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THE PAITAr 3EE BOSEWATEB , Editor. r " : = = HrvlHr ! HMdliNING. minis or HniHcu Jlnlly nml Hnncliiy , Ono Year flfl V Klx montlii f > ; ThrrdmrmtlH. . , , . < 8a Hitndny Hie , Olio Vonr 2 or Weekly llco , OnoYour 123 omens. Omhlin. Tlinlleontillfllnir. H. Oninliii. Cnriwr N nml Mill Rlrrots. ( Council DlnlTa , 12 I'cnrl Htroot. Chicago OHIcp , 1117 Ohumburof Commerce. NowYiirk.ltoonmi : ! , llandr > TrlbmioIJillldlng. \ViisliliiKton , 5U I'oiirtccnth strcuu coKiiKsroNnnxan. AM ronlrnnnleutloiu rt'lntlnir lo now * nn < : nlllorlul mitttur should bo addressed to the Editorial Department. HUSINHSS InTTF.U8. AltlmMncMhiKiTHiiml ii'mlttancos should tin nUlrcs ( cil to The llco 1'tihllslilnx C'oinpnny Omiiha. Drafts , cheeks iiml itoslolllet ) orders to be. Hindu puyablu lothu order of the Com pany. The Dec Publishing Company , Proprietors. Tlic lloo ll'ldlnsr , 1'arnnm nnd govcntcciltlt 911 H\v6llN 8TATTMKNT W OWOULATION blnloof Nebraska. 1MJ Con nty of nnimliu.B3 | > Grnritn It. Tzscnuck , secretary of Tbo Hen T'nlillBhliitf Company , docs i iloiiitily swear that the iieliml circulation of THK DAU.V r.r fortlio uuk ending-Juno 7 , ltl , was as fol low * : Hnndny , .Tiuin ! . . . 22.803 Jlnmluy.Junn lf.r ) l' . Tuesday..I line 3 .1P..VO Wednesday. .Iiitin 4. . . 1U.M Thursday , Juno r > lt.in ! 1'ildnv , Jiiriot ! lii.W. tiaturduv , .luno 7 IW.wr Average 2O.O ( ) ( cnonon n. T/.SOHUOK. Btntoof Nebraska. I. , Countv of DouKlis. ( * " GccirgH ll TVsehurk , bolns duly sworn , < 1o- m ) C" : iml N-iys tlint lit ) Is m-orotarr of The lice I'ubllHliliiR Company , that the actual nvrroKO dully I'lroulailon of TiiKrun.vDKE for tin- month of Juno , IWifi , was lf > , KM coplpi ; for Julv. ] ( " ! > , lF.racoplcn ; for Aujriist , 1MO , ISA' . ! poplpo ; forHpptPinbcr. IfM ) , 1H.7IO copies ; for October. W ) , IP.rfl" copies ; for Novt-inbor , 1889 , 10iirU'iilos : ) | ; forDi'CPinljpr. 188U , 20.04S copies ; fnr Jniiunry , 1SHO , IIMiii.1 caplu * ) ; for Kobriiary , lftt > , IP.Tfil copies ; for March. IS'JO. 20,81.1 copies ; fnr April , 18CO , a,5C4 ) copies ; for May 1SOO , JM.ISO copies. OKOiinn II. TZTHUCK. Pv.orn tohcforo mo ami subscribed In my rrrxciiro thlsIllHt dny of May. A. I ) . , IfiW. [ f-eal. ] N. I' . KKIU Notary Public. PHIL AKMOim la after utmlt niino. IIo needs it in his business. UNIIASV lies the head that boars the honors of u Union Paoifio position. Tun combine should immediately open a Hi'hool of iiiHlruotion in the grips and Blfriials of the yung for the bonolit of Mr. Blunicr. IT cost a Boston husinoBs llrm an oven four hundred dollars lohccuro i > roof that faith hcnling wns simply a means of "heeling" u professional croolc. Tin : whirligig of politics in Pennsyl vania indicates that opposition to Bosd Quay has stifTored a fatal rolapso. At louht one rebellious individual bus boon laid to rout in the national bonoyurd. AssiniANCKShavo been received from loading senators that the bills to admit Wyoming and Idaho to statehood will bo passed before adjournment , but the resi dents must not relax their efforts to ex pedite the measures. Tin ? growth of the manly : irt among the Chinese of this country is proof of the wonderful versatility of our civiliza tion. Wo shall soon hear sportive poems sung to the giant of Fee Chow or Iho cyclone of Yangstikiang. - Tun robbery of the Northern Pacific train in North Dakota is the first suc cessful instance of the kind in the north west binco the famous Big Springs rob bery. It is hardly possible for the rob bers to cseapo with their booty. THK Denver News comes out flatfooted against Cleveland or Hill as democratic candidates in 189:2 : , and demands a west ern num. The cold wave which raged bolwcon Colorado and the national capi tal four years ago has not apparently been mellowed by succcbsivo faeasons. THK decision of Judge Sherwin of Iowa practically nullifies the last rem nant of the prohibition law. It is the severest blow the law received binco the people repudiated it at the polls last November. Prohibition In Iowa is a reminiscence an ungrateful memory. Tin ? blatant Blair beems to have gar nered a few kernels of sanity from his educational campaign. Seeing Iho wide spread desire to foster rich and lagging industries ho wants a government bounty of two cents on maple sugar. Tins would materially swell the profits of western vendors of alleged maple sugar and pos sibly improve the decorations on the cans of "Vermont maple syrup , " Tin : action of a foreign steamship company - -pany in dumping contract laborers in this country and arrogantly refusing to return them , calls for decisive action at the hands of congress. It is certainly within the province of congrobs to com pel foreign companies to comply with the law , and when they openly violate it , the remedy should bo vigorously ap plied. They can bo brought to to'rms olVeotively by withholding clearance papers and if necessary denying them admission to American ports. Tur.Un appears to bo no limit to the expedients employed to delay the sub stitution of electricity for the gallows in New York. Notwithstanding the fact that state and federal courts have aOlrmod the constitutionality of the law , another attack has boon made In a new quarter. The provlblon requiring solitary confinement for ten days preceding - ceding execution is assailed as uncon stitutional. Tito question la being argued in the courts In a oaao blmllar to Kommler's. The outlook la decidedly favorable for both condomod men dying of old age. Tnu men who maintained the demo cratic organization in thin section when It was n discouraging and almost hopeless work , are entitled to considera tion at the hands of Mayor Gushing. They did not labor Jor roward.but rather for principle , Having no paper to speak for them Tin ; Bin : volunteers the sug gestion that If a change is to bo made In ihe chairmanship of the board of public works , ! * competent , responsible democrat 1 > e selected , ono whoso standing as a cltl- ren will bo a guaranty thut the Inter ests of properly owners will bo protected ligalnst greedy contractors , and ono who IB not thu tool of existing combines. j I'ACKAOKB" JA Tltti 110VSK , From what has Iwon learned of the fooling In the judiciary committee of the hou o regarding the original package bill which passed the donate , the chances are not at all favorable to that measure In Ihe lower branch of congress , which , it Is to bo presumed , will approve what ever conclusion the committee shall reach. It In staled that the committee regards the supreme courf decision as iv mistake , but It docs not consider the Wilson bill the proper medium , for the reason that It makes a conces sion to the police powers of the state of an authority exclusively In congress and which congress cannot part with or dele gate. It Is not probable that the com mittee as a whole regards the Judicial decision as a mistake , but that Its mem bers generally should take the other view of the matter I quite conceivable. The demand for similar legislation to that proposed by the Wilson bill against other articles than liquor , as that made by the dairymen of Now York for the exclusion of oleomargarine from that state , the manufacture and wile of which is prohibited by a law of the slate , suggests to what extent such lcgialatlon might bo carried and the grave difficulties that' would inevitably result from it. As wo have till along In sisted , the matter is ono which congress would bettor have nothing to do with , leaving the questions of rights involved to bo settled wholly by the courts. Wo do not believe that thereby the states will suitor the least im pairment of their power to properly reg ulate the sale of liquor either by license or tax. There is obvious danger in the proposed concession or surrender by con gress of a power given to it exclusively by the constitution. Nor should It In any way oxorclso this power to discrim inate at the demand of ono or more states against the products of other states that are common articles of com merce. TllK IMMIGRATION QUESTION. The flub-ceminittee of the house of rep resentatives which has been canvassing public sentiment regarding immigration did not obtain much encouragement in St. Louis for the view that the govern ment ought to erect additional barriers against immigration. Very generally the question whether it is desirable that Immigration should bo restricted at all , in the sense of being les soned and not merely being biftod , was answered in the negative , and those who hold this view were not all of for eign birth , as journals opposed to the time-honored policy regarding immigra tion have assorted * Some of them wore native Americans , but of that class who take a broad and patriotic and practical' view of this question. A majority of the witnesses who appeared before the com mittee wore of the opinion that there is no danger to American institutions , or to the political , social or industrial injj tercsls of the country , from admitting foreigners who arc not embraced in the classes now excluded by law , but on the contrary it is desirable to permit , and oven encourage , the coming hero of in dustrious and thrifty people from the old world who can bo depended upon to make homes hero and become good citizens. An eastern journal , discussing this sub ject and referring to what the house sub committee elicited at St. Louis , remarks that "tho general belief "Is that the time has como when wo should begin to put up the bars. " This sort of assertion is easily made , but it is a misrepresenta tion. There is undoubtedly a widespread sentiment in the east favorable to put ting up the bars , but it is by no means general elsewhere. The testimony taken by the houbo sub-commltteo in the west bhows this , and the com mittee has been by no moan's partial In becking those who were rea sonably supposed to favor the policy that has boon maintained since the founda tion of the government. The great ma jority of the people of the west , who It may bo observed arc not loss solicitous than those of the cast for the conserva tion of every political , social and mate rial Interest that may bo assumed to bo affected by immigration , arc not at all apprehensive of any peril to result from the annual Infusion of four or five hun dred thousand foreigners who are able to take care of themselves by honest labor. The general sentiment of the west , and wo believe of all the rest of the outside of Iho country overpopulated - lated jor lions of the east , Is that there can be no dillluulty in assimilating the annual accretion of foreigners to the number of one-half of ono per cent of our population , and that instead of this moderate annual intlux being a dis advantage to Iho country , it must result in benefit. The [ > ooplo of the w Jst are not able to sym pathize with the narrow and selfish view of this question which prevails so generally in the east , and which at- lompts to find defense in an assumption of patriotic concern for Iho general wel fare. They believe that if the existing law excluding objectionable classes Is enforced , so that all poi-bons will be ox- eluded who are not In a condition to take care of thembolvos by honest toil , there will bo no reasonable ground of opposi- Jon to immigration , which is more iljoly to decline than to increase in vol- nno hereafter without additional re- itrietions. ASSKltTIOX. The trouble with most of the advo- uatos of unlimited silver coinage is that .hey make the most reckless assertions n the face of Indisputable facts. Ono of heso , which was made by Senator Tel ler In the senate on Tuesday , is that the