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MICHIGAN hns buried beyond recall
the. bill for inspection of cattle on the
lioof , and the Wolverine state has
thereby redeemed itself from ridicule.
Tins city should have more thorough
Inspection of moats and milk. There is
no moro important matter no\v claiming
nnd demanding the attention and de
cisive action ot the proper authorities.
Tim transfer ticket system to go into
effect upon the lines operated by the
Omaha street railway company , is the
flrst benefit the public is to enjoy as the
result of the consolidation.
AT last Admiral Porter has unlim-
borcd his guns and cleared his decks
for a broadside against Bon Butler.
And now it looks ns if the buttle of Now
Orleans will have to bo fought all ever
again.
THE Omaha Motor railway company
is about to increase its capital stock to
twelve hundred thousand dollars. That
probably will roprofacnt two hundred
thousand of capital and ono million ol
\vator.
. THIS wrapping paper trust complains
ot dull business , duo to the competition
of mills outside the combine. It is evi
dently suiroring from the same malady
which affected tlio paper bagging syn
dicate.
NKIUIASKA received four thousand
.Seven hundred and forty-six dollars as
her share of the national appropriation
for the equipment of the militia of the
Btuto. This contribution will be ap
preciated.
AND now Council Bluffs is anxious tx
build a now motor across the Union
Pacific bridge and make a flve-coni
faro bo two on the citios. Omaha's Sun
day patronage is expected to pay foi
the on tor prise.
Tun appointment of Asa Matthews
bf Illinois , to bo llrst comptroller of the
treasury , following HO close upon the
heels ofGeneral , Palmer's selection
would indicate Illinois is to have hoi
fair share of federal patronage.
NOTICK has boon served on the pros-
nnt incumbents of prosldontial post
Dfllcos that they will bo permitted tc
servo out their four years to date froir
the tlmo of tholr appointment. This
gives fair warning to several hundred
fcblo-bodlcd men through the country
to seek employment outside of the \)0- \
Uticiil channel.
CONOHE.S.S will bo called on to crcati
Another cabinototllco at its n6xt session
The proposition is to establish a nov
oxocutlvo department for- the contra
Of federal public works. Such a projec
tvas advanced by Representative Town
she ml , of Illinois , in the last congrcs
and found considerable favor. Its worl
Would embrace such subjects as improve
Dionts of rivers and harbors , coast am
f codetlo survey , construction of publi
buildings and the like.
Tflte stockholders of the Santa F <
roiul at their annual meeting adopted i
resolution transferring the president'
oflluu from Boston to Chicago. Tin
ns a most sensible move , ns th
of the railroad can bo the bctto
flireutod at its terminus than som <
fifteen hundred miles away. There IE
moreover , a sugiroation in the Sunt
IVs policy , which could bo prodtabl
adopted by the Union Paoiflo In roinov
Ing its oxnnutlvo department from TJo :
ton to Omaha.
Acfoumxo to Chief Justice Fulloi
the supreme court has gained consii
crable lima on its docket during it
rucout torn ) . Nevertheless the tmprom
rfiurt is a long way behind in its bus
ness , nnd this gain is merely toinpc
rary. It is hard to KOO how the coui
can possibly catch up , when so man
cubes en the docket have been pondin
for a mimbor of yonrs und have not y <
received a final hearing. The injustic
of such delays , nnd the detriment the
involve to litigants , have often boo
commented upon , Chief JuslU-o Fullc
Eoes no other way to reform this ui
satisfactory stnto of ( ilTuIro than throug
the estnblishmout of tin intermedia !
court. U seems , therefore , but a qtte
lion of tlmo when congress will lir.d
nosohsiiry to inako provisions of buoh
u lur .
TUB FORT SIIOULD JIB.
Tlio Bohomo to abandon Fort Omaha
nnd establish a now fort at n greater
distance from this city has , from the
outset , bcotf marked by misrepresenta
tion and intrigue. At flrst the parties
who nro trying to engineer the reloca
tion of the fort masked behind Qonoral
Sheridan. But with all the prestige of
General Sheridan's backing they could
not induce a single army ofllcor of rank
to join thorn. Every commander of
this department , and every staff
ottlcor has boon outspoken against
relocation. General Crook was , if any
suo.h thing could bo , moro omphntio in
his disapproval than any other com
mander. After the bill had boon de
feated in two congresses by the military
committees of the house , of which
several members were personally
familiar with the wants of the army ,
the removal bill was finally put through
by the persevering efforts of Mnndorson
and McShano. The pretense under
which this was done was that General
Shorldnn would never consent to pay
out another dollar for Improve
ments at the present fort. 'After
the death of General Shorldnn
this pretense was no longer tenabla.
When Secretary Endicott placed IUH
veto upon the Bellevue location ho
clearly expressed the sound conclusion
that the abandonment of the present fort
and the selection of asito that would in
volve the government in several hun
dred thousand dollars of needless ex
penditure was contrary to public policy.
