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AT tlio eleventh hour congress con
f"I ferred the title of general upon gallant
f"I I Phil Shoridnn. It is a fitting tribute tea
I a noble soldier.
IT looks now ns if the democrats are
bound to have a colored man for second
8 > ltico on their presidential ticket
Hither Gray or Black.
A PKOHIBITION convention at Indian-
anolia and a national brewers' meeting
at St. Paul on the same day make it ap-
l > arentxthat extremes mot.
MKS. CLEVELAND is a great patron of
( , the turf. She is probably getting
pointers in starting Graver as a "favor
f ite" on the presidential race track.
TJIBKK nro so many deals and shifts
in trunk lines making transcontinental
combinations that the railroad world
has the appearance of a huge kaleido
scope.
IT is safe to say that the lemonade
drank at the national prohibition con
vention at Indianapolis was not pink
lemonade. Prohibitionists drink it
straight.
DUTLISH declined to deliver the
memorial day address at Lowell. It is
Very evident that the ox-governor of
Massachusetts has no bcp in his bonnet
this year.
A MINNESOTA man has patented an
automatic vote recorder. It works like
the new-fanglod cash register. What
is wanted , however , is a class of voters
who will not vote like automatic ma
chines nnd automatons.
THE oft repeated question , where is
1 Henry M. Stanley , can bo answered
with great gusto , 'He's all right. ' Al
though a little late in sending news of
his whereabouts , the great American
traveler is still tramping through Mio
heart of Africa.
A VAin idea of the growth of the
population of Nebraska since the last
annual report of the state superintend
ent of schools is shown by the census of
Hchool population just published. Doug
las county and Lancaster show the
largest increase , ns might have been
expected from the phenomenal growth
of Omaha and Lincoln. Putting the
Hchool population ot the state at 30,000
moro than u year ago , it is safe to say
Nebraska has added to the number of
her pcoplo no loss than 135,000 since the
last school census.
THE defunct Frcodman's Saving
bank , like Bnnquo's ghost , will not
down. Senator Sherman has just re
ported favorably the bill to reimburse
the depositors for losses .incurred
by the failure of thnt institution. Ono
million dollars is to bo placed to the
credit of a commissioner who , upon sat
isfactory proof , will pay the depositors
the amount duo thorn by the bank nt
the time of its failure. It is doubtful
whether this bill will help the original
claimants. So many years have elapsed
binco the disabtrous collapse thut nt
this day very few of the evidences ol
deposits oxibt. The failure of the
Frcedman'a bank was a disgrace and a
swindle , nnd congress is anxious to
ntouo for the wrong done to innocent
depositors. But notion comes too late.
TiiKRl ! is a movement on foot in
Manitoba headed by Prof , Goldwin
Smith to establish a btrong coinmerciu
union with the United States. The
pcoplo of thut country have gained tlio
victory over the Canadian Pacific o
building their own railways to the fron
tier , and now they want the liberty o
shipping1 their wheat products to the
United States. Prof. Smith feels con
fident that after the presidential elec
tion the American government wil
make friendly overtures to Manitoba
Hut ho forgets that the Dominion gov
ernment will endeavor to discourage
nny movement looking toward rqciproo
ity , The bug-bear of protcctioi
frightens the Canadian manufacturer * ;
as thoroughly as it docs our protected
industries. The cry in Canada is that
commercial monopoly is necessary fet
tlio integrity of the nation. 'With us
tlio cry would be , "Canadian pauper
labor" endangers American industries
should the tariff wall between Canada
nd the United State * bo thrown down.
The national prohibition convention
which completed its work on Thursday
appears to have been a very earnest ,
enthusiastic and confident gathering.
t was in the number of delegates the
argest convcntton that will moot this
year , the total being 1,094 , representing
svory quarter of the country. Itsdo-
Iboratlons were for the most part har
monious , the most prominent caueo of
disturbance being the plank in the plat-
brm in favor of woman suffrage. This
irought on a vigorous fight , the con
spicuous lenders in the , prohibition
movement being arrayed on either side.
But notwithstanding solemn predictions
of injury to the party if the plank was
allowed to go through , the con
vention adopted It , BO that pro-
liibltlon and woman suffrage go
liand-ln-hnnd. The nomination of
General Clinton B. Flsk , of New Jer
sey , for president , had boon practically
settled for some tlmo before the conven
tion mot. Ho is a man of ability , mndo
a good record as a soldier , and has no
superior in ? .eal as an exponent of pro
hibition. The vice presidential cnndi-
tate , John A. Brooks , of Kansas , re
ceived by his nomination his first intro
duction to the nation'though he has un
doubtedly Tbng enjoyed local distinction
as a prohibitionist. As to the platform ,
It is very much in the usual vein , and
so far as it touches matters that will bo
referred to by the platforms of the
political parties it demands the aboli
tion of the internal revenue system , n
reduction of import duties so that there
shall bo no accumulation of surplus in
the treasury and the burden of
taxation shall 4)o removed from foods ,
clothing , and other comforts and neces
saries of life , and that appointments in
the civil service shall be based upon
moral , intellectual and physical qualifi
cations , rather than on political service
or party necessity.
