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THE DAILY BEE " . E. ROBEWATE11 , Editcr. i'UHLlHHKD KVEUY MOUNINO. TEIIMH 01' HtlllHCUlPTlON. Hnlly and Ciindiiy , One Vcnr. . . . $10 on Hlx montlH fiOO Throemoiilhi SM Hiuidny lire. Ono Vmr 800 Woi-kly lice , One Voar. . . . . 153 ' ' Omnlm.TliP HM llulldliii ; . H Omnlin. CornrrN tindaith Strcoti. Coiinrll lllnrM , l2lVarIHtrp ! t. ( lilciiiio Olllco , niTC'linmlirror Oomiiiprcu. New Vorklto < tmiIII , Hand I.-iTrlbiiiioHulldlnB. Wiislilngton.riia I'oiirtnrntb street. AH cnmmiiiileiitloiis minting In MOWS nnd rdllorliil mutter should bu addressed to tha J.'dlloiial iH'iiarliiHMit. IIUHINJW.S LETTr.R ? . All biiMni'HH Id tern anil rctnlUHiirni should In ) iiddtc.-vc'd to Tlio Ilco ruhllitlilMK Company , Oiniiliii. Dniflrt , uliocks and ptHtofllrnordorH to lie intitlo iinynlilu to tlio crdur of Uio Corn- The lice Publishing Company , Proprietors. The Dec H'ldliiL' , I'unmni nntl Povpnloontli Sin. 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' ! cents M-pnRo paper " Scents " 4 cents IOWA and Nohraska send condolences to Now York in the midst of her HoodH ind BlorniH. i TIIK thrcntcninr stormsin the national 2ai > ilol ure nol dangerous. There is uu Impressive nilver lining lo the clouds. K public will receive ample conllr- ination before tlio eaao is ended that tlio council combine is a menace to tlio tax payers. IT i.s evident tlmt tbo boss carpenters of Chicago iiro sorely in need of n mor tise in their skulls to let in the light of common sense. WITH a coflin trust , tin undertakers' trust and a cigarette trust in active operation , it is evident that death has not yet lost its terrors. THE election of a pronounced annexationist - tionist to the Canadian parliament is a political straw indicating the growth of tnonarchial disintegration. TT is worthy of note that the Kansas Judiciary gracefully accepts original packages of legal light from the United States mi promo court. Tlio world do uiovo. Tun country is indebted to the state iloinocratio convention for the assurance that prohibition in inoxistonco in Maine. No one could discover it by actual ob- Bervation. * IP MK. Kunovv'Sicv had presented a cortilicato of membership in the Tam many combine , ho would have been promptly accepted by , , the postoilico brokers in federal patronage. PurcsiDKNT IlAiiuisoN uses the veto power sparingly , but it is evident from Iho vetoes already issued that public buildings will not bo planted indis criminately with his approval. OF COURSB the Nebraska delegation did not directly dictate the selection of J'lisns enumerators , but they took 'Highly good care that all applicants had to pass muster with their chief fugle men. TUB famous Minneapolis Hour mills have passed into the hands of an English uyndieato. The sale is important. It swells the circulating medium and in- Etires the erection of now mills to compote pete with the Britishers. Fitosi Maine to Illinois , from Missouri to Georgia , democratic conventions are "pointing with pride to tlio administra tion ot'Grovor Cleveland. " Truly these are melancholy days for the tribes of David and Charley , OMAHA haa boon remarkably prompt and liberal hi aiding the victims of fire , Hood and cyclone in other states. Its as- Blstanco to the stricken people of Brad- 6haw should bo marked with greater ( Iborality and promptitude. TUB petition of the merchants of Ointilin and other cities asking for a rebate - bate of the sugar duty on stock in hand In event of the sugar tariff being abolished ished , deserves favorable consideration from eorfgress. Merchants are entitled ; o protection from loss by tariff changes is much as the infant industries which lit ? fostered by protective duties. TUB people of Wyoming do not pro pose to permit the statehood bill to die a natural death In the senate. Meetings ire being hold In various portions of the territory to awaken sentiment and vig orously protest against delay. The oppo- iltioa to the admission of both Wyoming ind Idaho has assumed a dangerous phase. The eastern states dread the growing power of the west , and it la julto clear that underhanded efforts are bolng made to prevent the admission of now states during the pondonoy of measures In congress vitally affecting Iho Interests of both sections ; The east Kill not give up Us monopoly of business and political ' legislation without a Itrugglo , and every western representa tive should , if necessary , antagonize tostorn 'measures and thus ) force the powers that bo to do justice to the pro- f reisive people of his section. TIIK AVVr.Mt FIlQSt JI The generous people of Nebraska , nl- wajs prompt to respond to every call for the relief of sunVrlng and distress , have ncvnr had tiny nppeabnadoto thorn more worthy and urgent than that of the sur vivors of tlio IJnulshaw calamity. The most formal -recital of tlio tragic and deplorable - plorablo results of the disaster has a pathos to arouse the sympathy of all who can feel for the misfortunes of others" , and no i > on has yet told in the most Impressive from , the , story of ruin and distress at the devastated town. But wo know that scores of our fellow citizens have been bereft of their possessions and are homeless , that there are women and children who must bo eared for , and that those who suffered nodily in jury require comforts which they have not the means to procure. The demand upon us is for immediate and generous help to all these. The prompt liberality of the neighboring people , which merits the heartiest praise , lias prevented much distress. Tlio survivors of the disaster have not hungnrcd and some of them have found hodpltabloshelter. Tbcgon- orosity of the people of York and others near the ruined town who could render assistance is in Iho highest degree honorable - orablo to them , and is an example which the people of the on- tlro state should emulate. If every community will do its duty ac cording to its ability , Bradshaw may speedily rise from her ruins with fairer proportions and brighter promise than before. Wo are confident that the appeal in behalf df our stricken fellow-citizens will bo generally and generously re sponded to , and wo would impress upon all the urgency of the demand and the desirability of a prompt response. TUB BKK has been designated by the general aid and soliciting committee un agent to receive contribu tions , and money sent to this olllco will bo acknowledged through . our columns and forwarded lo Iho treasurer of the re lief committee at York. Do not delay attention to this call , but respond at once. ; MYK nisvussiox. The silver question has taken its proper position in tho.