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THE OMAHA DAILY I.EIfc WfiKiIUY ) , APRIL 18)1. ) TIIEOMA.HA DAILY HEE. 15. tlOHRWATRIl , IMllor. " - -JU ) iIH1IKI ) HVKIIY MOltNINCl. TRriMH OK Dully llw Without Hundrty ) . One Venr I J W Dnlly nnd rtimitny. On * Yenr. . . . . 1J JO M Month Plit * * W ThriMnnthi Kumlny II * * , One Ywtr J $ Hfttiirtlny Itw , One Y"nr * is Weekly l\tf \ , Ono Ywir W OITtCltt. Omilm , Tim Don IlullillnK. . , , . Hoiitli OrnntiK , corner N nn < l Twenty-fourth R ( . r.iuncll Itmrrn , U I'mirl utrwl. Chlciiifi OHIc * . 317 i.'Immlwr of Commerce. New York , Hoonm 13. II nnd 13 , Trlbuns Illdg. WiiBhlngton. 1107 IHI. . , N. W. coitur-si'ONii.voB. : : All cnmmunlrntl'in * rclnlliiK to no nnd edl- torul inntler should l nddrensed : To Iho Ivlllor. llttHINttKH I.BTTKH8. All Imam * letters nnd romlltnncea should bn 0-l.hciwml in The lleo I'utllslilmc company , Unmlm. Dnifta. check * nnd pontolllo-i order * tel l nindc tiavidilc ( n the ordi-r of Iho compiiny. THU HUB 1'1-llU.HItlNll COMPANY. 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Who can respect our courts so long as men of the Scott stamp nro permitted to use the Judicial power to gratify personal animosity ? Congressman Mercer's effort to secure the establishment of branch postolllces In this city has been successful , and he deserves to bo commended for his activity In behalf of our citizens. So strong Is the Influence of example that breach of promise suits are springing up all over the country with alarming rapidity. The prospect of a ? 15,000 verdict for dam ages Is an almost Irresistible allurement. This Immigrant rate war must be re ceived with Joy by the Southern I'acinc , If that road Is to have the benefit of Increas ing Its trafllc without standing ono lotn of the loss to be sustained during the conflict. If Great Scott could only got a llfo posi tion on the criminal bench of Bohemia , or even Uussla , what a glorious tlmo ho would have In chopping oft editorial heads , send ing editors to prison and Imposing heavy flues on reporters for alleged contempt. U mlcM not bo Inappropriate for the park board to request the police .o report up < n the location of nil the trees that were planted In Omaha on Arbor day. None of these precious products of the governor's proclamation ought to be permitted to escape detection. Declaring the South Carolina dispensary law unconstitutional does not dispense with the necessity ot taking out a federal per mit to sell liquor In that state. There Is said to bo a veritable boom In the federal permit business In South Carolina in the last few days. It Is now Intimated that there was alum inum In the defective armor plates foisted upon the government by the Carnegie com pany. That may very well bo. What every body Is convinced of , however , Is that there was considerable money In It for somebody besides the government. Congressmen may tolerate the overhead trolley at home , but they won't permit It In Washington. If Washington secures an underground electric system of street rail ways It will owe It to the fact that local politicians have only a limited Influence over the governing power of that city. It Is to bo hoped that the position of lord high executioner will soon bo vacant In some of the South Sea Islands. That would afford the proper opening for the honorable Judge of this district , who would llko to bo In a country whcro ho can drop a few heads In the basket 'whenever ho has a flt of emotional insanity. The Chicago city council has resolved al most unanimously to bar Kelly's army out ot Chicago. Wo are not Informed how the Chicago cage council propose to blockade all the streets and avenues leading Into that city or under what law any class of men who are peace able can be fenced out of any American city because they nro not desirable visitors. A special dispatch from our war corre spondent directly from the field ot battle announces that Governor Jackson has como to the conclusion that the war Is practically over nnd has , returned to his homo In DCS Molncs. The governor would have cele brated a moro triumphal entry of Iowa's great capital If ho had remained at homo from the very beginning. The bench of this district has again been disgraced by the conduct ot ono of Its mem bers , under the pretext that ho Is endeavorIng - Ing to uphold the dignity of the courts. The proceedings begun In Hurt county appear to have been dropped prematurely , They may yet prove to bo the only means by which the bar of this district can restore the dignity of the bench. Why doesn't the principle nt the bottom ot the South Carolina dispensary law deci sion , If there Is any principle nt the bottom of It. apply with equal force to tlio Nor wegian system being so earnestly advocated In Massachusetts ? If the state can't exercise cisea monopoly itself , can It delegate the exorcise of n monopoly to a private corpora tion ? It certainly cannot under the present Btato constitution of Nebraska. Lincoln and Council Illufls papers are say. Ing uncomplimentary things of Omaha for the part our citizens are alleged to nave token In ushering Kelly's army through tl o corporate limits and over the river * o the transfer. Omaha met the army with two carloads of provisions. It was Kelly's do- 8lro to go directly to the transfer , and , as was the case at Cheyenne , the railroad com pany hauled his men through the city. No community , It Is true , has been or will be anxious to receive nnd feed a largo body of deelUulH 111111 and Omaha Is prfi'jit/l no c\- c.'ptlon tc the lulo. if tl-erc win "onllgl.t- i-nod filIl : > l > niiE" In Onmhn's irca'nvitu of Kelly and hu land there wan u UntJ of liuniunUy iu it. A Jl till Lit , W.