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* THE OMAHA DAILY BEEfr WEDNEBPAY. MAY 15-18891 THE DAILYBEE. . ' 1'UUl.lSnED KVKIIY MOHN1NO. TERMS OP BunsciumoN. I 6 Dally ( Horning Edition ) Including SUKDXT llicr. Onn Year . . . 110 00 . For RU Months . . . . . B.JO I ) JtorThrftfl Months , . . . * , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CO Tni OWAUA StmnAT UKR , mailed to any addreni , On Venr . 300 WMCKMT Hitr , Ono Yenr . ZOO OMAHA Orricn. Nos.l > H nnd 914 FAIXKAM fltnaBX. OuiOAnoOrncB. W : HOOKEJIV HUII.DIBO. Hr.tr VonKUrncn , IlO ( isl4 AND IK TIIIBUNB WASIIINOTOK Orjricr , No. 613 l BTnr.KT. COUIlESrONORNOB. All eommnnlcfttiond relating to n ws and edi torial matter houia w addressed to the Kuiron All business letter * and remittances should b addressed to TUB HKK I'uiiuaiiiwo COMPANY. OH AHA. Drafts , cherts and postoinc * orders to bo made payable to tlio order of the company. 'Ac Bee PaWfeWnfcipany , Proprietor E. IIOSEWATER , Editor. TI1K DAILY UUU. fiworn Stntomont ol'Circulation. Btntoof Nebrftxka , I. . " * County of Douglas , ( aoortrel .Tr rhiick , secretary1 of Tlia lies Pub- lUhtiiKComuany , doessolomnly avronr that the Bctiml clrcnlntum of THK DAILY HKK for the ccl cuillnK May 11.1889. was as follow * : Hindav. May r , , 1.5H . Monday. Mnyrt ? ? ' ? i | } Turndixv. Mny 7i " .a ? * Vrtanetilny. Mnr 8 18.6OT Tmirsclnv.il BY & JH.MO Frldnv. May IU 18.rw ( Saturday. May 11 1S.013 Avoriitro -.IH.oao ( iKoitnn n. r/scnucit. Sworn to 1)0foro mo and subscribed to In ray presence this llth day of May. A. I ) . 1889. Seal. M. 1 > . FlilL , Notary 1'ublla. . BUtbof NohraBko , I County of Douglas , fss > GeorRO H. Tzucnuclc , Irolng duly sworn , de- roses nnd nnys that he Is secretary ot the Boo Publishing company , that the actual nverftKa dally circulation of TIIK DAILY IIKR for the month of April. 18W , 18,741 copies ; for Mny. 1883. 38.18.1 ropieg ; for Juno. 1HSH. ID.'W copies : for July. 188H. IH.itEl ccpios ; for Anmist , 1888. 18.183 copies : for September. 1 8S. 18,151 copies ; for October , ItSS. IB.uu copies ; for November , 1883 , 38ys < \ copies ; for December , 188 * . 18'iiJ copies ; for January , 18HP , 18,07 * copies : tor February , JE89.18.WO copies ; for March. ISM ) . 1H.854 copies. OKOHUK IJ. TZSCHUffK. Sworn to before ma and nuliscrlbed In my presence this 10th darof April , A. I ) . . 1889. N. P. FBtfj. Notary Public. IT was a rod-lottot1 day for the people of Dakota who were given the opportu nity , for the first time , to assist by their ballots in laying the foundation of two grout states. IF Tim merchants of Omaha propose to inaugurate an exhibition of some Kind this fall in order to attract largo crowds from the country , it is time to begin preparations. WITH ninety thousand mon out in the Gorman coal mines , and the strike spreading , it would seem that an industrial - ' . trial crisis of no mean proportion is swooping ever the empire. GOVKUNOU HILL can not sc6 any ad- [ vantngo in electoral roforra. Every attempt - tempt to purify the ballot in Now York is a monaco to his ambition. Therefore , the veto is a convenient weapon to guard his hopes of ' 92. TilEKK is n porcoptlblo improvement Jn railroad tralllo. The depression1 caused by an open winter is gradually vanishing. Everything points to an .early . and active revival of businessand , increased forces on all linos. Till ! sugar market js advancing , hav ing gone up'ono-quarter of a cent per jfouniT" since Saturday. Granulated , posts the jobber here about nine cents flnd will probably advance further as -Jtho preserving season approaches. TiTK return of the American copper mon from Paris , after an unsatisfactory conference with members of the French syndicate , \\tould \ indicate that the for- suation of un international copper trust is , for the tiino being , out of the qUestion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CEDAII RAPIDS , Sioux City , Des Jvlolnos and other cities in Iowa are pialdng a strong bid for the location oi jho headquarters of the railway con ductors. The prize is a building cstl- piatod to cost in the neighborhood oi , two hundred thousand dollars. A SCIIKMH is on foot to consolidate the Boll telephone companies through the west. If effected , it will hold out ho promises oMong distance tolophon- { tijf between cities a thousand or flf- Joon hundred miles apart. "Would it pot bo advisable for the telephone corn- panics to improve their short distance aervico ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , DKNVKH has awakened to the imme- , dlato necessity of paving her business , | ltroots. Ono of the first acts of the Jjpard pf public works , just appointed , Will bo to order the paving of the prin- thoroughfares. For a city that n population of a hundred thou- v Denver is most conspicuously do- jjQclout in public Improvomonta. TUB people of Douglas county are patiently waiting for Commiasionor An- ' * lorflon to file his charges against any Bounty olllclul whom ho suspects ol wrong doing. That la the proper way * ' to institute nn investigation , and the { accused , asvOll AS the board , have n fright to insist upon auoh a procedure , . _ * Commissioner Anderson's modesty should not prevent him from doing hit fluty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ < TUB local authorities of Phllndol- bhla and Pittaburg report that ono of fcho results of high lloouso in tbcsa tilUos is to free them of professional thieves and burglars. The low dives of Philadelphia and PltUlmrg have boon plosed , aud the orimltml clasaoa who jHrere wont to resort to them have emigatod to ether cities whore thoit haunts rotnaln undisturbed. . ' "WOODKN block pi\v mont is costly al any prioo , Tlprioo Of stone this yoat 4l K > rcasgp io , its durability unquds .flonod.Wid ita uloanlinbBa sofivrsuporloi 'io Wooden block , that not another ynri ' pf ttio luttor should bo laid. Wo art AiTefod Sioux Falls