Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1890)
UiVLAJUA UA1JUX JLJJJJittATUKJDAY / , JUNE 21 , 1890. TT1E DAILY BEE E. B08EWATBE"Witon TKIJMii OF aUllsa Pnlty nnd r > undiiy , Ono Vcnr . 110 < W HI * inonilH . ROO Tlueeinmitln. . . . . . 2M Hunilny Hoc , Onn VPiiT- . Z < n Weekly Ili-o , Ono Vqnr . . . 1 2j OITIU',3. Oinnhn. The Hen lliilldlnz. K. Otnnlin , ( .lornrr N ntiil aith HtrcoM roittiell lllnfT * , IS IVnrl Htropt. Clilunitu Olllco , 317 ( iluimber of ronimerco. Now YorU.llooius 111 , 14 and l.iTrlbnno Uulldlng Washing-tun , on run rtpi-ii tli struct. COmiE.Hl'ONI > lNCK. All eomnnmlcntloiiH relating to n ws nnd rdllnrlul mutter nlmtiUr-bo addressed to the Kdllorlal Department , llfrflNIW.H TiBTTttlig. All business letter * and rninlttaiirrn should ImnddtrftM'd InTlio JIr < ) Publishing Compiiny , Onmlin. Draft * . ehonks nnd ptMtoltlen orders to bo Hindu payable ) totlio order of the Com- liiiiiy. The Dec Publishing Company , Proprietors. The Hop l'ldlniFurniim ! nnd Hi yeiiteenth fit * . ' ' BWou.N HTAT'KMK'NT oi Btutoof Nebraska , 1. . . County of notijtlm. I C'rorue II. Tm'hiick , si-nrotiiry of Tim Hen miiltxlilne Company. does i iileiiitily swear tliut the iiutual elreulutlon "f TIIK DAILY HUB for the weekending Junull , 1WW. was as fol lows : Kiimlny , Jiinofl . " ' .fill Monday , Juno . ] ! ! " ' , Tuesday , June ID. . . . l . 7ii WKdnciwIay , Junn 11 . l .r > 7i Thursday , Juno 12 . II . TI ) I'rlduv. JunuKI . I1M I HaturduVi Juno .11. . . . . . . . , -U.liS AVCI-HKO . UO.l-JO OKOHOI ; It. TZSOHUCK. Btnteof Nebraska , I Count v of Douglas I GcoiRell. Twhuek , beliiR duly sworn , do- imwiiid snys thut ho IH secretary of Tlio Moo I'ubll.shliiiT Coiiipnny. Hint , the nctiuil nvnnirto dully olr iilntlon of Tin : DAILY HKK for thn tnontti of Juno , 1 8 , was IP.s.Vt eonle.s ; for July , iwi , is.TOt eople..s ; 'for ' AiiRiist , ISM ) . I8r/i copies ; for September , 1SU. 1H.710 copies ; for October. Iffil ) , IWfl * copies ! for November , IPS ) , 1PilO : ropiest , for Deeembor. IsH ! > , 20.0IS copies ; foi-Jniiimrv , IS ! , Ui.fWiooplesi for 1'ebnmry , 1H(0. ( U > ,7fil c < H > l si for March. 1SCO. 20,815 copies ; forAprll.IBCO HGC4 ) copie.sj far Mny 1SOO. W.ISO COVll'M. _ OEonnK n. TZSCIIUCK. Sworn tonro > / mo nnd mthwrlhod In my piesem-e. IhU Ulrtt dny of .May , A. 1) . , 1K90. ISral. ] N. I1. Kiilf , Notary Public. DKTAININO contniot laborers "on sus picion" iti u roiiuirkiiblo fotit. T ADAMS linsgona butn ma tured Hu.splelon lingers Unit ho neglected to box ( iiul ship Foit ways that nro darlc and tricks that arc highly prolltablo the molienn- ized C'hluuo doctor easily takes the front pew. Tun division of Africa being mutually satisfactory to England and Gurmany , thoc'ivlli'/.ing inlluenco oMcitd and liquor will tnko iv fresh grip on the natives. IT rs in order for the prohibitionists to denounce the Masonic fraternity as "in league with the saloon , " for pouring the winu of joy upon the corner stone of the city hall. IT is now whispered that St. Paul merchants are having now lottor-hcads printed with the word "Minn. " omitted. They are afraid some 0110 might take it for Minneapolis instead of Minnesota. A CHANG K of two votes In parliament Thursday night would have driven the lories from power. The vote oloarly shows on what a slender thread doth hang the life of the present ministry. Tun transfer of the management of the Omaha & Republican Valley road to the St. .loo & Grand Island bodes no good for the Omaha slock market. It behooves the mnntigement of the yards to keep its weather eye wide open. TIIK condition of growing wheat in 'Nebraska , Iowa and South Dakota is most promising. Reports received by the department confirm press accounts nnd indicate a crop far exceeding that of lust year , both in quality and quantity. A SUGGESTIVK spectacle is alTordcd to republicans in the championship by the domi-rop mugwump organ of the candi dacy of the defunct Mr. Broatch. It is In accord with the eternal fitness of thingH and illustrates the peculiar politi cal tactics of the Tammany gang of roustabouts. TIIK action of the pollco in inaugurat ing a war of extermination on corner loafers and mashers is highly commend able. Omaha has its full share of this odious class of bums , ' whoso chief delight - light is to ogle and insult ladies on the Ktroets. They should bo taught a few vigorous lessons in decency and manli ness. Tins active rivalry among the various lotteries to secure the Louisiana fran chise servos to show the extent of the giunhllnu evil in the country. When parties stand ready to pay from one to two millions a year for the privilege of legally roping in the army of suckers , it is evident that the managers rake In thousands for the hundreds paid out. TUB vole of the bonato increasing the pnlury of the commissioner of public lands is iv splendid and deserved compll- mont to Judge Groff. No olllcor of the government has shown greater ability nnd energy in the discharge of his duties , and the record ho has. made , not only in guarding the rights of honest .Bottlers , but in expediting business , was worthy of substantial recognition. It Is n reward of merit. TIIK active reconstruction of the Carter white load works , recently de stroyed by lire , disposes of the ridiculous t storks sot nlloat by fake papers. Mr. Levi Carter , the principal proprietor of those works , is n model of western grit. Undismayed by the pecuniary losses sus tained , ho proposes to build on n larger Bcalo and swell the industries of the city by a plant second to none in the country. Omaha affords superior advantages for the prolitablo operation of the plant. Possessing the largest reduction Works in the world , there is "nu unfailing supply of raw ma terial right at its door , while the market feu the manufactured product is unlimited. Those advuutngoscouplcd with improved processes of manufacture and progressive iniuuigomont , make the Carter white lead works a successful ; competitor for the trade of the west. With enlarged