increase of circulation has not kept pace with the IncroaMj of population. lie ad ! that It would require an aunu.il Increase of forty-four million dollars Df currency to moot the annual increase In the population. By this ho meant , it is presumed , that such an ex pansion Is necessary In order to maintain the prcbont ratio of currency to popula tion , which Is about twenty-two dollars per capita. A s a matter of fact the aver- igo annual increase of circulation for . \\elvo years , or since 1878 , has boon jroator than this. In his speech on the fifth Instant Sena- or Sherman presented a tabulated itatement , from official sources , > f thu amount and kinds of money in actual circulation on certain dales from 1878 lo 1880. This shows that on March 1 of the former year , before re sumption nnd at the date of Iho passage of Iho silver acl , the aggregate curroncj in circulation was in round numbers eight hundred and five million dollars being sixteen dollars and fifty cents per capita. On October 1 , 1889 , the lota circulation was ono billion four humlrct and five million dollars , an increase of six hundred million dollars in the cloven years , an average annual In crease of over fifty-four iijlllioii a year. In some of those years the increase vns considerably loss than this amount , ant in ono year , 1880 , the circulation do- cllncd , but with this single exception every year shows an increase ranging from ono hundred and sixty million dollars between October , 1879 nnd October , 1880 , .down to twenty ono million between the satno months of 1888 and ; i889. Thus , while our population has increased In twelve years thirty-six per cent , the circulation has Increased eighty per cent. It is doubtless true that at this time the average - ago increase for the period noted is no1 being maintained , but It Is Imposlble to rcfuto the fact that since resumption there has boon a steady increase of the circulation , which has considerably moro than kept pace with the growth of pop ulation. Assertions such as that of Sonaloi Teller do great harm to the cause o which ho is a conspicuous advocate. There are sound and substantial argu ments In favor of a larger employment of silver in the currency , but they will not be strengthened by a denial or per version of ollicial facts accessible to every man. Neither Is thpro anything to bo gained by clrirging dishonesty or ignorance upon thojo who do not believe it "to bo n wise and safe policy to open the mlntj of the country to the silver of the world. The utilization of the silver product of this country as a Imis of currency will provide the in crease of circulation necessary to keep pace with the growth of population and the expansion of business , aud every consideration of financial bocurity re quires that wo shall not go beyond this , at any rate for the present. OFVWIAI * OVTLAWliY. The halt called by Comptroller Good rich has apparently tin-own the council combine into gi cat disorder. Without patronage the combine cannot oxibthnd every cllort is now being made by its loaders to concoct schemes by which the } ' may overcome the obstruction wnicn Mr. uoouricu in incline01 oniciai duty has made apparent. The bold dasli made in the council mooting by Davis , ClialTcc , Wheeler and Blumer shows the desperation which now possesses thorn. A heavy sewer con tract was awarded in defiance of the mayor's veto and his protest that there wore no funds in the treasury to pay for the contract work. The contract was awarded at the instance of Davis and the combine each of whom know that the mayor had refused to approve it because the comptroller could not certify that there are funds available for the purpose. The contract was illegally awarded in defiance of the charter pro vision that no contract or vote incurring an indebtedness for moneys payable out of any fund shall bo made by the mayor or council , and no final action shall betaken taken upon such proposed contract or indebtedness without the certificate of the comptroller that there is money to pay for such contract work. It Is manifestly the policy of the combine bino to ride rough shod overevery legal safeguard and plant themselves within the treasury vaults. If no effort is made to restrain them in one iiibtanco they will naturally absuino that they are liceiibod to trample upon charter pro visions in order that their personal and political plans may bo pushed to success. If the taxpayers of Omaha have any idea of self-protection , the council plunderers will speedily bo brought to their bonbos by a decree of the court. LET no citizen escape tlio census enum erator. It is estimated by most com petent judges that from two to three thousand citizens of Omaha are absent , Homo on business and others bent on pleasure seeking. ThobO people must bo counted , and the industrious enumer ators will include them in the ollicial libtsif remaining members of families or friends will interest themselves to boo that such names reach the enum erators promptly. Many of those absentees are freeholders and are prominently known to have long resided in Omaha , so that there will bo llttlo trouble in batisfying the enumer ators that no imposition is intended. It may bo necessary for the newspapers to lake this matter up and aid the cen sus people by inviting absentees or their relatives to send in their names and btreot numbers , or in any way apprifao the enumerators of the citi/ons' claim to bo counted. The board of trade has appro- elated the importance of this point and will lend the weight of its influence to the end that every nebo bo counted. THKUI ? was a pretty active money market to date this week , rates ruling linn at eight per cent. Jobbers are busy and express themselves well satis fied with the roiiilts obtained In the first six months of the year now Hearing a