granite Colonult . . ( IftndBtoiio and Woodruff ( Kansas ) gran- to at prlooa far bulow any heretofore 4 > fforod. Tlio "WoodrutT granite luu fnaay points of advantage whlcl jlhould commend it to prop - rty ownoMIt ii a whlta oar8o-gra.lnud granite , will not chip ot < * pllt like BiindstoiiQ , aud will not pollst > lko that of Sioux Falls. The quarrloi Are convenient to the city , are owned fey Nebraska mon , and eolf-intorost die that , all things being equal , wi putroulzo homa industry. The next houao of roprotontattvos will ho organized by the republicans. Whether they will ho nblo to nccom- riiah.tho hardly loss important work of oforming the rutoa is not BO certain. Flicro are intimations that the demo crats will bo solidly arrayed against all offoru to revise the rules of the house so that majorities shall not bo at the moroy of minorities. The urgent no- cosslty that exists for revision , in the ntorost of the public business nnd in order that an obstreperous minority shall not ho enabled to dqforU the will of the majority , vrat very clearly pointed out by Representative Hood in n recent nagazlno article. The republicans are n accord with this view , and tjioro is a .ncit agreement between them that the rules must ho revised. Were the pres ent rules to bo continued the democrats would bo able by filibustering to pre vent the settlement of contested olco- lion casos'nnd of ether matters of lojrls- ntlon which they might dcslro to de feat. Knowing the advantage they would losses ? with the present rules in force , ind the republicans having only n nar row majority , democratic representa tives are roporttril as declaring that the rules can not bo changed and shall not bo. The situation presents something of a dilemma. The now house will convene with the democratic clerk ot the last : iouso as the presiding officer , with all , ho functions belonging to that position. The precedent has boon to adopt the old rules until now rules might be framed. If this should bo followed by the next house the democrats would be given the vantage ground they desire , and it is said to bo the plan of the re publicans to break away from the prece dent by proposing that the preliminary session shall bo conducted under the common parliamentary code , on the ground that the now house moots ns an unorganized body untraminolcd in it : powers and'rlghts by any congress thai preceded it. But it is in the powqr of the clerk of the last house , in his ca pacity as the presiding olllccr of the now , to refuse to enter tain such a propo sition , and it is not doubted he would dc so. In that event it is easy to under stand that n conflict might bo precipi tated between the majority and minor' ity which might have very serious con sequences. The great principle underlying our system of government is that the major ity shall rule , and every interference with or obstruction of this principle is n monaco to the security of republi can institutions in this country. II the democratic representatives in con gress pursue the course which they arc said to contemplate , the majority , in the assertion of its rights , may be com pelled to adopt extraordinary measures which only the necessity of maintain ing a most vital principle could justify. It is to bo hoped that no such exigency will arise. There are several months yet before congress will convene , and thoughtful and dlspassiouato democrats will have ample time to reflect upon what might bo the serious consequence * of a conspiracy to thwart the will of t majority of the representatives of the people. Not only would such a policy inevitably injure their party to an ex tent crroatly overbalancing any immo dinto advantage to bo gained , but it might result in creating dangerous precedents which they would profoundly regret. But at whatever cost the prin ciple that the majority shall rule must be maintained. OUR NORTHERN COMPETITOR. The senate committee that is inves tigating our Canadian relations has ob talncd some interesting information on the Pacific coast. It has ascertained that the great subsidized railroad line of Canada , which extends to the Pacific is in reality a very vigorous compotitoi of the American roads , and that thii competition is not likely to become losi sharp nnd serious in the future. Out fact stated to the committee will serve to illustrate the advantage on joyed bj the Canadian competitor. It wa ; stated that the Pacific const stoamshi ) company carries Australian wool fron San Francisco north and turns it ovoi to the Canadian Pacific railroad foi transportation , sometimes to Canndiar port ? , but more often to Boston. It is i circuitous route , but this disadvantage is more than balanced by the gain t < shippers in the rates of transportation The Canadian road being at liberty t < regulate its rates with a view to getting transportation of freight botwooi through port ? , can offer inducom onti which the American roads , under the rostrlotiona imposed , can not moot , be cause oven if the Canadian compotitoi carries freight at a loss fron Sun Francisco to Boston , it car make up for the loaa by higher ratoi between local points , a means o ; recouping not permitted to the Amor lean roads. In the transportation elton ton , the Canadian Pacific enjoys al most the entire trafllo. And it is nol allowing any advantage to slip awaj from it. As was said some time ago b.v its president , it is worked on sount busiuoss principles ns a strictly com mercial enterprise , having no private Interests to bo fed at the expense of it ! shareholders and interest to pay onlj on capital actually Invested. Having the Dominion government behind i : and complete freedom in its operations the Canadian Pacific- railroad la in r position to carry on a compotitloi against American roads , limited onli by ita transportation facilities. Hov this'shall bo remedied is a question whioh oven such able sonutors as Mr Allison ami