But the promoters of this suburban
real estate speculation took a new tack.
They professed to have captured und
corralled General SchofiolU through
potent political inlluonce , and
publicly passed around a "strictly
confidential" letter from ono ol
our senators stating that General
Schoflolu would stand in with them.
With this club in their hands and the
threat that the fort would bo entirely
abandoned if the Bellevue location be
discarded , they had no trouble in pro'
uring the signatures of several him-
tired citizens to n petition asking See
'otary ' Proelor to overturn the judg
ment rendered by his predecessor.
Wo mnko bom to assort that not t
dozen of our business men favor the m
ocntion of the fort if they could be
assured that the fort will romair
whore it Is. In fact our inor
ihants nnd business men generally <
orally are as much a unit ii
, heir opposition to the removal , as are
.ho . army olllccrs of this department.
In the face of this opposition the
iromotors and beneficiaries of thii
chcnio have besieged General Brooke
ind expect to impress Secretary Proc
, or and General Sehofiold with the idei
hat Omaha wants the fort relocated.
The Omaha Jlerahl , which is nator
ously the organ of the South Omalu
and syndicate , has the effrontery to as
sort that "Secretary Endicott's objections
tions to the Bellevue site arc
tot well taken , and congrat
ulates Omaha upon being fortu
tate in having the rocotnmondatloi
of the late General Sheridan and over ;
uruiy officer who has boon consulted ii
the affair. "
What oflicors of the army have eve
advocated the abandonment of the pros
cnt fortV Wo defy the land syndidati
organ to nnmo a single ono.
And then Secretary Proctor is gentli
reminded that the Bellevue site hn
been approved by the most compoton
military officials. This is true , but thi
approval merely recorded the fact tha
ixmong the proposed locations the Bellevue
vuo site had the preference. In endorsing
dorsing this site the high militar ,
authorities did not say that thoyfavorei
the abandonment of the present fort.
Summed Up in a few words , the Soutl
Omaha land syndicate wants the for
removed to below Bellevue bocaus
they oxpcct the government to rais
the soiling price of their lands , atv
because , furthermore , they expect tha
a boulevard will bo opened from thoi
lands down ( o the now fort. In thi
project they are not laboring for th
interest , of Omaha or for the benefit c
the government.
When the secretary of war is impot
tuned by some of those land speculator
at the proposed banquet , ho will hav
to tnko their representations at thoi
intrinsic value.
IN VAVOR OF POOLING.
Mr. Dopow , president of the No\
York Central railroad , and Mr. Rol
orts , president of the Ponnsylvani
road , in their statements to the so nut
investigating oommitteo , both spoke ii
favor of legalized pooling. Doubtles
this view is go n oral among rallroa
managers. Mr. Dopow expressed th
opinion that the intor-stalo commorc
law had had the offoot of making th
strong roads stronger and the woa
roads woakor. "If the law had permitted
mittod , " said ho , "tho continuance <
the pool system , it would have accon
plishod moro good. Pooling would no
ns people supposed , increased rate
The tendency of the country , and <
business generally , was to cheapo
rates , while the cost of railroading wr
inereablng. " Ihoro are probably vor
few railroad men in the country wli
would not subscribe to this view.
Judge Cooley , chairman of the Intel
state commerce ) commission , said in a
address delivered a short tlmo air
thai ho thought railroad manager
gave too much importance 1
the pooling system. Ho did m
bolio\o it possessed the vuh :
they ofaimod for it , or woul
prove the remedial agent the
professed to think it would. It migl
operate favorably to a limited ox ton
but oxporlonco hud not shown it to 1
an unfailing expedient. His npinic
wti'i that it would not bo desirable to r
turn to the system. Mr. Joseph Nimm
jr. , in an address before the manutiu
turors' club of Philadelphia , said tin
"pooling presents no intrinsic qualltic
for good ether than its developed rein
( Hal properties , " it having in the pa
served to abale , at least tompornrll
the demoralization of rates. "I do n <
protana tu say that pooling is a perfoi
remedy , or the only remedy , " bald M
Nlnuuo , "for unjust discrimination an
other evils whiuh'affect the railroads i
their relattonc to the ujblio interest
Much of the competitive truffle of tl
country CLn be IB without po <
inp. It la a fact , however , that no
ether expedient has yet boon tried
which has done BO much toward secur
ing that reasonable stability of rates
which is absolutely necessary to the
successful conduct of the commerce of
the country. " Yet , the fact remains
that during the period when pooling
was practiced , rate wars were by no
moans unknown ,
There is , n very strong proba
bility that this question will receive
prominent attention in the report upon
the railroad situation which the senate
Investigating committee will make at
the next session ot congress , and it is
moro than likely that it will bo pro
posed to amend the intor-slatu law so
ns to legalize pooling. It is obviously
the intention of the railroad managers
to bring this about , if it bo possible to
do so. The anti-pooling clause of the
inter-state act was defended in congress
ns one of its most essential features , and
prevailed against vigorous opposition in
the senate , whore it was fought by sen
ators who opposed the law In ether re
spects. There is unquestionably a wide
spread public sentiment that this clause
IB a most valuable and important pro
vision of the law , and it is not likely to
bo diminished or weakened by the con
sensus of opinion to the contrary among
railroad managers.
