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, Anti-Monopoly Committee Call.
Sl'inso nvsTiir , Neb. , Mny 20. Tlio "com-
inltlco or llftccu" appointed by the anti-
inonopoly lopubllcnn convention held nt
Lincoln Neb . 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.
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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.
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