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_ - r frA - - Vj f THE OMAHA DAJLY REE ; FRIDAY , JUNE 2. % 1803. THE DAILY BJBE. H , HOSRWATKIl , Editor. PUBLISHED EVKUY MOHNING. r > TEUMS OP aUIlHCRIl'TION. T ) lly flon ( without Sunday ) Ono Year. . I fl 00 n JlallTixnilKunday.Ono Year. . . 10 OO Fix Months .v. . . BOO Thrco Months - 2 60 Sunday HOP. Ono Your. . . . . < * ' 'J' Bfitimfay Hoc , Onn Year. . . . . . . } oJJ Weekly lice , One Year 1 00 Ol'KIOFA Omnlin.Thn noeltullillnff. Potith Omnlia , eornnr N nnd 26th Btroets. Council lllulH. la 1'earl Htrcot , ChlciiBi ) Office. BIT Uliatnt > or of Commerce. Now York , Itooms 13 , 14 nnd 15 , Trlbuno nnlldlnc. Washington , 513 Fourteenth Street COllUESPOXDEN'un. All communication * rclatlns to news nnd editorial matter should lie grossed ! To the IMItor. mlstNEsg IJT7TTEI13. AlllinidNOHS letters nnd remittances should J > o addressed to Tim Tleo Publishing Co mpnny , Onmlin. Drafts , checks nnd tiostofllco orders to lie mailo payable to tlio order of the com pany. Parties Inavlnstlioelty forllin summer can liave the llKK nnt their address ! > y leaving an order nt this oftlcc. THE BEE 1'UnUSHINO COMPANY. Tim llco In ClilniBO. TIIK DAILY nnd PUSIJAY HRH la on sale In Cli Ion ( TO nt the following places ! I'nlnipr homo. Qrund Pai'lflrt hotel- Andllorliim hotel. Great Northern hotel Oorohntpl. Lolnnd hotel. Wells II. Hirer. Ifl9 State street. Mies of Tun HKK cnn lie neon nt the NP- toraMcnmillillnKiimllho Administration buildIng - Ing , Exposition erounds. 8W011N STATEMENT OP CIHCULA.TION. Slntnof NohriiHkn , I County of Doturl.iR. I . . . . . Gco. I ) . TrBclmcli , Secretary of TIIKT.r. \ publish- . Inir compnnv dee HOlcinnly Rwrar tlmt the actual circulation of TIIK 1UU.Y 1IRK for the week ondluir Juno 17,1893vna an followm Buiiclny. Jmiu 11 2"-22. ? Monilny. Juno la i BH.R01 TiipRday. Juno III V. UU.tlJlI WiilnpMlay. Juno 11 SKI.nMl TlmriHlay , Juno 15 i3.Hfln ! Friday. Juno 111 B.1,800 Battinlay , Juno 17 B3.93S OKOIUIK it. T/HnitirK. , ' . JJWOKN to befon ) inn and BiilmcrlboU In \ sitAl. Y n'J * prescnpo this lUtk day of Juno. 18SI3. I , I N. 1' . FKII. , Notary Public. AvcrnRO Glrrulntlou ( or Mny , 1803 , 24,417 THAT padlock still cumbers the door of Jim Not tlf H nntc-room. THE council anil Board of Public "Works have got tho'vinducts on wheels , but what will the railroads do ? THE flag is again flying over the Sand wich islands ; but this time it is very properly the Hug of the Hawaiian repub lic. THE introduction of Tammany meth ods in Omaha's city government will not bo tolerated much longer. Interested parties should make a note of this fact THE Whisky trust is still playing in hard hick. The seceding members of the trust have made common cause with the attorney general of Illinois in the effort to break the big combination. THE marked increase in the receipts of hogs at the South .Omaha stock yards promises to very materially reduce the visible supply and at the same time they epoak well for the growth of the local market : Tuc Omaha railroads are putting on n good many now frills in the way of local passenger associations , etc. , but the outrageously excessive rates on oil shipments from Wyoming to the Mis souri river are still in vogue. A COMMON ofllco clerk will not make a good secretary for the Commercial club , which is in need of nn all-round hustler of good general ability. Such a man vrlll demand a fair salary , of course. The club is in need of a first-class man. THE Now York editors who have not yet forgiven Chicago for making a suc cess of the World's fair are now printIng - Ing columns every day to prove that America was really discovered by Lief Erioson nnd that Columbus was an im postor. AMERICAN gold is coming back from Europe nnd the first installment is nlready on.tho way. In the meantime American wheat Is going to Europe. Those two fnct < 3 have much to do with the feeling of confidence that Is already uoticoablo in all parts of the country. THE Viklnga seem to bo of an unlucky race. Nearly 1,000 years ago they dis covered America and the newspapers have robbed them of the credit of the exploit. Last week they landed on Long Island and u few hours later they wore Incarcerated in a Brooklyn cell house as disorderly characters. THE Douglas street bridge , which was constructed at a cost of over $100,000 nnd paying interest and dividends on ever 1)1,000,000 ) , , is assessed for taxation at Council lUuffu , $00,000 ; at Omaha , 320- DOO. Can any county commissioner or city councilman oxplalu to the tax payers this rank favoritism toafran- ohibo corporation which linn a steady in come from the people ? Tint suspension of Sloan , Johnson & Co. has boon a painful surprise to the business mun of Omaha. The members of this Arm have enjoyed the esteem and conlldotico of buyers nnd dealers in an eminent degree. It goes without say ing that the community deeply sympa thizes with them and wo only express the universal hope that they may soon bo able to resume business. TUB report of the labor commissioner of Iowa contains muoh that is interest ing ; but the western public will hardly fall to bo surprised nt the olllcial an nouncement that in the decade between 1880 and 1890 fifty-eight counties show n decrease in rural population aggregat ing 01,142. The figures prove ooiv clualvoly that the cities of Iowa have grown nt the expense of the