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TUB union depot will not bo allowed
to go to sloop this tnno.
TIIK slipahod mnnnor in which the
street cur companies are laying their
tracks on certain paved streets should
not bo tolerated.
THE Canadian nnd Southern Pacific
rends have loclted horns over differen
tials. There is no danger , however ,
that they will gore cauh other.
SOUTH DAKOTA is threatened with an
important election every year under the
proposed constitution. What a popular
'
'state Dakota will bo with politicians and
oflico-sookors.
W. DOHSEY , of star-route
fame , has just boon arrested in Now
York City for contempt of court.
Colonel Ingorsoll's services , however ,
will not bo necessary to get him out of
this scrape. *
THE Elkhorn valley may in truth lay
claim to the title of being called the
garden of Nebraska , Its magr.iticont
crops wore never excelled , and the
prospects for a rich harvest are highly
encouraging.
Tnn floods have played havoc with
the homes and property of hundreds of
fanners in West Virginia , and that
state will now have something1 moro
serious to think of than counting last
fall's election returns.
BBDB of terra cotta clay are said to
have boon discovered near Topeka.
Thlo-iBan important find that will noon
dovoloo into a great industry. There
are but few terra cotta beds in the
cjotmtry , nnd Topolta will have a very
extensive region to Supply.
IT is proposed that the citizens of
New-York shall raise throe millions to
moot'tho expenses necessary for the
next world'a , exposition. That is , that
New York City will soon pass around
the hat for the country at largo to con-
% rib'uttho requisite amount.
TriK fact that Secretary Tracy lias
Signed a contract for the construction
of another war vessel at the Union Iron
works at San Francisco , would indicate
that the navy department can not bo
diasatisllcd , as charged , with the work
done by that firm in building the cruiser
Cli'irlostown.
TUB Mormon has been road out of
oitiV.onship in Idaho. Ho will neither
bo allowed to vote , to hold ofllco or to
sit on a jury if Idaho comes into the
union under the constitution now being
drafted Under such disabilities Mor-
jnonisurin Idaho ia likely to wither and
perish in a short time. A
JOHN CHINAMAN will now bo allowed
to pass through the United States in
tranuit to foreign countries. The
treasury department has soon fit to sus
tain Attorney Gonorixl Miller's ruling.
This will settle a much-vexed question
and relieve the country of the em
barrassment which arose over the inter
pretation of the Chinese exclusion law.
WOMAN suffrage has not fared any
bettor in Montana than It has in Ne
braska or any othqr state. Every prop
osition brought forward to glvo the
women of the now state the right to vote
and hold olllco has received a very cold
reception at the hands ot the delegates
to the constitutional convention. Dut
of course the women of Montana are not
in the leant disappointed. Only a very
small fraction of their number want to
go Into politics.
A MYBTiiiuotrs disappearance of four
hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars
lars paid by the treasury a few months
ago to the Crook commissioners has
boon giving President Harrison and
the cabinet no end ot worry. An In
vestigation has boon ordered and the
government will satisfy itself whether
the money has lieon misappropriated by
those agents who were to pay over the
funds to the Indians. If it bo shown
that the commissioners converted this
sum to their own use , not only will the
government bo scandalized , but the
thofv will bo recorded agon oof the lx > Ul
est and most shameless in the history
of this country.
TALKING OF REVOLT.
There id alleged to be a combination
among republican members ot congress
from the south to attempt to elect an
Independent candidate for speaker.
The actuating influence ifl paid to bo
dissatisfaction with the man.nor in
which the president has dispensed the
patronage in the south , The instigator
and loader of this proposed revolt is
Congressman Drawer , of North Carolina
lina , and ho has publicly announced
that ho is a candidate for the spoakor-
shlp. In this way this statement baa only
just attained national notoriety. Wo
find Mr. Brewer described as a compara
tively young man , a native of North
Carolina , who htxs boon a candidate of
the republican party for various offices
since 1872. Ho is a.fnrmor and tobacco
manufacturer. After several efforts to
bo elected to congress , in which ho was
defeated by only small majorities , ho
finally had Ida ambition rewarded by
being elected to the last congress and
ro-olectcd to the next. It is not recorded
that the congressional career of Mr.
Brewer has boon particularly
notable or brilliant. Ho is cred
ited with having boon attentive to
his duties , but ho was not a conspicu
ous member of the last congress , and
neither his achievements nor the exhi
bition of any striking ability give him
any warrant for aspiring to the spcak-
orshlp.
There are seventeen republican rep
resentatives from south of the Potomac ,
and if a majority of them were to com
bine upon any project they could make
themselves troublesome nnd embarrass
the situation. The republican major
ity in the next house can not exceed
eight , and it may not bo moro than
seven. Therefore , any eight republican
inombors of that body who should con
spire to attempt the carrying out of
some scheme of their own concocting
could make a proat deal of mischief.
