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Tin : country will brcatho easier now
that brimstone and Hulphur tire trans
ferred to the free list ,
Dn. MKHCKH'S ilobiit as a candidate
for governor produced a compound fruu-
turo of the Tammany vortubnu.
COMPARATIVE packing statistics pro
claim the Ktomly growth of Omaha as
the great Htock market of the trana-
Iilissouri region.
THIS question that agitates the Masonic
grand lodge is the infallibility dogma.
If the pope is infiilliblo , why shouldn't
the grand master be ?
TIIK collln and livery combines should
promptly ally themselves with the gaso
line Btovi1. Such a vociferous friend of
the melancholy business should not bo
left gut in the cold.
Tim anti-trust bill has passed both
houses of congress , and will doubtless bo
promptly approved by the president.
Wo shall soon see whether a national
law will curb the greed of combinations.
Accoumxo to the system of justice in
vogue in Wyoming , forgery is worth
three years while shooting a woman
drops down to fifteen months. The six
teenth amendment does not appear to bo
a success in the land of oil and soda.
, TIIK international prison congress in
session at St. Petersburg adopted reso
lutions favoring important reforms , but
the reader will look in vain for the re
motest reference to Siberia , The shad
ows of tlio PetorholT prison arc sulll-
ciently marked to enforce silenco.
"IT means war ; " "tho mask of hypoc
risy torn from the malignant face of St.
Paul " "a " "cow
; dastardly outrage ;
ardly curs , " and "envious hyenas , " are
a few of the endearing expressions
hurled by Minneapolis at its sainted
suburb. The cold types fail to convey a
fragment of their warmth. Evidently
the senate committee had cast a pitying
ghinco toward the falls of St. Anthony
when it voted to place brimstone and
sulphur on the free list
A vinouous war on the electric light
monopoly of Denver forced a reduction
from two hundred and fifty dollars per
lamp per annum to ono hundred and
twenty dollars each. Omaha pays ono
hundred and sovehty-fivo dollars per
lamp on a three-years' contract , or
nearly six thousand dollars n year more
than Denver for ono hundred lights.
This is one of the beautiful specimens of
the business ability of "the late vigilant
mayor" and his coparceners in the
council.
Tint- demand for money continues
"tolerably active and deposits are liberal.
Collections in the city are easy and job
bers report country customers as doing
. very well indeed In that respect. The
city retail trade has been somewhat
'quietduring the hot days of last week
-and this , but there is a fair movement In
goods for summer wear and there is
really not much complaint hoard from
dealers. The local produce market has
Buffered somewhat by the hot weather ,
and business is.reported as rather dull.
California fruits are arriving in good
condition , and peaches , apricots , pears
and grapes will soon bo abundant.
TUB pending conlllct between-the Mis-
' pourl Pacific and the railroad commis
sioners of Kansas will bring before the
highest court of the land questions of
vital importance to the people. Last
April the commissioners ordered the
company to run a regular passenger
train on a branch of the system and ac
companied the order with n caustic in
dictment of the corporation for pleading
poverty while squandering thousands of
dollars in rate wars. The company ig-
, iioreil the order , as was expected , and
Governor Humphrey has instructed the
attorney gonorul of the state to institute
mandamus proceedings in the United
States supreme court at once. The ques
tion Involved is whether the state IUIH
power to comKl ] corporations to operate
regular pas. enger trains on what is
claimed to bo a non-paying branch road.
Similar questions were raised in Iowa.
last year , but the railroads avoided ti
test by complying with the orders of the
Iwurd of cummlssioners. The form of
the proceedings will result In an early
and final decision on a question of great
interest to the people of Kuusus and the
vest.
KXCKSSIVK tt I.THS OA' FOOD VltODUfTS.
Wo referred some days ngo to the re
port of the interstate commerce com-
mlttrlon in response to a resolution of the
Untied Stales senate calling for informa
tion regarding the alleged effect of ox-
cc"slvo freight , rates between the Rocky
mountains jind the principal food dis
tribution centers of the east upon the
marketing and cost of food products.
It will bo remembered that the conclu
sion of tlio commission was that n higher
rate than seventeen cents on corn from
the Missouri river to Chicago is ox-
ce. sivc , and that there should bo a
reduction of two cents from existing
rates west of the river in Nebraska and
Kansas. Wo huvo received the official
report of the commission , and It pre
sents a most conclusive and unanswer
able argument for a reduction of rates on
food products.
The commission state that before the
act to regulate commerce was in .force
the ascertained facts show that on trafilo
panning over the same lines and systems
rebates were given from stations west of
the river sometimes as high as thirteen
cents , and averaging four cents per ono
hundred pounds of corn during the years
when a twenty-cent rate was In force
from the Missouri river to Chicago in
the years next preceding the passage of
the interstate commerce act. Since the
act all carriers from points west of the
river Imvo made rates on corn three
cents below the then and now existing
Missouri river rate. Part of the crops
of 1887 and 1888 , says the report of the
commission , was carried from the Mis
souri river and stations beyond in Kan
sas and Nebraska to Chicago for seven
teen cents by all the roads , and
frequently at various times in
1888 for very much less. The
abundant harvests and the growth of
population on western lines to tlio grain
fields and the country beyond have so
multiplied customers with wants to bo
supplied sis to cheapen the cost of serv
ing them , aud in view of all the facts ,
the commission were constrained to believe -
liovo that the maximum rate to Chicago
from the Missouri river should not bo
higher than seventeen cents-on corn ,
and that thp rates from the several sta
tions in the states of Nebraska , and Kan
sas , west of the Missouri , to the Missis
sippi river and to Chicago , to bo reason
able , should be reduced as much as two
cents.
