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D. M. NETTI.KTOX , Chairman. Tun spirit of socialism in Spain will litivc a tendency to arrest tlio decay of that almost lifolesH monarchy. Al-TKii .1 thorough oxnininatlon of the I > ttro food and drug bill , a committee of the wholesale drug trade has endorsed the measure. Any other action would have laid the trade opun to the suspicion of dispensing adulterated drugs. 1 Tun rumored raid of lilibustorers on Lower California indicates that there are not enough olliees in California to supply the local demand. A term in a Mexican jail would have a tendency to cool the ambitions of the raiders. IT is practically settled that the senate - . ate will clip the claws of the binding- twine trust by placing the raw material used in the manufacture of twine as well as the finished arliclo on the free list. Every effort to break up odious com bines will meet with universal approval. TUB men who are scheming for the sttperintendenoy of the now postollico building need not exert themselves too much just yet. It will bo at least six mouthy bcforo the appointment is made and by that time the Broatch boomlot will have gene glimmering. By tlio way , the now postollico building is the chief stock-in-trado of the Dodlin gang of conspirators and their oath- bound club. CANADIAN seal fishers are not as anxious fora light as they were a year ago. They no longer strut around the Uohrlng sea looking for a scrap. The fact that the Unitetl Stales was ready to accommodate thorn produced a painful weakness in the lion's tail. , Now that the Dominion government has with drawn its support , the seal catchers will bo prosecuted as trespassers and com mon thieves. It is a melancholy end to the warlike multarings of the pugna cious poachers. Tim prediction made in 1885 that New York would not fulfill the pledges given when the remainsof General Grant were laid at rest in that eitv have been vori- lled. After llvo years' struggle the monument association now appeals to congress for assistance. A more dis graceful exhibition of bankrupt patriot ism is hardly possible. Coming from the chief commercial city of the union , pos sessed of countless wealth , it shows a shameful disregard of public ob ligations and a penurious spirit that is dlserodUnblo to the great metropolis of the now world. Ji'STiCK Miiuu is the only member of the United States supreme court who 1ms soon lit to answer the tirade of Intolerant erant abuse poured on the court by the prohibitionists. In a calm , dignified manner , the eminent jurist delivers a stinging rebuke to n class of fanatics who sit in judgment on the motives and consciences of these who do no't agree with them , .ludgo Miller declares that ho felt bound to concur in the original package decision in obedlonco to iv sense of conscientious duty , and "to follow the decision made by this court more than sixty years ago , which has never been dis puted from that day to this a decision delivered by the greatest constitutional lawyer that this government over had. " No defense of the decision Is attempted because it Is not necessary. It Is a credit to ills sense of the duty ho owes to the country that personal opinions on ques tions of right or wrong were ignored in interpreting the law and the consti tution. If the highest court in the land were to respond to the wishes and de mands of Impracticable theorists , na tional stability would be Impossible. The soeurfty of the republic depends on the lofty and consistent adjudication of constitutional questions , regardless of lirulse prejudice or censure. UNSOUND OPINIONS. Attorney General Lccso has recently boon rather rnoh in furnishing ; promis cuous opinions to parlies who ask for official Interpretations of national and state statutes and the constitution. A few days ago ho rendered an opin ion on the effect which the "original package" decision of the United States supreme court would Imvo In states where license nnd local option prevail. This opinion , although perhaps within the line of his functions as attorney gen eral , Is radically at variance with the views hold by Senators Ed munds and Evarts , the two foremost constitutional lawyers In America. It is also at variance with the opinions of nine-tenths of the ablest lawors in the country. According to a special dispatch from Lincoln the attorney general has seen fit to render an opinion wherein ho declares that members of the legislature who since the last legislative session have been elected as county treasurers , com missioners or mayors and city ollicials are entitled to hold their scats in a special session of the legislature. While Tim BKIJ highly respects At torney General Loose as a state ofllccrof unbending Integrity , wo are compelled to take most decided issue with him on this question. First and foremost the attorney general has no right to give an opinion as to the eligibility of mem bers of the legislature , or to meddle with its composition in his olliclal capacity. The legislature alone is by the constitution made the solo judge and arbiter of the qualifica tions of its members , and oven the supreme premo court has no right to interpose its dictum or pass an opinion as to who is or is not qualified for membership. The legislature isaco-ordinato branch of government , and neither the execu tive department , of which the attorney general is a part , nor the judiciary , is empowered to pass upon the eligibility or qualification