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THE DAILY BEE
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FINC.U : COPV VOSTAOK KATES.
8-papp paper U. S. 1 cent Foreign 2 cents
32-pane paper " 1 cent " 2 cents
JO-IHiKfipiipiT ' Scents " 2 cunts
0-Daio ! paper " 2 ccnU ' Scents
paper " S cents " 4 cents
Dor.LAKS for defense , not a cent for
bogus claims , Hhould bo the motto of the
county liourd.
OoN'TKACTons , builders and Insurance
men are pretty liberally represented on
the board of education.
Tin- : returns from recent school elec
tions prove that the Second ward is a
dangerous kicltor when thoroughly
aroused.
OoN'OHKSS has already entered upon
Its annual sweat , which will continue
with slight variations till the ballots are
counted in November.
Tin : remnants of the Chicago gas
trust are in the hands of a receiver.
L.il < o treatment of other combines would
contribute materially to the welfare of
the country at largo.
Tin- : hospital contractors should bo
given every encouragement to take their
claims into court. It is duo to the tax
payers of the county that the jobbers bo
compelled to establish their demands in
the proper tribunal.
SIXTY thousand dollars worth of farm
ers are to bo employed to teach the In
dians how to handle modern farm ma
chinery. The returns from the reaper
and thri'shcr will undoubtedly show an
abundant harvest of good Indians.
TIIK engineer- the Oakland train
which plunged through an open draw-
In-idgo has boon hold for manslaughter
by the coroner's jury. This is 0110 of
the few instances on record of the failure
of the railroad air brake to check an
impetuous petit jury.
ISII the act of congress passed last
April a general pardon has been granted
to deserters from the regular army.
The proclamation of amnesty carries
freedom from arrest to thirty-two thou
sand men , 11 number greater than the
rank and Ulo of the present army.
TJIK police commission insinuates that
the tax levy will bo iiiHulliciont to meet
current expenses for the year , and a ro-
duiition of the force will bo necessary.
This WDK to have boon oxpcctod. The
board should have foreseen that the
money at its disposal would not hold
out agaiiibl the increased drain.
" \ViU , Mayor Cushing allow the rotten
council combine to dictate appointments
and parcel out the palronago of the
mayor' * olllco , or will ho manfully assort
his prerogative and oxoruiso the powers
vested In him by the charter in the interests -
torosts of good government ?
THIS government llsh bureau is ono of
the most prolific- hatcheries of nepotism
supported out , of the national treasury.
Of Ilia hundreds of thousands appro
priated annually for its maintenance ,
thirty-one thousand gees to the support
of the family of ono commissioner , while-
two others draw sustenance for nine
members of their households. Certainly
this luxuriant trio cannot truthfully
claim that republics are ungrateful.
SKNATOK PADDOCK lias Hshod up an
old order issued by General Grant aa
president , which forbids federal ollico-
holders from holding any lucrative city ,
county or htato olllco. That order is still
In force. Had It boon enforced uponW. .
J. lU'onteh , who drew two thousand live
hundred dollars a year as member of the
Missouri river commission and also drown
n salary of two thousand live hundred
dollars your as jnayor of Omaha for
two years and a half , ho would have
boon in a dilemma like the ass between
two bundles of hay.
Tun local money market presented no
now features yesterday money is abun
dant and rates easy at eight par cent.
General trade continues good and col-
loetlona appear to improve daily. The
produce market wns liberally supplied
nnd quotations wore shaded toward the
close , but the bulk of the receipts of
berries and vegetables were closed out
at full prices. Berries and vegetables
are arriving from Missouri in refriger
ator cars in line condition. ColToo has
advanced one-half cent per pound as was
anticipated ; the market U qulot. Other
Btaplod uro utichuugod ,
COATB.VTVOA'
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Tho'republican Htato central commli
tco , which moots at Lincoln today t
formulate the conditions under whic
the stito ; convention U to bo hold , i
charged with a grave responsibility
Its action will , In a great measure , dc
tcrmlno whether the party shall contlnu
in supremacy for the next , two years , o
bo swept from jwwor and place by th
tidal wive of popular discontent.
There are these in the slat
committee who resent the actio
of the anti-monopoly republican confci
cnco as an iniportlnont intrusion an
unwarranted interference with th
prerogative of the committee. The
look upon its demand for an early cor
ventlon as a threatened bolt. Thes
members apparently overlook the fac
that the republicans of Nebraska nr
confronted by a popular uprising thn
must bo placated before it is too late
They also seem oblivious to the fact thri
n convention in the first week c
July Is not an early convention
In a majority of the states convention
are to ba held during the present montl
and comparatively few state convention
will bo hold later than the early part o
July. Candidates for'stato ofllcos hav
alrealy been nominated in several states
The Illinois and South "Dakokademoc
racy hold their state convontioi
today , and the republicans o
those states will follow sui
soon after. The Iowa republican
will hold their state convention on Jun <
2-3 , the day that the conference committee
too originally had agreed to rccouimotu
as the latest date for holding the stat <
convention.
It is therefore manifest that the decla
ration of the conference in favor of <
convention not later than July 8 is neat
at variance with the customs of UK
great parties in other states , so far 01
relates to the time of holding conveti
lions.
MAKIKO lltMSKLF SOLID.