country. GENERAL COLIIY has got off his Ara biun stood and once moro becomes i high private in the rear ranks. The gap created by his sudden withdrawal from the uncivil sorviro has beet promptly filled by a rnw-bonod Missis elppian. Mr , Shoemaker of Nebraska , who pridua hlmsolf upon being a union veteran und n Bfjuare-tood democrat , has boon pigoon-holed with Mr. Gannon Nut Brown and other wheel-horses Verily the plums hang exceedingly hlgli [ or the average Nebraska democrat. VX10X 1MC/F/0 llllltWi : ASSRSS.VKN.T. \ The total coat of llio Douglas atrcot wagon bridge nnd nppronohos was ? IOI- 000. On this property the assessors of Pottawattnmlo anil Douglas counties have rotnrnnd a valuation of $80,000 about one-fifth of the actual vnltto. The estimated cost of the Union Pacific rail road bridge IB ever a million nnd n half. The west half of this bridge is assessed for 1803 nt $105,000 , or SlOo.OOO . loss than it wa.s assessed before it was rebuilt. The tax commissioner of that road , however - over , has filed a protest against what ho terms nn excessive valuation , and states that ho returned the west half of the bridge nt n valuation of $80,000. Ho alleges that the assessor raised thovnluo to 8105,000 "without the knowledge or consent of nny agent or representative of the compnny. " The county commissioners will hear testimony today on the application for n reduction of the valuation plnccd upon the Union Pacific bridge. Witnesses have been summoned to give thol1 * opin ions ni to the value of the property and the justness of the uswssmont. Now. the value of nil railroad property may readily bo ascertained by its earning capacity. No surer means IB at the command of the county commissioners for learning the nctual value * of the bridge than to subpcuna the chiot en gineer of the Union Pacific road , who can give a fair estimate of the cost of the bridge ; the general freight agent , who can give the nctunl earnings from freight hauled ever the bridge , and the goncrnl passenger ngont , who knows the not earnings from bridge passenger traffic. With these facts before the board it will bo oa y to determine whether or not the assessment made is excessive. The strong presump tion is that if such testimony can bo pro cured the county commissioners will find abundant ground for raising the as sessment , ruthnr than lowering it. AltMY Ol'l'lOKUS AS 1XDUX AdKXTS. An act of the Inst congress roqulros the president to detail ollicors of the army to not as Indian agents nt nil agencies whore vacancies from any cause may hereafter occur , who , while acting as biidi agents , shall ho under the orders and direction of the secretary of the in terior , except at ngencicd whore , in the opinion of the president , the public service would bo better promoted by the appointment of a civilian. It is thus loft discretionary with the president to retain civilians in the service and it is probable ho will do so in special cases. Pursuant to the authority given him by this law the president has appointed twenty ollicors of the army to act as Indian agents and will doubtless : increase the list ns vacancies occur or ho may find occasion to make changes. All those just designated are taken from the cavalry and infantry , the two branches of the military service that hnvo always had close contact with the Indians , eighteen of thoao detailed being captains and two major * . They are all men tf largo oxpofionoo with Indians and sovci-al of thoin has'o exhibited special ability in the pa.at in dealing with them. There arc in all lifty- sevcn agencies and doubtless moat of. thorn will- ultimately bo filled by appointments from the army it being evident that Mr. Cleveland is favorable to this palioy. The now experiment will bo watched with great interest , and particularly by thoao who believe military supervision is not good for the Indians. There is a good deal to bo said on both sides of the question The establishment of Indian agents was made by congress nearly a century ago nnd during all that period civilians have for the most part occupied those parti tions. It is true there has always boon moro or loss complaint regarding their administration of affairs and doubtless many of them have boon justly chargeable - able with grave dereliction of duty nnd serious wrongs , both to the gov ernment , and to the Indians , but when all the circumstances und conditions uro considered the record of the Indian service under civilian management is highly meritorious and honorable. It is claimed in behalf of military agents that they will deal moro honestly with the Indians , that they will be firmer in the enforcement ot regulations , and that ns representatives of the military arm of the government they will exert a wnolesomo restraining influence. Pos sibly this view is correct. The change does not remove the Indian service from the civilian control. It is still under the jurisdiction of the secretary of the interior. _ _ _ _ _ AltVtiK or COK/'JH.trW I'ltlVILKOKS. Tlioro is nothing in the history of the development of municipal government in the United States moro striking than the liberality of the people in donating valuable franchises to private corpora tions. Nor has there boon anything moro disgraceful than the almost uni versal abuse of this municipal liberality by the corporations themselves. In every city of any prominence the free use of public streets 