Capacity uml modern im provements , it will undoubtedly surpass Its prosperous record in the past nnd command Its full share of the constantly Increasing trade of the surrounding ter ritory. FIW31 A ni'SINKSS STAKD-rOIXT. The movement inaugurated by the lending marclmnls , manufacturers and bankers of Nebraska against the pro posed prohibitory amendment cannot fall to exert a potontlnl inlluenco upon all cllt/oii'j who desire to promote the growth nnd prosperity of this state. The members of the Slalo Business Men's and Bankers' Association represent the capital , commerce , Indus try and enterprise of the state. Not only have they boon the builders of this state , but they are its bulwark ngatnst financial disaster and commer cial paralysis. They oppose prohibition from a business .standpoint. The expe rience of Kansas and Iowa , whore prohibition has proved itself n blight by stopping all immigration , driving out hundreds of thousands of people , depressing land values and increasing the burdens of taxation with out corresponding benefits , affords sulll- cient justification for the determined op position of all clcar-hoailod ojid conserva tive business men to a similar experi ment in Nebraska. And this is not n movement in defense of the saloon or against true temperance and' sobri ety. The fact that no liquor dealer nnd nobody connected with the liquor tralllc has boon enrolled iiB a member of the association shows that the "rum power" has no voice or vote In Its council. A largo majority of the signers of the business men's appeal never patronize a saloon , nnd most of them are church members and members In high standing of the best society in the communities in which they reside. It must bo patent to all men that the lending bankers , merchants and manu facturers of this state are solely inspired by a desire to avert what they foresee would bo a calamity not only to their individual interests but to every man who owns a foot of land on Nebraska soil. In that light alone their appeal should cause thinking men to reflect and pause before committing themselves to the support of prohibition. A IIILLIONAIIIKS' 1JAID. The free coinage bill as engineered through the senate is nothing moro nor loss than a gigantic stock jobbing scheme. It bears on its face the stamp of insincerity and lack of integrity. The advocates of free coinage in the senate may bo divided into three classes dem ocrats who want to force a split in the republican party by trotting a bill through that no president , bo lie demo crat or republican , could safely approve ; demagogues who want to tmiko political capital out of the prevailing de lusion about the effect of free coinage upon the industrial classes , and designing - signing speculators who expect to en rich themselves out of the bonus which it is proposed to pay to the bullion owners , and through the heavy rise in mining stocks that would follow. There are millions in it for the speculators and mining options have doubtless been lib erally distributed where they will do the most good in both houses or congress. The honest advocates of free coinage only want to stimulate American mining industries. This could bo done just as well by ordering the secretary of the treasury to enforce the law of 1878 that authorises the coinage of forty-eight millions of silver dollars a year , which is moro than the total production of all our silver mines. It can bo achieved by the passage of the house bill that requires the purchase of four millions and a half of bullion and the issue of an equivalent in legal tender silver certifi cates every month for the next ten years. In either case tho.governmont would got the difference between the market value of the bullion and the face value of the silver corlilicates. But that ia not what the silver kings andininingstoelc jobbers want. They insist that the government must pay them a twenty per cent bonus on the present market value of their bullion , that will also. Insnro a corresponding spending advance in the selling price of their mines and mining stocks. And they do not confine this unheard-of demand to the silver product of American * mines. They demand the free and unlimited coinage of all the bullion they can buy up anywhere on the face of 'tho globe. They have mines in Mexico and probably have options on mines in South America , the product of which they propose to unload on Uncle Sam at ° an enormous advance on its present value. All the while , these poor bonanza millionaires nro shedding tears over the wretched condition of the laboring man and farmer , out of whoso earnings they expect in the long run to pile up moro wealth than they already possess. If wo are to have free coinage why make it free to other nations and put in competition with American minors the coolie and peon labor of Mexico ? If the effort Is to equali/.e the values of the money metals why should the billionaires who own nearly all our mines , bo given a apjclal bonus out of the national treasury for their bullion instead of leaving the dif ference between its market value ami the face valuoof Us product In coin to the tax-paying people of the United States who maintain this government. llKCtl'ROCAh 1'O.V.l/KKCUr. TURATIKS , The communication sent to congress by the president relating to reciprocal trade between this country nnd the Latin- American nations , and the proposed amendment to the tar it ! bill offered in the senate , doubtless inspired by Uie sec retary of state , Indicate the earnestness of the administration to promote larger and moro Intimate commercial relations between the United States and other American nations to which the tariff policy supported by a largo majority of the republicans in congress Is antag onistic. They at the sumo time show , however , that the view of the adminis tration is that the policy which it Is de sirable to adopt Is that of requiring mutual concessions , the alternative , in case this policy failed of acceptance by the Latin-American countries , being perhaps higher duties upon the com modities we buy of them , In his communication to congress the president aya that eighty-seven per cent of the products of those countries Imported Into the United States are ad mitted free , nnd that If sugar is placed upon the free list practically every arti cle exported from those state. " , except wool , will bo given untaxcd access to our markets. lie thinks the diffi culty of arranging reciprocity treaties has been duo to the fact that wo have given so much freely that would have had value in mutual concessions , and while ho thinks the advantages thus en joyed by the Latin-American nations may dlspo.