Councilman Cimffco 1ms made a peremptory
omptory demand for the head of Bal
combo and the appointment of Birk
hnuscr as chairman of the board of pub
Ho works.Vnat business has a rcpubli
can councilman to ask for the appoint
ment of a democrat , and why does Chat-
fee want Birkhauser of all other men ir
Omaha- ? Are ClmlTco and the Sovcntl :
ward to monopolize all the appointments
and sinecures ? It was GhalToo's
Italian hand that gave the
city hall plans to a Soventli
ward architect. Chaffeo engineered
the Dodlin granite job and dictated a
Seventh warder for superintendent oi
the city hall building. Chuffee substi
tuted Inskeep , a Seventh ward striker ,
for John Butler as Borgoant-at-arms of
the council , and the now plumbing inspector
specter is also credited to the yellow
p'ino broker. Now Birkhauser. who
lives next door to his bosom friend , Van-
dervoort , in the Seventh ward , is to bo
given charge of all our public works ,
for which ho is about as lit as ho would
be for performing on the trick mule in
the circus.
Mr. Chaffeo is a very thrifty provider
for the political gang in his own ward ,
nnd the roustabouts with whom ho is as
sociated in the Tammany club. But why
should the mayor play into his hands , or
iippoint anybody at the dictation of the
combine , -of which ChatTco is the tail
ind Broatch the head ?
OVIl LATTKll-DAY SAIXTS.
The principal stock-in-trade of the
prohibition agitators and organ grinders
is the alleged nefarious plotting nnd
pernicious activity of the whisky trust in
Nebraska. Even Governor Thayor'o ro-
I'ocation is represented as an abject sur-
: -ondor and sell-out to the whisky trust.
Now wo boldly assort that the whisky
: rust has had no moro to do with the
prohibition campaign in Nebraska or
iVith the governor's course than the
iwino trust , the iron bourn trust
> r the sugar trust. All the
, alk about the activity of the
whisky trust is the invention of
norconaries who are laying awake
lights expecting a bid from ono side or
, ho other. Peter Her , the Nebraska
shiof of the whisky trust is in Culifor-
lia building stock yards and packing
louses near San Francisco and will not
oturn to Nebraska until the latter part
if October , if then. Cyrus C. Turner ,
ho of the dealers'
secretary Liquor na-
ional protective association , is in Lou-
svillo or somewhere In the south or
ast. If anybody else in Nebraska is
. ( . ting for Her or Tumor they have not
icon hoard from up to date.
The only parties who have shown any
ispositlon to antagonize prohibition are
ho bankers and merchants of the prin-
ipal cities and towns who desire to pro-
out commercial stagnation and a land
lido in property values. Their right to
rganl/.o In defense of tholr property in-
urcsts and business can hardly bocallod
11 question.
But the prohibition campaigners will
ontinuo to stigmat'izo thorn and every-
ody whoopposod prohibition as "friends
f the saloon , " "rum boodlors , " and
whisky bloats. " It is the prerogative
f those latter day saints to send ovory-
ody to perdition who doos. not swallow
noir nostrum and claim for themselves
ho monopoly of all the virtues.
StbVEH LKniSL.lTIUN UA'CKHTAIX.
Congressman McKinley does not bo-
eve It to bo by any moans a sure thing
tat a silver bill will bo passed at the
resent session of congress , though ho
links there ought to bo legislation on
10 subject because there Is a general do-
ituul for It. Tlioro have baen recently
( pressed opinions to llko effect' from
, her members of congress , and the.
Dwmvnrd course of the silver
larkot within , the past week
is been construed as indl-
iting that the operators in silver had
scomo convinced that the chances are
jatnst any legislation. The subject
mlinuos to bo discussed In the senate
id the house will enter upon Its oonsld-
atlon probably during the present
ook , but the conflicting views in both
ouses are no nearer to being reconciled
mn over , and j seems obvious from
hat Is said by members of congress that
10 chances of reaching an agreement or
footing a compromise have not 1m-
roved.
If there Is a failureof silver legisla-
Dn the responsibility for It will bo on
, o advocates of free coinage , who in
sist upon n policy which the conserva
tlvo judgment of the country dlsap
proves. Thoi-o would not In the slight
cst difficulty In nuourlng loglilatloi
which would provide- for the employ
mout as a currency basis of the entlr
silver product of the country , and whlel
might lead ultimately to free coinage , 1
experience demonstrated that that pollc
could bo safely adopted. The country
is prepared to accept a note currenc ;
based on silver bullion to the fill
amount of the silver product of tin
United States , as is practically provide )
for in the bill to be considered in UK
house , but all who take an unselfish am
unprejudiced view of the question are coil
vinccd that free colnago is , at this time
inexpedient , would bo dangerous to oui
financial system , and would inevit
ably bring disaster to all Interests
Tlio carefully prepared and olabor
nto arguments of the advocate :
in the senate of unlimited colnago havt
not only failed to remove this conviction
but rather have strengthened it , becausi
they have boon unable to show that
there is the least necessity for tholr
policy , or that it would bo any moro effective
fectivo in improving the position o
silver as a money metal than would its
employment as bullion as the basis
of n paper currency under tin
liberal conditions that have boon
proposed.In the ono case
wo should invite the world to unloa'd its
surplus sliver upon us , which it would
assuredly make haste to do , while in the
other wo should simply utilize our own
product , avoiding the danger of having
any of our gold withdrawn in payment
for foreign silver and giving the country
a safe and acceptable currency for all do
mestic purposes.