of its members. The only guide for the legislature is Its oath to obey the con stitution. Tlio latter clearly defines - fines who is or is not eligible to membership of the legislature. Sec tion 0 of article ! I , entitled "legislative , " reads as follows : No pel-son holding offlco under the author ity of the Uuitcd States , or any lucrative onico under the authority of this state , shall be eligible to or have a scat in the legisla ture , but this provision shall not extend to precinct or township ofllccrs , justices of the peace , notaries public or ofllccrs of the militia. Nobody will contend that men who have become ineligible by reason of their election to any lucrative office , not excepted in this' section , can legiti mately hold a seat in a special session if they were barred from holding u seat in a regular session. While it is true that some legislatures , including the present legislature , have wilfully ignored the mandate of tlio constitution and allowed men who held city and county olliees , and even federal offices , to hold b'cats and make laws , that fact does not warrant the opinion that county treasurers , mayors and other county or city ollicials may legally take part at the special session. Thq fact that the constitution excepts precinct and township officers and jus tices of the peace , who are all county officials in the general inhibition , affords conclusive proof that salaried county and city officials not specially enumerated among the exceptions are ineligible to hold scats in the legislature. The seats of all such ollicials , as well as these of members like Gilchrist and Brink , who hold lucrative offices under the state , created by the legislature , remain vacant until filled by the people at a special election called by the gov ernor. Ii I'HOJtiCTS. Secretary Blaine is getting into form as rapidly as practicable the interna tional projects which were recommended by the Pan-American conference. Last week the president transmitted to con gress , with his endorsement , a letter from the secretary of state upon the proposed intercontinental railway. In this congress was asked for an appro priation for surveys , the share of the United States being the moderate sum of sixty-five thousand dollars. Legislative authority was also asked for the appoint ment of commissioners and engineers to conduct this worK , this country to bo represented by three commissioners and a detail of officers of the army and navy to servo as engineers. Last Tues day the president sent to congress an other letter from Secretary Blaine with reference to the prosposed inter national American bank , which was favorably reported on by. a com mittee of the conference and ap proved by that body. There are projects which Secretary Blaine , as shown by his letters to the president , regards as of very great im portance as means of promoting closer relations between all American countries and enlarging the trade of the United States with the countries south of it. Ho says with regard to the construc tion of the Intercontinental railway , that in no other way could the government and the people ple of the United States contrib ute so much to the development and [ irosperlty of our sister republics and at the same time to the expansion of our own commerce. The president speaks of the contemplated work as vast , but en tirely practicable , and Indicates his full approval of the scheme by recouimond- lug that congress make the appropriation required of the United States as Its share of the amount estimated to bo necessary [ or surveys. In regard to the pro posed International American bank , congress is simply asked to give It a corporate franchise , without In any way Involving the government in finan cial responsibility. It will bo a private institution , but subject to such public scrutiny as Is now exorcised over the national banks of the'country. Both of these enterprises nro un doubtedly feasible , and It Is altogether probable would bo valuable aids in promoting meting the purposes for which the Pan- American conference was called. But in case the fiscal policy approved by a majority of the house of representatives should go Into effect la there the least likelihood of either project receiving uuy further consideration from the other American countries ? In view of what Is proposed regarding the most Important produutA of Mexico , the Argentina Re public and Chill , can wo reasonably ex pect these countries to become very pro foundly Interested in projects the success of which would In the nature of things Inure moro largely to our Dcncflt than to theirs ? If wo adopt n policy of complete selfishness wo must expect that other countries will emulate the ex ample. Just now it would certainly bo to no puj-poso to appeal to Mexico for support of these proposed enterprises. From what can bo learned of public sen timent in that country it is not friendly to promoting the commercial Interests of the United States , but Is disposed rather toward a retaliatory policy , and It is by no meana improb able that this feeling exists in other American countries , though most of them are perhaps less concqrned about trade with us than is Mexico. Doubt less no one understands this situation moro clearly than Secretary Blaine , and knowing tlio hopelessness of any olTort to extend our commerce with such a bar rier as the house tariff bill would erect , it mify reasonably bo expected that Mr. Dial no's influence will bo