THE OMAHA DAILY BK1C , WEDNESDAY , JUNE 11 , 1890.
THE DAILY BEE
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ItlJTUKNCHMKNT is UOW in order after
the surplus is pone.
As WK remarked before Mr. Birk-
hausor lias the floor.
13VEX the melon trust is in , danger of
being1 plugged before it ripens.
WHEUK , oh whore , are the promised
"buaincbs principles in city allnirsV"
Tma slashing of dressed beef rates by
the railroads is ii juicy cut for butchers
only.
COMITUOT.LKH GooDiucii's revela
tions have spread consternation in the
grading camp of the combine.
AITKU all the plotting mid scheming ,
Iho postoflico division , of grading jobs ia
likely to fa.il for wivnt of funds.
CALIFORNIA wants ton acres to spread
horholf at the world's fair. There is
nothing small about the modern Argo
nauts.
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THE successful robbery of a passenger
train in North Dakota indicates that the
Texas freobotors are moving to a , milder
climate.
PGIIHAPS the subscribers to the fund
which cemented the combine can bo in
duced to coino down and pull the gang
out of the hole.
IN VIEW of the lack of municipal
funds , Postmaster Gallagher will doubt-
lews suspend his distribution of grading
jobs for an indefinite period.
IF the Greasers persist iu confiscating
American cattle that stray across the
border it may bo necessary to adminis
ter another intornationul spanking.
IT is worthy of note tlmt another de
faulting state troa.sur.er in the south has
been indicted. The fact that the culprit
disposed of over a quarter of u million of
public funds insures a prompt acquittal.
Tun proposed investigation of Pension
Commissioner Raum is a waste of time ;
The distinguished Illinoisan is too well
posted in the world's ways to bo caught
in the enemy's trap.
TIIK formal ontraneo of L. D. Richards
into the lists for govornor'is marked by
an eloquent llourish of local trumpets.
Candidates in other suctions of the stale
have no excuse for longer remaining
under cover.
ANOTHER indictment against a Now
York boodle nldornmn hus been quashed.
The remnant of the distinguished boodle
colony in Canada should present a proper
testimonial to District Attorney Follows
for his labors in its bohnlf.
Bv SUBTRACTING the prospective from
the actual allowance oC damages , it will
bo soon that Kopald lost eight hundred
and twenty-eight dollars and thirty-live
cents by refusing to heed the plaintive
appeals of Birkhausor's son-in-law.
TIIK fact that sovenvl penurious cor
porations oppose the bill requiring rail
roads to dispense with the man-killing
couplers should commend it to the favor
of congress. Protection for the lives of
train men. is of greater importance- than
the cost of safety appliances.
FROM tests madeof the coal discovered
in the recently opened reservation lands
in South Dakota , it is believed the state
has secured n lirst class article of fuel ,
and in suuluiunt quantities to supply the
homo demand. The find is of incalcu
lable value to the people of the treeless
BtatO ,
TIIK color line is temporarily obliter
ated in sections of the south. The howl
raised against negro enumerators has
given way to u common effort to make
u complete count of the white population.
As u consequence the colored census tak
ers nru enjoying for the first time the
satisfaction of pumping the whites for all
necessary Information.
As MIGHT have been expected , Major
Powell has succeeded in checking the
movement to dismantle the geological
bureau. The bureau is one of those lux
uriant nnujj'gorloa whe.ro senatorial and
congressional pots repose , and it was too
much to expect that members of con
gress would borioualy disturb the favored
barnacles.
THK FOIIKWX CATTLK T/I.IDB. /
Then * is very Httlo project of the re
movnl or modification of the English ro
strleltoiw on American cattle. The
deputation which waited on the mlnistot
for agriculture n- few days ago and naked
that this be done received no encourage
ment , and this is one of several fallured
within n year or two to tnduco tlu
British authorities to adopt a more- lib
era' policy regarding our cattle. The
claim , that disease widely exists amonjj
the cattle of the United States con
tinucs to Bcrvo Itwpurposo as a bulwark
of defense for Iho English cattle raisers
against American competition , and thn
minister for agriculture is heartily in
sympathy with the homo producers , beIng
Ing in this respect a radical protection'
1st. It is notorious that the effect of the
restrictions has boon to advance , the
price of meats to consumont and to re1
duce the number nmong the poorei
classes who can atlordto cat meat of tenet
than perhaps once n week , but theao cir
cumstances do not weigh with the aU'
thoritles against the demand of the
producers to bo protected against n conv
petition which when unrestricted mate
rially reduced their profits.
The fact that this country has not n
national system of inspection rentiers
denials of the existence of disease of nc
effect. The statements of individuals
and oven of the department of agricul
ture carry litt'o weight in the
absence of the support of a thorough
system of inspection under na
tional control conducted by expert
officials. Nothing could more strongly
emphasize the necessity of such a system
than the position of the British author
ities , who would probably be compelled
to submit to the popular demand wore
they no longer enabled to fortify them
selves behind the plea that there is more
or less disease among American cattlo.
