4. . THE OMAHA DAILY RF/E. TTTFJSDAY. APRIL 22. 1800.
THE DAILY BEE
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Tinliouso : and senate have reached an
nfjivi'ini'iit on tlio Ulcliiliuiuti bill , which
Insures its ] ) ! issatro.
'I'llK attention of Denver is respoel-
fully called to Oinahii'a position in the
. ' ! } > > record for the past \veolc.
SI-ND : tlie iToaltoi'd to the rear , but { jo
to work. This in not only good ndvico
for ( ) inihi : : but for every other city in tliu
west.
\VliJLK the county loard i.-t vifjorously
witcliin - llio spigot , the substance of
the taxpayers la Mowing Hteadily from
the .
ljunjr. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK bitdilun discovery thitt the treas
ury vault was not burglar-proof was n
HKHt cll'i'i'tlvo drill in craeking congress
for an appropriation.
C'fT-it''F ihhind utYordf
* a largo and
growing field for legal restraint. Tlio
dives and doggeries of that quarter call
loudly for police regulation.
Tut : mutilation of the Iowa railroad
law is conveniently charged to the
lirinter. That unfortunate Individual
KOOIIH to have boon born for the solo pur
pose of shouldering the blunders of
i and rogues.
K PAI.MKU prefers his log
culiin In Michigan to a castle in Spain ,
and Inn shaken the CasUliun dust from
liis brogan.s. it is barely possible that
his presidential aspirations did not find
room for development on foreign soil.
I'lsumrriONs as to the length of the
prc's-iMit session of congress are about as
reliable as weather prophecies. Unless
LIUIIIUIIIIIUIH sirjKo ino pronuseii "Dusl-
ncss gait" at an early day there is every
pronpcctof a tedious midsummer session.
' TIIK alleged interview with Cleveland
which stirred the bile of Dr. D.ina to its
depths turns out to have been a "fake , "
manufactured by a reporter. There is ,
however , no question as to the vigor and
bincority of Dr. Dana's rejoinder.
UNIUOII the now law of New York re
quiring candidates for ollicu tolilo sworn
Btatomi'iits of election expenses , the
newly elected mayor of Albany solemnly
suears that his campaign cost him live
hundred dollars. Young Mr. Manning
must be an extremely popular man to
jiilo up four thousand majority for that
trilling sum.
Foirr DOIHJK follows the example of
Hioux City and Council lUull'd in licens
ing saloons. It is not proposed to issue
a permit , but by mutual agreement bo-
twenn the authorities and the liquor
dealers , the latter will "pay a line of
lifty dollars a month for loud and ob-
Kceno language. " And yet the mis
guided prohibitionists of Nebraska , re
gardless of facts as plain as the nooaday
him , publicly declare that prohibition
prohibits in iowa.
Till- : ministerial association of Omaha
declines to give encouragement to the
proposed temperance meetings of Francis
Murphy. Their opposition to the dis
tinguished lecturer will not injure his
Htanding with the people. Mr. Murphy
has devoted ti lifetime to the cause of
true temperance by earnest appeals to the
moral sealimeiit , and Ms success is no-
unowiiuigeit uy mends and foes and
gratefully engrafted on the hearts of
thousands whom ho has rescued from
the downward path.
Tun number of petitions presented In
congress , purporting ' " coino from the
Farmers' alliance of Nebraska , indicate
that the financial quacks are roMirtlng
to railroad tactics in manufacturing
bogus petitions. It is an insult to the
intelligence of farmers to assort that
they are more vitally interested in the
ilnancial policy of the government than
in the tariff which proposes to continuo
the tax on every implement they buy
nnd exact two , dollars from every thou
sand feet of lumber necessary to build
their homos. The cappers and ? olf-
t-eekcrs are evidently woridng to eonfu o
the tval ismios and manipulate the
alliance for selllsh endi.
T.l H/FF hHOMti.l TWA' .
It Is expected Unit at the regular moot
ing of the ways and means committee
today ti Unto will bo fixed when the tariff
bill shall be .called up for general de
bate. The majority of the committee , it
is said , believes that general debate can
bo confined to nix or ten dayn , but this Is
hardly possible even should the mcmbcrit
of the committee ho content with short
Hpeccltes. There are thirteen of them ,
and undoubtedly each will feel it Incum
bent upon himself to contribute to the
debate , an thai at least MX days will be
consumed by these gentlemen in stating
their views , and very likely more. It IH
not to bo supposed that the house will
consent to allow the discussion
to be confined to the members of the
ways and means committee , or that the
throe hundred tiiitl seventeen represent
atives not of that committee will agree
to limit their talking to the satno lime
taken up by the thirteen. It is sug
gested that If It is desirable to put any re-
Htrlctlon.s UIKJII debate it would bo well
for the committee to agree that only one
of their number on each side should make
speeches , but this will hardly ho done.
It would bo quite as well , unquestion
ably , if Mr. MoKlnlcy and Mr. Carlisle ,
roproM.'iiting respectively the majority
and minoritywere alone to speak on the
bill , but the many members who are
ambitious to bo hoard , for the sake of
the ofleet with their constituents If
nothing else , will not permit this to bo
done. The debate will very likely ,
therefore , extend Over several weeks ,
regardless of the fact that UIOBO care
fully prepared compositions are largely
prolltless.
It Is understood that the llnanco com
mittee of the senate will proceed at once
to frame a tariff bill , of course taking
the house measure as the basis.no that
when the hitter is sent to the senate the
finance committee will be in a position
to report within a few days thereafter.
