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) SKVUXTY-HIVK persons bavo paid an
internal revenue liquor tax to the
United States collector at Sioux City.
Another tangible- proof that prohibition
docg not prohibit in Iowa.
WITH candidates aa thick as the
leaves of the forest , the judges of the
district court should have no diflfcultj
in selecting" competent inon for parli
commissioners.
SOCIALISTS have torn down the royal
Btandard of Holland , and a Nihilist con
spiracy has been punctured by Russian
ofllciais. Truly , those are busy times
for the monarchial hangman.
ItKi'OitTS from all points in the wheal
nnd corn bolts of the west , are of n
cheering character. Copious raim
have dispelled the fears of drought ant
vastly improved ttio prospect for t
bountiful harvest.
Fouit years aero stone paving cosi
nearly four dollars per square yard ,
This year it can bo laid for two dollars
and seventeen cents. In other words
the outlay to bo made for paving thii
year will go nearly twice as far as It dii
iour years ago.
AFTER a long and exhaustive contesi
Boston has granted a franchise for oloc
trie motor street railways , with tlu
overhead wire system. This moani
that the picturesque and tostliotic Hul
will in a few years have about four hun
"fired miles of road operated by oloc
triolty , through a wilderness of polo
nnd wires.
Tni ! BEE admires the pluck and pusl :
displayed in late years by the people o
Nebraska City , and has chcorfull ;
noted and commended every enterprise
which promoted hop general growtl
nnd prosperity. To insinuate that tb.ii
'paper knowingly circulated , a falsehood
concerning a Nebraska City industry i :
simply absurd.
FUOM all indications tha fast oxpres
trains between Omaha and Chicag
have not only como to stay but thol
number has been increased. The low
railroads have at last arrived at th
conclusion that rapid transit is n
longer an experiment. The withdrawn
of that service a few weeks ago i
acknowledged to have boon a mistake
P08TMAbTKIl-GENKIlAI.WANAMAKK
is reported to have come to the coriclu
ion that what the country wants is nc
cheaper postage , but a bettor service
It is found that whtlo a roductio
of latter postage to ono con
would bo universally acceptable
It can not bo made without serious !
impairing the revenues of the postolllc
department and incidentally affectini
J-ts olllcioncy. The truth is that th
present postage rate is the least burdo
of taxation of which American poopl
bavb reason to complain.
THERE is no law barring relatives o
the president from olllco. The will
cries of democratic organs against th
appointment of Carter Harrison , n
marshal of middle Tennessee , is no
only indecent but inconsistent , in viov
of the fact that they did not roprov
Cleveland for providing for his rola
lives. Marshal Harrison is a rosidon
of Tonnosso , was indorsed for the po
Billon by men of both parties , is thor
oughly qualified to perform the dutio
of the olllco , and earned the right t <
racognltlon by brilliant services o
southern buttle Holds.
SOUTH DAKOTA is to bo at once prc
clpitatod into the throes of a prohlb
lion campaign. The executive comml
tco of the prohibition party has or
gaged Ilou. George W. Bainu , of KOI
tucky ; Hon. A. G. Wollcuborgor , (
Lincoln , Neb , ; Hon. George C. Chris
tian , of Chicago ; George W. Woodford
of Illinois , and others , including i'Hoc
tor , " the colored orator known as tb
Black Knight , " of California , to malt
addresses throughout the torritor
prior to the constitutional ratillcatlou
rite object of the party U to hoeuro th
retention of the prohibition clause i
: Iho Sioux Fulls constitution if thu
Ihuuld be adopted , or the Insertion of
ilmllar ulauso in any new constitutio
thut luny bo fnxT.od. The liberal eh
nu'iit In uls > o active , and tha conte :
ov''r this bingla clause will bo second t
QOIIO other , excepting , purhapa , tli
e'.uction of United Status bouators. ,
A K'ESTimtt MAN WAXTED.
A number of commercial organiza
tions in various pnrta of the country
have endorsed the recommendation
that n man of oxporio'nco In practical
affairs , ono woli versed in questions
ot transportation from the merchants'
point of view , bo appointed to the va
cancy on the Inter-stato ( f&m morco com
mission. There are certainly some
good reasons why business men should
dcslro thu appointment of a' commis
sioner qualified by n business experi
ence to represent their Interests in
telligently In the solution of questions
in which they ara vitally concerned.
But more important than the question
whether the now commissioner shall bo
ji lawyer or a man of practical affairs is
'that of the section from which ho shall
bo takon. Shall ho bo selected .from
the east , which was ropr6sonted by Mr.
