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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , . MAY 13 , 1895. TIIB OMAHA DAILY BEE. R. nOSDtTATCIt , EDITOR. I'UIIUSHKD EVUIIY MOn.S'lNO. TEHMB OF sunseniPTios , Dully Ileo ( Without Sunday ) , Onu Year $ M Unlly ll < > e nnrt Bundny , Ons Year WOT fix Months . , , , . , Three Month * Hun Joy llf * . Ona Ynr. . 2 00 Hnturdny lite , One Year 1 &J .Weekly Ilc . Ons Year > . . "J OFFICES. Omntm. Tin IVe Hultcling. Boulli Omnhn. Sinner lilk. . Corner N and 2ltli Sts. council ItlufTii , 12 i'Mirl Htrevt. Chlcniro Ofllrv , XI * Clinmhcr of Commerce. New York , Iloom * IS. It and 13. Trllmae Hide. . \VMilneton ! , 1107 F Street. N. W. C-OItHESl'ONUENCF. . All communication ! rcUtlns to n w nnJ edl- lorlnl matter ihoulil b nddrested ! To the Ldltor. nUfltNESS LETTEllS. All liUslnt-M leltcr and rprnltl.incc should l ) ddremr.a to The Ilee I'ubllshlns company , Omahn. Draft" , check * nnd postotllcc orders to J made pnynlln ) to Hi" order of the comi > nny. TUB JIBIJ fUIILlSIUNU COMl'ANY. STATEMENT OF CIUCWI.ATION. Kc Jt. Tzscliurk , pecretnry of The He Pub- Jlnhlns conu > nii ) ' , belnt ; duly nworn. * ay tlml Iho nrlunl number of full nnd complete cnpl of the Dnlly Mnrnlnit. Kvenlns nnd Hundny lie ? printed durlnc the month of February , IKM , was on follow * : j ( 20.195 15 15.787 2 15 1'J.tM 3\ \ , 20" Wl ) 17 20.62' ' ) 4 2 I > 1 IX 1J.7M G 2 , OI2 19 19.7SS 2) 19.CM T IS.Gf.'J II 1D.779 8 1 ,8 9 19.79J 23 19.C33 10 . ' 2I.CHO 24 S'l.flO ' 11 13Cn ) K 19C1T 12 IJSIG 26 : . . . . 19,611 13 19.7& ) 27 19 SIS It 13.7W 2i 19,032 Totnl . M7.C31 Leas IHuetlrtnt for unnold nnd returned copies . 8. OS ) Net nnten . , . DM.tIS Pally nverage . 19,701 " " ' " * aEonan n. TZSCIIUCIC. Sworn to l > fori > me nnd milmcribed In my preii- tnce this 2J dny of March , U93 , ( Seal. ) N. I' . FEIL , , Notary 1'ubllc. Lord Kosobury snj'H ho won't , tlicn , should Dr. liny retire ? Tht > doivmnd for mosquito bar netting nnd bathing suits has given way to the 'dcnmnd for HprliiK overcoats and wooluu blankets. According to Silver Dick lllaml the ilemoer.il Ic parly will throw Cleveland overboard or KI > to destruction. What if It does both ? We are afraid the popularity of the ffrllby dance will depend very little upon the bare feet and very much upon .the ankles and decolettc costume. Louj : before the thno the state fair iWcelc festivities Is at hand the people of Oinahn will have their enthusiasm for the event worked up to the boiling polut It Is apparent that the Gorman cabi net does not always have Its owu way In the Itnlchstitg , any more than the 'American president always has his own' , way In c-oiujrcss. If all the members of the late legis lature are not soon on the stnte pay roll It will be only because they failed to pass enough of the bills creating new tax-eating places. Nothing will satisfy the free silver luoit but a free silver president The chief trouble , however , Is to decide ; which one of them shall sacrifice him self to the cause. South America is trying hard to fur nish a substitute for the excitement of the Into Chinese-Japanese war. It fthpuld nt least be given credit for good Intentions In this direction. It Is plain now , If not before , Uiat on nil the state boards of which the governor Is n member Governor IIol- qoiub Is to be a mere lluurehead when } t comes to matters of policy or patron- lige. lige.A A couple of Omaha Inventors have patented an automatic street sweeper that will sweep the streets and load the garbage Into the wagon nil nt the same time. This Is n blow at Jim Stephen- Bens ! dago Industry. Why should Illaiul waste his time in converting Colorado to the free silver cause ? Didn't Slbley convert Colorado only a few weeks ago ? And didn't Warner convert Colorado only shortly before Slbley did it ? Premier Hosebery Is now said to be determined neither to die nor to re sign while occupying the position of British prime minister. Lord Uosebery Is In this respect very much Hko the ordinary otllce holder all the world over. The Board of 1'ubllc Works now pro poses to keep Its records out of the clutches of the lawyers who are trying to turn nn honest penny by lighting spe cial taxes. The board should have put its padlock on the barn door before tha Loreo was coaxed away. There arc several things in the wa > of Don Dickinson becoming President Cleveland's secretary of state. In the first place Mr. Gresham would firs' ' have to retire nnd then Mr. Cleveland would have to offer the position to Mr Dickinson. It Is hardly safe to rely 01 tt contingent contingency. If the lesson of the case against ex Treasurer IIII1 and his bondsmen Is to bo utilized the proper authorities wll Bee that n careful examination Is ninth of the bonds of all state ami local otll cora now serving and assurance hat that none of them are worthies.bj reason of technical defects. If the Sixteenth street viaduct Is dan Borons to the life of people passing over it , it should bo put into a safe condition without unnecessary delay The courts have only recently decldet that the ni I Iron ( Is whoso tracks necessl tnto the viaduct arc responsible for tin expenses of maintaining it in goot order. A man tin. in Hurt county wants tin railroad that passes In front of hi farmhouse to pay nearly $80,000 fo falling to have Its locomotives whlstl when approaching his railroad cross Injr. Thcro are some other people llv lug near railroad crossings who wi oru sure would bo willing to pay th railroads if they would take their whls tics off. THE HILT jvnr msto/ifi s. The jury In tha case ngalnst ex * 'rensnrcr Hill and