National inspection would be no loss val
uable as an assurance to the people of
Germany and Franco , who are unfavor
able to the policy of these coun
tries regarding American meats , that
there is no ground , except that of protect
ing the home producers , for continu-
iug it.
It is believed that the English restric
tions may bo made oven more drastic ,
and there is nothing to indicate that
Germany or Franco contemplate any
change of policy in a more liberal direc
tion. Yet there is a strong opposition ,
principally from certain eastern
cattle and moat exporters , who
have almost a monopoly of
what business is done , to any legisla
tion designed to improve the foreign cattle
tlo trade. The secretary of agriculture
has strongly recommended a system of
national inspection , and legislation to
provide it has been proposed in congress.
It is clearly essential asa condition pre
cedent to any effort to secure the removal
or modification of the foreign restric
tions against American cattle and meats ,
and congress should not longer delay its
enactment.
THE cosnturu IUII'ULSKD.
The discovery of City Comptroller
Goodrich that available funds were in-
sutticicnt to pay for the grading con
tracts serves to open the eyes of the tax
payers to the reckless management of
city affairs. The council combine has
carried affairs with a hfgh hand , re
gardless of consequences.
At the very outset the combine signal-
ixed itself by playing into the hands of
tlic tax-shirkers. With a scandalous
disregard of the city's interests , this
mercenary cabal ravaged the assessment
roll , reduced valuations , and knowingly
permitted acres of valuable property to
escape its just share of the public bur
dens. Notwithstanding the fact that
over live millions were invested in build
ing improvements last year , the assess
ment roll shows an actual decrease of six
hundred thousand dollars compared with
that of previous years.
But this is not all. While making a
surface showing of economy , it has
maintained a horde of sinecures on
the pay roll at salaries double what
they could earn in any other employ
ment. THE BUK has repeatedly pointed
out the unwarranted Increase of city es
pouses mid exposed the tiixeaters , but
the oi > ly rcbponho was an increase of sal
aries and the creation of now ofllees for
the solo bonolit of political favorites.
If it were not for the vigilance and un-
swcring integrity of our city comptrol
ler we should soon have an overlap run
ning into the hundreds of thousands ,
und the taxpaying citizens would bo
compelled for their own protection to
invoke the aid of the courts against
their reckless public servants in the city
Council.
AUKN LANDLORDS.
The bill reported to the house of rep
resentatives from the committee on
judiciary , to prohibit aliens from acquir
ing title to or owning lands within the
United States , is a measure that should
receive very careful consideration. Pro
posed legislation of this character is very
: ipt to bo received with a burst of pop
ular approval. It makes strong
iippeal to a national bcntimont so
generally held and so controlling
: is to shut out with muny all thought of
the practical considerations which ought
Lo have attention. Unquestionably the
, 'onoi-nl principle that aliens should not
1)0 allowed to acquire title to largo areas
if land in the United States is sound ,
twt is it wibO to extend this policy to in
clude all lands , so that foreign capital
would bo shut out from investment in
nlnlng interests or in manufacturing
plants which embraced real estate ? Is
, t not quite possible that such
i policy might operate to our
llsadvantago , by forcing foreign capital
to find other llelds of Investment , which
tvould incrcnBo competition with our in-
lustrieay It does not appear that the
1010111 exceptionally large investments
) f foreign capital in American business
mtorprisos have produced any ill effects ,
ind there seems to bo no urgency for any
legislation that would exclude such capi
tal.
tal.Tho
The text of the nroposod law is not at
linnd , but from the abstract of the re
port that accompanied it there is no
Ulllculty in inferring what its character
3. It proposes to donwny with absentee
, andlordism by placing alien capitalists
under disabilities of civil law aa to all
uturo attempts to acquire lands in this
iountry. They are now in this condl-
, lou us to the territories , but the pro
posal i.-i that congrofls shall s.iy thut no
foreign capitalist Hlinll own or acquire
title to land in any slate. omo of the
states have lawa which provide
that aliens may own t limited aiuoun
of land within their boumlarle-j , the law
makers of such states having wvldontly
deemed It expedient not to wholly ex
chide foreign capital , but the promoter *
of the bill in congress propose to take
from the states the right to determine
whether or not they will permit BUC !
capital to bo invested In the property
under their jurisdiction , and to say thai
it shall iiowhoro be available for acquir
ing title or ownership to land. The as
sunictl right of congress to do this isprodl
catcd upon the sovereign power of the
government to totally exclude alien ?
from coming within its jurisdiction. 1
Is hold by the report of the judicial * }
committee that this power Includes the
lesser ono of defining what propertj
rights aliens may uxcrciso after thoj
are admitted and during the continuance
of. their alien condition. Plausible aa
this seems it Is a very questionable po
sition. The cxcrdso of the national au
thority with regard to immigration is
absolutely necessary , although the
slates had the right to import foreign
ers prior to 1SOS , but it is by no means
clear tliat because congress can keep ou
aliens it has the right to say that no
land belonging to a state or to the people
of a state shall bo disposed of to at
alien.
