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HNfJLK COPY I'OSTAOE KATKS.
OMAHA mills now laurels to her crown
as a con volition city.
TIIK formation of ti gigantic ] boot trust
indii'ulos that the weat proposes to enjoy
eoino of tin : fat of thu land.
Tin- : discovery of natural gas and the
reorganization of political parties arc
qiiriilflciint results of the boom in Salt
Lake City.
Ir is not a dillicult matter to account
for It. 1 ? . 1 fayes' fortune , now estimated
at two million dollars. The ox-president
in vested largely in Oinaba real estate.
WITH a woolen mill in Kdbraska City ,
sugar mills at Grand Island and wind
mills everywhere , Nebraska is plunging
to the front as a , state of rich and varied
industries.
Tim proposed establishment of a large
distillery in Kansas City shows the de
termination of enterprising men to
seethe the burning thirst of Kansas pro
hibitionist ? .
ItitooiviA'X aldermen deck themselves
with gold badges costing thirty dollars
each. In this section the badge is not
doomed necessary. There is a surplus
of brass in the combine.
Til n effect of the three cornered cam
paign is already noticeable in South
Dakota. The old parties are grooming
the strongest and most popular men for
state and federal ofllccs.
, CLAKKSON'S ; promised re
tirement from tlio po'stolllco department
is a source of jubilation among demo
crats especially among those whoso
tenure of olllco is drcidcdly insecure.
TUB admirers of the Big Muddy de
mand twelve hundred thousand dollars
to improve the northern 'end of the
stream. An alarming growth of snags
in that section threatens to impair polit
ical navigation in the surrounding
slates.
SKVIC.V and a half years at hard labor
is n trilling rebuke for financial Na-
poloonism in Now York , but when the
quality of justice dispensed there is
taken into account , the victims of bank
wrecker Pell will derive some consola
tion from the sentence.
Tun Hood 8l idiotic bills in congress
shows no abatement. Besides the vari
ous si-homos to turn the treasury into a
pawnbroker's shop , n Kansas'congrcss-
inan has introduced a bill to pay every
ex-slavo now living one dollar a day
.from the date of his birth to the date of
the emancipation proclamation.
TIIK agitation for an import duty on
American beef is spreading throughout
the British isles. Tlicre is no doubt that
American competition has made serious
inroads In the cattle industry of 'Great
Britain , both in production and price.
Apart from the possible effect on our experts -
ports of dressed meats , the agitation
points significantly to the growth of pro
tection in the homo of free trade.
DKMOOUATIO papers are struggling
manfully to extract a moiety of comfort
from the Oregon election returns. The
Higniflcanco of tlio vote for the republi
can candidate for congress is shown in a
majority of nine thousand , nearly two
thousand more than was cast at thoatuto
and presidential elections in 1SS3. If
the democrats can gain any consolation
frin the steady increase in republican
majorities in Oregon , they are welcome
toil.
Ts from the national capital con
voy the choor/ul intelligence , as evi
dence of coming good times , that con
gressmen are speculating In various pub
lic and private enterprises. "Thoro tire
tv dozen or more combinations iu the sen
ate alone , " wo are told , "whereby rail
road , real estate and stock pools are
formed. A number of railroads are
under construction at the hands of sena
tors and representatives , while a large
number of cities are to bo built by thulr
enterprise. " And this fact is considered
proof of coming prosperity. Not to any
Borlous uxtent. It simply explains why
corporation interests are nnrafully and
vigilantly guarded in congress and the
needs of thu musses forgotten iu a solflsh
tcrumblo for wealth.
OJM/M SKtt'llKS TIIK COXl'KltKXCK.
, The next annual conference of the
i Methodist Episcopal church , in 1802 ,
will bo held In Omaha. When the com
mission appointed to make u selection
from among the several oltloa that were
candidates for the conference- came hero
last Saturday the clmncps wore not alto
gether favornblo to Omaha. A majority
of the commission were in doubt us to
whether the necessary accommodations
could bo provided , both for the meet
ings of the conference and the
entertainment of the host "of
people It will attract , the financial con
sideration required had not been pledged ,
and most of the members of the commis
sion wore not favorably inclined to this
city , notwithstanding the fact that it
was the preference of the last confer
ence. It Is exceedingly complimentary
to Omaha , and those who so well pro
vided for the entertainment of the com
mission , that H sojourn of forty-eight
hours removed whatever impres
sion the visitors brought with them
unfavorable to the city and made
them warm admirers , expressing hearty
commendation of the spirit of enterprise
and the evidences of prosperity they
found and great confidence in the city's
futijre. Having made this favorable im
pression , and the necessary financial
consideration being guaranteed , Omaha
was unanimously selected as the place of
mooting of the next conference.
This is exceedingly gratifying , and our
citizens are to bo heartily congratulated.
The general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church , which meets every
four years , is one of the most important
religious assemblages in the world , and
none command wider attention. It num
bers about a thousand delegates , repre
senting every portion of the country , but
those constitute only a very small part of
the attendance. Thousands of ministers
and laymen attend the sessions , which
last a month , and it is expected that the
next conference will attract more visitors
than any yet hold , for the reason
that there will bo questions of unusual
importance to discuss and act upon ,
among them that of admitting women to
active participation. It is estimated
that the conference will attract from
seventy-live to ono hundred thousand
visitors , and a considerable number of
these will remain during the entire ses
sion.
