Nebraska Newspapers

    UMA ± UV JLAXJUXftyjkii / , MUJN DAY % JVIAY 2 1896.
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K1NOLT3 COPY POSTAOE RATES.
THK corporation oil room will bloom
in sill its glory within two weeks.
THK attempt to debtroy the Hay-
rmu'kot moiiiiiiiont furmnlies startling
proof of the foolhnrdinuss of Chicago's
tunurchists.
GOVKUNOII THAYKU may discover
when ho gets the legislature together
that you eau load a horse to water , but
you cannot hinlcu him drink.
THK world's fair managers are pain
fully puzzled over the question , "How to
got cash. " The conundrum can be
promptly solved by the Chicago city
treasurers.
SINCE the discovery of silver ore in
the canyons of the Minneeadusa , the
mini-nil industry of the state lias leaped
into sullk'ient prominence to require a
legislative demand for free coinage.
THK railroad malingers will at once
got up a revised list of the legislature of
1SS ! ) and forward annuals to every mem
ber who has not boon supplied with a
pass since the expiration of last year.
Kx-GovnRN'ou CLICK of Kansas is
ngain being groomed for the democratic
nomination for governor , But political
lightning does not striU ; e twice in the
same spot , a fact that Mr , Click willdis-
cover should ho head his party's forlorn
hope.
THK bill proposing a vast system of
federal inspection of cattle and hogs at
all market and packing points is de
signed , according to the author , to in-
'creaso consumption of American meats
in foreign countries. It' will also ma
terially improve the appetite of several
hundred otlice seekers hungering for u ,
job with n snug salary attached.
OXK of the business absurdities of the
government is the maintenance of the
Indian supply depot in Now York. Con
tractors for Indian supplies are com
pelled to journey to that city , llfteon
hundred to two thousand miles from the
reservations , to present their bids. The
reasons for the location of the ofllco
there originally have- long since passed
nway , and it is to the interest of the
government to move to a central west-
urn point.
"Do figs grow from thistles ? " This
Is what Tim HUB asked when the extra
session was llrst suggested , or rather
demanded , by the bloviating soap-bubble ,
for which Church IIowo has been acting
as guide , philosopher , friend and
promptor. And THK Bun again re
peats , "Do ilgs grow from thistles ? "
What may wo expect from a legislature
galvanised into life by u proclamation
to do now what it neglected to do during
the regular session ?
THK first attempt to annul the con
tract labor law mot its defeat in the
United States circuit court of Now York.
A number of men under contract to work
for an employer in Plttshurg wore re
fused permission to land. An appeal
was taken to court , which pronounced
the law constitutional and declared
llmt the men must bo sent back , The
court saya the law Is n valid exercise of
the power of congress to regulate com
merce with foreign nations , and any
arguments as to the merits of the act
must bo addressed to congress and not to
the courts.
GOVKIINOU HvMi'HKKY of Kansas
grudgingly granted u hearing to the
committee from the anti-prohibition
convention , but did not pay the slight
est heed to the petition presented. The
convention was composed excluslvolv of
republican business men who know from
experience the utter failure of the pro
hibition law. Their character and sin
cerity entitled their request to ros [ > ect-
ful consideration. The governor , however -
over , treated them with lofty contempt ,
declining to visit the convention to judge
for himself the strength of the movement
for rosubmlBslon. The result will un
doubtedly nlioimto n large number of re
publicans from the party , which will bo
foil in the coming election fur members
of the leylbluturu.
THE EXT/U SESSION.
For the fourth tlmo since her ndmlfl
slon Into the union Nebraska'a governor
him exercised his prerogative to convene
the legislature In extraordinary session
The people of Nebraska will naturalli
ask , has an emergency arisen that woulc
jtidtify the governor In exorcising this
prerogative ? Are the subjects so
forth In the proclamation o
t '
such urgency and import Ilia
the well being of this state demands im
mediate action at the hands of our law
makers ?
The' only answer Governor Thayer
would make is that In his judgment the
emergency Is Imperative. How or bj
what method of reasoning Governoi
Tlmyor has reached * this concluslot
THK BKBlsntu loss to divine. Will
the exception of a paper that has
pandered to the sensational nnd plnyci
the political clown to attract attention , a
paper that moreover IB inimical to Gov
ernor Thaycr personally and politically
nobody that claims to speak for any considerable
sidorable number of citizens haS vonturci
to advocate tin extra session of the legis
laturc.
Uut Governor Thayer assures the pee
pie that ho has assumed tills grave re
sponsibility without pressure from any
quarter and solely with a view to giving
thn people of this state what is univer
sally demanded by the masses.
We feaV thai the governor has made a
very seri | > uf ( * mistake. Wo doubt vcrj
much whether the legislature will be
able to formulate a carefully matured
maximum rate bill at a special session
that must necessarily bo limited. Wo
doubt whether the benefit which the
producers may derive from the passage
of such a bill at this time of the year
will offset the expense which the session
will involve. It may bo safely predicted
that the railroads will exert till their in
genuity and influence to make the maxi-
nmm rate law obnoxious within the next
few months so as to bring pressure upon
the next legislature for its repeal.
It is also questionable whether a legis
lature whose members were not elected
on that issue and are not familiar with
the Australian ballot laws will be able to
mature in a very brief time a law that is
suited to our peculiar condition as an
agricultural state and would bo in perfect
accord with our present already compli
cated election and registration laws.