The bill agreed on by the confer
ence committee of the two houses ,
and upon which the house will
bo asked to take action , gees a *
far as it is prudent to go at this time in
dealing with this quostionr It provides
for using about the entire silver product
of the United States as the basis of a
note currency. It would afford ample
protection to the silver interest of the
country arid would increase the currency
annually to the amount of at least thirty
million dollars. It would ofTect a grad"-
ual nnd healthy advance in the
market vnluo of silver , ultimately ,
there is every reason to believe ,
carrying it to n parity with gold , with
out seriously disturbing the financial sys
tem. In short , it would secure all the
benefits and advantages which it is possi
ble to predicate of free coinage without
tne dangers and disturbances inevitable
to that policy. It is desirable that the
country shall have legislation that will
enlarge the use of silver as a basis of cur
rency , but the failure of such legislation
would bo less unfortunate than to adopt
free coinage.
FltOQllKSS OJV TUB TARIFF
Prom such information as the Wash
ington correspondents are able to obtain
regarding the progress the senate com
mittee is making with the tariff bill ,
there appears good reason to expect that
the measure will bo ready for submis
sion to the senate not later than the end
of the present mouth. With regard to
what is being douo in the matter of
changes in the house bill not much can
bo learned , the members of the committee
being naturally nnd properly reticent
on the subject. The room in which the
commit too works is not only locked , but
guarded , and the secrecy of the pro
ceedings would seem to bo carefully
maintained by the members of the com
mittee when not on duty. Statements
in a general way indicate that a good
many changes have been made in the
line of lower duties than these
proposed in the house bill , but to
what extent thcso ombraeo ar
ticles upon which lower duties would beef
of substantial benefit to the people is not
known. Reductions in the chemical and
metal schedules are desirable , but the
senate will need to carry its downward
revision much farther than this to sat
isfy the demands of the country for re
lief from tariff taxation.
It is reported that the senators from
the tariff reform states of the northwest ,
whllo professing to favor lower du
ties , are giving very little en
couragement to Senators Allison
nnd Aldrich , the republican members of
the finance committee who are under
stood to bo making the fight for a reduc
tion of duties. Tlioso senators are said
to bo unfavorable to any increase in the
wool duties over the existing law , or
liny Increase in the duties on woolen
"foods except whore it may bo necessary
to equalize conditions , but although
they unquestionably in this view ropro-
iont the great majority of the
iooplo of the west and north-
, vest , the other senators from these sec-
ions are said to give them little sup
port. Special interests which tire seok-
ng to draw -increased tribute from
, ho people nro represented in the senate
is well as in the house , and it is to bo
ipprohcnded that combinations may bo
undo in the former which will prevent
inch a reform In the tariff as the pro-
lomlnant sentiment of the country calls
or.
or.It
It is not necessary , however , to nban-
lon the hope that the moro conservative
ind unselfish among the ropubll-
ans of the senate will bo able
o carry through that body a. tariff bill
natorially different from the measure
IQW under consideration. It is still to
10 believed that there is on the ropub-
Ican side of the senate sulnclont honest
tatosmanship and sincere regard for the
ilcdgcs of the party not to allow BO oh-
uctlonablo and indefensible a measure
s the MoKinloy bill to bo Inflicted up-
u the country. It must bo that there
ro republican senators who under-
land that no greater burden
ould bo placed upon the party
: i the congressional campaigns of this
car than to have to defend the tariff
ill passed by the houso. Ono of these
jnators Is quoted as saying : "Wo prom-
sod to reduce taxation , not to increase
; . Wo must fulfill our pledges or lese
lie next elections. " The welfare of the
opubltciui party and the highest Intor-
sts of the people require the reduction
f tariff taxation. It Is possible for the
jnato to subsorvo both , and It is still to
o hoped it will uot fall to do so.
Fo ( londiah ingenuity and premcdl *
: itlon , the attempt to wreck a passenger
ralu on the Union Pacific tracks near
the city is wlUwut a parallel In the hli
tory of OtnaH& The object could nc
have been roljlfcry , for had the wrccl
era succeeded \\ijwould \ \ have been impoi
slblo to loot Mid train before nsstslnnc
arrived from'Omaha and South Omaht
It is ovidoiittfiat the motive of the flcnd
was to bring about ti disaster for som
funded wrong ! and gloat ovc
the wreck of life and property
The fact tjint' ' they possessed switc
keys nnd selected a dangerou
point , goes toiprovo that they must hav
been former employes of the company
nnd familiar with the road. It is to b
hoped that the .desperadoes will bo ru
down and severely punished for thol
dastardly attempt on the lives of flv
hundred people.
TllR money market continues eas ;
and bankers are looking for good , safi
securities in which to Invest their loan
able surplus at profitable rates. Ex
clmiigo is lu fair supply. General tradi
continues exceptionally good for tin
season nnd collections are oasy. Th
local produce market received a llbora
quantity of green stuff and was wel
cleaned up at an early hour , quotations
being virtually unchanged.
