Nebraska Newspapers

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'PHI BEE.
I , E03EWATER , Editor
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poiidocl in n more jirolllrtbluvay than In
tlic pnvud alleys.
A irALKilo/.c'ii now political lightning
.rods iii-ecxjioscdeach tiny , tuid the pollt-
luul curivntpt-o\vs { \
L'.vnuu tlio iinpinitioii of the Bacon-
Ian theory the political furmcra of
Minnesota solved n cryptogram with a
cipher.
TilK investment of hlorlcs of Kock
Ishnd railroad cash in Douglas county
jjroporly rcllccts uredit on the business
of the
T/IB / MorchanUs' bridge company at
St. Louis has fallen into tlio hands of
Jay Gould. Asa toll { jathci'or tlio Wall
struct wizard has no peer. '
UXI.KSS tlio ratio of representation is
ralhod the membership in congress for
tlio next ten years will agyrogato threa
hundred mill ninety. Two years licnuo
Nebraska will elect oiyht congressmen.
Vie : l'JnisirKNTMOHTON : - hns boon
robbed of ton thousand dollars' \vorth \ of
cli.nuiondB. But as under the new tariff
bill diamonds arc to bo admitted free ,
ho can replace thorn with a few days'
Biliary.
IT 19 a melancholy reminder of the do-
iy of n grrcat party that no democrat of
oven county prominence in Nebraska
hiseom& : , out Into the blazing1 sunlight
asa cnndidnto for state ofllco. Where ,
oil , wlioronro the faitlifuli1
SILVER bullion has nilvanccd to one
dollar nnil nine cents an ounce , netting
the btilllonatrcs several million dollars ,
the diroot result of congrossiohal legis
lation. At last accounts , however , the
wages of miners had not been advanced.
Tun Tennessee democracy is aflllcted
with n surplus of candidates for govern
or , while the brethren in Nebraska are
Buffering1 from a painful scarcity of avail
able timber. Even the political prod
ucts ol tljO world are unequally distrib
uted.
NG the first half of the year 1890 ,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight
miles of railroad track was built in the
United Status , over half of which was
laid in the southern state * . This shows
that the now south has taken Senator
] luar's advice and Is raising more hogH
nud loss tihcol ,
A MON'O otlior brilliant comparisons
evolved by Kansas prohibitionists for
r > utsl < lo consumption is that during 1SS ! )
Robraslcn paid a fraction over two mil
lion dollars internal revenue to the gov
ernment , whileKansas paid only twonty-
dix thousand. The agitators of Kansas
ignore tlio fnct that the distillers and
Orowers of Isobraska who pay this tax
export the bulk of their product to lown
and Kit lisas. A very largo per cent of
the alcohol mamifneturod'ln this city Is
exported to France , Russia and the Pa-
clllo coast.
iru yearn jigo the public
debt \vii4 \ two billion , savon liundred and
fifty-six million dollars , drawing nn an
nual lntero.it of 0110 hundred and one
million dollars. Now It is only nine
liundred and twonty-ouo million dollars
nnil the Interest but twenty-nine million ,
five hundred thousand dollars. In 1SSO
the debt was one billion , nine hundred
mid nineteen million dollar * and the in
terest sevonty-nino million , 11 vo hundred
thousand dollar.So It will bo seen
that lit tea years Jho debt has been re
duced in round numbers one billion del
lars. "With increased prosperity anil
population the next tea years will wipe
out the public debt , nnd no nation on
earth ever iimde such a grand showing.
Tun distinguished farmer and work *
ingnmn who Is running the Hyphen for ,
revenue only has Imported from Eng
land , don't cliorknow , n supply of hay-
teed to sprlnklo over his person , and an
Assortment of fashionable bunions to do-
cornto his palms during' the campaign.
With these ai'tltlcial evidences of
honiy-hiinded toll , the heir to the house
of I'hlnens hopes to hoodwink the
toiler * and Loom his circulation. Hut
the tellers cannot be deceived by wolves
In imported clothing ,
ir.tvrjn.
It Is atntod thnt members of the senate
nro receiving rcmonstrnncea from coin-
mcrclnl and l - > gnl ncsoelatlons ngnliiBt
giving * so much attention to political
measures when there nro other matters
before congress which to them appear of
greater importance to the people. The
commercial Interest * of the country want
the tariff question disposed of and would
like an expression from congress regardIng -
Ing n national bankruptcy law , though
as to this thcro Is perhaps no
urgency. It Is Important to the
business of the country , however , that
the tariff matter should be settled , HO
that contracts for the future may bo
made advlsodly. There is other work to
bo done of great importance to the gen
eral welfare which ought not to bo await
ing action in this midsummer season
when congress has 'boon more than
seven months in notion. Ju&t now the
conditions at the national capital are un
favorable to arduous congressional labor.