There is extremely little probability ,
however , of any such combine being
made. Thus far Mr. Brewer appears to
bo playing alone. Congressman Ilouk ,
of Tennessee , was reported to favor the
scheme of the North Carolina represen
tative , but ho has repudiated the sug
gestion , saying that ho is a republican
from principle. It is not to bo doubted
that most or all of the other re
publican congressmen from the south
will refuseto join the proposed
revolt against their party. They can
not fail to see that such a proceeding
would bo disastrous to all hope of re
claiming any portion of the south from
democratic domination , at least for
many years. If southern republicans
proclaim hostility to the administra
tion and conspire to embarrass and
worry their party representatives in
congress , simply lor the reason that the
spoils have not boon distributed in
their section to their liking , obviously
republican effort in the south might as
well cease. It could not bo expected to
make any headway against such a state
of affairs.
It is quite probable there is some dis
satisfaction among southern republi
cans with the manner in which the
president has dispensed the patronage
in the south. This was to have boon
expected , and very likely under no cir
cumstances -could the president have
avoided creating some displeasure. Ho
has been unable to prevent this among
northern republicans , and the task of
trying to satisfy those of the south was
far more difficult. But southern re
publicans could make no moro serious
mistake than to subject themselves to
the charge of being republicans
only for the spoils , and as un
doubtedly only a very small number of
them are so , a very general repudiation
of the scheme of Mr. Brewer can very
safely bo predicted. Meanwhile he
will doubtless not lack all the encourage
ment from the opponents of the repub
lican party which they can find oppor
tunity to give.
THE COST OF 1100MINO.
The Jtcpullimn claims to have
drummed up five hundred and fifty-one
subscribers at Lincoln who are willing
to take the sheet on trial for ton cents
a week , delivered by carrier. If this is
true it is not a very flattering testimo
nial to the financial management of the
concern , nor encouraging to its stock
holders. If everyone of those probation
patrons can bo induced , to pay for his
paper , the receipts from Lincoln would
aggregate fifty-five dollars and ten
cents a week' , of which at least fifteen
dollars would bo retained by the
carriers , and' eighteen dollars by
the man who has charge of
the boys and does the collecting ,
leaving twenty-eight dollars nnd ten
cents to pay for thirty-eight hundred
and fifty-seven papers , of which thirty-
three hundred and six nro eight-page
and five hundred and fifty-one twelve-
page. In other words , the Republican
does not got bacic enough to pay for
the blank paper it has used. At that
rate it only remains a question of a few
months before the concern goes intc
hands ot another receiver. That in
evitable outcome , ot course , aoos not
concern the people , who pay their dimes
at the end of each week , nnd thai
largo class who never told the can
vasser that they intended to pay ,
But the dupes vho ( pay five dollars in
advance , because the paper is offered
at half price , may bo concerned should
the Deceiver find himself unable tc
liquidate the liabilities to prepaid sub
scribers ,
TI1EFIQUT , IS ON.
Now York has entered upon an or
ganlzcd effort to secure the exposition
which is to commemorate the discover )
ot America. A largo mooting was hold
on Thursday to start the movement , and
from now on until congress determines
whore the international fair shall be
hold Now Yorkers will devote much o :
their oner/27 / to the effort to convince
the country that the metropolis is the
only city in the country whore
the exposition can be properly ant
profitably hold. It is coutora
plated to raise a fund of , throe
million dollars , which ought to bo t
very easy matter since all the business
interests of Now York would bo ouor
mously bonofittod. "Now York , " recently
contly remarked the Sun , "does nol
waste money on vain show , but when it
BOOB a profitable investment it has the
millions to put up. " There will bo big
profit in the exposition , and hence Now
York may bo oxpcctod to make u very
generous bid for it.
Meantime Chicago is not idle.
The council has authorized the mayor
to appoint a committee of one-
hundred citizens whoso duty it
will bo to obtain subscriptions to a fund ,
koan public interest worked up , nnd got
Chicago's clulms properly before con
gress. It is proposed to raise a million
dollars , but if Now York raises throe
doubtless the western metropolis will
put up an equal amount. A site for the
exposition has already boon designated
and the contest Chicago will wngo will
not lack in energy and interest. It is
likely to bo assisted in congress by a
very generous western support nnd Now
York may find Chicago a much more
formidable rival than Washington.
As to Washington , her people appear
to bo entirely confident of the result.
Doubtless a considerable number of con
gressmen are already committed in
favor of holding the exposition at the
national capital , and the committee of
promotion is actively engaged in work
ing up public sentiment. An important
disadvantage to Washington , however ,
is her inability to compote with the
other cities financially , and when Now
York and Chicago go to congress with
their oilers of millions to insure the
success of the exposition some of those
who are pledged to the national capital
may find it expedient to recant.
There is promise of a highly interest
ing contest , with a by no moans unfa
vorable prospect for the western .city.
A'O HALF-WAI" BUSINESS.
Our business men , who , of course ,
comprise bankers , merchants , manu
facturers and real estate men , must not
allow Qinaha to bo outdone this year in
the impending annual exposition. Kau
nas City , Minneapolis , St. Paul and
Sioux City have made their fair ? , win
ter carnivals and corn pahicos profit
able. They have not only drawn upon
the region tributary to them , and
reaped a golden harvest from thousands
of visitors , but they have advertised
their enterprise and public spirit fur
and wide and attracted capital from
abroad.
It goes without saying that Omaha
can do what others have done in the way
of public exhibits and entertainments.
