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TIIK democratic party recently ussom
ble-d in Vermont utid wont through the
usual motions nnil resolves.
Til 10 ] ) i-ohibition of "cold ten" in tlu
house re. taurant nectjssitutoH nn im
iiu'dinto onlurgoinent of the sonsitc Am
teen.
ADVICK to republicans frommugwumi
sheets is the rarest spec'men ' of hcrmaph
rodito pull tlmt ever escaped the
museums.
A SWAKM of hungry vultures are sorolj
disappointed by the defeat of the extra
session. What is their loss is the
state's gain.
A TKN million cracker trust will have
n disastrous blow at cult in Boston ,
where crackers und cheese are essential
to liquid circulation.
IT is a fortunate circumstance for the
state that the horde of mercenaries who
Hocked to Lincoln like vultures after
carrion have been dispersed by the revo
cation.
THIS democracy of Alabama naturally
dread federal interference in elections.
It would destroy the party's monopoly
of the ballot box and .secure an utitram-
molcd exercise of citizenship.
threatens to secede
with her fogs and lish unless the French
invaders arc driven to sea. It remains
to bo seen whether the lory ministry
will dance to the codfish bawl.
To Americans the flavor of the Stan-
ley banquet in London was sadly
marred by the announcement tlmt ho will
explore tlio country for dollars in exchange -
change for a ready-made lecture.
AFTKU an exhaustive topographical
survey of the surroundings , Senator
Stewart pronounces the bureau of geology
elegy "a great lying-in hospital for lame
d tick's. " Tlio gentleman from Nevada
tolls a volume of truth in u brief sen
tence.
TIIK interstate commerce commission
reports seven hundred and four thousand
seven hundred and twenty-six persons
employed on the railroads of tlio United
States , exclusive of the political hench
men and cappers who merely work the
railroads.
PUIILIC plunder is the mainspring of
Tammany. Every scheme which directly
or remotely promises to benefit any
member of the gang receives active
support. This explains the mercenary
zeal of the combine in supporting every
proposition to increase taxation.
ARIUTUATION is taking strong root
In the southern republics. The pro
visional government of Brazil heartily
endorses the action of the Pan-American
congress and will work to secure a rad
ical reduction of standing armies within
five years. To the republics on the west
coast disarmament would bo a national
blobslng.
TIIK llrst anniversary of the Johns
town disaster was observed with impres
sive memorial services .Saturday. Few
calamities in the nation's or the world's
history evoked such universal sympathy
and spontaneous oharlty. No wonder the
thoughts of the survivors wont back to
the ruin wrought In u night to the
wrecked homos and the thousands of
relatives and friends engulfed in the
angry Hood.
IK Tin : matter of fair associations and
driving parks , there is danger that the
city will Bcoura toojnuohof ugood thing.
The necessity for convenient fair grounds
of adequate size nnd n mile race traok is
admitted by all , but two or more simply
means a llnanclul fizzle. Omaha cannot
Bupnort moro than ono. If the patronage -
ago is divide among three , as now ap
pears probable , wo will Imv6 lifeless or
ganizations , costly failures nnd farcical
exhibitions. The boomers of different
silos cannot bo blind to this fact , and
the sooner they unlto their forces the
bettor it will bo for thouisolvoa and the
Pity.
NO KXTttA.
The proclamation rescinding and re
yoking the call for nn extra session c
the legislature has been promulgated b ,
Governor Tliayon
The reasons that have prompted Governor
ornor Tlmycr to take this stop tire con
vlnclng and sufficient within thomsolvo
even if nubile sentlmont had not bcoi
overwhelmingly opposed to nn extra sea
sion of the present legislature.
The revocation may evoke n , great don
of criticism from political opponents am
personal enemies , but It affords strikini
proof that Governor Thayer posscssc
the courage to rectify a mistake whci
ho believes he has made ono. It require
great moral stamina for the chief ox
ccutlvo of a state to publicly retrace i
stop that involved a grave responsibility
and was liable to impose heavy burden
upon the tax payers without compensating
sating results.
Nobody will dare charge the govornoi
with impure motives either in con
vening the legislature , or it
revoking hi ) call. Those win
know Governor Thayer best havi
always believed him to bo n man of con
viclion.
Quito apart from the legal obstacles
which the governor recites as the
primary reasons for rescinding the call
ho is fully justified in his action by the
patent fact that the republican party
had everything to risk and very little tc
gain by tlio extra session. Tlio jubila
tion exhibited by the leading demo
cratic organ over the prospect of n costly
legislative lizzie and its frantic effort tc
counteract , the sentiment in favor ol
revocation , was in itself a very tangible
reason for the governor's action.
Whatever may bo said by interested
politicians and the opposition press , tlu
most conservative and best citizens o
the state will commend the decision o
the governor to revoke his original
proclamation and leave to the ncxtlegis
lattiro the task of formulating and enacting
acting a maximum rate law and inaugu
rating electoral reform by the Aus
tralian ballot system.
IIAILJIOAD CONSOLIDATION.
The recent purchase by the Atchisor
company of tlio St. Louis & San Fran
cisco railroad has called attention to the
progress of railroad consolidation withir
recent years. There wore in round num
bers ono hundred and sixty thousand
mites of railroad at the close of last
year , with an earning capacity of cloven
hundred million dollars a year. Fiftocr
hundred corporations wore represented ir
the ownership of thib enormous
property and revenue , but less than hall
of them wore operating companies. The
others wore merely subsidiary corpora
tions which had leased their lines , There
were four hundred and twenty-five con
solidations , mergers , purchases , leases ,
etc. , in the nine years ending with
188S , an average of forty-seven per
year.
