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Geo. It. Tzschuck , secretary ot The nco Pub-
HehfpR company , noon solemnly swear that the
Bcttml circulation ot the Dally Doe for the week
ending Hay IS , 1888. vrn OB fellows :
Saturday , May 12 . 1MBO
fintulny , May 13 . , . 18.SV )
Monday , Mny 14 . 18,015
Tuesday , May 15 . , .18OfiO
Wednesday , May lo . l ,5ai
Thursday , May 17 . K . laono
ittdar , ilay it . la.iuo
Average . 18.230
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Fworn to and unbsrrllicd In my tin-sonce this
10th day of Mny , A. D. , 1888. N. I1. FK1
Notary l
Slnto of Nebraska. I. .
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County of Douglas , (
II. TzRchucV , iTcJng flrst dul
iiojjowi nnd says that no In secretary of The llco
Publishing company , that the actual nverano
dally circulation of the Dally llco for the month
of May , 1687 , was 1437 ! copies ; for Juno , 1837 ,
HMi coplos ; for July , 1S87 , M.WB copies ; for
Aucust , 1887 , 14,181 copies ; for September , 1887 ,
lf,34o copies ; for October , 188T , 14'saroplos ! for
November , 18S7 , 15CU : copies ; December ,
1857,15,041 copies ; for January , 1888 , l , axi cop.
left : for February , 1888 , IW.ttcoplesr for March ,
18S8 , M.etO coplm ; for April , 18S\18,7I4 copies.
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presence this 2d day of Jlny , A. I ) . 1888.
N. 1' . IMlil , . Motary Public.
ATERAOEUAILYCIKCULATIOX18,2aO
THIS Boy of Morocco hns bought two
brass six-pounders , nnd now ho is sorry
the United States cruisers wore called ,
homq so soon.
RoiiiUNQ court houses in Nebraska for
ton dollars bus apparently ruoro attrac
tion for the nmatour burglar than thq
cracklnpr of banks for swag.
ONE year ago to-day the average
daily circulation of TUB Bun was 14,203.
Now the average shows ft steady , sub
stantial inqrouso to the tune of 18,23Q
copies per day. This was all brought
about by publishing n newspaper.
THE number of building permits is
sued up to date for the present year exceed -
coed in number the permits issued for
the same period last year. What better
evidence cna there bo that Omaha is
growing in population and spreading in
all directions.
THE awe-inspiring spectacle at Findlay -
lay , Ohio , of it humau head of immonsi )
proportion seen iu the sky is said to
have resembled John Sherman's hand ,
and that its digit linger pointed significantly -
cantly toward'Washington. This is a
portent which politicians are not likely
to ignore when they meet at Chicago.
A BOLD attempt was made by some
unknown speculators to influence the
stock market by putting in a straw bid
offering to dispose of 35,000,000 worth qf
bonds to the treasury department ; The
'
ingenuity and recklessness to 'which
uuscrupulo.ua men will go in order to
turn the stock market is almost in
credible.
IT is estimated that four million dollars
lars will not cover the loss to property
"and crops in the .submerged districts
along the Mississippi river. In Illinois
alone the water hns covered an area of
over five hundred stiuaro miles. However -
over , the worst of the Hood is over , and
the season is yet young to repair in part
the damage inflicted to agriculture.
1 CIIAIII.ES DUDLEY WAKNEK does not
understand how the people of Kansas
City can keep up their "constant nerv
ous strain nnd grip car life. " Ib-is .very
easily explained. The national census
man will bo around pretty soon , and
Kansas City must hustle to swell her
population somewhere near the exag
gerated figures claimed by that town.
TUB Now Hampshire mail carrier
who was lined for delaying the mails at
Concord during the blizzard by the
Washington authorities has received
Sack' his line with a formal recognition
of his courage nnd fidelity. The flno
was a more technical enforcement of
the law , it seems , but still rod tape
must have its way , oven if a mail car
rier crawls through drifts of snow with
his mail pouch on his back to serve the
government.
A Ninv competitor in railroad circles
fcas miulo itsappoarnnco to dispute trunk
line rates to the seaboard. By the nlll-
anco 9 ! the Canadian Pacillc and the
now "Soo" route , Boston and Now York
business will bo diverted in part from
American railroads. The railroad prob
lem IB bocomlnp moro and more com
plicated as the Canadian railroads uro
reaching over the border and with the
aid ot American connections tap the
mercantile comers. The Grand Trunk
was a great factor in lowering through
rates from Chicago eastward. Dut now
that the Canadian Pacific takes a hand
iu the transportation of grain and other
business , American trunk lines are
frightened lost that road runs for rates
hardly enough to pay for "axlo-groaso. "
TJIE platform of the Nebraska repub
lican convention with its tail attach
ment of democratic resolutions will form
a topio of discussion through the cam
paign. It will sot people to thinking
what pretences cau be embodied as so-
called party principles iu a platform
which the rank and file uro asiod to
swallow without digesting. Many republican -
publican papers through the stale pub-
lidhed this bogus platform aud lauded it
to the slues. A few weeks ago they
condemned the eaiua resolutions in
I the democratic platform. Of course all
ft * this is ridiculous. It illustrates how
far blind partisans will go in accepting
anything which has the ear-murks of
"party , " though it be directly opposed
to principles Or convictious.
A Department of Agricult
The , house , of representatives n , few
dnya ape passed by an almost unanimous
vote the bill to create an executive de
partment to bo known as Iho depart
ment of agriculture. Bills for this purpose -
pose have had a somewhat eventful ox-
porionco. The first measure of the
kind waa introduced in the forty-
sixth congress and failed by only
ono vote of passing the house. A
similar bill passed the house of
the forty-seventh congress but did
not go through the senate , and this ex
perience was repented in the next con
gress. In the second session of the last
congress the house passed a bill to cro-
nto a department of agriculture , which
was also' passed by the senate
with amendments , but at n date
so near the close ot the session
that there was ; no tlmo for the house to
act on the amendments and. again the
measure failed to become a law.