The confidence manifested was not
without very substantial grounds , and
whatever may bo said in deprecation of
Lho policy of prohibition nnd a great
deal can bo said it will not bo wise to
depreciate this movement in its possible
olTcct upon the political parties , nor can
it be ignored. The fact is that not
withstanding the general failure of
prohibition to prohibit , this third party
movement has been making steady prog
ress in gaining adherents , and the boast
of the leaders that the party will this
year poll between four and five hundred
thousand votes may bo verified. Fifty-
six hundred voters deposited their bal
lots for the cold-water candidate in 1872 ,
and 9,700 in the centennial year. The
ticket of 1880 , headed by Ncal Dow , re
ceived 10,000 votes in fifteen states , but
in 1884 153,000 votes wore cast in thirty-
four states for St. John and Daniels. In
the last two years there have been elec
tions in twenty of these states in which
prohibition tickets have % boon voted
upon , and the aggrocato of these votes
was 287,000. There has been great ac
tivity all along the prohibition line dur
ing the past year , and the campaign
which the party has now entered upon
will undoubtedly bo pushed with uncom
mon vigor. Therefore the ' 'third
party" is not to bo despibed
when making estimates of the
chances of the political parties in cer
tain close states. There is no question
that it was damaging to the republicans
four years ago , particularly in Now
York , and there is obviously some rea
son to fear that it may bo again , there
and elsewhere. There is this reassur
ing fact , however , in the situation the
head of the prohibition ticket this year
will probably do no trading with the
democracy.
No .Fiffs From Thistles.
The attempt of the Republican to sneer
at the representative taxpayers and
citizens who have united in a call for
holding a meeting to select candidates
for a non-partisan school board is
puerile. To accuse such leading busi
ness men as Peter Boycr , John L. Mc-
Caguo , Milton Rogers , A. J. Hanscom ,
Robert Purvis , E. L. Stone , and the
others who signed the call , of selfish ,
scheming motives , the Republican knows
to bo utterly false. Yet why does that
paper persist in villifying men whoso
integrity is above reproach in order to
further the ends of political .strikers
whoso aim is to make capital out of the
school board. The best element of
Omaha has long ago demanded that
the public schools of this city shall
bo directed by men whobo names alone
are a guarantee of honesty and ability.
Is it necessary , therefore , that candi
dates for the school board must wear
the badge and stripe of this or tluit
party ? Is an endorsement by a ward
club of a candidate which controls the
primaries of that ward to bo'accepted
by voters without question of the fitness
and integrity of the nomineeV So the
JtcpulUcun would have us bollovo. Re
putable citizens do not oppose a candi
date because ho may bo a republican era
a democrat. That is not the issue nt all.
But they most emphatically oppose
candidates for the school Ixmrd who are
foisted on the people by ward caucuses ,
by political bummers and by machine
methods. The best element of a party
is not represented nt a cooked and dried
ward meeting. The candidates nomi
nated , if the political workers have
their way , ure not the best men for the
position , but the politicians who can
pass around the spoils as the price of
their election. That in the reason a
non-partisan mooting of citizens is
called for , to pick out honest nnd capa
ble men who will conduct the affairs of
education in this city in a straight
forward , buslucKS-liko manner. Will
the Ifqmlllcan put itself on record as
opposing this movement ?
Democracy and Imbor ,
Undoubtedly the national democratic
convention will reaRlrm in its platform
the usual platitudes about the devotion
of the party to the interests and welfare
of labor , and the stale pretcnso will bo
iiguin swallowed unquestioningly by the
thousands of worJUngmen who go on
from year to year giving their votes to
the democracy without over asking the
question hovr far these professions ol
friendship nnd concern for labor are
justified by the record of the party ,
Were they to take the trouble to do
thii fewer of them would be found mar
shalled under the democratic bauner
The democratic majority iuthe
present house of representatives has
jlvcn conspicuous evidence of the real
sentiment of the party leaders at this
, imo regarding labor. Never lias it
> eon moro difficult to secure nttontion
'or measures having reference to the
needs nnd welfare of labor , and the
most persistent offorU and urgent ap
peals by the committee having charge
of this class of logl&lntlon have boon
necessary to got any labor bill before
the house and obtain for it consider
ation and action.
An example of democratic love for
labor occurred In the house a few days
ago. Several republicans endeavored
to have the pay of laboring men in
Lho departments increased , but the
effort was promptly nnd vigorously sat
down upon by the democratic majority.
When subsequently , however , It was
proposed to ralso the salaries of certain
Important onicinls , already very well
paid , the democratic spirit of economy
that assorted itself against giving bet
tor wages to the underpaid laboring
men in the departments underwent a
change , nnd the salaries of the officials
were increased. Ono of these was re
cently appointed in charge of the assay
office in St. Louis , the duties ot which ,
it is said , do not furnish employment
three months in the year. Even Mr.
Randall was nerved to exclaim , "Con
sistency , thou art a Jewell" and another
democrat , who is a sincere friend
of labor , is said to have romanced
that if it wore not for the presence
of republican opposition to the reduc
tion of the wngosof laboring men In the
employ of the government ho believed
the democratic side of the house would
order a general cutting down. None
the less the national platform will toll
the labor of the country that the demo
cratic party is its friend.
IT is not at all surprising to learn that
a great lumber combine has just been
formed in the northwest by which the
moro important mills in Minnesota ,
Wisconsin , Iowa and Illinois have been
absorbed. For some time the Mississippi
Logging company has been quietly con
solidating powerful rivals until to-day
the company represents an aggregate
capital of over $75,000,000 , and produces
more than a billion feet of lumber per
year. A trust of such gigantic proportions
tions constitutes a power absolutely
supreme , and creates a monopoly which
can dictate the price of lumber and the
amount to bo cutcach season- The sig
nificance of this control becomes ap
parent when the entire west depends -
ponds upon the lumber supply of the
northwest , and when an advance ol a
few cents on a thousand feet of lumber
puts millions of dollars at a single stroke
into the trust's pocket. The Wisconsin
syndicate is following the example set
by the Michigan and the California
lumber rings. On the Pacific coast the
California lumber trust cut down the
wages of its workmen to a very low
figure and advanced the price of lumber
from $12 to $15 per 1,000 foot. In this
way the people west of the Rocky moun
tains were robbed of $1,500,000. From
present indications the territory tribu
tary to the northwest lumber district
will bo fieccod by the lumber .barons of
Wisconsin in a like manner. The only
relief evidently against the extortion of
combines and pools is to nut lumber on
the free list.