One-half of the total railroad property
of tlio country is now managed by
cloven distinct controls , none of
which has less than live thousand
miles of road. There are twenty-two
controls which embrace fully sixty-five
per cent of such properly. The Vandcr-
bilt control dominates fully twenty thou
sand miles of road and is besides in close
alliance with the Union Pacific. The
Gould control ia the next largest , with
moro than ton thousand miles of road
under its management. The Atehi-
son corporation controls about nine
thousand miles , the Union Pacific
over eight thousand , the Pennsyl
vania and the Richmond Termi
nal each nearly eight thousand miles ,
and the other largo corporations be
tween live and sovtin thousand each.
An alliance of the Pennsylvania with
the Atchlson , and possibly with the
Chicago , Burlington & Quincy nnd
Great Northern , is by no means an im
probable event of the future , while the
Richmond Terminal already has its eyes
upon the Louisville & Nashville , a con
solidation with which would give it a
tniloago of about eleven thousand miles.
The tendency to railroad consolidation
is _ stronger now than ever before , and
it is an interesting question as to how
much farthorlt may bo carried and what
might result from the concentration of
Lho enormous railroad property of the
country into the control of perhaps half
i dozen , or oven fewer , corporations ,
[ n the opinion of some it would bo ad-
nintagcous to stockholders and
? ivo bolter service to the
mbliu at loss cost , but the moro general
i-iow unquestionably is that it might bo-
201110 a dangerous power , largely dotnl-
lating the legislation of the country ,
uitional and state , in its own interest.
IVith the vast railroad property of the
mtion practically in the control of a
'ow men , combination for olTonslvo and
lofonslvo operations would bo easy ,
md It Is not to bo doubted
jmt this is the dream of
some of the railroad magnates who
ire constantly planning schemes of con-
iolidaUon. If It shall over bo realized ,
md it may bo , the people might soon
hereafter IK > forced to ohooso between
, ho nlturimtlvosot the government being
. irtually controlled by the railroads or
.aklng posse > > or of those enormous
u'oportlos and "ognlating their manago-
ncnt. In the opinion of a great many
.his must bo the ultlmato result of the
present tendency in railroad aiTalrs.
QOVEHNMKA'T STOKKUOUSKS.
It Is understood that the republicans
md democrats on the ways and moans
: ommittoo have agreed to stand together
md make a unanimous report against
ho aub'treasury bill which was Intro-
lucod into the house some time ago and
oforrod to that committee. This agree-
nont was reached , so It is said , with some
ipproheuslvenoss about consequences ,
shielly on the part of southern ropresentn-
Ivos , who are represented to bo os-
iccially tender-footed regarding matters
ecommondod by the southern Farmers'
illlancos. It was with those that the
rovormnontstoreuouso Idea originated ,
md southern nionabors of congress who
ire ambitious \ retain their scats know
the Importance of being In favor with
the farmers. Furthermore , the question
of continued democratic supremacy
In the south Is Involved. The
members of the nlllanco in that flection
are mostly men who have voted the
democratic ticket , nnd while they arc
not trying to form a now party directly ,
but to got possession of the democratic
primaries and conventions and nominate
their own men , yet It is easy to see that
if those alliance people succeed to any
extent they will split the democratic
party in two in the south , or in portions
of it.
It is duo , however , to some of the
southern democratic loaders to say that
they hud delivered themselves very
plainly in opposition to the sub-treasury
scheme. Mr. Mills of Texas and Mr.
Crisp of Georgia have in no uncertain
terms expressed their unqualified disap
proval of the proposition , and they have
been joined by Senator Carlisle , who
presents an argument against the plan
which ought to bo conclusive with Intel
ligent farmers everywhere. lie says
that the farmers themselves would pay
moro than their fair share of the cost of
orccting the warehouses , and that as not
moro than one-third of the counties in
the United States produce and sell an
nually more than half a million dollars
worth of agricultural products , under
the proposed bill not moro than ono-
third of tlio farmers could avail them
selves of the plan. Thus the persons
living in the rich and productive
counties could be beuofitted at
the expense of the poorer ones.
Moreover , Senator Carlisle sees
in tlio sohomo an opportunity for un
scrupulous speculators to take advantage
of the pecuniary necessities of tlio farm
ers and extort exorbitant-prices for food
from the people. lie believes that in the
majority of cases the farmer would never
bo able to redeem the deposited products
and would lese the twenty per cent of
value in excess of the amount loaned him
by the government , the measure provid
ing that the govurmcnt shall issue eor-
tilicates available as money to the exton t
of eighty per cent of the value of pro
ducts deposited. The harmful oirect
upon the interests of the farmer in the
annual expansion and contraction of the
currency is painted out , and Senator
Carlisle remarks that "no such facilities
as this project will afford for controlling
the markets for purely speculative pur
poses have ever existed in this or
any other country , and no more
perfect system for the oppression 6 the
poor could bo devised' "
This scheme is so obviously imprac
ticable , and its capacity for great harm ,
in which the farming class would sutler
most largely , is HO evident that it is
astonishing it should be seriously advp-
caled by men claiming some intelligence
and practical ideas. It is approved by
only a very small minority of tlio farm
ers of the country , and the larger pro
portion of those are in the south.
STATISTICS of indebtedness already
gathered by the census bureau are a
complete refutation of the reckless asser
tions of eastern orators and papers. The
charge has boon oft repeated that the
west was overloaded with mortgages ;
that the security was insufficient to pay
the principal , and that bankruptcy was
inevitable. Conspicuous among these
misinformed alarmists is General Butler.