Undoubtedly it was a mistake not to
have sooner put n check upon the acqui
sition of enormous quantities of land bj
foreigners , and multiplication a
owners of the soil is un
questionably to bo desired ; but it is ex
tremely doubtful whether the authoritj
of congress to deal with this matter ex
tends beyond the territories , as to which
there is already legislation of the kind
now proposed to Bo made applicable to
the entire country. Popular sentiment
may approve the principle , but it will
probably demand that it shall bo left to
the people of the states to determine
whether they will apply it.
THERE is doubtle&s no ground for the
attack that has been made on General
Raum , commissioner of pensions , in
which his integrity as an ollicial is im
pugned. His record as a public oflicer
in the past justUies confidence in the
statement that the present attack upon
him comes , from parties who are ag
grieved because the commissioner found
it necessary , in the interest of a proper
administration of the ofllco , to reform
certain practices which had given undue
preference to these parties. But , never
theless , it mil bo well for congress to
authorize the proposed investigation ,
and General Raum should request that
this bo done. The fact is that the pen
sion oillco has- been
- so unfavorably prom
inent in the public attention during the
past year that most people are ready to
believe any charge of misconduct
brought against its officials , and the ad
ministration cannot afford , nor can the
majority party in congress , to allow any
scandal in connection with the oillco to
pass unnoticed. The pension bureau is
so important a part of the government ,
in the vast amount of money it dis
burses , that it cannot bo too carefully
and vigilantly guarded , and no effort
should bo omitted that may bo necessary
to re-establish public confidence in it
THE local bank rate is eight per cent
for prime mercantile paper , and the
banks hold a good surplus over the legal
reserve and are disposed to take all the
good paper offered. Exchange is in
good supply. General trade continues
very good and collections are up to the
average. The interest of the trade cen
tres in the sugar market , prices having
advancod/ive-eighths of a cent per pound
on all grades since Saturday. Granu
lated is now quoted at seven and three-
eighths cents and appearances are that
prices will go higher , thus setting at
naught the predictions indulged in a
few weeks since to the effect that the
trust would not put the price above
seven cents per pound for granulated.
The leaf tobacco market in Now
York is intensely excited over
the situation engendered by the pro
posed increase of the tariff on Sumatra ,
and if the impost of two dollars per
pound proposed in the McKinley bill
carries , many small manufacturers will
bo wiped out of existence , as they can
not afford to deal in Sumatra , ( vhich is
almost exclusively the leaf used for
wrappers , at the high prices which
intibt necessarily prevail. The leaf deal
ers and larger manufacturers will , how
ever , profit greatly by the proposed tax
if it is voted.
THE BEE has repeatedly protested
against the tendency to a decrease in the
totals of county and city assessment
rolls.- The assessors have made their re
turns and the figures make a sorryox-
hibit. All lines of indush-y and the great
volume of trade indicate a marked in-
increase in business and realty values
have notjundorgono a material change.
In fact everything has shown nn upward
tendency but the assessment returns
which are two millions less for 1891 than
they were for 16S9. The showing fore
shadows serious results if a remedy is
not promptly applied. The cause of the
decrease in the faceof the several
millions of improvements made Is chiolly
caused by the tax exemptions of vast
tracts of lands and lots under pretense
of railroad right-of-way , when in fact
they are used for other purposes and
last , hut by no means least , the outrag
eous undor-valuation of the property of
'runohiso corporations.
THIS government commission has
elosol an agreement with the Sacs and
Foxes by which four hundred thousand
acres of fortllo land In Indian territory
will bo added to the public domain.
With the area secured from thoMown
tribe , nearly ono million acres will be
opened to settlement. The commission
has been remarkably successful in re
ducing the reservations and prevailing
ipon the Indians to take hind in sev
erally und adapt themselves to the ways
of tho. palefaces.
THE call for a mabs convention of the
republicans of Saunders county to de
vise ways and means for bccuring the
loinlnatlon and election of men pledged
o carry out the will of the people us
ijjulnst monopoly rule is a move in the
right ( ItrviUon. This call would no !
Imvtf boon iMued In all probability It ml
the state central committee fulled ti
provide for an early convention. JJu
now that the republican party ntanagon
have declared by their action that tlu
people are to bo given a fair chance und
nn open Hold , the anti-monopolists o
Saunders county show that they proposi
to stand by the purty und aid In IU
purification , A similar move in tlu
other counties of the state would tin
doubtcdly result In more hurmonloufl
action and convince these who have
been on the point of deserting that the
proper place for them to right their
wrongs Is in the republican ranks.
Tins supreme court of Kansas Is wrest
ling with tlw difficult problem of do
tcrminlng the stimulating qualities ol
lniriluldur. , The court frowned ou tht
proposition to make a personal test o
the juice of the pippin , und nftcrlengthj
display of legal lore , interspersed with
copious citations , decided to secure a
chemical analysis. Possibly the average
Kansun Is not thoroughly posted on the
exhilarating effect of hard cider , bu !
when it comes to raw alcohol or original
packages ho Is right at home.
I > r view of the fact that sixteen states
have adopted various modifications ol
the Australian secret ballot system ,
there is no pressing necessity for con
gress interfering with the progress of
election reform. Federal interference
in elections is neither desirable nor ben-
ollcial , and it will not increase popular
respect for the federal judiciary II
dragged into the quagmire of partisan
politics. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Is It Ono of the Klrst Fruits ?