\STOr , The arbitrary conrso of Cunningham It. Scott In tlio trial , conviction nml neiitenci ! of the editor of The Dee on charge * nl alleged contempt of court proves Mm to b1 oilo of tlio most dangerous men who wSu over Invcstoil with judicial powers In this OP any other state. Prom the outset of tlio prosooutloni Instituted by him self , ostensibly to vindicate the dignity of the court , the proceedings hnvo been a mockery of Justice , a disgrace to the bench , and a reckless In vasion of the rights of citizens and priv ileges of the press. It Is a fundamental principle , Imbedded In the very foundation of Anglo-Saxon Juris prudence nml engrafted upon every con stitution that has ever been framed for the government of the American people , that every man charged with crlino Is presumed to bo Innocent until ho has boon proved guilty. All American citizens have a con stitutional guarantee of nn Impartial trial by a Jury of tholr peers or by a court free from all bias. Such a thing as a Judge tak ing the part of prosecutor , witness , Judge and Jury hail never been contemplated until this man Scott had mounted the bench In this district. It was also reserved for Cunningham R. Scott to be the first Judge In this state , and most probably In this country , to use the position to which he had been elevated on the criminal banch for settling personal grievances , punishing political adversaries and terrorizing the public press. The evi dence Iir the mock trial of Edward Rosewater - water established the fact beyond a doubt that | iu had no personal relation to the offensive comment on the Jardlno case , for which ho was arraigned. There was not a scintilla of proof that ho had written the article or Inspired Its publication. On the contrary , even the witnesses cited for the prosecution testified that ho had no knowledge of It until It appeared In print. It Is a well-established principle of law that no man can be held responsible criminally for an act committed without his direction , knowledge or consent. Uut Judge Scott had prepared his verdict before trial and had his sentence determined , prepared - pared and written out before the lestlmony was taken. lie had a long-standing griev ance , dating back from a political contest , In which part of his political record had been ventilated to his disadvantage. Upon this deep-seated grudge his decision and sentence were predicated. Ills utterances from the bench In passing sentence stamp him at once as a Judicial despot and usurper. Giving vent to his violent temper , his bitter prejudices , Intolerance and bigotry , ho showed himself to bo another Jeffreys , better adapted to the roles played by Robespierre , Marat and Danton than to a place to whoso safe-keeping the rights and liberties of American people are entrusted. AX KXCOUHAGIMl I'HO.WISE. Mr. Eckels , comptroller of the currency , who Is one of 'the most capable officials under the present administration , In an ad dress a few days ago to a number of New York bankers who accorded him a recep tion , said some things that were encourag ing and reassuring , If they can be accepted as reflecting the sentiment of the adminis tration. Ho said that It could not but be a source of congratulation , despite the contin ued but steadily lessening stagnation In business circles , that the conditions In our financial world have 'materially 'changed within the months Just past. "No one , either at homo or abroad , " Bald Mr. Eckels , "now doubts that the government's honor will bo Jealously guarded , Its credit honestly main tained , and Its obligations met in coin cur rent throughout the civilized world. The tear of our reaching a monetary standard of value Inimical to every business Inter est of the country happily has passed away. It was reduced to a' minimum when the pur chasing clause of the Sherman silver act was erased from the statute books ; It was com pletely banished when the president inter posed the executive veto of the Bland selgn- lorago bill. " Coming from so responsible a source such nn utterance certainly has a strong claim to confidence , but It would bo more weighty if It were known to represent the views of the administration and not simply that of the comptroller of the cur rency. That flnanc'lal confidence. Is stronger now than It was some months ago is unquestion able , but that all distrust has not disap peared will have to bo admitted. The rea sons for this , are to bo found in the appre hension that Mr. Cleveland may yet be in duced to favor some sort of legislation to Infuse more silver Into the currency , and In the danger that congress will repeal the 10 per cent tax on state bank Issues and let loose a flood of that sort of currency upon the country , with demoralizing effect upon the cntlro financial system. The president's message vetoing the sclgnlorago bill con tained nn unfortunate suggestion that has already been acted upon In the form of a bill providing for the coinage of the es timated sclgnlorago and for the Issue and sale of low Interest bonds. It has been stated by the author of the bill , a represent ative from Louisiana , that the measure iiad been examined and approved by Secre tary Carlisle , and that the secretary had jxpressed the belief that If passed by con gress It would receive the approval of the president. So far as silver Is concerned this bill , which Is In the hands of the house jommltteo on coinage , provides for doing ; iroclaoly the same thing that the measure i-etoed provided for doing , so that the ob jections to the latter apply with equal force ; o the now bill. It proposes silver lunation , ind this la not rendered more acceptnblo by .hu bond