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E. K03EWAT R , Editor.
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KiNO ground for llio piers of tlio
Nebraska Central bridge Is nn event of
great Importance to the city. But
UNLESS the government interposes
between St. Paul nnd Minncnpolls the
closing chapters of the census will bo
written in loiters of blood.
Tun park commissioners are fish in g for
a iiuinu for thu now purk on West Louvon-
worili street. Refer the mutter to the
hTgli school graduating class.
WHAT is the use of n city elmrtor if
councilmen defiantly disregard its pro
visions and vote overlaps on the city
treasury in the interest of contractors ?
NKW .TKUSKY is the Imvon of trusts.
Whenever a combine fails to find solid
footing in any other stuto , Now Jersey
affords it a habitation legally secure
from public wrath.
THIS report that the secretaries of
the state board of transportation had
gone In voluntary retirement is mislead
ing. At last accounts they were drawing
their salaries with the usual regularity.
NOTWITHSTANDING rate wars , the
western roads show a steady increase in
earnings. The figures furnish a sub
stantial basis for state and national com
missioners to work out a permanent re-
, ductlon.
CHOP prospects in the Dakotas prom
ise a harvest surpassing the best in live
years. If the present favorable condi
tions continue , tlio farmers will recover
partially at least the losses sustained by
the destructive drought of the past two
seasons.
IT did not require the report of the
house committee to convince the country
Unit civil service reform under Cleveland
was a howling farce. Nothing better
could have buen expected when such a
practical patriot as "Bishop" Oborly was
placed on guard.
THK senate is becoming more fixed fn
Its conviction that a soldier who has become -
come disabled from any cause , and who
lias no other Income than tliat derived
from his own labor , ought to bo liberally
pensioned at once , but the service pen
sion clause is not gaining in favor and
will very properly to defeated.
PUOM the brief reports of the work of
the eenato llnanco committee , it is
evident that the odious features of the
McKinley bill will bo pared down , if not
entirely wiped out. The committee pro
poses to heed the demand of the country
for fewer restrictions on trade and lop
oil the excessive duties which have
created dangerous monopolies.
MARY ANDKUSON , the princess of
American tragediennes , will tomorrow
appear as a bride la reality. There is
no escape from it. At high noon she
will exchange her place as the Juliet of
the theatrical public for a simple title ,
Mrs. Mary Anderson-Navarro. Ono of
the conditions of the union is said to bo
that she shall retire from the stage and
forsake the thrilling applause , the love
and admiration of the multitude.
A si'Kfl.U. session of the Illinois leg
islature has been called for the purpose
of enacting the necessary laws to ex
pedite work on the world's fair. Tlio
linanclal end of the exposition , while
not in a nourishing condition , will bo
provided for by giving the city of Chicago
cage authority to issue live millions in
bonds , and to vest in the city temporarily
arily the right of eminent domain. Both
laws are essential to the success of the
fair. Tlio right to condemn property
for fair purposes will remove a serious
obstacle to early worls on the buildings
and prevent to a largo extent the strug
gle over sites.
"Wouic on streets to bo graded should
bo pushed with all possible speed. The
fact that the bulk of the grading was
awarded to two contractors should not
excuse them from employing eulllclent
force to complete the work within a rea
sonable limit , to bo llxud by the board of
public works and rigidly enforced.
Changes of street grades Involve consid
erable expense on abutting property.
Water , gas and sewer pipes must bo low
ered and new connections made. It is
important therefore that the grading be
completed early , so tliat the property
owners can muko all necessary altera
tions before cold weather.
\
. ,1 aiODIFlKD CIiA.lM.
It is Hinted that the administration at
Washington no longer Inslsta upon the
claim that Bohrlng sea Is a closed water
and that our purchase of Alaska from
Rupstn carried with It the exclusive
jurisdiction over that sea , but has put
forward a now claim , namely , that the
Benin caught by American and British
hunters in the open waters of Behring
Boa breed on our soil in the Prlbylofl
Islands and that therefore this govern
ment has a right to protect them from
extinction.
If it be a fact that the government has
receded from Its pretension of exclusive
jurisdiction over Behring sea , it is not
apparent why this is not virtually a sur
render of the whole controversy. Wo
have Insisted on the view that this body
of water comes under the head of inner
or landlocked seas , that it was ceded to
us by Russia , and that international law
gives the United Slates dominion over
this landlocked sea. This has been the
contention ever .since Alaska be
came ours , although more than sixty
years ago our government held a differ
ent view regarding Russia's pretension
to exclusive jurisdiction over these
waters. On the other hand , the Cana
dian authorities have contended that
Bohring is not an inland or landlocked
sea , but that it is the northern part of
the Pnclllc ocean and belongs lo the high
seas , over which International law gives
no exclusive jurisdiction or privileges to
any nation. If this contention has been
conceded by our government , or which
is practically the same thing , it has
receded from its long-maintained claim
of exclusive jurisdiction as a right com
ing with the purchase of Alaska , it is
clear there is no other tenable ground
upon which this government can assert
a right to protect seals from hunters In
the open sea.