THE robbery of a residence in the
very heart ot the city , at midday , and
the escape of the robbers without leav
ing any certain trace , is very likely to
advertise Omaha to the fraternity of
rogues as a most promising field for
their operations , The daring entrance
of the residence of Mr. Garncau , at 1
o'clock on Thursday afternoon , was an
exceptional cxporicnco in this city. It
has been many times paralleled in other
cities. Such occurrences muy happen
at any time if known thieves are al
lowed to come into a community and re
main. The only safeguard is in keep
ing them out , or if they man
age to steal in to put them
behind the bars the moment they are
discovered. It appears that several
export burglars and thieves were known
to the police to have arrived in the city
on Wednesday morning. If that is so
they should have boon hunted up and
compelled to leave the city at once or
required to take a term in jail. Sum
mary treatment of this sort would soon
make Omaha a place to be avoided by
the marauders on society , The failure
to employ it with respoet to the fellows
who arrived here Wednesday has cost
a citizen a largo loss. Moro vigilance in
watching for the coining of thlovos , so
that they could bo headed olT , would
save a great deal of time and money in
looking for them after they have com
mitted their depredations and iled , be
sides other obvious advantages to bo
gained.
Other liiimls Than Ours ,
Thoie is perhaps very good reason why the
rsntlsu ministry should bo somawlmt per-
plcxcd iu view of the Husslan progress to
ward India , us ovidor.ccd by tlio completion
of a railroad to Samorcand , and the arrange
ments completed for pushing the line still
further on. This gradual nnd formidable ad.
vunco toward the mo&t important
of England's ' possessions is in i > ur-
sutuico of a vast plan nursed by Rus
sia since the time of I'ctor the Great , and the
success thus far achiovcd makes it almost
cm tain that it is only a question of time ,
though it may yet bo a long
time , before that indomitable power
will bo on the borders of India threatening
the domination of England in that country ,
The great BCUCUIO of aggrandizement u >
questionably contemplates thl , und Mus
covite purpose Is ns persistent as it is com-
prchcnslve. What not very Ion ? ago Eng.
llsli statesmen ridiculed as being impossible
has been accomplished , at great cost and
tremendous lubor , and now It is beginning to
be felt In England that Hussian determina
tion is a quality that may have been greatly
underestimated. There is unquestionably
danger lor England , so fur as her Indian
possessions are concerned , in the completion
of this railway , but as she was powerless to
prevent that consummation , so is sue likely
to he helpless to retard the further progress
ot Ruisla. That power is strengthening her-
i > ulfatc\ery stepboth in u material way
and in the acquisition of prestige. She is
opening up now and valuable channels of
commerce that will eventually contribute im
mensely to her wealth , and she is expanding
her power iu u direction | ro it must , prova
of the very greatest advantage to lw.
En hsli rule in India has not endeared , the
pcoplo of that country to lib
power , nnd once JUwln gets near enough to
make her innuenco ilrectly felt , and to bo
able to give her feMtectlon , she would bo
very likely to And a hearty welcome to
Indlar In her present situation England
can do nothtngKind { Salisbury docs not
seem to bo thofiittn to attempt anything ,
even Were the ballon ready for aggressive
incnaurci. o v
" f * .
Franco bad no'jffully recovered from the
Irritation caused" by the German rcfrulatlon
requiring passports for persons going from
Franco into Alsqcf-Lorrame , when a new
causa of anuoyanta apnoarcd In some ob
jectionable languiigf ) used by the prlmo min
ister of Hungary in the Hungarian diet rela
tive to Franco. Explanation has boon made
exculpating the minister from any intention
to offend France , and the French mind is
somewhat soothed , but those repeated
irritations nro serving to kcop the public
toni | > cr In n condition that might lead to un
fortunate results if they are continued.
They make a great strain upon the patience
of n proud nnd sensitive people which Is hard
to bear , though there is evidently a most
earnest doslro nnd disposition to boar them.
They afford the enemies of the republic nn
opportunity to assail It as weak nnd Inade
quate , and any demagogue who will bluster
about revenge and retaliation can got a fol
lowing. There hna been tollt of dissolving
the assembly , which would bo n blow nt the
republic , and there ! constantly spring
ing up some project , * the nlin of
which Is to unsettle affairs , all of
which have their justification In the external
dinicultics of Franco. If at any time thnso
shall become numerous and serious , as they
may , It will become a serious question
whether the republic Can bo maintained , or
nt all events go on under the prevailing con
ditions of its existence. Meanwhile there Is
an exhibition of patience , and on the whole
oC good sense , that the world cannot choose
but ndmlrc , and which the friends of repub
lican government In Franco must hope will
continue until the system is so firmly rooted
ns to be beyond all ordinary danger.
*
*
Dom Pedro , emperor of Brazil , is still hope
lessly 111 at Milan , Italy. As the only American
monarch , Dom Pedro is an interesting con
temporary figure. Ho is the second of Ills
family to rule in Brazil as an independent
sovereign , nnd his dynasty was tbo result of
revolution. When Napoleon declared war
against Portugal la 1807 , the reigning
sovereign , John VI. , unable to offer sub
stantial resistance to the Corslcan adven
turer , fled to the great Portuguese colony In
South America which Cabral nnd Amerigo
Vespucci hnd discovered and settled three
centuries before. John VI. set himself up
in royal state , but when Napoleon met with
reverses ho returned to Portugal , leaving his
son Pedro In Brazil. When the
South American colonies rcvojtcd
against Spain and revolution be
came fashionable , Brazil threw off allegiance
to Portugal , und Padre , the son of John VI. ,
was crowned empgroY of independent Brazil.