The report of the commission goes very
thoroughly over the whole ground , and
its showing of what has been done , before -
fore and since the interstate commerce
act went into force , the relative charges
from the Missouri river to Chicago and
from Chicago to the Atlantic seaboard ,
with the conclusions based on these facts ,
leave no room for a defense on the part
of. the railroads of the present charges
and no excuse for their continu-
arfco. Having this opinion and au
thority of the national commission it is
pertinent to tisk why the state board of
transportation does not move for a re
duction of local charges to the extent at
least of two cents , as practically advised
to do by the report of the interstate
commission. Why doea it allow the rail
roads to go on exacting from the produc
ers of the state an excessive charge after
its duty has been clearly pointed out ? It
has but to act to eecuro to
every producer in Nebraska what
ever advantage might result
from reducing local rateson
grain two cents , for the claim of the rail
roads that the present rate is reasonable
is completely demolished by the report
of the commission. Its failure to act is
giving toleration to a declared injustice
which it is the highest duty of the board
to correct , and tlio continuance of which
is a loss to the people of the state of
thousands of dollars every day. If the
board Is not In possession of the com
mission's report , which was sent to the
senate early in the present month , it
should make haste to obtain a copy and
act upon its suggestions. Otherwise it
must expect to bo subjected to the
charge of utter indiiToronco to the inter
ests of the people it was created to sub-
servo and protect.
- TIIK SKA'.ITB TARIFF RILL.
Until the tariff bill as amended by the
senate committee is reported in full , so
that a careful comparison can bo made
with the house measure , it can not bo
said with certainty whether the former
is as tv whole a very great improvement
upon the latter. The senate committee
has made numerous changes in the bill
of the ways and means committee , # on-
orally to lower duties , but in most cases
these will not result in any great benefit
to the consumers , or what advantage
may bo derived from them will bo
fully counterbalanced" by the in
crease of duties on other commodities.
Thus white the amended bill lowers the
rates of the house measure on certain
articles of wearing apparel it increases
them on others , though it is to bo said in
favor of the senate committee's work
that in this particular the reductions
are on the lower grades of goods which
are used mostly by poor people. Tlio
senate bill Is also commendable in mak
ing a largo general reduction oil glass
and glassware.
A very Important change is that re
ducing the duty on steel rails to eleven
dollars and twenty cents a ton which Is
between five and six dollars loss than
the present duty and more than two dollars
lars below the rate made in the house
bill. The senate committee made the re
duction against the vigorous opposition
of the stool combination , which urg * > d
the usual plea that such a reduction
would be disastrous to the business and
that the rail manufacturers would not
bo enabled to maintain control of the
home market , but argument and facts
were not lacking on Uio other side to
convince the committee , as the
must unjbody who will fairly con
sider them , that the steel rail
Interest would be amply protected by
the proposed duty , Tlio price of steel
rails'In Knglaud is about twenty-five dollars
lars a ton , and the price in this country
has for a long time ranged between
thirty-two and thirty-three dollars a
ton. Add to the English price the pro
posed duty and the cost of freight , in
surance , etc. , and the English rails
could not bo laid down In the United
States for loss than thirty-eight or
thirty-nine dollars a ton. It is tuus
obvious that the proposed duty
would afford uuiulo protcctlou aud
allow tv margin for exacting
several dollars beyond a fair profit whenever -
over an exceptionally active demand
should enable mnnu icturors to put
prices to just below the point at which
importations might bo encouraged.
Manufacturers do not complain that they
are not making a fair profit at the pres
ent prices , and they cannot urge a single
sound reason for asking a wider margin
of protection than they would have under
the duty proposed in the .sonato bill. It
has boon admitted by "Mr. Car
negie , than whom there is
certainly no better authority ,
that live dollars a ton would bo nn ample
protective duty on stool rails , and other
rail manufacturers hiivo declared that
with free Iron ore they would not only
need no protection at homo but would
bo'nolo ' to compote with European rivals
in the open markets of the world. An
other commendable feature of the sen
ate bill is the reduction of the duty on
sawed boards to ono dollar per thousand
foot. The sugar schedule of the house
bill is amended by providing a duty on
raw sugars that would come In compe
tition with the homo product , this being
intended more particularly to encourage
the boot sugar industry , and by increas
ing to nearly the amount of such duty
the rale on refined sugars , the wisdom of
the latter being somowha't questionable.
A moderate duty with a view to foster
ing beet sugar production may bo de
fensible , but tho-sugar refining interest
of the United States does not need pro
tection oven to the extent of six-tenths
of a cent a pound.
Unquestionably the senate bill is in
several respects an Improvement upon
the measure framed by the ways and
means committee , but It would be more
acceptable and come nearer to mooting
the public demand for tariff re vision and
reform if Its reductions were greater
and more general. How much of it will
finally stand , after it has gone through
the pruning of a conference committee ,
cannot bo predicted with any degree of
certainty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK irunir.iuio or TIMK.
' It is now nearly two years since con
gress passed the appropriation bill for
the now federal building. And still the
old lire-traps and tinder-boxes remain
undisturbed on the Planters' house
square. It is now more than two years
since the appropriation was made by
congress for a now fort , but wo are still
waiting to hear of the first shovel of
earth being turned on Henry T. Clarke's
military farm. The whys and
the wherefores for the delay are
well known. Had the location of the
post.oflico been made in accordance with
business principles , on ground that did
not have to bo condemned , the basement
of the now building at least would have
been completed by this time and hun
dreds of mechanics would have been
employed on the building during the
present season. Had the speculative
scheme to relocate the fort been snuffed
out , as it bhould have been , the present
fort would have been rebuilt by this
time and the grounds cnhuged.
But the jobbers and speculators who
expected to profit by the postoHlce deal
and the forb removal have been given
full sway , to the everlasting detriment
of the city.