It is obvious tliat wo cannot sustain
the claim that because seals breed on
lands belonging to the United States
their capture may be prevented wherever
they may bo found beyond the limits
within which wo may rightfully
assort jurisdiction. If wo may
protect seals in Bohring sea ,
on the plea that they breed in the
Pribylolf islands which belong to us ,
why shall wo not continue such protec
tion anywhere in the Pacific ocean right
on down to San Francisco1 ; It is per
fectly plain that this now claim cannot
bo sustained , and the statement that it
has been brought forward will bo
doubted until olllcially confirmed. It is
incredible that Mr , Blaine would at
tempt to maintain a contention on such
a slender and insecure foundation. If
ho has done so the only recourse for pre
venting tlio extinction of the seals will
bo an arrangement to put them under
the protection of the maritime nations
and fix a close time for catching them ,
and there ought to bo no diflleulty in
making such an arrangement. England
undoubtedly , which next to this country
has the largest interest in the preserva
tion of the seal fisheries , would heartily
enter into it and do her full share to
make It effective.
TUK nustXKss OCTLOOK.
The first six months of 1800 have
nearly passed , and our merchants are
congratulating themselves that business
during that period has been much more
prosperous and losses fewer than they
anticipated when the year opened. The
field tributary to this city has been cx-
tended and the advantages possessed by
Omaha as a jobbing centre have brought
us much now trade and enabled us to
hold the old. Many houses Increased
their business 15 to 20 per cent over the
first six months of 1S8U , and some ,
especially tliose engaged in manufactur
ing the products which they sell , have
doubled their sales. This is a very
satisfactory state of affairs and coupled
with the fact that failures have been
few and the percentage of losses from
bad debts consequently small , our
traders are well pleased with the results
obtained , and with prospects good for
bounteous crops in the fall , the second
half of the year promises to bo oven bet
tor from a commercial standpoint than
the lirst half.
Money is plentiful and the banks ,
without exception , hold considerable sur
plus in excess oWegal requirements and
are in condition to handle the fall trade
by meeting the wants of borrowers read
ily , so that with prohibition beaten , as
it certainly will bo if proper exertions
arc used and the minds of the commun
ity thoroughly awakened to the results
which will surely come should fanaticism
be successful , there is reason to congrat
ulate the state on the very easy and pros
perous condition of affairs existing and
probable for the future.
A
Justice Lamar of the United States
supreme court recently expressed an
opinion tliat Mississippi will eventually
become a negro state and that the whites
will be forced to emigrate. The justice Is
anxious to dispose of his extensive prop
erty In Mississippi oven at a sacrifice ,
and ho advises his friends not to remain
there. The condition of things which
Justice Lamar evidently deplores Is not
the rohtilt of preconcerted effort , but has
come about from the natural drift of the
colored population. It does not apply to
the whole state , but to that portion lying
near thu Mississippi river , the soil of
which is immensely rich , the climate
furnishing a natural homo fur the colored
race. For years the colored people have
been emigrating to that country by
thousands and their complete possession
of It IB Inevitable. They will boon take
political control of the state without
further aid from federal election laws.
From Cairo to Now Orleans , about six
hundred miles , the Mississippi bottoms
average about forty miles In width and
there are the richest cotton lands In the
world , a very small proportion of which
is in cultivation. In lima the river will
bo confined to Us channel and the lands
protected from overflow. None but the
colored people can succeed in cultivating
those rich lands , the twenty-four thou
sand square miles of which are capable
of sustaining two millions of people more
than now live there. The northeastern
part of the state and the white bolts that
extend from a northeasterly direction to
near the mlddlo of the state , are in
habited almost exclusively by white people
ple whoso prejudices against thouogroou
are uot so extreme aa are those of the
whiles who live In the black bolts and
near the Mississippi bottoms. A negro
nlalo soemn to bo more of a possibility
than over before nnd Its progress will be
watched with no llt.llo Interest.
Tim signs of lory dissolution were
never more pronounced than at the pres
ent time. It will bo little short of a politi
cal miracle If Premier Salisbury and his
nephew can hold together the warring
factions of their party. As long as the
Irish question was the solo disturbing
clement the alliance could not bo suc
cessfully attacked , but the moment vital
British interests became Involved , when
the pockets of the taxpayers were threat
ened , harmony abdicated to faction and
bitter strife succeeded peace. The pro
posal to indemnify the Irish land
lords to the extent of thirty-
three millions sterling aroused a
dangerous storm , .and forced the
ministry to proceed cautiously and
carefully count the cost. The dissen
sions caused by the introduction of this
measure arc trilling compared with the
rents apparent In the police and postal
departments , where incompetent man
agement has produced dangerous dis
order nnd menaced the business
interests of the country. The result of
these upheavals was manifest In the
vote on the license bill , the ministry es
caping defeat by the narrow majority of
thirty-two. Doubtless extraordinary
efforts will bo made to avert an appeal
to the country. A party hold together
by the cohesive power of public ofllco
and inherited hatred of Irish liberty will
cling to power while there is a shadow of
hope. But the longer dissolution is do-
Inyed the more emphatic and sweeping
will bo the victory for Gladstone and
homo rule. The prospect of the Irish
people recovering the right of self-gov
ernment wrested from them by fraud and
bribery nearly a century ago was never
brighter than at the present moment.
EASTKIIN prohibition organs are in
clover. Their efforts "to redeem Ne
braska" are proving very profitable.
Otherwise their wild campaign would
quickly cease. They have worked each
community until every teat is dry and
still their cry is "Wo must have more
money to carry Nebraska ! " They have
succeeded in making gullible people be
lieve that through them alone the voters
of Nebraska can bo made to see the lijrht.
Meantime they print columns of slander
and falsehoods about Nebraska In gen
eral and Omaha in partisular. In most
of these mendicant sheets Omaha is ad
vertised throughout the east as the
"modern Sodom , " wallowing in every
phase of vice and crime. And all this
calumny is poured out for the sake of the
money there is in it for the editors ,
preachers and tramps that make their
living out of prohibition.