DAKOTA POLITICS.
An incident in the political affairs of
South Dakota , which will attract moro
than a passing interest , is the defeat of
Judge Campbell in the Ynnkton dis
trict convention , for delegate to the
constitutional convention. On its face
this result appears to possess 'consider
able significance. Judge Camoboll has
boon ono of the most prominent advo
cates of division and admission , and is
recognised as tlio father of the Sioux
Falls constitution. The friends of that
instrument , and especially the prohi
bitionists , mndo a vigorous effort to se
cure delegates to the district conven
tion who would elect to tlio constitu
tional convention an undoubted sup
porter of the Sioux Palls constitution in
H ? snUroty. Tiio defeat of Judge
Campbell by Mr. E. G. Edgcrton son
of Judge Edgorton , a prominent state
hood advocate , who has boon entirely
ignored by Campbell and his followers
consequently suggests two possibili-
'ties , namely , that a now.constitution
will bo framed , or that the prohibition
clause will bo eliminated from the
Sioux Falls instrument.
Our advices from Yunkton state that
the defeat of Judge Campbell was duo
to bad faith. It appears that ho did
nothing personally to secure the nomi
nation , placing himself entirely in the
hands of his friends , who , it would
seem , permitted themselves to bo out
generaled by the supporters of the suc
cessful candidate. But whatever may
be the true explanation of the result , it
is of some significance in its bearing
upon the fate of the Sioux F.ills consti
tution , or at least of the prohibition
clause of that instrument , whiuh is the
feature that has received the largest
share of popular attention , and is likely
to bo most vigorously discussed in the
constitutional con volition.
A LAitQK number of prospective settlers
tlors are quietly massing on the upper
Missouri in anticipation of the early
opening of the Sioux reservation. The
people who have so far arrived are de
scribed as being thrifty and hard work
ing farmers from Iowa and c.istorn
slates , intending to locate themselves
on reservation lands. They are just
the kind of bottlers the now country de
mands. There can bo but little doubt
that the reservation will speedily bo
filled up by a farming population in
strong contrast to the speculators anil
adventurers who have overrun Okla
homa. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CITY TuKASiritEit Rusu puts a lien
into the oar of the board of education.
Ho suggests that the board float the
three hundred thousand dollar school
bonds , If carried , as soon as possible ,
The school board , however , needs nc
spur to profit by Its opportunities.
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
Mr. Parncll's admission that ho had do
dared in a speech that the land league hoc
suppressed sorct societies In Ireland when he
did not himself believe It , and that the mis
statement was lutondod to deceive the house
of commons In order to prevent the passage
of the coercion bill , Is universally rcpardei
as the most unfortunate Incident of the Irlsl
controversy. The disposition has been t <
endeavor to find some reasonable and satis
factory explanation of so extraordinary ant
unnecessary an admission , but It must bi
confessed that none has yet been presented
Whether or not the effect shall prove per
mancntly damaging to the homo rule cause , I
is not possible to sav with certainty. Tin
unfortunate mistake of ono loader , orninen
though ho was , should not prove disastrous
to a just cause. But it must bo concodet
that Mr. Parnoll has suffered a great docllm
hi public opinion , and It Is a question whethoi
his usefulness as a loader Is not utterly de
strayed , except as ho may privately counso
thosa upon whom the duty of ehauiplonlng tin
Irish causa may devolve. There is manifestly
great danger that this most unhappy Inci
dent will give fresh courage to the lories
and particularly that portion of them who
like Lord Salisbury , have stuek to the lot
Icra In spite ot Plgott's breakdown. Wha
is worse than this , however , is that It may
dishearten and drive off again that small
band of wavering liberals who , In so manj
of the constituencies , hold the balance o
power , who deserted Gladstone iu 1SSO , bu
have been creeping back again under the in
flucnco of the disgust excited by Ualfour'i
treatment of the Irish members , and by tin
breakdown of the Times' uhargoa agalns
them. It comes , too , most unfottunately , a
the , moment when the lodger , cush-book , IUH
letter-book of the land league can not bi
found among the books of the league o
which the court has ordered the production
AB the judges have announced that they at
tuch considerable Importance to them , thoii
non-production may have a very sorioui
effect on the whole political situation , In
every aspect of the matter the clrcumstanc (
was ono to create the profoundest regro
among all friends of the Irish cause.