The present craperp j , Dom Pedro II. , is the
son of the imperialrovolutionist who rebelled
against his father's1 'government und set up a
separate nnd independent Tlynasty. The
Brnganza family developed all that is
creditable on this ' /tide of the ocean. In
Europe the Bragan'zas have only been noted
for sloth , incompcteucy and cowardice. The
American Bragnnzas developed capacity to
deal with modern events in a modern spirit.
Dom Pedro , whoscThpad now lolls feverishly
on his pillow at Milan , was only fourteen
years old when lip ( was crowned emperor ,
nnd the early part of his reign was signalized
*
by most desperate ' fights and revolutionary
uprisings. For many years ho was inces
santly called upon to fight , not only his own
subjects , but his republican neigh
bors of Uruguay , Paraguay , Peru and the
Argentina Republic. But us ago and experi
ence came to him he extricated hisdominions
from foreign and domestic ; troubles and ap
plied himself diligently to the development
of industry , commerce , internal improve-
uicnta nnd governmental reforms.
* *
There is a very bad state of affairs in the
island of Cuba. The people ore being gov
erned entirely by military law exe
cuted by a military satrap , and are
subjected to the most grievous abuses.
Taxes are levied without stint , proprietors
ruined , the domicile invaded , men and
women taken up and confined in dungeons ,
thumb-screws applied to the wi etched vic
tims of tyranny to extort false confessions
which may screen the oppressors or convict
the innocent who may bo liberal and bring
them under the ferule of an unrestrained
soldiery , by which extortion and all its ac
companying evils may bo applied with im
punity ; and yet the responsible minister Ig
nores all , and must depend on his subaltern
for information , which is withheld , while the
representatives of the victims cry in vain for
redress. Such a state of affairs , if it shall
not result iu revolution , would certainly
Justify it , and the people of Cuba would per
haps not ask in vain for outside uid to help
them overthrow such tyrannical oppression.
*
* *
If the news as to Explorer Stanley's safety
shall be confirmed there wirl bo a very gen
eral feeling of satisfaction throughout the
civilized world. Tlio relief of Emin Bey ,
governor of the Equatorial Provinces , which
was virtually the motive of the expedition , is
in icality a matter of secondary considera
tion as compared with the ultimate benefits
to bo derived from the opening up of an un
known legion and the communication that
would thus bo established. Civilization can
not value too highly the services of Uio bravo
pioneers who have penetrated the "Dark
Continent" and cleared the way for com
merce , for industry and for freedom.
w
* *
It is said of John Bright that ho is the only
secessionist liberal of prominence In England
whoso name Is never hissed when mentioned
at a meeting of hii former political supi > ort-
ers and sympathizers. Tlio respect inspired
by his long life of uneclnsh lubor for human
ity will Htatid heavy drafts without beinK ex
hausted. Mr. BrighV/i present political atti
tude Is inconsistent With his previous course ,
but DO one doubts his sincerity , and shduld
bis present illness prove fatal , all will do him
honor at the grave.
) Again ,
ty Jmirnal ,
John L. Sullivan hi ? signed an agreement
with a circus , Ou . 'pf the features of the
performance will no , doubt bo a representa
tion of the light with Mitchell , by Mr. Sulli
van and an antelope j
All Figured Out ,
Jlm'una Jouinal.
A bushel of corn makes four gallons of
whisky. It sells for JIO at retail. The gov
ernment gets J3.GO , the farmer 40 cents , the
railroad $1 , the manufacturer $3 , the vendor
$7 and the di inker all thai is ) u/t delirium
U emeus ,
AVhcro They
.Ultima ) vtit Trllninc ,
It won't do to place much reliance upon
the report that Mr. Cleveland favors Tiiur-
man for second place on the ticko't. There
would bo too great a temptation to invert
the arrangement and put tlio brains in their
place.
proper _ _
Hill Scoops 'Km All.
Chicago Trtlune.
Buffalo Bill has made moro money iu Eng
land in one season than 1ms betn made in tills
country in the same length of time by Canon
Karrar , Matthew .Arnold , Charles Dickens ,
If. Psikcr , and Henry Irving
England cannot point the finger of scorn at
America on thin account , however. Tlio fact
Is as discreditable to her ns to the people of
the United States.
_
Unite the Tickets.
Kew lo fc H'orM.
Vice presidential n plrnnts should bear In
mind the fact that the tickets headed re
spectively by Bclva Lockw.ood nnd Citizen
Trnln are not yet complete. Tails nro wanted
for two extremely picturesque political kites.
Why should they not bo united !
An Oinnha Mnn's
SI.onto QMxDemocrat. .
Mr. J , S. Charles , of Omaha , Neb. , writes
that , having seen in the Globe-Democrat a
letter from Gontryvlllo , Ind. , describing the
neglected grnvo of the mother of Abraham
Lincoln , ho would like to see a subscription
raised for the erection ot a monument which
would fittingly mark the last rostinp-plnco of
the woman who gave Lincoln to the country.
Mr. Charles authorizes us to call on him for
5 for this purpose. The Idea is certainly
a good one.
Poor Ikey Gray.
Tribune.
Oh 1 poor Ikey Gray ,
They have taken him away ,
And we'll never see our darling any more.
In his youth he cussed the German ,
So it's Morrison or Thurman
Who'll bo standing where poorlkcy stood
before.