exerted for material modifications of that measure. MVBR AND lUllUOIl The discussion which the subject of river and harbor improvements is re ceiving in the house of representatives , both as to the general policy of such im provements and specific propositions for enlarged water communication , Is reas suring of a desire on the part of the rep resentatives of the people to give moro careful attention to this very important matter than has been the rule for a num ber of years. For a long time ap propriations for river and harbor improvements have boon clouded by a warrantable suspicion of moro or less jobbery and trading , until the country had learned to look upon every bill for this purpose as contemplating to some extent a robbery of the treasury. Money counting up into the millions was voted away upon so-called waterways and al leged harbors that had never been and hover could bo made to bo of general public benefit. Every congressman who had a stream of water in his district dignified on the map as u river , though it never con tained more than enough water to float a scow , demanded an appropriation for its improvement , and as there is always a number of this class whoso votes are essential to carry through the larger de mands of these who can present a legiti mate reason for a liberal appropriation , the useless streams have been provided for. This method of wasting the public money has frequently been shown up on the floors of congress , and moro often exposed and de nounced in the press , but the needed re form has not yet boon introduced. It has been suggested that the whole subject of river and harbor improvements be placed in the hands of a competent board of en gineers , which should annually report to congress what improvements are abso lutely needed and their cost , so that con gress would be relieved of the trouble of examining into details , and also of the danger to which it is always tempted of making wasteful appropriations. But this proposal was not received with general favor. It may take form in law ut some future time , when congress men do not need these appropriations to help them with their constituents. The present congress may institute a much needed reform in this matter by refusing appropriations wherever they are not shown by the best attainable au thority to bo necessary and for the gen eral good. As to the policy of river and harbor improvements , there can bo no controversy regarding its wisdom when judiciously carried out. No man con cerned for the general public welfare will doubt that it is in the highest de gree expedient and important to main tain the waterways of tlio country in a condition that will render them to the fullest extent possible available to the demands of commorco. The views of the statesmen of the past , before and since the railroad came in , as to the value of the great rivers and lakes to the producers of the country , are not less worthy of attention now than when they wore proclaimed. Our water ways are still necessary to our internal commerce , and vitally so.in the influence they exert upon rates of transportation. The consumers of the cast tire not loss interested than the producers of the west in having these natural channels of trade kept in the highest state of useful ness and the government can hardly go to any expense in doing this that will not bo many times repaid in the advantages secured to the whole people. The danger is not in expending too much in extending useful waterways and making moro serviceable these that wo have , but in wasting money upon streams and harbors that never have been and never can bo of any general benefit. If local interests desire these improved local capital should do it. There Is favorable promise that the pres ent congress , while liberal in the matter of river and harbor improvements , will not permit the extravagance and waste which for a number of years has been a reproach on both houses. KEEl' IT 1IKFOUE TllK COMlllSE , Section 171 of the charter for cities of the metropolitan class reads as follows : Any oftlcur of the city or member of tlio city council , or any employ entrusted with the supervision of any public work , who shall , by himself or agent , or as the agent or representative of any other pot-sou or cor poration , become a party to or In any way interested In any contract , work or letting , under the authority and by the notion of the city council , or who shall in any manner bo pecuniarily interested in or receive nny portion tion of the wages or pay of any person or team in Ills charge or under his supervision or control , or furnish any material to bo used in such work , or under such contract , or who shall accept or receive nny valuable consider ation or promise for Ills influence or vote , shall bo lined hi any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisoned in the county Jail not exceeding six months , or both , in the discretion of the court. AVhnt have the members of the com bine to say to the charge that they have disregarded the plain mandate of the law either by themselves or by conniv ance nnd conspiracy with each other ? What say you , Edgar P. Davis ? As the senior member of the firm of Davis ft , Cowgill you were directly Inter ested In the wor.k done for the city ot Omaha by thntji n for which the coun cil appropriate ! &VO hundred nnd twenty dollars nnd twisty-seven cents within the past throe 'louths. Can you umler nny pretense cluAr yourself of personal