In a recent address ho produced an
assortment of figures which wore well
calculated to startle eastern investors. If
his calculations were truethoy would not
rcilcct much credit on tlio business sa
gacity of capitalists , for according to
Butler's figures they have boon loaning
an average of nine dollars per acre on
land. Information collected by the cen
sus bureau shows that the western states
have in ten years reduced their indebt
edness four million dollars , notwith
standing the enormous expenditures
necessary to keep pace with the marvel
ous development of the country. The
condition of the states rellocts the ma
terial prosperity of the people. The
enhanced value of property far
exceeds the per oont of increase in in
dividual indebtedness. Compared with
the assessed value of property in Ne
braska , for example , public and private
debts -are a moro bagatelle. The truth
is that western lands in town and coun
try afford ample security for ton times
the present actual debts.
congress , the courts and a
commission are struggling to suppress
Mormonism , Europe is being scoured for
recruits for that peculiar denomina
tion.
APTHR a profound sleep of two weeks
the now hospital claims bob up refreshed
for another assault on the county troas
Tlio Trouble With Congress.
1 1 'MJi (113(011 ( ( 7'ost.
Candor compels us to admit that the inspir
ation on tap nt the house restaurant Is of n
most Inferior quality. There Is entirely too
much froth.
Tlio Very Sniuo , ) ulml ,
CVicnyi ( ) 2'Hlmiif '
General Jubal A , Early , it scorns , was
groviously Incensed at somebody in Uichmoml
who addressed him as General Longstroet.
He "wanted nothing to do with the man who
could mlbtnko him for that d - d rascal ,
Jmncs Longstrcot ! " Can this high-minded
onlcor , who is so jealous of his reputation for
uprightness , bo the same Jubal A. Kurly that
nets as a catspuw for the Louisiana lottery }
Tlio Voloo AVII1 Claim Anything.
Itaiiftis ( Situ TJmtit ,
nichanl Vaux , Mr. Uniulall's successor In
the house , was elected by a very substantial
majority. Ho received ever eight thousand
votes , nnd his prohibition opponent received
forty-seven. The fact that the prohibitionist
got any votes ut ull will , however , bo pro
claimed by the Now York Volco as "a .prohi
bition gain. "
Will Ho n Dny of Hi-
St. 1'iiul IVoiiw-lYfss ( Jfrji. ) .
The MoICinloy bill has passed the house ,
but it wns pushed through by the terrors of
the party lash In evident opposition to the
convictions of a largo number of republicans
who voted for It. Some of them , how
ever , had the courage to vote ngutnst
particular sections of the bill and
enough of thorn did so to defeat
two of the coiuiulttoo's pot amendments.
GUIS A' ? MEN.
Mr. Whlttlcr Is to write a poem of 100 lines
for the coming 350ttt anniversary celebration
at Huverhlll.
"NVn'tor ' Ilosant will visit this country next
Summer und explore the west. Ho will go to
the Paclttc coast.
CUrU Masoa , a leading politician of Pitts-
burg , has given 410,000 toward the crcctlot
of n Nowsboysf homo In that city. Mr. Ma
gee nmybu tnklug n long look ahead.
Tsu ICwo Yin , tlif- new Chluaso minister nl
Washington , is n stout man of flfty nnd has t
wife nnd ono soff Ho wns head of n collegi
nt I'cklii.
Edwin Arnold Ik writing n now oplc , "The
Light of the World , " the aubjoot of which 1 ;
the faundur of Christianity and bis doctrines
In this poetic way ho Is enjoying bh leisure
In Jnpan.
John Datrd , jthq Philadelphia millionaire , U
generous as well ps rich , when bis son mar
ried ho RIWO hlinft wedding present of $100 ,
IXX ) . With thls-tho boy was certainly able tc
begin housekeeping.
Genornl Shornuin , who will attend an nrmj
reunion ut Portlntiu on the Fourth of July
stipulates tlmtiho.shall go in his private capa
city and declines to bo tlio guest of the city 01
of any private family. Ho says ho slmplj
wants n room at a hotel whore ho may receive
Ills old friends , and lie doesn't want unj
"Marching Through Georgia. "
General Leo nt one tlmo was much boreil
by a Georgia man who made frequent per
sonal applications for n furlough. One morn
ing the general nsucd his tormentor If bo un
derstood the position of a soldier. The hittoi
said ho did. Ho was ordered to assume It ,
General Leo then gave the command , "Hlght
about face , forward , march. " As ho novct
gave the command "to halt" the Georgian
kept on marching until ho got tired. Ho did
not got his furlough.
Cal Bricc , New York's now senator from
Ohio , Is ono of those business-men whom
Wall street wittchcj with n furtive , pcr-
nluxoil , and yet half-amused glance. Of late
his mannerism upon the street has been that
of n poet who seeks Inspiration In the busy
marts of life. Ho goes about with n pensive
nlr , his eyes half closed , nnd with a sort ol
sot , dreamy expression In them. Ho talks
business us n philosopher discusses the sub-
problems of existence , nnd ho looks with n
naif condescending and half professional
glnnco upon the men with whom ho comes In
contact.
STATE AXll TK11K1TOKF.
Nebraska.
Louisvlllo wants a good baker.
Phclps county needs a Jail and the news
papers are agitating for one.
