I'HE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JUNE 6. 1889.
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WISCONSIN is enjoying a season of
.profound rest from political turmoil.
The state treasury is empty.
MORMONS nro migrating to Manitoba.
JTho tompcraturo of Utah is becoming1
too high for their licolth.
Dorii..AitS talk louder than words.
Expressions of sympathy , to bo effec
tive , should bo written on sight drafts.
biennial mania for a market
liouso is ripening in Omaha. It is not
likely to bo any more dangerous than
its predecessors.
TIIK bids of the gas and electric light
companies promise a butter and cheaper
system of street lighting than Omaha
has heretofore enjoyed.
LKT there bo no delay in the compil
ation of the revised ordinances. They
should bo issued as soon as possible and
certainly not later than the JJrst of
August.
THE board of public works and the
council should put the screws on the
irrepressible adventurers and straw
bidders who secure contracts for paving
nnd other public works and fail to live
up to their agreements.
THE railroad commissioners of Mis
souri have decided to reduce local
freight rates. The announcement re
minds us that Nebraska once had a rail
road commission. Has it been lost in
the lloodV.
Iir Bismarck over placed any faith in
the democratic yarn that Blaine is a
eick man , ho must have felt very much
lilco having some one give him a
healthy and vigorous kick after the
Samoa conference.
"TlS an ill wind that blows nobody
good. " The Johnstown disaster is giv
ing life insurance the greatest boom iu
'years. A picture of the Hood is all that
is necessary to convince a man of the
uncertainties of lifo and the benefits of
a fat policy to his survivors.
PiioiiiuiTiox is a boon to one branch
of industry in Kansas. The state uni
versity is about to graduate a class of
pharmacists , "full of youth and enthu
siasm for u great mid , growing profos-
eion. " The drugstore is the favored
child of prohibition in Kansas ,
M. RouviKit , the French premier ,
lias issued orders to his subordinates
instructing them to do all in their
power towards helping his party to re
tain its prestige. The great French
man has probably beou taking lessons
. .froth a democratic civil service re
former.
THK Virginia political factions
threaten to secede unless the local
spoils are equally divided among thorn.
If the "cohesive power of public ollico"
is necessary to hold the Virginia wran
glers , the sooner they uro turned iulriftt
the bolter for the country. Lot us have
peace. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TlIKilK ia but sixty-six cents dilTcr-
once between the ilrst cost of Etono and
wooden pavement per yard. Property
owners will confault their pee ots by
selecting the former. Stone lasts for
ever , while wooden block rots and musl
1)0 replaced within flvo years. The
best is alwuyB the cheapest , and in this
Instance , it moans a great saving ; to tax
payers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT WOULD appear from the bids
linndod in to tlio council for lighting
the city that each incandescent lighl
would cost the city per month as much
us each gas lamp coats the city poi
year , In otlor ) words , if the city bo
lighted by electricity , nnd the cost ol
that sorvluo per annum bo kept down
to the price of gas , eaeli oloctrio light
would have to tnlco the place of twelve
pas lamps. The question is , can it bo
douoV
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"ONK touch of nut uro makes the
whole world kin. " Ono of the Ilrst
towns to respond to the cry for aid for
the Hood sufferers was Jacksonville ,
Fla , , whoso pcoplo recently felt the rav
ages of death and the succoring hand
of humanity. Scourged in thu flros of
misfortune , they know the benefit of
prompt aid , and their limited moans
responded to the impulses of their gen-
troua hoarU ,
J2X271/1 SESSION GOSSIP.
There is still uncertainty regarding
nn extra session of conjrross. It has re
cently boon reported from Washington
that republican senators have boon nd-
vlsod at the whlto house tlmt It will bo
inportnnt for thorn to bo within call In
Dotobor. On the ether hand , the bo-
iof is expressed that the president will
lot call an oxtrn session , The proba-
ilhty Is that no very serious attention
ms yet been given the matter by the
ircsidont , there being no urgency for
ts consideration. Shortly after the
ncomlng ot the administration thcro
wns a very ponoral fooling among re
publican members of congress th.it the
situation imperatively required an extra
session , but tlio re has at no lime been
any Intimation from the president ns to
what vlow ho hold. If n majority of
the republican members doom It oxpo-
dlont to call congress together in Octo
ber the president will doubtless acqul-
osco ; but ho will very likely not act in
the matter except upon such represen
tation. The only consideration that
now has any great weight upon the
question is the certainty of a protracted
light over tlio rules. These tlio repub
licans uro intent upon changing so that
the minority can not block and thwart
legislation doslrod by tlio majority , and
tholr clTort to do so will bo mot with
a stubborn resistance. If the contest
thus assured is not entered upon until
tlio regular time of mooting in Decem
ber a month or two of the regular ses
sion will certainly bo consumed in this
way , whereas it is possible that if congress -
gross were to moot in October the fight
might bo brought to a conclusion by the
date at which the regular session would
commence.
There can bo no doubt as to the de
termination of the democratic minority
to solidly and persistently resist any
chnngo in the rules. On this , if on
nothing else , they can bo depended
upon to "got together" and to remain
united. Under the existing rules they
possess an advantage for the obstruction
and defeat of legislation objectionable
to thorn , which these propose to hold on
to , If it bo possible to do so. A demo
cratic senator is quoted as saying that
a parliamentary struggle , such as
the county has seldom witnessed ,
will begin the moment almost the house
comes together. "It will bo a con
gress , " said this senator , "of partisan
bitterness from the start , and I give the
republicans notice that It will be im
portant for them to have ovary ono of
their mon present from the beginning.