No time ia to bo lost , however , if wo
want to succeed this year. Our busi
ness men must not only oromptly and
energetically co-operate with the men
upon whom devolves the amnngciuoiit
of Merchants' Week , but they must
ul&o exhibit public spirit by liberal
subscriptions. It would bo far bettor to
abandon the projected demonstrations
altogether than to disgrace Omaha by
a second-rate display. What is worth
doing is worth well doing. Omaha
must either improvise an imposing ex
hibition of her commercial resources
and manufacturing industries , or lot
the Merchants' Week project
drop. We must . Bupplement
the trades parades : md exhibitions of
our wares with brilliant and varied
pageantry and that will impress and
entertain the people who come to
Omaha during merchants wcok. Other
wise , it would bo better to postpone our
entire fair and exposition programme
indefinitely. Omaha has never clone
anything by halves and she cannot af
ford to do so this year.
There is no time to bo lost and there
should be no need of coiixing our busi
ness men into signing the necessary
funds.
THE information that the free de
livery system of the Omaha postnfilco is
to bo improved and accelerated by the
addition of now carriers will bo received
with great satisfaction. Of all the men
in the employ of the postolltce depart
ment of this'city , the niiiilcurriersii.ro
the most faithful and tireless workers.
It is not uncommon for these public
servants to bo called upon to cover large
suburban districts daily , making their
task a difticut one. The increased ter
ritory taken into the city limits re
cently , coupled with the fact tlmt
Omaha possesses a rapidly growing
population , makes the present carrier
force wholly inadequate. It would not
bo asking too much of the department
to increase in the number of letter car
riers fully one-third in order to insure a
prompt delivery all over the city.
THE appraisers of the postoflice site
have mot , listened 'to a horde of claim
ants , and adjourned to hoar from the
Folsom claimants on August 27 , 1880.
By September , 1800. they will probably
bo ready to make their final adjustment
with the Folsom claimants and Mr.
Hitchcock. By January 1 , 1801 , we
confidently expect that the clouds will
bo removed from all the titles and
about the time President Uurribon is
inaugurated for a second time , the
plans will bo ready for the approval of
the next secretary of the treasury.
This provoking nnd damaging delay
and rod tape procoqduro * is directly
chargeable , of course , to E/'Rpso'wa'tor
'
and Alvin Saundors. * "
TIIKIUS is a loud call going up for
some action of congress when it shall
convene to lessen the duty on sugar
and so break the power of the sugar
monopoly. This question is no longer
ono of frco trade or protection , but quo
in which a prime necessary of Ufa has
boon tampered with for the solo gain'of
a selfish syndicate of refiners. Congress
will not bo able to dodge the question
and the people of the country'will ex
pect from It an early recognition of the
danger and a prompt remedy to chock
the baleful Inlluonco of the sugar trust.
Quit amiable contemporary the World
is not as inquisitive as it used to ho aa
to where the rosponsibilty lies for the
delay iirtho now postotllco construction.
OTJIEn LANDS TlfAtf 0c7/S. ?
The marnago of tno daughter ot the
Prince of Wale * is not likely to bo u happy
political stroke. The first announcement ,
that the queen would herself a * umo tba expense -
penso of setting up tbo nuptial pair In an
appropriate style of housekeeping , turns out
to bavo boon untrue , and the British tax
payer is expected to maao another of the
"royal marriage crams" which are so pain
fully familiar to him. This aspect ot the
marriage disgusts the British democracy ,
whllo the Urltlsli aristocracy 1s repelled by
tbo possibility tuat tuu fruit of It niav be a
Iutur ruler of Great IJriUlu. Princess
Louise , wliovusimich further out of the
line of successltntnllmn Princes * Louise of
Wales , and so much better entitled to plonso
hcr.iolf In tlio irfnU r of her mnrrlntjo , did on
unpopular net in marryliiR n subject , though
tbo heir to the DiljMlom of Arpyll Is n much
moro considerable ) person than the Earl of
Fife. ProbablyJ.ho most unfortunate thins
for royalty us , nn ' Institution in England is
the prolific character ot the roignlng family.
Queen Victoria' and her descendants have
overdone the bt/s'ln'bss / of providing the coun
try with prlnco9R3i nnd princelings of. vari
ous degress oi highness. There are too
many possible s'uocyssora to the throno. If
there were a throne In each of the thrco
kingdoms nnn ono In ovcry colony of the ohi-
plro , the Victorian "brood Is numerous
enough to till them nil and still call
for moro. If , in view ot this great surplus
of royalty , Quooti Victoria had been
endowed with sagacious liberality , she
Would have provided for the younger limbs
of her too f up spreading- family true out of
her own huge nurse , wnleh 1 variously sot
clown at from $ JO,000,003 to $23,000,000. In
this way she might have snored the Institu
tion of roynllty the fromiont nnd dnmnging
shocks which it now receives from the popu
lar remonstrances against uaeh now grant
proposed In parliament , for the benefit ot
some ono or other of her children , their lius-
bumls or their wives , their oilldron and their
cnlldron'3 children , to the third and fourth
generation ,
i
*
Houliiuglsm dies hard , but Its ultimate do-
mlso scorns assured. SJvery now effort of
the demagogue who ronroionts It Is a stop In
tiili direction. It derives much of Its ani
mation from the support givou It bv the Im
perialists mid legitimists , though their Inter
ests arc xvholly distinct nnd antagonistic.