In each of the half dozen states
that have adopted the Australian ballot
changes and variations from the origi
nal Australian plan have boon made to
suit' their local conditions. Further
more , this is not a year in which to try
the experiment in Nebraska. An ex
traordinary number of candidates and
propositions arc to bo voted upon at the
fall election this year. Wo arc to elect
; i full state ticket , a congressional ticket ,
a legislative ticket , minor local olllcors ,
and vote on three , distinct amendments
to the constitution. The most intelli
gent citi/on familiar with our present
mode of voting will bo puzzled enough
without having to study the complicated
Australian plan.
There is no doubt that the people of
Nebraska have lost confidence in rail
road commissions in general and the
present state board in particular. But
we doubt whether the present legisla
ture would bo justified in abolishing the
boiird merely to relieve its unpopular
members from the responsibility which
they are apparently anxious to unload
prior to the impending conventions.
MUST OIISHlirE THE /.Air.
After a period of apparent indifference
regarding railroad happenings , which it
was reasonably certain were not all in
conformity with the requirements of the
law , the interstate commerce commission
has decided to act. Whether from its
own observations or from information
Biinplicd it , the commission appears to
liavo discovered that the law is not being
observed , and that if it is not to become
i dead letter nnd the assaults made
upoiiit | | bo justified , energetic steps * are
necessary. It is stated that since the
recent rate wars began the railroads
lave been notifying the commission of
changes in rates by telegraph , instead
of giving the legal notice which the law
requires. The act is sufficiently plain
ind explicit in Htiitlng what must bo
lone. There must bo ton days' notice of
an advance in rates , fares and charges
ind three days' notice of a reduction ,
ind in both cases the changes proposed
to bo made must bo publicly
msted either by now schedules or by
plainly indicating the changes in the
schedules in force at the time , copies of
such schedules to bo promptly filed with
the commission. But the railroads
have been paying no attention to this
tirovislon beyond notifying the com
mission of changes in the form of brief
nnd indefinite telegrams , from which it
could obtain only partial information.
This disregard of a plain and impor-
nnt provision of the interstate commerce
ict the commission has notified the
allroads will not longer bo
wrmltted. Hereafter no notices of
olnt ruto advances or reductions by tele-
jraph will bo recognized unless given
or the full tlmo required by statute and
ilninly stating all the essential facts re
garding the changes , convoying also the
ulllcial designation of the olllcor sending
.ho telegram , and this Information must
) o immediately followed by a copy of the
H'intcd tariff showing the changes pro-
> osod. At the siuno tlmo the notice is
.riven the commission of proposed
jhangos railroads are required to pub-
icly post the changed contemplated
U each station on their lino. This order
s made to apply in the case of Indo-
) ondont ns In joint rate cases. It would
seem to have boon quite sufficient to have
jailed the attention of railroad managers
o the sixth section of the interstate com-
nerce act , which it must bo probumod all
if them are entirely familiar with , in-
Jtoad of going to the labor and expense
> f Istiulng a circular which Is simply a
estntomont of the law , but this is in line
vith the lenient and considerate policy
vhlohthe commission has mil-
ormly pursued toward offending cor-
mrntions , and which an a rule the cor-
> oratlons have abused. Perhaps they
vill see the expediency of paying more
Utontlon to the order of the eommUslou
n the present case.
It may bo pertinently said In this con-
leotlon Unit there is an urgent demand ,
o which the interstate commerce com
mission should givu prompt heed , for a
more vigorous policy In enforcing the
law thnn has yet boon applied. It IB w\-
douhtedly the fact that the greatest
danger to the law at present
Is the want of such u policy. The most
formidable feature of the attacks made
upon it la the charge that it IB not civ
forced , that although continually botiif ,
violated no one has yet suffered any o
its penalties , nnd the friends of the law
find great difficulty in offering a reason
able excuse for the shortcoming of the
commission in this particular. Tha
body has officially said that- the cduea
tionat period slnco the law wont into
effect has been ample and that the
time has come for firmly en
forcing its provisions. Yet it goes
on tolerating evasions nnd violations o
the law as if it made no provision foi
punishing offenders. The country wouh
very heartily approve any evidence
from the commission that it sorlouslj
intends to inaugurate a more vigorous
nnd decisive policy for making the la w
effective.
TJIK jiKimixo SKA
Last week the secretary of the treasury
signed the sailing orders of the revenue
cutter Bear , then at Seattle , Wash. ,
directing that she sail immediately
to Ownalaska and cruise diligently in
Bohrlng sea for the purpose of warning
all persons against entering such waters
in violation of the statute of the Unitei
States and arresting all persons ant
seizing all vessels found to bo or to have
been engaged in any violation of out
laws. The statute under the authority
of which the secretary of the treasury
issues his instructions to the commandei
of the revenue cutter provides that no
person shall kill 11113- otter , mink , mar
tin , sable or fur seal , or other fur bear
ing animal within the limits of Alaska
or in the waters thereof. The instruc
tions of the present year are said to bo
inoro specific in character than these ol
last year , among other things requiring
that all vessels found violating the law
shall bo dismantled and deprived of all
means of further violations.
