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THE CI MA. HA 1 > AJLLKHJHJ. . SAT mm THE DAILY BEE. c. " E , EOSEWATEB , Editor , PUDLISttKD EVKUV MORNING TKUMS OP HUIISC'KH'TION. Dnlljr niul Fiindny , Ono Vunr. . , . f 10 W Nix iimnili * . . . . . . MX Tn ivo months . , . 8ft Hniuliiy llru , Ono Vmr . . .t. . . 2 V Weekly lice. One Vonr . 1 :3 : OI'TICIIH , Ornntm. Tim Hoc Ittilldliii : . H. Uintilui , ( 'urtior N niul Sitli Street * . Council lllulTs , IZTpiirl Struct. ( 'liluniroOnii'C.MTTlia Itoofccry Iliillillnz , Now Vorlf , Honntft II ntul i : > Tribune llulldln 'ii 613 Fourteenth alicct. All rormnilntentlons reliitlnjr to news nm editorial mutt r should bo addressed to tlio J.MItorlnl Department. HUHINKHS J.ETTEIIH , All iMiMnoss letters mid remittances ilioiili liu nildrrtwd to Tlio lice I'ulillsliliiff Company Otmilm. DruftN. rlicckfl in id postolllrt ) orders ID l > o Hindu payable to tliu order or tliu Com puny. TIic lice I'nblisliing ' Company , Proprietors Tlio llco H'ldliiR , Knninrn niul Seventeenth Sts ttlutitof Nebraska , I County of Donelai. f ( ii'iirpi ! II. Tiscliuck , Kccretary of Tlio Oco I'lilillMiliiK Company. docs solemnly swear Hint tlio nehiiil circulation of Tun I\irr ) llr.K for tlio week ending April a ) , 1SUU , was us fol lows : Kiinilny.AprllSO . 21,120 Monday , A prll 2I . 10,010 TiiMilny. April ? : . IO. I7 WeiliifMliiy. April 21 . 10. l" Tlmisdav. April : . ' ! . IH.mt Friday. April Si . 19.K ( ! ) Batiirimy.Apill 2tf . . .UO-c Average . SO.lt5 OnOKOEII. T7.HCHUOK. rinorn to before tun and siibseribed to In my presence this Mil ! day of April , A. I ) . ITO. [ Senl.1 N. I' . FIUI , . Notary 1'uLilio. Btntc of Nebraska , Count v of Doiid.-n. ( OcorRo II. 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S. 1 cent Foreign 2 cents 12-piirii paper . . . 1 cent 2 cents ' 1fi-piiK' ' > pn per. 1 ! cents 'J cents 'M-pij : , ' ( ! paper 2 cents II cents 2 cents 4 cents Tin : proposed viaduct levy is a. churni ng1 spec ! men of municipal lumen squcoz- TODAY will bo the last day of istnilion for the .special election , Sco tliat your name ia on the list. SIXTY one millions of the public debt was wiped out during tlio last ton months. Ten years hcnco Undo Sam will have all Ills mortgage : ) paid off. Tin : return of Boulanger to Franco will hiivo a tendency to brighten the prison hours of tlio Orleans pretender and comfort the Marquis do Mores. * Tun stales and courts having deliv ered body blows to trusts and combines , the finishing round with a federal law will bo watched with general interest. AKTKH all , the May day demonstra tion did not seriously disturb the equi librium of the plunot. Royalty and aris tocracy , however , were frightened out of their wits. Ovin : seven million dollars worth of water is to bo innnpod into the Burling ton stock this summer. Perhaps Stone , Riploy & Go. hoard the rumbling of the Hood and scampered forolovsited ground. MUUAT II VMTRAD announces that his Brooklyn hyphen will devote its ener gies to exterminating niugwumpory. " "Why did not the valiant Hold marshal Login tlio reform in his own household in J87J ? Till ? Union Pacific is said to bo boring flor oil in Colorado. _ The success or tfiiluro of the experiment will not affect liho llo\v of railroad lunricator in No- Sh-aska next winter. The oil rooms will Hourish as usual. NIXT : to a reduction of grain rates , the railroads cannot do a greater service to the homa builders of-the prairie states than by reducing the tariff on lumber to ino lowcai possiuio nguro. Tlio proposed reduction must bo permanent to give the consumer the boneltt. Tin : Chicago Evening Post , the after noon edition of the Herald , in appear- unco resembles the parent sheet the brightest and prettiest newspaper in the city by tlio lake. The Post is far in ad vance of the other evening papers of that city , both in the quality iiiul quan tity of matter printed' and bids fair to occupy the highest place In the Held. ' s Tin : investigation into immigration methods in Now York brings into prom inence the indilTuTOiit enforcement of the federal law. Hordes of people are brought to this country by mercenary peddlers of cheap labor , to whom the Immigrant becomes a slave until the pai- page money and incidentals , are repaid. The revelations already made furnish itho committee with ample material to Stop the leaks In the present law and | ioii\t \ out how it can be best enforced to protect American workmen from the I'ompetitlon of contract laborers. NiOitKAUA's bogus resolutions are cir culating through tlio country and are eagerly gr.ispod by nowspipors friendly to the monopoly interest. The Minno- upolis Tribune refers to them as an ac knowledgement by the farmers that It1 was a mistake to doni'tnd a reduction of ftrain rates and that "low r.itos afford no remedy for a glutted market.rt The quotations and conclusions of the Tribuna nre without foundation in fact. In the first place the resolutions referred to were not adopted by the farmers of Niobrn'iv or any other portion of No- \ rasK . They are mutilated copies of resolutions adopted by two boards of trade composed of corporation attorneys and shippers seeking railroad favors. lUislnoss nion and farmers could not fctultlfy themselves by uttering sqntl- nuonts notoriously false. The reduction of corn rates In February whs ft material "benefit to the farmers , notwithstanding Uio efforts of the railroads and speculat ors to break the market , Railroad and elevator miuuigors acknowledge that prices advanced at all leading shipping points , and the threatened glut in the u'arkot fulled to materialize. 