provision , because the secretary of .ho treasury already has ample authority to ssuo bonds for the purpose" providing ; old with which to redeem the notes of ; ho government. The president Is com- nlttud to legislation of this sort , and what- ) ver may bo thought of the probability of inch legislation being adopted , the fact that t Is possible * has a more or loss unsettling nfluenco. The other danger , that of the repeal of the Btato bank tax , U also un- 'avorablu to the full restoration of financial xmlldence , not for the reason that It would nterfere with the maintenance of the gov- rnmout'a credit or Impair the ability of the ; ovornmont to moot Its obligations In coin : urront throughout the civilized world , as night be donu by coining the seigniorage , jut becausa It would result In Injecting Into .ho money of the country a class of cur- oncy that would bo very likely to produce a demoralizing effect It IN not easy | j fjriuu to what extant this would bo thn en HP , 1m with the bank Indues of forty-four Mite ( letting about It I * not difficult to undoratam Hint the effect upon the financial i > yntem o the country couu not be wholesome. The assurances contained In the remark of Mr. HckeU nro certainly encouraging , hue o long as tliero U reason to apprehom financial legislation by the present congrcs. there will pravall a feeling of distrust. I congress would dccldo to forego all attomp to legislate regarding the currency complete financial confidence would at once return. COMl'AHATIVK TAX ItATKS. Leaving the question of Inequality of taxa tlon asldo for the moment , the two points a which Omaha Buffers most from her ahsurt system of taxation are the ridiculously low tax valuations and the alarmingly high ta > rates. A comparison which we made re ccntly of the census statistics of tax valua lions In different cities with population varying but slightly from that ascribed tc Omaha disclosed the fact that not one o them made so poor a showing as the latter Denver , It Is true , claims that the true value of Its taxable realty Is six times as great as the listed valuation , the same ratio as pro valla In Omaha , but In Kansas City am Providence the true value Is estimated a but one-third more than the assessed value In St. Paul at one-half again as much , In Minneapolis at two-thirds again as much In Rochester at only one-twentieth ag.iln as much. The natural result of this Is that the nominal tax rate In Omaha Is raised abnorm ally above what It ought to bo. People seek ing Investments In the west always Inquire after our tax rate , while they often overlool our ubsurdedly low tax valuation. In a com parison of tax rates Omaha suffers the same disadvantage that It does In a comparison o tax valuations. The last census bulletin purporting to make an exhibit of the finances of American municipalities gives these tax rates for tin census year for the various cities named Minneapolis , J2.58 per $100 or $21.45 per capita ; Jersey City , $2.90 per $100 or $13.51 per capita ; Omaha , $5.61 per $100 or $7.9i per capita ; Rochester , $1.93 per $100 or $12.90 per capita ; St. Paul , $2.01 per $100 or $18.53 per capita ; Kansas City , $2.CS per $100 or $18.68 per capita ; Providence , $1.50 per $100 or $15.96 per capita ; Denver , $2.70 per $100 or $16.85 per capita. In other words , Omaha's high tax rate Is nominal only. It over reaches Itself and brings a per capita return less than any of the cities which have tax rates one-third as great. It Injures the reputation of the city without bringing the city one cent of additional revenue. A city's tax rate then Is no necessary cri terion of the burden of taxation which Us citizens are compelled to bear. It depends In the first place upon the tax valuation , rising as the valuation falls and falling as the val uation rises. The resulting per capita rev enue depends upon the population of the place and the comparative wealth of the In habitants. In the little town of lirookllne , Mass. , the suburban homo of Boston's wealth iest business men , n tax rate of 92 cents per $100 means $35.15 per capita. Similarly a rate of $3.68 per $100 In Fair Haven. Wash. , means $67.09 per capita. On the other hand Kearney levies a tax rate of $8.18 and gets only $13.58 per capita ; Galena , 111. , levies a tax rate of $8.33 and gets only $6'.15 per capita , and then , too , wo have the horrible example set right hero in Omaha. The tax rate , furthermore , depends largely upon the sources of revenue which a city may have outside of the general property tax. Southern cities securing large revenues from business licenses do not need to levy high taxes. The tax rate In Philadelphia Is held down by no small extent by the profits accruing from the municipal gas works and waterworks and other cities have other resources for revenue. Yet , notwithstanding the fact that the high tax rate In Omaha Is , nominal only. It Is none the less viewed as real by people un familiar with the situation. It Is n standing menace to Omaha's growth. It Is un necessary and uncalled for. A reasonable tax valuation will give us a reasonable tax rate. TUB SOUTH. One thing which the debate on the tariff bill Is making prominent in public attention Is the sectional character of that measure. It Is the work almost entirely of southern men and from the assault It makes on the Industries and the agricultural Interests of the north to the Income tax It reflects sectional spirit and purpose. In his speech in the senate a few days ago Senator Galllnger of New Hampshire dwelt upon the attack which the tariff bill makes on the Industries of New England , as Senator Hale of Maine had done in a preceding speech. The New