Our people do not intend to raako any
surrender of position or of principle. "
This unquestionably represents the feel
ing of every democratic member of con
gress , and the party whip will
bo vigorously employed , if necessary -
ossary , to keep all of thorn
in lino. The principle they will con
tend for is simply that of enabling
the minority to defeat the will of the
majority.
Unfortunately , that majority will be
so narrow that it will bo a very dllllcult
matter to defeat the purpose of the op
position by the usual method of pro
cedure. As the roll of tlio house has
boon ollicially made up by the clerk
the republican majority is three. The
election of representatives in the now
states will probably increase the ma
jority to eight. This is n very narrow
margin in a house composed of three
hundred and twenty-llvo members ,
and in order that the repub
licans may carry out their
plan , every ono of their mon , as the
democratic senator already quoted said ,
will have to bo present from the bo-
ginning. Having thus in view the cer
tainty of a prolonged contest , the ques
tion is whether it shall bo entered upon
a man th or two in advance of the regular
date for the assembling of congress , or
deferred until the constitutional time of
meeting and thus bo allowed to consume
perhaps months of the regular session.
A FEW FIGURES.
Mr. Hitchcock was very careful , in
his issue of Tuesday , to avoid a con
templation of the figures given by TIIK
UKIS , which show positively that this
paper has over six thousand paying city
subscribers in a given territory to the
World1 a twenty-eight hundred odd pa
pers , a largo proportion of the latter
being delivered on trial. Our figures
are taken from a census just about com
pleted and are absolutely correct.
Mr. Hitchcock llguros out that the
total circulation of his paper exceeds by
about 200 the total circulation of TIIK
EVKNINO BEK. In this estimate- In
cludes his entire exchange list , his cir
culation at Council Bluffs and hundreds
of papers that lie unsold on the coun
ters of newsdealers in every village in
the stato. When ho deals with for
eign advertising ngonta ho claims to
have a circulation of thrco or four thou
sand ouisido of Omaha , and when ho
deals with the merchants of Omaha , ho
claims that all his circulation is in this
city. Whom does ho victimize in his
imposture ? Assuredly not the mer
chants of Omaha who uro familiar with
the sharp practice.
On the ether hand when ho computes
the circulation of TJIK E\'icxiNO BKK ,
which notoriously is entirely in the
city and Is not used as an exchange with
ether papers , ho carefully omits TIIK
SUNDAY BKE , which also covers the
Hold which his paper covers and in
addition u very largo field that he can
never hope to cover ? Why does ho not
incorporate Tin : SUNDAY BKI : in his
daily average , aa ho does TUB SUNDAY
WOULD ? Whore would ho land In such
n comparison ? In fact , \vhoro would
his "baking powder mark" bo if Tim
SUNDAY BKK , with its olghtoon to
twenty thousand paid subscribers was
placed as u sot-off against his alleged
circulation of papers strewn promiscu
ously in people's yards and scattered
broadcast over the country ?
Wo have stated , and wo repeat , that
in a given territory within the limits of
Omulm in which TIIK Bun delivers by
carrier over six thousand of Its dailloa ,
Mr. Hitchcock scatters promiscuously
for pay und on trial less than twenty-
nine hundred dailies. Wo have the
name of every subscriber , and will
present thorn in duo form at the proper
time , if ho insists on un exhibit.
In this connection it might ho wull to
observe that while the three other
dailies of Omaha have been throwing
their pupara.rigb.tuuuloft , scouring the
city front center to circumference by a
company ot solicitors , drumming up
subscribers and throwing their papers
upon the people , TitR Buu has hold its
own legitimate circulation without any
special exertion to increase It. TltK
BEK'circulatos between olghtoon and
twenty thousand papers steadily to people
plo who want It nnd pay for it.
THIS BKK is the only newspaper In
Omaha that is firmly established and on
a paying basis , and will continue to
load the procession.
AID FOn TI1E
The mooting at Boyd's opera house
last night evidenced the determination
of the people of Omaha to give substan
tial aid to the homeless victims of the
Conomaugh flood. No disaster in our
tlmo appeals BO strongly to the gonor-
oslty of the pcoplo. There Is no time
for wasting words In thrilling appeals.
The story of the havoc told every day
in the dispatches is sufficient to induce
every man , woman and child to contrib
ute according to their means fo relieve
the distress in the valley ot death.
Omaha cannot afford , to lag in the
roar in this great work of humanity.
Slio has given generously to the sulTor-
crs by lire nnd storm. Her purses were
loosoncd and the contents lavishly
poured out when Chicago wept nmld
her ruins. The victims of the great
blizzard wcro liberally provided for ,
and the unfortunates of the grasshopper
plague were relieved by tlio prompt as
sistance of charitable people. The sur
vivors of the Johnstown floods are the
wards of the pooplo. All that they pos
sessed has boon swept away. Family ,
friends , fortune , have gone down
in the besom of a destructive torrent.
They are houseless nnd holplcss , nuked
nnd hungry , with nothing loft to
lighten their overwhelming sorrow.
Plagues and pestilence threaten to fol
low in the wako of the Hood. Bowed
down with unspeakable grief , they are
in no condition to resist disease. They
need instant succor to save from dispair
and death. They need cash , not a long-
range sympathy.
Every man in receipt of wages , ovcry
professional man and merchant , every
family can afford to give a trifle mid
swell Omaha's contribution
to credita
ble total.