It will thus bo seen that congress
has given the matter very thorough
consideration , or at all ovonti has had
ample time and opportunity in which to
consider it , so that the last notion taken
may fairly bo supposed to bo the result
of careful and mature deliberation. The
proposition is to very considerably on-
lurgo the Hcopo of inquiry and service
now performed by the agricultural
bureau , nml to transfer to the now de
partment the weather service of the sig
nal service bureau. It Is thought by
the advocates of the bill that a depart
ment of agriculture , adminis
tered by a secretary who
will bo a member of the cabinet , will
have moro influence in behalf of the
airricultural interests of the countryanil
can render them moro efficient and use
ful service , than is possible to a bureau
presided over by a commissioner. This
view prevails largely , also , among those
engaged In agriculture , and the bill has
received strong support from this class ,
though the farmers of the country are
not a uult in approval of the measure.
On the contrary , many intelligent mon
engaged in agriculture regard the pres
ent bureau as a practically usolcs's Insti
tution. This , however , is an unreason
able view , for although the bureau is.
confessedly not all that it should bo , and ,
is perhaps loss serviceable than simi
lar branches of the government ;
in Franco and Germany where ,
by the way , they arc ministerial depart-
incuts , rather than bureaus the service
of ourjxgricultural bureau is not with
out important advantages to the great
Interest it has to care forIt is quite-
possible that the defects and shortcom
ings now complained of may bo reme
died by the organization of a depart
ment of agriculture , and if this could
bo assured there would bo no opposi
tion to the proposed change. It is cer
tainly most desirable that ) our vast and
steadily growing agricultural Interests
shall receive from the government the ,
most careful and liberal attention , and
if they cau bo helped and Improved by
committing them to the guard
ianship of a department Instead
ol a bureau , the slight addi
tional annual expenditure that
would bo Involved should not bo seri
ously considered. Germany , Franco ,
Austria and Hungary have ministers ot
agriculture , whoso positions correspond
with that of cabinet officers in the
United States , and no good reason ap
pears why the agricultural interests of
this country , which are very much
greater than those of auy of the
European countries uamod , should not
bo equally well represented in the gov
ernment. Whatever considerations
have led these foreign governments to
afford agriculture the highest oppor
tunities will apply with at least equal
force In the United States.
Jiuljjo Kclley'a Obstinacy.
It seems that the republican members
of the house ways and means committee
would have little diflloulty in framing a
tariff bill to offer as a substltuta for that
of the majority of the committee , If it
wore not for the obstinacy of Judge
Kelley , of Pennsylvania , nationally
known as "Pig Iron Kolloy. " The
sticking point is on sugar. The repub
lican colleagues of Mr. Kelley are in
favor of putting certain grades of sugar
on the free list , leaving a duty on ono
or two grades sufficient to pay a bounty
of two cents a pound on the. homo pro
duct. But Mr. Kelley is Implacably
hostile to free sugar , or to any reduc
tion in the duties on sugar , and all
efforts to induce this veteran champion
of protection to yield in the least degree -
groo have thus far been without avail.
How to deal with sugar in a revision
of the tariff has greatly perplexed both
parties. The democratic majority of
the ways and means committee blun
dered in the matter and then attempted
to correct the mistake , but with only
partial success , Their bill would glvo
little 01no relief to the people from the
exactions which the sugar trust is en
abled to make by reason of the dutiof.
The proposed republican policy would
hurt the trusts , but In cutting off llfty
millions of revenue from sugar a reduc
tion of duties on all other articles would
bo prevented , and thus the people would
not bo relieved from exactions much
greater than could possibly result from
retaining tho. duties on sugar. Be
sides , the bounty plan is not popular ,
and the moro it is discussed the more
unpopular It is pretty sure to become.
The attitude of Mr. Kelley is undoubt
edly giving the republicans of the ways
and means committee a good deal of an
noyance , but it is understood they will
complete their bill and have It ready to
offer at the proper tlmo. From what
has been stated respecting its probable
character , hqwovor , they cannot bo
very hopeful regarding it. Moiuiwhllo
It Is an interesting fact that the ob
structionists to the policy of the major
ity of both parties in the house como
from the same state Pennsylvania and
they nro equally obstinate In their op-
positltm , ,
The School Hoard Qucbtlou ,
The politicians had every reason to
know where TUB BKK would eland on
the school "l.'oara question , This paper
announced its pobition last year in ex
plicit and unmistakable twins , and it
sues no reason now to change a single
view then expressed. It hold than , and
it hokl.viio\v , tluxt wo must eliminate
political creed a w * do religion * cvead
'roiirour school management. We must
cheese candidates by reason of their
ohnrnotor and qualifications for mnnng-
ing our public schools. Wo must seek
to elevate the standard of our public
school system by inducing our ablest
and host citizens to accept positions on
the school board , The only issue on
which the contest for school board mem
bership shquld bo fought out is that of
individual fitness of each candidate nnd
his intentions with regard to the man
agement and supervision of our schools.
The tendency everywhere is to dl-
vorco the public school system from
politics , to keep It wholly frco from
all partisan Influence. The wises't nnd
most experienced friends of the system
insist that only in this way can it attain
the highest efficiency nnd value. That
proposition , it would seam , must com
mend itself to all Intelligent citizens
who will glvo the matter n mo
ment's thoughtful consideration. It
must bo obvious to ovcry such citizen
that if the school board Is to bo annually
a source ot partisan contention if the
management nnd supervision of the
schools is to bo tnado a spoil to bo fought
for every year by the political parties
improvement and progress will bo im
possible. The alternating control be
tween parties would necessarily result
in changes of methods and policies
whioh in the very nature of things
could not always bo to the advantage of
the schools. From such n stnto of things
demoralization nnd deterioration would
inevitably flow , and in a few years there
would bo no settled system.
