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THE OMAHA DAILY . BEE : SATURDAY. MAY 4. 1S39. THE DAILY BEE. I'UlJIjlSHliD KVHHY MOHNINO. TERMS oFflUHSCniPTlON. DMlr ( Morning IMIllon ) Including SUNDAY lur. Ono VVnr , . . . 10 00 For Fix Month * . 6 00 KorThroo Months . . . . . . . . . 350 TUB OMAHA HUNIIAV EK , mailed to any iwldrtss , Ono Venr . . . 300 WKKKI.Y llr.r , One Year . . . " 00 OMAIIAOmCE.NoS.lHnnd)10t'AHNAH8TnSET. ! ! ) CiiicAOOO Kicf : , i : HOOKBHY liuir.pixa. NKW ronK orntK. ItooMsH ANI 1ft TiuiiuNit ituii.niNd. WAHIIINOTON QUICK , No. 618 FOUHTKKMII Bill BET. COUUBdPONnnNOl ! . Alt communlcntlons rolHttnit to news find cdl- Jo 1 1 nl matter uliould be&ililri8 edtotuo I.uiton nUHIN..S3 . , . All bnslncBi luttcra neil romlttixncM snomd bo nddreuod to TIIK llrp. ] > iMii.t iiiNti COMPANY. OMAHA , Jlrnfti , cherss ami prtitolllctortlors to be mauo payable to the onlor of the company Vic BOB Publishing Company , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATEU , Editor. Kworn Statement ot'Ciratihitton. Btntc of NebwOcn , I , County of Douglas , f " flcoruoll.Tzsrhuck , ( secretary of The Ile Pilb- llnhliigCoimiany , docs solomniy sworir tlmt the ncntuTcirculation of Tun UAIW llr.K for the \\eck tiullDK April Ti. lbU. was as follows : Mindnv. AprllBI K88S Montlnv. AprllS ! } JJ'J ' ! TucMlav. AwrllSI { * ? ' Wednesday , April 21 . ] Tlinisilav. Aprlta lV > n. irlilAV. April un 1S.MH Baturtlny , April ' 7 Wit JA vcntjTO 18,017 UKOIKIK U. TX.SCIIIICK. Sworn to he fora mo nnd subscribed to la my croflence tlilaUTtli day of April. A. I ) . 1831. Seal. N. 1' . I'KlL. Notary Public. Blnto of Nohrnski , I County of DoiiKlns. I1" ' < Jeono II. Tzticimclc , heliiR duly sworn , do- ] KWnml Bnyftthat ho 15 secretary of tlio Ileo I'libllMilUK company , tlmt the uctual averaco dally circulation ot Tin : luu.v IIKK I for tfio month of April. IBM , 18,744 copies ; ; for Mny. 1888. lf.18'1 topics ; for .luno , I8i > n , ) , JMcopli-s : : for July , ! ? * ! * , 18. HcepIes ; for AtlKliit , IMS. 18.183 copies : for September. 188. IH.I'il copies ; for October. 1888. 1H.IW4 Copies ; for November. 1888 , ] ? , tifO copies ; for December , 1H88. 18-JSl copies ; for January , IB'-0,18,1174 copies ; for February , Ib8& 18.K1I copies ; for Mnrch. l i. K8S4 cople . OKOlKli : II. TXSUIIUlflC. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my piescnco this 1Mb dny of April , A. 1) . . IKSO. N. V. Full , , Notary Public. PADDY KVAX , tlio ex-clnunplon , in cidentally collided with n reporter in San Francisco. I'uddy was rescued by friends and tenderly curled to the hos pital. Tun Chicago roads nnd the Union Pacific have been unable to connect their fast traint on n now schedule , and the result will he a. free-for-all race for business in the west. TltK clay is near at hand wnon the in dustries for which Omaha lias superior natural advantages tlio conversion of lior raw products into manufactured ar ticles will force competition from her markets. ATTOitXKY-GixiitAL Lnrcsi : lias given the railroads in the state to un- dcrblnnd that u road on paper has no rights which the law is hound to ro- Bpcct. In his own words railroads must "either fish or cut bait. " Rid'OUTSlrom the ranges ot Wyoming and Montana are most favorable. Tlio per cent of loss hns been trilling , the calf crop large , nnd the herds are now in splendid condition. Tlio only shadow on tlio prospect of : i profitable season is the scarcity of soring rains. PnisiDBXT noiiKUTS , of the Ponnsyl- ynnin railroad , has inaugurated a rigid policy of economy in the management of that powerful system. Hut ho lias not found it necessary to cut down wages , nnd that is whore ho shows himself a railroad manager and financier of the first order. ALL attempts to confuse Parnoll and connect him with the violent section of Irish nationals hns. solar , proved a total failure. The man who united Ireland as it hnd never boon united before , who forced the great English liberal party to accept his terms , who crushed cal umny with his heel , can not bo out witted by a pettifogging lawyer. TIIK first shipment of catllo direct from Nebraska to Scotland is reported 1 from Kearney. This is an industry whioh , from its peculiar Bignillcance , will create considerable interest. Since the development of the dressed beef trade the business of sending live stock abroad hns fallen into disuse. It is likely that the industry may revive , and in that event Nebraska domon- ntratos hoi1 ability to take the initiative. I SucuiiTAiiY BrAixis returned to his desk in the state department yesterday , and the dispatches report tlmt ho looked I well , showing no traces of his recent ill if ness. Incidental to his rotuni to duty was tlio formal presentation to the pres ident of the now British minister. There lias doubtless boon a great deal of exaggeration regarding the physical condition of Mr. Blaine , whoso prostra tion was iluo , doubtless , simply to the strain of olllolal duties , which has been fiomowhat severe over since ho wont into the state department , OMAHA is ono day nearer northern [ t Nebraska , southern Dakota and the L lllaclc Hills than St. Paul. Everything clsoholng equal , the jobbers of this city hnvo a decided advantage over St. Paul mndiofippod , us it wore , for the trade of this territory. Omaha's rjval for the control of the business of this region is Ohicngp. Despite the udvnn Uigcti possessed by that city in certain lines of trade , Omaha has boon virtual- lj"ablo to drive Chicago out of Iho gro cery business of northern Nebraska. What has boon done