime gold con tinues to go out of the country and there is a growing anxloty as to what the treasury intends to do. TUB The Now York Chamber of Commerce recently by n unanimous vote , passed a resolution calling on congress to repeal the silver-purchase law at ns early a date ns possible. It is very likely that other commercial badlos will follow this oxnmplo , so that n considerable ex pression of opinion on this subject from business oi-gaui/.ations may bo counted upon within the next two or three months , In anticipation of nn extra ses sion of congress in September. So far as known the position of President Cleveland on this question has undergone no change since ho de clared in favor of the repeal of the law , and as ho is predisposed to ylold to the vious nnd wishes of eastern financiers there Is small probability that his position will undergo any change. A late report says that it is the policy of the ndministration to use the patronage to influence the silver men to vote for repeal , leaving the question open as to the future of silver , and it is claimed that thocfllcacyof this policy has already boon demonstrated. A Washington paper is authority for the statement that information coming from silver sources "makes it n snfo prediction that there will bo comparatively little trouble to pass a bill through the house to repeal the Sherman silver law soon after congress moots , " and the satno authority states that there will probably bo a majority of the senate finance committee favorable to repeal On the other hand there is a report that the president has boon advised by some of these who are closest in his confi dence that it will not be possible to secure cure the repeal of the silver purchase law without n compromise that will give equally broad recognition to silver. The policy of using patronage to influence fluonco the silver men is not now sug gested for the first time. If Mr. Cleveland land has every had any idea of such a plan , which is improbable , it is not likely that ho ever seriously thought of putting it into practice. The mcro statement , with no evidence of any authority for it , must have the effect to put every champion of silver in con gress under surveillance , and the least proof that the president had really adopted such a policy could not fnil to unify the silver men more firmly. The administration , therefore , could make no greater mistake than to allow it to bo understood that it contemplated any such plan of converting the silver advo cates. It is entirely safe to say that Mr. Cleveland and his advisors in the administration , and particularly his bccrotary of the treasury , have too much political sagacity to try any such unsafe and injudicious expedi ent. Assuming that the president is still of the opinion that the remedy for unfavorable financial conditions is in the stoppage of the purchase of silver by the government , ho will undoubtedly use nil the legitimate influence- the administration to bring about thnt re sult , but it is safe to say thnt ho will not rocnrd the distribution or withholding of patronage ns a pnrt of this influence. Mcanwhilo tbo advocates of sliver are not manifesting any great anxiety re garding the situation. They claim , that they are strong enough to prevent the repeal of the silver purchase act unless they are given something equally favor able to silver , and they express a deter mined purpose to do so. It is not to bo doubted thnt they nro very much in earnest , but the value of their calcula tions depends very much upon the course of the republicans in congress. What that will bo it would perhaps bo hazard ous at this time to predict. A TKXAN'S I'KOKUflOlAMBNTO. A recent message of Governor Hogg of Texas , vetoing the bill authorizing the state to receive its quota of the gov ernment sugar bounty , is not in itself n matter of public significance. Aside from the hysterical apprehension of the paternal influence of the government that characterizes certain passages , it is merely the cnmmonplaco argument nnd protest against centralization and class legislation. The ofllcial source from which it issues secured for it the atten tion its author undoubtedly expected and desired , and ho Is already hailed by sonio of the southern newspapers as the Death Dealer to the sugar baunty sys tem. It is remarked , however , that none of these papers have a word to say against the