STATE AND TUUITOUV.
Nebraska .
Colfnx-county is In belter condition finan
cially than ever before.
The pressed brick company nt Weeping
Water Is well under way.
Norfolk claims that she will have the
grandest celebration of them all.
Governor Thn.vcr will bo present nt the
Button high school commencement June 0.
The Grand Island trotting association will
have Its races Juno 5,0 and 7. The purees
amount to $2,500.
The closing exercises of the junior classes
of Arupahoo public schools will take place at
the Baptist church on Thursday , Juno 7 ut 3
p. m ,
The public schools at Weeping Water
closed on Friday last , and the scholars and
teachers bid n Html ndieu to the old building.
In September they will meet in the line new
brick building.
A Burt county paper says : Messrs , Hlgley.
Young and Easlwood were out on n big welt
hunt last week and secured twenty scalps ,
which broiiRlit in ? 00 bounty. This Is com
bining pleasure with profit iu a most agreea
ble manner.
At last the North Bend saloon keepers who
were violating the law by soiling liquor with
out a license were caught. A detective
ployed the back door racket on them nnd
then had them pulled. Ono paid f 100 nnd
costs nnd the other will have his trial nnd
will no doubt in the end have a sum to pay.
The Sun says : Two children arrived in
Schuyler , from Omaha wo believe , one day
hist week on the afternoon train with a tag
urouud each of their neolcs with the destina
tion on nnd the name Mrs. Wilsoy , their
grandmother , who lives in West Si'huylcr.
The Fremont Herald thus speaks of H. C.
Russell : "Kusscll is the man who made so
much noise because the president of the
United States had been asked to review a G.
A. K. parade a short time ago I But Uussell
goes , Just the same , to give people an esti
mate of the small fellow hois. "
Tlio committee on arrangements has
changed its mind concerning tlio laying of
the corner stone of the Johnson county coui t
house. It has been decided that the great
American eagle cannot spread its wings over
the entire county , nnd that other as precincts
will celebrate on the Fourth , some other day
will bo better for the stone-laying tourna
ment.
_
Iowa.
An attempt is being made to organize a so
ciety" of amateur artists at Muscatinc.
The DCS Moincs city council will grant a
new lease of life to the slrcet railroad com
pany. i
The members of the senior class at Coo
college ure now deeply engaged in their ex
aminations.
Tlio Second United rresbytcrian church
society at Washington lias decided to erect anew
now church.
Tlio gas well pcoplo at Marshalltown are
still putting down casing , The well is now
down 710 feet.
About fifty bicyclists will make a tour
from Dos Moincs to Spirit Lake , ! J33 miles ,
starting July 10.
There is quite a development of public
sentiment in favor of the herd law for
Clayton county.
The total cx | > cnso of the grand Jury which
has Just adjourned at DCS Moincs was f 1,371.
The bcssiou lasted thirty-eight da.Ve.
Several of the young gentlemen of the
Boone band unite with others from various
parts of tlio west to form a capital baml for
the Storm Lake band tournament , to be held
at Storm Lalie Juno 2(1-23. (
A traveling man named Plumb was robbed
of a $150 solitaire diamond at the Duncombo
house , Fort Dodge. It is said Mr. Plumb
was heard to make use of tlie phrase , "fol
low mo and you'll wear diamonds. " Tlio thief
evidently followed him.
Dakota.
Measles prevail to a great extent in Yank-
ton.
Huronitcs nro very busy Just at present ar
ranging for the coming tournament.
Madlspu is witnessing moro residence
building this spring Hun ever before known
in her history.
The Huron tire department has received
instructions to secure accommodations for
fifty men from Yunkton ,
Yuukton baibers have a novel way of get
ting oven with overparticular customers.
They Bh.ivo one sldo of their faces nnd then
make them seek olsewhcro to have the job
completed.
The electric light franchise will occupy the
attention of the city council at Pierre at iti
next regular meeting , and it is quite probable
that within u few months the city will haven
J. 0,000 clcctiic light plant.
The citizens of Bismarck nro growling bo-
cauBOthodog poisoner docs not do up his
work In a thoiongli manner. They claim
tliat as many as twenty carcasses have been
found In un alley In one duy , and think that
ho ought to bury his victims ,
A hen's egg was recently exhibited in
Aberdeen that weighed six and a half ounces
and measured eight inches ono way and nine
und a half the other The mobt incompre
hensible und hardest part of the Btor.v to
swallow is the htuUmioitt that it perfectly
formed hard shelled egg was lound inside of
the Jaigocgg.
Hocio-UnKiilHtlu JOniorprise ,
A novel combination of educational and
business enterprise ! has just been launched.
A number of voung men desirous of culti
vating Fjench ( among them bovernl Purls-
ians ) have formed the Fr.inco-Americiiiii
club. They have leased and furnished the
house at HiiO Douglas , and engaged a French
cook. Under the rules only French will be
spoken at the tablo. With both U > mach and
curs ut woik tliu young men ought soon to
develop into fair imitations of Johnny
( Jrapau. Tno charter member * of the club
are W. D. McCufUo. C , W. Martin , a or o
L , Ames , Frank B. Smltn , Eugene Gaunter ,
U E. Hnnaid. Emile Besslere , Fred Brun
and Clarence S. Smith ,
Ill-relict Olllolnls.
The council did not meet us a board of
equalization yesterday for want of a quorum ,
and under the resolutions the meeting will
be held tnis morning. The members who
put in an appearance , us well as persons who
have business balore the board , are indig
nant at the delinquents. Tbo adjournment
pf thcto meetings entuiU an expense upon
tliu city that might be avoided.
