mm WW FIJIST YE All PliATTSSIOUTII, NEB1USKA, WEDNESDAY EVENINfi, JUNE 20, 1888. XUMUKltS.12 A J si i : r t i 7 - r t GPllV. OFKIGKrvS. Mayor, Clerk. Tri-Kiurcr, Attorney, I'oliiw JuJe, F.M. KHIIKV W K rox JAMM PATTKKHON, JH. - IJVKON t'l.AilK A MAIIOLK . S XIKKOItl V II MAI.1CK Councilman, It ward, i A hamhiiuuv 2nd J A Hill I'M AH ,, : .. j M li Mtiti ilV 4tll. I COH O'CONNOR. if McCai.i.kn. I'rm U W JoHXl M.CllAlKMAJ Hoard Tub. Workup Kkki Goiuikk U 11 llAWKItWoKTH GOUjr'i'Y OKKIGF.liS. Treasurer, iK-pnty Treasurer, - CW-rk. - 1MI1 V ClerK. V. A. Cami-hrix . TliD4. POLLOCK BIKI) Ckitch ri FI.O . KxiCKirciiKiKi.il V. II. Pool . John M. Lkyda W. C. HtlOWALTKK J.C. KlKKNHAIIV A.Maoolk Al.l.KN liKKrtOJf Mavhahd Kri.K C. ltL'IMKLL. Kecorder of leds ' l.rptiiy Herdr rierk of litnot Coarl, Sheriff. Hurveyor. Attorney. Huit. of Tub. School. County Juilxe. BOARD Or tU rEKVIHOHH. A. It. Toi!. Ch'ul., L'IDID Kol.T., A. V. UlJKHoX. Platt-tnioutli Weeping Water Kimwood GIVIG.SOGIKTJ5S. - 1AHS I.ODOK NO. 14J. I. O. K-7Mee.Vj Vf ytt TuilHy eyenli.K of earh week, ah transient brothers are refpectlull luntod to attend. IILATTMOUTH ENCAMPMENT No 3. I. O. A o. F.. ineeu every alternate riday hi each iiionth In Hie Manonic Hall. M.hUiiik jsrothria are Invited to attend. MIKIO LOlHi K NO. 81, A. O. U. W. Meets 1 every alternate Krtday evecInK at K. ol 1 . lull Transient brothers are respectfully iu- vud toatteud. K.J. Morgan. Master Workman ; J'., a. liarto:y. Foreman ; Frank Brown. Over- e-er; I. Uir. (Jiilde; ieoiKe llouswortb. Kecrder; It". .1. ....nson. Financier : W aMl. hmith, Receiver ; M. MayiuiKlU. I " : Jack Iiaiigherty. Inside Guard. rVMI i'fV 332. MODKKN WOODMEN J of America Nfe-t scond and fourth Mon- urot l Iters re reciuested to neet witi iir A. N.wco.ner. Veoerable Co.ihui j ... Worthy AUViser : o'i't - C. Wiuetis, cicra. 1L.TTISrOUTII LOUKB NO. 8. A. O. IT. W. Meets evii' alternate Friday evening at Kockwood hall at b o'clock, All transient broth er are respectfully invited to attend. 1 l.rs.:, M. W. ; Y. Itoyd. Foreman : !. C. Wilde. iictrder ; Leonard Anderson. Overseer. .ATTSMOUTHLODEN0.6, A.F.f A.M. Meets on the firet ad third Mondays of eavb month at their hall. All transient broth t rs are cordially tnylted to meet witlf us. Wm, Hat. Set-rotary. VPIJliASKA CIIAlTKIt. NO. 3, It. A. M. i le seeond and f.mrth Tuesday of each month at Ma-on'ii Hall. Transcient brothers are invited to nu,Ct KTUll . WlTKf p V,'M. Hays. Secretary. rT. ZION COMMADAUV, NO. 5. K. T. r.ut mill third Wednesday niiilit of month at Maso .'s hall. Visilhijj brothers lire, cordially invited to iiieet y. jth us. A iVii. Hays. Kec. F. far W'llfH. E, McCONIHIE POST 45 C. A. R. 1. V. .IOIIISII.1 C S. Twihm F. A. HATRS ;r. nii.k.! 1 1 CN It Y STKK1CHT. MAI-OS 1HXON (IHABI.KS F.)KI ANi'KKKijy Fry f'omi.'iandcr. Senior Vloa " .. Junior , Aujui.-im, ...O. M. Ulttcer of the Iiay. .... " Ouard Sergt Major. Quarter Master Serct. C. Cl'HTll,. Meetini; Saturday evening H.E.Paimer&Son GENERAL INSURANCE ASS US Represent' the following time tried ami tlrc-tcsted companies: American Ceutral-S'. Louis,' Assets Commercial Union-England. " Kir AssoclatloD-Philadelphia. Franklin-Philadelphia, " . Home-New York. " I r.s. C . of Nort'u America, Phil. Li rerpoli London & Olobe-Eug " North UntisU Mercantile-En " Xnvicli Cnloii-Enjfland. t?lringaeld F. A M.-Sprlngfleld. $1.253,1ih3 2.59t!.3U 4.1 15.576 3.117.106 7.S55.K 9 .i:uo2 6.6.W SI 3.378.7 lj.4fi6 3,044.913 Total Assets, 42.II5.?T L3sses Aajnstal enfl Paii attliisAgeney WHEN YOU WANT WORK II OF CALL ON Cor. 12th and Granite Streets. Contractor and Builder Sojt. 12-Gm.- Ij.-W office. r-r-?oiia! attention to all" fiusiueea Eolrust to my care. " XOTARYWOmCE. Title Examined. Abstarcts TompUed, In surance Wriiteu, Heal Estate Sold. Better Facilities for making Farm Loan than Aor .Other Agency, IMattfinoutli, - -XibraUa. THE SECOND DAY. Dakota and Washington Turritoriei Admitted to the Conventiou. A VERY SHORT SESSION TODAY. A Cold and Silver Cayel Presented to the Convention. Chicago, 111., June 20, 11:15 a. m. Special to The Hekai.u. The Tribune and Herald thU morning say the New York delegation is divided, and that at least four of the delegates will not vote forDepew. This is the forecast of all the papers as to the outcome in their dia gram of three days ago. 12:02 The Crowd is collecting slowly, and the convention will be called to or der about 12;00. General Spaulding of Michigan says the aub-comtnlttee on platform has adjourned to 8:30 p. in. 12:20 The convention called to order. 