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* * / . . . . > . . * " * . - ff" , TjHTiTiirr- - > r * - - THE OMAHA DAILY BEjSy SATURDAY. MARCH SO. 1889. THE DAILY BEE. KVKUY MORNING. OP sunacniPTioN. Dally ( Morning KdltJon ) Including BBWDAT IIFK , Ono Venr. . . . . . . . . . ! < > 00 ForPlx Month * . . , . . . . 0 no For Three Months . , . Z W TUB OMAHA BtmnAr URK , mailed to any . address , One Tear . . . . . . 800 WEIKIT BEE , One Year . . . ZOO OMAHA OmcK.Nos.BH ndoiaFAnNAMSTn eT. CincAfioorricr. no : itooKiinr IIUIUMNCJ. , Iiutt.m.vn. WASHINGTON Orric , No. CIS COimE3PONIRNCE. AH communications relating to news and edi torial matter should beoddre * edtotho IDITOH : wrrmw , AH business lottorsand remittances should be addressed to TUB HEE Ftrnf.utn ( i COMPANY. OMAHA. Drafts cherts and postolllce orders to 1 > made payable to the order of tbo company. He Bcc PaWisWDg Company , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATER , Editor. Xilti DAILY BEI3. * * ' Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btttte of Nebraska. 1R. 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Dciiioi.s Sit in Judgment Frank Carpenter graphically portrays the horrors of Chinese courts of justice , the torture of witnesses , executions by strangulation and slicing , and kindred subjects. Ono of the most in tensely Interesting letters ot the scries. Begin at the Ilcglnnwg Elizabeth Cady Stonton on heredity and Its relations to the morals of the nation. Dr. Ullllcr's Reminiscences A continuation of the Interesting Incidents connected with the early ilayrt of the Union Pacific road. Prospect Hill at Midnight A. reporter de scribes his sensations In a wait through that cemetery during the hour when grave yards yawn. A Ncbraslan In Africa A former Omaha man who .spout ton years on the Dark Con tinent , tells of Its diamond flslds and other wonders. Super/tiltfoM of the Diamond Some of the charms , both good and bad , in the base ball players' repertoire. In the Field of Sport A. complete review of all the Interesting events in local sportIng - Ing circles and a forecast ot coining at tractions , Echoes From the Antc-ftoom General gos sip about the secret societies of Omaha. In Omaha Social Circles The notable o vents of the week nnd the movements ot society leaders. The Kcws of tlic Churches What is trans piring In religious circles and all the local denominational news. Tlie Laborer and His Hlrc fr&Ao union matters and Items of interest for all who earn their bread oy the sweat of their brow. Other Features of Interest Ilio Now York llcrald'a cable dispatches from European i centers ; our own special service from the national nnd state capitals ; all the nappnn- Ings In Nebraska and Iowa gathered by our special correspondents ; complete trade re views ; fresh and well selected miscellany , and the brightest and most complete local news. 'Lot no guilty man escape. " True city council chamber has boon converted temporarily into a lying in hospital. THE senate railroad investigating committee will have so mo little worlc to do in Omahtv. BcTVt'KEN the nuti-trust hill and Sun day closing , the condition of the tippler is n stand-oil. ANOTHER crisis is threatened in Franco. Boulangor's fainting spoils are on the Increase. AN Omaha lawyer presents a few rousons for his heliol that Nebraska should ho represented on the supreme bench. TIIK resurrection of Bobborts must fill with ghoulish glco every political corpse in Nebraska. An advanced stage of decay is the best commendation for oflico. COUNCILMAN Low UY will have some fllfflculty in explaining away his part in the conversation with o.x-Counoiiniuii Kilchon. It smacks loudly of crooked intent. THE alarming report that Congress- may Cpnnoll lost his political "grip" Is n loathsome invention of the onomy. The luggage arrived safely in Wash ington. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THIS members who grabbed the Wrong end of the conduit are now pain fully shocked to llud that it was loaded. It must bo confessed that there la con siderable in it for the public. Tnic BEE is In favor ot subways ( or electric wires , but It is not charmed the idea ot the council voting a frun- phlso to a subway company or any other company. The city of Omaha has granted too many franchises already. PrtEOAVTlON demands that the back door as well a ? the front door ot the leg islature bo guarded. Tlio boodlors und lobbyists tire desperate enough to drng .theli-claims Into the final conference through a knot hole. PuitciIASiHd land nt Bellevue at twenty dollars an acre nnd working vi ) the selling price of it one thousand pot cent for the si to of Fort Otnnha was n jwheme altogether too preposterous even for Unolo Sara to swallow. Till ! first assistant postmaster genera bos discovered bat the appointments made by his predecessor were pollt Ically bad and physically unfit for the 08tlons | , nil must go. Mr. Clarkson Ja developing u wholesome regard for reform without civil service trimmings SOUTH DAKOTA PROSPECTS. The people of South Dakota , while or the moment chiefly concerned as to the political futnro of that territory , nro not unmindful of the equally 1m- wrtnnt conditions upon which Us ma- rial progress nnd prosperity depend. ounting with cntiro safety upon the > onolcial ( influence of statehood the business Interests of the territory are already expanding and making prepa ration to take the fullest advantage of .ho larger nnd growing market wuich " a certain ns "soon as statehood 3 attained. Just at present the growth of population is not rapid , .hough . the territory Is doubt- ess getting its share of tho'pcoplo who are transferring their homes from other sections