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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1890)
DAILY EOSEWATER Editon MORNING. rr.iiMs or SUIITKIPTION. Pnlly nml Piniday , Ono Year . tlO 00 Fix IMMIMlllK. . . . . . 2M Huinliiy Ilc , Cno ) Vnar . son Meekly Itcv , Uno Year . 125 ornery. Orn.'iltri. The RPC llnlldliiu' . r . Dintiba. Corner N and ifith Street * . Cniincfl lllnfTf , 12 I'enrl Strrct. 'hlcuro Olllcc , III * Chamber nf Comtnercp. Nu\TYo'kltooiiisiifHiindlSTrIbunoltulldlng : n , Jl.J I'ourlonntli ntiuut. All comniunlcatlons relatbi ! } to nnws and rdllorltil mutter nlinuld bo ndurctscd to tbo idltjrlil ; ( : Dupartment. All biiilneto letters and remittancehould 1e ntldrc ! . cl to The Hen Publlsliliic Company. Oniiijin. Drafts , checks and poilofllcn orders to ho inndo payable to the order of the Com- jiiiiiy , llic Dec Publishing Company , Proprietors , The Dee ll'lillnir. 1'armim and Seventeenth 5K MVOHN btnliiof NeliniMkn , County of Donulas. l" " ' Ocorco II. Tehnck , secretary of The Moo J'ulillMliliiK Cotnpnny , does cnlcinnly swear Hint tlm actual circulation of Tim DAir.v IKB ! for tlio weckcmlliiit Juno 21 , Ifc'JO , was as fol- Mmllny. .TunolS . ffl.fiU Monday , Juno 11 . W- ' Tnesilny. June IT. , . . . . . II' ' . . rj Woilnesdny. Juno 18 . 11.WJ Thiirsdny. Junn 19 . 1".IWJ I'rldnv. .UinoSO . IM > H buturdnv. Juno 21 . . . .Sn.ftifi AvemgO . 20,112 fit OIIOK It. TSWCHUCK. Bworn toV/oro mo and suhserllicd In my tirrseneo thU 2Jnt day of June , A. I ) . . Ifioo. IHunl.l rnANK A. HMITII , Notary Public. Etnleof Nnbrnshn , I County of DoiiRlas ( " RcorRii ll. T/sfhuok , belns rtnly nworn , rto- riosr iiiil says tlmt ho la secretary of The liee ruhllsliliiK Company , Hint tlio netunl n \ onmo ilally elreulatlon of Tin : DAILYHEK for tlm Miontli of June , IFW , wns 18.KVJ copies ; for Jnlv. lf > 4 , JF.738 copies ; for Ausnst , IW-9. lsr-I eoples ; for September , lf9. 18.710 coiilus ; for October , If-l , ISO ? copies ; for November , 1WJ , 30,8111 c-oplM , for Dorpmbur.lBSD , SO.CIS copies ; for Jnnunrr , IB'K ' ) , 10 , VA copies ; for Kobrnary , ItW. I'.WI ' eoples ; for March. 1SW. 20,815 copies ; Tor April , 1810 W.CC4 copies ; for May 1800 , 2U,180 copies. _ Puiu.ic franchises nro too valuable tex ) x ) voted nway prom i sou ously to specula tors. The city is entitled to compensa tion for the privileges conferred. Mil. QUAY wild nothing , but the ac tion of tlio Pennsylvania republican convention leaves no room to doubt his bilent power in the politics of the state. IK Mu. McKuiniN touched the Union Pacilic treasury for mxty thousand dollars lars , lie gave evidence of gratitude by placing tlio company's uhield in tlio koy- btono of hid castle. Ti 1KB wont bath tendered the loquacious Cull by the senate proved nn effective Mifety valve for windbags. It deserves n permanent place among tlio summer tonics of the upper house. Ax till round reduction of ono and a half per cent on the MeKinloy bill is not much for tlio sonuto to boast of. It is merely a sop to deceive nnd check the demand for tariff reduction. Tin : famous firm of Wo , Us & Co. did not cndor.su the bond of Birkhiuifior , but that omission will not affect the distrib ution of job lots in the inner bunctuin of the poslollico. Call early und avoid the rush. Tin ; death is reported in Bathmoro of nn olliechohlor who snrved the govern ment continuously for boventy-ono years. His boil-Jean garner n fortune in these parts by sailing plans anil specifications of his remarkable grip , with the u&ual guarantee. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ACCORDING to tlio Iowa republican platform , there is to bo "no compromise ) with the saloon. " Of c-ourno not. It takes two parties to make a compromise. The saloon asks for no compromise so long iih it can run wide open in every largo city in the state. vnux booming the political inter ests of Broatch and grooming the private interests of the combine , Pole Birkhaubor cannot bo oxpacted to worry himself with tlio interests of the tux- i payers. Ilia political creators must bo compensated at any cost. Tin : third partyitcs have had prohi bition for years in Maine , but they can not suppress the ruling passion for ollico. Give them the earth with a tight board fence nnd it is dimes to coppers that they would climb over and attempt to roguluto thojnotion of the biirroiinding I < pianola. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tin : democrats of Now Jersey are con ducting a genuine educational campaign. Public meetings are boinghcld through out the atato , at which the rank and tile nro initiated into the mysteries of the now secret ballot system. The move ment is noccss.iry to prevent the be nighted of Jersey shoving the wrong ticket. Now comes Philadelphia with ft loud protest against tlio count in Chicago , Tlio belief that the latter will taho second end rank in population and displace the Quaker City causes a painful awakening nml a covert charge that the great Lake City has BtuITed the census returns. The Btnid and sober Qimkorllos are unable to absorb the full significance of these blooming farms annexed to Chicago. Tim precious gang of republican fitul- \ \ iirtbiiouin the municipal saddle dis played ronmrkublo fealty to party when they conspired to oust a republican for tlm buiieiit of a political domt-mondo who Is notoriously incompetent. What elbe could have been expected from men whoso nolo ideu of public duty is to fasten incompetents and sinecures on the taxpayers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' JUUQK WAKUMV alllrms the validity o ( the law prohibiting the transfer of accounts to other states to ovndo the garnlsheo law of. Nebraska. The decision is an important ono. It strikes down the foe bhurks ot Iowa who have flour ished by preying upon the employes of interstate railroads. It protects the residents of Nebraska