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Tun Miiino limo tnint has collapsed.
Prices arc slackening in consoquunce.
BllOllltl Bond Ills COIldo-
lenco to C'lovcland. Both uro victims of
an indiscreet jaw.
have como to a startling pass
when the greatest silver producing coun
try in tlio world is forced by mercenary
combinations to go abroad to purchase
silver bullion.
CKUAU blocks are on the list among
the mtitorinls for this year's paving ,
Before signing for this material , prop
erty owners should take it look at the
ni'fos of decaying wood spread over the
city.
AKTKU a week of weary cogitation the
Western railroad managers have agreed
to disagree and a wild slashing of rates
may bo looked for. Tlio delicit in earn
ings which will follow will doubtless bo
charged up to "granger legislation. "
IT is not the council after all that is
responsible for the delay in repairing
the Eleventh street viaduct. It is the
clrcumlo-sinecuro ofllcials who are con
stitutionally opposed to expediting work ,
no matter how important.
\VK can now fully understand why Con
gressman Horsey protested so vigor
ously against civil service Vogulations
and civil service commissions. IIo wants
to revive the old method of using federal
ofllcials for capturing and packing con
ventions.
Till ! Garflold memorial at'Clovelandis
not merely a magnificent monument to
the martyr president. It is a splendid
testimonial to the public spirit of the
people'of Ohio and puts to shame the
miserly indilToronco of Now Yorkers in
failing to fittingly mark the resting
place of General Grant.
TIIK boycotting of Rev. Cyrus Cert in
Pennsylvania because ho opposed and
denounced prohibition as "contrary to
every principle of civil and religious
liberty" is a companion piece for the
notion of the ministers who denounced
the coining of Francis Murphy. The
Keystone state does not enjoy a monopoly
ely of the Intolerants.
Uxnnu low license there wore
more than six thousand drinking
places in Philadelphia. High license
lias reduced the number to eleven hun
dred and seventy-three , abolished the
dives and doggeries , and placed the
trallle in responsible hands , under rigid
police supervision. This fact demon-
Htratos conclusively that high license is
the most effective system of regulation
nnd restriction of the liquor trafllo yet
dovlsed.
OMAHA will bo honored this week by
n gathering of representative druggists
from all sections of the state. The Ne
braska Pharmaceutical association will
hold its annual convention , and at the
sumo tinio the state board of pharmacy
will meet to examine applicants for 11-
cense to practice in the state. Tlio con
vention promises to be the most inport-
nnt hold in the wost.asquestlonsof vital
interest to the professions tire to receive
nttontlon. Tun Hins welcomes the delo-
tf.'itoa to the metropolis and bespeaks for
them a cordial reception at the hands of
our business men.
Tine gun continues to lie the dominant
persuader in Arkansas politics. It is
impossible to conceal it , oven when it
would lw good policy" to do so. Hut force
of habit is so grout that when a reaction
is threatened , hands involuntarily glide
toward the hip-pocket. During the in
vestigation of the ballot paekerios in the
bloody district , an obstreperous attorney
was promptly knocked down for ques
tioning the voracity of ono of the com
mittee. In an instant a score of hands
vouched for artillery , and the cry "don't
Bhpot , " rose above the tumult. The cry
was obeyed uud the surroundings spared
from u deluge of hot goro. Although
the committee is pursuing the investiga
tion at considerable personal risk , the
demonstrations of tirtlfloryarosunielontly
uimerous to convince the members that
it is as much as a man's life is worth to
bo an outspoken republican in that sec
tion
AH8KNT AT T//W WHOM T/.UB.
Two of the thrco rcpresontntlvos of
Nebraska- tlio lower house of congress
are at homo on leave during the progress -
gross of the tariff debute. When the
record IB inado up they will bo repre
sented aft paired on ovary vote taken dur
ing the debate and on the final passage -
sago of the bill. In other words ,
the records will show that
Messrs. Dorsoy and C'onnoll would
have voted "yes" on every proposition
on which the members with whom they
uro paired would vote "no , "
But the people of Nebraska , nnd espe
cially the producers who want free lum
ber and reduced tariff taxes on several
Htaplo commodities , will ask why their
representatives hnvo como homo at the
very tlmo when they ought , , to hnvo
Interposed objections nnd offered amend
ments to McKinloy's ' revised tariff bill ,
which raises the tariff on many articles
in the interest of eastern manufacturers
and trusts and at the oxpcnso of the con
sumers who live in the west. No sec
tion of the country is affected by
the peculiar revision which McKinley
and his committee have njcotnmended
us much as are the corn belt states in
the Missouri and Mississippi valleys.
It is expected , of course , that Sena
tor Allison and other western senators
will interpose objections and propose
radical amendments to this
bill when it roaches the upper
house. But . that fact affords
no valid excuse for members of Nebraska
to alMont themselves at the very time
when the most important legislation of
the session is being debated in the house ,
which by the constitution is charged
with originating and formulating our
revenue legislation.
FRDKItA I.UI'VICIALS AXD COAT/JAT/OIVS
Nobody contends that federal ollleo-
holders shall bo disfranchised or de
prived of their rights as citizens , but
when thoy'attempt to use their positions
and seek to dominate the party they do
violence to the cardinal principles of re
publicanism. When a man gets an ap
pointment to a federal olllco ho is sup
posed to bo rewarded for past services
to the party. It is his duty to support
party candidates when they are nomi
nated. But ho has no right to interfere
in party conventions or to plot with
other federal ollio'ors for the defeat of
any republican who may aspire tea
a position within the gift of
the people. The party should be
entirely frco and untrammelled in its
choice of candidates for local and state
offices , and for that matter even its
choice of congressmen and senators. Its
safety demands that federal oiHco holders
keep out of nominating conventions , and
leave the rank and file to decide who
shall bo their standard bearers.
