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THE DAILY BEE E. BOSEWATER , Editor. * PUBLISHED KVKHY MOHNINO trims or Dully n iil Sunday , One Year 110 Of Hlx months. f > Ot Threetiiontbi. . . , 2W hiimlay Ili't1 * Ono par SIX Wr nkly _ lire. Quo Year 12 ; OKI'irKS. Omnlin. Tlio lion llnlldltic. H. Onmliu , Corner N niul .Mill fltrceU. Conticll IllnlTrt , 12 Pearl HtreCt. Clilciittu Olllce , III" Cliiiinlwr uf Commerce. New YorkItomiiM II , H ntul r.TrllMiiioIliilUHnK Wiiiililiigtoii , 513 roiirtcunth street. COltUKHPONDKNCR. All rommuiilcatlons telatln to news nnil rtlltorlal mutter should bu uddrusbud to the Killlorlnl Drpiirtincnt. 1IUSINESS fiBTTKIW. All business lettpr and reiiilttiineps should tie midre K'il tuTlio lleo I'libllililtur Company , Oiniihn Drafts , checks and postofllep ordnn to bt mndo payable to the order of the Com pany. The Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors , Tlie Itec ll'ldln ? , rnrimm nnd SovenU'cnth Hts , fiWOUN STATHMKN'f OP CIUOULATION bliitiiof Nolirnskn , 1. . . 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May 20 , 18'JO , is requested to meet at tlio Capital hotel in Llneoln.Jat 1 p , m. on Tuesday , Juno 4 , 1890 , for tlio transaction of such business as may propeily conio before it. D. M. NuTTLinov , Chairman. SIUTOTT and Tuscott have boon heard from nguln , but the Poor murderer inuln- profound silonuo. from the logging country announce "a hip boom in logs. " In other words a boom in prices in incubating. TUB hcabon is ripe for congress to ro- ptidiato thcnrrogtmtopposilion of Mnjor Sulur to the erection of drawbridges over the Missouri river. Foil the first time in years the travel ing public lias enjoyed a genuine long haul t the expenses of the railroads. In nine days ratca will Login business at the tpp notch. SBPIIKTAKY GAUIIUK of the Nebraska fituto board of transportation has grown weary of the do-nothing policy of the board and desires n , moro congenial ophoro of activity. Tin : enorgetio residents of Wyoming and Idaho will not permit statehood to bo buried in the somite. They are not of the class to retire from the Hold with victory half gained. CAUVOIINIA'S Credit Mobillionaire , Senator Stanford , has hurried to Kurope to hocuro a freeh stock of paternal schemes to palm off on tlio credulous farmers on the two per cent plan. THK wagon bridge managers are "penny wibo and pound foolish. " In Jhaiutaining unreasonable rates on traflics botwcon Omaha and Council Bluffs , they are laying the foundation for a free bridge. Tun causes of the late biosmio dis turbance in the Mohawk valley are % \ rapped in an impenetrable mystery. Holiahlo reports show that Governor Hill has not recently proclaimed , "I'm a democrat. " SUKATOK STJJWAKT and Major Powell are exchanging irrigation sentiments in anything but complimentary language. As they maintain a respectful distance , there is no necessity to quote prices on coffee and pistols. IT is worthy of note that the establish ment of original package depots in Topokiv , Kan. , has destroyed the busi ness of the joints , and according to local authority "tho police records show fewer urrosls. for drunkenness than at any corresponding period for the last seven years. " IlKKoni : legislating for an interna tional bank or banks as a medium of ox- chatigo between the republics of the now world , it would bo highly proper for con gress to first encourage trade by proper legislation so as to provide business for the banks. No STATI : in the west can approach Colorado in its wealth of real estate frauds. The salted mine industry hav ing collapsed , the sharpors and natives who linger there for their health have planted booms In foothills and canyons , and mkod in the cash of the tenderfoot. Tlio Ilolyoko swindle is ono of do/.ens , byhich credulous people wore taken in and the reputation of the state in jured at home and abroad. Tun Missouri horse thief who Is play ing the role of Denver bank robber is giving Colorado otllcluls more exorcise than they bargained for. Ho has located the treasure in various localities and the odlcors have cheerfully hunted and dug in vain. Tim light is gradually fil tering into their 'skulls that the Mis- tom-ian iKMsohbOd uncommon lie-abilities , uml from this the Kooky mountain sleuths draw the bugo conclusion that he is just the kind of a man Ui hold up a banker with a cubtor oil bottle. H7MT JMJ' tl'B HXl'KCTI The logislattirc will convene nox' ' Thursday unless Governor Thnyor con eludes to revoke his proclamation bj reason of the almost universal tentlnien against the extra session. Under the call the legislature Is litn Itcd to dealing with only three measures the maximum freight tariff , Australia ! system of voting and the abolltlot of tlio board of transportation. * The memorial In favor of free sllvQi coinage and moro currency wil teadlly bo disposed of with very little discussion , unless members desire to make political capital out of bom biistlo speeches in favor