1ms unhesitatingly boon given to street railway , oloo- trio light , telephone , gas and water companies. The people , as a rule , have asked but little in return for these concessions , simply con tenting themselves with a few vague and doubtful stipulations to the ofToct that the charges to the public shall not bo unreasonable. This liberality has boon moro noticeable In western cities whore munioipal growth has been rapid nnd whore , in many instances , private cor porations have been induced to establish themselves in advance of Ingltimuto demands for the service they are expected to render. As u re sult of n policy which is utmost national in extent private corpora tions in all the largo and prosperous - porous cities of the country arc drawing immense revenues from the pookots of the people. Stockholders in gas , electric light , street railway , telephone and water companies liave ac ! cumulated fortunes , and the value of itn their original investments has boon doubled und In many cases quadrupled. ' Under such circumstance * , the people who have been so lavish in the distribu I- tion of franchises uro honestly entitled to some consideration. But , if they have oxpeoted fair treatment , they huvo almost I- Iu most universally boon deceived. The private corporations not only refuse to 1 irmko reductions in extortionate charges , but 1 they persistently ignore the regula tions imposed upon thorn from time to time by municipal enactment. Going even further , they scok to control , nnd , in only too mnny cities , they do control the various branches of the municipal government. The Interfer ence of corporate interests in municipal politics is rapidly becoming one of the most serious dangers which confront n self-governing pooplo. There seems to bo no limit to the audacity of the men nt the head of the great corpornto bodies of the country in their dofinnco of law and public sentiment. The people of Omaha have found to their cost that their city Is no ex ception to the general rule. The prlvnto corporations hero enjoy a monopoly in their sovornl systems. Not content with this ndvnntngo they shirk the payment of taxes , prevent Iho proper assessment of property , defraud the city in the matter of public service , manipulate tho' city elections in their own interests , interfere with public Im provements nnd trample upon pr'lvntu rights with impunity. No city in the west hns more to contend with in the matter of pernicious interference in mu nicipal affairs than Omaha. Not only la healthy and natural development Im peded , but the city is deprived of legiti mate competition nnd the people nro compelled to submit to nny charges or inconvenience that may bo imposed , realizing that they have no adequate remedy in law or ordinance. Sad ex perience has also taught thorn that they cannot even rely upon the integrity of the men placed In the legislative branch of the municipal government. Under present conditions they see no prospect or hope of relief , and the conviction Is , gradually , but none the less surely , dawning upon thorn that nothing but n rndicalrovolution _ In municipal politics will otTcc' . a cure of , the evils with which they have to contend. They nro already , baying to themselves that if the needed reform cannot como within party lines they will hnvo to como from without them , and the party lenders who ntTcct to control the lines of policy in municl pal campaigns must either prepare for a revulsion of public sentiment that will sweep them out of existence or take immediate steps to yield to a demand that will bo as imperative as it will bo resistless. IXCHHAS1A O KXl'JllTS. A very encouraging feature in the commercial situation is the increase in the amount of exports. It is noted that the foreign shipments of merchandise during May were the largest of any month this year and except for the snmo month last year wore the largest in May for ever six years. The value of the brcadstuITs exported last month was a little ever 80,000 ! ) , 000 , which considering the reduced prices was n largo movc'- mont. For the same time there was a dc- crease of imports. Tlioro is reason to expect that the returns for Juno will show an equally favor.iblo con dition of affairs as to the foreign trade This is reassuring with respect to the financial situation , for as everybody knows the steady outflow of gold has boon largely duo to the fact that the balance of trade hns for a year past been against the United States. As wo have heretofore shown from authentic statis tics , the 0X0033 of imports over ex ports during the first five months of the current year was 890,000,000. Tills fact supplies a ready and clear explanation of the drain of gold to Europe. How it has happened that the imports have run so far ahead of the ex ports admits of several explana tions. It has been suggested that merchandise imports have been vastly stimulated in the last year by fho fear of the effects of the silver purchase law , as well as by the desire of importers to forestall the vigorous quarantine re strictions against cholera that were ex pected to bo enforced this summer. Very likely both of these influences have operated as suggested , and If BO it is a sound conclusion that the indications that the silver purchase law 'will bo re pealed have had the oft'cct to reduce the volume of imports. It is also sug gested that another factor against the