clone. Trade has boon bettor than was looked for and sales will , on an average , foot about fifteen per cent greater than during the same period in 18S9. The sugar market continues brisk and oxcltod and It Is believed that prices will bo further advanced and -kept at profitable figures , to the trust , till after the coming season Is over. Advices from California indicate that the canned fruit product of that state for 1890 will bo bold at considera bly higher figures than last year. The salmon canning season'has closed on the Sacramento and Columbia rivers with about half the average pack made. The fish are reported plentiful , but prices have been so low that many canneries did not operate and the fishermen were on a strike inMarch and April. Dried fruits are firmly held nnd packers on the PaclHo coast are In receipt of many Inquiries from the east concerning air kinds of California dried fruit for future delivery : dryers expect to be running at full blast on poaches , apr'MjU and nectarines within the next tlifrli ; , days. The Grocer nnd Country Mqrplwnt of San Francisco , says "Quotatlons/ifor spot stock are in most Instances necessarily largely if not wholly nominal. Apricots of last crop are no longot'quotable , as there are none now on markdt. Peaches , bleached and unpcolcd , nrtj'ij@l(3c ! ( where there is anj stock lo ho fo idand | 6@llc for common Tcolcd are not ; worthy quolatlons ; there are some small lots offering- fully a low figures as'unpcolcd. Prunes make a poor showing , with jobbing transactions ihatnly within a range of 8@10c for small lo medium sizes. Some contracting in 1800 prunes Is reported at G@7jo for principal sizes. Pilled plums range from GffOe for common , and 7jfSo ( for select stock' , with supplies not large bnt moro than ample for the oxlstitif demand nl prevailing rales. Apples are scarce and against buyers at lH121c } for evaporated In boxes , GJ@ 4c for com mon sliced , and 07c } for quartered Dried grapes 3J@32c , with slow move inent and slim supplies. PHOCKIDINGS : have been comtnoncci in Kansas to dissolve the American sugar company , which operated ox ten slvcly in the bouthwcslorn portion of Iho state last year. The operations of this concern have boon a fruitful source o public scandal. Under the Inducements offered for the cultivation of sorghum cane the company starled a central fuc lory and succeeded In convincing Iho public that the business was a great sue cess , duo to the patent "roasting" pro cess , which the company claimed to con trol. A wild scramble for factories started in counties and towns. The com pany generously offered to plan a branch in any precinct for a bonus ranging from fifty to ono hundred thousand dollars the amount being determined by the anxiety of the residents to secure the prize. After the company had roaslet the taxpayers for something like half a million dollars an Inspection o their operations revealed the act that the sugar , extracted by the "roasting pioucss , " was mostly shipped into the state in barrels , turned into syrup , rccrystalized anil palmed oil oi the natives as genuine sorghum sugar. The discovery destroyed the profits of the company and stopped the mania for branch factories. The company , however , has extracted sulll- oiont "sugar" from the gullible resi dents to retire from business in allluent circumstances' . , Tin : returns of the county assessors , If permitted to btand , will work a serious injury to the city and county. It is an outrage on the ( Community that millions of improvements should bo permitted to escape taxation ! Every property owner realizes thai-valuations have boon ri- diculoubly low1 for years. It has scarcely boon one-tenth' of what the property would bring in open market. There was no unifqrmity in the meth ods of fixing valuations and flagrant discriminations wore perpetrated , by which the poor and middle classes were compelled lp pay a far greater per cent of taxation than the rich. Although the law practically ties the hands of the board of equalisation from making a detailed - tailed investigation of the assessors' re turns the boarcThaB power to increase the aggregate and that power should bo exorcised in every district where u , re duction was made. Tin : Bii : : has no disposition to ques tion the voracity of Mr. Birkhauser or his bon-in-law. Their point-blank denial may bo a good offset for the charge made by Mr. Kopald. But there is something very singular about the circumstance that Kopald told his attorney the facts covered by his affidavit moro than throe months ago long before Birkhauser was thought of for chairman of the board of public works , and long before the war upon the combine was begun. If Kopald invented the whole story , and then con sulted his attorneys as to the course to bo pursued , ho must bo a lunatic , rather than a knave. A DISPATCH regarding the Methodist conference sent out from this city de clares that the "Boston , Chicago and Now York delegates imposed conditions that it will bo impossible to fulfill. " The purpose of this glaring falsehood is ap parent. It is a malicious libel on the city , without n shadow of justification. It is a link of the scandalous olTorts of an alleged Omaha newspaper to belittle the city and defeat the movement to secure - cure Iho Molhodibl conference in 1892. The conditions imposed on the city arc moro reasonable than expected and there is not the slightest ground for doubting the readiness of our people to .fulfill all requirement. Tniui ? was no call "for affidavits from Messrs. Croigh und Clarkson. Their conduct in the appraieomont of the Tenth street vimluet has not boon called in question. The only Inference that could bo drawnfrptu Kopald's affidavit was that Blrj hatiser's influence would have boon exerted to raise Iho appraise ment for damages to Kopald in