Tiio expectation is that very material
changes will bo made in the liouso bill
as it now stands by the senate commit
tee. Meanwhile the house is likely to
bo Hooded with a mass of protests
against proposed changes to higher du
ties , a number of interests being reported
as preparing to bring their inlluence to
bear in opposition to increased
rates affecting them. If the senate
llnanco committee decides to hear opin
ions on the proposals of the house bill ,
as it has been reported it may do , the
promise is that it can lind full occupa
tion for its time for several weeks , it is
probable a vote will bo reached in the
house before Juno , but it is likely the
summer will be far advanced before the
two houses agree on a 1)111.
TIIK ALIKK I.AKD LAW.
There was a brief discussion in the
house of representatives hut week of the
bill to-amend the alien land act so as to
exclude from HH restrictions all mineral
lands except coal and iron , in which
there was developed a strong opposition
to the bill. It is undoubtedly a fact that
the mining interests of the territories
have suffered in consequence of this law.
It is tiio testimony of the governors and
tlio delegates in congress of the terri
tories fhat mining development has
ba-jn retarded by the operation
of the law in prohibiting
the investment of foreign capital
in the mines. The prime purpose of the
law , which everybody approves , was to
prevent foreigners from acquiring con
trol , as they had been doing , of largo
areas of hind , but the mistake was made
of including in the inhibition all mineral
lands. The result has been , according
to those who have the best opportunity
for information , that a , very largo
amount of capital has boon kept out of
the mining enterprises of the territories
which otherwise would have gone there.
Some of those who oppose re
moving the restrictions of the
law contend that therj is j
ample capital in the country to develop
the mines. Experience- * not show
this to bo true" . Jt Is a fact that Ameri
can capital is hot easily attracted to
mining enterprises , while foreign capital
is. The former i ? usually found to bo
timid where there is much risk , while
the latter can bo Hccured for few invest
ments more readily than for mining. It
is undoubtedly a fact , though it'might
not bo easy to demonstrate it , that the
development of tlio mining interests
of tills country owes quite as
much to foreign aa to homo
capital and that without the former
it could not have
progressed to the extent -
tent It has.
It is wise to exclude aliens from the
ownership of large areas of agricultural
lands , but mineral lands have no value ,
as a rule , except for the mineral. When
that is extracted the land is of no further
use. It cannot bo cultivated or made
available for settlement. When the
treasure of a mine is exhausted the
mine remains blmply a hole in the
ground. The investment of foreign
capital 'in mineral lands could therefore
work 110 , harm to the future
settlorin the territories , as
would be the case if aliens
owned hirge tracts of agricultural
lands for wliloh they could demand their
own price , but it would give employment
to American labor , purchase American I
machinery , and bo expended for Ameri
can products.
The law as It stands allows twenty pur
cent of the capital stock of any corpora
tion owning mines or other proparty In
the territories to bo hold by foreign cap
ital , but this does not materially help
tlio matter. Foreign capitalists tire not
likely to invest when their investments
are so sinall ivj to give them little voieo
In their management. Tlio people of
the territories desire a modifi
cation of the law so far as
It is applicable to their mining interests ,
except those of coal and iron , and as
there is every reason to bullovo that the
removal of the restriction upon foreign
Investment in mineral lands would give
an Impetus to the mining Interests , with
out possible Injury to any other Interest ,
it would teem obviously good policy to
amend the alien land aut as proposed ,
ll.lXT l-'Vltl'HlTL'KH.
There is pending in both branches of
congress a bill providing for the for-
folturo of unearned land grants to rail ,
roads. The purpose Is to return to the
public domain and make available for
settlement all grants where the roads
have not now completed their linen co
terminous with the lands selected. This
subject bus engaged the attention of
congress for a number of years , but the
two houses have never boon nblo to
agree upon a measure. The Konate , rest
ing upon the decision of the courts , has
refused to declare forfeited lands
not earned in the time spccl-
lied In the granting act. The house , on
tlio other hand , has Insisted that whore
the company did not build the road in
the Hpecllled time and no extension was
granted , that the lands should be de
clared forfeited. Every granting act
fixed a time when the road should bo
completed.
A decision of the supreme court of 1Jb >
United States , quoted in the last report
of the heoretnryof the Interior , hold that
the condition of the grants that the
roads should bo completed in lime
was what Is technically known
as a "condition subsequent , " so
that by the act of congress the
title of the land passed to the state or
company and that to lake advantage of
any breach of the condition there must
bo an act of forloituro by express act of
congress , or by a judicial determination
In a proceeding authori/.ed by congress.
The language of the decision Is "that
either judicial proceedings authorized
by law must bo instituted to enforce a
forfeiture , or there must lie some legis
lative assertion of ownership of the prop
erly for breach of the condi
tion , such as an act direct
ing the possession and appropriation of
the property , or that it be offered for
sale or settlement. " The recommenda
tions of a majority of the house commit
tees are : First , that a forfeiture should
bo declared of all lands granted by the
act of congress , whore there was not full
performance within the time fixed by
the granting nut. Second , that a for
feiture .should bo declared as to all hinds
lying opposite to and cotormiiunis with
all roads not now completed , but oppo
site to and coterminous with such part
of the road an was completed out of time ,
though sucli road had boon accepted
nnd had assumed the burdens of a
land grant road ; and third , that a for
feiture should be declared as'to nil lands
lying coterminous with the portion of
the road not constructed or completed.
The senate , which has for years been
dominated by corporate monopoly , has
persistently denied tlio power1 of congress
to declare a forfeiture of any lands ex
cept those in the third clas.- , but there is
believed to bo favorable promise that it
limy recede in a measure from this posi
tion and agree to the measure which cm-
braces the above recommendations.