his bondsmen to ecovor Indemnity for the $230,000 of ( ate money lost In the Capital National mnk failure has been discharged , Imv- njr failed to nrrlvo at nn agreement , 'ho disagreement of the Jury was not vholly unexpected. It could have boon afely foretold before the Jury was cm- aneled. When It became evident that 10 verdict could be reached there wan lothlng left for the court to do but to Isbnud the Jury nnd save the state rom piling up costs. The disagreement of the Jury Is nevertheless unfortunate for the state , t leaves It still doubtful whether the nxpaycrs will be able to enforce the ) oml of the late treasurer or will have o bear the burden of Mosher's steal- ngs themselves. It Is questionable vhother the case is oho that really calls or n jury trial. The chnrgo of the ourt was to the effect that If the bond vere properly executed the state was milled to Judgment upon it. The tes- Imony In the case brought out the fact hat the Instrument was drawn by Hill mil signed by the various sureties vitli the expectation and Intention lint It should be delivered as the otll- lal bond of the state treasurer. It vas endorsed as accepted by two dif ferent governors and Hill assumed olllco and performed the duties of reasttrer with the understanding that hat Instrument satisfied the condition if giving bond required by law before 10 could have qualified for the place. The questions to be determined were solely questions of law and their nppll- atlon to a written instrument , quest ions that are ordinarily determined ) y the court and not by the jury. The lofonse rested Its case principally upon .he subsequent declaration of the failed > ank to bo a state depository , but vhllo the court admitted the depository > oml In evidence provisionally it prac- Ically ruled It out by omitting all Mention of It In Its Instructions. Such H'lng the ease , the state had a right to nslst on the liability of the bondsmen. A new trial may result more fnvor- ibly for the state. The trial Is , to be sure , an expensive proceeding , but where there Is such a large sum at stake and where there are such vital liiestlous at Issue the people look to heir attorneys to exhaust nil reason- ible menus of recovering It COMPEXSATKDMMACWATIOK. . From the historical point of view the controversy over the question whether President Lincoln proposed to certain representatives1 of the confederacy to my ? 100,000,000 to the south as com pensation for slaves If the war could be ended and the union fully restored > n that basis Is interesting. In his lec ture on Lincoln Mr. Henry Watterson stated that at the Hampton Roads con ference between President Lincoln and Secretary Seward on the union side mil Vice President Stephens , II. M. T. Hunter and Judge Campbell on the southern side , early In 18(5.1 , such proposition was submitted to the confederate representatives by Mr. Lincoln. Mr. John Temple Graves of the Atlanta Constitu tion takes Issue with the brll- hint editor" of the Louisville Courler- Tournal and denies that any such prop osition was made by President Lincoln , presenting statements In support of the ; h > nhil from records left by Stephen's , Hunter and Campbell. The controversy thus raised has re ceived contributions from two other distinguished sources Colonel McClure - Clure , editor of the Philadelphia Times , and Mr. Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun. Colonel McClure states that in point of fact both Mr. Watterson and Mr. Graves are In error and says : "Mr. Lincoln made no such proposi tion nt Uio Hampton Itoads conference , and this statement Is made upon Mr. Lincoln's own authority as given to the writer hereof. He made no such proposition because of Mr. Stephens' frank announcement at the opening of the conference that he could not enter tain any proposition that did not em brace the perpetuity of the confederacy. It was this fact , and this alone , that made President Lincoln and Secretary Sewnrd offer no terms or. conditions whatever for the termination of the war , nnd It was for that reason , and that alone , that he made no proposi tion for the payment -100.000,000 to thu south to emancipate the slaves. " Colonel McClure further says that as early as August 18H ( , Mr. Lincoln ex hibited to him a written proposition to pay $400,000,000 , , to the south as com pensation for slaves If the war could bo ended nnd the union fully restored on that basis , but he did not make It public because It would have defeated Ills re-olectlon nnd probably defeated the full fruition of the cause for which so much had been sacrificed. "He would gladly have made the proposi tion to the southern commissioners at Hampton Heads had opportunity been given him to do so , " says Colonel Me- Clnre , "but when the commissioners were concluded against entertaining any basis of peace but the acknowledg ment of the confederacy the president of the union had no terms to offer. " This testimony , together with that fur nished by the records of the southern commissioners , appears to conclusively show that Mr. Watterson's statement Is vrroueons. There was undoubtedly talk at the Hampton Heads conference , as Mr. Dana says , about the possibility of payment for the slaves and the sum of $400,000,000 was mentioned by Mr. Lincoln , but simply as nn irresponsible expression of his personal views on the subject and In no sense nn offer of terms to the confederacy. There Is of course no question that President Lin coln favored compensated emancipa tion. Ho proposed It early In the war and adhered to It to the end , but got little support for the proposition from the country. It will be Interesting in this connec tion to note that the Idea of paying for the slaves appears not to have been original with Mr. Lincoln. According to Cooper's "American Politics" the Idea of compensated emancipation orig inated with or was first formulated \y James B. MclCean of New York , who at the second session of the Thirty-sixth congress , 1S01 , Introduced a resolution Instructing the select committee oC the house "to Inquire whether , by the con sent of the people , or of the Btnte gov ernments , or by compensating the slave * holders , It be practicable for the gen eral government to procure the emanci pation of the slaves In some , or all , of the border states , nnd If so to report n bill for that purpose. " In the follow ing year , March ? 