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THE OMAHA DAILY Bffff ; THUESDAY , APEIL 18. 1889. THE DAILY BEE. , KVKIIV MO11N1NO. TUHMS or sunscitirTioN. fi Ur ( Morning Kdltlon ) Including SUNDAT JJnVonB YtSir . ForSlx Months. . . . . . . . . 6 CO ForThroo Montha . . . . . . . . . . . 8 W TIIR OMAHA SUNDAY IIEE , tnnllwl to any address. Ono Venr . . . . . DD \VecKLr OKK , One Ycnr . 200 OMAHA Ornat. NOS.OH ml 019 FAUX AM SmzKT. CHICAGO orncK , M : HOOKEIIV IIUIMXKO. NBW yonKOmcn , HooMSlI AND iSTiitiiUNi ; Jiuii.mmi. WARIIINOTON Ornoc , Mo. 613 .FouitiKENTii STUBBT. COllHESPONnKNCK. All communications rolutlnii to n ws and edi torial tanttcr ulionla be addressed to Uia Kuiioii nnMMlsM . , All business Ictternnncl remittances should b addressed to Tun UKK I'unusuwH COMPANT , OMAHA. Drafts , checks and poitofllc * orders to ba inado payable to tba order of tbo company. Me Pflblisliini Company , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATERt Editor. Notice to Agents nntl Subscribers Vfo vilil consider It a favor If agents and < mn- BCribers will notify us at once whonTim llur fnlls to reach them promptly. In order to sue ccMftilly remedy any fault In the delivery of paper * . it Is absolutely necessary that wo know the date on which pnpcrs wore late or missing. Jf late , glvo the tlmo and train on which Tun JlKK reached your town. Also state from what direction so that wo can locatu the trouble and P apply the proper remedy. Vapeis are fre PP quently carried by a town through the care- P Idleness of the i onto agents , ana when this oc curs. vo can. with full Information , place the ft blame where It belongs. THE UISU. Svrorn Statement of Circulation. Etato of Nebraska , I , . County of Douglas , ( George II , Tzschuck , secretary of the Ueo Pub lishing comoany , does solemnly sn ear that the cliuirclrculniiun of TUB DAILY HKK for the week ending April 13. lt * , was as follows : Fundav. April 7 Mommy. Aprils . 19,100 .Tuesday. Aprlll ) . 10.371 Wednesday , April 10 . "l.flM Thursday. April 11 . 1M M Friday. April K.- . . . . > . 18.K5U Saturday , April 13 . IK.CT Average . l ! > . : in j : ( uonan : u. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed to In my nrrscnco this 13th day of April. A. D. IBS' ) . Seal. N. 1' . FK1L , Notary 1'ubllc. State of Nebraska , I. . County of Douglas , | B3 > Georso II. Tzucimclc , being duly sworn , de- roiBs and nays that ha 4s secretary of tno HPO Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation or Tin : lUtr.v UKI : for the month of April. 1888 , 18,711 copies ; for May , 1888. an.18,1 copies ; for .luno , 1SSH , 19,811 copies ; for July , IE8M. isnbeples ( ; for August , 1HH8 , 18.183 copies ; for September , 1K8S. 1M11 copies ; for October. 188S. 18,034 coplo * ; for November , 1SW , IB.IISO copies ; for Uecambor , IW. I8.U2.I copies ; for January , 18 ? , 13,574 copies ; tor 1'ebruary , 188'J , 18tiM copies ; for Mnrch. 188H. l.8.-.t copies. OUOItGi ; II. TZSUlimfiC. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this loth day of April. A. D. , IBS ) . N. P. KEIU Notary Public. Tins ropoul of the midnight closing ordinance was a flash in Iho pan. IN THE gnmo of hiilc-and-po-eeok Omaha councilman are not altogether a success. THE parties who are said to bo paying Judge Novillo's expenses in Washing ton had bettor recall him. THE performances at the council meet ing last night recalled the time when the Holly wtilor works vetoes were pendIng - Ing and the sounds of Barney Shan non's gentle voice vibrated through the council chamber Hlto a foghorn. COLORADO speaks encouragingly of the mining prospects of that state for the corning season. During 18SS the production of ores reached the value of twonty-sovon millions , and it is confi dently expected thai the output for 1889 will amount to a round thirty millions. THE question has finally reached the courts of Iowa whether a tax on sleep ing cars can bo collected in that state. The issue will bo followed with as munh interest in Nebraska ns in Iowa , and the decision will , in all probability , af fect the collection of a similar tax in our stato. PKUMITS for buildings to cost four hundred thousand dollars wore issued in Omaha during March. The amount is throe times greater than for March , 1888. Every department of business shows a similar cheering advance over lost year's record , and llatly contradict the falsehoods of mosshack idlers. FROM almost all quarters of the state the welcome news come of timely rains preparing the soil for plowing and planting. TUoro is every prospect that the acreage of corn and oats will exceed - coed tbnt of last year , and with such another harvest , Nebraska bids fair to Bland nt the head of the agricultural Elates. use of the viaducts should not DO granted to tiny street railway company. The city con not alTord to discourage progress and improvement on the bouth side by giving u monopoly of the viaducls to one company. Equal rights and equal privileges should bo granted to all comers and the approaches preaches kept free for the joint use of the companies. Tun three-mill levy for parks and boulevards will yield between sixty and seventy thousand this your. With ton thousand dollars set apart for beautify ing tuid improving Jollorson square and fifteen thousand for nniibcoiu park the ptirlc commission will still have over thirty-fivo thousand dollars for laying out boulevards und preliminary pay ments for parking grounds. TIIKRE is moro color to the report that the Sioux Indians tire anxious to ratify the now treaty with the govern ment for the opening of the reserva tions in South Dakota. The visit of the chiefs to Washington lust fall , where the wishes of the Inaians wore apparently consulted , evidently fixed the business. The now commission con sequently o.xpocts to find but little oppo sition when the measure will como up before the Sioux for ratification. IT is very doubtful whether the coun cil could Imvo affected anything legally by overriding the mayor's veto by fllll- bustoring tactics. The mayor , under th j charter , is required to return an ordinance witli his approval or