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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , , JULY 15. 1888.-TWELVE PAGES. -THE DAILY BJDE. I'L'HMSJii ; ! ) M'lntV MOllMNG. TKHMS or yTTi Tltii'Tin.x. Dnlly ( Morning 1 i > Ulon in. lulling Sunday IIM/ . One Vent * 10 ( V For hlx Months , . Ii UI For Thru MontlH . . , U WJ 'Jlic Omnliii , utiituy HUE , mallei ) toW "d- tire- . One Ywiir . . 5 00 OUII l m < H NlW.lljl tMlUOJ'AIISAMHTIIIIl.t. NhVrYoilK im-ltr. IIOUM It AXIinTulm'NK Hril.illMI.SACIIINflTON OUIVi : . NO. SHI 1'01'IITI.L.STIt HTIIU.T roituKsi'ONnr.NCK. . , . All comtnutilentlons rotating to news nna nil- torlul innM-r should beaildru4sel to thu UO . Should , bo All business lettent nnil remittances Mich-cm ltd TlIK IC1. ! IVIIUSIIIM ! I'OMI'ASV , OM MIA. Dniltu , rhcrlttrand postoilicu outers to bo miitle imyiiblo to thuorJurot tno company. Tlic Bee Piiu'isliiiii Company , Proprietors , H. HOSKWATHK , Ml tor. THIS OAIIjV 1 HH. S nrn Flntonioiit ol'ClronliUlon. rnnnty iifDouitliinI I * ' . h o. lf.l elme.k , Fi-cri'lnry of Tlionee Tab- t lulling toJiipuny , dot it solemnly Hwear thut the F mctnarclrciiUtlonofUKi Dully Ilee for thu weefc y mllnir JUlV 7. IN1 * , wiis < U follows- \ ' Sat unlay , JuntOJ. . . , . . * . ' ' ' . Sunday , July 1 , , . , ' * 4 , Mbnilny , Jti iv 8 , - ! ! C Tiu'Mlny , July : i jwi ; I' : ' -WMnoMlay. July J ] W\ \ F orn to beforn me anil subscribed In uiy pri ) onrathis7th day of.Inlx , A. U. . IKSH. N. 1' . 1'h'll , . Notary 1'ubllc. Slate of Nebraska. i County of DougUs , fs'K < UiojtAi II. 'ISMIImclc. being flrht duly swrtrn , ( ti'ioinamlMijn tlmt 5ci-ri'taryor'lUo I lee Pnwbhlns eonipany , tlmt thu nctn.it nvnagu ilnlly dlrnlliitloii of tlm Daily llou for thu Ii * ' 1kb" , LV'41 ' copies ; for iiminrv , kh ) , - qop. IPS ; for Kobrlinry , 1MH , I'l..iyirojiles ; for Mnrrh , ' * K < , IP.tt- ! ; copies ; for April , ft-V , 18.711 copies , for Way , lfc W. lilbl goi'lus ; for Juii , tS8d , ln.'Jl J conlri. OiO. : 11. T'/.M ii ui n. ' Svoin to bfor& mo and subscribed .In my presence ) tiUuUti ] | day of .liino. A. I ) . 1IW. N. 1' . I'Clb Motmy J'ubllc. TIIK vonsuUtitioti bo-twoon Docfrn "vTillliiin of I'russin nnd Doctor Alexan der of Ilussin boiles no good to the siok man of Turkey. TTIK iiUonipt to forgo tin Iiifrallti lottqi provcil tv failure. The Kiuisus bcnntot writes with a pun dipped in vitriol. His imitator wrote with gull. TlinboUhlg which started in two U , end that Cleveland would curry tin .country linn begun to wavor. But the democrats are a Iicilglng crowd. IT is u queer anomaly when a plain born American \\oiniXn becomes i DucUusH of Marlborough , nnd titloi ladies of English society go into the 'drcist'mnlcing ljusinoss.'ot such an the facts If the practice of marrying " .pit American heiresses to titled and in ; pecuaiou.s foreigner ! ) bo kept up , it wil not take many years before America ! bloodwill step into royal bhoL't itbel ! aml.thq bluu-bloodu4 aristqcrata of tin old world will go back to the leVel o &onost trudcs-pcopla. 1 . YOSKMITK VALM5T MTtlS giVOIl to tin * fttato of California ly ; congress oi ) con 4Hionthat Ihiy beautiful pui-k sliall b preserved intact fqr the ojijoymont o the pooplo. But the cdinmitoSion ii charge of the park has leased the hotel 'and btago routes to monopolies wlilol exact oxhorbltant rates fi'om ploasnn Bookers. Tf this policy is kept up , no 'only will visitors give the valley a wid berth , but congress may punish th rapacity of the atato coimiiifctiion by con verting the uliico into a national park it not bo in order for ou state-board of transportation to folloi the example of the Kansas board o railway commissioners to call tlio at temtion of the railroadH of Nebraska ti the dangora of ft coal famine this win tor. A largo portion of the coal necoE Bary to tupply tlio people of. our stat could bo brought from mines at tin season of the year when traillo is ligh and when the movement of crops bu not yet set in. The emlput of coal i the winter is far from equalling th demand. Moreover , at that period o the year tlio rolling block of railroai companioH is unequal to the task. ] 3 Blocking the interior of the state now coal famine , which bo often threaten ws , can easily bo averted. A NKW ENeir.ANn journal obsevrc thut the inovcmont of young peopl awny from the farms of that bcetion i among the ) most blrikin bocinl ) ilu noincnie ot the time. It notes tlio fuc i ol nearly : i score of ngricultural local tics thut huvu elecline'il in populatlo tnco the hist census , ami remarks th : the crowding mid crushing of Inbor I the citiub does not bcuni to rolarel tli Biuvomcnt from tlio fiirininpr ellstrlct nor do the increasing amenities tin roodorn duvolopmont has been ublo 1 throw about u rural lifo have nine DlTool hi limiting the agricultural clas i raoro content with theif lot. The inovi ncnt i not explained on the grouii that fanning in Now Englan is goiierully unproiltiiblo for la cluiincd not to bu. Neither ilo < it clearly appear that tlio callings which the discontented young neop botiiko theinsolvcs , olTcr any groati proilt or any greater opportunities I the grunt majority thtui farming. Ui v doubtcdly the largo number find the hardships and privations increased I 1' the change. But there is no dilllcul iu finding the explanation , and tl I enino inlluenco that U operative in n ' trading the young people uwuy fro the farniH of Now ICngland is being ro ' * Btantly exerted elsewhere. It la tl * flash and glitter of city lifo that dra\ , . , the boy or girl rcaroel on the farm ' the oily. The young people read of tl , ' glories of the city , of its many r / tractioiiB , of ita incessant rush and whii and thu ottonor they contrast r this with their ijuiot and slmplo su roundliigsand the monotonous cour > of their dally existence the more eag * vihijy bccomo to Join the "mndtlli irowd. " A few elo so to their a vantage- , but thp larger number speodl laarn their mistake. Yet what Ii been done by thousands of young pcoj born and reared on farms will bo do by other thouaandy hereafter , dosp ! all the bud oxpttrionces thnl may told mid all the warning lemons th nay be preached. Tlioro is a Uinel unrest that nothing but hardexporlon MU euro. Oiitnlm'H Kiilistiintlal I' Omaha ha1 * rca -on to fee ) : satls'lod with tins substantial | > ro rrcsa she is making during tljo jiroxunt year in the Way of building improvements. Tlio yenr l.W wiisj oxcoptipnal for rcale tate and building booms. t'lMtn laln.o to Oregon nnd frojn Toxin- Cabforfiia Hpeculalivo' mania for real estate Was Cii ( ] led with an ovm-proiluction Of build ings. Tlio cpllap- of the booms and boomluts w s followed by a marked rot tiction. Los Angeled , Wichita , Mln- iieapulia. Nabhvillc , and nearly a'll the other booming IOWIIH and cities have for the last six months ahown u very do- eiOed ftUling-olf in building operations. Omaha IIIH not Only held her own , but the milvvelous growth of 18d7 is being surp.tsijc'd in 1889. The ollluinl building record shows that 1)00 ) permits have boon issued by the building inspector during the MX months onilcd Julio I'.O , IStSS , m against bii ) ; ] ) crinit4 issued between .lanuar.v 1 , and .ftmo.'lO , 1SS7. Fully ! 