Johnathnn Edwards , residing near Wcston ,
wns struck by lightning and instantly killed ,
G ranvlllo Gordon of O'Neill nearly bled to
dentil ns u consequence of having a tooth
pulled.
Mrs. Abble G. Dustin of Dustln has been
re-elected president of the Twelfth district
W. C. T. U.
Wuboo will ccluurato the Fourth nnd Gen
eral .T , 13. Weaver will bo invited to deliver
the oration.
G. M. Gnlluhpr of Auburn has succeeded
Charles P. llavey as agent of the Missouri
Piiclie nt Crete.
Great preparations are already in progress
far holding n mammoth Fourth of July cele
bration in Dodgo.
It is estimated that the total amount of
land not lile < l on in the McCook land district
is only .3-10,000 acivs.
The mnchiiH'i-y for the paving brick and
tile factory has arrivca ut Louisville und Is
being placed in position.
Burglars raided Peterson & Miller's tailor
shop at Sclmylcr Friday night and captured
about $1X)0 ) worth of goods.
A Missouri Pacific bridge near Auburn
was burned Thursday , the Hro starting from
u spark from a locomotive.
The residence of Frank Kelley nt Friend
was struck by lightning during the recent
storm and the family was badly shocked.
Lightning killed'five head of stock belong
ing to Amos Koisur and three belonging to
J. W. Erwin near Louisville during Friday's
storm. (
Joseph Frazier , editor of the Fairmount
Chronicle , was thrown from n wagon by u
fractious colt and so severely injured that .his
recovery is doubtful.
About ono hundred citizens of Elmwood
surprised Dr. Hobbs and his wife on their
wedding anniversary nnd left the couple a
substantial testimony of good will
Nine people from Hartington who started
for Wucapona in an omnibus to hear a prohi
bition lecture wow badly injured by the wind
capsizing the vehicle. Mrs. Burdwcll was
perhaps fatally injured , aud Mrs. Hunt had
an anltlo broken.
Just ns wo go to press , says the Mead Ad
vocatc , we learu of a very singular freak of
nature which occurred In Wtihoo on Satur
day evening a female bab3' being born thcro
with ono iaco before nnd ouo behind. A last
Lie-counts mother and child wore doing well.
Ono of the neatest banks in northwestern
Nebraska opened business nt Marsland last
week. It starts out with an authori/.ed cai- ] )
tal of § 30,000 and 8i3)00 ( ) paid in. George P.
Waller of Children , Nob. , is tlio president
uid W. E. Alexander , formerly cashier of
thu Dawcs county bank , is the cashier.
E. A. Coombs of Geneva division No. " 2 ,
ivhp was elected colonel of the third division
Knights of Pythias , is porhups the youngest
: olonel in tlio Nebraska brigudo , being twen
ty-seven years of ago , but bis military oxpcr-
once has been a lengthy one , beginning in
Dhio as a cadet under Colonel ICilpatrick of
-ho re-gular army. Ho was a member of the
Dhio National guard , and last year held the
jfllco of lieutenant in Geneva division , doing
uost of its drilling.
Iowa. Hums.
Onawa's creamery p-iys ? 1,500 a month to
: ho farmers in the virinity.
Ed Kelly , a 10 year-old boy living near Sib-
ey , had Ir.s nose severed by a kick from a
mile.
Jt is estimated that 10,000 ncri's of new land
n Palo Alto county will bo sown with ( lax
his season.
There is talk at Burlington of erecting n
nonument to the late United States Senator
amcs W. Grimes ,
Kli Weathers , an Osccolu carpenter , who
las been totally blind for seven years , sub-
nitted to an operation the other day which
'omplotoly ' restored his sight.
An aesthetic tramp entered the residence
f S. M. Hummel at Waterloo the other duy ,
; ot away with a big eako and a pail of milk
.nd . left n bunch of water lilies In return for
ho favor.
Captain J. C. Austin of Ilnle , handed his
iltlo grandson a revolver to piny with , and
ho little fellow succeeded in planting u bul-
jt through the captain's wrist the llrst shot ,
linking a serious wound.
MISS iNettio .lowoti lias ijcon appointed
census enumarutor for Perry township , Bu
chanan county , including the town of Jcsup.
It is claimed she Is the llrst and only lady up-
pointed to the position in the stato.
Thomas MuBrido of Buckingham , Tama
county , had to pay Miss Muollen 8100 for neg
lecting to marry her according to promise.
She wanted $5.000 , but the Jury thought
Thomas hud only trilled with her affections
f KX ) worth.
Several Weeks ago o little child of S. M.
Poster of Burlington , while playing on the
floor run a sowing machine needle into its leg
ut the knee , and last week the ncodlo made
its appearance at the child's hip nnd was ro-
moved. It took but two weeks for the needle
to work Itself from the knee to the hip.
An Item which aupvinml a few days ago in
those columns announcing the consolidation
of the Creston T.im6s and Missouri Vnlloy
Eye was u mistake. It is the Lenox Now
Era which has united Its fortunes with the
Civs ton paper. ThulOyo will rontlnuo to bo
wldo open at Missouri Valley under the ef
ficient mannKcineiit of U. J. Miller.
Whllo William Crumlml was crossing the
railroad track with a team and wagon near
Blnlrstown Thursday evening , the vehicle
was struck by n 'fast fivlght and reduced to
kindling wood. The engine lifted Crundall
twelve foct In the hirami sent him ever Hfly
foot away , whoro.ho foil square on top of his
head , but , Htrungo- suy , escaped serious
injury. The hor.-jiyi were not hurt ut nil.