in the grocery line can with persistent effort bo done in ether branohos of trado. IT is but a question of time when the loading insurance companies of the country , following the example of the New York LUo , will mahoOmahiv thoii- permanent division ' headquarters by the erection of mnss'ivo olllr.o and Htoro buildings. As a bafa and profUnl le Hold for Invcbtmont this city olTorti ox- coplioiml ( ulvuntagcB , which those coir- Borvatlvo companies are quick to rccog- iili-.o. They have already established their agencies , both for ( nsm-tinco and loaning , and it remains for them to make their home in our midst. The probabilities that the National Life In- Eurnnco Company of Vermont will croct its own ofllco building this season arc most promising. Tills is u most on * couruglnp sign. A nmriLTATixa APOLOGY. The appointment of Mr. George II. Bates , of Delaware , as one of the Amor- lean commissioners to the Berlin con ference on the Snmoan question , was made on the ground of fitness. Ho had glVon the question long and careful study , and was known to bo ns well i n- formctl regarding it as any man in the country. Before his appointment ho had written an article on Samoa for the CVnfiov/ , which the publishers of that mngnzino had accepted , and which was published soon nftcr its author was ap pointed commio.sioncr , although it is understood ho asked to have it sup pressed. It reflected sharply upon Gor man methods in Samoa , and vigorously maintained the attitude and claims of the United States. It was unquestiona bly the sandid and honest judgment of Mr. Bates , and being such ho should have adhered to it. But ono of the first nets of Mr. Bates after his arrival in Berlin was to apolo gize to Count Herbert Bismarck for what ho had said in that article , and if ho hns been correctly reported the apology was of the most abject and humiliating character. An explanation of the circumstances under which the nrticlo was written and published , would have boon proper , but there was no demand upon the com missioner to debase himself by stating that the article was written by "a pri vate and uninformed person , " and that ns a consequence it had "lost all point. " IIo could not have put himself In amore moro humiliating and contemptible position than ho was placed by this con fession , and when in addition ho pro fessed the utmost esteem for Germany it is impossible to doubt that Count Bis marck felt for him the contempt which his abject attitude deserved. OI course whatever value may have bcforo been given the views of Mr. Bates as expressed in this article , has boon destroyed by his disclaimer , and this result has by no means improved the btanding or worth of that gentle man as a representative of the United Stales at Berlin. No conlldcnce can bo felt in him there or in his own country. His solf-stultillcation has destroyed his usefulness , nnd ho can hardly bo regarded - garded with respect by any member of tlie commission , and least of all , by the representatives of Germany. IIo will doubtless stand with his American col leagues in support of whatever con ditions they may agree upon , but ho will exert no influence upon the de liberations of the conference. OF TRUSTS. Evcrv suggestive thought on the question of how to deal with trusts should receive careful consideration. This-question is at present commanding wide and serious discussion. It is prom inent in the minds of publicists nnd people - plo in Europe and Canada , as well as in the United States. The disastrous collapse - lapse of the copper syndicate in Franco lias mndo the subject of such combina tions ono of great interest there. In Germany the government has been called upon to consider what shall bo done to arrest tlio growth of syndicates , whoso policy is believed lo bo largely responsible for the financial and indus trial depression in that.country. In England the formation of trusts lias at tracted the attention of statesmen , and tlio Canadian government has been considering what action it shall taUo to suppress combinations there. Thus the subject has become of nearly universal interest , and nowhere is it of greater concern to the people than in the United States , whore the now form of monopoly hns its largest and most aggressive de velopment. A leading lawyer of Philadelphia , in a communication to the Jfrco ? A of that city , lucidly points out the methods within the power of the stales for curb ing the injurious operation of trusts and for preventing their future forma tion. IIo remarks that the corncr-stono of the now structure is the legal capac ity of ono person becoming the solo owner of all the property ihcro is , or can bo produced , in tlio world. For this , English and American law has suggested no remedy. Us impractic ability is tlio protector , and the only one , ngainst such an evil. The impos sibility of any one man controlling , by ownership , all the property , oven of ono species , in tlio world wheat , corn , sugar , etc. is a sulllciont protection for the present. The result of the atlcmpt at monopolizing any one product is so uniformly ruinous that mon having the moans that might justify tlio hope of success , are too well trained to make the attempt. In this direction , says tlio writer from whom wo quote , lies the remedy that should bo applied. The remedy proposed is to prohibit the use of these artificial contriv ances that have been given to the commercial world by the state to relieve it from the dangers in cident to the use of merely natural powers. Passing over partnerships as being natural agencies