100 now buildings of various descriptions have been built in bonlh Omaha sinuo Now Year's. This makes a grand total of 1'JOO dwellings , store- lioubcs and factories , put under con struction in the liivt six months of the run-out year. The aggregate cost Of thcbo buildings cannot fall short of W/jQO.OOO. Thiis ' an exhibit \vhioh no ether city of equal proportion can match for the lirst half of the present year. In the way of publio improve ments Omaha will not fall behind - hind hoi * ix'L-ord for 18S7. Not only is the city carrying on an oxton- BIVO system of permanent improvomcnts in the way of pavcmonts and owerngo , but the corporations that own and operate - orate our street railway systems , water works and gas works ure investing onormoiL-3 bums in ojilnrging their plants , Omaha is marcliing with giant strides toward her manifest destiny as tlio largest inland city between Chicago cage wnd San Francisco. Thr State nnil the Poor. The subject ot public relief , the fruit ful topic e > f pauperism and how it shall bo dealt with , and the obligations of the btate to care for Us poor , are not new thomos. of discussion. They have for centuries received the thoughtful con- bideratioti of the wisest men , nnd it beoms col-tain thut they must continue to command attention for ccn'turies to come. Great progress has certainly been made , chiojly within the past cen tury , toward correct and olliciont meth ods ol publie- relief and in the direction of reducing pauperism. Recent statib- tics show that the number of paupers in England relatively to population it very much smaller than fiftj yearn ago , while as to the methods of publio relief then ami now the contrast is as great as between tlio conditions of semi-barbarism and those of a full-rounded civilization. A rfrogrobff nearly aw great ha boon made in bolno of the other European uatipns though undoubtedly in this purticulm England stands first among the nations In the United States pauperism has had a , much more vigorous growth thai would becm po iblo with the great op portunities which the country otfors te industry and thrift , but the fact is no' ' inexplicable. A great deal of the pan poribin hero is due to the in judiciou : liberality , public and private , wiiicl oilers a premium to indolence an ( thriftlobsiiess. Doubtless , ulhowo are indebted dobted te > Europe for a great doa of pauperism , which a rigid en forcomentof the laws "would keep out As to methods of public relief , they anne no where receiving uioro careful nt tention than in this country , and wi are undoubtedly making progress. Bu there is still a very great deal to be learned before a reasonably pot-fee policy shall have been reached respect ing the general question of caring fo : the i > oor and of providing methods fo prevention and reduction of pauperism In the last number of the 1'oliticn Science Qumterly the subject of publii poor relief is dibciibsed with considora bio elaboration by Prof. Henry W Farnam. Wo cannot attempt to evoi outline tlio arguments of the profos.xo regaiding certain theories , some o them centuries old , as t the obligations of the btati to establish and maintain i bybtom of poor relief , and wo must pas over a great deal of interesting matte to roach its application to the following practical questions. What should to thobcopo of the state's action rogardni ) the poor ? Is it fe > r its interest to reeog niy.o a legal right to relief on the par of the person aided1 ; "What should b its relation to private charity ? As t the ilrst question Professor Farnam eli eorvcB that the state nhould , a-i far possible siblo , endeavor to strike at the root c pauperism rather than merely prun its branches. The duty of the govern ment ib not fulfilled b\- merely distriu uting roliof. "If the chief reason fo governmental interference lies i the failure of the struggle for oxisi once to bring ikbout the btirvivt of the fittest in the moral an economical sense , then all mcni ure which do not aim ultimately at thi result are but palliatives , not rente dies.Vhilo , therefore , the state nhoul be exceedingly cautious in npplyin methods of relief , lebt the very meat it uso3 shall aggravate the evil , : should not hesititto to go beyond tli simple giving of relief , if it can the : ouglily sitisfy itself by experiment thr Biu-h action will tend to diminish th amount of relief needed in the future. Heparding the second question Pr < fessor Farnam takes the ground that is not in accordance with the welfare < the state to recognize a legal right c the part of the floor to roliof. If , as Ii thinks should bo thu case , "the Urn aim of the poor laws is to make a classes of the population solf-supportin ; the recognition of a right to bo sui ported , regardless of one's own action or of the right to have work , rogardle of one's own olTort-s to seek it , must ui dcrmino that independence which our aim and destroy onool the ttrongo incentives to self-support. " Numeroi historical examples are cited to she that the recognition of a legal right relief conflicts'with thu very end fi which poor relict exists. Jlogardlii the relation of publie relief to priva charity , P-rofcs-iOi1 Furnam that the extent to which the govern ment carca for tiie. poorbhoukl udjtift it oltto .tho junouilt of work t'hlit.is done by privates effort. 