A dispatch from Ottawa , Canada , states
on the authority of Senator MacDonald
that the Canadian sealing Jlcet which
started on its hunt last January will
enter Behring sea , and the senator ex
pressed the opinion that the whole con
troversy will bo brought to sudden ma
turity by some act of bloodshed on one
side or the other. There ig reason to be
lieve that most of the Canadian sealers
went out with the determination to re
sist any effort on the part of the United
States cruisers to enforce the rights
claimed by this country in Bohring sea ,
and if such is the case it is extremely
probable that the view taken of the sit
uation by Senator MacDonald will bo ver
ified before the eloso of the present sea
son. The government of the United
States cannot , as the matter now stands ,
recede from the position it has steadily
maintained , and which was emphasized
in the act of congress of March ,
18S'J ' , and in the proclamation
of the president based thereon. Nor
does it appear , from the understood nat
ure of the instructions issued by the
secretary of the treasury , that it has the
slightest intention of doing so. Some
more or loss interesting and exciting
news from Behring sea may therefore bo
expected before the sealing season
closes , unless there shall speedily bo a
favorable termination of the negotia
tions now in progress for a settlement of
this long-pending controversy.
Tlie latest information regarding the
negotiations , which came from Canadian
hources , did not give favorable promise
of an early understanding being reached.
It was stated that the principles of yio
settlement of the controversy had been
adopted , which was of course the least
difficult thing to bo done , but the de
tails had not proved and wore not likely
Lo provo easy of settlement. According
: o this information Secretary Blniiio did
not urge the view that the
United States exercised sovereignty
over half of Behring sea , but
simply insisted that unless some
uithority was exorcised over those
waters the seal fishing would soon be a
thing of the past , and this the British
minister and his Canadian advihor is
said to have readily admitted. There
was no difficulty in both parties agreeing
; o the proposition that whatever ar
rangements should bo arrived at be
tween the two nations should have ref
erence to the preservation of the seals.
But the settlement of this point , cer
tainly an important one , appears to have
been as far as the parties were
ible to agree , and there at last accounts
the controversy rested. Thus the indi
cations are favorable to prolonged ne
gotiations , with the chance of their ulti
mate failure if certain of the demands of
the United States now objected to , and
of vital importance , are not conceded ,
and meantime Bohring sea is very
ikoly to become the bcono of stirring
ind sanguinary conflicts.
Wrrn the exception of Australia ,
10110 of the Pacific isles are advancing
it such a pace as Japan. American in-
luonces have already wrought a wondor-
ul change , not only in the forms of gov
ernment , but alco in the prosperity of
ho people and the development of the
country , The first national parliament
vill be elected In July. Heretofore the
nfluenco of the titled aristocracy pro-
lominated in the Island , but that power is
teadily waning. In the now parliament
hcso classeu will control the upper
mmuh , or house of lords , by hereditary
ight. Members of the house of ropro-
ontatives , three hundred in numlwr , are
o bo elected by ballot. The fight of
utTrago Is limited to moil twonty-Jlvo
ears of ago , who pay an annual tax of
lot less than fifteen dollars. Kvou
mdor this system of moderate constitu-
, lonul monarchy , thu advancement of
Tapan in the next ton years promises to
urpass the marvelous changes wrought
iy eivilizntlrn in the past decade. '
THK Into California legislature rivalled
ho beat efforts of Tammany in fleecing
he taxpayers. The San Francisco Jiul-
etin declares tlmt "if a foreign army had
nterod and laid waste thestato , it could
ot have inflicted greater damage. Law-
linkers nnd all concerned acted like
runken freebooters , raiding a defunso-
ess and prostrate people. " The picture
s not overdrawn , In view of tljo fact that
.hirteen . million dollars wore disposed of
during the T.a-m. The experience ol
California I * fc repetition of that ol
nearly every state of the union , Ne
braska has IHH-II allllcted by a like gang
of freebooters , who raided the taxpayers
with bogus bills nnd trumped up claims ,
requiring constant vigilance on the part
of honest men to prevent the looting of
the treasury. , , To avoid a repetition of
these Bcandiiloiis raids the taxpayers
must see to it that none but honest , re
liable men are'put ' on guard at the next
legislature.
TiiKtin is no doubt that Omaha needs
a workhouse whore men who are serving
out sentences for misdemeanors can bo
profitably employed in worlc that will
not come in competition with the honest
laborer and mechanic. In view of the
fact that the city does not hnv the
means for the erection of a work
house , steps should bo taken
for a concert of action be
tween city and county authorities.
The county commissioners have ample
power under existing laws to establish
and-maintain workhouses. The county
has the necessary grounds near the
county hospital , and can if it is desir
able erect temporary buildings that will
answer the purpose until permanent
quarters can bo had.
THK site selected for the now driving
park and fair grounds is unequalled for
the purposein ; the county. Though not as
convenient as the old location , the prom
ised railroad and street railway exten
sions will make it easily accessible.
FiUENDS of our public schools should
bestir themselves to secure men of abil
ity and integrity to mnnngo the im
portant interests of the district.
THE dairymen claim that the inspec
tion ordinance is too weak. Most people
believe that is the trouble with the
milk.
IT was decidedly improper for Francis
Murphy to return to Omaha without the
permission of the Ministerial association.
THE opposition of the milkmen to the
proposed inspection and license system
is an udder indictment of the combine.
A FOOL with a gun invariably per
forates himself or his friends.
A. Question of Time , Not of IStcrnity.
Ilnffnln Cnmmcrciitl.
Canadian business will fall off considera
bly under the new extradition laws. Where
will the rogues go ? before they die , of
course.
A 3Iiiinlllcnt Failure.
The history of the world might probably
be searched in vain for n parallel to the waste ,
mismanagement and blundering with which.
the Panama canal enterprise bas been con
ducted.
AVh yAVe are Silent.
Damon County HeraM.