CIIAIUMAK WALTCEI : of the Interstate
Railway association succeeds in drop
ping his views into print occasionally to
show the corporations that ho looks after
their interests for a liberal salary. Mr.
Walker expresses painful regret over
the report of the interstate commerce
commission and vigorously protests
against the reduction in freight ratorf
suggested by the federal commissioners.
"If the proposition of the commission , "
says Mr. Walker , "is carried into effect ,
it will have rendered the largest money
judgment over attempted to bo pro
nounced by a human tribunal. " The
corporation or.iclo possesses a conven
ient memory. Ho forgets that
a few railroad managers can come to
gether on twenty-four hours notice , elevate -
vato rates at will and levy tribute on the
commercial and productive interests of
the country exceeding by millions what
the proposed grain rate reduction would
amount to. Three years ago the big
four assembled in Now York and in ono
hour levied a tax of ton millions on the
commerce of the country , but Mr.
Walker omits reference to historical
facts while pleading for his employers.
When It comes to rendering and collect
ing 11101103' judgments from the people
the corporations have an unquestioned
right to the belt.
BOTH political parties in Illinois agree
on the necessity of u thorough revision
of the revenue laws of the Htato. The
democratic state convention has pro
nounced In favor of it , ami the Chicago
Jnter-Occan declared that the republicans
must do more than endorse it. They
must pledge their candidates for the
general assembly for revision and work
as 11 unit to hring ubout n moro equita
ble taxation of all classes of prop
erty. The evils of Ineilleie'nt revenue
laws are as glaring in Nobru ; > ka as in
Illinois. They nro a positive damage to
the stato. They place a premium on
tax shirking , promote perjury and Incite -
cite rivalry among counties to pay the
least possible sum Into the state treas
ury. Valuations are ridiculously low.
But oven this feature might bo over
looked wore it not for tlio fact that
property In contiguous counties , equally
valuable and productive , Is not assessed
In proportion to its market value. As n
consequence smno counties * boar moro
than their just share of public burdens.
A revision of our rovemio laws has
become u necessity.
TIIK trouble about this year's assess
ment Is not so much the low appraise
ment of improved real estate as it is the
increased exemptions of corporation
property and the failure to take Into ac
count the value of franchise corporation
property which Is bonded for millions of
dollars. If there Is to be a raising of as
sessments the board of equalization
should direct its attention to Illegal tax
exemptions and undervaluation of cor
porate property.
Pun now union depot will bo a very
decided improvement on the old cow
shed , but It is by no means the mam
moth structure that has been repre
sented. VUo tower will bo two hundred
and fifty-six. Wet high , but the body of
the bulldlti 'is only one hundred and
thirty by ono undred and fifty-six not
much Inrgor ithnn the Union Pacific
headquarters.
\Viu f a t'ommUtco ignores the posi
tive instructions of tlio council and dou
bles the cost of nn Improvement.the pro
per thing to Ho is to make the committee
or tholr boiuUfnon pay for it.
TUB ceremony of the laying of the
corner-stone of the now city hall Inci
dentally also commemorates the nine
teenth anniversary of TliK 13 KM , which
Issued Its first number on Juno 10 , 1871.
TUB constant enlargement of the local
railroad-yards and depots and doubling
of tracks Is convincing proof of the com
mercial growth of the city.
TUB itemized bill of work in the now
city jail Is a model specimen of "business
principles in city affairs. "
A Ul.stliiL'llou U'ltli a Difference.
OifMtfrt Inter-Ocean.
Mlas Cnldvull married n Oennim baron.
Thank fjooduuss , Mnry Anderson married a
man.
How Not to Do it.
.SI. Liniti ( llolie-Deinncttit.
The experience of the census-takers this
year is valuable la showing how a census
should not be taken.
Crop notation In Georgia.
Clilcivjo T/m/a. /
Georgia sends out tbo joyful news that to
bacco has been successfully raised in that
state and la llltely to become n ataplo crop.
We may now hope for a diminished crop of
Cain.
nml Political Paradox.
I'urttmul Oreuunhin.
No other people in this country are so Jeal
ous of their "rights" as tlioso who had no use
for the word until they came hero ; and no
others are such sticklers for "religious lib
erty" as tlioso whose creeds make their lib
erty of conscience impassible.
Football nml Imwn Tennis llrm.iin.
I'itMuty DtxiMtch.
The abolition of the course of journalism in
Cornell is followed by tbo still more radical
prohibition boxing in Michigan university.
If tbo colleges are to turn out neither news
paper men nor pugilists , what nro the stu
dents to make of themselves ! The baseball
profession is no longer profitable.
PROIIHUTION IS IMMORAL.
CAMP POINT , 111. , Juno 10. To the Editor
Of TIIIJ J3nn ; No more important question
than that of prohibition has occupied tbo pub.
lie mind in tbo last 30 ! ) years. Yet , notwith
standing all tbut ) ms been said on the subject ,
it is not well unileratooil. Tlio moment ono
avows himself an. opponent of prohibition ho
is denounced as "ail ally of tbo saloon. " Pro
hibitionists are laboring under tbo delusion
that tbo only way to close tbo saloons is by
pobiblting tbo manufacture and sale of intox
icants. Indeed they assert that this is tbe
only means by which temperance can bo pro
moted. Men who View the temperance ques
tion from a philosophical and scriptural stand
point know that the saloon is tbo effect of n
pru-oxisting canst.1 tbe drinking usages of so
ciety mid can bi1 closed permanently by re
moving tbo cause which brought it into exist
ence and which still feeds and supports it ,
nni ] in no other w.-iy. They know that alco
holic beverages , like other articles of com
merce , are subject to. tbe law of demand and
supply ; that it is folly , and worse than felly ,
to attempt to stop tbo supply as long as tbo
demand shall continue as it is today. Tbo
julco of npplos , peaches , grapes , cher
ries , currents , blackberries , etc. , exposed
to tbo air undergoes vinous fermentation
and alcohol is formed. A largo majority of.
our fellow citizens use intoxicants to some
extent. In this land , ruled by majorities , it is
simply impossible for tbo minority to unact
and enforce a law that would prevent tbo ma
jority from milking wine if they wish to inako
it.