1'itOTWTiox ran P.ITTI.I : The report submitted to the sotmlo by the special committee which investi gated the trnnsxrtalion | and sale of meat products , and tlio legislation proposed , will doubtless bo regarded with favor by the cattle producers of the west. The committee's Investigation wiw verj thorough , notwithstanding the obstruc tions that were thrown In Its way und the reluctance of witnesses to supply In formation , and the result would seem from the report to justify the Inquiry and the charges which prompted It. The committee regards the faqts developed as proving overwhelmingly the existence of a com bination to control the prices of beef and beff cattle , whereby they were dimin ished to producers without lessening the cost of meat to consumers , The com- mittco asserts , also , that the railroads are involved with the combinationwhich IH alleged to bo composed substantially of four firms of Chicago packers. The committee suggests that as to remedies congress has gone as far as its power extends In the sen ate anti-trust bill , which has just passed tlio house with an amend ment applying directly to the dressed beef trade and expressly specifying the alleged dressed beef trusts , and urges that state legislation must supplement that by congress to punish combines oper ating within state lines. But the com mittee suggests other legislation in tended to benefit the cattle producers. Ono proposition is to request the pres ident to enter into diplomatic negotia tions with the government of Great Britain for the repeal or modilication of the existing quarantine requirements of the United Kingdom. Tlio effect of the restriction thus imposed on our cattle trade with Great Britain is shown"by the statistics to have been quite serious , and it is certainly most desirable - sirablo that an effort ba made to bring about a removal of the restriction , but.it is probable that until wo institute a thorough system of government inspec tion overtures for a repeal or modilica tion of the British quarantine regula tions will bo to little purpose. Such in spection the commilteo recommends both as to all cattle and all meat intended for exportation. An other proposed measure is to pro hibit steam-ships carrying cattle to foreign countries from granting a mo nopoly of storage to one person , as is now done , but it is obviously question able whether legislation of this land would amount to anything. All the steamers in this carrying trade being owned by foreign companies , it is not clear that congress can in'ike any regu lations for their control in the matter of transportation contracts. Still another measure suggested is to prevent the dis crimination of the trunk line railroads in allowing mileage only to refrigerator cars and refusing it to the improved cars ror carrying live cattle from the west to the cast. There is apparent in congress a dispo sition to do whatever maybe found prac ticable for the relief and protection of ; ho cattle-producing interest , and no ono 'amiliar with its extent will question , hat the matter is one of very great im portance. T1W SlLVmi DEADLOCK. The authoritative statement of Mr. tlcKinloy regarding the situation of the silver question in congress is decidedly liscouraging to the o who had expected in oarlv settlement of this subject , so , hat the country might soon begin to ealizo the bonellts hoped for from an iddltional employment of silver in the currency. The anticipation of early sil- or legislation was already operating avorably upon some departments of ntsinoss and having the effect to ira- > rove confidence , but from , the present aspect of the situation there is danger that this will ba lost , for the un- ertainty regarding what ni'iy b3 done , or whether there will bo any legislation , s greater than ever. According to Mr. MoKinloy the ropublicuns in congress lave no silver bill , which mo.ins that , ho compromisa measure agreed up3n > y a largo majority of the joint conimtt- eo of the senate and house has boon vuanuonou aim 01 course uie oinor ouis vent with it. No one sooins to have any Idea when , ho deadlock can bo broken. If an agroo- nent is not reached before next Tuesday Jie tariff bill will probably ba taken up or consideration , in which case the bil- or question will have to wait. Tlio ro- mblicans of the house had intended to irtpoiu of the caucus silver bill before aking up the tariff bill , but the intlica- lens are that this cannot bj done. The nun try is far moro anxious for silver ogislation than for action on the tarilT. Who are tho. people referred to by Mr. UoKinloy as objecting to tlio caucus sil- er bill and thus obstructing silver legls- ation on this subject11 ! They are tlio men n both branches of congress who want roe coinage and who constitute a more action in either house. The demand of those men is formu- atcd In the bill introduced by Sona- or Teller , which provides for tlio un- imitcd deposit of silver bullion to bo > ; dd for with corlitlcatos at the rate of mo dollar for four hundred twelve and a uilf grains of standard silver , such cor- illcates to bo a lawful tender for the ) iiymont of all debts , public and private , t is not bclioved that tlio frao coinage nen expect to secure legislation that vill' provide for unlimited coin- igo , but they will prolong ho struggle as much as possible In the uipo of at least getting a measure that vlll put the silver bullion certificates at meo practically on a gold basis. This is vlint the Teller bill , which does not pro- vldu for free coinage , Is Intended to do. L'hu majority of the republicans in the louse insist that the certificates should be redeemable In bullion at Its market H'leo In gold or In silver dollars , at the option of the holder. Tlio difference vhlch creates the deadlock Is n very vide one , and it may bo found extremely lilllcult to reach an agreement. Tin : condition ot affairs In South Omaha is a public disgrace. The law less clomentH control tlio machinery of government and are running things with a high hand. Not only are the vital Interests of property owners and decent worklngmon Imperiled , but the vast industries built un at tremendous cost by the enterprise of Omaha , arc n' ' the mercy of a gang of reckless jobbers and squanderers of tno public money. I1 Is time for plain talk and vigorous action It is time for the taxpayers and lovers of law and order to protec