-to them to adopt measures tending to equalize and enlarge mutual exchange1 } , ho suggests that It will bo time enough to consider what moro shall bo done to gain access to the markets of these nations after wo huve tried the effect of reliable steamship navi gation nnd convenient methods of money exchange. In other words , the president would make no changes In the tariff affei'ting products of South American countries upon which a duty is now laid until it can bo dem onstrated that thojio countries are will ing to make equal concessions in behalf of our products and manufacturers. This is the policy urged by Secretary Bhilno in bis published letters to a gentleman in Maine nnd to the chairman of the national millers' convention , in which ho says that wo ought to secure in re turn for free sugar a market for sixty or seventy million dollars' worth of our own products. The proposed amendment to the tariff bill provides that the president shrill declare the ports of the United States free and open to nil the products of any nation of the Ameri can hemisphere , upon which no export duties are imposad whenever and so long as such nation shall admit to its ports free of all taxes the fpod products and certain manufactures of the United States. Tho" policy thus contemplated is certainly more statesmanlike and com mendable than that recommended by Air. McKinley , that wo should nol con cern ourselves regarding1 the foreign markets , but those who anticipate great advantages from it appear not to give adequate consideration to the fact that the South American countries generally are very well satis fied with the present conditions of their trade und are not likely to be coerced into any policy from which it is not clear they would derive banolit. It is plain that in order to materially en large our commerce with the ether American nations wo must grant most of the concessions , and it is nol at all ap parent that we shall ever bo able to effect any change , in this situation by maintaining a policy that taxes our own people for products , wo are com pelled to buy ftoin the Latin-American countries. SKCHET political societies are repug nant to republican principles. Ainu who skulk behind barred doors , indulge in grips and passwords for political ad vancement , are a menacAo the people. Honesty does not require n mask. Only the political burglar and trickster prowls in the dark. There is no place in Omalia or Nebraska , much less in the republican party , for an oath-bound or ganization fashioned after the infamous Tammany of Now York. TIIK Pittsburg boomers of increased duty on tin plato attempt to cover their own tracks by sensational reports of the formation of an English lobby to fight the advance. The story is decidedly gauzy. The fact that English capital virtually controls the product in this country as in the kingdom places the foreigners in a position of supreme in difference as to the duty. The United States must buy their tin , whether free or taxed. OTHER I ANDb THAN' OURS. The most interesting piece of European in- tclliKcnco during tlio week hits related to the nmlcalflo settlement of tlio long-nomlhtK ilis- puto between England nnd Germany as to their respective claims in east AfrliM. The inland boundary lined the rospoetivospheres within which hereafter the two ponders will have ab.icluto control muy be drawn from u point on the oust const , ut the llfth degree south latitude , northwest between the two great peaks IConiti and , Kilimanjaro und ueross Lake Victoria Nyanza , thence to Lake Albert Kyanza and the northeast boundary of the COIIKO fi'eo state. The territory to the north of this line is Gcrnnn , to the south English , but it Us not clour from the state ment whether Kqiwtoda or the province re cently administered by Einiu Uey comes within English or Garmnn control. By this' division England secures a clear right of way from tlio Victoria Nymua to Iv.iko Tangan yika and Lake Nyassa and uu outlet to the sea by the Zumbosl river , tlio claims of Portugal along that river evidently not being recognised in tlio aicreoment. There arc also boundary adjustments iu southwestern Afrk-u , in Poxolaud , ami botwoun Uaniura Land and Ngaml Land , but present informa tion does not allow us to state thoui accu rately. On the east coast very Important concessions have been nmdo by Germany. England is given tlio entire seaeoast from Somali to Mombasa , and under tlio torm.s of tlio agreement she cau occupy any jiortioiis of it In tlio rear If they are held already by Englishmen. The coast from Mombasa to Mo/mublciiio will bo under German control. South of Mozambique to Capo Colony the larger part of the coast was already under English control and did not tlguro In the agreement. Tliew nro the principal features of this most Important partition. A minor consideration Is the cession of Heligoland to Germany , two comparatively worthless islands In tlio North sea , near the mouth of the Elbo. * * * The recent victory of Signer Crlspi , the Italian prlmo minister , in the Italian cham ber , Is slgnlllcant In the light it sheds upon European politics. Crispl Is u man of im mense energy nnd strong personality , mid lit ) tins made enomlea us fait as ho has made measures. lint ho has displayed from the llrst something of the qualities of Ills great predecessor , Cavour , In penetrating the mo tives of rulers and statesmen In the other' European powers , and allying Italy with such of them iu < were the surest rellanco against a time of nceil. Hut along with his keenness , resolution , and diplomatic skill e.uno u rough handling of his ixtliticnl enemies und u hatred of tlio papacy which ho did not attempt to conrcul , The elements of discord which hnd long been smouldering liUued up at the close of last month , and the opiioaition In the chnniDcr , rallying all the adversaries of UrUpi under their standard , pit-pared to road the obnoxious minister a lesson. 