Giles Otis Piorco'.was buforo the commls-
mlsslor.crs of insanity at Davenport last week
nnd wns adjudged Insane , but harmless , und
allowed to retain his freedom. Two or tliroo
years ago ho entered .suit against tlio Unltod
States government In the .sum of $ . 1,000,000 ,
making G rover Cleveland , Govumor Lurra-
buo , Walter I. Haves , Judges Ilrnnnau and
nnd Waterman and others defendants with
the government. Kcccntly ho entered suits
for visionary causes against other parties ,
and this , wltU other peculiarities , caused the
uctlou taken.
The Two DiikotnH ,
The estimated assessed valuation of Cham
berlain Is $000,000.
At Bismarck "original packagers" adver
tise their goods In the papurc.
The democratic stuto convention of North
Dakota will bo held ut Grand i-'orks July 10.
A couple of baby untoloiKW were captured
near Sp''urllsh the other day uud the finder
will attempt to domosticuto them.
A valuable colt bvlougtu ; ; to Joba Wosscl-
Ing , living near Harrison , was bitten by
rattlevsnako tlio other day mid died In a fo' '
hours.
At Sioux falls Frank Katon wai acqultte
by the grahd jury of u olmrga of robber
niter lying In Jail a whole yearawaltln
trial.
Clay county leads In the amount receive
from the lease of school lands , the iimouti
being $ ' . ' ,8W. 10. Lawrence county stands n
the other extreme , having contributed but { " - -
to the fund.
Advices from nil points In the James rive
valley report crops In excellent condltloi
Plentiful ruins have fallen everywhere In th
valley , and the ground never was in a bcttu
condition for an abundant yield ,
The five-year-old daughter of Mr. Daytor
living near Uondell , was recently kicked o
the head by u horse ana remained unconsclou
for six days. It Is twbught the little ono wil
recover , though she Is still in u procurlou
condition.
In the case of _ Editor Moffet against L. N
Grinin for damages for assault , on trial n
Bismarck. Bob Roberts , u witness , created :
sensation by swearing that ho had commlttci
the assault himself. Hobcrts was ut one
committed to Jail In bonds of $5,000 to unswo
for the crime.
A girl baby weighing ono pound mid n hnl
win bom in the family of Horace Junks o
Vale , Uutto county , last week. The Httl
mlto is perfectly formed mid shows all sign
of health , When n week old the oub ,
weighed just three pounds. The parents ar
largo , robust people.
A colony of Russian Catholics , recently set
tied near Hlllsviuw , contemplate purchasini
thirty acres of the town slto of tlmt place
nnd If thu negotiations are successful wll
build a church and u number of dwellings it
town , after the custom of their people in th
futhorland of living together in the villng
and working their lauds outside on the commune
muno plan.
A contract has been let for supplying tin
North Dakota Insane asylum ut Jumestowi
with native coal. The amount required wil
be between 9,000 and 4,000 tons. At the las
session of the legislature a law was posset
requiring state Institutions to use nntivi
coal if it could bo had for less than fJ.'JO pel
ton.
ton.The
The Kooler artesian well near Wcsslngtoi
Springs is developing into u wonder , jl
short time ago the well gave promise of bcliif
mi oil spouter , und lust week u strong HUM
of salt water was struck at a depth of 52.
feet. From twelve quarts of water toui
ounces of mire white salt were taken. In ul
probability the effort to secure a How foi
irrigating purposes will bo abandoned nnd i
salt factory established Instead.
A colony of strange people is forming or
the reservation some distance southeast ol
Pierre , says the Lcola Northwest. It seems
that they are the nucleus of u now and fanat
I ml sect. They are under the leadership of n
woman , and hold their property all in one
common lot. The woman is rather handsome
and of commanding presence , and rules ovei
the colony of about two hundred in u rathei
despotic manner. Their religion savors some
what of the Mormon mid some of the old Jew
ish religion , und they frequently make burnt
offerings in the shupo of calves , etc. They
positively refuse to allow strangers , who will
not become ono of them , In their midst , and
all attempts to gain information from them
by the ordinary means have failed. They
have called their town Moab.
School Suvinfi'H 1 tanks.
OMAHA , Juno 1. To thoEditorof THE BEE :
The Globe Loan and Trust company savings
bank , by II. O. Devrics , president , states to
the public in a communication to u local jour
nal , under dote May 0 , 18K ! ) , that "school
children depositing in their bank uro secured
by the Commercial National bank of Omaha ,
us trustee holding securities to the full
amount of the school deposits ; " "that the
savings bunk has a subscribed capital ol
$50,000 of good , responsible business men ,
fsicj who are liable , under the state law , to
the amount of $100,000 , " [ sic ] nnd , "thut back
of that is the Glebe Loan and Trust
company , ( which is u largo stock
holder ) with a paid in capital of
$1-15,000 , which could draw its check nny
day for double the amount of all the school
deposits that are likclv ever to accumulate. "
[ Sic. ]
Thcro is considerable ambiguity apparent
in these statements , but , taking them as they
are probably intended to read , will the Glebe
loan and trust company savings bank please
publish the guarantee trust deed entered into
between it and the Commercial National
bunk of Omaha in which the school children
of Omaha are secured against loss by that
bank ?
'Will the Glebe loan and trust company
savings bank give the names of its stock
holders , the amount of stock subscribed for
by each , nnd last , but not least , the amount
of capital of the Glebe loan and trust savings
bank paid u in cash not stockholders'
notes ?