TIIK Xl.lOAltA. SI I ll > CANAL.
Tho.proposul to construct a ship canal
aroundNiagara Palls to connect Lakes
Erie and Huron , " for which a bill has
been reported to congress , is ono of in
terest to the producers of the west and
the manufacturers of the cast , and it
gains in importance by reason of possible
complications with Canada which may
interfere with the free use of the "Wol-
land canal by American vessels. It is
true that under the terms of the Wash
ington treaty that canal is open to
American vessels , but wo have seen
by the report of n senate com
mittee that the treaty had been steadily
violated by the Canadian government in
levying tolls upon American vessels and
in discriminating against American
products , and although n retaliatory
policy is proposed by this government
with a view to bringing the Dominion
authorities lo a recognition of their
treaty obligations , it is quilo possible
not only that this may fail , but that the
Canadian government may become raoro
exacting.
The project of a Niagara shin
canal Is not' now , such an enter
prise having been discussed for
mnny years , and so far as wo
are aware there has novel' boon any
question as to its feasibility. Surveys
made by Colonel Blunt of the engineer
corps as long ago as 1867 showed that
the construction of such a canal was en
tirely practicable , and the surveys of
Captain Palfrey two years ago fully dus-
tained th.o previous ones in demonstrat
ing the feasibility of the proposed water
way. Several routes wore surveyed , nnd
the estimated cost varied from *
twenty-two to twenty-nine mill
ion dollars. The bill reported
to the house and referred to the
committee on railways and canals , which
has since made a favorable report upon
It , setting forth at length the necessity of
such u waterway and the advantages to
commerce lo bo expected from it , pro
vides that there shall bo constructed by
'the United States around the ( alls of
Niagara , in the county of Niagara , in
the state of Now York , a navigable canal
for the passage of merchant ships and
ships of war from Lake Ontario to Lake
Krlo , and appropriates ono million' dollars
lars to be applied to the construction of
the canal.
It is urged that the construction of
this waterway would divert to Ameri
can markets an immense amount of pro
duce which now. goes to Canadian mar
kets , that it would materially cheapen
transportation between the west and
east , that it would shorten the tlmo of
shipment between the two sec
tions , and that it would make
us Independent of the facili
ties of transportation now afforded
by th waterways under Canadian
control , all of which Is set forth with the
clearness of demonstration in the report
to congress. Thus the commercial value
of the enterprise would be enormous and
in addition to this it would "bo of great
military advantage to the United States ,
which , In the event of ilillloulty with our
northern neighbor that would oloso its
waterways against us , could rapidly and
without hindrance send to thti lakes
a Hoot of gunboats for offensive
or defensive operations. Thus the
canal would bo tin economical substitute
for otherwise needed defenses of the
northern frontier , while serving n still
more valuable purpose for peaceful com
merce. Regarded In both those aspects ,
the project certainly has muoh to com
mend it , and as It is estimated that the
cost of the most pructlcablo ronto will
not exceed twonty-threo million dollars ,
the expenditure of which would bo ex
tended over several years , It Is not ft
sohomo which invites serious objection on
the score of extravagance. The policy of
opening waterways In order to provide
greater facilities for the growing com
merce of the country , and at the onme
time to exert n healthful influence upon
the rates of transportation , IB ono to bo
encouraged within judicious limits. A
ship canal around the Jails of Niagara
promises advantages to the people of the
east nnd west which should insure the
project the approval of those sections.
TUB HA1WAY MAIL SKRVICK.
A reorganization of the railway mall
service scorns to bo urgently demanded
for Improving its efficiency , and n bll }
for that purpose is expected to bo soon
reported to the houso. This has grown
to bo by far the most Important branch
of the postal service , and while it has
attained a measure of thoroughness
greater than in any other country , it is
still capable of being very greatly im
proved. In his annual report the post
master general devoted oxtcnded consid
eration to the railway mall service
and pointed out the changes and reforms
necessary to render it more efficient.
Seine tlniQ ago ox-Postmaster General
James discussed this service in a maga
zine article , the chief purpose of which
was to ttrgo thoTiccesslty of a strict ap
plication to it of the civil service regu
lations and Insure . the tenure of com
petent and faithful employes.
During the administration of Mr.
Cleveland the railway mail service very
greatly declined in ofllcloncv. The
total lack of all practical knowledge
of the postal system by the first
postmaster general undpr that adminis
tration , together with the fact that this
branch of the system was f roe to bo
preyed upon by the politicians , led to
the removal of hundreds of the most
capable men and the replacement of
many of them by incompetents who wore
never able to master the difficult work.
The result was u widespread demorali
zation of the service , particularly
marked in the west. When Mr. Vilns
was succoededMiy Mr. Dickinson an ef
fort was inado to improve the condition
of affairs , but the politicians who had
foisted their men upon the-service were
strong enough to keep them there , nnd
as the exigencies of the political situa
tion in the last year of the administra
tion demanded more democrats in the
public service the condition in this branch
of it grow worse.
It was among the first tasks under
taken by the present postmaster gen
eral to improve the railway mall service.
Old and competent clerks who had been
removed for political reasons &ololy ,
as was easily demonstrated , wore
restored , and the weeding out
of . the Incompetents was pro
ceeded with as rapidly as
possible , the extension of the civil service
rules to this branch of the postal system
being postponed in order to prevent un
necessary delay in replacing incapable
men. An improvement in the service
wus soon observed generally , and it Is
doubtless the fact that the railway mail
service was never before so efficient as nt
present. But it is capable of further im
provement , and this the bill under con
sideration by the house committee is designed -
signed to effect. The central purpose of
this measure is to relieve this branch of
the postal system totally from political in
fluence and to put it upon a thoroughly
practical basis so that every employe in
it shall feel secure in his position so long
as ho properly performs its duties.