Hampshire senator said that New England has invested millions of capital In the south upon the assurance that the old order of things had passed away and that a new south had risen on the ruins of the old. Most of the Now England money that has been thus invested Is forever lost and now those who profited by It propose to strike down the manufacturing establishments of that section by hostile legislation. This Is the gratitude of the south for what Now England has done for It. Senator Galllnger warned the south against this contest. Ho assured that section that the people are awake to this conflict and nro watching with breathless Interest every move of the political chess board. They propose In duo tlmo to take a hand in Its settlement. "What answer will the south expect from us when wo return to power In 189C ? " asked the senator. "She should not forget , In this her moment of triumph , that there may be reprisals when our day of victory comes. If 3iir agricultural products are to be destroyed In the Interest of Canada , r.-'iy not her sugar : ind rlco In the Interest of Cuba and other tropical countries ? " Ho declared that the south may sooner than she Is calculating bo x supplicant for the protection of her great staple. It will not bo the policy of the re publican party when It returns to power to llscrlmlnato against the Interests of the jouth. That has not been Its course In the [ last , and will not bo In the future. The lollcjof the republican party Is national In its scope , guarding every Interest that needs 0 bo guarded and alining to foster the proa- lorlty of all sections. Uut the policy of the lemocratlc party under southern domination s creating n sentiment which may cause the south to regret having exhibited , as It Is tow doing , n reckless spirit of sectionalism ind prejudice. The democratic Philadelphia Times re- lontly said that It tariff reform shall fall > r shall bo mixdu so odious as to breed evolution against It , It will bo because of ho Ill-advised actions of the southern sona- ors and representatives In congress. "They ire doing the best possible missionary work 'cr ' the republican party , " said that paper , 'and If they shall continue In their present lollcy they will certainly bu confronted by 1 republican president , a republican uenato aid a republican house In 1S3G. " The foi- uro of the democratic revenue policy to vlilch the Times particularly objects and or which the southern leaders In congress nro rcsji i-ililn l the lju > . in tux , but I tlocltruil also Unit "they hi\i ) IH-I.II tin imidonably isnrtluWtl' In nhaplns the t.irlf reform bill. " Thoj.o.n.ro not wanting othci dinnccrntia ulterniifeR , ot glmllar purport. Will such Warnings and ailmonltlom have any effect uWh1 ! tha rsprMontatlvei o Iho south In conflrqaf ? Very likely not There wan some pro p ct n llttls whlls HK < that a few of thb < nbnatom from that sue tlon would refuse to support the more un fair and destructive' ( te'tures ' of the tariff blli but It seems tlmtJie ( | > r are all In line , or I , there ! Is any one of , them who U not ho has not made his opposition publicly known So far as the odloiu Income tax la concernei they nro unanimous , and there Is no longei a doubt that this obnoxious and unjust fu.it' ure of the democratic revenue policy will bo retained If the tariff bill Is passed There Is yet some slight reason for hope that the measure will fall. According to Washington advices an cfforl Is being made by Congressman Mercer te have one of the now war ships christened "Omaha. " That would be a good advertise ment , the only question being whether the Inhabitants of foreign lands would tumble to the fact that Omaha Is the name of a city as well as of the tribe of aborigines that go by that name. If we remember cor rectly a steamship named Omaha has for several years been one of the vessels of the United States navy. U Is therefore doubt ful whether the Navy department would con sent to duplicate the name. The county commissioners nro now wrest ling with the problem of material for pav ing the county roads. Macadam appears to bo the most desirable material , but It is to bo hoped that no limestone pavement will bo laid without covering the surface with broken granite or some equally durable stone. Drlck pavement Is out of question for country roads , and the choice will nec essarily have to bo made between blocks of sandstone , or granite. The congressional committee having In charge the reorganization of the Union Pacific are listening to the attorneys for the road , to the representatives of the stockholders , and propose also to hear arguments In the Interest of the government debt. But the shipper and patron , who are paying In their tolln and fares the Interest on the enormously inflated capitalization of the road , have not been requested to at tend. The coyncllmcn who have returned from their Junket to the Pacific coast are unani mously of the opinion that no city which they visited has the same attractions for them as Omaha. Certainly not. It they removed to any other western city they would lose their character as councllmen. So long as their terms In the city council nro uncxplred Omaha will be good enough for them. ' v Thnn nil Aimrehlst. McCYmk Tribune. The debaucher of tlfd popular franchise Is n more dangerous' tnen'ace to the perpetuity of this government 'than the red-handed anarchist. He's Diiiipuriiii * Character. . . Scott , the brainless Omaha judge , has shown himself to be adangerous character on the bench , uod , slio'uld not be- allowed to serve out the remainder of his term. Two Horn's of tint Dlluninuv. AVnlisa' Times. * Omaha has a judge In the person of C. U. Scott