Undoubtedly the entertaining capacity
of Omaha will bo fully tested during the
session of the conference- but all
who come will bo amply and
properly cared for. In the two j-cars
before the conference meets there is very
likely to be a considerable addition to
the hotel accommodations of the city ,
while in other respects Omaha will have
materially increased her attractions and
advantages. The conference will bo
largely beneficial to the city , quite as
much or more in indirect as in direct re
sults. It will make known to thousands
of practical men whom it will bring hero
the advantages of Omaha , and it will
draw the widest possible attention to the
city. On every .account the action of
the commission , which is final , is in the
highest degree gratifying , and the
thanks of the community are duo to
those who were most instrumental in
bringing it about.
KATKS MUST JIK ItKUVCKD.
The report submitted to the senate by
the interstate commerce commission in
response to a resolution of that body , re
garding transportation rates on grain
from the west and the operation of the
long and short haul clause of the inter
state commerce not , fully justifies the
charge of western producers that 'rates
are excessive and leaves the rail
roads no alternative but to reduce them.
The report synopsizcs the testimony
taken at various points in the
west and east , including Omaha
and Lincoln , from which the commission
says it is constrained to believe that any
rate or greater charge from the Missouri
river than seventeen cents to Chicago
and twelve cents to the Mississipi , cast
side , is oxces.-iive , and that the rates
should bo so reduced and adjusted , and a
reduction of two cents should bo made
from all stations west of the Missouri
river in Nebraska and Kansas. The re
port says that the rebates before the act ,
and the very much lower rates
frequently put in force since ,
fairly lead to the conclusion that exist
ing corn and grain rates are so lush as
to encourage frequent and hurtful
changes , and to make reductions expedi
ent and profitable to the roads whenever
necessary to secure the business. In the
opinion of the commission there is no
better rule applicable to the matter than
that applied by railroads themselves in
accordance with which rates are so ad
justed as to secure the largest exchange
of commodities. ' "In the carriage of
the great staples , " says the com
mission , "which supply an enormous
business , and which in market value and
actual cost of transportation are among
the cheapest articles of commerce , rates
yielding moderate profit are both justi
fiable and necessary. The rates which
wo have determined upon aa reasonable ,
have been arrived at on this basis. They
are from fifty to eighty per cent higher
in proportion to the service rendered
than the rates east of the Mississippi , if
estimated on a distance basis , "
The commission has given the
most careful and deliberate con
sideration to this matter , after a
thorough investigation of the facts ,
and the conclusion reached entirely dis
poses of every claim and pretense on the
part of the railroads that rates are rea
sonable. And what an accusation of
long-maintained robbery of the producers
It implies. For two'years and a half tl o
present ratoof twenty cents on corn from
the Missouri river has boon in
olTeot , HO that the corporations
have during that time exacted
from the farmers of Nebraska a
contribution for every hundred pounds
of corn shipped of three cents in excess
of what the national commission de
clares should bo a maximum rate. It is
not easy to compute the direct lo s
which the producers have sustained
from this excessive charge , but it
amounts to millions of dollars , and there
has been besides the Indirect loss from
the ofleet of the excessive rates upon the
movement of corn. The demand of the
producers of Nebraska for reduced
rates on thqlr products , and every
claim made in their behalf iu this mat -
tar , is fully justified and vindicated by
the report and conclusions of the Interstate -
state- commerce commission , and the
way Is made clear for compelling the
railroads lo reduce rales to the figures
named by the commission. The state
board of transportation can no longer
find any o.xcuso for delaying a schedule
that will lower local rates two cents ,
and shippers from the Missouri
river may . appeal lo the
national commission against the
existing rate with ttvcry certainty of
redress. But it Is to bo presumed that
the railroads will not wall for this to bo
done. The obviously wise and politic
course for them ' j lo promptly make
their rales accord with the conclusions
of the interstate commission , and the
managers will undoubtedly bo "as quick
to see this as anybody. There is no
chance for any argument or contest.
There is no ground of defenao for con
tinuing the present excessive charges.
The verdict of the commission against
them contains no qualification or reser
vation upon which the railroads can
base a claim for further consideration.
Nothing remains for thorn but to comply
with a judgment which everybody knows
to be reasonable and just , and they will
bo wise to do so at once.
HAS TIIK FLOOR.
Before Mayor Gushing Bends in the
name of P. W. Birkhausor as chairman
of the board of public works Tim BKK
respectfully invites him to read the fol
lowing affidavit :
STATS or NEHUASKA , I
Douor.AS COU.NTV. )
Leon Knpnld , being first duly sworn , de
poses and says that ho Is a citizen of Omaha
mid the owner of the European hotel , on the
corner of Tenth and Jones streets ; that , as
the lessee of salil promises , Ho was ono of the
claimants for damages by reason of the
projected "Tenth street viaduct. " That in
tlio middle of tlio month of February last P.
\V. Birhlmasor , ono of the appraisers ap
pointed to assess the damages to property
owners on Tenth street by the proposed via
duct , and U. M. Olmstead , an attorney for II.
Spetman , who had a claim against deponent ,
called at the European hotel , and said Olm
stead in the presence and in the hearing of
nirlclmuscr made the proposition to deponent
that ho would give him a receipt in full for
SOti-LUri , the nmoutit claimed by Spetman , if
he , Leon Kouuld , would give to snid Olm-
stcad an order on the city for the damages
which the appraisers would allow him on his
Tenth street leasehold ; and the said
Olmstcail , iu the presence and within
the licarinir of Uirkhuuscr , declared that ho
would iniinuge to get the amount claimed by
Spetmau out of the city ; but if deponent did
not assign the claim against the city in ex-
chnngu for tlio Spetman claim the appraisers
would allow him little or no damages.
Thut ho , said deponent , refused to make
this bargain and the award made to him by
the appraisers was only 5123 , although an
other party on tlio opposite side of Tenth
street , whoso leasehold was worth less than
that of the European hotel , was awarded
S7.)0. And further deponent saith not.