1'uo friends of yio , ministry met its opponents with an unhesitating motion of "entire confi dence In his nuijosty's government. " The op- IKwHIon gnvn vent U ) n great mnny bitter speeches ; 0\it \ when the question came to the point of decision tlio real problem was , "If not Crispl , who ! " Jn the perplexing drltt mid countcivdijlft of European politics every Italian legislator felt , when the question ac tually came t < a vote , that no party or Indi vidual coulduOTonl to take the risk ef sending out or ofllco jtliUiOno man who held the strings of Intcnmtloqnl jiolltlcs in his own bands. Tlio Crispl government was therefore supported - ported by the astonishing vote of ! WJ to 01. It Is pre-omlncnUy n vote of confidence ; not In the technical &uso of the term nt used In the legislatures of Europe , but In that which It hours with the average cltl/oiii Five-sixths of the Italian deputies boltavo with unusual sincerity that Crispl la the only man to whom the steering of the ship of state through tlio dangerous waters of European politics can safely be entrusted. # European dispatched report that Bismarck has taken Into favorable consideration the re quest of the electors of Potsdam that ho ac cept their nomination for the seat In the reichstag formerly occupied by the late llerr Malchow. ft Is d'llllcult to believe that Bis marck could seriously consider the propo sition ; yet , In view of his singular perform ances since his removal from ofllce , people will be astonished at scarcely any tiling that the ox-chancellor may do. It Is trim , too , that tlio appearance of an ex-minister In the par liamentary ranks of the opposition would not bo an unomnly In politics. One sees this spc- tnclo at all limes in England , and often FiMiico. But the radical difference Is that In these countries the deposed minister Is the ollleiul chief of the opposition , nnd usually expects to return to ollteo on the de feat of the existing ministry's meas ures. Bismarck , on the other hand , even If ho desired to lead tlio opposition , could not dose so , because in nil save u few points of domes tic policy the Caprlvl government is follow ing on his own lines. Baaidos , as the German chancellor is appointed by tlio sovereign with out any such reference us Is hud In France und England to tha approval of parliamentary majorities , Bismarck would have before him no liopa of "vindication" and reinstatement in ortleo. If ho wore consistent , ho would be obliged to defend by voice and vote most of tlio ineasuroi advocated by the minister for whom he was hlmiclf displaced ; an undoubt edly humiliating role to play. His only chance of retaliation would bo in blocking or defeat ing the cabinet's measures , and to do that ho would be obliged , in nine coses out of ten , to repudiate his own past record. * * * Following in our wake , the British govern ment is engaged in making preparations for tlio next decennial census , which is to betaken taken throughout the onipiro ten months hence. The colossal nature of the work maybe bo estimated from the fact that the census of 1881 showed a total population of avOJOOJO. ) , It has been depidcd to reduce greatly the number of oiid.stions , on which Information is demanded , ahd'to make the undertaking as simple , and consequently as popular as possi ble. No inquiries will bo made as to relig ious faith or c'ueod , and the questions dealing with the occupations of the people will bo cither entirely omitted or much generalized. These latter constittitcu the most laborious , costly and least , " satisfactory part of the last census. Many of the terms used in dotlning the nature ofithi ) occupations of the persons enumerated Wore very perplexing. What , for instance , was to bo understood by a "doctor maker , " a ' 'blabber , " an "iron bolster maker , " u "bulldog burner , " and an "all rounder ! " .Although the entire work of cnu- mqration wilt be 'performed as usual within tin } space of tf.v-'Uty-four hourtlio coat will be far below the SW.OOJ.OOJ or § 7,000.0 0 which we are devoting to our own stock taking now iu progress. In the British census of IS I the cost did not exceed S31 per 1,003 of the population , a rate which , if applicable to this country , would enable us to number oui > pop ulation at just one-third of the estimated ex pense. * * The Mexican congress at its recent session passed a measure amending the constitution so as to allow re-electing a president for suc cessive tovais. The presidential election is held in Mexico in the same year as it is here , and for the sumo period of four years ; but us it comes olT there in July , the inauguration follows on December I of the saino year. Tlio Mexican congress has now done for the possi ble candidacy of General Diaz In 1S'J2 ' what it did four years ago for his candidacy in 18SS. The present uieasuro makes a president eligi ble for an indefinite number of successive terms. A renmrknblo chaugo has taken place since 11 f teen years ago or more , when Mexico amended her constitution so ns not to permit oven one re-election of a president until a full term of four years under another incumbent should have intervened. In our country there has been no prohibition in the constitution of the re-election of a president. Nevertheless no president has ever Inul u third , term , and Washington himself set the precedent against it , while the very object of the present measure is presumedly to give three succes sive terms to General Diaz , beside.