Mr. Hoar will find groa difficulty in solving. . Uotorrjn/r / to the situation , the Sai Fratioisdo Call remarked that the rcu trouble in the case IB the ownership b.i a foreign power of a woilgo of territory which bisects ( he coast , line of tin United States and splits our western boundary in two. "Bo long , " it enya "as British Columbia remains undo the British Hag , the United States will labor under the inconvenience which Franco had to endure when Calais wi'-a a part oi th < British dominions. In the opl/ilot / of the ( Ail ! there ibbut ono spot on thi earth which the United States o.Jght ti annex , and that is British Columbia. I ia not unlikely that & majority ot tin people of thai portion of tho' Dominion would favor annexation tb the United States , but their voice in the matter would not determine the question , and it is not at all probable that the Do minion government would consent to lose this territory. Without such con sent the British government could hardly bo induced to consider the most tempting offer tlio United States could make to sccui-o British Columbia. If there is no ether way , therefore , ot remedying the diflloultlos from Cana dian competition which are the sources of complaint , these arc lilcoly to continuo - tinuo indefinitely. Even were there no obstacles in the way from Canadian objection to purling with any of its ter ritory , the general sentiment of this country would bo opposed to the acqui sition at any great cost. The subject of our Canadian relations undoubtedly has , ns our San Francisco contemporary remarks , "larger dimensions than the regulation of tea freights , * but it will hardly ho expanded so as to embrace the proposition to purchase and annex British Columbia , at any rate not at present. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE SCHOOL BOND 1'ROPOSITIOIT Two separate bond propositions aro. to bo voted on at the special election that will ho hold in this city tioxt Sat urday. The first asks the sanction by the cit izens of Omaha of a proposed issue of two hundred nnd twenty-live thousand dollars in fivo-por-cont bonds , to bo ex pended in the purchase of school sites and constructfon of school houses. The estimate for the sites as submitted to the electors is as follows : For the purchase of a site in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Lothrop streets at "eight thousand dollars ; a situ la tlio vicinity efFort Fort Oinaha at twcuty-tlvo hundred dollars ; a slto in the vicinity of Gibson at twenty- flvo hundred dollars ; a slto In the vicinity of Dupont place at six thousand dollars ; addi tional ground adjoining the Hickory school slto at fifty-live hundred dollars ; additional ground adjoining the Hartman school slto at an estimated cost ol ton thousand dollars. The projected school houses are , re spectively : Long stroct school , thirty thousand dollars lars ; Franklin school , thirty thousand dollars lars ; West Omaha school , thirty thousand dollars ; Hickory school , thirty-eight thou sand dollars ; Hartman school , fifty thou- and dollars. In addition to these the board also asks in its first proposition permission to expend twelve thousand five hun dred dollars for additional retaining walls around the high school grounds , and construction of sidewalks around the Lcavonworth and Farnam school sites. sites.Wo Wo should have preferred that the board limit the cost of any school house to twenty-five thousand dollars , so that more school houses could bo built with the proceeds of the bonds asked for. But now that the board has loft us no ether choice than to vote the bonds or leave the city without much needed school facilities , wo doom it our duty to sup port the first bond proposition. The cry of extravagance and high taxes should not bo allowed to outweigh the imperative demand lor moro school houses. Unless these additional school houses are erected this summer hun dreds of school children will bo deprived of educational facilities. That would be most deplorable. How Is the school board to discriminate as between the children that are to have schooling and those that are to bo crowded out and counted out ? Quito apart from the absolute ne cessity of moro school houses comes also the sound economic policy of providing employment for mechanics and laborers during a season when building is not very brisk. The second proposition asks consent and authority for the board of education to issue sovonty-fivo thousand dollars in bonds , the proceeds of which are to bo used for the erection of an addition to the High school building. This proposition should by all moans bo vetcd down. There is no demand for a high school annex at this time , least of all an annex that contem plates the continuance of graded classes in the high school building. If wo are over to build an annex it should bo planned with a view of remodeling the entire structure to conform to the wants of high school and normal classes. That , of course , would require altogether different subdivisions from these now proposed. Wo can much bettor afford to offend the cyo of ajsthotio art critics by leav ing the high school in its present shape , than to squander seventy-five thousand dollars on an annex which may have to bo torn down or rebuilt within the next five years. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NO MORE DELAYS. The proposition that the o'ounoll shall rotund to the board of education the amount it has advanced toward the con struction of the city hall , is not likely to moot with publio approval. The people - plo have decreed that the board of edu cation shall occupy quarters in the city hall building. The prime object of locating the board in the city hall building was to save the paying of rent and got rooms and offices near the pub lic library , and in a lire-proof building. If the rpoms sot apart for the board are to bo abandoned , , the board will expend several thousand dollars a year for ether offices , and the city will simply have vacant rooms on its hantia. There will bo ample room in the now building for all city oilicord nnd the sohool board. Any attempt to revise the plans is merely dilatory and obviously designed to cause dohiy add keep up turmoil. Both tha council and boani of cduea- tlou ewe it to themselves and their con stituents to frown down all those dis- > trading schom6B < Tiuo vary unueual industrial .situation oxlats of an active market for iron and steel in Givat Britain whllo the Ameri can market Is exceedingly dull. Not only are steel and iron firm in England , but in many branches of the trade prices are as high as in this country , Tbo English stool mills are in full operation - ation , with orders that will keep them butty fur some time to come. On the ether hand the mills in this country are not running nearly up to their capacity , tbo tendency of prices isdowumird , and the immediate ouflook la not regarded as particularly favorablo. It is not easy to explain satisfactorily this somewhat anomalous condltufti of affairs , w'.ilch presents nn intort'slmg ' and suggostlvo lesson in the opoVa'flons of trade. The ; rule has boon for"y"Axr8 " that activity in the British iron Wa steel trade scorned dependent upon" " favorable conditions for the industryjn the United States. The separate prosperity of the industry in England has mot occurred to any marked degree slnro this country at tained importance ! ili the manufacture of iron nnd stool.a The reversal of this rule is certainly significant , and the peculiar situation naturally invites con sideration of the question as to how far our fiscal system is responsible for it. RliUIIKK FllAXK PUTTiaillSW , of Sioux Fulls , is making determined efforts - forts to bo chosen as the representative ot the eastern district of South Dakota in the United States senate. Hon. A. J. Edgorton , a former chief justice of the territory nnd an nblo man , was chosen to fulfill the duties of this high ofllco at the same tlmo that Judge Moody , of the Black Hills , was clectod and the Sioux Falls constitution was ratl- fipd , hut it looks mightily ns though Judge Edgorlon has been effectually shelved. Potllgrow possesses hut few of the attributes of a statesman , but is a shrewd politician and will undoubtedly accomplish his desired purpose. Sev eral years ago , whllo Potligrow was in congress as delegate from the territory , ho antagonized the people .of Vankton by declaring that ho would make the grass grow in their streets , but slnco the announcement of his candidacy for the senate , ho has soothed their wounded spirits by investing several hundred dollars in corner lots in their beautiful town and otherwise assisting thorn in distending the spring boom. IF the people who exhibit such nn impatient desire to settle upon the great Sioux reservation were sensible , they would abide the time when the land will bo authoritivoly opened for settlement. The efforts to obtain the consent of the Indians to the fulfillment of the provisions of the bill , have been greatly hampered in the past by the actions of land sharks , locators and kindred faltirs , in crowding upon the reservation before they had any author ity to do so , thereby arousing the anger of the Indians and making them hostile to tho'ineasuro. Tni ! people within a radius of ono hundred and twoniy-fivo miles of Omaha will ttppr eio.'t.o the local train service inaugurated1 on the mainline and branches of'the , ' $11 ion Pacific. It will allow the country -merchant and buyer to visit the metropolis , transact business and return ifomo the same day. Such a local train ; secvico was a feature of the Union Pacific two or throe years ago and was proji blp to the company. It would scorn that the time 1ms con o for putting similar loejal trains on other roads to the not-tii.aiia south of Omaha. Tnn final decision of the United States supreme c'ojjirt'in tlib Hill-Tcrry- Shuron controversy removes from the courts ono of the most scandalous cases of our day. Born in iniquity , nursed in forgery , and championed by the murderer of Brodorick , the case presented all the phases of human de pravity and greed , matrimonial cli maxes and revolver arguments. The contest hurried Sharon to his grave and travo Terry a wife worthy of his reputation. Now that the board of trade has voted authority to its directors to arrange with the city council for the joint use of the chamber of commerce until the city hall is completed , the council ses sions will bo moro generally attended by the public , and the members of the council will not be ashamed to invite visitors from abroad to attend their ses sions. IT is surprising that moro people are not crippled or killed by the cable cars. The recklessness of passengers in jump ing on nnd off the trains while in motion is a monaco to life and limb. Warnings are useless. Patrons take delight in ignoring the rules , and taking the consequences on their own shoulders. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE lockout of the journeymen plumbers is unfortunate. jJoth em ployers and employes should como to gether , discuss their differences , nnd by mutual concessions roach a basis of settlement satisfactory to all parties. Pouring hot solder on a rheumatic joint will not effect a euro. Now that the park commissioners have boon appointed it is to bo , hoped its members will proceed straightway to work. Wo want to sdb soThothlng done thin year in the way of boulevards and parks. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . The Right IMaco to Work. Milwaukee Sentinel. If the agitators would devote loss tlmo to hysterical oxnicecrutiuns jind moro tlmo to advocating greater cano in tbo naturalization of foreigners they might accomplish some thing. _ q What Kui6i > n Gets. . It is estimated that Afci'orlcan tourists will spend onietulntf llko-'tlOKOOO.OOO - la Kuropo this year. In tha'i''pi\8o ' the prevalent Buropean ImprosjIon h America is peopled with rich fools willj-bb extended and con- flriuud. tflcji' A. . - . - MliHlSBlppl'Ar'ttuinonta. "Bond mo , " wrote" 1W * ( Mississippi hard ware merchant , ' ' 0 % | 'i rK"inont Against Negro QuffraffO , ' WjnWiwIth 100 tracts on the same subject. " tAod tbo jobber filled the order by sending him a Winchester rifle aud 100 rouuds of ammunition. Ill * Measure Correctly Taken at St. Lout * Oloht-Democral , Ex-Secretary Bayard has been appointed a inembor of the comtulsslpn to trace the boundary line between the states of IJolu- ware and Maryland. The bflluo Isn't as big as the ono which ho recently hold , but then It Is now 1 > nowu that ho isn't as ho was sup- to bo a few years ago. Can't Wait. CMcaan Herald. Mr. CUrkson u tiring out democratic post- inastora at the rate of 200 a day , but oven tbU rate Isn't fast enough to suit the raven ous aad eager candidates. A poatofttqe in Colorado was broken Into the ether night , anil cases of this kind have boon reported within tbo past few WCOKS from many parts of tbo country. Small Mon In Imrgo Kama ) City Tfmw. Any man who has taken the trouble to ob- s'crvo the DOUMO of railroads in crises of management , even when small , has certainly been struck with the apparent helplessness of these supposed superior abilities. To say that men do not understand their own busi ness Is perhaps nn ungracious assertion , yet it Is a dictum of recent record thnt hardly any ct of mop have so utterly fallnil to grasp the larger and moro important principles of their business and have advanced Into diffi culties with so little foresight ai railroad managers. Expressed briefly , they have controlled a vust department of commerce vritu tbo policy of a horse Jockoy. HITS AM ) MISSB9. Iky Hascall ( to Paddy Ford ) How con wo delay the construction of the city halt ! Wo may succeed in getting the board of educa tion , through my friend Morrlspn , to kick upon any plan that may bo udoptcd ; or , wo may egg on the unsuccessful arthltccts to contest tlio decision of the council. Wo must do something , that's suro. Vou know my term expires In seven months , nnd thlvis my last hope. 1 am seriously thinking of retiring from nubile llfo when my term expires. County Commissioner Anderson is employIng - Ing his leisure hours In drafting n code of * rules to governall .futuro exhibitions of the mauling art In Omaha. It will bo known as "Anderson's Ofllulal Code ; or , How to Elevate - vato the Profession. " Among the now fea ture's will bo n graphic description of the beauty , and symmetry of shoo leather when intelligently applied to an opponent , Illustrated with cuts from actual oxoorloncc. As soon as this valuable work is completed , Mr. Anderson will give a few more public exhibitions of the pugilistic versatility of the fninlly. The now manager of the Underwriters In Omaha Insinuates that the valued policy law ii a hatchery for llrcbugs , and points to the example of Wisconsin , where the enforce ment of a similar law cost the companies nn extra two millions last year. Unfortunately the comparison ends there. Mr. Geycr wisely neglected to say how much the com panies took out of the suite during the same period. Afterti vast expenditure of time and gray matter ttio great art critic , Qarczynskl , has given his opinion on the rity hall. That set tles It. Let the council proceed to business at once. The new departure of the Burlington fast mail will bo a great convenience to the busi ness men of Omaha. The train leaves the city at nn hour that enables merchants to disp.itcti their latest mail for eastern points in the evening. Beer at ono dollar n glass is altogether too rich for the colored man. A flvo cent schooner is suflicient for all Irrigating pur poses. CliEVISIl WOMEN. Mojesko's long rest is said to have brought back some of tbo old plumpness to her fair cheeks. She will do no work at all prior to appearing with Booth. Elizabeth Stuart Phmps declares in the May number of the Forum that "it is an undecorated - decorated fact that if Jesus Christ wcro to enter almost unv of our influential churches today He would bo shown into the back gal- ler.y , and Ho could not obtain admission to our parlors without a letter of Introduction to our 'sets. ' " Miss Hosa Evangclino Angel is the sweet name of a new fledging Cincinnati poetess , of whom a local iidmiror says : "Sho has caught the subtle churm of malady nnd has learned how-to weave her thought into the sweetest of music. Mrs. McClellau , widow of Oon. George B. McClcllan , has rented a house in London , and will spend the season there with her daughter. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe will bo 70 years old the 27th inst. The Now England Woman's club will celebrate the anniversary. Mary B. Uussoll , n sister of the Sir Charles Russell who inado so eloquent a defense of Parnell , was the pioneer Sister of Mercy on the Paclilc coast. She came to California from Ireland in 1854. She has at present under her charge a hospital , a Magdalen asylum uud schools near San Francisco. The late duchess of Cambridge was of a singularly commanding presence tall and majestic looking and although her manner Bcemcd'tlnged with an air of sternness , she was of a most gentle nnd amiable disposition , and suffered scarcely any diminution of spirits from hex enforced physical inaction of later years. She was very fond of convprsa- tlou nnd entertaining friends and prominent personages , and to a great charm of manner she added an unfailing and well-stored memory. As a linguist she was exceptionally accomplished , and she converged with cijuul fluency m English , French nnd Gorman , be traying in none ot them any trace of a foreign accent. She had also a competent knowledge ot Italian. Mr. J. T. Hlirgins , of Mlddloborough , Mass. , is having a gown made of sillt all grown In this country by ono person. It