Standard authors on moral philosophy teach
that civil government is an institution of God ,
tnat tbo functions of civil government is to
protect men in all their rights. They teach
that every man lias a social right to do what
bo pleases as long as bo does not infringe up
on the rights of another. They teach that
all law should be based upon tbo principles of
immutable justice. It is absurd to suppose
that mankind will bo benefltted by doing in
justice to ouo member of society. If it bo
said : "Tbo state has a right to do injustice
hero or there , " who shall determine how
much injustice it may do I If society would
bo bonolittcd by doing a little injustice would
it not be benelited still more by doing greater
injustice i
Mr. A practices total abstinence because bo
believes that it is conducive to health aud
happiness. Mr. IJ imagines that a glass ot
wino occasionally does him good and wishing
to Huvo a pure article bo makes wine for bis
own uso. Thus far neither lias infringed mt-
on tbo rights of any ono. To inllict a penalty
upon either for what bo has done
or what ho has left undone would ho to
punish tbo innocent. This is immoral. Pro-
bibltiouists protest mat they "do not want to
interfere with men's right to drink. " They
thus admit that men Imvo a right to drink.
It cannot bo morally wrong to inako that
which ono lias a right to consume. And yet
prohibitionists would punish men for tbo
simple act of pressing tbo juice out of grapes.
This woul 1 bo unjust. Therefore prohibition
is an immoral system.
Tbo apostle Paul says : "By tbo law is tbo
knowledge of sin. " Tluit is , men know that
it is wrong a sin for them to do what tbo
law prohibits them from doing. Law is there
fore an educator. Put a law upon the stututo
book prohibiting men from making wino and
you will bo educating them to believe that it
is wrong to make wino which is not true.
There is no more sin in making wino than
thLTD is In cultivating corn. Indeed it is
God who gives us both. ( Hosea ii. , 8) ) . The
party thai teaches that it is wrong to make
wino touches error. This tbo prohibition
party does. Therefore prohibition is an Im
moral system , Uccauso It Ls immoral to teacli
error.
Morality consists in conformity to the dl-
viuo law. Tlio divine law condemns tbo
drunkard , ! Cor. Krt" . and prohibits drunken-
uc.ssEph. 5-S. Prohibition neither condemns
tbo drunkard nor does it prohibit drunken
ness. In defending tlio prohibitory law of
Kansas , Hon. S O. Thatcher said : "Tbo
toper may guzzle at bis Heart's content at
homo or abroad , * * * * the Bavarian
may go to tbo convivial garden and enjoy bis
nld-tlmo custom us long as bo pleases and no
law of Kansas is broken. "
Think of tbo absurdity of calling n party
"a temperance jWrty , " ttmt proclaims to tbo
world Unit under'its wings tbo ' 'topor may
guz/lo to Ills HcarVfi contt > nt"if men will but
put tbo ollices of th'n county , state and nation
Into tbo hands ofttbat party. The result of
teaching tbo proitibltion doctrine is that bo-
tweim 1630 aud ISSftho consumption of boor
In tbo United States increased six-fold per
capita. Is not prohibition an immoral sys
tem i It is out of Harmony with tbe dlviuo
law. S. Hii.sitr.
TIIK SCHOOL KX
OMAHA , Neb. , Juno 19.To [ tbo Kditor of
Tun Bnn.J Your editorial In last evening's
paper commending Uio exhibit now open in
TIIK Bi'.u building , of work done in the publlo
schools , should sccuro tbo attendance of
every parent and of nil others Interested hi
our city schools. No ono entering the rooms
can fail to bo impressed by tbo practical and
urtistio value of tbo school training , as shown
in tbo results hero exhibited , nml this Impron-
slou is deepened by a uloser ami moro cuivful
examination. The largo amount of excellent
original work is evidence that the school
course d 1x3.1 not alone train tbo faculty of
memory and tiiako pupils mere absorber * of
tbo ideas of others. Tbo thoroughness
of tbo Instruction ia certain branches can
only bo ascertained by careful cxauiiuattou of
! the papers exhibited , but Uio specimens of
I writing iiiul drawing and of the work ot tbo
! manual training class give evidence nt once
i that tbo iiuplls uro trained to see , to appreci
ate , to Judge ami to do for themselves. Wliilo
I the practleal skill developed by tbo manual
training course is not to lw undervalued , tbo
mental development Is of much greater Im
portance mid Is apt to bo overlooked. The
pupil who works out Uio various problems
presented In this course must , m some meas
ure , acquire a habit of methouloal nnd accur
ate thought , of making plans in ndvnnco of
execution , a contempt for Inaccurate and
slovenly work , mid a confidence In His own
powers , as well as n general "handlue-sV1
which will bo of great value no matter what
his future vocation may be. As mi old
teacher and u parent of children in the public
schools , I commend the exhibition and urge
all to see It. CITIZCN.
WT.I
Nebraska.
A Christian church 1ms been organized at
Kdlson.
Tbo total assessed valuation of tbo new
county of Mol'herson is ? I5r > , r > 01.
Tbero nro 1,030 persons of school ago In
Norfolk 507 males nnd 53 : ! females.
Stewart , Uio Uandolph druggist , has been
arrested for selling liquor without a license.
A number of Lincoln nnd York capitalists
will soon open u bank at York with a capital
stock of $50,000.
A man named Tarr is In jnll at Valentino
charged with stealing money from the station
ngent at Clcurwntor.