Walker , or from the great weal , which
has had no representation on the com
mission ?
The president has been asked to con
sider the claims of the west for this ap
pointment , and if ho gives them the
careful attention to bo oxpoclcd , ho can
hardly fail to bo convlncnd that this
section is entitled to bo represented.
Its great commercial and transporta
tion interests , which are steadily
and rapidly developing , make a
greater demand upon the attention of
the intor-stato commission than those
of any other section , and this will in
crease with the growth of those inter
ests. It is no reflection upon the pres
ent members of the commission to say
that the vast and increasing commerce
and transportation of the trans-Missis
sippi country would bo hotter under
stood , and would bo likely to receive
more careful consideration , if they
were represented by a man familiar
with their extent and having some ad
equate idea of their possibilities. The
west does not complain of what has
been done , though causes might bo
found for complaint. If its interests
have failed to receive their duo consid
eration , and it has not secured exact
justice , the explanation is to be found
in an inadequate knowledge of Its dis
tinctive conditions and requirements.
It would have boon different had the
west been represented on the commis
sion by a man thoroughly familiar with
its interests. The request of this sec
tion for such representation is justified
by the fairest and soundest reasons ,
which if fully and clearly presented to
the attention of the president can
not fall to have great weight
with him. The east , the south
and the central states are now-repre
sented on the commission. The great
west has a just claim to recognition
which it earnestly aud confidontlj
urges. _ _ .
A'OT EQUALLY DIVIDED.
According to the report that reaches
us from Chicago , Secretary of Wat
Proctor labors under the impression
that the people- Omaha are aboul
equally divided with regard to the pro
posed relocation of Fort Omaha. The
honorable secretary is misinformed or
that point.
The petition signed by several hundred >
drod citizens and business men , ir
favor of removing the fort to a poin' '
two miles below Bellevue , docs not ir
any way represent the real sentiment o
our business men and property owtrors
They were induced to sign thai
petition upon the representation
that the abandonment of the present
ont fort was irrrovocably determined
upon by the general of the army anc
the war department , leaving the alter
native of losing the fort altogether 01
locating it near Bollovuo.
If the choice were loft to the business
men of Omaha to say whether the
present fort with its beautiful drill
grounds , shady drives nnd costly build
ings , shall bo dismantled and abun
donod for a now site , there would nol
bo two per cent in favor of such t
scheme. And if it were loft to a vote o
our citizens not even two per cento
the population would support relocation
The citi/.ons of Omaha hav <
sense enough left to rcali/.i
that the building up of a nov
suburb in Snrpy county would bo i
detriment.
The manifest interest of every grow
ing city is to concentrate , not to scatter
its population ; to reduce the burden o
taxation by improvements within it ;
limits that will Increase the aggrogati
tax-list , instead nf fostering improvements
monts outside of its limits that do ho
contribute to the municipal income.
In this case , Omaha would even hi
deprived of whatever revenue is derived
rived indirectly by the county
Wo refer of course to th <
revenue from the buildings tha
would bo erected and improvement
made in the neighborhood of the nov
fort in Sarpy county.
There Is another very palpable reasoi
why Omaha is not equally divided ot
the proposed relocation of Fort Omaha
This city is not Interested in fostering
rainbow railroads , and least of , all i
bridge scheme that would tend to en
oil considerable trafllo and help to bullc
up a boom town in an adjoining county
There Is room enough for throe huii'
drod thousand pcoplo within the twon
ty-llvo square miles now embraced
within our city limits.
LOCAL TOne
Ono of the most interesting point
presented to the attention of the sotiati
railroad Investigating committee wa
that of the president of the Erie road
who said the railroads are giving to <
much attention to through competitivi
business and not enough to building U ]
tholrlocal trade. It is only recently tha
the Erie management bus departed fron
tho'gonoral practice and given greatoi
attention to local trafllo , and accordinj
to the prosidpnt of that company tin
result haa boon in the highest dogroi
satisfactory'and pro'liiablo. Ho statei
that the competitive business of hi
road was small in comparison with utho
kinds of business , aud that the roai
mudo more money out of the hundroi
million tons of coal carried than out o
all the through business.