is said that only four other dresses have boon made of silk grotv.Q In this country. Mrs , Howell of Albany , Is , oy a resolution adopted by the Connecticut-house of zopro- 80ntatiycs-to bo permitted to take part In tlTo debate oa.tlio woman suffraga bill which will como up in that body next Tuesday. Mrs. Marietta L. Stow , who bo's just started a paper in Oakland , , Cal. , Is nearly sixty years old , and she gives this breezy sketch of herself : "Sho sot every typo in this number of Frolic , took and corrected all the proof , and locked up the forms ready for the pressman. She never had but twenty minutes' instruction in printing , and that after she was fifty years of ago , and none in proof-reading , a * tha many typographical errors will boar witness. After celebrating tier sixtieth birthday she will sot typo In the morning , swing oa tbo gate , play games , and ride on her trioyclo in tbo afternoon , and 'laugh' and grow fat * in the evening. She only weighs 'MO pounds now , and uo'vor had tbo toothache , " STATE AND THUUITOUY. Nebraska Jottlnga. A survey of a line from Presser to Sbol- ton has boon completed by the Missouri Pa cific. cific.Tho The Wilbur Trottlntf association has pur chased grounds and will lay out a half-mils track. Immediately. J. H. Irvin , one of the leading merchants of Kearney , and a member of the city coun cil , died of rheumatism oa tha 13tu. Willie Porter , of ponder , is short on fin gers as tbo result ol monkeying- with a re volver which was all ready for business. The UdiQ.3 of the Congregational ohuroh at Hastings are bound to bo in style aad liavo started a fund o purchase a plpo organ. Tbo leading .sports of Mlndon have organ-r led a base ball atsoelutlou , and exixjct to bavo ooo of the best amateur clubs In the BtUtO. A month's salary went through a bolo in Dave Habbington'B pocket at Plattimouth the ether day and no trace of it has been found. A mad dog scare U raging In the vicinity of Powell , a number of cattle liavjng boon bittoti and showing unmistakable signs of hydrophobia. Two ricbly dressed women reeling through the streets in a beastly sUUi of lutoxlcatioa has greatly shocked the moral sensibilities of Hastings people. The wlfo of B. M , Robinson , of Curtis , ha ? olopcd with an unknown Englishman , ami the father ot the erring woman Is In pursuit with blood In his eye. The seventh annual tournament of the Nebraska firemen , to bo held at Hod Cloud July 10 to 10 , Is being extensively advertised and the boys are promised a great tlmo. Sixty-eight thousand poamls of iron has boon received at Kcarnoy , to bo nsod In tha construction of the now paper mill , and no tlmo will ba lost in completing the struo < turo. _ IntVR Itoinfl. Peter Hoploy , of Lewis , lost n 3,500 stall ion by cello last wook. The two lodges of Odd Fellows at Atlantic have consolidated , and will build a large hall this summer. A Muscatlno man swallowed thirty-two raw eggs recently , nnd wanted moro , but the supply of lion fruit was exhausted uud tbo sucker still lives. The Hod Oak Sun made n statement last week that llov. J. C. Truosdalo , of Atlantic , was forced to resign his pastora to because of his third party views. Mr. Truosdalo denies tbo statement. DCS Monica lias an actual demonstration of the "pigs m clover" puzzle. Kormap Liohty has placed n ml nature clover Hold in the window of his drug store , with woven wlro fences and pen arranged In the puzzle , but Instead of marbles ho has three cute lit tle live pigs about two weeks old In ttio Held , and they seem to have as much interest In finding their way Into the pen as all persons do In uattinp the marbles into the pen In the "pigs In clover" bor. Wyoming ami Colorado. Converse county will pay nearly (3,000 for tlio ShelTer murder trial. A company of oaolfnllsts at Aspen has de cided to put up a $100,000 hotel. A now paper Is to appear at Bothwoll under the title of the Swcotwator Chief. A larger ranch trndo bos been done this season by Kock Springs merchants than over before. The Lararnlo Park and Fair association has incorporated , with a capital stock of $10,000. Clicyenno city property Is now assessed at a Valuation of $3,710,551 , an Increase of $5),000 ) over last yoar. Material has been shipped to Dana for 110 houses , and the work of putting up the now buildings will bo commenced at once. A boulder of native silver was recently talton from the Molllo Gibson inlno at Aspen that weighs 1,700 pounds and is valued at M.ooo. The republican and democratic territorial committees have joined in an address to tlio county boards , urging them to help in the movement for statehood. A Denver lady has donated ground ffor a homo for working women nnd girls , nnd an incorporation lias been formed to erect the necessary building. Two of Uncle Sam's soldiers on route to Fort Logan from Fort Laromlo have boon arrested at Choyonuo on the charge of bur glary , for entering a house aud stealing a 350 check , a pair of scissors and a quantity of jewelry. A. O. U.V Sonic or tlm Business the Grand IjodRC Proposes to Accomplish. A prominent member of the A. O. U. W. fraternity speaking of the grand lodge ses sion which began yesterday at. Hastings , said : "I am informed that radical changes are pro posed in the present constitution and by laws. It is proposed that an application shall bo but ono week in the hands of an invoati- gating committee instead of two , as hereto fore. This is a dcslrablo change aad will prevent sorno of the delay now experienced iu completing the necessary examination of fitness ot candidates. A proposed change in lapses and reinstatements limiting an extra examination necessary , and similar changes for security and to aid subordinate lodges in Work will bo recognized by members of the order ni valuable. Some changes , however , nro questionable. For instance , the sending of assessment notices through the medium of the Western Workman , which is pub