TUK census of the mining regions of
Pennsylvania will furnish a clear in
sight into the extent of the evil of con
tract labor. No section of the country
affords a more disgraceful example of
industrial serfdom. The coal barons
have ground white labor to starvation ,
and when resistance became a question
of life , they were driven from work and
homes and the pauper hordes of Kuropo
imported to take their places. Tlio vil
lainy of the system is shown in the fact
that these gangs are known only by num
bers , are hold together- clans and iso
lated , so that it is impossible by ordi
nary means lo discover how they live or
how much they receive. The colonizing
of Ihoso hordes in llio center of a popu
lous state is an outrage on American
workingmon.
Tine BKK'S editorial upon Nebraska
representation at the world's fair hius ex
cited considerable interest. Wo have
received a number of suggestions as to
what the exhibit should bo , and the
opinion lias been expressed that it is not
too soon for an interchange of ideas as
to llio best plan lo adopt. This is un
doubtedly llio correct view for Iho rea
son that at this early day-the stale com
missioners have been appointed prepara
tory to getting the work well in hand.
TUK Bun will bo pleased to publish the
views of any one in this state who may
have an original idea to present.
TUK attempted purchase of len mem
bers of the Massachusetts legislature at
ton thousand dollars was the boldest case
of bribery since the days of Bill Tweed.
The fact that a Boston elevated railway
corporation stood ready to pay one hun
dred thousand dollars for sullloienl votes
to secure a char tor shows tl\o great value
of public franchises. But when the
assessor makes his annual.round , these
valuable properties dwindle down to a
song or entirely disappear.
Staitftml'H Fully First.
.St. Luiili ( ilitlic-Dcmoenil.
An adverse report has very properly been
made on Senator Stanford's bill providing for
government loans on real estate. In all the
IOIIK list of proposed legislative follies it
easllv takes tlio Hrst pliico.
Republican Party and tlio Farmers.
.Sdmr City Juurnal
Thlnps are running along more smoothly
with the NobnusUti republicans. The prompt
action of tlio republican st.ito central commlt-
tee has reassured tlio voting masses of tlio
party. Tlio committee went moro than half
way to moot the farmers , and the latter feel
their istrength and appreciate the opportunity
before them ,
Aja.v In tlio Slimle.
AVw r < ttk ll'drtil.
Isaac II. nromley Is one of the heroes of
the hour. Ho recently refused to bo Intro
duced to .lohii lj. Sullivan In Washington ,
mid told the slugger to hlf > face that ho was u
"bully. " AJux defying tlio lightning was
very small i > otiitoea compared with Hromloy
In his grout act of snubbing Boston's favgr-
lie son.
Tli ItCHt Clli/.cii.
.Wfwi'iAre ' AVir * .
It Is nil very well to tench people to love
the American Hug and bo loyal lo one cher
ished Institution , but after all It is the man
who oboyit the laws , pays hU taxes and minds
Ills own business generally that makes the
boat citizen. Loyalty la the sense In which
the word ts too frequently used unpUos to
subjects rather than citizens anil Is imllo vul-
uablo to otUcoscelccra In u five country.
The Tarlfl' No lionjior a Fotloh.
TnixlM ( Vljifhilfi'i. ( | . )
When the tlimnco eommlttoo of the sennto
reports tlio MoIClnloy bill that august body
will hear from Senator Plumb soi.vj cold facta
ibout the growing ttcutlmoiit of tlio pooplo.
If they hoed what Uo has to say Ifwlu bo well
Iwth for the ijtmito nnil the country. With too
many i ooplo ijij jarlir Is a fatten. It Is tlmo
for every ono to begin thinking for himself.
nt Home.
'I'ttinont Tribune.
The republican of Dodge county will do-
lltjht to honor Mr. Klehimls. During hi *
long resldenco 1io"ro ho has built for himself a
reputation which Is worth fur moro to him
than the ofllco of governor. And so In pre
senting Him as a candidate for that high
place his friends and neighbors feel that they
nro at the sumo tlmo recognizing worth anil
true character ns well as conlrlbullng a ser
vice lo the stale.
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A Prohibition
At the national tcmpernnco congress In
New York on Wednesday tlio prohibition
movement was opposed by ono of the speak
ers , who luul been Introduced ns "the repre
sentative of Iho church movement In bohatl
of temperance.11 In Iho evening Uev. How
ard Crosby denounced prohibition , anO
declared himself to bo in favor of high li
cense.
If prohibition is not desirable the question
of whether It Is feasible la of little cense
quence. Mr. Robert Graham , the representative
sentativeof llio churches referred to , toolc
llio position llnil prohibition was not desir
able. Ho said that the total prohibition of
the manufacture or sale of wines and fer
mented or dislllled liquors would bo nn cx-
troino law and should have an Impregnable
basis. Such a law can have no such ba4s.
A law of. this sort is sumptuary In Its aim ,
whatever it may bo lu Its letter ; nnd nil
sumptuary legislation Is wrong stating It
as a general principle , from which prohibi
tory liquor laws nro not exceptions.
That prohibition Is not feasible has been
shown over and over again. Thcro Is Indeed
hardly any room for discussion among pcoplo
who are well informed. Doubtless many per
sons who have no occasion to hunt up liquor
saloons , or who are forbidden by social cus
toms to visit localities where liquor would
likely bo sold , think that liquor is not sold lo
any great extent In Iho prohibition states.