'It cannot bo doCernUjitid by a.liareV . and fast ruk' . The government HJioiild roitrlct or o.v-i' panel it ? action according' s- ] > v- ) t'ato charity is acllvo or indo lejnt. Private agenolcs ran do what publid-ones- unable to do , foi' they can c.xbrulse charily. An unforced poor relief can newr partake } of the na ture of charity or bring torth the fruits of benovylonco. "A more machine , such as the department of public chnri- 'ties Is Very apt to become , can never etf- orcibo a personal nnd moral influence. The ) government should therefore avoid all measures that will tend to weaken the beneficial elVects of real I'liarlty. It should supplement , not supplant it. " The state , honcver , should not hesitate to interfere where prlvuto charity isex- orcibod with .so little intelligence as to bean oncouragomontto pauperism and' as to run tier the pi-oblom of dealing with the indigent more dilllcult. Finally , Professor Fm-nsim cays wo shall never make any progress in deal ing with this subject . .until'w realize that pauperism is a social disnnso , not an economic state. "Pauperism does not menu simply the absence of fund- . ; it moaii-i the mental nnd mor.il habit which oeic.'isions this luck of funds ; and while it would sooin as Utopian to look forward to the specdV abolition of pov erty as it would to the eljbcovory of the elixir of life , it doet iiQt boom unroason- ablu to Iiopq that paiipcribtn as an cpi- demit ? may bo as1 thoroughly checked as have been the ravages of thd small pox or the black death. " landlord Scnlly. The ofTect of the Illinois alien land bill passed l bt year has made itself felt in forcing the notoriom L-indlord SculljF to dispose of his forty thousand acres in that atato. For years the tenant farmers n the 'estates" of thlb foreigner were lUbjoct to the name indignities and ack-rcntlng ystom which this man in- reduced more than twenty years ago in Tipperary , Ireland. Tlio unhappy enant who once found himself on Lanel- ord Scully's land in Illinois became an object of indignity and oxtortion. The lagrant abuse of his authority as land- ord in violence with all principle- > f quity , arouod a strong jiopnlar feeling against this man. The ueoplo of Illinois would not staml it. As a result a law ivas passed compollintr alien lnndovvnei-3 o dispose of thoi" realty within &ix years under ponaltv ot forfeiture unle ? n the meantime they become citi/ons of the Uniteel States. Events have proven that Landlord 'cully has preferred to sell his acres rather than to become naturalized. What ho will do with the vast quantity pf land which ho holds in other states s not known. His Illinois experience ins been an expensive lesson to him. Ho probably has learned by this time that the people of America will not olorato bib vicious methods. It is said that lu > owns many thousand acres in Nuckolls county , in this btnto. There , lave beau no loud complaints' of abuse Tom that beetidn , but Mr. Scully may rest assured that if his excessive rent inel gross eviction policy bo exercised in this state , short work Will be mudo of his right * to Nebraska soil. * A NUMHiiK Of experiment" are about to bo tried at the Chicago Union stock yards to ascertain whether Tuxiui fov r 5s contagious to native cattle. The re sult of the investigation will bo watched with great interest bv the cattle men ol the country. For some years past cattle have boon afllictod with this pcculint disease , said to bo transmitted from Texas cattle to native stock. There has never been cone'.lusivo proof to thi- effect , and it is purposed to settle ! this question once for all. A series ol exposures of native northern cattle witli TcxaiiB is to bo made with a view ol determining whether or not southern cattle can convey fever to northern cattle , and whether , if any northern cattle contract the Texan fever , the } can reconvoy it to ether native stock , It is probable that in the course of the investigation , which is to extend ovci 8omo months , the commission appointee' will extend tlio inquiry by endeavoring to llnd a medicinal remedy to cheek the disease if found in Texan or domestic cattlo. For that reason the report o the commission to bo presented at the next mooting of the National Consoli dated Cattle Growers in November wil bo very important to the cattle industry of the country. Tim annual congress of the National Prison association of the Unitqd State } ; convened in Boston last night and wil ! bo in session until next Thurrfday. The object Of this association is to obtaii trustworthy facts and opinions relating to criminals and to discuss , measure ! nnd recommend legislation for the pro volition and repression of crime. The management of prisons , the euro am discipline of criminals , and nil cognati matters , receive intelligent and cnrefu consideration , and the association hai done a most important service in im proving the character of the prison and reformatories of the country am causing the abandonment of practice repugnant to the spirit of the ago. Th present session of the congress promise to bo of unusual interest. Tun Iowa state railway commibbioner in spite of the injunction of Judg Brewer , claim that the now taritl shoe is in force. The railroads say it isn'l \Vhon the penalties of one thousan dollars are imposed on general managers agors for violation of the law , they wi ! learn to think differently. Cyclops Cleveland. Ktif Yinlt I'i * , The man who called Mr. Cleveland tli "democratic cyclops" wasn't heavy on tl classics. The cyclop * only had one I. llotlro Thorn. Untotn D HH OUI. The Call hue almost positive iivfornmtic that the UurlliiRton roail is in politics agal this yc < tr , as it Ima been for a dozen ycai past. It proposes to capture state ofilcc legislators and everything eUo. The peon' ' must tiot bo hooiVwlnUed by its Idd-Rlove calipers and strikers : They must see to that the choice of the railroads la defeated I the primaries , Kvory luun'n camllelatq Ahoulcl be miufn tbiHHlp" hltnnclf to fa\-or the iwojilo ns ftf/aln 't lh k envrpadmients of corporate ) iower. Ml . ThO 1) . ii M. Imt-n , fh \ \ to-roiultict- log- ltltna.to btiflniys. It hus. im v'rfht'i howuvtfr , t6:6nilnt-t : the politics otaptato. , ' ' Tjie-y' have u striker o'v ncrbap- eln cn Of tlicm put Itj the sUit6 trt-ftay ntt6uitlii | ! ; t eTefcutViUfain Loesi' . Tiio IntJuiiant 4100- jilt' ' should risoln thoil-tnlsht.ali.l Vto to pur- illtlo'n ovcry candlilato , put up by tl o rnllwny hirollii s. This is iV mntjior o horlo'js th.H it must not bo treated lightly. Ucllro the llitr- lillfe'tOIi. , < My CoiintrV'TIs of Thee. ( liluin ( 7i'iunc. { ' O , e-aiiiialn | p itriotlsin , what poetical crimes are rominlUuit in thy naino ! Ills St St. J'fi'jl I'uilictr I'HH. The name of (3 ( rover' Cleveland's .ub ! titiite In the war of thp rebellion appears to have been lost to 'history Tlio name of hU sub stitute In the pfcshlonti.il chair In ISs'J ' will bo Harrison Why Coiil. Tlic eto.mocr.itio chaivo that rJeiicml liar- rrson h "a colil man" moain sitnply thai ho wears It clean slitrt and i not in the lulbit of IA.