Among other things it is proposed to
fix definitely the salaries of postal clerks ,
which will bo generally advanced , and
in other ways to hold out inducements
to these employes of the government to
devote thoirvery best efforts to the sorv
ico. It is a recognition of the very great
importance of this service which congress -
gross should not delay to give effect to ,
for It can fool certain of the public ap
proval , and especially of the endorse
ment of the business interests of the
country , of a broad and liberal policy
with respect to this department of the
postal system.
THE president of the Kansas state resubmission -
submission clubs has issued a stirring
call for a business men's convention , to
bo held in Topolca , May 23. The object
of the convention is to urge upon the
governor the necessity of calling an
extra session of the legislature to rosub-
init prohibition to n vote of the people
at the next general election. "Tho ne
cessity of defeating prohibition , " says
President Allen , "is now more apparent
than ever. Wo know that it has boon n
constant menace to our prosperity and
is excluding immigration from our
borders , and now the trafllo in in
toxicating liquors will go un
restrained until wo sot aside pro
hibition and adopt n license system
whereby It can bo restrained and taxed. "
The fact is admitted on all sides , oven
by extreme prohibitionists , that the law
is a dead letter In nil largo cities , where
u system of license in the form of
monthly lines is granted. The decision
of the supreme court has stimulated the
demand for rosubmtaslon and discour
aged the supporters of the law. Under
these circumstances , the question before
the people of Kansas is whether they
shall build up n thriving business for ad
joining states , or cast out prohibition ,
restrict the liquor tralllo and compel It
to bear a share of the public burdens.
No\v that the work is miipped out
and the bids in , the board of publlo
works should push with all possible
speed consistent with safety , the work of
curbing and paving. The delay occa
sioned by the bond election makes it all
the more necessary now that every
branch of public work should bo pushed
so that every man willing to work may
bo given an opportunity. It is Import
ant that avenues of employment bo run
tit high pressure from now on. The
council * should supplement the work of
the board by definite action on the grad
ing ordinances so that the work may bo
done at the earliest practicable moment ,
giving property owners ampVo time to
nutko the alterations nnd Improvements
necessitated by the change of grade.
IT is tv matter of profound regret that
thoSamohots nndTaninianyltosaro drift
ing apart. The hatchet and claspknlfe
have been dug up and there is a painful
suspicion abroad that the scalps of Sa-
mosot braves will soon dccoralo the wig
wam of Tammany ,
THE hustling for1 votes having ceased ,
the South Omaha wreckers are now so
berly wrestling with n municipal dollclt.
ACTIVITY In public works will bo n ,
stimulus to private enterprise.
I'lilM/ltlfthta ' / Tlmts ,
After nwbilo thtt .governors of North nnd
South Carolina will have as convenient Inter
vals for Irrigation in prohibition states as
anywhere else. f
Pnslilon Note.
American.
Regarding nprlng nml summer fashions It
may bo said that mnny rapid young nion who
cannot druw largo checks on baulcs will wear
them on tuclr trousers.
Uclwnon Two Klres.
1l' M/lfH0flM / 1'Ost.
It Is a gloomy prospect before the democrats
who propose to carry the worsted bill before
the supreme court. If they win they got
worsted ; If they lese they got bcatcu.
Assurance Wouldn't Save Him.
.
Henry Ivcs suld : "Assurance was my chief
stock. " A later Nanoleon of Jhmnco had n
majority of stock of n whole assurance com
pany , but the result was tlio same ,
PhllaiMphia Iteconl.
Cm-lisle and tlio Senate.
Ex- Speaker Carlisle would bo a great loss
to the democrats of the house and a great gain
to the democrats of the senate. But It is prob
able that the gain on ono side would more
compensate for the loss on the other.
COUNTRY JJKJiEZES.
Gnnliin Republican ,
Ono of the hatchets that wiw carried off
from this oflleo n short time ago has been re
turned and now wo want that book of Irish
songs that some sinner carried off. Wo can't
slag , but that book Is ours. Wo paid our
money for it and. wo want It.
Our Bolter Half Is Gone.
SctiUa Herald ,
Mrs. N. II. Parks started this morning for
Ovcrton , Neb. , to bo gene wo know not how
long. Sealed proposals for n now housekeeper
will bo received at tlio Herald oftlco for ono
week. No widows need apply.
Tlio Divine Kl Iit of Cooing.
Scothi Herald.
When n young man Is paying court to a
young lady nnd seeks n retired spot in which
to mouth honied words to his beloved , that
retirement should bo held sacred by all gal
lant men. This rule was not followed , 1-Yiiiay
night , however , when a quartette of rude
and unmannerly young follows followed n
.ponplo to love's private bower and basely in
terrupted the nnnrous wooings and coolngs
of the moon-struck swain with cat-calls and
other inharmonious noises. If the man
whoso innocent fun'was thus outraged had
replied to Ills persecutors with u dose of
biitlsliot ho would have cut quite the proper
capor.
A Voice frrtiu Macedonia.
U'csl tfilfon Gazette.
Wo must move our family to West Union
immediately nnd wo need some money to do
it. Wo appeal to every man and woman who
is a reader of the Ga otto to send us 75 cents.
It will bo appreciated by the editor and his
little band of dependents who wish to get
together ns a family should bo. It mattsrs
not whether you are rich or poor , old or
young , or whether you live in a gorgeous
palace or a sod house , wo ask you to consider
the situation nnd help us now. Place your
selves in our position separated from those
nearest nnd dearest to you and you can then
nioro ful'y ' appreciate this appeal , nnd you
can aid us by sending In these few cents nnd.