But the men who look behind the scenes
know better. Prohibition has the effect lo
close Iho saloons in some slalcs , but when It
closes Hie saloons It transfers the liquor traf
fic lo Iho drug stores. The Irafllc goes on.
Bui It pays no taxes , except Iho federal , and
it bears uono of the burdens of the state and
local governments.
STATE JOTTJXGS.
Nebraska.
The OOKC county Sunday school convention
will be held at Blue Springs Juno 19 and ao.
The doctors of Saline county have or
ganized a medical society with twenty
charter members.
The Colfax county teachers' Institute will
bo bold at ScUuylcr , commencing July 23 and
continuing two weeks.
George Woods , a mull carrier at Schuvler ,
fell under the Denver express nnd hud ono
foot crushed at the ankle.
August Dcniliiijki , a well-known Howard
county farmer , dropped dead of heart disease
while plowing in 'tho Held.
Residents of North Platte have petitioned
the city council to adopt mountain UmeJOs the
standard Instead pf central time.
The first oftlvial act of Oxford's now board
of trustees was to repeal all of the village or
dinances and adopt an entirely new sot.
Crandall's elevator at Firth was entirely
destroyed by Hro t the other night. It was
nearly empty and the loss Is therefore not
heavy.
J. M. Brett of Wood River was severely In
jured the other day bv being thrown from hLs
sulky by his trotting horse Oklahoma. Ho
will recover. i
The cornerstone of the now Butler county
court house will bo laid with Masonic honors
as part of the celebration of the Fourth of
.Inly at David Citv.
The exercises of commencement week nro
now on at Gate.4 college , Nellgh. The bacca
laureate sermon was delivered Sunday by
President H. K. Warren.
Charles Dyson , a thirteen-year-old Tecum-
sch boy , fell between Iho cars of a moving
freight train and was so badly crushed that
ho died within half an hour.
District court at Geneva was hastily ad
journed by a lire breaking out in tho'court
house the other day , but the flames were
quickly extinguished and no great damage
was done.
The olghtoen-year-olil daughter of Adam
Geplmrd , living near Stella , died lost week of
hydrophobia. On May 10 the girl was bitten
by a mad dog and no effort was made to coun
teract the effect of the poison.
Enumerator Nathaniel Crabtreo of Fullerton -
ton , un old soldier and a cripple , wbilo as
sessing a merchant in that town was knocked
down and stamped upon and kicked into the
street for asking questions required by the
census law.
The diplomas that were distributed to the
graduating cluss Friday , looking so neat and
all tied up with ribbons , were simply blank
paper , says the Wayne Herald. The genuine
articles tailed to arrive In time to use tbat
ovcninif and the imitations had to be used.
While Mrs. J. C. Collins , living near Cort-
land , was visiting at a neighbor's the other
day , horelghteen-inonths-old boy went into
the kitchen , whore ho found some concen
trated lye and drank it. The parents at once
took tlio liltlo ono to Cortland , where It was
cared for by a phvsician , who thought it
would recover all right , so they went homo
and woroup most of the night with him. Near
morning they became tired and ns the little
ono was resting good they went to sloop , and
on awakening found llio baby dead.
Iowa ItoniH.
Gladbrook young ladles are organising a
brass band.
A moon rainbow was witnessed at Atlantic
Iho other night.
A horse forty years old drags out an exist
ence at Clarence.
Work has commenced on tuo now Odd
fellows' lomplo tit Walerloo.
The lotal assessed valuation of all property
in Black Hawk county is gt,70Tli. , . " ) .
The spiritualists of Iowa will ; hold their
annual meeting at Brown's grove , near Now
Hartford , July 4 and " > .
The grand commencement concert nt Tabor
will occur Juno il , under tlio direction of
Prof. J. F. Frank , assisted by the Musical
union of forty voices and the Schumann
quartette.
A Keokuk masher insulted a young woman
on the street the other day , when she pulled
a small revolver and chased him down the
thoroughfare at a lively gait , shooting at
every step until the weapon was emptied.
Ijiickily , or unluckily , her aim was bad and
the objoet of her wrath escaped injury.
During the ' recent storm ? hundreds of
acres of sweet potato and melon plants in
Jefferson township , Leo county , were blown
away or covered with sand , the crops in HOIIIO
sections being totally destroyed. Jefferson
township melons and potatoes are known all
over the west and are soughl after us fur
cast us Detroit and as far north as Minnea
polis and Duluth , *
Au old man of eighty years , named Shrnll ,
living near North Liberty , attempted Kulcido
by cutting Ills throat. Ho wiu found about
a mlle from honm In a terrible condition , hav
ing severed his' \vlndplpo nud sloshed both
Ills arms. After/.doing the deed ho carefully
replaced the deadly insU'ument , a razor , In
his pockot. It was thought ho was tempo-
nirliv'Insane. " The chances of his recovery
nro doubtful.
Census Enumerator Prank Lang of Dm-
villo township , Worth county , while in the
discharge of the functions of that ofllco , culled
at the homo of ono of his neighbors , F. K.
Puyno , who , us noon us ho saw Lang , drove
him off his furm and would listen to no
words of explanation. A little scrap ensued ,
during which the enumerator's horse took
fright and in its flight demolished the car
riage. Lang swore out u warrant for Payuu'a
nrroat. Au old feud oxlstod between tluwo
parties and till * Is the culuilnullon. Both uro
wealthy and respected ( armors.
Wo uro culled to record th'1 first la.stanco of
a dog committing suicide which has overcome
unduroupobsorvntloa.says the Eldom Lodger.