The commissioners of Cedar county hnvo
decided not to issue n license to n saloon on
the sand bar opposite Yunkton , S. D.
Tbo Burt county commissioners have issued
n call for an election July 17 for Uio purpose
of voting upon the relocation of tbo county
scat.
scat.Between
Between Kearney nnd Callawny on the
Kearney & Black Hills railroad It is under
stood tnat eight towns and depots will bo
located.
Lightning rod swindlers are working
Adams county. Their plan is to put up saui-
plo rods at greatly reduced rates , wlulo the
victim signs a contract for full rates.
James AVard , n farmer living near Grceloy
Center , who some tlmo ago secured a wife
through advertising in n Chicago matrimonial
Journal , was arrested last week for beating his
better Half and gave bonds to keep the peace.
Lightning struck tbo house of John Baggott
near North Platte , passed down the stove
pipe , toro up tbo iloor , knocked down and
rendered unconscious Mr. Baggott mid bis
sou , nnd instantly killed a dog which was
lying in the room.
An advertising scheme is being worked up
in Sheridan county. It is proposed to lit up u
car with a brass band accompaniment for a
tour through Iowa , Illinois and other states
cast , the car to bo loaded with native pro
ducts and printed matter descriptive of tlio
county.
The colored population may bo a little slow
to reach Superior , but when it comes it conies
in shoals , says tbo Superior Journal. A Santa
Fe working crew is now roosting in Superior
consisting of a colored man and eight sons , all
able men , which leaves him only seventeen
cniiuren at uis ivan. nonie.
living wmpona , . , .
.1. H. MadOock of Dellovne is. the owner of n
two headed calf that is an object of a great
deal of interest to persons visiting that place ,
says tbo Spriuglield Monitor. Mr. Maddock
is always ready aud willing to exhibit this
curiosity to the multitude of visitors that are
constantly besieging his place of residence ,
lie has already been offered a good round
sum for the calf , but so far has declined all
offers. At last reports it was alive aud doing
well.
well.A
A gang of tramps , six of them white and
ono a negro , held up and robbed two boys
named Dnjanuitt and Orphiii at Portal
Wednesday evening. The gang were hang
ing around Millard all day , and started east
about dark. They took from young Dejarnatt
a fine gold watch , Swiss movement , and $7 in
cash , and from Orpttin a silver watch , Elgin
movement , nnd i"J in cash. They are sup
posed to have boarded u Missouri Pacillc
freight train going south.
Iowa Items.
A chicken with four wings and four legs
has been born to a Burlington hen.
Siblcy barbers Have petitioned the city
council'to pass a Sunday closing ordinance.
The new opera house at Falrlield will be
rushed to completion in time for tno opening
of the amusement season.
A Keoknk citizen has n large tarantula
which ho captured in a bunch of bananas aud
is raising it on a cockroach diet.
All the projected new coalmines at Lehigb ,
Kale and CoalvilleVebstercounty , on which
several thousand dollars were spent prospect
ing last year , have been abandoned and not a
mine of any consequence will bo worked this
summer , although tbu coal company may
open some of the miucs in time to catch tbo
winter trade.
An accident occurred at Des Moines tbo
other ovouiilg in which a baby's escape from
death is considered miraculous. A Mrs.
Mlllur was walking on the Diagonal track
with her babe in her arms wlie.ii she was
struck by an outgoing passenger train and
burled into the ditch , sustaining serious in
juries. Tbo child was caught on the pilot of
the cngino and carried n distance of nearly
two blocks , when , it rolled olT beside tbo
track. Barring a few scratches tbo baby was
found to bo uninjured.
A Davenport fruit dealer the other day re
ceived a carload of bananas , and on inspect
ing them found what ho supposed to be a nest
of Mexican puppy dogs. The nest contained
four of the little animals , the mother and
three young ones. Tbo mother is about the
size of a small rat , wbilo the young ones are
about as big as a mouse. Instead , However ,
of being Mexican puppy dogs , they are tbo
smallest known species of the oppossnin , and
nro known ns Marmn's ' oppossum. They bo-
lonu to tropical countries and aiv found prin
cipally in Guinea , Costa Rica and Central
America. IIo will endeavor to miso them
for pets.
What Is known among surgeons ns the
Ccsarian operation was performed at Keokuk
tbo other day upon a deformed colored dwarf
named Laura Jackson. The woman stood
the operation with remarkable nerve , and it
is thought both mother and child will fully
recover. She charges the paternitv of the
child to a well known white man living near
her homo. The Ccsariaii operation is very
rare , but few ciscs having occurred in tbo
.state , this being tbo llrst time in Keokuk. It
is so called from JulInsTCuisar , whoso birth is
said to have been by means of tbo operation
and who received his burimme from It.
The Two Diikotas.
Fargo's now Masonic temple has been
opened with befitting ceremonies.
Forest City will celebrate tbo completion
of tbo Northwestern extension from Gettys
burg July -I.
The wool clip of Brulo county Is about fin
ished , nnd will bo the largest over produced
by the county.
Since the § : ! wolf bounty went. into effect
tbo county treasurers Have been kept busy
cashing in scalps.
A iicw town slto is to bo laid out by the
Northwestern in Butte county , three miles
north of Minnesela.
Sully county citizens have forwarded peti
tions to tbo proper authorities at Washington
requesting the annexation of that county to
tbo Pierre land district ,
A Mitchell census enumerator In His rounds
the other day found a Scandinavian woman
ninety-three years old , who tends to her regu
lar household duties , milks tliu cows and Is
as lively as a woman of forty.
Over eighty kinds of stones used for orna
mental purposes tire found in the Black Hills.
Among the.so are included Jasper , jet , iigatos ,
gamuts , obsidian or volcanic glass , crystals ,
etc. Minute diamonds have been found in
tbe flexible sandstone.