- attention of congress as the most important'subject that awaits decision , and a belter opportunity is af forded to judge with some degree of cer tainly as lo the probable result. The indications are distinctly unfavorable to free coinage , but the advocates of that policy may bo able to compel a compromise that will provide for the redemption of silver notes in lawful money. This the bill introduced into the house by Mr. Conger proposes to do , the measure being in nearly all other respects identical with the house bill. It is probable that the republican advocates of free coinage in the house are numerous enough to pass a measure through that body with the aid of the democrats , but it is safe to say that very few of them could bo induced to carry insistence upon their policy to the extreme of making an alliance with the democrats , particularly in view of the certainty that a free coinage bill passed under such circumstances would bo vetoed by the president. It maybe bo doubted whether there in a single re publican in the house , or in either branch of congress , who is so irrevoca bly wedded to'tliefreo coinage principle that ho will embarrass his party by an alliance with the democrats in opposi tion to the views of the administration and of a majority of his party. The conces sion of tlio caucus bill regarding the redemption of the silver notes issued against bullion , and the provision for coinage , for the benefit of the owners of bullion , whenever the market price of silver is ono dollar for three hundred and seventy-one and a quarter grains of pure silver , Is all that can reasonably bo asked by the advocates of free coinage or.ylelded by the conservative friends of silver , and there is reason to believe that a measure embracing these provisions will beadopted. . It is almost certain that none moro radical will bo approved by the ad ministration , so that as the situation now appears the free coinage men must choose between legislation of this kind and leaving silver where it is in rela tion to Iho currency. The most valuable contribution thus far made to the silver discussion is the speech of Senator Sherman , which maybe bo presumed to reflect the position of the administration and of a majority of the republican senators. Tlio distin guished linancior , whoso opinions re garding all matters connected with the monetary system of the nation have not lost their authority with the people , is ready to go to the farthest point this side of free coinage in employing silver as H basis of currency. lie had no doubt of the entire safety of notes based on silver bullion , and ho would have no hes itation in giving such notes yory sanc tion and vuluo the government could confer. Ho had no objection to their being made a legal tender for all debts , public and private. There ' .vould bo no serious danger in such a policy , but free coinage would bo a reversal of the estab lished policy of the government that must inevitably result in the practical demonetization of gold by forcing It into private coffers and Into foreign markets. "As sure as fate , " said Senator Sherman , "silver would , with free coinage , bo the only" standard of money In the United States. " Every man who will look nt this question fairly and without prejudice knows this to bo the ease. No advocate of free coinage has boon able to present a single sound reason against the argument that his policy must inevitably force gold out of circulation and to a premium , thereby making silver the standard , and some of them have candidly confessed that they did not regard this as a condition to bo avoided. It is a most inadequate answer to the argument In favor of maintaining the established monetary standard of the country by which alone wo can continue unimpaired our commercial relations with other countries and preserve our llnaneial credit , that those who oppose free silver coinage deslro the abandon ment of silver as tv money metal and its use only as a subsidiary coin. The ex treme allvor men betray the utter selfish ness that actuates them when they have rccourfo to such wholly gratuitous as sumptions as were those of Senator Tel ler in his comment on the position ol Senator Sherman. A week ago it scorned probable that there would bo no silver legislation at the present session of congress. The in dications now are tlmt there will bo , and that It will be of a safe and Conservative character. iriMT AUK n'K iiKim row Will any member of the council com bine toll the taxpayers of Omaha what good object they have had in view in forming their close corporation ? Grant that at the outset they had a right to agrco among themselves whom they would prefer ns presiding officer and city clerk , wo would like to know what excuse they have for holding dark lantern meetings and conspiring against their colleagues in the council every tlmo any important contract is to be awarded or any appointment to bo mado. Why should this city bo governed by n star-chamber clique that receives its Inspiration from nn oath-bound club of spoilsmen and a brace of cormorants who are fattening upon public contracts' ? Omaha has been