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t The opening of the Paris exposition as
commomorutlvo event has materially led to
t consideration ot the present condition o
France , with the result of disclosing som
things far from encouraging. In commoi
with all European uaticms , but at a mor
rapid rate , the debt of Franco has increase
enormously during the past century. Th
population , an eminent French writer , A !
Paul Uoitoau states , has increased but G
per cent in the ccutury , while the increase o
ho national ocbt has been ten-fold and ot
axatlon nearly seven fold. ' 1'o-dav the debt
of France Is iftljrly seven thousand millions ,
ivo times tharefe the United Slates , while
ho antuif.l ( Jtjjhndlturo aggregates seven
mini red tnllllJjiH or two ami n half tlmos
hose of the uiilH-d States Much of this Is
uo to the terrible burden of a standing
army , to the dtro necessity undfcr which the
latlon labors ojj constantly augmenting her
defensive strength and multiplying Iho
Mentis and Increasing the agencies of do-
Irucllon. But this Is by no means the only
cause of this va.st , expenditure. The ropub-
Ic , almost in the beginning of Its career ,
> egan an extensive nnd expensive system of
ntcrnal improvements. With characteristic
' 'rench spirit , the republican loaders nlmod
o ralso a permanent monument to the rcpub-
Ic by great public works , railroads , canals ,
ughw.iys , and the like. Perhaps In this way
they hoped to boiler please Ihe French poetic -
tic und it Is not unlikely that by this plan
ho hold ot the republic upon popular favor
ins been strengthened , But , If BO , the pop
ular approval has been dearly purchased.
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The chief of the bureau of statistics of the
Argentine Republic has recently prepared a
statement of the immigration to that republic.
The facts show a romurltablo rate of Immi
gration ns compared with the population of
ho country , and as compared with the total
mmlgraUon to the South American con-
Inent In the last thirty-two years. While
the present population of Argentine Is
smaller than that of Ciinauu , being an tiggre-
jate of little ever 4,008,0 00 , the Immigration
las amounted to 1,0 ? J , I0 as against n total
mmigratlon to South America of 1,703,000.
In other words 60 pur cent of the entire 1m-
nlgrallon to tlio southern continent wont to
the Argentina Republic. The Immigration
still continues , ami it Is expected that I1TO-
000 , or an addition of about 0 per cent will
bo ii'colvcd this vcar , In spite of the fact that
learl.v all tho-uublle land open to settlement
s exhausted. It will probably become neces
sary for the government , If It wishes lo
accommodate this number , to purchase land
which is now held bv syiulic.ilna at prices'
lee high lo allow of Its purchase by Immi
grants. This Is an announcement which was
entirely unexpected , and shows , mote clearly
-han any llguros , now rapidly this counliy
has been settled.
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The loyal boycott on the Paris fair evi
dently la not to bo universal , since it Is an
nounced , that the kings of Ui'lglum , Saxony ,
Greece and bervla will visit it. These are
not monarchs as potent as some others In
Europe , but they would servo to bre.ik any
rule of giving the cold shoulder to this re
publican show. If it bo also true , us has
been reported , that the czar will lend his
presence , there will ba a very liber il supply
of sovereigns for this exhibition after all. It
seems rather questionable , however , whether
the Kusshin potentate ! will really venture to
Paris. Ho has shown a decided objection to
making mucn ot u show of himself even on
his . to Heilln to return the
visit paid him VJS- year by Emperor William.
President Carnogs declaration during his
centennial addrp'&j ' that "Franco lias finally
broiten with the personal power of one man ,
whatever title ho may take , " state * the Issue
of popular government snuarely , although
there is nothing in the address of which the
friends of constitutional monarchv can fairly
complain.
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T
Although the Chinese nro urobably the
slowest people in the world to adont now
ideas , they arc ? fiot slow to develop them
when they have once realized that thev offer
n demonstrable udvantige. A few years
ago , when seveh miles of laihv.iy were laid
down at Shanghai by foreign speculators ,
the celestials were so terrified that the gov
ernment had to tear up the metals to appu.ise
them. Last autumn eighty-seven miles of
railroad , built for a Chinese corporation and
conneotintr the great coal iields of the Gulf of
Petshi-li with Tlcn-tslu , were formally
opened with much ceremony , and has now
as much work as it can possibly do. in the
meantime , the ideas \ still groxvin , and the
imperial government has now authorised two
additional railroads , involving an expendi
ture of nearly twenty millions , and with a
full right of way through any graveyard in
the empire. An imperial railway for
strategic purposes is also spoken of and will
110 doubt bo speedily commenced.
*
The yoke of militarism bears heavily upon
Italy. Financial and industrial distress is
widespread , and popular discontent is grow
ing stronger day by day. In proportion to
revenue , tlio public debt of Italv is now the
largest In Europe , nearly Ihreo times as
largo as Germany's and nearly twice as largo
as England's. Were it not for the enormous
military nnd naval expenditures , the coun
try would n.uicUlv light itself and bacome
piosperous , As It Is , hundreds of thousands
of the people are emigrating , and thosa who
remain : nro rol ixmg tholr loyalty to the go v-
cniir.cnt , which Hcoins to exist onlytotix
them. Nor Is there any hope of immediate
relief. Having ones fallen in Una with the
military empires , Italy must keep the pace
with thODi , though the end may ba ruin.