of moro monoy. The most Intricate problem will bo tlio framing of a maximum freight rate bill upon whlcha majority of both houses can agree. The rational and practical way to formulate such a tariff would bo through a joint committee of both houses made up of members who honestly favoi such a law and who cannot be tampered with or swerved from their duty. Such a committee should take'atlcasl two Weeks to make a careful inquiry into existing freight schedules in western states , the relative earnings of Nebraska roads and cost of handling the tralllc. Even two weeks might not sulllco for making an exhaustive inquiry. It would then bo a question whether the maximum rate bill recommended by such a committee would pass the present legislature. Tlio chances are that the best maximum rate bill that could possibly bo devised would bo amended as well as talked to death. It is safe to predict that nearly every other member of the legislature will either carry a hand-mo- down maximum rate bill in his pocket , or offer n do/.cn amendments to every provision that anybody might offer. These men will make noisy antimonopoly - monopoly speeches and insist upon passing their "own bills and iiibert- ing their own amendments , and if rejected , as most of them must bo , they will vote for their own bill and against every other bill. Such always have been the railroad legislative tac tics unless the railroads could have a bill passed that would bo a dead letter from the outset or could bo made obnoxious by ingenious complications. What is true of the maximum rate bill applies in a measure also to Australian ballot reform. There are half a dozen different Australian b.illot laws now in force in as many states , differing very materially in their methods and scope. Which of these will our legislature enact ? Can any of them be grafted upon our election and registration laws without turning every thing topsy-turvy and possibly forcing another extra .session to straighten out tlio kinks which the supreme court inight'pronounco unconstitutional ? The proper and practical preliminaries to the enactment of an Australian ballot law would be an investigation of its op erations by a competent com mittee lu the states and cities where it has been tried. That would take two or three weeks at least. Of course , the two committees might bo detailed to make their inquiry at tlio same time , but the session -will necessar ily bo prolonged for at least a month , and instead of sixteen thousand dollars , the extra session will involve an expense of thirty thousand. But suppose \\o adopt the imported Australian ballot system pure and sim ple. Under that system the names of all candidates and [ also any proposition submitted to the voters are printed on olllcial tickets furnished by the state. Each voter is expected to express his choice of candidates by a cross-mark or mark with a pencil opposite the printed name or opposite the proposition. Now , suppose this is enacted into law , what effect will it have upon the three pending constitutional amendments ? Each of those , as sub mitted , require that the elector shall either vote for or against the proposi tion in the exact language or words pro scribed by the joint resolutions sub mitting the amendment. Would mark ing a cross opposite either of thoamond- nont propositions be a valid compll- inco with the law ? If not , what kind of i muddle would wo land in ? It does beom to us that the extra session may turn out to bo not .only very expensive , but abortive , excepting so far is it may express a wish for tin increase in the volume of the currency , and for Lho free coinage of bihor. THE IMPOHTKD LIQUOll HILL. After extended discussion of the ques tion raised by the decision of the supreme court regarding the importation into a state of liquors from another state , and the consideration of various proposi tions intended to enable states to enforce iholr laws relating to the sale of liquors , iho senate adopted a bill which provides that "liquors transported into any state or territory for use , con sumption or sale , or storage , shall on their arrival bo subject to ; ho operation and effect of the laws of such state or territory enacted In the exercise of its police power , and shall lot bo exempt therefrom by reason of their being introduced in original paok- nges. " This Is the most conservative- the several measures that were proposed , uid Is to bo regarded as the carefully llgostcd judgment of the bonato In this natter. The original proposition , which iloclarod that no state should bo hold , o bo limited or restrained in ts power to prohibit or tax the sale of intoxicating liquors bec.xuso of .ho fact that the same were imported from another state or a foreign country , was objectionable as being in effect a jrant of power by congress to the states. It assumed to delegate to the states n lower vested by the constitution In con- jross , to do which would ba practically .o abandon the control