Will the Glebe loan and trust savings
bank give the names of the stockholders in
the Glebe loan and trust company , ( its other
backer , ) stale how much they have paid in
cash and in what way the Glebe loan and
trust company is an endorser ( legally ) for
the Glebe loan and trust company
savings . bank ; and upon whom or
what can the Glebe Loan nnd Trust company
draw its check any day for double the amount
of all the school deposits that are likely ever
to accumulate !
If Mr. Dovrics will answer those questions
truthfully , and wo bcliovo that if ho answers
thorn at all it will be truthfully , and if ho will
have the ofllcors of the Commercial National
bank guarantee each deposit by their certifi
cate issued to each depositor , or , pursuing
the usual course in such cases , file for record
In the county recorder's ' olllco a good war
ranty as trustee , then there will bo no fault
found with the Glebe Loan nnd Trust com
pany savings bank's getting all the school
childen's deposits possible. But certainly
ordinary business and legal safeguard's
should bo offered to these infant depositois ,
nnd the bunk soliciting their business should
IKI very frank und explicit in its statoii outs
that the infantile mind may fully compivhoml
the stntu quo.
. .
MADI3 IXSANK BY WEALTH.
IIe > w Illclics Suddenly Acquired
Turned a MIIII'H nrain.
Made insane by tbo sudden accession
} f wealth ; an amiable mind wrecked by
in unexpected act of generosity ,
Such in brief is the pathetic story of
Iho mental malady which attacked
Robert Lindhiiy , whoso funeral took
iiluco in Brooklyn the other day , and
ivlioso death , it'ia believed , it hastened.
Mr. Lindsay was forty years of ngo
md had been many years tlio trusted
mperlntondont of the well known typo
'oundry of Goorjjo Brueo , Son & Co. ,
Sro. 13 Chambers street , Now York , says
i Now York dispatch to the San Frnn-
jisco Examiner. His Horvleo.s in the
) inploy of the company lasted nearly a
liiurtor of a century.
Two other gentlemen had been In the
iorvico of the coin puny for about the
iiuuo period of time. They wore Henry
vl. Halo , the corresponding dork , and
/Hinder H. Munson , the bookkeeper. -
All three were highly re.ipectod by
ho linn for their faithful services , and
Javld Wolfe Bruce , the founder of tlio
Irm , a short time ago transferred to
horn his entire interest and good-will in
ho business.
The three men were congratulated on
ill sides and a successful career pro-
lieted for them. No ono was bettor
doused with tlio unexpected turn of luok
ban Mr. Lindsay
Ho , however , soon began to net in n
ray that alarnlod his friends. Ho bo-
amo first mildly and then violently in
ane , the muldon realization of riches tip-
nirontly having turned his brain.
"I am in poverty , " ho would cry. "I
mut to earn some money to keep the
kfolf from the door. "
Several days ago his lucid Intervals
lucumo moro infrequent , and a constant
flitch was required for him. Ho ro-
loated continually that ho was in deep
lovorty and must have work. Ills death
ook plnco last Wednesday.
A Now Yorknr'B Solinnio.
A floating American 'exposition is the
ohemo proposed by George S. Bowen of
Jew York , for the odlllcatioij of South
L morion. Ho wants merchants und
ninufncturors to lit out a ship with a
urled"collection of American products
nd send an expedition to South Amor-
Jan ports to display and Introduce these
oods.
CAVJtT.tr , C/TV A'/v'll'S.
Knlfilits of fmbor Ucsolutlons Dcntti
of Mr. Imwlnr.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Juno 1. The following res
olutlons have boon passed by the Joint iwsem
bly of the Knights of Labor of this city :
Wlierens. The late republican city conven
tion Inserted In Its platform a resolution In
fnvornfun ulKht-hour work day on nil con
tracts and for city work
\VIiori > ns , Thu orffimlrndvorkliiiinoti ofthl <
city have pruparcd and presented to the ully
eniiiiLMl HII ordlnnnco providing for lln > clulit-
hour day which 1ms boon favorably reported
by the city attorney ; ihoroforo. bolt
Kesolvod , That wo , thu Knlghtx of I.alior , In
Joint nxsumhly tlo request thu council to pns.
the olKht-hnnrordltmncu Introduced by Coun
cilman Archibald without further delay and
without any umendmunts to thu onlltmnoc
which Khali Invalidate any of the provisions ol
the ordinance ,
JV. . nMiumsotf , Chairman ,
JJ.S. Inrri.r.mn.i ) , Sec. ,
J. 11. ( JltADIIOCK.
Joint Assembly.
DEATH OP Mil. r.AWI.OII.
U. Lawlor. the well known dry goods mer
chant ut 10M : 1 * street , died nt noon today
with Inflammation of the bowels. Ills illness
was n very short ono. Ho loaves u family ,
Ho has resided in Lincoln about thrco years.
The funeral exercises will occur tomorrow
afternoon.
n. r. o. K.
The Elks or "Best People On Earth , " us
they are moro familiarly known , have held
their annual election and It resulted as fol
lows :
Exalted ruler , V. C. Zehrung ; esteemed
leading knight Ur. A. U. Mitchell ; esteemed
loyul knight , T. M. Couko ; e-stecmed lectur-
UV , J.UIII. 11. Dl'IIlUIl.
The report of the secretary nnd treasurer
nliowcd a constant augmentation In number * .
The debt Incurred In lilting up the rooms Is
gradually lessoned and stops have been taken
to pay oil the llnul indebtedness. At the
next mooting It la expected that the club and
lodge will bo entirely out of debt.
A CAUOUSE OF CANNIBALS.