-III : ; jillotC'l homo ofnights in an intoxi cated condition. Sstuely ills rumor. loH-i $ lnt > Sifjjiiln : There is nothing in General Harrison's lifo to ropcl tlio voids of any laborinp man. On the contrary , there Is , everything to at tract tbi-ir admiration , their eonjhlciioo , ami tht-ir loganl , uid | the inowthoy study his e'liroi'i- ' , the moro thov will tipiuoclato nnd honor his noble Tlio " 15pm. . " Unit lluiitfttf. Tim man who cast * the vote of the whole roUtng uiijl , tlH' follow w-ha n roei to ilolivvr a prccitu't at the propqr time , the chap \Vho carriutf the w.inl in his ve , t pjc'nt , the ifrp.it jnnn who controU thu cnunty , is now Htttinl- ing on tliosticot coiner whcro liut-inbo tfcon of men. r.iko nntlca oi liliu/my son , Biul w.ite-li liltn well when he is ioimti > d y ami bir. You Will thi'ii obiiorvo that ho atf- > ri uijtitoH ono vote , ami you won't have to bid high to get that one. Sonu llnnif Hre'\fji. \ They're rouilux , they're routing in valley anil Kle-n , The noble in soul and the fearless In heart ; At tierilom'ft Hturn call , to thp coinh.it uifiiln , They i ush with a 7.1 it I she- alone can iniiiart. From wild Madawask i'.sil.irlc foie.stsof pinu , to the Jar fertile ! gUdi-s where the ralm \Vab.lsh liowfs True.1 sons of thuir fatliors ! the poiplc com bine , To shako olt the fliitsisof their tj rants ami foe * . Thoy'ro c-ath'iitijr , they're patU'ring , ou hillside - side aiid plain , They swarm every Vale and o'orahuilow uiich Hvor . Eai'h Uamlct ami valo'is made vocal atptm \\"ith the sonl-thrillini ; cry of "Our coun try forever ! ' ' The Hat ; of thu free to the brOozo i * unfurled , Around it they rally to uard iU fair tamo. iVnd well may the fuet of corruption bo bold In tbo ( jlory and ttrciiBth of tiioir Ilwri- jff r OJovor. Itelnilt Frf , l'if * < . The fanner's pretty daughter , Down to the meadow srne.ii , So.U-L'lmd for a four-loaf clover The clover he.uls .between. . } * ' ! Down in the sunny meadow IJcncuth tbo tifc.v o blue , She fnund a four-loaf clover And put It in her slroe. "For , " said she , ' 'I shall marry ' 1 hu ilrst oao moots my view , Wlnlo w'alkins in the meadow With a clover in my sUou. " Then to heir noisfhl'w's farmhouse t lia lot her f.iuoy run ; You sou thij next door noiirhboi- Had u very handsoruu son. And then sho. bluslicil and started , For. down the bhaileU wsiy , A llguro lull and e-ouicly her vision lay. "Oh ! little four-KMf clover , 1 will bellovo in you ; Lot those who will ba scornful 1 know you'vo told mo true. " boating heart she waited Till the llguro came that way , Thou , looking up , Bald sweetly : "It is n pleasant day. " She looked njjnln and ix > Utcd ; Imagine , if you can , " Tliis country maiden's anger It was the hired man ! VOIOK OK TUB STATU PKKSS. "Tho Gladstone of Nebraska" is the wa in v.-liii-h the \Vymoro Ueportor refers tc General Van Wyck. The editor of the CoJar County Nonparoi draws himself up to hi * greatest holghtli am in trumimt tones cxolalms : "Wo are an in dependent a mugwump , and wo are protn of It ! Wo regard jirmclplu as far highoi than party , and wo regard live issues us o far moro impoitaiioo than dead issues wrapped pod up In the uloody uhirt. " The Ulysses Herald i * booming Hon. C. D Camper at ? the dumot'ratlu opponent of States man Jim Laird in ther.ico for congress ii the Second district. Tlio Herald declare ! that It is only echoing the wish of the IIIHOJ of the voters of the district , and refers te Mr. C.wpor in glowiiiR language as follows "Staunch and consistent , a logical tliiiike and n man of merit and native ( r-nius , lie ii ablyrjualillod for the position. Hu stj-ong record ord Will rocouimciid him to the \ 't-irs ' ot boll parties , who nro in favor of : , , , Ung mot for wlmt they are worth and ju for whu power they niav havo. AVe are couildon that C. U. Casper will receive the unaiiimou bupport of all u'ood men In the Second dla Uict. " Tliis is the way the Madison Hcporte ' railroad combine "Phut-stem view's the : am his agents and the Manpjotto , the ( Jreeue and their subordinates , together with agent of the Northwestern railroad and tliel backers farther cash nrd In close nlllanc and work all for thesifnio rcat object toll ! our ncrxt legislature \ylthoutspokcn , agent nnd tools of the sanjo , orweak men whor they can control , BO that Thurston may b elected to the United States senate and law for the protection of the people bo dofeatee All otlior work and parade is only a feint t cover this , the real point of attack. Any pn who attempts to deny thi * nnd defend thoa men mark him at oneO'as h fool , a tool and IMtOMINK.NT IM3USON3. President Cleveland Is said to be looklu batter than at any previous time since cute : ing the white house. Ex-United States Senator nna ex-Go' ernor William Snniguo , of Hhodo Island , chief ot police ut Narragansctt pier. Speaker Carlisle chows giimnnd consumi largo quantities daily in the ) ceffort to eve como his dcslro for tobacco while prcsldln over the house. Uobcrt Louis Stoplieusoti has gene to tl Sandwich Islands. King Kalukaua hi lately bccomo an author and will doubtlet receive Stephenson with enthusiasm. Editor Shcpard 'is making a good thing 01 of tuo daily publication of bible texts iu'tl MalJ and Kxpross. Ho recently received U check for $0,000 from oilej gentleman , who wnic lcd him to ftcml l.oeX ) copies Of the paper to J.cou claiyyinotl for a year. UcHjanrin F. Hutler Is not forgotten. 