lished at Lincoln , instead of being mailed direct as at present , to members of subor dinate lodges. This change would bo in di rect violation of the constitution , which re quires notice to be sent direct to the member by the financier of tlio subordinate- lodge. There is also the uncertainty of no tices sent in the way proposed. Should the paper fall to reach the member , and the con sequent susponoion and non-payment bo brought about , injustice would bo worked thereby. It would also mean an extra ex pense of from $2OOJ to $3,000 per annum over the present system , and in view of the fact that whllo the per capita tax is higher in this than other Jurisdictions , the grand lodge has been compelled to borrow-uionoy to pay its expenses. At present the Workman is the organ of Grand Recorder Waring , although the ostensible proprietor is Mr. F. F. Rons. Tins same proposition was made two years ago in tlio grand lodge , and summarily sat down upon. "Candidates for the offices are numerous , especially for the two most important grand master nnd grand recorder. For the former are named ttio present Incumbent , Tate , Mr. J. W. Carr of this city. Mr. White of Plaits- mouth. Mr. Cole of MLCook. Mr. Tate Is probably the leading candidate. Mr. Carr , I understand , will not urge hl candidacy , preferring to wnlvo his rights In favor of Mr. Butllu for the office of grand recorder. Mr. White , of Platlsmouth , has been a prominent member of the state legislature and is favorably known throughout the state. Mr. Cole is scarcely regarded as a possibility. "For the olllco of prraucl recorder there is a Held as follows : II. M. Waring , the pros- cut incumbnnt , Mr. McAllister of Grand Island , Uutlin of this city , Housmvorth of Lincoln , Stewart of Hastings , WaddmgUm of Nebraska City , Simmons of Howard , Bar ber of Edgar , Wolf of Crete , and perhaps Bomo others. ' H. M. Waring has perhaps the least sliow , unless it be Wolf , who is sup posed to bo working for Mr. Waring. At the session of the errand lodge two years ago , Grand Recorder Wurinc was elected upon the pledge to devote his whole tlmo to the duties of the office , and to resign his position as olork of the railroad commission which he then held. This pledge ha has failed to keep , and retained his position , which re quired him to give his time from 0 o'clock In the morning to 4 o'clock In the afternoon , and thus preventing him from being In the ofllco of tha grand recorder during business hours. This position ho hold until displaced by un action of the railroad commission n fuwwuokaago. This will work against his ru-olcctlon. The olhor c.inaldutoa are all fair men. Mr. McAllister has boon grand receiver ever since the formation of tha grand lodge. Slnco ho has hecomo < t candi date for grand recorder lie has scut circulars to the lodges In the xtato in Ills own Interest. He itatos In his circular that lie has not ohargml ofllco rent to the grand lodge , whllo Grand Kecorder Waring claims that ho has received onkio rent , Mr. Uutlm of this city , is un energetic and capable young man , well qualified for the duties of his office , us in also Houtoworth of Lincoln. Simmons of Sow- ard. has been a mouibur of the finance com * mlttoeslnco the .organization of'the grand lodgoand if elected will doubtless nil the oQIco acceptably. Mr. Stowartof Haatlnga , i * another prominent cuudMato for the office : Tbo order has now nearly six thousand mom- Vers and i growing rapidly. " A BIO KAlIjUHi ; . Ono of tlio Oldest Flrnn of Ileiirnoy Ones to tlio Wall , J. H. Irvin & Co. , general store dealers , Kearney , Neb. , gave chattel mortgages yes tcrtluy morning at 12:10 for 113,000 , . to secure creditors. Omaha , Chicago and Now York city Jobbers are Interested to the extent of 34.000. Ttio assets of tlio firm were scheduled in January last at $17,800 and the liabilities at fliy.OOO. but a largo portion of the latter were unavailable for immediate use consisting of wild lands , town lots , eta Chicago creditors had boon pressing tlio firm slnco last fall and the death of Mr. J. IL Irvin , the senior member , precipi tated results and the mortgages were given , under which creditor * took possession of the took of merchandise , eta. Omaha Jobbers who have recently Investi gated the affairs of the llrm , bellovo that tlio estate will pay creditor * la full if properly bundled. Among thcso are Messrs. Kll- patrlck , Koch ft Co. , W. L. Parrotlc and the Uublnsoa Notion company. LINCOLN NEWS AND MOTHS , IT Charges of Fraud in the Mlnoharb Case Doniocl. 1 THE DRUGGISTS' CONVENTION IU An Interesting 1'roRrftmme Trlnl of Taylor , Ctirtln nnil M r i Wood * Continued to the Fall Term. UKOOLK UtnoAtr orrnn OMAHA 1029 P STIIBRT , F LINCOI.X. May U It Trill bo remembered that nluoty odd members of Grace M. E. church followed tha Itcv. Mlnolmrt when ho wa dtt mlssod for alleged heresy. The chnrgo was freely made by Mlnchart'a opponents that framl and undue Influonoo were used with tunny ot tha discontented , nnd a committee was ap pointed to investigate. It was oapcclnlly charged that the names of two ladies , wheat at present are living hundreds of miles away , were added to the list of Mlnoharl's ad mirers without their knowledge. The rosul t of the comtnlttoo'a work so far has boon to prompt those women to wrlto a letter hoartl. ly endorsing Hoy. Mlnolmrt , nnd saying that their names wcro strioltoa from the rolls of Grace church without solicitation , and bo * cause they believed , as true Christians. It was their duty to leave an assemblage with which hey could not fool gonUlua ourliUau fellowship. _ Tlio Boys of Pnnrmncy. The druggists of Nebraska are now In tha mldsl of their annual convention. President Shryock called the convention to order m tha senate chamber at 0 o'clock this afternoon. The programme was carried out In detail , and proved to bo highly Interesting. It is enough to say that the Initiatory