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The latest ofllclal returns uivo the public
debt of Canada as SHii.srs.ODO , of which
? lsS,7iy,01)3 is pivablo in England. It Is
probable that moro than that Is held there.
Great as the debt Is , considering the limited
resources and population of that country , 11
is steadily Increasing. Tlio last session of
the federal parliaaiont added about SJO.OJO-
000 to it. Appropriations were maJe whloh
involve an expenditure of about ? 57,003ODD ,
whllo the revenue will not exceed 5 ) iOJ3,033. ) ,
It Is claimed that some of those oxpcndituras
are for works which will sooodlly repay
thuir cost , but that hai not bajii the experi
ence of Canada , nor of this country. The
debt will increase , and expenses will not di
minish , for whllo It Is hard for n private In
dividual to retrench , It is almost impassible
fora nation , especially when it has pride and
wants to keep on living in the ostentatious
way to which It has for years boon uceus'
lomcd. At preibVl the inter < j t on t'u pub
ho debt is about 6ll.OJJ.OOJ , or a third of the
annual rovonue. The formar will increase
proportionately faster than the latter , arid
the tlmo will comb when Its pavuuntrwltl bu
an intolerable burden.
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Haroly has an Invalid , at least a royal
Invalid , so completely disturbed the arrange
ments of his mourning friends as the present
king of Holland ' 'has ' done. When it wa
generally agreed'a ' month or two ago , that
the feeble monarch was about to take his
leave of life , thu supccsjigu to the throne
was duly provided for. an ambitious relative
of the king was iifblallod us regent of the na
tion's Luxemburg provinces , and several
flrst class diplomatic conspiracies for the par
tition of the Kingdom were sot on foot In the
newspapers and elsewhere. Under the cir
cumstances , It must bo regarded as an act of
very bad taste on the part of the king to re
cover from his mortal Illness and announce
that ho is ready to begin ruling again. The
result is particularly humiliating to the uu
lucky duke of Nassau , who had begun tx
lord It In Hue style as the regent of Luxem
burg ,
Chargci ! With Doitglni : Ountom ? .
MONTMUAI. , May 10 , Tno customs ofllcon
hero have seized the stock of F. Glroux , S
Co. , agents for French i > crfumory , paten
medicines and wines. The seizure is vuluec
at about $30,000. 'J'ho onicers alleuo that thi
firm has been onlorinK goods at undervalue
tiou invoices , placing ttiorn ut le s than hul
cost.
A STEAL BY ANY OTHER NAME
Bounds Better But la Robbery Just
The Samo.
A THREE-RAILROAD MONTE GAME
Tito Ilcnnctt Her o Uncos The Com
ing DruifKlsls' Convention Tlioso
ovlnj * CJirls News
niitl Notes.
LINCOLN uunruu op TUB Ou.vrcv UBS , I
1WO ( P STIIBBT , }
LIXCOI.V. May 10. I
Hnllronils , lllto other great inono | > ollC3 ,
uivo wheels \vltliiii wheels , and \vhotiover
wsslblo they worlc thorn for nil they nrc
vorth. For ovnmpio , llvo stock shippers
lepemllnn upon Ouiiihn us the nmruot upon
vlilch to turn tholr purchases , Imva been
compelled to cut down Into tholr pockets to
.hrcu different railroad companies before
hey could putthalrshlpmontsonlhoiimrkot.
rha schoino was worked in this way. Stock
van delivered to the "Holt Lino" by the dlf-
'eront roads , which was transferred to the
'approach to the yards" at fcl per car. The
shipments were then taken by the "Stock
Yard comiuiiy" and trnnsforred to the yards
iropor lit $1 per car extra This bill ot faro
was served with such regularity that it
cc.iscd to bo atoothsomo dish , and them was
an indiscriminate kick , which , happily , has
resulted In the establishment of what has been
loiioimnatcd "switching charges. " This has
) uon considered in tha Manning-Sutherland
nvcstlgiition at Toltunmh. and Is also alleged
n the comiilalnl of William ll.i.va , which
comes tip for hearliiR here on Juno 1. As
ibovo Indicated , the Information is reliably
given out that the roads have agreed to cut
on" switching eharges and deliver shipments
lireet to the yards at one price , and without
tcrocntugus to the licit or other lines , nor to
.he Stock Yards company. If this bo true ,
thcto is already n reduction in the height
atos on live stock shipments that can not
telp but prove of bcnctlt to the farmers and
shippers of the state.
Tlio Itonnott HOIHO Ilaoo * .