How import ant this matter is will 1)0 un-
dcrst < iod from the fact that nearly
twenty-two million acres of railroad
grants were t-uspandod to await legisla
tion for forfeiture , and this doss not cover
all tlio lands liable to forfeiture by reason
of the failure of the land-grant roads to
comply with the condition of "the grant
ing acts. Tnc generosity of the govern
ment in this matter has bc3n greatly
abused , and it is due to tlio public inter
est that thy corporations which have
failed to comply with the conditions
they accepted shall suffer for the omis
sion , and that the unearned lands shall
revert to tlio government for the u o of
the people.
Tins paper has no inlluence with
Mayor Cubbing1 , but it may not be imper
tinent to remind him that the position of
chairman of the board of public works
should only be filled by a man thorough
ly equipped and qualified by experience
for the supervision of public works.
Kvcry taxpayer in Omaha is vitally con
cerned in the choice which Mayor dish
ing will make for this position , and it is
to be luiped that ho will have the
backbone to re > i > t the pressure of polit
ical strikers and Heelers contractors
and contractors' ring.1"Tho citi/.ens of
Omaha demand a clean-handed , callable.
sober and energetic man at the head of
the board of public " works. " Conceding
that the mayor will nominateVi demo
crat lo succeed Major Batcoinbo , the
tax-paying citizens of Omaha of all par
ties have a right to demand that in fill
ing Ibis important position political
activity shall bo secondary to compe
tency and integrity.
TIIK democratic press tooms-with loud
lamentations and oceans of vituperation
on what is pleasantly called ' , 'the theft
of Montana. " The Ions of two senator-
ships appears to have produced a pain
ful convulsion in tlio internal apparatus
of the party. And no wonder. They
had everything cut and dried ( o capture
the state , and their failure to roali/o
from tlio theft forces the organs to charge
the so-called 'crime''to the republicans.
Hx-Ciovornor Ilousor , one of the demo
cratic "LJig Four" of the slate'tersely '
and cheerfully tolls the whole story in
these words : "Well , our folks stole the
thing ill' ' right enough , but tlio other
follows knocked us down and took it away
" ' 'Snoutrage.
TIIKKK is a very brisk demand for the
compiled city ordinances for the use of
our police. Wo are reliably informed
that the work of compiling these ordi
nances wns finished some weeks ago and
the city authorities will bo placed in pos
session of them as soon as the printers
and binders are able to do the mechani
cal work. The only trouble will bo Unit
the new ordinances which the council is
grinding out every wool ; are ao voluminous
inous that another compilation , vill be
needed within the next six months.
TllK clearing house record for the past
week Is very encouraging to the whole
country , Among the forty-four cities in
the association only six insignificant
towns report a decrease compared with
the corresponding week of last year ,
while the remaining thirty-eight show
an aggregate increase of nearly thirteen
per cent , or seventeen and a half per
cent outside of New York. This is a sat
isfactory exhibit , and it is especially
gratifying that the cities of the wostnro
conspicuously in the lead.
Tin : sixty days within which the
street car conipany promised to convert
the Farnam street line into a motor are
now up. In fact , they nro up twice ; but
no motor is as yet visible. This Is the
same street on which the consolidated
company pledged itbulf to convert into a
cahlo road when the bill authorizing the
oonsoltdnlliH was before the legislature.
Hut the hlpfhways and byways are all
strewn wltljjtfip broken pledges of cor
porations. 7(10 ( only way to make them
keep faith fc to , have them by the throat ,
ngurativelyt.flpcnklng.
TIIK receding Mississippi flood has
boon extraordinary in height and dura
tion. The rtlgjnal service records show
that there lirt boon a continuous rise for
seventy days. and nine days during
which the Hood remained at the highest
point roneluv ? forty-nine feet. When
the force ofpis , ) tremendous volume of
water and its-duration are considered , It
is not surprising that miles of levees
were swept away and a vast area of low
land flooded. The wonder is that any
portion of the barriers raised by en
gineering skill withstood the deluge of
water.
Ouu street cleaning contractors are
doing very Indifferent work. Sweeping
a lot of rubbish up against the curb
stones does not clean the streets. Omaha
has the best paved streets of any city in
the country , and they ought to be kept
clean ,
Tliuuuis a surplus of democratic of-
liccsoekors in Iowa , but a woeful scarcity
of compelonts willing to serve life
state. As a consequence Governor Holes
Is forced to nmko frequent drafts on the
abundance of republican talent.
No\V THAT the Nebraska delegation
has parceled out the spoils the public
will eagerly watch the labors of the
members in the direction of needful and
beneficial legislation.
A I'urly of ItesoliitlonlstH.
A" < m < rn I'ttU Tlitic * .
Tlio Nebraska prohibitionists have met and
adopted the nsiml resolutions. Tlio prohibi
tionists are u Kooil deal stronger on resolu
tions than they are on votes.
Word * ol * Warning to Mi : Cleveland.
Clilcaiio Trtlmne.
His possible Mr. Cleveland may attempt a
reply , for ho Is nothing if not jiui rtilous , but
wo warn him ho is monkeying with a buzz-
saw. Ho cnnnot hope to win a word contest
with Mr. Dana , who has had rich , varied and
even lurid experiences hi personal pok'niics ,
owns a magazine of unique and pr.ictical epi
thets not unworthy of Dr. Johnson , utul be
sides this bus control of mi agency for circa-
iiting a fresh installment of them every
morning.
A PaiiKCroiiM Drink.
Cincinnati I'uminrrclal-liincllc.
Mr. Cleveland has n chance yet. If lie will
stop water drinking ami merely nibble a little
Ice when his month is dry ho limy do for him
self whilt an nblo uml tyrannical physician
did for Uisimuvk. It is well known that the
great German chancellor would have ceased
to be a factor iu the world many years ago if
he hud not put himself into the hands of a
medical mini in wltom ho had confidence to
reduce his corpulency mid obeyed orders.
Think of Bismarck refused permission to
drink a glass of beer mid constrained to cat
his dinners dry ! -
Tin ; Doctor's Dilemma.
f./iivy.i ( ( lleralil.