The heat hits driven one-third of the
members of the house out of the city and
those who remain are disposed to per
form as Htllo work as possible ,
while the effect of the tempera
ture upon senntoiM Is physically and
mentally depressing. It is not surpris
ing that under the elrcutnstancos they
should hesltato to enter uponadlscUs-
slon of the larilV bill , but they are con-
Hiirablo for having wasted time that
should have been devoted to this nnd
other business legislation in the consid
eration of matters purely political. The
caucuses that have been hold to discuss
the question of adopting a rule to limit
debate and to consider what course'to
pursue with reference to the federal
election bill wore a waste of
energy , If not of time , that sen
ators might wisely have spared them
selves. >
The house of roprcsontatlvos hasmado
a creditable record uf work accomplished ,
whatever differcm-oof opinion there may
bo as to the character of the work , but
the senate has boon uncommonly-slow.
11 was responsible for the delay of sliver
logliihition , duo largely to the political
necessities of n few senators , and tlio delay -
lay in the consideration of other subjects
would undoubtedly not have been ao pro
longed were not certain senators work
ing to make political capital for
themselves. Wo do not know
whether It can fairly bo Inferred that
the remonstrance of commercial and
legal associations against giving so innch
attention to political measures' is de
signed in hostility to the election bill ,
but it Is safe to say that If the question
of lulonling thnt measure wore submitted
to such associations the largo majority
of their incmboi-s would be found unfa
vorable to ltu This congress should ha vo
devoted itself exclusively to the task of
devising legislation for improving the
business and advancing the prosperity of
the country , at least at the present
Hcs.tion. Tlio opportunity for the re
publican party to show its ability to sub
serve the material interests of the people
nnd Its willingness to place this before
every other consideration was one which
its representatives 'in congress should
not have permitted any mutters of purely
political concern to interfere with. The
demand was for practical statesmanship.
It can hardly bo doubted that had this
demand boon mot congrnss might now
bo well through with its labors and the
party in control would bo much stronger
in popular confidence ; . ,
16' TO A. DEFICIT.
There ought to bo substantial agree
ment between the chairmen of the semite
and house appropriation committees re
garding the possibility of a deficit in the
finances of the government for the cur
rent fiscal year , but as a matter of fnct
there is so wide a difference in tholrfdato-
monts and conclusions aH to carry doubt
and confusion to the public mind.
In the senate last Monday Mr.
Allison , referring to the regular
appropriation bills and including
some estimates for others , snid that
the appropriations would amount
in the aggregate to three hundred nnd
llfty-nino million dollars. In i-oply to
an inquiry ho stntod that ho did not in
clude in this estimate the permanent
appropriations , amounting to about one
hundred million dollars. "I only in
clude , " said Mr. Allison , "tho regular
appropriation bills , including ; the river
and harbor bill and all dollpienoios. ' '
Thus wo have as the probable "expendi
tures of the government for the fiscal
year four hundred nnd fifty-nine mil
lion dollars , to which must be added
the cost of the dependent pension
bill , the lowest estimate of whlcli
Is thirty-five million dollars , but which
may amount to fifty million. There Is
omitted from this calculation , also , the
estimated cost of subsidy and other
monsurt'3 , which would increase it sov-
ornl millions. Four hundrcdand nlnoty-
live million dollar * is therefore the sum
which the government must meet in the
present fiscal year , according to Mr.
Allison's figures , if the appropriations
now proposed go through and the
least csitlnritu of the cost of
the dependent panslon bill Is not ox-
coodcil. The secretary of the treasury
last December estimated the receipts
of the government for the ( iscal year
1800-01 at throe hundred and eighty-five
million dollars. Assuming that this
amount will bo realized , the throatoimd
tic-licit Is one hundred ami nine million
dollars , but proposed taiitl' legislation
oontemplates a reduction of revenue to
the extent of from fifty to sixty million
dollars , which , if accomplished , would
swell the dotlelt to that amount.
Under the most favorable clrcum-
Ktancos , taking the statement of Sen
ator Allison us correct , the outlook IK
that the expenditures of the government
for the current fiscal year will exceed
the ravenue's by between ono hundred
and ono hundred nnd twenty million
dollars.
Mr. Cannon , chairman of the house
committee on appropriations , gives a
wholly different aupcct to the situation.
Ho estimates the appropriations lit three
hundred and fifty million dollars aad the
revenues at four hundred and sixty-seven
million , lenvlng'a surplus of ono hundred
and seventeen million dollars to meet the
requirements of the now pension law
and the estimated reduction of tariff
taxation to the amount of sixty million
dollars. This calculation contemplates
the suspension of the sinking fund ,
amounting to forty-nine million dollnra.
It would Iw pleasing to bo able to regard
is correct the estimates of the chairman
of the house appropriations committee ,
but there is no reason to doubt either
the ability or honesty of Senator Allison
in a matter of this kind , nnd Ms state
ment was carefully made to the senate
In response to n request for the Informa
tion. At any rale it lg obvious thnt con
gress has gene na far as it safely can go
In making appropriations , and that not
another dollar should be voted for any
purpose not absolutely necessary.
KVKRY destructive flro in largo cities
is an object lessons on the dangers of the
overhead \vlro system. During tlio
burning of a largo warehouse at Minne
apolis a few days ago , the lives of sov-
arul men con lined In the building wore
imperilled by tlio network of wires
\vhloh obstructed the raising of ladders
nnd impeded the work of firemen. Only
by a superhuman olTort was a repetition
of tlio Tribune liolocmist averted.
Omaha bus boon singularly fortiniato in
this respect. Hut all the , framework -
work o n calamity Is hero.