The triumph of Uoulangism moans revolu
tion , the overthrow ot the republlu , nnd
either out of the ono _ they respectively liopo
to pull nn ompnror or a kimr , or upon the
ruins of the other reconstruct the empire or
the kingdom. So loug as In nny form the
republic omlurci there Is no possibility of.
monardilal success , but If , with or without
the aid of Independents nnd legitimists , Lion-
Linger can pull down the republic they will
have nt least an oiuul | chance to sot up anew
ono of the other of their old discarded struc
tures The entire opposition to the republic
is plnvlng the pamo of Uoulatiper , though
only the communists , socialists anil radicals
ni o uliiuero in iheir support ot that wretched ,
sclllsh
A short time ago Don Carlos asserted his
right to throne ot Franco , ami made the
Prince do Vnlori his neoreilited representa
tive. Since then ho has written a Inttor to
M Dtiburj. , who lias boon ono ot the most
trusted asonts ot the Comto do Chambord ,
which has'just got into print , and which con
tains omo Interesting paragraphs. Don
Curios says that ho looks to his uncle's illus-
tHoui example to aid him in directing the
affairs of the two kingdoms. "Tho party of
the revolution is in thh.year 1330 celebrating
the revolt of n huniTred years ago ncaicst
Goil'a ' rights. V/o , xvho have the happiness
oi being faithful to our traditions of a them-
s.ind years , tnakeJinswor to the centenary in
the consoling wordsilhat Christ used to tuo
humhlo men of .Parav-le-Momal. " Ho
does not quote these consoling
worus , which ) . -uro not to be found
in any gospel known to the new testa
ment ciities , though probably familiar to de
vout French rovwliHts , but goes on : "I wish
to unite witU the 'Ftongli Catholics in ren
dering puolic homfyAj to the Sacred Heart ,
even ns I coiamcnQrated | in Spiiu the thir
teenth centcn.irx pf King Ilecaredo's c inver
sion. It U constantly mmlo evident that God
protects thcso two glorious nations. " The
letter show * muqti faith , and oven more
hope in fact , an nlmnst heroic degree ot
those great virtues. It is also very devout ;
for It Don Carlos uollovcs , as ho doubtless
uoes , that the interests of the house of IJour-
bon are especially a care of the Divine
Heing , ho must often have forced upon him
the Icsaon that Divine Providence is inscru
table and moves in mysterious ways.
* * .
The drawing together ot Uussia and Servia
is becoming of serious importance. Directly
upon the demonstration ot favor shown to
M. Persian ! , the Husslan minister to Servia ,
at the anointment of young King Alexander ,
come stories of Husslan ofllcors going to Uel-
gnulo and oi Huasiati munitions and pontons
being sent to Hessar.ibia and the mouth of
the Danube. There is not nt present , however -
over , the slightest danger of war. There Is
no question at issue whicn could provoke
hostilities , and the armies are not In a posi
tion for the dcclarAtlon of war. But the Rus
sian propaganda in Servia la evidently to bo
pushed to the utmost , and in Bosnia and In
parts of Austria the appeals to Slav feelings
are to bo kept up. The repents , bv their
threats against Klug Milan , forbidding his re
turn to Sorvla , their close watch upon the
youmr monarch , and their favor to pro-Rus
sian demonstrations play their part. Possi
bly souio day trouble may como in the shape
of 'tho overthrow o the young king in the
interest of thu pretender , Prince ICara-
gcorgovics , wtio is relied upon by his adher
ents to unite Bosnia and Herzegovina to Ser
via. That would certainly bring war , but
his plan Is as yet only u dream ot the futuro.
* *
The elections for members of the pro
vincial diets of Bohemia aqd Galicia Issued
in results that have much significance. In
Bohemia there has long been considerable
antagonism between tno Czech ana German
elements of the population. The former
have atood for a greater measure of local
control of local affair * , white the latter have
been thorough Imperialists. An attempt was
made to stnvo off the atrugglo between the
two nationalities anu the two policies by
uniting oh the great landed proprietors in a
common party , Irrespective of the differences
mentioned , but this failed completely ,
nnd the election was contested as a
light between C' ech and German , be
tween homo rule ind imporlal domination ,
The battle resulted" , ! ; ! n great trlumpli for
the "Young C/.eoll'j party , under Count
Taafo , which carried twenty-nine out of
forty-nine soats-rjui alii of twenty-three
seats. The Germans arc naturally cast
down over their 'Defeat ' , and the Imperial
government Is i-bVoHcd to bo much con
cerned over the i iect of a demand for a
Bohemian constitution drawn on the lines ot
that granted to Hguijary. Count Taafo , In
deed , lias all along jield out this consum
mation as the thiii to. bo striven for , though
ho may not find it ao easy to roach as he
maintained It wait tnforo the election. In
Gallcla , too , the "rfob'lllty lost live seats to
their opponents , .Wn'n ' the next diet of the
province the unprecedented spectacle will bo
presented of seven members taking their
scats as peasants , elected by a peasants'
party.