cursed with pome very rotten councils , but we have always had open committee meetings in wh'ch ' citi zens and councllmcn could confer to gether freely upon all matters that le gitimately como for decision before the council. Since wo are governed by con spirators who are playing the dummy for boodle contractors and corporations the committee meetings of the council have degenerated into a farce. Every thing of moment is foreordained by the combine and one-third of the whole council is disfranchised. Perhaps it is superfluous to hold com mittee meetings. What is the use of the committee on fire and water holding meetings so long as McLearle , the chairman , wears the collar of the water works company and keeps on manufac turing hydrants and castings for them ? What is to bo expected of the finance committee so long as its head uses his position to hold up people for moro in surance ? What would the public gain by a meet ing of the committee on public property and buildings , so long as Davis and Wheeler are the controlling najority ? It is Wheeler and Davis on finance and Davis and Wheeler on public build ings , and it is Davis and Blumor on gas and electric lights. But behind this close corportion and the combine are the contractors , the street railways , the gas company , the waterworks , and last but not least , the electric lighting company , with a whole brood of vultures in the postotllco and in the Twenty-eight club to pick clean the bones the combine can throw from the municipal meat shop. THE committee of the Methodist church which will finally settle the place for holding the conference of 1892 will meet in this city to determine the question within the next forty-eight hours. While Omaha will bo given the benefit of the preference expressed by the .last conference the local citizens' committee should bo prepared to meet every objection raised and demonstrate the ability of our people to carry out every pledge given. The conference will surpass in attendance any national gathering heretofore held In the city. It will bring together representa tives of a great and powerful denomina tion from all quarters of the civilized world. It is the ecumenical council of Methodism , and its mooting hero will spread the fame of Omaha as the most progressive city in the union. That the city is amply "able to accommodate the assembly and give the delegates a sam ple of genuine western hospitality does not admit of doubt. It is important therefore that tho'citizcns entrusted with that duty should properly present to the conference committee the advantages of the city and give such guarantees as may bo required. THE financial situation presents no new features. Money continues plenti ful , with a very fair demand , and rates are firm at eight per cent. Exchange is in good supply. Tlio stock markets are fairly active and strong in tone. The Chicago produce markets are decidedly bullish and a largo business was trans acted. The local produce markets are unchanged. Liberal supplies of vegeta bles and fruits arrive and moot with ready sale at quotations. The fine weather prevailing in Nebraska is good for the growing crops and the outlook is excellent for a year of great prosperity. TUB annual reports of the Chicago roads converging at Omaha refute the assertions of the managers , that the roads are poverty-stricken. Notwith standing low rates , legal regulations and costly rate wars , tho"Rock Island , Burlington , and Northwestern have earned from five to six per cent on their enormous capitalization. OTHER LANDS THAN OUKS. Lord Salisbury snlil in Ills London speech the other day that nearly all the attention of tlio foreljni oftlco was nt present occupied with African mutters , ami ho luul been In formed that Urn proper thing in lifter-dinner speeches nowadays was to talk of nothing but Africa , South America , with its vast unex plored regions , really has cause to feel jealous of the preponderating attention given to Africa. Two or three explorers unvo recently emerged from the almost unknown depths of northern Bolivia nnd western Peru with a fund , of Information about these countries and their peoplo' that could scarcely bo equalled la novelty now tu any part of Africa. They found ono trlbo that believed the accounts they had heard of white inon were myths , another ro- niarkublo people who do not know what dninkoncAS Is , nnd another whoso favorite weapon Is the blow plpo. Senior Pry tells of Indians who wear pig tails anil whoso Ian- guago seems to resemble the Chinese. Seine people were found to bo particularly primi tive , living almost wholly on wild fruits and unable to count above three , "fuo Dark Continent , " n phrase that Stanley Invented' U beginning to apply moro accurately to vast regions In South America than to Africa. ' * * * normany rather than Great Britain may furnish the most interesting naval show , of the present your. Opposition has boon made to conducting the British mumuuvrcs follow ing the annual Shithoad review on the ulub- oruto scale of the last turco seasons , and the proposal to substitute muiiamvrcHln the Mod- ItU-rruuean has not been vigorously followed up. Ilut la th.0 parly part of September Ger many will undertake comolncd nnval and military oxcrrlsea on tbo Selilcawlg-Holstoln coast , Tbo fleet will Include cigbt armorclad cruisers , son'mt coaat defense vessels , a tor pedo flotilla , and sundry other war sblps , whllo the land ( forces will consist of the Ninth army corp , a tout : j3,000 strong , with 100 guns or more. BoMites tbo German vessels en gaged In an attack Upon the Island of Alien , there will bo K fine array of visiting war ships , Including half a dozen British armor- dads nnd Danish , Swedish , Norwegian and Austrian vessel , Admiral Walker's squad ron of evolution will have loft European waters long before that tlmo , nnd our suc ceeding squadron will probably not