The Erie company is not the only on
that has had u similar experience , bu
while all railroad men sro award u
this , they generally appear to bo littl
influenced by it. The struggle fo
through business is inuintainoi
with uudltnlnishod vigor , regard
less of whether it result in .profit
or loss. Yet it must bo obvious
that the road which , has a local
trafllo to sustain It need glvo
itself UUla trouble about through
competitors , and there ara few roads
that are not In a position to create such
a trafllc. It IB a fact admitted by the
most Intelligent observers of railroad
policy , and by many rnllrond managers ,
thatouo of the most serious mlstatccs of
that policy has boon the neglect of local
interests. It furnished ono of the strong
est reasons for tha iutor-atato commerce
act , and it has boon a potent cause of
tha complications and dilllcultlos that
have entered Into the railroad situation.
It is believed by the president of the
Erie , and by ethers , that If the railroads
of the country wore to adopt the policy
of carefully fostering local trafllc , 03
sorao of them have successfully nnd ad
vantageously done , pooling ; would no
longer bo doomed a necessity , rate wars
would bo far loss llkoly to occur , dis
criminations would largely cease , prosperous -
porous communities would bo multi
plied , and the prosperity of the roads
ivould bo advanced. But this obviously
wise policy makes slow growth , although
ts merits are admitted , and its general
idoptlon , If that shall over take place ,
, vlll bo a matter of the remote future.
Meanwhile it is of interest to nolo that
nrgoly by reason of adopting this pol-
cy the Erie road is able to comply with
ho requirements of the Intor-stato com
merce net without complaint or orabar-
rassmout.
THE people of North Dakota are
strongly in favor of adopting Iu their
now constitution a duplicate of the
clause In the constitution of Nebraska ,
which provide ! ) for the submission ol
preference of a United States senator tc
the electors at the general election ira-
nodlatoly preceding the expiration ol
the term of ft. United States senator
rom the state. It is suggested that the
July convention put such a clause in
the now constitution in order to pro
vide for the submission of sanatoria !
preference at the November election.
The purpose of this is plainly to give
the people of Dakota the chance to express -
press directly tholr preference for sena
tors , and , in a measure , instruct the
legislature as to the voters' choico.
The experience of Nebraska with this
provision of the constitution has boon
far from satisfactory. The indifference
of the legislature on ono or rnoro occa :
sions to respect the will of the pcoplo as
registered by their vote , is still fresh Ir
mind. The neglect of the electors tc
indicate their preference , and the fail
ure of judges and clerks of elections to
make proper returns , has made this
section of the constitution of little value
It Is ono thing to enunciate the pee
plo's choice for United States senator
but it is another thing to make the leg
islature carry this popular will inti
effect.
PnoF. DODGE , government statia
tician , has prepared a tabulated statement
mont showing the condition of stool
throughout the country. It confirm
what is generally known that the extremely
tromoly mild and dry weather durin ]
the winter months was particular !
favorable to stock on the plains of th
west. Of tbo seven million head c
cattle grazed on the north , central an
southern ranges , the losses from al
causes amounted to a fraction over thrc
per cent. The actual loss on account c
storms was about ono 'and a half pe
cent , the lowest on record. The repot
shows that ranchmen are generally prc
viding winter shelter and feed , an
guarding against the destructive storm
which in years past swept away thei
profits in a day. In this sam o roglo
there uro nearly seven hundred thou
sand horses and nearly ten million slice ;
grazed , and over two hundred thousan
hogs. The losses in horses were on
and seven-tenths per cent , sheep fou
and eight-tenths per cent , and hog
three per cont. These figures proson
a most favorable record for the wcsl
and dcmonstrato that in stock raising a
well as in other departments of activity
wo can give profitable lessons in induE
try and thrift to the people of the oas
while 'supplying thorn with juicy chop
and roasts.
MONTANA and Washington terri
torios. as well as the two Dakotas , wil
to-day elect delegates to the constitu
tional conventions to meet July 4
South Dakota has a roudy-mado const !
tutlou which It Is expected will b
adopted with almost entire unanimitj
in which case the president may b
proclamation admit that territory t
statehood , but the other territories wil
huvo to frame constitutions which wil
bo voted on in October. Washingtoi
adopted a constitution some ten your
ago , but it is not of a character to answer
swor the now conditions and requirements
monts , and a wholly now instrumon
will bo framed. Not much is oxpocto
to be developed by these elections c
political significance , though , of course
party considerations will enter int
them. Individual fitness , however , wil
bo likely to exert more influence tha :
in ordinary elections.