St. I'aul Vloncer I'rcsi.
Oregon , it seems , has elected a democratic
governor. Quury : Did McICinloylsni la the
republican party have anything to do with
this lamentiiblu i-esultl
Tlioy Are Partner.- * lit Distress.
It'aditnotim I'mt.
The baseball umpire Is now able to extract
considerable consolation by glancing in the
direction of the census enumerator.
They're AVith You Governor.
St. .Louh ainbe-Dimwrnt.
Governor Campbell of Ohio , is not san-
guiuo as to democratic chuness in the gubcr-
natorjal canvass in hts state next year.
Incidentally it may be remarked tlmt the gov
ernor's doubts and despondency are shared
by all the leaders of his party.
Oregon " \Vants Sonic of the Pork.
1'itillaml Ortiianlan.
We can do without any protection at all out
here iu the west , if it comes to that ; but wo
don't propose to have protection that works
only one way. Wo don't mean to pay all the
cost of protection and let others have all the
benefits. We meau to have some of these
hams.
Chicago and the Garth.
Kansas Cttit Ttmcs.
Ono of the latest suggestions made in Chicago
cage as a feature of the coining big fair and
her citizens do little now but sit around and
try to think of nov "featurea" is that there
shall bo constructed "an earth map of the
United States , " it being gravely stated that
to carry out this idea properly will require
"about sevqn hundred and fifty acres of land ,
a grc.it deal of careful work and much exact
learning. " Having been given the earth , ono
may naturally wonder why Chicago should
care for a map of it , but perhaps this is only
a laudable schcino to utilize u portion of the
city limits down in the Calumet marshes.
AIIOUT 1'OETnY.
Heading of it Gives One
Command ol' Ijun ua c.
A girl said to mo a few days ago of a
friend of hers : "I never in my life knew
anybody who had such a ilow of lan
guages as she has. She is never at u
loss for a word of comparison or an ap
propriate quotation. Ilow in the world
does she do itV" "Well , I asked her ,
says a writer in the Ladies' Home Jour
nal , and this is what the good talker
said :
"When I was a very little girl my
great delight was to read and study
poetry. I learned poems by heart to recite -
cite at school , to say to my mother and
to delight my brothers with. I have
always kept up that habit , and every
day , as I am dressing , I have nn open
book on my bureau and learn something
by heart , oven if it is only a verso of
four lines. I have never given drawing-
room recitations , for I know I should
bimply bore people , but I have gotten a
great deal of plou&uro myself from the
habit , and I believe it has done more to
give mo n good comuuind of words than
anything olbo. "
If you take a bit of advice from mo ,
you will choose to begin on the shorter
poems of Austin Dobson. of Owen Mere
dith , or dear old Tom Hood or Adoluidu
Proctor , and later on , of Elizabeth Bar
rett Browning und Rossetti. You know
Lho lust was the poet who so dearly loved
Ills wife that ho buried with her the
poems which ho hud written bosidp her ,
ind which hud never been published.
Many years after , his friends insisted
that these poems should bo disinterred ,
and it was found , when the coffin was
opened , that her wonderful blonde hair
liad grown to her foot and formed a network -
work that glistened like gold thread in
the sun over the bundle of papers. If
you do not care for these poets , take any
other you like , but do not try to do too
much at once. The little by little is the
very host theory in life if you want to
gain anything. _
Frauds Upon Innocent Authora.
The ioport of the executive committee
of the Society of Authors contains some
"curiosities of literature , " says the Sun
Francisco Argonaut. Their excellent
ulvico to amateur authors "not to pay
small publishing houses for the produc
tion of bookb that have boon declined by
those which are well known , " is unhap
pily p too often disregarded ; and this is
: ound to bo the result : In no less than
.hlrteon cases , "u certain jwrson 1ms
> or.suudod writers to send him manu-
berijits for inspection. Ho fiutters their
vanity by holding out promises on u
urge scale. lie offers to publish the
work if they will bond him u sum of
money in advance. Ho receives the
nonoy and does not publish the book. "
L'hin In Htrungo enough , hut what follows
s still muro amazing. "Not ono of these
hirteon porxoiiB can bo persuaded to
come forward and give evidence of the
'mud ' that has boon practiced on them. "
Tlioy fear the wound their amour propro
would rucelvo hy n public confession of
their literary failure. This Is the key
> f almost all thu frauds incident to pub-
icatlon ; the rogues know the weak
ind egotistical natures of these they
lave to deal with und take iidvantRgo of
them accordingly. Nor should It bo for-
; otton that the outcry against publiim-
irs gonorallv is caused , In many cases ,
> y hujt vanity and the disappointment
ol groundlobrf exectation.
I'oinpollnn IMayinyr Ctmlx.
What are supposed to bo the first
Uaying cards were lately found In the
'omnelln excavations and are now in
> os.so&blon of a collector inPhlliulelphiu.
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
Graduating Exercises of the Statj Uni
vcrsity at the Fuuko.