themselves from the desperadoes. It Is ttmo for the people to appeal to the courts and compel the city ofllclnls to obey the law , and administer public nf fairs for the boncllt of all classes. Thoj should bo compelled to rigidly enforce the provisions of the Slocumb law. Prompt and clllcient organization should bo had to suppress the out laws by annex ation. If that cannot be secured , the men who have Invested their means In the city should invoke the aid of the courts to put down outlawry and rescue the city from financial bankruptcy. legislation by the pres ent congress is assured , the house ol representatives having , passed the senate - ate bill with but ono negative vote. The measure was amended so as to apply di rectly to the dressed baof trade with reference to the alleged combination In that trade , and also to the Standard oil company. This will render a conference committee necessary , but there can bo no doubt that an agreement will bo very promptly reached and that within a month there will bo a national law for the suppression and prevention of trusts and combinations formed to con trol products of foreign and interstate commerce. This bill is the result of most careful deliberation , in which every objection on constitutional points was considered by tlio ablest lawyers in the senate , and it is believed it will stand every tdst. When it shall become a law it will only remain for the states to sup plement It witii statutes prohibiting combinations operating wholly within state lines in order to effectually destroy all those forms of monopoly. Tnr.iti : is an immense Hold for reform not only in the business of the courts but in tlio phraseology of legal doeu- dooumonts. The existing forms are ri diculously voluminous. They are moldy with the redundancy of past centuries , and impose on the people of tills age a needless amount of labor and expense. The bar association could not effect amore moro grateful reform than by securing a revision of legal forms , striking out repetitions and superlluous phases , and express the purpose in brief , forceful United States. TIIK reign of unlicensed outlawry in South Omaha appeals to every taxpayer and workingmen to put an end to it for all time by working and voting for an nexation. Decisive action is essential to the future prosperity of the city. Tnn removal of the Fort Worth rail road ollices to Omaha sent a painful rheumatic pang through the vitals of tlio Colorado capital. Poor old Denver ! Tun Union Pacific directory has rati fied the deal witli the Milwaukee and Rock Island roads. Dillonville will soon be a reminiscence. TIIRATER projects are becoming as numerous on paper hereabouts as rail road and hotel schemes have for the past three years. A Nnw waterworks company has boeu organized to tap the mains of the old company where they are most vulner able. GASOLIXI : is not as vociferous as dyna mite , but is equally effective in .swelling the population on the other shore. OTHKB LAX DS Til AN' OUHS. When Mr. Goschcn , chancellor of the Brit ish exchequer , u short time ago submitted the judgct , ho astonished the country by show- .ug ' . that tlicro hud boon an enormous increase .n the consumption of liquors. Tlio revenues iad buoii largely uus.ncnteil tUoreby , so that ; ho chancellor wi3 : able to promise a consider able relief to the people in t'.io ivuuovul or ro- luctlon of various taxes , but Jio did not pro- iojo anything for reducing the amount of iniior ill-inking , ami ncces-j.irily the increase of drunkenness. The matter , however , im- jressod itself upon I-ioril U uidolph Churchill is domaiullng some tro.itniQtit , and bo adeord- ngiy mtrouuccu in ino 1101130 01 commons a ) ill to. consolidate anil amsn I thall causing , iws. Loi\l Churchill said Unit parliament was largely responsible Tor the increase of drunkenness. The number of taverns w.is jrossly hi excess of the psoplo's" wants , anil 10 believed the bust part of the trade de sired a reform of the licensing system. Ho welcomed , the disposition of the government , orcslifttlowed by Mr. Gochen , in favor of mp3iiiuco. Ho nroposoil to intrust tha granting of llconsoj to inunlclp.ll and county ouuclls , to aluHsli bojr houses , mill to com- > el clubs to register mid pay fees varying 'romjC'JO annually for workman's club3 to 2,000 for uriatooratto clubs. The proposal not with hearty approval nail the bill ) rouiptly passed Its llrst i\33llngi wltli ovcry irospootof golmr through with vary little op- losltion. It marks n decided djparturo , uoth- ng of the kuul having boon baforo proposed n Ungluml for nearly twenty years. * Tlio Hiisshm government is pronarin ? to build its great railroad across SIbarInvhlch vill bo 0110 of the great enterprises of the century. Slneo the wpi-ld Iwgan to realize low immouso tire the agricultural passlblll- ! ( M of the ricu bluok soil of southwestern Siberia niul that there Is plenty of troasura stowed nwiiy muoii the mountains of the southeastern regions there has uover boon my question tluit this railroad , about 4VJ9 nllcs long , would ba built In time. The on" ; Ineorlng problems are nowhere formidable , hough scimo hirgo bridges will ba rcnitlroii uml.3omu mountain ranges must bo traver.w.1 to roaeii the I'.icltlc. For tinny hundreds of ultra ( .icntn-.il Auiienkolt proposes that tlio o.ul slml ! follow almost u straight line , some dUtanco south of the llfty-slxtu par- illol. Not mi iiimece-isary. rouClo Is to bo expended la ornamental buildings or other hlngs that are costly and not essential. Everything Is to ba Haurllleoil to the line of mils Itself , niul It is Intended to malto this us straight , level ami strong as pcisslblo BO that ono locomotive may draw u long train. After the ground was surveyed and the plans pro- i.Hvd.Ciunoral Aunenkoft sahl ho would engage ohullil the road for about one-half tlio llrst estimate : ) of the ministry of public works ; uiul evra his Jlgurcs tnako the cast of the ruilro.ui UIK\ \ Its eimlpmunt over f J-0,000,000. It may bo