( Signed ) LKONKOIMMJ. .
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before -
fore mo this Otli day of Juno.lS'JO.
[ SealJ WII.MAM SIMCIIAI. ,
Notary Public.
Mr. Birkhaupcr lias the lloor. He can
explain why ho has taken such a deep
interest in the business of his son-in-law
Olmsload. Nobody , can blame a lawyer
for trying to earn a "fat fee , but why did
Mr. Birkhauser lend his significant pres
ence to tljis tempting proposal ? Are the
city appraisers expected to act as claim
agents ?
In the light of this revelation , what
would Mr. Birlchnusor not do to help his
relatives and his coparceners in the com
bine if appointed chairman of the board
of public works ?
TAKE CAIltl OF WMDS7MH' .
The response to the appeal for help
for the people of Bradshaw lias been liberal -
oral , but their wants are very far from
being fully supplied and the demand for
generous giving is as great and urgent as
at any time since the calamity. The
hundreds of people whoso homes were
destroyed by the storm -nro in no po
sition to help themselves , and the
liberality of their neighbors , of which
too much cannot bo said in
praise , is not Inexhaustible. The people
of the entire state have a duty to per
form in assisting their stricken follow
citizens , and the response should bo
prompt.
Wo publish elsewhere a letter from
Governor Thuyer to Mayor Gushing ,
giving an account of his personal obser
vation at Bradshaw. Ho cha'racterizos
the condition of the people as deplorable ,
and all accounts from the storm-swept
town are to a like effect. The gov
ernor says that money and lum
ber are most needed , but everything in
the line of necessaries can bo made use
of. It should bo unnecessary to multi
ply appeals in behalf of those unfortu
nate people , our own follow-cltlzons ,
whoso loss ought to commandtntr- hearti
est sympathy and our most generous aid.
The prosperous people of Nebraska must
see to it that the state does not suitor
reproach by reason of the neglect of the
destitute sufferers from the disaster at
Bradshaw.
Tun week opens with no material
change in the financial situation. Money
continues easy and jobbers report trade
unusually brisk for the season. Usually
at this 'time of the year trade has
quloted down and there Is a good deal of
leisure time in the offices of business
houses in the wholesale district , but this
year all hands appear to bo fairly busy
and brokers for custom houses say trade
is better in Omaha than in any of the
neighboring cities of tlio northwest or
southwest. The clearings for the month
of May for the past four years were , as
reported by the clearing house of this
city , as follows : 1887 , $14,107,715 ; 18SS ,
$10,507,031 ; 18S9 , $17,1 ! 10,00:1 : ; 1690 , 82.1-
810,470 , and for the first five months of
the same years the footings were : 1887 ,
$57,1111,401 ; 1883 , $00,100,157 ; 1880 , $70-
757.801 ; 1890 , $101,701,407 , showing
a steady and healthy Increase , and
those figures , coupled with the fact
that there have been very few failures of
importance in Omaha during the years
named , indicate upon how solid and con
servative a basis the business of the city
is conducted. There Is but ono draw
back to the prosperity of Omaha , and
that Is the depression existing In the
building trades. Men do not care to
erect stores and residences which they
fear cannot be rented if prohibition car
rion , and until that ghost is laid It is to bo
expected that capital wUlcli would other
wise bo invite ! in brick and mortar ,
and in roa citato will stay idle In the
hands of haMcM , or bo temporarily
placed in low interest bearing and read
ily convertible securities
ACCOKDINQ to Chairman Balcombo It
will take at least twenty-five hundred
dollars to t'6'ii.-fir the damages to paving
caused by IHo recent rains. This Is
largely duo. o the fact that newly
graded stroota were paved before the
"fills" settled , and in scores of in
stances before gas , water and
sewer trenches were properly packed.
The council is proceeding on the same
wasteful plan this year. Streets liavo
boon ordered paved in some cases , the
contract for the grading of which have
not yet been approved by the council.
It will take forty to sixty days to do the
grading. Has , water and sewer mains
must bo changed and various alterations
made before the paving is commenced.
These changes will require time and ex
pense. Why all this haste ? Why Impose -
pose double burdens on properly owners
in ono year ? It Is the height of extrav
agance and an injustice to property
owners to pave a street the same year it
is graded. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ix TIIK matter of financial and realty
transactions , Orgaha maintains an ag
gressive pace. Clearing house reports
show that the city not only holds Us own ,
but is far in advance of boom towns and
western cities claiming far greater popu
lation and commercial superiority.
Though building operations are some
what checked by the fears of prohibition
blight , in other respects the progress
of the city is steady and firm.
TIIK polo evil is epidemic in the city.
The telegraph , telephone and electric
light companies are not content with
the privilege of uprooting sidewalks
and planting masts wherever and when
ever they choose , but supplement them
with ungainly braces at street corners.
Unless measures are soon taken to check
the evil , the streets will bo practically
fenced in at the curb.
TIIK Omaha postolllco building is an
institution of great usefulness and activ
ity. Although originally intended for
judicial and postal purposes , it has
broadened its scope , and become a dis
tributing center for municipal grading
and paving jobs and the lodgo-room
where combines are formed'to fleece the
public. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK prompt and liberal response to
Bradshaw's appeal for assistance is a
credit to the generous people of the
state. Lot the good work go on until
the victims of the storms are sheltered
and clothed and provided with sufficient
'food to remove the danger of want.
THE acceptance of the county hospital
job removes from the ciTurt house , tem
porarily at least , a fruitful source of
contention and discord. The question
now is , what will they do with the
elephant ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ra _ _ _ _ _
O.N'K mystery will bo solved by the
combine libel suits. Wo shall presently
know how it is possible for couiicilmon to
live , thrive and grow fat on a salary of
six hundred a vcar.