THIRTY BID ADIEU TO ALMA MATEfl
Ten Post Graduates AVI11 Uccctvi
Honors Class Day DoliiRS The
Concert Diced UK of the Uc-
City Notoa.
LIXCOLK , Nob. , Juno 10. [ Special to Tiu
BEI.J : Tomorrow ends the gaiety of coin
nifiiccmcnt week.
In the morning nt the Funltc opera lions
the graduating exorcises Uiko place. Then
are thirty members In the elms. Thcr
were thirty-two , but two of them failed t
pass.
There are ten post graduates who hnv
been pursuing a special line of studies for til
degree of master of arts.
The gallery will open nt 0 a. in. for th
general public. XQ ouo except the o lioldini
tickets for reserved scats will bo nd
mittcd to the body of the nous
until after the arrival of the pro
cession , which will form in front of the mail
building of the university nt U : 'M n. in. Tin
order will bo as follows :
Cadet band.
Cadets.
Students.
Graduating class.
Aluinnt.
Faculty.
Ucgcuts.
State olllccrs.
County olllcers.
City officers.
Clergy.
Citizens.
Seats on the platform are reserved , for the
faculty , regents , county and state olllcers nut !
invited guests. As the graduating class is sc
largo there will bo no orations by any of thi
members , and instead nn address will bo de
Hvered by Uev. Dr. Ilcnson of Chicago.
The following persons graduater
Chirk Fisher Ausloy , el. , Swedona , 111.
Annie Christine Childo , cl. , Lincoln ; Kilwh
Farmer , cl. , Albion ; Edward Ellsworth Gil
lespie , lit. ; Lincoln ; Thomas Lee Hall , lit.
Verdon ; George Oscar Ilcarn. cl. , Lincoln
Harry King Hclncmnn , lit. , Grand Island
Ernest Haymond Holmes , lit. , Kearney :
Hugh La Master , lit. , Tceumseh ; Stephei
Clnrk Lungworthy , lit. , Seward ; Gcrtrudi
Hardenburjf Laws , cl. , MeUook ; Dona ICnt <
Loomis , lit. , Lincoln ; Wilson Juptliv
Marsh , el. , Lincoln ; IJachel EuienU
Manlcy , cl. , Lincoln ; Alfred .Tame ;
McClatchio , cl. , Luddington , Mich. ;
Edith TUooclosiaMockett , lit. , Lincoln ; Franli
Collins T.iylor , cl. , Linwood ; Jessie Centoii
Wolfe , cl. , Lincoln ; Frank Henry Woodslit. ,
Lincoln ; Frank Fayotto Almy , so. , Green
wood ; Henry Brnco Duneanson , sc. , Aurora ;
Thomas Herbert Mnrsland , iigr. , Lincoln |
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Unco'
limit r Stori-s , so- , Denver ; Charles Edward
Tingloy , se. , Lincoln : Gcorgo Henry Tinker ,
ling. , Lincoln ; Abel Evcnson Wagiter , so. ,
Beatrice ; Albert Fred Woods , sc. , Lincoln.
C1AS3 HAY KMIUCIbCS.
University chapel was packed with an ap
preciative audience this forenoon that lis
tened intently to the various productions
presented. After a spirited piano solo by
Miss Coehran , a beautiful taole.nix entitled
"Kneeling at the Shriuo of Pallas. " was
presented , the persons posing being Mr. L.
S. Storrs and the Misses Manlcy , Laws ,
Chilus and Wolfe. All were attired iu
snowy flowing Greek garments und the group
looked like an Hellenic ideal carved in marble.
The class history was road by Mr. C. E.
Tinglcy.
Mr. C. F. Ansley followed with an essay , in
wlifch ho endorsed the theories of the realists
but censured their extreme tendencies.
Miss Loomis rendered a solo.
The class prophesy was read by Mr. Almy
and Miss Moekett.
Mr. II. C. Peterson followed with an oration
tion on "Tho Lifo of the Twentieth Century. "
COMMKXCEAtUST COXCCKT.
The commencement concert of the state
university was given in the chapel of that
institution last evening and was well at
tended.
NOTTS.
At 5 p. in. today Mr. H. H , Watson , n
prominent attorney and graduate of the uni
versity , delivered an interesting address to
the alumni and class of "JO at seioncehall.
Tonight the second grand annual banquet
of the Alumni association is being held in the
mu'seum. The , hall has been beautifully
decorated in honor of the event. Among the
speakers are billed Hon. J. Sterling Morton
and Judge J. W. Savage-
Tomorrow evening the members of the
graduating class will give u promenade in the
semite chamber at the stnto house. Nouo
ljut invited guests will bo admitted.
u.vivr.nsmKUOI.NTS JIHKT.
The regents of the state university held
thi-ir annual meeting this afternoon and Us-
unied to the reports , of the aeting chancellor
and the various professors of the institution.
Acting Chancellor Bessoy iu his report urged
upon the regents the importance ot choosing
i permanent chancellor. Among the other
nteresting features of hla report was ono
concerning the number of magazines to which
.ho students have access. There are 324 dif
ferent periodicals available , 21)3 ) of which are
it the university , fifty-three more are re
ceived by the various professors , nineteen at
; ho state library and forty-four not received
jy the university are on lilo at the city
library.