from the mercun- tirjus of other states. OMAHA takes second rank among the pork packing cities of the country. Sta tistics of the product since Maroh 1 , com pared with the Biimo period last year , bhow an increase of forty-four thousand hogs p-icKcd , placing this city next Chicago cage In th > ) growth of this Industry. Tlio figured nro a gratifying evidence of the steadily .widening InDuonce and suc cess of the Omaha market. THK HKPUnMCANS OF The ropubllcaiifl of Iowa have held their state convention nnd enunciated the principles they pronoso to advocate during the Impending campaign. This Is an oil year in Iowa politics , hence the candidates become secondary to the plat form. The interest In the campaign will al most entirely center In the congressional races and the platform had to bo trimmed on vital Issues now pending before - fore congress in accord with the views of Iowa congressmen. The endorsement of President Harrison risen wns the compliment paid by the convention for Iowa's contingent in the various blue books. The tariff plank In somewhat ambigu ous and was doubtless drawn to mystify rather than enlighten. The rank and file of tlio republicans of Iowa are farmers and they certainly do not want a revision of the tariff that will make duties higher and will make farm Itn- ple.iicnts , tools , building materials and fabrics for homo use dearer. On the question of silver nnd currency the platform endorses the conversion of American silver bullion Into silver cer tificates , and incidentally favors unlim ited coinage of both gold and silver In the near future. On the silver question there Is us much delusion among Iowa farmers as there Is among farmers west and south generally. It has boon ham mered Into them that some way their store of money will bo largely Increased if the bonanza kings of Colorado , Cali fornia and Nevada are given the free use of Undo Sam's mints to exchange eighty cents worth of silver motul for ono hun dred cents in legal tenders or gold. They do not comprehend that the only effect of unlimited coinage would bo to make the bullionaircs nnd mining stock jobbers richer by millions at the expense - ponso of the whole country. The plank pledging the party to pro mote the industrial and farming inter ests of the state Is awfully if not art fully vague and indefinite. Whoever originated that plank would do well to play cuttlefish. Ho can shod more ink to say nothing than any man on this side of the Missouri. The railroad regulation and anti-trust planks are the best features of the plat form. They are specific and to the point. The pouthorn outrage plank lacks defi nite shape and should have been clearer and less inverted. On the question of pensions the con vention goes as far as it can in favor of taking care of the old soldier by promis ing him a service poiibion at an early date. Last but not least comes the plank on prohibition , which sounds very much like the stereotyped editorial that ap peared regularly every few days in an Omaha daily some years ago. "And wo desire it distinctly to bo understood that wo do not wish to bo understood , " otc. It begins with declaring "against a com promise with the saloon and pledges eternal hostility to its existence , spread and power. " It winds up with appeal ing to congress "to permit the states to regulate , confine or prohibit the pub lic bar , " which means that congress shall not interfere with the saloon wherever it may bu regulated under li cense. In some respects this is a marked do- p.irturo. Last year's platform ondor&ed prohibition outright and declared it to bo the settled policy of the state. But last year's election was decidedly adverse to that policy and left the party in a &ad plight. Manifestly the prohibition plank has been adopted to Imi'monizo all elements of the party. If it accomplishes that re sult the convention has done good work. STIIUCK TJIU KKY-SOTK. City Attorney Poppleton struck the koy-note of the assessment problem when ho called attention to the favoritism shown by assessors to corporations , whose valuable franchises are entirely ignored in computing the valuation of their prop erty.The The constitution of this state provides that taxes bhull bo levied by valuation , so that every person and corporation bhall pay a tax in proportion to the valuation of his , her or its property ana franchises. If this provision of the constitution relative to the franchises of corporations wore enforced - forced , Omaha and Douglas county could add at least ilvo millions to their assess ment rolls. Tlio corporations that have boon voted franchibcs by thib city to supply'it with gas , water , fateam heat , electric lights , telephones nud street railway facilities are bonded and stocked for moro than twenty millions , and they should pay taxes upon about one-fourth of the value which their creditors and managers have placed upon them. All of these corporations together are assessed at loss than a quarter of a million. But these corporations may say that the millions of bonds they have issued represent a mortgage debt and therefore they should not bo taxed upon bonds owned by eastern or foreign money syndicates. How is it with private individuals and other corporations that have given mort gages for buildings and other improve ments ? Lot any man borrow ono hun dred thousand dollars of foreign capital and Invest that loan in a business blo k or factory and just ns soon as the building is completed the im provement , which may bo made up chiefly of money borrowed on mortgage , will bo returned by the assessor at one- fourth or one-fifth of the appraised value of the building and ground. If a poor man borrows five hundred dollars and builds a little homo ho is as sessed upon his house and lot regardless of the mortgage. Is It fair or equitable to practically ex empt from' taxation corporations which have boon voted