jruars before Russia disburse * the entire cost of the road ; and perhaps the czar's lik-u that It should bo advanced grailu- illy and lit sections will bo followed. General AnnonkofT says , hou'over , that ho caa com plete It la three years und a half , * * * There are some startling anomalies la the iresent modi ) of electing tha British ho use of commoaa. In the first place the weight of a man's vote varies grontly according to the locality la which the ballot U cast. In Taun- ton , 2,0(1 rccfitorcil voters have the power of returning n jtypnbor of p irllnment. In Hud- dorsflcltl , IRfijft registered Voters are needed for the s.amil fSrposo. Thirty-one members are allotted IV thirty-one constituencies , oneh of which luMoiity from 1,500 , to 4,000 electors , and all of which together have but 0.3,0 * ) . On the othcijlumd , but sixteen members are assigned to sixteen districts , each of which has from 7,300 to 15OM registered votora , niul all of i dilch have collectively a voting population ttt 1 I , W. That Is to say , a vote cast flifj the flrtt group of localities counts on nn vf r.tgo for twlco as much as It does when c.f&t , | n the last. If wo turn from the enrolled YiXura to the populations , wo en counter still more striking differences. Thus , twenty-three members are returned by twenty-three constituencies , each of which has less than 0,000 Inhabitants , anil which In the aggregate have but 110,000. Against llieso privileged districts may bo set twenty- seven relatively dlsfranchlsaj , for they have but twenty-eight members , although each has from T't.OOO . to 00,000 Inhabitants , anil although their total population Is 2,293 , S3. It Is , there fore , worth live times more from the view point of parliamentary representation to Hvo In tlio former group of districts than In the latter. It was one of tno capital distinctions of Bis marck's statesmanship that remote draw backs und objections wcro as clearly recog nized and accurately weighed as obvious con sequences. The German chancellor foresaw that tlio ultimate safety of his country was Incompatible with a grateful requital of Uus- sla's services. Ho saw that Unsstu's occupa tion of Constantinople and control of tlio vEgcan would Involve a lodgment on tlio Adriatic also , anil n gradual absorption of most of the Slav provinces now belonging to thollapsburgs. Tlio result of such acquisitions would bo to leave Germany the solo substan- nnco over tlio whole of Europe. Germany would then llml herself in a position of appall ing jeopardy , for the unagpcascd hostility of Frenchmen would almost certainly Impel them to assail her In the rear. If William II. Is led by parliamentary exigencies to take stops which are . ertiiln to olTeiid the Italian government , the triple alliance will bo vir tually broken ainl the German empii-J will bo driven to seek a substitute for It in the friend ship of Hussia. But this the war , whoso family have been cheated by both Hapsburgs and HolicnroUcrns , Icrns , will require plymcat in advance ; und the real magnitude of the price may not bo fully manifest until Blsnnrck 1m ? paused away. But it is not improbable that the time will coma when Germans will date from Bismarck's resignation and the reversal of his pplicy nn cpjch of disaitcr In the annuls of their country. - # * * The increasing examples of a tyranny to ward the press in most of the countries of Europe lead juuturally to an Inquiry as to their cause. The moro conservative and en lightened governments of Europj have been looked to for a possible rebuke to the Hussian czar for his intoldr.iblo despotism. Not only does it not app3.urin any such effective meas ure as was hoped , but in this matter the influ ence of Hussia appears to have psrvaded Eu rope. The cause is to bo found , without doubt , in the increasing instability of tin-ones. The example of Brazil , the success of repub licanism in Kr.ujec , the insecurity of the monarchy in Spain , maintained us it is by a regency , all servo as warnings to the crowned heads to beware of tlio power of the press among the people. . It is the despiiring effort of sovereignty to' maintain IU ascendancy against the growing strength of democracy. TliosemblnncoofklngeiMft in Europe will doubtless long remain grafted upon European constitutions. But with the establishment of popular education , und above all with an in creased freedom of the press , which no tyr anny can. long prevent , must Inevitably' oma a condition of politicil altaiiy in whicli sovereigns eigns must regard the popular will or cease to occupy their thrones. The famous Dahomun Amazons , though not so numerous now ; ia in former times , still constitute stituto the bast part of the army which King Kordo has just led to the gates of Porto Novo , which is under French protectorate. This corps , of about two thousand , five hun dred women , is nritnly rojruitod from the young girls of the best familial hi Dahomey , designated by the caprice oftho king for military.service , They live la barracks like regular soldiers and nre sworn to psrpstuul virginity. Nevertheless , one-third of the Aimuon corps Is composed of immoral women , whoso lives have been spared on the con dition of their enlistment , and of quarrelsome - some wives complained of by their husbands .o the king , who h only too glad to make use of their lighting humor by incorporating these 'umalo demons into the anny. Ono compiny of the Amazon regiment boars the name of 'Hiuor Vhxlus , " bjcauno they are armed with u nuor Hvo feet long , which is u terrible weapon hi African fights , mid Is used In time of puuco to decapitate the men sentenced to death by the Uahouian king , who uUo uses lis Amazons as public executioners. Another ornpany is named "Tho Big Muskuts , " each woman soldier being accomp inled by a slave , who carries the heavy Iliut-lojk. The "Sure- to-Kill" company is formed of "the best sharp shooters ; there are also the "Carbineer" ana .ho "Bayonet" companies. That of the 'Arrow Bearers" Is composed of girls too young yet for actual lighting , but who uro employed us rcconnoltering parties und in the imbalance corps , primitive us the latter is > . One , the "Elephant" company , Is not dos- incd for the battlefield , but for hunting the elephant and procuring the Ivory for the oyal treasure. The niOJt daring , agile und athletic girls uro admitted In that company , vhleh might bo called the civil or private service of ICing Kondo. * * Japan's parliament , whlcn la to meet for the first tlmo ne.