have been formed In time to witness these German performances. Possibly a single llttlo craft of the old wooden fleet , like the Enterprise , may bo there to represent us. At all events this Is likely to bo one of the mo3t Important naval displays of the year. * The persistent course of persecution adopted by Russia toward Bulgaria Was designed to show the people that their Independent exist ence was impossible ; butsho has so far failed In hcrbbject , partly owing to the attitude of Austria and the other power * , but mainly be cause of the admirable spirit shown by the Bulgarians themselves. And whatever maybe bo said of the evil deeds of tbo Hapsourgs It would bo impossible to contend successfully that reactionary Russia , with her Increasing tendency to ccntr.illzntlon and absolutism , Is a less dangerous enemy to freedom In the Balkans than is constitutional Austria-Hun gary , In which the principles of nationality , self-government and popular representation are dally obtaining a wider recogni tion and more general application. While the alms of Russia In southeastern Eu rope are offensive , those of Austria are defen sive. The struggle of Austria Is a .struggle for existence. She has closed her cars to Russian suggestions for a partition of the peninsula , for she perceives the insidious character of thcso proposals. She has been Invited to occupy Servia and to advance into Salouica if she would penult Russia to oc cupy Roumanla and Bulgaria and to advance into Constantinople. But she knows that tier position would become untenable with a gigantic and aggressive neighbor on her loft and a presumably hostile Montenegro on her right. She cannot advance herself , but slip is determined to prevent Russia's advance also ; for reasons of every kind strategic , economical and political Impel her to resist the formation of a huge Slav empire which would hold her as In a vise , control her great waterway and eventually absorb her Slav population. It is said that the emperor of China is con sidering , and will probably consent to , a great railroad scheme for connecting 1'okln with the capitals of all the provinces. Should this bo decided upon great changes would ensue In the celestial realm. The railroad has never yet won much favor in China. It has had but a partial and grudging trial nnd has been held responsible by Iho superstitious nnd unrea soning , for many ills wholly unconnected with its coining. Building a railroad is regarded as tempting Providence quite as much as carrying an umbrella was in London at one time. In the interior of the kingdom it is quite likely that the attempt to build roads would bo met with fierce assaults and rioting. Even in Mexico , it is remembered , a country far less superstitious and wedded to old Ideas tlmn China , It was a common occurrence for engineers and' workmen engaged upon the first railroads to bo maltreated , nnd train wrecking out of pure cusscdness Is not yet wholly stopped by thn vigorous chastisement of tlio troops. When once fairly running the Chinese railroads will undoubtedly pay well , since there is , in such n populous kingdom , an enormous amount of freight to bo moved. An immediate increase in the tourist passen ger business Is certain also to follow the opening of regular railroad communication , ns was the case in Mexico and as will happen in every case whore now regions of the world nro opened to travel , so long as curiosity and tbo love of novelty nro so strong in human nature. On the whole , the emperor would do well not to seek to delay the inevitable. * Mr. Zollar , who has lived some years in Now Guinea , pays a tribute to the maidens of that verdant laud. , who , It appears , have been bis chief aids in iho collection of vocabularies among many tribe's , The older folks nro greatly devoted to the betel nut , to the ruin of their teeth nnd the serious impairment of their vocal organs. Their enunciation is so provokingly distinct that thev are of little service to the careful philologist. But the young women , whose lovely white teeth show that they are not yet slaves of tbo Insidious betel nut , have a clear and distinct enuncia tion , and nothing impairs their cf- Jlcleney as assistants to the phil ological student , except their ir repressible tendency to titter nnd their weakness for coquetry. With duo patience , however , these obstacles are overcome , and the net results of conversation with these gay creatures is found to enrich the collections of the student of languages. It Is unfortunate , however , that tbo New Guinea native is the most Jealous of men. Ho is very apt to hustle all the maidens , with their mothers , into the woods upon the advent of a white stranger , and linguisticicso.irch , therefore , makes slow progress until confidence Is developed and the student is introduced to the fairer portion of Now Guinea society. The latest comparison between the armies of Franco and Germany places the former ahead numerically , while the latter is prepar ing to close tbo gap with the aid of the recent law. Franco on a peace footing has 520,5-18 men and the law of five years' son-loo re cently enacted permits her to add ( ! 