- * the one ho began fourteen years ago. The consent of the required numlKT of state legislatures to the pending amendment will doubtless bo ob tained. * * It is indeed good news , if it is true , that the Mahdi's successor has released all the Euro peans who have boeu the prisoners of his pre decessor and himself since the lull of Khar toum. Few people are ever placed in so hap less a position as that of thescjtwelvo or fifteen Europeans , who fop n number of years have IKHJII at the mercy of fanatical enemies , seem ingly out of roach of human aid. Among the prisoners are natives of England , Germany , Austria , Italy and Greece. No government has attempted to negotiate for their release , for there bus been every reason to believe that negotiations would bo fruitless. Some of the prisoners sent word to Europe that any intotfuivni'ti in their behalf would only in crease. their misery. An expedition to rescue them would eorjiiflily have been fatal to them all. Several attempts have been mudo by private person and a Cathollo mission to bring about thiqea.so ( of tlio prisoners , but every effort falk'd , and all that was gained was the lnformijiou | Unit ransom money would nut be occcptcd aud that even If the Mahdi's successor conscillt'd to release the captives his councillorsWtild / not permit them to do- Time ( tjj'nt on tlio llrnlcc.s. St. ttml Plunetr-l'm $ , A Pittshurd Ulvino has patented mi air brake which can lo ; applied to all vehicles. Why not put ou ( J > ti the MuKinloy bill ! f " * ' Not to nu Alarming Kxtcnt. JVfWU'orff Tribune. Yes , David B. Illli is going to the west. But the shrewdest political obiervors report that the west ia not going to David B , Hill. Klucntii ) Tor tlio .Sim t'liinclKi-a Alln. A full- blooded SloUx Indian Is practicing law in Dakota with great success. His prior training with the scalping knife Is of use iu his new profession. ; A C'oiutir'dlieiiHivH Title ; . , llnxtli'n , ( Unlit. A now sorles'gf , biographies is announced under the title of ' 'People Who Have Made u Nolso in the World. " This ought to cover the colicky baby , the man who prao- tli-OH nights on the cornet , and the Harvard graduate us ho appears colcbvalius a victory over Yalu. FROM THE CAPITAL CITY , A Number of Lincolnitca Swindled by the Five English "Doctore. " MANY POOR PEOPLE OUT OF POCKET , A Statement Krom Secretary CJnrber of'tho Stnto Hoard of Trnus- liurtatlon Stnto House and Other News. LINCOLN' , Neb. , Juno 20. [ Special to Tim Bii.J : : The alleged "live English doctors , " who have relieved suffering humanity In other cities of Nebraska of their hard earned dollars , also got in their work In Lincoln niul have left n host of patients with lightened purse * to mourn their departure. Three of the sharks worked this town nnd numbered among their victims both rich and poor. The latter class , however , were greatly In tlio majority , und * ii number of shop girls and poor clerks suffering with various diseases entrusted their money nnd lives with t.ho quacks. COMMI'.IICIAt. TIIAVIU.niM COXVKXTIOS . The following is of Interest to nil traveling men nnd their families , whether members of the Iowa State Traveling Men's association or not : A letter Just received from II. B. Hedge , president of the Iowa State Traveling Men's association , concerning their Denver special Pullman train tlmt will start from Dos Moines June 1 , nrrlvlng at Omaha in the evening and Denver.luno ! M , states that their train will run as the lirst .section of the regular Union Pacific No. 7 that leaves Omaha at ; 'M p. in. Juno 23 and will make regular stops at Fre mont , Columbus , Central City , Grand Island and Kearney for Nebraska members , or anv traveling man wishing to Join their party. It will stop also nt iiny town on the line If no tice Is given by telegraphing train in time to pick them up. Hates from any point to Den ver and return will bo ono faro for round trip , good for thirty days. The 8:45 : p. m. Union Pacific Lincoln train will connect nt Colum bus. That this excursion will be a success Is assured , as ovorono hundred of the boys have already "put up" § 5 each for their appearance and start from DCS Moines , and Denver is said to have a fund of 318,000 for entertain ment and mountain excursions. Badges dis tributed on train. L. W. GAHUOTTI : , Nebraska member. SAY AN INMUSTICK HAS BE KM 1IONIJ. Secretary Gurbcr of the state board of transportation tackled Tun Bnr.'s Lincoln correspondent on his rounds this nipmlng. with reference to the editorial appearing in this morning's ' issue of TIIK Uiu : under the heading "Excessive Hates on Food Pro ducts. " The secretary is of the opinion that an injustice has been done the board by Tin : BKK in attributing to it tlio power , and , poasejsiiig the power , failtugto move to bring about the reduction in corn rates from stations west of the Missouri river to the llgures found by the interstate commerce commission to be lust and reasonable. He stated his belief that TIIK Bin : had erred in its understanding of the one point in the re port of the commission having relation to the reductions recommended in rates from sta tions west of the Missouri river. The secretary - rotary said , "Tho difference in the rates from stations in the interior of Nebraska to Chicago cage and the rates from the Missouri river to Chicago can in no manner bo considered iis a local rate subject to adjustment and regula tion by tlio board of transportation. For in stance : The rate now from the Missouri nvor to Chicago is 0 cents ; from David City to Chicago it isJt cents ; from Grand Island , UOJ cents ; from Kearney , -SlJ-j cents ; from Plum Creek , - ! > ' cents ; and the maximum rate , 2. ) cents , is'linally reached ut Gannett , about three hundred miles out from Omalni. The rates are established on tlio meridian basis. It is not supposed that any ono will contend that the maximum increase in the rate through the state beginning at the Missouri river and increasing 5 cents per hundred pounds for an incroascU