'lurt- 'nmiith plyos him the elcgroo of M.istor of Aits u tlilhi } which Harvard could not bo peivtindoil to RVO him wliqn ho was goVr cnloi1. UJiltccI States MlnlstorStrauia h comniR back from CoiiHtanUnoplo on throe months , ' leave to help his party In the rumpalgn. Straus * show the direction of the political wind. The Soi-inijllclil Monitor warm the people of rfarpy count j not to neglect local polities on account of the natloital campaign , tut t he-re tire several Important local offices to bo illlcd this fall. William Walter ( 'helps lias sacrlllccil Ids bai'gs , and now appears In the homo with hi * hair parted and nicely oombod b.u-k. Ho Ishald to bellove Mini he w.is banged out of the nomination nt Chicago. A. W. Ixmgfcllow , brother ot the Into poet , Is n prominent figure In I'orthtml , Me. Ho elexsolv resembles his famous brother , both in manner and porson. Ho is ncaily seventy j oars of ago. Ho U dosi-rlbod as a great lit student hu0 of his er-try , spending a 0 part time in his study. .InuRM TIusscll Lowell is the despair ot London doctois. Ho suffers greatly from the OUt , but will not take any of the stuff tbo physicians llx up for him. There is con siderably pf the Yankee loft in Mr. Lowell aftorall. Ho doo-t not want to ello of an English djseasu. The Hane-roft Journal does not believe that A'alentiiio islriccly to bo the state senator from Cuming and Hurt counties this winter , but it doqit bcllovf that "Vulhiis an eye on so-.not.hing bigger thau the Htatc sonate' , and wo doubt whether 1m could carry thin county hhould ho ( ondcsceml to bo a candidate for the office " Casper K. Yost is taking In the towns of the North PlattO country mid postiug the editors on sotno of the lepubllRan papers on his caudldaey for stnto trb usurer. Yost is nnikiug his canvass on the su-oiicftli of being an Omaha hum nnd Omaha has never had ( that 1s hardly over ) , good stfeccs.s in getting Impottant stale offices. After his visit to Columbus the .Journal of thut city Is1 "In spired" to "think It is high tlmo that the North Platte country Is being rccnttnl/.ed on the state tickets of tlio republican party , mid that recognition , it' not very cheerfully iicoorilfd this tlmo , should bo enforced. " On the iue-Uion | of Traitor CJ-ane's"nomi- natlon for reprcs-ontativo tlioGnrflulil County Quaver is not a bit shaky , but line ? out itu opinions In u sti-ak'htrorwHrd manner. "It Is candidacy , " it exclaims "has been brought about by a gaus ; at Lincoln , an oinmUsary of which iMHs.jd up the road not long niuoe , and "ol. up the piiiH and is boiuijbaokod by cer tain politicians ut 'J..ij lor. Hiit nomination for that ollli-o would ccrlmnl ) mean defeat to the ropublioan p u-ty in this district. Wo have heat el expressions fiom n nmjnrlty of the republicans- this vicinity and wo huVo the first one to find tti.it would support him If nominated. They adhere firmly to the belief that ho Is a most pliant corporation toql and wmiUl not support him under uny circumstancss. H would bo a suicidal policy on the part of the republicans to nominate him. Hut lot us say right here the people will have to wake up the railroads are not uslci'l' and if they do not succeed in nom inating Mr. Crane they will try to got u man who will bo equally ns useful to them , The fanners will want to know their man before making any movements. " The country press is U11 discussing Thurs- ton and his record ntCiilcago in : i very lively manner. The Garfield County Quaver gives its readers a second dose of its opinions of "tho people's statostnin , " as follows : " \Vo are not dcnylncr the brilliancy of Mr. T hurs- ton's sposcli , or the honor his brains would bo to tbo state if ho $ > teed In a different relation - tion to tlm poopjo , but it is the pure ami un- luiultci-atod ciibhedncss of the gontleinan tlmt wo object to. Mr. Thurston is shrewd , It U triie ; t > o wore Aaron Kurt1 and Benedict Arnold. Mr. Thurston stands in about the tunic relation to tlio people u ? those traitors. Ho is trying to betray thorn into the hands of a moro exacting and Uncompromising enemy tnui | ovcm the British. Hut they sav IQ is simply in the employ of. the railroads to attend legal matters only. That is true tea a certain extent , but these 'legal matters' seem to include a wide- range of dntics. They include the management of the 'oil- rooms' during sessions of the legislature , And hiding out lllto a common criminal dur ing sessions of thu Pacific mil road commis sion , to avoid the service of a subpiona. " KIXOH AND Prince Henry , of Ku sla , was the first Gcr man prince who over sailed round the world- Queen Victoria recently remarked that her favorite color was blue. Well , nobody thought it was green. The queen of Italy , who Is a clever artist , has designed what is considered to bo the most beautiful lamp at the Italian exhibition in London. The Queen of Sweden is teaching hot peasantry how to cook. She will probably , among ether things , toll them how to Sweden what they make. The iiucea regent of Spain , while at Bar celona , three times visited the American de partment of the Jntci national exposition and expressed great interest therein. The king of Sweden must bo un entertaining - ing conversationalist. There are but twc bUbjcoU upon which ho e-ares to talk ono la music , the other is his dyspepsia. The crown prlnoo of Sweden has boon robbed of MOU.OOU worth of jewels. The duchess of Edinburgh was recently re lieved of * 10,01)0 ) woith of gems in Spain. Quoun Victoria has imported a luird-up In dian prluco to teach her Hindustani. Ho i ; to loceivo 1K ( ) rupees per montn for his services , and the government is asked to fee ! the bill. The princa of Wales is most unlucky as on owner of racohorsos. Ho recently hired o two-jear old named Atholo , changed tin title to Plantagonet and backed the animal for a win. But Atholo could not run weighted down by the immo Plantagenot , and Wales was considerably out of pocket. Kahicr William only used two swords ami one saber throughout his whole lifo. The first was the ono used when ho was a boy , from 1S1H to 1SIH. Then the tvar gavn him n bwonl which ho carried until the battle , ol Sadowa. Upon that day ho adopted mi In fantry saber , which ho wore till his death. The emperor of Chlnu Is attended by thlrtj physicians and surgeons ; but as the surgeons Imvo to take the prescriptions of the physi cians , and the physicians have to undergc the operations which the surgeons would in Iliet on his majesty to Indicate their oxaci effect to