The deplorable consequences certain
tosuporvono from attaching the schools
to the political machine demand of the
friends of public education the most energetic -
orgotic nnd zealous efforts to defeat tho.
declared policy to establish such con
nection. There is no matter of moro
vital concern to our people , and It calls
for their immediate nnd most sorlous at
tention. If the partisan schemers are
permitted to succeed this year it maybe
bo much moro difficult to defeat them
hereafter. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
As SHQHT have boon expected , the
injunction ; > sked for to restrain the
Omaha base ball association from play
ing on Sunday was denied by Judge
Wakoloy. The grievances complained
of wore not directed against ball play
ing at the park as a nuisance during the
week , but as a nuisance only on Sunday.
The court very properly ruled since the
plaintiff did not rely on tha statute
governing Sunday games nnd sports ,
that iu the face , of ovidouco to the con
trary , the disturbance QU Sunday was
not so much greater than on week days
as to entitle him to an injunction stop
ping the Sunday game. The decision
is certainly fair , and Mr. Parmaloo cau
not find fault with the court's-
position on the grounds of
his complaint. At the same tlmo ,
It is in order to suggest that the people
residing in the neighborhood of the
base ball grounds are not without rights
which the authorities are bound to re
spect , and among these is that of having
a reasonable degree of order maintained
both within aud without the grounds.
The association must bo required to
make nmplo provision for preventing
disturbances and unnecessarily noisy
Demonstrations , and if this is done
'
'there will very likely bo no further
serious complaint against Sunday base
ball.
THE republic of Peru has fallen into
hard linos. It is virtually bankrupt ,
and is about to fall into the hands of an
English syndicate. The helpless con
dition of Peru , about to bo plucked by
unfeeling creditors , is a sad reflection
on the Spanish-American republic.
Rich in mineral resources , Peru is com
pelled to hand over her silver , coal , oln-
nubar , iron , lead and other mines and
her guano deposits to English capital
ists. Other trade and fiscal concessions
are made which practically places Peru
out of the control of the Peruvians. The
causes of her downfall are many.
Peru's uneven struggle with Chill
left her in a deplorable condition.
Her internal dissensions , corrupt gov
ernment , misrule and the disasters of
fire and floods completed the work
of ruin. Peru being unable to
straighten out the anarchy nnd bank
ruptcy which overwhelmed her , Eng
lish creditors nro about to stop in and
foreclose their mortgages on the whole
country. To nil Intent and purposes
Peru has become the property of an
English syndicate , and has lost her au
tonomy as a nation.
Tim last number of Citizen Train's
Paper published ut Sussex , Now Bruns
wick , dated May 20,1888 , has been re
ceived. The reason of Us suspension
is duo to the fact that the Now Bruns
wick postmaster general refuses to rec
ognize the "Paper" us a newspaper ,
and in consequence it is barred from
the advantage of newspaper rates. But
in the editor's own picturesque lan
guage , "Citizen Train's Paper was boy
cotted , whole edition was kicked out of
postolllco , Omaha was hurled into the
Bay of Fundny. " Wo nro extremely
eorry that the cordial and friendly rela
tions existing between Omaha and Now
Brunswick are liable to become strained
in coiiEcquonoo of this international
opibodo. That the authorities of Sussex
are jealous of Omaha is apparent. The
very reason why Citizen iVciw'a Paper
was not recognized as a newspaper by
the lsTow Brunswick postofllco depart
ment was on the grounds that "Its con
tents do not belong properly to news
paper publications but intended for
another distinct use ( 'booming
Omaha' ) . " Wo can sympathize with
Omaha's old friend , but never mind ,
Charles Francis Train , wo hope you
will see the day when Sussex will bo
annexed as a suburb lo Omaha.
CHICAGO has a genuine cn&o of Jacob
Sharp jury fixing in the trial of Sumner
C. Welch , the employe of the South
Side Cubic railway who is on trial fpr
bribery. The Chicago Jacob Sharp iu
tlis ( case is C. B. Holmes , the president
of the roadwhom , the grand jury has
indicted on a charge of conspiracy to
suborn witnesses nnd jurymen. It
looks us though the influential hood-
ling politicians who nro sojourning at
Joliet will bo joined by a select delega
tion of Chicago's prominent business
men when the evidence of tampering
with juries is established.
rEUSOMS.
Walter Bosftht , who has gone to Italy to
rest , is ono of the hardest xvorklng literary
men in London.
Andrew Cnrnoglo any * that the coaohlnpf
trip which ho nnd' ilr. IMalno will take will 1
last nt least until My ! .
Archbishop Hlorfloh , of Sim Francisco , li
on his wny to Ireland , aud will visit Homo
before returning to America.
Mrs. Whitney , wlfo of the secretary , Is a
fearless rider , nndlcdcps a beautiful blooded
saddle mare for hcr.bxcnislve use.
President Bernard , of Columbia colic go
Is said to bo In very poor health. Ho Is
seventy-nine years old nnd very deaf.
General Boulnngor Is steadily protesting
with tongue and pen against the warlike
notions attributed to him by his adversa
ries.
Loniso Chandler Moutton , after a six
weeks absence , 1ms returned to Doston ,
where the will steadily pursue her literary
work.
Koto Field is lecturing In Southern Cali
fornia. Among her frtonds in tlmt region are
General and Mrs. Fremont und General and
Mrs. Mills.
Mmo. Wilson , the wife ot ex-Prcsldent
Grcvy's scapegrace 8on-ln-lawhni decided to
leave Paris , nnd will probably coma to this
country.
President Clcrolnnd has had a portion of
tbo grounds at Onk View laid out with fruit
tree's nnd will try to raise some garden vege
tables this summer.
Ass&ciato Justice Stanley Matthews hns
accepted an invitation to deliver the oration
at the commencement exercises of the Yale
law Bohool in Juno.
Lieutenant General Sheridan's Washing
ton residence is ono of the finest In the city ,
nnd his potlto wlfo , n deep brunette , is u
prominent social figure.
MIcHel Munkaczy , the famous Hungarian
artist , has been appointed president of the
FlnoAfts section of the Austro-Hungarlan
department nt the French exhibition.