00,000 men to her territorial army. Other reforms In crease the annual contingent by (50,000 men , and this brings it up to 820,000. By counting the twenty-live contin gents under the law with their total losses , which are estimated at ono- quartor. the effective force for mobilization amounts to ! , 123,000. In Germany tho-an nual contingent is 101,000 recruits , ! > ,000 yearly volunteers and 17,150 reserves , giving a total for this contingent of li-ir ! ) 0. For the twenty-four contingencies , and taking ing into account the losses , wo arrive at a grand total on a war footing of ! I.7M,000 men. Consequently , Franco could mobilize nt the present tlmo 77. > ,000 trained soldiers moro than Germany. GiviHxntion , the Vandal. llnffabi Ciimincrcttil. Shades of a hundred poets , painters , heroes nnd historians. The square of St. Mark ut Venice is being "improved" nnd modernized. " An enterprising syndicate should buy the Hlalto and bring It to this country. . A Ioiil Duo. St..mite ( Jlube-Democrat , The Due d'Orleans has been pardoned by President Cnrnotnnd has thus been cut off from the opportunity of posing as n martyr to patriotism and assumes the attitude of uu ambitious fool. ' it. - A. Transcontinental IJeer Sulicmc. .tti/ Join ( I'll. The ten Important breweries in Snn Fran cisco have Just be u , sold to an English syndi cate. English cifiijtallsts have now reached the lumping oijf jilaco , having absorbed In their triumphal , 'inarch ' across the continent nearly all the beer-it produces. . y . AVImt DuHf'Ho Amount To ? It Is a queer ooltlng account David Bar rett , the llfo-savirVmust have with the re cording angel , . -iillo has saved life u dozen times at the rlHtf of his own , nnd ho has served two terms * nV prison for stealing. Ho says of himself , "I don't amount to much. " question of consideration Is , "How much does such n man amount tol" Tlio Champion CJIICHH Hohciuo. Cliicdun Inter-Oetaii. A Georgia editor leads all the New York paper ; } ou guessing schemes. It asks Its renders to "guess who oivos three years' sub scription and refuses to pay It In swcot pota toes ! " That U business in contrast with the questions : -'Who' Is the prettiest glrll" The most eloquent preacher ! " or "The most popular teacher I" Graut'H Unity and tlio Ciliouls , l'Mladdi\lta \ , Kinjutrtr. Lot New York canfosa that she Is not able or willing te maintain hsr pledged honor and then It will bo time for the government to tnko hold of the matter. Itcinovo the body to Washington , out of the way of the specula tors , nnd there n monument will bo erected nt the expense of the country , as It should have bccu long ago. Prohibition Having. CMfrttfo A'cir * . A prohibition" newspaper whoso name U suppressed out of respect for the party which It seeks to support ; says that "the average newspaper editor Is a drunkard , " and fears "nil dally ncwspajwr editors are bound foi perdition. " At the same tlmo this nbsurd poison protests his abhorrence of lies. THE EAUL.Y 'CONVENTION. Hasting Nobraslmn : There Is no cause for party division. The republican party of Ne braska can place Itself right on all the ques tions before the people nnd meet the emer gency so squarely nnd honestly that Its ene mies will bo routed as usual. No proxies go this time. That's the llrst step fairly In the interest of the people. Wo predict nn enthu siastic nnd harmonious convention , Fremont Tribunes The party Inaugurates the campaign la the most auspicious mnnnci nnd everything points to a continuation of the harmony which Is now so apparent , with the usual rousing victory nt the polls. In so far as the action of the committee was an ox presslon of the party , It was another bit of emphatic evidence that the republican party's mission Is to keep Itself la sympathetic unison with the masses. Kearney Hubs This outcome should bo , nnd the Hub believes that It will bo , de cidedly satisfactory to the various elements of the party. A possible broach regarding a matter of party policy 1ms been happily prevented , both by the calling of nn early convention and tlio summary manner of dealIng - Ing with the proxy evil. Every Indication now points to o fair canvass , a well con ducted convention , satisfactory nominations , and n republican clean swoop at the next election. In the action that has been taken by the state committee , In response to the demand of a largo clement of the party , It Is made possible for every republican to act with the party in the primaries nnd conven tions of this year , and the assurance lg given that there can bo no trifling or juggling in carrying out the expressed will of the people , either as to the selection of party candidates or the enunciation of party.platforms. Lincoln Call : The action of the state cen tral committee ought to bo appi-ovcd. The republicans publicans of the state who n few weeks ago met and asked In u business way that the committee recognize the widespread disaffec tion and place Itself right before the people did a good work and a complete work. The action of the committee was right in accept ing July 23. The abolition of the proxy sys tem has been accomplished also. It means hereafter that no such Insults to the party ns perpetrated last year can bo given. In tbo future if corporations ride with a high hand over n republican convention it will bo the fault only of the people In the different coun ties who send the delegates , or who by neg lect at the primaries allow delegates to bo sent who do not represent the party. It will bo an innovation to see lha professional proxy hunter , who cannot bo elected a delegate to anything , take a hack scat and not turn up at every convention to do his owner's bidding. With a convention conducted on new princi ples , a new , clean , unobjectionable ticket should bo nominated , in which event the re sult would bo. beyond question. The commit tee has made it possible for the rank nnd illo of the party to retire tools of corporations from state offices , decayed statesmen and faithless officials. A PROHIBITION LIE NAILED. OOAT.ALI.A , Nob. , Juno 5. To the Editor of Tin : BEE : The following false and malicious article appears in the colums of The Voice , a prohibition newspaper published in Now York , and which is bolng jllstributcd broad cast over Nebraska , gratuitously , shows to what extremes of unfairness tbo prohibition organs will descend : ' OOALAU.A , Neb. , May 23 , 1800. There are twenty-live empty business houses , with ono establishment in the hands of the sheriff in this high license town. Kov. M. Ward , pas tor of the M. E. church , informs us that thrco of the families