distance of HUD miles would bo a sufficient IMIO for the haul to the river in connwtluu with the expense of gathci-ini' Vuo traffic. At the maximum rate and minimum length of haul under the rate , viz : Three hundred miles , the car load rate at minimum weights would bo but $10. Cer tainly that is not.a rate which will permit of a two-fifths reduction. The facts are , the Nebraska roads got consid"rable more as their sliaro of the through rate than that part roprchcntcd by the increase in the rate as dis tance increases west of the Missouri river. In accordance with well established princi ples governing divisions of earnings on through tiiilllc tlio Nebraska roads which gather the business in car lots of one or two curs uoro and there and deliver it in train loads to the lines east of the river , get 40 per cent of the rute through to Chicago. What the commission has said is that the interstate rate , Missouri river to Chichgo should bo 17 cents ; and , using the list of Ne braska stations heretofore nameu , they have said that the interstate rate , David City to Chicago , should bo 19 cents ; Grand Island to Chicago 2 ( % cents ; Plum Creek to Chicago , ! SJ'-f ' cents , and from North Platte to Chicago i'J cents ! The rate from interior points in the state to Ohieapo is not a sum of the lot-ill nitcs through the different states. It is away below what the sum of. any but ridicu lously low loeal rates would amount to , and eannot therefore bo minced by any reason able change in the local rates. The interstate - state commerce commission through the at torney ( 'oneral and the United States dis trict attorneys are the ones charged with on- ( ovciiitf the decisions ot the commission , not the state commission , " MISM.VTKI ) , Mrs. Susie Woods has Hied n petition in the district court asking for a divorce from her husband , Frederick Woods , and that her maiden name , Susie Deets , bo restored. Mrs , Woods tells a pitiful tale of mistreatment at the hands of her husband. In addition to the cruelty to which she has been subjected she suvs ho has unjustly chat-Red her with being criminally intimate with other men , On the contrary she claims that she has Iwen a true and faithful wife , and no thought of violating her marriage vow Ims-ovor been entertained by hor. She has been married tlvo years. SUSl'KCT HIM OP Mrs. Aiuilo II. Houseworth nnd the other heirs of James M. Davis seem to doubt the honesty of their brother , John ,1 , Davis , who has been acting as executor of the estate of the deceased , and have called him to account In the county court. It Is claimed by the heirs that there is over $1,000 that is not ac counted for mid they demand that John tell what ho knows about the missing amount. There is also considerable objection to u bill for $500 presented by John for his son-ices as executor. Davis was lately u partner with Walling- ford & Schamp , and they , too , pronounce him a very bad Ixiiikkeeiwr as far us the Interests of other people are concerned , IION'T WANT TO I'AV Till : TAXM. J. II. McMurtry ami J. II , McClay nro en deavoring iu the district court to bo released from paying .jJOS.ur : > taxes duo on that part of the eity'owned by them that was originally in the Juno Y. Irwin farm. McMurtry and McClay have refused for a tuimhur of years to Day tlio taxes assessed , urging as their excuse an alleged I'lscropancy ' tn the original levy Incorporating the city of Lincoln. In the original petition , circulated over twenty years ago , to incorporate thocity , Juno Y. It-win ro- fuscd to become QUO of the petitioners , but the city was incorporated nevertheless and her farm became part of the city of Lincoln. McMurtry nnd McCluy claim that us MM. It-win refused to sign the petition her farm did not become part of the city ami used this us an excuse to bscnpo paying taxes for u numlKT of years on the tract bought by them from her , although it is not a great ways from the heart of the city. In a similar case in court today , however , u pica UUo this was discarded on tlmtfrounds that an overwhelm ing majority of signers to u petition for In corporation , in u certain district wai sum- clent to incorporate the proiwriy of any t > er- sons refusing to sign provided It lay within the district asked to bo Incorporated. MNlAbTKII I.UIMIK ISITITffKII. The new Knights of Pythias lodge. No. IB : , was duly Instltutoil last evening w.th the iiiiino "I-uini.aster lodge. " The gentlemen chanen its olllccm to handle the atliihvt of the organization wcro installed and thirty-live of the 100 charter luoinburs Initiated. Tin1 ecru- numlus lu.sU.l : until 5 o'clock thb morning and the initiation of tlio remaining sixty ilvo members win postponed until the next regu lar mooting. The members ruiort | thut the night was a b'luduu * uud wouwraWo ouo. The first degree , rank of page , was conferred by Hlchnnl O'Neill , past grand chancellor ; the second degree , rank of esquire , was conferred by William Love , past grand chancellor ; the third degree , rank of knight , wni conferred by Charles W. Iloxle , post chancellor. The following oftleors wcro Installed : Thomas II. H on ton , past rlnuicrllorj U. E , Wnlto , chancellor commander ; Charles Dan- back , vice commander ; W. I , Altkln , master of finance ; F. M. Hall , master of exchequer ; W. H. Nuwbury , master of arms ; Colonel L. U. Puce , prelate : C. W. Wlckeraham , keeper of royal seal. There nro now 700 Pythian knights In this city nnd n movement is on foot at present to organize n lodge to be composed- entirely of Germans , STVTB HOIJ3B NBW9. Articles of Incorporation of the Pruntno medicine company wcro tiled with the secre tary of state this morning. The business of the company will be to handle crude drugs and chemicals , etc. , and the place of business will bo nt North Hem ! . The capital stock Is $ IO.XH ( ) . The IneorporatoM nro M. Dowllng , ( J. W. Smith , F. B. Purucll. H. I. Adams , A. B. Hunt. F. C. Howe , secretary of the banking board , loft this evening for Colorado , where ho will