Daniel E. rtimdman's ' company played
"Homeo and Juliet" at the opera house in this
city Tuesday night. No complimentary tick
ets were loft at this ofllco and wo didn't at
tend the show , lioiico wu have nothing to say
about it.
But the AniiM'iuuii ( Jirl Won't.
Clitcaijt ) Intfr-Oetan ,
Pour of the eight ladies who agreed to ride
astride at the next London eoichinj ? meet have
bucked out. It requires the courage of an
American girl to break away from the side
saddle custom , and even they do not euro to
practice it in public.
_ - . -
lint 11 Woman Still.
Jflnnmpofu TriJmne.
The royal ratcatcher of England , who re
ceives $ J3"5 a year , has been discharged with
a royal reprimand. Three times within a
month bas the queen been constrained to
jump suddenly to a standing position on her
throne and draw her skirts tightly about her
ankles.
Conspicuous by Tlicir Absence.
St. Vitiil ( ilulie.
It appeai-s from the Omaha papers that the
clergy and the regular temperance organiza
tions all gave Murphy , the in-angelist , the
frigid shako because ho does not adopt legal
prohibition. Miss Willard wrote them to let
iiim severely alono. Charity and toleration
are not conspicuous virtues with some good
people ,
Tlio Party Can l o Redeemed.
Stuujc City Jour mil.
The Journal is prepared to give heed to the
013of Tnu OMAII v DIK : that the republican
; > arty hi Nebraska "is on the eve of a great
crisis. " The question is as to whether , as
: ho Journal undertook to say the other day ,
the party is to bo controlled by the anti-mo-
lopoly sentiment ot the atato. Tin : Hin : says
: liat fully -10,01)0 ) republicans enrolled in the
Farmers' alliance are awaiting "an assurance
'rom republicans In sympathy with their de-
nands that u uliunco will bo given them by
in early convention to redeem the state from
railroad rule by the nomination of candidates
of their own choice , and the adoption of a
ilatform that expresses in positive and uno-
liiivocal language the popular wish and will. "
Vfoll , the republican party of Nebraska must
get in line with the producers of the state , or
jot out. The Journal believes that. And it
leliovos , also , that if the republican party in
ISebraska can have a chance , in nn curly con
vention , the party will bo put in line. It will
lot only free itself-of corporate control , but it
vill niako a ticket and write a platform that
shall answer na to ita good faith with the
> eoplc.
A Protest of Respectability.
K'liinaJ mt\ \ ] Times ,
If Governor Humphrey learns nothing else
from the imposing : assembly of Kansas busi-
iessmcnwhlch | gathered to make a respectful
equest for an early rosubinisslon of the proul-
> itinu amendment , ' ho will bo compelled to
idmlt Unit the issuolu rosuhmhsion b not bo-
wcen whisky drinking and sobriety.
The professionaj prohibitionists have hnm-
nered away at that , Issue so long that they
uivo actually convinced many good people
hat opposition to prohibition laws is love of
Irunkenness.
Kesubmlsslon In fCansas is n form of the
H'otoston principloviigalnst laws which are
vrong and inotTootivo. All decent men
ondomn drunkenness or anything which
'ustora druiikeiinpss. The difference bu-
woen the opinion of the great
gathering of wealth , respectability and
food citizenship which met Governor
lumphrey and the opinion of the
'ood people who support prohibition is
ipon the province of government In dealing
vith the trafllo in liquor. In the eommunl-
ii's from which tliu gentlemen to Topoku
aino , the prohibition laws have been n
ourco of trouble , loss and ill-feeling , with no
-ouiitensatlng irood whatever.
What Governor Humphrey and his party
ssoclutet must determine U whether these
and other communities similarly situated nro
to bo ignored and Injured. The original
mckatfo decision has made the prohibition
uw lu all largo towns wuive than over bo-
"atiao It destroys the ruveiiuo collt-ctod under
bo line system.
The protest waa In the name of dignity ,
cmperunco and scnsiblu imuiifipat govoru-
neut. To vlllify It will burl the vilUfiur * .
Nolirnnkn.
The Dakota City Argus Is U-n years old.
The ladles of Whitney have formed a
branch of the W. C. T. U.
The Atkinson high school graduated one
man and two ladles hut week.
Newport's ' butter nnd cheese factory him.
dies 0,000 pounds of milk daily.
Tlioro are 149 cases on the docket of the
Clay county court , the largest the county
over had.
M. Welsh , an Oakland tinner , was badly
burned the other day by the explosion of a
gasoline stove.
Mr. .Tuck Ehman of Louisville has escaped
n term In jail by marrying Miss Edna Ander
son of the same place ,
During n storm lit Seward the tent In which
n iroup was playing Unelo Tom's Cabin was
blown down , but nobody was seriously In
jured.
There will bo somewhere between 1WO and
2.000 acres of wheat , oats and tlax put In on
the tiiblo land surrounding Harrison , Sioux
county.
Over $ ; ! 00 has already been raised nt Geneva
for a Fourth of July celebration. Van Wyck
and Lccso will bo invited to deliver ad
dresses.
It is now an assured fact that thcro will bo
n 610,000 brick hotel erected in Madison this
season. The present proprietor of the Prince
hotel will build it.
The Union Pacific has settled the case ot
little Willlo Lnuer of Columbus , who de
manded $20,000 damages for injuries received ,
by agreeing to pay the lad $1,000.