proposed imposition of n revenue duty on the article. The com ment has become BO general as to invest the incident that othorwibe might have passed as a merely perfunctory executive act with more than nominal Import to the Biigar-produolng states. Nebraska Is listed in thnt category , for with proper encouragement she may become ono of the chief sugar-producing states. The facts epitomized are simply that the state of Texas owns n sugar rlanta- lion of 2,000 ucroa , upon which about 1,000,000 pounds of sugar wore produced inat year by 165 convicts. It was on this product that the legislature wished the state to get the bolinty it is entitled to from the national government , amount ing to about $20,000. But the governor interposed his veto to the act passed by the legislature empowering and direct ing the superintendent of the state poni- toutiurios to receive the annuity , just as ho did to a similar act two years ago. Ho this time ombracoa the occasion tc send in a long message arraigning oongrois ns guilty of gross usurpation of power in passing the bounty act ana declares that to accept the gratuity would make the state government ac cessory to the crime. So long ai he holds the executive ofllco ho says "the ntnto fthnll trout this flWffnr bounty vrlth dorlslvo contempt , ' 7nnd "shall not stain her hands nor -dlsHonor her name by the acceptance of f tlils money , the polluted fruit of crirao f against justlco nnd the constitution. " ' * A glnring ohjootloH't6 ' 'tho bounty in the eyes ot this npprohonslvo executive is thnt its nccoptnnco wVni'fd admit into the stnto the whole rnft.of , jntornnl revenue ngonts whosoiluty it woujd bo to inspect nnd supervise ono of hor-most Important industries. Iho apphllibg result of this would bo thnt Toxtis would bo roped into n United States court , "where they could magnify the powor'of ' the federal judge nt the expense ofhor independ ence and integrity."i I The above suillclcnlly Illustrates the character of the public document which has subserved the purpose for which it was probably intended and plncod its author conspicuously before the south ns the dcfoiulor'of the sovereignty of the stnlo ngninst the encroachments of pntcrnnlism , of her Independent nuton- omy nnd the vindicator of her integrity. As indicating how the message is re ceived in Louisiana , the principal sugar-- raising state of the south , the Times- Democrat of Now Orleans , says : The superb oxr.mplo which Governor Hogg sots of scorning federal ntd with which to but tress up a stnto Industry will open the eves of private suar ralsors everywhere to the humiliating position which they occupy be fore the country ns the recipients of federal aid , and at the same time as the humble receivers of orders front federal ofllcliils. The States of the satno city , denoun cing the evil principle of paternalism , says : "This is the vicious principle which Governor Hogg has the manliness to denounce , rebuke and spit upon , oven though his own state nnd people wore to bo among the beneficiaries of it. " The Texas governor's objections to in ternal ravenuo officials make a point ngainst the democratic proposition for an income tax , while the absence from the newspaper comment of any sugges tion unfavorable to sugar duties sug gests that the democratic journals quoted nro prepared to advocate such duties ns some others have already dono. HON. W. J. BRYAN modestly admonishes ishes the St. Louis Republic , which has named him as an aspirant for the chair manship of the ways and means com mittee , that ho is not a candidate. Neither is ho for the spoakorship of the house for which his name has also boon mentioned. True confidence in the sin cerity of the gentleman from the first district may bo somewhat marred in popular estimate by his assurance that ho would not bo thought "so presumptu ous as to asplro to either -of these places. " But this elqquent young Loch- invar of the wostornJdemocracy may bo aware that his narao , has , already boon ' associated by some , of 'his ardent ad- mlrors with the presidency in the future. After all , rememborhig that no speaker of the house has yet succeeded in attain ing that high goal ofjpolitical ambition , it is possible Mr. Bryan ihas determined not to accept the ono'or the other of the positions should it bo' ' offered. As the ways and moans chairmanship is gen erally the stopping stone to the speaker- ship