Lost Friday William Noyer wan burning
bruuh on Mr. I luff's farm , north of town , a
small black dog of hU being with him in tlio
lluld. Just on ho huiL Mt tire to onu pile of
bt'ush the dog started to crawl Into It. Never
drove him iiwuy. but ho suoukcd urounu tu
tin * other side of the pile , crawled Inside , und
no amount of coaxing , threatening or porstia
slon of any kind would Induce him to come
out. but ho remained In the pile and dellbor
atoly and Calmly burned to death. Ho imido
no fins or noise , excepting to Utter ono low
whine M ho wan la thu hut death struggle.
Miss Hlldogardo Whlttlaborn of Duvcnpor
Is suffering from an affliction of a most extra
ordinary nature. About a year and a half ngo
MUs Whtttloborn began to notice tlmt the tips
of her rtngcM and solos of her foot were
slightly dtscolorod , but paid no particular at
tention to It until the discoloration droponci
from n faint yellow to a saffron tint , which be
gan to spread .slowly until her limbs and the
greater jiart of her body are covered with the
stain. It Is of a rich copper color , which Is
growing darker perceptibly from tiny to dnj
and spreading with alarming rapidity. The
young lady's fare , which had hitherto escaped
has within the last day or two become affected
The physicians are unnblo to account for the
change. The dark ollvo Into Is fur from being
ugly or repulsive , nnd doubtless when It liui
entirely enveloped her Miss Whlttlebono wll
find herself ns comely ns ono of Cooper's In
dlun heroines. _ _ _ _ _
The T\vo Dakntnt * .
A board of trade has been organized a
Forest City.
A five-legged calf Is oae of the living freak
at Faulktoti.
A gun club has been organized by Cham
borlulu sports.
An original packapa house has opened fo
business ut Klk Point.
It Is oxpectcd that a Catholic cathedral to
cost Wi,000 will bo erected at Grand Fork
this year.
John Wall , aged twenty , a Sully countj
herder , was llio other day sent to the Vault
ton asylum for treatment. Ho became insan
from reading yellow-backed literature am
Imagines ho Is the star character In a wlh
west drama. It is thought ho will soon re
cover.
The Chamberlain Tribune suggests that a
four days' reunion of llio Fifth division o
the Grand Army of the Republic of Dakota
comprising Aurora , Brulo , Buffalo , Chariot
Mix , Davlson , Hanson nnd Jcrrauld counties
bo held on American Island , near that city
the Hrst week in September.
The elevator companies engaged In handling
grain nt the uow towns west of Aberdeen are
now convinced that their present facilities
will bo totally Inadequate lo handle the croj
this full , nnd have decided to change the ( la
grain warehouses at Eureka , Roscoe , Hills
view und several other towns Inlo elevators
Officers are looking for J. C. O'Brien of
Gnrrotson , who Is charged with shooting will
intent to kill. A stranger named Nelson was
driving along the street when O'Brien pullet
a revolver nnd , taking deliberate aim , nred i
shot at him. The ball gra/.cd his check am
hud the aim been n little truer Nelson woulc
have been killed. No reason is known for the
act.
Thirty-nine and one-half miles of Iho Red
water Irrigating canal has been complete
and turned over to the Uedwntor land nnc
canal cotnnnnv of Minnesota. The canal car
ries 7,000 inches of water and Is disigned to
irrigate over ono hundred farms , besides sup
plying n largo amount of power. Over six
months of labor nnd § 10,000 have beeu ex
pended on the work.
Fifty cases of beer were received by an
Aberdeen liquor dealer the other day. Ho at
tempted to reship the goods to other points ,
but the railroad and express companies re
fuse to handle It , believing that they would
make themselves amenable to the state law
by BO do'mg. _ The consignment had reached
its original destination , they claimed , nnd
could not , under the law , bo rebllled and rc-
shlpped.
What the Deadwood Times characterises
as u peculiar if not funny proceeding occurred
near that city the other night. A laboring
man named Hastings and two companions
loft a ranch near the city lo journey on foot
to Deadwood. When near the city they
stopped to light their pipes , und whllo thus
engaged three men approached from the op
posite direction. When within a few vards
of the Hastings party it was observed that
two of the number were under cover of u
drawn revolver in the hands of a third , who
was a pace or two in the rear. The "man with
the gun" at once ordered nil hands to fall in
and to forward inarch tit a lively rate. The
order was complied with until a favorable op
portunity presented , when tlio men broke for
the bushes and by a detour gained the road
and hastened to town. Hastings claims the
eccentric road agent is ono McFnddcn , a wood
chopper , and the next day the sheriff went
out to the camp and gathered him in and ho
now lies in the Deadwood jail uwalting exam
ination.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Chicago Inter-Ocean : G rover Cleveland is
slow lo reach conclusions , but long before
IS'.U ho will wish bo had tried harder to lot
Brer Dann alone.
Sioux City Journal : Time Is bringing Its
complete vindication of Rutherford B. Hayes ,
and the country In retrospect is finding out
that he was ono of the best presidents that
over filled the pluco of chief executive.
Philadelphia Press : Mr. Cleveland's Idea
seems to be that It is better to write than bo
president.
Now York Sun ( dem. ) : Wo have the high
est respect for General Palmer , but his talk
about the sonata as "a body of danger" is
mere moonshine.
New York Press : That venerable literary
organization , the Century club , has elected
; ho Hon. Graver Clovolund to membership ,
[ lo is n man cf so many letters , you know.