knowledge Unit ttjls work Illegally lot to yourself and your company was paid for out of the city treasury ? As a mem ber of the finnuco. committee , which la wholly composed , of members of the combine , viz : , ' Wheeler , Davis and Olson , you helped to mnko up the appropriation "ofdlnnnccs and could not fall to have knowledge Of the items in cluded In the ordinance for your firm. When those appropriations were voted on by the council on March 5 and May 0 your vote Is on record in the affirma tive. In other words , you have done work for the city In defiance of the law nnd you have passed upon your own claim in the committee and finally voted for it In the open council. It is also notorious that the firm of Davis & Cowgill is doing a great deal of work for corporations that have con tracts with this city , notablv the gas company , street railway and waterworks company , the profits of which work are shared in by you and necessarily make you ineligible as an unbiased agent of the taxpayers. What say you , Edgar P. Davis ? Are you guilty or not guilty of a high misdemeanor meaner punishable by line nnd imprison ment and incidentally by removal from the office of councilman ? And what say you , John McLcario ? Are you not aware that the American waterworks company is a contractor with the city of Omaha , not merely for supplying water but for fire hydrants ? As a member of the firm of McLoario & Oehrlo are you not directly interested in the very extensive contracts which your firm has with the waterworks company for casting hydrants , etc. ? Do you pretend to say that you can as chairman of the commit tee on fire and water works and member of the council , servo two masters at the same time ? Are you guilty or not guilty of the high misdemeanor as defined in the section cited ? Mr. F. L. Blumer , are you or are you not interested indirectly , if not directly , in the earnings of your partner , Birk- hauser , as a city appraiser , and in va rious speculations with contractors who are co-operating with your combine ? Have you and ChntTee and Wheeler and Olsen and Shrivel1 been entirely ignorant of the jobbery and lawlesMiiess which i'our combine has been promoting ever sin'co it was formed ? Do you pretend to say that you did not know that Davis vfns interested in the Davis & Cowgill machine shop which has been thriving'on city and corpora tion work ? . J Perhaps you don't know that your as sociate conspirator"in the combine , Dan IT. Wheeler , has been expediting claims through the council for people who ex changed insurance' patronage for influ ence. If any or either of you do not know that you have laid'yourselves liable to impeachment you'will presently find it out. THE enormous growth of traffic be tween Omaha and Council Blu'lTs amply justifies a reduction of fare to five cents. The assertion that such a reduction would lead to bankruptcy is absurd. Reduced rates invariably increase the volume of traffic builicienily to make up the difference. Tlio truth is that the revenue derived from the bridge had reached such proportions on the first of the year that the company increased its capital stock in order to absorb the sur plus. The refusal of the company to voluntarily reduce fares is sufficient jus tification for the authorities of both cities to use their reserved powers and apply sufficient pressure to bring about the change. TIIK decision of tlio city republican and democratic committee to unite on a non-partisan school board ticket is com mendable. There is no place for politics in the management of the schools. What the taxpayers and friends of education demand is the selection of responsible , competent men who will apply to the public interests the zeal and sagacity displayed in their private business. The only objectionable feature is the lateness - ness of the convention. K light is penetrating into the dis mal recesses of the combine. It is worthy of note that the acting mayor has so far forgotten his duty to the hun gry patriots of the tax eating club as to vetoan ordinance creating a sinecure office. Tlio ground upon which the veto rested was that the combine wants the chemist paid from some other than tlio lioalth fund as the ordinance provided. activity of the Farmers' alliance threatens to produce a largo rent in the political affairs of Georgia , as well as in other southern states , this year. The producers are figuring to realize their l > ewer and are dulaumlned to exercise' it for their own protection. Tlio only question ' tion is whether tl'ioy will bo able to give their reforms practical shape. SOMK three thousand dollars were squandered in eq'tifnping the annex with heating apparatus ! . Now the plant can bo had for ii'ong. Councilmuniu economj is wofujly and wonderfully con structed. , * : . . . -As AN inducement for the establish ment of a workliouso Judge Ilolsloy agrees to furnijdi , a fresh supply of workers every wee | | . Ills employment agency is always'i-eiidy ' for business. Train as a Iiooiier. | A'diitinj Ctlii Time * . As a successful adverthiugiacdlum Citizen Train may justly claim a world wide circula tion , and lie should make Taeoma conio down accordingly. How Thuy Do It lit Iloston. t'/iffayi / ) Tribune. A Boston uiaa when under the Influence of something strong does not wabble about la a vague and uncertain way nowadays. Ho merely sits a little more erect In his chair- that Is nil. AVhoTakpNlhuTrluk. .St. J.oufi < lluti-ltintni\\t. In a recent poker