Commodore Norman W. Kittson of St.
Paul , whoso douth occurred recently , put tlio
first steamboat on the Red. river of thq north.
St. Paul people estimate Mr. Klttsoa's
wealth at f5.000.000.
Henry Vlllurd Is looming up again In the
financial world and Is talked of for his old
position at the head of the Oregon Transcon
tinental company. Mr. Vlllnrd began life ns
a newspaper man and preserves his bounce ,
Ex-Scnutor Bruce is In Washington think
ing up a now lecture. Ho likes lecturing bet
tor than speech-ranking In the United States
sountp , because lu the former case nobody
gat3 up when ho closes and figuratively stands
him on hla head.
Commodore Ixittspn of St. Paul , who died
lost week , left an estate estimated by UliuaoLC
nt W.OOO.OQO. EncU of his cloven children is
given 9100,000 at thd start , and the romaldcr
is to remain imdivl'4o\l \ until the youngest son
becomes of age , wbtcn will bo In 1600.
Judge Arnold Krgfrel , of the United States
district court for tUpJ vestcrn district of Mis
souri , who is soon to retire to private llfo ,
was appointed to o bench by Prelsdcnt
Lincoln. His long' service as a Judge has
made him ono of thd cst known men In the
Btatoof Missouri. J'Vjhoro nro only four other
United States Judges whoso appointments
untcduto his. , , .
John. WaimmakorjBbrothor has been giving
some rominiscanccs of the boyhood of the
great Philadelphia merchant. His first work
was done in the clothing store of Barclay
Lippincott , where _ yje received a salary of
$1.50 a week , nil oljjwhlch ho gave to his
mother. His dinner , , when ho had any , con
sisted of a piocu ofipie/and , - \ glass of milk ,
costing two cents. Each year his salury was
increased , and at the time ho was twenty ho
hod saved J200.
Signs or Summer.
Huston Courier.
The "festive" goat is browsing
On the hoopsklrt in the lauo ,
And the organ grinder'8 grinding
In the struct bis plaintive stvumv
The robin lu the orchard
Is singing all the day ,
The froglct in the ovenmg
Trills his tender roundelay.
Ono day.we . wear an ulster ,
Next uay a duster thin ,
And so we think the summer
Is beginning to bogin. '
1V11I Not Take the Cnlto.
Jffmiftipotts TrUmne.
Wisconsin has como out for Husk , hut ho
stands no chance of taking the bun.
Wit , Not AVcljlit.
init/ifwfoii / Critic.
Weight Is no longer upon the woolsack of
the chief Justice. Air. Fuller weighs only
120 pounds.
A Itoy/il I'YUoiv Gone.
Queen Victoria will probably order the
court into mourning for thirty days. Buffalo
William left England.
Ijovo Han Houretl.
Chleauo Tribune.
Mr. Love declines to run for vice presi
dent on the liclvu Lockwood ticket. Love
laughs at Lockwood.
Only n Koro Tlirout.
MJobcDemocrat. .
Candor compel * the sad admission that it
looks very much as though the Allison boom
hud discarded its flannels too early In the
season ,
The Now ConjrrcHHineii.
Jlwton Jlcrahl.
Edison has perfected his talking machine ,
and expects to have it on the market shortly ,
It ought to get elected to congress , That is
its field.
iO
Dopow-lU'iiot-l'liowt
Chicago Herald.
It seems to bo a growing Idea that Depow
is too redolent with railroad corporation Influ
ence' } to make an available candidate for tbo
presidency. Even the name of Dcpow sounds
a good deal like depot.
Kcusoiis Tor
CMcago Time * .
Two or three raeuiuers of congress were
overwhelmed with congratulations by" their
enthusiastic friends. The tarid debate had
closed and these fortupato , statesmen had es
caped making specchc/ion / It ,
Tlio Only 'DIIToroiico. '
The difference between the advocacy of
protection by a democrat and the advocacy
of revenue reform by/h' / republican journal is
that the former work * against and tlio latter
with the tldo. Protection U losing Its grip ,
nnd ouo of the chlof causes of Us rapid de
cadence is the folly of Its advocates In resist
ing every movement looking to a reasonable
reduction of tariff taxes that were imposed
to raise money to carry on a war that ended
about a quarter of a century ago ,
They Olvo A wny tlio Case.
rhtliulcliMa llttonl ,
When the tariff beneficiaries and monopo
lists como to such n pass that they can offer
no other plea against the character of the
Mills bill than the assertion that it Is "an en
tering wedge to free trado" they give away
their own case. They betray the fact that
they have little confidence In their own
cause or In the Intelligence of } ho people.
The people * who nrothe Judges of the ques
tion , can ralbo or lower rates of duty when
ever they cheese to do so. The passage of
the Mills bill this year would commit thorn
to no'policy In the future except that which
their own wisdom nd experjorc ! < ! nfnlfrht dic
tate. They can put In tha "entering wedgo"
and tnko It out whenever it may suit them.
The tariff system Is not "unalterable , " as
were the laws of Mcdcs nnd Persians ,
although many votaries of "protection" sooin
to regard U as the porfoctkm ot legislative
wisdom , too sacrea to bo touched by profane
hands.
NEBRASKA JOTTINGS.
NohrtubA City houses will bo numbered.
Every town In the stnto will observe Me-
morlnl day.
Davfd City's waterworks system Is well
under way.
Senator Van Wyck speaks nt Leigh
Wednesday afternoon.
Twenty-five school children In Beatrice nro
down with the measles.
W. S. Webster becomes editor nnd pro
prietor of the llnstlifgs Nobraskan.
Step * nro being taken townrda establish
ing a Presbyterian church nt Uartlott.
The Great Western wulch company , nt In.
dtanola , has gone Into the real cstato busi
ness.
ness.Tho
The pavcd'slreetBof Lincoln nro so covered
With mud that they are not much bettor than
those which are unpavcd.
The editor of the Plnttsmouth-Journal was
ejected from the sidewalk at the U. & . M.
depot by n Plnkcrton bully.