The streets nnd alloys in the
business district nro covered with
n network of wires , and It only requires
n lire In ono of the crowded business
bloc-lot or ofllco buildings to illuminate
tlio folly of permitting the \vlro ovll to
grow and expand in ovor.y dircetion. An
ounce of pruvontlon Is worth a pound of
euro. To avert the cnlamitlcH which
have befallen other cities , Omaha must
adopt measures to plni-o the wire-3 under
ground , thus affording security to llfo
nnd property nnd placing the city In line
with the progressive spirit of the ago.
" \Vllir.n the railroads nro protesting
against a reduction of rates nnd de
nouncing the jM'Opo.scd cut In grain as
"confiscation of property , " they confess
that a system of ttucrot rate cutting is
practiced and favored shippers granted
terms denied to the general public.
These facts were publicly acknowledged
.at the meeting of the managers of Mis
souri river roads in Chicago. It was
shown that the lines ending at the river
handled more cars of grain than the
trans-Missouri lines , and that rates wore
cut fifty per cent to produce the result.
This is one of the many instances in
which the corporations have furnished
evidence that reduced rates are profit
able , and state and federal authorities
are justified in making the secret reduc
tion permanent and general.
T K alleged-discovery of a surplus of
from sovonty-Hvo to ono hundred thou
sand dollars In the county treasury does
not rollect much credit upon the system
of accounts kept by the olllclals. It ex
poses the slipshod methods prevailing in
county alTairs.
Tim destruction of the railroad cow-
slfed is n source of gratification to tlio
city. It marks the removal of a. monument
ment to corporation perfidy.
LAN'PSTJIAN OUUS.
Undoubtedly Kussia has been n good deal
irritated by the execution of Mnjor Panitzn
for coimpirlng against the life of Prince
ForJiuuud of Bulgaria , and there are signs
that she proposes to use this circumstance
as a pretext for advancing her designs in
Southeastern Europe. Much criticism 1ms
been Indulged la by the Ilusslan Jpress of late
In regard to the course pursued by M.
Staraboulofftho Bulgarian priino minister.
Ills administration has undoubtedly been n
stern oao.but ; the condition of the country
has Justified his policy , and its welfare
certainly depends upoa tUo continuance of
his rule tor some time to come. Tha.maniiar
In which M. Stnmboulofl lias triumphed over
his political opponents is proof of his posses
sion of .statesmanlike qualities. Ho lias
disembarrassed hlmsoU of his conservative
colleagues. He presides over a cabinet of his
loyal adherents , < : oimnau Js an ovcnvliclom-
ins majority in the leglsliiture , enjoys thocon-
flilcnco of Prince Ferdinand , and has the whole
liulgnriua poopto at his back. He has
acted upon the doctrine thnt prevention is
better than euro ; he has nipped all threaten
ing evils in tlio bud and crushed his enemioa
before they could crash liim. It Is quite con
ceivable that Russia , recognizing M. Htam-
boulolt's influence- with his countrymen ,
should have endeavored to win him to her
side ; nail , failing in this , that she should
brand him 'as a dictator. Hi ? fortunes are
bound up with thnso of Prince Ferdinand ,
for whoso acceptance ot the Dulgarlau throne
ho h mainly responsible , and his place in
history will depend upon the prince's sue-
LOSS. On the other hand , Uussia's terms arc
the removal at the prince , the election of a
new prince ol the orthodox faith and an en-
on the part of Bulgaria to act as
Uussia's ally In cuso of war. And it was
characteristic of M. StaiiiboulotT , when these
proposals worn submitted to him , that ho
should reply that the Bulgarians were-not
likely to bo irumht'u second time In the same
trap. Jti 18S ( ) they sacrificed a prince to
Kussia , and received from her in return n
dictator iu the person of General ICaulbaru.
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There Is a special reason why they who
wish well to Spain view with rogrct the ao
conservatives to control m the
government at this time. ThopresentJCortcs
have witnessed the fullllment of Sngastn's
promise to give his fellow subjects universal
Miffragi'i which was to bo exercised for the
Urst time at the next general election. It Is
of obvious importance that on such nn occa
sion tlio electoral machinery should be in the
hands of the friends of the rofonn , and not In
those of enemies who have Hturdlly nutated
It. The liberals felt sure that with univer
sal suffrage they would obtain an linincn.se
majority , provided the votes wore freely cast
and honestly counted , and on that account
oven the moil suspicious and lutr.ictablo republicans
publicans believed that the liberal chief ,
Sagiista , would abide by the assurance that
no ollleial interference with the electors
should takeplace. . Confident that for
the llwt tlmo since 18T-1 they would
have a representation in tlio lower
house of tha Cortes proportionate to tholr
strength in the country , mot of the repub
licans wore disposed to ( 'lvoup , or at nil
events postpone schemes of revolution , and
submit for the present to the rule of tlio
rnicon regent. They know well , oa the other
hand , that under the export and unscrupu
lous manipulation of Canoval's universal suf
frage will prove us utter mockery as It was
under the French second empire. Thence
forth despairing of a constitutional propaga
tion of tholr opinions , they will revert to the
doctrine reached by Zorllla , that to overthrew
the monarchy Is the solo resource of lovers of
liberty in Spain.Vltli the fall of S.\ga.sta
v.iiiLsho. ) the lost ehanco of effecting the mili
tary reforms , which by those conversant with
the stnto of things In Sp-aln are recognized 03
scarcely loss indispensable than the extension
otthosufl'rugo.