THE people of both North and Soutl
Dakota will to-day choose noldgatos ti
the constitutional con vonMon to bo licit
on July 4. The present tltno constitute !
an important epoch in the history o
the embryo btatos. and everything pur
taining to their future estate which re
mains to bo accomplished should hi
done carefully. The framing of a stut <
constitution is a work tlwt should bo at
tended with grave deliberation ant
profound thought. It is therefore to b <
earnestly hoped that at the election to
morrow the people of the two Dakota
will select representative ) men to per
form this duty. There are within tin
territory man amply competent to u
the work , and they should bo the ono
chosen ,
IT WAS remarked by the distln ruinhe
military visitors lust week that Oinuh
without exception was the finest pave
city in the country. This is a hlg
compliment. Debarring the severn
miles of wooden pavement which soonu
or later must bo replaced by more but
fatuntial material , Oinaha has solved tb
paving question. In ( his respect , shu I
far ahead of any of her rlvaU , bavin
thirty-llvo miles of paving and tilxl
miles of sawcrago. The next duty ia lo
Ixsautify equates and angles for breathIng -
Ing spots anttUo create parks and boule
vards for our environments. In this
respect Omaha is sadly deficient. She
has , on the whole , provided well for her
.occssitlcs . ; ; remains for her to do as
much for her sightliness.
THE assistant secretary of ngrlciilturo.
: alls attention to the possibilities of in
troducing the cultivation of flax , and
jncottraging the manufacture ol linen
In this country. There Is no reason
why linen making should not become
ano ot the stnjilo industries of America.
Nearly all the linen wo use Is Imported
.from Ireland nnd Germany. Were It
manufacturedlioro , the probabilities ara
; hat its production would bo increased ,
.ts price cheapened , and n greater con-
.umption assured through improved
processes and appliances in the making
of it.
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Olio Short.
JViNcMldphta Times.
It has hitherto escaped notlco that until
. 'orry Uoitnont gets homo from Madrid
, here will only bo 399 people in Now York.
Texna French.
Chfeflflo Tribune.
The Galvcston News says the duchess of
Marlboro was "nootho 'Widdor Hiunorslcy. "
This Is , perhaps , the first recorded Instance
of a woman bavlng been born a widow.
HO'B n Practical Officer.
7C ( M8M ( Cilll Timci.
The telegraph Is employed to spread the
news that the secretary of agriculture yes
terday took a scythe and mowed a wide
swath dowu the lawn before the department
building.
I'hIs Mnrrlatco Was a Failure.
.dlhuijiicrfiue ( R * . Jf. ) Cititen.
Edward Marriage , a San Dlogo contractor ,
is missing , and has left bcihlnd him debts ag
gregating about $5,000. Thcro seems to bo
no doubt that la this case at least Marriage
is a failure.
AVtiy nialno Didn't Go.
Chicago Times.
Mr. Blaine did not accompany the presi
dent to Fortress Monroe. He had to remain
for the purpose of prcsontiug Minister Lin
coln to Molord Puuncefotc.
1'rotcctlni ; tlio Ilc rso'H Tall.
Chleaon HeraM.
The Massachusetts legislature has passed a
law prohibiting the cutting oft of horses'
tails. The mutilation of the nandsomo caudal
nppcndago of. the horse is u species of barbar
ity , and the "Old Bay" state naturally takes
the load in this great reform.
HITS AND MISSES.
Wo have a mathematical problem for the
graauatcs of the High school class.
According to the Republican's circulation
Inflator , thcro was a gain of over four thou
sand subscribers to its doily last summer.
Between MafiB 3 , 18S9 , mid May lCl8S9 ,
thcro was another gain of 3,731 , making in
all a gain of about eight thousand since lost
summer. f " \
And now lh patent inflator swears to a
total circulation of 8,314. The question is ,
how many dailies did the Republican circu
late before it wartcd on the race with the
World in throyjjng papers by the handful
into back and front yards !
Ground has been broken for a mammoth
block on the st $ of the old Now' ' York dry
goods store on Far n am street. Mr. Mills
has decided to erect a magnificent building ,
which will overshadow the surrounding
structures by several feet , nnO give Omaha
a sample of genuine public spirit , lofty
purpose and enterprise regardless of ex
pense. For years Mr. Mills has been pro
voked by the monumental blocks which en
dear the name of Hanscoin to the pcoplo , ana
ho has at last decided to go Andrew Jackson
ono story bettor. Mr. Mills' block will bo
two stories In the clear. It is not improba
ble , if the supply of bricks holds out ,
that an artistic cupola will adorn tbo front ,
surmounted by a statue of the owner. Oma
ha Is to bo congratulated on the lavish en
ergy and public spirit of Mr. Mills. His de
termination to outshine Hunscorn Is com
mendable. It may eventually result in a
three story rivalry.