to the west , nnd of those who nro coming into the country from abroad , but the tide of population , oward South Dakota will undoubtedly largely increased when it shall have become a stitle. The portion of South Dakota which jives promise of not only becoming the seat of tv marvelous prosperity , but of contributing to a most Important ox- , ont to the wealth ot the nation , is the Black Hills. As will bo soon by corre spondence elsewhere printed , there ia developing In this section a vigorous activity , and the outlook is regarded as most flattering. It Is no longer ques tioned that the mineral rcsoucos of the Black Hills are of enormous value , nud a largo amount of capital for the de velopment of the tin mines is assured. If these investments provo as profitable as it is believed they will , they will at tract others , and it is altogether proba ble that within a few years this section of South Dakota will equal , if not ex ceed , the eastern portion in population and prosperity. A contributor to one of the Dcadwood papers presents this cheerful view of future possibilities : ' 'The opening of the Sioux reservation to actual settlement , and the develop ment of the vast mineral resources of the Black Hills , will in a few years , in all probability , throw a population Into the western part fully equal to the eastern half. The beauty and fascination of the great river will eventually induce thrifty towns and cities along its banks , nnd the romance and wooded prandour of the Black Hills , will number its pleasure-loving devotees by tens of thousands , and its cities , towns and hamlets in scores. " The Dcadwood papers report that the activity preliminary to railroad build ing is more general in thatscction than over before. Nothing is more essential to the progress of this region than the opening of the Sioux reservation , nnd the people of South Dakota generally are exceedingly anxious that the com mission to obtain the assent of the Indians shall be appointed without fur ther delay and enter upon its work. With this reservation open , it is reason ably certain that within n year two or throe through lines of railroad would bo constructed to the Black Hills , giv ing that section a tremendous impetus and also building up the country through which they would pass. There is in tho' outlook everything to make the people of South Dakota jubilant and hopeful. THE ELEVENTH CENSUS. Representative Cox , gf Now York , author of the bill providing for the next census , called on the president n few days ago to suggest the importance of haying n thorough , capable man as superintendent of the census , and to describe the kind of man to ho placed in charge of this work. Mr. Cox said there seemed to be plenty of good ma terial willinp.to sacrifice itself , so that the only embarrassment the president is likely to experience is in determin ing who is best qualified. Undoubtedly Mr. Cox could very greatly tvld him In making a proper selection , and as ho would probably suggest only republi cans , although himself a democrat , there is no good reason why the presi dent should not listen to so valuable n counsellor in this matter. The appoint ment of a superintendent of the census ought to be mudo at an early day , as the business of organizing the work re quires a great deal of time nnd ought not to bo hurried. The preparations for the lust census , owing to lack of time , were not so complete as they should have buon , and while the work of the next census will not bo so great , the number of subjects upon which in formation will bo obtained' having boon reduced to seven , whereas twenty- seven were included in the last census , it is none the less important that ample time be given for a thorough organiza tion ot the work , so that when it is com menced all connected with it will un derstand just what is to bo done and can proceed without obstructions or delays. Tlio plan of the last census was far more comprehensive than there was any necessity for , nnd as a consequence it was faulty und defective as to a number of its subjects. Very glaring errors have boon pointed out , which very nat urally create a distrust of the accuracy of the entire worlc , though undoubtedly it Is in the main fair and complete. No other country has over undertaken so ambitious u task ns was that of the tenth census , and the demonstrated impracti cability ot successfully accomplishing so great n work in time to render it of any value led congress to out off twenty sub jects nud confine investigation to those which are of permanent import ance. With but soyon subjects to obtain information on , there would faeom to ha no reason why a thor oughly competent man should not bo able to give the country the full results of the eleventh census sus within two years at farth est from the tlmo of taking it. Undoubtedly the president fully realizes the importance of having this work thoroughly done , and it ia safe to say that the man appointed to take charge of it will bo chosen because of his approved qualifications , It is a matter regarding which the clamor of the politicians should have no In fluence. TIIK Pennsylvania legislature re jected the bill to exclude from that state droesod meat killed in other states , and In that respect sot a meritorious ex ample to the legislatures of other states before wulch this same question is pending. It looks probable that Ohio will bo ranged on the wrong side in ; hts matter , and there is n very vigor ous effort making in Now York to got nn exclusion bill through the legisla ture. These measures gonornlly do not in terms provide for excluding dressed mont from other stntos nud nro advo cated ti3 sanitary legislation. They