THE famous Texas oattlo trail is i
thing of the post. A drive of ton thou
sand cattle recently completed the journey
noy to Wyoming , but not without costl ;
delays and detours to dodge cultivate )
lands and farm fences. Western development
velopment is the great lovclor of al
landmarks.
PROSPECTIVE candidates for counti
commissioner are sprouting and spoutliif
in the verdant suburbs. It is proper U
remind these anxious patriots that there
arc many painful slips between antioipa
lion in Juno and realization in No
vombor.
AVhat They MtiBt Do.
Stmix city Journal.
r Tlio people of Nebraska are to bo congratu
Intcd upon their escape from an extra session
at this junction. It ought never to have boor
culled. Thcro was no popular demand for it
nnd nothing sugHostlvo of a popular demand
In thu political situation in Nebraska an extra
session could not , In the very nature of things ,
settle the nuoitioas whloh nro up before the
people , but on the contrary could only tend tc
con f use nnd postpone a settlement ,
Thcro is profound popular dissatisfaction
In Nebraska with the manner in which the
government of the state has been controlled ,
especially with reference to transportation
corporations. The republican party is re
sponsible both for tuo legislation of the state
and for the adminlstt ntion of tlio laws , nnd
the fooling is entertained by thousands of re
publicans in Nebraska that tlio organization
of tlic party lias baen manipulated and steered
out of direct and syjnpituotic service to their
interests , the interests of the great mass of
the community and of the public generally.
The farmers especially had therefore made
uncompromising demand that the organiza
tion of the party this year , and the adminis
tration of the state government should un
equivocally bo brought to the service of the
people and that the railroad , question should
bo settled on this basis. And this demand
had brought on an issue , involving the time
of holding the convention , the declaration of
the platform and tlio characters of tuo candi
dates.
It was n foolish thing to sxipposo that n call
for an extra session of the old legislature
could allay such revolt within the party , to
say nothing of the popular agitation , or that
it could take out of the impending political
campaign the resolute purpose of the people.
Nothing loss than the accomplishment of that
purpose , by agents Immcdlntcly chosen by
tlio people with a view to present conditions ,
could be of any avail ; and for such n purpose
a legislature elected last year , under differ
ent conditions , and. whoso sands are running
low , was obviously incompetent. It was in
competent , in fact , nnd under the circumstan
ces of popular distrust it was impotent in any
event.
But so fur as the republican pirty is con
cerned the revocation of the extra session
defines its opportunity. Its opportunity is
merely to meet , honestly nnd promptly , the
popular need of a political party in Nebraska.
That need is for a party which in its organi
sation , in its purpose anil in its control is do-
roted to the interests of the public , and not to
Lhoso of the railroad corporations or any
ithcr concern. Whit the republican party of
Nebraska in the present exigency must do
ibovo all things is to demonstrate its rcspon-
livcncss to the popular demand , to reassure
.ho masses of the party by the ring of the
ilatform nnd by the character of the candi
dates nominated.
And to this end the very best tiling that the
> arty can do , now that the call for an extra
icssion is out of tlio way , is to call an early
son ventlon. Meet the situation boldly ; moot
t promptly ; meet it candidly anil honestly
mil fully. A call foriin early convention now
vill bo the sign that the party is ready to meet
Lbo people.
ABOUT WOMEN.
The German empress will not accompany
icr husband when ho goes swinging round ,
ilrclcs this summer.
Queen Victoria will confer the Order of
ho Hath on Emperor William. Thu corc-
nony will talto place privately.
Miss Kllnor , a daughter of Sir Charles
Iiille , designed the gold medal which the
eographical society gtfro Kicplorer Stanley
ii London.
Miss Ethel Chase Sprague , who ns was ro-
ontly announced had given up nil idea of
oing on the stngo , made her debut hi Buffalo
ml is said to have made a hit.
MlssCharinoIlrown , a Cincinnati belle , can
onvorso with fluency in French , Italian ,
[ mulsh ami Cicrmau. She also knows Latin
ml Greek , nnd is fiVlovcr amateur actress.
Fanny DavcnpoVWvns n witness in Minno-
pulls , defending | i isuit for libel agninst her ,
nd evaded a question ns to her ago by say-
ig that she was twenty years on the stago.
Mrs. AViso , a daughter of Hull McAllister ,
ud a nleco of Wurd McAllister , recently
uido her ilobut at a. concert in San Fran-
isco. She has u tlnb voice and is a beautiful
omnn.
Mrs. Glucomctti Prodgore , tlio terror of
lomlon cabmen , IH dead. Her habit was to
i-lvo liiu fullest ppsslblo distance for the
lonoy , pay the btflct legal faro , nnd then
uisu the arrest oio"cabman | for expressing
Is feelings.
Annie Jcnncss Miller is on advocate of com-
leto rest , and part * , of each week gives her
ady and mind as"marly nothing to do as Is
Dsslhlo. She can Afford , to do this. Her pliys-
al culture fad pay a , .
Miss Uaflfalovitclvwho is to marry William
'Hricn , Is nn accomplished , linguist and bus
Jen u frequent contributor to the contl-
ntal Journals. Shu fins also translated Mr.
'llrieu's novel into French.
Mine. Cntncazy. widow of the ox-Hussian
nbassador , is still u beautiful woman and
ilatns the glorious golden bnlr which was
10 envy of her sex when aho was in Wu.su-
gton. Thcro is some little silver In her
iroolo , which gives her a bl-motiilllo sort of
tmttty.