The board adjourned to meet tomorrow ,
when the faculty for the coming year will bo
ehoson.
The report of the board of trustees of the
city library for the year ending May 1)1 ) is as
'ollows : Expenses , $ I24'J.01 ! ; rei-oipts ,
$ J7i ) . } ; balance in treasury. S2.176.lil } ; total
lumber of books loaned , 43,511 ; increase over
ast year , 2i ( , IW. !
C.U'IT.U. 1NTKI.LIGKXCC.
Amended articles of incorporation of the
? arnierV and Merchants1 bank of Talmago
wcro filed with the secretary of state this
norning. Instead of ! ! 5 per font of stock
icing paid In , it has been decided to have U3 >
> or cent paid In.
Articles of incorporation of the Beatrice
noi-tgago company were Hied with the secre
tary of state this morning. The capital stock
s j.100,000. . The company is incorporated for
ifty years. The ineorporators nro C , E.
White , Charles L. Sehell , C. A. Juofcson , A.
il.B nbcoclr , J. S. Grablo , John A. Forbes
und John Henderson.
The stoukholdars of the Beatrice paper
nanufacturing company have Hied amended
irtielea of incorporation with Seeretarv
Jowdery. Hereattoi : the association will bo
cnowu as the Beatrice paper manufacturing
und real oatato company.
O1UCCT3 TO IHClSfl IIAXQHI ) ,
Charles Shepherd , the murderer who was
sentenced to bo hanged on the coming Friday
'or killing Charles True PuUdfor near Sorib-
icr last winter , has appealed to the t > uproma
court for a reversal of the verdict. Tills
ribunal bus ordered that the sentence of
leuth bo temporarily suspended until the
udgescan weigh the evidence.
now HH.U. KSTATIJ MU.N tmow men.
Frank L. Sheldon , n real estate dealer , has
ommcuccd action iiguinst two dllTunmt fami-
les iu this city to foreclose mortgages held
by him. In both cases all but the last pay-
ncut has been uiado. and if ho wins both
cases the families will hiivo taken away from
.horn under the form of law all their savings
for 11 vo years that hiivo been put into pay-
nents on these lots. Ono of thu dufondimls
s John Naden , who taught lot 1) , iu block ii ,
of South Park addition , on which to build u
lorno. The other defendant U Mrs. Susie C.
lopkins , a widow woman , who has been pay-
ug for lot 10 , block U , of the sumo addition.
In both rases the defendants signed him
clad agreements that muUo no allowance ferny
, ny extension of Uiuo. The lu.it payment
rum Mrs. Ilopklua has boon duo only u few
days.
CITY Korea.
Jamca E. Jones und Jamen A. Baker are at
oggcrhcads as to the ownership of n valuiiblo
ruct of land in township U ) . Baker has
wen In possession of it for four years , but
TOIIOH declares that ho IIUH no legal right to
t and hiu sued for possossiun.
D. T. Collmau suua the educational hoard
of Uio Christian university for W.-iM , which
10 claims is duo him for work on the collcgo
milding.
Oieot'go W Prey has brought suit agaiubt
nearly till his relitUvca Iu Loituasfr county
for the exclusive ownership ot iVll ) acres f
land In township S , lying In three purcoU. II
claim * that liu has been the rightful owner Ii
fee ot tlioso latuH for over seventeen yonrj
mid has been Ucpt out of the use of the snm
by Wllllitm I > roy. John \V Prey , Thomas Ii
Prey , David E. Prey , James J. Prey und Oil
Iwrt O. I'roy. George prays that tlio cour
remove this cloud upon his title.
Miss Brenton has surrendered herlllcgltl
nmto rhlld , Alice Marvin , to the homo for tin
friendless. The child Is six years old. Aftc
nci-omplishlitK Miss lirciiton's ruin the mai
Mnrvln disappeared , but Miss IJrenton gav
his mime to the child. AH the mother ilnds I
dinicult to provide for both hewelf and child
she has decided to put the girl where she wll
bo cared for.
The members of company D of the Ncbrasta
national guards returned last evening fron
Hnulnhiw. where they had been doing pollci
duty.
IMtVK lihOOD IN HftUMK.
Kmpuror William will ITnvo no Othri
nt His Mtnto ItnllH.
While Emperor Francis Joseph Is ro
laxlng the traditional stringency o
Viennese court etiquette anil has for tlu
ilrst time since the establishment of tlu
Htipsburg dynasty admitted to the courl
of Vienna and Btula 1'esth ladies of bout *
pools birth who had married privy conn
clllors , generals anil dignitaries of the
empire , his young brother monarch al
Berlin has determined to debar from
attendance at any of Ills court entertain
ments ladies who are unable to show thai
not only they themselves , but alst
their paternal and maternal ancestors as
far back as the fourth generation , are ol
noble birth and blue blood , writes a cor
respondent of the Now York Tribune.