disap proval within a fixed time. If the coun cil does not hold a session dining that period , Ills veto could bo filed in the clerk's ofllco. If the council failed for want of a. quorum to hold its session , the veto would como up at its next meet ing. The chances are ton to one that they would not have been able to mus ter the twelve votes necessary to over ride the veto in any event. POLITICS IA THE TEltntTOlllES. The political campaign about to open in the territories eligible to statehood promises to bo carried on with great vigor. The unfair treatment of the people of these terrltorios by the dem ocratic party ought to insure republi can success in all ofthom , , but the dem ocrats apparently Uo not regard the situation as by any moans hopeless for tholr parly except as to South Dakota , and they intend to inako the strongest possible fight in the ether throe. They nro undoubtedly at some disadvantage , but the republicans otthoso future states cannot afford to bo idle or omtt any ef fort necessary to success. The result of the recent municipal elections in Montana , whllo not a cer tain index of the outcome of a general election , was still encouraging to tno democracy , and unquestionably gave thorn some advantage. Whether the verdict then rendered shall bo reversed depends upon the nature of the causes producing it and the possibility of re moving them. The republican dissen sions in Montana nro understood lo huvo grown out of contests over federal of fices filled by the present administra tion , and they are said lo liavo left a blltornoss which may not be easily eradicated. Just what the administration can do to restore harmony is not clear , but it will doubt less bo called upon to make some effort to bring all republicans into lino. There is some republican disaffection in North Dakota , but it is not of a na ture to perhaps seriously damage the party. Yet the democrats propose to take all the advantage they can of it. Washington advices stnto that the national committee is making a care ful study of the democratic chances in both these terrilories , and stands ready lo furnish material aid of men and money , whenever and wherever these can bo employed to good pur pose. Washington territory wont re publican by a good majority last fall , but it will bo well not to allow this to create over-confidence there. The issue of the wool tariff had an influence then which it may not exert again. There is , of course , no question regard ing the result in South Dakota. There is no probable circumstance that can prevent the republicans of South Da kota from organizing the state govern ment and choosing senators and rep resentatives in congress. The iniportanco to the republican party of organizing all those prospec tive stales , or nl any rate a majority of thorn , is undoubtedly fully under stood and appreciated by the party load ers , and it is safe to assume that they will bo prepared to meet any efforts the democrats may put forth. But the re sult will copond most largely upon the energy and zeal of the republicans of the territories , and these they should exert to the fullest extent. JUDGE NEVILLE'S SCREED. Ex-Judgo Neville has soon fit to file in the treasury department two very rc- marknblo documents relative to the proposed postoflico location. Ono of these screeds , which wo publish on an other page , is not only a breach of common courtesy on the part of Mr. Neville : is a eiti/.cn toward men who stand high in the community , but it is the mo-it indecent and uncalled-for attempt to besmirch a judge on the United States bench who had be friended Mr. Neville when ho was a subordinate officer of hifa court. We concede to Mr. Neville , as wo dote to any ether citizen , the right to use all legitimate means to promote his own interest in the location of a public building. Mr. Neville had a perfect right to place before Secretary Windoin all the facts and arguments that would exhibit the advantages of the Planters' houso-Polsom lots as a silo for the post- olllco over any competing bite , and , particularly , over the square on Eighteenth street , bounded by Farnam and Douglas. But Mr. Neville was not con tent with making such an exhibit. Ho has not only sought to befog and mislead the secretary of the treasury by exaggeration and reckless misrepre sentation' but wont clear out of his way to make personal attacks. The opponents of the Planters house location had simply expressed a prefer ence for ether localities and sot forth the advantages the government would derive in accepting another silo. They avoided all personality , and made no charges against any man , not excepting Mr. Linton. Mr. Novillo's name was never oven whis pered in the treasury department during the entire controversy. Why should ho single out and per sonally ass.iil citizens' who hud done ton limes , yea , an hundred times as much as lie in building up Omaha ? Why should any man burden the treasury department with a reference to personal feuds that can huvo no pos sible bearing on the postoflico location ? In what light does this special cham pion of the Planters' house location place himself und the parties whom ho pretends to represent ? Ho Buys that "tho rise from Fifteenth Htroot , present postolllco site on Douglas , to Eighteenth street is about ono hundred feot. " The present porftolllco is not located on Douglaa , but on Dodge street. The rise from Furnum und Fifteenth streets to the corner of Eighteenth and Farnam is about sixty feet or forty foot less than ho repre sents. * Mr. Neville said in his first paper that the council hud no right to vacate an alley , and In the second paper he says that the council never will vacate the alloy between Farnam and Douglas so IOIKT us .Ilascull remains in the coun cil. The bench on which Neville sat in the court houbo for several years btands right over an alloy that had boon va cated by the city , seven years ago , with the approval and advice of botliGonoral Mandorson and General Cowin , repre senting rc.spectivoly the city and county. Uofore Neville started for Washing ton the council had already passed an ordinance