Last night , the pieliminary proceedings in
.he case of the state vs A. H. Foyo and
others were heard. This Is the Bennett
Sunday horse racing case. The offense
charged is alleged to hi\Vi ) .been committed
on the 14th of Apl ii , in the vicinity of the
ilaite staled. The proceeding last night wau
.ho trial of u plea in abatement by Judge
LTiuld. The substance of tlio lca was that
; he defendants had already been lined for
the offense now charged , and it was this
morning ovci ruled by the Judge and excep
tions taken. Tim trial proceeded this morn
ing on the merits of the cuso before the judge
and a jury. The allegations of the state wens
that on Sunday , the Utli of April ,
the defendant took pai t in arrang
ing for the horse race , and in fact
engaged in sport which the NebrasKa
laws do not allow on that day of the week.
The defense was th.it the men charged took
no active part whatever in the snort. There
were a number of bronchos hitched In the
streets of the village , and thirty or forty
men collected , disuussingthcirquallties. Tlio
O\MICIS proposed a race , and there was some
running , but thcso defendants , with the ex
ception ot bVye , who was tiding a horse , had
not the slightest connection with the pro
ceedings , except just to look at the horses ns
they ran past them. They took no part in rais
ing a pursenor knew th.it the purse was raised ,
and Leu Nanton , whom the state charged
with handing a dollar over to the "judge" or
staiters , denied that he had done any tiling of
the kind. It was admitted that Feyo rode a
horse , but that was all there was of the matter
tor , andthcio was no confusion whatever ,
nothing beiond thu miming of four horses
on the road. Mr. Uiulnard , editor of the
Bennett Union , was one of the defendants.
Ho testified that he heaid tncro was to bo
some running , and that tie just went out to
get an item for his paper. The defendant
hitherto not named was J.V. . Huherg , and
ho made a com pic to denial of the
qlurgc. The testimony was all
in before noon. Editor Hrainerd says ho
proposes to quit the newspaper business if it
becomes u criminal offense to search for a
stray item for his paper Oil Sundav , and
there aio others who will pi obably do like
wise.
I iglit creditors of the Hart Hardware
company llled interveners to-day to protect
their intcrcsts.-
Young Overman , who was found guilty of
petit larcei.y , the value of the goods stolen
llxed tit W , was sentcnjcd to twenty days in
the county jail to-day.
Union Pacific Officials Visit Lincoln.
A party of Union Pacific oftlclals visited
this citv to-day while on a tour ot inspection
of the Nebraska linos. The paity occupied
a hamlHomelv furnished directors' car and
was composed of the following gentlemen :
\V. II. llolcomb , first vice-president ; K.
Dicitinson , assistant general manager ; P.
Touhy , assistant superintendent ; .1. A.
Foley , trainmaster of the Omaha & Ucpub-
licau VuHoy. After inspecting the com
pany's property in this city the gentlemen
were shown over the city members of tlio
board of trade. They expressed themselves
highly pleased with the business activity
that seemed evorywhcio present. Thev
called upon Genet al Sunuriutendont Culvert ,
of the Liuiliugtoii , but ho was not at home * .
From u gentleman who was in their com
pany most ol the tlmo while in tlte city it is
learned that tlio Union Paclllc will shoitly
inaugurate < i new policy toward this city.
The external purchases of real estate by
them Is an indication of their intended lib
erality. It isell known that the company
has long been contemplating n shorter con
nection with thf > main line west than the one
via Valley , and that there has been talk of
leasing the Uurllngton line from Columbus
to David City , whqro they can connect with
the Omaha A : Ucpuulic.ui Valley for Lincoln.
The gentleman expressed It as his opinion
that this arrangement would bu made In the
neir future. ISut he did not think it tvould
he ri permanent ono. The Urainnid hill , the
heaviest giado on the company's line outside
of the mountain regions would bo an ob
stacle in the way of heavy trains and exten
sive business. Ho believed that eventually
the company would build a line out of tlio
city westward to McCoolJ unction , nnfl from
there to Grand Island , connecting at Mo-
Cool with the Kansas City & Omaha sys
tem , and at Grand Inland with the main line
of the Union Pacillo and the Loup City
branches.
The gentleman , a prominent member of
the board of trade , was very enthusiastic
over the prospects of this now line west
ward , as it would place Lincoln seventy-five
or ono humlicd miles nearer to western
Union Pacillo points that at present , and
( ilvo to her great advantages as u jobbing
point.
I'rcpiirlnc For the Convention.
The druggists are getting ready for their
show. It promises to bo u line tiling. The
committee was busy , to-day , getting ropro-
uentutlvo hall at the stuto house in shape for
the exhibits , and it is quietly given out that
they will surpass anything of the kind ever
neon in the state. Indeed , Nebraska phar
macists never do things by halves , and every
arrangement will bo made in thorough sym
pathy with tastes and wishes of the exhibit
ors. The atiractions of La/.cillu , Uallv & Co. ,
dolphla ; Foot & .lonks , of Jackson , Mich , ;
Ullpin , Langdon Co , , of Baltimore , Iron
dequoitVlno company , of Hochcsler , N. Y. ;
Hcggs & DeWHt , of Chicago , will occupy
pi eminent positions on the llooi.