MEMOIIAHLE
The destruction of Johnstown and
contiguous towns has no parallel in the
history of the country. The details of
the disaster appall the mind. Maps , dia
grams and vivid description can not
comprehend the awful ruin wrought in
an hour. Whore thriving cities were ,
desolation reigns. Whore hundreds of
busy workshops stood , where the hum
of industry mingled with the activities
of trade , and where thousands of homos
evidenced tlio thrift of the inhabitants ,
there is nothing but a vast sea of ruins ,
the graveyard of thousands of human
beings.
It is doubtful if the total loss of lifo
will over bo known. Estimates range
from flvo to fifteen thousand. It is al
most certain to exceed ton thousand , or
one-fourth of the population of the de
vastated valley. An unknown number
are buried boncath the debris of the
disaster. To recover thorn is an almost
hopeless task.
Ancient or modern history records
but few disasters approaching this in
destructive fury and suddonoss. Vor-
suvius completed the ruin of Pompeii
and Horculatioum by burying the val
ley of the Campana under twenty to
eighty feet of lava , rock and ashes.
The convulsion of Lisbon in 1755 , lev
eled the greater portion of the city in
an instant , killing forty thousand per
sons. Like the Johnstown disaster , flro
followed to complete the work of de
struction.
Within the last ten years the world has
witnessed convulsions of nature , of ap
palling magnitude and destruetivoness.
Less than two years ago fifteen thousand
persons were killed by an earthquake
in Yun Nan , China. In 1887 , the valley
of the Yellow river in China was over
whelmed with IlooJs , which depopu
lated and destroyed thousands of miles
of country. Ono hundred thoustnd
people lost their lives ; and nearly two
million were rendered , home-loss and
destitute.
Tlio Java earthquake of 183U ranks
among the most destructive to lifo and
property of which there is any record ,
Tlio shook ravaged an area ot land one
hundred miles square , and extended
into the sea for a great distance. The
lowest estimate of the loss of lifo was
fifty thousand , though it was nearer
eighty thousand. Two towns were de
stroyed by lava , ono swallowed up by
openings in the earth , and twenty de
stroyed by tidal waves which swept the
coasts.
Tlio earthquake which rocked Iho
Island of Ibchla , off the coast of Italy ,
destroyed four thousand lives in a mo
ment , leveled three towns and partially
destroyed five. Two years before , the
town of Clilo , Greece , was shaken by an
earthquake and flvo thousand lives lost.
Ono thousand lives were lost by a sim
ilar convulsion in Asiatic Turkey in
1883.
1883.A
A torrifle hurricane swept through
southern England and northern Prance
in 1831 , destroying u vast amount of
properly on land and sea. One hundred
lives were lost in Great Britain iilono.
Tlio floods in Germany and Hungary in
1833 swept away fifteen hundred lives
und property worth millions.
During 1885 n terrible earthquake
ravaged ono thousand square miles of
Spain , destroying fifteen towns , twenty
thousand buildings and thrco thousand
lives. The shocks continued for twenty
days , causing u loss of ono hundred mil
lion dollars. A few months later the
vale ot Cashmere was shaken by an
earthquake , killing throe thousand per
sons , forty thousand head of stock und
destroying sovonty-llvo thousand build
ings. A year later six towns In Greece
were leveled by a like destructive
agency , killing flvo hundred und
wounding1 ono thousand persons ,
Tlio South Carolinu earthquake is
of comparative rooont occurrence
The loss of life was small , consid
ering the amount of property destroyed.
Compared with the Johnstown dis
aster , the Mill river Hood in Massa
chusetts Hftoon years ago pales into in
significance. The reservoir covered
ouo hutidrod aud turouty-four acroi
with nn nvorago .depth of twenty-four
foot , nnd furnished ( i reserve supply ot
water for flvo factory towns. Pour vil
lages were swopit qwny by this flood ,
two hundred livqs lost nnd ono nnd n
half million dollars worth ot prop
erty destroyed. t >
No Hood sincot'No'mVB tlmo has boon
so destructive of'lifo us the Johnstown
disaster. j '
The Concinuufrh-rosorvolr sorvoa no
good purpose. Jtj as the retreat of
sports , the pleasure ground of idleness.
For seven years It stood llko the shadow
of death over Jlho valley , und no
measures were taken to remove the con
stantly increasing danger.
It Is useless to speculate now on what
might have boon. The harm is done ,
tlio ruin is complete und irredeemable.
No amount ot post mortem indignation
can lighten the awful gloom of that region -
gion or relieve the crushing sorrows ot
the saved. Parents can not bo restored
to tholr children or children to their
parents. The ruined homes can bo
restored und ropooplod , the factories
and stores rebuilt , and the thrift and
picturesque beauty of the valley restored
by the mellowing hand of tlmo , but the
story of death and destruction will over
remain a lamentable record of man's In
difference to surrounding dangers.
PllKSIDKNT IIAUUISON has SOt till OX-
umplo of sympathy with tlio surviv-
6rs of the Johnstown calamity , and of
active interest in their behalf , which
will bo universally commended. Im
mediately on learning ot the disaster
ho proffered whatever assistance the
government could render in forwarding
tents and rations , and also telegraphed
a personal contribution to the mayor of
the stricken city. At a mooting of the
citizens of Washington on Tuesday
night ho presided , and in appro
priate terms presented the claims of
the sufferers to benevolent con
sideration. The result was that
ton thousand dollars were subscribed on
the spot. The dignity of the presiden
tial ofllco was in nowise sacrificed by
this course of its incumbent , but rather
will the man and the ofllco bo elevated
thereby in the esteem of all right-
thinking mon. President Harrison has ,
by his conduct in this mutter , drawn the
people more closely to the exulted sta
tion ho occupies without in the least de
gree impairing its character.