game In Washington Sen- utor Farwell'a four aces were bcateu by Sen ator Cameron's straight flush. But at Spring field next whiter Senator Fnrwoll's four aces will easily bent ex-Governor Palmer's flush , which will not be of the straight , but of the bob-tnll variety. Congratulations to tlic Colonel , It is announced that Colonel Perry Ilentl Is to bo wedded next month to ono of Louis vlllo's fairest daughters. An engagement o tHls kind beats an alliance with a congress loual scat all to pieces , Colonel Heath. , Did lion Do It for Nothing ? St , SMils Globe-Democrat. General Bcii Butler , In a leftcr of ndvlct to young men , says : "Never do n menr thing for money. " If Ben has been ncthif on his own maxim through life ho has rcn tiered a tremendous amount of gratuitous service. A Direful Hrltlsh Threat. A London weekly proposes that English' men InauRurato n social boycott against nnj congressman hostile to the International cony- right bill , who may hereafter visit London , To people who nro acquainted with -the clnbo- i-ato courtesy which has heretofore been extended - tended to the American congressman by the English nobility the full terror of this threat will be apparent. tlio &l im ol'tlio Times. JIlnnniiHilli Journal ( I t-j > . ) lown Is certainly not "Ifot for high tariff" by any menus. Neither is Minnesota , North or Soulh IJakotn. If n cloio cunvnss were made- even of the middle states tlio high tarifl contingent would ho found weakening * The change is becoming more apparent daily. Not only Senator Allison but ninny other leading republicans , with clearer vision than McKinley - ley , rend the unmistakable signs of tlio times and ure acting neeordlngly. May Kcsiiinc tlio Tn.sk. Ctitaiuo "Yeiw. Explorer Stanley "lias touched n train of dynamite in his cnttstiu criticisms of the Brit ish government's weak policy in African col onization. If there is any ono subject on which the nvcrage Britisher JS sensitive it is the "Jingo" policy of colonization und con quest. If Lord Siilslbury has realy been out witted by Germany in regard to African matters another nail has been driven into the present tory government's coflln. In the meantime Mr. Gladstone continues his tri umphal campaign in the provinces , nnd is preparing himself for an nlmost certain res umption of the task of governing the empire. Looking fora Way Out. Sioux Cttu Journal. If the purpose of the cull is , as some sur mise , to formulate a compromise upon which the state and party can stand , thus avoiding the danger of moro extreme legislation from n legislature to be chosen this year on the is sues now disturbing the politics of the state , it is doubtul if the policy will work out satisfactorily in results. The butter way , it would seem , would be to call an early con vention of tlie republican party mid permit it , ill authoritative- , to give assuranceto the people of the state that the republican party is at their back in any reasonable con test they may have to make ngainst tlio excr- ciso of arbitrary corporate power. If suspicion obtains that this extra session of the legislature is merely n step to fore close against n growing public opinion , even the merit of its work will bo discounted in the public thought and Judgment. Therefore its work is neither to "no expected to bo taken us a .settlement nor calculated to eliminate from the fall election the questions that now distract and divide the working energies of the republican party. Whatever the truth may bo , the producing classes of the state do not feel that the pres ent membership of the general assembly is in sympathetic relation with them. There is n growing doubt among them as to whether the republican party is , or as to whether the ma chinery of Hie party can bo controlled in Iho promotion of the ends they esteem lo bo in volved in Justice and in the promotion of good government in behalf of the people. What the party needs in Nebraska is the conlldcnco of the voting masses. The ques tion in politics at this time is wholly ono of ooulldcnco. Governor Thuyor or the legisla ture , nt this stage , cannotspeakfor the party. The parly must speak for itself , and there must be evidence In the composition of the convention , in the character of the tlckot it shall put forth , and in the ring of the plat form it shall adopt , lluit the party is in earnest , that it is sincere , that it is in posi tion of thorough commitment , and that in very fact it is the enlisted agent of the people ple in behalf of the essential reforms the people have determined upon as requisite to meet the case. In other words , there can bo no dodging. Subterfuge will not answer. The answer must bo intelligible nnd wholly without equiv ocation. The party is at the forks of the road. It must cheese ttirough its majority which way it will go. If there bo danger in cither idrectlon , still it must chooso. It can not with dignity to itself , with nny prospect of putting behind it nggresslvo support , with any prospect of winning in its own behalf con viction in ils truth , sincerity and trustworthi ness , dodge , cquivncato. This Is the republican situation In Nebraska ns the Journal sees it. It is called upon this day to cheese whom It will servo. The con vention of the party this year must muko the choice. The convention of the party , ought to bo called at once , bcforo its strength Is further vitiated or its operative influence with Iho people further weakened. Governor Thayer's proclamation