1:30 Committee voted to effect per manent organization, and ex-Gov. Foster of Ohio, read the permanent organization report for platform. The report was adopted on motion of Mackee of Ken tucky. Mr. Estec was made permanent chair man of the convention, making a brief speech, in which lie referred to the elec tion in Oreg'-n of two weeks ago. Roche of Illinois then took the platform and presented a solid silver and gold gavel to the convention. Mr. Works of Illin ois, then presented to the chairman a gavel made of wood from a desk in the old tannery at flalena belonging to Grant, which was received with great applause. 1;43 3r. Payne, of Pennsylvania read the report of committee on rules, reccom mending that Dakota be admitted with 10 votes and 'Washington Territory with C votes. Hoar moved that the report of committee pn rules be adopted with the exception of that relating to fhe election of alternates. Uutterworth, of Ohio, mov ed tljaf the Jimit of nominating speeches be l." minutes aid seconding upeeciies be 10 minutes. His motion was defeated. 1:50 Senator Johnson of New York moved to recommit rule ten to the com mittee, which, motion was withdrawn af ter minutes1 discussion, and Hoar's mo tion to amend the phraseology of rule 10 was defeated. The original report wag then adopted. At 2:0S Senator Hoar of Michigan moved a recess be taken tills p. m. The motion raa carried, and at 3:12 the eon- vention adjaurned to meet at 8 o'clock this evening. Rumored Death of Stanley- Lrtxnov. .Tune lf. A rumor that Ilcnr ry M. Stanley, the African explorer, is dead is in circulation in this city and Paris. There is no news in govern ment or in Congo missionary ciic'es in London or Brussels of the death of Stan- Aaobe Mansion' of Santa Fe. The adobe bouse, or "doby," as it is called, is familiar to all western tourists, but it i Men at its very best hem The wealthiest people live in structures which from the out side seem scarcely habitable, but within are cozy sn4, in many instances, luxurious. Judge Thornton, a tftby rohw owner, has a "doby" bouse near the plaza, or public square. In the center of the building is a square courtyard filled with magnificent flowers, with a fountain in the center. The doors of each apartment in the house open on the wide verand:; tyhu-b runs around the courtyard, and the e!ferl is very charming The wails of the building are near ly three foot in thickness, giving opportunity for deep cushioned window seats. These thick wall fceep out cyjij in the w inter and heat in the tummer. and Un-re tM-a. ttW-TVfore. but two lirepiai-es in the whole bcuso for use in the event of extraordinary severe wisathcr. The d.tr:itKii of the dwelling are such a no find in Atlanta's I'eoi-litroe street homo -ln-aiit ii'i:l n-tiirus and statuary. iui;rtel itj--L- -121-1 rugs, rare bric-a-brac and ot irries -i-vcry thing thnt money -an buy O. our.-, ill ibis nu'tnes the change from tin ii.side ntMitiKpIuTe of ' si-.jiiHliir the u-ori ti-.ikisl Judge T'.iomtOJi's ;o:iie is but tin ' f hundred? f others nwiiud by wualthv ;:. i.mi-i M-.-xiinns or Amorii-ans. wuohuv-Tiii-I iii-re l-'a.i- of this inccniparat.l .1:11.1.0. -.Ailarita foiist::u:i':i The French Soldier's Defects. A French - military writer, M. Da Fletres, in an essay 5n the education of the French infantry, makes some very serious charges against hn French, sol dier. The latter, lie ays in effect, has serious moral as well as physical defects; grossly abuses his officers when out of hearing, is careless and slovenly, has no heart for military service, and, when op portunity comes, jor.ceals all trace of its insignia. Scicntiilc American. Water Faralae in "England. There U an alarming scarcity of water in many of the largo 'owns of Great Britain, and Liverpool and Manchester ero threatened with a water famine. In view of this state cf things it is proposed to bring sea water to be used for baths, ilosets, watering streets, flushing sewers ad extinguishing fires. The scheme meets with much favor. Chicago Herald. A JUDGE SUGGESTS THAT ALL JURIES BE AEOLISHEC SAVE IN CRIMINAL TRIALS. 