At a recent state ball the Emperor Will-
Ian drew the attention of his grand mas
ter of ceremonies , Count von Eulcnburg ,
to the fact that seven ladles had boon
present who&o parents belonged to "In
haute finance , " and who wore notoriously
indebted to their fathers' wealth for the
titles which they had married. Ills
majesty added that ho desired Unit no
further court invitations should ho ex !
tended to tlio ladies in question , and that
ho had no intention of permitting such
pseudo-aristocrats to trespass on the pre
rogatives of the old nobility. From
this it will bo seen that , although
Emperor William is content to
throw open the hitherto exclusive
corps of commissioned olllcers to all
ranks of society , and oven to effect dem
ocratic and socialistic sentiments when
the fancy strikes him , yet in his homo
and in his household ho retains all of
his former aristocratic prejudices. It is
probable , however , that ho will eventu
ally bo' forced "by circtimbtaiu-es over
which ho has no control" to follow the
Austrian emperor's example and to
modify the order which ho has just
gh'cn. For otherwise the most awk
ward contretemps will frequently occur.
Thus for instance until the rules in the
subject at the court at Vienna were re
laxed it often happened that the
wife of the nmbus&ador or
envoy accredited by Austria tea
a foreign capital had never enjoyed the
honor of presentation to the emprcbb of
Austria. A notable case in point was
that of Baroness von Schwaiv.-Senhorn ,
whoso husband was Austrian envoy at
Washington in 1875. Although of spot
less character , she had , owing to her
bourgeois birth never been admitted to
the honor of presentation at the court of
Vienna. This was only one case out of
many , and , of course , disagreeable com
ments were frequently made on the al
leged discourtesy of the Austrian cm-
poror in sending to represent him at for
eign courts envoys whoso wives were
not considered ot sulllciont rank to ho
admitted to bisown , or to enjoy probonta- '
tion to the empress.
The Practice of Exiling Criminals Has
Proven a UibUbtroiiH Failure.
The exiling to Siberia of political and
other offend ers has of late become a pro
lific subicct of discussion In the Russian
press , and this question has , in its turn ,
raised a debate on the state of the prisons
and the feasibility of their reformation.
The papers published in Siberia have
expressed the discontent of the native
population of that region with the pres
ent system of exiling. The primary ob
ject was to colonize the sparsely inhab
ited districts , says tha Now York Sun.
But the plan has proved to bo a grievous
failure. Without speaking of the
exiles of mature ago who have
neither the ability nor the energy
to do any good in Siberia , oven the
young people , going there are so demor
alized by their long confinement in
prison and the Ion ? marches they have
to make under military envoy , that they
are unable to work on arriving. They
become paupers and vagabonds of the
worst description , , and prove to bo a
curse instead of a help to the thrifty
laborers of the entire rogion. _ On the
other hand , the defective state of the
prisons in Russia iij cited , showing that
this does not offer any prospect for the
reformation of sinners against the law ;
and the question is asked , What can the
government do to rid society
of such criminals ? They quote as an example -
ample England , which used America
ns a dumping ground for criminals before
fore the war of Independence in the
United States , and that place of exile
having boon withdrawn from her by the
victorious union , sbo despatched her
criminals to Australia. But in the new
land of their exile , having laid the foun
dation of Industry ami civilization , they
ut the so-ino time promoted disloyalty
and immorality to such a degree that
tlmt respectable , settlers were afraid
to go there , until at lust Eng
land was compelled to change her
system of exile and to substitute that of
prison reform Instead. In view of these
examples , , it laconics evident that Rus
sia cannot reduce or discontinue the exile
of criminals to Siberia before prison re
forms , are effected. The Rubsian papers ,
hewer , do not take cognizance of tlio fact
Unit the legal procedure ngainbt indicted
criminals in England Is quite different
from that of Russia. In Russia the
slightest falling against the government
regulations , bomolimos even the more
suspicion of such a failing Is buUlclcnt
to subject an otherwise useful and intel
ligent citizen to trial und to banishment
in Siberia. The question raised by the
discontented Siberians involves more
than exile and prison reform. It in
volves a thorough ro vision of the crimi
nal cede In Russ.ln , and radical chuiigos
in the mode of proroduro against crimi
nals. Under the benign control of Iho
censor of the press , of course , the Rus
sian papers cannot treat this subject
with thoroughness , although it seems
that neither the ability nor the desire to
do so is lacking nmong them.
niHinarok'H Had Manners.
Bismarck wns no favorite with women ,
least of all with clover women who durod
to think for themselves and Imagine
that they could fathom questions of state ! )
Ho was uovor tired of snubbing strong
minded ladies , putting thorn down und
stamping on them. Ono day ho paid u
visit to the Russian embassy at Berlin ,
where ho behaved as usual , flouting
even the mistress of the house , the
Countess SclumvulolT , herself. Ho took
his leave at length , to the rololf of
everybody , and presently the family
mastiff was hoard barking at the great
man , us ho passed through the court
yard. Immediately the counto.ss ran to
the open window , and HiHinarck hoard
her her volco , wiylng to him in a tanu of
gentle i iitri-aty , "Oh , pleuso , Al. ie
( . 'hanculiur , don't blto my do , "
IN TIIK HOTUNDA.
