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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY APKIL 8 , 1888.-SIXTEEN DAILY BEE. PUBLISH KI > BVKUY MO11N1NO. TKIIMS OP BOIMCUIPTION. l ) llv ( Morning Edition ) including Sunday , For Blx Months . TfirThreo Months . 200 The Omntm Sunday HKK , msllcd to any ail- dress.Ono Year . 300 OMAHA Ormi : . No .MUsn01fl KAUNAM STIIKKT. NKW YOUR Ol-KICK. HOOM8 14 ANI 15 TlUntINK Ilim.tiiNO. WASHINGTON OI-IICE , Iso. 611 FouiiiF.EMii BTIIEKT. . . COHUESrONDKNCK noBIHB8g IKrrKnSi All business letters ami remittances should be nddreiweil to THE UBK I'lniMsniNO UOMrAtfV. OMAHA. DraftB , checks and pojtomce orders to fce n do pnyablo to the order of the company. The Bee Fabling Company , Proprietors E. nOSEWATER , Editor. THIS DAILY MKK. Bworn Slntcnicut ofClroulotloit. BUtc nf Nebraska , I. . County of Douglass , f"1 . _ _ _ , Oco. Il.Tzschuck , secretary of Tlio Bee Pub- llshlnc company , docn isojptnniy _ swear that the nctunrclrcmatlon of the Dully IJce for tha week eflillnff April 8. ! * . was as follows : Saturday , Mhrch 31 flumlay. April 1 Mnndny , April 3 Tuesday. April 8. . . . . . Wednesday. April 4 . VMS' ' ! Thursday. April 5 Yldny. April 0 . , Avorogs OKO. n.T7.SCUUOh. Bworn to and subscribed In my pre ? enco this tth day of April. A. U. . 1SS8. N. 1 FKI U Notart I'ubllc. Etnte of Nchrnskn. l _ Tountyof DotiKlasfl , (8lB ( > Oea. u. Txsehuek , belnKflret duly fworn. de pones and says that ho Is RccrctdO" r't The Hoe rubltuhlnR company , that the accunl nvcrago dally circulation of tne naliy I' o for the month of Mnrcli , 1887 , 14,400 cop'.ts ! for April , 1C87. 14.318 copies ; for May. 1R87 , 14.ST7 copies : for June , lt < 87 , 14,147 ropl a ; for Jul1887. . 14.1U3 copies : for Aujoist , J8W , I4.1B1 copies ! for Pi"plpmbcr , 1BH7. 14,319 ropiosfor October. 1NI7 , 14,333 : for November , atO , lb,2M copies ; for December. lt7 , 10,041 copies ; for Jonunry , 1FW. IC W copies ; for February. 1BS8. Bworn and subscribed to In my presence this M day of March , A. D. IbBd. N. P. KMIU Notarv I'ubllc. A PKT1TION1 Is ulroady bcforo that board of nldurmon just olootud in Oska- loosu , KnitHas , to clmtiRo the name of the town to OsU.ilucy. OMAHA has donned her gingham npron and dusting ; cup nnd is already beginning the spring denning. By nnd by , uftor she has got through scouring her streets nud : illcys , a man will be flblo to sec his own reflection la the pavement blocks. SHNTATOII UEAQAN , of Texas , has drawn a salary from the public since 1838 when ho wns surveyor of public lands in Texas. A democrat who has led at the public crib for fifty consecutive years would draw bettor than the lamented Jumbo did in Barnum's hippo- TIIKUK was a hitch in the Denver celebration over the completion of the Fort Worth & Denver railroad , which has thrown a damper op tha whole af fair. Under an Invitation to attend the International Range convention a train lonil of cattlemen from Texas cumo up to extend the right hand of fellowship to the Colorado cattle-growers. As it was , the International Range conven tion turned out to be a dismal failure , and the Texas visitors three hundred strong were very much disappointed. To the Texas peqple , it appears plain on the face of it , that the Colorado cattle men have no deiiiro to join with them in the formation of a union of range in terests. What effect this snub will have on the business relations between Col orado and Texas remains to bo seen. Tnn senate having passed a bill pro viding for the celebration at Wash ington , in the spring of 1889 , of the centennial of thu constitution , no doubt is entertained that the measure will go through the house and bo approved by the president. It is a patriotic purpose that commands itself to till citizens , ami the universal desire will be that it shall bo made as compluto and memor able as possible. It is contemplated to invite as guests of the United States at the celebration representatives from all the Central and South American repub lics , the empire of Brazil , tlio dominion of Canada , and oven San Domingo and Hayti. As all these states will un doubtedly sand representatives there is every reason to expect that the occa sion will ba one of the most notable in the annuls of civilisation. Tnn outlooic for the iron trade this year does not appear to bo very prom ising , and it is fuarod that a great many people employed in this industry may' ' bo compelled to lie idle during much of the year. The very large pro duction of last year loft the market with heavier stocks than usunl at the end of the year , and as tlio demand thus far in tlie current year has been light and prices are consequently do- grossed , manufacturers are not disposed to actively continue operations. Two xtoiiAivo iron firms nt Pitl&burg sus- i nded payments yesterday , and it will not bo surprising to hear of others as the season advances. The situation of the iron trade foreshadows a general industrial dnnre-snion , which would not bo exceptional for a presidential year , "but which may bo aggravated at this time If congress does notmako adequate provision for reducing the revenues ol the government and disposing of the 'surplus. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Till ? death of Mr. Joseph W. Drexel of Now York , a few days ago closed a llfo that was lllled with nigh and churl table deeds. Mr. Drexel was not only i banker and millionaire , but ho also com blued the qualities of n philanthropis nnd u patron of art and music. Hostrovt to hotter the condition of the people about him by economic schemes. Fo some years ho maintained at his owi expense cheap colTco houses to bunefl the deserving poor of New York city TIe sr-ld coal nt less than half price V alleviate the distress of that city. Hi " bought 0,000 acres of land in Missouri divided tlio land into sma'.l farms and sold thorn to worthy colonists on twelve years' purchase , the annual paymon not averaging moro than n fair rert As a patron of art and music , ho cstab llshed schools , endowed galleries am in other ways fostered the cultivation o the fine arts. Mr. Drexel was the idea American , gentleman who coinbinci vrithin himself .thoio attributes whlcl fiau.de him uuivcrsally honored. A Conl ConlumorV Combination. There has been organized In Chicago a company which may bo the example or numerous o.hcr ( similar organku- iolis in the west nnd northwest. It is i coal consumers' combination intended o enable its members tt obtain tholrconl at the cost of laying it down in Chicago , ) lus incidental expenses , therebyolTcct- ng n saving of from two to three dol- urg n ton on anthracilo , which is the only coal the company will handle nt iresont. The capital stock of the com- mny Is twenty thousand dollars , und It s proposed to issue two thousand shares of stock nt ton dollars a share. Each share of stock will entitle its holder to > uy from the company's supply ton tons of coal each year. The company will purchase at the mines , or in the most advantageous ntirket , such an amount of coal as is opresontcd by the stock subscribed for. Should there bo n surplus in excess of .ho wants of stockholders it will be sold nt the discretion of the board of direc tors and the profits placed in the trcafi- iry , to bo applied ns dividends when deemed expedient. The prlco of an thracite coal in Chicago during last winter xyas advanced to between nine and ton dollars. It lu estimated that coal can bo had by the stockholders of ibis company at not to succeed flvo dol- > ars and a quarter per net ton. to which would bo added for the first year the : ) ricc of the stock , ono dollar for each .on of coal. Had such a company boon , n operation in Chicago last winter the saving to its stockholders in the cost of coal would have boon from two to over three dollars a ton , and thq gains of the coal barons and Ihoir allies , the middle men , would have been that much loss. The experience of the people of the United States , nnd particularly of the west and northwest , during the past low years , as a consequence of the mo- mpolistio policy of tho-anthracite coal combination , demands some eiTort on their part for relief. They have vainly lioped for legislation that would put a restraint upon the power and the greed of the Pennsylvania coal barons , and the chance of any redress or protection in this way seems as remote as over. Only a few weeks ago the anthracite pool determined to continue for 1838-9 the policy that has proved so profitable to it during the past two or throe years. Prices are to bo maintained , and the production will bo limited so that they can bo maintained. This policy resulted during the past winter ; in a great deal of sulToring. In many localities of the west and northwest the supply of coal was insniHciant , while thpro were many thousands of families that could not afford to pay the prices for this fuel. Tlio organization of companies such as that in Chicago would give direct relief from the exactions of the barons and the middlemen only to these who could become - come stockholders in them , but the gen eral , effect could hardly fail to be bene ficial. Now is the tlmo for consumers to unite for their protection , under some such plan aw that of the Chicago com pany , against the promised exorbitant prices for coal that will prevail next winter. A consumers' coal company in Omaha would doubtless have little dilll- culty in disposing of stock on the basis of the Chicago company , nnd there is quite as much reason for suclt an organ ization here as there. Naturalized Americans Abroad , Again is the govern inont of the United Slates called upon to assert the principle that a person born in a foreign land , who by naturalization has become a citizen of the United States , is thereby absolved from nil responsibility or obli gation to the government of his native country and is everywhere entitled to the full protection of the government of his adopted country equally with the native-born citizen. This American principle has been so often asserted , and so far as wo are aware always suc cessfully maintained , that it might be supposed no European government would now call It in question. The second war with England was brought on by the claims of thu British govern ment that British-born citizens natural ized in tlio United States might be hold for military duty the same as if they had not foresworn their r.llogi- ancc. English men of war took Ameri can citizens of British birth from Amer- can vessels and hold them to service in English vessels. No nation lias claimed this right since the war of 18112 , and American seamen , whatever their na tionality , have been in no danger of imprisonment , but thorn has boon re luctance on the part of several European governments to concede that the act of naturalization annulled their claims upon a man for military service. They have been disposed to hold firmly to the principle , "once a subject always n sub ject , " which with no loss persistence our government has combattod. Wo do not recall any cnso in which it has failed to carry its point. The latest attempt to violate the American principle is on the part of Franco , the last country of which such a , proceeding would be expected. John Fouchier , u native of Franco , became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1880. Some time ago ho returned to Franco , where ho was arrested and en rolled in tlio army. lie invoked the uid of the goveraot of Nevada , in which state ho resided , und the governor re- furred the matter to the department ol state. The American minister to Franco was instructed to demand the release of Fenchtor. The reply of the French minister of foreign affairs was u piece of diplomatic subterfuge , He btatod that the minister of war regarded the claim in bohulf of Fuuchior us rais ing a question of personal status which the civil courts alone wore In n position to settle. lie announced thai the man could