nis cautious highness , the loarneil doctors keep their patient in u state of pcrf eel health. Prince Kupcrt of Uavarla , who was senl to Barcelona to represent his country ut the unveiling of the statue of Christopher Colum bus. ran off to Paris and had a lark. Ho has now been banished to u secluded and remote village to repent and reform. There Is littli possibility that ostracism will regenerate the giddy prince , who is only nineteen and wht liad never before boon in Pans. Princess Alexandra of Greece , who has been mentioned as the imsbible. bride o : Prince Albert Victor of Wales , is to wee Grand LuUo ) Paul , the czar's youugob brother. This Paul i an unwashed Tartai savage , Ho was engaged to Princess Alex nndra two years ago , but tbo mutch 'wa1 broken off because of his vile conduct u Athens. , Counters Honckol Von Doulicritmnrck wife of a great German nobjoman , has KIVOI birth to u boy , to the i-gunt's ec3tn.cy and delight light , for , although lUtv-oight years of ng ( and twice married , this Is his debut as i father , thus securing ut last the long-hoped for heir to his vast property , which otherwise wise would have reverted to a distant brancl of the family. As a token of Joy the coun jiresfiited the haiipy mother a diamond nee * luee > worth $100,000 Portland , Ore. , boasts of njwo-headnd log , which u > tes the ono the same OB the other. ' Tho'latest from the wilds of Georgia Is n 't'portod .Voortott prim-ess who , wjth tlueo nuiils , ejr'o.s | everything she tout-he * ! . In IlnrrlshurK , Pa. , the tree where the 'ounder of the city Was tied and Imnic'd if Ivo by Indian * , Is rapidly turning Into u letrilled condition. A doctor in Alpvria atooil before n glillhv .ino and caught the head ( if a criminal us It fell from the nx mid spoke to Jt. It Is said that movements of the eyes and mouth showed that ho understood. The world's wonder Is n sinking mountain icarTalulah , ( la. Itslnles all The time , but < o.slowly as Imidly to bu i > eriTiitlble > , bill iiion the O'-ouronoi'of eai thipiaUos anywhere ii tho-world , goes down fiom ono to six foot in a very brief space. The negro wlio turns whltd Is growing as numerous ami little less marvellous than the Rimko nnd fish story. The latest Is leported From Manning , S C.whore a negro employed in the turpentine works "dreamed four or Ilvo Veais ogo" that ho was some dav to bo a while man and is now making the dream a reality. William B. Cii-over , of Medllold , Mass. , lias on exhibition at his residence a wonder ful freak of nature In the Mower kingdom. It Is a ( lower'bearing' a htrong resemblance to Lhe white rose , whli-h ho. recently cut from Iho stem of his e-r.ibapplo tree , where ho found it growjiig among a eroi ) of apples. How it came there Is u mystery. The ( lower is about ono , Inch ami rt half ill diaiileter , of the purest white- , with u yellow petal. Near Jim JIarftrovo's mills , six miles south of Gainesville , un. , thrno largo rattlcviuUos nnd three largo coaehwhips have ) boon killed hitel.s. Thy conchwhips measured ever nix foot each , and the rattlesnakes , quito for' midaliloeustomeis , had eleven and thirty- hovuu rattlers respectively , besides the * regu lation button , which annually tomes and grows into n rattle. The presence of so inaiij of these e-roatures threatens to elomor- all/o Mr. Hargrove's mill linnets. A gentleman Who lives near Gainesville ? , ( "iii. , had a colored man building- him a uew rail fence , A terrapin happened along that Way , und the negro seeing a knot hole In the rail that ho thought the terrapin would lit , placed it on his back In the hide and laid the rail on the foni-o. Twelve years later , in toarlug down the fence to reset it , the lor- rapili was found in Iho knot hnlu In compara- lively good Jicaltli , sOommg not to have suf ft'iod much from his long i-onllnomont. A litto ! six-vcar-olil girl of Cincinnati named Emma Byers has a padof eyes that are the wonder of all the people of that city. In her right eye is the | > orfeot form of a doll baby , handsomely drtsseil and with beautiful featuies. In her left , eye is a miniature crescent. The child is altogether very pietty , and the parents expect , lu time , to mukou foituno bv exhibiting hor. A well- known Cincinnati oculist s.ij.s the figures in little Emma's eyes are simply duo to an error In the development of the irides. Bctwee-n ! ) ; 3i > and 10 oYlock the other night a stranu'o sight was ob.surVod by sev eral people at Poi timid , Mo. What appeared to be u hugo illuminated cloud passed over the houses at a height of about onn hundred feet. It actually lighted up the sticet and paused ILO little amount of wimdorlug among these who observed the phonoinc'iion. One gciitlcinun's curiosity leil lilm to the roof of his bouse for pin poses of lnvcstliittloii. Ilo then found to his astonishment that the strange appearance wa ? n largo swaun ot lightning bugs ( lying Mlowly nnltli. Henry Robinson , of Conetoril , N. H. , hnsro contly be-on proionted with a small hair trunk.thickly btuddt-d with brass miiUwhich once boldnged to Daniel Webster. The trunk was found in Webster'solnco ' after his death , locket ) , and so little was thought of it that it was left in that condition until it came into the hand of Mr , Robinson. When opened it was found to contain a lot of valuable law papers and mementoes in the shape of letters fiom distinguished men of that period , an no- count book , and a pockotbooic containing .sevcr.il bunk bills bearing ilato of 13 JS. Whether tall men or short men am best , Orbold or modest nnd shy men , I can't hay ; but this I protest : All the fair .sex are iu favor of Hymen. Builinpton , N. J. , prrtudly claims more widows to the siniurc yard tlmn any other city m the United States. When a divorce can bo obtained with such comparitlvo eat > e and relative choapncbx , the person who severs the marital i elation by a retort to violence shows a culpable l.iuk of sense. A young gentleman who had written to u nice young girl offering her his heart nmi bund , but who had received no reply , pen sively roimu-kod that he was living "m ono of the doubtful states. " Iu St. Louis n few day ago , Wall Goo , n Chinaman , was united In wedlock to n Clara tjeo. If they succeed in making all ends meet ns well as their names it is hard to tell what the outcome