TIIK first practical stops toward state
hood have boon taken in Wyoming.
Governor Warror } has issued a procla
mation calling for an election , to beheld
hold the first Monday in'July for dele
gates to a constitutional convention.
The convention will moot the first week
in September , arid | the result of its
labors will bo sulunit od for rejection or
ratification at thp November election.
There is a widespread disposition
among the people" to sot aside partisan
ship pending thestu'tohood / campaign ,
which may last aycaV or two , and pull
together as a unit for the boon of homo
rule and equal rights. By this plan
they will not antagonize the great par
ties and soeuro greater- consideration
than is otherwise1possible. .
MINNESOTA has developed an asylum
scandal approaching that of Cook
county. A singular feature of- the in
vestigation is the remarkable memory
of the superintendent. The death of a
patient under circumstances pointing
to murder created so slight an im
pression on his mind that ho did not re
port it to the trustees. A forgetful
memory is a most convenient shelter for
mon in public station.
EiaiiT years ago Kate Shelly , then in
her teens , imperiled her lifo to save
a passenger train from plunging into
the DCS Moines river , and succodod.
Now she is reluctantly telling the story
of her heroism to save her mother's
homo from the grip of a mortgage. The
incident is a pointed illustration of the
ingratitude of a railroad corporation.
This Hritaln Bowled Up ,
Jloston Heraltl.
The British naval ofilcer who wants to
fight thi3 country bos evidently bean
Uohrin ? up.
Mammoth Giuiililcr-i.
Cincinnati Caintncrcliil.
Hotting on borso racing is just as demoral
izing , so far us it goes , as battlucr on grain
and stock markets. Hut where tons ot dollars
lars are lost at the race tracks , thousands
are lost in tbo gaming practices known ai
speculation.
Mr. Cleveland in Now York.
Atlanta Constitution.
Tbo ono dark spot in the horizon of Mr.
Cleveland's prospect of becoming the next
democratic presidential nomiaoo is the
probability that the party in his state will
not endorse him.
Jnlco AVtll llellcve Chatincey.
CMcaya Kews.
Tbo Hon. Jake Kilraln has returned to
this conntry from Europe , presumably for
the purpose of doing the talking for tbo con
tinent while the Hon. Cbauncoy Depow
takes Ills annual play spoil abroad ,
.
Don't XJvcrtulk.
Ktw 101 * Sim.
As a conspicuous candidate for president ,
Mujor McKlnloy should bo careful ubuut
making too many " 'spetechcs. Experience
does not show that sj > occhlf.vlng Is helpful to
n candidate , Even tnlknig well won't ' save a
man if bo talks too liluch1.
Whnt ) icy ] Wore.
Ho was n Kafllr b ld
She was a Xulu mald ;
All bis deep lo o'f/o / told
As o'er the paod , they strayed ,
Pleasant tholr | ivc must bo
Theirs was simplicity ,
Theirs was np ( 'illlc.
Plain in their happiness ,
Simple In their style of dross
Shown In no fashion book ;
All bo were was a look
Brimful of tenderness
She were a suillo.
Hut Hill Got Tlicro
Chicago Journal ,
Governor Hill was hissed at the Cleveland
banquet. The mugwumps wcro doubtless
the hUsera. Governor' Hill can very well
afford to bo hissed oy Cleveland's frlnnds.
Ho "got there , " and Cleveland didn't ,
AVIion the riorpunt On me.
Iowa State Itcutnter.
The moral of this item U plains For forty-
eight years there was not a law case In the
town of Moddybombs , Mo. ; neither ivas
there a lawyer , liut two weuks ago a luiv-
yorh ung out his sign In this primitive Para ,
duo , nnd now two cltlions are Going to law
over n fence law.
N15W H OOMMHNT.
Flvo hundred and llfty acres of land , a
span of mares , wagon , harness , farming im
plements nnd tools , n cow , nnd (50 with
which to build rrliouRO , nro part of the In
ducements offered to every male Sioux to ,
give tip his rights to the reservations and go
to housekeeping. Thcro is many a whlto
man who would thank his lucky stars to
bctrln Ufa on one-quarter of this capital.
The recent defeat of the Mormons at
Ogdou has aroused the saints to prevent the
possibility of any such occurrence In the
coming municipal election at Salt Lako.
They do not propose to bo caught napping
again , judging by the largo number of
naturalization papers now being Issued to
newly arrived converts from tlio old world ,
and by the Interest suddenly taken In poli
tics by all clashes of the faithful.
The continuation of tbo largo gold exports
shows little sign of abating , and is exciting
the wonder of commercial circles Inasmuch
ns the surplus in the hands of Now York
bankers keeps on growing. This is a condi
tion which challenges the study and explana
tion of financial exports ,
D Russia is making an attempt to embark in
the pork packing industry , Here is nuothor
chance for Chicago to the complain to the
intcr-stato commerce commission.
The good work of removing the overhead
wire niiisatico in the city of Now York still
cocs on. Since the llrst of January some
thing llko twelve liumlroil miles of wlro have
been removed. It is qulto evident that \vhon
Now York determines to do any tblngsho , does
It effectively.