be struck ol ! the military rolls only upon the production by him of n judgment issued by a French court of justice and recog nizing in him the status of a foreigner , The absurdity of this position is obvi ous. The United States has no means of obtaining the decree of a court de clared to bo nucchsnry by the French minister , und if this uocessity Hould bv admitted by thu American government France iniyht with entire safety ; > rrost and enroll in tlo army any i-ii'r..iiu i > l .the United Status , tialivc'born or nat uralized. ' ' . v Of course- cur govornmunt will not admit any such preposterous claim as that n citizen of the United Stntos , arbi trarily deprived of his liberty nnd his rights by n foreign government , can find redress only through tlio courts of such foreign government. It will not concede that the French or any other foreign government shall bo permitted to select its own tribunal and its own method of procedure for do- tcrmlning the rights of an American citizen. The question involved is to bo settled by the principles of interna tional law. with which n court of jus tice has nothing to do. It is impossible to say with what degree of firmness Scc- etary Bnyurd will lilslst upon the American principle in this cnso , but , ho opportunity affords bim a chance to show the country whether ho really 'ools ' that solicitude which an Amorl- ciui secretary of state should fool for the protection of American citizens in for eign lands. electricity na n Motive 1'owor. The most exhaustive investigation of olcotric motors which has boon pub lished by this country Is that recently presented to congress from Captain Grifiln of the engineer corps. Captain rlIlln's report deals especially with the subject of electricity as a motive [ lower for street cars. It was made in response to the demands of the commis sion era of the District of Columbia , and with a view to deciding upon the ques tion whether such motive power should bo permitted oiu the streets ot Wash ington. Captain Griffin sums up the various arguments pro and con in n statement that the advantages of electricity as a motive power in comparison with ani mal traction are moro rapid transit , better service , cleaner slrcotH , smoother pavements between the tracks and rails , less noise , loss obstruction on crowded streets , loss liability to accident , fewer repairs to tracks and pavement , and diminished cost of maintenance and operating expenses. Against this he states as the current objections to electric , railways firht , cost of the electric plant , the fact that horses fre quently take fright nt the cars and the insulllciont development of the differ ent electrical systems. According to Captain Griflln , the dangers from wires of electric railroads , whether overhead or undergroundhave been greatly exaggerated. Ho insists that there is little danger from under ground wires if the metallic circuit is complete , and that as a rule overhead conductors carry too low potential to en danger life. Alter a thorough investiga tion he gives it as his opinion that the development of different electrical sys tems has advanced sufficiently to insure the success of roads properly con structed , and notes that twenty elec trical railroads are in operation in this country , twenty-one under contract and that fifty-four are projected. "A careful review of the recent developments in electrical railways , " says Cap tain Griffin , "must convince any un prejudiced investigator that the electrical motor is now beyond the experimental stage and well established in practical commercial domain. In other words , it is an uncontrovcrtablo fact that electrical energy offers a much cheaper and far more satisfactory motive power for tramways than cither cables or horses. There are about 25,000 street cars in use in the United States which require 120,000 horses for their operation. About one-fifth of these , or 24,000 horses , are moro or less disabled annually. In addition to the saving of life which its introduction would give , electricity will give a brilliant light to the cars , ring the alarm boll , signal the driver , and can even be madeto heat the coaches. In concluding his report Captain Grillin suggests that in largo cities no overhead electrical conductors her por- mittcdbut that such conductorswith duo precautions , may bo allowed on subur ban lines. He adds that no line should bo permitted to bo constructed which is not supervised by competent persons outside of the company in order that the slip-shod methods of constructing electrical power lines which have resulted elsewhere in seri ous and fatal accidents , nnd which have brought this motive power into disrepute , should not bo repeated to the public detriment. Ho also suggests that the speed should not bo allowed to exceed ton miles an hour within the city limits. Tills report , which has been published by order of congress , is filled with valu able scientific information and cannot but bo of general interest to all munici palities where reform in the uresont method of slow transit is contemplated. A I'UOMINKNT contributor to the last number of the North American Jtciicw gays that the United States has too many holidays , which will ruin the country by diminishing the working time of all laborers. Ho supports his assertions by countjng the number of public holidays observed , and finds that "working people waste during the year nearly three months of time. " An argu ment of this sort is both shallow and ab surd , No one holiday in the United States is universally observed by the laboring masses , and oven if it were , it is absurd on the face of it to say there are nlnty of suon holidays in the course of a year. The tvuth of the matter is , that the United States has too few holidays in which the working classes can find relaxation. In this respect the people of the old world are bettor off. Even in an active commercial country like England the people celebrate as national holidays not only historical but religious festivals which swell the number , and no English statesman fears the ruin of that country inconsequence , But articles of the above sort may ue written until the end of time without convincing anybody that holidays are harmful. Wo all fool as if there was an overproduction of good things in this wotld , but that we have not the time to enjoy the in. Tim fact that several women political clubi for campaign purpo&cs have been sot.on foot it ) some of the eastern cities may btriko the American 'people as rullioi' funnydud novel as one of the ! > e < iuar ! ! features at the coming preai- dcnUal can.