simply provide thnt no meat shall bo sold in the state unless the animal was inspected while alive by the state health authorities , but obviously the result is Lho same as U would bo under n prohib itory interstate tnriff on meat. Legisla tion of that kind , however , would bo unconstltutlonnl , and by the other plan this objection is avoided , nltbough the effect Is precisely the same. It is not likely that n law of this kind will stand long , wherever adopted. Consumers would soon discover thnt It was not to their advantage nnd there would arise nu irresistible demand for its repeal. BEHLIK'3 amend ment to the school law affecting metro politan cities , provides thnt no expendi tures greater than two hundred dollars shall bo voted by the board of educa tion except in accordance with tbo provisions of n written contract , nor shall any money bo appropriated out of the school fund except on a recoraod affirmative vote of n majority of all the members of the board. The measure directly affects the school board of Omaha and is most timely to pro tect the Interests of our citizens. For years loose and unbusiness like methods of auditing accounts have been the rule in the board and the school fund has been paid out for con tracts which have never seen the light of day. The provisions just enacted will check this sort of thiup * Tbo greatest publicity Is to bo given to the financial affairs of the school board. The monthly examination of the city comptroller required by the act will still further hedge about the security of the school funds. Taking it nil in all , the prospects nro that the botird of educa tion will not bo as fruitful a trco to shako as it has boon in the post. TIIEKE are depths of gall and breadth of cheek which defy ordinary methods of measurement. Cadet Taylor is a specimen of this class. Ho is now en deavoring to boost himself into the state board of transportation , and is log-rolling in Lincoln for the necessary inlluonce to secure the position. Tay lor's notorious career is so familiar to the public ttiat no ofllcial can give him the slightest encouragement. He is totally incompetent to perform the duties of socrotary. His record in the government printing office is alone suf ficient proof of the fellow's dishonesty. Since his arrival in Omaha ho has been the champion of every disreputable ele ment in the city , the champion of job bers and contractors , and an unwaver ing advocate of the railroads patroniz ing his job office. His touch is a blight , and his friendship ruinous. By treachery nnd double-dealing ho brought disaster to his nearest friends and wrecked the family estate. A moral and financial bankrupt , he is now vainly striving'to squeeze himself into n state oflico. 'Stop on him. HITCHCOCK is needlessly worried about Mr. Rosowntor's mortgages. The editor of TitE BEE is fully prepared to meet his obligations. Ho did not ask the public for a bonus in cash or the equivalent to invest half a million dollars lars in a magnificent building. He backed his faith in the future of Omaha by placing his money in stone , brick and iron. A few months ago Hitchcock was exceedingly anxious to stagger under a mortgage of a quar ter of a million dollars for a hotel , provided the board ofr trade raised the money and gave it to him nt five per cent. A guaranteed cash bonus of ono hundred and twonty-fivo thou sand dollars was not sufficient induce ment to him to invest his money and ouild one respectable building in the city. His enterprise is a series of broken pledges and false promises > vhich would bring a blush to the checks of Tom Murray. IT MAYsmack somewhat of the white- whiskered chestnut to again refer to that double-loaded pledge which Mr. Hitchcock declared had been made by President Harrison to Mr. Thurston. For the edification of new subscribers of Tim B JE it may bo said that this pledge run to the effect that ox-Senators Saunders - dors nnd Van Wyck nnd Editor Rosewater - water were to have no voice in Ne braska patronage or , strictly speaking , in state matters under control of the administration. Yestoiday , however , Mr. Hitchcock printed a spscial tele gram stating that "Rosowator , Saunders - dors and Council are making good pro gress in Washington" in their requests that the best people of Omaha bo hoard in the matter of postoffico location. Like Mr. ' Thurston , that little pledge has prob'aoly gone fishing. THE secretary of the interior , from nil nppoarancos , is carefully deliberat ing as to whom ho shall solcot to nego tiate with the Indians for the opening of the Sioux reservation in Dakota. The failure of the Vilas commission to comate to a definite understanding is still fresh in mind. The task is certainly r. most delicate one and can bo entrusted only to men who are conversant with the In dian question and who have the confi dence of the Sioux. The apparent slowness of Secretary Noble in the matter - tor is galling to the people of Dakota , who , are impatient to rush the negotia tions , There can bo but little question that the secretary of the interior has taken the proper course and that the opening ot the reservation will bo brought about as soon as expedient. THE declaration before the annua mooting of the stockholders of the Boll Telephone company that the corporation earned last year 24.45 per cent on its stock will forcibly impress the people of the country with the magnitude of this monopoly. When it is taken into con sideration , moreover , that the stock has boon plentifully watered , us much ns five or six times the sum actually in vested , it is high tlmo to inquire how much longer the extortionate tribute is to bo exacted. The efforts made in Ne braska and other