vacating the alloy in any block oa which the government might locate the postoflico. Mr. Neville declares that , oven if the council did pass an ordinance vacating the alloy , Mayor Broatch would veto the ordinance because ho owns lots near Thirteenth and Harnoj' . This is rather a low estimate of the official integrity of the mayor. The fact is that the mayor has already approved the ordi nance. Mr. Novillo's flings at Judge Dundy are beneath , contempt , as is his broad intimation that Kosowntor wrote the judge's letter lo ox-Senator Saunders. In the first place the judge has not even spoken to Rosewater in throe years and In the next place his letter was written before Linton had reported. Intimate friends of the judge say that he has favored the Farnam street site over since the project of a now postolllco has boon before congress. Mr. Neville has shown himself to bo a daisy. PROJECTED POSTAL REFOUMS. The postofllce department is said to bo seriously considering two important reforms in Iho postal sorvico. Ono of these relates to a reduction of letter postage to ono cent , the ether to re duced rates on merchandise carried in the mails and the admission of pack ages of larger si/.o and greater weight , thus establishing a parcel post system as a prominent feature of the mall ser vico. vico.With With regard to the qunstlon of" re ducing letter postage to ono cent , the third assistant postinaslor-gonerul said lo a newspaper correspondent that ho had never opposed any proposed reduc tion in postage , and never intended to. Reductions , ho said , have never re sulted in a decrease of the revenue ex cept for a short lima after they wont into effect. Then a reaction has sot in , und the revenues at reduced rates of postage became higher and higher. Instead of there being a falling off , tboro is within a few months conclusive demonstration that the use of the mails is largely increased , the revenues of the department , of.courso , keeping1 pace with that increase. According to Gen eral Hazon the reductions of postage have always resulted in thrco things : an increase in the number of letters mailed , the substitulion of sealed letters - tors for postal cards , and the .substilti- tion of scaled matter for unsealed circulars. These results have not fol lowed immediately , but have never failed to bo arrived at in a greater or loss lime. It is understood that the postmaster- general is strongly in favor of reducing the postage on letters to ono cent , and that ho will doubtles recommend in in his annual report to congress that this be done. The last national republican platorra declared in favor of ono cent postage , and if the subject is presented to the next congress with the approval of the ad ministration it is to bo expected that the republican majority in that body will carry out the recommendation. There is unquestionably no general popular demand at present for a reduc tion in letter postage , and it is well un derstood that the department has an an nual deficit at the present rate. But if it bo a fact in the experience of chc ser vice , as stated by the third assistant postmastor-gonoral , that reductions of postage lower only temporarily the revenue of the department , the business being largely increased by such reductions , there is obviously a substantial argument in favor of giving the people at once the benefit of a poslal rate , or rather the principal that has always governed in it , is to give the the most generous consideration with secondary regard to making the service self-sustaining. If reducing - loller postage from two cents to ono cent would enlarge correspondence among the people , without for any ex tended period decreasing the revenues of the department , it would undoubtedly bo justified by public opinion. With regard to the- ether proposed reform , the only opposition it would bo likely to moot is that of the express companies , whoso business it might somewhat impair. It would un doubtedly bo a very material advantage to the mercantile interests of the coun try and to a very large proportion of the people. THE reports from California regard ing tin organized scheme to invade and capture Lower California , are very likely largely bonsational. Yet there is nothing incredible in the idea of such a movement. Bands have boon orga nized to seize territory within the United States , so that there is nothing unlikely'about a filibustering scheme against Mexican territory. But it is not probable that men like Mackay and some others of equal responsibility are identified with it. Of course , if there is any such scheme on foot , it is doomed to failure. Our government would not permit any filibustering expedition organized within its jurisdiction to pro ceed against the possessions of a friendly government , and every man who shoula engage in such a scheme would become an outlaw. Still it is possible to find men desperate enough to take any ohauco in which Ihoro is the slightest promise of gain. So thut Iho reported scheme is not to bo regarded as neces sarily u myth. THE United Stales geological survey has laid out the work which it will per form during the coming summer in in vestigating what can bo accomplished by irrigating the arid lands ot the west. This work will bo mainly experimental , the design being to survey a few repre sentative localities in Colorado , Idaho and elsewhere. Investigation will bo extended to ovcry state and territory whore irrigation is required , und while it will bo Impossible to complete the work of survey in ranny plucos , enough will bo done to illustrate the subject , and indicate the policy of the govern ment in the matlor. This irrigation question is uttruollng a great deal of ut- " tontion , now that the vast area believed to bo reelaiumblo by it is botlor known , and if the investigations and experi ments result in showing Iho practica bility of irrigation us a moans of re claiming these lands , the mutter is cer tain to occupy , in the near future , a very largo placa in public attention. THE very largo increase in the experts - ports of corn from this country to Eu rope during the past