Dr. Hiitchins { DCS Moincs , u prominent
pr.ihibitionist and 1 ite 1-ibor commissioner of
Iowa , is accuse.d .f becmin ly Inconsistent
conduct. At u ojuvcnlion recently held in
DCS Moincs he r.iiuke eloquently of the work
ings of prohibition in , Iowa. At the national
convention ot hibor commissioners held at u
later day in Hartford , Conn. , the doctor was
a strong champion of DOJ Moines as the loca
tion for the next convention. Objection was
raised by some of the delegates that Iowa
would be an uneonvivial state in which to
meet , as it waa under the thumb of prohibi
tion. The doctor silenced this objection ,
assuring tiio delegates that there would bo
no difficulty in KoUini ? nil "tho btnljfo" they
wanted in DCS Moincs. Such nn assurance
does not seem at first sight to hitch with tlio
doctor's eloquent sp.'L'eh delivered lintii short
time buforo in his own town. Hut there is in
reality noiucoiisiste.iuy. 1'rohlbltlon tiny bo
working trloriously in u state , and yet there
may be no dlflU'tilty about obtaining budge if
you know the ropos.
Nebraska.
The IJluo Hills Times is eif'ht years old.
The First National bank of O'Neill has
changed hands.
A corporation is being formed at Ashland
to construct sewers.
A branch of the \V. C. T. U. has been or
ganized at U'nbauli
A business nun'a association has been or
ganized at West Point.
A loltfoof : Modern Woodmen will bo or-
jiui/.et ; shortly at Itluo Hills.
Work has been cointiienced on the new brick
and tile works at Nomahn City.
It hi expected that the Short Line will be
completed to O'Neill by , luno 15.
The Columbus Dally Tekw.un lias com
pleted the tlwt year of its oxlMonco.
ICII/aboth Hornoof IJluo Hills ha.t been ad
judged inaano mid sent to the Hustings asy
lum.
lum.All
All tlio ministers of Clay county will meet
at Clay Coaler May 0 to discuss amendment
work.
The care of the ICumpfer family of Cnrlton ,
three of whom died of trichinosis , ' cost Thavur
county $ - " > ,
A wolf don near Grcalmm was raided the
other day uml the mother and nineyouiiL'
ones captured.
Uov. Miss Townsloy of Fairllold has nc-
e.'pu-d a call to the pastorate of the Baptist
rhiuvh lit David City.
Inn race nt Taylor 11 horse How the track
with Ivafu Thomas , throwing him off and
breaking his leu ami otherwlsii injuring him.
Dodge county sheep-feeders have purchased
im,0txi : bend ot sheep in Oregon , Utah , Ne
vada and Idaho a'na uro now ready to com
mence their drivns , .
The buJy of A. .1. Sawyer , who mvator-
lonsly disappeared from Cruto a week ago ,
was found bumliiy'JIist ontsido the city lim
its. It is believed that ho met with foul
I'i'iy. ' ' . f
While J. 13. Worn of Aloxan Irlu was haul
ing hay a part of tlu < hay nii-lc suttled upon a
wheel and the frlytlon ignited tliu load , com- i
plutoly destroying It. Mr. Wells hail hunt j
work to save the tiotvio- ! . I
Two attempts wcrj niado Saturday night
to burn tlio Atlantic hotel at Nuligli. Co.il
oil had houii pimro.l over the htdo of the
liouso and ignited , bat tliu flanus wuiv dis-
I'ovored In time to prevent extensive dunwgo
being dono.
James Austin of Mount Vornnn , In. , Is
under arrest at I'upillltm charged with ab
ducting his own daughter , tlilrloju yoar.sof
ago. Tlur charge is proierml by a woman
named Fuller ofVuphig Wutor. who had
adopted the child. The little ono Is anxious
to go with her father.
Sherlir Sly of CiirK ! ) > ld county. In com puny
with a deputy , wont to the farm ot T. .1 , L.
1'ei-k to servo a summons , but the luttor's
wife nppoaivil on the sruno with a guu uml
held the ollirors at hay. 1'eck visited Har
well tliu next diy : aiul assaulted Sly , fur
which ho was lined $5.
The children of the Verdlgro public bohool
mv enjoying an unexpected vacation. When
thny cnmo to tliu school liouso the ulhur
morning they found it occupied by Uuorgu
W. Qulmby and his family , whlio tno school
fiirnfturo wns stundniif out of doors. It si-onw
that the lot upon which the school building
glands Is owned by a party la Wisconsin for
whom Qutmby Is agent , uml the luttor took
possoxslon nf tlio premise * without gohiu
through a p'roi-oBs of law. The school board
hail puivhusud u lot , but by uiUtuke they
I erected the building on the lot for which
Qulmby Is ngimt oiul the hitter took ndviuit-
ngo of the error Just what will bo done by
the school iKWiil has not yet boon decided ,
but the ehlldtx'ti have al } gene llshlng.
Iowa IteniH.
The Ashton creamery uses 0,000 pounds of
milk per day.
Twenty Webster City girls have organized
j n cooking club.
; Nevada Is trying to secure n pork packing
establishment.
{ Waitolln county has llftecn Insnno patients
In the state asylums ,
Tlio work of building the Hock Huplds
j creamery has commenced ,
The DCS Moincs comity fair will bo held at
Utirllngton Septembers to 1 ! . ' .
. Over three hundred thousand bushels of
corn nro stored In the cribs at Persia.
Webster county will .ship twenty cars of
horses to the lios'ton market this year.
Uueim Vista county's Farmers' alliance
will hold a picnic at Storm Lake June 1.
Them nro twoniy-threo divorce cases on
the docket of the district court at Oskaloosa.