Mrs. MlllaU , the famous artist's wife , nnd
10 ex-wifo of John Knskin , lives like a royal
iniASss , and has a start of artistically dro Hed
'mints ' who care for her every desire. Kho
beautiful , nccomplishuU ami captivating ,
id is roeurdod as her husband's mascot.
erCSwjk dlosses nro poems uiul her IHX.OIJ
0 ncrfoi-tlua of graco. Shu has oriental
iuchoH lu all her apartments , nnd U said to
1 the happiest woman lu nil Europe. Her
isbaud b worth 11,000,000. ,
THE CENSUS MAN'S ' TROUBLES ,
A Bee Reporter Tolls tuo Tribulations of a
Lincoln Enumerator.
DAMAGES FOR WATERED WHISKY ,
A Cnpltnl City Saloonkeeper Sues the
Corporation Article * of Incor
poration I''I led by a Paper
Factory.
Nob. , Juno 3. [ Special toTiiR
Bni ! . ] Ono of the poor unfortunates who nro
acting as census enumerators called at the
homo of your correspondent today and de
clared that this was the 11 rat time holmd boon
treated us a human being during the two days
that ho has been collecting facts and figures
that nro for the best interests of tlio very
people , who nro treating him llko n tramp ,
lie was n gentlemanly fellow , and ns ho had
never been a canvasser or solicitor ho was not
accustomed to the rebuffs that ho received.
The $300 flno nnd Imprisonment Hint hung
over his head wore the only stimulus ho had
to continue his work. Ho gratefully accepted
tlio oiTor of your correspondent to accompany
him on his rounds nnd was willing to share
his sorrows with ono accustomed to such ad
versities.
A voMino could bo written about the half
day's experiences that followed , out it hud
sulllcicnt of tlio facetious to re-
llevo it of its depressing features.
Tlio universal trouble was In getting. nd mis
sion to the houses of tlio people , and in most
Instances tlio politeness of n Chesterfield nnd
tlio diplomacy of n Huliegh would have
availed nothing in thu fuco of the phalanx of
frowus nud scowls that confrouutod him at
every door.
"Ueg pardon. I nm the census enumerator , "
was the usual form of address , nud the re
plies were as varied as the people. In ono vc-
spcct only did all agree , and that was in ro-
bulls and reluctance to let -enumerator
cross tha threshold.
"Wo don't want any books , " said ono.
"Wo have all the pictures wo need , " said
another.
Ono declared , "Wo don't need any censes , "
and the enumerator yielded to the Impulse
and said : "I sco you don't use any. " But the
force of the sarcasm was lost.
It was almost invariably wash day and in
every instance the only Head of the family
present was the divinity presiding over tlio
kitchen or toying with tbu soap suds , and the
oliumerator was generally given the polite
hint : "I am too busy to waste any time with
you. "
Once inside the house n myriad of dilllcul-
tics arose. A number believed that the
enumerator wns n detective assessor attempt-
lug to ascertain whether their property was
sulllcicntly taxed , and their answers were
tinged with feeling all the way from fright to
indignation.
At the suggestion of your correspondent
thu enumerator asked ono mora in addition to
the thirty on tlio list , nnd that was :
"Do vou take a newspaper regularly ? "
It was a noticeable fact that-the homes
whore the answers were in the nftlrmatlvo to
this question wore the only places where the
enumerator was treated with common do-
ccncv.
"What makes you so inquisitive ! " said one
woman.
"Shurc nn' Oi belavo j'cr a noosj a.iper re
porter , " said a pugilistic looking Amazon of
Gaelic ancestry. "Oi don't want unnie uoty-
ryty au' yo'd betther bo careful bow yo trato
me. "
One female of mammoth proportions and
whoso breath was perfumed with the nectar
of onions and limDurgor answered every ques
tion with :
"Ask Feclup. mcin man. "
No other reply could bo secured , from her ,
and she gave the address of the saloon in
which "Feelup" was engaged in the intellec
tual labor of ( tiling schooners of beer.
Some difficulties were experienced ns to
ago , particularly with persons of the feminine -
nine gender. But this question was a charmed
ono compared to the interrogations concern
ing acute or chronic diseases nnd these in re
gard to defects in mind , sight , ) iearingspeech
or body. Not a single person had oven a
blood disease , and out of curiosity your coi
respondent naked the enumerators of th
city concerning the replies of these questions
Not a single person had been found who wa
in any way alVcctcd with any chronic discus
or iu any way deformed , and in nearly ever ,
instance tlio enumerator admitted that u
stopped asking these questions.
Statistics la these respects promise to bo o
little value , and if the sumo course is utiis'ei
sally pursued by thu enumerators the resul
will prove u nation devoid of mental or pliys
leal defect.
Some pel-sons expressed surprise that sucl
questions were on tlio list , saying that tin
enumerators had not oven read them whci
the call was made at their home , and if thli
course is pursued Nebraska will have tin
record of having but ono person in the stat <
having any chronics disease , nnd that catarrh
reported voluntarily by your correspondent
who had read the list of iuterrogntories be
forehand.
Few states will bo nhlo to show such a rco
ord unless tlio sumo coin-so is pursued in omit
ting quostious Unit require an ufllrmutlvo an
swor.