nine months is an encouraging sign thut this grain is growing in favor abroad as food for the _ \ people. Within this period nearly forty-seven mllUon bushels have boon exported , inuch-ttio greater part of this of the last crop1 , the aggregate being moro than double the amount over be fore exported in' a like period. This shows the desirability of making the people of Euronb familiar with corn ns food , as it is designed lo do at the Paris exposition , and dhtnild stimulate inter est in all the , c6rn-growing states to ward the Paris co n.exhibit. There is reason to bolloyq that with proper ef fort our oxpoqls of corn could bo in creased within a low years to immense proportions. DESPITE the failure of the recent merchants' convention at St. Louis to formulate a national bankruptcy law , the Massachusetts legislature , at the earnest solicitation of the business men of the state , adopted a resolution urg ing the enactment , by congress , ot such a measure. The attention of the Fifty- first session will undoubtedly bo culled to the necessity of a bankruptcy law. The merchants of not only the eastern , but the western and southern stalesnro aliv'o lo the needs of Iho country of a uniform law of such a character. THE rumblings of war between the Union and Northern Pacific foreshadow an early rupture of railroad harmony in the northwest. Years ago the Union Pacific secured control of over two miles ) of water fronton PugotSound , and it is not improbable , should war bo declared , that the company will build north from Huntinglon through Washington terri tory. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE impression prevails that the spring trade all over the country has boon backward. A glance at the in creased Iwnkclearincs for the months of March and April would indicate the re verso. The volume of trade , gauged by this index , exceeds that of last year by fully fifteen per cent. IT may , perhaps , cheer the hearts of the boomers to learn that a bank for Oklahoma will bo opened for business at Gulhrio on the 2Ud inst. Many a poor man's goods and chattels-will bo left there for security. Important to SnuUl liuys AVIth Mothers. . A factory to nmlto felt shoes with padded soles will soon bo started in Towanda. Amcllo'ft Next. Chlcaao UcraM. Amolio Hives' next will be called "White Slaves. " The gratifying announcement is made that it will not bo completed for two years. . For the , IJcBt Alan. Uosfbli i/miM. It appears that Ejcnntor-eloct Dixon , of niiodo Island , votkjl for himself. In doiiiR this ho was , no doubt , actuated by a doslro to get the best man. A Good IMncc l < 'or Our Army. Cincinnati Knuutrcr. It is a wool : from to-day that the trouble In Oklahoma will begin. There is not much o a United States army , but it might bo well to have all of it on the ground. lloyal Countesses. Cliicaat A'eiei. The khalifa of Khartoum has kindly pre sented the governor of Suakim with the head of Has Alula , tuu great Abyssinian general , for a foot ball. It is by such little courtesies as tlioso that the pcoplo of the oHent have obtained a lasting tion for politeness. Hero's a Delicate Question. New Ymit Commacml Ailmttser. Ono man will bo drunk In his head while his legs are us the logs of a teetotaler , while another's head will bo clear as a bell , while his legs bond in the wrong direction at the knees , intertwine in the most intricate and surprising way , and in general act like the flexible arms of the octopus. In these latter cases it could bo hardly said that a man was drunk when it was apparent that Uut a portion tion of him was , as the North Ambrosianiu has it , civilated. Casuistry would have to bo brought to bear m discussing this ques tion : When one-half of a man is drunk and the ether half is sober , in what condition is the man , considered as a totality ? It is ns if a man , seeing a child emerging from a half- orphan asylum , should wonder which half of the lad was an orphnn. THE AFTIiltNOON TEA. Clad In costutno , like the catkins , Of a quiet Quaker tint , Both the old eats and the kittens Do their logulation stint Of pay gossip , nncl , tno while they Sip their inoffensive punch , Pick their neighbors all to pieces At the pussy willow lunch ! Speaking of Mary Anderson's early career , Stephen Fisko says : "Miss Anderson told mo.at the timethat she was burn July 23,1839. This would make her In her thirtieth year now. She had been upon the stage two sea- 'sous , having made lior loruial debut ut Macauloy's ' theater , Louisville , November 2" , 1875 , on 'Komeo and Juliut. ' " "I do not understand society , " said Mrs. Nowrioho. "When I invite people to my house , I never put on the cards from ' 1 until 7. ' They can stay as long as they liko. " The Epoch , Matrimonial possibilities : Between IS and 20'Isyt ' \ per cent. Between 20 and 25 Is D2 per cont. Between 25 and . ' 10.U IS per cent. Between i0 ! and ! > 5 is 15 > per cont. Between Ho and -ip'ls 3 per cont. Hotweon 40 and 1 5 is 2 per cent , Between and GQil f of 1 per cont. Between 50 and A U'of 1 nor cont. Mrs. Harrisoh Is lTio only lady honored with cards for the entire sorius of centennial festivities in Now Yihk. Mrs. Russell Harmon has recovered from her indisposition , anal Mrs , Scott li. Lord is the latest on the sick list at the white house. In the boudoir. JUlss Confidante What makes you suspect yJui- maid ? Mrs. Young- husband My husband is nlways tolling me how ho hates her. * " 't ' Miss Bessie Rockefeller , the daughter of John D. Rockefeller , who became tbo brldo ot Kov , Dr. A. II. Strong a few days ago , received { 1,000,000 , as a wcddlug gift fiom her father. Queen Victoria has ordered pretty much all England into mournln ? for the late duchess of Cambridge. The army , the navy , the court and the civil oalciaU must put it on or defy her wrath. Lady Randolph Churchill and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain do not speak as they pass by. Ho : "I have boon trying to wrlto an nssay on 'Duty1 for your literary society , und I want your opinion on this sentence : * Wo ought to embrace every opportunity.1 I am undecided whether