1802 , President Lin coln scut a special message to congress proposlug compensated emancipation , the message concluding with this fervid appeal : "In view of my great respon sibility to my God nud to my country , 1 earnestly beg the nttentlon of congress and the people to the subject. " JL'STll'IAlILK JIUMICIDK. The discharge from custody of Gor don , the man who a week ago killed his wife and her paramour , the son of Governor Brown of Kentucky , raises again the old question of justifiable homicide. The criminal codes In all the states of the union make the premedi tated and wilful taking of human life punishable by the severest penalty known to the law. They also prescribe the punishment for lesser offenses , In cluding unfaithfulness , but the penalty for the latter Is never so severe as that ordained for the murderer. No one , therefore , can be justified in meting out a punishment to nn offender greater than that which he would suffer If con victed under legal forms , and even were death the legal penalty It Is for the public authorities and not the aggrieved citizen to Inflict It. Homicide Is not justifiable simply because the victim has placed himself under the ban of the law. I'mler the theory of our law there Is but one excuse for murder. That ex cuse Is solf-defi'iise. The law of self- preservation dominates all human law. A man In Imminent peril of his life Is entitled to take such precautions as will remove the danger. But even where a plea of self-defense is entered It must be shown that no more violence was used than seemed reasonably neces sary that the death of one or the other of the parties appeared to be Inevitable. But while It Is true that murder com mitted in self-defense Is the only justi fiable homicide known to the law. It Is nn indisputable fact , demonstrated time nnd time again , that no jury will convict in cases where the circum stances appeal most powerfully to the human Instincts of the jurymen. It is practically Impossible to convict a man charged with killing the dcspoiler of his homo and happiness. When the Louisville judge discharged Gordon without trial he simply recognized this undeniable condition. The legislature does not and cannot declare the taking of life under these circumstances to be justifiable homicide , but Juries do and will continue to do so. It Is not uncommon for a certain class of newspapers to assert that there Is no tin pinto made in this country and that the alleged existence of such an in dustry Is groundless. Of course all busi ness men who deal In tin plate know that it is made hero In very considerable quantities , and they also know that the growth of the industry was due to the protection that was accorded It by the last republican tariff law. At any rate this fact Is fully recognized by the tin plate manufacturers of Wales. The London Economist. In a review of the Iron , steel and tin trade of Great Brit ain for the first quarter of the current year , stated that the tin trade was never so depressed MS now , and said that "the cause of this depression' Is the large production of tin plates in Amer ica , which has been greatly f.ivored by the exceptionally low prices ruling for steel billets. The price has been ac tually less In the United States than in South Wales , and In addition to this is the protective duty of about T > shillings per ton. " There Is supplied in this an edifying object lesson teaching that pro tection has built up the tin industry in the United States to proportions that have produced an appreciable effect upon the Industry In Great Britain , and that this result has been attained without Increasing the cost of tiu to the con sumer. Does not this most amply jus tlfy the republican policy. so far , at least , as the tin plate industry Is concerned corned ? A JILOH'AT IMI'KIHA1.1SM. The rejection by the German Itelchs- tag of the anti-revolution bill was a distinct victory for thu people and em phatically demonstrated that in the German empire the popular will must be considered anil respected by thu government. Thu rejected incnsuru was a pet scheme of the cmpt > mr. It was Introduced first during the lucumlwiicy of Caprivl as chancellor and was urged by the government as necessary for the repression of anarchistic conspiracy. At that time there seemed to be somu Justification of It and popular opposi tion was not very pronounced , but with the subsequent subsidence of alarm over the anarchists there was devel oped a general and most vigorous popu lar hostility to the proposed legislation , which steadily grew In force. Tills was fully recognized by the government and whllo It continued to urge the adop tion of the 1)111 ) manifested n waning faith In Its effort * . No measure brought forward since the advent to power of Umperor Wil liam had less to commend It than this anti-revolution bill. It was repugnant