whose dan gerous * powers are restricted by the perils attendant on their exorcise , there are two modern contrivances by whioh men nro enabled to combine for power almost Indefinitely and yet limit the stake. These are charters and limited partnerships. It is hold that these arti ficial creatures of the state actually op press the community , that the moan's of oppression to an Indcilnito oxlont are actually presented to all who HOC fit to ube them , and tlmt without this machin ery the evil could not have oxlstod. It is in limited partnerships , but moro especially charters , that the danger lies , and ono o ! tlio measures suggested is Ihe making of all stockholders liable as partners for ail transactioiid by or for ac count of the corporation not authorized by Iho charter. Tlmt is , apply the law of partr.orrihip to them. Another mcus- uro is to create liability for all acts in the corporate name and de stroy all rights arising out of such contracts , hi addition mnko all con tracts by which factories owned by ono sot of persons can bo controlled by another , as to working or lying iilloj or being COMnoctoil in dealings , prima facie proof of an illegal combination. These are the vulnerable points of attack and the weapons that nro in the hands of the community , and * Very likely they would bo found effective in accomplish ing ) thu end diisirod if the state would / co-oporato In employing thorn. Such co-oporntlon is necessary to the success of nnymovomcnt against tlio trusts , nnd it presents a practical difficulty tlmt tnny not bo easily overcome. PAUL VANDEIlVOOItT. The nssanlts of tlio Now York Times on Paul Vnndorvoort nro not of anything ItUo so much importance as the fact that ho holds the ofllco of chief of the railway mall ser vice nt Omaha. The truth about Vandor- voort Is tlmt ho Is the most tenacious of friends and the bitterest of enemies. Ho navcr ceases laboring for these he likes or against those ho hates. Ills dismissal years npo was secured by his enemies purely as n mutter of politics. Gresham removed him bccauso ho had fought Grcshnm , and this action was sustained by the Van \Vyclc ele ment of Nebraska politics bccauso Vandor- voort had fought them. The nickname of Vanderbum Riven Vnn- dervoort by Tun DUE Is slanderously malig nant. There Is no man In llni country farther from the bum than Paul Vnndorvoort , whenever never drinks , and whoso associates nro not nt all of the rowdy order. Perhaps It would have boon wiser In Colonel Hoscwator not to Imvo meddled with Pnul Vnndorvoort's aspirations. Mr. Vnn dorvoort is In ofllco after all , and as he Is lo cated In Omaha now , ho may bo perniciously active In local politics In the future , much to Colonel Uoscwator's disgust. licindillcnn. Paul Vmmei'voort is not chief of the railway mail service at Omaha. IIo has nothing whatever to do with the rail way mail service. The position ho holds is a sinecure created for him under the tltlo of superintendent of mails , which , translated into plain En glish , means chiof-portor-of-mail-sacks and that pvorsoor-of-tho-mail-wagon hauls the mail sacks from the depot to the postoflicc. Botwcon that menial service and the position of ponoral superintendent of the railway mail Service - vice of the whole United States , to which Vandervoort had the sublime gall to aspire , there is a very marked difference. But Vandorvoort should never have boon appointed oven to this very sub ordinate place , bccauso ho is unlit for any public service and because his ap pointment stultifies the head of the postoflico department. A man with Vnntlorvoort's habits and malodorous record should never bo permitted to hold any position in the civil service , and especially in the postal service. The New York 'ZYulcs is not the only paper that has denounced Vandorvoort's restoration to the postal servico. The Now York Evening Post and other leading journals huvo characterized his rcappoiutmont to a minor position as a precedent that c\nnot fail to demoralize the postal service and reflect seriously upon the administration. This protest against Vandorvoort is not bccauso ho has been assigned to a prominent position , but because his previous record in the service should have barred him out. Vandervoort was not dismissed by Judge Gresham bccauso ho had fought Grcsham. As postmaster-general , Mr. Gresham had nothing to fight over with Vandervoort , who was a more railway clerk at Omaha. But Postmaster- General Gresham dismissed Vandor voort because ho had been insubor dinate ; had made false re ports to the department , and had been absent from his post of duty at Omaha ! J5 ( ! days in ono single year. It was only after ho had been dismissed in.disgrace that Vandervoort fought Grcshnm , as well as his first assistant , General Frank Ilatton. Vandervoort is an inveterate brag gart and liar. Ho magnifies himself and has made uses of his connection with the Grand Army for base ends. Ho sought to use the Grand Army club over the heads of Gresham and Ilatton , but utterly failed to intimidate them by his threats. The nickname of "Vandorbum" is not a slander. It is a matter of common notoriety that Van- dcrvoort's associates , when ho was chief clerk , wore ward bum mers , roustabouts and rowdies of the lowest degree. It is notorious that ho often detailed railway mail clerks from the service to assist him in packing ward caucuses and lighting at political primaries , and sub stituted for those regular mail clerks irresponsible vagabonds -and bummers who wore transported in the mail cars in charge of the mails without oven