case the Lrado of his claim * for the Spotnmn claim had been accepted by him. Tin : hosplltTlC-fecordH of the county > ounl must ho ini a deplorable slalo of confusion whoij Jio figures can bo made to show radicfUly different conclusions. A THOiiouoif 'investigation of the now ail job will glypktho public a glimpse of .he . Senogambvj.n therein. TO Tin : Same jl braves , half a loafIs jotter than none at all. The Times U Out of Joint. Chttaoo Tribune. The London Times doesn't llko Secretary DUUiio , but the London Thnos Is not what It iscd to bo. Nothing it can say will jjpcupy ' Mr Blnlnu's attention longer than ubout two tilnutcs. It Don't Suit the DomocrntH. SluiuCtttf Journal. The democratic prcws In Nebraska Is quite ronorally disposed to condemn Governor I'buyor for recalling his procluumtlou for na extra pension of UmletrUluturo. Tliochanged oudltlou of affairs in Ttobr.utUa nolltloa is not ci'OlveU with iloliyht by the domocrutlo prens of thut hUtc , The best evidence of thu mis- ako of the extra session fill uuU of thu wb- jiloinnt correcting that error and of calling nn cnrly republican state convention Is observ able in the confusion nnd grimaces of the Nebraska democratic press. The Colonel "Wouldn't llellcvc It. Sf. liouti GMie-lmierat , A recent philosopher declares Hint ' -nonoo { the things worth having In life cost monoy.'i It would bo difficult lo convince Colonel Brlco that nuch a rule applies to the boon of u United States seuatorahlp. Idiotic Navigation haws. IVitfibbljiriM Ilteonl. A Now York firm desirous of engaging In the West Indian fruit trade has chartered Norwegian stonmcM to do the carrying. Whnt nn idiotic system of mnrltlmo law It Is thnt compels our merchants to do the carry ing business under a foreign flag , nnd to p.iy out $150,000,000 yearly to the people of other countries for service that might give honor able and profitable employment to our own p eopl o 1 _ HTJ.T1 ! AXB V Xrlu-nslcix . The vlllngoof SnyJcrlms been incorporated nnd irsotof ofllecr.s elected. The llnrlan county oflldnl.s now occupy the now court house and are happy. The assessed valuation of Nebraska City Is $1,101,003 real estate $710,711 , , personal slsrWJ. ! . The body of a woman elegantly nttlrcd was found flouting in the river at lirowiivlllo Monday. It is understood thnt Allen Elliott will iiRiihi bo a candidate for the legislature from Hut fun county. George Mutz hns boon acquitted of the charge of burglary at Geneva. The Jury was only out ton minutes. Three circuses and ono dramatic perform ance have furnished plenty of amusement ut Alma In the p.ist ton days. The Stantou county commissioners hove refunded the railroad bonds at 5 per cunt. , uiTcuting u saving of 31'JOO annually. The Inmates of the Norfolk Insane asylum are enjoying carriage rides these days under the protection of the asylum authorities. Tom Connelly , who recently shot a man at Crawford , was heard from at Valentino last week , where ho chewed oft Charles Strick land's chin In a rough und tumble fight. Two men representing themselves as insur ance agents stole a team of ponies from the St.ir livery barn at Stouklmtn nurl disnp- pcarcd. A reward has been offered for the arrest of tlio thieves. A case of kidnapping occurred at Wilson- villo the other day. While Mrs. Walter Cross was In a store with her six-months old babe her husband approached and asked to see the child. Mrs. Cross handed tlio b.iby to him , whereupon ho rushed from the store with the child , jumped into u buggy which ho had in waiting and drove rapidly out of town. His whereabouts are still un known. At St. Helena an Englishman named Cowlishaw was bound over to the dhtrict court for the felonious .stabbing of Charles Bcrerick. IIo protested his innocence and hurled u chair at the he.ul of the complaining witness. A pitched battle ensued , the court room being cleared lu loss than a minute , and it requiri'd the combined strenth of oix powerful men to capture and bind the hyster ical prisoner. Iowa Items. Thcro Is § 10,030 in cash hi the Webster county treasury. A driving park association has been organ ized at Shell Itock. There is not a vacant house in Newell and new ones uro needed. The Independence creamery Is making 1,000 pounds o butter a day. John Iloneyman tried to secure § 10,000 from homo of his neighbors for libel , but the jury only awarded him ? 1. A spoonbill catfish weighing nearly two hundred pounds was hpc.ired in Smith's luke near Little Sioux the other day. The three-year-old child Of John Ferris , while playing around a smouldering straw stack near Vllllsca , was fatally burned by Its clothing catching lire. While a little girl named Smith was pump ing water from a well at Shcllsburg the other day the platform gave away and she fell to the bottom , a distance of twenty feet. Kev. Mr. Melshon witnessed the accident and de scended into the well and succeeded in res cuing the child. Beyond a few slight bruises she escaped Injury. One day last week the llttlo son of Ed Foroy of Lake township , while playing in the yard , was bitten by n rabid dog , and shortly afterward displayed strong symptoms of by drophobia. Bjforo the character of the dis ease. was discovered ho had bitten two other children , who also display strong symptoms of the dread uialady. Tlicro Is small hope of the children recovering. There's "a heap of ti'oublo" In the African Methodist Episcopal church at Dubuque. At the quarterly conference meeting Sunday afternoon the presiding elder asked those who could not forgive their enemies to ab stain from communion. When ho reached Mrs. Leo slio refused Hand pointed to Brother Norrls. The latter then said ho would shako hands with Sister Leo and they would journey to hades together. After service Brother Norris undertook to apologize to Sister Lee , who merely replied : "You kicked