A Madison man has discovered n process for
manufacturing both soft and hard soap from
corn nt one-third the cost of other soaps. A
stock company Is about to bo formed for its
manufacture ,
Hlrhard Conway. a farmer near Scward.
whllo under the intlucnco of liquor assaulted
his hired man , .lames Wbitworth , with a
curry comb and indicted g , number of wounds.
Conway wits arrested.
Reduced rates of ono nnd ono-thinl faro
have been secured for the state Sunday school
convention , which meets at Hastings Juno ,
5 and II. It is expected that this will bo the
largest nnd best convention of the kind ever
hold in Nebraska. Five hundred persons are
expected to attend.
s The number of hogs raised In Lincoln
county in 1SSO trebled those of 1SSS , and pres
ent indications are that this year's product
will more than double that of last , says the
North Platte Tribune. Cora will continue to
reign king of Lincoln county , his consort will
bo the hog , and North Platte bis commercial
city.
city.Says
Says the Gresham Review : People in the
east who think wo don't grow much corn out
this way are respectfully invited to cogitate
the following item : George H. .Tncobson
shelled on four sections of laud , near McCool ,
00,000 , bushels of corn , all raised on the land.
He has shelled within a radius of live miles
100,000 bushels in the past two months. This
with ono shelter only Indicates some corn.
The city council of Sewnrd ordered out the
street lights , leaving nearly live miles of dead
wire strung around town. A representative
of the light company says the original ox-
pcnso of putting in the poles , wires , posts ,
lamps , etc. , necessary to light the streets was
nearly 81,500 , , which are now practically use
less. The object of discontinuing the use of
the lights is to save money to help complete
the water works.
H. C. Lamberton. the ox-cashier of the
broken bank of Humboldt , some time ago let t
the state and went to Harrisburg , Pa. Ho-
cently the grand jury indicted Lam
berton for falsifying the records of the bank ,
and Governor Thaycr issued requisition
papers for him. Governor Beaver of Penn
sylvania , however , declined to give up the
prisoner on the ground that the indictment
was defective , and the Nebraska oulcor was
obliged to return without his man.
Iowa Items.
A Catholic college is to bo built at St. Joe ,
Kossuth county.
Over ilvo hundred shade trees have been
planted in Alton this year.
Orange City farmers will this year double
the crap of celery raised last season.
The Atlantic canning company shipped ten
carloads of canned corn the other day.
The auditor of Dccntur county bas paid
bounty 011 forty-eight wolf scalps since
May 1.
A attack of measles lias driven G. W.
Mnrkin , a West Bend farmer , insane , and ho
has been taken to the Independence asylum.
The Northwestern Iowa editorial associa
tion meets at Humboldt Juno 11 and 12 , and
the people of the city are making prepara
tions to entertain their distinguished guests.
A company is being organized In Keokuk
to bo known as the Keokuk hydraulic and
Electric power company , with a capital of
§ 500,000 , the object of which is to utilize the
immense water power available from the DCS
Moines rapids in the river at that point.- *
Zeko Clarke of Coralvillo took pity on a
boy tramp the other day and ottered him a
home. The yovthful tourist repaid his kind
ness by stealing a gold watch valued nt $ IU. >
and several other articles. The booty was
recovered and the youth allowed to resume
his journey.
Lightning struck a school house east of
Humbolt ono day last week while school was
in session. Fourteen pupils and the teacher
felt a slight shock , but were not injured. A
ball of flro entered the room , passed around
the school and out again , tearing a leg from a
table and scattering a few splinters.
Frederick Uocblltz , an old man of sovcnty-
two , living near Pulnski , was dragged to
death by a horse the other day. Ho was load
ing the animal with a halter when In some
way the strap became tangled around his
arm and before he could extricate himself the
horse took fright and ran away , dragging him
a distance of half a mile.
During an electric storm in DCS Moines
Thursday the house of Jacob Hockey wns
struck by lightning and badly damaged. Mrs.
Hockey was sitting in the kitchen when the
bolt camo. The furniture In the room was
hurled about in every direction , the stove
overthrown , wliilo Hying bricks Illled the air.
When the shock passed the little woman was
found standing amid the ruins , badlv scared ,
her face blackened , her dress torn , but not a
hair of her head Injured.
Another unique lawsuit is about to bo
brought before the district court of Jones
county. G. W. Bcighlo nnd his wife Jos-
cphlno , tenants on J. L. , ioMlnfa farm , bnvo
brought action against the latter for $10,500
damages. Tha petition sots forth that n son
and daughter of Joslln wcro attending West
ern college , at Toledo , wboro they were
taken sick with diphtheria , nnd that the
rlotlilng woni by them during their sickness
was given to Mrs , Itclghlo to bo washed , and
as a result of tholr presence in the house her
two children took the disease and died , in
consequence of which they ask damages in
the above amount.
The Two DalcntiiH.
Ending wants n lumberyard.
A Browning club has been organized at
Ynnkton.
A Lutheran church Is being built at Ger-
mantown.
A Woman's Relief corps has been mustered
In at Howard.
Wobioy will Issue $3,500 , In bonds to sink an
nrtesian well.
Tha Elk Point croamcry turns out 0,000 ,
pounds of butter per week.
Kingsbnry county old soUlers will hold a
reunion ut Do Snu't early in Juno.
The Black Hills association of Congrega
tional churches will meet at Ouster City Juno
1 and n.
A smelter with a capacity of ! ! 00 tons ii
soon to bo erected In the now town of Pied
mont.
The Codlngton county Woman' * Christian
Tomiwrance union will meet at Watortown
Juno 2.