to the spirit of the age and Its adop tion would have been a step backward. It proposed what would have been vir tually the abolition of the freedom of the press nnd It also abolished the right of assembly and free speech. It provided that the army and the navy and member of the - every military sen- Ice should bo free from criticism nni imposed a penalty of three years' Im prisonment for milking censorious com ments on either service or any member thereof. Kill torn , publishers and writers wore to be subjected to line and 1m prlsonment for the publication of any thing detrimental to thu public pence under which any criticism of the gov eminent that might nrouso thu peoph to opposition would condemn the anther thor of It to the prescrilH > d penalty. I Is easy to see that such a law wonk havu effectually destroyed the free dom of the press. In short , this bll vns conceived In a spirit of Intolerance nnd In rejecting It the Bclchstng has administered m-ifit-opor rebuke to that spirit which IS W tile greatest signifi cance nn a dciiuinstrntlon of the weight nnd Influence , ofjthe | popular will. It was Baldi some time , ngo that In ho event of'thl' ' defeat of the nntl- evolution blll tlje Reichstag would be Unsolved and nu'uthcr election ordered , but It Is now sAiBgesled that the govern- uont will hariliy' ' Venture upon nn elec- Ion In the prc 'c'iijf. ' state of the popular nlnil , It woiildcln ! profitless to conjee- .tiro . as to wlrnfoourso Emperor Wll- lam will docliW upon. He does not > oar defeat \VV | .equanimity . and It Islet lot to be expox-tcd that ho will give up he struggle for the legislation which 10 believes necessary to strengthen the mperlal power. Harper's Weekly calls the resolution ulopted by the New York legislature nvltlng Canadian annexation an Ill- timed proposition. It says that the iresent time Is especially Inopportune for such action , because while our government is engaged In trying to tvert British Intervention In the affairs > f the American continent It Is the icmo of absurdity for any legislative ) ody to attempt to Interfere in the iff a I rs of n British colony. Nobody In Cnnnda seems to have taken the Now York invitation seriously. When the United States wants to make an an- lexatlon It will not have to rely on a state legislature to act for It. Senator Morgan predicts that , If the lemoerntlc party does not adopt a plat form In favor of free coinage of silver t will not curry n single state In the inlon. It is to be noted , however , that Senator Morgan doe- ; not venture to pro- llet how many states it will carry If It Iocs adopt such a platform. That Is a terse of a very different color. The deatlt of the German anti-revolu tionary bill will doubtless be the cause ) f several important political changes n the imperial government. That Is the difference between legislation In parliamentary and in presidential countries. Tim Itoail tn Victory , I'hllRdelphU Uecord. The republican party , puttltiR resolutely aside all thoughts of a compromise platform and candidate , must take the Held with an uncompromising candidate upon a platform of aound , safe money , as that road only will lead them to certain victory. The common demand of the democracy for a dishonest , unsafe currency , creates the op portunity of triumph for the republican larty ; It Is too sreat a oneto be sacrificed to a straddling platform and a compromise candidate , no matter who he may be. A Vrtvr.ulr < qtW'H licllrriiiiint. OloW-Democrat. The oldest American actor , ChailcsV. . otildock , who IH 'itn American by adoption , Having been bonv In Ixmdon , has Just cele brated his 80th < .btrthday and retired from the staKe. His jpj-pfesBlonal career covers a period of sixjty years , during which lie : > ! ayed with Macr6ady , Charles Kean , Char lotte Cushman nn'd other eminent dramatic lights , but hls 'cr ' atcst personal triumph was "Dunstan Klrke" In Hazel Klrke , which he played. " , fW t'.mes. lie Is known to theater-goers eyerywhcte , and will long be pleasantly remembered. Tim ifirl'rnti'd Terror. Chlcnttjj TJInes-llernld. | Why not preserve the. purity of the lan guage ? LOOSJrrlters ypeak of the bicycle suits as "bloomers. " If they had ? ver seen a real bloomtr.srtnai ? . the kind worn by Amelia , Uloomar . liaok In the llftle.s , they would use some other designation. Tin- original bloomer urb consisted of a skirt of calico worn ( o the knees , with straight- cut piintclettes worn to th ? tops of the shoes. It really was n hldeom garb. Call the bicycle dress knickerbockers , or some other not Inappropriate name , and let "bloomers" go duwn to oblivion. Kivlnsr : < r H Dynpoptlc. St. 1'uui 1'loncer Press. One of those morbid statisticians who live to Invent new miseries for the human race has boon computing th ? number or hours spent by the average business man In the various functions of life. He has discovered that thirty-seven and one-half days of eight hours each are apant at luncheon , twenty-two and two-thirds days at breakfast , nnd forty-live and one-half days at dinner that Is , nearly one-third of the entire year ts spent at the table. And he brazenly mggests that this time might be made doubly prolltable by the employ ment of hired readers , so that he who eats may read by proxy and 1111 his mlrd with current literature and his Inner man with the fuel of Ufa at one and the name time. Itiittllni Aguiitht Mlslity Kvlla. New Yoik Tribune. By the first amendment to the constitu tion of the United States , "the right of the people . to petition for a redress of grlevancjs" Is Inalienably sscured. This right has been often