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A llttlo more and the population of tlio
great nations ot Kui-ojio will become vait
standing urmlcj. Kussia Franco aud Italy
nro not bchtiii ) Ocnnnny and .Austria-Hun
gary In prcparWrf for the tremendous crash
of arms that ( k'ncral Von Moltko IIM "for
morotlmn ten years'1 seen pending "llko the
sword of Dninixjlps , " If wo are to bcllovo a
statement madc-tn the German rclehstag , the
signal of war would almost convert these na
tions Into nn nrm'eij camp , lly that statement
the war footuij ; of Franco was placed at
3,000,000 men ; tlmt of Kussia , 8,570,0005 that
of Germany , SttwKM ( ; that of Austria-Hun
gary , llfiO,000Utatof } Italy , 1,0'JJ,000 ' , or an
oggivgato of If,019,000. In the face of these
figures well might Von Moltlto exclaim : "Woo
to him who sots' , flro to Europe and Is tlio
Hirst to apply-tlio torch lo the magazine I"
The peace footings are not of course so great.
Russia's Is Sll'doo ' , Franco's Ml.lWI , Ger
many's ' , according to the new law-ISoliS3 ;
Austria-Hungary's , Increased by the recent
bill , K5,0 l ; Italy's ' SM.tlS , oran aggregate
of 2,393,128 , men. But the coat of thcso
nrinles , small as they nro compared with the
, war . footing , U a crushing weight. The pub-
Ho debts of the live power * named lire con
stantly Increasing ; their finance minister
nro put to tholr wits' ends to find ways to
raise the money required to meet their grow
ing expenditures. Scarcely ono of them Is
able to balance his books. Not ono of them
v.-lthln the past live years has escaped the
disgrace of u deficit , .
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Israolltcs have lieca always and are still so
harshly treated in Kussia that It Is hard to
understand how their condition there can. bo
made worse by tlio fact that some of the
Nihilist prisoners convicted In Paris are
Hebrews. The European antl-scniltie crusiulo
has ever hail Its focus-In the Muscovite em
pire , nnilparsei-utlon of the Hebrews went
sometimes to such extremities In Itussla that
the Rothschilds nnd other Hebrew bankers
In Europe were aslced by their co-rellglonlsts
not to lend their support to the numerous
loans placed by the St. Petersburg govern
ment , upon the bourses of Berlin , London ,
Paris and Vienna. That persecution
was so barbarous about the years 1811-74
that Mr. Westermann , United Suites ,
Chnrgo d'Affaires at St. Petersburg ,
joined hli friendly efforts to those
of lenunln ! ] : Peixolto , then American consul
general In Houinanla , where Hebrews wore
also persecuted , in order to Improve tholr
miserable condition. These efforts were
crowned with success for a time , but soon
thoimti-Scmlto war was taken up again by
thoUt sslam nnd the Roumanians. At any
rate , the pretext to enforce again "stringent
measure- ) against tlio Hebrews , " drawn from
the Nihilist plot In Paris , Is n str.ingo one ,
because the French courts have acquitted
Mr. Mendelsohn , a Hebrew , who has been
represented to bo the lending spirit of that
plot , and the two other Isr.iollles who have
been found guilty are freethinkers nnd pro
fessional revolutionists. The danger , after
all , must not. be considered to bo so terrible
satisfied with merely ordering the Immediate
by the 'Kusshm authorities , as they have been
suppression of a newspaper nnd with banish
ing Its editor in b92 , two years hence ,
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Lord Salisbury has probably removed ono
of the elements of danger from the New
foundland trotibio by Informing the French
government that French olliccrs cannot bo
permitted to exorcise police powers , and en
force the regulations of a treaty with Great
Britain oh British soli. It was the landing
of French naval ofllcers to order the removal
of the Newfoundlanders' huts and net *
which promised to make the existing compli
cations really grave. The execution of the
treaty liclongs toCrclt ! Britain. ThoFrench
are only entitled to call attention to In f mo
tions of it nnd ask for redress. It Ls for the
British naval oflleors to see that Newfound
landers respect it. Accordingly the practice
on the spot 'is ' now so amended that tlio
French olliccrs complain to the British olll-
cers , who then see that right Is ilono. But
that any colony will submit to the usufruct of
their shore nnd waters by foreigners very
much longer Is most unlikely. If the French
uro not bought oat by the homo government ,
the Newfoundlanders will certainly discover
sonio other way of getting rid of them.
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Italy nnd Franco want the Anglo-German
division of Africa submitted to nn interna
tional conference. Italy claims rights on the
Somali coast and oilier concessions from the
sulwn of Zanzibar which Germany promised
to guarantee , and is not satisfied with the
concession made in respect to her rights In
the Gnlla country and Abyssinia. Franco
complains of the Zanzibar protectorate ns con
trary to thu understanding since 188'J , and the
Sieclo says thnt Franco refused such'a pro
tectorate when offered by the sultan , on the
very ground that , , it would bo a violation of
treaty rights to accent it. The Siccle also as
serts that Ilussla will support the French
project , nnd quotes the Nerd of Brussels ,
which It describes as "tho organ of Russian
chancellery , " to provo this. Finally , the
Sieclo's opinion Is that England will finally
buy out Franco In Africa as well as in New
foundland.