THE democratic members of the coun
cil combine evidently did not join the
Dodlin gang solely for their health.
CITIZEN'S desiring favors at the hands
of the council should consult the Omaha
postmaster as to ways and means.
IT is pertinent to inquire by what
authority the Omaha poslollico was made
a municipal brokerage office.
ACCORDING to Councilman Donnelly ,
the Fifth ward delegation is doing pretty
well , thank you.
A Great Improvement , Too.
„ M'anhtnatnn / ' < * ( .
It < annot bo denied that the present rules
of the house arc giving the sprinting style of
oratory a great advantage , mid at the same
time correspondingly depressing the long
distance variety.
Don't llo Over-ConUleiit. (
St. Iiouta ( llatic-Iemncrnt.
Speaker Heed is correct in his remark that
the time of greatest danger to a party is just
after it lias gained a victory. The republi
cans won a glorious triumph in 1SSS , but lot
not that make thorn over-confident in 1800 ,
Silly ScntiinontallslH Siiulihcd.
The amiable women of St. Joseph , Mo. , who
throng the county Jail with bouo.upts for Bul
ling , the wife murderer , are coldly snubbed
fly that eccentric Individual. IIo refuses to
sco tham. Even a wife murderer may have
some correct ideas as to what constitutes good
tasto.
One Symptom of Work.
/tinijUM Cltu Jaurnal.
Speaker Heed's methods are expeditious ,
hut congress will not bo able to adjourn on
the date originally set , July 1. Congress
never does adjourn on tlio date selected for
adjournment , so nobody will bo dtunpointed.
Indeed , the people rather think that they nro
getting their money's worth when congress
sits sweltering In Washington through the
dog days.
The Squaws n Heniitlful Myth.
ffclt Yin-It U'urM.
Count HorhuVt 'Hismarek Is shocked to
learn that the AintM-li-an squaw is not beauti
ful. IIo has grown up in the belief that
roaming about our , western prairies are In
dian maidens whoso perfection of face and
llguro might SOIIIQ day.plcaso tlio eye of ono
who is growing tired of European types.
Tlio sad fact rojhalns that our Indian women
are not what Cooper and Longfellow repre
sented them to ho. Hut Count Herbert , if ho
should come to this country , would Ibid
enough fcnilnino bounty in our centers of
civilization to console him for the overthrow
of his Ideal squaw.
WiintH tlin illfhtiHtcrora I'unlHlied.
Svx FHA.XOISCO , Cal. , Juno 9. A Chronicle
special from Enscmula , Lower California ,
gives an interview with Torres , governor of
tlio peninsula , lie says the Mexican govern-
meat has decided to demand that the United
States punish those concerned in the con
spiracy to capture. Lower California. Torres
will soon send his government proofs that an
English corporation was undoubtedly guilty
of complicity.
Ilimioil tn Death in an Elevator.
Musirms , Tonn. , Juno 9. Tlio elevator at
West Memphis built for the Kentucky Cen
tral railroad at a cost of t5,000 burnud early
this morning. K. C. Adams of AtehUon ,
Ivan. , u contractor who had Just completed
the building and was stooping in the second
story , was burned to daatli. Ho was sovunty-
live years old. There was an insurance of
& & ,000 ou the elevator ,
STATK JOTTIXtiS.
Nebraska.
Emerson Is to have a now bnnk ,
An alllanco store is In .successful operation
near Knrl , In Frontier county.
The Kearney baseb.ill club has disbanded
and the players Imvo left town.
A ten-year-old boy nnmcd Cunningham was
run over by n street car at Columbus Sunday
and badly Injured.
It is said that plans are being perfected for
the building of a { 10,030 opcru house at Co
lumbus this season.
The total assessed valuation of Hay Springs
is S91,8iil ( , representing real ami personal prop
erty to the amount of $ ! * ! , 1S ! > .
The Pulls City city council has let the con
tract fornf'.OuO Incandescent electric light
plant to bo In running order within sixty
days.
Tlio largest loan over made in Holt county
was closed recently. The amount was S lnoo.
made to u man wnu will ship in lr > 00 liciul of
sloc-rsi.
Three residents of Harrison smoked nut n
mountain lion den and succeeded In killing
tlio Mia beast and nluo cubs. The sire was
not at homo and escaped death ,
A Shell Creek , Plalto county , couple , who
were about to ho married , quarreled over the
selection of the "host man" to "stand up"
\vlth them , and the wedding has been de
clared off.
A Preston correspondent says : "Tho Sao
Indians were paid their annuities last week.
As a matter of course they came to town and
got drunk , and for two days it was not lit for
a lady to go on the streets. "
Three weeks ago n boy about sixteen years
old rode a borso into n livery barn at Ashland
and said ho wanted to leave it there while lie
went in search of work. Since that time
nothing has been heard of the hid.
The river work ut Ilulo is being pushed
steadily forward , and a larger amount than
was nt first intended will bo completed.
Nearly ono hundred and lli'ty men nro em
ployed and more nro being liired every day.
Mr. MeCluro found a tortoise this week
with the following inscription cut on thu
lower shell : "J. 1' . O. , 1ST1. " The initials
were cut by James P. Gates nineteen years
ago , says tlio Hebron Journal. This tortoise
has been found twice buforo and is becoming
quite historical.
lowii Items.
Tabor college commencement will occur
June 2J to i23.
A camp of Sons of veterans has been organ
ised at Iowa City.
Sioux Uapids ia to have n system of water
works costing about $0,000.