The Ifoi-i-lblo Orgies of Ilrltish Co-
Iiiinliia IiidluiiH.
General Lymau Banks nnd John
Hutchcson , two citizens of Seattle , have
just returned from n two months' cruise
of Iho northern coast of British Colum
bia , and they tell some thrilling stories '
of sights they have seen and dangero'us
adventures they experienced during
their cruise , says the Seattle Post-Intel
ligencer.
The old Hudson bay company trappers
all unite in calling the past winter the
worst that has boon known in this part
of the country in the last forty years ,
and a leaf or two from their log book
shows Unit the cruisers found that fact
to be only too true.
A Post-Intelligcncor reporter hap
pened to moot General Banks on tlio
street Sunday , and at his request the
general recited the story of his exciting
and most interesting cruise. The story
is given below in the language
of General Banks himself. "Wo
started out full of great expectations
iand pleasant anticipations , and wo did
not realize for a moment what trials
wo would have to go through , and , I toll
you at times it required a great deal of
western grit and push to get nhenel.
Those who are acquainted with the dif
ficulties of traversing in summer a coast
forest , with its thousands of uprooted
trees and still worse upheaved founda
tions , can perhaps readily imagine how
much greater a hardship it was for us to
travel ever three feet of snow on a level
and occasionally strike drifts
much deeper nnd a great
deal too much tangle of sal-lal
bush for snowshocs. But to add to
all our difficulties , our half-breed guide
and the two Indian packers refused to go
with us as soon as wo had penetrated a
short distance inland. "Wo had just
sighted some hills which they said wo
could never pass ever , and they alleged
no human being had ever succeeded in
the attempt.
"They strongly urged and prayed us
not to proceed any further , but wo had
started put with the determination to
accomplish a work and wo wore not to
banlod so pasily in the beginning of our
journey. So wo packed up a couple of
weeks' rations and an ax in our blankets
and , shouldering our Winchesters , wo
pushed on alone. Oh , what a journey
that was. 1 never shall forgot it as long
us I live.
"Where the snow was too soft and deep
wo managed to make progress by crawlIng -
Ing on our hands and knees , and at times
ivo were obliged to lie down and roll to
jot out of the snow. It was hard strug
gling by day , but tlio snow made a soft
bed at night. Wo canoed ever thrco
liundrcd miles of our journey , and some
jf it was in very rough waters. But the
most startling experience wo had and
Lho ono that would interest you most ,
liapponed ono day just as wo were run-
ling into u cave to avoid a storm. Wo
? ot into tlio cave ull right enough , but
imagine our horror and disgust when wo
'omul ourselves in the midst of the Nah-
ivitti Indian tvibo at their cannibal
H-gics. Cannibalism is prohibited by
, ho dominion government , but only a
nonthly visit from vessels , and the near-
) st port being miles away , they carry on
; hu horrible * practice with impunity.
"Wo watched the heathens during the
lay nt long range , but under assurance
) f safety wo ventured after awhile into
< holr circle at night and watched thorn.
i can only describe tbo sight this way :
There was a high fire of logs in the cen
ter of the circle , which was constantly
attended by Uvo men , and occasionally
tlioro was an extra hiss and Hash us
some uneaten fat was thrown out. The
entire tribe encircled the flro , dressed in
blankets of many brilliant hues. There
were naked dancers , and a dozen or moro
lusty savages with clubs in their hands
boating an accompaniment to their wild
songs and dances , nnd the whole bight
made a weird scene that is not soon for
gotten. Their feast consisted of the
bodies of their dead. They seldom kill
striingors to furnish food for these horrible
rible orgies , us they were all the time
quarreling between themselves and gen
erally hud enough dead bodies of braves
to satisfy their appetites.
"I hud been told in Victoria of the pos
sibility of this and warned that when
wild with the dance the braves rush out
and bite a piece out of the fh'ht person
they como to. Now 1 Imvo no objection
to being eaten after I am dead , but to be
bitten by one of those wild follows would
bo as undesirable us the bite of a mad
dog , and lostin their excitement they
might forget their promise of immunity ,
I hold my band under my overcoat and
grasped -M-callbro revolver that would
have furnished rations fitting the occa
sion.
sion."Our sense of security was not inc -
c roamed by ono of thorn making a speech ,
noticing our presence and berating the
white man's government for trying to
doiu'lvo the poor Indian of the pleasure
of being a cannibal occasionally , osipoo-
hilly as ho only fed upon his own dead.
"Tlio boys crawled behind the eldur
people and hid , men were bitten or Him-
ulated it , and I was afterwards shown
sears where they claimed to have boon
bitten. Bet wo were not molested.
Ono bravo , however , probably to
test us , made a dash In our dlrco-
tin , but others caught him and turned
him another way. It WUH an 'all night
session ; ' no ono was allowed to Icavo till
through , which was 6 o'clock tlio next
morning. Wo hud BOOH enoughthough ,
and were glad to leave. Wo procoudod
on our journey and came back ngaln
without any more oxcltlng udventurew ,
arriving in Seattle only a short tlmo
ago. But I never in all my llfo put in
such a night us I did the tlmo of those
frightful orglos , nnd T candidly confess I
don't ' w\it \ | to soon again. "
AllOUM ) TIIM WOULD ,
A New Yorker's IMcnsnnt Way of
KiluontltiK Ills Children.
Mr. nnd Mrs. William II. Falconer and
tholr three children loft Now York the
other day to begin a comprehensive tour
of the world.