states to regulate the rates for telopljoflo sorvlcoby legislation hnvo been defeated by the combined forces of the parent nnd local companies. But the day ot reckoning cannot bo do- laycd much longer. HITCHCOCK'S pecuniary patriotism crops out every tlmo ho opens his mouth. Ho confesses that his first choice for n pos'lofllco site was Twen tieth and Farnnm , nud his second choice Lho Planters' hquso. Ho owns real es tate in both blocks and would realize n snug sum from the selection of either site. This fact , however , did not warp his judgment nor increase his desire to secure the adoption of Linton's report. A matter of fifty thousand dollnrs merely sharpened his anxiety to nvoid delay under the shallow pretense thnt the prosperity of this city depended on the sale of his rcnlostnto to the government. THE Br.E will Instruct Its special cor respondents to report the location ot every sequestered nook where the angler may expect rich roturns.v The senate railroad Investigating committee will soon bo hero , nnd In anticipation ot their coming , John M. Thurston will doubtless bait his hook nnd slope to the mossy banks of sotno laughing rill where ho may hold sweet communion with nature. THE BEE prints the news , and wo take it that Mr. Thurston will want to know the date of the com mittee mooting here and nlso of locali ties where fish do congregate. THE rush to Oklahoma threatens to depopulate Kansas. Colonies nro camued at all points , ready to descend on the promised land. The number of people organized for the raid exceeds the wildest expectations of Captain Payne , nnd every man who secures nn olghty must bo prepared to defend It with his life. Oklahoma is a good coun try to stay away from. MONTANA seems well pleased with the appointment of Benjamin P. White governor of that territory. Mr. White is described as a first class man and a staunch republican. As Mr. White was not an applicant for the position there is more cause than ovefor r wish ing him well. THE railroads of Iowa in taking off their express trains between local points nnd substituting mixed trains are carrying their childish spite work a little too far. The people of the stale are entitled to proper passenger ser vice and they will see to it that the rail roads provide it' . " THE Stout. Kennard , Butler gang en deavored by avtrick to smugcrlo their claims through''tho senate. The items were tacked to.tho amendments made by the senate , < but , the conspiracy was discovered in time to insure their do- feat. It was Undoubtedly done in the job office of thp Robbers' Own , where the state printing is done. WHEN Field < Maraual Halstead inserted ( serted his rapier in the senatorial soft spot ho turned iHo edge of the weapon and loft a rankling sdro. The wounUod senators never forgave him. The aveng ers' hands are at his tnroat , and his chances of escaping to Berlin are decid edly slim. IT WOULDN'T be a bad idea for the senate investigating committee to look into the past relations of the Omaha Bolt line with Union Pacific officials. It is said , but wo don't know on what authority , that this very interesting matter will bo brought to the attention of the committee. THE subway investigation develops an interesting variety of assertions and contradictions , of favors tendered and declined , and tempting baits dropped in the council poql to hook the unwary sucker. The squirming and flounder ing going on indicates that "there was something in it for mo. " IAKE RoiuiEHTS , a notorious tool and trickster whom thp people of Butler county shelved years ago , has been nominated for a land oflico in Oklahoma , Wo congratulate Butler county. His room is more desirable than his com pany. . THE expiration of the legislative rail road passes will cause some lively spurt ing on- the home run. The oxercisc will not bo half as warm as the recep tion some of thorn will receive from their outraged constituents. VALENTINE'S day is waning in Wash ington. His sun sot in Nebraska years ago. The delegation inflated him with vain hope and loft the disagrofiablo duty of pricking the bubble to the president. Vale , Valentine. THE legislature fixed the value of the state saline lands at ono hundred and fifty dollars an noro. The figures squeezed the brlno out of the Lincoln land syndicate , and pickled a snug little job. . " ? They Are All There Yet. Iltttadtl'vltia Times. The great editor , flf Philadelphia are still at their posts , laborjtfe with that zeal that ever characterizes thorn and showing thorn- selves \yorthy of th roudest diplomatic np- poiument on tbo H t-M ) IT * An Injustice to Editor Bullivnu. Chicago Inter-Ocean , The Marquis of Quconsbcrry is quoted as saying that John L , Sullivan has "dono more to brluf ? prize u > nlfg into disrepute than any other parson In the world. " John novcr has much fighting 'wp/ind where ho if. r Gloom In Maryland. llaUlnwrc Herald. During the Cleveland administration Sen ator Gorman gobbled for Maryland a number of valuable prizes , including Indian agencies , department bureaus , the French minUtor- sulp and the consul-gonoralship to Horlln. The conditions nro changed and thus far un der the succeeding regime wo boast of ono revenue gaugor at f 1,200 a year. Tlio Spoll-Dlndors Distanced. Indianapolis Journal. Thus far the editors seem to bo in better favor with the administration than tbo spell- bounders. In truth , editors address vastly larger audiences than oratdrs do , and they nddross them after campaigns are ever and In off-years , when the voice of the spoil- binder la not heard in the land. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The reassembling ot the Parnoll commis sion next Tuesday will tarn public attention to the case of the dofoaso In what is now looked , upon ns a national fiasco. The collapse - lapse of the prosecution through the flight nnd suloldo ot Plgott would , have boon Bufll * clcnt Justification for any court to render n verdict for the defence , but the Parnollttcs , oven It the court was BO disposed , insisted on probing the conspiracy to the bottom. They have accumulated a vast amount of evidence , oral and documentary , and the develop ments premise to bo as startling as was the downfall of the forger. The defense has se cured possession of Plgott's diary , contain ing the details of his methods ot dealing with the Times the amounts received for the forced letters , ana other important informa tion which (9 ( withhold for the tlmo bolng. Everything the forger did , everything ho said , everything that was said to him , and doubtless a great many things that were not said , ho shoved into this diary. Its chief vnluo to the defense U the proof it furnishes that the government and the Times were Inseparably - separably connected with the caso. It seems that Plgott shaped everything ho did With n view ot making the most possible mischief for those ho deluded into trusting him. Other surprises are In store for the prosecu tion. Scores of responsible witnesses have voluntarily como forward to refute the wiclcod slanders ot Kovcrumont spies nud hired perjurers. Tlio result of this unpur- chascd evidence will trroatly accelerate the homo rule movement in England and possi bly force an early dissolution of parliament. V % ' English politicians are again stirred up by the renewal ot troubles In Afghanistan , to n realizing scnso ot the mcnaco ot Uusslan domination in that quarter of the globo. During the last twenty years Hussln has de veloped remarkable strength , nnd has shown great oxpnnslvo force. The peasantry of the great empire are Ignorant , and are subject to the severest despotism ; but they are full ot religious and patriotic spirit , and so well dis ciplined that with the exception of n very small minority thov obey , unhesitatingly and without question , the will of n single man. This obedience has boon an Important factor in the carrying out of the imperial policy of conquest nud aggrandizement. Slngu larly enough , too , the Mohammedan subjects of the empire now bow the knee to the czar , Unlike England , Russia has never attempted to found colonies in such roglons as were lor- bidding to the idea of material development. Russia seeks out places already thickly peopled by alien races , and at once makes herself popular with these whom she has conquered , con tinuing the work of assimilation until her Influence dominates everything with which she has como into contact. In nothing is this characteristic more plainly soon than in the way In which she had pushed her frontier southward. Four years ago she decided to extend her Trans-Caspian railroad to Bokhara and to Samarcand , once the most famous city of Central Asia and moraorablo as the capital of Tatnorluno and the center of the trade and learning of Asia. The work has now .been completed. The now railroad is nearly as long as ono of the trunk lines from Now York to Chicago , and the intention is to push it forward 175 miles , to the center of Turkcatan. While the railroad forms a now urtcrv of commerce , and is likely to aid the industrial development of the country through which it passes , it has n military value of the utmost importance. In fine , while n collision between Russia and England may not speedily ocour. it is evident that the British would do well to bo on their guard. A Russian invasion of India is no longer a possibility , but a menace. * * The political troubles of Hungary , which recently have culminated in an assault with hisses and stones by a mob upon the head of the parliamentary government , nro of long standing. Premier Tisza belongs to the Aus- trlan , in distinction from the strict Hungar ian party. That is , ho and his followers favor a closer alliance With Austria , and wiping out to some extent of the lines of cfts- tlnctloh botwcon tlio two component parts of that strange anomaly among nations called Austria-Hungary. Herr von Tisza is an im perialist rather than a nationalist. His ideal of government is found much more in Vienna than in Buda-Pesth. Ho represents political ideas which were long abhorred by the masses of Huncarinn people , and are still re jected by very ninny of these people with ab solute fury. In some respects the historic relations between Austria and Hungary are like these which have so long existed be tween Great Britain and Ireland. The stronger country has at times overrun the weaker by fire and aword , at other times has given it an equal sounding share in the im perial title , but at all times has endeavored , by lair means or foul , to make sure that both countries should bo governed In the interests of the stronger. That is not saying that Hungarians were always In the right , or that Irishmen were always in the right. It is simply stating facts as they are sot forth by impartial historians , and facts which must bo berne in mind by anyone ono who wishes to study intelligently the problems of the day in European politics. Only after a long , hard , bitter struggio did Hungary succeed in establishing , in the year 181S , her claim to control her own affairs by her own parliament. Onlyslnco 18U7 has her claim to an equal voice in imperial questions boon admitted at Vienna. It U not strange surely that a Hungarian prlmo minister who stands for a closer union between his native land and a country which many of his follow citizens regard as a hereditary enemy should ( hid his position c. vary