A bufl'alo in the "Zoo" at Kcokuk gave
birth to n calf the other day.
liarb wire fence1 ? nro prohibited iu Odcholt
by order of the city council.
Iowa sheriffs will hold their annual session
at Spirit Lake , Juno IS and 11) ) .
Dick Shchi and Mary Waller are under
arrest at Kcolnik charged with IIOIMO steal
ing.
O Frank Blake tried to pull the ramrod from
his gun with his teeth. Ho made a horrible
looking corpse.
Thomas IJ.irrett , n Knoxvlllo bridge con
tractor , was instantly killed near Swan by a
pile from a bridge fulling on him , breaking
tils neck.
Tlio Davenport Democrat thinks an onion
palace would bo the proper thing for Scott
county. Tlio onion crop in that county this
season will ho enormous.
Ono of the features of the Ottumwu coal
palace will ho a miniature coal mine , every
thing about which will ho strikingly realistic
the little car in which tlio visitors nro low
ered , the males , the miner. * and even the
veins of coal.
An old veteran of Waterloo is still living in
Iowa. His name is Joseph Rice , mid ho was
born in northern Franco in 170S. Ho served
under Napoleon and has seen the great gcn-
nr.il many times. IIo came to tlio United
States in 1823 , and lived in Buffalo , N. Y.
IIo was a soldier under General Wlnllcld
Scott in 1S7 : ! , and again under General Wood
in 18'J. ! His first vote was for William Henry
Harrison in 18-10. Mr. Hico is now livrng
iu Goodrich township , Crawford county , and
is still in robust health with full possession
of all his faculties.
Tlio Otoo Lc'ider tells of n farmer named
Davis near that town who has fallen a victim
to fruit tivoswindlers. A few weelcs ago ho
owned a farm , but now ho is u renter. The
Kchemer.s got hold of him and sold him a largo
order , at the same time getting him to sign a
statement of what lie was worth liable to ex
ecution. Then they wanted him to sccuro
them for the bill of goods , and ilnully lie
deeded Ids farm over to them , and they leased
it back to him for this year and also got a
mortgage on the trees. The most peculiar
part of the whole transaction is that the trees
have not been delivered and will not bo till
next fall.
Probably not another familywf three per
sons in the state can bo found which will ng-
uregato us many years as does that of Kdwin
( lOodoll of this place , says the Tanm Herald.
Mr. Goodell celebrated his eighty-lirst birth
day March ii'2. His wife was' eighty-one on
March ( i , and her sister , Mrs. Rusk , who
makes her homo with them , was eighty-live
last fall. This is an aggregate of ! ! 47 years
for a family of three persons , and although
Mrs. ( loodell's health has been poor for the
last six months , the other two continue to
enjoy life with but few of the infirmities that
usually come at such a gi at ago. Mr. Good-
ell nlso has a sister living in Colorado who is
cighty-thivo , and at last accounts was enjoy
ing fair health. The record is a wonderful
ono and can scarcely bo excelled.
Tlie Two
A driving park association has boon organ
ized at Jamestown.
A chattel mortgage has silenced the bell of
the Episcopal church at Vcrmilllon.
Fifteen carloads of eggs were shipped from
Scotland durlni ; the month of May.
Minnoknuta Fulls is the nama of a now
town Just started in Fall river county.
Fred Culver of Stnrgis will spjiid the next
two years in the penitentiary for lorgory.
A general merchandise storo' lias been
started nt Vcrmlllion by tlio farmers' alli
ance.
Six hundred Knights of Pythias will at
tend the meeting of tlio grand lodge ut Mitch
ell , Juno 17.
A government agent has seized 1,000 cords
of wood cut on agricultural land in Penning-
ton county contrary to law , and it will bo sold
nt public auction.
The South Dakota sportsmen's association
will hold its fourth annual shooting tourna
ment at Alexandria , Juno 25 and S(5. ( There
will ho thirteen contests , and tlio prizes for
each shoot will bo510 and the entrance fees.
The shoot will consist of live pigeons , hluo
rocks and glass balls.
Kva Wushlmrn , a soventcen-yoar-old in-
mute of the Plankintoa reform school , at-
tomptocl to escape from the institution tlio
other night by lowering lusrsolf frmn a win
dow by means of nn improvised rope ladder.
The rope broke and she fell n distance of fif
teen feet , sustaining serious injuries.
Allison the scout , who will bo romoniborod
nstho man who wont to Canada ami pur-
Huiutod Sitting Hull and his band to eoino out
and surrender , Is now engaged us a courier
between Pierre and Rapid City , Ho has been
among the Sioux for more than a quarter of
a century as a teaohnr , and is higher up in
their language than any living man , regard
less of color.
Charles Hansor , a young man llvln < : nnir
Hill Citv , was terrfbly injured the otliiu'duy
while Ashing with giant powder. Ho had
prop.ired a stick ( if th powder and was Just
about to throw it into the stream when it
exploded , tearing olT his right hand and
lacerating his face In a horrlblo inaniun * .
His wounds are not necoasarily fatal , but ho
will bo maimed for life.
Mrs. Woodward at
HiMiNirom > , Neb. , Juno 9. [ Special Tolo-
grain to TUB TiKB.-Mrs. ] C. M. Woodward ,
lecturer for the Women's Chrihtlun Tompor-
unco union , .sioko hero last owning to the
largest audiencu over convoyed In Ileming-
ford , many coming llftecn and twenty inllai
to hear her. She mudo un excellent impres
sion , nut1 It is honed she will return and
make u canvass of the country in the near fu
ture.
He Tricked the Jailer.