your wife out of doors und I gave her a home , and that's all I have against you. " Then Mrs. Norrls struck her husband in the face with a stone , while Mrs. Leo punched film in the ribs with lior umbrella. IIo struck both women and was arrested for assault and battery. After the law guts through with him the church will take him In hand , nnd altogether there seems to bo an exceedingly warm spell ahead for Brother Norris. Itoyoml tlio llocklcs. TheO regon legislature is republican by AVOnty-ono majority. The cash receipts on Incoming freight at Hnlloy , Idaho , last month exceeded $3,000. A now national bank with n capital of 8150- 000 will shortly bo started at Livingston , Mont. Hay Is ow soiling In Sim River , Mont. , at from § 2.5 to } ii per ton and Is hard to piocuro oven at those prices. Salt Lake real estate boomers seem to bo ilglily pleased over the failure of C. E. Vluyuo's great stock yards scheme. Footpads In Sacramento , Gal. , think noth- ng of knocking down men nnd robbing them withiu a few feet of the police station , Mho boys of Virginia City , Nov. , nmuso themselves with sling shots nnd are In u fall- way of killing somebody before many days. Okanogan county , Washington , Is the argest county (8,0uo ( square miles ) nnd Island s the smallest (17 ( , > .square miles ) in the stato. Carrie West , who lives near Clilco , CM. , shot two lynxes the other day nnd soon after captured their kittens , which she Is now taming. tJcorgo Peterson , n Big Timber , Mont. , car- > entor. suicided with corrojlvo subllmato at hat place hist week because his girl went jack on him. ( Jeorgo Ash of Billings , Mont . bought 1,000 lead of mutton shmp of W. B. IIowoll , a Wy- lining sheep grower , paying JJ.50 per head vlthout the wool. .1. P. McComb , who was general custodian af the Seattle fire relief lunds and whoso stealings amounted to several thousand dol- ur.s. has boon convicted of forgery. Albert Eugene S ixton was the success- ul applicant for the Nevada West Point cudoUhlp at the examination hold in Curaon. I o leaves for thu national military academy luno 11' , where ho wilt bo subject to u llual Cbt. Alderman Bennett of Mlssouln , Mont. , vim was recently caught In tlagranto dcllctu vlth n young lady , has added to the Bcundal ly assaulting n newspaper ropoitcr nnd at- umptlng to kill an editor who published his Mil deeds. An ex-Oakland "doom-sealer" by the name jf Williams preached about the coming on- ilhllatlon of the woild at Bumble Bee , Arl/ . , luring two days of last wc-ek , but on Iho bird ( lay the sheriff snatrhiMl him up and had ilm sent to Pro < scott as a lunatUt. A rather intonating suit Is being waged In ho superior court at Tacoma , Wash. , bo- ween Attornov Albert Joab and Banker ] j. 3. Searrltt , president of the Washington Na- lonal bank. Joab daltna that when Kearrltt amo to Tacoina hu uuUrod Into an aii'i oinmit vlth him to Introduce him to society and bus- tittja men of the city for a consideration of 100. Searrltt dunlua the nltugntlous and lulir-Ji that Joab Introduced him lo peoplu ho Id not know or have Influence with , bunco ho suit , A jury \ \ 111 determine thu murlu of claims or Scarr Jit's allegation- CLOSE OF COMMENCEMENT , Thirty University Studcnla Presented With Diploma.1 ! . POST GRADUATES TAKE DEGREES , A Iilncolii Mnti Hots nil n Confidence Mnti'ft Gniuo AVIth the Usual .KcsulUi The Capital City In Urlef. Li.vcor.x , Nob. , Juno II. [ Special to Tnn Bin.J : The graduating exercises of the state university took plnco at the Funko opera house this morning. The march of the senior clnss , other students , professors , regents and state and county officers from the university to the opera Uouso took place at 0:30. : An Immense audience gathered In the opera house to 'Isten ' to the exorcises. On the stage sat the regents , the clergy and a largo num ber of distinguished state officials. None of the graduates took part in the exercises. After the opening overture and Invocation Miss Bertha Bnyllss of Omaha rendered a vocal solo , the selection being from "Tho Child of the Heglment. " This was followed by tlio leading feature of the occasion , an oration by Dr. P. S. Hlnson of Chicago. Ills theme had not been previously announced. "I will speak upon the subject of 'Guti- ' ncry , ' " said the distinguished divine , "as suggested la the old saying ubout teaching the young idea how to shoot. What I say will bo under three heads , 'Gun Metal , ' 'Am munition' and 'Aim.1 I take for granted thnt every man is a gun or the son of a gun. Thcro is such a thing as a natural genius ; there Is such u thing as a natural fool. " The speaker then developed the analogy between the different heads of his subject and the different phases of llfo and character. IIo Impressed upon the students the need of powder , or In other words , personal push. Ho told his hearers thnt every class room Is a furnace , every professor a trip hammer nnd every examination a drawing out which would In tlmo reduce the crude ere to the polished metal. Ho advised undergraduates to take plenty of tlmo for their education. The address flpnrklcd with scintillations of wit , which kept the audience In good humor. The tenor of the ad dress Is summed up In the following extract : "Gather your thoughts from the whole uni verse. Put them In the crucible of your own personality. Melt them with the Ihu of your own feeling , and stamp them with the im- piess of your own originality. Then hurl them forthwith nil the force that you are capable of. " After a vocal duet by Miss Canflcld nnd Dr. Eddy , the graduates filed out on the stage to receive their graduating diplomas. These were formally presented by Acting Chancellor Bcssoy. Tlio list of graduates was published in lull In this morning's BKI : . The post graduates who have been pursuing u .special course