exercised , but never , we believe , on so large a scale as In the casJ of the Woman'H Christian Temperance union , which has prepared a petition over one mile In length , cilllng upon nil civlllzsd governments to prohibit the sale of alcohol and opium. H has already been presented to President Cleveland , and soon the gigan tic document Is to ba carried abroad and taken to the several capitals of Europe. Later other countries are to be visited. The elfectlveness of such a campaign may per haps be questioned. Not so the zeal , earnestness nnd devotedness of the organi zation responsible for It. Tlie Aienncliic < julono. New York Commercial. How are western people to protect them selves against the tornadoes of the end of spring ? Cyclone cellars and the like are useful In theory , but a tempest that gives no time for preparation defies all precau tions. At present the only defense that suggests Itself Is to build strongly In the tornado haunted areas , discarding wood for honest brick and mortar. Hut then , where arc the boundaries of the tornado districts ? They seem to cover almost the whole of the country. According to EO good an au thority as James Fcnlmore Cooper , the windows In the virgin forests of New York and New Kngland tfstllled to both the fre quency and the severity of tornadoes in prehistoric times. It is true that we are not often visited by them now , but why not ? A tornado is nn eddy on the edge of a cyclone. We get cyclones enough , and are often enough on the edges to be vic timized. Our protection Is due , probably , to the rolling country that breaks up the rotary motion of the tornado. I.uiientHtlon of"'liemocnioy' ' * Jrrcniluh. LouUrltlo dAurler-Journal. Mr. Watterson'Ms w.holly out of this pres ent contention. 'FIVe-and-twenty years of hard and thanlrlcssl toll , leading forlorn holies and fllHngiidinpsslble breaches , have , ho think * , earned UUji the right to a much needed respite. If , not to an honorable dis charge. He is. hUlte worn with pioneer work ; going ahead and blazing away , under fire from front and rear. He Is nowlre re- gponslbta for thaipresent , situation. It has come about overflls ) eftort to overt It ; nnd , as no man can , liu expected to accept the responsibilities oT 'leadership when he has no speclllc plan ftnd ran offer no reasonable assurance , let those1 who have and who can , lead ahead.1 and , except where con victions of right . rjd3duty may Interpose , he will follow. As an humle follower , he will still hope and pray , that the worst may not betide , but that"under God , all things shall work to good ends./ even though at this moment he may.flot be able to see a great deal of sunshJntffln that quarter of the heavens which used to be reserved for nn unterrilled nnd triumphant democracy. nn : HTATS TitRAitvnBn'a Crete Vldette : The Hill trial continues to occupy the attention ot the supreme court , but nothing will come of H.navcv court costs and lawyers' fees , all of which the state will have to pay. Captain Hill Is not liable , ( or ho made a legitimate settlement with hit successor In otllce ; anil Mr. Dartlcy cannot be held , for , under the depository law , ho had no alternative but deposit the money In the Capital National bank. This U the situ ation In a nutshell , and this will be the substance ot the Jury's verdict. It U an un fortunate thing for the state , but so la a populist legislature. Blair Pilot : The noted CASO of the state against Hill , now on at Lincoln before the supreme court , Is likely to prove a complete fiasco. The ronr of the state In this matter for the past two years and more amounts tea a "tempest In a teapot , " nnd nothing more. It was apparent at once on the failure of the Capital National bank that the state money therein was as hopelessly lost as it could" be , unless a dozen or more of the chief wire pullers were promptly dealt with. Hill could not possibly bo more responsible than hla predecessor , from whom he received only paper representations ot money supposed to be on deposit , or than was Ills successor , who received and receipted to him for the same sort of accounting , or was Lorenzo Crounse , who approved a straw bond whereby the Interests of a tottering state depository were braced up for the time being. No ono man was or could bo responsible for the loss , and the effort to make It appear that way Is simply an old way of applying tha white wash to a whole gang ot fellows who should have been brought up with a round turn more than two years ago. I'npllllon Times : The great state ot Ne braska Is a chump. U has never yet recov ered a single dollar stolen from It by crooked public servants , and today the scores of thieves who have looted the state treasury In various ways walk the streets unmolested and breathe free air as regularly as their more honest fellow men. Men can even steal the funds set aside for the unfortunate Insane , and the voters of the state applaud the deed and re-elect members of the satno gang to onice. A state oil Inspector dips his hand down Into the public crib , ex tracts a half dozen thousands of money paid by the taxpayers nnd laughs at the boylth efforts of the state to make him put It back again. A Lincoln banker plays horse with the state treasurer , holds him up for a quarter million of the public funds , and the treasurer's bondsmen wink nt the childish efforts of the state to recover the stealings. Perhaps tlio state can go on In definitely putting a premium upon rascality by falling to ferret out and punish public thievery , but a business man wouldn't last long if his principles were no better. The time Is ripe for the appearance of a public Eprvant who will employ the last resource of the state to hunt down and bring to jus tice the man who betrays a public trust and steals the people's money. I'lSIIKUXAI. A.