Columbus claims better railroad facilities
than any other town In Nebraska on. the
Union Pacific outside of Omaha.
A canal four miles la length , beginning nt
Red Willow and terminating in a largo reser
voir near the city , will bo built this season.
The first annual meeting of the High
School nlumnl of Tccumsoh will bo hold nt
the high school building Saturday evening ,
May iiO , 18SS , to which all uro cordially In
vited.
The Johnson County Journal Issues n Doom
edition showing the advantages of Johnson
county by facts and figures. Tecumseh , the
county seat , has 3,000 people , water works
and nn electric light plant Is soon to bo under
way.
way.Tho
The farmers and Rlockmon of Wheeler
county will this year organize nn ncrlcultural
nnd horticultural association an * hold their
first fair nt Uartlett. Steps wilt also betaken
taken to have the stocks and products of that
county exhibited nt the fairs at Omaha and
Lincoln.
It la understood that action will bo brought
against the bondsmen of Joseph Cross of
North Bend , by the family of James Arthur ,
who recently bccumo insane , as it is claimed ,
on account of Injuries received by being
struck with a mallet by Frauk Vottor while
in the former's saloon.
A man by the unmo of Norton was arrested
nt Superior on complaint of nu imaginary
Mr. nnu Mrs. Johnson , who stated that the
prisoner had threatcnca to kill them. After
quite a lengthy law-suit the prisoner was
released , the court failing to llnd sufllclcut
evidence to convict him.
The mathematician who hns been holding
forth at the corner of Main aud Sixth streets
for two nights past , and soiling watch
charms for $ - each thnt will toll how many
square feet there were In the day
the purchaser was born , has loft the city ,
says the Fremont Tribune.
The B. & M. has opened Its branch llnp
running north from Qreoly Center to Eriq-
soiiT Trains Tun daily. Passengers leaving
Lincoln nnd Hastings in the morning- reach
Erlcson at 0:10 : p. noof the same day. Trains
lea\'o ' Erlcson at 0:80 : p. in. , but passengers
for points south have to lay over nt Qrcoloy
Center until the next morning.
Colorado.
Denver papers clamor loudly for a now
hotel.
Three minors were killed in an explosion
in Ouray.
Tbo Colorado editorial excursion Has re
turned from Texas.
A Denver syndicate has purchased the
Pueblo fair grounds for $00,000.
Tills year has been the most successful In
tbo history of the state university located , at
Bouldor. . . t
The .UQW opera house to bo built on the
ashes of the ono recently burned at Pueblo ,
will cost $22-,000.
The Santa Ifo road has paid $10,000 for
damages sustained by passengers In the
Fountain explosion.
Colorado Springs refused an offer of 13
cents premium on her $ ' > 0,000 sewer bauds.
Tlio council wants 5 per cent.
Henry Craig , of Mantrosc , died la a mys
terious manner. The coroner's jury could
find no evidence to convict parties suspected
of causing his death.
W. U. Callicotto , late county superintend
ent of schools , living at Aspen , hns boon in
dicted byho grand jury for returning fraud
ulent bills against the county. Long lists of
bogus school visits was ono of the counts.
A pay and somewhat festive porter , as
sisted by a servant in a Colorado Springs
hotel , appropriated tholr master's wardrobe ,
valued at $150 , and both will linger In durnjico
vile , till : Shakespeare's remark , "Costly
thy habit as thy purse can buy , " should have
been heeded.
THIS RAILROADS.
The Transcontinental Mooting Other
General Nowa of Interest.
From the San Francisco papers it Is
learned that the roads which have for so long
a time threatened war upon the Burlington
for furnishing emigrant berths free of
charge , backed down fair and square , nnd
that the only thing done in way of protest
was a speech or two by some of the mem
bers , uftcr which the mutter rested. AB the
case now stands all the roads favor the plan
and will adopt it.
The rate of § ! U.50 , charged the delegates to
the convention , was made against the pro
test of Mr. Eustls , the 11. & M , rcprcsonta-
live , who thought that 520 less was a suftl-
olcnt sum. Thu Southern Pacific was for a
higher tariff , and us the delegation hud an
nounced their intention of traveling via
Central and Union Pacific , of course It was
pulley to scoop in all the tthcckols possible.
A MW : COXNUOTION.
On and after May 'J3 , a first class coach
will bo attached to the North Plutto train
at Council muffs and at North
Platte will bo taken to Julosburg
on No , 3 where connection Is made with the
Denver train. Hclurulng , to leave Denver
on train No. 807 to Julodburg aud ttiouco to
North Platte on No. 2.
FASTTIMI : .
It Is reported that the Union Pacillc flyer
rcccnlly made some very fust tlmo. Leav
ing North Ueml behind time the train reached
Omuhu on schedule time , making about fifty-
nine miles per hour , The ropoit published
that the train ran seventy miles per hour is
erroneous , us with the cngino used It is a
mathematical Impossibility , us her wheels
are not largo enough. It takes a larger
driver , my son , to make seventy miles per
hour.
A NEW KXTKNf ION.
ETriio Chicago , Milwaukee At St. Paul has
oiwuod its lines for the famous Toma
hawk lakes In Oneida county , Wisconsin.
For years the Indiana have enjoyed u monopoly
ely of the excellent fishing in lliosa waters
\\hicharofuHofllsh. It is now believed
that they will bo thu nucleus of a now and
Important summer resort region.
IOWA 8KI1TKIIS KICK.
A meeting of the railroad commissioners
was hold at DCS Moincs Tuesday to listen lo
u grievance on the part of the Mlllero' Asso
ciation who complain of unjust discrimina
tion on the part of several lines regarding
local rates. It Is claimed that rates charm !
are 8 cents moro to Modlapolix , fifteen miles
west of Waterloo , than to Chicago , 800 miles
distant. AS threo-flftlis ot the product of the
Millers' association is consumed In Iowa It is
contended that the present oar lot rate will
ruin the milling business.