will be. "Aro you engaged i" inquired a port young lady , stopping briskly up to u Bar Harbor buckboard driver , who was lounging In dolently across the front seat. "Lord , no I are you ? " was the prompt reply. An pastern paper announces the marriage of a Miss Long to a Mr. Short. It will not bo very long before Shorty will find out where his disabilities como in , providing their names are u repetition of their suo. An OroKon City. Ore. , clergyman got lost in the wootls while enioulo to Arthur's Prairie , ton miles elistant , to marry a couple , and not until after the lapse of forty-eight hours did ho reach his destination. The bridy and groom , together with the invited guests , waited all the while. A correspondence Jind boon kept up for homo time past between a St. Louis girl and n Chicago man in a marriage paper. Being desirous of seeing her admirer , who she hoped to shortly malto a husband the young lady went to the Garden City , and on mak ing inquiries among friends discovered him to bo ono of Africa's ilusky sons. The pn- gagcnient is off. A country wedding , usually n serious or- caslon , may Imvo humorous IncKlcnts ns one event showed. During the ceremony it was noticed that the bride took no part in the re sponses. The groom answered tlio usual questions with heartiness and good will , but not a word passed thu lips of the blush- ilig brido. Some of the * guests thought timidity or modesty might bo the cause ol the silence ; ono , moro curious or more bold than the rest , asked the bride why ( the did not respond. "Oh , I wasn't ' going to com mit myself , " was the rather surprising reason given by the prurient , damsel. JMIMKTIKS. "Four powf , from the front , if you please , " B.itd n clerical-looking gentleman nt the ticket ofllco of the opera the other evening. The preacher ami deacon of n negro church down in Florid i were whipped into confess ing nthoft of'i > 0 by members of their en raged congregation. "Aren't broke Missionary you sorry you a to the bank , my friend f" Convict "Botcher lifo I am. Ycr don't s'poso I'd a done it , does ycr , 'f I'd kudwed do cashier bad two hours the start o' mol" Sunday-school teacher ( Illustrating the "still , miiall voice" ) "What is it , dear chil dren , that makes you feel so uncomfortable ami unhappy after you have done something which you ought uottodol" Upur Child "A lickin' " "Don't ' the nngolB wear any clothesj" asked a little girl of her mother. "No , my daughter. " "None at all , mother ! " "Nono ut all. " There was u pause , anil tlia little cherub asked , "Whole do the angels put their pocket-handkerchief s 1" A zealous clergyman on the Atlantic coast offered up a fervent prayer n few days ace that the weather this season might bu mild nnd temperate , and within n week the pro prietors of these summer resort hotels with drew with their families from the congrega tion. Deacon ( to divinity stuelent ) If you were called now what would you dot Student ( somewhat absent minded ) Why show down my hand , of cour I I that Is I Deacon That's right : always show down your hand. Don't pull n gun. The other follow might get the drop on you. Mr. A. A. Bcmnn , of Chicago , architect ol TUB HEK building Is in the city with Mrs , Hcman , the , guests of Mr. Archie lowell , ol the United States National bank. Airs , Boman is a relative of the Powells and will remain. In the city for about two weeks , Part of this tlmo Mrs. Beman expects tc spend with her cousin , Mrs. II. W. Tiltou , ol Council Bluffs. A MOST BRILLIANT SUCCESS , [ Continued from Third iwge ] nblo Irian , on pnrlli for Hint Tilgh j o ltloti. Hut I supposewo ought not to hold him to .tlio e > hl ( U'chiratlon. Ho mndo it no doubt-when ho hud no o.Micctfitkm of being elected. In Mint sftiulo Otter ho twice ) docllviojd the crown .of u second tunu. Kvon' iimbltlMHOii" aV put it uwiiy three times' be- foio ho foil. The St. Louis convention found Cleveland u willing incrjtleo. lu fourbrlot , \ cur- * his K'ruples h.id "been overcome , niid ns the gl-oatolllco toyed with him for n second term ho bltishlngly yielded. TrciiihHng nnd shrinking \\lth mods-it } , ho could not sly "no. " A lover unco upbraided his sweet- heait and eUvhdfcl to her , -'Alary , I wiw that rreiichinan 1-Mlngjon in tlio eoimetvatory tun } you did not resist. Why uld you not Mop hlinl" Stio answered , "I couldn't , Ge-orgo ; I couldn't stoji lilm. " "What Is the toasoii > oti couldn't toi > him ! " tho. infuri ated lover shriuked. "You know. George ? , " she peevishly and prtullngly unsworn"you know as well ns 1 do that 1 cannot sneak I'Ywieli , " The other day our illustrious president re ceived fonuul iiotllleatlon of his rcnoinina- t on and In doing o gr.ivoly announced that the national democracy w.is placliiK lu his hands Its proud standard bidding hint bear it high t the front of thu battle.VliaV u KorKeous old standard thin national banner isOn / Its ragged and tattered folds ura many peerless denioer.itjc Inaerlptlons. "Hankrupt ( jovoriinient1" "Kuined oieditl" "Publio dobj 1" "SiwUcrod ships I" "Sop.ir- utod aililies 1" "No coercion ! " "Slavery a divine Inatitiitloa1" "HM | oil the bloinl- hounds ! " "No nlonoy to cairvou thO War ! " "Stiirvo the union soldiers 1" "KesKtutit'o to the draft' ' " "Lincoln hlivllun.V" " \\'o di - cl.iro the four yo.ii of wnr a fatlure'Vo ' duinand ttidir of liostilitiCAl" ' - . a cvs | liostilitiCAl".VP IHJII- sicins ! " "Down with the ann'mlnionls1 ! "Uowii with tin' nlKBLTl" "Down ultli the UUtcJter , Gr.iiil ! " "llwr.ili tor the New York riot ! " "OosVn with , SUendan , the bandit ! " "Hurrah for the Now Orleans ! ! ' > "Hurrah for Kuroiio1" "Up with Uritlth fabrleal" "Down with American munufnuimosl" "lliuiah for iMiiper labor ! " "Down with the home mar- hot ! " "Uj > with free foixjign trade ! , ' "Down with the AiuerjiMii home1" "Anuirlia for tjio nuglishl" "TJio pooihoiiho Joi1 tlio American labdrorl" Proud banner indeed is tills tbat our heroic Giover so nobly bears where the battle H thickest. MaKtillleiMit rac , loolsinff as it it had been whipped about through I ho Hldugh of despond for ti thmisaml years I What tcnuur looolleetions Hiesu imeriptmna must fiibplio in patriotic brcaMi. Wltli wliat heioie luipuUus the citi/iMi'4 heart must bo lired b\ them ) 1'roud imtloii.il democracy , to have so grand