t6 Vfhom h6 recently granted letters went to prohibition Kansas. " Tlio facts are that this town contains ono of the best regulated saloons in tbo state , and only one. It pays annually into the school fund and village treasury as license and occu- tion tax tbo sum of 31,100. A drunken man in this town is a curiosity and our citizens are all law-abiding and industrious people. While the statement of the reverend gentle man mentioned In the above article may be true , tlmt ho gave letters to three parties who went to prohibition Kansas , the facts are that more than llfty families from "proi hibition Kansas" have located in this vicinity during the past year. Again , the statement that there are twenty- live empty business houses in this town is ab solutely and unqualifiedly untrue. The facts are that our town contains sixty-two business houses and out of said number fifty-one are doing a live and prosperous business. In fact , no town in western Nebraska is In amore moro prosperous condition nor has better prospects lor the future than Ogalalla. Within sixty days the town will have com pleted ono of the best water powers In the west. At the present writing 100 teams and 150 men are employed upon the canal at good wages. The prospects for an abundant crop are unsurpassed since the cm-list settlement of the county. A survey for an irrigating canal is now being made on the south side of the South Platte river , commencing at a point near the Colorado line and running thence east along the foot hills to n point near North Platte city , Ogalnlla being the central point. Our citizens hnvo recently organized a hotel com pany , the Intention being to construct ono of the finest hotels in western Nebraska.Lux. Lux. Some Now Uoolcs. Hester M. Poole has compiled a prac tical manual for housekeepers contain ing nearly seven hundred recipes for the preparation of foreign and domestic fruits. Published by Fowler & Wells , New York. . F. F. Lovoll & Co. have published "A Magnetic Man' ' and other stories by E ] S. Van Xilo. Macniillnn & Co. , Now York , have published S. Dana Hortoa'd "Silver in Europe. " Tlio John Wilkinson company , Chicago cage , has issued "Tho Amateur Pho tographer's llandbook , " by Arthur Hope. "Two Women or Ono , " Sidney Luska's latest novel , has been published by the Ciissol company , Now York. Homans publishing company , Now York , has issued "Bank Olllcors. Tliolr Authority. Duty and Liability , " by Albert S. Hellos , the eminent writer on subjects pertaining to finances and the banking law. "Delia's Hluo Hook , " the story of an ugly woman , by Mono C'olm , has been published by Worthington & . Co. , Now Uarolay North's story , "Vlvior , " has been issued by the Cassoll publishing company. Now York. The Hancroft-Whltnoy company , of San Francisco , has issued the llfth vol ume of John I ) . Luwson's work on "llights , Remedies and Practice , " This is tlio third of seven volumes of a treatise on the American law In civil cause- * and Is devoted especially to Insurance , con tracts nnd licenses. "An Ocular Delusion , " by Frank II. IIowo , "Tho Kllburns , ' ' by Annie Thomas and "Kestoll ol Groystono. " by Kmo Stuart , are three novels fresh from the proas of John W. Lovell it Co. , New Yni-u AN Al'l'KiVIj roil HUM * . Tlio Ilco "Will llccclvo Hiitucrlptlons < o tlio Uellef Fund. TUP. DEI : Is In rccolptof the following not Ice from the gtticral relief committee appointed to render aid to the cyclone sufferers of Brad shaw i YOIIK , Neb. , Juno 5. To Dm Editor of TUB llF.nvp : , the general aid niid soliciting com- inltteo for thooyclono sufferers of ltrnd litw , Nob. , hereby appoint you im nsnul to rccolvo contributions for the aid of such sulfcrcrH nnd request that you adopt such plan nn you may see proper to rnlio such amount ! * of money ns you eait for theo stricken people nnd kindly send the snnio to N , M. I'erguson , cashier Ne braska National bank , York , who Is treasurer of the relict and aid socloty.V. . \V. K. Wir.titAMii , Mayor City of York , ICmrAtii ) UATKS , County Judge. N. 1' . LUNDHAV , County Treasurer. Tun BRK cheerfully responds to the call for relief of the citizens of York county , who have been overtaken by an appalling calamity. It Invokes prompt mid liberal aid from every man nnd "woman whoso heart throb. } in sym pathy with the stricken people of Bradshaw. Remittances In any amount sent to this of- flco will bo acknowledged through our col umns from day to day. Parties who deslro to forward their money directly to the relief committee at York will doubtless receive ac knowledgements from Its officers. Tim IJcc Publishing company will head Its own list with $00. Rtrlokoti Veterans , Tlio following circular by Commander Clarkson of this department of the Grand Army of the Itcpubllo concisely states the condition of Bradshaw veterans and suggests what may bo done for their relief : Hr.AnQUAimnts DII'.UTMIXT : : NKIIIIASKA , G. A. It. OMAHA. Nob. , Juno 0 , 1SPU. Com rades : The terrible tornado that visited Bradshaw in York county on the 3d inst. . en tirely destroyed the property of seven of the members of that post , besides Injuring mem bers of their families , and they are loft in destitute circumstances , Their condition Is fdcplorablo and calls loudly for your assistance. Aid Micm nil you can and lot your contributions bo prompt and generous. Kciulttanecs In money may bo made to Alfred Miller , commander of post ! )7fi ) Bradshuw , or to this office. office.T. T. S. CI.AIIKSOX. Jotix B. SAWIIII.L , Dopt. Commander. A. A. G. Concert for tlio Uratlshnw Sufferers A concert is to bo given at Boyd's opera house , Friday , Juno 1'J ' , under the auspices of the "T. 1C. " quartette of Omaha , the ontlro proceeds of which will bo forwarded to the relief committee ns soon ns the tickets can bo sold. Not ono cent of money taken In for tickets to this concert will remain in