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Another African exploring party is about
to set out , its purpose being to explore ttio
upper waters of tlio Congo river. The Congo
commercial company will pay the expense of
tlio undertaking , sending out seven Euro
peans under the leadership of M. Alexandra
Delcpnmiuno , who has spoilt seventeen yours
'
on the river. Ncnrly'nll the Europeans nro
"soldiers of fortune , " nnd they will have
I with them 150 native soldiers. Their main
object Is to penetrate the country of Urun , on
the west of Tanganyika , which htu ] ust been
touched by other explorers , who hnvo re
ported It to bo extremely fertile , salubrious
nnd rich in minerals. Although the conti
nent of Africa hns been traversed l > 3' explor
ers from ocean to ocean , they have followeil l
narrow paths , nnd know very little except by
report of what llos upon either side of tlio
lines of travel. Everything points , however ,
i to a country us promising for settlement as
j this was iu colonial days.
The Hall County Wny.
I ( Iraml
If the nlTniV > [ the alliances are run all
over tlio state lii , the same oasy-golng nnd
cureless way in wlijeh they nro conducted in
Hall county tlur' Yallroad bosses will pralso
thorn as tlu | greatest institutions invented
for their bjnefltIf ! there Is no Church Howe
yet to sell out tip vyholo concern , wo hnvo at
least some little Ctrtirch Howes in Hall county
ready to do the work performed by the origl-
nal Church Howi Jfr the Nebraska granges.
There Is never a muu so blind as ho who docs
not want to see. , , ;
: Mi lit Kuril IVorHG.
Thopooplo oraebraska would not feel
. . . . . . . , ' " '
1..H. < o'u'r
very badly If M > ldicr ] govonior , General
John M. Thuypiylould | receive the tionil-
imtiou for a third 'tinn. ' In fact they could
go farther and faro much worse. Ho has
made us a clean , capable and honest public
servant. Never before Vas a governor In Ne
braska taken the time and trouble to travel
over the state aud learn the needs of the
people by actual contact with thorn as John
M. Thayer , and besides there can Ixj no bad
mistake laid at his door during Ills two terms.
He has been tried nnd not found wanting and
would bo sufo to tie to for another term. The
old soldiers of coursfi would not object.
They Prophecy la Vain.
A'niisiin CJournal. ( ( | .
Not very long no the democratic organs
were Insisting thnt [ ho , federal election bill
could never become a law. Now they propose
that If it does not bcom6 a law the country
will go to the devil But the country has
falsified democratic prophecy more than oace
aiulwlll do It moro than oaco again ,
The Patlillmtoi-'H TltlcHto I-'nino.
Sea r ik Tribune ,
John 0. Fremont has two enduring titles
to fame llrst M the " 1'athllnder , " and
' second as the first candidate of the republi
can party for president.
I
Will flrover Ahvayn Accommodate ,
iil. tout * ( Holic-Vitnncrtlt.
It Is no\v said that Mr. Cleveland Intended
to go to Indianapolis , but backed out when
ho heard thnt Governor Hill was going. Will
ho conclude to keep his name out of the next
democratic national convention for the satno
reason.
AVI.se In Tholr Own Conceit.
Just now the nvorago politician of Now
York and Indiana deems himself Insulted if
anyone suggests that his party would do
well to nominate him for vice president of the
United States. Nothing short of the presi
dency will satisfy him. Any politician of
New York or Indlann , It seems , Is necessarily
greater and wiser Hum all politicians o ;
other states ,
Democracy In a Itatl Way.
Sfoiir ( My Jimniiil.
Six now northwestern states nro In the
union nnd the democratic party can novel-
get them out. Their proionco In the union
changes the balance of power , and the daiiio-
crattc p.irty Is In ' bad straits to meet the
situation. Meantime the farmers of the
south are revolting against the local abuses
of the democratic party nud nro getting Into
shape to combine with the republican fanners
of the now mid strengthened northwest.
*
POLITICAI . UUSSIP.
Attorney General Leeso was In Omaha
yesterday , upon his return from Spirit Lake ,
where ho lias been visiting for a few days.
General Lceso snld that ho would rather not
bo Interviewed , but that ho knew enough to
know thnt If the republican party nindo the
mistake of nominating the entire party ticket
of Benton , Cowdry and Steen , It would bo a
very grave question about electing them un
less a ticket acceptable to the farmers t.s nom
inated. "Thousands of alliance men will vote
the independent ticket. It is not this year a
nomination Unit means an election , by a long
shot. I am not a candidate for any ofllcc ,
but 1 am in favor of keeping the party to
gether. If Cowdory , Benton and Stecn nro
nominated it will place the party In a posi
tion where It will bo unable to defend them ,
A clean wwcop In these tlnvo ofllco ? , and
success Is ours without a question of doubt. "
QTho Fairmont Signal continues to boom
Mr. P , Yoangcrs , Jr. , for the ofllco of atato
treasurer , and claims that ho will have Flll-
moro county solid , bat It insists that the
candidates must stand on u prohibition plat
form.