continuance of largo Imports bus boon brought into prominence by the announcement thnt congress will bo called together In September. It is argued that importers will naturally bo disposed to lesson their , risks on the eve of tariff legislation , und thnt in order to secure the advantage of revised duties they may reasonably be expected to limit their entries at Amer ican custom houses until Jho exact character - actor and extent of the changes in con templation shall have Oceania known. The force of this view , however , will appear loss strong when it is considered that there is not much probability of congress being able to make u general revision of the tariff that will go Into elTcct sooner than perhaps a year and a half , if even then. It may be regarded as practically assured that no now tariff bill can be passed in time to become otlcctivo by July 1 , 1891 , though some changes designed to increase the revenues of the government maj bo accomplished before that time. It is noteworthy that the increase in exports has begun earlier than usual , which ij to bo regarded as a good sign. As to the possibilities of their further expansion , It is said that all tlio wheat that can bo spared Is already practically assured of u foreign market. "Tlio corn crop , " bays the Philadelphia ff "which last your wus 500,000.000 bushels less than the previous season , gives promise , from the enlargement of ifa acreage and favorable start of the plant , of reaching maximum proper tions. Tito fodder crops of Europe uro a partial failure , und this fact , tugothot with the imiroatiing use of corn as an article of human food , points to unex ampled exports of this cereal during the coming .year , " All things considered tlio foreign trudo conditions uro begin ning to look much moro onoouruging than they have done for a year or more past , THE through ruto on a carload (2-l.OOC ( pounds ) of fruit from Sacramento tc Now York on fust tliuu schedule in ro < frlgorator curs Is $350. The through rate on a carload of lubricating oil from Casper , Wyo. , to Chicago , Is fixed by the Elkhorn railway tariff shoot nt 32o8. From Caspar to CWbago the distance is about ono-thlrd i fhnt of the run from Snornmoi\to \ I to Now York. The meanest cars can bo used in trans porting oil , whllrfTrhit is porishnblo nnd must bo" carried "llh refrigerator cars. The rate on a curloml of oil from Caspar to Chicago should.Bt > btbo ever one-third the fruit carloadf.tianscontlncntttl ( rate , which would bo.i . about $110 , or a rate $11 higher than ; thc carload rate on cattle from Caspok. to Chicago. The railroad managers ficannot justify the prohibitive oil rates from Wyoming points. ; ' ' MUCKS Axa ir. a/w. The government has issued and will soon distribute a comprehensive work showing the course of prices nnd wngcs for half n contury. It is n report of the speclnl committee of the sonnto commit tee on llnnncu , the fncts having been supplied largely by the government commissioner of Inbor , whoso nuthority is regarded with favor by mon ot all parties. For the purposes of this report the agents of the Bureau of Labor in every part of the country collected the prices of 223 ' 'distinct articles for 1891 nnd cnrrlod their com parisons back as far as possible toward 1840. The lists cover a great variety of manufactured articles us well us agri cultural products and raw materials , and enable one to trace a distinct differ ence in the range of- prices of articles constantly cheapened by improved ma chinery and these which are growing dearer by tho. high rental of laud. Ac cording to a Washington dlspatchjmlf the problems of economic science will bo Illuminated by thp i masses of figures presented. "Whether gold has really appreciated in value , whether silver has remained n truer standard of prices , whether n doprcciatdd currency en hances prices beyond the premium on gold , whether wngos keep pace with prices during periods of paper in flation , whether improved machinery lias reduced the cost of living nnd given the laborer moro comforts and higher wages. " Taking the year 1800 as the base line , for the reason that it was a year of nor mal conditions , preceded by the do. prcssion of the panic of 1857 , and fol lowed by the disturbing influences of the war and paper inflation , , it is shown that prices were lower in 1891 than in 1800 , taking the whole range of merchandise. Some things were higher nt the later period , pnrticularly lho products of agri culture , but noTii'rly all manufac tured products bnd declined. The avorajjo prices * * fQr 1800-01 wore 108.1 , and they wcrg. higher during the ' ensuing ton years 'but in 1890-91 they were 02.3. It is shfo'wn that during the period of paper inflation the rise in prices was considerably ubovo the premium on gold . } With rognrd to wages the statistics demonstrate that they have boon steadily rising since 1840 , but the ris jpf wages in paper money was not sq rapid as the rise of the premium on weld , nor so rapid as the rise of prices , -in statement whicl ought to bo carefully considered by tlio wage earners of thp country , many of whom lend themselves too rapidly to the support of proposals for currency inflation. It is a very old principle , which those statistics strongly sustain , that labor is the very las thing to advance under currency inlla' tion , and it very rarely keeps pace will ; the appreciation