pass tlio next ten days among the leading summer resorts of that state. Deputy Auditor Allen says In response to n' query that none of the following named Insurance companies are authorized to transact business in this state : Mutual guaranty llro insurance company , Clinton , Iu. Buckeye Insurance company , Shelby , O. Michigan millers' mutual llro l'n- surauco company , Lansing , Mich. Citizens' mutual insurance company , Waterloo , In. Standard Insurance company , Wheeling , W. Va. Ohio manufacturers' mutual lire Insur ance company , Columbus , O. Art Eli/a Alexander has presented n peti tion to tlio supi-cnm court asking that what claims Thomas C. Mfadvlllo may present to eighty acres in township 7 In Otoo county may bo .silenced. Meadvlllo was the original owner of the land , but It Is claimed did not pay the taxes alter 1SKI. The land was sold for taxes In 1S74 and in course of time was bought by MM. Alexander. CITV NKWS AND NOTES. , T , Willis Bussey , the imbecile brother of Mrs. J. A. Jury und Mrs. S. E. Moore , was examined by tlio physicians of the insnno in stitution this morning as to his sanity. Mr. and Mrs. Jury testlllod that Bussoy is thirty- ono years old and has been subject to epil eptic fits all his life. Ho has never been mentally sound und for two years was con fined in an insane asylum in Florida. Ho has been cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Jury for fifteen years , but 'of late ho has displayed signs of violence , nnd they have become afraid of him , T. Strosneider ran his hand against a buzz- saw in the Capitol planing mill today and is minus a thumb. A few clays since Helen Wot/el , n girl of thirteen , through her father , William Wetzel , sued the Missouri Pacific railroad company for $ r > ,000 on account of u fractured skull anil other Injuries received in an accident on that roiul , compromised with the company today , accepting the i. > 0 offered. David Ackerman , who was charged with criminally assaulting his two young sisters uliout n year ago , has been released from jail on the recommendation of the county attorney as it Ls alleged that both girls , who wore the only witnesses against him , have gone to the bad. A IOX < ; UK I , A YKlt fOMlTVXK. Colonel KIukcttH Ucap.s tin : Itinvurd of Investments Made Yt-nrs Ago. AVn.KKSiiAitiiK , Pa. , Juno20. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tun BKI : . ] Colonel H. Bruce Hick- otts , of Hicketts1 famous battery at Gettys burg , has jumped from poverty to great wealth. After the war Colonel Hicketts bought 50,0015 acres of wood land on a moun tain hero for a mere. song. Today ho sold 40,000 acres of it to an. English syndicate for f\y an acre , which makes him n millionaire. When Colonel Hicketts returned from the war ho at once began to buy up unsettled lands in Luzcrno and adjoining counties. Ho predicted that the day would como when these lands would bo valuable , but the day of fortune was so long in coming that ho was tempted several times to sell his possession for what ho could get. Upon one occasion he was so poor thut lie could not pay tlio taxes. Colonel B. K. Jamuon of Philadelphia then came to his as- aistnnco nnd the military man and the Phila delphia banker have worked together , as Col onel Jamison was of the s-imo opinion as Colonel Hicketts that the day would como when the timber on the land would bo in big demand and must necessarily bring a big price. OX A HAH JOUKXKY. MI-H.HiifiicH TryliiB to Suvo tlio Life of Her Ijittlo Iiord Fnunllcroy. Nnw YOIIIC , Juno ! iO. ( Special Telegram to Tin : Bii.l Airs. Frances Hodgson Burnett the celebrated authoress , started yesterday on the saddest journey of her life , sailing away to search for health for her beautiful llltlo boy Lionel , who , as the original of Cedric Erol , iu "Littlo Lord Fauntleroy , " found his way into the hearts of the old and young wherever the English language is spoken. Only a few persons attended Mrs. Burnett as she went on board the steamship Colombia , and few on board the ship were nwnru that alio was their fellow voyager. Little tlo Lionel has suluisted entirely for the past few weeks on milk and brandy uud Is very weak. His mother , .however , is hopeful of finding among the physicians of Europe sonio ono able to save him from consumptionwhich threatens hw existence. A TlllllVTK TO JVItGK 1S Tlio Hciiutn Aniciiilri n Dill HO an to In crease His Salary. WASHINGTON- , Juno ' - ' ( ) . | Special Tele gram to TIIK BII : : . ] The senate has amended the legislative , executive and judicial appro priation bill so as to increase tlio .salary of Land Commissioner Groff from $1,000 to i,000 n year. The vote was 'JS ayes to 10 nays , one moro than the iicco.ssary quorum. Senators Paddock and Mandorsoii did some lively hustling to haven quorum present when the question , which was the first regular busi ness before tlio senate this afternoon , came up. The action of the senate is a very high compliment to Judge Graff's ability and char acter. The senate has increased the salary of Assistant Land Commissioner Stoiio from ia.OOO to fct,500 a year. Tllli SUNDAY mOIS. nt the Capital Frank G. Carixntcr , In hi * copyrighted loiter , tolls KOIMOstories of the inim In public life In Washington who are moro or less given to the use of Intox icants. A tow of them are tuvtolalars , a few are drunkards whllo the great majority of them drink moderately. Drinkers aiming old lliuurs. Carpenter's lotturs are always first class. This ono U exceptionally Inter esting , ' When t * Woman tr < ii > i > IettlIn the department Capri-Lilly dimilud to tlio Inloicst of tlio fair bi-x Till' srsriAV IIEU always lias a cupy- rlghtod contribution from t.oino notable woman on a live toplo. Tills cok Anna KatliPifno Urceii , the authoress , tells of the Joys that surround tliu homo-loving women , I'aihlonsoaslp , uoiiiun'a work and foibles of Intoioit tu thu ( 'cutler bux uuiiipluto this du- partmimt. Tom /'inch's Stitfff Couch The scenes from the driver's Ixif on a trip from 