of congress over ntorstato commerce. To this a substi tute was offered defining the net of Im portation of liquors into a state us censing when the continuous trans- uniutlon terminated , bitch liquors to bo .hen regarded as a part of the common uaj > s of property within the state and subject to the powers of the state in re spect of all police regulations of prohi bition , regulation or taxation. This ivoidcd the constitutional objection to the lli-bt bill , but was clearly at vari ance \vith the decisions of the supreme court In regard to what constitutes an act of Importation , and especially with the last decision , which doclnrot that the right to Import carrloB with It tlio right to soil , "by which ao alone It would become mingled In tin common muss of property within tin state , " and thereby subject to the rogu lutions proscribed by the laws of tin stnto. The bill adopted simply says thai all liquors imported into a state or torrl lory , under whatever conditions or foi whatever purposes , shall bo subject tu the laws enacted by such state or terri tory In the exorcise of Its police power It is said that a number of sen ators who voted for this mens uro do not believe it will stand the constitutional test , and there certainly Is room for a question whothei it does not authorize an unconstjtutioiml Interference with private rights. II would allow the authorities of Iowa , foi example , to enforce the soi/iuro law in the case of any liquors arriving in that state , whether imported by citizens for their personal use or consumption or by persons presumably for sale or storage. Of course it is practicable to pro vide a way by which im porters for private use could bo protected , but this would necessitate moro or less annoyance and they would always be liable to malicious persecution. But the bill makes us conservative pro vision for meeting the case as Is perhaps possible , and should it become law will supply another opportunity for the supreme premo court to puss upon features of the interesting and complex problem which are but indirectly referred to in its last decision. , t llLOir AT The merits of the controversy that has arisen between Senator Stewart of Nevada - vada and Major Powell of the geological survey cannot bo correctly determined by what has thus far boon said , but it is obvious that the effect of it mubt bo dam aging to the cause of irrigation in the probont congress. There is very likely some truth on both bides of the contro versy. No ono has shown greater inter-cot in promoting legislation and arousing public interest in behalf of a policy for reclaiming the arid regions of tlio west than Senator Stewart , and it would not bo just to him to suppose that ho would willfully put any obstacle in the way of the success of this great undertaking , the importance and value of which ho has done as much as any ono to demonstrate. In what ho has said , therefore , regarding the di version of appropriations and the useless expenditure of money in surveys must in fairness bo tibsumcd to represent his sincere convictions. But this can bo granted without conceding that the sen ator is wholly right in his view of the matter. On the other hand the assertions of Major Powell that the fault found with his management of the irrigation survey has another purpose than that which ap pears on the surface , and is really de signed to cover up the alleged schemes of irrigation companies to got possession of vast areas of irrigable lands which are or should bo reserved for bona fide bottlers , is by no means to bo accepted as conclusive. It is highly probable that companies have been organixed with a view to getting possession of some of the lands , bub it is not likely that any such vast designs of land ab sorption as Major Powell talks of are contemplated , because it would bo im practicable or impossible to carry them out. The enormous figures quoted as having been named by Major Powell as representing the value of the reservoir sites and lands are sufllciont to satisfy practical men that they are beyond the roach of private schemes. Major Powell has shown great interest in the subject of irrigation and has contributed very greatly to the sum of information as to the advantages to bo expected from reclaiming the arid re gions , so that ho must bo acquitted of any desire to retard the great work and credited with having said only what ho believes to bo true. The matter can hardly fail to became a subject of congressional in vestigation , and meantime all proposed legislation with reference to the arid region will undoubtedly bo held in abeyance. The disagreement of the senate committee regarding methods loft little hope of anything being done by the present congress , and now the pros pect seems more unfavorable. OOIKQ HI' DRVAVhT , This paper has beoi and always will bo opposed to partisanship in the selec tion of the school boaid. The position of a member of the board of education Is an honorary ono and