franchises worth millions and force the burden of tax ation upon the poor people who have mortgaged their homes and enterprising citizens who have assumed heavy debts In the construction of business blocks , hotels , factories and mills. The fran- chlsod corporations can certainly afford to bear their proper share of taxation. They nearly all have contracts with the city and can well afford to pay back n small part of the taxes which the city has levied for their benefit. Wo venture to say that there Is not another city on thu continual whore such rank discrimination Is practiced ngnlnat the owners of Improved real estate nnd In favor of subsidized cor porations , mortgage holders and capi talists who nmns < j fortunes by loaning money , It has become a very grave question whether a man in Omaha can alTord to Invest his money In buildings oven If ho Is content with five per cent. Interest on his Investment. Every year the burden of luxation Is growing heavier and moro property Is being taken out of the local tax" list for the benefit - ofit of railroads and churches and benev olent Institutions that rent their prom ises for revenue. If the board of county commissioners and city council really doslro to make nn Impartial assessment of taxable property lot them rnlso the appraisement of fran- chiscd corporations and overhaul the enormous list of exempted property which is not part of railroad right-of-way nor actually occupied by churches or schools. In that Hold they will find ample scope'for increasing the revenue and at the same tlmo keeping , down the levy which Is almost prohibi tory and next to the prohibition agita tion Is chiefly responsible for the de pression that prevails in our real estate market. JUXK RISE or run Missounr , It will startle the residents of this sec tion to learn from the front row of Bos ton cult that "thoro is nowhere else on this continent , probably on no other con tinent , any phenomena quito like these presented In the month of Juno at any point on the lower Missouri , between Omaha and Jefferson City. " A writer on the Boston Advertiser , with an abnormal bump of Imagination , professes an intimate acquaintance with the wild raging tears of the Big Muddy and pathetically informs the reader that while the telegraphic descriptions nro thrilling , "thoy convoy but a faint im pression compared with the reality Known to eye witnesses. Although at the present moment the Missouri rolls by Omaha in a peaceful , noiseless sort of way , "to the Bostoniau imagination it is absolutely furious. " Shutting out the view of the woful watery wastes , ho indulges In this de lightful chupk of descriptive rot by way of comparison : "Wo in Now England are accustomed to what wo consider sudden chunircs In climate , but our tcmper.ituio is eiitublo indeed juilfft-d by a HocUy mountain standard. Thcro in a few hours the mercury will rise or fall 00 do- crocs. Heat comes oven more suddenly than cold. Ono day the snow will lie in the gulches half way up the trunks of the tallest trees ; und the no\t day it will bo molting so fast , under a torrid sun , that little is to bo sccu save ono v.ist down swooping sea of water , little to be heard save the awful roar of the foaming torrents. " Then , witli a mighty sweep of his pen cil , the modern Athenian hurls in a few hours this resistless flood over the thou sands of intervening miles between Port Bcnton and Omaha. As a demolisher of space lie ib a daisy. The trilling fact that it requires a month or more to cover the distance is not worth mention ing. To bib ripe imagination the dreamy torrent slides down with the .speed of thought , reserving its power to spread disaster and death "between Omaha ana JeiTorson City. " Then it is that the writer is loat in ocstaoies as he contem plates the furies turned loo.se. Hoar him : "As the maddened waters rush down be tween the btates of Iowa und rfcbi-.iska , Missouri and Kansas , they tc.ir nway the deep rjch soil of cither bank and with it all that is on it. Houses , cattle , fencing nia- tcii.il , the furniture of homes , and , alas ! sometimes human beings , como down the valley , swept along by the irresistible flood. " All this is mighty intoroitin' reudin' , but it is not true. There have been Juno Hoods on the Missouri , and vast quantities of itb ouibunkmunt have been transferred from one side to the other by the constant change of the channel. But the extravagant and picturesque features of the Missouri at high water mark are intended moro for the ro mancer and painter than for the reliable historian. AS TO VA A local paper quotes Mr. Birkhauser as follows : "I am fooling pretty good , " said Mr. Birk- hausor in answer to a question. "It is not the onleo so much as the victory gained. It will teach seine ono a lesson , and it also says in plain words that Mayor Gushing cannot bo run by a little suii'iiMonal vagabond. " According 'o Wobstur a vagabond is "ono who wai.do..s from place to place , having no certain dwelling ; a vagrant. " Tlio person whom Birkhausor stigma tizes as "a little sensational vagabond" has lived in Omaha nearly twenty-seven years ; ho 1ms never boon known to stroll from Omaha for moro than thirty days at any ono time. Ho has owned property and paid taxes in this city for twenty-six years and the money ho has paid in taxes on his property in Omulm during his residence - donco here would buy all the property Birkhausnr owns in Omaha and leave several thousand dollars of margin besides. The" title of vagabond as defined by Webster would almost apply to Birk hausor who has been strolling from place to place over since ho came to this state , and only located in Omaha a few years ago because ho was completely played out politic ally and otherwise in Richardson county whore ho had strolled from town to town nnd hud trumped through every political camp. Neither Gushing nor Birkhauser has any