The South Dakota Advontlstw will hold
their annual camp mooting at Madison about
the middle of Juno ,
Mrs. Gibsoir , living near Harrison , at-
lomptcd Buk'ido the other day by btrlklng
lierhi'lf on the head with n hammer. This
is the third attempt within a short tlmu. Shu
will bo uxamined by the commissioners of
Insanity.
The clothing atoro of William Freschl at
Hapld Citv caught ilro from a defective elec-
Lrli- light wire and was damaged to thn ex
tent of f\rao. \ The loss is partly covered by
Insurance. ,
A company Is being formed at Chamber
lain for the munufac'turo of Portland conu'iit ,
largo deposits of the rhalk rock and clay ,
From which the irmunt Is made , having been
Pound In tbo vicinity ,
A prisoner named Mathlas Stroublo , son-
; oncoil from Vankton county fur burglary ,
uri boon transferred from the ponlUmtlary
.n the Vankton asylum , lie had only Hcon in
: ho peniti'iitnry six weeks whi.'ii ho bmuno
. lolcutly insane.
A LONG LIST OF VACANCIES
Members of the Lost Legislature Who Ai
Ineligible for the Special Session ,
COMMENTS ON THAYER'S ' AOTIOK
Many Prominent ltouilillcann ) Thlnl
the CJovcrnor lias DiKKCtl Ills lfo-
lltlcnl Grnvc-ltnit. Unviit
Butler Approves.
LINCOLN , Nob. , May 25. [ Special to Tin
linn. | There are a number of vacancies botl
In the house nnd senate and special election
will have to bo hold to fill thorn. The posi
tlons Hindu vacant na near M can bo learno
nt present are as follows , Some of thorn law
IIIR already boon lilted :
In the Scnato C. II. Cornell of Chcrr ;
county , now n land ofllcor j John S. Hoover o
Webster county , now u deputy oil Inspector
.T. P , Lindsay of Pumas county , now n lam
ofllcer ; John I. Is'csblt of Lincoln county
now u land ofllcer ; J. T. Paulson of Douglas
deceased. Frank T. Kmisom of Otoo count ;
1ms moved to Omulm and lost hU Otoo countj
resldomv.
In the house Benjamin H. Baker of .TcflYr
son county , now United States district nttor
Jioy ; A. P. Iruk ! ! of Boouo county , now n state
bankoxumlner ; J. L. Cahhvcll of Luncastci
county , now assistant to the United States nt
tomoy general ; H. C. dialling of Douglas
county , now mayor of Omaha ; 1A W. Fullci
of Sherman county , moved out of the county ;
L. W. Uilchrist of Box Butte county , now
secretary of tlio state board of transportation ;
C. W. Hayes of York county , deceased ; Adam
Snyder of Douirlas comity , now treasurer of
that county ; Franklin Sweet of Merrick
county , now n land olllccr ; James Whitehend
of Custcr county , now aland oitlccr ; .1.0.
Yutzy of Klchiiiiison county , now a special
agent of the census department.
There nro also n number of vacancies In the
olllcial positions in both bouses. Tbo opinion
Is held by many that the terms of these
olllcluls expired at the cud of the session ol
1SS9.
1SS9.Walt
Walt M. Secloy , secretary of the senate , is
a special agent of the census bureau. E. C.
Parkinson , sorgeant-at-arms , is a spcuial
agent of tbo census bureau. Hobert Holllnpra-
worth , clerk of engrossed and enrolled bills ,
and K. L. GIHespIc , doorkeeper , are both
dead. H. C. Bcutty , legislative clerk to the
commissioner of public lands and buildings ,
Is connected with the Hastings hospital for
Incurable insane , S. P. Dillon , chaplain of
the house , wns expelled a month ago from
the ministry. Brad D. Slaughter , chief clerk ,
is now u United States marshal. Thomas M.
Cooke , his llrst assistant , is supervisor of the
census for tbo Third district. W. B.
Wheeler , third assistant , is a cleric in the
ofllco of the commissioner of public lands and
buildings.
TIIAYnn'S rilOCLAMATIOX.
The proclamation of Governor Thnycr call
ing u special session of the legislature was a
veritable bombshell nnd groups of politicians
and other citizens have made it the subject of
conversation all day. The majority of lead
ing republicans who bavo been approached
on the subject shako their beads dubiously
and bcllvo the governor has made n great
mistake. They think that he intended to
make a coup d'etat and thereby strengthen
bis chances for re-election. Many bcltevo
that instead it will net as a boomerang to his
future gubernatorial hopes ,
The clause calling for the consideration of
the Australian system of voting , ills believed ,
will weaken his following in Douglas , Lan
caster and Otoe counties , and that ho will
scarcely catch any prohibition votes by it.
' "
Ono gentleman'promincnt in state "politics
says : "Thaycr has spoiled what little
chances he had for re-election. "
Some say that it is a needless expense to
the state and ridicule the idea that 10.000
will pay the expenses of the session. The
last sixty days of the session cost $90,000
unit this special session will cost , they say , at
least $ , " > 0OUO ; that all tlio mutters ho wishes
considered were settled by this same legis
lature at its last session , and that it is useless
to have the members consider it again ,
Ex-Governor David Butler "It
- says : was
a surprise to mo and I could not believe it.
until I drove to Governor Thaver's house ,
hauled him out of bed and made him cor
roborate it. I believe ho has clone it all on
his own responsibility. I didn't think Thayer
bad so much backbone. I don't think it will
hurt him any. "
TEACIIEUS MITT. : :
The meeting of the members of the Lan
caster County Teachers' association yester
day nt the court house was ono of the most
interesting yet held.