therefore no hen- est man can afford to scramble among ward politicians for the honor. Neither should any member of the board obligate himself to ward politicians and use his position on the board for rewarding political strikers and hangers-on of the political machine. Our school boards , llko our courts , should bo kept out of the mire of pirti- san politics. The proposition to have the two parties unite on tlio same candi dates looks very commendable if it wore not for the fact that behind the move the ire-pullersof thoOmalmTammany , ho reach into both parties , are exert ing their inlluonco to have men chosen who are ready to co-oporato with them in their schemes. All of the officers iiavo already been slated and the con tractors will find the way prepared for making profitable contracts. There may , however , bo a change of [ rent at the eleventh hour , by the rejec tion of the proposed fusion. Then wo will have five rank partisans on ono side opposing five rank partisans on the other with a chance of the rottenest timber loating on top on the day of election. This is the natural outcome of the villainous scheming and plotting by which both conventions were put off until' Saturday night preceding the election on Monday. That was manifestly done to tighten the grip of the machine on the school board and choke off any effort to nominate a non-partisan school board ticket. For this the b'ottor class of our cltUons ire to blame. They ought to take moro ntorost In the management of our pub- to schools. BUUTAL and vulgar policemen are not . onllned to Omaha , Thov had reached the heyday tf ) their power In Minneapolis but In an ovlf hour they fell upon a cltl you who believed ho had some right which oven policemen wore bound to re spcct. Nelson and Josephine Whit wore arrcstou" for ejecting an abuslvi guest from their hottso.and wore elubbot and insulted with Indecent epithets 01 the way to jail. Suit was entered again * five policemen for fifteen thousand dollars lars dntnngoH for , false imprisonment mont and a verdict for sovoi thousand t\Vo hundred dollar was rendered. In charging the jury tin court declared : "When an officer make an arrest without a warrant ho muh have such knowledge as would lead i person of ordinary prudence to bollevt that the person arrested committed tin offense. An officer has no more right it making an arrest of a citlrai , to strk < him than any other man. Nothing wll justify an officer In abusing a prisonoi and calling him vile names. " Tlio ro suit of the trial will have a wholesome effect in restraining thumpers clothei with authority. It is a warning to theij kin horeabonts that there is a clearly do lined limit to their power. Tin : picturesque Dick Vnux is now r temporary ornainont in the house o representatives. Ills reappearance hi public lifo was worthy of a courtly bour bon. Copious ringlets of hair fell in confusion over his collar , fluted rufllc' graced ills immaculate shirt front , with a background of broadcloth cut in tin * tiquo style , while silk stockings and patent leather pumps encased his ex tremities. All this , docked with a pro fusion of ( lowers , formed an animated "what-ih-it" that attracted curiosity and admiration in equal proportions. Mr. Vaux is indeed a notable antiquarian ac quisition not only to the house but to the democratic minority. Apart from his eccentricities , the fact that ho never wears a pair of silk stockings moro than ono day , can out-cuss any man in Penn sylvania and stay with a case of sour mash with the grace and grip of a vet eran , places him in an advanced pew among the political leaders of his party. The \\onder is that a man of such marked abilities was kept in the back ground so long. Tun prompt arrest of a bolf-confessed perjurer by Judge Shields is highly com mendable. The circumstances surround ing the case point to a conspiracy to rob the living by trumped up claims against an estate in probate a conspiracy which death altered and which the conspirator confessed in court. The crime is particu larly aggravated by the attempt to secure property , and thus profit by the infamy T\VKN'TY-ri\'i : hundred Lincoln citi zens can petition against the extra ses sion without being censured , but when Omaha citizens protest they are de nounced by certain nddle-pated organs. As Omaha'tavpayors would have to pay cloven per cent bf the expenses of the session , they certainly have a right to protest against a needless burden. Tin : possibility of the defeat of Con gressman Mills excites well founded alarm in republican ranks. The Texas reformer has tendered invaluable ser vice to the republicans in congress and as long as he continues to lead the democ racy , republican victories will follow each other in cheerful succession. IN issuing permits for the erection of wooden poles for motor wires , the board of public works clearly and knowingly violated the laws of the city. What right has the boaid to is-jiio a permit contrary to law ? Of