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THE DAILY BEE E. B03EWATER , Editor. PL'ULIHIIEU EVKHY MORNING TKIIM3 OK BUHHCUll'TION. Urilly and fiumlny , Ono Yeir : . fin 0 fllx inontln . . . . . . . . 50 B'lirre months. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2f < Rnmlny Hee , Ono Ycnr . . 20 Wcokly lleo , Uno Vrnr 12 Omnlin. Tlio Hen Itullillnjr. . Uniiilm. Corner N and 3Uh Streets. ? oiuicll Jlliiiri , IS IVnrl Htroct , niileiiimOfllr < i,8G7TIiQ KiMikprjr Iliilldlne. Now York , Uoflnu 14 mid ir.Tilliiino Uulldlng Washington , GI3 1'oiirtceiitli Htrcot. COIHIESPONDKNOE. All comnuinlcntlons iHtitlni to notrs tint fdllorliil matter should bo addressed to tin Kdllorliil Department. IIUSINKSS rr.TTnus , All lui'tlncm lot tests nnil iPiiilUnncosithouIil bo mldii-wil Id The Jlco 1'ntillsliliiu Company Oiiiiilm. Draft * , cheeks mill po-itnlllco onion to 1)0 nmdo payable to tliu order of tliu Com pany. ' The Dec Publishing Company , Proprietors , The Hi'o It'ldlng. rarnaiu anil Suvi'ntepntli Sis 8VVOUS' STATlfllKNT Ol' oTuoULATION Ktutn of NelirnHkn. I0 , ( Anility of Doiielru. | " ' Oi'iiran II. TztcJiuek , wcrotary of Tlio Ilc ( rulilMiliig Company. iloos noli > riuily swtii ttiut the actual circulation of Tin : DAir.tr lus : I'or tlio week ending Muy 3 , Ib'JO ' , was 03 foi- lowsi HumlayAprI127. . . BUW Monday , AprH''H . ll > . < V i Tiii'Mliiy. April ? J . I1MW \Vedm > Mluy. April M . IWK Thursday , Mny 1 . 1 , < VC J'rlduy , JliiyS . HUM ! Buttirdnv , May a . JJOff * Average . ' . . . . . 2O.1HH i : it. T7.HCIIUOK. Pnorn to licforo mo and Hiibsorlbod to In my presence tliUIld duy of Muy , A. I ) . 13'VI. Notary Public. EtatfMif Nebraska , I Connlv of Douglas f " OrorRo It. Trwhnok , bolus duly sworn , deposes - poses nnd nny tbnt ho Is secretary of The llco Publlshlm ; Coiiipnny. tb.it tlio notua ! iivcrniro dully circulation of Tun DAILY HEB for Ilio month of Muy , 18,30 , is.rail copies : for .Iniio , ISSn , Iflav5 conies ; foi 3uly , IFfti , J .TT.8 copies ! for August , m' } , 18 , < V > I roplos ; for September , lt-80. ' 1H.710 copies ; foi October , Itta , 1WW7 copies ! for November , l&S'J , 19 10 coplc-s ; for December. 1SW , S.OH copies ; for.Tnnnnry , ISM , ID/iWroples ! for February , JE90 , l ! > , Til ! coplfs ; for Mnrch , 1SCO , 20,813 copies ; for April , IttO , aJ.SCI copies. OrOltOH II. T7 < ? CIltJCK. Sworn to bcforo mo nnil subscribed In my pii' pnr < i this 3d dny of May , A. I ) . , ! * ) . [ S M.l N. I' . IV.lt , . Notary Public. SINGLE COPY POSTAOn Tin : HcUlotnent of the carpenters' ' strike in Chicago is u distinctive ) victory for union labor nntl arbitration. Now that Oklahoma 1ms Secured n complete roster of ollloiaLs the funerals of oluiin jumpers will proceed , under proper k-yul restrictions. IP tlio president persists in sending Uoosiers out of the state to fill federal ollices , the republican majority in the 8tUo will dwindle down to nothing before 1802. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i THE appointment of an Indiana man } as governor of Oklahoma serves to remind - mind the public that the Ohio federal brig-udo has become a moldy back num ber. DJNVKK authorities have declared war On gambling houses and gutnblers.but the mining exchange continues to run wide 3 open. Tlioro is n great deal in a name after all. TJIH masterly inactivity of the state board of transportation creates a suspic ion that the members arc ripe for tin- ether railroad junket with a commis sary attachment. JunoK HILTON attacked the voracity of newspaper reporters. So did Grover Cleveland. Their physical condition a-t tlio prohont time is a matter of profound anxiety to friends. IT scorns the height of ingratitude for the democracy of Ohio to attack the Standard Oil in its own bailiwick. With out the timely assistance of its lubrica tor , some of the Buckeye bourbons would never htivo emerged from political ob scurity. . THE chairman of the house Pacilic railroads committee rofubes to report the funding bill unless the Union and Central Pacilic tire treated alike as to Iho interest rate. General ( Vttornoy Thwstcui does not circulate among "tho boys" merely for his health. NnmiASKA's experience with contin gent congressmen does not warrant a repetition of the experiment. If other Btates entitled to increased representa tion should adopt the suggestion , the contingent army would become a nui- fcnneo to congress and heap ridicule on the states. STATISTICS of railroad building for thd prcflont year energetically refute the KsMM'tlons of managers that restrictive legislation is depressing the business. Q'he construction of eleven hundred miles of road in four months shows that capi talists consider railroad property a do- airablo investment. IK n recent conversation Justice BrQwor declared that "the effect of tlio original package decision would bo to luiietlcally annul all state prohibitory legislation on the subject of liquor. " The decision was not necessary to accom plish this. Prohibition laws have been practically dead letters in every state ivhoro they Jmvo been enacted. IT is very unfortunate that the board of education did not curry out the sug gestion of TUB BUK at the time the au ditor refused to register the bonds voted lust full for the construction of new school houses nnd the puruhaso of sites. It will bo borne in mind that this paper recommended that the decision of the auditor bo taken as Until and that the board rcsubmlt the propo sition without delay. Had that been flonu the school buildings could now bo under way and most of them would have boon completed in tinio fur the next school year. Dut the board , on the iidvlco of ita attor ney , Mr. Leo Kstollo , decided to light It out in the supreme court. The result was several months' delay and an ad verse decision that compels the rosub- inlbsiim of the proposition in midsum mer , nnd will In any event delay the comp'ettoti of the. much-needed pchool buildings until next year. Tills Is deplorable on many accounts. Our school facilities Jmvo not been equal to the demand for the piifct two yours and the need of com- uwdlous bchool houses la becoming every JIM/JB