Omaha , the finance committee having been instructed to forward the entire proceeds to the relief committee at the earliest possible moment. The expenses are to bo met by donation en tirely. Following Is n list of those received to date : Boyd , & Haynes , use of Boyd's opera house ; OMAHA BHB , advertising Omaha World-Herald advertising vertising ; - , vertising ; Omaha Democrat , advertising ; Omaha Ivepublican , advertising ; Omaha Kx- celsior , advertising ; the Murcury , advertis ing ; Topics , advertising ; the Berkley print ing company , Job work ; Stonccyphcr , job work ; Franklin printing company , job work ; Miss Jessie Crcighton , Murray hotel , type writing ; the ushoiw of Boyd's opera house , services ; Schroeder , Fourteenth and Douglas streets , sign work ; Hey n , the photographer , hotographs of the "T. K.quartcttc. ; Thomas M ulvihllf , city bill poster , services. The following gentlemen have consented to act us a finance committee : Mr. Euclid Mar tin , president of the board of trade , chairman ; Mr. C. Hartman , president of the Omaha real estate exchange ; Mr. John Hush , city treas urer ; II. B. Pcattie , managing editor of the World-Herald. Tuo"T. IC."quartcttfi will call to their assist ance In this effort tm | best musical talent in the city. The programme will bo announced In a day or two. < MONKS AND GOOD BATING. What tlio World's HplciircH Owe lo the Catholic Cfcrfjy , It is a remarkable fact that the epi cures of the world should bo so largely indebted to the French clergy for the luxuries they enjoy. Two inn keepers , established at Mont St. Michel , are at daggers drawn lo this day respecting the right sort of omelets to bo put before - fore a hungry traveller who comes their way , says the St. James' Gazette. One is Kldol , who holds out for the old Gallic omelette aux fines horbea , while Pou lard , his rival , contends that the genu ine article is an omelet , the secret of which has been transmitted through \ges by the antique religious orders of Lho place. Such rivalry is an honor to oithcr party. "I have tasted both dishes , " writes a recent traveller , and it is dilllcult to dccido between them. " It : s easily prepared. The whiles and the yolks of the eggs are not mixed. The whites are well Hogged up to a creamy consistency , to obtain which much elbow grease is required ; the yolks are only ( lightly beaten. The whole is poured nto a frying pan and a largo lump of juttor put in at the same time. Alter cooking for two minutes the result is a niraclc. The monies and cures of Franco have lone as much for their country in the n-oparalions of savory delicacies as" the nest renowned chefs. One of the largest oyster parks in the country was started > v Abbe Bonnotard , the cure of LaTesto , whoso system of artificial cultivation is so successful that of tlio number of oysters distributed throughout Franco every , -car perhaps a quarter are produced by , ho abbo. Canon Agon was the discoverer of the terrines of Nome , The rilleltes of Tours are the work of a monk of Mar- noutiers. The renowned liqueurs Char- , reuse , Trappistine , Benedictine nnd others betray their monastic origin in , holr names , and the strangest part of .heir production is that they should belie -lie work of the most severe and iiscotio ) f religious bodies. The elixir of Garus H the invention of the Abbo Garus. The LJo/.iors sausages were llrst prepared indor the direction of the Prior Lamouroux. The popular Borgougnonx sauce was llrst mingled by the Abbo Bor- gouglioux. The delicate Flo nard cukes ire the invention of tlio abbo of tlmt mine. Even the immortal glory of the liscovory of champagne IH attributed to i monk. To thoho may bo added the lolicacieB in bonbons , fonfccllonery and Iho like , which ewe their origin entirely to nuns in French convents. Indian MOIIH Dylns The lions of India appear to bo going the way of tbo great bustard and the lode , and the reason Is found In the ox- .onsion of railways , for the monarch of , ho forest shares with Mr. Hiiskin a norliil antipathy lo the Binoko and screams of locomotives , says the London ) aily News. Within the memory of nnny persons lions were common enough n Kajputunu , and oven now the roar of ono may bo heard occasionally in the vildost parts of Central India ; but the low railway from Nugpur is now being coiiHtructou through this country , and this is practically a nollco to quit served ipon "tho few remaining lions In the central provinces. Practically the only ions now remaining that nro worth inon- , lonlng seem tobo the racu existing in Cutty wur , which was visited by Prlnco Albert Victor the other day. Their lumber remains , it is Ixillovcd , pretty stationary. It Is htriutly forbidden to shoot them , save by way of the grand sport ; but many conditions are unfuvor- iblo to their multiplication , and oven the Kattywar lions uru clearly doornail ore lony to disappear. TII13 SUNDAY IJ1313. Dig Drain- Frank G. Cnrpontct stands nt tha bend nf nil the Washington correspondents and renders of TUB HUNUAV HKR always find something of real intorMt > " In hi * copyrighted letter * . This week Mr < Carpenter ftiruUlioJ a sketch of I'ostmiiitor ( Ioiier.il Wnnnmnker , the hardest worker uf the cabinet and ono of Iho brnliilc-a men of iho continent , lima decidedly Interesting sketch of the career nf n man who began tlfo asi a brickyard boy and hat risen to intlldiialj political and International business promji ncnca , fJrf Ol Ifotfifni ; Drts . Chanoellor Mnnnlt'f letters from Athens have attracted widespread - spread at tr > nl Ion. Tomorrow the best of the scries will bii published. In llthuclmnccllot do.'crlbos the scones' In Athens on I last or Tuesday nnd n trip to Slcgara , which closi-d with n dance of Uruck bctlci , In whluh tha Slthnldlan nymphs were uutdoiie. Angels Mire /Jlonilir Jf < ic. Mrs. Frank lA sHe , In 'n copyrighted Hitter dUeiKMM