what use are laws anyway if officials openly violate them ? Do NOT forgot to cast your vote against the school bond proposition tomorrow. Our motto should bo : Millions for public works and public schools , but not a dollar lar for combines and boodlers. TUB anxiety of ward heelers to work without pay on tlio school board is proof positive of mercenary motives. Tiiniu : is great deal moro vitality in the Nebraska Central bridge scheme than appears on the surface. VOTJC down the school bonds and de prive the jobbers of au incentive to plunder. _ A VOTI : against the school bonds is a vote against the oath-bound Tammany gang. Sllcnot ) Ijlke n I'oiilticc * Comes. HUvmuilitt Kant I ul , Since the street bands have boon driven oat of Philadelphia that city is said to bo the luiotest in the country. With bands silent und Senator Quay silent the Philadelphia ! ! can take his afternoon nap without disturb- unco. . . The Wny of tlio AVcst. .1/iiiic ( < ] ) ( ! Trllnuir. Through the generosity of n Chicagoim n nonumcnt to General Grant , to cost $ JO,000 , , will bo erected in Galena. It will bo finished within the year. Thus does the western metropolis - tropolis continue to walk on the prostrate form of Now York. They AVoio Thirsty. St.'mil Planter I'icfi. Whoa the "nsenf at Leavenworth , Kan. , opened the first "original pickago" house the other day ho gravely announced that ho would sell nothing smaller than quart bottles. V wild chotous of voices immediately as sailed him : "But wo want two-quart hot- los. " _ _ Vr'onliln't do in Iowa. A horned toad in a fruiterer's window on iliulison street attracted crowds of sight seers yesterday. 'J'hU shows the character of Chicago for temperance. In some cities u Iglit llko that would have made the cltlzous all over ouch other in their mad uasto to got away. _ Sir. lUurpliy'H DlHcornmont. st. Ami aioiK. Francis Murphy has returned to Omaha find opened up a second campaign on the uonil suasion line that so many reformers von't have .anything to do with. In his in- roductory Murphy said : "Tho newspaper men nro the best men living " This was not meant to bo local , of course , but the Omaha ) ai > ers feel that ho U able to recognUo merit , und they love him for u hat ho says. A Grout OloudlMirHt. \VU. , May 30. Au Arcadia nuclal saya ; The greatest cloudburst over mown hero occurred last night. Three mill Jams were completely swept away. The ilty U Hooded , but the water U fulling. Ouu por- on was drowned. OTitrm rANnsTHAN ouns. Lord UosebcryM \ announced hH squat1 mid emphatic adhesion to Uio project of ( in perliU federation. There can bo no iloub that tlio sentiment In this direction ts grow Ing In HiiRlnnd , nnd thnt 1U whost states men recopnlzo the necessity for the ncloptloi of such a system If thoIlrltUh etnnlro Is I bo held together. The federal system hit worked satisfactorily In Switzerland for con tin ics , securing for each canton the right t- - govern Itself nccordhig to It-s own Idens ant giving to nil n common Interest In the tiffulr of the republic. It has worked well in tin United States , and , with the elimination o slavery , which created sectional differences there Is every reason to bcllovc that It wll continue ) in foroo for centuries to come. Uu neither In Swltzeilaud nor In the Unltci States have the local conditions so urgently demanded the adoption of the federal systen as is the case with Great Britain.Vhn sentiment there la in Ilnglnnd ngalus the adoption of the federal principle 1 : probably duo to the fear that It would bi followed nt no distant day by the nboll lion of royal nnd aristocratic distinctions am the establishment of niopublic. It is possl hie , however , that other members of the nils toerncy may see , as Lord Hosoberry evidently sees , in federation the only hope of n pro longed Icaso of power for existing instltti lions. Familiarity has bred contempt foi royalty nnd nobility to a very largo extent so far as England is concerned. The English man has seen enough of the profligate prince1 and drunken Imbecile lords to know thai they nro n very poor lot. But in India , In Austria or in Vancouver's island a little royal blood goes a long way , nnd a duke or an carl Is received with n degree of overflowing en thusiasm that cannot bo duplicated within the four seas that wash the shores of Great Britain. It Is possible that the privileged classes themselves may ere long join In the demand for imperial federation to Interpose n barrier of colonial snobbishness ngnlnst the rising tide of ratlcal dcmociacy In England. # * # The universal satisfaction with which the nomination of Gcneinl do Miribel ns chief ol the general staff of the French army has been received constitutes n remarkable tiibuto to the sagacity and patriotism both of M. do Froycinot and of the late M. Gambetta. It wns the latter who in 1832 first braved the opinion of the entire republican party by In vesting General do Mli ibcl with the nil-im portant ditties of chief of the