Three great events are expected tomorrow
row , which will add much to the growth and
greatness of Omaha. .Tho park * commis
sioners will bo named , city hall plans adopt
ed and a decision may bo rendered In the
postofUco si to question.
"A most delightful spot. " "The finest I
have seen In the west. " "It is a perfect
oasis ! " Such wcro the exclamations of
Secretary of War Proctor , uftor ho had
viewed the beauties of Fort Omaha last Sat
urday. The grass on the parade ground ,
freshened by the recent rains , the perfect
arch of shade trees over the drives , the
cleanliness of the surroundings , all shone to
the best advantage under the rays of a clear
noon-day sun. Surmounting all and waving
n hearty salute , was a sixty-foot flag on the
starf of the hospital , floating full In the
breeze , with a sky of spotless blue for a
background. The sccno was an Inspiring
ono , and must have convinced the distin
guished guests of the folly of moving the fort.
Commissioner Anderson is evidently con
vinced that if the county takes care of the
pennies the dollars will take care of them
selves. The Paully job is a sample of Ander
son's ability in driving tlio spigot and with
drawing the bung.
Tramps in those parts are pigs in clover.
The authorities of Council Blurts and Omuhn
prefer their roomto , tholr company , and are
engaged in mutual exchange of the migra
tory horde. The tramps otijoy the luxury
of frequent free rldod , and do not complain
while the lunch baskets of conductors and
engineers arc within reach , A more effective
remedy for the nuisance would bo to dump
them on the division line between the two
cities the mlddi VJtf the Missouri or make
them pound stoae , ,
AIDS TO DlOIOtjTlON.
Detroit Advertiser : Ho You're always
growling abouO'tlio ' lodge. She Oh , no.
The ledge is alWripht. Ho Well , tny late
hours , then. Shi-r'J don't care about that ,
even , but it docs annoy mo to get up to lot
you in aud find thaJmlkman at the door.
Washington C | & > . At the Berlin Con
ference ClmlrmjlpjjBismarck Well , gentlo-
mcnlhoquestlonitv/oro the conference , I bo
liovo. is Snmonin Commissioners ( unani
mously ) Samoa'Jvlat { | ? Chairman -Samoa
boer , of course. Kro waiter. ( Loud laugh
ter m the galleries-
San Francisco Wasp : Cook ' ( next day
after her arrival ) "I'm often u little busty
madam , and then I'mmpt to bo saucy , but
you needn't mind you can make mo a little
present aud then I get pleased again. ! '
Troy Proas : Saughbor.es You seotn to be
fulrly fascinated with that ukeleton In the
corner. What uialies you look at it BO liv
tcnllyl Patient ( starting ) O , nothing 1
was wondering if itivaa one of your patients ,
Harper's Bazar : Young man ( looking
over hotel icj'ster ' > ! sco that Joshoun
Crawfish of Crawflshvillo , Is stopping hero ,
Where can I llml ulml lie's an undo oj
mine. " Clerk "I tWnk you will find him
In the elevator ; he's boon riding up and
down all the forenoon. "
Judge ; Wiggins "If you're out of work
rock , why don't you try to got on a Jury I"
lack Borrowlt Can't. I read the papers
every day , looking for a Job , and what law
yer would accept a nmn ot that kind I" '
Judge : Mrs. Uobley "I acts John , thkt
here is a strong movement towards the
abolition of the high hnt. " Mr. Bobloy ( with
recollections of a certain bill ) "Yes , but
bonnets are Just aa high us over. "
Ocean : The gentle wave of a lace edged
pockct-handucrchlof has carried more poor
follows to their doom than the uilgaty break
ers at the sea ,
Pittsburg Dispatch : Amateur Hubert Mo
, ud , five moons were scon to-night , four
fixed nnd the other didn't whirl I Mutried
voleo from the audience Did Jevcr hie try
bromide )
Terra Hatito Kxpress : Some of the "Sani
tary Science" pcoplo have been agitating the
question of making bathing compulsory. It
won't work. It was tried In Noah's tlmo ,
and the only people , who escaped with tholr
lives were those who kept out of the water.
Norrlstown Herald : A Polish writer of
stories recently received an envelope con
taining 110,000 "from an admiring reader. "
If some of our fleshly school of female writ
ers want to receive such substantial tokens
of appreciation from admiring readers , Uioy
must put more Polish In the novels.