Kansas City Journal : Tlio Rev. George
Washington Brown of the African Baptist
church in St. Louis is organizing u colony to
settle in Africa , und is simply waiting for
Senator Butler lo roylvo his bill and secure
the necessary appropriation.
St. Louis Globc-Damoerat : Thomas B.
[ Jeed's constituent1) , in giving him a ronomi-
lation , htivo grasped tlio situation intelli
gently. Ho will bo needed for speaker of
.ho next bouse of representatives.
Louisville Courier-Journal : Should Mr.
Hayes succeed in bringing the American hen
up to an average of 500 eggs a your , much of
the blltcrness of 1STO will be forgotten.
Philadelphia Press : Palmer Is the Allen
' } . Thurmun of the Illinois democracy a
hewer of wood and a drawer of water for the
parly when it lias thankless drudgery to bo
done , and a neglected spectator of events
whoa It marches past to confer its substantial
lenora upon loss deserving men.
St. Paul Pioneer-Press : Would-bo funny
lapurs can perpetrate as many alleged jokes on
\Viinumtikcr \ and his Sunday school as they
choose , but the fuel thut the postmaster gen-
oral's sagacity nnd vigilance have olfectml lor
the next four years u saving of SUi OOO In u
single Item of the contract for stamped envo-
opes proves that ho can run a great depart-
nent of the trovemnient as successfully as a
Sunday school.
Cleveland Leader : When David B. Hill , by
.bo grace of the boodle nnd whiskey elements
governor of New York , goes to Indianapolis
icxt month to unveil the Hendrlcka monu-
nont und see whether a political deal can bo
irrangod with the friends of ex-Governor
Gray of Indiana , will ho .stop In Ohio and say
i few pleasant words to our own Governor
Campbell , or will 1m snub .looms und the ptio-
ilo of Ohio as ( trover Cleveland did In his
iimuus swing uround the circle.
Another Story of ItNinarok.
The following , curious "Hlmnurok
story" Is just now current In political
ind social circles in Berlin , says Gallg-
nun's Messenger. It will bo remem-
jorcd that General von Stosuh was ro-
noved from his post as chief of the Ger
man admiralty after I'rinco Bismarck
mil accused him , before the emperor ,
William I. , of intriguing with the radi
cal liberal party against the chancellor ,
of being an intimalo friund of Iho then
Crown IMneo Frederick , of speculating
upon the old emperor's death , anil of as
piring to the post of imperial chancel
lor. The oharges were pressed by Prince
Bismarck with n vindlctiveness which to
the general public seemed inexplicable.
Now it is explained that it was due to
superstition. When 1'rlnco Blbiuarck ,
the plain count , was at St. 1'oteraburg ,
ono of. several clairvoyants who wore
then the rage in tlio Husslan capital told
him. professedly without being aware of
Ills Identity , that lie would ono day bo
the mlghtioul man In a great 'empire ,
but would eventually bo supplanted "by
a man connected with boafarmg. " Hus-
pocllng General von Stosch of being his
rival Bismarck forestalled him , only lo
be supnlanttid by another chief of the
admiralty , General von Caprivl. Neither
friends noronotnieBof Bismarck consider
the story
i SHOWER OF UTTIETORTLES
Thirteen Oomo Down with the Raiu and
Take Lodgings at the Capital Hotel.
FLOWER MISSION DAY AT LINCOLN ,
The Unfortunates nt tlio Asylum and
Penitentiary Jlcmcniborcil The
Coming TurnfoHt IJIg Dam
ages iVwn rtled.
Ltxcour , Nob. , Juno 15. [ Special to
TUK BKE.J After the terrific storm early
yesterday morning a remarkable discovery
was made by the chambermaids In the Capitol
tel hotel when they were about their morning
work. It was nothing moro nor less than a
number of baby turtles found lu rooms 11 , :17 :
nnd OS. All of these rooms were on the side
of the house exposed to the storm , and It was
discovered tlmt a window luul been care
lessly loft open In each room. Ono was also
found by Mr. MacDotmld near the main eu-
Iranco lo the hotel. If there were uiiy others
on the outside they found HOIIIO hiding pluco
shortly after their advent. There Is every
Indication that they onmo down with the
rain. They nro of u variety unknown In this
section of country. The llguros on their shells
uro of a diamond pattern. They nro very
small , being only nn Inch and a half across at
their widest diameter. There Is considerable
speculation us to what Is the cuuso of their
presence and they nro regarded as veritable
curiosities by local naturalists. The total
number found in the hotel nnd vicinity Is
thirteen. A rival landlord was unk'lnd
enough to suggest that the animals were
colossal specimens of the blood-thirsty noc-
lurnnl creature known to sclenco ns ctmex
loctulurlus.
rr.ownn PAT.
Today ts Iho national ilower mission day ,
nnd the ladies of the city observed It bv gath
ering a profusion of roses und other flowers
and tiikluir them to the unfortunates shut un
lu the penllontlary , asylum and various penal
Institutions of this city. At each place the
ladles held religious bcrviccs. The iiretty
cuslom hud Its effect , particularly upon the
sick and dejected , nnd many expressed their
thanks for being so kindly remembered.
TUG COM1NU TUKXFBST.
The execulivo committee of the Lincoln
turnveroln held n mooting at Harmonic hall
at noon today to perfect arrangements for the
fcslivitlcs to bo given at the second annual
tunifost , which is to bo held In this cily Juno
21i lo 'M , Inclusive.- Among the turner socie
ties who have signified their Intention to bo
present tire these nt Omaha , Soulh Omaha ,
Sioux City , Plnttsmouth and Fremont. This
will bring together the ilnest gymnasts In the
northwest und the exhibitions of skill and
strength will bo very interesting. Among
the principal features of tlio turnfest will bo
gymnastlo drills , contests for prizes , a grand
ball and a banquet.