staff an ofllco similar to that formerly held by Field Mar shal Von Moltko and now tilled by General Count Von \VnUlcrsco \ in tbo German army. Gumbctta was bittcily criticised nt the time for making the appointment. For M. do Mhibcl wns not only known to harbor strong monnrchial sympathies , which ho took little pains to conceal but had also taken a prominent part in that abortive coup d'etat of 1870 , which has icnuilned on record as the "Soio Mai. " Ho was theioforo in every way obnoxious to the republican majority. Gambetta , however , was suftlciently enlightened and bioad- tnlndcd to iccognizo the fact that of all the genewls of the French army M. do Miribel possessed the most brilliant military genius , and was the best titled to undertake the work of reorganizing the army and elaborating the plan of mobilization. Placing the interests of the nation at largo above these of more party , ho appealed to the patriotism of the general to devote his entire future to the ser vice of Fiance , instead of to a political fac tion thereof , and having assured himself of M. do Minbol's absolute fidelity to the gov ernment which the Fiench people hud elected to rule over them , ho invested him with nn ofllco which is practically that of cominandcr- in-chief of the Fionoh army. Of course when the Gambutta administration was forced to rethe a shoit time afterward M. do Milibcl was transferred by the now cabinet to another post. But so thoroughly im pressed was Gambetta with the necessity of confiding the military destinies of his beloved countiy to the goncial in question that ul- most the last words which ho uttered in a tone of entreaty on his death oed were "Gurdcz do Miiibcl ! " M. do Froycinot , who is the first civilian minister of war since 1871 , has Inherited much of that talent for dealing with military affairs which was displayed hi such a remarkable manner by Gambctta dur ing the Franco-German conflict. Indeed , the present pi cmicr was the principal assistant jf the famous tribune in the days when the latter as military dictator nt Tours and Bor deaux raised levies en masse and organized iiugo armies for the defense of the father land. It was there that M. do Froycinot ac quired his experience of military matters , and under the circumstances it is not surprising that ho should have lornembeicd the dying icqucbt of his illustrious friend and chief not to let'go of Miribel. * * 4 * At the close of 1SS7 Kussin had on nor side of the eastern frontier nn elToctivo force of 200,000 men nnd 40Ji29 , hoibcs\\hllo Geunany had 100,765 men and 2u',9ia horses ; Austria having only 30riO"i men and 10,9 1 ! hotscs the strength ot the allies on the frontier be ing , thorefoie , inferior to that of Russia by 50,710 men. Hussian military authorities felt , however , that this inferiority was moro than compensated for by the fact that Aus tria and Germany had between them cloven niihoads to the fiouticr line , by means of which reinforcements could bo easily brought forwaid either in case of in vasion or for defense. Since that time Rus sia has built now lines of lallway , extended others to the frontier , nnd greatly strength ened the loiticsses within the llncb of the triangle formed by St. Petersburg , Odessa andWaisaw. . Besides this , there nis been during the last few years a steady How of the Hus sion army to the southwest ; troops have been withdrawn from a number of garrisons in Central Russia , whllo Poland and Urn towns on the middle Dnieper swarm with armed nun. A rapid accumulation of her forces has , lowovcr , not been practicable in the tcirltory n question. There are few great populous centers ; villages , except in pails of Poland , uio small and scattoicd , whllo want of com munication and the patriarchal condition of society in general afford few facilttUu for a quick nnd well ordered massing of troops. 3ut , oven with these disadvantages , Russia ins by her movement ! ) succeeded in concen- rating In the border provinces n foicobupor- or In numbers to tlroso of Germany nnd Austria by 90,000 men. The coming nancuvres will , thoiufoie , bo wntched vlth great Interest. Military author- tics in Europe cstlmnto that , in ho event of war , Russia would bo compelled to quarter 850,000 men in Poland nnd Volhy- ilu. The management of her railroad sy.stem s far from being purfcct , nnd her rolling stock Is insufficient On the other hand , It Is believed that the German forces could bo ' Positively curril by tlui.