Harper's Bazar : Brown "Your teacher
can't bo such a mean man as you make out
I notlco his son has all the toys ho can pos
sibly need. " Little Jolmnio "Why , dail ,
thoio are what hla father takes away tram
the other boys. "
Detroit Free Press : Boarder ( cracking on
egg ) "Woll , I declare 1" Walter ( excitedly )
"What Is'itl" Boarder "Why this egg
has a double yolk. " Walter "Pooh 1 that's
uothlu' gon'lman's ylstlddy had a chicken. "
STATE AXU TEU1UIOKY.
Nebraska Jot tin us-
Colfax county has 2,113 boys and 1,990
girls of school ago.
The Osccola creamery has been sold to a
company of capitalists.
A camp of Sons of Veterans has boon mus
tered la at Table Rock.
The contracts have all been lot for a sixty-
barrel roller mill at Republican City.
Mllford is making n struggle to secure the
location of the Masonic orphans' homo.
The farmers of Chadron precinct , Dawcs
county , have sown 5,840 acres to wheat and
oats.
oats.Tbo
Tbo Fairfield Cell Is urging the lovers of
base hall in Clay county to form a county
league.
The movement for the Sunday closing of
saloons has struck Valentine , and steps are
boiug taken to enforce the law.
The Bohemian hall at Vordigro was de
stroyed by tire , but whether It was caused
by lightning or incendiarism is not known.
Tun WEBKI.V BKK began to buzz at Alma
last wook. L. E. Martin will harvest tlio
houey in the capacity ot editor and manager.
The Masonlo lodge at Tccumseh is in a
flourishing condition , with u membership of
103 , and the number increasing each month.
The numerous rumors of now enterprises
at Verdon have awakened the business men
of that place and they have organized a board
of trade.
Aurora now has five banks , and the Ex
change bank will soon be reorganized , with
a paid up capital of $75,000 , and become the
Aurora State bank , opening for business
July 1.
The wife of S. W. Tinlcham , ot Harting-
ton , .disappeared mysteriously the other
night , and her husband is hunting for her in
neighboring towns. Ho believes that she Is
insane.
The Bank of Ravenna is soon to bo merged
with the First National ot the same place ,
with a capital of $50,000 , und O. M. Carter ,
of Omaha , will bo president of tlio now insti
tution.
T. II. Delahoyde , of Blue III1L made a
trade the other day and secured a imo resi
dence , but before ho had been its owner
twenty-four hours , n streak of lightning carne
along and smashed the house into flinders.
The Talmago Tribune tells of a case of
cussed meanness near that town , a watch
tinker smashing up his furniture with an ax
just to spite his wifo. The woman , however ,
plead so hard with the editor that the name
of the man was suppressed.
A White Cap letter has been received by
C. A. Sohooloy , owner of the Harrisburg
town site , county seat of Banner county ,
warning him to desist in persecuting the
editor of the World , or ho would bo "shot
down like a dog" and his.town laid in ashes.
Croigbtou Is allagopr over a strange appari
tion iu the shape of a black cap , or moon
shiner , which appears at all times of night
dressed in a long rubber gown , heavy boots
and a tight fitting mask over its face. No
ono has had the temerity to attempt to cap
ture the straugo being , ns yet.
Iowa Items.
The bank of Tains has suspended.
Sioux county will build ninotocn bridges
this season.
The Corning Methodists light their church
by electricity.
One man has 35,000 bushels of corn in crib
at Independence.
The mayor of Early proposes to cork the
holes in the wall in that town.
An improvement company with a capital of
? 230,000 has boon organized at Onawa.
The Nineteenth Iowa infantry holds its
regimental reunion at Birmingham iu
August.
Forty acres of potatoes have been planted
on the state farm at the Independence insane
asylum this year ,
Laywcrs evidently huvo a hard time In Ida
Grovo.as ono of the legal lights of that town
offers to herd cattle during the summer.
A Sioux City syndicate has been formed to
construct a pontoon bridge across the Mis
souri nt Yunktou , nnd the city council has
passed an ordinance appropriating $100 a
mouth for ton years to pay for building nnd
maintaining the structure.
Some boys In Beaver township , Dallas
county , caught a big hcnhawk alive and un
injured the other day. Ono of them proposed
to get his father's five-year-old roosterwhich
hnd always been victorious heretofore , and
have a cock light , which was done. For two
or throe rounds the hawk succeeded in keep
ing off his adversary , but the rooster finally
pot mad and tumbled the hawk over with ono
dash of his spurs.
ncyon'.l tlin HoakicH ,
Late frosts have badly Injured the fruit
crop in eastern Oregon.