ho may have jus , approljcmsions as to the disinterestedness of those who have brought his namo'in contact there with. It is not likely that an importu nate demand will be made on our friend in this instance , yet wo fear that ho is doomed to disappointment when he "takes it for granted , " tnat his venor- nblo nnd worthy patron , Mr. Springer , will retain his place as chairman-of his committee. SOME legal technicality or cunning device seems the favorite expedient of rogues now-a-days to escape the penalty attaching to their misdeeds. It is grati- lylng to see their best laid plans some times disconcerted. Thus in Minnesota leading citizens , wealthy magnates , have robbed the state of pine to the value of half n dozen million dollars within the last twelve years. An at tempt was made to secure a legislative investigation , but owing to some techni cal flaw in the act making appropriation therefor the intention seemed to bo thwarted , and thereupon the thieves bo- catno insolent in their confidence of os- capo. But now it appears that there is a surplus for legislative expenses that can bo legally used and the committee proposes to push the inquiry forthwith and endeavor to bring these haughty and arrogant ringstors to justice. In fact the inquiry has already begun , and the late domineering and pretentious gnng have suddenly become the humble and patient niartyrs of an Iniquitous per secution ! THE successful sinking of an nrtosinn well in the suburbs of Pierre explodes the theory that the great artesian basin of the Dakotas terminated or ran out on the west with tlio Missouri rivor. This now spoutor throws 500 gallons of water under n pressure of 175 pounds to the square inch n mlnuto , nnd demonstrates that at a depth of from 1,200 to 1,300 foot the artesian basin can bo reached almost anywhere east of tlio Black Hills. It is beliovcd now that the basin extends westward at least toirtho Hills. If such prove the case thora'is1 "ho " reason why every foot of land inthobroad _ , expanse of thnt domain Bhujuld , not bo made ultimately valuallo by means of artesian irrigation. n > ai HISTORY is madonup ot repetitions. The reoord of the paatrbdcomos the les son of the future. There is no truth stands out more boldly on its pages than that the vordiot of thoipooplo is para mount to the most eminent judicial opin ion. The republican senators who voted for the acquittal of Andrew Johnson , im peached for misdemeanor in otllco , passed at least temporarily I from public lifo. Some of them retired " permanently. Their vote was not "in accord with the verdict of the pooplo. They lost the popular confidence. SOME day Omaha capital will find in vestment in a system of railroads to the northwest owned and controlled by and directly in the interests of Omaha. When that day cornea Onmlm will con trol the trafllc of the northwest. Until it docs come this city will have to fight for every advantage it gains. OMAHA'S now hotels will bo completed I in time for the great national gatherings which nro Already booked to moot In this city next year. Tito Sooner the Hctter. A'em fork Sun. An early extra session Is In order. A flnrpltn of Conllilano * . No national administration ever succeeded In controlling the politics ot n state by the use of patronage. These who assort that Mr. Cleveland will bo nblo to break the record nnd the Now York machine at ono foil swoop nro heavily stocked with confi dence In his ability. Vnlun ol Irrigation. 1'liUailtlphtn Rtfartl. A recent census bulletin gives n most favorable ronort of the success of artificial Irrigation In restoring to cultivation desert lands In California and , Colorado. It is esti mated that no less than 510,000.000 acres of desert land In the west nro capable of bring redeemed by the process of Irriga tion. This would uialco 3,375,000 homostnads of ICO acres cacti. Tlio Darlington Kxtanstau. Dcnvtr IlejiubUcan. The extension of the Northern Wyoming branch of the Hurllngton fiom Us present terminus nt Shcrldau to Helena , Mon. , Is no\vn practical certainty. The work of construction has been begun and will be pushed to completion ns rapidly as possible. The distance from Sheridan to ilolona Is in the iiolghbortiooil of 300 miles. The line will cross or skirt the borders of the Yellow stone National park. AH llnll the Fourth. Sew York Tribune Ono of the most encouraging signs of the times Is the hoalthv