Tlio Koiirnoy Hub is prepared for any
emergency. It says that if Ooneral Connor
is not chosen for governor then Buffalo
county can turn to her other favored son ,
Judge Homer , and nominate him for con
gress , In place of G.V. . K. Dorsoy. There Is
nothing like having a relay of candidates.
Of Mr. ' 0. M. ICoiain the Fremont Tribune ,
anti-Dorscy , has this to say : "He is a man
who will impress the people as nn honest ,
good Inlcntioned citizen , but ono lacking ex
ecutive ability , personal magnetism nnd a
capacity to accomplish the work demanded
of a man in that position. "
The story comes that Church Howe , who Is
shouting very loud for the prohibition doctrine
iu Ncmnhacxpcctcd the nomination for repre
sentative or senator. It Is further stated
that bo is llnblo to ho expecting it still , after
the conventions have all been held.
John M. Moan of South Sioux City , wants
the democrats to elect him to the legislature
'
from Dakota county. In a cholco between
democrats In Dakota county , Mr. Moan is the
noblest Itoman of thorn nil but unfortunately
a democrat will not bo selected or elected.
According to the Johnson county Journal
Mr. J. S. Dow wants the nomination for au
ditor of state tendered hltn on a silver platter.
Mr. Eutrono Berry of Pawnee county , who
was in the last legislature , will make a strug
gle for rononiination. Mr. Merry's crowning
glory in the lust Mission was the introduction
of a bill that prohibited weeds from
growing In the streets. Julo Hhodes ,
his nblo colleague , will also strive
for further glory in the same
lino. Mr. Hhodes passed a bill which makes
It an oftcnso to wear u Grand Army of the
Hepubllo badge.
Judge Cochran of McCook Is not in the con
gressional race to succeed Laws , as has been
Intimated.
The news from Lincoln Is that Charley
Hall proposes to run for the legislature
ugninst Oakley on the alliance ticket. Hut
tlionllinnco cnnnot endorse Mr. Hull unless ,
llko it happened to a lawyer candidate in the
Third , he is at once disbarred. Tlio motto of
the alliance fellows is that no lawyer need
apply.
TI1K SLOCUMU JjAW
The following is a synopsis of the Nebraska
high license , local option law :
Section 1 provides that tha county board of
each county may grant license for thu sale of
malt , spirituous and vinous liquors , If deemed
expedient upon the application by petitioner
thirty of the resident froj holders of the
town , If the county Is under township organi
zation. The county board shall not have au
thority to issue any license for the snlo of
liquors In any city or incorporated village , or
within two miles of the same.
Section U provides for the filing of the ap
plication and for publication of thd applica
tion for at least two weeks before the grantIng -
Ing of the license.
Section y provides for the hearing of the
case if a romonstrnnco is tiled against the
grouting of a license to the applicant.
Further sections provide for the appealing
of the remonstrance to tlio district court ;
the form of tlio license ; the giving of a fj.O.X )
bond by ttio successful applicant for the li
cense.
Sections S , 9 nnd 10 make It an offense ,
punishable by a flno of $25 , for any licensed
liquor dealer to sell Intoxicating liquor to
minors or Indians.
Section U provides tlmtrany person selling
liquor without a llconso shall Uo lined not
less than § lfl ( ) nor moro than J5UO for eai.'h
olTcnso ; and section provides for the trial
of such offenders ,
Scc.Uon 1 ! ) makes it an offense , punishnblo
by a flno of 100 nnd a forfeiture ! of license
for any licensed liquor vendor to sell adul
terated liquor.
Section 11 maUos It nn offense punishable
by a line of ? 100 for any person to sell or
give away any liquor on Sunday , or on the
day of any general or spceial election.
Sections 1C to ii'l inclusive , define the lla
bllity of saloonkeepers for damages austainot
byanyono In consequence of tho-tralllc un <
provide thu stops necessary to collect sue !
claims.
Sectloa 24 relates to the issuance of drug
gists' permits.
The local option feature of the law is con
tained In section S3 , the salient part of which
reads :
"The corporate authorities of all cltios and
villages shall have power to license , regnlato
and prohibit the selling or giving away of
any intoxicating , malt , spirituous and vlnou-
liquors , within tlio limits of such city or vil
Inge. This section nlso fixes the amount of
the license fee , which shall not bo loss thai
t-VW in villages iiml cities having loasthui
10,000 inhabitants nor loss than $1,000 In
cities having a population of more than
10,000.
Sections 2fi nnd 27 relate to druggists'
registers nnd penalties for violation of the
rules governing the samu.
Section 'M makes ilrunUemiovs an offense
pnnkihablo by a tine of f 10 anil costs or im
prisonment not exceeding thirty days.
Section 2'J provides that thu doors and
windows of saloons shall bo kept free from
screens or blinds.
AK1IW Of TIIKXOUTIin'HHT.
Xrbrn kn.
Wayne Ims scoured a now national bank ,
Auburn U to have a now opera houie , anil
several other brick blocks nro In eourno or
construction.