At to-day's meeting the final arrangements
for the great event were made. Excursion
rates for the round trip have been secured ut
ono and n llfth faro from all the principal
towns hi the state. There Is every evidence
that there will be a largo influx of German
people during the progress of the festivities.
A NKW K. OH P. I.OnOR.
Lodge No. 1)5 ! ) of the Knights of Pythias
will spring Into existence next Thursday
evening. Thcro are already 101) members
who will bo installed on thai evening nnd the
ceremonies lu honor of the event will bo im-
Eosiug. The llrst degree will bo conferred
y Past Chancellor U. II. O'Neill of Apollo
lodge ! ! ( ] , the second by Past Grand Chancel
lor W. Love of Lincoln lodge No. li ( , nud the
third by C. W. Hoxle of Capital City lodge
No. OS.
sicunni : > ma DAMAGKS.
The suit of Gottlieb Weininger vs the Mis
souri Paeilic for $10,1)00 ) damages on account
of permanent injuries received through a run
away caused by the nolso of the cars , was
given to the jury late yesterday afternoon.
After the jury was out but a short time they
returned with a verdict awarding Wolnlnger
SO. H'J damages. Wcininirer was drh'inir over
the railway crossing when the whistle of u
Missouri Pacific train frightened his horaus ,
causing .them to run u way , and ho was thrown
into a ditch.
BtmiAi , or jonx luu.ixciEii.
The funeral services over the remains of
John Balllnger who was run over and killed
by the cars at Springfield early Fridav morn
ing , were held at his Into homo. Thirteenth
nnd Y streets , this morning. The services
were under the auspices of the order of railroad -
road conductors nnd Knights of Pythias , to
both of which organizations the deceased be
longed. There was a lurgo turnout of friends
also nnd a long procession followed the body
from the house to the cemetery.
UNIVKIISITV SEItMOX.
The annual university sermon , the opening
feature of commencement week ut Cottnor
university , wus delivered this evening by the
eloquent divine , IJev. C. B. Nowmun , at the
Church of Christ , on Fourteenth nnd K
streets. The church wus crowded with
nuditors. In addition to tlio other worship-
> crs the entire personnel of the college , both
'acuity und students , were in attendance ,
lev. Newman , who has a wide reputation In
ils church , acquitted himself in his usual
nanncr.
CITY" NOTI'.S.
Thieves broke into Elmer Carr's barn , at
.Thirteenth and E streets , yesterday und stole
i suddle , the only thing of any vuluo avail
able.
able.Ebenezer Cooley wus yesterday afternoon
granted a divorce from his wife , Ada E.
Cooley , whom ho claims deserted him with
out cause.
Mrs. Currlo A. Scbeel appeared In llio dls-
rict court yesterday and told u touching tulo
of neglect on the part of her husband , John
G. School. She declared that it wus only by
lor own efforts thut she has been saved from
starvation. She asked for u divorce nnd the
udgo grunted her request.
Colonel E. IX Webster of Strnlton was In
tlio city today for a short timo. Ho Is on his
vay to Washington and Now York.
NOTK9.
Mr. Albert Shawwho wrote the paper
on "Glasgow , a Study In Municipal Gov
ernment , " in a recent Century , has an
equally timely paper in the Juno
Century on "London Polytechnics and
Peoples' Palaces. "
Jn the Juno number the Now England
Magazine comes to tlio front with an ar
ticle on Athens , Ga. , as the birthplace
of Henry Grady , In which Is given much
Is of exceeding iulurest perlainlng
o the early life of Ihls oltxiuenl anil
nuoh lamenled son of the south. In ad
dition to a valuable collection of pictures
hat servo to illustrate this article ,
,11010 , appears in fae simile two manu
scripts of Grady's that give a doligtful
) icturo of the inner life of the boy and
-ho man.
The Duchess Is probably one of the
nest popular women writers of the pres
ent day , und also one of the most prolific.
L'ho John W. Lovell company of Now
York had no less than three now works
Vom her pen on the press last week.
A Born Coquotlo , " "April's Lady , "
mil "Her Lust Throw , " were the lilies.
Charles Dudley Warner , In his essay
wglnning Iho "Kdllor's Study'1 of Hur-
> or's Magazine for .Tune , asks somu pur-
Inunt question on the great power of the
ommonplaco.
Frederick Arthur Brldgman , the Orl-
ntalist painter , Is charactorl/edby Mrs.
idiuylor van Honhsolaor , In Frank Los ?
io's Popular Monthly for Juno , as a typ-
cal American artist , because In art ,
'just now It Is the cosmopolite who is
yplcnl , the thorough-paced American
vho is exceptional. ' ' Some admirable
ngravlngs and fac-simllesof Mr. Brldg-
nan's picture are given. Another nolti-
ile attraction of this number Is a pro-
usely lllustraU'd article on that "mile of
ilstory , " the Bowery of Now York city ,
> y Felix Oldboy , the well-known local
ilstorlnn , who tioeina to have Inherited
rvlng's charm of style and fund of
Gotham lore.