A company Has noon formed at Mlnot for
tbo purpose of gathering buffalo bones as far
west as Malta , Mont. , at which point many
cars are on the Great Northern Mdu tracks to
bo loaded with the accumulations. Bones tire
worth fS u ton at the track.
Charles I ) . Bailey , tbo man arrested nt
Dickinson on suspicion of being ono of tbo
West Salem train robbers , was brought up
before United States Commissioner Spaldlng
nt Fargo , pleaded not guilty and was bound
over in the sum of f.000 to appear for trial
nt the September term of court. Being unu-
blo to furnish bonds Bailey was remanded to
Jail.
Jail.Tho Plerro capital committee 1ms Invited
tbo state press association to tuko a trip to
tbo Black Hills , ami it Is being arranged to
huvo thy excursion start from Pierre some
tlmo between tbo 10th and 20th of July by
tlio overland route. This will give the editors
n cbanco to view tbo wondoivof tbe recently
o | > oncd reservation and the still greater won ,
ders of Uio Hills country. It is proposed U > j
iiiuko tUu return trip by ruii. J
FROM THE CAPITAL CITY ,
A Somowbnt Romantic Story Minus the
Usual Happy Results.
A FICKLE WIFE AND FORGIVING HUSBAND ,
Governor Thnycr Oftnrs a ItcwimI Tor
ttie Arrest of ChnrlcH Johnson ,
tlio Aulmru Murderer
Neu-M NotcM.
LINCOLN , Neb , , Juno 19. [ Special to Tun
BKI : . ] A somewhat romantic story was
brought to light today hi Lincoln. The
parties to It tire Mr. nnd Mrs. K. O , Collins ,
whoso marriage took place 11 ft ecu years ngo
In the vicinity of Hast Cbarlton , Pa. Mr.
Collins was tbu Industrious son of a wealthy
farmer nnd his bride a woman of unusual
attractions in face ami * form nnd wiis tbo
daughter of a neighboring farmer. The
match was considered a good ono and for
years Uio two lived happily together. In
tlmo a son blessed the union nml still later
Mr. Collins , sr. , died , leaving His entire estate
to His sou , A young married couple is rarely
in better ihiaiiclai condition. But a little
Over a year ago tbe tempter cnnio in tbo form
of Frank Bowling , n soulless fellow with
Handsome face and Haltering tonguo. Ho
succeeded In winning tbo affections of tbo
ileklo wife nnd ono day she lied with him ,
taking with Her her son , now n lad
of ten. The guilty couple Hist went
to Kansas City , where they lived
as man and wifo. Later they came to Lin
coln , mid hero Bowling declared that ho had
grown tired of Her and finally deserted her ,
leaving her without a cent. Thrown on her
own resources she went to work nt tbo
American hotel. Being tumble to keep Her
son , she surrendered Htm to the homo for tbo
friendless. Later sbo went to keeping house
for a man three doors north ot Twenty-
seven til and Vine streets , where she has been
until today. A few days since Mr. U. Ward
of Addison , N. Y. , and "a friend of Mr. Col
lins , came on business as far as Chicago. Mr.
Collins bad heard that bis faithless wife was
Here and asked Wood to Hunt her up. IIo
did so and found her at the place mentioned.
The woman showed signs of repentance mid
voluntarily offered to return with Mr. Wood
to her husband. IIo did not refuse , but ho
withheld from her the fact that her husband
has meanwhile secured a divorce and is mar
ried to another woman. She will find this
out when she reaches East Charton. )
now m.onoKTT OOT Tin : LOTS.
Joliiiatban Orant , an aged and inlirm man ,
has brought suit for .Sl.l.OOO damages in tbo
county court against Harrison II. Blodgett ,
and Judge Stewart has been listening to the
testimony today. The old man tells u pretty
touirh storv about Blodsrett. IIo savs that in
18SO ho was owner in 1'eo simple of two Lin
coln lots that arc today worth $1,000. Ono
night Blodgett enticed Him to drink some
liquor with him , and finally succeeded in
getting tbo old man in a badly intoxicated
condition. What the old man did wbilo in
that state Ho does not know , but it is now
evident , ho claims , that Blodgett induced him
to deed over to him for nothing tbo lots in
question.
Two years later tbo old man -decided to
deed over tbe lots to his only daughter. Ho
was astonished to find that tbo lots bad been
already recorded : is deeded to Blodgett. The
date of record was the daj- following tbo ono
ou which Grant became so badly intoxicated.
The old man could get no satisfaction from
Blodgett aud he therefore commenced suit
for damages on the charge of "fraudulently
getting plaintiff to convoy certain real estate
when plaintiff was in an unsound state of
mind. "
uuWAiti ) rou TIIK
This afternoon Governor Thayer officially
offered a reward of WOO for the arrest of
Charles Johnson , who is charged with having
murdered bis brother-in-law , James Whit
man , ne.ir Auburn , ou last Monday. Sherill
Caldwell of Nemaha county also oltors a re
ward of $100 for his arrest. The alleged mur
derer is a man of about twenty-six , and if his
photographs tell the truth he has a decidedly
tough looking face. IIo has a light com
plexion , light hair and thin , sandy moustache ,
and probably a stubby beard of tbo same
color.
COMMKN'Cr.MP.XT COTTXRIt.
The commencement exercises at Cottncr
university occurred today In the chapel of
that institution nnd were witnessed by a largo
number of patrons nnd friends of tbo institu
tion. There was no graduating class , ns tbo
institution is yet young , but , the exercises
were none the loss interesting. At 10 o'clock
the university was formally opened , after
which tbo bouijl of trustees listened to the
ofllciul statements of tbo president aud secre
tary of the board. Both showed u Uattoring
outlook for the institution.