KATIOXAT QUESTION. ' / A * . The bill introduced In the house o representatives proposing an amend merit to the interstate commerce nc providing that nothing in the act shut bo construed to authorize the sale o traffic in intoxicating liquors in an ; stnto contrary to the laws thereof makes n national question of the issue under the "original package" dcclstot of the federal supreme court. There 1. no contention as to tlio clTcct of this decision cision in practically annulling nl state prohibitory legislation. Opinions tire divided us to tlio effect upon the liquor license or tax laws of the states but the weight of judgment is that these also are inoperative as against an im pouter of liquors from another state who sc'ls ' them In the original packages. II is to bo berne in mind that in tlio case passed upon by the supreme court the importer whoso liquor was seized by tlio Iowa authorities was n non-resident , n citizen 'of Illinois , nnd the language ol the decision is that "tho state had na power to interfere by Hel/.uro , or anj oilier action , in prohibition of importa tion and sulo by the foreign or non-rcsi dent importer. " Does this protect equally the resident of u stale In import ing and selling in the original packages , or is Iho citizen amenable to the laws o the state for practices which a nonresident dent may commit with impunity ? Tlit. language of the decision above quoted certainly permits the inference that tin. decision applies only to the non-rcsl dent importer. But whether or not the decision affects the operation of the license or tax laws , there Is no question as to what it docs for prohibitory legis lation. It renders that absolutely inop- porativo. Congress , however , ha's the power te remove the restrictions upon the state in dealing with imported articles of trade within the limits which have nol been mingled with the common mass o property therein ; in other words , it may by act permit the states to apply such restrictions as they 'chooso lo Iho traflic in Imported liquors. This is the purpose of the bill introduced in the hoti.se. It is not exactly a permis sive measure , but practically it would amount to the same thing.Vhut chance there is of securing .such legislation becomes , therefore , an interesting ques tion . There is doubtless very small probability that any action will betaken taken in the matter by the present con gress , and it may bo rogardetJ as certain that there will bo none at the" present session. The disposition generally among men of both parties will bo to ignore the sub ject. There is undoubtedly only a very small minority of the members of 'cither house who tire in sympathy with pro hibitory legislation , and those who are not friendly to it tire not likely to invite possible political perils by making any concession to the policy. So far as can bo scon there is nothing hopeful in Iho immediate prospect for the prohibition ists , and when they shall htivo made the conlcbt for their policy national , as they mu t now do , the odds against them will bo greater than over. OUR S1I.VUU I'Ol.llir AltllUAD. Senator Jones of Nevada a few days ago received a cablegram from the pres ident of the Bimetallic league of Eng land expressing on behalf of the league hearty approval of the proposed policy of tlio country regarding silver. The dispatch slated that the bimetallist party in the United Kingdom , which now includes over ono hundred mem bers of the house of commons , fully recognize not only that the support af forded silver by the legislation of the United States during the past twelve years has helped to protect the industrial world from an ncuto monetary crisis , but also that the debates in congress have served more than all else to educate the English people to the recognition of the import ant issues involved. The president of the league states that the English bl- motalllbts believe that the increased coinage of silver contemplated by con gress will restore wholly or consider ably coinage rates , and will thus make an international sottlomunt of this com plex question comparatively easy. From the expected advance in the price of silver to result from Its increased em ployment in our currency ho itnticlpitoj great bonollts to the commercial and in dustrial interests of both tlio United States and Great Britain. Apart from whatever encouragement there may bo in these expressions for he friends of silver in this country , they are significant as evidence of the jrowth of bimetallic sentiment in Eng- .and. The fact that this sontl- mont is now represented in Jio house of commons by over ono hundred members of that jody is Important when It is considered ; hut a few yours ago no public man in England having any concern for his political future would have ventured to idvocato bimetallism. Unlll a compar atively recent date English opinion ud- verse to sHvor was so overwhelming that .1 required extraordinary courage to defend Its frco employment as money , jut since the royal commisbion appointed ; o consider the causes of depres sion in Great Britain expressed , ho opinion that ono of these was the practical domonotlzntlon of sil ver , there has been a largo and vigorous jrowth of sentiment favorable to silver. The evidence is that this is steadily in creasing , and there can be no doubt that the enlarged use of bllvor in the currency of the United States , if it should have the benoilclal results to the prosperity of the country expected , would have the effect of so increasing and strengthening the silver party in Eng- anil that in u few years the English gov- ormnont would bo forced by pul > lie sen timent to book an international settle- nont of the question. Such a movement an the part of England would undoubt edly induce like action on the part of Germany , and other European countries vould promptly fall into lino. This Is we of the results which the president of ho English Bimetallic louguo confl- lonlly expects from the currying out of jur proposed silver policy. It may bo a little discouraging to these oroign blmotulllsts to observe the dlvls- on that exists among the silver men in . engross , but this is not of u