-ass. Bui it is n matter of listory that for many years English women , and ospoctplWalndioS of rank , inve taken nn ncBv'p Jpart in politics. Women like Mr. * pfiulstono , who is resident of the wortiin's Liberal nso- iinlton , work togoHrcnvith the men in political mnttora , a/irHavo / been able to control votes. ILU Iiot nt nil uncom mon for Indy'this or baroness that lo l > eddle tickets nndy-inivnss votes at the polls. Thd womlcAin that nt o.vOitlng elections the voting clement treat these ladies with sd much respect nnd good nature. However , when it is re membered that once upon n time the auchcss of Devonshire traded a kiss for a vote , the recollcctlonsof the gallantry may have a great deal to do In marking the place of women in the affections of an English voter. Tun little sign , which moots the eyes of all travelers ot sleeping cars , Inform ing thorn that the company will not bo responsible for money lost or stolen on the car , will have to bo taken down nnd used for kindling. The courts of Now York have decided that question by a decision just handed down by the court of common pleas. By this finding it is settled that the sleeping car company Is responsible for money lost by passeng ers while asleep , and that it is the duty of the porter or the conductor to be on guard constantly nnd keep watch of the sleeping passengers. The plaintiff is not bound to prove more than enough lo raise a fair presumption of negligence and of resulting injury to himself. And if the porter goes to a forward compart ment of a sleeping car to black the pas senger's boots , and leaves no official on guard , it is a fair presumption of negli gence , and a cause for recovery of dam ages by a passenger. TURKU is no encouragement for the advocates of commercial reciprocity be tween the United States and Canada in the vote of the Dominion parliament yesterday on a question involving this policy. A proposition for unrestricted reciprocity was defeated by a majority of fifty-seven in a vote of 101. The fact that there wore wore sixty-seven votes in favor of the proposition doubtless shows that progress has been made by the supporters of commercial reciprocity in Canada. It is not at all likely that anywhere near so many votes would have been given in its favor a year ago. But it is evident that a great deal of dis cussion and work will yet bo necessary before the policy is accepted by a ma jority of tlio Canadian people. Com mercial reciprocity between the United States.and Canada is still very remote. THE Nebraska state board of trans portation , which is1 in'vestigating the competency of the now engineers em ployed by the Burlington & Missouri , has decided to -theinvestigation ! n wider scope. A careful Inquiry into the cause of the slrlfco as well as its effects npon business is to bo my.de. The testimony of railroad experts and leading merchants through the state is to bo taken. The wliolo inquiry is to be embodied in ropotstrlHch Js tobe a ropotst - \ ub- mitted to th'o'nexf legislature. The report will bo referred to the commit tees packed by the oil room cappers and pigeonholed. Ai/rnouoit the United States has a treasury surplus , there is no authority or precedence that it should bo reduced for the purchase of works of art for the city of Washington. It is a nice com pliment indeed to the memory of Leif Erikson , the Scandinavian explorer , who , it is claimed , set foot in America long before Christopher Columbus saw the light of day , for Miss Maria A. Brown to be willing to make a bronze statue of him. But she should ask some philanthropist of Washington to con tribute $60,000 necessary to immortalize the Norseman instead of importuning congress to tax the American people for the proposed monument. VOICE OF THE STATE 1 RE8S. The York Times thus speaks on the far mer's trust : "Nothing can protect the far mer from the monopolies aad constantly mul tiply trusts but thorough organization. This is not us impractical as tuny bo supjwscd. The ICniuht of Labor organization Is found in nil sorts of the land , and is btrong , Influ ential und powerful everywhere. Cannot the farmo rs organize as thoroughly as they } What is to prevent n combination so power fully cemented together , so thoroughly or ganized and so systematically managed that its excctivo board can absolutely control tbo prlco of nil products ] If it were desired at any time to hold back the crop in nny section of country or to keep out of market any particular arti cle arrangements could bo made to furnish monuy to the owners of the products until such time as it should bo doomed profitable to dispose of It. A farmers' union could do this just as well as n trade's union , and the time would soon come when an order from the executive board to hold nny crop for n certain prlco would inaku it worth the spocl- lied price at onco. An organization of this kind in thu states of Illinois , Iowa , Missouri , Kansas nnd Nebraska alone could absolutely control the prlco of corn. The farmers pro duce it and they have the fight to say what It should be sold for. " , The Hloomlngton Justice commenting on the strike , indulges in this philosophy ; "Six weeks of tlio Burlington strlko have now passed. The coinpauyis PnMtled to all the glory of along , vigorous tight , if there bo any glory In It. Thu company has sustained n direct money lost of about 