\t Novombjr , will moro icurly resemble the British pirlltimunt than my other legislative body , but Its house of ords will bo un ilHin-ovement on the English ippurhotistf. Bosldea the hereditary nobles vho uro to sit in this body there will bo three other classes of members. The counts , vis counts und barons will select one-fifth of holrown number tosit In the upper house ; ho cmporor will apimlnt a certain number of earned nwn toofl ailiar * forllfo , audoach irovlnca will HCIU } to it 0110 representative to > o chosen by tlio fifteen largest taxpayers. The lower house vfll bo very much UUo the louse of commons , } ho members being uho&oa by the electors wuh u tax quiilltlcatlon upon 'otors , The house of peara , * It Is to bo ob served , Is fouudqA upon aristocracies of ilood , of loaniln&aml of money. In this ro- spcct it Is suparlJmbotlicrurlstocrtitlo bodies of legislators , wlitb genonilly leave learning out of the question und respect ouly blooa or nonoy. ' The Congo state Is now Invading with its tuttons the vast wilderness fur from the uiula river , that has hltaorto been almost un- Isltod. Only two whlto tnon had visited the onlliiL'iico of the Lubl and S.inknru rivers , fur south of the Congo , until Governor Gen eral Jaiisseu , early this year , established a station there. It was la this region that Wolf found tli'o Arabs had armed with guns i largo pjoplo who hail never soon a white mau. They had been supplied with Improved Ircurms for the purpose of preying upon sur- ouadlug tribes and oapturlug slaves for the Arabs. This la oua of several stations the Congo state has Just founded for the purpose of putting an cad to UIC.SQ Arab atrocities , and all the world will applaud If the good work succeeds. Ilctwcm Two Mill St. Limit Otolit-Denwmit , Between adverse popular opinion ami hos tile decisions of courts , the prohibition causa and prohibition party are In almost as bad luck these days as the democracy Is. Truthful Ktito Field. The Jtulgt , Kute Field says women uro hysterical .sen timentalist * as pMltlcians , and absolutely unfit for the management of public affairs. This shows that Catherine la absolutely capable of tolling the truth oven against herself and her sex , and that Is n victory which no man has successfully achieved. Then MHIOII For Gnbrfcl'H Horn. vttMiun nifiMtcii. It Is to bo hoped that some tlmo wo shall obtain an elevation of our polities , aud our politicians ahull sea that the true rivalry of parties must bo as to which Is most enlight ened , honest , and careful of the public rights , instead of which Is the most dishonest , rock- ess , anil ready to disregard principles for the sake of party. The Price nf Hnueess. iVcio Yark H'or/J. / Balzac letter to the famous sculptor -Duvid u'Angers has Just coma to light at a sulo of autographs la Paris. la It Balzac said that when engaged on nn important novel ho wrote from 3 In the morning until I In the afternoon , then ho allowed himself an hour of recreation , and la the evening road und corrected proofs until his early Iwd- tltno. Young people who want to bo Balzac's now know how It caa bo done. No Itclixion. In It. Annmi llcti'fin. Editor Uojcwaterof Tin : Quint BKE has been having a lively tussle with Mrs. Helen M. Gougar , the female third pirty agitator from Indiana. It seems that Mrs. Gougar in her public speeches in Nebraska last full made certain charges against Editor Koso- water. Mr. Uosewatcr , hearing of them , put in an nppzaranco at ono of her meetings and asked permission to publicly refute MM. Cougar's charges. Mrs. Gougar denied him the privilege , whereupon ho addressed the meeting of his own account. Ho was after wards urrestod "for disturbing a religious meeting. " His trial came olt the other day mid after the examination of four witnesses ho was discharged. The fact is , It was not a "religious meeting" there was no religion In \voelnillcngoAlr * . Helen M. Uougur to show ono instance whore her political ha rangues have lifted a drunkard from the gut ter to a life of sobriety. Mrs. Gougar Is ono of those rainbow chasers who are waiting for the state legislatures to legislate the appetite for liquor out of man und reform thorn. While these good women uro holding their political meetings to discuss the laws that ought to bo passed to reform men the tlovll is very industriously plying his usual vocation and winning victims by the thousands. TliK SII/V12B QUESTION. Oui > , Neb. , April IK ) . To the Editor of THE Bin : : Efforts of the combine , namely the producers of silver und these who desire to sco it further depreciated , equal in number the true friends of silver. Its producers are anxious to at once reap their harvest , aud look upon these who are voting with them us friends , but who as soon as u free coinage bill under present conditions is signed will have gained their point. The wester.i country has been flooded with petitions soliciting signers In f.ivot of free coinage and against the Windom bill ; thus have those whose recommendations to the president wcro ignored , been enabled for the time being to punish President Hurilson and ills cabinet , fearing that if Window's bill is adopted or u major portion of It , that the credit that would accrue to the administration would make Benjamin Harrison a formidable competitor , and exclude them from their old- time power lor another tour years ; but these gentlemen , in their eagerness to ship the cabinet , uro undermining the foundation on which the republican party stands. Tliu