who must ( miiprlno himself the law , judge nnd jury. Many of his nets are dis graceful , and shovv" only too plainly that he Is either a knave pr an. Imbecile. Ihu Striking I'lumio. Philadelphia Record. Just as renewed operations among the Iron workers had begun to create a ureater demand for coal , the United Mine Workers resolved to stop 200,00' ' } miners from walking- . From any ordinary business point of view this action looks like madness. Scureless 'Material. Globe-Democrat. The chief reason why gold Is going to Europe these days Is because there Is more demand for it there than there Is here. When there Is n demand for it here It will come back. No scare can he got up nt present on account of the gold exportation. Blystcrled Deeper Thau Kvcr , Chicago Times. Ancient Thebes , in Greece , has bacn nearly destroyed by an earthquake , which leveled Its modern buildings nnd clnsslu ruins with ruthless Impirtlality. Such belns the case. It would feem that all chance of the mysteries of Thebes being ever solved Is now lost forever. Uou't Ho Too Sudden. Denver News. The Lambert & Bishop wire mill nt Jollet , 111. , has raised the pay of the wiredrawers - drawers 10 per cent. They ought to be careful how they do n reckless thins like that In these times , especially In Illinois. The other day n Chicago cash girl dropped dead on having her wages raised. Cause and ICITeet. New Yorlc Sun. Wo record with sorrow , but without sur prise , the fact that the Big Muddy IB be having very badly In Nebraska , cutting the bunks , stopping tralllc , and generally run ning nmuck. Since Hon. William Jennings Bryan's visit to the west and Brand orator ical progress the Missouri has been swelling emulously , and Hon. I ) . Wolsoy Voorhecs' great Income tax plea simply made tlio .stream unmanageable. It seethes and bolls , It rips nnd roars , depositing vast quantities of hopeless mud. The Animal at thii Trough. MlnniMpoIla Journal. President Cleveland cannot be accused of neglecting the south In distributing his furors. He has given his southern ft lends three cabinet positions , two ambassador ships , ten envoys extraordinary , live min isters resident , the directorship of the mint , the chief clnrkshlp of the treasury , reglH- tershlp of the treasury , oommlsslonorslilp of Internal revenue , of railroads nml llfty or Hlxty other fat positions , drawing from the treasury over JSOO.OUO a year In salaries. And still the south calls for more. After WimhliiKttm What Then ? ChlctiKn IlecorJ. The question Just now concerns the atti tude that Washington Is golm ? to adopt oward this sign 'of the nation's unwhole some condition. Iri any event , the finishing jf the piirposelessjpllKrlmuKes Is bound to Hive no practical result. Congress can do ' lothlnff , nnd the Co'mmonwenlers' demands ire preposterous. HutIt will remain none the It-fs the duty of thfe'Dlstrlct ' of Columbia iiithorltles to net wltlt exceeding tui't nnd llscretlon In their treatment of theultun - lon. Apparently-thp finly thing that the rommonwealer3 can accomplish will bo to nduee congress to give- sober heed o the general" 'nfceds ' of the iw- lonal health. But Mil the unwelcome iresence of u pathlitloally comical horde of ommonwenlers tli | > i authorities will meet i problem the possdblo , solution of which Islet lot yet discoverable * , , ( Tlio tVamfiiy lire. Grand Istn'jiit Independent. The last Sunday tteo contained iv number it Interesting nrtlcloa Jo which we will call lie attention of 0\rr renders. An artlclu vrltten by Jnmeawrt. . ' Beaver , ox-governor if PennslyvnnluV discusses the Importance if good country roads , tindllllfiilty In the vay of tills Improvement , and hints for the ) est ucrompllslunt-nt of this Kivut work. \nother urtlub ) IH iv reprint of a nktitcli uf Jenerul dram's private olnracter , published n ISS5 by his oUrfrlfiid. ' .Mr. Chllils , which ihows the "Justice , kindness anil tlrmmss" ) f Unit great man , who w s as noble In his irlvate relations as levirn | grand as our sountry'H puvlor. And a third article Is one it the Interesting KketcheH of 1'ranU C } . Carpenter of life In foielK" countries. This line ho Hlvew UH a vlow of the relations of he Jap.in people , which Is very Instructive , ind enables us oven to form it better Judg ment of our own financial ulTalrii. The oudliiK cf micli Sunday papers will con- Ineu every Impartial man that the objeu- lonu mndu against Sunday pnpur.4 by u crtnln chiss of people are absolutely un- fiiablo , nnd nothing but the result of one- Idcd Judgment , ri'.nt't.h ' t\n The rritU minor. * hopn to Blrlko it payln Ktrertk. The Mrlkr ftsver Is In the air. Uvim ban bnllUtR rrppnledly strike out. f'oxey defiei traditions. Hn swaps horse while hl army U In the swim. Despite the chwip lUmndanci- tlw com mem council , Chloaxo demand * dol.nr HUB. Corpornl Tanner IB nbout to h r .mB cdl tor of the Home nnd Country Mitg < iKln li New York City. The growing mutiny against walking litho the Kelly conlliiKctit lumls color to th charge of tenderfoot. Poor Kansas ! A colony of woman slit fraglsls tire about to camp In the stntu nm contest oratorical honors with Sirs. Lease Kortuimtcly , cyclone cellars nro plentiful. Peanuts are rolling to thu front ns m article of food , in well as of nn Indellnnhli brand o' statesmanship. A decayed om > oc caslonally occupies the bench park bench. John V. McKmic , the distinguished HO Journor nt Slug Sine , refuses to pay fo : 6,811 proas clippings collected for him. Tin notlcej were not the kind ho bargained for George Gr.int , colored , a native of Ireland has applied for citizenship papers In tin New York courts , lie has a pronouncei brogue , and speaks Gaelic wltlr conslderabh