-sfl LMtln PiUs. CARTER'S They also relieve Dis tress fro'A Uyspepaln , In ITTLE digestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect rom- cily for Wzilnesn , Nausea. DrownlBCb.1. Ha < * Taste in the Jloiilh , Coated 'longne , 1'uln lu the Side , roiJl'Il ) I.IYKR. They regulate tbtj Jloweb. Purely Vegetable. SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE , rondy In seven nnd the Austrian In foitrtoor days ) so that Kiwla would bo compelled tc ninko u strong dofouno of her outworks pendIng Ing the concentration of her Hold armies Whether Mio would take the offensive am ! sweep down Into Gallciit , or conlltlo hcrseK to defensive warfare , remains to bo seen ; hut It Is not n pleasant sight to see tlm'o great uowers , fully untied , watching their frontiers niul waiting for an overt net to sot centra ! Eurono In n blaze. * * * There can bo no doubt thnt the Argentine Republic U suffering severely from the financial crisis now fully upon her. Immi gration during the llr.st thruu months of the year has decidedly fallen off , and a now fea ture in the returns Is the springing up of n movement of emigration , no less than 111,000 persons having abandoned the country In the period mentioned. The volume of foreign commorc'o has also underuono considerable diminution , nnd the customs receipts are di minishing In consequence. Still the adminis tration is making n more resolute nnd Intelli gent effort to face the dlfllculty than It has before displayed. President Celmaii has taken occasion In various public addresses nud mossngcs to congress to Insist upon the need of n rigid economy In the ndinlnlstrn- tlon of public nffulrs. Ho has glvon the best earnest ot his determination In cutting down the estimates for the current year by ns much as $10,000,000 , or about ono-slxth of the whole. Hcmcdios for the great ovll of a depreciated , becausolmmenscly Inflated , currency nro diligently sought for , nnd the lowering premium on gold show's the bene ficial effects of contracting the volume of paper money. A now scheme for a national currency , based on land , has been put for ward , and , curiously enough , appeals to our own Senator Stanford's similar proposal ns a valuable precedent. There Is no thought of adopting It , however , there moro than hero. In splto of all , the country's clinictiltios nro only momentary. As n whole , the national position Is sound nnd the public credit Is un impaired. As the president said at the open ing of the great now Lu Plata harbor , a nation carrying through -mcli n vast on tcr- prlso as that , Is not going tosuffer Irremedia bly from mistakes In financial legislation. * " § Ever since the Franco-Prussian war made Germany the lirst power in Continental Ku- rope it has been playing with success what used to bo the British pait In the drama of planetary politics. Time was when , to use the slang of our day , It was England who "wanted the earth. " During the past few years it has been Germany , and its greed has not been effectively resisted by England , even in the quarters In which England has a vital interest in resisting it. The procedures of Germany among "natives" have been modeled upon the precedents of British swashbuckling , and the Germans seem even to have bettered the instruction. This has been shown ns clearly in the Pacific ns in Africa. In the affair of the Camcroons the Germans bullied the Englibh mm the English took their bullying with a meekness that closely resembled pusillanimity. To bo sure , the British character asserted Itself In "pass ing on" the bullying , and Great Britain tutncd upon Portugal and other fccblo claim ants with glcat ferocity. It is not Portugal , however , but Germany that is the rival of Great Britain for the control of the African trade , and from present appearances it seems likely that Germany will bo the successful competitor. * * The czar has wltliin the last few days made a series of appointments in connection with his army in Asia whic.li cannot fail to create considerable uneasiness in London. For they clearly indicate that a move is contemplated which can only bo in the direction of the Indiuii frontier. General Koscnbach , who built the Transcaspinn railroad , and who sought in every way to develop the ngricul- tuial and industrial resources of Turkestan , has been superseded in the governor general ship of that province by General Krcvsky , formerly chief of the Odessa police , and who Is noted for his energy andchauvinism. Gen eral IComazoff , too , a man whoso interests lie moio In the direction of scientific achieve ments than in that of military glory , has been transferred to another post in order to make way for the llery nnd dashing General Kuropatein , who both in character and in personal appearance icsembles the late Gen eral Skobcloff to such un extent that ho has been nicknamed Skobclefl II. Professor Vumbcry , the famous cxploicr and preeminent nent authority on nil matters pertaining to Central Asia , icgnrds the appointment of thcso two men in pniticular us exceedingly ominous toward the maintenance of poaob Ixj twecn Great Drltnln nnd Kussta. * * Stormy times prevail In the little Canton ot Tlclno , the most diminutive of nil the sctiil Independent stales which constitute the Swiss confederation. A short time ago the treas urer of Canton disappeared with $100,000 of state funds. The radical opposition thcnv upon attempted to Impeach the members of the local government for criminal negligence. nnd assumed so