Wright comity volt-runs will hold their
annual encampment at Kagle drove Juno 11
mid U.
Four men were seriously Injured as the re
sult of a hard cider riot ill South English the
other day.
The Iowa Hankers' association will hold Its
fourth annual meeting nt Dubmnie June 10 ,
11 imd W.
Tito minimi reunion of the .Northwestern
Veteran association will be held at Sac City
June'JI , i * > nnd art. The district embraces
the northwest quarter of Iowa. Kvcry ar
rangement is being made to give the veterans
a hearty wclsome.
Tlio theory that lightning never strikes
twice in the sumo place is proven untrue.
The rcsldenco of M. Sexton , at Kcrnnton ,
was struck by an electric bolt the other day ,
the ilulil climbing down the chimney , de
molishing the stove mid boring n hole in the
floor. The familv were in another part of
tlio house at the time nnd escaped injury.
The same house was struck In tin exuotly
.similar manner a few vein's ugo.
Jerome West , for nine years nn inmnto of
the Anumosa penitentiary , has been pardoned
by the governor. The crime for which
West was imprisoned , uml to which he
pleaded guilty , was the murder of General
Tonic in Jackson township , Jones county , in
General Toule had unnonrod as a wit
ness against West in a horse stealing case ,
and the latter mot him In nn out-of-the-way
place and kicked mid pounded him lo death.
During tlu > excitement at the time of the
murder West was transferred to the peni
tentiary to escape lynching. Ho was sen
tenced to eighteen years at hard labor and
luvl Just completed'one-half of his sentence
when released.
Airs. 13. A. Orifilth had a very remarkable
escape from death lust Sunday at Sunday
school , says the Col fax Uanner. She wiis
sitting beneath one of the sliding doors that
separate tlio wing from the main auditorium
when she was impressed to move to another
seat. She hud only just changed scats when
| I the weight Unit balances the sliding doors ,
weighing sixty pounds , became detached
and fell , going through tlio corner of the
chair where she had been sitting , and muiio a
hole through the floor. Another strange co
incidence connected with this was that Mrs.
Weaver's class was due to pass under that
weight at the time , but she had them remain
m their scats on this occasion.
The Two Dnkotas.
Wolf scalps will bring SI after June S.
A cheese factory will bo built at Lctehcr.
A line now hotel will bo built ut Chamber-
Iain thisseison.
The new Salem Hour mill is completed and
ready for business.
A board of trade lias been organized at
Wcssington Springs.
The Flandruu Indians were furnished L'OO
bushels of potatoes for seed the past week.
A calf was bom in Full Ulvor county the
other day with two heads , a double backbone
and two tails.
Word has been received th.it I7H Russian-
families left their native land last week for
South Dakota. They will locate near their
brethren in Campbell , McPherson and 13m-
mons counties.
A company of mill owners has made n prop
osition to WoLsey citl/ens to put down an
artesian well and locate a ( louring mill of
sixty barrels capacity in that city in consider
ation of u bonus of .rV"iOO.
South Dakota is entitled to ono cadet at
West Point and two naval cadets at Annap
olis. It has been arranged to Jiolil competitive
examinations about May 1 at Huron for the
cadet at West Point and at Kedlield and
Mitchell for the nuval cadets.
One of the attractions sit the state fair to beheld
held at Aberdeen neM fall will bo "woman's
ifuy. " The public exercises on that day will
bo wholly in charge of the ladies. They will
not only do the spaaklng and singing , hut
they will have a brass band and dmmcorpi
cntirelv of women. The prominent equal
snlTragibts of the country are expected to be
present.
Governor Mellotto lias appointed Mrs.
Caroline. ! . Ciiniinings of Huron , Mrs. Kinma
S. Young of Sioux Falls , and Mrs. Philcna
13. Johnson of Hlghinorc ns a committee of
inspection to visit the various charitable nnd
penal institutions of the state.
The counties of McPherson , Edmunds.
Campbell , Walworth , oPotler , Sally , Fuulk ,
Hand. Hyde , Hughes , I5uft'alo , Jerauld , Stan
ley. Knowlcs , and that portion of the counties
of Pratt , Jackson mid Sterling not included
iu the Indian reservation , constitute the mi
tral district of the United States court which
will bo held at Pierre.
Two tough citizens of Ganvtson named
Pock and Mann went into 13. l. . . Huvdehl's
drug store at that place and demanded
whlsUv. Not having a properly signed pro
scription they won1 refused , whereupon they
knocked the proprietor down and kicked him
into insensibility. Peck has bi.'i'n arrested
and the olllcors are looking for Mann.
TIIK aiOTIIKK'M , IK\VKr < S' HUM 13.
A National Orphanage at York Itiiilt
Ily Mttle Children.
YOIIK , Nun. , April IU.To the Editor of
Tun DISK : Several years ugo Dr. Armstvomr
of Park Hill , I'latto county , was impressed
that , his farm should bo devoted to nn orphan
age , mid docldcd to devote his property for
that purpoio. His daughter , Miss Lena
Armstrong , now In India , was ut that time
studying medicine in Philadelphia unit
during her vacation brought to her homo
boverul orphan boys , who were welcomed
and huvo since been well on ml for.
Dr. Armstrong being udvanced In years
consulted with several prominent ladies and
offered his property to the Woman's Home.
missionary society of the M.H. . church ,
which after lu'lug pre-sented lo the society
bovoiill times , At is. Al. K. Rnborts uceoiii-
paiiled by the Kev. Mr. Hlltner nnd Dr.
Armstrong attended the annual mectini : ut
Indianiipolis and urged that llio national
orphanage be loeutcd al York , Neb. ,
pledging jlKM ( ) ( ) , including Dr. Armstrong's
farm.
farm.Mrs.