1'rlus' lake to Ilio city are pletmcd uy a ruportur under en- tlinalng clrciimstancus. The llrl < luc at MMntgM The great connecting link between two cities and btates furnlshru a po.it of observation from whloh a UUK reporter - porter witnesses sorno strange doing * . Tlte ntncl ; licit nf the Smith-A. BRIS correspondent pendent doicrlbt'H a peculiar old fo sy town- bhlp In Mississippi where the fitrmun ntl UNO chain harness and wooden plows , n > > cc- tlon In which thrifty red clover ts looked upon as a "Vankco weed" and a wor o unl- imnco than thu Oanuda thistle. Colored republicans who don't votq for uruduiitlul reasons. Hunir * lnu Klfttrtcttu A. d'escrlption of the duvlrc-f used by lliti llruiutMi of Omaha for tliu Ixnicriiiont of the survlco. llliult IhlU tmUtti-tfx THIS Bii'a : representa tive on thu rccuiit nuwHjiapur iixoumlon to the Hills tulU soiurthlnt ; of thu ilin-i'lopmrnt of that rmmirlfablo country. AnwiiB Hi" now Industrie * lli.-it are Uourl-ililm ; . Uiu puukugu Joints are iiolii-ed. Mau.IMC lltr ruu-Macon , the grt-.it aulliuilly uu maltvca i < uaillatlc. writes a tirccxy loiter from the coast In which ho tlmates that pugilist * will havn to light MIJ of San I'ranclseo luiroaf tor unlot.s events la the squared circle are heller managed. Our SjwUiiintpartmtnt The latest news from the ball fluid , Ihn wheel ulitb , the ( tun f clubs and all the Holds of sport Is furnished by TUB SU.NKAVKK \ \ , the only ptiperfn tin west that employs a specialist In this do * partmunt , In the Antf-nnnm TJvcry lodpo man In west has learned to rely upon TIIK SUN HKK for full and eomploto reports of proceeding * of the various seoret. societies of the city and state. A resume of the pro. eeedlngs of the Nebraska Brand lodge o | Masons will bo ono of the features of thii dupartment this week , ( leorgo W. I'eel.'i Rtory of the Mason who tool ; the skyfuglo degree Is also published. In Hie IalMir J-/fM / The review of the labor situation publlshoii In Tin : SUNIIAV HKU M complelo and reliable. Kvery wunu worker will llnd somothliiB to Interest him In thu dcparlment. .tmimi ; the C/iiiiY/iM-Atl / / the news of the loeal religious organisations Is mirrored in Tin : SUMIAV HKK. The AIMM I'lifli-K Xo other paper In the west nl tempts to rival Tin : HIK : In tint romploto- ne.ssof Its telegraphic service. In addition/ to the full Associated press report and ttm ' great New York Herald copyrighted cable , spoolnl paid corrcs ) > omlc.iit.q In every town in Nebraska and Iowa and all of the news cen ters of the country contribute to the com pleteness of the great news service , Tlio Market 7'iii/c ICvery man who buys or Hells Ilvo stock , bank stock , grain , mer'elmn- dlse , mining stocks or any commodity that onlers Into the trade of tlio country can ilml something to Interest and Instruct him hi the great market page of Tim Hr.sii.\v HIK : Complete reports are wired direct of the doings In the great markets of the world , while the local market Is In the hands of an editor of largo experience. ) ( i > | > iilllcnn ) Htati ; Convention. The republican electors of the state of No- hraska urn rciiic teI ( to send delegates from tlielrsoveralcoiintlestomeet In convention In the city of Lincoln , Wednesday. July si , a ! rt o'clock p. m. , for the purpose of placing In nomination candidates for the following a tut * offices : Governor , Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State. y Auditor of I'uhllu Accounts. n Htato Tieasiircr. Attorney lieneral. Commissioner of I'ubllo I.and.s nnd Billd- Superintendent of Public InstriiPtlon. And the transaction of snuh other biislnusf as may come before the convention. TIIK AI'I'OltTlO.VMKNT. Tioseveral ! counties are entitled to repre sentation ns follows , being based upon the volne.asl for Hon. ( irorso II. Hastings , presi dential elector In 1S.S , giving one dcli'Kiili'-at- largc In ench county , : iml one for each ir > 0 votes and the major fraction thurcof : It Is recommended that no proxies 1m ad mitted to the convention , nnd thattluidule- gatcs pie.scnl be authorized to cast tlio full vote of the delegation. L. 1) ) . Kim viin.s , ( . 'halrinau. ' \V.M/r M. SIXI.KV Huurutnry. Positively cured by these Little 1'llls. They also relieve Dis tress from Dyspepsia , ln- | digestion and Too Hearty ] Eat I up. A perfect rein- edyforDlzzlncHS , Nausea , ) DrowftlnoM , Had Ta ij In the Moutli. Coated ! Tonjiun , I'aln la the Sltlo , TOUI'IO UVKU. Tlloy | regulate Uie Dowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE , \sasaeaans AMUSEMENTS. llovi ) A HAVNT.M , Managers. Monetmj. tiosdaij 1 01 O and \ ) , ' 1 , i , ENGAGtMENTOF MR. E. H. SOTHERN ( Umli'rUin iiiannKoriiontor Mr. nanliil Kinliinan ) . a Ills own ciiinuily cnmi.iny | , from tint l.vcuniii Tlit'titit1 , Now Vork , In Ills popular conidtloa , Which will I > 0 Blven .MONDAY ami TUBSDA V NHJIITH , mid tlio I-IIC 1 1 LiST U 1 U 1 ) KK. WIIDNKHDAY KVKN1NU O.M.V. NEW YORK COMPANY ! SPECIAL SCENERY Itnuular | > rIf < 'H. Hmita will Lo put on aalu Sntiinlair ) inie Eden THISWKKK ONIiY. THH BOSTON - : Uncle Tom's Cabin COMPANY. THH BUST DRAMATIC ARTIST One Dime Admits to All. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Knbicrlliert nnd Guaranteed Oapllul I- -1 * * } 1'ulil In Oapllai tl"-x" ( lluysand soils slocks and bonds : nrrt ' " 'l' * < > oiiimer lul paper ; rooolvm and i'X " " " : and tru-iii-- " > tiii lsi acU us trims fdragtuit corporations , takes char u of proiiurty , ' "i- Icctx taxes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ OinahaLoan & TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S.E. Corner 10th nnd Doufllns Sts I'uld In Capital , W.5v Kubicrlbiid and ( luuranloud Capital . R ) , ( n > - > Liability of auxiUhohHin ) WW Q 1'ur ' Cent intoruat I'ald on Dcno.tlU. KltANK J. I.ANOK , Cmtliier Ofllcor : A. U. Wyiniin , pr .sldeut , J.J llronrn , W. T. - vIcc-prusUlunt Wymaii , truuiun-r Ilreutom-A. U. Wyiiiun , J. II.Milliiril J ' llrown. li'iy U. llurion , K. W. Nan , Timiii i J. Kluiba. I , Uvuriiu U. L ku ,