*
An expedition with the purpose of reach
ing the North Polo will sot out from Nor
way next year , There Is plenty of money
behind the enterprise. Mr. Gaiucl , tbo mer
chant who fltteU out the little party which
crossed Greenland lost summer under Dr.
Nansen , Is Its chief capitalist. Aoout $100 , .
000 has boon subscribed , and moro can bo
had If needed. Dr. Hanson has accepted
the command , and for the next few months
ho will bo a busy young man. Ho has to
wrlto a book on Ills adventures in Green
land , to bo published in Europe nnd this
country. Ho has to superintend building a
stout little vessel for the North Polo. The
North Polo quest is a mania that will
probably aflllct daring young spirits eager
for Arctic hiuroln , until the Real has boon
reached nnd photographed , It it Is over at
tained , It will probably bo by a small expedi
tion ot picked men In chnrgoot a loader llko
Nanson , who has plenty of dash , vigor ,
strength nnd intolllecnco. If next season
proves to bo an unfavorable 100 year , the ex
pedition may return to a'vnlt a moro hopeful
occasion ; but If Nnnson , finely equipped , has
such o chnnco to steam ns far north as Leigh
Smith enjoyed on some of his trips to Franz
Josef's ' Land , ho will bo llkoly to make n
notable Arctic journey whether ho fetches
the Polo or not ,
Within the last two months , if the reports
convoyed from China are true , not loss than
seventy thousand persons have boon
drowned or burned to death In thoomplro.
The horror of the Conomaugh disaster becomes -
comes Insignificant , so far as loss ot Ufa was
con corncil , when compared with the torrlhlo
Hoods ttiat devastated largo districts in the
Chinese provinces , and now comes the nowa
of n recent flro nt , Lu Chow , which burned
for twenty-tliroo hours , destroyed 87,000
dwellings and caused the loss of 1,800 lives ,
no less than 1,200 persons having burned in
the llamcs. Should thcso calamities con
tinue to follow upon each other's heels oven
the population of China , great as It Is , would
soon bo swept away. The loss of 70,000
people out ot n population of 120,000,000 may
scorn small by comparison , but 70.00J In two
months would mean 430,000 In twelve
months , nnd from present Indications It
would seem ns though the percentage of loss
from calamities of all kinds , Including the
periodical famine , would bo maintained If
not Increased.
The tact of the shah was demonstrated t > o-
.voml question nt Birmingham , England.
When ho stopped on the platform the crowd
fairly mobbed him. Ho took In the situation
at a glance , smiled , nnd readily responded to
the requests ot scores ot men and women to
shako hands with him. Had ho boon a Bu-
ropoan , savs ono London journal , Instead of
an eastern sovereign , ho oound not have
shown himself more apt to comprehend the
free and good-natured spirit ot nn English
crowd. No ono wonders at his ability to rnlo
Persia. When ho wont to Shofllold , on en
tering the station , after listening u > nn ad
dress of welcome , ho found the waiting-room.
paeiccd with presents for him , the gifts ot
the various local manufacturers. Thcro
were llshing rods , tackle ot all Idnds , n mar
vellous variety of artificial fllos , minnow's ,
and other small ware , all put up In handsome
boxes. The shah , through Prlnco Malcom
Khan , expressed hi ? thanks and said the
presents would bo put on exhibition in Por-
sln , and would bo n kind of educational aid
to his people , nnd lot them son what ingen
ious and useful things the English can pro
duce.
# *
Professor Sayco , who spent last wlntor in
Egypt investigating some newly discovered
archives , says that from these records wo
learn tliat moro than fourteen hundred years
before Christ , and a century before the ex-
odua of the Jews from gypt , tlioro was nc-
tivo literary intercourse between Babylon ,
Eu'Vpt , Palestine , Syria , Mesopotamia and
eastern Cappadocla. This intercourse was
carried on through the Babylonian lan
guage nnd the complicated Babylonian
script , showing that all over the civilized
east there must have been libraries nnd
schools where this language and literature
were taught. Babyjonian , at 'hat time ,
must have been as much the language of
dinlomacy and cultivated society ns French
in our day.
*
Another Confession Needed.
Horse-Thief Woodruff should como to the
front and confess what Is the real trouble in
tbo late domain of the late Wilbur F. Storey.
Dejioatn Newspaper IScpnrtce.
Clntutn ill Commerctnl-Oazcltc.
Ohio is getting more wind than it knows
what to do with. Philadelphia Times.
Well , stiut your big mouth or point it else
where.
*
ul > icao Fashion. Notes.
Pompadour foulards are in vogue for sum
mer morning toilets , although il the weather
is favorable It is permissible to run the lawn
inowcr in your shirt-sleeves.
'Jhn Difference.
Philadelphia t'rcts.
Tbo poet and the politician
Are nearly of a stripe ;
For ono is always piping lays
While tuo other is laying pipes.
The Lmnnli Trust.
Kansa Cilu Times.