the merits of the two typo * of boanty. Dark-locked women nro moro lovable , but the blondes nro mure clover and onch must answer for hlm.tolf thu question ; "Which would " you prefer ? Spcftictof I'fitiiiifttrx Somo'of the Incidents of Omaha's days of volunteer Dromon. Catamount Jllll A reminiscence c tonsil who notched hlx revolver nnd was u terror with bis mouth , A Itiittlcr In Hto riwinfra A snake sketch of RtartHns proportloni. nlonj ? with u lot of good stories about men and other anlmali jr ill'c Go tn The Thca'tcrJTho answei-s of a number of Omaha' ! } clergymen to thquou ! - llou will bo thu leading foaturn nf thn Itu- llRlous department. The Methodist .Minis- tors' association at Scrlbner nnd local rliuich news complete thcdcpiirtmcnt. Owr Society Column Kvcry "lodge" man In the west knows that Tin : HUMIAV llit : ; U his most rollablo source of Information concern- IIIK the doings of tlio mysllo onlois. The features tomorrow will bo n review of the Scottish run .situation In Nebraska nnd a dlgoul of thu proposed amendment * to Iho conMltiitlun of the Knights of I'ylhlns ns approved by the supreme chancellor. Coupled with thiNo features will bo found a eomploto resume of the doings of the vurloni local lodges. _ UrlgnoU Sana TlMl Night A. little Incident In lliocareorof the ( trout nml cranky tenor. The burlesque of other days and a collcctl' of Interesting musical nnd dramatic nni < ( ,4 , The Vlclil of Sport. Tin : SUNDAY Unn'n sportIng - , Ing department excels that nf any newspa per In the west , llaseball put runs , nlmrodi , wlicclmun and nil lovers of athletic ammo- ments llnd this page full of Interest to Ibom. Tlic Men H"/io Toll. The labor situation at homo and abroad Is carefully and iutolll- Bcntly discussed In this column. The H'uild'fl Flrtt HViMditf. ReT. . DoWitt TnlinnBe'rt mannlllcont description of tnu Adum-Kvo nuptials. The Neit * I'tigcs The news service of Tin : BI-IS Is unrivaled. With the full Associated prow reports , the New York Herald cable and the spoclnf service covering every city In the state. The renders of Tun Ilia : can nhvityn rust its.siired that they have access to thu latest news of tbo world. Our .1faret ? / ' ( iffNo / ! paper In the west pre sents u market report that compares with that found In tboso columns. The train actions In the market centers of tlin world are wired direct and In del nil whllo the local money market and tha business situation IH the subject of u competent commercial editors cnllio atten tion nnd the reports furnished arc accord * ( fngly complete andrcllablo. The stock dealer , the wholesale and retail murcbiint , theuraln dealer , Iho stock broker , Hie bunker , the real estate limn and every ono Interested In the doings nf the business world finds what In1 wants to know In TUB Hun's giuitt market , page. A iMovitiK Mountain. A tr.iveling mountain ia found af Hie cascades of tbo Columbia. It in a triple peaked IIIIIHH of dark brown ba.sall.hix or eight miles in Ictifftb where it fronts flu rlvor , and ritios to n Iicipbt of almost two thousand feet nbovo tbo water. Tliat it ia in motion is tlio last thought which would bo likely to sujj cst itsirlf to any ono pabsing it ; yet it is a , well t" < - tablUbcd fact tlmt tins entire mountain IB moving slowly but steadily down tlir river , na if it hud a deliberate ] iurpo.so some time in tbo future to dam iho C'o- lunibin and form : t grcul lake from the cascade * lotliodalloH. Tlioliulian tradi tions indicate immense movements of tlio mountains hereabouts , lony before wbilo man en mo to Oregon , and the early settlers - tlors , immiffriints , many of them , from - ANew Now Kiifjliuul , RIIVO the nbovo doscriboil ' mountainous rid o the name of "travel ing mountain , " or "sliding mounfain. " ' Jn its forward nnd downward move ment the forests along tbo base of the ridge have bccomo submerged in tbo river. Largo trco stubs can bo B < 'en standing deoj ) in tlio water on this shore. Tbo railway ongineorsH and tlio traclc * * men find that tbo line of tbo railnVlu wliieb skirts tbo foot of tbo mountain is being continually forced out of place. At certain points the road-bed and rails have been pushed eight or ton feet out of line in the course of a few years. Positively cured by these Little IMlls. They also relieve Dis tress from Dyspepsia , In- dljjcHtlon and Too Hearty Entlng. A perfect rem edy for DlslaosR , Nniihca , Drowalncaa , IJad Tasti- In the Mouth , Coulci ] Tongue , 1'aln In the Hide , TOnt'Il ) I.IVKU. They regulate tbo Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SHALL PRICE , AMU B MM 1SNT8. ) im6 den JVupcc. [ A STAR ORGANZIATION , Mclntyre & Heath's MINSTRELS. Tlio rst iulniitri'1 nhnw nver Blroii In Oumlm. Jjj _ . urcat nliim III inlnstri'lsy. NblW KUNl NLiWJOKK'il NKW GAXiSl Wulcli for tlinurcnt ttrcct pnradot. CAPT. CHITTENDEN Tlio survivor of uuiiiy nrcllo uipi'illtluni wllh lm collection of ciirlnit from tliu fiuzcn imrtli. One Dime Admits to All. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed nnd Cliiitriiiituod Unpltal. I'lildln C'millal II u ys and sollHMocliH nnd IJOMIH ! : m > K < > tlaluH ( nniinnrclal pajxir : reeclvo.s uiul I-XOI-UII-B triislH ; iiolw tin trims furiiKt'iit and tru i > ' ' - " ' corporation * , takes uhurfu ; of iirojiony , ' ' - Icctti OmahaLoan & TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S.E. Corner 10th nnd Douglus Sta in . . . . . . and UiiiiruiUuwl Capital. . . . . Liability of Hlookliolduiw . OXMM ) fi 1'ur Cent Intercut I'uld on Diipoblti * . v KKANK J. LAKUK. U.iHlilnr. X. OfllcorcA. V. Wynmn , iirtuildunt , J. J. llrowu , V. vluo-iiri'Mtilvnt , W.T.Vyinuii , truaxurur. Dlruotorw A. U. Wyiiuni. J. 11. Mlllnrd. J. J. llrnwn , Ony U. Iliirliin. K. W. Nauli , Tliunui * J. Kliiibi.ll , CK-orKu II. Luke , Loium In any amount miiiln on nlty and fiirm jiroiiurty , uiul on collateral b' 'Uilty , at low- out rutck tiui i cut.