Kearlo & Hearth , the Goodman Diug
company , the Uiciiardson Drug company ,
all of Omaha , and the Lincoln Paint & Color
company , Lash Hros , . A. T. Iteming & Son ,
U. A. Cramer , the Lincoln Glass comuanv ,
Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castoria ,
tftien Mabjr vru ski , we gMe her Castorto.
W bee she was a Chllil , she cried for CutorU ,
Wiiii alto became lilts , ftlio cluoc to Cftitcria ,
, ebe wro tli ism ( . 'wtorta ,
fcorunp & Dunn , druggists , of Lincoln , will
also vlo with each other In adding to the
"articles beautiful and useful" to bo soon ,
There will bo many other minor attractions.
The boys are also providing for hours of
party pleasures. A "social" will bo given lu
the library rooms on Wednesday evening ,
and a banquet at the Windsor on Thursday
evening. The opening day , Tuesday , will ho
called to order at the Capital , but adjourns
to the laboratory of the State university for
the lecture of Prof. Nicholson. Hut the
convention proper will bo hold In the sonata
chamber , and will continue from Tuesday
until Thursday , concluding with the banouot
In the evening. Tickets can bo had by
enquiring at any of the drug stores ot the
city or of Secretary Alfred J. Shilling or C.
J. Danbnch. And then comes the under
takers' convention preceded , however , by
the doctors of medicine.
TlioVoiilillio Gypsies.
Hattlo Clark , ono of the would-bo gypsies ,
was sent to the reform school , to-day , on an
order from Judge Stewart. Huttlo Is n very
pretty girl , and , It Is hoped , not altogether
Incorrigible. H Is s.ild that she Is reduced
to her present strait by association with
Francis Pnnnlngton , who still languishes In
the county jail. It can bo Raid , however ,
that she took the Hontonco to the reform
school rather than go home , whore , sue
averred , she had received nothing but un
kind treatment for long months. It U yet
undecided what will bo done with the Pen-
nlngton girl , but she , too , will doubtless bo
relegated to one of Superintendent Malla-
lion's classes. The gypsies' outfit Is still in
the hands of the sheriff , but it can be had for
the asking ,
1'latta Vnlloy Unnq.Ii.
The "county of Douglas and state of Ne
braska" Is recited as the principal place for
the transaction of business of the Platte Val
ley Ranch company , the nitlclos of which
were lllod to ? record In the ofllco of the sec
retary of state , to-day. Authorized capital
stock , $150,000. Business commenced May 1
of the current year , and the Intent is to pur
chase , breed , raise , gra/o and care for herds
of horses , cattle and other llvo stock , and sell
the sumo for protlt. Other Incidental busi
ness will bo trancled. Incorporators : tJ. 15.
Mayno , D. L. Ashby and J. L. Whlttinghatn.
City News ami Notes.
The Uuilington weather bureau shows that
the rains for the past few days have been
quite general over Nebraska , noithorn Kan
sas , eastern Colorado mid Wyoming. The
state has had a good soaking , which is worth
thousands of dollars to the people of Ne
braska.
P. W. Hampton , n ncwspanor man , late of
the Cameron , Mo. , Dally vindicator , arrived
In the city yesterday , and takes u situation
with the Capital City Courier.
To-day the H. & M. put a dining car on
Nos. 1 and U , between Creston , la , , and Hol-
drego.
IM Urtinhoff , citj editor of the Chicago
StaalsXoituug , who has been in Lincoln a
few dajs looking after some investments ,
left yesterday afternoon for home. Ho came
west with the intention ot selling his prop
erty , but concluded to purchase moro in
stead.
STATI4 AND TlillRITOUY.
Nebraska .
York disposes ot 300,000 gallons of water
per day.
The llrst foundation stone of Kearney's
city hull was laid last Wednesday.
The roundhouse and depot at Aurora
eloped with the recent storm. They were
frail structures.
The board of commissioners of G ago
county have decided to sumnlt to the elec
tors a proposition to vote $ bOOSO in bonds for
a court house.
Trumps are ineancing the peace of coun
try towns. Robberies and outrages ore becoming -
coming treciuent , and a dangerous sentiment
of retaliation is spreading among the resi
dents.
Colfax county claims to have ono of the
phenomenal treasurers of the stato. Ho has
voluntarily placed In the treasury the sur
plus of foes collected. John Novotny Is his
iiunio.
Our own Hallou Is leading the depressed of
Plattsmoulh out of bondage , and making
town affaiis hum m a cheering way. Ho has
organbcd an electric light company , and has
also practically secured the electric motor
system of the street railway.