God will bless you for a Christian not.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL , .
Chicn-ro Inter Ocean : John G. Carlisle is a
bead taller than any other Kentucky states
man , nnd will likely receive the senatorial
plum.
Kansas City Times : Chnuncoy Dopew Is 57.
When ho gets to bo president ho will bo
younger. 1'orhnps Mr. Dopew will sco
through this Joke.
Peoriu Transcript : Ono reason why the
south hates Speaker Hoed so intensely is because -
cause bo insists that the majority shall rule.
Tlioy Uon't do that down south.
Hutchinson News : Miss Hose Elizabeth
Cluvelmul has hud a narrow escape from
drowning upon the Florida const. Her
brother , too , has been lloundorlng in deep
water for some tinio.
Chicago Inter-Ocean : Ex-President Cleve
land will mnko bis llrst argument before the
supreme court in "A Sewer Case , " but it
concerns Now Orleans , and has no reference
to "Tho World nnd Sun Case. "
Boston Herald : Tlio opinion prevails tbat
Senator Call of Florida can talk more nnd say
less than any other public man in the United
States. This idea seems to hold without dis
tinction of party , creed , color , or previous
condition.
Pittsburg Dispatch : Kcntnro ICcncko of
Japan is in Washington making a study of the
workings of congress for the purpose of sug-
gcstlni ? a system of legislation totlio Japanese
irovernment. Hovlo's handbook would bo a
cheaper nnd nt tbo sumo time quicker plan.
Philadelphia Kccord : Richard Croltor says
"New York is well governed. Its low tax
rate is tbo proof. Chewing the pudding
string proves the pudding. " The trouble is
that toaiimny New York officials , not content
witli-cl/ovving / the pudding string , want the
whole contents ot the bag.
Chicago Times : Ncnl Dow , the veteran
prohibition lender of Maine , shakes his head
over the original package decision of the supreme
premo court nnd says that ho knows it Is
"had law. " Well , it is bis privilege to mnko
n bettor ono if tbo cures to. No ono will take
tbo trouble to hinder him. The supreme court
1ms the stm't of him , to bo sure , but ho need
not worry nbout thnt.
Washington Critlo ( Ind. ) : While Major
McKinloy's tariff bill shuts tbo door of com
mercial nitercoiirso in the face of our South
American neighbors it Ls useless to Introduce
measures of reciprocity such ns that which
Congressman Hltt proposes.
San Francisco Altai It Is said tbat Undo
Jerry Rusk will soon propose a plan for get
ting rid of English tioarrows. Wo violate no
conlldenco In giving an advance copy to the
publlo. Ills hdienju Ja , Had their nests and
suck their eggs ,
Kuntlitiinry litiU-H Always .Failed.
Nowhere has the Inolllcaoy of sumptu
ary laws been inoi'u thoroughly demon
strated than in Homo , writes Dr. Will-
lam A. Hammond in Popular Science
Monthly. There' t'lio dress , the food , the
furniture of the houses , were attempted
to bo regulated hi'law after law , which
wore openly or sof-retly disobeyed and
which eventually disappeared from the
statute books. "Tjio cost of entertain
ments was limiU'ilV the number of guests
a person might"1 have at his house was
restricted. No' " woman was allowed
to have irtor'6 than half an
ounce of gold , or'id1 ' wear iv dress of more
than ono color , or to ride In a carriage.
In France , during the Coltio period , a
law was passed that women should
drink water only. In 1188 or thereabout
no person was allowed to wear garments
of viilr , gray , zlholino or scarlet color.
No laced or slashed garments wore al
lowed , and no ono could have nioro than
two courses nt meals. In 1H28 scarlet
was only permitted to bo worn by
princes , knights and women of high
rank. The use of silver plate was pro
hibited except to certain high digni
taries ; and women wore frequently sent
to prison In forties , fifties and sixties at
u time for wearing clothes above their
rank. Hvon ns late as the seventeenth
century gold , as an ornament on car
riages , buildings uud gloves wua pro
hibited.
THE LINCOLN MAY FESTIVAL
Monday , Tuesday nnd "Wednesday Sot for
the Celebration.
CARPENTERS WANT NINE HOURS.
A Meeting Called for This BvcultiB
After the Jewelry Thieves Pit-
ncral of O. 1) . Pitcher The
City In Brief.
LIXCOI.M , Nob. , May 11. [ Special to TIIK
BKB. ] The fourth May festival of tbo Lin
coln Oratorio society Is set for Monday ,
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The
llrst evening Spobr's "Last Judgment , ' and
Gounod's "Mcsso Solcuucllo" will bo pre
sented ; the second evening a grand miscel
laneous concert ; tbo third evening tbo
oratorio "Elijah. " All tbo participants ex
cept tbo four leading soloists are Lincoln
people. The list is as follows :
Soloists Miss ( tcnovra Johnston , Chicago ;
Mrs. IP. S. Bagg , New York ; Mr. Whitney
Mockrldge , Chicago ; Dr. Carl E. Martin ,
Chicago.
Organist , Mrs. P. V. M. Kaymond ; con
ductor , Mr. L. A. Torrcns.
Orchestra Mr. August Hngcnow , first
violin ; Mr. Charles llagenow , second violin ;
Mr. J. G. Saver , viola ; Dr. G. E. Andrews ,
'cello ; Mr. H. S. Browne , bass ; Mr. A. J.
Gatehouse , flute ; Mr. O. H. Ascbmanti ,
clarionet ; Mr. William O'Shea , cornet.
CIIOUUH. ,
Sopranos Miss Baker , Miss Barbar , Miss
Blorworth , Miss Itonfol , Miss Coleman , Mrs.