claim upon Omaha on the score of residence or contribution to the city's growth. Both of them are now foraging on the taxpayers and property owners of this city _ and the less they say about vagabond's the better It will bo for them. It was not the ollico Birkhausor was Booking , of course. IIo who has boon an olllco-seokor till his life only wanted n little vindication and victory. If ho doesn't want the ollico for which ho Is not competent and never will bo , und If ho Is butlsfiod with his glorious victory , will ho give us a proof of his sincerity by declining or resigning the ofllco which ho doesn't want and cannot fill excepting the signing of Ills salary voucher for two hundred dollars a month ? IN mrniuxa from the chairmanship of the board of public works , Major Balcombe completes an enviable record of faithful devotion to thu interests of the taxpayer . While Titr BKK has criticised many of the actof ) the board during thUaflt thrco years , yet on the whole tho" chairman and his colleagues have BO Our'tifnlly guarded the vast In terests inlrlislcd to them that no taint of scandal ilfniij the record. To Major Balcombo is largely duo the credit of having brought order out of chaos In the business ot .the ollico. When ho took chnrgo of thoiofllco the so-called records wore a jumble of figures , without order or Intelligentarrangement. It was im possible to extract from the confused mass nn accurate statement of the busi ness of the board. All this was promptly changed and the vast business of the board reduced to a system. The records of the ofllco nro now as complete as these of any department of the city. It is now posslblo to tell the character and quan tity of public Improvements , not only during the past thrco 'years , but for everything done since the organization of the board , for which data could bo found. The retiring chairman may bo excused for expressing a pardonable pride in leaving such a splendid record. It Is a credit to himself and source of gratifica tion to the taxpayers. IK ONK is to judge by the dispatches sent broadcast over the country by the prohibitionists , Kansas Is again blood ing at every pore. The agitators are sweating blood and threatening to ap peal to the shotgun and the ropo. Wo are told In tropical lines that the people are up in arms against the original package , that "tho supreme court sa loon must go" at any cost of blood and treasure , and indignation meetings are being hold everywhere to reassert the "settled policy" and provide ways and moans for a relent less war on everything that smacks of budgo. All this fuss and f umo is on the surface. It Is cooked up by morcotinrlos for effect on congress. Instead of being widespread , it is con fined to two isolated sections and is en gineered by agitators and constables who have lost a profitable source of revenue by winking at the joints. Tlio truth is that the original package decision did not increase the consumption of liquor in tlio state. It , simply improved the qual ity and broke up the monopoly main tained by the drug stores and joint keepers who "stood in" with the ruling powers and divided the profits of the liquor business. Tin : senate committee on public land's has reported a bill , which , if it becomes a law , will land in the penitentiary some of the prairlc.und timber firebugs that alllict the west.t It provides for the pros ecution and punishment of any person who maliciously or carelessly sots lire to the grass , briisji or undergrowth on pub lic lands. Such person shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor , and upon con viction flncdj not moro than three times the value of the property destroyed and imprisoned for not moro than thrco years. The damage inflicted on public and privat'e ' ' lands by prospectors , hunters and , evil disposed per sons who carqlessly or purposely start fires in dungorous places amounts to millions of dollars annually. The forest fires in the northwest last summer de stroyed thousands of acres of public for ests and inflicted incalculable damage on the people. Tlio evil has become so great , coupled with the indifference of local authorities , that the national gov ernment should promptly institute meas ures to suppress and punish the culprits. The passage of this or some similar law will enlibt the co-operation of the settlers in running down tlio firebugs. THE republic of Bra/il is on the right road. Tlio now constitution recently promulgated follows closely the pro visions of the constitution of the United States , a fact which vastly strengthens public confidence in the provisional gov ernment at homo and abroad. Stanley and Sarah. CVifaifli * Tribune. If it bo true that Sarah Bornhardt has fallen violently In love with Stanley the best thing ho can do will bo to hurry back with all possible speed to Central Africa. Tlio Hope and tlio Color Line. Cftfr ( i/o ( It'/mat. / Prank UrenLsh and thrco negroes wore hanged at Memphis , Toun. , and Brenlsh draw the color line , Tlo ( four wore to dto together , but ho objected , and they had a special hang ing for his bonell t about an hour after the drop fell with the other thrco. Common Konso and Ktw Yuri ; Indfi > entlcnt. It Is to bo hopid that the American people will live long ouough to loam that money is priimuily a commodity , and that It is not the proper business of congress to supply the market with this commodity , or supply a mar ket for the sale of the commodity , any moro than It is to supply pstatoos for the market , or with n market for the salo. Talking Too Much. Prom the remarks of Mr. Powdcrly and Mr. Gompora ono might suppose that the Fedoratiou of Labor was a body of cui-s and assassins , and the Knights of Labor an or ganization of "scabs. " But they are only rival labor organizations ' , and this is simply how they look to 'tho disturbed Imaginations of their rospouili/o / loaders , who