The prospocls for the early admission of
Idaho to statehood are seriously cmbaronsscd
by the preponderance of Mormon voters
over the gcntllo population. The balunco of
power of that territory is virtually in the
hands of the Mormons , and they hnvo dic
tated more than once tbo choice of dolcgntcs
to congress. In the event of u constitutional
convention , thcro is little doubt that the
Mormons would attempt to capture It and
color the constitution for the proposed state
to their own liking. The situation is an unfortunate -
fortunate one , and Idaho luiu bettor make up
bcr mind to fuco it.
STATI2 AND TKUIUTOHY.
Nclirnskn Jottln-rH.
The Atkinson high school turned out two
graduates this year.
The Custcr County Farmers' Alliance
meets at Hrokcn How on the llth hist.
Ton pupils were graduated from the Seward -
ard high school at its annual commence
ment.
The new mayor nnd councilmcn of Friend
hnvu closed the saloons and drug stores on
Sunday.
Prof. J. M. Scott has been re-elected super
intendent of the Columbus schools for the
ensuing year.
About four hundred marcs nnd colts have
been received from Oregon by the Kearney
Horse company.
An extensive nrogrammo has boon prepared -
pared for the Nebraska Samierbund , which
moots at Grand Island Juno 13 to 111.
The now Friend fair association is bound
to bavo good races , and is putting the track
in line shape for a meeting July 4 und 5.
Hay is so plentiful in Uarflold county that
n Bunvell man lias fenced in Ins largo garden -
don with bales of pressed bay , placed side by
side.
Seventy-livo dollars roxvard has boon
offered for the capture of the thief who stole
n team from Eph Anderson , of Wayne ,
May ; n. >
Arthur Edwards , of Hastings , has passed
the examination , and has been appointed to
the West Point cadetship from the Second
congressional district.
A mare belonging to John Earner , of Rod
Cloud , recently guvo birth to a colt that
weighs but twenty-five pounds , measures
thirty-two Inches in length , hclqhth tiiirty-
ono inches , girth twenty-live Inches , length
across hips six inches. The marc weighs
1,100 pounds und the slro of the colt is a well
known bor.sc. The colt is healthy and lively
und perfectly developed.
Saloonkeeper Otis , of Lindsay , took unto
himself a wlfo the other day , and the same
evening a crowd of about two hundred called
on the newly-wedded couple and gave them a
"stuvarco. " Eighteen kegs of bcor put tbo
visitors into a lovely mood , und while they
were enjoying a shooting match , a young son
of Ernest Nethon was wounded iu the groin ,
narrowly escaping Instant death.
A romantic wedding took pluco at Ncmaba
City a few days ago , thp hick contracting
parties being S. D. Ewing , aged seventy-
four , nnd Mrs. Griflltb , aged tlfty-Bvo , both
residents of Kchurdl ! < on county. The couple
met on a passenger tram from Auburn , and ,
concluding that they were suited for eacb
other , they alighted at Netnaha City , pro
cured a marriage license , sent for a preacher
and were spliced , the whole operation being
performed so cxneditlously that , insldo of nn
hour they were back ut the depot ready to
take the tram for Falls City.
Commencement week nt Doane college ,
Crete , will begin with the baccalaureate ser
mon by Dr. J. T. Duryoa , of Omaha , Sunday
morning , Juno : t. Dr. A. H. Tlmln. of
Omaha , will give the address to the Y. M. C.
A. Sunday evening ; Monday evening , Diuvus
oratorical contest ; Tuesday morning , senior
preparatory exhibition ; Tuesday evening ,
Hesperian club exhibition ; Wednesday even
ing , commencement concert ; Thursday morn-
ingi commencement , followed by alumni din
ner. The graduates of all colleges , wherever
situated and of whatever name , receive n
cordial invitation to this dinner as guests of
Doano college , nnd are requested to an
nounce their coming by letter to the secre
tary of the faculty. 1'rof. H. H. Hosford.
Tbo letter should bo sent by Juno BO. This
is an nttcmpt , for tbo Ilrst time in the history
of Nebraska , It is believed , to bring together
all college graduates , to renew old collage as
sociations.
IOWA Itoins.
The Oilman Odd Fellows Imvo m ovod into
their now hall.
Two Mason City young ladles have boon
arrested for stealing oggs.
Ono hundred and fifty arrests were made
in Dos Molncs during May ,
Forty-one interments , were made in DCS
Moines cemeteries during May.
Poisonous myrb In the pastures about
Eldora has resulted in the death of many
cows ,
The institute for the feeble minded had an
uvorago of 410 inmates during the uiontti of
May.
The state library contains 31,000 volumes
according to the catalogue , which is just
out.
Charles Floyd , of Center Point , has begun
the publication of the Iowa Advocate , in the
interests of the Sons of Veterans.
Kov. John Hood , for eleven yearn pas tor of
the Second Presbyterian church of Cedar
Hapids , has removed to Gnlosburg , 111.
While Mrs. H. T , Smith , living three miles
south of Malcom , was returning homo from
a neighbor's.Sunday ' night she was assaulted
by unknown rulllans. She was dragged from
the cart in which sbo was riding and shock
ingly mistreated. It is thought bho will die
from her injuries. The assailants bavo not
boon captured ,
Diikotn.
Rapid City will celebrate the Fourth In
grand stylo.
Saloon licenses will cost f 1,000 at James
town , after July 1.
The Sioux Falls motor line will commence
running trains Juno 15.
The black Hills Soldiers' and Sailors' asso
ciation lias u membership of 800.
The Black HI1U millers have formed a
trust to regulate the price of Hour.