Crlssoy. Mrs. Dobson , Mrs. Knlow , MIs.s
Goulp , Mrs. Greonleo , Miss Gregory , Miss
Howe , Mrs. Klliiiy , Miss Manatt , Miss
Matthews , Miss Morrlll. MissMunshnw , Miss
North , Miss I'adelford , Mrs * . Scott , Miss
Smith , Mrs. Stearns , Miss Slier , Miss Swift.
Altos-Mrs. Boll , Miss Churchill. Miss
Floyd , Mrs. Guile. Mrs. King , Miss Newton ,
Miss Kosoman , Miss Thomson.
Tenors Messrs. Bean , Butler , Crissoy ,
Cromwell , Duling , Grcenlcc , Grillln , King ,
Marshland , North , Scott , Seamark.
Basses Messrs. Barnaby , Barnes , Chnpin ,
Clmlloy , Folsom , Hunrahau , Lawlor , Markell ,
Nichols , Self , Stearns , West.
A K1XIMIODII JIOVBMEXT.
A meeting of all the union nnd non-union
carpenters of the city Is called for tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock nt Union Lnbor hall.
The object of tbo meeting as announced is to
adopt some means of securing the establish
ment of the nine-hour system. In the call are
tbo words , "Brethren , wo furnish the wealth
of the country ; why shouldn't wo enjoy also
some of its luxuries. "
AFTKII THE Tiunvns.
Dotcctlvo Nellono and S. Greenstone , the
pawnbroker who was robbed of § . " > ( K ) worth of
jewelry , left for Omaha at noon , the latter to
examine the valuables found on the person of
Weber , the crook arrested in Omaha last
night on suspicion of being the robber. In
case Greenstone indentilles the Jcwclrv
Weber will bo brought hero for trial. Noah
Strable , alias Frank St. Glair , the ox-convict
who enticed Greenstone out of bis store- Just
before the robbery is still bold awaiting de
velopments , ns Is also Charles Jones , his
partner , who offered to bail him out. About
a week ngo St. Clalr sold a fine trotting horse
to II. Goldwater of this place , for S125. The
horse is valued ut$300 , and it is believed that
the horse was stolen by St. Clnir.
FUXCIUL OP c. . riTcncn.
The funeral of Charles D. Pitcher took
place at 1 p. in. today at his Into residence ,
Seventeenth and H streets. A largo number
of his friends were present. There was a
profusion of floral designs and tbo casket in
which tbo remains reposed was almost cov
ered with the beautiful tributes. After a
brief funeral discourse the body was con
veyed to the Union depot and was shipped to
Omego , N. Y. , whore it will bo interred. It
was accompanied by the wife and sister of
the deccjsed and Hon. T. P. Keuuard , his
father-in-law.
CtTV NEWS AND NOTKS.
The annual meeting of the Lancaster bar
association will bo held In the district court
room Tuesday evening at S o'clock. Ofllcers
for the coming year are to bo elected and
other business transacted.
The county commissioners say tbat ns soon
ns the city engineer gives them tbo grade of
the curbing at tlio court house grounds they
will commence nt once putting tbo promises
in respectable shnpe.
The Kast Lincoln Chnutnuqua circle at
tended the religious services at tbo peniten
tiary today.
Charles Ashbaugb is awaiting trial In the
city Jail on tho-chargo of robbing a drunken
comrade named Smith of (5 , The crime was
committed in Joe Brcnnnii's saloon is'noar the
union depot and was witnessed by four- re
sponsible witnesses.
Tbo state board of transportation will meet
In regular session at 2 p. m.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the state min
isterial convention will Ixs held In this city
for the purpose of devising methods to best
aid the prohibition political party.
Invitations nro out for the marriage of
Thomai E. Smith and Mrs. Nellie E. Hedge ,
which occurs on Wednesday evening.
The domestic central committee of the
First'congressional district will hold n ses
sion at the Capitol hotel in this city May 23.
Tlio State Millers' association will hold an
ndlourucd sessiou hero ou Thursday nud Fri
day.Miss
Miss Allio C. Millnrd of Chicago Is the
guest of Mr. Cotton of tbo News.
John B. AVritibt has gene to Cliicagowbcro ,
bo will make Miss Jcssio E. Hobinson of thnt
city his wifo. The event occurs Wednesday
evening.
The old settlers will hold a picnic nt Gush-
man park Juno IS ,
S TA TE
A hnlf-mllo race track has been laid , out nt
Wabash.
The ICnlghts of Pythias of Lexington will
organize a uniform rank.
The O'Neill ' Sun has begun to slilno for the
democrats of Holt county.
Tbo York city council has refused to Issue
druggists permits to sell liquor.
The Wayne county Sunday school conven
tion will lw held ut Wayne May 18.
A team belonging to A. McGulre of Stuart ,
rMi away ami killed n fine stallion and young
colt.
Eighteen fat hogs were stolen from the
stock yards of John Nles nt Neligh the other
night.
A building at Schuyler filled with ninety
tons of baled hay burned tbo other night.
Loss , $0,000.
W. L. Gould's blacksmith and wagon shops
at Shelby wore destroyed by lira , causing a
loss of J'.OOO.
Immersion vs sprinkling will bo discussed
nt Auburn four nights by Kuv. M. Boles uud
Kev. P. Pressou.
Eleven thousand chattel mortgages wore
Illoil In the county clerk's ofllcu in Custor
county last year.
'Tbo Nollgh creamery Is now making 800
pounds of butter dally and will soon increase
its output to 1100 pounds ,
Tlio Beaver City town board has raised the
saloon license from (300 to $750 uud has llxed
the occupation tux at f''M ,
The ministers of Clay county hnvo formed
an association which will meet at Clay Center -
tor the llrst Frltlay of every month.