to write it that way , or say : 'Every opportunity we ought to em brace.1 Which do you think the bolter I" Shot "I hardly know. It's a beautiful sen timent either way you put it. " Poor London is In the throes of a discus sion rcvxrdlng the merits and demerits of "Tho Quicker the Dondl" Mrs. Amclto Hires Clmntor , who hai boon spending several days at Richmond with rel atives , has hnd photographs of herself taken in various styles , many of which are charac teristic of the fair authoress. In some half a dozen of the pictures Mrs , Chanter's collie dig , which she brought with her from Castle Hill , is represented standing on his hind feet , and his fair mistress grasping his fore paw. Another represents Mrs. Chanlor In flowing garments , lying on a couch , with closed eyes , while a colored maid bonds ever hor. _ _ STATE AND TEIUUTORY. Nebraska Iot tines. The Democratic Guide , ot Dowltt , has removed - moved to W'llber , the county scat of Sallno county. The average dally consumption of gas at Kearney during the present season is about eighteen thousand foot. Fire originating in an unknown manner destroyed , the public school building nt Stella , involving a loss of $ .1,000 , on which there was an Insurance of ? JOW. A man arrived at Kulo the ether day in a demented condition and registered at the hotel as A. C. Solonburg , of Hynnnls. Ho well dressed , but 1ms no money. The business men of Beatrice have formed a social organization , and in a short time will have lilted up rooms with all the belongings of a metropolitan club. The now organiza tion comprises at least sovonty-flvo of the best business men In town. If tlio fruit that will bo produced In Custor county in the future can be estimated by the number of trees that nro being shipped Into Broken Bow this spring , there will bo no lack of fruit in a few years , says the Broken Bow Republican. Hartlngton boasts that it will have the largest building in northeastern Nebraska when the sheet Iron agricultural implement and lumber warehouse of A. Lubeloy & Co. , Is completed. A largo force of workmen is now employed on the building. Incendiaries endeavored to destroy the business portion of Suolton the other night , Cobs , saturated with oil , wcro placed about in several places In Goo's meat market and llred. The lire was discovered before much headway had been gained and prompt action of cltbons extinguished the Humes. The phico whore the fire was started was in a row of frame buildings , and had It not been dis covered would have wiped out of existence almost the entire cast side of Alain street. No clue has been found , but an attempt will bo made to ferret out the guilty party. lovvu. Kcoituk has packed 0,000 , hogs this season. Iowa's first fair was hold in Falrfleld in October , 1832. Forty inon are at work in the zoological garden at DCS Molncs. Colonel J. II. Sovonoy has resigned as inspector specter general of the state militia. Twenty-five indictments against saloouists were found by the Ottumwa grand jury. The new Methodist church at Bcllo Plain will bo of briclc with a seating capacity of 550. Jeremiah Cullen , Iowa township , Dubuque county , is 101 years old. lie is unable to walk and is blind. KcoltuU has won its case- against the cas company which wanted au interminable grip on the municipality. A Keokuk boy and a Burlington man had a pie eating contest and the boy ate two pieces to the man's one. Mnx Rocge , the Davenport school master who was beaten about the head a few months ago by John Baluff , has become a curiosity to himself as well as to his neighbors. It appears that as u result of the druhbing , the drum of ono of his cars was punctured , and that now by pressing together the nostrils ho can whistle any tune out of his melody cmittint ; car. DnUoln. QTho Aberdeen club will build a ? 5,000 club house. Hurley is organizing a building and loan association. A Baptist church is to be organized at Rapid City. Sturgis is making great clTorts to secure the county scut of Mcado county. There are eleven inmates of the Plankin- ton reform school nine boys und two girls. The Madison board of trade has appointed a committee of live to look after the railroad interests of Madison. DW. A. Ward , postmaster at Kirkwood. wants to make a balloon ascension in Kim- bail some time next month if money enough can bo raised to pay expenses. The State Live Stock association has boon organised at Plankinton , adopted by-laws and elected oflicors , the ouject of the organ ization bning the insurance of live stock from death. The Yunkton Telegram insists that the people of Dakota could have promptly re lieved all pr.iirio flro sufferers , and that the contribution advertising tlio people will got will do them much moro harm than the well- meant will do them good. - WHAT IMSOI'L.13 TAIjIt ABOUT. and Interview * UfiUKlit in Hotel Corridors and Elhowliero. Hon. B. S. Baker , ono of the bald-headed gentlemen who aspire to United States Dis trict Attorney Pritchott's shoes , is at the Millnrd , and yesterday ho had sovor.il quiet talks with local politicians. Mr. Baker is a citizen of I''airbury , and in reply to questions concerning the prosperity of his town , said : "Bveryting gives encouraging indications for u good year. Fairbury is growing , though to all appearances there is no reason for it. Wo have never had a boom and I liopo wo never will. Booms -aro not the thing most dosirablo. Of course tlioy are all right while they last , but when the bottom fulls out and reaction sets m , then conditions become worse than they wcro before. Tlio improvements going on now are substantial in character , the result of slow growth and natural proscrity. " 'Any now pointers , relative to your candi dacy for the uttornoyslup , Mr. J3akcr ( " "No , I can't nay that thcro aro. It is merely a question of time and Hoems to rest entirely with Pritchett. I don't know whether ho proposes to resign or soriro out his term. I had a long talk with him to-duy , but got no satlsfutlon. Ho expressed : i de termination to re ma I n quiet and see whuttha administration pioposos to do. The ontlro delegation In congress 