A trust to control frco lunches has boon
formed In Now York. Trusts for 1 o'clock
a. in. lunches bavo been formed by the
bright literary geniuses of the various
largo cities for years. They nro the only
trusts which can bo classed as necessary
evils.
A Now York Idea.
lioilnn Globe.
In view of the highly explosive properties
of Gotham's streets , the Now York World
suggests that the citizens make parachutes a
portion ot their costume. In this way it Ls
hoped that when a contingent of good people
nro blown up sky-high they will be able to
spread out their parachutes and sail Brace-
fully back to mothbr earth again.
o
The Decay of Kentucky Chivalry.
Chlcaao Herald.
Is the "chivalry" of old Kentucky dying
outl In n court room the other day ono Ken
tucky gentleman called another Kentucky
uentloman "u liar , " yet he was not shot
through with tno revolver which "chivalry"
always carries for such emergencies , nor
ripped open with the regulation bowlo knife.
Ha was merely knocked down with n vulgar
wooden chair.
" \VOHIC OP TIIK WITH.
Texas Sittings : A scrintural quotation by
disgusted law students "Hang all the law
nnd the prollts. "
Chicago Tribunes Actor ( looking through
peep-hole In curtain- ) Big crowd for such a
hot nicht as this.
Kearney Enterprise ; The punch has made
John L. Sullivan's fame. Therefore It Is
needless to n&k him to stop drinking.
Gloomy manager ( who knows just how
much money there Is In the house ) Yes. It
the theater was on lire you couldn't keep the
dead-heads out.
Boston Transcript : A gre.it man is hap
piest when ho can sit down and write his
memoirs and forget till moan things ho
knows about himself ,
Boston Courier : "Doctor , how do you
find your patient to-day I" "Oh , Mr , Jones ,
ho 1s no worse " ' 'Do you anticipate a fatal
rosultJ" "Fatal result ! Well , medlclno
never foiled w do Its work yet"
Kearney Enterprise : Monk "I saw Smith
out to-day with a carriage and pair. " Boy
"What ! I didn't know Smith had a horse or
buggy to his naino , " Monk "He hasn't ;
baby carrlapo and twlni are what I referred
to. "
Lawrence American : Ofllco Boy There's
a letter tor you on the table , Mr. fipinka.
[ Spinks looks at it and finds that it w a 1)111
for his wedding suit. As ho has boon mar
ried nftoon years bo wonders how It happens
to bo on hi tablo.J Spinks Who brought
thlsl Onico Boy A messenger boy , sir.
Spinks Ah 1 That accounts for it.
A SMALL RIOT AT THE PEN ,
The Foromnn of the Collar Shop
Goto n Drubbing.
BREAD AND WATER FOLLOW.
Plain DIot-nml Solitary Confinement
Prescribed For the Unruly
CoiiTlots Stnto House
Jottlnirs.
LINCOLN BOUEAU orTnaOuxttiniK. l
1020 P STUHRT , }
LINCOLN , July CO. I
For some time past "Coonoy" Schlamlorf ,
foreman of the collar shop at the peniten
tiary , has been on bad terms with several ol
the convicts m his employ , owing to the tact
that they did not work to suit him nnd were
consequently reprimanded. This morning ,
whllo Schtnndorf was at work with his bade
turned toward two ot the Insubordinate * ,
they jumped upon him. nnd bearing him to
the floor , were administering severe punish
ment , when Albert Mudra , foreman ot the
harness shop , took n hand hi the fracas. Ho
struck ono of thu men n severe blow but
failed to floor him , but ho himself had a
linger broken on his right hand. The noise
of the Btrugglo brought ono of the guards to
the sccno , but as ho was about to so para to
the men another convict picked up o hammer
nnd struck the guard , knocking him down.
At this juncture n half-dozen guards appeared
anil they quickly downed the three re
calcitrants and put thoin in the dark cell ,
whore they will do penance on a hrcad-and-
water diet for ono wnok. Schlandorf nnd
Mudra and the guards were prott.v badly cut
about the head und face , but all nro back nt
work this afternoon. Thcro are about fifty
convicts employed in this department , and
they were all witnesses of the affair.
The Trombtoy Case.
It gees without saying that the case of
Sheridan Graves , charged with ravishing
llttlo Cora Trombloy , nnd that of James
Sharp and Delia Borr.V { charged with entic
ing the girl to a life of shame , tried before
Judge Stewart yesterday afternoon , Is the
most aggravated case of moral crookedness
over hoard in the county court of Lancas
ter county. Tm : BUR cited the fact
this morning that the parties de
fendant had been bound over to answer to
the district court , nnd In default of bonds
had been committed to the county jail. It
appears that the end of the case is not yot.
To-day Mr. Troniblcy , the father of Cora ,
swore out warrants for the arrest ot Chariot
Doyle nnd Gardiner Hayncs , charging them
with debauching Cora , who is under the ago
of consent. In conversation with Tin ; Bui !
representative , Mr. Trombloy state * that ho
little dreamed ot his daughter's wayward
ness until ho found out that she had gone
from homo , wncn ho commenced a riiiid in
vestigation into her conduct and habits. Ho
further states that the parties complaimcd of
enticed , her into the life she has boon leading
for a short time past , and that
ho does not believe that she Is conscious
of the enormous sin she has committed. Her
sincerity and testimony bo fora the court at
test this. It is thought that there is plenty
of testimony to convict the woman Berry of
being a procuress. Other arrests are to bo
made , and some of thorn will create no llttlo
surprise. Mr. Trombloy says that he proposes
to see every person punished who has had a
hand in ruining Ills daughter.