MiTcnm.i. , S. D. , Juno 9. [ Special Tulo-
gram to TIIK Hue.Gcorgo ] \Vilnon , who wiw
in Jull on n chnrgo of lioi-so sUmling , made his
okcupo lust night by deceiving thu Jailor with
u dummy in the cell , whllo ho becrutod him
self In the corridor.
At the furmors' nlllanco rally today 0,000
people took part In u grand parade- with Hags
and mottooM and bunnerx. It wusu goluduy
for thu funneiv. lion Terrlll , tha national
leuturur , uddrawed tha crowd ut thu fair
urouuds aud his speech wus well received.
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
Programmo of tlio Graduating Exorcises n
the University ,
THE CADET , COMPETITIVE DRILL
First. Honors Cnrrleil off by N'elmm niul
tlio Silver Medal Given to McMtt
An Anolcnt Colldonce
Game.
Nob. , Juno 0. fSpeclal to TUP
Bm.J : The graduating exercises of the
class of "JO of the stale university tnko
place on Wednesday morning at 10 a. in. at
Fnnko's opei-.i house , Tlio class wl'l ' murcl
from the university to the opera house be
tween U and 10 o'clock. The following is the
order of exercises :
Overture by cadet band ; vocal solo , Miss
llerthu Dnyliss ; university oration , Dr. P. S.
llonscn of Chicago ; vocal duct , Miss Cunflehl
and Dr. E. II. Eddy ; conferring of degrees
by acting chancellor ; presentation of military
commissions by the governor ; vocal solo.Mlss
Buyllss ; benediction.
COMt'BTITlVC IlltlM *
The competitive drill for gold and silver
medals by thocadolsnttliounlvursltygrounds
this morning was pronounced by the persons
who witnessed It as ono of the best that has
over taken place at the university. A largo
crowd of spectators gathered to witness it.
The company drill was the lirst on the pro
gramme und companies A , II , C and D en
tered the Held in alphabetical order. The
contest wus a very oven one. and the Judges ,
Colonel Harry Hotchlciss of the governor's
stnft and Lieutenant Taggart of tlio United
States army , reserved their decision until the
close of the military exercises at 5
p. in. The individual competitive
drill next occurred mid forty-five soldierly
appearing young men entered for the prizes.
Lieutenant Grillitli of the United States
army acted as commandant. A moro splen
didly drilled company of young men has
rarely stood before nn oflleer. The slightest
mistake was sufllciont to drop u cauct from
the ranks. After ilring commands nt the
young soldiers for u quarter of an hour Lieu
tenant Grlfllth had to order a parade rest in
order to catch his breath. Thirty-two cadets
still stood in line and after getting his wind
the lloutcnant again tackled the bovs. It took
nearly half on hour to reduce the number to
three and then the interest of the spec
tators was worked up to its highest pitch.
These three were Mr. Podlcsak of Milligan ,
Mr. Hugo E. Nelson of Oakland , and Air.
Randolph McNltt of Red Cloud. The men
were equally matched , and the friends of
Podlcsak were disappointed to see him drop
out after making such a splendid showing.
The contest then lay between Nelson and
MoNitt for first place , and a slight error by
the latter guvo Nelson the gold medal , wliilo
McNitt was awarded the silver medal. The
friends of the three lads gave them the usual
three tosses in the air.
The Judges in the competitive drills were
Richard II. Townloy , U. S. A. , and E. F.
Taggart , lieutenant Sixth infantry. The fol
lowing is tlio onioial report , tlio maximum
mark being 100 :
IXFAXTliV.
Company A 9,1.57
Company H 82.71
Company C f > (1.74 (
Company D S0.41
AUTILUIUV.
Detachment B ! M. 10
Detachment C W.Q'J
In the individual infantry drill Sergeant
II. E. Nelson won the gold medul awarded us
the tlrst prize , the second , a silver medal , be
ing won by Private It. MoNitt. In the ar
tillery the lirst prize was won by Sergeant
Gup P. Thurbcr and the second by Sergeant
C. C. Fletcher. The p'ositions of the com
panies in the order of merit is us follows :
Company C 07.20
Company A DO.IiSTi
Company 15 { Hi. 10
Company D 01.02
A.AXCIBNT CONTIDBNCC ( JAMB.
Karl J. Moo doesn't read the papers , for if
ho did lie would bo Si'iO better olt today than
'
he was yesterday. Moo lives in Noviu'lu and
has boon on u trip to Chicago and intended
to visit ids brothnr ut Homingford in this
state. At Omaha ho met u very companion
able fellow who , after getting the full partic
ulars of Moo's life , informed him that lie was
a merchant at Homingford whcro Moe'.s
brother lives. The fellow came to Lincoln
with Moo mid Just as this city was reached
tlio usual bogus freight agent appeared on
the scene and demanded $ MO. Mr. Moo's
companion of course hud nothing but a
check for $1,000 on a hank that existed no-
whoru , and Mr. Moo was very willing to pluy
the untiquuted sucker net und give the conll-
denco man all the monov lie had , some .J20. : !
Both sharks disappeared with the roll. Moo
informed the police hero of the affair but got
no sympathy.
STATH HOUSn NBWS.
DArticlcs of incorporation of the Security
bank of Sunnier were iiled this morning with
the secretary of state. The capital stock is
S10,0iii ) and the incorporators are R. E. Puto
and John Forrest.
Articles of incorporation of the Emerson
State bank were also Hied. Tlio capital stock
is $10,000. Tlio incorporutors uro Churles 1C.
Collins of Omaha and Howard Parmeleo cf
Emerson.
The only cuso filed in the supreme court
this morning wus that of Samuel R. Smith
vs Mary Ellen Spalding on the collection of a
note. Tlio cuso is from Red Willow county.