fear each other's power. , Dcmourntio Constitutional Theories. IniltiiniiixiUit Jiminat. In former years "It was the constitutional theory of the dotnocratlo party that slavery was national audroodom sectional , and it went to war to ctftjibllsh that doctrine. Op position to a national election law Is based on the Idea that fair elections are sectional aad fraudulent ones'jiatlonal , that any state may enact constitutionally laws to prevent fair elections for pi-esjdeuts and mombera of con gress , but that congress cannot enact consti tutionally u luwHtf secure honest elections , IJOKNSIi. The Great Dcbuto at ISontrlca July O nnd 7. Mr. S. S. Clrcon , secretary of the Beatrice Chuutuuqua assembly , scuds Tim 13 KU the following for publication : There will bo a joint debate on the ques tion of "Prohibition vs. High Llcouso" uttho Beatrice Chautauquu assembly , beginning at 10 a. in. , July 5 , and ending the afternoon of July 7. Samuel Dickie , chairman of the prohibition national committee , uud Uov. Sam Small will debate prohibition. Hon. lidwunl Kosowater , editor of Tim BUB , and Hon. John L. wobstur of Omaha will argue for high license , I < 'lro at BKIII.IV , JunoSpecial ) / Cablegram to THE UBK.JSeventy houses liavo bcuu de stroyed by llro at Oldenburg. HT.ITE JOTTIXtiS. Nebraska. There is some talk in Blalao county of Im peaching the sheriff. The Loup County Fair association was or ganized at Taylor fast week. The Hall county republican convention will bo held at Grand Island July 10. The 'Pawnee county rcpullcan convention has been called to meet July 10. John Kalght of Dradshaw dropped dead the other day while scooping corn to a shcllor. Jacob Blakely , a prominent politician of Elk Crock , dlod Wednesday from heart disease. Tha Spauldluglndox l.s do fund and the ox- editor Is dovotlug his entire tlmo to tilling the noil. Sheriff Costcllo of Hall county has wedded Miss O'Neill ' , sister of the ox-city marshal of Grand Island. According to the assessors' figures Tecum- .soh capitalists are worth only $ .13,000 la money and notes. Steel cells have been ordered for the Fur- nos county Jail , which will bo located in the basement of the court house. The bam of W. H. Stephens near Junlata , together with two valuable horses and other contents , was destroyed by llro. An nllianco convention for Loup county has been called to meet at Taylor July B to elect delegates to the Independent congressional convention. A farmer named Maurloy , living In north west Nuckolls county , awoke the other night to llml that someone had left n girl baby on n table outsiilo his door. Ho turned the waif over to the county authorities. A Kansas farmer named Peter Dowers , with a lluo and well-stocked farm nt Good- land , that state , Is allcgod to have been tematlcally defrauding the people of Sutton by appearing on the streets with a "made" stiff leg aud begging for money. IIo made quite an extensive haul and when charged with being a fraud ho said ho was afraid the crops would fall nnd ho wanted to bo on the sufo side. Iowa ItoniH. Eighteen young ladles catered their no vitiate at the mother house of the Sisters of Charity at Dubuque the other day. Hon. D. .1. McDald of Sac City has received the appointment of townslto trustee for the territory of Oklahoma , with headquarters at Guthrio. A bolt of lightning struck n hen house near Bruce the other day , broke thirteen eggs on wmcii a uoii was setting , uut never mjurcu the bird. While at work on a barn at Montczuma n workman named Reynolds foil from the scaf fold , breaking both arms and a ccuple of ribs , ono of the broken ribs penetrating his left lung. Ho may recover. In sawing a hardwood log ono of the Fort Madison chair company employes ran a saw into a largo harness buckle Imbedded in the wood aud also narrowly missed several otlior buckles and iron pieces. It is estimated that at least thirty years' growth of the tree was required to so thoroughly cover the pieces. F. S. Wldlo of Mardhalltown has a curi osity in the way of n stone ax which was manufactured by the mound builders during the dtift period many thousands of years ago. It was used for cutting wood and in its day was considered a very clever instrumeiitwith which to fell largo trees. The implement was found near Mardhalltown. Dr. Hall , living near Green Valley , has a piece of tallow that has been kept In a cave for three years , says the Wcllman Advance. Some time ago a growth of dark-brown hair appeared on the top of the piece , and now it -several indies long , as thick as the hair on a dog's back and almost exactly resembles human hair. The sides and bottom are clean mid smooth as when placed there Uireo years ago. Ho intends sending a sample of this curio to some of the professors of Iowa City for examination , in the hope thut they can explain the freak. The new tramp law goes into effect July 1. It provides that any person sixteen years and over going about without having a calling or business to maintain himself shall bo deemed a tramp. He is to have five days of solitary confinement or ten days of hard labor. And it shall bo unlawful for any sheriff or keeper of any Jail to permit any 0110 convicted under the act to have or possess any tobacco , news papers , cards or other articles of amusement or pastimeor to permit such persons to bo kept or led otherwise than stated in the com mitment ; any sheriff or jail keeper who violates lates the provisions is subject to a flno not ex ceeding JllX ) or loss than JJ5. The Two Uakotas. A bank has becu opened at Garietson. A u lid plum canning factory is talked of at Sherman. Lincoln county's jail has bceu fitted up with steel cages. The Catholics of Tyudall are building a new church cdlllco. Anti-hoi-30 thlof societies are being organ ized in Hanson county. There is u wheat Held in Grand Forks county covering an area of ! ) , ! i ( > 0 acres. President