1-AITIII.ESS i.NUMlilATOKS. ; ;
Tom Cooke , superintendent of the census
in this district , is incensed nt the failure oi
certain enumerators in Omaha to como tc
time. These are tlio only ones in the district
who have failed him , and are the only one.
who have been given districts for which thoj' '
applied. Mr. Cooke loft today for Omaha U
choose enumerators to 1111 the vacancies. IK
will not bring thu delinquent enumerators tt
time as ho could if ho chose , mid will through
mercy only spare them a line of $300and im
prisonment besides.
WATTUKll WHISKY.
Judge Chapman listened today to the case
of John Kiuion , n saloonkeeper who is suing
the city for $17 for whisky and other liquors
too freely watered to suit John's customers.
Kadcn claims that the city is re
sponsible for the same. Several months
ago ho claims that the contractors in the em
ploy of the city , whllo filling in the street In
front of his place of business at 1'J I North
Twelfth street , carelessly filled up the catch
basin nt that poliit ana stopped the flow of
water into the basin. When the next rain
came the water from the sewer came pouring
into Radon's cellar , whore his liquors were
stored. The entire excavation was filled with
a combination of water nnd whisky too weak
to retail nnd John nsks for the value of the
liquor from the city.
ANoTiir.it Lixcor.x IXDUSTIIT.
The Lincoln paper hex company has finally
materialized anil this morning nrticles of in-
L'orponitlon were filed with the secretary
jf state. The company will manufacture
my and. nil kinds of paper anil
ivooden boxes. The capital stock
Is $10,000. The Incorporators are Messrs.
3. A. Uush , F. C. Fnllur and Joseph Oppen-
lioliner. Work is to bo commenced soon , nnd
n case Lincoln proves a good market , the
juslness will bo enlarged.
Till ! KSIlillTS' JKWKU
Articles of incorporation of the Pythian
Publishing company of Omaha have been
lied. The capital stock is fcj.CKX ) mill the ob-
ect of the organization is tlio publication
mil continuance of u periodical to bo called
The Knights' Jewel. The Incorporators are
i-\ J. Sac-kott mid Will L. Seism.
CITY NOTES.
F. J. Doylo. the fellow who so wantonly
itnbbod a mule belonging to Mr. Charles 1'ut-
lam , was tried in the police court today for
nallclous destruction of property and was
icntimcod to thirty days in the county Jail ,
Some horse thief cntvrcd the barn of
3harlesUobortsatKl ( South Eighth street
ast night nnd stele n roan horse worth $150.
I'lio steed was largo in sko nnd weighed
loarly twelve hundred pounds.
Dick Hurlin of Omaha was In the city
oday shaking hands with friends.
-
KT.ITK . .t.vr
Jotting * .
The McCook Trib'uno has entered upon the
ilntli your of its o.xi-ituncu.
The Colfax county eii-amory is now turn-
nil out Hourly two thousand pounds of butter
tally.
Mr. ami Mrs. S. F. Burns of York celo-
irwtfcl the fiftieth anniversary of their wed-
llntf last week.
A moctlng Is to be held at Caliowny Juno M
o dcvlso plans whereby Ouster county can bo
livlded into fuuiparts. .
\V. J. yuntjury of I'icrco 1103 bceu bouud
over for trial on the charge of obtaining prop
crty under fulso pretenses.
A pension examining board was organized
at SpriiiRvlow last week nnd it will meel
every Wednesday for the present.
A new town will bo laid out In BufTiilf
county two and a half miles northwest ol
Stanley nnd will bo christcHcd Amhurst.
The new Methodist church nt Seward was
dedicated Sunday. The building cost $12-
iJ3.U7 , nud there is still $3,000 to be raised.
Alllo Clark of Craig , at ono time a wealthy
and Intelligent Hurt county farmer , was the
other day lined $3 at Tekutnnu lor being
drunk , whisky has made him poynjles * ,
Lectures ovt lcnttyidiift9ra\v ) well in i'ork.
After Hov. Mr , Lumarof Omaha had de
livered two lectures la that city and the bills
were paid only 13 couts was left In the treas
ury.
ury.W. . II. Kerns , editor of tlio Tckamah Her
aid , was arrested Monday on n charge of
criminal libel preferred by County Judge H.
Wudo Ulllis. Kerns was released ou ills own
recognizance pending a hearing.
Bartloy Is preparing for a substantial
growth this year. A flouring mill , the re
sumption of work on the college building ,
improvements of the water power , etc. , nro
among the Improvements in baud.
John Mundt. a German farmer living near
Central City , feeling very despondent over
the loss of his wife , resolved to drown his
criof In a good drink of brand v. The brandy
pfovcd to bo carbolic ncld , and it required the
use of a stomach pump to save his life.
Tony Stark , n brakeman , was struck by
the flyer at Oxford the other day and was se
verely injured. Ho bad Just recovered from
having his hand crushed by the cars and was
making his llrst trip whou the second ncci-
deut befell him.
The marshal at Homer is very considerate
of tlio village funds , says tlio Wayne Ga
zette , nud instead of occasioning tlic uxpcnso
necessarily Incurred wlion n drntik Is arrest
ed , bo dumps his inebriates into their wag
ons , gives them n quart of whisky to nmuso
themselves with uud starts them out of.
town.