col- that would follow free foinuiio ut the pivsenL lime win draw iioie.it in lyji. Uleve- i mil , the opponent of silver and protection , would say i told j on so , und the tabling of u s Ivor resolution by the democratic conven tion at St. Louis would appear to bo Justified by vcsulti. What is needed to iusuro the success of the Windom bill N to amend it , so us to read : BulUoa notes will be redeemed when silver is at par and on silver at any tlmo for export beyond North America and West Indies. Taun transportation charges anil uncertain luturj would deter speculation. A premium on the .London , England , mar ' ket price equal 'to transportation one way would Insure its par value within two years. If such u bill becomes a law silver will so increase in value. The English fanner will increase hU whr.it area as of old. The ptes- unt premium on ludian wheat o.xport will cease. Liverpool market price will go up und us value hero K based upon that report agriculture in the United States will uguin prosKr. | Demand for English shipping must then decline or Its support , added to the en-it 01 laying iiown ner manuiacturo in lorelgn market , In either event u gain to the United States. Our eastern inaniifueturers ure us much in terested in rcmonetlzed silver us the agi icul- Jurist. The udvantagos for and uwiust ro- nioncti/ation are In exact rations uny coun ' try's agricultural products uro to the whole populate. Hence , the wisdom of the vote .ipuinst bt-metulllsm in the house of commons. AKo , valid reason why congress should move quick but yet firm. Bullion notes issued witli the ufoiesuld redemption cluiiso mid u pre mium would uttaiii the object within two and one-half years. II. I * . Mtinns. I'N FC ) U MAT IPX'A XT 1C D. The undersigned was recently ap pointed division Held agent of the ar tesian wells invx'stitfation , department of agriculture , the purpose of which is to "ascertain the proper locations for artesian wells for irrigating purposes between the l)7th ) meridian and tlio foot- hilln of the Koeky mountain ; . . " The district , the Hold work of which is under my elmr f. lies between parallels . ' { " ) and l.'l. This Include * that per tion of Nebraska west of u line runninj , ' a little cast of Canton , David City and ( "rote and a short distance - tanco west of Heatrlco ; that portion of Kansas wont of a line drawn through near Junction City , Marlon and Win- Hold ; the Cherokee outlet ; Oklahoma and that part of the Indian Territory west of It ; the public land strip ; the Pan handle , north of Collins and Uoaf Smith counties , and that part of Colorado east of Sterling , Akron , Ilium and Las Ani mus. n Though this is a largo district and the time for doing the work required is very short , it Is desired that tlio work shall be no leas thorough and complete than In any other portion of the territory covered. To this end I ask the co-opera tion of every person residing , or Inter acted , In the district , and as a prelim inary matter of great importance , I wish to have Information of tlio location ( sec tion , town and range , If possible ) of every boring for deep water over made In the district , whether water was obtained thereby or not , aim every important spring or deep pool fed from subterranean sources to bo found within the limits dellned. If these who have sunk such wells , or have an Intimate knowledge of any such , or who can give full particulars of Impor tant bpririgH will send name to me at once , It will aid materially in the work. The newspapers are especially requested to aid In socurlng the information sought , as it Is for the good of all con cerned. J. W. ( iltl'.UOItVi Division Field Agent , Garden City , Kan. ORATOR FERGUSON VERY ILL , Overwork and Worry About the Plagiarism Charges the Causes. MUCH SYMPATHY lOR THE SIOK MAN , Another Collrgo forlilnoolu An IJIec- trio Btroet Unlhvny Humor Slate House Matters The City In llrlcf. Lt.scoi.sNeb. . , May S. [ Special to Tun Bnr.J The sensational figure cut by Air. CJeorgo O. Ferguson , of tlio Nebraska 'Wesloyua university , In connection with the Interstate oratorical contest , may yet have a- tragic ending. The storm of condemnation uruugaiiipon ino young mairs ncau uy ins alleged literary theft , seconded by the notion of the delegates from the different states who wished to oust him from the content , has proved too severe u strain upon him and ho Is Hit iT * ti 111 * ttrltti n il n turnf/in u * ui nf imm'mia prostration. The first rumor of his Illness was scouted as a ruse to protect himself from further public odium , but his physician pro nounces his ailment most serious. For three days Ferguson has refused to tusto food und ho has not slept. The numer ous friends who have called to see niul sympa thise with him have nil been refused ml- mlttuncc. Ho has been delirious ever since yesterday , ami proUwts most pathetically his consciousness of any plagnlrlsm. His Unfortunate condition was not brought on entirely by tlio Into charges lodged against him , but also through overwork for several months past. Ever since the Nebraska dele gation decided to lot him cuter the con test his university friends have stood by him , niul at lust night's contest displayed their confidence In him by placing on the stngo a beautiful lloral ship near the chair which ho would have occupied under moro favorable circum stances. Air. Ferguson Is said to bo a very conscientious young man and has been In preparation for the ministry. Last night's contest has been the great topic of conversation among the cltl/ciis to- diiy. The usual dissatisfaction Is expressed , but all believe that It wis a fair contest. Many beilovo that Tucker of Ohio , through his forcible delivery and splendid peroration , should have had the prlru , whllo others think that Lyou of Iowa , the most uppluudcd of the speakers , deserved It. The only fault found with Douulus of Illinois , who took second prize , is that his delivery was too ambitions for his speech. Wise of Indiana has