A now tnm brldpo is balng built b y the
Mllwaukoo company ever tub riloux river
east of Canton ,
Two carloads of machinery for the Hornoy
Peak Tin Mining company arrived in Daad-
wood last week ,
A quadruple wedding took place at Standing -
ing Kock , recently , four Sioux maldons nnd
four young warrior * bomg married by a
Cat hello priest , ta the presence of W > 0 In
dian * .
NON-PARTISAN CONVENTION ,
The Third Pnrtyltoo Downed lu the
Prohibition Camp.
WOULD TAKE THE DEVIL'S DUES.
Ono Ktitluinlnstlo llcforinor Seen no
Objection to Even Sntnn Uo
coiulne a Member If
Ilo'll l ny the Pco.
LINCOLN LJmiEAu or TITO Ostirtx Dan , 1
103) ) 1' StnEnT ,
LINCOLX , Juno B.I
The so-onlloJ non-partisan convention was
called to order to-day at 2 o'clock by John
A. Dompstor , ot Flllmoro county. On tak
ing tbo platform ho called upon Kov. Hoau-
nnn , of ttutler county , to offer prayer , after
willed ho rend the call nnd proceeded to
Rtato the object of the 'mooting. Among
ether things liosald :
"I want it distinctly understood that the
object ot the convention Is purely non-parti-
snn. Wo Imvo mot together , not ns republi
cans , or democrats , or prohibitionists , or
union labor mon , but ns representative people -
plo of the great state of Nebraska , who do-
slro the suppression of the liquor trnfllo In
the stuto. Let It bo understood from the
first that the convention shall not bo per
mitted to consider the aggrandizement of any
person , clique or clan , and that It shall es
chew politics in every sense of the word. "
Mr. Dempster was roundly applauded at
the close of his remarks , Indicating that the
two or three hundred people gathered In
liolmtimm's hall wcro In hearty sympathy
with what the speaker had to say. To his
"what's the further pleasure of the house , "
G. A. Atkinson was named and
elected temporary chairman , and Erlck
Johusou nnd A. C. Corblu temporary sec
retary. Atkinson , on ( taking the gavel , em
phasized Dempster's opening remarks , nnd
the Mouse proceeded to business. Deputy
Attorney-General Stewart moved tno ap
pointment ot a committee of six on plan of
campaign niul constitution and by-laws , two
from cuch ot the thrco congressional dis
tricts. The following goutlouicn wcro ap
pointed : From the First , John M. Stewart ,
of Lancaster , and John C. Yutzy , ot lltch-
ludson : the Second , W. S. Handall , of Cloy ,
nnd Dr. Fitch , ot Adams ; the Third , Fre
mont Everett , of Hurt , nndV. . W. Woods ,
of Shorldan , At this point several orators
aired themselves on the .question of perma
nent organization , but the gentleman from
Suward got there and the temporary organiz
iition was mauo permanent. To calm the
storm , H. F. Wright , of Charles City , la. ,
president of the Temperance State alliance ,
was called for , and ho spread the caglo for
fully u half hour , but Instead of calming the
storm he created one. rho preliminary
one was but a little ruction , Hut ho
doubtless accomplished the purpose for
which ho was called. The "amen corner"
was the whole room when ho had llnlshcd
his address. He had promised the assistance
of Iowa in the struggle , nnd the mind of ono
could not help but wander to the record of
"holes in the wall" all over the state.
Dr. Creighton , of the Wcslynn university ,
took up the cry , having been called to make
a speech. He rend extracts from a magazine
regarding the happiness in Kansas since the
abolition of the trnfllc In that state.
If not a prohibition party it was a prohibi
tion convention that gathered at Bohannn's
hall. If non-partisan the same kind of talk
was Indulged in during the late campaign in
all parts of the state by third-party prohibi
tionists. But thn convention was enthusi
astic if not large , aud the afternoon was put
In by speech-makers , experimentalists , if
you will , but some of thorn wcro rattlers.
Colonel C. J. Cole , of Illinois , added bis
mlto to the Interest of the occasion.
The committee on constitution reported ,
and n highly Interesting discussion onsucd.
The actors spread themselves , and the lis
teners cheered appoints wore miule. It was
ilnally docldod that the title of the organiza
tion should bo the Nebraska Non-Partisan
Prohibition league , and the articles were
changed to conform with the name. This
was gall nnd wormwood to the third party-
ites. They strugclcd carnostly to Have the
word non-partisan stricken out , but it
availed them nothing. A prominent lady
was hoard to suv in an audible voice , "Thats ,
a torrlblo mistake. "
One article of the constitution provides for
the organization of auxiliary leagues in
every county of the state , also that county
leagues have authority to orgmize auxiliar
ies in every school district of each county.
Persons of every age or BOX can become
members of any leacuo by subscribing to the
constitution and paying the sum of $1. An
effort was made to prcscribo membership ,
but It wouldn't wortt. Ono enthusiast said
ho would accept tbo fco from Satan himself
if It would bolp to down the terrors of alco
hol.
hol.An effort was also mndo to Ax the ago of
membership at nineteen years. This , too ,
was voted down.
Adjournment was then taken until 7:30
o'clock this evening.
To tlio evident disappointment of a great
many ncoplo who attended the ovonlng and
concluding session of the non-partisan con
vention , who climbed the tircsomo stairways
of Hohanan's hall to listen to the nights of
oratory. It was decided to complotc the or
ganization of the state league nnd adjourn
slno die. Accordingly C. A. Atkinson , of
Lincoln , was elected president ; John A.