of other things. The evidence supplied by those statistics i that wages , measured in gold , have continued to rise steadily since tlio re. sumption of spccio payments , and tha this , in connection with the reduced cost of living , has contributed to steady improvement In the condition of labor. In producing those result ! the currency , rather than the tariff , plays the most important part. A LINCOLN hack driver has been sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years for assisting another mun to rob a drunken passenger of a $5 bill. Sup pose this kind of justice was adminis tered to a bank president who has om- bozzolcd and stolen $300,000. Lot us compute. If a man stealing $5 gets seven yoaiM in tlio penitentiary , a man stealing 8100 would have to servo twenty timo.s seven years. If ho stole $2,000 ho would feorvo four hundred times seven years. If ho stole $20,000 ho would servo four thousand times seven years. If ho stole $100,000 ho would servo twenty thousand times seven years , so the bank president who stole $300,000 would , if lie had the same justice as was meted out to the Lincoln hack driver , have to servo sixty thousand times seven years , which is equal to120,000 years. If ho became a good stone cutter or barrel builder ho might by good behavior bo able to knock oil 20,000 years of invol untary servitude. But bank presidents do not got down to the low level of a common hack driver. TUB distillers at Oinahn and No- brnuka City , thu starch works ut Bent- rico , the paper milJS nt Lincoln and the tivlno factory at Fremont nro moro or loss alTootod by the trusts. All of thorn are not controlled by Juio trusts , but all would do a bettor business If the trusts were crushed out of oxlBtoneo. ( Ini ) tlio Irh lnnlc. With the mercury iirraiu chnsln ? the nine ties , there would suonvi to bo n Konulna oc casion for the president to issue another koojj cool latter , / MuniM Iciliiji I2ml. ( ) lubc-I&a > crtit , Tlio republicans nri-f IpposoJ as a rue to the us ? qf patronage ) ( < & tlio purpose of in fluencing IcKlshulon./mt. thov will indorse such action on tlio pun of Cleveland if ho can thus cituso a domocratlo congress to vnto for honest money. ' Nothing Wilt KXOIMO It. IMroit Tiihunc Not oren tlio exigencies of the financial situation will excuse tliu administration from tubing Immediate stuns to inaku safe tlio several government buildings .which uro said W bo presented from falling principally l > y tlio hordes of domocratlo wallers who. are loaning against them until such time us they uro given places Inside. A hlnlllo iit Incident , AYiiwiji CUy 'flinti. America will got a square deal nt the hands of the DcrlugSea Board of Arbitra - tion If tlio proceedings yesterday may be taken as nn Indication. The attempt of iCiig- fund's counsel to gut the matter into such u shape that ICnglnnd could refuse to abide by the award oC the arbitrators was most thoroughly snuolchod , for which wo ewe the Wench pnmlont of the bonrd thixnhn. Knglnml MM lonijliaa the numo of losing every ( juostlon submitted to arbitration , ami this time Its policy may DO to bully Its way through , But it won't work. A Illncrilitm ( or H Cuniili CMra-jo Infer Octan. Ex-Oovcrnor Campbell has again thrown the Ohio democrats In to the slough Ofidcspnlr by refusing to run against Governor McKln- loy. The ox-tjovornor enjoys n Joke , nnd aupgcsU Congressman Oulhwnlto ns a Rood tnan to run. OutlnvAlto has money , but rofnsod to spend It to help elect Campbell two yea ra ago nnd Campbell Is willing to BOO Iho Columbus congressman spend his money thlsyoar for the empty honorof a nomination. - ' " ' Tlio I.cmon of Kxporlonco , Xew Yort JltraM. Yes , it hns boon .a hard and blttor lesson , nnd ono which the country might well have been spared. That it hns been learned Is evident In Iho now nnd sounder opinions thnt nro expressed In sections of the country that hnvo heretofore bucn the strongholds of the silver heresy and In the avowed conver sion of men who represent them In Washing ton nnd wlio nro prepared , whrn congress meets , to eoho our demand : Hcpoal the Sherman law Stop buying silver. DcntnniU nit Immoitlnto Session. JSf. IMtU Vloneer I'nti. Public opinion , the country over , should concentrate Itself In ono unanimous , irroslst- Iblodomund upon the president to call con gress together immediately for the purpose of securing the repeal of the Sherman silver not. It Is worse than idle 'folly to dolay. The country is now convinced of the caimi of Its misfortunes. In a year when it would have seoinod that all the forces of 1'rov- Irtcnco had conspired to favor It , when In dustry was nourishing ami well remunerated , when the earth yielded her fruits bounte ously nnd the ticods of others coincided with our plenty wo have been struggling with n lliiiinolal depression tlmt can bo traced to but ono causo. With n volume of currency larger than ever before , with moro money per capita than over before , nnd with tha amount increasing largely each month , every Interest hns neon pressed for acces sary capital , una banking Institutions have not dared to extend their credits ) . All thU Is In consequence of our ovll currency sys tem. Among these who have studied the situation cnrcfully nml who hnvo the right to express an Intelligent opinion unbiased by self-interest there Is not n dissenting voice. The Sherman law must bo repealed