has not changed the situation ono whit. The extra session gives no promise of healing the threatened break in the republican party of Nebraska , Hotter far an early session of the party than any extra session of the legislature. Till } JIirLEXXJt.'Jl It K FEU It Kit. IiullaiiH Disappointed rtccniiMo the Croat Spit-it Failed to Materialize. Cniivi'.NNK , Wyo. , May 23. [ Special Tele gram to TIIK BEK. ] Disappointment reigns supreme In the breasts of the western In dians , but It seems to bo particularly among the Arapahoes and Shoshones la Wyoming. Kor the past year the Indians have been look ing for the advent of the aboriginal millen nium. The date does not seem to have been definitely settled , but n regeneration of things was looked forward to thh spring. For n year the Indians have been making prepara tions for the tremendous event , and n spirit of unrest has prevailed among them during all that time. Dances of various kinds , ac companied by invocations , seem to have been tlio usual methods of giving vent to their overcharged feelings. Until very lately , the whltca scarcely more than suspected tlio true Intent of all these Im-antatloiib. The cat Is now out of the bag. Hill Friday of the Arapahoe tribe has Just returned from n pil grimage to the coast , but btrango to say the grout spirit ixsrformeil no nnriu-les. Accord- ing to the prophecy the great spirit was to bo mot on a lone rock la the Puclllc. The rock was found as laid down la the programme. Hill took his Hi'itt upon it and waited there expectantly and confidently for suvoral days. Ho expected n voli-o to Issue forth from the bowels of the rocl" , followed soon by the physical Incanmtion of the great spirit who was to bo led by Dill in triumphal procoHslon one-third of the way across the continent. Hut the great spirit failed to cuino and Hill Friday , disgusted and dlHhcartcned , rominied his Journey toward the rising sun. His arriv al at Shoshouo ronorvullon , fooUoro and despondent pendent , created the blttvrobt disappoint ment. It will take the Indians sojno tlmo to resume their interest in sublunary affai . 12XT11A SESSION COMMENT , Columbus Telegram ( dom ) I The object ! nro proper. The advisability of culling tin session Is questionable. The present members of the legislature had sixty days In which U do the work mapped out for them and failed entirely. There proved to bo too ninny re publican-monopoly tools nmong them. Thai they will do better In nn extra session 1 : doubtful. What prompted the move on tin part of the governor Is plain. Ho sees tun In order to bo elected governor for n thin term ho must do something extraordinary t < please the people. The dcstro to curry fnvoi with them moro than any particular Interest In their welfare , has prompted the move. Tin effect it will have upon the political situation is problematical , but ills our opinion that I will only servo to put the republican partj deeper Into the hole than ever before. How ever , the time Is now short and wo can alTon to await results. To expect any relief from t legislature composed of the material whlcl wo saw In the state house In I8SO , Is to havi too much faith for our own worldly good. Superior Journal ( rep ) : The startling po > lltical announcement Is the governor's prochv million convening the state legislature in extra session at Lincoln Juno 5. Wo saj "political , " for whatever good or bad comes ol this net , the motive that actuated it was situ ply to help' ' some fellows nt the state house out of the "soup" into which they have fallen since the legislature has adjourned. The con vening of the extra session is n mistake if not something much worse , and In our opinion will do the eommorclul interests of the state n thousand times more harm than good , nnd If wo are not mistaken , the governor and the select few who concocted this method of harmonizing things nnd advancing their own political aspirations will get "foisted with their own petard. " Nebraska City News ( dcm ) : Besides aj > - plylng the healing salvo and trying to re unite the republican party , what will bo ac complished 1 The same legislators at the lust session refused to grant the people the measures asked for , and now they will dodge the question as effectually ns they did sixteen months ago. Grand Island Independent : This measure was not expected , and seems hardly to bo nec essary , as the regular time for the new legis lature to convene comes in little over half a year , and the expense of this extra session will bo about $10,000. It is to bo considered , though , that the passage of good laws by this extra legislature is somewhat probable , be cause it will not be encumbered by any other work , and because the present members , In view of the next election , will bo anxious to make a good record. And the introduction of a maximum freight rate and ot the Australian system may bo worth the money. Hastings Nebraskan ( rep. ) : Without bring ing into question the motives of the governor for this most remarkable step , it is plain that he has made a very serious mistake. This is the prevailing opinion here , and so far us wo are able to learn it is almost the universal sentiment throughout the stato. The loud murmurings of discontent heard on every side emanate chiefly from the politicians who are laying their plans for this political cam- liaign now coming on. It is simply a political crisis , ami a clash of interests between poli ticians that does not call for