a splendid voicer mid appearance tiuu iimny wuuiu iiavo given nun first place. The rank of the states repre sented was as follows : Knnsas , first ; Illinois , second ; Ohio and Indiana , tie for third place } Iowa , fourth : Minnesota , fifth ; Wisconsin , sixth ; Colorado , seventh. Mr. Naylor und Mr. Douglas , who took the first and second pri/es respectively , nro both residents of Kunsas uud live within a few miles of each other. After the close of the contest last evening about sixty members of the Phi Delta Thutu fraternity enjoyed n banquet at their hall. At the session of the delegates from the various states this morning it was decided to hold the next contest at DCS Moiucs , la. , the first Thursday of next May. W. A. Uastian of Do Paurv university , Ind. , was elected president of the intci-Htuto association , Mr. Ogglo of the Iowa industrial college , vice president , und Lincoln B. Smith of Bcloit college , Wis. , secretary. This evening a reception Is being held at the capital building 111 honor of the visiting delegates. The representatives' room is beautiful with n profusion of statuary , fiowcrs , smllax , banners and college colors. "Tue ban quet occurs In the senate chamber. Judge Alien W. Field , a graduate of the Nebraska university , will act as toast muster. AXOTIIKIl COU.KCiB. Lincoln can soon lay claim to the title of the "Athens of the West. " She has now three splendid educational Institutions , n fourth is to bo creeled immediately , and now the news comes that thu Episcopalians have decided to establish u college in the addition known us Gr.mdview. Plans arc soon to be advertised for and the money necessary to push forward the work pledged. An electric railway is to bo constructed from the city to this addition. The-plans for the now Seventh Day Adventist - ist institution to bo known us Union college , ure completed and show two structures whoso aggregated cost will b.j S.KUX ) ( ) . The main building is to bo SOxl 12 feet and South hall to be 101x101. It is the intention to commence work at once and have the buildings ready for use by May 1 , Ib'Jl. ' cu'iTOi , INTITI.IGI\CE. : Mr. Brad P. Cook entered upon the duties of his new position this morning us deputy commissioner of public lands and buildings. Mr. Cook bus been in Nebraska since 1875. In Is7 ! ) he was chosen assistant adjutant gen eral of the dnpiirtincnt of Nebraska of the grand Army of the Hopubllc. In 1SS5 ho was appointed chief clerk of the state census bureau , und u few months later chief clerk to the commissioner , to whom ho Is now coad jutor. The meeting oC the sttito board of equaliza tion for the assessment of railroads , telegraph lines' and othrr property , convened at the auditor's office. GovernorTliuycr , Treasurer Hill and Auditor Benton were present , The Union Pacific was represented by Major Wooklock und F. C. Hills. The Kansas City & Onmlia und St. Joseph & Grand Island were represented by General Manager Mc- Nelll The U. & M. was reiisesented by .1. u. Tiiyior linn , i.v ueweca. J.IID wus represented by Tax Commissioner Frank P. Cramlon. The Missouri Pacific was repre sented bv Cliuivh IIowo. A resolution was ottered by dipt. J. E. Hill Instructing the auditor to Investigate the con struction of thoNubiaslu A Western railway through Dakota county.Mr. . Hill stilted that there wcro ubout thirty miles of this roud completed April 1 , but the company hud miido no returns to the auditor's oHIce. The reso lution WILS unanimously adopted. Thosession will continue for thhtv days. The insurance auditor says that no Hvo stock insiinmi'0 company bus any authority to do business In Nebraska , though fire in- iurince companies huvo u right to Iusuro s o It against being burned to death In barns. Articles of Incnrjioratloii have been filed with the secretary oi stuto lor the State Bunk of Kavcnmi. The capital stock IB ? J."i,000. The IncorpoiMtora uru L. J. Dunn , G. W. Cluwson , W. D. B. Netter , II. O. Sitler , C.U. Davis , W.'It. Hlitihborger. F. 1C. Taylor. CITV NI'WS AM ) NOTI'.S. Mr. E. II. Andrews , the proprietor of Cush- man's park , has tendered the use of that resort - sort to the Lancaster County Veteran associ ation on May 14 , and the event will mark the opening ot the grove for this season. A pro- grummu has bin-n arranged for the occasion and the following pel-sons will paitk'Inato : Muvor U. 11. tirulmm , Major T. S. Cli'i'kson ' , Hon. J II. Strode , Mrs. Mollie B. Cook. Hon. S C. Wilson , Prof L. K. Hicks , Hon. William Leuso , Hon. J. C. McHiidc. Governor John M. Thayer , Hon. L.V. . Blillngslev , Hon. H. C. Hussell , Hon. C. II. Geromid Hon. C. M. Parker. During the next four months Lincoln will bo only half lighted us un overlap of * IMH ) Inn been discovered. At pit-sent theio Is but ? : > , UOO hi the lighting fund. The gas In- spuetor will shut on hiilf the lights. Andrew Lowell. Benjamin F. Dill , O. Sel- kuv , James M. Walker unit Charles Craig liu'vo been notified by the district court to ap pear und show causa why they should not bo ousted as trustees of the village of West Lin coln. Action Is tultoii on Uio fact that thuy did not qualify within twenty days after election , und nlso because not being taxpayers they uro Ineligible. United States District Attorney Benjamin S. Baker and Assistant County Attorney Shea , both of Omaha , uro In the city looking after business bcfom the supreme court. Sheriff George W. Hlneck of York county is la the city on official business , The report Unit William Kumlall , son of It H. Kandullof this elty has IKVII urnutod In u tan on tlio emirgoot Boning a mortgaged homo Is received regretfully hero on account of the high standing of his lelatlves. . Ho Known About Oliiylon'H Murder. Louisvn.i.K , Ky. , May. ii. Lost night Jared Satorof JeiTeisonvllle , Ind. , who Is probably the only living witness nblo to throw any light on the mysterious murder of John M Clayton , loft hero for Little Kock , Ark. , fit the request of the Arkansas legisla ture , lie Is firmly of the