nature to bo locobsarily fatal to silver legislation. Then ) is no issue regarding the ex pediency of employing more silver In our currency. All are agreed that this shall bo done. The cauio of division if simply the question of how the sllvot notes shall bo redeemed , whether it silver or In lawful money , nntl this neoi not bo nn insurmountable difficulty. Tun next thing in order is the schoo board election. That will interest tlu T. E. ( tax caters ) club very deeply , There are a few school house janitor ships to bo distributed among the mom bora nnd the patronage of the chools will wield quito a moral influence in the Broatch campaign. TilK election is not without valuable lessons. The Broatch Tammany gang , with the assistance of the mossbacks ant ] tax-shirkers managed to muster six hun dred nnd eighty-eight votes in Omaha. The number fairly represents thoh strength and influence. JUDGING by the actions of the Tam many gang , their chief aim is to "dis courage the use of money in elections" by the opposition. That six hundred dollar pot reached South Omaha in time to BIIVO the warrant shavers from defeat. TUB failure of the council to order the necessary repairs on the Eleventh street viaduct is a piece of inexcusable neglect. The longer the work Is delayed the greater will bo the cost. THE money lenders who thrlvo on dis counting South Omaha warrants joined hands with the lawbreakers in defeating annexation. Their victory will prove a boomerang. IF Tim South Omaha wreckers imagine- that they can plunge the town hopelessly In debt and finally unload on Omaha , they are nursing a delusion. taxpayers of South Omaha must promptly invoke the aid of the courts lo enforce obedience to law and prevent im pending disaster. Now wo shall see whether the South Omaha wreckers will go down into llioir pockets lo make up Iho deficit in the town's revenue. SOUTH OMAHA prefers outlawry and bankruptcy to progress and prosperity by a majority of ninety-six. Tin : sidewalk inspector evidently did not know that the major was loaded. OTIIKK LANDS THAN OUUS. The nil dress of the German emperor at the anoning of tlio rcichstng Is justly commended a.s marked by notublo dignity and tact. Tlio speech was largely devoted to two topics , but thoio arc the burning questions In Europe nt this time. So far us labor Is concorneil the cwivror'H suggestions are wise and states manlike and indicate that the socialistic suc cesses have not embittered him , us has been alleged , but , on the other hand , that ho is moving steadily forward in the matter of workingmen's rights , particularly as to Sun day rest , woman and child labor , and protec tion of worltingmen against danger , uninflu enced by the socialists on the ono hand or tlio fruitless results of the recent international labor conference on the other. All , his ut terances on the labor problem , indued , show that ho is In actlvo sympathy with the worhhigmcri , and that if existing laws are ttot suiUclcut to soh'o the problem ho is in favor of additional legislation to tnoet all the reasonable and justifiable demands. As to tlio second great topic , the foreign relations of tlw empire , the emperor fellows closely on the lines of the old policy of his grandfather and Bismarck. Like , them he would culti vate alliances for detcnso and would protect peace by increasing and strengthening the army. Then follows a hint of the customary army bill , calling for an increased appropri ation and a strengthening of the army to cor- re-ii > end with the military increase of other powers , equally desirous of pc-tico ! Evidently there there is no immediate hope of relief from military taxation for Germany , but this was u fon-gono conclusion , and will always remain so until there is a general movement for disarmament and international arbitra tion. As a whole the speech is an auspicious ono and will bo likely to give universal satis faction. * The example of Bismarck is apparent in the lecnnnncndatlons of the emperor respect ing labor reforms. The old chancellor begun Ills campaign against socialism bypassing a most ronrcssivo law , confiscating literature in the Interest of the working classes , prohibit ing publio meetings whore dangerous ques tions might bo discussed , and ordering the prosecution of suspected agitators. This was the first stugo of his dofcnso of the umpire against the forces of disintegration within forces more formidable than thu resentments irauscd abroad by wars of conquest. The second stage was remedial legislation oa social questions. Vear after year ho i > ro- luccd measures for the establishment of state insurance for workingmen disabled by accidents , for the pensioning off of aged aborers , for the organisation of trade guilds and similar projects. AHsuming .hat the state alone was competent to deal effectively with the social problem , ho nvuriubly hiul some legislative nostrum to irouoso for the alleviation of the ills of Social- stLassallo's "disinherited- society" the vorking classes In precisely the same spirit .ho emperor's s ] > occh purposely outlines n icries of measure ? for the protection of work- ng men , Including restrictions of the hours of voinen'8 and children's labor , the regulation ) f lltenituro for minors , nnd the organization > 'industrial couits of. arbitration. The .so- 'iullst agitators in the relotistag uro few in lumber , a group of despised political Ishmuels. jut they represent an enormous urea of social llscouU'nt in the great cities of the empire , jlsnmrck always found it necessary to affect : ecn interest In the wolfuro of the working lasses and to propose artificial schemes for ild'ng ' them. The cimpcrur , wlthou his gruud- iithor's mentor , continues the custom ; * * * The Bui four laud purchase bill would bo a langorous measure uvuu if it promised to ut- uln. Its object. If it do not promise that ro ult , it Is a monstrous measure that hu.s ubso- utely no mason of being. The testimony is vcnvholmlng , and , Indeed , unanimous , tlrnt t will not attutn its object. Ono "would sup- KWO that that would bo the end ot the matter ml of the measure. Yet in this state of facts ho bill has nassud