before the industries of the country will revive per manently und confidence take the place of distrust. AVIHTOU MUOKK'S tiH.lllf ST1VK. Lincoln News : By all moans let. Mr. Gar- ncau give an Immediate account of his stow- urdshlp. If ho has been unfaithful to the trust reposed In him Governor Crounso can not do ot.herwiso than instantly remove him. The mere fact that If ho had the best in terests of tlio state nt heart ho would have done so long ago , should not cause him to hesitate In this event : neither should the fact that it ' "ipht bo injudicious to remove him nt this Juncture , while the fair is in progress , out any llijuro with the executive in doing Ins duty. PlattsmouthNows : State Auditor Moore , who has shown from the llrst day of his Incumbency the desire to have stnto business managed the same us ho would manage his own private affairs , is now ufter Commissioner Gnrncau with a sharp stick. He refuses to audit several of Garuc.iu's expenditures on the ground that they are extravagant and are not justified by the appropriation. Wo believe that thostuto auditor will bo upheld in his theory of the case by nearly every taxpayer in Nebraska. The Idc.i ot having llfty employes on the pay roll at Chicago und charging up for some of thorn SO per day for hotel expenses is a little too rich for the average Nebraska. Auditor Moore Is certainly showing that the republi- cad party made no mistake when they elected him to the responsible otllco last year , which ho so ably nils. VEOPi.r. AXit ruixas. Edwin Booth's estate is valued at JCOO.ODO. Five million bushels is the size of the pea nut crop this year. Congressman Bland inquires in. metallic tones , "Where is the democracy at ? " Is Bland another victim of the silver j.ig ? Base ball maintains much of its old-time vigor in some sections ojf the country , An umpire was mobbed at Akron , O. , the other day. day.Chicago Chicago papers insist that the "dives must go. " iTho advice is needless. They arc going for the verdant s every hour In the twenty-four. Kock nnd Dtinch arc rival candidates for mayor of Milwaukee. As the former is a republican it is reasonably certain ho will crow victoriously on the democratic Dunclc- hlll. hlll.Missouri Missouri cyclones are oxtrcmoly useful to natives Inheriting the tired feeling. A lute twlrler uprooted trees in Washington couuty aim in tha holes were found rich deposits of lead oro. llumboldt ana Cuvlcr estimated the num ber of species of mammalia , or creatures which sucltlo their young , to bo but. little short of 000 ; of birds. 4,000 ! insects , 44,000 : reptiles , 700 ; In all , 50,000 species , Tom Johnson of Ohio Is not nvorso to re. colving the domocratlo nomination lor gov ernor. provided it comes with "sulllcioiit unanimity. " As Tom commands a moderate bar'l , unanimity may bo si-cured If the dis bursements are properly made. Two Frenchmen have actually refused to uiiko targets of themselves for u profes sional duelist. Of course they did not fear the result of tin exchange of shots. It wus dread of Injury to innocents lurking In the vicinity that caused thorn to pause. The measurement of the earth in miles Is given ns follows : Diameter nt the poles 7,8'JS ' ; mean diameter , 7'Jll ; dlamotor-jit the equator , 7.1) ) 4 ; circumference around tlio poles , 21,815 ; mean circumference , 2lKti , and circumference around the equator , lil.b'Jl ! , The Uccord of Philadelphia bnwalls the wanton waste of Pullman In cutting off the crust of tlio broad he serves. The Kocord is mistaken. The crust is not lost , but on the contrary servos the useful purpose of o "handout" to the Industrious taxgathcrer.s , Smarting under repeated assaults on hi ability , u Kansas rainmaker proposes going to Chicago and showering the fair. IU should bo jugged on arrival. Chicago at mosplioro Is too tender to bo trilled with. Very little provocation Is ordinarily needed to transform the town into a slough , Brooklyn's program for the ontertu'nmtmt of the crow of tha Viking shit ) was nut fol lowed to the loiter. After having a night of it at a club they were assaulted on the street nnd promptly clapped In jail. Four hours In the bastllu prepared thum for the reception tendered by the mayor und city olllclals. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy , who is rapidly Hearing his eightieth birthday. U said to be as full of enthusiasm and vitality now us ho was llfty years ago. Hu is an enthusiast on Irish literary topics , nnd is in-ranging fqr u scries of Irish books to bo puullanod by a I/Diidon linn In the autumn , ami recently do. llverod n lecture In London on the prospects of liish literature , Mrs. Laura M. Johns , the woman suffrage Iqader , Is getting ready to whoop things up in Kansas thin full. The campaign will begin In September and the women will make the sunflower state the battlefield. Mrs. Jones says that defeat in Kansas will sot back the cause In every other suto , while success will stimulate the movement from ocean to ocean , Thuroforo every en ergy will bo bent townrd carrying the day in Jerry Simpson's bailiwick. Cows and other ruminating animals have several stomachs. Into the Jlrat of them the food pusses us it is eaten. When tlio unimal has llnlshod its aoaivh for food it forces a part of thu fooil from the first stomach back Into the mouth and uhows it leisurely a SMcond time. This portion of the food it the