difficult ono. The people groan under a burden of taxation al most too grievous to bo berne ; the greater part of the taxes go to support the gigantic military establishment under the control of an omporcr whom they neither love nor trust : nnd when they uro told , even by the tongue of slanderous gossip , that tholr pro- inlor , who favors that ulion court , U enrich ing himself while helping to impoverish his country , the very suggestion of the possi bility of such a thing drives them frantic. QTho ascession of tbo sou of King Milan to the tbrono of Sorvla , while it cannot bo ascribed to Russian dictation , as some of the St. Petersburg nowspapora possibly might like the world to think , and while it is not likely to produce any material change In Bal kan politics , yet undoubtedly Russia profits by 'tho change. The monarch who has ab dicated was thoroughly committed to Austria In his policy , and that fact alone makes the succession a Muscovite gain , The moral effect is also likely to bo noon In a frcor ex pression of pro-Russian aontimcnt In Sorvla. Coupled with recent Russian gains in the in ternal politics of Roumanla and Bulgaria , the Influence of the great northern power has upon the whole boon strengthened in this quarter since the year began. That , how ever , is quite a different thing from Imagin ing that Russia bos gained a vantage ground Bufllclcnt for reviving the schemes of armed Intervention which she definitely abandoned Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. When Baby was aitic , ire Bare her Contort * . When tbo WM a Child , slio crid for Caztorio , When she became lllsi , ehe clung to OastorU , ViT-Mi ehahatf Clilldrwi , the cave them Outorlft , last yonr. On the contrary , she oven loses ono ftourco of strength for thnt purpose. The antipathy to Milan on the part of ninny ot his subjects was enough to glvo nn open re volt chances of success , In Which case the Montenegrin prince , who represents Russia's interests as well as his own claims on Sorrln ? might have como in ; but now that ground of discontent Is ( rone. * The tide saoins to have turned at last against Khalifa Abdullah , the successor ot Mohammed Ahmod In the titlennd oRlca of MahdL The defeat which ho has suffered nt the hamls of Senoussl , the ICordofan sholk who has always opixwod his pretensions , will do much to destroy his nrostlgo , which , like that of his predecessor , dopoudod on uniform success. The battle at Slnan Is not the only ouo In which the Maudl has mot disaster from SonouMl , but It-Is the one about which the most definite accounts have boon given , It la evident that ho can no longer maintain his authority throughout the great provinces southwest of Khartoum. The suggestion nt once occurs that with the division of his forces In ICordofan , In the operations around SuaUlm , nnd In those on the Upper Nile near Emln Pasha's stations ho will bo likely to withdraw his pressure against the last. Un less Emln has already perished or boon cap tured , the difficulties which IChallfu Abdullah is experiencing within n couple of hundred miles of Khartoum must give ground for trusting that Emlu's hardest tluio is ovor. The disintegration of the vast power that has boon built up In Central Africa under the Mahdi uhd his successor will perhaps now bo In ordor. * The proposed now penal cede now under discussion in the Gorman roiohstag is likely to meet with serious opposition from the liberal clement In that body. According to this code , to publicly attack "tho basis of public nnd social order , especially rcllclon , the monarch , uiarrlago or property. " would bo to commit a crime punlilmblo with n long term of imprisonment. This would make it possible for nn unscrupulous nnd autocratic government to shut oft legitimate criticism of odloial acts , and to establish a crushing censorship ever the press. NcbrnBkix In tlio Supreme Court. OMAIH , March SO. To tbo Editor of THE BBC ! I was very much pleased yesterday on reading an itoui in ono of the dally papers suggesting Hon. John L. Webster , of this city , ns a suitable person to succeed Justice Matthews on the supreme bench of the United States. Knowing Mr. Wobstor's ' abilities ns n lawyer , and believing htm to bo eminently fitted for the high oOlco , 1 desire to "second the nomination , " ana in support of my "second" I ofTor the following suggestions : 1. The oflico of justice of the supreme court should bo filled by n lawyer of more than or dinary ability and of unquestioned integrity. 2. The Justices should -to" well distributed over the United States. 8. More than one-half of the territory con trolled bv the decisions of the United States supreme court , lies west of the Missouri river. O 4. Justic Field , of California , is the only justice living west of the Missouri. 0. Tlio territory lying between the Mis souri and the Rocky mountains may justly claim a place on the supreme bcnoh , not only on account of its vast extent , Out nlso on account of its commercial und politi cal greatness. No other portion of our great and growing country is developing with any thing like the rapidity nnd solidity that char acterizes Nebraska , Kansas , Colorado and the Dakotas. 0. "Minister to Chill" is hardly n sufficient recognition of Nebraska under a republican administration. 