Loncks of the South Dakota farmers' alllanco will deliver the Fourth of July oration at Yankton. An observatory has been erected on Gypsum mountain near Hot Springs and u wagon road constructed to the summit. The Black Hills Chautauqua assembly will convene at Hot Springs August li aud ro- mala in session twelve days. The strawberry and raspberry crops of this season uru said to bo the largest and the ber ries the finest over produced in the Dakotas. Four Idaho Mormons , sentenced fo'r adul tery , have been received at the Sioux Falls penitentiary. Their sentences raugo from ono year to fifteen mouths. SJAinoug the property of Jay Cooke seized at the time of hi1 } falluro in 1S7U is u largo tract of land in North Dakota , which will bo sold without reserve in July. The deal to secure a linen mill at Sioux Falls has closed und the proprietors are now looking up a site. The mill will furnish em ployment to 300 persons , mostly young women , The ten-year-old sou of II. T. Jackson of Uapld City , while playing with a vicious dog , was severely bitten in the face , part of his upper lip being torn off and his cheek badly lacerated. Madison Is coming to the front ns a convon- tiou city , The grand ledge of the ICniirhts of Pythias and tlio grand ledge of the Independ ent Order of Good Templars have decided to hold their sessions In that city next year. Specimens of stalactites lound In n cave on the White river , about twenty miles west of Sherman , have been forwarded to mi eastern jewelry firm to determine their value. It is thought they will prove valuable us settings for Jowelry. This item may socm llko n fish story to those who read it , says the Meiino Hustler , but nevertheless wo saw with our own eyes a nice , plump peach as largo as a hen's egg , growing on an apple tree not ton miles from Menno. That .shows that Lalcotu ) can ralso fruit , don't it , oh I Outsulo parties have made a proposition to put In u pontoon bridge at Chamberlain pro viding the charter now held by citizens is tinned over und the city gives a bonus of $1,20. ) for the llrst your the brldgo Is run The proposition Is loaned upon with favor and wlU probably bo accepted. Ulchurd Johnson , sentenced from Deadwood - wood , and Hdward St. Clair , from Brown countv , while at work In the stone quarry at the Sioux Falls penitentiary concluded to take French leave. They were chased by the guards and after a lively race , In which several shots were fired , were captured and returned to the prison. The body of John Q Stoyhons , aged about flfty-llvo yours , a prominent rancher living near Uupld City , was found lying in the mld- dlo of the road about six miles west of town. Ho was hauling a load of vegetables to ono of the mining camps at the tlmo. The ver dict of the coroner's Jury was that death was caused by a stroke of lightning. George W. Carpenter of Watortown com mitted suicide in Chicago last week by taking an ovcrdosuof morphine. Ho went to Chicago In search of employment and fulling to socuio work became despondent and took the fatal doso. He was thirty-eight years of ago aud loaves a wife , who resides in Watcrtown. Two brothers named Singer uro under ar rest ut Mound City on u chnrgo of imault with Intent to kill. Some cattle belonging to the Slugora trespassed on the land of u neigh bor named Gronz , and when Grenz ox postu lated 0110 brother assaulted him with u spade while the other shot at him with u shotgun. Advanced the Discount Hate. LONDON , Juno 20. [ Special Cablegram to THE But. ] The Bank of Knglaud has ad vanced tVo rate of discount from U per cent to 4per cent. APPROXIMATING THE CENSUS , Estimated FopnlaUou of tbo Four Lcadiug Cities of Nebraska , OMAHA TO THE FRONT IN GREAT SHAPE , Colored Masons nml Odd Ail lows Hole nil Knjoynblo I'ionlc SloinliiHkl's Case Taken Under Advlso- niciit Capital News. A' , Nob. , Juno 20. [ Special to Tnr Br.n.l Suporintotulont of Census Cooke says Hint lie Is now prepared to glvo the official approximate cstlmntott of tbo lending cities of Nebraska through the consent of Superin tendent Porter , ntul gives the following llg- ures ! Omaha 131,742 Iilncoln , . 5VXX llcatrlco l.l. : Nebraska City 10,111 sLOMixsKi ncntvina. Dr. Slomlnskl will probably leave the news papers nlono hereafter , ns n great many illso- grceablo things In his p\st ; career wcro brought out in the suit for alleged criminal libel against E. 13. niul Thomas II. Ilyilo , proprietors of the livening News. The trial of the publishers of the paper consumed the major portion of Judge Cochrnn's tlmo yca- terday , and this forenoon his honor listened to the arguments of the opposing attorneys. In the so-called llbclous article In the News it was alleged that Sloiiilnsid had been ex posed ttino and iignln in Tin : But : . That at 0110 tlmo ho had attempted to slug an Omaha reporter and that ho had caused to bo dis tributed in Lincoln pamphlets of an obscene character. The llrst statement was sustained by copies of Tin : BII : : of the dates of Novem ber 18 , 21 and , ' ! l ) , ISS'J , wherein Slominskl was charged with bigamy , seduction and welling tlio Polish vote of Omaha. To sustain the second charge of attempting to slug nil Omaha reporter , the Lincoln correspondent of Tin : llKi : was called and ho testified that ho was in the pollco court at Omaha at the time that Sloinluski was arraigned for at tempting to assault Reporter Connors. The third charge of causing to bo distributed ob scene Htor.ituro was testified to by Louie BluniGiithul , a fourteen-year-old boy , who declared - clarod that Slomlnskl was the man who hired him to distribute the pamphlets. After hearing the arguments of the at torneys Judge Cochr.m said thut ho would take the case under advisement until Satur day. STATR nousi : NIJWS. Articles of incorporation of the Farmers mid Merchants' bank of York have been Hied with the secretary of state. The capital