Albert Jowcl , n fourteen-year-old boy living
near Harvard , was Instantly killed liy the
horse which he was riding fulling on him ,
C. Boehl of Holdrcdgo is loading off on tlio
sugar beet business In Phelps county by put
ting In several acres of the German variety.
Tbo town of Oxford , has Imposed an occupa
tion tax of . ' 00 on saloons nnd lixeil tlio
llcenso tea ut $ tT)0. ! Only ono bar Is running.
Hlldrotli Brothers have oold tbo Bloomington -
ton Echo to E. M. Burr of Ulvorton and
George L. Burr of Blue Hill , both practical
newspaper men ,
According to the catalogue of the Luther
neadumy at Wnliwi , them uro seventy-seven
pupils enrolled In nil the classes. The Bchool
year closes thU week.
John WouU of Oxfonl and frank Chaw of
Tobias itro playing a sorioa of eight mimes of
checker * for the state championship , The
playing U all done by mall.
Alvln McGuire , a hon > o thief , and Frank
Heritor , hold for highway robbery , nsisipeU.
from Jail at Wllbor by cutting the bars of the
cage with a saw. A reward of $100 Is offered ,
for tbi'lr umMt.
Mary SoUol , living near puucau , PliUtu
county , quarreled with Joseph Beama and
finally smashed him * vor the head with a
washboard , for which pleasure she was as
sessed f 10.75 by tbo county Judge.
In the Fairmont cemetery there are forty-
two handsome monuments , 151 marble slabs
and lilt graves marked by Iwanl.i , and by tbo
direction of the city council trees are being
planted nud mnny varieties of flowers.
A BOW belonging to a Geneva man pave
birth to n pig which was curiously deformed ,
having In place of feet 1U fore legs al
most perfect human bauds. The owner killed.
the animal as soon us ho discovered Its pe
culiarity.
The Farmers * alliance of McCool Is having
the York county records overhauled In order
to ascertain the expense of running the
county during the two hut years under the
commissioner system nud the two years Just
post under the supervisor system ,
Inwn Items.
School teachers uro being advertised for In
Clay county.
Quicksand caused the abandonment of the
artesian well nt Hull.
Woolstoclt Methodists will build n church
this summer nt a cost of
Over llfteeu hundred gophers lost their
scalps during1 the recent uuut by Hartley
sports.
A pickle factory is being fitted up nt Ot-
tutnwa and expects to puck and ship 10,000
barrels of pickles this summer.
Work on tbo Lutheran college nt Dccorah
Is being pushed rapidly and It Is cxitcctud tbo
building will be finished in tlmo tor the fall
term.
The Muscatino district camp meeting will
bolicldupou the grounds of the association
near Wilton , commencing August 12 , and con
tinuing ten days. Especially Interesting
features nro contemplated ,
Hon. B. F. Murray , formerly state senator
from Madison county , died at his residence
In Wlnterset lost week. Ho has boon for
yiKiin an iumateof the asylum at Mt. Pleasant ,
but recovered.hts reason u few days before
his death.
A chunk of the meteor that fell In a shower
In ICossulh'Uud Winnebago counties about a
week ago was picked up near Hamsoy and is
the finest Bpecimeu yet found. It weighs an
oven 100 pounds and has the appearance of
melted pig Iron.
W. E. Jordan of Bancroft had a close sbavo
for bis llfo the other day. While working
around the machinery in an elevator his coat
sleeve caught In a revolving shaft nnd com
menced to wind him up. Ho clung to a stud
ding brnco until his coat have way nnd was
stripped from his back , thus liberating him.
With the exception of u bard squeeze ho was
uninjured.
The following amusing nnd yet paillette
note was received the other day by an
O'Brien ' county court ofllcial from" a witness
In a ease about to bo tried , ami is given ver
batim in the Sheldon Mall : "DcarSir : It will
bo out of my Power to attend cert In obrien
county on tlio th of this month. Plcaso ar
range to Excuse mo nnd oblige your old friend.
P. S. my wife got run over at u railroad cross
ing and his dead. I have to attend to her
business a little. "
The Washington Press gives the following
account of a Jail delivery which took place at
Mt. Pleasant recently : Sheriff away Daugh
ter opened the door to sot iu u pail of water ;
ono of the eight prisoners uehlnd the door , she
thinking all wcro in their cells ; be grabbed
the door and jerked her down two steps ; up
quick as lightning and grabbed him ; two sis
ters came and "caught on ; " ho tore clothes
all off ono and bruised tbo other , and knocked
his hcad'ngainst the door , stunning him. out
ho wont out ; girls exhausted , told two . 'men
passing to scizo him ; wouldn't do it ; he came
to Wayland and stole Matthews' borso nnd
rode to IJIehmoiid , letting loose the horse ,
which was recovered , and took to tbo woods ,
escaping our officers by hiding. Tbo other
seven prisoners lunged for the jail door , but
the plucky girl was too quick for 'cm. '
The Two Dakotnfl.
Hon. Sol Star has been elected mayor of
Dead wood for a seventh term.
Work will soon bo commenced ou the new
812,000 school bouse at Elk Point.
Over ono hundred families have settled in
tbo Chamberlain land district since May 1.
Oliver Dalrymple , the North Dakota "bo
nanza" farmer , cis seeding 1U,000 acres to
wheat.
Fargo's now Masonic temple will bo
opened with a grand ball und banquet
Juno 1(5. (
For voting too often at tho- recent election
nt Aberdeen , a man named Patterson will
spend sixty days in the county Jail.