Dempster , of Gonov.i , and Mrs. Anglo Newman -
man , ot Lincoln , vico-prcsldonts ; C. A.
Kobblns , of Lincoln , secretary ; Henry Hill ,
of Beatrice , treasurer.
The following executive committee was
also selected :
First Concresslonnl District E. O. Kit-
ride , ot Beatrice ; Mrs. Jcnnio Holmes , of
Tocuuisoh ; C. F. Creighton and John M.
Stewart , of Lincoln ; H. Gillccson , of Wahoo ;
John Dale , of Omaha.
Second Congressional District Dr. H. P.
Fitch , of Hastings : E. S. Abbot , of Crete ;
H. C. Harman , of Ulysses ; W. ta. Handall ,
of FuirJlcld.
Third Congressional District Thomas
Darnoll , of St. Paul ; James Whitohcad , of
Hcdfcrn ; Fremont Everett , of Lyons ; A. C.
Squires , of Thomas county.
JuUgo Wright then addros-vjd the conspic
uously light liouso , arousing considerable en
thusiasm , and the contemplated tliroa days'
convention caina to an abrupt closo. Not
more than two hundred and llfty people
stayed to hoar the Judge sound the uoto of
war. All lu all the convention did not prove
to bo u crowning success.
The following were among the prominent
NcbrasUuns In attendance at the convention :
Profs. Brown and Perry , of Doano col-
loco , Crete ; Adjutant General Cole , Repre
sentative Whlteheatl , of Custor county :
Editor W. S. Kaudall , of the Falrllold
News ; Hov. Moulton , of Geneva ; Senator
L. G. Hurd , of Clay Uontcr ; cx-Hcprcsenta-
tlvo Alexander , of Nomnim county ; S. S ,
Jones , of Blue Springs ; Superintendent
Sqnlro , of Bedford ; Koprtsontativo Mo-
Nlcklo , of Gngo county ; Dr. Fitch , of the
Hastings Independent , Hov. George Scott , of
Sutton.
Tlin Hnhool OUIIHIIH.
The school census for the past five years'
lias arranged an annual Increase of 20,000
school children. The number of school chil
dren multiplied by 3.2 gives the popula
tion of the stuto. This was vorilled by the
federal census In 1880 , nnd also by the state
census in lt > 85. The school consul of ISS'J
gives a school population of JilT.WO. Now ,
uislng thu multiple U.'J , it will bo seen that the
population of this state is approximately
l,07i,000. Adding the average annual in
crease for Just flvo years , the population of
the Btato In lo'JO will reach 1,075,000. and
State Superintendent Lane s.iys it will not
vary 10,000 Irom the llgurcs given.
Apropos to ttila the state Huporintondoiit'H
reports to Auditor Honton , from the certifl-
cato of Treasurer Hill , mndo on the Blst day
of May , Ib83. there arc now In hi hands and
subject to apportionment , bchool moneys
Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castoria.
( Then Rob ? wu lci , we garo her Caetorta.
When ( lie WBJ A CliIU , die cried for Cwtorla ,
When she became Mia , cha cl unc to Cantorta ,
Whao she hi Children , tbo gare Ui tun C * torl.
which nro derived n % follows ! Inloron on
Unltod Stntcs bonds , f00 ! ! ; Internet on ntnto
bond % fl3OT.0.09i , . stnto tax , fCO,7il.8il ; in
terest on county bonds , MO.MI.50 ; Interest
on unpaid principal school land * , $141,211.12 ;
IOMO school lands , $ WM1.80 ! total , ftf-V
402.73. From UiN , however , the premium
mid accrued Interest on bonds purchr.xod ,
amounting to f 1,813.47 , should bo tlaductoJ ,
which loaves the actual amount for disburse
ment f317,01U.20 , _
Eornmlltt , Not Ilnydon ,
The mlsU are clearing away in tlio sensa
tional arrest ot Washington Scrnmliu , at
Nebraska City , a few days ago , on the In
formation that ho , nnd no ether , was Bcnnot
Ilaydon the heartless murderer of J. P.
Branhall , at Hod Oak , In. , m 1SS3 , ROVCII
years ago. Sheriff John Willham , of Ne
braska City , passed through Lincoln , to-day ,
on route homo , accompanied by David
Scramlln , of Ilartwoll , Buffalo county , a
brother of the unfortunate. Washington ,
whom so many Insist Is somebody olso.
David , In conversation with Till" DEI : repre
sentative , said that tlicro is no doubt but
what the man In custody at Nobrasita City Is
his brother , and held without warrant of
law.
law."Why , " sold ho , "mv brother was serving
a two years' Eontcnco In the Nobmika peni
tentiary when that murder in Iowa was com
mitted. "
"What forl" queried TUB BEB man.
"Well , I don't hardly know , but 1 guess ho
Insisted , once upon n time , that bo had a
right to a husband's ' privileges with another
man's wlfo. Any way , ho was tried , con
victed nnd sentenced for rape. But Wash
ington wouldn't kill any ono. I guess ho
didn't want to confess that ho had boon in
the pen , nnd for this reason bo has had n
good deal of unnecessary trouble. I nm go-
Ine to Nebraska City , and will soon clear
him , nnd I hope ho will milt living In the
ground and act more llko a human being , "
Stnto HnitRo .Totting.
The board of public lands nnd buildings
made an ofilclal visit at the state peniten
tiary to-day. It will bo remembered that the
legislature appropriated $10OJO for the con
struction of sewerage there , nnd the board
went out to look the ground over and settle
preliminaries for advertising contracts aud
letting the same.