a recpid , so proud a stand ard , HO bravo a standard hoarorl Tlio fossil ized bourbon and loco foeo of the reuuito past may sue lu this dilapidated old lug soinu tbluif to honor , but the pioud spriti'd | , high hearted young democrat ol this ago Is goiiiu to trample IIIH indignunt feet upon it , and turn hit , back upon the dismal ) ust of winch it is tbo emblem. What u banner this is to bo followed by bravo and high plnted men I What n flag it ii to be placed above tlio 1).it- tlemeats tbat luvo been sealed by u victor- ' ions ainiyl The great Grover does not stop Jioro On tbo sumo occasion ho dccl.irod that ptuty su premacy wan not alouo invol\cd in tlm con- lllct which iirosbcd upon hitnbutlliit | ho was DiiKuued in n stiunglo to secure tbo cherished instidlUsii * and the welfare and liaiiilncts | ol' a nation of frco men. What chenshi'U insti tution is Ihcro in this country that lupubli- cnnism did uolfoumli What institutions bftvu been established in this gieat l.nul of ours which atu cherished by thu American peojilu that wore not founded In Kpitu of the resistance of the demperatjo party ! The only institution In tins country that the duin- ocratio party was over | iroud of untl llmt jt ever cherished was htricUen down by the proclamation of Abraham Lincoln and thu iieioism of the union holding. No great thought has been crystali/ed into legislation , and no great thought wrought intx ) aecom- pllhhmolit in thu la-tt thirty years but thtt ) < lias been done by the repablieaij party at the , point of the democratic bayonet. Tliero are no Institutions in the country nq\v that the Anibrlcau people cherish that were not foundgd by i enublieanlbin In spite oC deuini- ; racy. Secujo the wcllfaio and Impplnes of a nation offrocduicn , indeod. How do men happen to bo free ! Who made free ilien of thu 4,0011,000 wretches that gi'ew In bondage ! Uoiiiocracyf Did democracy over bi'e.ilc u fcttcrf Did democracy over cut a bondman's cord I Did democracy over steady n tremb ling slave on hk feet and bid him bo ; l miin ! Who gave freedom to tholtliiuk-MklDiiod creuj turcs and thb millions of their pirtgoin that shall come after tlipm I Who ftuvo free muds and free honu'b and free scliool-i nnd frco speech ana frco opportunities to the men of America ? Did democracy over do ill His to the integrity , tlio loyalty and the patriotism - ism of tlio republican party that wo are in debted for the wollfaro and happiness of a nation of free men. Graver Cleveland thinks that the democratic party is uioro Jlkoly to secure those cherished things than thu rn- publican party which established nnd created them. No man not descended fiom the re mote past and with the dust of ugey scat tered over him boHovcs-tlml the party which established the welfare and happiness of thu American people and founded their cherished institutions is not the best party to trust with these institutions and with the welfare and happiness of the people. When you come to analy/o the president's brief on accepting the nomination you will discover that he icgurds himself alone as the power that is to tnesc-ivo the cherished In stitutions and piotcct the welfare mid happi- pluens of the people. Nolle thut have gone before him In a generation have been his equal , in his estimation , In capacity , Integ rity and power to preserve and defend thu institutions of the country and thu libcrtiuM of thu people. Hear his ponderous self .ulnhit tion : " 1 knew four years .igo howell de vised weio the pimcjples of true dcmoc- lacy for the successful opoiation of the gov ernment by thp people and for thu people , but 1 did not know how absolutely necessary they were for lha restoration to the pcojilu and of their safety and prosperity. I knew then that abuMcb and extravagances had crept into thu management of public affairs , but I did not know their numerous forms nor the tenacity- their grasp. " In the conception of this colossal Egotist It has fallen upon him alone , In the vicissitudes of time , to rescue the country fmm the abuses and mismanagement of past adminis trations. Ho succeeds the princely Arthur , Intelligent , honest , capable and true ; the just , high-minded ( .larliold , ever true to every public trust imposed upuii him. Thu mild- mannered , high-minded and worthy Hajes , over anxipus to hcrvo his country loially ami to give it nn honest and clo.in administra tion , The sturdy Giant , kindl\ , sincere and heroic. A mighty commander without love of military glory A wondrous lulor with out political ambition. Iloliaal , br.ivo. iroat anil tjui1 , his country rested in his bandit with a feeling of Miprcmu lOiilhlcncn m him , Tlio peoiless Lincoln , the meekest , the gent lest , the purest and the noblest of mankind. These wore the men that proceeded Cleve land. T.IICKOwere the men tluough whosii hand abuses and extravagances nopt into" tlio management of the public affairs It Is leserved for King Clovis of Now York to order his throne placed at the cdgo of the sea so that he may command itu billows to reccdo. How palo grown this splendid galaxy of republican stars In the resplendent light that radiates from the classic liungin.iu of HuiTalo. An Unconllriiieil Kopnrt. Several railroad boys uptown last night beard that Htovo Maloney , u switchman In the lower Union 1'aclHc yard , had been run over by fifteen cats and killed. Up to an early hour this morning no report of the nl- legod nccldpnt had been madu to I'ithor.\ard- master's ofllce , nnd the men on duty ill * credited the rumor. Its origin Is unknown. Maloncy is a young man and popular among Ids mates , Fli-n anil 1'ollucCommission. The tbo and police commission met lust evening. An Invitation was iccoivcd from the executive committee of thu national asso ciation of tire nnglncers to send the chief of tlio lire dciiartment as an Omaha ropiosentu- tlvo to their annual convention. Koforred to the committee on man and discipline. The report of the chief of police for. the months ending Dec. 1 , lbS7 , was received and nlaccd On tlio. The charges against Oporgo Cragcr , of tbo ilro department. hroufht by Assistant Chief Harnes , who claimed that Crnger was-oIt duty several hours without ixmnlsslon and failed to report to Chief Galllgan when o ordered by liurnes , wore examined Into and referred to the commHtoo on DICU ana di l- plmu.