stock is $50,000 and the ineorporators K. 13. Brown , C. E.Yulte , A. S. Knymond , E. Fiunorv. ' G. M. Lambertsou , ( J. E. Yutos , E. W. Big'ncll , J. P. Ilebird. Mrs. Thayer has bo far rncovorod that to- duv she w.is nblo to take a short carriage tide. This fact has had an invigorating in fluence on the governor , and ho is back at his desk wonting with renewed energy. coi.onnn \soxs AXII oi > nntu : > ws. The colored Freemasons and Oddfellows of Lincoln mid Omaha held a picnic at Gush- man's ' park this afternoon. Before starting to the picnic grounds the societies gave a grand parade , iie.irly two hundred persons being in lino. There wore sixty secret .society men from Omaha , about fifty from Lincoln and twelve carriages full of Daughters of Ho- boknh In lino. The exorcises at Cushman's park consisted of speeches , dancing , singing and a picnic lunch. In the evening a grand ball and festival was held at Bohunnon's hall. USKD HIS LOTS 1'OH A SHOW ( IHOUNM ) . A circus called Sells Brothoi'i & Barrett's colossal aggregation of the universe held forth on Thomas Wood's lots in East Lincoln yesterday without his permission , at least , so ho alleges in court. IIo says that the ground was plowed up and the sod ruined unit ho claims S200 damages from the proprietors of the circus. The complaint has been filed in the county court. TIUKD TO lion Tin : MONUT IIK.V\VKK. Al Vance , a colored tmn , snoako.1 Into Ar- ciibon Brothers' store at ! Ul South Ninth street this morning while the proprietors wcro in the roar room of the establishment and attempted to carry off the money drawer. The proprietors rushed in just in ttino to thwart his purpose. In the chase and strug gle that followed Vance's shirt was torn from his back , but ho did not manage to es- cajxs. IIo was turned over to Oiliuor Kiniioy and locked up. mxiBi : > Tin : main TO icnrcr ins CHILD. The interesting cnso of Charles Allbncrht vs Thomas Munsilold w.is ended in the dis trict court todav. Allbright is desirous of having the custody of his infant daughter , but Mrs. Mansfield is equally anxious to keep the pretty little child. The father claimed that the Mansliolds wcro not proper custodians of the girl , as ho alleged that they wcro in the habit of using Intoxicating liquors. Mrs. Mansfield indignantly denied this and said that the wish of the mother of the child was that she ( Mrs. Mansfield ) should keep it after her death. The judge decided that Mrs. Mnnsllcld should keep the infant. CITV NF.WS AND NOTES. The now plat of Ilavclock , the suburb where the car shop * are to bo located , has been filed with the county clerk. The plat shows : ir , > ! ) ( ) business and residence lots in the addition. The main street , Touzalin avenue , extends houth from the depot. Charles Stetson , nn cmplovo of the B. & M. and a married man , claims that ho ho.s boon kept out of his wages for throe months by the illegal Kurntbhco proceedings hiought against him by Isaac Johnson. Stetson nl o claims that Johnson has Illegally seeuiod judgment for $ ) .i.T5 against lilm and has imorn out a complaint for the arrest of Johnson on the above charges. A young woman of rather fresh address , and who proves to bo an adventuress , has taken In n number of grcenlos In this city by claiming to bo Helen Anthony Kogors , bettor known as "Bob , " the writer of society items for the Now York Woild. Among her vic tims Is the propilotor of the Windsor hotel who has several bills against her , the largest being for wlno and cigarettes. There was also on the list two newspaper men , one of them marMcd , and both on the Journal. Tin : covjws Advance Information on tlio L TriiHt Cnso 11 Itonnn/.ii fur MrokorH. Niw : YOIIK , Juno 20. [ Special Telegram to Tun Bii : : . ] It Is now pretty well known that several stock broken ) know of the decision of , ho court of appeals on the sugar trust case jeforo It was publicly announced , and by sell- jig sugar stock on Saturday wcro nblo to rake in barrels of money. The man charged with having sold the information is John C. Rhcehun , a broker , democratic assembly leader and local politician , who has a great [ Mill. IIo came down from Albany two dajs uofoio the decision with valuable Information ns to how the decision would bo forsulo , and utter many futile attempts at last found a purchaser in a big Urm of brokers , who aio said to have cleared up ? " > 00XM ( ) in the deal. This business of selling decisions on stock cases bufoio delivered Is ono which has nour ished line at vat Ions times , and especially In tbo days of the notorious Judge Barnard. llnoo llorso TKIIIIU HuTilud : , Juno 20. [ Special Tele gram to Tim Bun. ] The race hones Axtell md Jersey Wllkos have been assessed at $5,000 anil W.OOO . respectively. The farmers' illhmco Is not satisfied. They claim that Axtell cost flOTi.OOO , earned $10,000 In tlio Html the past season , and thut $7. > ,000 Is hl'i 'air cash value , Axtcll's owners threatened to move him from Terra Haute if the assess ment was mada higher. Cnlno AVIII Do Ito-Klcotod. LONDOX , Juno 'JO. [ Special Cablegram to fill ! Bun. ] The marquis of Hurtlngton has vilttoii a letter to tlio llbaral unlonlsto of Barrow-ln-FurnoHs staling that ho doai not ecommcnd them to take the initiative In op posing the ro-olectlon of C.dno , unionist ncmbcrof the house of commons , who re signed his uoat recently for the purpjso of anting the feeling of his oluctorato In logard a the licensing clause of the local taxation illl. Tlio unionists , therefore , ut a meeting locldod to oiler no opposition to the ro-oleo- tlon of Cuino. ix Tint Chnncnllor Von Cnprlvl mill Ollicn 1'nratlo Tlioli1 Views. BKIILIX , Juno ! M. [ Special Cablegram ( < ! _ , 7iin Br.K.J In the relehstag yesterday Chancellor von Caprlvl , speaking on the army bill , said ho contemplated an extension of the privilege of relief from service at the expiration of