They will go by rail to the Delaware
Water Gag , thence by cnrrlago to I iko
Mohonk , and from there by the West
Shore to Montreal. They will proceed
nftor a short stop to Vancouver , where
they will meet n friend with the same
plan as Mr. Falconer's for see
ing the world , says the Now York Sun.
Tlio steamship Abyssinia will carry the
party from Vancouver to Yokohomn ,
mi1. Falconer proposes to pass a month
or moro In Juijun , for the most part in
the cool uplands of the interior. Ho
will next take his party to China for
four or live wooks. In Ceylon , Slam
and India lie will pass eight weeks. In
Slum ho expects to be entertained by
tlio king In company with Mr. Isaao P.
bmlth , Siamese consul in New York. \
Another month of leisurely slghtnoo- \
Ing will bo devoted to Egypt nnd Titr- \
key. Tlio southern European coast and
the countries of northern Africa will
occupy two months moro of Mr. Fal
coner's timo. From Spain lie will go to
Holland , Belgium , Norway , Sweden and
tlio North Capo for the purposeho said
lust evening , "of comparing the mid
night sun thcro with the North Ameri
can midnight sun. " From Stockholm
ho will make a short cut to St. IVlors-
burg , where ho will remain with his
family two weeks. After seeing Moscow
and Warsaw ho will begin the last part
of his trip , which will include the tour
ist s usual route through Germany , Aus
tria , France and Great Britain.
Tlio tour will last two yours. Mr.
I < ulconor makes it , ho says , mainly for
the purpose of educating his chllilre'ii.
Ho has In former years made American
trips with thorn with the sumo purpose ,
and hns familiarized them with pretty
much all the territory between Nantucket -
tucket and Halifax , Mexico and Alaska.
On his lust trip between Mexico iind
Alaska ho traversed 110,000 miles. Mi
Falconer will utilize his observation
during ins tour of the world in writing
a book subsequently concerning the
homos of all hinds.
Story of tlio KIMIH-CSH Victoria.
The Empress Victoria , wife of tlio Into
Emperor Frederick of Germany , has al
ways been a careful and keen-eyed disci
plinarian in domestic life. She notices
the slightest variation in the dress of a
housemaid us quickly us she used to de > -
tect a fault in her children and punishes
ono us inexorably us the other. I'riiie-o
Henry , the brother of the present oin-
poror , hud , when a smtill bov ,
the greatest objection to his
daily bath and the nursery be--
ciimo every morning the scene of
a vigorous and tearful struggle oil his
part , against "tubbing. " His mother
tried in vain to persuade him that baths
were inevitable und that ho must submit
to them , but she finally gave the IUII-M )
orders , ono morning , to lot him liuvo his
own way. Prince Henry , confident Unit
ho hud gained a remarkable victory , was
exultant , and wlieu ho sot out for his " *
morning's walk tool : no pains to conceal
his triumph. Ho indulged in sundry
taunting remarks to his attendants , but
on returning homo ho was surprised to
notice thut the sentinel nt the guto did
not present arms as ho passed.
On reaching the paluco ho found a
second sentinel cquully remiss , and
knowing us well as nny of his punctilious
military race what was duo to his rank ,
the little follow walked up to the man
and asked severely : "Do you know whoV
Enm'f" ' "Yes , lioheit , " said the sonti X
iiol , standing motionless , "Who am IV"
lTrinz Hcinrich. " " don't
"Why you sa
lute , then ? " "Because wo do not present
: irms to an unwashed prince , " replied
Lho sentinel , who hud received orders
From the prince's mother. The little
follow suit ! not a word , but walked on ,
bravely winking back the two big tours
which filled his oyos. Next morning ,
however , ho took his bath with perfect
docility , and was never known to com
plain of it again.
< -
" \Vnntn to be a Reporter.
A half-breed Scminolo has rivaled
venturesome Mr. Hupulyo , of the New
York Mail and Express , says the I'ilts-
Imrg Dispatch. Ho has como from Now
Orleans to Pittsburg in a small paper
junoo. John Ryogruss is tlio English
irunslution of the Indian's unpronouncoa-
jlo name. Mr. Ryogruss is tall and well
'ormed , with the small hands and feet ,
ivhich Lord Byron says are the sure
jmplars of noble descent. Uyegrnss was
jorn ut Tallahassee , Fin. , but was taken
> V Father Burger , u Jesuit priest , to the
ew Orleans university at the uge > of
ilxteon years. Ho seems to bo fairly
iducntcu , und states thut his nmbition
b to become u newspaper roiiortor.
Ho will proceed up the Alloghany : IH
ar ns it is nuvigublo , und then return
.ml transport his canoe to Lake Erie- .
ohn Ryogruss bus written several nrli-
les for the Now Orleans Picayune and
thor southern papers.
Ilnrt Manners ol'an Hmporor ,
In the midst of a stuto banquet recent
ly , nt which Emperor Francis Joseph
was entertaining various members of tlio
Hungarian parliament , his majesty sud
denly turned to two of his guests and
rated them for their Booming riotoutl
conduct in the Hungarian purllnmeuit
in a strain that recalls the fashion that
good Queen Boss used sometimes to in
dulge in. It is said that both were too
surprised to mukouny reply.
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morning ,
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COMPANY.
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Iliiys and solU stooltu ami bonds ; iioiotl lei
commercial paper ; receives nnd nxofluU" }
trusts ; actnug transfer agent mill tru-too < > r
oprporatloiuti tuKoa ohurKo of propurty , col
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preildont : w. T. wriiiun , Irawurcr ,
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st rules curicu-