Mrs. Clark , Cincinnati , treasurer , nnd Mrs.
Alkin , secretary , having visited Ni'lmif.ku ,
urged its location. Thrco weeks ugo .Mrs.
Clark arrived ut York from Cincinnati and
bought a farm of UK ) acres , all fenced , on
which Is a young orchard , a honso containing
twelve rooms , bcvon clo > ets , Imth room , c-tc. ,
u barn in-ranged for thirty cows and evcrv- j
thing necessary for the euro of horses ,
|
poultry , dairy , etc. Thu property is valued at
$ l"UiX > , uml Is paid for by citizens of York ,
with 111" exception of * 'tWt > , the vuliio of Ur ,
Armstrong's turin. The orphunugo will bo
NIHIII opened nnd both boys and girls will bo
admitted. It will bo christened the Mothers'
Jewels' home , beciin.so it is expected that lit
tle * ones under six years will build and main
tain the Institution , the erection of which will
cost jJHMHIO. Th < > plan Is to build and furnish
rooms ; SUM will build u room and 10 furnish
it. ( , 'uito a number liuvo decided to build
a room us u memorial tosomo dead child , over
the door of which will bo a silver tublot bear
ing Its mime. . This is the llrst orpliiumgo the
society has owned.
Tliu orphuuiigo will bo opened ns soon ns
the rooms nro furnished. Will not nil the
Mc-thodlst Indies of Omiihu consider it an
obligation lo furnish ono of thuso rooms I
All who doalro to da so will please confer
with Airs. T. H. Loinon , ; wis Chicago streot.
Mas , Al. K. -
ii Assignment ,
New VIIIIK , April yi. Augustus P. Rock
well , furrier , tnado an usaltfuiiiont today
without prcferenciM.
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL ,
The Average Price Paid to Nebraska
Farmers For Oorn.
A LI1TLE SHORT OF FIFTEEN CENTS.
{ !
A Humored Move For a Ueilmillnn In
1'YclKht ItutcM State House Jot *
Now Notnrlon Public
Miscellaneous.
Ltxt'oi.y , Neb. , o April 21. ( Special to Tin :
Hnii.J The secretaries of the stuto bonrd
of transportation received several days ago
from Colonel Morrison of the interstate com
merce commission a request for a statement
of prices of corn ( wagon trade ) at a few
places , taking different rates for shipment to
Chicago. . The statement has been compiled
ami forwarded. It Is thought that stations
taking the 24 cents per 100 weight , Chicago
rate , under the regular tin-ill and the 'JIM
cent ruto under the emergency tariff , which
went into effect KVlirunry 15 , uro representa
tive of the corn movement in tonnage from
llio corn bolt. If such is a correct basis the
average price paid nt a number of points In
the t"rrtory ! covered by the rates nbove
named is found to have been Ifijf cents in No
vember , l5Vi cents In December , l.'Un' cents in
in January , 1-l'V ' , cents in February , l.Vj , cents
in Alurch mid the uveragi ) for the whole
period is found to bo 14,1) ) , ' cents per bushel.
It is thought Unit these llgurcs fairly repre
sent the prices received by the farmers of the
stuto at large for the issil corn crop.
The prices reported by the elevator men at
stations where there exists no railroad com
petition show in many instances a decided
luck of competitive influence among the local
buyers. It is only at stations where two or
more railroads compote for tlio truflle that
prices show the governing inllucnco of Chicago
cage rates for .shipment and Chicago markets.
At these competitive points representatives
ut the freight departments of the different
railroad companies look to it that the elnvu-
tors located upon depot grounds as tenants
\vlll iniiliitntti itrli'itu in itfti > t m < tMri1 xvltli
tlie fluctuations on the Chicago board of
trade , and with relation to the cost of car
riage to that market. Points other than com
petitive show unmistakable signs of combina
tion between buyers. The effect of the emer
gency reductlon'is perceptible on the price of
corn at n majority of the points ronortlng.
The increase In price as a couse < iuc.neo of the
reduction is shown to have boon us grout as
I cents per bushel ut some of the more west
ern points , the increase becoming less at the
stations nearer the Allssouri river.
riniiiir : urn : itimcriox. :
It is learned that the executive committee
of the state central committee will meet in
conference in the near future for the purpose
of taking action on the mooted rate question.
It is said , indeed , that thu cimmltteo wi'l '
make a formal demand for lo-al freight re
ductions , nnd pass resolutions to bo acted
upon by the coming republican state conven
tion. Thu demand for such reduction will ho
addressed to the state board of transporta
tion.
c.vriToi. iXTii.iKiixcK. :
Commissioner Steen went to liluhic count v
today to attend the sale of school lands ad
vertised to take place at I3rcwst r Wednes
day morning , where : ! ' . ' ,0 ( ) ( ) acivs will bo of
fered for sale and lease.
Articles incorporating the 13vangellc.il
Lutheran synod of Nebraska , of the general
synod of the I3vangclieal Lutheran church of
thu United States , were lilod today. Lincoln ,
Lancaster comity , Is ilxed upon as the princi
pal place for llio transaction of business.
Jncorpoi-ators : J. C. Jacoby , L. L. Lipe , L.
F. M. Kasterday and C. J. I3rnst.
The "by-laws" of the Nemaha City brick
nnd tile maunfuctiiring company were also
tiled hi the odlco of the secret'iVy of .state.
Those laws dclino the dates of'the. stock
holders , otllccrs and board of directors.
' ( 'ho Farmers' and Stockmen's union of
Madison , S. D. , has no authority to transact
an insurance business in this state. "Parties
interested in the vicinity of Silver Crook ,
Merrick county , " says Deputy Allen , "can
govern themselves accordingly. "
Auditor ISenton ivccivcd two sets of bonds
for registration Iodav , viz : One of * 10,0D ( )
PluttsmoutU railroad bonds and ? l , ' . > 0 of
wutor extension bonds of Neligh , Antelope
county.