growth of whnt mny ho called the American spirit. This Rrowth Is seen In ono of Its worthy forms In the wide spread demand that the red. white ixua blue shall bo hoisted over every school house. Whatever tends to quicken the American spirit obviously is to bo encouraged. All hall , then , to the Fourth of July , and the more old-fashioned celebrations of the dny there are the bettor for the country. Irs' So ; Jo * ' So , Kew York Matlaml Kxpraif , The subtile line dividing genius and in sanity is so delicate that in ininy instances It cmiiiot bo dolluod , It can only bo felt. Even the deep researches of physiological- psychology are unable to designate princi ples on which the Judgment can depend for logical deductions on the subject , and the searching analyses and arguments of many erudite students ; uid philosophers nro as in comprehensible and meaningless to the or dinary mind ns the vain vaporings of a mind unhinged. The Austriitlin I'milc , Hotttm Globe. Tlio Australian banks foil into the custom of superseding the merchants , who are nat urally their customers , as commercial fac tors. They became traders , exportcd on their own account , accepted risks in opera tions which they attempted to conduct in part , and sometimes took goods in repay ment instead of money. The disastrous fail ures which fiualln resulted nro only added warnings thnt banking should always bo kept within its legitimate function of serv ing the business classes rather than of super seding them. Tlio Docllnu of Silver. IiitlliuwipoUs Journal. The steady decline In the price of silver is shown by tbo fuct. that on the 1st of March , 1890 , the government bought silver at $1.21 , while on tlio 1st of January last it paid 83 cents. Two months ago it bought silver at 84 cents , while last Monday It paid82 . This decline in price cannot bo due to any other cause than overproduction. The sup ply is greater than the demand , notwith standing the fact that the government is , under legal compulsion , buying 4,500,000 ounces every mouth. It is quite likely that this compulsory purchase of silver creating a preferred market has something to do with the overproduction. Vulley l"oreo to Ilo l're erv d. JVitladelphfa Times. Governor Puttison appropriately celebrated - bratod Decoration day by slgnins the bill making an appropriation for the purchase of Valley forge and its transformation into a state park , to bo preserved to the future generations of Pennsylvania as n perpetual reminder of the sufferings and.heroic serv ices of their revolutionary ancestors. The act was appropriate to the day and the day worthy of the deed. It is rot creditable to the patriotism of the people or statesmen of Pennsylvania that for more than a century this historic spot ha been suffered to remain in priate hands , neglected and almost unvislted. No locality In Pennsylvania , or m any of the thirteen colonies , witnessed a more pcriect exhibition of that patient , much-enduring , fortitude which was the most striking char acteristic of the men who won American liberty than Valley Forgo , and it should long ago hnvo become the property of the com monwealth and been restored , as nearly as Dosslblo , to the condition it presented when ' bare-footed and half- Washington's ragged , - - starved army wintered thoro. o NKDn.t8KA AND Chadron citizens are trying to induce Congressman Bryan to give them a talk some time in July. Robert Dinwlddio of llorwyndled recently in his 81st year. Ho was a native of Scotland and had resided in Custor county for ten years. The closing exercises of the Stnto Normal school nt Peru begin next Thursday-vvith class day and terminate with the commence ment exercises on Juno 14. There hns bcon a change In the Kcarnoy Hub ofllco which adds .1. A. Stevens , a well known newspaper mau , to the business force of that bright publication. Three tramps who burglarized a clothing store at Central City , nnd wore caught at Aurora , now rest quietly In the Merrlck county jail awaiting their trial. The 10-year-old son of Mayor Carey of Grooly fell from a two-story window in White's opera housn and sustained a broken arm , but marvclously escaped without other injuries. While killing a cow , John Eldred. a Gib bon butcher , was knocked down by the animal nnd rendered unconscious , remain ing in that condition several hours. Ho was severely bruised , but will recover. While Pat McUafferty