animal's cud. Almost always the cud is voguttiblo matter , though when a cow has lost her cud" the urtiliclal cud proviiloj by the owner contains seine animal matter , UK u rule. John Qulncy Adams Ward , the suulptor , has almost completed his statue of Hoscoo Conkllng , und says ho has never buforo been so enthusiastic over nny of tils work. His Information for Iho sfatuu , ho says , was gained \vhllo Counting wus spooking during tlio GarJlcld-Hani'oclc campaign. In the middle of a senttncowhile ho was spoakl ng most eloquently , Conkllng stopped , took a atop toward ttio audience und , raising : his haud , sal t In a low volco : "Tho die IB cast. Gurnoldivlll bo elected. " Mr. Aduuis says ho lookeC llko an Inspired prophet. < 4.VJI XltnitASKAXS. Hnhboll Is having A mad dog scnro and mnny canines nro biting the dust. Contract * have been lot for the bulldlnc of a system of waterworks nt Alllftiioo , The now Baptist church nt liolbrook , Fur- nas county , will t > o dedicated Juno 27. The Independent convention of Sallno county hns been called for September 23. Tim Thomas , ft Nebraska City bnrbor , has been appointed to n position In Washington. Steve Kennedy of Nebraska City has secured - cured the contract for putting In a system of water works at Gordon. . , r.Tot' B. O. Garrett , now a teacher nt Des Mollies , has been elected principal of the Broken Bow puollc schools. John Hnll has begun n five years roMdonco nt the pen to pay for highway robbery. Ho was sentenced from Beatrice. A caring sand bank crushed little Jimmy Henderson to death whllo ho was watching n liord of cattle In Sheridan couuty. Osceola Methodists hnvo decided to build a now church , nnd the ladles have agreed to furnish $500 of the necessary amount of monoy. Matt A. DatiRhorty of Ojralnlla , who essnvcil to connect with thooniuo of .stnto oil Inspector , but missed his coupling by about half n turn , is In the city. Among the chain gang at Kearney Is Hob. crt Crosby , a pickpocket , who wus caught nfter having boon used for n target bv Pony Powers , whom ho had attempted to rou. John McGlmits of Blue Springs awoke the other night nnd discovered a thief about to ninko away with ouo of his horses. Ho secured n shotgun nnd fired at the robber but failed to briiif ? him down. Gates college at NoIIgh has closed ono of the most successful years In Its history. 1 hero were nine ( frailuatea from the conservatory - servatory of music , three from the normal department and ouo from the commercial school , A woman named Borda was snnt to Jail nt Fremont with n baby , and the next morning It was discovered that the little ono had scarlet fever. The authorities quickly re leased the mother and sent her homo to oaro for the child. Seine time ago Albert Uoss , accused of in- ccndlarlsm for burning a store nt Dooatur , was released from Jail on ball and .skipped. Nothing was heard from htm until n week erse so ugo. when n letter w.is received by lib duughtor ut Teknmah , which Informed her that her father was dead. While u piece of plate glass 10x12 feet was being unloaded from a dray at Scribner It fell over , striking Albert Wagner and C. T. Horton , carrying them down with it. Wagner - nor had his spine broken nnd Is perhaps fatally Injured , while Ilortou escaped with tlu-eo broken ribs and some bruises. The glass was shattered. The labor nf thinning on overv Hold of beets for the Norfolk factory will bo"finished this wcolc , which Is a month earlier than tha work was completed last year , says the Nor folk News. Tills has been brought about through n better knowledge of tlio business , farmers having learned from experience Just when to go Into their llelds to clear thorn with the least work and to the best advan tage. Carl Lord , aged about 7 , Harrv H.por , aged 7 , and Uay Uopor , ngcd 5 , of Bartloy were playing in the rear of a drug store the other day and found some phosphorus In sticks like candy. Each of them put some of it in his pocket. From the friction or the heat of their bodies It took tire und each of them was terribly burned. Harry nnd Hay Hoper died the next morning , and Carl Lord was still suffering with little hope of his re covery at last accounts. Whllo Frank Knotts , n brother of A. B. Kuotts of Plattsmouth , was working in a Mexican mine nnd was on his way to the surface , a boy fell from the top and knocked him off , both fulling to the level bolow. Knotts was but slightly Injured , but thu Mexican who had fallen nearly 200 feet was hilled outright. The father and brother of thp boy at once made up their minds to avenge the death of their relative by taking the llfo of Knotts without anv ceremony. They jumped onto him with the ferocity of enraged tigers , but the miners interfered nnd saved his life , though his assailants swore they would kill him nt the first oppor tunity. Knotts was then arrested for killIng - Ing the boy , thrown in jail and afterward tried and found not guilty. Ho is compelled to go armed and keep u good lookout all the time for treachery. A T. I X0111) 'ii MILIJOXS. Eatlmntn of the Wealth Which the Dead Honiuor r.cft Uuhlml. SAN FUAXCISCO , Cal. , Juno 23. A careful estimate of Stanford's ' wealth puta.lt jit JSH- 000,000 , as follows : $24,000,000 South ern 1'aclllc securities ; 100,000 ncros ot land worth $0,000,000 ; San Francisco Cable Hail- road stock , $3,000,000 ; personal property , § 1,000,000 ; estimated