Manager Ilolcombe , of the Union Pacific ,
has wiitton to the Grand Island committee ,
assuilng them that thete is no disposition to
discriminate against the town. At present
there are 119 employes in the shops there ,
as against eighty in St. Josoph.
A pair of Jacksnnian farmers recently do-
cipcd to give the Omaha market the go-by
They shipped tholr fat cattle to Chicago , on
are now anxiously looking for the returns !
The llrm to which the stock was conslened
failed after the sale , and the .Tncksonlans
have gone to Urldgcport to search the ruins H 1
for " " UiclMnonoy.L. . _ . , . , . _ .
"The Fremont Tribune Is never so happy as
whc.il hurling paper wads at Omaha , lloro
Is the latest ) "In the make-up of the repre
sentation from the Omaha association ot Con *
grcgnllonnl churches to the trcnntal council
of the church , Omaha appears to have gob
bled the whole thing save ono alternate ,
Gall scorns to bo a peculiar quality of oven
the ministers of Omaha. "
The crunl Inhumanity of children Is n ques
tion ot frequent comment In the press. Two
jnstancos ot heartless treatment ot aged
pironts have recently occurred. During
Monday night's storm In Lincoln a mother
aged sixty-live was driven from her son's
home at the behest of the daughter-in-law.
A few weeks ago , n father , almost tottering
on the verge of the grave , was turned adrift
by his son , In Omaha , and forced to bog for
shelter among strangers. Such cruelty Is a
curse upon the perpetrators.
The Schuylor Quill relates an Incident ot
whole-souled generosity so rare as to dcsorvo
commendation. A teamster named Samuel
McKlvaln , suffering with consumption , came
to Omaha for treatment , but finding none ,
returned homo to die friendless and ponlloss ,
ho found u good sainarltau in George Lay
and his worthy wife. They took the unfor
tunate man to tnolr homo , gave him every
care and attention , and In every possible way
smoothed his path to the grave. Such a noble
act of charity Is worthy ot a crown of glory.
town ItontH ,
Davenport threatens to Indulge In brick
pavement.
Cornell college at Mt. Vernon has 400
students enrolled.
Fort Dodge wants John M. Thurstoti to
orate on the Fourth.
The Cougrcgatlonulists of Atlantic propose
to erect a $1U,000 church.
Uoouo has declared war for the tenth tlmo
on gamblers and boot-leggers.
Story county Is out of debt and has several
thousand dollars In the treasury.
During last month the Dos Molncs cotton
mill sold und shipped 105,000 yards of cotton.
Fannie Dennett , a Cedar Haplds damsnl
weary of lifo and Jail , tilled up wltli carbolic
acid , and floated hence.
Professor Foster , the Hurlington weather
prophet , predicts a stormy May , and accuses
Venus of exerting a malign Inline nee on the
planet.
The latest schom ofor advertising Hoono Is
a projected coal palace , to bo erected next
fall. It la also proposed to send a coal paluco
train to the state fair.
Last week a peculiar relic of ancient times
was unearthed at Dcthinco.Shelby county , in
the form of a colossal tusk , found on a farm
tin ce miles from that place.
A family of six at Pilot Mound gorged
themselves with wild parsnips. Thara was
ono funeral , but the remaining llvo were too
elok to participate In the services.
The While Caps of Laporto are using the
switch as , x corrective of morals. Tuo fata
of the Uuld Knobbors should bo road ami
treasured In that vicinity. Men who attempt
to speed reform with the rod should bo closely
watched.
Ten years ago the superintendent of an
Iowa railroad booted a tramp out of his ofllca
for having the cheek to ask for a pass. To
day that tramp is the superintendent of that
same road , while the man who lifted him on
ills boot keeps a restaurant und sends him
over lunches.
Hov. II. A. Smith , agent of the Iowa Pris
oners' Aid association , writes from Fort
Madison to a Davenport , friend that U hns
been a hard matter to Und employment for
some of the released convicts. This seems
to bo duo to a dullness In the labor market ,
and to the fact that some of the released men
belong to a professional vagrant class , uad
have little desire for any honest employment.
Dcalruotivu Hull-Storm.
BELVIDBHE , III. , May 10. [ Special Tele.
gram to THE HEE. ] A most tcrilllc hall ,
wind and ram storm visited this vicinity last
evening. Enormous hailstones fell tor
thirty minutes. Fruit trees are all in full
bloom , and much damage was done to cher
ries and late apples. Corn-planting was
about completed , but much will probably
have to be replanted , the seed being literally
washed out of the ground. The florists will
bo the worst sufferers , hundreds of lights of
glass being broken and plants cut to pieces.
Stock which was out in open Holds and un
able tu got under shelter , suffered badly ,
Killed Jty
Losno.v , May 10. A dispatch from Zanzi
bar to the Times savs an officer and two sea
men of a Gorman war ship have boon killed
by the insurgents at Uaganmo ,
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