meeting was in keeping with every expectation. The attendance was qulto largo , much larger , la fact , than the first day's mooting of last year , and the leaders are enthusiastic because - cause of the flattering promises for a success- tul culmination of the work of the conven tion. Itoprcsontatlvo hall is very tastefully decorated , and the exhibits ore very taste fully arranged. Last week TIIR URB gave a list ot the exhibitors , and it Is only necessary to add that the exhibits of stock in trade are all that could bo asked or expected. Those , however , aroof.nioro Interest to the trade than to any ono else , and yet a largo number of visitors viewed them to day with evident appreciation. The exhibi tion in representative hall Is a "groat fair1' all by Itself. A quartette of the military band rendered a very beautiful chorus , when Colonel Pace was introduced and delivered an address of welcome. James Heed , of Nebraska City , replied. The address and reply were highly Interesting. Prof. Nicholson , of the atato university , followed with a lecture on the subject of "Chemistry. " It was thoughtful and well arranged. Among the guests of the association from abroad , TUB BKII representative has the pleasure of noting Prof. H. M. Wclploy. professor of microscopy of the college of pharmacy , St. Louis ; W. T. Ford , of Meyer Bros. & Co. , Kansas City , and Nathan Uosowater , of Uosowntor Hros. , manufac turing chemists , Cleveland , O. Building and lioan Asxoclntlnn. The Citizens Building , Loan and Savings association of Superior filed articles of Incor poration to-day in the ofllco of the secretary of state. The object of the association la to build dwelling houses nnd buildings for sale and rent ; to loan nnd invest funds ; to assist its members in procuring homes and to af ford them a safe and productive investment for their money. Capital stock , $500,000. lu- corporators : R. Gutlirlo , J. D. Stlno , M. L , Logde , A. J. 13rlggs. L. F. Smith , A. E. Hunter , G. H. Day , J. E. Vole and W. L. Buck. Notice was also filed to the effect that the Farmers Banking nnd Loan company , of Superior - ' porior , that the capital stock of the institu tion had been reduced from $31,250 to (30,000. The same was signed by the president , Mr. Alex Hunter. Tlio DlHti-ict Court. Judco Field sustained , the motion for a , continuance in the trial of the State vs. John Tuylor , Charles Curtis nnd Amanda Woods , charged with murdering Robert Woods , and the case goes over to the next term of the district court. The practical continuance of the criminal docket for the term throw .matters on tbo civil docket somewhat out of goar. The lawyers on tha civil cases reasonably expected that the tlrao of the court would bo taken up this week la tbo trial of criminal causes , and therefore they were not ready to proceed , not having witnesses present. It may bo that .a casa will bo called this afternoon , but the chances are that nothing will ba done until tomorrow row , when the court will have full swing for the rest of the term. The case of Ralph Kitchen vs. E. P. Rog- trcn and W. II. O. Stout has boon settled and dismissed. G. A. It. Council In Session. Tlio council of administration of the G. A. R. is in session In this city. Major J. B. Davis , of Wahoo , department commander , presides. The object of the meeting Is to perfect the districting of the state and up. point sub-inspectors and aids. It is under stood that the session of the council will con tinue throughout to-morrow. L. D. Rich ards , R. p. Gage nnd other prominent G. A. R. men are in attondanco. City News and Notes. Nathan Rosewater , of the llrm of Rosewater - water Bros. , manufacturing chemists , Cleveland - land , O. , Is visiting the convention of drug gists , now in session in this city. Cushman park will bo opened for the Boa- son of 188'J , to-morrow. Andrus Bros , hove prepared nu entertaining programme , and the attending public is insured a very pleas ant day. L'1 The following case was fHed for trial In the supreme court , to-day : Thomas R. LInoh ot at v Tho' State of Nebraska : error from Grant county : Tlio goi-man , glvon by the Misses Funko , Clara and Martha , at the opera house , last evening , was an elegant affair. It was un'- aoubtodly the swell affair of the season. Mlsi Tote MoMurtroy dispensed the favors of the ovqnlng. The germau was led by Lieutenant Grlttlth and Miss Holmes , of Kaunas City. Hon. Dick Berlin , of Omaha was among the distinguished guests in at tendance. 1'AiiK Thu .Judges Announce tlio Members of I ho' Now Hoard. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Judges after a number of sessions during the day fllod with Clerk Mcoroi the following appointments as members of the park com mission : George L. Mlllor , for the term of flvo yearn ; George W. Lminger , four years ; Augustus Pratt , three yours ; George B. Lake , two years , and Alfred Mlllard , ono year. , nnh0tiolft ? y iln mttkl"B Public those names , sold the Judges , was occasioned through , waiting to hoar from each of tbo mouatto whether or not they would accent. u no icgislatlvu act creating the board of park com raUstonors for cities of the metro politan cln s fixes the membership of such boards ut live. They may elect ono of their number chairman , whose cpmperu&tlon is placed at SCOO per annum. The other four can i only draw $200 each. The dutlo pro. scribed are In imbalance that they hall denlgnuto such lands and grounds a mar bo deemed necessary to bo used for park pur ? pofos , employ a secretary , landscape irar- deuer , superintendent , keeper , assistant Huponntonucnt and keepers , as well as Vuch laoptors its may fao required"B" lo a certain oxtout , the board will under ho provisions of the 'bill DO oompoHod to act In harmony with the mayor and tha oil v council to whom their recommendations for purchase mu t be referred 1 ThS amulrB wont of any particular grounds bavh lltl1 * ° UUC"