Only Ono Mari-laxo
Judge Shields was called upon yesterday
to issue only one marriage license , the appli
cant * bom * : Joseph Blecha , aged Mv nty-nvo
years , and Toney } } uscbnk-who has seen an
equal number of summer * . The hcppy uouplo
will rcaUle in Otuaha.
What is more attractive than a pretty
face with a fre.sh , bright complexion./
For Jt ui $ Pwioul's jo\vdor.
NON-PA11TI8AN T.IOKET.
Tlio Excellent Men Selected to Go Be
fore the Voters.
L. M < Bennett presided over n representa
tive meeting of citzcns hold nt the chamber
of commerce last night to nominate a nonpartisan -
partisan board of education , nnd Mr. Samuel
Heeso nctod as secretary , A number of
ladles were In attendance , anil took a deep
Interest In the proceedings.
Mr. Hitchcock moved that the chair ap
point n committee of five to place In nomina
tion eight candidates for the board of educa
tion.
Pending the appointment of the committee ,
Mr. Ambroto said ho was anxious that It
should not go out that the mooting was n cut
nnd dried affair nnd suggested that these In
the meeting having In view suitable candi
dates hand their names to the committee.
Ho put hln MigRcitlons in tlio form of n
motion , willed was seconded and carried.
The member * of the committee as npr
liolntcd by the chair wore Messrs. E. Hoso-
water , G. M , Hitchcock , G. W. Ambrose , J.
B. Kitchen nnd J. S. Gibson.
Mr. Hitchcock arose and rend the following
communication :
OMAHAJuno 1. To the non-partisan meeting
Gentlemen : The Women's Suffrage associa
tion of this city , together with n largo num
ber of citizens not connected with the suf
frage work nro earnestly requesting that
women bo accorded a place on the board of
education , They thcraforo request your
consideration of the follow names , asking
that you select them to represent your hon
orable body on the above named board.
Mrs. Almn E. Keith , Fannlo Ada Walker.
Respectfully , Mus. DixsMonn ,
Mus. JOSLTK.
T. M. HOUSK.
Committee.
Nominations being in order the following
names were presented )
Max Meyer , Fred Miller , H. H. Bright ,
Phil Andres , John Uosirky , W. W. Scott ,
Mrs. Alum E. Kieth , A. C. Wakcly , Silas
Auchmoedy. William Coburn. Charles F.
Goodman , Dr. John Peabody , A. G. Charl-
ton , Augustus Pratt , Henry Pundt , George
W. Ames. A. P. Tulcoy , W. W. Koyscr ,
John L > . McCaguo , Charles Connoyer.
As the committee retired to make up
the ticket , Mr. Tukey requested that his
nnnio not be considered in their
deliberations. Mr. J. J. Points , who had
also been nominated , made a like request.
The committee , after n careful consider
ation of the names furnished , returned and
reported the following as the ticket : Fred
Millard , D.H.H. ; Bright , U. ; C. F. Good
man , H. ; Samuel Keeso , C. ; John lloslcky ,
It. ; Augustus Pratt , D. : Henry Pundt , U. ;
Churchill Parker , D.
On motion of Max Meyer the ticket was
ratified , and the committee were continued
with power to name substitutes in dlse any
of those mentioned could not servo.
The candidates are requested to meet nt the
board of trade at 10 o'clock this morning.
THE KAHjKOADS.
A DECLINE IK HATES.
An item appeared in yesterday's issue
relating to the discriminations made by the
Chicago , Burlington & Northern In favor of
St. Paul and Minneapolis .and against Chi
cago. The rates given the twin cities from
the seaboard wore less than these charged
Chicago shippers to St. Paul. Yesterday
the general freight agent of the road issued a
uoticc to the effect that a reduction in tariffs
would be made between Chicago nnd St.
Paul in proportion to rates made by other
lines.
ACJtOSS THE COXTIN'nXT.
The Delaware , Lackawana & Western have
purchased the Green Bay , Wuiona & St.
Paul road , which action causes considerable
speculation as to what the objects of the
Lackawaua are. Soon after the Wluona &
Southern project began to be agitated , the
management of the Lackawana saw at a
glance that the construction of such a
line would greatly enhance the value of the
Green Bay road , as it would put them
in direct communication with connections to
the Pacific coast. The Winona & South
western would afford the necessary connec
tion at Council Bluffs and their own line
from Mnmsteo , which would bo the connec
tion desired to Buffalo and New York.
The Lackawanna company own and operate
a line from Now York city to Buffalo and
control a road from Buffalo to Manistcc.
From Mninsteo to the Wisconsin shore over
Lake Michigan they own a line of steamers
which run winter nnd summer. Tlio Green
Bay road furnishes the connection to Winona ,
while the Southwestern completes the line to
San Francisco. The length of the proposed
line from Winona to Council Bluffs is ; i-3
miles , of which ninety miles is already built
so that it only remains to construct 230 miles
before tlio Delaware , Lackawannn & West
ern can ship freight and passengers from
New York to San Francisco ever their own
line.
line.Tho benefits to be derived from an advent
of this kind in the west are numerous and
important. Probably the greatest one re
lates to the hard coal question. The Lacka
wanna owns and operates two thirds of the
coal mines in the counties of Lackawannn
and Luzerno in Pennsylvania , with direct
connections it will bo enabled to furnish an
thracite coal for western use ut least > per
cent cheaper than at present. Its effect upon
passenger und freight traffic would also bo
felt. Tbo company is the most independent
organization in existence and in order to se
cure the heaviest end of the business has on
several occasions volunlarily loft the eastern
pool and made rates of Its own. When its
new line is opened such action may bo anti
cipated at once.
WILL I'llATJTICn ECOKOMV.