\l > Secretary Morton thinks the Colorado crop of Cherries should be pitted. Don M. Dickinson's whiskers arc waving a friendly salute to the Cuban rebels. A great deal of powder was burned , meta phorically , at the close of the Delaware sena torial contest , but nary a spark Ignited the gns tank. Addicks had considerable fun for his money. Brooklyn authorities , having failed to reach the root of the trolley slaughter by punishing motormen , are going higher up. The presi dent of ono of 'tho companies has been In dicted for manslaughter. Jersey justice has several lirgo blowholes In Its armor. A dispenser of the article , possessed of a modest regard for his health , earned a reputation as a terror to evil doers and $ CO a head for suspending the sentence. ! Charles Lederer , t'ne leader oT western car toonists , Is likely to become a member of the staff of the new Chicago dally which Seymour and Russell will publish. Mr. Lcderer's work on the old Herald stamped him as a cartoon ist of rare ability and an artist of high order. His return to the western press will bo a source of pleasure to a legion of admirers. A Chicago policeman whose chin was adorned with an elongated aurora was shorn of his glory at the behest of a superior ofllcer. The shock to his pride and system , as well as to his friends , was almost unbearable , but the Ignominy did not end there. Dismissal followed. Now the outcast proposes to wrench exemplary damages for lost whiskers from an ungrateful city. U Is a mistake to suppose the editorial minds of the country are w'nolly absorbed In solving the money question and settling for eign wars. Occasionally the cares of state and nation are cast aside and matters of prlmo human concern elucidated. For In stance , here is a Kansas City authority dis coursing cheerily on "The Popular Shirt Waist. " Cool , refreshing , attractive , both sub ject and wearer , and the artistic manner of treatment Implies a master hand in reach and experience. If there Is anything to admire In the cruel , brutal work of a hall storm , the fact Is a profound secret. Not so with lightning. The versatility and quaint capers of I'nat element passeth mortal comprehension. Up In Duluth last week a flash cavorted around a school loom filltd with children , made kindling of the blackboards , wrenched the screws holding the seats to the tloor , fused the steels In the school ma'am's corset and melted the gold filling In her teeth. Heyond the effect of the shock no serious harm was done. The Illinois legislature , sent a smelling committee around among Chicago business men to discover the whys and wherefores of department stores. These blooming rustics from the borderland of Egypt were treated to successive doses of the marble heart , and sought to soothe their wounded dignity by punishing an obstreperous business man for contempt. The state senate tabled the move ment by a decisive majority. A few sane members realized that the rest of the state could not be safely punished for harboring chunks of legislative contempt. The woman's edition of the San Francisco Examiner , the pioneer in the movement , netted $12,120.28. The sales reached the astonishing total of 130,000. The object of the edition was to aid the fund for the erec tion of a hospital wing for Incurable chil dren. Contributions from other sources raised the fund to $23,000. Plans for the children's ward have been completed and ground has been broken for the building. It will be 100 feet long and fifty feet wide , three storks high , with a huge sun room In the center. The building will be completed this year. Early Train .Service Demanded. .Stuart ledger. If we could get the ear of the head push of the Fremont , Elkhorn and Missouri Val ley railroad wo would llko to ask why we can't get a pasesnger train In hero from Omaha before 10 o'clock at night ? If a train would leave Omaha at about 7 a. m. we could get our letters and papers about 3 p. m. , which would bo a great benefit to the business men of Atkinson. In fact , It would benefit every town on the road. With out being too Inquisitive , we would like to ask why the change couldn't be made ? Wo would like to read our Omaha papers the same day they are published , instead ot the nixt. Atkinson Graphic. The Ledger has been preaching this same doctrine for the past three years. What la needed Is a mall train also carrying paa- gel gers leaving Omaha at 3 o'clock a. m and making rapid tlmo to Deadwood. North ern Nebraska Is entitled tp better mall facili ties than It Is now getting over tha Elkhorn line. We think that If the proper pressure was brought to bear upon the postal author ities and management of the Fremont , Elkhorn - horn & Missouri Valley line a better mall service could be secured. Will not Messrs. Ilosewater , Hitchcock and others make a hard effort to bring this about ? Milling Muny Snupl. York Times. James E. Boyd Is missing a great many snaps : The latest Is the editorial chair of the Omaha World-Herald. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report Powder PURE UTAH'S Ann * Chicago Herald : A r.tanct at tlie new con stitution -which Is to be eubmtttcd to the pee * ? le ot Utah In November will suffice to show what a tremendous advance Is In store for womanhood In that territory when It shall become R state. Not only Is the federal stat ute prohibiting polygamy csnfirmcd , but woman suflrago Is established t 0110 sweep. This Is a far cry. surely , from the regime ot rtrlnham Young , and It U not surprising to find the authors of such reforms proposing also to abolish the grand Jury systenn and to reduce petit juries to clRlit. Utah , al ways Interesting us a territory , promises to be even more i : < as a state , Chicago Jnter-Oeean : The Utah constitu tional convention has so far provided for no lieutenant governor In the list of state o Ul cers. The little state ot Delaware has no Jnich nillco as lieutenant governor , and the verdict of the people last fall has been com pletely changed by the death o ( Governor M.irvll. The republicans carried the state In November , but the hold-over senators k > pt the state senate democratic. When Mnrvll died. In March , the democratic president of the senate became governor. Utah should provide for such an emergency , so tlt.it when the people elect oltlclals representing ono uarly or policy there will b ? EOUIC- one to slip In when a governor dies and carry on the work as It was > begun. Chlcigo Record : The constitution which Is to be submitted to the people of Utah In November for their approval or rejection has been signed nnd completed. It prohibits polygamy , as do all the states ; tt provides for woman suffrage , as does Wyoming ; It does away with the grand Jury system , as does Michigan , nnd It dos not provide for a lieutenant governor , In which It Is like Delaware , Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Malno and some other states. U Incorporates some new features In trials by Jury , provid ing for petit juries of eight persons , six of whom can render a verdict , except In crim inal cases , when a unanimous verdict Is re quired to convict. The constitution provides for a school system that Is comprehensive , and If well carried out will give the new atato a high rank In educational matters. The success of the commonwealth will depend largely on the dominant spirit that will con trol It. Woman- suffrage will mean In Utah what It means In no other state , and that Is the supremacy of the church In political af fairs. The population of the territory In 1S90 consisted of 110,103 male ? and 97.442 females , or a total of 207,905. The member ship of the Mormon church Is 1-14,000 , of which nearly the entire number are In Utah. This would give- the Mormon church the ab solute control ot the state , especially with the franchise of suffrage extended to the women of that church. ox's cnnnitr mm : JI.ITCIIKT St. Louis Hepubllc : It strikes us that Sec retary Morton might have mailo two bites out of that Colorado Cherry , but ho didn't. Milwaukee Sentinel : Secretary Morton Is ono of the best letter writers whom Mr. Cleveland has appointed to olllce. Ho never talks unless he has something to say , and he usually puts his facts and opinions In plain languaga , which Is forcible without being vie lent. What ho says about free coinage Is more specific and more effective than any thing Mr. Cleveland has said upon the same subject. TOOTIl&UMK THIVLES , Milwaukee Journal ; A large majority of those who think they need coaxing really require clubbing. Judge : "Why was the bee selected as n model of Industry ? " asked Tllllntihast. "Ue- cause business with him Is always hum ming , " remarked Glldersleeve. New York Weekly : Invalid Doctor , I should not fear death , but I am so afraid of being burled alive. Physician You need have no fear of that with me attending you. Philadelphia Record : niobbs The most utterly friendless feeling In the world Is to strike a strange city nnd not to know a soul. Sloblis Humph ! I guess you never umpired a ball game , did you ? Detroit Free Press : He You can tell a woman's character even by the arrange ment of the tidies on the choirs in her parlor. She Hut suppose there are no tidies ? lie Then she Is considerate. Washington Star : "Ob , my ! " exclaimed the lady , as she gave the tramp on the street a dime ; "wiry don't you , at least , wash your hands and face ? " "The police won't have It , mum , he re plied ; "they'd run me In for beln' on the street in disguise. " Chicago Tribune : "To be sure , James , " said the boy's father. "I shall be glad to see you Join the church and become n better boy , but If you do you will probably lose your Job with that strawberry packing linn. " Indianapolis Journal : "What are your views on the higher criticism , doctor ? " asked tlie Inquisitive passenger. "I am not a doctor , " replied the minis terial looking passenger. "I nm an actor. But ns regards the higher criticism , I fully believe in It. The gang in the gallery knows more about a play than all the newspaper agonlzers on earth. WE'D LIICI3 TO SEE HER. IJoston Courier. In circles where the fashions all Are known and talked of , there are rumors - mors That lovely woman by next fall Will promenade the streets In bloomers. When woman wills she'll have her way. Though she may shortly after rue It ; And all that we have got to say Is this : "We'd like to see her do it. " Of TllK STATK Yorl : Times : The rainmaker will work In Nebraska this mimmer , but ho will work for nothing and hoard himself. Nobody beHaves - Haves In machine made raltt any more ; even the rain fakirs refuse to believe tu It , llohtrcgo Citizen ; The fellow who can lift up his eyes anil behold Nebraska In all her glory these days ami. , not rejoice ( hat ha lives In Nebraska Is devoid ot patriotism , and life Is nothing but a dream as far na ho It concerned. Mlndcn Gazette : The people of Nebraska are mure Interested In raising good crops just now , for which they can got such money ni already exists , than they arc In