opinion that Thomas HooptT , who died In Ixw Angeles last Octo ber , U Clayton's murderer. IN TIIK KO'L'UN'DA. Ono group of out-of-town people found n | the Mlllard was composed of Chairman KIc nrds und Secretary Suloy , of the republic state central committee ; T. E. Saunders , state hank examiner from Lincoln ; Editor F. 0. Simmons of the Seward Itcportor , ami Colonel John S. Hoover , deputy oil Inspoctoi from Blue Hill , Webster county. Mr. Klehurds said A a I matters political wcro exceedingly dull , If not utterly llfeles so far as ho know the situation. Ha decline * to talk of maybcs , mlghtbca and perlmiHo as all things considered ho thought that un ; Indulgence In speculation nt this tlmo would bo poorly timed , Hoadmlttcd , however , that possibly ho might glvo an interesting llttlu story or two , but didn't ' euro to risk It. As to the time ho should ca the rommlttea together , ho hndn ( the slightest idea in the world. His Idol seems to IK ? , though , to wait until moro point * era nro secured o.s to the movements of tin cncmv. Mr. Ulchnril.s preferred to cordially evadii uny queries respecting himself niul the guber- nntorlal prospective. AVnlt Seeloy , however , when ( iiiesttotioil i' garding this last tncntloneil matter , remarked. "Oil , 1 guess that the gentleman ( Mr. Hieh- ards ) Is going to be n candliiato alt right enough that Is , 1 hear so. Ho would m.ilce u great run If ho takes n notion. " Mr. Seeloy has just returned from a visit nt several months with uLs parents liiCaliform.i , anil gnvo this as a , very plausible excuse for not being posted on whatever of polities there might be over the stale Just now. Colonel Hoover know that the Fanners' al- Itaneo was multiplying and flourishing like , i gross of young bay tree sprouts. lie Is stiro tlmt the organization will bo pretty sure to swing something or other this full. Qllnnk Kxamlncr Saiitulera said that ho never found matters so mixed up before in his lifo as politics seem to bo at the present time In Nebraska. He was simply passing ttirouirti Omalm and did no business nt all. There was nothing new lu banking circles. Editor Simmons Is doing three wcoks' tlmo In the stamp department of the revenue olllco In this city. Ho Is a deputy collector. * - ' " J. Woods Smith of the bright and rushlni town of Callaway , Ouster county , Is In tlio city. Ho Is enthusiastic over the recent . < r- ganizution of several big and booming cw- por.Ulons at Callaway. The biggest f the Kearney & Black Hills railway com party , which was organized two necks nir , > tvltll n nnntfnl cfnlr rtnininlt , - tn ' ' The company has gone to work with n rush on building a line from Kearney to CiUlaniu. The work Is being done by the Wo id Hi\cr Improvement company , another now corpor ation , having a paid capital of § 100,000 , and which has put 800 men and some 1,200 men on the job. This line will bo extended boyoml Callawny by two lines , ono running to tlio Black Hills and the other to North 1'Utt Cars will bo running on the Kearney und Callaway line by July 1. The president of the now railroad company is K. O. U.ivison jt Iowa. A third now company to which Mr. Sun li referred is called the Callaway Improvement company. Still another Institution Is the C'.ill.iw.ry Water Power and Manufacturing compiny with a paid up capital of $100,000. It has ptifc in ono of the llnest milling , elevator and man ufacturing plants In the state. The mill h. daily capacity of 200 barrels , and a djnumv that will light the town and furnish all the water power needed. Mi. Smith says that this water pcwr beats that at Kearney in every respect They have dammed the South Lonp river and formed the lineal natural lakes that are to 1 o found anywlicro in the country. "Ouster county , " added Mr. Smith , "is , you know , as big as the four ndjaetnit cot ties. It has now been decided to make four counties of Custcr , move tlk > county si\it from Broken Bow to Callaway , and , t < f course , establish tlireo oth * new seats. " o * Will llctiirn to France. PAIIIS , May 2. A republican nowspuiKM-1 a France , says Bouhmger will return to l''rm > o Sunday and will demand another trial ' Positively cured by CARTER'S these Iiittle Pills. They also lellevo Ils tress from Djspcpsln , In ITTLE digestion and Too Hoar ! ) IVER lUtlng. A turfed rein cdyforDUzlncbM , Xausoa PILLS. Drowsiness. Hud Taste In the Homli , Coated Tongue , I'nln In regulate tlie Ilowcla. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE , AMUSEMENTS. js Ope ra 1IOV1) 4 NIGHTS AND SATURDAY MATINEE COM MENCING THURSDAY , MAY 1 Tliu runnlpstof all Gioat Comedies JHoyt's MTIN SOLDIER llottorund funnier than nvor. New in1 > " Now j4i | ) > crlitltluH. l-'nnny situations , drc-it cuiHt. anil lots or pcrtuulils. . Regular | > ii > 4'i Matlneo pricesMo niil73a , b'outs go on jlo \Vedneiduy mouilnjj , Eden MuPee. WEEK OF JOSDAY , APRIL 28tb , Prof. George Brooks , THE BLIND MUSICIAN. The Fan-American Novelty SO-CLEVER ARTISTS- S Great Sta e Hliown ! TlIlK Popart m Ono Dime Admits to All. Coming May fit h UlTKIlTUXASQUAimri'I I 19 OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Siilinorllx-d und ( iiiiirantoed Caiiltal > " Talil In Capital . ' lluys and hulU Mocks and Ixwdis ii ( > , " 'i romnieielul import receive * anil * " ' ' J trusts ; iu't > . in liiiiisfor axunt und tnmt > > " corporations ; takes elmrjfo of pionurij " louts taxes , _ Omaha Loan& Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglas Si * I'alil In C'iplUil ' . . . .t VMI- Knlitorllicil and Uiiit.inltwl Capital . 100 "v Uuulllty ( > t MooKliolilur * , . . , aW'v ' X 6 I'or Cent I 1'uld on Ooposlts > * - 1'HAMC J , l < AMi ! : . Cushlur * Onlrera. A 1' VV/inmi proilitunt , J. J. Ilruwu , vi u s. ' iirunhH'iiti \ \ T U'jiiuin , trtiuiinir. > Director ! A V. Wrniin , J U Mlllnnl , J J llruwo liuj C llnrton , 1. . \V Nash , Tliumaj j KimUai Uuurtio IIMa. \ . li'iuns III any iiinoiintinudo on City niul I un I'ropvrty. and on C ollutcrul buoiiilly. ut Lo * e t latcn ourrcuU