for the degree of master of arts wcro then given their diplomas. These wcro as follows : George Washington Botsford , B. A. , 1SSI ; Koscoo Pound , B. A. , 1SSS ; Jay Amos Bar rett , B. A. , IbSS : Vernon Judson Emery , B. A. , University of Ohio , 1887 ; Laurence Foss- ler , B. Sc. , 1831 ; George William Gerwig , B. A. , Ib80 ; Charles Berry Newcomer , B , A. , IS1 ! ! ) ; Martin Ostorholm , B. A. , Augustnna college , Ibb5 ; Mary Adell Treeman , B. Sc. , 1831 ; Herbert John Webber , B. Sc. , 18S9. The ofllccrs of tho'university batallion wcro then presented with their commissions us regular officers hi tlio state militia by Governor Thayer , who made u brief speech to the young boldlers. Another solo by Miss Bertha Bayliss and the benediction closed the exercises. AN' OLD COS' OAMK IIKVAMI'HD. An Ingenious reconstruction of the freight racket confidence game was played upon Clarence Wardwell , proprietor of nn Eleventh street saloon yesterday. A man dressed as a granger entered that establishment saying that ho had loaned a stianger fcrlO to pay freight on some stock at the depot nnd that the lellow had given him n check for a largo amount as security , promising to meet him at Waidwell's saloon at 5 o'clock and pay the amount. Mr. Wardwell laughed at the country fellow and told him that ho would neither sco the stranger nor his $40 again. The granger would not bcliovo that anybody could bo so dishonest , wlicicupon Wardwell offered to bet him § 5 that the stranger would not show up at 5 o'clock. The countrylled fellow ac cepted the bet and the money was put up. Wbilo Wardwcll was smiling to himself at how easily ho would add W to the day's profits , another man came rushing in with a roll of bills and exclaimed : "Hello , old fellow , hero's your flO that you loaned mo. " "I knew you would show up , " said the granger. Warrtwell looked stunned and not till after the stakes wcro tinned over to the granger and the two went out laughing together did ho realbo that ho had been victimized , nnd that the alleged sti anger was nothing moro than a confcdereto to the fellow passing as a greeti granger. granger.AT AT I.OGOKIIUnU > 3. It Is said that the senior class and the musical department of the state university arc at loggerheads for some reason or other. and the graduates most flatly opposed the proposition to have the musical department lurnKh the music. Consequently the melody for the occasion was rendered by Miss Bertha Bayliss ot Omahn , Miss Canfleld fiud Dr. Eddy of Lincoln and the cadet band. Axormni w.ioiiTiiD vouxa i.irn. It Is reported at police headquarters that nn itinerant young gang of abandoned men and women who have been Infesting the city of late have Induced Jennie- Adams , the pretty daughter of Mr. Adams at O and Third streets to Join them. Last night the disrepu table gang passed the night at Ninth and Park avenue and this morning loft for un known parts with their young recruit. Mr. Adams Is almost craved with grief over the wayward course of his daughter. A.VOTlinil SUCKIIII. An old farmer was seen hovering about the baggage room of the B. it M. this morning , nnd in reply to the baggageman's question us to what ho wanted , replied that lie was waiting for u tttrangor to whom ho had loaned Siyo to pay a freight bill. The farmer dc- sciibed the stranger us a "danmtlon clover follow , " anu told how contemptibly a freight ngont had treated him. Of course the stranger got the sucker's money , promis ing to moot him and pay him at the baggage room. When the farmer finally saw how ho had been worked he refused to give his name , but said that ho was on his way from Illinois to Columbus. ins rr.K. A peculiar case was filed In the supreme coust this morning In which a lawyer sues a man for attorney's fees incurred by his wlfo in a salt for a divorce. All the parties con cerned llvo In Omaha. Tlio attorney is JNH than J. Burnlmm nnd the defendant HU'h ; mil Ti/ard. Tlnco voar.s ago Tl/anl nuod fern n divorce from his wife. ICnto TIzard , on the grounds of infidelity to her mirrlago vows , of drunken ness and of oytiomo cruelty to her husband. Mrs. Ti/ard was opposed to tlio separation mid employed Buriibam as her attorney. Ho succeeded in having tlio prayer for n dlvorco denied. Mrs. Tl/nrd bad only $100 awarded ns allmonv for attorney's fees while the suit was ponding. Kho paid this to Burnlmm , but the attorney dmn.mdod $1,000 for his work mid as Mrs. TIzard Is unable to pay It Biirnham sues her husband for the balance remaining unpaid. In the lower court the attorney lost tlio case. CITV NOTES. The annual picnic of the old settlers of Lan caster county la set for next Wednesday ut Uushmau park. Commissioner John Jenkins of the bureau of Industrial statistics Is compiling moitgago statistics for the consideration of the next legislature. Among other features will bo inswers to the question why mortgages uro The now curbing nut In on the west and north Hldo of the capital grounds how thnt n Ut of about three fuot is to bo nuido In grad ing nt the Intersection of Fourteenth nnd 1C itieota. This will glvo the atato houno amore moro elevated position and add greatly to Its imnoMlug appearance. Clglii C. HarrMiorn hns been granted a llvorco from his wlfo , Ada Ilartuliorn. John A. Ohl finds that ho can no longer bo liappy with his wife , Ellzuboth Ohl , and a-sks thu court Chat ho Ixi freud from thu lion that bind him to her. The two have been mimled [ or twwuty-Uvo years. C. S. Lutilnyler , bailiff of the supreme court , has returned from a trip to Alabama. Uleanrd Hlbbnrd , who filed a petition for a mechnnlo'a lien for fi'ol ngalint F. W. Tnlmngo nnd Samauthn ICi-ck of Kearney for the construction of n brick house hns up- ponied his cnso to the supreme court , havliur test It In the lower court. As Mrs. 1C. C. Kedlleld was on her way homo