A rumor to the effect that the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul management had
issued stringent orders to their superintend
ents enjoining the closest economy m operat
ing expenses , both by reduction of force nnd
reduction ofwngCH of employes , has been
continued. General Manager Miller in a
circular letter to that effect btatcs that there
never has been a tiuio in tlio history of the
road when mutters needed a more careful ,
constant watchfulness mid care. The re
duction of rates and decrease- revenue-
have , to quote Mi. Miller , become Ubcrious
matter and if the reductions now proposed In
tariffs In a number of states the reduction in
operating expenses will not necessarily stop
at the number employed. Mr. Miller states
that it is his dcblro to postpone n reduction in
wages as long ns possible und hopes to bridge
over the trouble without rescuing to this ac
tion.
IXJU.VCTION Asicr.n rou.
The Kansas City , St. Joseph & Council
Bluffs road has applied for nn injunction in
the United States court ntTopoka , Kan. , ro.
Btruiiiing the Hivorsido Coal company ut
Lcaveiiworth from dumping iefmo from
their mines into the Missouri river , claiming
that it turns the channel in such u manner
us to work K' ' cut harm to their property on
the opposite bunk.
Its superior exc llcnu proven In millions of
homes lor menu than & quarter or u century. It
Is used by the I'nlted Mates ( loveriuucnt. Xn.
doreed by the heads of tlio u > t imlrf-raltivs a *
the strongest , purest ami iiiw.t healthful Dr ,
hi lei's ( Vtarn Iluting Powder does not conUln
ainrnonlu. litaeor alum. .Sold only in can * .
HJUCU UAKINO POWUKH CO.
Aew York. Caliat'o. -Louis.
ODR DEPOT CDLLIHG
A Newspaper Writer's ' Adventure at
the I ) , P , Depot ,
Entertained br An Old Oltlzanofto\vn
Tor Moro tlinn nn Hoar Queer Talk
by tlio Old Man Interviewing
Acnln.
"Did you orcr Ret to a railway station nbout K
halt hour too early for your train , and thcr , for
tlin-\\nnt ot fiomotlilng bettor to do , Bttmy the
dltrcrent characters about jounlso wnltlutff r
the same trnln ? " asked an old citizen of Iowa of
a rt'porter.Vilille chattlnROverthelr clgtini In the
nailing room of the Union Vaclllc de | > ot several
days I\RO. "I never get to the station BO early ,
but 1 Imve often arrived In time to see the train
milt out and see A rival reporter make a ' coup'
1 hnd thought of making myself , " answered the
scrtbe.who was then foellng very blue on account
oflmvuiBtnlRsod the Booth Omaha dumtny train.
"Well , I nave. " replied the old gentlemen , "now
see that boy there. I'll wager that that Is a boy
you could tnm to atttend to anything almost ai
well as a grown man. Why , Old you sayf Why
simply because ho sltsthero.mliuls hlsownbusi
ness , nnd Is not running about the room Inoldir
people's way niid giving his mother mi unlimited
amount of trouble nnd worry. See that woman
there , she hni five children with her , the oldest
not more than ten years old and that baby can't
be moro than six months old , butsho appears to
bo happy any way because theynll arc qulftnnd
well behaved children , but nil the same I would
not care to be traDllng nil alone w 1th tire young
sters to IOOK after. Heo that bevy ot girls , Oed
bless them , thev are all sweet girls. They have
beciuip to lloyd'n opera house to the mnllnee ,
hear how they talk of It. 1 was there myself ami
I am not surprised nt the way they nro vlf ased
with it. Now look nt that chap lu th corner ,
look how nad ho looks. I suppose he Is going
somewheie to a funeral , perhaps has had o telegram -
gram that a near relnthe oradenr friend has
died. 1 feel for him. Now thnro Is a young man
just cnmo lit , liolsim acquaintance of intna. 1
will Introduce you and hocnn toll you something
that n III bo news to your renders. Helms just
passed through an experience thnt many n resi
dent hero can avail thomsolvcM of If they only
took the trouble aud loallzed the danger they
wore Incurring.
The writer was then Introduced to Mr. William
Wnrtl , who has lived In Omaha fornearlv three
years , and Is employed 0.1 a coachman at No.SoSi
Davenport street ; on belngnskod to lull his ex
perience , ho told the writer the following : ' !
was troubled with the catarrh about four yearn.
It commenced w 1th a fresh cold. 1 had fits of
snoozing , with chilly sensations followed by a
feverish condition , and my now was stopped up
although 1 had a watery discharge front iny nos
tril * continually , until the edges of my nostrils
looked red enough to satisfy the moat fastidious
old toper , und my ojrrsw ould bo tilled with team.
Tills condition soon losxuned , and would cause
ma but little annoyance , but each new cold
made the condition worse , until I had a perma
nent condition ot cold in the head. The ells-
charge was then thicker and changed la color.
T could hardly breathe through my nose , nnd
the discharge would collect In my throatwhich
kept mo continually houimlng and eplttln , the
slightest change In tempernturo viould nITact
my condition and stop up llrst onenobtrilahd
then the other. Af tcr going to bed. 1C I laid on
my right side my right nostril would stop up. If
on my left , my left nostril , and I was ompallod
to keep my mouth open to get .sufficient air. Sly
voice hnd a munied character nnd kind ofnnsal
twnng. " 1 had n continual pnln ov r my eyes ,
nnd lu the back part of my eyes , tuy food did
not set well on my xtomach nnd my appetite
was changeable , I ate a very light breakfast ,
duo no doubt to my Detug compelled to horn and
spit so much uoon arlMug. I suffered thin way
until I became discouraged. Altcxfytug nu
merous patent preparations and obtaining jio
relief. I concluded 1 would make oTJemom trial.