was digging a wel for Dr. Hozlo of Cedar Uuplds an empty bucket fell twenty foot nnd lit on his head , cutting n gush three inches in length and turning down a largo section of scalp. Delegates from the Christian Endeavor so- clotlcs belonging to the First district will meet in convention at the Lutheran church in Dakota City Juno 10 to 10. Two delegates are expected froui each of the following places : Way no , Hartlngtoii. Coleridge , Ponca , South Sioux City , Allen , Salem , Uloomllcld , Kmorson , Winnobago , Pender and Santee Agcnoy. liesidoa those dele gates , twenty-four delegates , several state olllcors and several clergymen have been in. vlted. An extensive program has been pre pared. Lee Pfluoger , who murdered his wlfo a year ago In Cumin ? county hns been sen tenced for Ufa by Judge Norris. ns the Jury brought in n verdict of murder In the second degree. After the sentence had boon passed , the murderer spoke for the llrst time since last October , The substatico of what he said was that his wlfo hud boon untrue , Pfluogcr hnd boon adjudged Insane In Febru ary , 18'JJ , and was about to bo taken to the Insane asylum , when ho escaped from a dep uty sheriff. Ho went to his homo la tlio extreme - tromo northwestern part of Cumlng county , where ho hung around for a few days when ho shot his wlfo dead. Slnco then no has been conllnod in the county jail. I'KOl-LR Afilt THINGS. Governor McKlnloylsafull-Hedged Knight of Pythias. Now York authorities do not intend stretching good will by giving the duke of Voragua a second round of hospitality. An Indiana democrat has declined an $1,800 ofllco. Ho has also declined a tempt ing offer to exhibit himself in Chicago. The chief pushers of the Choctaw-Chlcko- saw appropriation pocketed fOOO.OOUof the prize. The superiority of a civilized pull is not "an iridUcent dream. " Among the ofllolal family of the now Cor- can minister at Washington ares Messrs. Yl Hluin , Chow Chick and Chang Hong Whang , Thcso names were attacked by Sun Frtnctsoo roportcn M an evidence ot distinguished consideration. During Its closing nours Iho rentnylv.inlix legislature prmed iv bill rcpoallno the odloui blue laws which Sabbatarians tried to en force ixgalnst Smulny newspapers. Sir George M. Pullmnn , G. T. , predicts hard lime1 * and nppoart Inconiolnblo. A falling off In porters' tips with n demand for higher wages ns n result , sadly disturbs his poncootmlud. The battleship Massachusetts , which will bo launched this wrok H armored with Hnr- noylzod nickel stool. She is built to fight nnd her nrmnmcnt will bo superior to thnt of any shlpntlo.it. Congressman W. J. Ilryau asserts In the St. Ixuils Republic that there Is neither truth nor pootrv lu the assertion that ho Is n cruidl- date for the chairmanship of the committee on wnys and men us. The success of the state saloon system to bo inaugurated In South Carolina next month has become n subject of grave anxloty because the governor declines to say whether or not ho will sut up n free lunch dally. The disposition to strike a man while ho is down savors of refined cruelty. Just ns Dr. Hrlggs reached the broad mesas outside the Presbyterian pale , the Washington Pont perpetrated the unkindcst cut of all by printing his picture ntid labeling it "Jen Davis. " Hcform Is making huge strides in Now York Journalism. Last weak nn eavesdrop per heart ! Commander Davis dictating to n typewriter a letter to Mra. Potter Palmer in Chicago In rcg-ml lo the Infanta's visit to the World's fnlr. His words wcro taken down In shorthand-transcribed , nnd hawked nuiong the newspaper olllccs. The letter was declined nnd the eavesdropper publicly rebuked. Governor McGraw of the state of Washington , "went west" eight or ten years ago , m-rivlng in San Francisco w 1th S4'J In his | K > ckct. Ho acnt $10 homo to his wlfo , nnd began his western lifo ns n horse-car driver. Ho mndn nls way to Seattle , where lie bccamo ahcrllT , hotel keeper nnd lawyer , nnd finally ono of the most prosperous and popular men in the now stato. Ho is about forty years old. K.Lvnirtxa animus. Inter Ocean : Notnixttorlinwchnap quinine may bo It Is always n drug In tlio market. Ehnlra Oazt-tto : Ambition U nballoou which carries no paiacliuto. Troy Prosit A Rood mirror nlwnyi tolls the truth , no matter upon whom It rulluct.s. llufTulo Courier1/ Is highly urobablo that tin ) tlir.es uhlch tried moil's souls