1,509,003 , It has iullicted a loss on the no/thwcst amount ing to many millions of dollars. This has fallen' ' ( nest severely on the merchants along its line who have been Its regular patrons. It has besides permanently lost the patrpuugo of merchants who have begun to ship over other lines and not likely tochango back without cause after the trouble Is over , In rottirn for all these Immense losses on itself and others , what hns the Uurllngton gained , or what nt most can it gain ! If successful it will save in en- ginccra wages perhaps $15) , < KH ) u year. At this rate it would take ten years to compensate - sato for losses to date if tlio road could to morrow resume completely the immense business which It was doing bafore the trou ble begun "Tho strike of the brick and stone masons nt Omaha , " say * the Fremont Tribune , "is a most unfortunnto thing for that city. There are n number of line structures In course of croctiou which have been brought to u stand- Blill and the material growth of the city par- oiyzud iu , the very beginning. It looks v ry iijuch as if the oi.wu * were akji ! too iccch. They wtnl < Jl50 per ( Jay of eight Ijours work , wMib ui'/.es \nryi \ edditional cosl vs. the ti..liloo. ! Alu& v/bft are ou a strlko one-third ot their tlmo nnd only want to work one-third of the hours the rest of the time , nro n detriment to themselves nntl to the public.- Business men III mo t depart ments of trade work twice as mimy hours us they tin , nnd twice ns hard , and no complaint is heard. " On one of the Important questions of the hour , the Norfolk News elves down this bundle of lo lc : "Ono man's rights leave off Just when another man's begins. Every man who thinks ho rnn sing nnd wnnts to has n right to slut- , but wo nro decidedly of the opinion that it is not exactly an fnlt for n crowd of follows who form about ns good n musical combination ai lath hi the hands of n small boy and a paling fence , and wlio.no voices harmonize as well n * those of a town cat nnd a pig , to innlto night hideous with their warbllngs when their fellow citizens nro trying to sleep. A ledge In some vast cooler would have a beneficial effect on their vocal powers. " The Grand Island Independent , In exultant glee , looks through Its telescope nnd discov ers that "In Omaha , which * has Its separata city organization , a lively election hns given power to a democratic mayor and a ilomo- crntta council. This result of a municipal election encourages the excitable imagina tion of the Omaha Herald to see In the dis tance the fata morgana of n grc.it political victory of the cvor hopeful Nebraska dcmoc racy In the next fall elections. As they have to feed on hopes exclusively , wo shall bo glad to see thorn get of this article all they can possibly lay their hands on. " The Wood nivcr Oazetto Is opposed to monopolies In glory as well as In other things. It says : "Senator Mandcrson is proposed as n delegate at large from Ne braska to the national republican conven tion. Senator Mandorson would bo n very creditable representative of the state In such n gathering , but ho can well afford to lot other men enjoy the distinction. Ho already enjoys the highest honors the state .of Nebraska can confer upon him , and should be willing to give other worthy men a chance for glory on a smaller scale. The Beatrice Democrat , in nnsivering the Fremont Tribune's question : "What has the democratic party done for Nebraska ! " says : "Well , among other things , it hai kept Mr. Ellis Biorbowor , n prominent re publican politician and son-in-law of Jim Boyd , member of the democratic national committee , in the ofllco of United States marshal. Of course the party Is deserving of censure for this sin of omission , but we are willing to stand most anything to help out our friends and relations. " The Wymoro Union , doubtless remember ing the election of two years ago , indulges in tills grim pleasantry : "Tho report has gained circulation that Hon. Church Howe will move from his Nemnha county homo to Hastings , where his headquarters arc as manager of the Missouri Pacific lines of Ne braska. The Union sincerely hopes the ru mor unfounded , as it would like to see Church remain lu the First district. He is needed here. " The Fremont Tribune muses , ou the can dor of insurance -agents , in this language ; "The people of Nebraska last 3'car paid the insurance companies doing business in the statoover$700,000 premiums in excess of the losses by fire. Hero In Fremont tlio insur ance agencies try to catch gudgeons by put ting up the rates ou the nlea of poverty. It's a pretty thin excuse for bleeding property- owners. " The Oakland Independent , aflnr reading the returns from over the state on the recent city elections , consoles itself in this way : "It seems , from reports , that a majority of iho towns in thi ? pa.rt.of Nebraska have voted iu the saloons. One of two things is truo.elthcr the temperance people have gene to sleep or they have done the right thing in the wrong way , " In presenting the name of Senator Miklo- john for congressional honors In the Third district , the Nance County Journal distinctly says : " \Vo notify the balance of the Third congressional district that Nance county docs not intend to be ignored in the coming campaign , " Outside of the preferences for local candi dates in different parts of the district , the general expression is for Dorsey , who will probably have a largo majority of the votes in the convention from the first , says the Wayne Herald. The Ouster Loader has the namoi of live farmers who have given notes to the amount of $2,250 to Bohemian oat swindlers. The Leader is forced to admit "that the fools of the country are increasing. " The Ashland Gazette finds that ns Ashland is situated midway between Omaha and Lin coln , tlio congressional convention of the Big First should bo hold in that town. The North Bend Flail objects to calling the Third congressional district convention so early in