to Ita second reading by tutto the normal ministerial majority , a ma- ority that leaves no doubt of its cuuctmont vhcn It comes up for Ita final passage. The otvo of party spirit cannot go much-further , L'ho sumo tractable majority that carried the rime ? uct against Irish protects will carry lie hind purohuso bill against Irish protests , That a country should be coerced in spite of tsolf Is Intelligible and , indeed , inevitable if t Is to bo coerced at nil. But that u country liould bo conciliated iusplto of itself U anov- aty lu legislation. What is there in the ilstory of the legislation of Sir Cobart "U'ulpolo's time tnoro dlscrod- tublo thau this ! That the subservient squires who backed up Walnolo wore brtboi to do so , and tUaL the subservient squlra who arc backliftfJup Balfour nro doing s < gratuitously , out o ! blind partisanship am national prcjudjmv makes no dlffercnco it the result of thftteUlntlon effected. In fact though the tllfltaSSco may tlo credit to the comparative ho ijof | the British IcgUla tors of the nlnct < mdh century , It does credl to the coniparallfd Intelligence of the Icgtsla tors.of the clghtXonth. It Is rather odd tha thohousoof lords should bo looked to as t safeguard of nuytuW valuable , but Uicro l ! a chance that fin thU casb | ltat body maj show more souse th n the house of commons In cast ) the lords should throw1 out the bill that would iwofiatyly bo the end of it. Tin spectacle of a fyry ministry bullying tin peers and threatening to "mend or end" then for opposing tno will of the commons woult doubtless promota the gayety of nations , bu It is not likely to bo afforded. iho unfortunate inhabitants of the dart continent run a consldor.iblo risk at the pros cut moment of being destroyed by nn execs ; of kindness nnd phllantrhopy on the part ol the nations of Europe. .Every ono of thelattci appears to consider itself to bo Invested will a special mission to achieve the civlllzatlot und conversion of the benighted Afric.tr races , whose welfare for some tlmo past hai formed the subject of countless conferences and negotiations on the part of the respcotlvr governments , churches and trades ol Europe. Even Ttitkcy seems to h.ivt caught the prevailing African fever For months past the Ottoman news papers have boon filled with article ; condemning the Christian methods of civlliz- ing Africa , and denouncing them as porul- .clous . In the extreme. They declare that the Christian philanthropy toward the African Is interested and sclllsh , and that Its princi pal motive is the sale of powder nnd rum. The Mahometan religion , according to the Constantinople Tank , is tno only civilizing and correcting clement that can possibly save the African from the disastrous results ol Christian pttHclytbrn , atid In conscqucnco an association has boon formed in the Turkish capital for .sending bands'tfi Mahometan mis sionaries , uccompinied by military escort , Into the Interior of thcHlark continent. # * Some apprehension have beeu excited in Europe by the fuejt that a flotilla of 320 large flat-bottomed boats have just been sent uii the Uanubo by thu Hussiau war department to the Port of UenI , In the Muscovite pro vince of Dobrudshu , Each boat will accom modate fifty fully o itiippjJ Infantry soldiers , besides the crow of twenty oarsmen. Thu flotilla could therefore lu ono trip convoy across the river an army of 1G,03J men , and thus obtain possession of Bulgaria in a night by.a sudden coup do main. In view of this fact , the speech delivered ten days ago by the prime minister of Sorvia to the Skuptchlna at Belgrade acquires spactal significance. For ho declared that the position of foreign affairs was most serious ; that sudden emer gencies were anticipate. ! , and that the king dom must bo ready for immediate action. On the strength of these st-itemsnts the legisla ture authorized lilin * to call out the entire militia of ir.O.OOO'nk'n ' , audio keep them under amis until further notice. > * * The reception of Stanley In London took the form of a popular ovation. From the time that ho landed atOoycr his p ith was crowded with wildly cheering citizens. All the illus trated papers are furi of him and his advent ures , songs about , liilu are sung in the music halls , and penny biographies are sullhiir on the streets us frr-st as they can bo turned off the presses. Innumerable invitations to din ner have been Hhow-ereil upon him , and the dates for a dozen jkccptions are already an nounced. A Imj'Amorican dinner , with Consul - sul General Nihv In'lh'a chair/Is flxea for Muy : W. Underlying all this popular ferment is the old antagonism between England and Germany as to African possessions. Gorman aggression , as it is tullcd , provokes a tower ing rage in John Bull , who llnnly bsliovca that ho only has a right to the earth , Stanley is the man who can , the English think , checkmate - mate Germany in Africa. His courage , au dacity , nnd above all , his success , have taken the fancy of thu English. * * Since the i vo of the recent decrees in Portugal , by which King Carlos restricted both tlic liberty of the pivs- ) and the right of holding public meetings , the opponents of the government have adopted a cork as their po litical emblem. This" is by way of protest against the efforts of the monarch to place a stopper on the freedom and fervor of their speech and writing t. The rich wear the em blem lu question mnilo of gold and silver and attached to their wntch chains or bracelets , while the loorcr classes content themselves with half a doenold wine corks strung around their necks. The Portugese uro the merriest and most liuht-hwirted people In the world , and there is eonseque'iitly something ) oculiuily appropriate' In their choice of a wluo cork for the outward token of their uumocratiu scntimunts. r * + The result of the municipal elections In ? uris meaus the collapse of the Boulanglst > arty. The outj ohigiujeiuiicll had made itself ' .horoughly uuiiopula'r. , by a course of cor ruption nnd extravagance , and Ind also en- jouraged soclaliats and revolutionists. The republicans weiv , therefore , not Indifferent , o the fact that