taking the oath , It is notorious that Vnndorvoort was hired and paid by the Union Pacific railroad for conducting the legislative oil-rooms at Lincoln with their drunken orgies and vile methods of decoying members into corruption by downright bribery. These facts wore all known to the Nebraska delegation in congress , at whoso instance Paul Vandorvoort has boon made a pensioner on the govern ment. And it does not rollcct credit upon their judgment that among so many deserving republicans this loader of bummers and political strikers should be glvon preference for position. PiuirWundorvoort's pernicious activity in local politics is not looked to with ap prehension. But the question is whether Postmaster-General Wann- mnkor has made a place for Vandorvoort to give Him a chnnco to use Ills posi tion in the postal sorvico. for packing prlmarios and conventions , or whether the department will compel him to at tend to his mail sacks and leave the manngomont of local politics to citizens who nro not on the nostolllco pay roll. GKNUIIA& GuKKiA'of the signal ser vice intends tosond out weather predic tions three days ahead of time , This is a contract liable to bankrupt the weather bureau. OTHER LANDS THAN OUHS. The examination of Mr. Parnoll before the commission has thus far elicited nothlncr to strengthen the catiso of the prosecution , or which Is , in the toast dogrco , detrimental to the character , policy and purpose of the great Irish louder. Alt efforts to connect Purnoll with illegal methods and with measures of violence , oltliur as an'actlvo par' tlclpant or sympathizer , Imvo utterly failed- but they have given him the opportunity to show moro clearly and forcibly to the world the uprightness of his course and tlio patriot ism of his alms. Ho has boon enabled to dfttnonstruta that his purposa 1ms boon ro- fornmtory , rather than revolutionary , that ho IIIIH sought to wrest nothlncr from the UritUh empire , but simply to obtain Justice for Ireland. Ho has shown that his counsel and Influence Imvo boon steadily and con- slstently exerted iu opposition to oxtrouio measures outsMo of the law , and no candid man will doubt tlmt to him Is duo the credit of having maintained amone the Irish people what , under thd toxnsporatlng circumstances , must bo regarded as n mont remarkable re spect for peace and order. The vindication of Partiall Is Yilroady complete , but when this Investigation Is ended the result will present htm as a man whoso wisdom , patriot ism , forberirnnco and unseltlMi davotlon to the causa ho champions , entitle him to an Illustrious plnco among the greatest who Imvo striven for , the rnjhts of the people against the oppression and Injustice of thotr rulers. * * The financial And indusUlnl condition of Germany at present appears to bo that of ex treme doprossion. A correspondent nt Bur- Hn of an English journal thinks the present economical situation in Germany should bo made the special study of national econ omists. Ho bollox'09 that many of thorn \vuuld bo Induced to revise theories which they now defend with much skill. Ho Insists that the distribution , not the accumulation , of wealth is the llfo-blood of commerce , ami while wealth accumulates at present In Gor- nmny In largo amounts In the banks of com bined capital , it Is far from being properly or profitably distributed. Ho next proceeds to draw n comparison between Herlln , on the ono hand , and London and Paris on the oilier , In order to Illustrate the enormous difference between accumulation and distribu tion of wealth In Ucrhn. While speculation is assuming vast proportions the commercial classes , especially the shop-keepers , complain that business Is slow and profits small. Only the venders of cheap and shoddy articles are prosperous. So , ho claims , that the growth of the Merlin stock exchange does not Indi cate n corresponding Increase In national wealth. On the ether Imnu , ho contends that while In Paris , London and Hrussola the retail trailers are not at their case , yet it Is admitted that money circulates moro freely anil In incomparably larger amounts in the commercial channels of these cities that It does In the cities of Germany. This writer concludes that the stagnation In the circula tion of money in Germany , and the further fact that the quality of goods boucht and sold In that country is Inferior to these bought and sold elsewhere , nro largely duo to the system of conventions and syndicates which work exclusively for the benefit of a small number of producers , while it restricts the spheres of commerce and thus fails to promote the solid and general prosperity of the people. The death of Crown Prince Rudolph caused the discontinuance this year of the ceremony of footwashing which had bcforo boon annually performed by the cmpuror of Austria , This is the llrst time during the emperor's reign of forty years the function has not boon discharged by his majesty. Homo years years ago the empress ceased to per form her part in the yearly ceremony owing to fulling health , but last year the emperor went through thaformallty of washing the foot of twelve old men. The religious ser vice of the footwashlng was instituted in the middle ages ash lesson of humility to the proud emperors of the Hapsburg dynasty , and every year for the last four centuries , with occasional exceptions , as in 1843 , the reigning emperor 1ms washed the feet of twelve old incn' ' w hllo his consort has performed ( formed the same ofllco for twelve old women. The present emperor has always ofllclatcd at this ceremony with a