In the chapel a largo audience assembled
and the exercises openejl with an appropriate
address by Governor Thayor. Ho expressed
himself as being pleased to see tbo pros
perity of the school nnd wished that
its future career would bo a brilliant
and valuable ono to the youth of the
state. Tbo college is tbo training school for
tbo great leaders In all walks of life aud tlio
establishment of an institution for what is
termed higher education is of incomparable
value to the stato. The governor was fol
lowed by a number of chancellors and presi
dents of other institutions of learning in No-
Hraska , all of whom delivered congratulatory
addresses. The commencement oration was
delivered by Prof B. Kadford of Chicago ,
and was full of food for thought on the ad
vantages of a liberal education.
This evening the declamation contest oc
curred in the university chapel and the best
deelaimors in tbo institution entered tbo lists
to strive for first placo. The event was an
interesting ono.
WANTS cflOO I'OIl SIX IUY'3 WOUK.
Ex-Senator Frank Fuller , county auditor
df Wayne county , Has appealed to tbo supreme
premo court tbo suit against Madison county
to recover fc'iOO for fees. Tbo case in which
Fuller labored as prosecuting attorney was
the trial of E. A. Kelley , who was charged
with murder. The cusu first came up in Mad
ison county aud change of venue taken to
\Vayno county. Fuller assisted for alx days
iu the'prosecution ' of the case , and asked $ i00
for liis services. The fee was denied and
Fuller commenced suit for the same , but lost
the case in the lower court.
THH iioAiimxo HOUS'E KIII'IH : : ; WINS.
The case of Mrs. Mattie Griffith vs A.
Hospo was given a hearing in Judge Fluid's
court this morning. The plaintiff is n widow
who kept a boarding liouso In UM7. Tbo de
fendant is a dealer m musical and art equip
ments in Omaha , having a branch establish
ment in Lincoln. Mrs. Griffith claims that
during 1337 she supplied employes of Hospo
with ooard amounting to $71.Ml , under con
tract with ono of her agents , under which
sbo was to have a piano and pay for the same
by boarding Hospo'H employes. Tbo plaintiff
testified that shu bail received neither piano
nor money , aud sued for tliu full amount due
her. Ho.spo claimed tluit sbo was to pay $50
in cash and the other ? -Jl was to bo boarded
out. After hearing tbe case the jury awarded
Mrs. Griffith judgment for $ ) * > .
bTATII HOt hi ! XMVH ,
The Delaware 'Mutual Safety insurance
companv of Philadelphia Is authorised to do
business in this state. This company is an
old on , having been lu opm-ation Mnco IKtt.
Its cash capital Is filO.OOO. Heneu It is mutual
only in naiiio. It conlil not bo admitted If It
were n mutual company in fact.
Today Auditor Bcnton approved $ .1,000
bonds K > r tbo construction of a bridge over
the Nlobnira in Brown comity.
Captain Hill , state treasurer , Is at Hot
Springs , S. D.
The citizens of Armada Have appealed to
tbe Htato board of transportation to aid them
In tholr light with the town silo company of
Hancock for tbo construction through
thuir town of the Black Hills railroad
lino. The line at present Is being constructed
about half u mile south of Armada and the
now town of Hancock has sprung up. Tbo
board served notice today ou O. F. Hamilton
of Kearney , tbo general manager of tbo road ,
to file nn answer on or before ton days to tbo
complaint of the Armudu people. Tim fight
Is really between tbo two tuwnsltocompanies.
Leanu-d K , Scroggin asks the suiiremo
court to ravi-rso the decision of tbo dUtrict
court of Nuckolls county in awarding John
W. McUluilaml Judgment for ? 7'Jl.3'l ' ' ou a
chock on tbo Scroggin bank given bv Scrojj-
gin to Met-'Ifllaml , nut which ou being pre-
stunted at the bunk was imt paid. Scruggin
nl.su lllua unotlior petition in error from tbo
sumo court in whim bo uslo for u reversal of
tbudeffp" ' of the IUW T cii"t iu which the
T
defendant * were Jolm W. MrCleHnnd nnd
wife , SberllTE , T. Warden am ) others. The
case is over tbo transfer of certain lands in
Nuckolls county.
WOIIKINCI rou Mn\st/nr.s < , NOT
The following Is n copy of nn Iritorestlng - -
trail t lent letter , which was written by Joseph *
Burns , a member of the Lincoln cllv council )
IJi.vcoi.v , iluno 10. Hon. U. M. Nettletoii ,
Spring Hancbo , Glny county , Nebraska. My
Dear Sir : Yours of tbe fith Inst. received
mid noted. In answer to your Inquiry ns to
whether or not the Knights of Labor nro a
political party , ami if so what are Its creeds ! .
1 will say first that Uio Knights of Labor o/
pinlziitlous are composed of men who repre
sent all political parties now existing , and
this being the cuSo , it cannot bo claimed by
any person that they are a political oivanl/a-
tioti , every member having a perfect right to
affiliate with the party which meets his polit
ical views. Wo are working for measures ami
not party , mid wbilo some bellove wo enn get
tbo desired legislation sooner by | olnlng with
a new party , others , myself included , be-
llevo wo cannot wait to build up new parlies ,
as that takes years , and If wo use the balauco
of power wo Huvo today , and use It ju
diciously , wo can accomplish what wo desire -
sire In less tb'.m ono quarter of the time.
And In this I llml that I urn In full
accord with tbo views of our Grand Master
Wonrmnn T. V. Powderly , who is the highest
authority ou the questions of labor. I find In
the Journal of tbo Knights of Labor , nml tbo 4
Official oitlcr of kulgbtbood , Issued May 15 , '
181K ) , n letter from Brother Powderly In
which bo says : ( using his own language. ) :
"Tbo issue now before tbo commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in b.illot reform. The lull cam-
palgn Bhould be fought out ou that Issue.