There are indications of natural gas at
Ogdnn , nnd a scheme m on foot to sink a
well.
Many of the fruit trees at Dayton , Nov. ,
have been ruined by small , green hugs of
unknown species.
John McCoy , a pioneer of Lvnn county ,
Oregon , who has lived In that county Hlnca
1S45 , Is dead , aged seventy-four.
Over half n million dollars U to bo ex
pended on Tacoinu's street railways this
year. Twenty-one miles of truck are to bo
laid.
laid.Tho irrigating nltchos near Klloiisburgh ,
\V. T. , nro full of largo salmon , anil the town
boys are having regal sport landing twenty
pounders.
A boat load of bock beer was unloaded at
Astoria last Wednesday , The fishermen
drank so much that they couldn't catch a
single Balmon.
According to a Helena paper , tlioro Is a
growing belief that Montana Is a finer sum
mer resort in'tho winter nnd a finer winter
resort In the summer than any other pace ! on
the face ot the earth.
Ex-Chief of Police Mitchell , of Seattle ,
claims that he was removed became ho re
fused to bo bribed not to arrest ( 'amblers.
His BUccesBor ii now raiding the gambling
places with much ostentation.
The day whoa a man could tnaUo anywhere -
where from 1(0 ( to 1,000 par cent profit by
cutting up land Into Uiurti lots In southern
CaHforrila Is past , according to a well-in-
formed business man , unit the pcoplo are now
getting down to buslnojs by developing the
country.
' KowTri'wmiry OiHolnlH at Work.
WASHINGTON. May 13. Judge Matthews ,
who succeeds Judge Durham as first coinp-
t foliar of the trua ury , and Huston , who ,
succeed * Hyatt us treasurer of the United
States , entered upon the discharge of tholr
duties thl5 uiorniuii.
HQB AND Kim IN TROUBLE
Qutnlnn Forfolto Hta Bond nnd
Kitty Agalu lu Custody.
TWO IMPORTANT DAMAGE SUITS.
The Banner Canning Company Now
Notaries 1'ubllc Peter Aolin-
on In Litinbo City
News and Note * .
LINCOLV Utmr.jitj orTnit OKIITI Ban , I
1 < K9 1' STHBBT , }
LIMCOLM. May 13. I
Kitty Quintan , who sci'vcd hot sentence In
the county Jail , having boon convicted of
| Htlt ) larceny at the last term of tha district
court , was released a few dnys ago , the
sheriff having forgotten thai there was an
other charge against her. This morning ,
however , Attorney Steams demanded the
prisoner , and thcro was consternation for n
moment when It bccumo known that slio had
quietly mcaudcrcd away. Sheriff Moliclc
rustled in his UMml vigorous manner , nnd
succeeded In locating her among so mo of her
Otualm friends. In doing this tito wires
were freely used. Sheriff Cobum was tele
graphed to put slippery Kitty under prompt
arrest , and Mcllck loft this afternoon for
his old-tlmo prisoner.
The District Court.
The cuso of John 1C. IJorr vs F. S. Potvln
and L , 0. Burr , catuo up for hoarln ? on a
motion this mornU ? . A motion haa boon
filed to strlko out a portion of plaintiff's peti
tion. On hearing , however , It was over
ruled. Plaintiff will Iinvo to nmko his plea
more specific when this fairly interesting
case will bo on.
Quinlan's case for grand larceny and re
ceiving stolen goods was also callcdbut Mlko
fulli.'d to aupcar , and his bond , signed by Pat
rick Uosuiond aud Thotna * Citrr , was de
clared forfeited. A certificate signed by Dr.
Kdmiston , of Omaha , howovor. was tiled cor-
tilling that Quinlau was contluod to his tied
with malarial fovorand would not bo out for
two weeks or more. Thereupon County At
torney Stearns entered a nolla prose qul In
the case of the state vs Ocorgo Klrlc , who
was indicted with Qulniun and UcddyVlNon
for grand larceny , and this prisoner was dis
charged.
The cuso against W. P. Kief , charged with
soiling liquor without 1'cense ' , was then
called , but falling to appear , his rccogni-
zanco was also declared forfeited.
The trial of Kichurd Fitzsimmons , the
'W avorly murderer , bus boon continued until
Tuesday of next week , nnd it will then prob
ably bo laid over for the term.