The first speaker wns Prof. E. , T. Collins of
Bennett who presented "Thoughts on Mental
Philosophy. " Discussions on the subject
followed by Miss McPherin , Messrs , T.
Davidson and Wolf.
Miss Adoliu L. Waite talked on prospective
drawing.
Miss Kay D. Packard conducted an exercise -
erciso in writing.
Mr. C. A. Corey presented nn essay on
"Dom Pedro. "
Hov. Ralston of the Congregational church
gave a happy talk impressing the teachers
with the fact that an education is not a pour
ing in of facts , but a development of the
mental powers.
The Lancaster County Teachers' Institute
will commence Monday , Juno 20 , and will bo
conducted by Superintendent McClusky.
CITV NOTES.
Water Commissioner Lynmn has returned
from the tenth annual convention of the
water works association. Ho was honored
with being chosen ono of the vic-o presidents.
The next convention meets in Philadelphia ,
CUIKAT MI5N.
John Ruskin feels buoyant and clastic on a
bright , clear day , but on a dull , wot.day ho is
moody and misanthropic. Ho Is his own
weather bureau.
Henry Warren of New Haven , who sells
papers on Connecticut railroad trains , is
doubtless the Nester of newsboys. Ho is in
his eighty-second your , nnd has the further
distinction of a third set of teeth , now well
through.
Prince Bismarck Is bard at work on his
"Reminiscences. " Two secretaries are aiding
him in his task , ono of them being the assist
ant doctor of Schwcninger ,
King Humbert of Italy affects to bo English
and culls for iiiro steak and thick mutton
chops.
The emperor of China , Kooang Hsu , is liv
ing In constant dread of assassination. Every
morsel of food and drop of liquid Intended for
him has to bo tasted by ono of his luckless atr
tendants.
Count Hartenau , best known as Prince
Alexander of Battonburg and of Bulgaria ,
who married the pretty opera singer , Mllo.
Loisinger , is in great favor ut the Austrian
court. His infant son was recently chris
tened under the name of Louis Alexander ,
the grand duke of HIMSO standing as god
father.
Henry M. Stanley has become so tired of
the receptions given him In I ndon that ho
never laughs and seldom smiles. It is like
pulling teeth to get him to talk on any other
u'.ibject than Africa.
It
i T/IIIIM. /
Some well-meaning but naive people have
been known to ask with something like un ex
pression of disgust what Sam Jones , the
southern evangelist , indulges In such cour.so
language iii tha pulpit for. If they will con-
suit the Juti-st statistical report from tlio rov-
im-nil buffoon they will learn that ho does it
for Just $ y,000 u week.
lly tint Cliill-AliiKlin Umlfnl i\pi-fsn. :
Kuriclth UiiUetin.
It is not bnyond the reach of probability
that men now of mature ycai-s will live to see
i railroad running at leant us far north as
-illku. When that tlmo comco , if the south
ern line shall hitvu bcon opened , it will bo IIQ.J-
ilblo for the traveler to Journey himself or
tend his goods , without chungojof car , from
Santiago to Kltku , or to any Intervening point.
The artesian well at ( iiiton ) , whlf-h has
iK-i'ii u sort uf white elephant to the city , has
niikon out anew and threatens to swallow
iho town llnancinlly and bodily. U has caved
In aruiind the lulling , leaving u hole twenty
feet wide and ninety feet doeii , which has
Illled up with water. It H Htlll throwing out
< uud unit the council Is devising mcansi by
ivliii-ii it can stup the lluw.
1N T1113 HOT U JU > A ,
Tom Cook of Lincoln win seen nt tin
Mlllnrd yesterday. Ho said that , just boton
leaving homo Saturday ho gave Instruction ! J
to have tlio legislative roonm clomird up nnd'
put In order Immediately for the forthcoming
special nejslou of the legislature ,
Alderman M. H. King of Dos Moines , wlic
1ms the distinction of being ono of the ov ral
city eouncllmon of lawn's capital who hnva
just been Indicted for tnlsconductand Iwodlor
Ism , was found nt tbo Hotul Casey lost even
ing. Ho Is n wealthy railroad contractor , an
old acquaintance of Mayor dishing and u
very genial , well posted gentleman of snnid
two score and ten year * .
"Vcs , " said ho , "I'm one of the chaps who
have been indicted , though tboy havu't
caught mo yet , " nnd the remark was supple ,
mcutcii with a snillo of very ample proper
tions.
"You see , " continued Mr. King , "tlmt I
was in Chicago when the Indictments wont
returned and linvo been so busy that I
couldn't go homo to DCS Molm-s
and give myself up. As soon , however ,
as I saw In the papers that 1 had been in-
dieted I telegraphed my attorney In DCS
Moines to arrange my bond. Whether or not
ho 1ms done so I cannot say. Ono thing Is
sure , though , 1 have important business In
Omaha Hint will postpone my returning to
Des Mollies for several days longer. Whei. I
can , I certainly shall go there and face thu
music , though I don't think the band will
play very uncomfortably loud for inc.
I tli Ink the majority of the people -
plo in DCS Moines tire with us
unfortunates in this thing and won't Insist
Unit wo bo pressed too hard.