1ms decided on mo and sent my namb to the president. Harri son knows Bornctliiug of mo and I liavo scon a lutlor from him m which ho Bays all I need is a recommendation from a majority of the dologatlon , so you see thut 'my appointment is virtually as good as mudo. Mr Prltchutt is an excellent gentleman and u good mwyor. but I don't know hnw ho has conducted the business of the olllco. Reports have been circulated 10 the effect that ho will le- slgn after the Muv term of court closes , but his talk to mo hold out no such indication. " Tlio fact of tlio matter is , und Mr. Baker admitted having hpard such rumors , some body has started n story intimating that charges are to bo preferred against Prltchott , alleging either neglcctof duty or malfeasance in olllco , and ho docs not propose to ho kicked out with a cloud hanging over him. "In that lospect , " continued Mr , Baker , "ho is right. I would bo just like him , If charges are to bo made ho should have an opportunity of answering thorn. I bollovo that If the delegation should say to him , 'We want your placa for a republican , " ho would willingly tender ills resignation. " Hod Cloud Tournament. J. L. Miller , of Red Cloud , Is In the city jsocuriug rates over the several railroads for Iho tournament of the State Firemen's asso ciation which will bo hold at that city July 10 to July ID , next. It is expected from the energy the Red Cloud department is display ing , the tournament will bo tha largest and the most successful ever held In the state , PulilloVorlcs. . The board of public works was In session all day yesterday , grinding away on bldo- walk specifications. The Omaha Street R.illway company lllcd application for a permit to construct a double truck on Vinton street from Sixteenth strcflt to Eighteenth street , und on Thirteenth street four block * eouth dora Vinton. LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES , Oponincr Session of the Stnto Gon- foroiico of Prohibitionists. SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS. Printing Contracts Awnnlofl Incor poration of tlio t'nclllo Town Slto Company Tlio Liivo Stock Commission Adjourns. LINCOLN Human OP rna OMIIH UBB , ) 102'J ' P STIIRRT , \ LINCOLN , April 17. I A state conference of prohibitionists Is now In session In this city , Tno meetings are hold at Bohanan's hall , The initial mooting , called to order this afternoon at half past S o'clock , was not strained In num bers or overly enthusiastic , but It is slid the welkin will ring before llnal adjournment Is taken. Chairman Dickie , of the national committee , Is In attendance. Ho entertained the multitude to-night In the usual way. But ho is vigorous and nblo. Means for carrying the submission question two years hence , giving the state constitutional prohibition , is the great question under consideration. George Scott , chairman of the state contra ! committee , presides. Charles Tomnlln Is hero. So also is Dick Hawloy. But ho lives hero. It can bo said , however , that promi nent third party workmen are hero from all parts of the Mate. They all have Ideas and all shoot them off. The class meeting exercises nro Interesting und refreshing. The plan Is the bone of contention. What will uo done cannot bo told. Yet It is rea sonably certain that tho'work of commit tees will prove satisfactory , and that In duo time campaigners will bo put to work in a "round up" that shall extend into every voting precinct aim ward in the stato. At the outset the indications nro strong that the nrohibs have gene to work with blood in their oyos. It M just learned that n damper was thrown upon the deliberations of the conference encetoday by the announcement that tholr organ , the Now Republic , had been seized by the sheriff , under order of Goorpro t ) . Scrambling , a former editor of the paper. It is supposed , however , that the needful , something over fl.yOO , will bo raised during the session to lift it from the oppressor's hand , and ngnln mil it on the road to pros perity and wcatlh. But it has boon helped so many times , It Is whispered , that some of the wheel-horses refuse to go down Into tholr pockets again , and that it must sink or swim , survive or perish , upon Its own merits. But , however this may bo , the New Repub lic will appear on tlmo aaln this week , and appearance thereafter may or may not toll the story of how it was done. Supreme Court I'rocociliucs. State ox rel Scovillo vs Wilson. Demurrer - murrer overruled. Defendant to answer In ten days or writ to issuo. The following causes were continued : Lathi-op vs Cheney ; Dotwilor va Detwilor ; R. V. Ry. Co. vs Long. Tlio following causes were read and sub mitted : Nollkomp vs Wyatt ; State Insur ance company vs Schreck ; Roberts vs Snow ; Norman vs Waite ; Likes vs Wildlsh ; Curry vs Metcalf. Sorry vs Curry. Error from the district court of Dixon county. Alllrmod. Opinion by Justice Maxwell. Ilaines vs Flinn. Appeal from the district court ot Johnson county. Afllrmcd. Opinion by Justice Maxwell. Chicago , Kansas 5 Mobraska railroad vs Hazel. Error from the district court of Pawnee - neo county. Aftlrmcd. Opinion by Chief Justice Reuse. Brown vs Smith. Error from the district court of Lancaster county. Reversed and remanded. Opinion by Justice Maxwell. The following eases wcro tiled for trial : Susan Pryor vs James C. Hunter. Appeal from Furnus couutv. Tlio county of Dodge substituted for Lena Martin vs Charles Komnltz. Error from Dodge county. Nebraska and Iowa Insurance company vs James Christicnscn. Error from Douirlus county. City of Beatrice vs William Black ct al. Appeal from Giige county. Lish Nelson vs State of Nebraska. Error from Adams county. 1'rlntinii Contracts Awarded. Secretary Laws , Auditor Beaten and Treasurer Hill , comprising the state board of printing , hold a mooting In the ofllco of tlio secretary of state .vosterday afternoon and awarded the contract for thostujg print ing. Tins consists of the session laws and journals , the supreme court reports , rovo- nuc books , blanksuud miscellaneous printing for the state oflicors. The bidders were the Fremont Tribune ; Henry Gibson , of Omaha ; Wigton & Evans , of Hastings ; Pace , Will- lams it North , and the State Journal , of this city. As usual , tlio Journal gobbled the bulk of the work , but Mr. Gibson made a much larger haul than common. The rest of the competitors were shut out. Gibson got the contract for printing the laws and journals , the supreme court calendar and the reprint of the supreme court reports. Ho does tlio work for ? 