Inst night she had the misfortune to lose her gold watch and chain. Complaint has been tiled at the polloo court that W. W. Holmes Is filling the channel of Antclopo creek below Vine street with manure , causing the water to Hood/ buck and make a pond iu the residence poi- tton Immediately to the north. City Attorney Holmes has written him a formal notice thnt this Is against the ordinance of the city nnd notifies him that ho can save himself from ar rest by removing the obstruction. The po- llco complain that they are constantly having trouble with Holmes over Just such viola tions of the city ordinances and they are adverse - verso to arresting him as ho Is n man of con siderable wealth. Burglars attempted to break Into Clmtlc * Damrow's ' tailor shop about I o'clock hist night , but were caught in the act. The thieves wcro licet of foot mid managed to gut away. This is the second attempt made within four days to burglarize thU place. r OEIOIANV How the Iron Chancellor Set About tt/T to AoooinpllHh it. The world has been accustomed to regard - gard the Gorman people as a slow nnd heavy race. Tlicro was a certain amount of truth in ascribing to them Ihcso char- actorlatics as long iw the liund , with Iho predominant influence of Austria and the minor stales , roprcsonlcd Iho majority of the nation. But to Iho Prussians those opllliots could never have been applied jiibtlv. They are an energetic , active and plucky race , says Harper's Magazine for Juno. Bismarck understood from tlio beginning of his career llicso their excellent qualities by which they surpassed Ihoir Gorman brothers , nnd when ho had secured - cured for his country the hegemony of Germany , ho devised the means of im pressing these characteristics upon the people of other states. ' The general in- . trouuctioit of Iho Prussian military sya- toma measure which ho established ivj. ono of the fundamental principles of th $ constitution , proffered the best opportu- ' nily for influencing non-Prub.sians. However - over opposed wo may bo to militarism , soldier life in Pnmsia and in Iho pres ent Germany has its wide sides. It is not merely camp life , and in , on the whole , not given to idleness and indulgence , dis sipation and vice , but rather to practices which engender habits of aetiity , en durance , energy and moral coinage. The soldiers are not simply drilled in the art of handling guns and swords , and of inarching in runic and lilo , but they ivcoivo a general education in all those spheres in which ovcry man ought to acquire a. certain grade of intel ligence. Civil life in Germany does not proffer the sumo instruc tive influences which it wields in other countries , and especially In a republic. The army , in which the majority - ' jority of the people meet on common j ground and in which the uneducated como in close contact with the c-dueuted , has been a means of raising the intt-1- loclual slandurd of Iho musses. The Gorman soldier , as a rule , is lurncd out at the end of his borvico a moro valuable- citizen than ho would bo without mili tary discipline. IIo becomes a moro in telligent and consequently a moro c'lll- uiunu Jiiumuur ui uiu and , nhovo all , ho gains in Ulo army the feeling that ho does not belong' simply to a particular sum 11 state , but to a greater fatherland , com mon to all. Thus the expenses incurrml for maintaining this largo body of nii-n olTor another compensation besides He- curing the safety of a nation over threatened oned by its neighbors. What eenturios hart not boon able to create , namely , a wider and higher onthuaiaam and. patri otism for the whole GormaSi land , Bis marck's policy created within eight years ; for all confederate states rose like ono man in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1 , and the south followed Ihoir ex ample. llciilluau ] ! State Con volition. Tlio republican electors ot tlio state of Nebraska - braska aio ieque ; > ted to send delegates fioni tbolrsoveial counties to mcut lu convention hi the city of Lincoln , Wednesday. July ! KI. at 8 o'clock p. in. , for the puiposo of placing lu nomination candidates for the following statj offices : Governor. Lieutenant Govnrnor. Secretary of State , Auditor of 1'ubllc Accounts , State Treasurer. Attoinoy Gcnuial. W Coiiiml.sslonorof Public Lands and llulld- M ' Ings. jS * Superintendent of 1'nldlo Instruction. And tlio transaction of suoh other business as may como befoie the convention. llli : AI'l'OHTIONMK.VT. The sovoi.il counties are entitled to repre sentation as follows , being bused upon the vote caht for Hon. Oeorgo II. Hustings , proil- dentlal clcutor In 18S3 , giving ouo dolegati'-.il- luigo to each county , and one for each l.Vt votes and the major fraction thereof : COUNTILS. IIUI. . COUMIl.S. lift , It Is recommended that no pioxlen ho ad mitted to the convention , und that flindulu- gutus putsoiit boaiitboiUud to cast thu full vote of the delegation. r li. D. ItinuiiliH , Chalinmn. WAI.T M. SuEr.KV , Bcorctary. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Hiilmorlbud anil Ouuruntccd Capital fVW.M ) I'alillii O. iltal ) . . , . 1W'IW ' llnytuiml EullSHtooka und hotiilx ; nctiillaU"t coiiiinuiolal p.-ipoi ! receives and I'ti'mii-s tnihtsi aclmiH trunsfuruKuiit unit tru-tH'o nl corporations , taUe.s elmrgo of iiropuity , < - " ' - lects taxes , _ OmahaLoan & TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. SE. Corner 10th nnd Douglnn Sta I'nlil InCapllut . . . . . . .SM.uoo X hiib-.ni lljwl and Uiiurniitt'ud Capital . . 100,1X0 inability of btooldiohlom . VtW.iXU & 1'er Cunt Interest 1'iild on DppotfltH. I'ltANICJ. hANOK. Onslilor Oflli'018'A. U. Wyiiiiin , iiruHldont , .I..I. Drown , > k'o-ir | Bldont , W. \Yinan , treasurer Ilrfi-torn A. I' . Wiinan J. II. Mlllurd , J J Drown , Uuy O. llurlon i : W. Nash , Thoiuai J. Ucoi o li , Uku.