the campaign. "A six months cam palgu comes too high , " it says. With tlio few days of sprint ; weather the papers pf the state have taken up the burden of llfo again in demanding that the Fourth of July bo properly celebrated. The Superior Journal Insists that tree planting in Nebraska is of more importance than politics , and urges every person to plant trees on Arbor day , The Albion News is boosting Lornn Clark as a "man peculiarly fitted by nature" to at tend thu Chicago convention In the cap.icity of delegate at largo. The McCool Record nominates Hon. Will iam Loose for re-election to the ofllco of attor ney general , but fears the railway influence will defeat him. Dozens of papers are calling upon Gover nor Thayer to marnhal the police and drive the "PInkorton devils out of the stato. " The Wahoo Wasp is attempting to boom Patrick Egun for congrcswinuii In the First district. The Scward Hr-portor fuvorn early conven tions to nominate congressional candidates. * Con It ! ' IVdlfjrro. jUfllllCflporfd Ttlbwif. Wo look for Mr. Bennett to provo that Mr. Gould's maternal grandmother stole soap grease from hsr iicavnsb neighbor , and then borowcd ashes to make the necessary lye , Donnelly 10 lieely. t'litcatiu Trlinmr. My Dear ICrolys Don't part with the Bccrot of your motor for less that f J.50 per copy , cloth binding. Fraternally yours , I. DOXXKLI.Y. Worse Than a "Hi.'ali. " /Jailor Globe. The "Q. " strikers are orderly men , but they do not recognize the authority of the Pmkertons. A man who will shoot striking employes at BO much per dium is much worse than a "scab.1' Camot'a Euatcr Clitcsiuo Pi'civi , The ? IViatlon in Franco : President Carnet sent Gcni'tal Uoulungcr an easier egg , The general placed it in an incubator labeled "public opinion. " From It wag hatched a crisis. .Mr. 1'owdurli ' I'lan. And now Mr. Powderly , who has been convinced for youn. of the futility of strikes to attain tliu objects sot forth in th s prinvi- pltisof the oruanlzaUon of the Knights of Labor , has at length formally appealed w the onler to outer upon the work of oducat- jnR'lts members to u better knowtedgo pf .tUo true relations , ot labor and capital and Of workingmcn'A organizations to the Indus trial dorelopm'cnt ot the nalkmnl resources. No one knows so wall as tUO general master of the knight * how dlQlcult nnd how slow and tedious of accomplishment must bo the task which he thus proposes. t The Itebel Orator. Wo do not wonder that the Pall Mall Qn- zctto asks : "Who n the rebel orator to-day I" after rending the speech of John Bright at tlio Clmmhcrlnin reception. If Hrlght did not Invlto Canada to cut off from the empire nnd sock admission to the United Stntos , lie nt least made tt apparent that lie would not take the trouble to oppose such n scheme. Wyoming ; Oil Notes. Lvxunn , Wyo. , April Correspondence [ of the 13nnJ As boring progresses nt the cast end of the Wyoming oil Hold , the Indica tions and great depth of sholu tend to show that the oil sand Is reached at n much greater depth than nt the west end where the sand li nbovn the sholo. If this should prove true generally then the I.nmlor wells will , In this respect , bo identical with these in the vicinity of Oil Creek , Pa. , while the deeper wells of the IlattloMinko region may tnktt rank with the Washington county , PH. . gushers. On Heaver crook , In Fremont county , two weeks ago Jured Session * found nn oil spring yielding nn amber colored oil that burns in nn ordinary korosino lamp without any rellnlnc , There is a similar grade of oil at Smith's Ferry on the Ohio river below Plttsburg which has boon used for years. A party of oil prospectors Is being made up nt Oirnrd , Pa. , to make a tour through Wy oming in May , GIrard is 0:1 : Lake Krlo , the homo of the late Dan Itlco of circus fame , and of many wealthy oil producers. Forty acre * on the south fork of Powder river , containing n rich oil surlng , sold for $2,000 cash last month. II. Morcton , of Denver , wus the buyer , The recorder's ofllce of Uiittlesnuko dls- trlct is doing iiulto a land oUlco business In transferring oil claims. Two rigs nro contracted for to go up In town 33 , ranges S3 and SO , In Uattlesnako dls. trlct. ai soon as teaming will permit the hauling of boiler and angina. There is no diminution of the flow of gas at the tihoshono wells. A bed of astestos ns flno as that of Corsica , has como to light In the Sweetwnter range. It Is a line dellcato llbre , white und silky. The nnclonts wove this material into cloth , and to clean garments made of it , threw them Into the Hro from whence they came out puritled. Ashes from the funeral pile were also preserved in It. Tlio coarser grades of woven nsto tos nro extensively used In both Europe and tills country for tire proof drop curtains in theatres , und has been introduced for Hrcmeh's clothes. A very large trade Is also carried on in this material for paints and steam packing. HOW THEY VOTE IN AUSTRALIA , Points lu Which It Differs From the American Plan. Australia is a vaguely known laud and the citi/.ons of free and progressive America , accustomed to consider them selves ' 'ahead of all creation" in every thing , are not prone to look to the smallest of continents nnd the youngest of civilized peoples for advice in matters - tors of social or political conduct. Yet Australia , though it is a province and not a nation , and though it began its social existence as a colony for exiled criminals , and though it is situated at the remote and uttermost end of earth can teach s > omo things of importance to the great republic. Perhaps the "Australian system" of voting at popular elections is not en tirely free from objectional features , but unurejudiced consideration of its chief features must result in an acknow ledgement that it is successful in doing away with the most glar ing evils -of tho"American * sys tem. " Suppose , for inettlnce , " that to day Kansas City were Sydney , New South Wales , Australia , and that