The York Dally Noil's , after a brief but
rocky existence ; ceased to appear. Thonm--
, .crlnU ( wore shipped to Lincoln.
The Superior reunion Is getting now attrao-
Ions and promises to b 5 ono of the largest
jntherlngs over held In the stnto , .
The grading on the now road between
Jnlon nnd Pluttsinauth Is going ahead rap-
dly nnd Iron will bo laid In a Abort tlinu.
Tim Hoatrlco Democrat prints an Industrial
edition which ibos croJIt to the naper pro-
duehfg It , anil which shows that Ucatrlcols
In-oping to the front.
Duknta City Is putting In street lamps all
over the town. ICvcry person msldlng on the
corner of a block who \UU guarantee to keep
lie lamps in good condition and light them
is supplied froi ) by the city.
The Ggthenhurglilorald tolls tl.ls as Its tale
of woo : A family of skunks , about eight , in
numbor.liavp camped in tlio north purtof town.
They frequently tuko posseslon of the roads
nud foatmen and driver * generally get nit the
"nick when they arc on dock. A shooting
lieu li In order ,
AtWymoro Tuesday evening Willis Mor
mon and another small boy by the imuio of
Johnson veroncullllng over a revolver they
Imd obtained In sonio way. Yoimit Mormon
Imd Ids arm around the Johnson boy's nock ,
saying that ho would shoot him. lie snapped
' .ho revolver , which was discharged , Inlllct-
ng a pninfiil flesh wound In his own arm ,
AtKlllev the committee Is making exten
sive prop ( rations for the Grand Army of the
Kepublic reunion to bo there on July 'JS , ! ! i ,
ill ) and ill. There is a splendid grove , largo
enough to atroinmodato 1(1,000 ( people , to
gether with tents , etc. , . within two blocks of
the depot ; piix > s are being laid to supply the
camp with water and the committee is mak
ing every pos.sibl'i arrangement for the com
fort of guests.
Iowa.
Tlio fall term of the state unlvowlty will
open September 10.
A live stock companv has boon organized at
Sluloy with a capital
Two misked men held 1111 Nels Wl qulst
near Denlson and robbml him of 10.
A kick from a horse rohboil a ton-yottr-old
Hock IJiipids boy of eight teeth and Inld him
up with u fractured Jaw.
The llrst chartered bank In Davenport
opened thlrby-ono yo iw niyo and there has
never boon a hank failure In tlm city.
O. I' . Manager , a Perry saloonkeeper , Is on
trial for selling three pints of whisky to live
boys under fifteen years of age , allot whom
became beastly intoxicated.
M. K. Hillings , the attorney who Is In the
Annmoaa penitentiary for murder , has proved
himself nn expert baseball umpire and his
services are frequently brought Into requisi
tion nt the prison ,
The Coldwator co-opornUve
creamery coin-
) any chUms to have made 3'J.ji . pounds of
Duttin- from ( i o'clock in the morning to 7
o'clock la the evening on .Inly s , the largest
amount ever iniJn in ono d'iy ' In the stato.
The nine counties about Ottumwa whlu h
will bo represented hi thu coal palace expo
sition , last yo'.ir employed in mines and
mining operations SiW : : men , mined Jtil.'i10. " > S
tons of oo.U and paid nearly $ -iOUOOJJ , in
wages.
The furmors In the neighborhood of Olid-
den nro considerably exercised and excited
over the loss which some of their alliance
neighbors have sustained. A slick young
man , who gave the name of John Halm , who
sold them pure manllla twlno at 12 cents ,
took their notes nnd nftor discounting them
at the bank skipped. No twine ; no money.
The Boone Democrat tells of a girl and her
father coming to Hint town the other day in
company with a young man , who was ex
pected to pluy an Important part in a mar-
riag'o cornniony. The father loft the young
people and went after the marriage license ,
but when bo returned the prospective groom
had skipped.Two days later the amo father
and the same phi appeared with another
young fellow , ambitious to become husband
to tlio young lady. This time the old man
took the young people with him to secure a
license , and kept watchful eye on them till
the mydtlo knot was tied.
A peculiar cn-so was disposed of in a Justice
court at Kookuk the other day. It appears
that u train on a certain railroad entering the
city ran over nnd killed a cow belonging ,
thu wife of im employe. She presented a bin
for the same and the company paid her an
amount equal to Its Indebtedness to the em
ploye for wages. The company refused to
pay the man his wu cs , nnd ho brought suit
for the recovery of the amount duo him.
Whereupon the company appeared by its rep
resentatives and swore that it owed the man
nothing , and there was nothing left for tlio
employe to do but to dismiss his suit.
The Two D.ilcotns.
Grand Forks has voted $ d'OJU ) In sewerage
bonds.
Cattle in the vicinity of Onlda nro suffering
from "black tongue. "
The South Dakota .supremo court has ad
journed until September.
Campbell county's first fair will bo held nt
Mound City October 1 nud 2.
liutto county is the only organized county
in South Dakota without a jail.
The Marion flas mill is nearly completed
nnd the machinery has arrived.
Six export burglars nro under arrest at
Fargo for robbing a store at Lake 1'nrk.