11 : Idea in K-jrnrd to Civil Viineti A It-ncli of Tlii'.-e JuJi'M-i;viU of tlx rreeut Sy-tem i:xieiiM ai:d lt lay ! Iiukint-MM In the Court. "AVhut in necessary for an efihwious re form of the jury sjbtfnir' Judge JuniitixM win asUeiL 'Thre is only one way; abolish it r.lto ,;ft):-r. It is biisolutely useltvs fur cnythin; !mt to iiu-rca-so and multiply the deluyn am venations of litigation. It U the most ex jKMisive and cuniliei-souio -log in the already (.'umU'r-jiino iiiacliinery of legal juripm lnce. nrct in fi'iinimil -iiss it is un .in-es-sai-y. My idea aljout civil cu-scs is t have them tried by a lciicli of three judges. The :tl vantage of tucii an tirraugemcii1 vouKl U-un enormous saving of exjK-n.-; i. .vouV.l exjjedite the business which the court 1 1 ready have to do, and it would cut dovvii tho amount of litigation 43 ier -eiit. AVhy it i iritorions umoiig the judges n.'-d mem Ik ts of tlic l.:.r that half the suits brought ir !.his county ought not to be instilut.d ut all. and that seven out of every ten that are 'jrotight ought not to In defoirl 1. It is no; the jK-ople w ho doiuund juror.i fv.r tho trial of eiv.l cases. It is the lawyers." "rhy is thatr 'IIo-aiise a jnry is more Fuseeptildg of in iluenee tlian a judge. Decause a lawyer who '.i as a i-ooi- case will caleulate on getting a lisagreeinent if not n ver.!i't, and with that ius nu argumeiit he can force u settlement, in 't l:alf of his client. It is the experience oi -.very judge that when a lawyer hoa n ooi :: ho will not try it before the court, and that whcit lie lias u go4 I ca io he will. If the daiutil? or the defendant is a woman n jury is invariably demanded. She calculates on ihe exercise of blandishments which would lie hicflieacioiw with a judge, but profitable when applied on a susceptible young juror. A lawyer thi:il:s of a jury that he can con vince at leatt one man on it and induce liim to eomo to his way of thinking, and he has just twelve chances with a jury, where he would have three with ft beneu arranged ac cording to my way of thinking. "Another thing about jurors is that nearly every verdict is a gambling verdict. A jury is more apt to render a judgment oa tho flip of a penny than by any consideration of the merits of a case. I have heard jurors say that they have reached a verdict by each man putting dcjw u a Hn1 WMCU added up and divided by twelve. Why, tho whole thing is a r idieulous farce. The comical side of the jury system often Jrnprsifc me. Take a complicated ease involving bookkeeping and involved accounts. Its ramifications are sufficient to puzzle a judge experienced in trying such cases. "What then can bo said of a jury composed of day laborers, whq know no more alt bi-ukkeepiug than I do of steam fitting or ship calking? Or take a case concerning the value or title of real estate, and there are men on the jury wh.d never owned land and never knew anybody who did, and as to tho principle of possession, they doit know the difference between a tit!, and a horse's hoof. I presume that nearly fifty per cent, of the cases appealed are re versed because of the error in instructions to juries. Abolish the jury and you do away with that. Then look at the frightful amount of time consumed in getting a jury, not to mention the expense. First they have to be summoned. Then they must be called in a case. Next they must be examined by the lawyers one by one. Finally thy must' con sider fhplr- Terjicfc. I venture tho assertion that a bench of three judges could try ten eases while a jury is trying one. "As a general thing a jury does not arrive at its verdict from the evidence. The in structions are seldom looked at. It comes into court with a decision which the judges know is, contrary bq the law and the testi mony.' ' 'f hen thd court must either grant a new trial, with its attendant delay and ex pense, or let it stand because he knows a second trial would be but a repetition of the first. So that if the time consumed in fool ing with a jury were computed, it would be found that seven-tenths of the time required for the trial was taken up by jury delays. Still another point to be considered is that with no jurors there