found some of thorn Rullty. i Somervlllo Journal : Sometimes It Is him ! for ohsprvr.M to lull whollior tlio inurnud man or the bachelor enjoys club Ilfo tliu mot. . Washington Star : Ho Rots a miw stiaw bat , and fatu niuUes merry with his pilns. Tliu first dny that bo puts it ou It rains , and rains , nnd rains. JiKlRo : Mr. Dude I was tmnkinsj now much iTosomlilo your carpet always at your foot , you know. Miss Sly Yes , you am very much llko my carpet. I am going to.slinku ft soon. Detroit Free Press : "Is Dlgglns nn old base ball player ? I see tlmt ho has a mask baiiRlnir In bis library. " "No , bo nuts tlmt on wben- over ho wants to Imvo a talk with bis wlfo about cutting down household uvnonsea. " OblcnRO Tribune : "With nil my heart and soul , " exclaimed ltl\crs , sitting down on tbo cdgo of the boil the next morning after the liou-u donning nnd pulling ( .omotlihiK out of his , heel with a strong pulr of pllurs , " 1 abouit- ualo and detest the In-coma tacks 1" A PASTOKAU Chtaiga Heoiril. A countryman fished with n crooked polo , Out from the copse near by : A cotton line from a fuz/y roll DangloJ just under his eye. Whllo over the crcok a city man Whlppod out n costly ( ly. With a jointed rod and u reel that ran fast as the waters by. And they fished and fUhod all day , these two- No vor a llsh would rfso : Hut they wont homo In the falling dew Full of the Humu old lies. THE Sam Walter Foss ( Yankee made. Oh , I'vo hoord Daniel Wobitor , an' ho spouted like a Rood 'un , An' the rlppln' , roarln' ravin's of the slam- ImiiK' Kufns Choato ; But for undiluted clurkuuco an * Intollchul pudd'n' Sam I'lckorlnR at Ulancorn'a store jest gathers In my voto. With jollysy an' gogerfy an" 'rlfontlck ho rastles , An' hu grabs the cyclopedy an' ho slings It fair an' Hat , An * ho rips up all the sciences an' ( lings 'em roun' in passols. For the reservoy ot wisdom spouts f rum jest beneath his hat. He knows tboprchldonU' messages from Wash ington to Orovor , Au' tti conirrtibjlonnl report lies packed In- uldo his bruin , An' the alRhlucn-nluoty census ho can say the hull thing over , An' then jest turn It back'ards an' say It once again. An' wonllRother roun' to git the drlppln's of , An' wo drink It. lu an' llko It , ol' an' young an' great an' small , Tnln't no good to go to high school or to waste four yitar.s at coltoRO , Or to take the county paper , for Sam I'lckor- IriK knows It nil. Oh , I'vo hoord Danlol Webster , an * ho spouted HUe a good 'un , An' tlm rlppln' , ronrln' ravin's of the slam- batiR Hnfiis Chouto ; Hut for undiluted olurkunco an * Intolluchul pudd'n' , Sam Pickering at IMancom's store jest gathers In my voto. SHE ENJOINED THE FUNERAtL Divorced Wtfo of an Iowa Merchant Aworte ,1 Her Authority , STRANGE PROCEEDINGS AT SIOUX CITY | 1J Itemlni of W. II. Llvlneitnit Tnltnn froim' . Mil Second Wife on nn Order Pro- * pnreil Hjr Htm Ilefor * Dcntli. Stoox CITT , In , , Juno 0. [ Special Tclegrnrai j to Tim BKB. ] An extraordinary scene oc- j curreil t the railroad station hero this morn /I / Ing when the body of W. H. Livingston ar jl rlvcd from Chicago , where ho dleiffl last Friday. An injunction wa i served on bohnlf of the firs if , wlfo of Livingston , from whom ho hnil bo divorced , forbidding the second wlfo froirM. hnvlng nnythlng to do with the remains nntUI giving their custody to the llrst wlfo. Tiny/ second wlfo was with Livingston during hlij.1 sickness nnd nt his death brought the i mains from Chicago. jfi Livingston was ono ot the oldast nm'j'J ' wealthiest mcrchnnUs In Sioux City nnd tf\ \ ycnr ngo secured by ngreomcnt n divorce from Ills llrst wlfo , with whom ht hail lived thirty years , who had'J borne him two sons , now grown' ' men. Ho immediately married Miss iiosti Gnidy , who had long been a clerk in lita drjj goods establishment. Ho had previously,1 deeded her considerable properly , butinndcJd ample provision for his llrst wife. The nffnlt } . ] caused n great social sensation nt the tlmo.M Livingston has slnco lived with his socondrjl wlfo In the old homestead. Upon loarnliuiji of his death nt Chicago , where ho had gond } for medical treatment Saturday , the ill-i vorced wife Instituted proceedings I possession of the bodv , based upon the fol 'j lowing writing. In the natuioot a will : Sioux UITV , March 1 , 1H03. To Whom Uyll May Concurn : This Is to cortlllcnto thut lu j CLKO : of my death I