The Political SoIuiHK ) Quarterly for
Juno opens with a dofuiiho of "National
Suvoroignty" in Iho United KtaUw by
ohn A. Jamuion a ulitbt the theories of
Iho "ixnnlytlcnl jurists. " K. I. Ronloli
of the treasury dopnrtment discusses lh
relation'- "Tlio Controller-1 nnd the
Courts" in the nottlomont of olalmH
ngiilnst Iho government : Dr. Charles 1J.
Elliott , writing1 of "Tho Legislatures
nnd the Courts , " gives tin Inlorostliitf r
history of the origin nnd development of
the power to declare n law unconstllu-
tlonnl. Prof. 11 , M. Smith , In a timely
paper "On Census Method * , " shows the
selenlllle Imporlnneo of the census and
suggests tinprovemonla lu the methods
of Inking It. f
"Tattooing ns a Fine Art" in the
Juno Drake's Magazine , is a very inter-
esllng account of the practice among the
South Sea Islanders of profusely decora
ting their bodie.t.
The John W. Lovoll company of Now
York aronbont to Issue Iho work which
is creating such a sensation lu English
theological circles entitled "Uix Mundl. "
It consists of twelves theological essays ,
the work of eleven author ! * , all of whom
stand high in the Knglish church ,
t The now periodical , "Short Stories. "
published by the Current Llteraluro
publishing company , start ? out a phe
nomenal success. Of the first number
three editions have boon printed anil
aold. The July number , now at hand Irf
a wonderfully varied and intero-tiiifc' * " :
compendium of story telling. Tliero is
something suited lo every taste ; twonly-
five good stories for 2o conta. Among
the slarlllng laloa for July are 'Ih.i
Phantom Child The Fate of Half-Past
Four ; a calalcplle slory , entitled , A.
Silent Witness of Ills Crime ; The Kiss
of Sudden Death ; The Ryan Woman's
Suicide , ( detective ) ; and two awful bits
of realism Tlio Story of Iho Urokor , and
Tlio Walehor by Iho Dead. The "Kt.'h-
ings" are crisp and artistic , and the gen
eral make-up perfect for the lovers of
good flotion.
Von Moltko'H Warning Words.
These were Iho words of Mollko when
ho apoko recently upon the Gorman
arm ; . ' hill : " ( Jenlleinen , if the war
which has hung over our heads like the
swortl of Damoelus for more than ten
years past over broa ks out Its duralkmi
and end cannot be foreseen. The great
est powers of Europe , armed as thFj
have never been armed before , will thotl
aland face lo face. No ono of them can
bo shatlered in ono or two campaigns so
completely as to confess itself hr > : it n ,
nnd conclude peace on hard Icrm-t nr an
not to recover after a year or MI. per
haps lo renew Iho conflict. Uentlonii-n.
it may bo a seven years' war , it mn.Im .
n thirty years' war woe to him who
sols lire to Europe and is I he lirsi in
apply the torch to tlio magazine ! \Vlmn
such mighty issues are at htalco nil
that wo have won with heavy sacrili , * .
the existence of the empire , purhapt I lie
continuance of social order and civlll/-i
lion , at any rate hundreds of thousand- *
of human lives the money qur-stion be
comes a secondary eonsulorallon , mid.
every pecuniary sacrifice seems justified
at the outset"
FOOH of HiiHsian PIiyslclnn.H.
The comparatively few Russian phvv-
clans who have attained a con.-picuous
roputalion in their own country are paid
even moro handsomely than are many of
the leading members of the British fur-1 *
ully , says the London News. A few < in H
ago a wealthy local notnbilily at Odessa ,
Mr. P. S. Raili , was operated upon for
abcess in the hip by Dr. SkUfasboi U.oi .
St. Petersburg. The operation was - \ \ *
ccssfully performed within twrnt.i mm
utes. The fee demanded and paul \\-n
11,000 rubles , equivalent to cl.'J ± l lu-
eidcntally a lady availed herself of ) .
Sklifassofsky's visit to Odessa lo have un
operation performed for < : aneir , for
which she paid the operator " ,000 rubl
or 22'2. And yet , writes our correspond
out , there are very many hardworking ,
conscientious and skillful young prn- :
lilioners busily engaged among tin *
poorer classes of the populous provincial
centers in Russia whose yearly income
does not exceed GOO or 700 rubles.
Kcpuhlicaii State Convention.
The republican olcutors of tlio state of NY
braska are requested lo solid dolouates fiiini
thulrHOVuralcoiintlosto moot In convention m
the city of Iilniioln , Woiliiosdny. July 1 , iits
o'clock p. in. , for tlio purpose of pltu-liiK In
nomination candidates for tlio following blulo ,4
olllces :
Oovoriior.
Lieutenant Oovoriior.
Socrotury of Stato.
Auditor of I'libllu Accounts.
Htalo TroiiHiirur.
Attorimy Oonoral.
Commissioner of Pnlillo Lands and llullil-
Snporlntondont of Public liistriii'tliin.
And thu transaction of Niic.li otho.r bu-ilftov *
as may come before thu con volition.
TUB API'OlrriONMI'NT.
The snvcrul inmiillos are eulitleil to ropiu-
fioiitnUoii UH follows , holiiK based upon tlio
vote eii.st for lion , ( ieor o II. Huntings , presi-
dontlal elector In 1K.S.H , nlvln 0110 ilolonle ( : il-
larKH to ouch comity , and ono fur I'iieli I "J
voieK and the major fraction thereof :
It IH ri'coiiiniundod that no proxlo.s l -
inlttud to the eonventlon , nnd Unit tin < l'-l'
Kiitos present bo uuthorUcd to cast tln > full
VOtoof the ( leleKHllon.
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