you were a properly authenticated voter. Your name is on the registry list with out your having put it thero. The gov ernment has sent around canvassers , sworn to honesty , who have visited every house in the city to obtain lists of the names of duly qualified voters. By this means few errors are made that arc not easily rccti lied. When you go to vote you give your name and address to the sworn polling clerk. Ho refers to the registry list and hands you a card bearing the num ber of your name in the list. You pass into nn enclosure and there moot an other sworn polling clerk , who hands you a voting ticket printed by govern ment authority , at government ex pense , nnd bearing an oIHcial stamp and number. It contains the names of all the duly qualified and regularly nomi nated candidates , of all parties , in alphabetical order. You then go into a private compartment with a swing door. whore there are rod chalk pencils , nnd cross of all but the names you wish to vote for. Then , with your folded bal lot , you pass into the presence of the sworn supervisor and the sworn judges one representing tbo candidates of each political party. The supervisor sits in front of a table on which is a largo heavy iron box locked and sealed. Ho satisfies himself from the outward ap pearance of the ballot ns you drop it in to the slit that it bears tbo olllcial stamp , though it would not ho counted if it did not. You have voted. The polls close at 4 o'clock. The boxes arc opened in the presence ) of the proper olllcors and the result is soon after made known. There as no ped dling of tickets. The government prints the only voting list that is ac cepted. "llulldoning" is unavailable becauno it is iniosiihlo | ) for anybody except - copt the voter himself to know how ho has voted. Ballots accidentally spoilt by tbo voter may bo exchanged for others , the suporvisorcarofnlly preserv ing the damaged sheet until after the count. "Ballot-box stuHing" is simply impossible , The ollh'ial stamp impressed - pressed upon the numbered ballot Is dilturont for each election and tbo seal with which it is made In not perfected until the morning of election. Miscon duct on the part of supervisors , judges or clorkb Is punished with two . "Heelers" yours in the penitentiary. and "ward-workers" are unknown about tlio polln , This Is the system of voting originally used in Australia und now , with some slight modifications , in vogue in Great Britain. Don't .Mind Ale. The millionaire wnb dying and all the weeping relatives had gathered around his bed to hoar his hint words. Pres ently ho raised hib head from tlio pillow nnd 'glancwl about liim. Then ho foil buck , and , to the amazement of all , laughed merrily. ' 'Don't mind mo , " ho chuckled , after ho had partially suc ceeded in controlling his mirth. "I was only thinking whiit fun nil of you would have trying to break my will , Hush the funeral so as to got rno out of the way , and then wade in and enjoy yourselves. Sorry ] can't bo with you to hear the insanity evidence and all the rest of it. Uopo you'll have a good time. " Then he shut hifa eyes , chuckled feebly , and was silent. The doctor Biild : "It's all over. " Failures In tha Iron Trail o , I'lTTsiinto , A ] ril 7- Owing to the depres sion in trade nnd labor troubles which caused a At.omiuiri. ' nf milU for nearly four months. thu Klba Iron and Holt company , limited , and tlio Continental Tube company have sus pended payment. Their liabilities nroJ.V.JT.OOO , nnd thPlrasioU. consUtlngof valuable man- ufacturinitc ! , mills , etc. . amount to over $1)00,000. ) The two mills when la full opera tion employed SOO men. It in thought the creditors will grant the flrau cm extension * Tlffi NIGHT SCHOOLS OF OMAHA They are Growing In Eraolonoy nuct Public Appreciation , ADOUT'ONE THOUSAND PUPILS , \Vhnt ft Visitor Saw nntl Heard nt the Cnss Street Nlglit School Fri day Kvonlnc A. Worthy Enterprise Successful Schools , Tlicro are about ono thousand pupil * In thtf night schools of Omaha. They nro nourish ing splendidly under the wider appreciation which has boon accorded them by the public , and under the wlso direction. Of the publlo school boa-d. Borao. tl"io ago the board of education started a scheme of holding evening classo * In several o ( the largo publlo schools , with n view to Instilling the rudlmcnU of education Into tho'mlmts of these who were anxious to Improve themselves Intellectually and tunica up for any deficiency In their education , The results wore not encouraging- dtit not warrant the nmount ot expense that such nil enterprise entailed. This was In n measure duo to the teachers thou employed , who , not bolsiR specially trained , were la- capable of Importing knowledge to the eager minds of ther pupils. At the commencement of this year a no.v plan was Instituted by the board of cduw tion wlio conlliiod thoinsolvos to day school teachers nud thus had responsible , rollablo persons with n thorough tralnluK for teach ing. Herein Mcs the success of the night schools of Onnhn. On this now footing they were once more put Into working order on the petition however , of nt least thirty bonn lido pupils , and should the attendance have fallen billow llftecu the doors xvcro to bo closed. A class room In Cass street school was the first to bo lit up and going on the principal of inference from past to future , the leaolicr who presided was afraid that few would tuUo the udvan'nges offered , but It proved an example to the noutrnry for the room was so thoroughly parked that more space nnd moro teachers were required. Other schools fol lowed suit and at the present tlmo Omaha has some eight of her publlo schools afford ing facilities for evening study. A reporter of the UIB happened along Cnss street the other evening about 7 p. in. , nnd seeing A mixed assemblage of people about the door * of the school , black und white , young ami old , of all soxcs and natlon- alities , thought ho would .tako n "poop in" and see what