,
It Is rumored that the headriuarters of the
Atchlson , Topeka und Santa Fo are to bo removed -
moved to Chicago.
S. U. Galloway , formerly of the Union Pa-
cifio but now general manager of the To
ledo , St. Louis & Kansas City , is liRViug his
road changed to standard gauge.
E , G , Jeffrov , of St. Paul , nnd A. W.
Browning , of Kansas City , traveling pas-
sougcr agents of tha Chicago , St. Paul , Min
neapolis & , Omaha , are iu tbo city.
ZachShropta railroad contractor of Omahn ,
has boon awarded the contract for the crth-
.etruutlanof th0 three mlle approach on tlio
Nobr aka side of the Ohlfa-a , llurllnston &
Quiiicy bridge at Hulo.
GENTLEMEN FROM AUGUSTA ,
Distinguished Georgians Visiting
the Nebraska Metropolis.
THEIR NATIONAL EXPOSITION.
Personnel of tlio DolcRntlon , Method
or Entertainment and Views or
Scvocnl on Important
Questions.
Tlio Mon Prom Gonrfrln.
The spoctal car "Mantana , " bearing Lion-
tenant Governor Davidson of Georgia and
party , arrived , yesterday morning from St. Jo
seph on the I ) . & M. The car Is of the Mann
boudoir pattern nnd is a model of comfort and
luxury nnd Is handsomely decorated. On
ono sldo Is the motto , "Augusta , the great
commercial center of the south , greets her
sister cities In the north and west. "
The party wcro mot at the depot by Secre
tary Nattinger of the hoard of trade , and
escorted to the Millard hotel.
They registered ns follow : John S. David
son , Patrick Walsh , J. Hlco Smith , W. H.
Fleming , Z. W. Cowlo , jr. , James A. Laflln ,
J , F. Uothwoll , J. J. Dicks , E. J.
O'Connor , A. S. Gardner , G. Barrett ,
William Schwelgert , O. W. Dcvonoy , D.
Sauokor , E. B. Hook , John Jay Cohen , J. L.
Maxwell and William Mulhcrln , of the
Georgia National exposition. Breakfast was
awaiting thorn , nnd they did justice to thu
ample spread which Manager McDonald had
prepared for them. A louiigo was then taken
in the rotunda , cigars wcro smoked , conver
sation was indulged in , and n number of
Omaha's citizens was Introduced to the guests.
Secretary Nattinger , of the board of trade ;
Colonel Chase , of the name body , und Mr.
Nason , chairman of the manufacturers' com
mittee of the board , wcro present In their
official capacity.
The visitors made a favorable Impression
upon those who called to see them. Among
them were nllklndsof gentlemen with respect
to personal appearance. Some of them were
tall nnd slight , while others wcro short and
rotund. Some had advanced closely to fifty
ycar.s of age , others hud but slightly passed
their majority. As may bo inferred from
the names given above , almost ovcry nation
of distinction In the world could discover
among them a descendant of an honored
family.
Lieutenant Governor Davidson Is a small
and solid man with a round , florid face
aud white mustache. Ho has the
demeanor of a courteous and accom
plished gentleman , talks with o.iso ami in
nicely rounded sentences. Ho told THE Bun
man that the delegation was traveling on its
own rcsposiblllty , paying its own expenses ,
with the intent of advertising the national
exposition , which is to bo held In Augusta
during too months of next October and De
cember. Tholr origidaj intention was to re
turn homo from Kansas City , but the receipt
of invitations from Omaha , St. Paul and
Minneapolis had Induced them to amend that
idea.
idea.Patrick
Patrick Wal'h , the chairman of the dele
gation , Is the owner of the Augusta Chroni
cle , the leading paper of Goorpm. Hois the
first vlcq president of the Augusta exposi
tion and i ) member of the national democratic-
CD in mi ttcc. Ho is , as his name indicates , of
Irish parentage , mid ono of the loading men
Jrt the dOvQlopment of the south. Ho Is of
low stature , swarthy foa.tu.rqs. with mi casy
and graceful delivery. Ho Is an encyclo
pedia of facts rc/latlng to Augusta , and in
deed to the cntiro south Mr , J. Rico Smith ,
second vice president of the exposition , is
manager of the Qporgia chemical works ,
9uo of tbo largest manufacturing enterprises
in the state , whoso fertilizers , phosphates ,
and acids arc shipped to all parts of this
country and to other lands , Mr. J. A.
Laflin is a wholesale grocer and extensive
shipper. Mr. W. H. Fleming , perhaps the
youngust man in the group , is an attorney ,
Mr. J. J , Dicks is ono of the
leading cotton merchants and ship
pers. Mr. E. W. Devcnoy , a
northern man , the head of the wholesale firm
of Dovcuey , Hood & Co. , represents the
greatest hardware jobbing house in south
western Georgia. Mr. J. T. Bothwoll , of
the grocery jobbing firm of Lee & Uothwoll ,
is noted for a somewhat remarkable under
taking that of placing Augusta on the foot
ing of a seaport town. Ho was the first ono
of the merchants of that city who essayed to
make the place a port of direct entry aud
this ho did by Importing cargoes of sugar
and molasses and landing them 130 miles
from the sea coast. Mr. William Sclnvel-
gort is a prominent manufacturing jeweler.
Mr. William Mulhorin Is the senior partner
iu the jobbing boot and shoo
house of Mulhorin , Kioo & Co. Mr.
D , Sanukcu Is ono of Augusta's
foremost merchants and capitalists. Mr. E.
B. Hook is associate editor of the Chronicle
aud representative of the Associated press ,
Mr. Glassoock Barrett is a manufacturing
drugcist conducting an enormous business.
Air. A. S. J. parduor is of the shipping and
commission firm of Clark & Gardner , the
largest operators In tholr line in the south
west. Colonel F. J. O'Connor Is a distiller
and wholesale liquor dealer of the
firm of O'Connor & Bailey.