two years us n permanent measure , Baron von MalUahn , Imperial secrotaryj the treasury , asked the house to set aside fiio fluauclal consideration , IIo said It had not been shown that Qornmny WAS unnblo Id bear the financial burdcnswhleh the bill en * tailed. The amount of now taxes required would depend upon the expenditures under tlio insurauco law. It was Impossible , ha said , to reduce the ditties on grain. Ilerr Bobel declared that the annexing ol Alsnco-Lorrnluo had caused the present armaments. IIo attacked the details of tin military organization mid assorted that Ilia number of suicides in the army had increased , The minister of war refuted Bubel's ' asser tions. IIu maintained that even after tha retrocession of Alsaee-Lomiliio Franco would Increase her army , whlcli already ex ceeded the Gorman army , by 400,000 men. The bill was merely the result of French > military law. It was Impossible at prosciiM to nccedo to n two years' service. ' The relchstug todav rojectcil nil amend- tnonts to the army bill and approved the first paragraph of the bill which fixes the peace effective force at 180U3'J men until April , 1SIU. 3iA n n ojrtx.ti , it KIUI ix. _ All the Member * ol' tlio Municipal Council hut Ono Itoslgn. ROMB , Juno 20. [ Special Cablegram to Tun BKK. ] Thorn was n heated debate nt the meeting of the muntelpil council last night In regard to the bill introduced Into the chamber of deputies by Prime Minister Crlspi to assist in the organisation of the ilnnncial affairs of the municipality. At the conclusion of the discussion all the mnmbora of the council except Munotti Garjbaldi re signed as n protest against the premier's measure. Signer Garibaldi declined that ho would retain his seat. Ills friends cheered him heartily , but the others in the audience hissed. The reporter * who wcro In attend ance nt the meeting interfered on behalf of Signer Garibaldi and an altercation with his opponents In the audience-ensued , It was found necessary to call In the pollco to quoli the disturbance. Newspapers for Libel. ' 1KX ) tin JamcK ( Ionian IltnncU ] P.utis , Juno 20. [ New York Horld Cable- Special to 'I'm : Bun. ] It'will bo remembered in connection with the mysterious Kuo du Province crime that a report was set on foot by an evening now.spipor of the arrest of an American citl/en , Carlcth Potter do Garmo , on suspicion of being Marie Gagnol's ' mur derer. IIo instituted legal proceedings against the newspaper which had so grossly libelled him , not only against the Pails , bu against the Gaulols , Justice , Kgallto and Petit Cohoral. which published the story from the evening contemporary , with a con tradiction. From each of these llvo papaw M do Garmo claims _ . ) ,000 , francs damages. The suit came up for a hc.irlng In the ninth police court today. The magistrates Hxcd the security nt 1,000 francs and ad journed the case for thrco weeks. Agitation Anioii thu r/.ochs. PISTII : , Juno 20. [ Special Cablegram to Tin : BIB. : I Emperor Francis Joseph gave a court dinner last evening to the Austrian and Hungarian delegations. In the cour.se of con versation uftur dinner his majesty , referring to the agitation among the Czech population in Bohemia , .said Bohemia was needlessly ex cited by empty verbiage. In reply to u remark of Dr. Rlegor , leader-4k- of the old Czechs , that the government might' appease the public by permitting Czech to bo used ns the olllclal language In Bohemian homo atfuirs , the emperor said the protection of the interests of the service was the first consideration. Matters ought never to roach suh a pass that government oflleials should not know the Gorman language. His majesty deplored the agitation among the joung C7ccli ! > and expressed the hope that affairs in Bohemia would bo speedily Improved. lctiil ] > liunii ( State Convention. Tha republican electors of the state of No br.-islca sire requested to Mind dclotfulei froi their sovcrnl counties to meet In con\ontlon I the city of Lincoln , Wednesday. July 2.1 , nt8 o'clock p. in. , for tlio miiposo of placing In nomination candidates for tbo following sUta offices : Go\ernor. Lieutenant Governor. Suciet.iry of State. Auditor of 1'ubllu Accounts. Statu Treahinor. Attoincy ( juiiornl. Commissioner of I'nbllo Lands and Ilulld- ln < rs. Superintendent of I'uhllo Instruction. And the trims lutlon of HiiL'h otluir business as may conio bufoio ( ho con\entlon. Till ! AI'I'OUTIONMIINT. Tlio several counties an ) entitled to repre sentation ; is follows , holng based upon the vote-fast for Ilou. flooigo II. Hustings , presi dential elector In lh S , giving ono delegate-at- luiso to each county , und ono' for each ISO votes and thu major ft action thuieof : HlHiccominomled thut no proxies bo ml iilltcd to thucoinentlon. nnd tluiUlindole- Riitos present bu autlioilrod to ciibt thu full otoot tlioilulcKiitlon. I , I ) , ItiC'HAUDS , Chairman. WAT/rM. BKKIXV Hooiol.iry. 14O9 DOUGLASS-STREET. On account of our ami InoroiiHlng Pnu-tu-o , wohavoltEMOVBU to moro npaitioitn and con venient olllcos. fl Dra. Betts & Bstts , 1409 Douclas St. Omaha , Nob. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed und Guaranteed Capital KM ( ] m 1'uld In Capital -i * ' " " ItujH mill sull Hloeks iinil bonilu. iu < K"i > i - eoiuinuiulal papori icculvim and i' 1 ' j tiiintsi autw UH trims fur iiKont and tru-i" * t-oiiioialloni , taltoa cliari-u of inoperij < > locts taxes. Omahaloan & TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S.E. Corner lOth-ond Douglas Sts uld In t'a pi lal iX. Mibsuilliud and ( luiiriintevd Uupltul Wi.mn . .lability of blouklmlUurs & I'ur Cent IiiteieNt Puld on KltANK J. IiANnn , OllleurH-A. t ) . Wyniiin , iirvNldunt , J J lli" n , \ li-e-jiivslilunt . T. wyirnui , treiisnrer ) lrccttirs A. U Wyiiiun. J II Mlllitril I f llrown , ( lily U. Haiton , I ) , \V Nusli , I'liurnai J. Kluibu 1 , UuorL'o li , l.u.u.