It is remarked that the late legislature
mauo an appropriation of $2,000 for beautify-
In ir the state house grounds , but that the
board of public lands and buildings has for
gotten the fact. The grounds are full ot
rubbish nnd It would seem that they have
boon planted to plgwood.
City News nnrt Notes.
A movement for the arrest ot Doidtrioh
Doirks was sworn out by Honrich Frnnz-
meyer , to-day , charging him with assault
with a deadly weapon , to wit : "A revolver
loaded with bullet and powder. " The com
plaint was lllod botoro Judge Stownrt , nnd
the parties live In the south part of the
county. The arrest will bo made , to-morrow ,
by Sheriff Mellck.
By actual count 2T > 5 delegates are in at
tendance at the prohibition convention , rep
resenting tbo different counties of the state.
Out of ninety counties but fifty-one are rep
resented. Lancaster county furnished 14i
of the "o5 delegates.
THE AFTERNOON TEA.
Though for many years the bustle , like an
athlete on bis muscle , has maintained Its
place successfully in spite of gibe and
Jcor.
Vet so hard has boon the tussle that at last
it has to hustle , or 'will find itself for
ever relegated to the roar.
A lady is likely to have her skirts whisked
about so that good shoes nnd pretty stock
ings are of primary importance.
An English millionaire paid 10,000 , florins
for tlio privilege of kissing the cbocic of the
fair Princess d' Arombcrgat a recent charity
fair hold In Vienna.
Ella Mow do you like Mr. Mash ? I hear
ho called the other night.
Ethel I think he's fearfully horrid. Ho
nsiced mo if I could play on the piano , and I
told him that I couldn't play much.
"And what then J"
"That was all. "
The monarch ocean condescends
To kiss a muddy shore :
And oft a pretty nostril lends
Its beauty to a snore.
I know that all this isn't news ,
But it may help you when
You wonder pretty women choosa
To marry ugly tnon.
A new industry has boon invented by a
clover English girl. She calls herself on ac
countant and auditor for largo households.
She finds plenty of employment In looking
after the business of a few families of largo
expenditures whoso heads have not taste for
the work.
HE.
Nay , hold mo not I must bo going ;
Unwind thino arms and set mo frco.
The moments lly I must bo doing
Braver deeds than kissing thoO.
SUB.
Have tlioii thy will I would not bind Uico
Though it were death to set thee fico.
Ah mo I dost think that thou wilt find thco
A sweeter fate than Kissing mol
The Baroness Griponburg has started a
woman's rights paper in Finnish called
Homo and Society. Besides the woman
question it treats of temperance nnd the
higher education. The men are aghast , but
the baroness says it is American and pro
gressive for woman to edit nowsoapurs , anil *
having the means to publish it sbo sees no
reason why slio should not make the women
of her country acquainted witti her twen
tieth century ideas.
By Several jj
Laramlc ISoomcrana.
Ho I Blaine has won the Berlin stakes.
Who doubted that be could ?
Ho boarded Bismarck in his lair ,
Just as wo know ho would.
Ho carried ovcry point , they say ;
Tis proper to surailso
That In his close proximity
There
are
no
Hies I
Cataarh to Consumption.
Catarrh In ItHdestructive force stands next to
and nniloubtndly loads on to coiiHUtnptloii. It la
therefore singular tlmt those nllllcted with tlilu
fuurruldlsouao Nhould not innka It thu object ot
their lives to rid thomsolvei of It , Deceptlvo
muedlea concocted by Ignorant pretenders to
medical knowledge have weakened the conll-
deuce of the f rent majority of sufferers In all
advertised remedies. They become resigned to
u Hfo of misery rather than torture thoniselveu
\\ltll doubtful palllutlveH.
Hut this will never do. Catarrh mutt be met
at every htngu nnd combated with all our mlglit.
lu muny casvs the ilbouBn lias iiHsuined duiiKur-
ona Hyinptom.s , Tlio bones and curtilage of thu
nose , thu or tinH ot hearing , of Keelng nnd at
tu.stltiK' so allectod im to bo useless , thu uvuluBO
eloiuruted. the throat H lulluinod and Irritated
ai to moilnco a coiiatant und illatro.tsliiK rough.
H INKOIIU'H IAIIGAI ( > CuilK meet * every phaio
orc'aturrh , from aulmplu head cold to tno incut
loatlisomu and destructive stage * . It la louul
ami > iiKtlttitlon > il. Instant In relieving , per
manent iu curing , uato , economical ana imvor *
Kacn'package contains ono bottle of the IU nr >
UAi < CUKE , one box CATAIIIIIIAIJ Hor.vKNT , und
an Itii'itovt i ) INIIAI.KU , with treatise ; price , il
I'OTTUK DllUQ AMI ) CllKllIUA.1 , COlll'OUATIOK ,
lloston.
OLD FOLKS' ' PAINS.
I'nll uf comfort for all Valns , In-
tUmmaUon , and Woaknexa of thu
-n. . , -AKed U the C'u-ncuiiA ANTI-I'AIM
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Ing BtmiKtlitmliiK I'laitcr. New , iiuttautuna-
dim and infallible. Vuatly superior to till other
romeillei : nnd appliances for relieving pain and
strengthening the mimcles. Feels uo6cl trom
the moment U la applied At all druft'Uts. Si
cents ! live for ll.OJ : or. puBtage free , of rorrim
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