fluency. A German astronomer calculates that tin year 1361 will be marked by the appcarunci of no less than seven different comets That's n good way off , but astronomers an habitually far-seeing. Kvory United Slates senator from state * south of the Potomac , except Irby of Soutl Carolina and Ulanchnrd of Louisiana , servei In the confederate armies , and those twi were too young for military service whlh the disturbance lusted. Since his retirement Mr. Gladstone has re > celved mnnv hundreds of tributes from ad' mlrcrs nil over the United Kingdom , am gifts are * tlll pouring In. He has rccolvci several dozen walking canes and umbrellas n handsome arm chair , and many mart pretentious presents. I5x-Unlted States Senator James W. Brad bury of Augusta. Me. , who was the friend and associate of Webster , Clay and Calhouu and whose scat was next to that occupied bj Jcfl'er.son Davis , has been visiting Washing ton for the last few days. Although 9i years of ago ho is active nnd well. George M. Pullman wealth $50,000,000 told a newspaper reporter , "I believe that I was far happier In the days when I hadn'l a dollar than 1 am now. " George Is nol troubled with a consuming desire to gel back to those happy days. Meat any of hit countrymen would cheerfully relieve him ol his present distressing burden. The Chicago Journal celebrated Its fiftieth anniversary on Monday with an edition ol fifty-six pages. The number was generally illustrated and was made especially Inter esting by reproductions of the first issue , in 1811 , the extra announcing the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the first Issue fol lowing the great flro in 1871. General Mac Adaras , who recently arrived In this country Is a well known Irish pa triot , who rose to his present rank In the French army during the Franco-Piusslan war of 1870-71. General Mae Adaras , who lived several years In this country and Is an International tort of Irlsh-Ainerlcan-Krencli man , in accompanied by his wito , who Is M American. XJiJtlt.lSK.l .tSJ > XJSIIHASKAXS. An Omaha man Is about to open a cigar factory at Howella. An effort is being made to organize a lacrosse team at Ravenna. A convention of Lancaster county Sun day schools will be held at Hlckman May 1 , 2 and 3. Shelton business men will pay an occu pation tax so that the streets of the town may be sprinkled. The Ouster County Teachers' association will meet at Callaway April 28. An exten sive program has been prepared. St. Augustine's Episcopal church at De- Witt will be dedicated May 1 with appro priate services. The structure cost ? 2,500. The Banner lias been flung to the breeze at Gretna with W. U. Oimstead as the staff bearer. It promises to be a better paper than its predecessors. William Pasewalk of Norfolk , his wife and child all died within the past month. First the mother , then the father and finally the little ono passed away. A Pender woman has secured a patent on a binder and shocking machine and has refused an offer of $10,000 for the right to manufacture the implement In the United States. Nlobrara youths sold a band of Santee Sioux a keg of artesian water , when the Indians fully expected to secure beer. The disappointment of the red men was some thing pitiful to see. The Colfax county commissioners have purchased a farm four miles from Schuyler at $10 per aero. It will bo used as the county poor farm as soon as the necessary buildings uro erected. Nearly every child In Broken Bow has had both the mumps and the measles this season. The unfortunate family that has escaped the two diseases Is considered out of style. The editor of the Republican leads the fash ionable list with flvo children who have had the mumps nnd four who have broken out with the measles. Oliver Bentley , an old resident of Table Ilock , was thrown from his wagon nnd his head was caught In a wheel. Before the team could bo stopped the wheel had torn ono ear from his head and the other ear was just hanging by a shred of llesh. His head was otherwise badly bruised and It Is believed that ho will not survive his Injuries. KKL1.Y AX It CO Ml'AS 1' . Washington Star The " " : "Commonweal" dis tinguished Itself at Omaha by Its sagacious superiority to some of Its lawless sympa thizers. Kansas City Journal : There seems to bo a general disposition throughout the country to speed the "Industrials" on their march to Washington. The people want Grover and the tariff reformers to harvest the crop they have sown. Louisville Courier-Journal : Kelly and his crowd , who declined to take the train which those Council Bluffs women stole for them , nro probably the first men on record who failed to got on a woman's train when they hud an opportunity. St. Louis Republic : The superintendent at the Rock Island railroad says that thu men In General Kelly's army now onrouto to Washington are really anxious to work , riieyi will meet with u cold reception In Washington , where work is never In order. Indianapolis Journal : When the excellent gentlemen llko the learned and eloquent Rov. Dr. Duryqa como to consider their efforts lo induce railroad ofllclals to "haul a lot of men to Washington to accomplish no pur pose they must conclude that they have mule a ridiculous spectacle of themselves. Detroit Free Press : There Is ono character- stlc of General Kelly which should cover as uany faults UH docs charity Itself. Ha Is a law-abiding cltlzon and Insists that the men , vho are with him shall conform to his Ideas in this Important subject. When cranklam akcs that particular trend It Is a good thing .o cultivate. Chicago Herald : What was an error of mpulso on the part of "General" Kelly ivould bo a much graver offense In others surrounded with less trouble and causes of ixcltemont than thosu by which ho Is en vironed. Any attempt to oxclto party pas- ilons and to turn the "Industrial" proces- ilons Into political crusades would be crlml- lal , If successful , and might produce calami- ous results. A l'o\r ; from tlio Organr. Sprlnglleld ( Muss. ) Jtopubllcnn , Judge Caldwell'fl Union Pnclfin decision Is icliiff rather Intemptrattly criticised by iomo of the railway Journals. Hut the udKo himself seems to be a man whose minions art- entitled to roapeut. HP has ) i-en oil the federal bench slnca 1SGI , belntf mo of two or three Judges now In service vho were appointed by Lincoln. It was n the warm IndoiKcment of the Into Jusllco illller tluil President Harrison promoted 'aldwell from the district to the circuit icncli. . AVxr mi Chicago ( ins Trust. CHICAGO. April 2l.