"Thcro Is no doubt , I guess , but that so far
as the law is concerned some of these who nro
In this boat with mo have acted outsUlo of
the proscribed course. What should Inuo
been and that , too , n long time ago was fur
the members of our council to have gotten to
gether and signed a paper to the oflVct
that they couldn't live on the paltry
sum paid to eouncllmon. Had they
done this I don't think there would have
been any doubt at all but that the people
would bavo paid us much more , or whatever ,
was reasonable. *
"When I got the money I did I took paf. s
to ask the city auditor If ho was sure that I
was entitled to it , and ho replied emphatically
in the afllrmative. After that mo.it any man
would have done just as I did go ulu-ad and
take it.
"I have been connected with the Dos
Moines council for about twenty years nnd it
is the first tlmo that anybody has taken oc
casion to say anything llko this against mi- .
As a member of the board of public works at
Dos Moines I have bandied and disposed of
hundreds of thousands of dollars nnd bnvii
never got so much as the price of a cigar out
of it. "
Mr. King was then asked how the recent
decision of the United States supreme court
regarding liquor in packages would affect the
chances for a repeal of the prohibitory amend
ment in Iowa.
"I think , " said he , "Unit it will result in
keeping the amendment in force indeed I
don't think there's much if any doubt about
itntall. "
"I will also tell you , " said the councilman ,
"that If the Iowa republicans go back on pro- i
hibitlon at their forthcoming state conven
tion there's going to bo a third party in the
field this fall , and in my opinion it Is mighty
hard to foresee which of the old parties will
suffer most in that event.
Guarded His Dead
A Itirgo portion ot southeastern Mis
souri Homo six or seven counties- ,11
yet thinly settled , anil thousands tipoM
thousands of acres of the low lands of
that section are covered with ilensiy
forests that have never been toui'hod 1 > A W
man , writes a Jackson , Mo. , corrcspoii' ' v
ent.of Our Dumb Aninitfls. On Februui i
8 , 1883 , a Mr. Jacob Vincent , a well-to-
do farmer livinjr in ono of those comities
( Donklin county ) , while out in the forest
looking for some of his stock , WIIH lulled
for his money. Ili.s horse came home in
the evening without the saddle , and the
family , fearing1 something &eriourt had
happened , sent a man next day in Bi'ar < h
of the missing ono. Following the trackt ,
of the horse through the foresttho man ,
after tv while came upon Mr. Vincent's
saddle hanging in u tree. A little farther
on he noticed spots of blood hero and
there in the path , and soon ho heard ; i
low growl a short distance away. Look
ing in the direction whence the sound
came , ho saw a dog looking at him from
behind u log. He approached the Knot
and found Mr. Vincent dead and bin
faithful dog lying across iiis breast. The _
brute was guarding the dead body of his -
master. r
When Hie Rater Will Cnfuli HIP Orowi-r
AbBuming the population to bo now
05,000,000 , with the urea in cereals pro
ducing average crops and current con
sumption fifteen per cent grcjito 1 , per
L'npitn , than in the five years ending in
1S7-1 , present supplies are in excess of
population as follows , nays O. Wooil
Davis in the Forum : Corn for 5,500,000
l > eople , wheat for 1-1,000,000 people : cat-
tlu for 0,000,000 and Hwlno for 11,000.000.
Should population continue to inorcMin
is heretofore and should production imt
increase more than now seems probable ,
lioino requirements will absorb all food
products before the end of this century.
Van Houtcn's Cocoa -"Be t mid gooi
farthest. "
City of Itomo tlio SwiTtcst.
NBW YOKK , Mny 85. The ocean rare be
tween the City of Homo , the Aurunln and
llio Alaska ended today in a victory for the
llrst named. Time City of Homo to Fim
Island , T days n hours and 4 minutes ,
Aurnniu , 7 days 0 hours and "liminulos ,
Muslm , 7 days hi hours and -10 minutes.
f ) ime
WfcEK OF MONDAY , MAY 26.
Roars of Laughter Great IMIII
And an iiiti'lliu-lmil treat. _ ,
Ratlin ! ) Trained and Performing
PIGSSMONKEYS
An Intcrchtlng combination.
i Grmit BUifio Bhoww.
ao Nmv txsicl OlovmArl.ist * .
One Dime Admits to All.
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
< u1 erlt > il and Guaranteed Capital. . . l.vo.fOO
I'nld In ( Jiiultnl : w > , < XM
Iluys uml Hulls xtookH und boiidi ; ui'K' > > l tci
loininerolul puiier ; rocolruH nml u " -iitiH
.ruMtn ; auU us iriinsfur auunt and tru-too "t
'orjiorutlunaj tuUoa ohurtcu ot propurty ; col-
eoU luxoa.
Omaha Loan& , Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
3. E. Cor. 10th nnd Douglns Sts.
In Onpltnl S M,0. )
liiuaorlbuU unit Uuuruntcml Uuulul. . . . 10U.OO' )
Liability ut HtooUIiolderfi . 200.UOT
6 I'Jr Ouiit iiitui-OHt 1'iitd on I ) poslti , ' V
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) mcur : A. U Wjmun. pre liluntj J. J. llruwn ,
l > ro lilunl ; w T , Wjniuii. truaiurer.
llractori : A. U. Mr/man , J. II. Mlllard , J. J Brown ,
Uur U. llurton , K.Y Niub , Thotuna J. Utratmll ,
( lourca D Ialce
liOHniln HUT amount mudonnOIty unrt I'uruj
I'rojiurty , uuil on Collulurut Houurlly , ut Luw-
) at rutenourrouL