conservatives and Boulaugists were scolcinu to gain contiol of the now conn- ill , and tint the list of candidates , fixed at rcrsoy , contained a very largo proportion of lut-and-out revolutionists. The vioWry for the government was complete ; the returns showing the election of two Boulangists , thirteen monarchists nnd sixty-flvo repub licans. * The tyranny and misrule which now op- ircss the Egyptian Soudan bid fair to bring iliout the overthrow ot muhdism. Last year jy,000 refugees from the Soudan pushed north nto Egypt , deserting their homes because RO- : ioty is so disorganize t there that Industry is uraly/.ed and tnaiiy iiaoplo uro on tlio verge of starvation. Thonvliiw , in fact , been trcatstif fening from seavcityiftt food near Khartoum , ind the tribes wlfu iundor Oamaii DIgma , ivagcd war for thejij li U near Sttaklu have [ ) ccn perishing of starvation , nnd have been Irlvon to cannibalism. .Somo extraneous in- luciico will yet hijf o an opportunity to bring > rdor out of this cTiao-i. i iVNTI.MONOl'oftYOONVRNTlON. A convention ofcpublicans ] } will bo held nt rJohanun's hall In Lincoln , on May 20 , 1SOO , it 7:110 : p.m. , for th'q''purposoof consultation ind to dovlso thaVitx t method of wresting ; ho control of tlnj'vjpubllenn { party from the lands of the mUrpnd corporations of this itato. To provcnl'tfpossible , , n repetition of .ho outrage porpo id by tha railroad corporations - rations ut the IliuUlnu-s convention last fall , n controlling the convention through the prosy By-stum ; aud to transact such other Dusinass its may bo fpund necessary to glvu jffoct to tl Is objccbaud bcnallt therumssus of ; ho state , by provldingn remedy for oxlstliib' ) vlls. All republican votora In sympnthy with this novemcnt nra Invited to bo present. Hcpubllcau papers plcaso i-opy this call. I ) , M. NerrLKTON' , UiiiiiKi 11. KKCKLBT , Vfnai VM KUESB , J. It. SOUTH KKI.AXD , J. 1C. BiLI.UM ) , Committee. Kenmm'a Testimony I'reforruil. Chtcaw Tribune , " \Vlth all duo resp < ? ct to Ptlncoss Enga- lichen , the American people i > erslst In bo- loving that Ceorgo Kcnnau tclb the truth In xgurd to Siberia and the exile system. A CHANCELLOR ON LAW Hon. J. M. Woolworth Addresses Lincoli University Students. MR. BENTON FINDS A BMLHOAD The Ownership of the Nebraska A "Western Kcvcnlcil A. Druggist Secures - cures n Divorce Other News from Ijlitcoln. LIXCOI.V , Neb , , May 9. [ Special to Tin BBR.J The rooms of the Central law schoo wore well filled lust evening with Intcrostct students , the occasion being the lecture b ; Hon. J. M. Woolworth of Omaha on "Wm is Law its Lawyers use the Term I" Tlio ad dress was in tlio line of general Jurisprudent ; ! rather than of technical law. The Hpcakc : first drew some comparisons between the dif ferent kinds of law. A physical law ho do lined to bo "a description of the order o sequences. " It differs from n moral law It that the latter can bo broken , but a nhyslcn law cannot. To distinguish clearly botweei the rules of morality and the law of tlu lawyer is ono of the most intricate problem ! lu speculative Jurisprudence. Morality mean ; conformation to publio opinion and custou rather thau to abstract right. Civil laws , the laws of the lawyer , conslsl of two elements ; 1 , command. 2 , n sanction I o. punishment. The command need not be imperative , nor must laws necessarily proceed coed from public authority. This is seen in the law of domestic relations and thn rules ol a private corporation whoso by-laws inighl be its binding us a statute. I u .summing up thu speaker defined law u "a rule of conduct by which rights are en forced by u duly constituted authority. " rouxi ) TIM : owxr.ns orrun it.vn.itou > . Auditor Bontou returned front Sioux City , whither ho had gene to look up'tholiiic known as the Nebraska & U'cstern railway , which had not l > cen reported to the state board of equalization. The Nebraska & Western line , ho discovered , was the name under which the Pacific short line from .Sioiit City to Opdeii was known nnd had been Incorporated in the .stato of Nebraska. The company 1ms constructed about thirty miles of track through Dakota county. The members of the company gave as their reason for not reporting this linu for assessment the fact that they were not aware that a road was subject to assessment until it was In operation , but expressed a willingness to com ply with the law compelling thorn to report to the state board and to pay taxes. Mint sicuuis : : HH mvonce. Mr. U. S. Neir , a prominent druggist , has secured ai divot co from his wife , Mary Ncir. The court allows him the custodv of Ida , the eight-year-old daughter , whllo the mother Is to have the custody of lone , the four-year-old child. The petition for it dfvorcu was u sur prise to the citizens here owing to the high social standing of the parties eouc.cr.ned. The two wore married more than ten years ago , and it was supposed that they were living happily together. Mr. Nefr swore iu court that his wife had from time to time unjustly accused him of violating his marriage VQWJ and treated him constantlv with the greatest cruelty. She finally re fused to cook for him , and last December she drove him from his own house , forbidding him to return. UKITII OF cn.uti.cr PITCHER. Charley D. Pitcher , u promising nnd prom inent young man of the city , died toiluv of typhoid fever , after an illness of onlv two weeks. He was only twenty-eight years old. He was a son-in-law of T. P. ICcnuurd , and canto hero from Chicago six years ago. He had been singularly successful in his finan cial enterprises , and ut the time of his death was a member of the firm of Pitcher & Bald win , dealers in real estate , and also a partiu > r in the furulturonrm of Hardy & Pitcher. Ho was , one of the leading members of society in the city. The remains will bo shipped to Oswego , N. Y. , tomorrow , for interment. ALL VllOfT THICVKS. .Tamos Kelley and Thomas Clark , who stole seventy yards of silk from the store of A. Clock a few mouths ago , were convicted of errand larceny in the district court nnd are held awaiting sentence. William Daggeu was discharged. Daggoa borrowed a "hat , coat and pair of shoes from ono of his fellow prUonors in which to maUo a respectable ap pearance before the Judge. After being ac quitted he forgot to return the articles , and instead walked oft with them. Another war rant was issued for his arrest , and after cn- Joylug only an hour of liberty ho found him self again behind the bars. Ho was fined $30 anil costs. Governor Thayer has notified certain citi zens of MudKon county Unit the board of equalition ! wishes to tvceivo the delegation from th.it county May 18 nnd hear what they wish to say about the assessment question. L. II. Kent of Orleans , Neb. , writes to Auditor Bcnton asking if the following insur ance companies are authorised to do business in this st.ito : Consolidated Insurance com pany of Chicago ; Purkersburg insurance com- uny ! of Parkci-sburg , W. Va. : Bnckeyo Mutual insurance company of Shelby , O. ; North Pacillc insurance company ofWythu- ville , Vu. : Mutuul Guaranty insui-ancc com- p.my of Clinton. Iu. ; Standard Iho insurance company of Wheeling , W. Va. ; Gcnmini.i insurance company of Now Orleans , Ln. ; Michigan MllIciV mutual nro insurance com- p.mv of Lansing , Mich. All of thcso coin- panics have policies on n mill in Orleans. Auditor Bcnton notilled Mr. Kent that none of these companies uro uuthoiUcd to elo busi ness in this state. Mr , C. J. Dietrich , a banker nt Hastings , \ vitat the state house this morning. Deputy Auditor Allen is preparing a thesis on "Unauthorised Insurance , " which ho will read at the national convention of Insurance commls-sloucrs to bo held ut Cleveland In August. The governor and a number of his staff loft at noon today for Fnirbury to attend u grand i-cceptlon given by the Nebraska national s'tuu'db In that portion of the stato. e'lTV NEWS AND Tk'UTCS. Sheriff Culwoll of Noniaha county brought In two delegates to the state penitentiary this morning. Ono of them , David H. Breakwell , will break roelc for two years for stealing u liorso ; the other , William Ford , will servo the same tlmo for committing a nameless crime. In the account of the Barnes divorce case published In TUB Ben it was made to appear that the e-ouplo had boon married only MX months. They have been husband and wife for two years and have a child about u year Did. Mayor A. L. Clark and Councilman C. C. lUttenhouse , O. A. Kent , J F. Heller and A. U. Fuller , City Engineer Woodward , C. II. Dietrich , pr&iidcnt German National bank , China Frahm and Peter Burger , merchant , ivuro In the city today Inspecting the sewer system of this place. In the afternoon they left for Omaha on a similar orrand. Colonel Ed Hoggen , Captain Hill nnil Charley Hull returned from Omaha lust oven- Bnrgluts broke Into the homo of Ilov. T. Uruegger , pastor of the German M. E. L-hurch ut JIl'J South Fifteenth street lust svcnlng wid stele SlO.fiO and u handbag. Al E , Ewan loft this evening for Tulmago to visit his mother for a few day. The long threatened rain storms cnma lust night and this afternoon. The latter Miowor kvas very heavy nnd was accompanied with a stilt full of hull lasting live minutes. At u mealing held last night the .school lioard decided to abandon the proposed 'aalf lay sessions at the high school. It wa-s also Jocldcd to build an eight room school house m Cherry street instead of u ten room build ing ns contemplated. Fay Smith , alias Cora V. Kcrr , n woman of the town , was accused yesterday moining of robbing a man from nil adjoining town of O'.H ) . Alfred K , Peterson , the woman's most lull- inuto ftiend , appeared on the heono unu the police report that a settlement was effected ivlthout any anvsts bciug mado. Peterson married the woman. The Omaha Reserved base ball nlno was Jofcatod the second tlmo yesterday by the Lincoln club. The game was hotly contested ind at the end of the ninth Inning the clubs itood tied , each having 11. The winning run ivas made by the homo team iu the tenth Inning. The tlilnl game which was to have been played In the afternoon was postimnod m account of the muddy condition of the grounds. llond WASHINGTON , May 9. [ Special Telegram o Tins BKB.I BUnds offcrcdi $35,500 , at 1.23 ; tfO/JOO at RED WIMjOW COUNTY'S FtQU'l , Neb. , May S. To tlio Editor c Will you kindly allow tno sp.te In your columns to answer a commutiicatio In TUB IlRK of May 7 , relative to the count sent- light , that has been waged Against thl city for the lust three weeks. The oxac facts In the case are na follows and the con mlsslonors' record of the proceeding will bea mo out In the statement ! On April 25 last petition was filed with the board of count , commissioners , purporting to bo signed b 1.523 names. The McCook folks luslstc that It was the duty of the board to act upoi the same Immediately without any luvcstlgu lion. This position was taken by the attoi noy for the petitioners anil ver. earnestly opposed by the attorneys fo rctnonstrators. Upon arguments the bean decided to tnko tlmo to lnvcstlg.it tljo legality of the petition. On Sat unlay , April Si ) , a remonstrance wa filed containing nearly cloven huti tired names. Wednesday , April ! K1 wa-s sot for hearing the case , and 01 that date the case came up for hearing am continued from day to day until Tuesday tin Oth , when , after u careful investigation b ; the board of botli petition nnd remonstrance the board found that out of the 1,5''S nnmci on the petition 231 signed \Jio remonstrance and that of the balance of the 1,21 1 nanios ot the petition only 101 were legal electors o Keel Willow county , leaving "S3 ot tha poll tloncrs which the board found to bo Illegal petitioners. The first motion made by tin board was that the petitioners now bo requested quested to Introduce proof to the board of tin sulllclency of the remaining names on tin petition and the petitioners' nttorucvs wen asked to nroduco such proof , which tfioy re fused to do. Several motions were writtct out by the attorneys for the petitioners am handed to n member of the hoard aud orderoc ( not requested ) the member to read nnd move Its adoption , which was done. Kvcr > ono of thcso motions were framed with the object in view of trapping the boanl