State House Jottings.
The state board of transportation will meet
again Monday , August 5 , nt 3 o'clock p. m.
Auditor Benton will have the assessed val
uation of the state by counties ready in a day
or two. It will show a marked increase
over that of lust year.
Deputy ' ' . 'rcasurer Bartlett , who has boon
on the sick list for several days past , is
again at his post.
The builder of the boiler and engine
house Is pushing his work. The walls are
going up rapidly , and the building is assum
ing shape. It in said that it will bo com
pleted u month before the contract calls for It.
Lanham still whittles away on his con
tract on the capitol grounds. Unless there
is a change in present movements his work
will not bo finished this yc.ir. There is talk
that a good deal of the work tnatho has done
will have to bo gone over again.
Koliort Gluitu Is liiHiino.
The testimony in the cnso of llohort Glenn ,
alleged to bo Insane , was concluded this
morning before Judge Stewart , and the de
cree is that he is not of sound mind , and is in
competent and unable to transact business.
Hichard Cunningham was appointed guar
dian to talio charge of his affairs. Glenn
owns a fine farm that adjoins the Wesleyan
university on the east , and has been a resi
dent of the county for over twenty years. Ho
appears to bo intensely melancholy , and is the
victim of vagaries , but is not violent in any
manner. On the contrary , lie is very tract
able , and shuns the companionship of any of
his neighbors. "Ho has been a Catholic com
municant until within the past year , but ho
hugs the delusion that the church is perse
cuting him , or , as ho puts H , has it lu for
him. Another of hta delusions U that his
house is the anode of witches.
lsn Hilton Arrested.
Gcorgo H. Hilton , familiarly known as
Judge Hilton , was arrostoi to-day as ho was
about to take the tram , on the complaint of
Baldwin Bros. , for uttering checks without
the money in bam : to cash them. Ho was
taken before Judge Snolllng , wliolllicd him 91
and costs nnd adjudged that he pay the
amount of the fuco of the checks , 110 , or
stand committed to the county jail until
paid. Hilton is a man nearly or quito sor-
onty years of ago. and at ono time possessed
considerable wealth. Ho has lived in Lin
coln n number of years and is well known.
He asked that the sentence of the court ho
carried out , as ho had no meaua to pay the
judgment llxed.
City NOWN and Not .
John E. Shorwln , mayor , and Frank Dalo-
zell , city attorney of Fremont , were at the
auditor's ' ofllco to register 11 vo sets of pav
ing , curbing nnd guttering bonds to-day.
The case of Laura Vonornan vs. Addlson
McCurtaln , on error from the district court
of Phelps county , was fllod for hearing be
fore the supreme court to-day.
J. M. Hill , with Lmliiffor. Motcalf & Co. ,
Omaha , passed thouich Lincoln to-day an
route to Tccumsoh. Ho reports a splendid
trade In the Implement business.
The local political pot Is fairly sizzling. It
appears that the light has nettled between
the candidates for treasurer and sheriff.
Burnham and Cobb appear to be running
neck and neck for the former anil John
Trompon and Sam McClay for the latter
but the conviction scorns to bo growing that
Burnham and Troinpen will como in on the
homo stretch.
Guests at the Hotel Hopkins number 257.
Fourteen have bcon received during the last
montn and eleven discharged , The warden
says that ho has a very orderly sot of boys ,
all things considered.
It Is suggested that the cupola of the now
court house would bo the proper place for
the town clock.
The "paving grumbler U iipam abroad In
.ho land. It Is quite generally talked that
not more than half of the brick paving con
tract can bo llnishod before the close of thu
ou on , Grumblers , therefore , tire loglon
along all streets where this part of the city's
work U in hand.
G. P. Stebbins , E , M. Morstnan and E. J.
Murphy , of Omaha ; 1C. M. ' Carroll , of
Hebron ; Frank M. Ostorhout , of David
City ; G. Norberg , of Holdrego , and Charles
M. Murdock worn among the Nebraska registrations >
istrations at the Capital tonlay.
Fred Beuzlnger , of the Capital City
Courier , and W. Morton Smith , of the
Children Cry for Pitclior's ' Castorla.
When Jlalif fiua ufck , we care her Caatorta.
When iJio WM a Child , tie crird for CrutorU ,
When the became MUtl , fciio cluii to Qvtorla ,
Wi > in tJiahod Children , all * K TU tl n CfcVtorU
Omnha llopubllcan , returned homo from th
Iowa regatta nt Spirit Lake to-day , via
Fremont. The boys report nn Interesting
time nnd exciting races.
KDlTOIl W15ST 18 OUT.
The Aliened AVrookor of the Ghlongo
Tlincn Ifl Itnuncocl.