It is expected that every county in South
Dakota , cast Of tbo Missouri , will bo repre
sented at tbo stflto irrigation convention to
bo held in Woousocket Juno .
Asa Francis and wife of Fargo celebrated
tbo sixty-second anniversary of tbeirwedding
the other day. Ho Is ninety years of age ,
while the partner of bis Joys and sorrows has
reached the ago of eighty-seven. Both enjoy
good health and are tbo happiest old couple
In North Dakota.
\Voonsockot is talking of n grand celebra
tion ou July . It is thought that a largo
number of people would como from abroad
on that day for the purpose of seeing the big
artesian gusher go through her paces. In
event of a celebration being determined
upon , literary exorcises , borso racing , base
ball and other amusements will bo added to
tbo programme.
James Pringle , a farmer Ilvingnenr Bridgewater -
water , had a narrow escnpo from death the
other day. . Ho was plowing in n field with
three bores abreast when n shower came up
nnd ho crawled under the horsas to keep from
getting wot. When the rain stopped ho left
his shelter and started across the field , but
had not gene more than a few stops when a
bolt of lightning struck the animals and in
stantly killed nil of them.
During tbo thunderstorm in the western
Black Hills last Friday lightning struck tbo
school house Kara. A
nt Iiiyan Ifi-ycar-old
boy named Hamilton was sitting near the
window and received the electrlo current ou
the bead , passing off nt his feet , tearing
away bis shoes. AH the occupants or tlio
school were severely shocked , the teacher ,
Miss Sarah Nofsy , being stricken Insensible.
When she recovered she foundyoung Hamil
ton lying on the lloor dead. Nouo of the
other children were Injured.
WHAT TIIK FAKMEItS WANT.
The legislative committee of the national
grange have have formulated an address to
congress with speclllo recommendations of
the measures demanded by the farmers of
tbo country. In tbo main this address is ad
mirably worded and worthy of careful con
sideration. Tbo following U the substance :
The present necessities of the farmers of
our country uro of far greater Importance
than the political success of nny man or
party. The farmers ask for practical legisla
tion in the interest of u depressed agricul
ture , and ask it now.
Wo want the pending bills to prohibit the
adulteration of good and other commodities ,
from which every honest Industry suffers ,
promptly enacted Into laws.
All romimiimls of articles to bo used as food
should bo carefully regulated by law , und the
expenses attending such regulation charged
to. these who are making fortunes out of a
business , the profits of which are not shared
by the farmer producer.
The claim that this is n tax upon ono com
modity for the honullt of another Is not true ,
because tbo tax is Imposed on the compound ,
and not upon the pure urtlulos which enter
into it. The tax must bo berne by each in-
givdicnt In proportion to the amount entering
into the compound.
The members of our organization , repre
senting every Htuto and every agricultural interest -
torest , have repeatedly endorsed the above ,
and thaso who oppose uch legislation do not
fairly represent the Honest farmers whohuvo
carefully considered the matter before giv
ing It their hearty endorsement. Wo there
fore ui go the passage of the Conger bill for
the regulation of the manufacture and saloof
bird compound , as amended and favorably re
ported by the couiinltttco ou agriculture , uud
tbo early report and possugoot the pure food
bills now before the committee * .
Wo are utterly opposed to tbo gambling lu
farm produce , which Is now the principal
busliioa.s of the boards of trade nnd chambers
of commerce , nnd the exclusive business of all
the "liuckct Snaps" In every city lu the
land ,
And wo also urge tbo speedy passage of
what Is known ua the "Huttorworui bill , " us
amended und reported by the commlttco ou
agriculture.
The formation and continuance of "trusts"
for the purK | > so of robbing the unprotected
ixioplo should bo prohibited by stringent log-
! lutlou. and wo heartily uniloiiio the "Sbor-
inuu bill , " as umunded and passed by the
senate , und recommend Its passage by tbo
houso.
Wo also ussuro you that a largo majority of
our members favor tbo full a-ud complete re-
monctlz.itlon of silver , and that all limita
tions aa to coinage should bo removed.
In tin ) proposed revision of the tariff , wo
Insist that there shall bo no discrimination
against the agricultural Interests.
Heretofore , lu rvery revision or nttempteil
revision of the tarllTtno protection profiled- *
ly accorded to agrlcuUuro has been largely ' T
Inoperative. The duties imposed upon pro
ducts , of which wo grow u surplus to sell ,
have little effect upon the prices of such pro
ducts , nud such duties utterly fall to afford
the farmer anything HUe nfalrsluiro of the
protection accorded to other Industries. Wo
therefore Insist that , In the revision now proposed - ,
posed , and which , If enacted Into a law , U
likely to remain unchanged for several years , s
that the agricultural interest receive moi-o
nud fairer consideration than has heretofore
boon accorded that Important Industry.
The farmers will welcome the removal of
duties from Jute , Jute butts , mantlla , nud sisal
grass ( not grown by American farmers ) , wit U !
the reduction from a-f to l y cents per pound '
on binder twine. They will also bo pteasivi i
to have tree sugar. The sugar Industry has
been protected for mnny years without ma
terially Increasing homo production , ami i
thereby reducing prices. A removal of the i
duty Is expected to reduce the cost to the con
sumer , whilst tba bounty gives direct euconr- '
ngemeiit to homo production. This Is an c\- I
jwrlincut which may not prove satisfactory in |
Its practical workings , but wo are coullifeni '
that It is ono which a largo majority of our
people wish to see tried. " >
' .There nro imported Into this country many f >
agricultural products which crowd nnd de
press the markets in which wo sell our pro-
rtuec. because there nro no duties or because
the duties are too low to protect. In view of
the fact Unit it is proposed to protect fullv
other Interests , wo Insist on duties upon mirii
imported products a.s will afford full protec
tion to the American producer of like commo
dities.