lucomo annually , $3,000,000. The death of Stanford wll not affect the policy of the Southern Pacific road , ns ho had taken no active part In the manage ment for some years. It Is not known what disposition ho made of his holdings. Fort Donrliorn btntuii Unvnllcil. CHICAGO , Juno 22. The splendid bronze group , commemorative of the Fort Dearborn massacroof 1812 , on the site of this city , the pift of Gcorgo M. Pullman , was unveiled this afternoon nt the Lake Shore and Eigh teenth strcot. Jiix-Presldeut Harrison de livered thu oration. TJU ; .f nDiToni.tr. , rvnr , Chicago Post ! Acquitted but ruined , No honllng of time can ttaucli the wounctn which malignity Mid misguided zeal have Inflicted on LIzHo Bordcn. She has repined < pined her liberty , but stio Is marked t6r llfo. llfo.St. St. Paul Pioneer Press : H Is really , after nil , less the Inovllnblcnoss of the terdlcl thatysirlkc * ono than It Is the taut that n person can bo brought to trial for nn Infix- nious nnd capital crtrao on no other evidence than this. Indianapolis Journal ! The verdict of no- qulttal In thoLlrzio Bordcn cnscjwlll not sur prise any person who hns followed the course of the trial nt nil closely. It has boon ovl- ( lent for some time that the prosecution bait failed to malto a case. Chicago Uoconl : H Is daplorablo that the ofllccrs of the law failed so completely to solve the mystery of this monstrous crime. The Jury , ns conscientious men , could not possibly hnvo found the prisoner Rullty on the testimony presented In court. Kansas City Star : The Ji ry which ac quitted Lizzie itorden also arraigned the state of Massachusetts for withholding the right of trial from n woman who wns kept In con linemen t for nearly n year upon what tlio courts have found to bo n groundless sus picion. Detroit Free Press : The acquittal of LU- ? .lo Borden was practically foregone con clusion. Whllo there wus certainly enough In the case nud Its surroundings to create n very strong impression of her guilt no in telligent Jury could possibly convlot her on the testimony produced In court. lUitTnlo Courier : A H.IW generally moans busings when Its tvutli nro sou Raymond's Monthly : Hess Tlmt old Mr. lloorur drinks Illto a lUli. HnnrlolRli Kon- HCIISU ; n llsh doosn't pliiuu the und of u whliky llask to Its mouth ovury Un niluutos. Hoiiiorvlllo Journal ! "Is your wife a Hood nmmiKur ? " usKud one iiinrrlcd man of another. "I she Is " the , " RUINS , win reply "dho knows how to manage mo , nt all ovonts. " Imllannuolls Journal : Watt.s What right has .llcg-iuy to ho iipulylng for a pvn-ilnii ? Potts llu claims no lost his volco In thu Sal vation army. Hnrpor'n Ha/ar : "What do you do with this base ball mask , llarlnw ? You don't play ball , do you ? " "Nn , 1 padlock It on my boy Johnny In the Krccn apple season. It saves lots of trouble. " Chicago Kecord : "What Is your mlddlo iiamuV" "Sir , no man who respects the memory of Ills parents should uvor rcivoal hh mldillu name , for In It Is always roveulud tlin lmli : > lent In- saulty of thiMo who liustowud thu numo upon Ihulr Innocent olVspriiU. " I.ouNvlllo Courier Journal : "From astralght duinoi'iailu point of vluw. " asks an esteemed lint port coiilumporiiiy , "why should thum bo any hardship In putting a duty on sugar when Kentucky whisky has dropped 28 cunts a Bal lon ? " Thu thoiouuhness of Ignorance In sumo editorial sanctums is annulling. What has sugar to ilu with Kentucky whisky "from n 'straight' democratic point ot vlow 'r ItHitnn Cornier. "I'm awful fond of driving , miss , " * Her \\otild-bn Miltor said , As pas-tliiK' tennis gave emphasis To ihotiKht the moment lireil. "So'N pa. Ho'.s nultu it whip , they say , " Shu answered him ; "no doubt. If you should como iiround .somu duy He'll gladly drive you out. " TIIK VIlllOXW ItlUKUU. CiiicfiUKiU TlmeSlar , Some folks Is nllus klckln' And r.ilsln' ot u storm ; In.summer time tnuy mope and whine , and May "It'sToo Too Illumed ' Warml" And then when winter comes along , They smirl und snap and scold , And won't go out but sit about becniiM "It's "It'sToo Too lllamed Cold I"v And In the fall they're just as bud , And grumble moro and morn : Tlioy'ro always quick to make a kick , and say "It'H "It'HToo Too lllamedHaw Haw ! " When rorepaiiKh'.s circus comes ulong Thuy'ru iilwiiyo hound to KO. Wliunothers uliuur , they giunt and Jeer , bet CllUbO , "It's "It'sToo Too Illumed Slow ! " And when they die old Hatan says , With all thu Bull he's Kilt ; "Walk In. old man ! " "Don't think I can , " lif winks , "It'sToo Too TooDlaniPd Hot ! " St. Peter moots him t the gates And asks him If ho would "Ju-,1 settle down and wear a crown. " Il vrliis "Vou'io "Vou'ioToo Too lllamed Oooill" Hut If you moot him on the street Thuro'M emi IhliiB I'vii admired ; Wliiiii iiskcd to drink , ho'll nuvcr nhrlnk. ani/ < " ' Too Illumed Tired I" LuuostMiiiiiifnatiirora nml IlotalloM oi Clothing In thu World. In the Same Boat. Ail the goods wo have in stock are in the same boat it's a mighty nice boat , though. We bought it the stock to soll.and if we have our usual luck we'll do that same. As to quality it's all in the same boat no matter ; jwhat the price , the fab- -ST"1rics , workmanship and style are absolutely correct. We are making such decided bargain prices just now that it is a com paratively easy matter to convince a man that it pays to buy the best. BROWNING , KING & CO. ,