"Tho people of Omaha will bo very hnpplly
surprised when the census returns are
up , " said Tom Cook last night at the MllIurtT
"Before the week commenced the report got
out and Into some of the Omaha papers , If I
remember rightly that In view of my being
a Lincoln man , that I would make .somo Inde *
scribnbla effort to trim the Omaha
I was too fearfully busy at the tlmo I hei
or saw the statement to take the trouble to
stntnt ) It OH a canard , as It most certainly was.
Prom the Ilrst , I decided or resolyed to see
that Omaha caino as nciu * getting credit for
every soul within Its gates as was possible.
That I have planned nnd worked hard to see
that the resolve succeeded , will , 1 thlnk.bo will
ingly tcstlltod to by the enumerators now vls
ittng the homes of Omaha. YC.S , the pcoplu
of Omaha will bo happily surprised and tlio
most reasonably sanguine gucsse.s of what the
ofttelal showing will glvo , are to prove the
successful gucsscr.- * . The grand totnl will , I
feel assured In saying , disappoint none of the
well or oven ordinarily well posted eltl/ens of
your city. I receive dally reports from every
enumerator In Uio city and ou the evening &
.Tuno 18 I shall know to a soul Just how many
people there are hi'Oinaha , though I cannot
reveal the secret under penalty. "
Hon. Smith Caldwell of Edgar sampled the
Ice water founts nt various hotels In Omaha
yesterday. Ho says that ho is still buying
nnd storing corn , thereby attesting his conll-
deneo in certain assurances that the maxi
mum rate law will bo a success in the sweet
after a bit.
When nskcd'if ho wasn't going to slay ever
andscoCooloy a la Hamlet , Mr. Caldwell
drew another glass of frigid an.ua ami re
marked :
"No. I object to looking for a jolly time at
tragedy. "
A. prominent citizen from over the state
made these remarks Itust evening whllo en
joying the refreshing bree o which Is a feat
ure of the Fourteenth street entrance to the
I'nxton hotel :
"After reading what your city comptroll
says in this morning's ' IJr.i : about the liapluu-
ard way in which the city council has bew
going-on arranging for expenditures sovcfyi
greatly in excess of available funds , it omiri
to mo there is a fine opportunity for some
taxpuyiug citizen of Omaha it matters not
whom to do his duty. As I view the sftim
tion thut duty is for him to call for a show
down ou the part of thu roum-ll
men and certain city ofllchds. t have
learned from other authority than TIM Bin
which I bolievc has mentioned the matter several
oral times thut there uro a number of e\
penditurus being kept up for which thenis
no authority whatever. I have also leani.-'l
that if some citl/en possessed of a little iiono
were to jump in und make u demand , in , i
legal manner , for tin accounting in council and
perhaps some other city onicial circles here ,
that such a move would result in turning up , i
regular Chicago city council situation or one
that might rival the Boss Tweed expose in
New York , proportionately.
"You may think that I am tnlcing a very
considerable amount of interest in this nut
ter for an outsider , but you will
understand my enthusiasm better when
I tell yon that 1 have had between \
$40,000 and 850,000 Invested in Orm > ! n1
ousiness property for several years past and
object somewhat to feeling thut I'm being
wolfed continually on the side.
"I will go a word or two farther , " added
the gentleman , "and say that if the people of
Omaha want to keep hero what capital out
sider.s have already put in they hotter sec ! >
it that these ugly rumors are either made to
bear fruit or are effectually cut off , for I can
tell you they are occasioning a great deal of
talk over thc tate that will prove very hut
ful to Omaha. "
A Female Train Wrecker.
Kittio M. Frederick of Colon , Mich. ,
has boon arrested for placing throe ties
on the Michigan Central track three
miles west of Union City a few dnvs " ago
and nearly wrecking a freight "train
The company is said to bo in i > osiei > sioii
of positive evidence of her guilt.
Ucpiilllcjin State Convention.
The lepubllfan electors of the slate of Ne
braska aie. requested to send delegates from
their several counties to meet In convention hi ,
tlmclty of Lincoln , Wednesday , .luly SI , ul tr
o'clock p. m. , for tlio purpose of placing In
nomination candidates for the following itato
ollluc.s :
Governor.
Lloutcmint Oovcrnor.
Secretary of State.
Auditor of I'ubllu Accounts.
State Treasurer ,
Attorney ( Jeuorul.
Commissioner of I'ubllo Lands nnd Ratti-
Superintendent of Public lust ruction.
And llu ; transact Ion of such otliuibuslnesi
as may come hofnro the con vent Ion ,
TIIK Aei'OHTIONMK.VT.
The several counties uio entitled to re-pro
MMitittlnii us follows , being based upon tin1
vutocust for Hon. tiunrgu II. Hastings , presi
dontlul ulcctor In IK8M , Klvlnx < > nn dolcxato-.il .
lur o to each county , and ono for each ! > ' )
votes and tlio tiinjor fnictlou thereof :
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milled to the convention , nnd thut tin-di'i'v
sates piDseiiLbuauthorlzod to cuit tin- ' 'il
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