The following notarial commissions were
issued by the governor today : Edward P.
Burnett , Kearney , Buffalo county ; M. J.
Courtright , Long Pine , Brown county ; P. J.
Dnnohoer , Valentino , Cherry county ; Anna
M. Suundors , Arnold , Caster county ; A. F.
Stennott , Allan , via Wultollold.Uixoncounty ;
Clara C. Cox , Omuhu ; Homer Abbott ,
Omaha ; Clinton N. Powell , Omaha ; C. W.
Stewart , Alma , Hurlun county ; W. M. Slicn-
bi > rg , Aurora , Hamilton county ; A. R. Brad-
Icy , St. Library , Howard county ; S. P. Rid-
nour , Dickens , Lincoln county ; George O.
Ferguson , Lincoln ; Muurotto B. Foss ,
ClarUs , Mcrrii'k county ; J. J. Countryman ,
Meadow Grove , Madison county ; C. J. Wood ,
Table Rock , Puwnoo county.
CLASS I > VY ixr.iiri.ms. : :
The class day exorcises of the senior class
of the stati ) university occurs ut 1) ) a. in. to
morrow in the university chapel. Those ex-
orclsos uro'ulwiiys moro eiitortiilning than
tlio commencement progruinmo and the
chapel will doubtless bo packed. The follow
ing is the programme for tlio occasion :
Instrumental solo , Miss Couhrun.
Greek tableau , " \Vorshippingiit the Shrine
of 1'allus , " L. S. Storrs , Rachel Munloy ,
Gurtrudo Luws , Anna Childo und Misu
Wolfo.
Cluss history , C. E. Tlngloy.
Yocul solo , Miss Niinnlo Lilllbrldgo.
"Looking Backward , " Miss Mucltett und
Mr. .Aliny.
Excursus , "Tho Realists , " C. F. Ansoloy.
Oration , "Thu Lifo of the Twentieth Cen-
tlirv , " H. C. Peterson.
Vocal solo , Miss Dcnn Loomis.
CITV NBW8.
Emma Belforgo , an insane young woman
uguil twenty-two yours , escaped from the
asylum this morning. She were a hluo dn-ss
und straw hat. She rants about tlio Sulvu-
tion army.
An Insimo young woman who given the
namodf Einnri Fruiu-cn Hh.ifor was found by
thu pollro this morning wandering about the
streets. She miys she is twenty-ono yours
old. Slu wears a blno calico dross und her
nose und hunds uro deeply sciirrod us though
she hud IHXJII badly burned or ncaldud at some
time. Her constant complaint wus ubout liur
mother having to work too hard. She mild
that she hud lately been ut the homo of Aniilu
Klshliiiu , wont of Lincoln.
The fact tlmt the thoalro and circus irolng
neoplo Imvo been uimbtu of Into to. road the
largo posters on account of their being dls.
llgiuvd was accounted for in police court this
morning. N. D. Pearson uud Joe Murlln , thu
bill posters , uro at war with each other and
ouch cluuvfs the other with tearing und dis
figuring his bills. Pearson caused Martin's
arrest this morning and furnished .such proof
of Martin's guilt that that rival poster wus
ussossed j7.0. > . Martin retaliated by causing
Pearson's arrest on tlio same clmrgo.
ti cargo Wutkins , ono of the confidence
men who liuvo boon infiwtlng the depot of
Into und robbing the ovoivrodulous of their
hard ournod dollarx , was caught la the act of
working an hoiuwl old Gormuu yuitonluy ,
uud was sontuncod to thirty days In the
county Jail. ,
Rukhurd T. Haasen. the twonty-four-yenr-
old son of Thorar Hauseii of Bennett , hui
lot hU mind , and was brought iu to Lincoln
today to bo oxntnlned as to his eligibility fo
the Insane Mvlum. Young Hanson noltovos
that the religions of the various churches nro
nil wrong and that ho has been specially
called to proclaim a now gospoi.
The case of William MIddlcton vs Dr.
B. Latta and W. S. Bishop was ended today
bv the Judge giving his decision In fuvor of
Mlddleton. Tlio plaintiff , MIddlcton , Is a
poor married man and Dr. Lattu clulmod to
nave a bill against him for over $100. This
Lattu turned over to Bishop and the lattortf
disposed of It to A. W. West of Councl/
IJIuiTs. West garnlsheod Mlddleton'H ' wnj/i
nnd the latter sued for damugt's covering the
full iimognt and won the suit today.
Miss Agnes Moore , the eight-year-old
granddaughter of J. K. Muggard , foil oat of a
carriage whllo out riding nuur Cheney yes
terday , breaking her right leg In two places
below the knco nnd dislocating her rluht hip.
She was taken to her homo at Ninth nnd Y
streets , whcro she Is recolvjng proper cure.
As John Lludloff and family were out driv
ing the wheels of their carriage caught In tlio
rails of the Q street car line and two of thorn
were torn off. The carriage was upset ami
all tlio occupants thrown out , Ms. . Lindlou
having her arm broken und her sou receiving
serious injuries to his spine. Mr. Lmdloft
was badly bruised ,
The Knights of Pythias celebrated Decora
tion day yesterday in nn appropriate manner.
The exorcises were held at Funko's opotv v
house mid the knights appeared In full uiiv.
form. Rov. E. R. Ralston delivered the ad
dress of the occasion. At the close of the ex
orcises the knights wont to Wyultu crmetory
and decorated the graves of deceased broth-
OI-.1.