Mr. John L , Maxwell is secretary
of the Augusta land and improvement com
pany. Mr. John Jay Cohen , a banker and
broker , is perhaps ns thoroughly Identified
with the principal industries of Augusta and
the surrounding country as is any man who
resides there.
Tlio visitors wcro in excellent spirits , and
although it took thorn about seven hours to
travel hero from St. Joseph , they stated they
enjoyed the trip because they made It wlillo
asleep.
After tholr cigars and formalities hud been
disposed of , the method of spending the day
was discussed. The plan outlined was a visit
to the smelling works , to South
Omaha , and a drive throughout
the city and a bauqupt in the evening. Owing
to the delay experienced at St. Joe ,
which placed the visitors one day behind , the
lust mentioned feature of entertainment had
to bo dlspeiiaud with because It was neces
sary for thorn to leave this evening at
(1:10 ( : o'clock In order lo reach homo ut the
tlmo Intended , namely Monday night.
After Homo discussion It wan also decided
to abandon the proposed visit to Iho smeHinj ;
works.
AT BOt'TII OMAHA ,
The delegation took the 11:0. : o'clock
dummy for South Omaha , a special car for
thuir accommodation having been attached
to the train. Tlio delegation was cordially
received by II. II. Meduy , John Boyil and a
number of other prominent men ut the yards
nnd escorted through the various IIOUHCH.
They examined every feature of the hcof and
hog slaughtering , all of which was uxplunod
to tholr satisfaction. They also viftitod the
several cooling rooms , the tempera
ture of which was considerably
below zero. A.s in Kansas Citj ,
where the party saw packing houses for the
first tlmo , they studiously declined to witness
the shedding of the blood of the beef anil
hogs , nearly nil the mumbors seeming to en
tertain u foolingof repugnance to such a Bight
On their return frourj South Omaha tlio
party took the coble curs and were driven
ever both lines , and afterwards conducted to
the power house on the corner of Twentieth
and Ilarnoy streets , where the marvellous
propelling machinery of the cublo line was In
operation. This they Inspected with n grout
deal of interest. They were then escorted to
the Millurd hotel , whcio they were octor
talnod at lunch.
At a o'clock the party took carrlacros nt the
hotel und under the escort of Messrs. ! ! . H. Me
duy , Mux Mayor..1. A. Wnkcileid , H. G. Clark ,
Colonel Chase , O. M. Nuttlngur , John Evans ,
W. N. Nason , Frank McDonald , W. F. Grif
fiths , Colonnl Hunter and sovcral other gon.
tlcmon took n rldo ever the city. The streets
traversed were Thirteenth , Farnuui , Lowe
avunuo , Murcor avenue , Cuming street ,
Baundcra , Blnnoy , Sherman avenue , Six
teenth otrcet , liurnoy , Ninth , Dovunport ,
Elevcuth , Pacific , Twith. Williams , Six-
toentu , Farnani , Fifteenth , Douglas , Sixteenth -
toenth , Davonnort , Sixteenth , Douglas , and
closing ut the Millaul hotel.
A Ofttter rout could &carcfily have been so-
lcao.1. . Niui ] > the ontlro distance was over
paved strooU of cither cedar , Sioux Fulls
gianltc , Colorado nandstono or usphaHum
The condition of the stteots W excellent
und prompted the host travels ! of the party
to remark that they had not KCUII a bettor
pAvcd city outside of Washington.
The route led ulonir nil tha important busl-
ness thoiouKhfaren , the niiigr.iucer.l stiuc-
lures which lined tbi-m evoking almost con
stant expressions of admiration ; the rcsl-
deiic * district * of the thriving industrial
clam- * , which exhibited both taste d
comfort , nnd the Abiding placet
of the wealthy which revealed
an almost coasoly variety In the design and
degree of wealth nnd elaboration In the attractive -
tractive mansions.
Thcro Was n mild nun ueammc from the
clouds which made the ride a physical delight -
light especially , especially when tno rolling
western limits with varlgated aspect of mead
and cultivated land wa * reached. There the
dcono was ono of entrancing beauty , and to
the visitors , who live upon a surface 0.1 "flnt
ns a table , " as ono gentleman expressed him
self , was no great an attraction that the car
riages were stopped to enable the strangers
to enjoy the prospect.
When the carriages draw up at the Mil
lard , there wax not a gentleman In the party
who did not freely glvo expression to the
opinion that the evidences of Omaha's pros
perity a1 * exhibited in the extent of her terri
tory , and the number , beauty and richness of
her business places and prlvato residences
had exceeded anything they hnd scon even
In the Bluff city on the ICaw.
At 535 ; the visitors and escorts sat down to
n champagne dinner In the Mlllanl , which
tholr < txx | > < mro to Nebraska oiono enabled
they lo appreciate.
At Its conclusion Mr. H. Mcday introduced
Lieutenant Governor Davidson , who spoke
upon tha corn of Nebraska , the bcof It fed
nnd the money It brought ; the boaulful
streets and fields and structures they bad
soon in tholr drive ; the klndncsi and hospi
tality they had been shown , and closed with
n reference to the queen of Shobn , who had
not Imagined half of thq glory of Solomon
baforo she appeared In his presence. To her
ho likened his delegation. They could express -
press but n part of the appreciation
they felt for what they had
scon nnd for what they hnd
received. That they would commit to their
guests to bo cherished while that to which
they could not clvo expression they would ,
lock up within tholr own breasts ns n deeply
valued treasure which would never bo suij
rendered.
OFF.
The party then drove to the Chicago , Min
neapolis & St. Paul depot where they
boarded their special car.
Three cheers nnd a tiger were given for the
Augustnns ns the train pulled out , nnd re
turned by the delegation , ns nearly all of
thorn thronged the platform waving handker
chief adlus. Both parties kept the handker
chiefs In the air until the dark car was lost In
the slmdo of the bluffs near Sulphur springs.
VIKWS or vismms.