desire , reijue-it and cm-I phntlcnlly slate that I want my Hist , wlfo.f Anna K. MvlnxsUm , and my two sons , W. 11.1 _ Livingston , jr. , and Harry T. Llv-'Jl InxMon , to take rhurgo of my ) remains and tmrl.il. No othur person orpor-v sons iiro to nssumo any authority , or In any * manner direct or maki ) any siiKijestlons ns UK , the disposition of my remains. I vrnntloba ,1 burled t > y my own dear family , on whom IVI brought so much sorrow , and whom 1 .still''I lovodc.irly. W. 11 , I.IVINO&TO.V , Sn. * - - * An injunction according to this will was wnltlng nl the do | > ot and the l > ody wa : taken by the sheriff fronv/ the second wlfo and delivered ! ! over to the llrst wife. The former pro eatsf ! vehemently and it is said will attempt to roVf cover the remains by legal proceedings. A n/vrrv < i Story of the Domestic Infelicity of the * Livingstons. r _ "Few things in Sioux City were so muctr J talked about In their time as that Living , * ston divorce case , " said a gentleman fromjl the city up the river in reference to thc'l ' special dispatch In Tut : Bui : of last evening" ! "Tho sentiment of the community lnnnod ! < ] unanimously to the sldn of the Injured wife..I who li one ot the sweetest ladles that one. could wish to meet , " he continued , "whllcjil the young woman who caused the separation'I " was a vulgar person , who was unknown to , society until the day the town bccamo sonn-j dallzod by hearing of the l ° wv infatuation of her employer. Her , ! lifo with him slnco ns hUil wife hns been of an isolated character , shunned by the social circles in which I " first wife moved and too purse-proud to nsso- i clato with her former companions. Living ston himscll kept aloof from society , In which his conduct had rendered him unpopular to the extent , it Is believed , of injuring his business. Both Livingston nnd his first wlfo were advanced beyond middle life , the husband , who was considerably the older , bslnu well ulong toward 71) . Ho was a tall , well pro portioned mini of notoriously gruff mannura. It had bcon believed for some tluio past that tbo aped dry-goods merchant had outgrown his Infatuation for his second wife soon after tbuir marringo , which took place only n couple of years ngo , 'and his written desire - sire to have his funeral conducted by his llrst wife , of which tbo telegram speaks , serves to contlrm that impression. U is evident that his sccona wife was lucity in getting him to deed property to her before she married him , rather than just before' his death. Prior to their marriage she wns 'I a clerk In his cloak department. His first I wlfo wns placed in comfortaolo circum-'l btaitces for lifo by the terms of the divorce. " f Misplaced Confidence. niohc-ncmotrat. | Congressman Warner , a Now York domc-j crat , declares that not n vestige of protec tion will bo in the tariff bill which his party will pass. It is entirely safe to say that Mr. Warner Is a victim of misplaced , confidence- ' No bill of that sort could pass congress , oven with Its present democratic majority. It la safe to go oven farther and say th.it nhoutdv such a measure , by any sort of parliamentary lei/ordeniain , reach the president ho woukv vote it. Nor will any such bill bo prepared i A tariff law for revenue solely is a long wnj ] In the future , and throats of the passage oil such a law nro mischievous in the presen'J ' condition of business as well as foolish. l\vlnR Komi j to hall. NBW Youic , Juno IS , James K. Ewlng oJ Bloomlngton , 111. , the now minister to Be ! ] Kium , arrived hero yesterday with nil family and sails Wednesday for his post tl duty. Largest Miinufnotureri nnd Itotallers ol Ulolhlnx lu the World. Easy Riding Now When a stranger stops into our palaoa the so days he is first impressed with the magnitude of our stook. After going around through the building ho finds not only a great assortment , but some of the finest tailor productions ever brought out. Every single garment from a boy's * ' $2 suit or a man's $10 suit to the most expensive in the house is carefully made of the best material money can buy. Being the largest manufacturers of clothing in the world , it is easier for us to put in good oloth than most people ple to buy shoddy. Shoddy we will not sell at any price , but we sell the very best at the lowest liv ing prices. B NG , KING & CO. ; injtui &n j Si Wi Cor § mo , ani ( D0ngja5 ss ( ,