The case of the Farmers' and Merchants'
Imik of Sholbv vs Peter Hunbicr , on error
from the district court of Polk county , was
tiled for trial in tho.supremo court ; also the
case of Mary C. Woods vs Daniel P. West ,
on error from the district court ot Furnas
county.
xiw : XOT.VIIIIS : rnn.ir.
The governor today undo the following no
tarial appointments : II. J. West , ICoarney ,
Uull'alo county Wanvu Swltzler. Omaha ,
Douglas county ; Henry A. Kdghill , May wood ,
Fountain county ; Henry 1C. Armstrong ,
Moatrieo , Ciago county ; L. II Ulacklcdge ,
Culburtsoii , Hitchcock county ; Kugeno
Moore , Norfolk , Madison county ; William D.
Uird , Itock Falls , Phelps county ; Alfred 13.
Browning , Hussett , Uock county.
CUT NT.WS AN'I ) XOl'KS.
Smith Cnldwoll , oil Inspector , ICdgnr , Neb. ,
is authority for the .statement that tlio acre
age of corn in the state will bo greater this
year than last. Ho also states that Nnckolls
county will have lil.OUO acres of llax this
year.
II. Tiinow of Grand Island nnd Miss
Augusta Windling of this city were married
yesU'i'ilay evening according to the orthodox
rites of the Jewish church. Tomorrow even
ing the couple will bo tendered a reception by
thu Knight of Pythias order , of which the
groom is a member.
It is learned Unit the Burlington 1ms
shipped free of charge : iiKi ) ( ) ) bushels of corn
to the needy settlers of northwestern Ne
braska , and Unit It is being equitably distrib
uted among them. .
State , comity and city unices will b closed
tomorrow , as well us banks uml other liusi-
ne.is houses Arbor day.
A young fellow by the name of Gallagher ,
late ii grading contractor , is badly wanted iu
Lincoln. Ho is charged with' forging tli- >
iiiimo of Patsey Mears to a number of checks.
Olliccr Alulono of the police force is on hi- .
'i'lio Knights of Pythias nro arranging a
muslcalo at Temple hall for next Wednesday
evening , which promises to bo one of tlio
llnest of the kind over given in the city ,
ABOUT M1313HSO11 ALTAI.
D.xvici.v , Nob. , April l.'i. To the Kditorof
Tin : Bm : : To settle u dispute will you please
state la Tin : Bm : the chiuf source from which
meerschaum is obtained ! S , W. Mu.i.oav.
Aleorschaum , Gea'limn , "froth of the sea , "
so named from its lightness and white color ,
Is a smooth , compact mineral , soft when ilrst
dug from the earth but hardened to t.0 ! and
J.'i. In composition it approaches silica , IK ) . ' . )
per cent ; niiiguuslii , -0.1 per ci'nt ; water la
per cent. It is obtained from localities In
Tiirkov , Asia Minor , Morocco , ete. , where It
is used as u mibstltnto for fnllor.s earth ; its
principal use , however , is In the manufacture
ot plpo bowls.
Iliilliilo Hill at .Munich.
H'ii ) > ti > iijlit llHliuJninrii ( Inntiin llfimett. ]
Mrxirn , April 31.-New [ York Herald
Cnblo-Hpeelul lo Tin : HiiAll : : | .Munich as
sembled Sunday to witness the opening of
HuiTulo Hill's Wild West nt thu Bavarian
court. All the cnblnot ministers , most of tlio
iiii-mbers of the diplomatic corps , the Ameri
can colony and the American art students
wore included In the audience , which nuni-
Ix-red Ili , ! * ) ! ) . Thoperformanci'scored u ( front
success. The Wild West nwUcs its entrniieo
Into Germany nndnr llio most fnvurnblu and
promising auspices.
Approved liy the PrcHidenl.
W.\m MiTox , April 'Jl.- - The pro-aidant has
approved tlio joint resolution la regard to thu
tunneling of tlio Detroit river near Detroit.
' \Vlicn IMtf WM gtclr , wo gnvo her CixstorJ.i ,
When -ln > vnL ! ix Childsli ( > crl > /orC.TiKirl.1 ,
When ulio hmuim Mb , uho clung to t'oMorl ,
Wun idiij haiiClillJrcmsuogaye themGvtorlAi
I N'T UK HOT U NO A.
"You con hnrdly renlUo ( ho importmir" n (
Omaha nnd the favorable
mention it is receiv
ing In other countries , " suld Air. A II.
Hubonunu , who a few days ugoivturucil
from n two years' sojourn In I3urop <
"In sH-ullng ] of Hamburg. " said Mr.
Hubcrmun , "It Is ono of the -
pi-iiieitnl | < < < HI < S
of I3uropo , having a population of .riiKiHVi ( iim <
Increasing at the rate of fiO.lXX ) a your. N <
only Is the city rapidly growing in popiil
tloa , but It is rapidly becoming one of tii
principal seaport cities of the world , win. h
fuct is largely duo to Its having five dock * .
whore the largest vessels win land In perfect
safety.