threatening nn nttltudo th4 the nuthoiltlcs .deemed It prudent to call to arms the constabulary force of thlity gun- dnrmes. Cowed by this display of poncr , the radical of Tlclno nro now appealing to the other states of the Swiss federation to rcsciiu them from "tho despotic mid Iniquitous rule of u protorlnn government. " IN TIII3 KOTUNDA. Hon. Lewis A. Groff , commissioner of tha general land onico no , let's linngino all that to bo the wearisome little dream that U roaliy Is to the sincerely respected cltlrcn of Omaha , and lot's say simply that plain Judge ( Irott returned from Washington yesterday to hi old homo for n little breathing spoil. "Judge , you nro not looking ns robust a when you wore appointed to tlio land oftlci' at Washington , " observed the writer , who had studied him day after day for two j cars as ho sat upon the district bench In this city ' 'My looks do not , then , belie my fcc'lmjrs n particle , " was Uio reply. "Tho fart Is , ' ci.n tinned the judge , "I have been \\oiking llko a dog over since going to Washington. I have been cooped up In my ofllco all the time , have been putting In long hours longer than tiny man should put In , seems to mo 1 have 1,500 men to keep track of , nnd I don't believe the man lives who could keep them all sti night without looking n little worn. " "You are not overly well pleased , then , with Washington llfol" was suggested "Oh , Washington Is n line city everybody knows that but I'm only mcderntelj well pleased with being thoie , and for the reason , no doubt , thnt I have had so little oppoitunlty to enjoy It. I toll you I think lots of old Omaha. I've ' only been back an hour , bu that ono hour , seems to me , has done ma mote good than anything I've axpciicncciV. ) Washington. Yes , I love old Omaha and llu mighty glad to see the familiar streets and buildings again depend upon it , sir , depend upon it I" and the pj > presslon upon the speak er's fnoo showed that the woid * c.imo from about as near the bottom of his he.ut a it is possible for words to como. "Is It business or pleasure that brings jiiu homo , Judge ! " "Oh , I'vo ' just come home to pay mUii > s nnd spend thrco or four days looking into old faces. I'vo only got a llftccn days' leave ol absence and four of these arc up tonight > 1\ daughter Is in St. Louis and I must go and spend all the time I can with her. I hope now that you'll bo kind to mo this time and not in sist on making mo talk , for really I couldii t tell you anything nowcr than TniTBnt s Washington letter gave this morning or \\iil give tomorrow morning. This time let inn ask you some questions , " nnd the judge foi th- v ith proceeded to enquire all about times In Omaha , what the board of trade , the ioil estate exchange , the council nnd the bulldoi s were doing , nnd all about any now moves , etc. , that were on foot. When this put of , * the conversation had ended the wiiter was piobably the most thoroughly interviewed man regarding the city of Omaha that thcio was in the city. Every question was put with eagerness and the replies of the new s- paper man listened to with a keenness that was not a little interesting. The judge is stopping at the Mlllnrd Ex-Governor Dawcs slipped in and out of the Millaid hotel last evening , taking a li o'clock dinner on the jump , and then disap pooling. Mr. Dawcs paid for his dinner , course , but somehow or other entirely foi | about leaving bis opinion of the spacial so MOII qucsition placaidcd in a place convenient for the members of the press of Omaha. The commissioners of Cheyenne county , Messrs. A. Frame , C. L. Ongler and MonH Davis nro in the city negotiating with II T Clarke for the purclmso of the bridge at Camp Cluike , thirty-seven miles noith of Sidiifv in that county. This budge , which Is now offoied to the county by Claike , is across tlio Noith Pintle , and although its owner now desires but $ JI,000 for it , the structure v\ai once a bonan/a. In the early days Mr Claiko used to ' "tend , gate" there and modestlv demand $3 from each foot passenger nnd * . " > for every team that crossed. There was much indignation fplt in the country over this extortion , und there were several threatened uprisings , but thiough all Mr. Claiko defended tliu bridal and reaped a harvest of shekels. * $ - . -T < iyT cNe\\r JerK All COMPANY'S Extract of Beef. MuKes the purest , cheapest and best Hoar Tea Finest meat flavoring stuck fur Soups. Sauces and Miitlo Dishes. Ono pouuilof Kitrnctof llonf oqiultn forty noiiiidj uf Jo.111 boi'f , or lUo Tuliio of about (7 Ul. Genuine only with Justus von I.l'll'n | elgnatura ns shown fiEPOSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE , 0 TdtRE HAUTE , IHO.-A SCHOOL OF [ NOINIIBIHO. Wtll Cli'luwml. ' unit r'lulppul il iiuitint'Uli of Jle. cliuulculanill/'ml hiiKlunnrliiR , hlocUicUr.UlnjiiiU. try , lirnwini. Kxuiulvabliup * 4 l. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. 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