The Circat Nurtlnvcflt.
Oakland , Cal , , has a female footpad.
Over $300,000 worth of houses are In pro
cess of erection nt Salt Lake City.
Most of the wool of the Judith basin in
Montana will this year bo shipped by way of
Billings.
Immense quantities of trout uro now being
caught iu the Stillwater river near Doincrs-
Vllle , Mont.
The Boise City , Idaho , city council has
granted a twenty-five-year franchise to nil
electric street railway company.
Mrs. Isabella Irish of Tacoma , AVosh. , was
instantly Idled the other day while entertain
ing n guest in her parlor by the accidental
discharge of a revolver in the bauds of her
son.
son.Out
Out of1,000 sheep which F. A. MoDormlt
had on his ranch north of Cherry creek , Ne
vada , last fall , he sheared ouly l.BOO this
spring u loss of Ol ! per cent.
Louis Worthoimcr'a clerk in the Butte ,
Mont. , postolllce , who was arrested last No
vember charged with tampering with the
inalls , has been discharged from custody. It
is now hinted that his arrest was spite work
on the part of some ofllcial.
Wong Ham , his wife and daughter , arrived
on the "Colonu" last week nt Portland , nnd
the husband , having tlio required certificate ,
was allowed to land , but his wife and child
were detained. Judge Dcady decided their
habeas corpus case and ordered that they bo
discharged from custody nud allowed to land.
Mr. and Mrs. Potts ofj Carson , Nov. , will
huug Jnno 20 for the murder of a man named
Fawcctt January 31 , 18S3. The board of par-
Lions has refused to interfere. Tlio body of
Fawcctt was literally cut to pieces nnd other
wise horribly mutilated. The whole thing
ivas done nt then suggestion of Mrs. Potts ,
with Potts as a tool.
Frank AI. Ostrander , ox-district attorney
Df Merced , Cal. , and secretary of the Merce'd
joard of ti-ade , was found lying on his child's
jravo dead the other day. It is supposed that
iu committed suicide by taking laudanum.
5M. . Ostrander is the son of Hon. II. I. Os-
.rander , and was the llrst white child bom in
Merced county.
Tlio reported discovery of largo quantities
) f free-milling gold-bearing quartz In the
tills just west of Boulder , Mont. , and above
ho placer ground at Taylor's lake , has caused
lonsidcrablo excitement among prospectors.
L'ho principal strike so far is that of Ooorgo
Barton , who has n twenty-foot vein of roc !
which premises to develop into u most vuluiV-
bio property.
Says the Billings ( Monti OaicttoRnugo
foroiucn nro encountering great dinic.ulty In ,
securing competent cow hands ( or tJTo VPUDd ; /
up * about to tuUo pliu-o. Who trouble Is duo '
to the Juct thnt nil g6od rowpunohcra have
left the couutfy or iititt tlio business slucu
the ranches hnvo ndoptod the plan of employing -
ploying incii but six mouths In tlio yonr. As
n result the range riders uro poorer nt the
business eacli year. *
A little three-year-old daughter of .Thmo.v'
MoNamnra wns the victim of u tweullnr nocl-
dcfil ut Butte , Mont. , the oilier (3V6nlng. ( Tin
child was walking ou the sidewalk oppoMU
the old Lexington foundry , when u sovei-o
gust of wind blow her bodily Into the street ,
nbout ten feet below. The shock broke her
urm nnd she also received other Injuries. A
suit for damages will probably bo brought
against the city by the parents of the limy
one.
one.Mrs. . Ilnnunh Sullivan , of Newcastle ,
Wyoming , has reached the ngo of one hun
dred uud ten ycrtra. She is u native of Inland - -
land uud came to America Iu 1852. She hn.i
been twice married nud is the mother of ton
children , three boys nud seven girls , most of
whom nro living. She Is grandmother of
forty people , groat-grutulmothor of twenty-
two , nud lias been n grout-grandmother for ,
twenty-live years. She has enjoyed good 4
health mo.tof her life nud hns been able to \
walk up to three weeks ago. She could
thread u neculo with perfect ease at the ago
of 0110 hundred and nine , and her oycNlghl H
still good nnd health fair , with the prospivt
of reaching the ngo of ono hundred and
twenty-live or one hundred nnd thirty.
NKUUASICA HOMUiOl'ATHISTH.
They Will Convene at the Pu.Uon Hotel
This Afternoon.
Tlio Nebraska HomoeopathicMoj.llc.ul . so-
eiety convenes itill. \ . " oily this afternoon.
The wcoUhg will bo held ut the Puxtou hotel
and nbout two hundred delegates nro expected
to bo iu attendance. The society has mem
bers iu nil parts of the state nnd n largo num
ber in this city. Among tlio latter nro the
following physicians : W. A. Humphrey , C.
L. Hurt , Mrs. II. U. Davies , Miss Emma J.
Davles , George II. Pnrsoll , E. S. ' Allen , J. U.
Barncsdalo , O. G. Sprnguo , D. A. Footo , W.
II. Hanchett , 11. W. Council , Mrs. Amelia
Burroughs. * *
The onlcors of the nssoclntlon nro A. L ,
Mncoinbcr of Norfolk , president : W..S \ \
Huuchett , Omaha , llrst vice president ; . .1.f \
Hawk , Grand Island , second vice pi-esdieiit ,
W. E. IJuck , Mlnden , secretary ; O. S. Wood ,
Omaha , treasurer.