whooping It up for the fellows who want to boom silver mines at their expense. North Bend Argun : Oinnha Is making preparations for n successful state fair. Slio has completed many arrangements this early nnd will continue In that line. The state fair of 1S05 under the management of Omnha will be n decided Micccss , Western Wave : The crop question In Ne braska overshadows all other questions. A good , full crop of farm products will make tlmo Improve In Nebraska far more than any other ono thing. And the prospects nr now that we shall get It , Virginia Times : The stntc fair nt Oninln tilts year promises to bo A stunner. Lots all go. You can depend on It that you .will ba treated right , ns Omaha Is always to the front In such things. Distance cuts no figure when ono Is out to sec the sights and that's where you can sec them. Ptnnton Ticket : A. II. Dale of Hock county , the man selected as the appraiser ot the property by Contractor Dorgan , Is suffi ciently pliable for nil the purposes of Mr. Dorgan. A man who will sell out the party that elects him nnd then turn his back upon them , tu Gale did when representative from Brown ni-d Hock counties , Is just the man for the Mosher capital ring , Grand Island Republican : The people of Nebraska have great cause for encourage ment In the present outlook for crops , which gives promise of an abundant harvest nnd nn cud to the distressing times through which this In common with many states has passed. Some cf the days have looked dark , Indeed , but the sunshine of our prosperity dawns again and Hie outlook for general revival throughout Iho country , consequent upon the overthrow of democracy , heightens hope * In that direction , and the people have cause to rejoice. Cedar Bluffs Standard : There Is some talk to the effect that the street railway of Omaha will not bo extended to the fair grounds for fe-ar that it would be a losing investment. The people of Omaha , having secured this great show , wo bellevo they have the man hood to live up to every condition , and It the street railway company will not extend the system the business men will do so. It will bo big dollars In the pockets of the Omaha business men to sec that the people who at tend the fair this foil nro well cared for at moderate rates. Beatrice Times : The railroad people have "come off tlio perch" on rates to the state fair and said to the board , practically , make your own terms , gentlemen ; we want the people and * the things there. If It takes every wheel wo have got and wo lose the engine. The Times Is paying more attention to these state fair details just now , because It feels that the success or non-success of a big fair this fall is of vital Importance to the state in counteracting false statements of our condi tion last year and to show that , bad as It may Imvo been , It was only a tcmrorary , ono- yoir matter. _ _ To 1'rotoot tlio Homo Product , Now York Times. Mr. McCarthy of the assembly of Illinois proposes to put that body on the right side If he can of what to him seems a burning question. He thinks It Is a giant evil nnd n monstrous wrong that cltlzenesscs of the United States should expatriate themselves by marrying foreigners. Particularly It suddens him that they should marry titled foreigners , nnd he has Introduced a Joint resolution for the purpose ot warning them that If they pursue that course they can not look for the approval of the legislature of Illinois. According to the resolution the legislature Invites the daughter * ot Illinois not to give their hands In marriage to any person who Is not a native or a naturalized citizen of the United States , nnd expresses Its conviction that the daugh ters of Illinois ought to show themstlves patriotic In their sentiment nnd disdainful of the titles of nobility of any foreigner whatsoever. This amusing proposition was amusingly referred to the committee on federal relations , since which we have not heard of It. TllK aWlHtltS LKAltMtl ) JlAIIHtN lllc rourler-Joumal. "Where are you going , my pretty maid ? " "To Vussar college , sir , " she wild. "Sir , " she said , "Sir , " she said , "To Yassar college , sir , " she said. "May I go with you , my pretty maid ? " -Tls a female college , sir. " she Bald "How may one enter , my pretty maid ? "Solely by Intellect , sir , " she said. "What will you do then , my pretty maid ? " "Take nn A. H. If I can , " she said. "Then won't you marry me , my pretty "Nay ? we are bachelors , air , " she said. "What will you do. then , my pretty maid ? " "I "hall be Master of Arts. " she said. "Then won't you marry me , my pretty "Yolu'lwould be master ot me , " she said. "What will you do. then , irty pretty maid ? " "Trv for a Ph. t ) . , sir , " she said. "Then Ii ( won't marry you. my pretty "Nobody asked you , sir , " she said. "Sir,1' she Bald , "Sir , " she said , "Nobody aslicd you , air , " she sold. & Boys' Suit Bargains. Monday and Tuesday we make a special sale of 2-picce suits at three prices. $2.00 $2.50 $3.00. They are beauties every one of them None better in the world. The $2.00 suh is a Vermont gray , Ox ford mixture ; also a brown mixed cheviot ; _ nicely made up long cut coats. The $2.50 suit is a gray or tan , cassimere or cheviot perfect gems of value. The $3.00 suit is a tan mixed cheviot that ordinarily sells at $5.00 in any other house. These are all our own first-class make not imported for the occasion but goods intended te have sold for much more. As these prices are special for this sale we cannot guarantee ' the assortment to last longer than Tuesday. Ilcliublc Clothiers , S.W. Cor. IStli and Douglas Sta