7. The ofllco of justice of the supreme court should bo filled by a man that is more than amore moro politician. Of course , it is to bo ex pected that this administration will do as nil others have done before , and ns all others will do hereafter appoint gentlemen of ac knowledged standing in tno political party of which the administration is the recog nized head , to all Important offices in every department of the government , but In selecting n Judge , ability ns n lawyer should bo a consideration of primary importance. There should bo no purely political appoint ments to positions on the supreme bench. Mr. Webster , to my mind , raeots all the re quirements above enumerated. Ho is a gen tleman of unquestioned Integrity , and as a lawyer has no superior among the eminent and learned gentlemen who would bo his as- sdciates if he were to rcceivo this appoint ment. While ho Is in no sense n politician , yet ho has ever boon a pronounced repub lican , and has at all times been willing , at great sacrifice of tlmo and money , to do all in his power to aid the republican party. A cool-hoaded , clear-sighted , hard-working , painstaking , finely educated lawyer with tne experience of a great many years of prac tice in all the courts of the land. Including the supreme court of the United States , with a record for success in the trial of cases before fore bench and bar enjoyed by few men in his profession , John L. Wcbstor is eminently fitted for and should bo appointed Justice of the supreme court of the United States , vice Justice Matthews , deceased. Lot the prosg and bar of the great west take up the refrain and sound it in the oars of the administration f i-om all sides , and I see no reason why Mr. Webster should not bo appointed. LAWYER. LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES' A Qns Works Employe Moots Witli a Painful Aooldont , PASTOR MINEHART'S SUCCESSOR Dr. Crclghton Will Hereafter Occupy tlio Pulpit nt Ornco Cliuroh Now Notaries Personal nntl Goncrnl. LINCOLN nonuAn orTnnOMini 13ns , 1 10291 > StnnRT , } . LINCOLN , March 2fl. I Late yesterday afternoon Mr. Andrew Munson , ol First and V streets , mot with n very painful nccldont nt the gas works , A dripping pan was put under n leaking tnnlc to patch tlio escaping conl oil. As Munson was removing the pan there was. nn oxplo- slon of Its contents and burning oll'was thrown nil over his face nnd arms. A phy- Blclan was summoned and lui burns \voro skllltully dressed. Lnrgo areas of cutlolo < ' were completely burned from his face"nnil * wrists , nnd while not considered dmitrcroui hl- wounds will provo very painful for"souio tlrao to oomo. George Baker , the Eleventh street butcher , was thrown from a two-wheeled cart as ho rounded the corner of I1 ? street for his shop , to-iluy , and was auvoroly bruised , Ilia horse was also thrown but oacapmt in * juries , His loud of moat was scattered Into the middle of the street. Mlnoliart'H bucorsBor Chosen. The announcement is uindo to-day that the pulpit In Grnco church has boon supplied. Kov. Croighton. father of Chancellor Urolgh- ton , of the Woalynn unlvorsity , und late of , Ashland , O. , succeeds Kov. Mlnohart , and lib will preach lus initiatory sermon next Sunday morning nt 10w : ; o'clock Kov. Croighton la- nmoug the venerable preachers of the Moth * odist Episcopal church , and it Is thought that the providing older has chosen wisely in supplying tlio pulpit of that broken and sadly dlsor anltod church. The now pastor comes very highly commended , nnd the hope Is freely expressed that ho will moot none of the breakers that oamo upon Minoiiart dur ing the past few months of his ministry for the Methodist church in Host Lincoln. Now Notnrloi. The following now notarial commissions were Issued yesterday : E. C. Cooper und J. C. Hamilton , Omaha , Douglas county ; T > . C. Richards , Lincoln , Lancaster county ; David Sposor , Jr. , Huuiboldt , Klchardsou county ; W. H. Green , Orleans , Harlan county. News nntl Not on. The funeral of the late Edward Moshcr took plaoo from St. Paul M. E. church yos- tcrilav afternoon. William Stoddard , charged with nn assault on n son of Samuel Lord , was before Judge Stewart yostorday. Charles Woods and Gus Locknor are nt the police station. The first Is charged with grand larceny nnd the latter with assault nnd battery. k The military band gave a very pleasant ball at Temple hall Thursday evening. -i Valentino Atipco vs W. A. Denton , Is the I title of a case tiled in the district court. The 1 plaintiff asks (5,000 damages booauso tlie dax fondant publicly accused the [ ilalntlll of ' poisoning a man named Uript. i Shaffer vs Traner , was the title of the last 1 case in this term , of the district court. 'i BOTTLED SUNSHINE. New York World : Jones Lot mo con gratulate you on your brand-now boy. t > fjj | Smith But there's two of 'em. Jonos- Then I'll ' extend my congratulations. i Life : Mrs. Lyon-Huntor How was It ' 'a you didn't invite the baron to your house before fore bo wont away ? Mrs Frame Bocnusc I was afraid my husband might bo rude to him. You know ho hates to have strangers 4 ask him for money. New York World : Fish ( to worm , gllngontbo hook ) Thanks , awfully ; but , ; don't oat flesh during Lent. Inter-Ocean : The Boston station housos'1- / | "drunks" are bcoked ns dipsomaniacs , Wl Atuhlson Glebe ; Don't cry ever split inllk ; swear. Epoch : "Mr. Barker , do you think wo will go to the scasulo or mountains next' _ summer ! " asked "tho power behind the < y ] throne , " as the family sat about the evening lamp. "Mrs.'B. , " answered her husband , "I , have not paid the bill for the CIirlstina3 * < U | present you gave mo yet , " and a dull sllenco . / ? j reigned. ' ( jrJ Now Yorlc World : Jorum Tom's a Rood8J ] naturcd follow , but he's too fond of drink. J Pipkin Yes , he's ' generous to a fault. j Chicago Times : Bostonmns have mado4. the discovery that Kov. Joseph Cook la dull < ana prosy. Now lot them try and find out 1 that "tho Concord fight" was not a battle of ] the last war. { Now York Tribune : "What Is your busli i ncssl" was