CHICAGO , July M. [ Special Tolosrnm to
TIIR Br.n.--Tho ] troubles of the Times news
paper company have culminated In the re
tirement of Mr. Jnmos West. Ho not only
resigns from the editorship of the paper , but
surrenders also hl ontlra Interest m the
property. " Thu story ot Mr. West's Napoleonic
leonic career as a newspaper publisher Is it
composite and highly colored narrative. By
the Investment of n few thousands of dollars , i
the stretching of credit to the utmost , and j
the cxorctso of extraordinary boldness , ho |
acquired anil has hold for twenty months tj.
control of n once powerful * nml extremely
valuable newspaper. The ilotnils of the
schemes ho employed , as disclosed by the in
vestigation of the stockholders , just closed ,
would fill several bulky volumes. "
The article gees on nt grpnt length to de
tail the affairs of West and the Times since
the syndicate purchased It n year and n hntf
ago. It alleges that when West and Clint
Snowdon , his managing editor , had n disa
greement eight months ngo , Snowdon coin-
polled West to pay him $20.000 after ho had
retired. Since the Iowa HtoouliolJern have
been hero Investigating there have been
many H tor my sessions. West holding a ma
jority of the Times' stock was disposed to
hold on nt all hazards , but finally a compro
mise was reached. A last meeting was held
yesterday. West Is to retire within a week.
The exact terms of the agreement are un
known , but upon excellent authority they nro
bellovccl to bo that West rntircs from the
editorship of the paper and surrenders to
the other stockholders his entire interest ,
they to assume nil liabilities. The stock
holders are to pay Mr. West. In cash a sum
between $10,000 and fi'O.WiO. Mr. West IB to
bo lot down easily in the editorial columns of
the Times and it is to bo given out that an
amicable settlement was reached.
Who is to edit the Times ? It Is understood
that ono of West's stipulations was that Mr.
Dunlop { should not bo made editor in his
stead , but that the stockholders reserved this
right , and It Is probable that Mr. Dunlop will
presently turn up as managing editor of the
pnper. Now the controlling stockholders nro
eald to have money to make thu Times com
pany wholly solvent.
IS 2UAIIX ANDKHSON INS AN IS ?
A Ueporr Tlmt the Actress Is SufTor-
IIIR From Paresis.
NEW Yonir , July 25. [ Special Telegram
to THE BIK.I A weekly society and theatri
cal paper assorts that Mury Anderson Is suf
fering from n dangerous form of paresis , nnd
at present is really confined in a private nsy- , .
lum abroad. It Is said her failure in this jl
country before going across the water was
the result of a gradual breaking down of her
faculties nnd physical powers consequent
upon excessive work. For two years before
she had studied harder than over , and at the
same tlmo attended with care to the minutest
matters connected with the stage manage
ment of tier company. Being of an oxi-vvd-
ingly nervous and high wrought tempera
ment , this told on her.
The report us given above has not been
vorlllcd , and Miss Anderson's friends In this
city nro very louth to believe it. Nearly all
the theatrical people are horror-struck nt
the announcement , but declare It must not
bo so bad as reported. It Is feared , however ,
that little reliable information can bo ob
tained until the return of Hoary Ahby from
abroad , where it is understood ho bos Leon
to see Miss Anderson.
A Dnlcota Wheat Field.
Ilamlln QartaniHn Ynuth't Oompcmfon.
Like liquid gold the wheat-field lies ,
A marvel of yellow and russet and green ,
That ripples and runs , that floats and files.
With the subtile shadows , the change , the
sheen ,
That plays In the golden hair of a girl
A ripple of ambor--a flare
Of light swooning nftor a curl
In the hollows like swirling feet
Of fairy waltzors , the colors run
To the western sun
Through the deooa of the ripening
wheat ,
Broad ns the fleckless soaring sky ,
Mysterious , fair as the moon-led sea ,
The vast plain flumes on the dazzled eye
Under the fierce sun's ' alchemy.
The slow hawk stoops
To his prey in the deeps ;
The sunflower droops
To the lazy wave ; the wind sleeps.
Then all In dazzling links and loops ,
A riot of shadow and shine ,
A glory of olive and amber nml wine ,
To the westering sun the colors run
Through the deeps oftlio ripening
wheat.
0 glorious land I My western land ,
Out-spread beneath tbo setting suul
Once moro amid your swells I stand ,
And cross your soil-lands dry and dun.
1 hear the jocund calls or men
Who sweep amid the rlppncd grain
With swift , stern reapers , once again.
The evening splendor floods the plain
The crickets' clilmo
Makea pauseless rhyme ,
And splendid color ramp and run
Before the wind's feet
In Urn wheat I
AYomnu'H Ilonson.
Kaimcu Entcrprltc.
Ev'rybitof woman's reason ,
And nil of woman's laws ,
Are embraced In seven letters
That spell the word "because. "
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Doy ono year and a half old. Face
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tlieu ii < lvls d to try the CUTICUUX UKMEDIKK.
which I did. Ho took on * and hulf bottled ot
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iIUS.JLAKA A. I'llKfJHniCK ,
llroad Jlrook , Conn.
Outlourn JtHiiKidlcH
Curoevciy frpeo ) i of torturing , humiliating.
Itching , baring , scaly , und pimply dlueasus of
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