mnl were voted down. To cup the climax A. J. KUtcuhotiso wrote out the last motion made and handed It to the board and ordered It road nnil moved , which was done. The sub stance of the motion w.is that the hoard now proceed upon the petition bcforo them without further evidence to call n special election fet the relocation of tlio county seat of Koil Wil low county. This motion failed to carry , thus , of course , rejecting the petition. Nothing further being offered or being before the board , it adjourned slno die. Of the seventy pei-sons your correspondent from McCooli says were desirous of being counted iw pe titioners , moit of them had signed a remon strance , consequently the board refuse.l t < : consider such a thing as a re-petltlon. The potitiouuM positively and emphatically re- luseJ to introduce any evidence whatever ol any person except the canvassers ns to the genuineness of the names , mnl the commissioners' record shows that the commissioners by motion nikcd them to do so , and that the petitioners re fused to do so. There was no resolution "put and carried" requiring the 1(3,000 ( petitioners to bo brought by subpoena before the board. The petition for the relocation of the county seat is headed by H. B , Archibald the master mechanic in the U & M. round house nt Mc Cook , und in the contest before the county commissioners C. II. Harmon , assistant su periiitcndent of the B. t M. , was in momen tary attendance , closely scrutinizing ovcrv move made and the light was led on and eagerly and bravely fought by "Our Tom" Golfer , the Lincoln land company's mainstay at McCook. The Lincoln land company has about sold out iu this city , hcnco they have uo further use for us. T.IC. TI1K bUX15AY 1JRE. I'or the Conscience Fund Frank G. Carpen ter , the famous Washington Journalist , lias been porliiR over musty volumes lu tlio treasury department and In his copyrighted letter toTiiK&tTND vv HKK tells ns how liVUWO stolen dollars have been ictimicd to tlio government. The luttuis that refer to tlio great or Mimll amounts that have bcun stolen from the government. I'athos and eilme are exhibited In the correspondence of thu conscience stiluUcn contributors to the fund. .1 Little Hell inoltonil Hero is a graphic plutuiuof > cenes lu Schiedam , Holland , the druiikcimo.it elty on caith. Men , women and children seldom draw u bobor breath In thU great sin pioduelng conturof the \yorld. The ll'Moif * / Hi ate Men. A grateful gov ernment lias provided for the comfortable maintenance of the widows of Us hcroos and maityrs. Perry S. Heath , Tun UKL'H Wash ington ooriospondont , tells how this work has been done. The punilons drawn by Mis. Uiant , MM. IjOjjan , Mis. bheildun and other notable women. O'er the Tuinb of Gaijteld. A picture of the pluasant resting place of the dead president lu LaUo Vluw cumutcry , Cleveland , where a iiiaKnllluonl monument has just uuon com pleted. Thoughts in l.tuhttr 1'cfn. Straws gleaned from the world's liar\C ! > tof wit and humor. Merry quips ami sharp thrusts , fiom tlio Jolly phlloiouhers. The ll'urld of J-'itfr ll'amen This department Is lepluto as uitml with mutters ot Interest for the sex whoso name Is a .synonym for gen tleness. Tlio leading feature Is a collection of ancient and uiigulluutsaws that have ref erence mainly to woman's Inability to keep any secret except that pertaining to her ago. Jfiicft Llho French Olrls Max O'Uoll tells all that ho has learned nnd much that ho has conjectured about Amoiloan women. They are the queens ot thu earth and the r'rcnuh women uro the nearest to them In Intelli gence , adaptability and general loveliness , Why the 1'ieneh men are excessively sus ceptible and conospomllngly Hilly. The OirU of The Oiccn hie The Duchess bUetches the life of the Irish peasant maiden. In the midst of abject poverty she manages to bo merry , Home of the ancient duncua of tlio Irish poor folk. Copyrighted. rl School for Comcdtiim A sketch of some of tliobrlghl men who have graduated from tlio variety stuo. Uthur Interesting musluul and diurnal lo notes 1/niJc Love III a 1'rlson Cell The sad romance Intliellfoot I'llmo Minister Orlspl. The sorrows rows of u mesalliance und llnal separation. vY/ioa / From the Anle-Koom TUB SUNDAY lHi : Is a standutd authority on matters per taining to the secret and f ratermil societies. Tlio lesiimoof each week's doings is care fully prepared and Is us complete as It Is authentic. The leading feature of this week's resume will bu the fli-bt chapters of the early hNtory of tha Nebraska Oddfel lows , 'oIltlM to Latino Caste Perry S. Heath recites the Incidents of a trip to Georgia's capital and tolls how race prejudices and war poli tics are being forgotten In the rush of busi ness In the new Augusta. nr Society Column Tha busy doings of the society people for the week fully and eaie- fully recorded. "lie Sorting WejwrJmeiU This dopirtment is In the bunds ot nn experienced wiltoruml contains a complete ruvluw of the bltimtlon In the aiiiusumunt lleltls , icw Votk Ilci alii CiiMcj The foreign news borvleuof TIIK linn Is unequalled by any western paper. A compluto icsiimo of thu Hltnatlon of affairs In Kurope , Including all tliu news ot state and thu hocltil gossip of thoxay continental capitals , wlied espec ially to Tin : HKK. 7ie AKMdatcil I'rc * * Dlijuitchtt News of the world ifiithorcd und prepared by tlio largest , most careful und clllclent corps of trained icporturti. 'liccltil Ttleoraplito Stralce In addition to the regular press dispatches Tun l\KK \ bus u special correspondent In every town In Ne braska , Iowa und U.iUnta , thus assuring a complete report of thuocnts lu the entire west und northwest. 