9 per pugo for the laws , S3 per page for the journals and $ I,2J per page for the re print of the reports. The great scrap was the contract for printing Hvo supreme court reports to bo published at intervals during the course of two years. This was secured by the Journal for flO , > 0 for tlio entire live editions. The bids for the work were tlio same by Mr , Gibson und tlio Journal. The miscellaneous printing Is said to bonbonan/a in and of itself. The lablo of bids , liowovor , snows that uniformly tlio contracts were awarded to the lowest bidder. Gibson's work will amount to nearly if not quito ? 17,000 , while the Journal's will nrobablv SIO.OJO higher. Puoillc Town Site Company. Fremont is stipulated as the principal pluco for the transaction of business of the i'acitlc Town Site company. But branch of- Jices may bo established elsewhere. Tlio articles of the company vvore Jllod in the olllco of the secretary of stuto to-day. It is fuitlier stipulated that the company shall acquire , by purchase or otherwise , lands suitable for town sites und laj out and plat the same into lots , streets , alloy * and public grounds in tills and other states of tha union where such business may bu carried on under tlio sanction of the lawn. Such other interests are provided for as may become - como necessary to perpetuate for prolit the walfuro of the corporation. Sections of tlio articles provide for Iho construction of Irri gation ditches , flumes and pipes mid appa ratus for operating water rights , and to sell and dispose of them ns interests and circum stances may warrant. Tlio capital stock is llxcd at $100,000 , divided into shares of $100 each. Signed to the articles of incorpora tion nro tUt ) names of Chock II. Tone ray , William K. Smalls , Charles F. Dodge , Will iam H. Harrison and Victor Soltz. 'Jlio Ijtvn Stock CommiHHlon Qnllw. As Sam Low puts it , the Hvo stock com mission tins "absquatulated , " thut h , the members of it quietly folded their tents to day and stclo away , preferring to take chances for the daddy dollar in ether Holds than to work two years for glory , "Tho average Nebraska legislature is too uncertain to bnnk upon , " tersely remarked a mcmoor of the commission to Tin : Bin man this morning. ' ! like a little glory , but it was never Known to buy bread ami butter , and that has to bo paid for whether school keeps or not. Whllo I am glad to know that the governor vetoed the bill abolishing the com mission , I cannot afford to risk continuation of work hnro on a possible deficiency appro priation two years hcnco , to pay for what I would do under proper nanrtlon , and with assurance that compensation awaited mo r.t the close of the service , Thu fact exists , however , that Senator Ransom's bill , although vetoed , practically accomplished Its purpose , The Hvo stock commission has adjourned work without dato. dato.Tlio Tlio Bethany Hol ; ) itH University. At the mooting of the Nebraska Christian Educational bourd , held last night ami to- Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. When llibr TTU ell * , ve garo her Criteria. Vfhtn r.lie iru a Child , ( ha cried for Cutoria , When Blie became Mlai , tha clung to Ctutorta , \Varheta < r Children , she guto tbum CutorU. day. a most satisfactory showing wai inado of the work nt Bethany Heights. The money m hand U ample to pay nil estimates Umt may como In for xvork on the now university building , which Is progressing with cheerful - ful rapidity , The mooting was hold at the office of Eider J. B. Brlscoe , And was nt- tended by n number of ministers of Iho Christian church from different part * of the stato. After thorough discussion it was do- oidcd to commence ) school work this fall , and n committee on faculty was appointed. This committee considered some recommenda tions this morning , but nothing dollnlto was done. It Is learned that the building can bo finished In ample tlmo for the commence- meat of tlid-fall torm. The question of rapid transit was also considered bv which to rcapii the university , and tuo different lines looked over , but ns yet no choice has been made. A committee- was appointed to look nftor this Interest. Ono of three lines will probably bo chosen. City Noxva null Notni , Miss Mary Falrbrothor , of Tecumseh , is visiting friends In this city , Senator Polk , of Plattsmoutn , was hero to-day on legal business. Ho took in Sena tor Tuggurt's wedding last night. Bishop Bonacuin has issued n proclamation calling upon the Catholics of this dloceso to observe the special thanksgiving day sot apart to commomornto the first centennial anniversary ot constitutional government In this country. Ho also suggests that the subjects for discourses on that day bo cither "Tho Constitution ot the United States" or "Tho Character of George Washington. " TIII3 SUGAR MA1UCKT. Tno Prloo ItnR Advanced " 1-U Conn Within Sixty Days. Sugar jumped Tuesday and an oxplnnn tlon was sought of Mr. Charles Plckons , with Pnxton , Gallagher & Co. That gentle man informed the reporter that a bullish spirit had ruled for the past sixty days In the sugar market , and that to-day the ad vance scored In granulated sugar had been 2 > cents per pound , with n corresponding onhancumont in value of other manufac tured sugars. As the outlook appeared to him , tlio largo planters of Cuba were holding the raw ma terial at prices which , whllo high at present , would have to bo paid by our refineries be fore long. The supply of raw material hold by refineries In this country was very low , and the Cuban speculation based on our necessities was u safe policy. "I Hhould not bo at all surprised , " sold Mr. Plckcns , "to see granulated sugar ad- vauco to lOcouts per