-Attornoy General .luluney this afternoon announced a deel.i. on on his part to begin quo wnrranto pro- : ( 'c.dliiKS against thu Chicago Gas trust. This proceeding hna been expected for Home line nnd If successful means a forfeiture if thu churtur of tlio trust. nis tntisnnn nox in. Kalinin City Journnl. The surprising nm unpleasant Information comes from Wnith Ingtdn that Attorney Stoll , who wnntu li light n duel with Jura Wilson , 1 * n rcpubll cnn In politics. OhlcnRii TribuneIf L-iwyor Stoll fi > l lh.it he really must fixht somebody In order lo vindicate bin wounded honor we venture to siiRRest Mint he tuny find Prnf. Peter Jackson willing lo accommodate him. St. Loul.i Ri'publlc : Hero Is a dltTon-iico between Kontucklnns : Colottcl Sloll says thnt In that country men vnlno character more limn they do life. Colonel Thompson says they don't. Pl : ols nml coffee for two. Globe-Democrat : As wo understand It , Colonel Stoll , the cnrrtRi-d Kentucky at torney , who Is now In pursuit of Judge Wilson , says to the latter that "You'uns hns Insulted wc'tins , and we'uns wants lo light. " Kansas City Star : Attorney Stolt of Kentucky will not down. "Honor , " ho nays , "la more to u gentleman than llfo Itself. " If Mr. Sloll really feels that way , nml as Judge Wilson positively refuses to fight , there Is nothing left for Mr. Stoll but suicide. Buffalo Hxpress : Attorney Stoll has chal lenged Judge Jere Wilson to fight a duel because Wilson said that somebody had forged n letter which was put In evidence by the defense In the Ilrccklnrldgo case. Judge Wilson should answer the challenge by turning It over to the authorities , with a request that Its author bo arrested nml punished under the law which makes the sending of such a communication a crime. Chicago Herald : "Colonel" Stoll of Ken tucky continues to emit howl after howl about his wounded honor. "Llfo Itself , " says he , "Is nothing to n gentleman whose honor Is tarnished. " This moves an Ir reverent editor to suggest that since Judge Wilson refuses to light there Is really noth ing left for Mr. Stoll to do but commit Imra-kirt , and thus clear his "honor. " The suggestion will be received with proper en thusiasm everywhere. COMtO Vl.ATTJHt. Indianapolis Journal : "What was at the bottom of that light between Thompson and Jlmpson ? " "Jlmpson was till Thompson was pulled off. " Philadelphia Ledger : Amen ? the assign ments announced Is thnt of a dealer In ings. One would think that business was pickIng - Ing up. Indlanapollsi Journal : This Is the tlmo of year when the njan , forgetting how ho had to dig the garden , beat carpets and rnke the front yard , wishes he were a boy again. Philadelphia Times : Botanists don't en tirely accept the statement that the straw berry grew permanently red from blushing at the price asked for It. Washington Star : "Sometimes , " remarked undo Kben , "de man dat hollers do loitdes' fob de fool-killer am de ono dat 'ml haftcr do de inos' dodgln' If he showed up. " Texas Sittings : "By Jove , I've left my latch key at home , " said a glided youth of Harlem to his Intended nt thu theater be tween the acts. "Why , Charles , you seem to think you are married already , " was thu ominous reply. Philadelphia Record : Stern Employer I hear you were at the ball fjume yesterday afternoon. Olllcu Boy Yes , sir. Stern Km- ployer 1 suppose you were on the eiul vlve. Olllce Boy No , sir ; I was on de fence. Buffalo Express : "It's the queerest thins. " mused HulTkliis ; "every time I catch cold 1 catch It In the head. " "Nothing strange nbout that , " obs-rved Mrs. Huff kins. "Ev.-r since I was a child I'velivard that a cold always settles In the weakest spot. " Hniper's Youmr People : "Goats aren't any Rood , " said Wilbur. " 'F I was a goat I wouldn't have two horns without learning how to play on 'em. " MISCONCEPTION. Judge. Aunt Jemima came to town In all her Sunday clothes , Upon a fence she saw an ad Of rubber garden-hose. "That's just the thing for me , " she cried. "A pair or two I'll get ; For when I weed my posy-befl My ankles get so wet" New York Sun. Like the faint and fnr-off flutter of a pair of tired wings , Like the whispered songs of sadness that a weary pilgilm sings Como the tldmss of elections In the dim and distant west , In a manner that cnn scarcely sweeten Grover Cleveland's ic t. There's a touch of tariff tonic in the cir cumambient air , There's a keen and constant query for our platform everywhere , Ana the query , that the democratic leaders will not meet With an answer that's nn answer , gets its answer In defeat. There's a tread of coming millions sounding- In our waiting ears , With the votes that make our party triumph over doubts and fears. Who is the leader In the crisis ? Who has clarion voice to say They will win the fight tomorrow , as they lost the tight today ? There's a shadow on the morning- that has tinged the light with Kray. There's a promise of disaster sweeping through events today ; But the omens are Improving : there's a growing feeling that Here lately , Grover Cleveland'u finding out where he Is at ! WANT AMERICAN 1IAIIAT1IAS Occidental Mysticistn Demand Prot.ctlon to Homo Industries , POSSIBLE SPLIT IN THEOSOPHICAL RANKS / Seeretnry iliidgo Vindicated , but Them If .Still Sulil lo lie .Some Illiicnilon - Thibet Story Duel Not ( iu Don n Very Kuslly , SAN KUANC1SCO , April 24 , The dele gates to the annual convention of the Ameri can Theosophleal society have- practically concluded their business , and today nro vis iting points of Interest nbout the city. Tula afternoon they are nt the Midwinter exposi tion. Notwithstanding the vindication of aencral Secretary Judge who has been charged with monkeying with the micrrd rights nnd priv ileges of tlu < mnhntmas. It Is the opinion of many of the delegates that the trouble In the society Is not by any means ended , and that the. . high priests of the order , who are under the Influence lo a very largo degree Of the Hindu theosophlsts , will arrogate to themselves the authority of a supreme tri bunal and po.isllby suspend the American section from full communion. In this event there Is likely to bo a split In the order. Many of the most prominent members of the society In this country have for some time shown signs of restlessness because nil the mahatmas nro domiciled In far-off Thibet. They nro understood to contend that there Is no reason wfiy there should not bo American mnhntmas nml , In fact , It Is strongly suspected that they are themselves willing to bo regarded as perfected men and organs of thcosophlcal philosophy. It Is therefore not unlikely that theosophlsts will bo called upon to deal with n division In their own ranks , nnd that an opposition to the philosophers of the mountains of India will bo started on this sldo of the Atlantic. UATX THAT VAVtltlT XO MICK. Snn Krmiclseo Kidding Herself if tlnelo-n AiljillH-tH to thn Pollen Force. SAN PIIANCISCO , April 21. A sensation has been brewing In police circles hero for j several weeks. The Hoard of Police Com- mlssloncrs has had under quiet investiga tion a largo number of policemen suspected of corrupt methods. An Intimation of what might bo looked for was given a week ago when Captain William E. Hull , who acted ns Chief Crowley's confidential clerk , nnd a patrolman wore suddenly dismissed from the department. The climax c.imo last night , when the police commissioners dismissed without trial three sergeants , two veteran detectives and nine patrolmen. It Is stated that still others are to follow. It Is charged that the disgrace In the department has long been operating under Captain Hall , and other officers high in the department , In levying systematic blackmail on gamblers and others who have been allowed to violate the law. o Chapter of Aeeldenta at Carson. CAUSON , la. , April 21. ( Special to The Hoe. ) Charles Caldwell , while working at an elevator corn crib , was struck by a wagon tongue nnd was taken up for dead , but after three hours' work the doctor brought him to consciousness nnd ho will probably recQvfr ; . . , J. A. Doollttlo on the same day was klCKeu " " * * ' by a colt and had a leg broken. On the same day. also , Mrs. M. E. Mace was driving Into town and her horse became frightened at the river bridge and backed with the buggy over a high bank Into the river. Mrs. Mace escaped Just as the team went over the bank. County C'le.rk'R Shortage. KANSAS CITY , April 24. The county court has taken action on the matter of the shortage charged to exist In the settlements of County Clerk M. S. Burr , and ordered suit to bo brought against his bondsmen and agnlnst him Individually to recover tlin emotint , 110,942.31 , which consists of fees not turned over to the county treasurer In ils settlements made in the years 1891 , 1893 and 1893. fold Incitement In Now Mexico. ALDUQUKUQUE , N. M. , April 21. Ther s great excitement over the , placer gold lelds In Hell canon within fifteen miles ol Albuquerque , and yesterday at least 100 loca- Ions were made by gold hunters from this city. A short tlmo ago N. J. Hyde got out 70 n day from a claim. Since then several housand dollars in gold have been panned Itoyn Who I'lnyoil with IMtiitliiK 1'owilcr , ASHLAND , Ky. , April 2-1. Two small sons of Hiram Campbell , a section foreman on the Ohio & Dig Sanday railroad , llvlng c * ' . fifteen miles up the line , secured a large ' ' quantity of blasting powder from a tool house and sot It off with a match , both being fatally burned. ( Ignntlc Natural Oas Scheme. * PERU , Ind. , April 24. A gigantic natural jj gas scheme has been organized nt Lafayette , * under the laws of New Jersey , to supply In- ' , ] dlana and Ohio cities. The capital I ) $1,000,000. : BROWNING , KING & CO. CHANGES. When the weather changes , perhaps then you will change your suit and if you happen to bo short on change you will find our ten dollar suits never change color and after you have worn one awhile you will change your notion about tailor-shops being the only place on earth whore tailor-made suits are sold. Times have changed so much in the last few years that it is no longer the only proper thing to wear tailor-shop clothes and have a tailor's bill to pay. Wo are showing one of the finest lines of spring suits and over coats , for boys and men , ever prduoocl , and wo can heartily recommend an exchange of some of your loose change for a change of apparel. BROWNING , KING & CO. S. W. Corner 15th and Douglas Streets. The largest makers and sellers of Fine Clothing on Earth.