would be no cor ruption, and, justice yfiuld be surer, speedier and less costly. Jury servioo is a hardship to many men. In trying common law cases I have had to excuse many mechanics, workingmen, small shopkeepers and clerks, to whom or their families two weeks' jury service would be almost a ruina tion. With juries only in the criminal courts, a man would have to sit on a jury about once in a lifetime. In this busy city many a man has been discharged by his employer because he had to perform jury service. The judges can't stop it. An employer can say he di4 not discharge a man for that reason, but for some other, I have looked at this matter from every standpoint, and I can see only one way out of it. The abolition of Ju ries in civil cases would be of vast benefit to the taxpaying community and honest liti gants, decreasing blackmailing suits and in suring better results. I think there is no doubt that the litigation could then lie dis posed of, and disposed, of easily, by the judges we now have on tho bench. It would give tbem a good quota of work for every day in the year, but it would not be too much.! "The plan you suggest could not be adopted without an amendment to tho constitution, could itr "I presume not, bnt there is no obstacle in the way of amending the constitution. The law has made less progress than any other inz stitution. The grand jury system 'is absurd in this age. The needs which called it into being now no longer exist. The grand jury was created to take from the nobles of Eng land the prerogative of indictment and im prisonment, and for that purpose nothing better could have been then devised. But to say now that a secret inquisition which can smirch a man's character irretrievably on ex parte charges without giving him a chance to defend is a proposition not in harmony with the tendency of the age. A charge be fore a magistrate and a hearing then and there, with an fnierroatkm by the prosecutr ing attorney if the hearing warrants it, is a common sense substitute for a grand jury." "Is there any other way, judge, than the abolition of juries to remedy jury fixingf "Is there any way to prevent murders and burglaries! Jury fixing is a thing that might be decreased to some extent iy strtai punishment, tiut as hanging uoes not pro rent homicides, nor iron bars prevent burg lary, so the punishment of on occasional jury briber would not prevent that crime. As long as there are men to lie 'reached,' and opportunities for reaching them, you must expect jury bribing. Tho only way to stop it is by tho adoption of my plan. The aver age men comxming juries are incapable of sifting' and weighing evidence. Their judg ments aro nivre often the conclusions of the heart than the head, and I have noticed that oftentimes when tho most imjiortantevidcnco is being given in a case from one to six jurors are sound asleep. What sort of qualiiieut'ou do such men jxw-'sess for deciding matters of such vital import as am involved in suits ut lawf Chicago Times Interview, THE FAIR SEX.' Newspaper Chat Concerning tho OaugTi ten of Eve Personal Gossip. Queen Victoria will present a fine painting of herself to Prince 'Bismarck as a souvenir of her visit to Berlin. The fact that Sarah Bernhardt has In her possession 800 unread plays illus trates ono of the sad features of contem porary life. flirs. wiice sin.iw. t::o American w;.: tier, recently whistled for the Prince of Wales benefit, and was personally com plimented by him for her "unusual fa cility in an unusual feminine art." Julia Ward Howe and Queen Victoria aro exactly the 6ame age. They both celebrated their 6ixty-ninth birthday re cently. The former achieved greatness; the latter had greatness thrust upon her. Queen Victoria is quite well posted on Clirrent literature. Every new book of any rominence Is at once sent to her. If "she is attracted lj its title it rea(J to her by some maid of honor in waiting. During tho morning the queen always listens to several columns of The Loqdoo Times. She has a great liking for news papers. The splendid monument to Maria Tho resa, lately dedicated at Vienna, is by far the finest and most costly work of the kind in the empire. The illustrious em press is represented in a sitting posture, her right arm extended and her left