I hna been rending about Ihv McCoyxvnd his as
sociates nnd vlsltod tbelr offlce..jm tlKi.Unirieo
Ulork. nnd must B.iy that I wni bonumlcA by
their trentmcut. for I feel liHA n naiv man
npnln. 1 feel to-dny like a man who nas been
liberated from n close confinement' . I do not
have the nalns over my eyes any more , my head
Is clear and my nose also. I ImvU no rnoro dl -
charges from the nose , myappotltcrw coed and
H hat I cut agrees with mp. I nin gaining In
llesh. 1 sleep v ell and get tip Uio morning refreshed -
freshed , no moro licramCic nnd spitting , nnd in
are EulTenngwlth caturrh to give hlin n trial ,
for he has worked wouder.s for lao. " *
TWKNTY-ONE QlTESTlONa
A Few Sytnptnmn of Dlsoneo That
May Prow Serious to JCorl.
Do yon have frequent fits of tnoutal dapres-
slou ?
Do yon cxperlenco ringing or buzzing nolaos
In your ears ?
Do you feel as though you must nuflocato
w hen lying down/
Are you troubled with a hacking cough and
general debility ?
Are your eyes generally wonk and watery and
frequently Inllamod ?
Does your voice have a husk , thick sound and
a nasal noi t of twang ?
Is your breath frequently offcnulTefrouisomo
unaccountable cause/
lluvo you a dull , oppressive headache , gener
ally locntcd over the eyes ?
Doyouhnvo to hank and cough frequently
the cflort to clear your throat ?
Are you letting your sent > e of emell nnd is your
soiiKO of taste becoming dulled ?
Does your nose always feel stopped tip , forc
ing you to breathe through your mouth ?
Do you frequently feel dizzy , particularly
v , hen Btooplng to pick nnythlng elf tno floor ?
Does every llttlo draft nf air nnd every slight
change of temperature give you a cold ?
Are you nnnoyed by n constant deslro to hawk
and spit out nu eudk'SH quantity of phlegm ?
Arc you always tli d nnd Indisposed to exer
tion , is nether of business , work or amusement ?
IH great effort required to keep your thoughts
llxcd upon matter ; ) thnt formerly were easily
performed ?
Do you rise from bed as tired and weakns you
were tin * night before nnd feel as though you
wanted to llo them foicver ?
Js your throat Jlllcd with phlegm in the morn
ing , which cnn only be dlsuiarKed after violent
coughing nnd hawking nnd Hplttlng ?
Do you occanlonully wnko from a troubled
sleep with a start and fed as if you had just
escaped a horrllilo death by clicking ?
Have you lost all interest In your calling or
business or former pleasures , all ambition gene ,
and do } ou feel imllU'eient hotber to-morrow
Jinan you allvo or cloud'
A e you troubled with n discharge from the
head into the throat , sumetlmas watery and ex
cessive , hometimeH mucus , thick , Mfeklnn to
vilmUiver it touclien , K > in''tlmfH Woody , nnd
nearly aluujs Dutrld nnd ntreublvoV
' 1'ho above aio some ot the nmny symptoms of f j
catnrth nnd the bnglnnlngut lung troubles , Not ' ,
one case lu u humlied will have nil of tlium , but '
every one ufluctod will linvo n fnw or many of vjl
them. The gre ( < vror moroHorlous yoursympul
toniH , the moro diuigorouH your condition , This .rl
class of dhtuholH Heated very successfully by fj
Jr. McCoy or his asBoclates. 'Ilio manr casoi ro-
poitt-d tluouirli thu columns of the dally paputa
piovt'o thlM.uud each btutc'iimnt mibllshud IH anb-
htiuitlally the Hiimons t'lvon by tlio putli-nt cured.
lr , McO > y und liU n " ) clun H iikn nu wnvt nos-
tinnib , Ijutcuiodieeawj by tliulr skillful nill.
nutlon of tliu licHt known lumcdles , uppllul In
tlu > most oppioved inuimtir , HIK ! liy uniiijf the
laU' t und most hlulily ircommeiidixl applluiwi
kiiownto tli proiokMDii. Tliey Hum produteru-
biiltH thut hneak lor tlu'iuficlvri In tlie many pn-
tli'iitucured , und ui > < iuro our roudeis thut
tlieiui itinliiont pliyslclMHK hum aclilcnod n HIIO-
tf , i In turluj ; illscuau which fuw or no other dee
loin can duplkutu.
DOCTOR
LatoofBellcynGHosDital.HciYYorK ,
HUK Oltlccs Ko. 310 nnd .ill
iiAMm :
treated with BUO-
CPS4 *
Medical dlaensei treated skillfully. Consump
tion , lrhut'fc ! Ulsoase , Dispel-- ! * . UlH-uuiaUum ,
nnd nil NMIUVOUH JlIbBABP-S. AlldUousBs tie-
cullar to the bexea u apucinlty , OATA11B1I
CONSiH/TATJON atolHcoorby mallII.
Many illfcea&ei art ) treaU-il KUixobsriilly by Dr.
McCoy through th malls , and H Is
tlius possible for those uuublu to make tha jour-
toy to olitaln ucce aful hospital treatment at
their lioraen.
Utti < u hoursy to n a.m. ; " to I p.m. : TtoDu ,
m. HUNPAY IIOUK8 KHOM U A. M. TO 11'.M
fVjrrn | )0.dente ! receive * prompt attention.
No letter * n Yr red unlebt acceuiponled by i
cents lu stamps ,
Address all inn. ! ! to Dr. J..O. McCoy. Room *
nd 311 lUinct imildluj ; , OmaU , ,