7i fltld of Lutiur The greatest Interest Is When Ilabf wan sick , WB gate her Costorfa , When ftliowna a CiillJ.almcrlcJ forCutorla , When she bocainu Jlli-i , lm clung to Caatorla , When thu bail CliUJrmi , ilio gave tlicm ( 'iutorla , being mnnlfostod In tlio movements of tha wage workers. THE SUNDAY lltn : will contain complete reports from the various local trndA Our JfitiAft Vage Ono Brent features of Tun llr.i : la lu full nnd complcto market report. Our correspondent In Chicago compiles and transmits the Chicago produce and live Block market reports especially to TIIK lltn. : Our New York correspondent telegraphs dally the stock market report especially to TUN Urn. A special reporter of largo oxporlonco provide1 * dally most accurate reports ot the Omaha live mock markets nnd our commer cial reporter prepare * dally the only Omaha wholesale market report worthy tha liamu published. In addition to the above our commercial editor prepares ! especially for Tin : SUNDY Ilr.ua resume of tlio condition of local trade , and his statements mid pre dictions have madct for this paper u Rtcat reputation for reliable market quotations. It * Two Xotnlilo Aolfl. Ilaltlmore American. The Ohio legislature , which has Just ad journed , will bo remembered In history for having made Brlco u United Slates senator nnd defeated the ballot reform law. Either net entitled it to n largo und lusting legacy of disgrace. Kour of MoKlntry'H Opponent * . I'tttsbura ] NI ( < A < / { < p. ) When wo reflect that the four leading re publican papers of the west , the Chicago Tribune , St. Louis Globo-Domocrut , Omaha BIK : , and St. Paul Pioaeor-Pross nro nil JumpIng - Ing on the MeKInley tariff bill wo no longer wonder that Clurkson thinks the party in need of newspaper support. Col. Wtittcrsou's Stiuilii-liil Prospects. StJiouli Kepublle. If lion. Henry Wuttcrsou hud not shocked Iho moral souse of Kentucky by losing good Kentucky money playing poker with n Memphis phis- man , llicro Is no telling what might hap pen in connection with Iho Kentucky sena torial vacancy. But wo fear that as n result of his Memphis experience , Colonel Walter- son's political chips nro Irrevocably passed iu. Francis Mtirtliy'H lown , Work. WAVBIILY , la. , May 0. To the Editor of Tun Hin : When Francis Murphy cnmo to this place January 5 , last , to conimcuco u sc ries of meetings , Ihoro were n score ot sa loons holcs-ln-the-walls In operation , and scorei of drinking men nnd some hubitu 1 drunkards , lii ten days over ono thoumiul persons had signed the pledge , among th it number nearly every drinking man in town , the demand for intoxicating liquors had dis appeared. A score of men who were "tolal wrecks" lo nil appearances were reformed , nnd today not moro than three or four of alt who signed the "Murphy pledge" In January have touched liquor since. Families who had received help from the to\\n for year. * are now happy , "well dressed and prosperous. " The chungo that ciimo ovi-r this place under Francis Murphy was truly wonderful. Ho did iu ten days what prohi bition had not nnd could not do In a life tlmo An ngent of the express company said to mo hist week that before Mr. Murphy came hero not n day passed but one or moro Jugs or eases of llquorcamotohlsolllco from abroad. "Now , " said ho , "not ono package of liquor of any kind bus passed through my ollleo in sixty days. " Such was the work ( louo hero by Francis Murphy. Mr Murphy Is now in Omaha. I hope ho will have ns good success there as ho has in all the other places he goes. Wavcrly Is a town of a little loss than ; t,000 Inhabitants. The good done by Francis Murphy hero cannot bo estimated. Could ho speak for n few nights in ovcry town in this state the original package decision of thu supreme court of the United States Chat has so suddenly thrown cold water nil over thu prohibitionists would have no effect on tem perance Iowa. "Law" will never clinugo men's appetites. The Murphy movement does. Yours Iruly , . A. J. II Positively cured by these little 1MJN. Ttioy also relloo Dla- tresntroTt Dyspepsia , In digestion and Too Ifenrty Hating. A perfect rem edy for Dizziness , Nausea , Drowsiness , Dad Taste in the Sleuth , Coated Tongue , Tain In the Side , Tont'iD uvr.rt. They rcgulato tbo Dowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE , AMUSEMENTS. Horn & HAYNKP , MunaRois. Friday and Saturday , May 9tli and 10th SATUIIIIAT MATINKE. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT In HurNuw Historical May byA.lt. IIAVUN , ° ! French JOSEPHINE , Empress T in MI.LK. ItHKA n . JOHKI'IIINI ! Mil. WM. IIAHHIH ns. NAl'OLKON IJONAfAHTK Mllu. KIIKA nnil Coniimnf nro under tlmillroctlonuf Mil. ARTHUR MILLER. Magnificently 1'rod need. Gorgeously Costumed Sight prices. rcKulnr. Matlncu prices , Mo nml 75c. Sonto KU on ftuloThurmliiv' . HOYI ) A. IIAYNKS , Managers. : JOUR NIGHTS [ Coim'Xnt..limUr ' . ? WUDNK3DAY MATIN KB. America's Favorite Actress ; ELLSLER- ; lupportcd \ > T M Frnnk Weston and n Superior lf ) - ninlloiirKunliiitlon. proncntlntf her TWO GREATEST PLAYS ItlNDAY AND MONDAY Tlio l > omo tl < i Oomoar Drnnu , by 1' J Httnrt * . unfilled TIUK.'OVKHNIJbrt niKdDAY AND WKllNKHDAY Thu Ilnninnllo Cuinritby Ilio late J-nuru Dull , cntltleil , KO ipncliil "liOVDKNKHS" Mntlnvo Wcilnvxilny. ar prices Hi-nMuo on aulti Hnlnnlny Dime MUPCC. ? hc Oatlln & Thidloy Coinnily Company In the roaring faro "SCIffiES IN A CHINESE LAUNDRY , " lurry and Klla Maynard In Musical and Society HUctclioli. -THE REICK FAMILY -MUSICIANS- LEOPOLD AND KEATING ! rcat Musical Team I'oimcrly with Ilur- erley's. The Hollies In their nnrlrallnd sketch "THE TELEPHONE. " 3NE DIME Admits To All. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. ubscrlhccl und Guaranteed Capital. . .f > CO.CX ( ) 'aid In Capital . aw.txw HIIJ-H and hulk utoakM and lionilni no otlutin oumiuroltil piipun rucelvex und uiooutuH rusta ; ucU u.s transfer agent und truxtou at urporutloim ; tuUus charge of property ! uol- octti taxes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DmahaJoan& Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. 3. E. Cor. 16th and Douglas Stg. nlil In Capital . OO.OJ1 lutMOrlhcdaml ( juuraiitccd Uapltul. . . 100,00) ) .lability of Htoukholdura . Mu.WJ 0 I'or Cent InturoHt I'ald on Deposits. I'UANK J. liANUKOanbler. Idlcerii A U , WyronD , proMunl ! J J , llruwn , rlct * pccnUlont ; W , T. Wnimi. trunsurur. > lrootom ; A U. Wruinn , J. II. WIMard , J. J. Hrotrn , Muy a Ilarlon , K. W. Hull , Tbomu J , Klmball , ijnoruall. take. l.oiuu In uuy amnunt mudo on City- and Karnt 'roporty , and on Collateral BoQUmy , at Low- mi rutos ourroub ,