hand grasping the scepter. At the four corners are equestrian figures of her four great generals, Daun, Laudon, Traun and Khevenhueller. Tho inscrintiona are simple; on tho front, "MariaTheresa," and on the back, "iSrected by Franci1 Joseph I, 1SS8." There was a Curly haired, baby" raced, bloQdo. young damsel, Ellen Hutchinson, who came to New York city from an in terior hamlet to try her luck as a re porter for the press. A few years have passed since then,, and now her name appeal a on, the title page of the ten oc tavo volumes of the erudite work enti tled "A Library of American Litera ture." The ponderosity o? the work has not crushed her merriment. Iler eyes sparkle as brightly and 6he trips as lightly as of yore. We have learned in these times that it is not necessary for a literary woman to cease to belong to the fair and gentle sex. Before her death Lady Marian Alford left memoranda for her daughter's guid ance in arranging for her funeraL Among other tilings, she wrote: "I think that in this short life too much is given to signs of grief for the departed into happiness. I should prefer no mourning for myself, but I should not like to shock any one's prejudices on this account, and would only set an example as restricting the matter to the smallest compass. 1 think that crape mourning is a cruel tax to the poor; it U expensive and tawdry, and nasty tlie moment it ceases to be fresh, and, therefore, I would wish you to set tho example by not wearing it for me." Consequently, no crape was worn at Lady Alford's funeraL Somebody suggested to Mrs. Cleveland that it must be unpleasant for her never to pick up a newspaper without finding some account of her own doings. "Oh, it does not strike me in that way," she replied. "If the editors think that KXple like to read about me, that is flattering, and it is always done so politely, you know. The president one day said that he believed he would have to let somebody go through the papers that I was to see, and clip out all the articles in which I wa3 mentioned just as they do with juries, I believe, when trials are going on. lie hasn't done it yet, however, and possibly he remembered what I had once told him about a schoolmate of mine. Iler father found that she was in the habit of read ing particularly all the accounts of mar riages, elopements and other sentimental things in the family paper, so he clipped out all the matters of that kind before she got at the sheet. Of course her cu riosity was acutely aroused by such ex purgation, and what did she do but bor row another copy of the same paper from a neighbor, spread out the cut one over it, and read through the holes." The queen of Servia the other day waa visiting a museum in Vienna and per sisted in taking her umbrella into the galleries with her. This the man r.t tho door, who did not know her majesty, in sisted in not allowing her to do, where upon the queen got excited, and told the man who she was. The official refused to beljevo her, and her majesty, who ia not distinguished for the smoothness of her temper, lost it entirely, and gave tho man a 6harp blow across the face. On this he cried out for assistance, and, per haps for the first time in our century, a queen was arrested. TVo axnusctoent of everybody concerned, when they discov ered that the lady of the umbrella was indeed the beautiful queen of Servia, can well bo imagined- Iler majesty, how ever, took the thing in a good tempered, way, and admitting she was very much ashamed of herself for her exhibition of temper, insisted upon shaking hands with the guard of the cloak room, and after making him a handsome donation, proceeded with her Lidy in waiting tri umphantly round the galleries, umbrella, in hand- We earnestly request all of our fiuiidx indebted to us to call at once and utile accounts due. We have sustained heavy loss by the destruction of our I'ruiuh House at Fairmont, Neb., by fire and now that we need money to meet our obliga tions, we hope there Mill not be one among our friends who would refuse to call promptly at this particular time and adjust accounts. Trusting this will receive your kind consideration and prompt attention, we remain, Yours Truly, S0L0LMGN & NATHAN. I Dr. C. 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