legislative inter vention at this tlmo. Norfolk News ( rep. ) : Governor Thayer's proclamation convening the legislature in extra session bo in its may far-reaching re sults. Suppose the legislature , when con vened , should fail to pass a maximum rate law , what will be the effect on the chances of republican success at the polls this full ! Fremont Tribune ( rep. ) : The oest thing Governor Thayer's extra session can do after it meets is to instantly adjourn. In that case the cost to the state will be only the mileage of the members. Hustings Nobrasknn ' : The rate question is the only ono d'f the three which could bo distorted into that magnitude nnd import ance requiring a special session of the legis lature to act upon , and tbo governor's idea is that this question shall bo settled in only ono way , the establishment of n maximum rate. This one-sided view Increases the absurdity of the call itself. The Fremont Tribune well says : "Tho governor's call necessitates the passage of a maximum rate law. It will have Lo bo that or nothing. Perhaps it had better bo nothing. " Plattsmouth Herald : Governor Thayer's action in calling a special session of the legis lature can bo considered in no other light than puerile and foolish. The people , as the governor must know , are not demanding the abolition of the board of transportation ; they are simply demanding that the board take hu- mediate action on the rate question. No sensible man favors an ironclad maximum rate bill , the history of the past being n suf ficient reason for opposing such n measure. The maximum rate bill sanctioned by the late conference at Lincoln was to bo a measure that would stiffen up the spinal column of the [ ward and give them less latitude than they low have ; If wo nro not to have a board of : ruusportlon then , most assuredly wo don't want a maximum freight law. The Aitstru- Ian ballot law would bo far preferable to the n-esent costly registration farce , but wo could well afford to await a regular session of .ho legislature. The silly action of the gov ernor wo oplno will find little or no favor .hirughout the state , nnd the Herald would lot bo .surprised to see the proclamation revoked - vokod before the date lixcd for the meeting of the legislature arrives. ST.ITE AN it TKUKITOKY. Nebraska. Blanche , Chase county , will celebrate the rourth In patriotic fashion. Bloomington's creamery has commenced ho manufacture of cheese. The Fnrims county Sunday school associn- lon will meet at Heaver City Juno It anil 15. A young son of 13. 13. Drawer , near Sidney , lied last week from the effects of u rattle snake bite. The Beaver City creamery Is doing an ex- cnsivu business nnd the output this season vlll bo much larger than last year. Two Franklin count ) ' boys were given a $0 fine nnd thirty days in the county Jail for stealing two halters worth uboilt 10 cents. The public school house nt the town of 'leasantun , Buffalo county , was burned ast week. It Is supposed to be the work of ramps. The next tonp of the Furnas county did- riet court will convene nt Denver City , Juno - . ' . Only equity cases will bo tried and the session will bo .short. An Klkhorn fast freight was wrecked near Cinly , Cherry county , by a broken wheel , sev enteen cars being derailed and badly mashed. No ono was hurt. The pro ] > o.sltlon to Issue $ -21,000 in bonds to jultil n court house was defeated In Thurston onnty by liOO majority. The Indians voted ollilly ugnliist the bonds. An attempt was made to burn the residence f Mrs. K. ,1. Dunn at DoWltt by placing rags ntnrutod with oil under the building , but the ( lames were discovered before much damage was done. The I'lattsmouth Herald oflloo fell Into the hands of the sheriff Tuesday on a replevin issued on behalf of ICnotts Brothers , who three months ago loosed the plant to a syndi cate with Ucargo H. Holloa 0:1 : manager. Dawes county Is triumphant againsays the Clmdron Advocate. Last Thursday MI-H. Larson , n Swedish woman , whose homo Is about hoven miles northwest of Whitney , gave birth to llvo children. The llttlo onus weighed about two pnunilds each , but wc-ro all dead whn born. Thin Is the most remark- abl Kccurreni-o in Nebraska. Other conn- tlo * have reached four , but It can bo safely siild that DawoH county is In the lead at pros- BIlU Iowa IteniH. The Stuart curdujjo manufacturing com- pnny contemplated moving Its plant to Ores * ion. rClay county claims n population ot 0,7W ) . A new Lutheran church is bchiR built at 1'ostvllle. A large shirt factory has been established nt Hooito. The corner stone of the now CJrnco church nt Cedar Itnptds will be laid JuiiQ 11 , * > A barrel of llmim * exploded nt Ifeokuk tha other night , seriously injuring It. .1. August , who wns drawing some of the spirits by the light of n lantern , The Crpston Sunday Times nnd the Mis- ' sourl Valley Rye havecdnftolldntcd. . The re organized paper will bo published nt Creston , with W. If. Lewis ns editor nnd N. A. I'olu ns business manager. Hoth gentlemen nro experienced nnil versatllo newspaper men , nnd they will undoubtedly make n streiit ; tentn. During n firemen's exhibition nt Audubon the other day Wallace Van Gorder , while as cendlnir n ladder , slipped nud fell. In hn descent his leg caught in tlio Joint nnd rune * of the ladder , suspending him about twenty feet from the ground. It required three men to release him from his perilous position. Ho wns severely Injured. The printed record of the Dos