remarkable and touch ing reverence , but there is no denying that the function had somewhat outgrown popular reverence , and was no longer in keeping with what strong-minded people call "tho spirit of the ago. " The twelve old men and the twelve old women who had been selected , ns usual , from among the poor of Vienna to liguro in this year's ceremony have received the cus- * soniarv bounties that is , each a complete suit of clothes , a purse full of gold and sil ver coins , and a dinner of four courses , with a silver cover , a goblet , and a wine jug. * * * Under the repeated punishments inflicted upon them by British troops the natives of West Africa will at length realize that it is dangerous to interfere with the march of trade. The destruction of the chief town of the Wondab tribe , in the Interior , north east of Sierra Leone , is the latest practical lesson taught them. Of late years a great impetus has been given to commerce iu this region by the tribes converted to Moham- mcdanUm , who have welcomed Europeans on the coast and nave become the Intorme- uTaries between thorn and the negroes of the interior. These" latter , however , resent the Intrusions and encroachments of the traders ana thnlr go-betweens , and Imvo for generations been in the habit of blucicmaillng and plundering travelers. Occasionally also they have attacked the trading stations. While commerce doubtless does not appear as sacred in African oycs as in European , yet the progress of trade is unquestionably that of civilization , nnd wherever the sway of white men extends the horri'jlo natives' prac tices of beheading and of making human sac rifices by the hundreds are checked or abol- ishod. The advance of European civilization also diminishes slavery. American merchants are interested in these movements , there being - ing a growing use or American proaucts In West Africa. * * Tlio pork packers of tlio United States will bo interested in the stitemont that Russia is making an attempt to got a hold of the trade in salt pork , which Is a now export for that country. Papers on the curing of pork , ham and bacon are being road at different towns by experts who Imvo been sent abroad to study the subject. "Theoretically , " says the English consul at Tagganrog , "this new industry snoms easy to Introduce , but its es tablishment on a practical basis in south Russia is doubtful. The economic condition of the Inhabitants must first bo raised con siderably before any care xvill bo bestowed by farmers on cattle , which at present are sadly neglected mm miserably fed , as is shown by tno meat selling ; in tlio market. Renorts show tlmt'tho trial shipment of salt pone ( twcnty-tlfnco railway wagonioads ) , made from Elot | wbro very successful , but later experts fropi ether points loft a mar gin of profit , whfel will nlono dotur Russian traders from sorlo'usly taking up this branch. The govorninent however , Is fostering this Industry. ' The imperial banks are empow ered'to make advances of r 0 to 00 per cent on the value , and -10,000 rubles Imvo boon assigned - signed for the construction of a slaughter house , etc. , at GrijJi. " At present there Is a very general want of the knowledge and skill necessary for establishing a successful trade ; nnd although In the southeastern provinces there ura largo numbers of pigs suitable for certain qualtiltes , , pf export , there is not much prospect otBonous competition In the near fulurofroni'Itussla. i * * The now constitution of Japan , which pro vides for representative government , Is likely to produce great changes In tlmt country. At the present time there are In Japan SS.1,517 uersons who pay over $10 , an nually , In taxes , of whom 803,805 have the right both of voting and of baing elected to the local assemblies , In which 2,17.2 members sit. It U calculated that about OXt.ODO natives will vote for national ropreientatlves. These experiments In local uovornmont havn boon carrlou on about tun yours , and have proved reasonably succoisful , bealdai being goad training schools. The day of national elec tion Is llxoil for July 1 , annually , and Ills highly probable that pirtle * will nt ones ba- Kin to form , Urn voting lisls ua tnatlc , and the diet bo called to moot in tlio now build- Ings already begun in Totdo , by December 1 , 1890. ConsiderlnRthatin its central principle , the now constitution roots itself In all the past of Japan , nnd that the provisions for popular suffrairo are but the expression , in the form of ordered law , of the claims , of the men who , in leading the national movement in ISftS , did but embody the doslro of centuries , there scorns every reason for hope of suc cess , * * * The shah cf Persia , who has loft Teheran for Europe , Is expected at the Russian frontier about May 12 , ana will bo received with great ccromony. Ho will remain in Russia till the tnlddlo of Juno , and than pro ceed to Berlin. Ho will travel thence , via Belgium nnd Holland , to England , wiioro ho will remain some time. Ho will bo in Paris part of August nnd September , nnd Is not expected In Vienna before the end of Septem ber or the beginning of October. Special political Importance Is to bo attached to the shah's Journey. Upon the impressions ho receives this time will depend the future policy of Persia , which Is n far more Im portant factor In eastern affairs than Is generally supposed. The shah Is not de ceived as easily ns is the sultan of Turkey. Ho Is moro thoughtful , nnd has a bolter bal anced mind. * The recovery of King William III , of .Holland , from what was believed