Wo therefore endorse the Increased duty on
barley , llvontodr , hay , potatoes , beans , wool ,
etc. , sot forth In tbo schedule recently re
ported by the committee on ways and means.
Wo found , upon examination of the lists of
agricultural Importations , thnt about fctylHXI-
( XX ) worth of foreign hides were brought Into
this country every year free of duty , whilst
upon leather and its manufactures there Is u
protective dutv. Wo believe this to bo an
unfair discrimination against tbo grower of
hides , ami ou tbo principle of equal protec
tion to nil , we nsked that a reasonable dutv
bo placed on hides. The committee ou way's
nud means recognized the justice of tbo do-
maud and granted our request ; whereupon
tbo manufacturers of leather ( themselves
protected nud very prosperous ) went before
the committee and insisted that no share ot _
tbo protection which they enjoyed should bo
extended to those who hnvo for years , since
the duty was removed from hides , grown
them at a genuine loss. Their demands
were backed by n few of tlio
representatives from their districts ,
nud bides were returned to the five
list. Again the plea was mndo for Justice ,
not favor , by the representatives of the farm
ers , and so convincing were their arguments
that tbu duty was again restored , only to be
removed at the last hour in order to Mruro
support from certain quarters.
\Vo see no reason why these mnnufurtuviiu ;
Industries should bo afforded tunplo protection
when the producer of the raw material ISM.
called ) is forced to abandon an important In
dustry because he Is not protected. Wo sa >
to you , as wo said to the committee on ways
and mclius , "If vou 'will inako leather aiid
manufactures of leather five , we will uik no
duty upon hides. If leather and its manu
factures nro protected , wo want equal protec
tion upon hides. "
If the manufacturers continue tbo demand
for frco raw material ( so-called ) , the time Is
near nt hand when the farmers of tbo coun
try will glvo them frco raw material ,
but , nt tbo same time , will exact
free manufactured products. The limo
to "turn down , " with impunity , the agri
cultural Interests of this country bits gene
by. Henceforth wo shall "watch us well as
pray. " The quiet submission to neglect I
and unfair discrimination which bus charac
terized the fanners in tbo past , has given
place to a quiet but firm determination to
know our rights nnd In the future to maintain
them by every legitimate means within our
rcath. Wo uro no longer a muss of unorgan
ized helplessness.
Souio things impracticable and unreasona
ble may bo demanded. Such the chos6n rep
resentatives of tbo whole pcoplo must have
tbo courage to denyand trust lo time and ex
perience to vindicate their action , but that
which is right and proper to demand for Iho
agriculturalist should oe granted , not grudg- .
iugly but cheerfully. X
IN TIlliLUOTUNDA.
James E. Boyd. sa3rs tbat tbo strong ad
vance In prices on wheat is what drove the
bucket shops out of business. "Their pa
trons , " bo continued , "nro always bulls , ami
consequently on tbo long side of tbo market ;
therefore , when wheat went up from 79 cents
to $1 n bushel it drove them to the wall. "
"Old Hutch , then , was really tbo cause of
111"
111""Yes
"Yes , more limn nny other man. About
five wcclcs ngo ho told mo thnt the market
would go to $1 before June. At that time ho
was long owned more wheat than all the
other dealers In Chicago. Tbo bears under
took to make a break then , but bo prevented ,
them doing BO by buying every bushel that
was offered. After securing complete control
of the situation , Hutcbinson instituted a
systematic scheme to make another nice < 3T
little fortune by sending prices skyward , and
I haven't nny doubt bo drew out big money -
"Tho first serious blow nt bucket shop ,
however , was given by the Chicago board of
trade when it shut them nnd their operations
out of Its building. Still tboy could oven
then manage to secure quotations almost as
quickly and just ns reliable as before , but of
course the work became very expensive. "
Superintendent Backus of tbo Indian
school nt Genoa was found at the Mlllard
yesicrday.
"I am on my way to Washington , " said ho ,
"for the purpose of keeping n close waUli
tbat the appropriation bill for our school get a
through all right. It will como up before
congress in n few days. They have
promised us six or seven thousand
dollars , but I'm going to try and got a little
more than that. Another imrt of my errand
Is to bo present nt tbo awarding of govern
ment contracts for supplies , which will occur
on tbo 20th of this month.
"Wo are feeling greatly elated over the fact ,
of the Indian school districts of tbo United
States being divided up into five sections ,
and particularly that Genoa lias Just been
made ono. of the 11 vo nnd that a
high school course of Instruction bin
been added. The locations of the live great
Indian schools of America nowaro : Carlisle ,
1'a. j Huskcll , Kan. ; Cbemuwa Chlllocco , In
dian Territory , and Genoa , Nob. Wo now
have 211) ) pupils nt Genoa , nnd there nro thrco
boys to every girl , for you must know that
the Indians will stick to their old custom of
keeping the girls at homo to do tbo drudgorv . -
Wo have ArapahoosSioux , WIiinabugiM ,
Omabip , Mnndans and Flat IlcaiU
The best way for ono to explain wb.1
sort of work , skilled labor , many of our pupiN
can do is to call your attention to this suit uf
clothes nnd pair of shoes I have on. "
Both the clothes nnd shoes were admlrahln
In nppcaranco and evidently tlio former
would have cost $10 and tbo latter $ 'J had
tboy been purchased In Onmba.
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
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Paid In Unpltiil av > , ooo
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coimnurulul pupurl riuiolvca and oxru'iiUH
truattr nets aa truusfor uKunt und truilun "i
t'orpornlloni ; tnkosohurgoof proyorly ; col-
loctu taicu. .
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