Molnos river laud case : ! makes lf > 7 pages and Is qulto u volume . This was prepared in part by Gntoh , Connor& Wobner , counsel fur the defendant-M , nnd Attorney General Stone , assisted bv .1. Whiting Clark , for Iho United Slnlos. it \ * expected that the rase will come tin In Mm United Stales circuit court nt Fort Dodge nt the Juno term. During n storm nt West Liberty , Muieatino county , the oilier day , Iho teacher of the pu'i Ho school kept the children after .school was dismissed expecting Hint the parents of some of the smaller ones would call for thorn. Tii > < two lltllo sons of Olto Post slipped nut un observed by theieaeherond Marled for hem > \ n distance of two miles. When they worn within a short distance from home they foui d the livid transformed Into n raging riv. r Hoth fell down , and the eldest itmimiod to scramble to n place of safety , but the young e.st , ngod nbout six years , was can-led bv tin- force of the Hood Into a ditch nt the sl'dc of Ihe road nnd was drowned. The Two Dnkotns. A colt with only three legs is a curiosity nt Minnesota. A Woman's Helief corps has been organ * ! ized nt Armour. Hill City is to have n brass band lilted oi.t with $115 worth of Instruments. - Codington county equal sulTrnRlsls will meet In convention nt Wntertown Juno 20. ' A company is being formed nt Sprliipllohl ' * to put In a plant for the manufacture of Port , land cement. The llfth annual fair of the Lincoln i-ount v agricultural society will bo held at CanUui September I'-IS. The Deadwood Times chronicles the nrriil in that city of n carload of pint nnd hull pi- , original packages. An Indian exhibited several pieces of < m > .it Pierre the oilier day , taken from the hills > , , . Bad river , which contained a lnrgoporii-uiat.ii of Iron. Tlio state board of charities will hold it. first meeting under the new law nt PI--M June , mid will consider several application * for pardon. While using vitriol with a syringe Dr. H. G. Montgomery of Forest Ulvor got some of tlio poison in his eyes , and it is feared Ins sight will bo hopelessly destroyed. So far this se.ison the auditor of Dlckov county has paid bounty on 511,771 gopher scalps. It is estimated that nearly $ -JOt)0 ) will bo paid out as the result of ono month's hunt , Mrs. Clang Aasen , the woman accused of killing an old man named Lnmcn ( luring : i raid on the saloons at. Hatton last fall , \ \ . \ - , tried nt Caledonia , the oilier day and ai quitted. Lightning struck the house of a f.imilv . named Ton-ill , near Wcsslngton Springs , the A other night , doing considerable damago. Mr. f Torrill , who had retired , was stunned by th ' shock , and the fluid as it passed through the room , set the bed clothes ablaze , seriously burning him before his wifuVouid extinguish Iho ( lames. A dog lying beside the hod was struck by the bolt and killed. The Indians appear to bo pretty badly scared by the presence of Iroops hero , sa.1 . the Oelrichs Advocate. A lot of them started for Oelrichs one day last week and on arriving at Hurt Hrooklleld's they Icarno'l ' that the soldiers were still here , whereupon the squaws refused to lake another stop in the direction of the town. In fact , they even loft their tepees and sought rol'ugo In Mr \ Hrooklicld's house. The Indians nro evi dently ns foolish as some ot the palefaces. - When Unfoy wna sick , we pnvo her Cdstorla , When she WOK n Cliihl , slio cried for Ciutorfa , When she bpcmno Miss , slio citing lo Costorln , Wliun kliu had Children , she cave thorn Costorio , AMUSE1M13NTS. - . - ' , "L" ' . ' " " 3 Op era Horn & IIAYKR9 , Mnnagcn. Headed by the universal favorite , known tit tlio stiijjo ns the lllll Nye of minstrelsy , WTIJjIS I' . S\VRATNAM. FAT AND FUNNY BILLY RICE. Gorgeous Spectacular First Part"VENI"- TIAN NIGHTS. WONDEUFUL-THE JAPS-MARVELOUS Grand Street I'lirado at lll. > n. m. liRRiilur prices. Seals will bo put on salt ) Wednesday IlOYl ) A. IIAVNK3 , .Mnr.agcri. Friday , May 30 U Blatchforcl Kavanagh , The I'hcnoinciml Boy Soprano ASSISTKD iiv MasLor 1TarrtOlmond. / . ( lijro : r.i of IIKO. ) Wondarftil Violin and Mandolin Solli' . Sovornl other musical fi-nlyrci will bo IntrmlucuJ , forming n mont ontcrtulnlni < pni rnnnnu , I'fk'M , Zfic , Hlu. 'Ac mill IKiniilliici _ , Bjitjinil 7. ' * ) . Dime Eden WtEK OF MONDAY , MAY 26. Roars of Laughter Great IMUI And an Intnlloctnnl treat. Radius Trained and Performing PIGSlMONKEYS An Interesting combination. U GroaL Sl.auo Sho\v . iiO Now tuul Oluvor JVrUatrf. One Dime Admits to All. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. BnbBorlbcd and Onnrnntcod Capltnl. . . IWO.noo 1'ald In Uiinlinl . Xa.im lluysnml hulls BtooUs and bomU ; nuunt > " - < coinmurclul napur ; receives nnil oxi-mit'- * tnuU ; nuta ui irnimfor a unt unu trm > U - "i uorporutluiisi tukun ohurKOOf property , col- loom tuxoa. _ _ _ _ _ Om aha loan& Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglas fata. I'uld In Onnltnl . J Mv' > ( Subscribed iindOimriuiti'tid Ouiiltul. . . . loO.OT ) Uubtllty at StooUholdura. . . . . . ! MWtWJ v bl'urUunt Inturuat 1'nld on Dopoilts. \ ' 'HANK J. IANOE. Uiulilnr. X Ufflccrii A. tJ. Wyiuin. iiriuMont ; J.J. Brgxo , lcu- | iru litontiV. . \Vjnmn , trciuurcr. j Directors : A. II. Wrwuii , J. II. Mlllard , J. J. Urown , J Oujr 0. llortiiii. K. Yf. Nub , Tliomiw J. Ktuball , S tluoriio U. Ijiko. l/onns III uny amount ma < l on Olty mm 1 uria I'roiiurty , ituil on Collateral Uuuurlty , ut Low cat ratvj uurrualr