to bo a fatal illness has sadly disarranged the plans of tlioso who had expected to benefit by his death. The disappointment falls most heavily upon Bismarck , who foresaw In the expected event an opportunity of accom plishing the transfer of Holland Into the German Confederation on the same footing as Bavaria. The possession of the grand duchy of Luxemburg would nt least Imvo been easy , nnd the absorption of the Nether lands might have followed In duo time. But "tho best laid schemes o' mice nnd man gang aft agleo , " ami the chancellor must lllo away his possession co.up for a future , day. HITS AM ) SUSSES. Walt for the Union depot. There nro six million dollars' worth of im provement in sight in Omnlm at the present time , yet Hitchcock Insists that progress is wailing and lamenting on the Planter's house corner. The delay in unloading his lots on the government seriously affects his digestion. Omaha is all right , and marriage is a howl ing success. Fifteen permits to wed issued in ouo day is a wholesome sign of domestic prosperity. The Sixteenth street genius who peddled a combination of acid and water for milk , de serves the full benefit of the law. Infring ing on the patent rights of professional dairymen cannot bo too severely snt upon. The street car companies will overdo the job. Competition is n good thiug for the public , within reasonable bounds , but the competition of rival companies for the highways to Fort Omaha shows that the managers do not care for cxponso if another consolidation can bo effected. If the stockholders can stand t , the public nave no right to complain. Slippery L. M , Anderson has given his opinion of the reporters. If the latter were privileged to give their opinion of Anderson , the public would have a life-size portrait of the smoothest schemer in the county builOing. Litieation grows apace. Two thousand cases are already docketca for the next term of court. Such a largo and varied display of summer suits insure a busy season for Douglas county's judicial quartette. Seasons come and go , but the courts grind on forcvor. STATE AND TKrtKlTOKY. Nebraska Peru people are planning a larga hotel on paper. Wilbur is passing the hat for J3.000 to put the race track in working order. North Bend has a saloon keeper with the appropriate name of A. Soukup. Ho is not the only sponge in town. Wahoo Is troubled with a temporary drought. All the saloons Imvo been corked pending an appeal to the courts. .ludgo Untidy held n ono day session of the United States court in Norfolk. Finding the game was not worth .tho powder , ho ad journed to Oumha. The Y. M. C. A. of Beatrice has organized a club to pound BOIIIO piety into the 'national panic. The members adpoar to rcali/o the sphere of usefulness. A pair of ragged crooks took nn inventory of a jcwolrv store in Oxford recently and credited themselves wiUHPSOO worth of gems. They wore captured nnd Jailed but the bootv was not recovered. "What a fall there was , my countrymen' ' " Nebraska democratic napor.s now publish half-Inch vlgnottcs of Cleveland , while n few months ago double column cuts wore the proper caper. Probably they have taken his right inoasuro at last , Kx-Soimtor John Shorwln has donned iho mayoralty robes In Fremont. The retiring mayor delivered a touching Valedictory ns ho throw the cares nnd trials of otilco on John's ' shoulder and closed with the fervent perora tion , "May God hnvo mercy on your soul. " \ \ Illlnm Brago , a farmer ncnrCentrnl Oily , was dragged to death by hl.s team n few days ago. It Is supposed that he throw the lines over his shoulders wlillo guiding the plow , and was uimblo to disentangle hlmsblf when tltn horses became unmanageable and ran away. Wo nro receipt of the sixth annual cata logue of the Luther academy , located ut Wahoo. The Institution Is evidently In i flourishing condition , ns Iho president glco fully cxchUms : "Hcrron hallo' sin hand nkyddnndo ofvur vnr skola och valslgno doss verksDinhet till vart folks hnsta ochs silt namns nral" There appears to bo n solid growth of Iu nncy down in Nebraska city. Ben Knight , n burly black tbugh , ferociously assaulted nnd nearly killed J. B. Nortlicutt. Ho is now working Iho Insanity dodge , and thcro nro a few fccblo-inlndcd people who believe him. Knight deserves Romelhing bolter than tlio nsyiutn. The penitentiary Is about his size. Notwllhstanding Iho painful pleas of pov erty recently uttered by the Burhncton nnd the Union Pacific , the managers prouoso to do somobulldlng this year. The Union Pa cific will extend the ( Jhoycnno it Northern to n junction with the Elkhorn Vnlloy road at or near Douglas. Manager Iloldrcgo gave it out in Lincoln that thn road graded up the Frenchman Valley two years ago wilt bo Ironed and operated this season. This will connect Culuortson , Neb. , ana Holyoke , Col. Crete entertained a largo congregation of Boston tenderfoot hist wcok nnd successfully worked them for suvurnl thousand dollars. The Crete Improvement company , cup'tal ' § 1,0(0.000 ( , was argani7od. The bean enters nlso took n ? 