"The oily has Improved very much Miicn
my lust visit , which was some eight\cars
ago , and one thing that struck mo most
forcibly was the cleanliness of the streets , tin'
number of Its purks , and the gouorul ulr of
American push nnd enterprise. Hut hi many
respects , I regret to say , that tlio people ol
my native country are far bolilnd those
of Omaha , and in this connect Ion I might
mention the .street railway facilities , in
Hamburg there are enough lines In opera ) inn
to handle the tnillle , but the mule and the
hull.lull ivlf ullll luiM (1 > n f.ift , < , . ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
people to ami from their homes and places of * * P
business , while electric motors and cable car * < T 4 |
uro things unknown , though , on some of tlu >
principal streets , they uro running strain
ears. Whlio the latter nro superior to hor-.n
cars In some respects , they would can-oan
American to open his eyes In astonishment ,
so novel nro they In tholr construction. Im
agine a double-decked stock cur , with scuts
running around the side , drawn by a small
engine , uml you have a Hamburg .strum street
car. The streets are narrow and c.insc-
( juoiitly only a slnglo track is laid. Cars niu
both up and down the streets , the up cu- :
always having the right of-way to the road ;
and , as strange as it nr.iy seem , collisions
never oivmr. Tlio engine Is u four wheel
concern , with the fifth wlteal under the con
trol of the guard , who , by turning it as you
turn the lever which handles the rudder of a
ship , onuses the ear to pisa around tliu up-
proacnmg iriiin and then back lo the traclc.
"Hambtirg , whlio noted for its magnificent
stoi-es and costly buildings , hardly excels
Omaha , m , nowhere , in tint city , do I know
of uhtriirtum that cm compuv with 'I'm :
HII : building iu point of elegance and de
sign. "
In speaking of tlie inhabitants , Mr.-Hub u--
man said : "The whole ot Gcrmeny is b.vom-
ing Americanized , and especially Is this triio
In the cities , whoi-eyou will llml p-op | . ' from
the United Status engaged in every line of
lm incis , and who are , in a rule , making
money.
' The schools of tli ? country arc ah ivo th > %
standard of those in America , and lire the
pride of tlio nation ; nnd. being under the
direct control of the sl-ite , they nwe along
without friction.
"Of course , in Germ my , as well as in
America , the political situation is the all-ab-
sorbiiig topic , and Just now th"iis m ire or
less agitation , the conscrvutivo element beiuij
grcutly di.'piXHsH on account of the r. igu-i-
tion of Hismu-ck , who is , and always will hi
held in high oUc.'in by every loyal ( ! i-nni. :
So seriously did the people foal over liUivsi.-
nation , that , on his last bii-tlnlay , thousand it
of men and women went hundreds of mtlo * to
call upon him nnd show thu sorro.v th y\
felt oa account of the st.'p hn had
decided upon. I know that I express
th-j sentiments of the loyal element wh"ii I
say that Ciisrni my ewes its irro it/.icss , its so-
cialst lading and its inllii'iiic-j t > t'iU ' nci'i ,
who , by his wisdom and faivilglito.In MSin ido
the empire what it is to.lay.
"I do not think that ii'iy giv it e'.i la-f Will
take place in the general pilicyi.f th > i gj , > -
crnment , thomtli UIIM-O is a sltviag r > -i.iM i Uic
clement that would waif j u liIttMwarfri <
were an opportunity olTjiv.l. Their dotrind
is Unit all property , iv d uml p-'i-t mill , h mill
beli ng to the stuto. i.nd Unit every mun who
works for WIIRCS should bo employed by tlio
stute , uiiii ul.so that the proceeds should , be
divided eiiiuilly among the peopl'It is true
Unit the new iMiip'iMr favors the wishes oC
the working pc'oplc and will do all in his
power to ulil them ; but ho is absolutely op
posed to any radii-ill fchangiM. or unytlihi'r
that will coallict with the present form of
government.
"But to return to the subject of Onmha. I
wnut to tell yon , " continiieil Mr. Hubennatl ,
"that I nm surprised ut its marvelous growth.
It seems to me that it has iidvunced more
rapidly during the two year. * I hiivo been
absent than any city I know of or can im
agine. Right now 1 bullevo it , is destined to
become one of the mint important railroad
and business centers in the world. This
opinion is not based upon my own observa
tions , but upon the fact Unit , on the other
side of tlio Atlantic ocean , you hear Omaha
spoken of qulto as frequently us yon do
lloston , New York or Chicago , iind In this
connection it is ulwuys spoken of in the high
est terms. "
NOW READY.
IlAttrKit's M.\IAIM maintains iili > incu.ir , !
tennuty the vi 'T and fri'slinc * , , llinl h.nu | ; ivcn
it its wide ami merited icpute. A' . J' . Tuiitt.
f'OK S.lf.B III' ALL NEU'SDKA/.KRS.
Subscription $4.00 a Year.
HARPER & BROTHERS , Now York ,
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
SnlisiM-tbed and ( iniinuilerd I'upllul. . . f.VKl.WV )
I'aldln I'unltiil . Itvi.Wdl
HuyH uml m-llh Mliii'ks tind bonds ; nugniliilo-t
( 'oiiiiiiuiclul paper ! lecotves uml t-Mii'iili's
IriiHis ; iii'tH iii iniiiHfi'i' uuunt and IniMcu uf
corpoiulliint ; tiikcHclmrKoof property : eol-
Omaha Loan&TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 10th nnct Douglas Sts.
I'uld In Capital
( Jniii-iintt'iMi Capital HII.UIIO
Liability of StncUliolili'iH . ; ' < > , w > i
0 1'e.r Cunt Juiciest I'ulil on IliMmilts
ruANKJ. I.AMII : . 1'iixiiii-r.
Ulllccn : A. I' . Wri'inn ' lircDtiluiil ; J..I. llrc.wrio. ! .
proslilPiit ; W. TWjuiiiw. . trwmirur.
Dlroctura ; A. i ; Wiiilnn , J. H. .Mltlnrd , .1 J lln.Hn ,
( inU II. in , .11 , li. w. Nn ii , TliuwiisJ. Klm'mil ,
. . .
l.oaiiNln any amount mudeonl'lty uml I' n-ni
Priiii | > rly , urn ] on CollaR-rul Sccui'lty , ui luw
C.it lulus CUIIruU