Arrangements nro being | mni1e for the
traveling nit-ii of Lincoln to attend the
national convention of the Traveling Men's
Protective association to ho held in Denver ,
Juno " 3. A special train has been secured
nnd the major part of Lincoln's couriers of
commerce will attend the con volition.
Xoliriiflka , Iowa and Dakota I'oiisloun
WASHINGTON' , Juno 0. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : Bin : . ] Pensions granted to Nebraskans -
braskans : Original Invalid Joseph Houck ,
Round Grove ; Thomas B. Brewer , Dorches
ter ; Alex Hurst , Sartoria. Restoration nnd
reissue William 11. Latham , Boono. In
crease Edward J. Meyer , Harvard ; Stephen
Alford , Nchuwku ; James W. Boymer , Lin
coln.
Iowa : Original Invalid Austin Tlmyer ,
Pulaski ; Charles Covert , Lovcllhi ; James W.
Sterling , clown City ; bolomon S. Wum'rrf *
Blanclmrd. Restoration und increase Wil
liam E. Corwin , Bonupurto. Increase ( i < ttVUU
B. Shape , Boydeu ; William Otto , DuvcnpOir.
George W. ArmeiV.Wcst Point ; John Fonton ,
Milledgevillo ; Tliomas Abbev , Prulrie-uurg.
Colonel II. Green , Shell Rock ; Andrew W
Tibbetts , Allerton ; Andrew J. Acton. Madrid ;
James C. Fairs , Mount Ayr ; John M. Ander
son , Desotu. Reissue Jacob W. ( lower ,
Cedar Rupids ; John S. Ilnnk-y , DCS Moincs ,
Reissue and increuso Andrew Llnsuctun ,
Sidney ; Oliver Brown , Sidney. Original
widows Mury , widow of David A. Johnston ,
Searsboro.
North Dakota : Original Edgar Chapman ,
Tower City.
South Dakota : Original William Harriott ,
Elk Point. Reissue Ebenezcr G. Howcll ,
Hillsviow. _
ItuukVrooker I'ell Sentenced.
Nnw YOIIIC , Juno 9. Broker George II.
Poll of Sixth National bank wrecking faun'
wus sentenced today In the goneml session i
court to imprisonment nt hard labor for seven
years uud six months in tlio stute prison.
to Kosi n.
PRAOUK , Juno 0. It is reported tnat Dr.
Ricger. leader of the old c/.ech , und twenty
other members of that party will resign from
the Bohemian diet.
Hand
WASHINGTON' , June 9. [ Special Telegram
to THIS Bm : . ] Bonds offered : $2. > ,000 ut
State Convention.
The republican electors of the Mate of Ne
braska tire requested to send delegates finm
their several counties to meet Iu eouveiili.ui . n
llio city of Lincoln , Wednesday. .Inly ' . ' .I , ui S
o'clock p. m. , for the pnrposo of plurini ; in
nomination candidates for thu following stile ;
olllces :
Governor.
IjIcmleiKint , fJoveriior. \
Secretary of Slate.
Audltorof Public Accounts.
State Treasurer.
Attorney General.
Commissioner of 1'ublio Lands aud Bulll-
IIIRS.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
And the inaisaelion of Mich oilier bitsinesj
us may como before the convent Ion.
Till ) Al'l'OlmONMKNT.
Tlio several counties nro entitled to repre
sentation as follows , belli : ; bused upon the
vote cast , for llou. Geoio II. Hastings , presi
dential elector In ISSS , giving ouu delujule-it- :
lurgo to each county , and ono for each llil
votes uud tbu major fraction thereof ;
OI..NIIKS. iiii.cuir.\TiK.s. ; | niiT. :
It is recommended that no proxies bo ud-
nllled to tlio convention , nnd tlmt the delegates -
gates pitisont ho anlliorl/.eil to east the full
oto of tlio delegation.
li. 1) . ItiniAiiiiH , Chairman.
WAI.T M. SKRI.KV , Soerutury.
Positively cnri-d by
tllUNO I.'ttlU Pi
They also relieve
IresH fro-A Dyspeiwla , Indigestion
'
digestion und Too Iiiiurt\
Eating. A pcrfert r m
cdy for Dizziness ; . N.w '
Drowsiness , Hail Ti" " ' '
In the Month , ( 'iiut-'l '
'loncuo. J'uln In llw iil' ' ' .
TOUI'Il ) l.lVKIt. Tlu-y
regulate the Jlowcls. 1'urely Vegetable.
SMIGiPILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE ,
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed iiwl auuruiitecilCiipHiil. ? . ' ! ! ' " ! ! ' .
" ' " " "
'aid Iu Capital
Ilnyn and bulls Htook niid bonds ! WK"t ] ' ' ' <
niiiiuurolul | i | iurt ruenlvim and r " J
. ' m
tru-.U'i
riistHi ants us trans for aueHt and
ui-ionuloiis | , tuUi'b uhui'Ku < > ' i > roj urty. < ' " -
ecl.4 luxe * . _
OmahaLoan & TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S.E. Corner 10th nnd Douglas SU *
'aid In CunlUil . 9 tti.Mi
Hulisurlbuil Hint ( luiimiitnt'd ( 'upltul. . . IUO.M (
lability of Bioohliiililoni . MW.OW
6 1'ur Uout Interest 1'ald on DepixltH.
1'UANK J. LANOICusl.lor ;
OfllcorfltA. IT. Wyniuii , president. J..I. llrowo ,
vli'u-prualdunt , W. T. Wyniuii , tnmiurcr.
) lroctom-A. \Vyinan. \ . J. II. Mllliird. J , J.
llrown. Guy O. Iliirlon. H.V. . Nnsli , Tliumui
J , ICIuibull , Goortfo II.