5,000 block of stock In the lablo cutlery factory. The contract for the water works has been signed nnd the contraclor hurried cast for piping and material. Crete Is one of the smoothest town In tlio state , and appears to bo getting to the front at u ii:10 : gait. Nebraska mhecd It by n few weeks. Had the hand of death been stayed we should hnvo nddcd ono to the long list of centennial men who had hobnobbed with the father of his country nwav back in the whlskurod past. Isaac Davis , an Otoo county veteran , who passed hence nt ninety- four , clasped hands with Washington , nnd exclaimed with the ardor of a six-year-old , "Well , George , I'm dinged glad to sco you ; put it there 1" Tlio incident occurred at Gordon county. New York , thir- Icon months before Washington's death. town IlrniH. Thieves are tiding a rushing business In town and country , The Davenport library contains 5,00(5 ( vol umes and had 15,57:1 : visitors the past yoar. Thcro are now 400 inmutcs , big and lilllc , in the soldiers' orphans' homo in Davenport. Mrs. Xoralda Y. Wallace , mother of the author of "Bcn-Hur , " is lecturing in Iho state , Mrs.'Mary Roberta , of Cedar Rapids , was given naturalization papers last week. She is thought to bo Iho first lady over naturalized in this state. Captain James II. Coo , of Lewis , Cnss county , is dead. Ho was captain of Com pany I , Twenty-third Iowa infantry , during the rebellion. Jcsso Mann , n Clinton boy , is hopping around homo on ono foot. The doctors man gled tlio other while searching for a load of buckshot planted there. In regard to the epidemic of ccrebro-spliml meningitis that has raged in the vicinity of Hull the past six weeks , the Index says thcro have been 293 cases of the disease and seven dealhs. Whileassisllnghcrsubordinalos in drilling Iho pupils of the Eleventh avcnuo public school , Monday afternoon , nt Clinton , for the centennial exorcises , Principal Mary Crauo fell dead from apoplexy. She had taught thcro for over twenty years and was well beloved. The Iowa commissioners have completed their revised schedule of coal freight rates , to go into effect May 13. The main change is on the short haul , the rate on the llrst live miles being reduced on soft lump and nut from S5 to ! ! 5 cents per ton. Tbo reduction continues up to seventy miles. Beyond sev enty miles the change is slight. The oatmeal trust , which had its head quarters at Cedar Rapids , has collapsed. When the pool was formed , nearly three years ago , iho mills at Yonlters , N. Y. , Joliet and Rocliellc. 111. , and DCS Molncs , Cedar Falls and Sioux City , In. , were given n bonus as high as $13,000 a year in some cases to remain idle , and oatmeal went up from 3. Z per b.irrel to $5.r > 0. There were fifty-one mills In the United Stales at Iho time , but the number has increased to llfty- livc , and the tax on the operating mills had become so burdcnscmo that they refused longer to pay Ihe former bonus , but offered n smaller consideration. This was refused by the owners of iho Idle mills at DCS Moines nnd Cedar Falls , and the latler will begin operations Independent of the trust. TO PURIFY AND BEAUTIFY THE Si/nply / Ity/allible. / f UAUGIITKIt , UAIIV CKCIUAIIIIUNOU ) , na nflllcted Itli tbe worst ca s fif eczema c\er Been by the doctoral , who treated her. Bhe was literally 'i covered from head to fuot n llh Acabn. ' Theno plijblcjr.nii tiled Ihelr host to . cure lici , but I bclle\o they were ( inly experimenting. They Lept on experimenting forotcrton monthi , but , Instead of ( 'eltlng better , the child got worec , and I did not know unit course topurnun. My ulfotook tier , after wo bail paid all va could afford for medical trintmcnl , to a medical college wheia there wcie erne twenty ur tblity doctori n . semblod , but Iho co bafiled them all. My MIfo had to RO every day , and Mmcllni' ' " tir.'ioadjy. In fict , the mcdlclno they 2 u- fair did not bate time to act , won If there wns any virtue In It , It wn cb.uiKcd so oftun by orders of the dnctom , The latter p irt of iTinniry : , after every thing hnd fiilM , ni d jialli-nrn and money wcro both cxhauttcd , I nndu ui my mind lo < ) ult all duetnrlngand try Iho CimcuitA ItEiiriiira. I did no , nd now I can any tint my ilauglitcr U cured. Bound Iu health , and v > ell , lo the nrprl c of hundreds. Tlio driiKl-'lKl. Mr. II. M. ICrueger , corner Chantcau nnd Ewlng.\\enues , who ootd u > the OirncuriA HK > IIIIIES : , In as much nitnuUhdl m any of im. TlioC'UTi- cum ItEMEUIES have worked n coiujilcte cure , nud wo h.uuuned Lilt n Illllo inoru than llueo fourtlu of u botllo of CUTICUUA. RESOLVENT , and a projiurllon.iin nmnuut of Ct'Ticunx ' nnd CUTICUUA BOAP. I um ready nt any tlmo to mala ulhdaUt tlmt my ilitifliler Imd thn worit c.ino of ec/cma , nn Ibo dottoM all admit , ever seen In this clly.nud tlmt > bi > hat teen cured nolely by the Cl'Tlcmu ItKUR. DIC9nflvr the beet | ibalclaii4 nnd lemedlen failed- I Khali bo glad to ha e any onci-all njion or ivrllcinu \ \ \ > a hiinrldld Almll.irly nfllleted , ar nuy ( icr- eon who li troubled with a skin di ea e , that ho may eo for lilmnelf whiljour Cumuli * JIEUKIIIKI hue done. I do this In gratitude for Ibo euro Hut l..u been effected hi my child' * caie. CIIAH II. 11UUNOLI ) , 2005 Orutlot Street , H - l-oul , TJu. Rerrjedj.es For cleantlng , purlf ) Ing , and benutifjlngiheikln , and curh'K < ncry recle of nt-oul/ing , Inimlllatlng , Itching , burning , aly , and pimply dl ea e of Ibo SHIN , SCAI r , and ISI.OOD , nhd bumor , lilottlie" , crunlloni , orc , icak-n , cnnti , ulccnitlom , ( trilling ! , lAuttttet , luniori , nnd lr. of . ' .jlr , whether ihr.ple or ecrofulou , the CL'TIUUJIA HrMKiiir.s arn Iniplj lufillllilo. CUTICUHA , the great ekln cure , luiUMly nll.iyiIho i'io t nijoidzlng Itching nnd Inflammation , clrart thn pLIn and tealji of ocry trace of dUc.