Thomas Uenison lilod his petition In the
district court to-day , against the Chicago ,
Burlington & Quincy railroad company for
$0,000 damages. It will bo remembered by
the readers of TUB UKB that on the Drd day
of last April a young girl named Annlo Don- ,
ison was killed near Greenwood by n Uur-
hngton passenger train that had boon be
lated by an accident. The petition states
that the road wnorc the accident occurred
ran through a deep cut , and that the girl ,
who was returning from school , did not sco
the train approaching because of the em
bankment , and sovcral cars on the side
track.
Nclllo C. Chapman , wife of Claudn Chap
man , the Burlington conductor who was
killed at Wavorly on the Gtti day of last
month , has al o commenced suit for damages
in the sum of 5,000. Tha plaintiff charges
the defendant with gross carelessness and
negligence in this : The night of the acci
dent was vary dark , and that it was nccos-
sary for Mr. Chapman In the discharge of
his duties to walk upon the top of the cars ;
that , the drawhoads between the two cars ,
which parted and allowed him to fall to his
death bolowi were old and worn out , tb
drawhcad of ono being In nn unntuaUv dan- r
and ututvfo condition , and that the
coupling pin used wni too small for the hole
In tliadrnwhoad.
, T. J , Itutlor also fllod hw petition to recover
the sum of (300 from Stclnor A Sohmlti ,
which ho alleges is long past duo and wholly
unpaid.
riccnicr Canning Company.
The Ucomor Canning company has com
piled with the laws of the state , and Is now
n legally Incorporated Institution , engaged in
the canning business at lioamor , Cumlng
county. Articles were fllod m the oftlco o (
the secretary of state to-day. The capital
stock authorltod Is $10,000 , which Is divided
into shares of $35 onch , and the sum of (5,000
has been pa'd ' In hand. Incornorutors : R
J. Fitzgerald. A. D. Boomer , II. Haticor , W.
D. Oil ) bo n nnd Albert lirass. The company
will continue business until n majority ol tha
stockholders decide it mlvisablo to quit.
Arrested For Forstory.
Peter Johnson was arrested hero lust night
on Information from York , where ho Is
wanted for forcory and burglary. Johnson
has an unsavory reputation wherever known ,
and especially In this city. Ho Is of the onto
order of the colored race , but commits bis .
devilment In a reckless , hlgh-handod mutt ? *
nor , and generally escapes punishment It si
Is learned that thcro Is enough In the charges
agalnst.hltn now to send him to the peniten
tiary for a term of years. The sheriff ol
York county came In , to-day , and ruturnod
the prisoner to York , where ho will bo put
on trial for his crimes , as stated.
City NOAVH nnd Note" .
Attorney-General * Loeso Is In Omaba on
business before the United States district
court.
The druggists' conference is already an
OASurcd success. Exhibits arc being placoil
rapidly and arrivals are noted on every
train.
The following case was fllod for trial in tha
supreme court to-day : Qoorgo Vallludigham
ct nl vs William G. Scott ; error from Ulch-
nrdson county.
The commissioner of public lands and
buildings is sending out about 3,000 notices
to delinquents on school lands in the various
counties of the stato. This moans forfeiture
If they do not coma to tltno within six mouths
from the data or notice. Notlco will bo
given by publication for releasing.
Qcorgo Uowormnu , deputy auditor of pub-
llo accounts , Is In Sprlngtlcld , III. , where ho
was called to attend the bcdildo ofhis
mother , who Is lying very 111. Mr. Uowor-
man will bo from his post of duty several
days , or until his mother is so far recovered
as to permit his return.
Sheriff Coburn and D. T. Mount , of
Omaha , were In Lincoln to-day.
The Omaha Insurance company mat In the
auditor of state's ofllca to-day to complete its
organization. The company performed the
requirements of the law , and u certificate
was given permitting the transaction of
business in the state.
Thomas county has sent iu a history of
her court house bauds , which has boon regis
tered In the auditor's oftlco and approved by
the auditor and secretary of state.
O. Frost , of Hartley , Ued Willow county ,
was in Lincoln to-day to register $2,000 worth
of canal bonds. The canal , which has boon
described by TUB linn , is for the purpose ol
ci eating a rosorvblr and water power at or
near Hartley , on the Republican rivor.
Ilroko Down nnd Confcsnod.
CANTON , O. , May 13. Fraud Ryan and
Harry Sadler , two young men arrested yes
terday upon a charge of attempting to
wreck the Now \ork nnd Chicago limited
vestibule train on the Pittsburg , Fort Wayne
& Chicago railroad twice recently , broke
down this morning and made n confession ,
giving the details of their crime. The de
tectives will arrest three other young men
to-day who have boon under surveillance.
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f the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it ,
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