was going on. Ho lingered nbouttill mostof them had entered the various class rooms on the second lloor of the build- Ing. At last , ho timidly entered n room in which some twenty scholars were seated , en gaged in reading and spoiling. The reading , a verso or two of which was read by each in turn , was most interesting especially to hoar the difference of accent and pronounclatlon and watch the degree of aptltudo ouch scholar displayed in handling the English , language. In some eases the "th" as in "through" sounded like "true , " the "J" as in "Jampot , " as "yampot , " and the "w" in "wickedness" as"v" After the reading was llniHhcd n question in arithmetic was given out , and then an opportunity of having a few minutes' conversation with the toachec was had. "My pupils , " she said , "ombraco almost all nationalities , and they como hero to leant what they have most need of vis. the three It's ' reading , writing and arithmetic. The majority of them are busy during the day working hard with ttioir hands for an exls * tenco in the world some in workshops , other a" messengers , several as servant girls. That woman sitting over there is married ; has a young family , nnd rocogntz- ing the necessity for bettering her education she has como hero regularly every night , and is fast gathering in material for the futura good of her offspring. They are not graded as a class , each ono works for himself on herself , and thus they do not impede oacli other's progress. DTho teaciicr told a rather amusing Inci dent : Ono evening as her class was too full she wonted to transfer a colored man to another room. As ho was leaving 1m re marked that "ho luul been knocked about ! from pillar to post , and ho didn't believe ho would ever learn much on the leap. " In the next room a number of pupils were busily at work , some in reading , uthors la writing and others again fighting hard oven a sum in addition or division. This sot ware not so far advanced cs these first seen. Tha creator proportion of them were "curly heads , " and ono rather elderly woman , while stammering out n portion from thu second Electric reader , cauio to a cornploto standstill at the word "stretch. " For the life of her she couldn't get the word out. What did the teacher del "Mrs. Jacobs , " she said , "what do you do when you pull a piece of elastic sol" suiting the action to the word. "Why , you stretch to bo sure , " was the reply. At last she had grasped it. "I used to have in this room a couple well on in life , " said the teacher. "They've ' bocrt absent for a day or two , having changed their residence , but formerly they uevuc failed to bo present even though they had over six miles to walk When they came to my class they could neither read nor write * In six weeks they were able to master tha ilrst reader and write their own names la legible stylo. " Tli ore nro two other teachers , also , with largo classes , and doing the same kind of work. The following it n list of the various night schools , the name of the various teaeiiorsand , the average daily and largest attendance ; Bancroft School ! Touchers Miss Rica , Miss Hulcott. Average daily attendance , 20 ; largest , 40. Cass School : Teachers Miss Pratt , Mis * Frazler , Miss Bonnet , Miss Kveloth. Aver * ngo dally Attendance , 1UO ; largest , 180. , Castellar school : Teachers Misses Car ney , Nagl , Smith. Average dally attend ance , IK ) ; largest , 60. Center school : Teachers Misses Roys , Shattuclc , Vincent nnd Kuo. Average duily attendance , IB ; largest , 100. Hartinan school : Touchers Misses Atlor , UohertH and Mr. Bradley. Average daily attendance , 40 \ largest 00 , l/.ard School : Teachers Miss Dye , MIs Stlllwoll. Average dully attendance , 35 ; largest , 7fi. Loiivenwortli School : Teachers Miss Mckean , Miss Johnston , Miss Ilnbbard. Average daily attendance , 47 ; largest 75. Long School ; Teachers Miss McCJhcane , Miss Eddy , Miss Lemon. Average dolly at tendance , fTi ; largest. SO , Cass struct school 1 thus the largest and is considered the most advanced. Each receives - coives u salary of fi per night , the Janitors from $10 to f JO per month , according to the number of rooms they have to look after1. Text books , paper , pencils , etc. , are furu- shed fruo to thu pupils. A Bimlllar movement was sot pn foot a fov/ years ago in Scotland among the farm labor- era In thu small villages. Successful rumilU were not iittained , simply owing to the fact that these who taught did not know how to teach , never having received any special training. It is ono thing to possess knowlcdga and it i another thing to impart It to others In an Intelligible form. Those who attend those night schools in Omaha don't go thorn to Idle. Their vuryldcuieunor Indicates car * neatness of purpose , diligence and attention , arid when the teachers say they have no com plaints , no trouble , no disorder , surely tultf Is something to bo proud of anil add further stimulus to the work in whlcii they are en. gaucd. It Is impossible to say that any fragment of knowledge , however insignificant or rcrnoto from the 01 dinar.v dally punmlts of UIOHO attending - tending thcsonlgl.tf.chopl , may not eonia day bo tuniud to good account. To know a little , wall , ono muat bo Ignorant of u great uoal. The Golden Roll , NKW VOIIK , April 7. [ Special Teingram to thu Hun. ] A unique accident happened In the ofllco of the Adams' express company yesterday afternoon. Two porters were busy lugging bags of monuy to n truck tuat was to transfer them to the sub-treasury In Wall street , when suddenly the bottom of ono of the canvas bags split nnd 4,000 five * dollar pieces fell on thu lloor and rolled In all directions. Everybody in the place was speechless with emotion for ( oycral mo- merits. Then'tho porter * recovered their Kn e , the doors wuic closed , and the clerks tot to work picking up the scattered gold. None of the 130,000 wai lost , but It Irak A long time to counV it &U over and pack it. UIU nt