The association will convene nt the Paxton
nt 2 p. in. today , uud the afternoon session
will bo devoted to reports of the am-ot.u-y
and treasurer , and tlio board of censors , IIH
well as the reports of members qji pivvuilmg
diseases.
This evening will bo devoted to miscella
neous business uud the address of the presi
dent.
The morning nnd evening sessions tomor
row will bo tnkcii up by clinics and papers ou
various subjects.
Tomorrow night Prof. J. S. Mitchell M. D. ,
LL D. , of Chicago will lecture ut the Young
Men's Christian ussociation hull on "Medical
Progress. " This will bo followed by a ban
quet nt the Paxtou , ut which Mayor Cuslung
will deliver uu address of welcome.
The sessions ou Friday will bo given over
to clinics and papers. In the morning Prof.
J 13. S. King of Chicago will deliver 1111 mi-
dress on "Personal Intlucncu In Medicine. "
The session will close Friday afternoon.
The local committee , consisting of Urs. W.
II. Ilanchett , D. A. Footo , C. G. Spraiuu ami
C. F. Bruuer , has made very complete ar
rangements for the uutertaiumcut of the
delegates.
The Oinnna Stenographers.
The Omaha Stenographers' association held
their regular bi-monthly meeting Iu thorooir.s
Df the Standard shorthand school with Pres
ident John A. Kooiiey in the chair. The at-
iendanco was not us largo ns it might hnvo
been , but these present spout a very pleasant
mil profitable hour or two in shorthand pruc-
: ice for speed.
The next meeting will take place on Tims-
lav evening , Juno 17 , when it Is hoped URTO
vill bo n largo attendance , as ImMimnS of u\
; ery important nature will bo brought bolero
lie association.
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Dea.le.T6'T
cNe\xr JiorK L eclair )
All iWVws Dea.le.T6'
Instantly stops the most , oxoruolnllns . . pains' never , falls to clvo euso to . the suffornr.
Fur I'AINS . , IWI'ISKH . IIM'KAi'llli'JOKSTIN's . , 1 Vf lAMMATIONS. ' , UllKL'MATrSM ,
NKL'HAI.UIA.SCIATU'A. , JIKAUAi'llB. TUOTIIAl'IIK . or uny other 1'AIN' ulinlU-a-
lunu aio llku luiiKlc c-uiiiilntf the pain to uiitnntly stop.
A CURE l'-OK ALL BOWliL COMPLAINTS.
Sold by nil Druggists.
- : - ] - [ ] Qonanicut-- :
Koar Newport , U. I.
OfKmaYoUntittUau Junn ao.
A dulUntful summer liomn fur famllloi. Ample
urntmH. nlniiy.i t'uul , m > rruct tlrnlniiKO- line wntur.
line vluwn , buuilnii anil tlililni ; . AiMreni MI ; llruail
bt. I'rorliluncis U. 1. After Juno20. llutul Conant-
cut , Newport. 11.1. O. I * Hinder , Manager.
OWAKTIJMOltr. rol.UifJK.
n hWAirriiMonn. PA.
opens Olh month till , IB'.O. Tlilrijr m'ntue * from
llrnml HU 8t : > ti > M. 1'hlla I'mli-r cnr of Frl-ndi.
Kllll rolloKOOOUrso fur both tian lo'itlln to l'lml- :
Ml , Knuliimrlnv , Brlcnlllla nml l.Uurnry decrcm.
lljnltlifu ! lucntlnn , oxtemlrn ttroiiniU , buUillni { > .
uiaililnu ahull * , lubumlurloa. a id llbrurloa. 1'ur lull
particular ! uddroii
\VM | | . AI'l'J.KTON , I'll 1) ) . A' ' tlnit President.
"JOSEPH GILIOTT'S '
STEEL PEP33.
GOLD MEDAL , PAR 13 EXPOSITION , 1889.
THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS ,
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed nnd Giiarantprd Capital tfCO.COO
1'nldln Uitiiitnl ato.ax )
lliiys nnd HolU Moekn nnd bomlnj noitiiUuto-1
commercial jiuper ; rnoolvcn anil uxpouti-i
trusts ; acts us trunsfor aKont and trustcu ut
ooriHirntlonai tuket oliurioof ; property ; col-
lectH tuxes.
Omaha L oan&TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 10th nnd Douglas Sta.
I'alil In Oiilinl ] JW.i j
Kubscrlbuduiul Quarautruit Capital. . . . \r \ ( > , M > S.
Liability of Stockholder SJJ.Cyj v
t > i'ur Utiiit lotorcxt I'uld on loiy.sln. ) | X
riCANK J. f.ANOK. Oiublor.
Onccri : A \Vrmnn. . iiroiUunt ; J.J. Ilrowo , ilco-
pruOdtnl ; w T. Wrman , Irouiuror.
Dlrcrlon. A U. Wymuu , J l | . Mlllnrrt , J. J. Droirn ,
Our C. Jlartun. B. W. Null , Thomai J. Klmtmil ,
lluorso II I.nke
Ituannlnnuy amount mnde an City and l-'nriu
I'ruperty anil on Culluturui Uuourlty , at U -
ust rates ourteuL