Chairman Walsh has with him copies of
the exposition edition of his paper , the
Chronicle , which Is largely devoted to adver
tising tha great undertaking which Augusta
has on hands. The first page contains en
gravings of a number of prominent manufac
turing institutions surrounding a map with
Augusta in the middle. Mr. Walsh says that
Augusta Is now a city of 40,000 inhabitants ,
with $10,000,000 Invested in manufacturers ,
53,000,000 of which probably are utilized lu
making cotton goods. She has direct connec
tion with four seaports. Wilmington , George
town , Charleston nnd Port Uoyul , with other
connections with the country to
the i northwest. In Augusta's factories
there are 150,000 spindles , consuming annu
ally 100.000 bales of cotton , employing 4,000
hands , paying iu wages $1,000,000 u your , nnd
turning out a product valued at $5,000,000.
Besides these the Granlteville , Vaucluso and
Langlcy factories of Carolina , representing
fiO.OOO spindles more , have their ofllces in
Augusta , and draw their cotton and suoplios
from that market. Augusta has two of the
finest foundries in the south , which with
mills and other industries arc valued at
SD.000,000. Besides these she has a largo
tobacco factory , the largest and most prosperous -
porous fertilizer factory lu the south , und
several other manufaeturinglnntitutions. The
assessiblo property is ? 20.000.QOO and returns
nn IticOmo of 5300,000. Her four 4) per cent
bonds are above par. Mr. Walsh says thnt
the south is making wonderful advances in
developing its industries and this is duo to
both homo interest and the flowing in of
capital nnd brains from abroad.
"Thoro is only ono opinion among
us. said Mr. Walsh , in politics ,
that U to support Cleveland. Per
sonally , I do not agree with him upon minor
points especially upon the tariff. I believe In
protecting homo Industries nnd protecting
them so that they may thrive and bo
successful. I do not entirely ngrco
with Mr. Cleveland , either , on the question
of civil service reform. During the twvnty
years that the republicans wore In power It"
was generally understood that no democrats
need apply , and now that the democratic
party is in twwor it occurs to mo that dqmo-
crats ought to bo given a chance for all the
offices the republicans hold before , "
Mr. Walsh said tholr exposition was being
gotten up entirely by homo monoy. They
Had not gotten a penny from the government ,
aud they hoped to make It a success. It
would include manufactures and agricultural
exhibits from nil parts of the country , and
ho hoped Nebraska would ho represented In
Mr. Carwilc , ono of the delegates , speak
ing about tlio prosperity of the south said it
was largely to bo attributed to the success
of the democratic party not bccnuso demo
crats were hotter than any other
class of people , but because
they seemed to fool now as If they bud
become again n part of the government.
Thcro was no truth In the stories that circu
lated la the north about the bayonet , but it
was true that Iho negro was not to rule , sim
ply because of numbers. "Suppose you hud
hundreds of uneducated negroes here would
you think they ought to bo permitted to
govern you ? " uskod Mr. Carwllo. "As soon
us a negro gets property down there ho joins
the white party. " Mr. Carwllo them instanced -
stanced the case , to show how the law protect
ed the negroes , of the wealthiest nogrcss
in the state who resided at Augusta. She
had been left a great dual of money by u
white man , und the heirs of the latter sought
toHot the will asldo. Every couit was up-
pealed to , but in vain , and the woiiuiu is now
In possession of her legacy.
Mr. Carwilo represents Armour , tlio
packer , in Augustu , and got 8 some
of his meat from Omaha , ami
moro from Kansas City. Formerly It came
from Chicago , but now it can bo hud cheaper
at the two former points than at the
latter , and although the rat 03 of
the railroads uro higher from
Kansas City and Omaha than they uro
from Chicago , the reduced price of moat en
ables AugusUns to dual with us 'and our
neighbor on thu Kaw.NOTKS.
NOTKS.
The excursionists wont via the Chicago &
Nurthwestcni to St Paul. They will lonva
thoru to-morrow night and probably return
homo via Omaha , If they should they will
bo met nt the depot and uorcnadod , as to go
to the Kansas City dupot.
A delegation of Omaha citizens will bo
formed to attend the uxpot > illoii In Augusta ,
going thence iu u special car.
The party vlsltod the Paliico stables , on
Seventeenth nnd Davenport HtrcutH , und
pronounced them the finest they had over
seen. The carriages used won- from these
stables , wcro uniform In style , with liveried
coachmen , und mudo umost attractive ) dis
play.
play.As an evidence of the effect wrought by
the visit , J. Klco Smith , of the Georgia
Chemical works , wliloh yearly sells thousands
of dollar1 worth in tills city , will cstiiblUh a
plant In this city.
The visit was ono of the most cnjoyubla of
the kind over experienced by the oldest
board of trade men In the city ,
Ourlnuils.
The floral committee of the G. A. H. have
invited the teachers of the publlo schools to
talto part In the observance of Decoration
day , and they have been especially rivjuested
to aiit all school children lo bring flowers lo
their respective schools Tuesday forenoon ,
Mny 20. All persons desiring to contributu
to this glorious and patriotic cause are re
quested to inform the floral commlttoo by
mall or otherwise on May SO. Flowers will
bo received on this date at Exposition hall.
The number of graves to bo decorated Is
180. Tbo committee have decided upon thu
following general und largo designs : Ono
floral pillow , 10x30 Inches , the same to 1m n
Grand Army design ; ona anchor , 20X-IO
inches ; ono anchor representing the Sons of
Veterans , lUxliO inches , and ono floral wreath
24 Inches in diameter. Those uro to bo uji-
a rate pieces and will bo located at designated
pomts In the various cemeteries.
Gluixlcrfld PON IKS ,
Dr. Ramlaelotll.Jstale veterinary burpeon ,
condemned u team of ponies boloiiKii > K 1 ° H.
1C. Handy , of 117 south Sixteenth street , yes
terday afternoon , and ordered them shot.
The uotilcs were badly aflllctcd with the
( . landers unit Officer Goldsmith took ibern
down nn tha river shore and killed both and
dumped thcui , Irurcoss unU all into the rJvcr.