-ue , ) i al ulceri" nnd norm , renmves cniiitt nnd i.ilrj , nnd > rertorrii the hair , CuTRUHA HOAP , tboxrealc't of nkln b ulhlvrt , It Indlipnimhlo In Irei'.lc ; ikln dl eare and baby humor * . II produces the nfiltr < t , rlcareit Mn and Hoftofl liandi , free from pimple , rpotor blcinlth. CVTICURA Ur.ioi.viNT , tbe now blood | iurlflvr , tltitiueii the blu'id of till Impuritli-t and polnoiiouii clemenU , and thiu remo\o thn rAt'SK , Ci'Tici'tn HfinilEH nro the only Infilllblu i-ura. tires for ei rry form of fkin and Wood dUe-ne , from plnipli to ncrofub. Ctrricun * KEM KIIIES ore mild by druggl'linnd ibemUiii throughout Ihn world. I'rlre : Ci/ncunA , 60 cent * per box ; CUTICURA PIIAP,8S cenl § ; CitavnA ltE i > i.VK.NT , . } 10 l' r bolllo , I'rt-panU by rorrrn Dnua AND CIIBMICAI. CoiirnitATios , HUSTON , MASK. JUT } * Send for " How to Cure Bkln DlM-nirn , " ol hagci , 60 Illiulrnlloiu , 100 te llmoila' : ' < . , reilrouihrliiijiedaiid ; | Ml Sinn Butl. rhllr , and free from chapi mid "llyuLltiprou'nt b > CumuiiAHIIAI- . HANUOrv.daV.Miy'u.lu " " COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEAT. Klnpit ninlrho.iic"t | Mont rinvnurliiiblock f rSouH | Made DUlie * ntul S uce . As licet Ten , "mi Invnlim tie tonic. " Anmiul iinlo 8.UWUI JIIM , Gemilnonnlr wlthfur-Minlloot Justus von I.lob nlenntiiro In tilnn ncrovi laiiol. Bolil liy Stim'keeiior' , llroi'nrt nni > UniaclM r.llSIIIIl 8 KXTIIAUT OF M12AT l' < > . , l.'lil , Bold by Itlrlinnlsou lltuz Co. . ninl llluko.llrura ATTRACTION UNPRECEDENTED OVKII A MILLION DISTIUHUTKD. Louisiana State Lottery Company. Incorporated by tlio legislature in liM , fo Kilucntlonnl ntul Charitable purpoioq , nnd Its franchise iniuli' a purl of tlio present State Con slltHtlou , In 1879 , by an overwhelming popular Vliu'MAMMOTH DKAWINdS tnko pluco Sonil- Annually ( Juno ntul December ) ninl Its ( ! HAND SINOIiBNUMiliH"lllA\VINIS"tnku : ( place in each or the other ten mouths of tliu yenr , nuil are all < lriu\n in public , at the Aciulouiyof Music , Now Orleans Ln. FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS. For Integrity oJta Di'aiuini/s anil Prompt J'di/incnt of 1'rizcs. ATTIMTBII AS FOM.OWS : "Wo ito hereby certlty that wo supervise the amuiKuincuti ! for all the Monthly imti Seml-Au- niial Linnvlntis of the Louisiana StiUo Lottery Company , and Iu person manage and control tlio Drawings themselves , nnd tlmt the RIIIIIO are conducted wllh honesty , fairness , and in good faith townrd nil pnrtlea , and wo nuthorlzu the company to use tills certificate , with fac similes ot our signatures attached , Iu lls adTor- COMMISSIONERS. Wo , the undersigned Ranks nnd Hankers , will pay all Prizes drawn Iu the Louisiana Stutu Lotteries which may bo presented at our 061111- ters : II. M. WALMRLKV. Pro * . Louisiana Nat. Hank PIIilUlK LANAMX. Pros. State Nnt. Ilauk. A. 11ALDWIN , Pros No - Orleans Nat , Hank CAUL ICOIIN. Pros Union Natlonal.llauk. GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING , At the Aoadomy of Music , Now Or * loans , Tuesday , May 14th , 1889. CAPITAL PRIZE , $300,000 100,000 Tickets nt Twenty Dollura oa oh Halves , $10 ; Quarters , 85 ; Tunths , $ U Twentieths , $1. i PKIZR OP fcinanoo IH . noo.000 i PIU/.K OK i/ouoa ( / is . 100,1x10 i I'ltizi : OP no , < wiB . i. < ioo i pitizn OP 2.ioooin . ai. ou 2pm/is OP lo.iwois 0 I'RIKKS OP 5,000 Is apiti.Rs OP i.wxiis . 1HI PIU/.KS OP WW are . KO.OOO son PIII/.RS OP imonre . M . . . no.oou WO I'UIZISS OP 200 are . Kxi.OOO AIM'HOXIMATJON l'IIIiK8. ! 100 Prizes of f,7X ) nro . $ M.OOO 100 Prizes of TOO are . iW.OlXI 10Q Prizes of UMnrc . : ,0oa . . , TKIIMlMI.l-llly.Bfl. OOt Prlr.es ot 110) nru . tOT.OOO IW'Jl 'il7.es of 8100 me . W.OOI1 8.KII Prizes , amounting to . Jl.Oll.KOO NOTr. Tickcts draw in Capital Prizes are not entitled totermlnul prlxi'M. rr r < ) K CI.ITII ItATKK.or any further Informa. Ion doiilrcil , write Iculbly to the undersigned clcnrly xtallnc your residence , with State. Luun ty. Street nnd Numuer. Moro tnpld retutn mull delivery will bo assincd by your or.cioiliiBtiij envelope bc.irlnc your full nddrois. IMPORTANT Address M A. DAUPHIN , NewOileans , Ia. r M. A. DAUPHIN , Wiuihlngtoa , D , 0. Ity onllnnry lottorcoutalnfnir Nlonoy Order Issued by all Uxpress Coiiijmnios , Now Yolk Kxdmni ; ! ; , Draft or Postal Note , Wo pay hnraos on Currency cut to us by UK- PI uss lii sums ot S5 or dvor. Address RoBis.eroi Letters Containing Our- rcny to NUW OltMiANS NATIONAL IIANIC. Now Orleans , La. REMFMRFR 'rlmt I 1 1VI C. IVI D d Ft ot the plU''s H OUAHAKTKKII HV Point NATIONAT. IUNKH of Nt'irOilomiH and thu tickets nro fdjncd by Ilia President of mi Institution ulioso charioted rtfjlitsiiio locoftnlKid n hlKhpst courts : thnro- foie , IjfWiru of nil liultulloim or nnonymoiil . ONI ! OOLI.AIt Is the price of the smallest purl or fraction of n Hckut IBSUUI ) I1Y IIHlnaiiy dnmliiB. Anything In our imiuo oirerwl for lew li nn on ilollui' IK a swlndio . * EiD ! FOR ILLUSTRATED fATALOGVE FREE _ D.MIIIit.d | ln . . , , . . , . . - - - Tt < > j ' 'rt'tj i u run fit Bi | * f Ari BrLI rcilOr * ftri l- : AJ : " ( " " " " " l o..WJl" . KlS ? U SiT ' - * ' " ' " " " ' " ' f rpiftiifs , oio.iL LTl ' ff- . . . . , , ( , tl. t.H up. WorilrVi.l ftr- B ? MliU f"t'vr.Vh 7"t"- ) 1"1 'in" .o . , _ 8AHlJEMElKCr 1000.lnill.iil.llBi.cnJOA00.1Jl S7S.BS. 10 Win 00 A MONTH cnn ha p I Ui IV OfJUi luiulB worklnu for u . AKBIIIH iirefeuod who n furnUb a liorao und give their ttlioio tlmt ! to the ijimine * * . fjimia moinunta may he protllnblv omploy.'d . also A few vacnilclPMln IOHIIN uiidclllc' ) . II. I' . JOHN- HUM A. CO. lUWtUliiHt . Ulolmiciilil. Vo * > r return wnit full deicrlptlira clr iiimyRtyle.tonnyini'rtsurofor Iftdy or child Uarinvms Kuarantaed to fit perfect tt'll/miit / fr ; . nail Ohio"8' ' W100DY & oo. , cinoln-