pound. " The market to-day is a cent and n half higher than the quotations of ono week ago. How long this condition of things was likely to lust , Mr. Plckcns was unable to say without confirmation of the reported world wide scarcity of raw sugars. The cause of the-sharp advance hnd been the rapid increase in vuluos of raw sugar uud also on account of the rcllnorlos huviiiy largely oversold. The advices from Cubi . were that boththo American and English buyers were compotlnu with each other foi nearly all the cuno products and , as a result prices had been steadily advancing until thcro hnd boon n gain of a cent and a-lmlf tc two cents within tlio past week. It was reported ported that the available supply from thit time to October 1 will barely cover th < actual requirements of consumption. The Now York Shipping List reports thai the sutmly in sight in Cuba la under the con trol of speculators , who are in joint account with the planters , and that these pcoplt have been willing to offer only auction lots and have demanded full bids. Four and ono half cents cost and freight for ninety-six test have boon paid for a round lot of centrlfu gals to bo shipped , but it would bo difllcull to secure a further lot nt this flguro. Suol quotations are on the basis of seven ami one- half for ninety-six test , but there Is nothlnp available on spot nt tills figure. The spot supply has ooen altogether insignificant mid consists almost wholly of old sugars. Offer ings from the other \Vost Indies nro oagorl.i absorbed nt full prices , but the supplloi from those sources como out slowly , und there is the sumo reluctance to sell that li displayed in the ether products of the couu tries. P11OBI FOHI51GN SIIOIU29. A. U. Wymnn Kcturrii Filled With Patriotic Love for America. Hon. A. U. Wymnn , who has boon absent In Europe for three months , returned to Omaha yesterday. Ho was accompanied by hli wife and little daughter. They have taken rooms at the Millnrd. Mr. Wymnn says that during his stay abroad ho journeyed through England , Scotland and Germany , but did not enjoy the trip very much. " 1 was there purely on business , " ho said , tljoroloio had scarcely anj time to devote to pleasurable pursuits or sight-aoemg. The weather was miser able. I would udviso people to stay away from London in tlio winter. My Impressions of the country wcro such asto uiuko mo appreciate America moro than over. I really have nothing to tell you about my trip that Is worth mentioning" . Mr. wyman landed In Now York March 10 , and has since been giving his attention to business matters thcro , in Boston uud Washington. Ho says that the reports con ncctmg his nnmo with the troasuryshlp ol the United States , and that the appointment was about to bo ottered to him , hud no foundation. "If tlio administrator ever contemplated offering the place to mo , It was well known nt the capital that I nol only didn't want it , but would not have accepted it. " Dr. Gluck eye and oar , Uarkor bile. Army Notes. Among the ofllcois before the retiring board is Lieutenant Moutgouiory Parker , o' Du Clicsno , who , It Bccms , Is opposed ti being retired. Tlio circumstances of his cast are that some tima ago tlio Into Genera Hatch ordered him to the school of Instruo tion at Lraremvorth. The lieutenant claimed exemption on the giounc of defective cyesinht. Because of thii claimGeneral Hatch ordered him before tin retiring boaid , but it is claimedas Intimated above , that tlio gentleman now wishes t ( inako it nppuar that his eyesight Is In no wuj impaired. This is the BARIC officer who win Borne tlmo ngo tried by court-mnrtial and IB whoso favor the president suspended tin sentence. Lieutenant Colonel J. G , Tilford succcodi to the position mniio vncunt in the colonulcj of the Ninth cavalry by the death of Geti' oral Hatch. Major Cnrlton succeeds Colonel Tilford. In August next Lleutcmint Colonel Bris hill succeeds Colonel Dudley who retlics The oflicors from Fort Robinson who no- cow pin led the remains of General Hutch to Fort Louvenworth , returned from the lattei liluco this morning , and will continue thiili journey to their post this evening. Constitutional Catarrh , ' NoHlnili ) dlBe.itfo mis uniutlud itioiu VilToring or haitunod thtj IjreaKlUK up of th constltutloi than Catarrh. Tlio punio of einull , or unto , ol night , "f huailnif , the human vok'tt , tin ; niiml , ono or more , nnd omotlme nll , ylold to 1m do Btructlvu Inilnunce , Tlic polmm It dliiti Ibuloi .hroiiL'hdut the HybtoinnttitvUxuvuiy vltiil foicu ind iJioaks up Uiu nunt robust of conitUutioiiH lKnnn l , iidcuusiu lint lltllo nnilerxtuod , by mosl IilijHlcluiiH , impotfiitly naiiullud by iUiU'l.s | und chin latairn , UKMoMHUTliiK lium 11 have llttlf Kino to lit > ri'lluvcd of It Ihlrt nldo of UIH tmivu It Is time. then , that the popular treatment nt till * tcrillilu dlbouso by u-modles within tin ra.idi of all pntsod IntonnmUiitonco tompi'tunt nnatmitnortliy. Tliomwunil Hitherto untried nuthoil adopted by Dr. fianford in the prupura- tlonof hlK luuicu. OUIIH lmn won thu hmrtj aujnovulat thomtunilx. It In InstuntiuiouiiH In ntlimllliK relief In nil hunil eoliln. bnocv.lmr. nuf. lllnKandobstrurtod brtnthinu , und rapidly lo- IIIOVOH thfl mont oiiproslve j Diploma , clearlna the bond swcetonlng tlio Druatli , rtstorln tin neuM-H ofkincll , tasioundhuaiing. umltientiallz Inn the constltlunul tnndfiic-y of the ( toward * tlii lungs , liver uml kidneys fi ) PANronii'8 itADiCAi.cuiir. coiialhtB ofono not- : _ lo of the lUmpAitCuiiK , on buxjrATAiiiiu.\li ; hoLVKm.und Uirm > vii ; > IMIAI.KH ; price , tl. I'OTTKIt UltUfl & UllUMUIAIiUO. , IIUSTUX , NO RHEUMATIZ ABOUT ME , IVUHK MINUTKTIIK OlI'JIUIIIIA Ati- JI-I'AIN I'j.AM'Kii rclliivcs llheumu i'iu. bclutlc , Kiidilen. sli.up mill nvr > _ voun I'liliiB. BtraliiB , and Vvralciumuti , The llfntiind only ruin-Killing 1'lustur. A now nud luf afllble untldcte to imln , Imliimmiitlon and wtaknimu Utterly nnllku und vastly wuporlor to nil other plasters. At ull diii'ClHt . . " > ounts ) five for JI.UU | or , postugu free , ot I'owKlt Dnuo A ! 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