Our members should use their best elforts to
engraft the following lu the platforms of both
parties :
Resolved , That wo favor , nnd In ovout ( if
victory at thn polls , will do all In our power l-i
pass a law that will protect theelll/cn In i-xer-
cl.slm : Ids rlclit to vole free from scrutiny , in
timidation , bribery or Inlluonno of any Kind nt
the polls. Ami as tbo Australian law.vciMns ID
meet tlio n'liiilieinrnt.sof thecase , wo favor
that or one that will bo even more bee ret In Its
operations.
The constitutionality of such n law if
passed , will bo questioned , and each parly
should bo pledged to the following :
Hesolvcd , That wo favor nml will vote to call
a constitutional convention for the purposoof
amending I he constitution of IVmiHylvnnla ,
to tbe end Hint a ballot reform law may ho
pnssc.d that will be both hccrot anil official.
It Ls difficult to predict what tbo action of
the democratic convention will bo in relation
to this matter , but the republican party
should have no hesitancy about adopting suelr
resolutions , for that party is pledged to tlui
protection of American labor , aud there eatsr'
bo no greater protection afforded than to glv *
the working man a elwnco to protect hltnsclr
at the polls by voting for himself and family
instead of the boss and the machine. "
So you see that Mr. Powderly does not ad
vise a new party , but speaks distinctly of
both republican and democrat parties , appar
ently knowing nothing of the Knlgbt.s of
Labor being a political party , and this coming
as it does from tbo highest authority known
to knighthood , aud from a gentleman wto bus
no political aspirations , should put to rest for
ever the efforts of n few restless spirits in the
organization in this state who are tearing
their hairtiud rnndinc their irurmcnts In their
effort to organize n new political patty out of
ttjo fanners nnd laboring men of Nebraska as
a rebuke to thts existing parties for ivfu.siiu ;
to recotftii/.o them and endorse some of their
wild fancies.
My opinion is that the members of all labor
oiyuni/atious , with tbo farmers anil all other
honest men iu tbe existing political parties ,
should comnicnco now and contest everj- inch
of the Krouud with the ringsters nnd bosses
in their own parties , commencing with tbo
caucus and primaries and onup to tboconvon-
tion and election.
If they do this the battle is won ; if not , and
they go into a new party , they loose their
strength and mu.st wait for years for what
they can have now if they adopt Mr. 1'ow-
derly's plan.
I can only say , in conclusion , that this will
bo my plan , and in mv humble way I will do
what I can to carry ballot reform to a success
ful issue in the ranks of the republican party
this coming winter , and would earnestly uil-
vise all otbcrs interested to do likewise , as
lifo is too short for us to wait tbo ortyinUatioti
of H new party to accomplish a desired end ,
and for no other reason than to satisfy thn
ambition of a few visionary nml disgruntled
politicians. Respectfully yours ,
Josni'ii HuisNs.
cm' xnws AND NOTTS.
Captain Cot-mack and Detectives Donipsoy
and Savage of tbo Omaha police force nro in
tbo city in attendance on the Crcuistonii !
burglary caso.
E. 1C. Criley , landlord ot the Windsor hotel ,
reports at police headiiuarter.s that some
thief stole n $10 overcoat from the coat room
of that hotel.
Henry Johnson was arrested nnd lined to
day for beating his ex-girl , 1311a Burns.
Itopuhllcail State Convention.
Tbo republican electors ot the .state of No-
bras'ka are requested to send delegates from
their several counties to meet In convention In
the city of Lincoln , Wednesday. July SI , atH
o'clock p. m. , fur the purpose of placing In
nomination candidates for tbe followlu sUkWi
unices :
liovernor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of Stato.
Auditor of Public Accounts
Stsita Treasurer.
Attorney General.
Commissioner of Public Lands and Iluliil-
Ings.
Superintendent of Publlo Instruction.
And the transaction of .snub oilier hiisliibs <
as may come before the convention.
TIIK AI'I'OIITIONMIINT.
The several counties are entitled to repro-
sentatlon as follows , bolus based upon tlio
vote east for Hon. fleorgo II. Hastings , presi
dential elector In 188H , giving mm delegate-al-
largo to each county , ami ono for each 150
votus and the major fraction thereof :
t
It Is recommended Unit no proxies hit a > l-
nllteil t < r the convention , nnil lliiittlii'iloli
gates piiisDnt In. uiilhorUud to cast tbu full
vote of tliu duk'tfiitlon.
It. I ) , ItK.'llAltD.s , Chairman.
WAI.T M. HUKI.KY
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Kubsiirlboil and fiiuinuileeil Capital. . . ( .VHl.'HV ' )
I'aiil In Capital
Iluys anil hulls Hloelcs and homls ; m
omimircliil paper ; wtdvn.s unit rxi'i-ufi
riistn ; uutH iii trans * IiiraKfiil and trntU > i > iif
orporatlons , luUob obar o of ( irojui ) > ty , vui-
iictn luxes. .
OmahaLoan & TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Corner 10th nnd Douglas Sts
aid In
* ulMcrlb < til nml ( jiianintvml Capital
Liability of Ktouldmldi'm
0 I'er Cunt lnteicit 1'ald nn ) ) t < po < ilts.
KUANK J. LANUK , r.iHhler
OIlkerniA. II. AVymun , proutdimt , J. J. Iliown ,
vlro-prc.sldi'iit , W. T. Wyiuun , treasurer
Dlrncton. A. U. Vi'ymiui. J. II. Millard. J .1
llrown , U'ty ' C Ititrlon , li. W. Nubh , TliQu '
J. Kitubu.'l , Ucurtfu II , Luke.