the question which a lawyer I asked of a witness who lived in a suburban j town. "Tho catching of trains and ferryI I boats , " was the reply. , < ft > I "Wonrtornil Cure of Salt Rheum. Kno - , linnas anil arms coverall. linnets useless for two yuars. Doc- torn snld case tvns Incurable. ( Jurecl tiy Oulioiirn. I have had a most wondoiful euro of salt rheum. For nvo years I liavo suffered with this disease. I had It on my face , arms , and hands , 1 was imablo to do anything whatever with my hands for ever tvt o years. I tried hundreds ot remedies , and not ono had the least effect. The doctor said my case was Incurable. I uaw your advertisement , and concluded to try the CUTI- CUUA KEMCDIKB ; and Incredible as it may Boom , after using ouo box of CimcUJtA. and two cakes of CimcuiiA. SOA.P , and t o bottles of Cim- CUIIA RESOLVENT , I Jlnd t am entirely cured , Those who think this letter exaggerated may como and see mo and find out for themselves. aiUOE P. IIAUKIIAM , North St. Chariea Street , Hello Itlvor. Ont. I must oxtnud to you the thanks of ono of mv customers , who has been cured , by uMng the CUTICUHA UEMBUIKS , of an old sore , caused by a long spell of slckntas or fever eight j cars ago. Ho was BO bad ho wus tearful ha would have to have his leg amputated , but l happy t say ha Is now entirely well.-sound as n dollar. Jle requests me to use hlH name , which is II , JI. OASON , meichant of this place. JOHN V. JIINOIl , Druggist , _ nalnnuoro , Tcnn. Ihavof > oen troubled with tetter on uiy fnce for several years , and doctored with several oitors , but received no bonollt. I tried your CimcunA ItKMBDir.B last spring according to directions and can now say that I am entirely cured. I am satlsllod your UUTIOURA KKUBUIES ore just what you recommend them to ba. HUGH 1 . AVJU53 , Smlthvllle , W. Va , I hare been cured of a most unbearable itch- JngBldn dlseano by the CvxicmiA Ueui.oteB. They have enabled mo to escape yoais ot suffer. Ing. You may use my name as a rcfeieuco. and any one who wants to kno r about roy cas * : u y write mo , Inclosing stump , W. It. imOOKH , 4T Grove Street , I'rovldcnco , It. I , Cured byTe To cleitwo the skin , ( scalp and blood of humors , blotches , eruptions , sores , cale , and crustd , whether ilmplu , scrofulous or contagious , no agency in the world ot modlctne Is o speedy , aura , uud economical M tbu CDTJCUUA JlKwt.- UIK8. CUTICUBA , the great nkln cure , Instantly allay * the mutt ftKonlzlnc StcUliur anil Inflammation , clear * the Uln and tcalp of every true * of dis ease , licaU ulcers and sores , removoa crusti and scales , anil restores the hair. CUTJOVHA EoAr , the greatest of skin beautidors , la lndlt > - peniaulo In treating skin dlsenxes and baby burners. It producn * the whitest , cle-imat km . black-heads , red.rouch. chapped and MVIXS. viuventedby CUIIOUIIA botv A in In IB tor and hl.s little boy utiroil of an obstlnnto Blclii illsnuso by tlio Cuticura Remedies , t'ralaas them everywhere lu tlio ( mlplr , home , and ia the atroof For about thirteen years I have bean troubled with ec/oma or fiomo other cutaneous dlaoaso which all lomodloii failed to cure , Hearing of the CUJICUIIA JlUMEiHKS I resolved to jiivu them a trial , and purchased ono bottle of UUTI- CVKA IIKSOLVKNT , ono box of CiiTicinu , and ono cake CUTIGIMIA BOAI1 followed the di rections carefully , und It affords me much pleas ure to say that Dcforo using two boxes of the CIITICUIIA , four cakes of Ctmctm A So AT. and frj one bottle of the CUTIOUUA INSOLVENT , I was fl entirely cured. lu addition to my on n case , my baby boy. then about live months old , w an Buffering with what 1 Buppoied to bo the name disease as mine to such an extent that bis head was coated over with a solid scab , from which there was acoiutant flow of pun which was sickening to look upon , besides two largo tumor-llko kernels , on the back of his head. Thanks to j on and your won Pi dorful CimcuiiA HuJiunus his scalp Is pur tcctly well , and the kernels have been ocatterod BO that there Is only one little place by hla left ear , and that la healing iilcoly. Instead of n coating of scabs ho hail a line fnat of hair , much bettor than that which was dusttoyed by lit ) illneuso , I would that the whole world of huflortni from kln and blood dboiuos know the value of your CUHCUKA ituuKines as j do. The CUTICUHA BOAI' and CIJTIUUIIA HESOI.- vi.'Hifir each worth ten times the price at which they ore nold. I have never used nuy other toilet scan in my house alnco I bought thu flrat cake of your OUTJOUIIA BOAII would N inhuman ns well as ungrateful nhould 1 full to epeuk lYdll of and rocommvnd your C'tmoi'iu ItnuKDiiis to uvery snircrer who came liuny reach. I have vpokou of it , nnd snull coutluna to spcas of it from the pulpit , lu the liouics. andintlioutreots. PrayiiiK that you way ) lv long , and do others the name amount of good 'you i'fwe douo mo and my child , I remainyour * gratefully. ( Wuv. ) lM. . MANNJNO , IloxSJ , Acwortb , Oa. Cuticura and softest hands , free from plmpl , f pot or blemish. CimouHA lltsor.vr.jcT , the now blood purltkr , < Ican.sM thu blood of all Impurities mid poisonous rlomfnu , and thu * romorei the CAUSK. Hence the UUTICUUA KEMKUII.I euro every uporlrs ot agonizing , humiliating , itching , burning , scaly , and pimply dla e of the akin , BCftlp , and blood , with loss of hall , frumplm- plea to acrofula. Bold everywhere. I'rlcc , Cuncun * . 60s ; BOAT , z&c ; HEBOLVKST. tl. Prepared by the POTTEU Drmo AKII CIIBMICAI. ConrouATioN , Duxton , py Ueml for "Jlow to Cure likln jKae ) , " 01 pages , to Uluilratlonj , und 10) teatlmouUU , Bott. white , and frco from cliap end rvduots , bluting Uuvivuiu.