The printed Journal of the South Dakota
house of representatives makes a volume of
1,000 , pages.
Lieutenant Governor Fletcher of South
Dakota is in California looking after his min
ing interests.
flax promise a yield of PO per
cent in Breakings county , while corn , oats
and potatoes will yield 10J p.sr cent.
The Indians at Flandr.iu held a pow-wow
the other day to discuss the question of re
moval to Minnesota. A majority favored remaining -
maining in Vlundrnu aud vicinity. They ex
pect to receive about tfir > , ( ) ii ) ) some time this
month under tlio provision of tlio bill opening
the Sioux reserxatlon.
When an Indian wants to bocoino a hero at
Fort Pierre ho hustles around and finds n
cliuiu : of co.il at Iho agency unit then takes It
to town and claims to have discovered an in
exhaustible mine. Capitalists tnko him by
the hand and the "world Is his'n" until they
find out whereho found his specimen.
llishop Miirty of the Sioux Fulls diocese
has appointed the following priests as mem
bers of the dlocosin school hoard : Kov.
George Sheehan of Mitchell , Kov. Sylvester
Maddock of Huron , Kov. Cyrlllo St. 1'iorroof
Jefferson , Kov. Thomas F. Hopkins of Yank-
ton , and Kov , George A , Hlcklln of Sioux
Falls. The board will have charge of all the
Catholic at-liools of the state , which includes
the cntira illoecso of Sioux Fulls.
Mitchell had a mad dog HCUI-O the other
day. The supposed rabid animal rolled his
eyes , frothed at the mouth nnd went through
nil sorts of contortions. People barricaded
themselves In their houses and a policeman
was soul for to dispatch the canine , But
iu owner insisted on an nnto morlcin exami
nation. Tlio ( tog's imioth was opened nnd the
c.mso of his iimuitv was nt oneo apparent ,
Sticking to bis teeth was a big wail of chew-
ingKUiu , which some careless girl h.id proba
bly filed away on the leg of a cunirf J r future
reference , und which had boon found by the
inquisitive nniinal. The gum was removed
and the excitement subsided.
Two llttlo sons of William Schrccpol , liv
ing six miles northwest of MaUisun , wore
playing In the gra'nnry the other day , when
ono of them took ilown a gun that was
hanging on the wall , and pointing it nt his
In-other pulled the trigger with disastrous
miults , It appears the gun hud been loaded
with dry peas some tlmo ago with which to
shoot a dog. but had never boon discharged ,
and the full charge took ullcct in thu llttlu
fellow's ' fuco and nock , Hoth oyiw were
blown from their .sockets , the nose und loft ,
oar and lot't oyoljrow were torn off , and the
little fellow's neck , face and forehead was
filled with peas. A physician was called
mid dressed the child's ' wounds. From the
lot eye-socket ho removed a gnu wad , which
was wedged in so tightly that It required a
When IJftbj wafl tick , wo gave her Contort ! ,
When ho wns a UIJ1 J , ho cried t or Ctutorla ,
When she Lecamu MUj , alia clung to Cantor-la ,
WUea llio lad CliUJrvu , she cave thuui Ca&torln ,
l > nlr of forceps to extract It , nnd from tin
.Ittlo . follow' * faro unit fli-nht the doctor re
moved nlnclocn pcm. The i-ltlld Is still
ullvc , but with slight chain- of ivcjvery.
UOTUNDA.
Colour ! Jack Mao Cell ot Lexington , can ill
ilute for governor , was in the city yesterday.
Ho was a conspicuous figure nt the Milhml ,
nutlliifr about In ills shirt sloovoi rouvci-shitf
wllh friends nnd writing many letters.
llclng asked what ho thought of the gubo
iiatorlnl situation , Colonel Mao Cell said ;
"Nobody can tell much about It Just now
It's utterly Impossible. Most of the counties
lon't select their delegates to Iho convention
until Saturday. Until that is ilono It
is llttlo mori ) tlmii Idle to attempt to
.lonuy figuring thnt will prove ut all satisfactory -
factory to any ono.
"I never have had the pleasure of an n < -
qualntnnco with Dr. Moreor , though 1 under
.stand ho wjll go Into the convention with n
very solid delegation at his barka fact Unit
nm glad to loam In connection with Dougla- .
county republicans. "
"How about the report that you and Mr
Hlulmrds are not on the most friendly terms ' '
was asked.
'So ' far ns I am concerned , thoiv Is no ,
truth whatever In such a report , On
L'ontrary , Mr. Kli-hards nnd myself nii > good
friends and always expect to t > e. "
"You hnvo been paying close nttentlun to
the preliminary campaign ! "
"No , just the rover.se. I have been out f
the state most of the tlmo on miportati' an I
very pressing business of n private natniv '
' \"ou are rather anticipating the sei-ui-lni ;
of the nomination , are you not , .Mr. M.u-
; olH"
"Well , I may pot the nomination , but. tin
you know that after all I shall regret to en
into the oillco even if 1 get it. I shall ivnivt
It simply because of the certainty that It \ \ ill
result In my losing many old friends. .V
governor can't give every old friend a nit
'sit" ' , hut Individually they think he can and
should fix them out In sonio way. And that
IH the foaltiro about politics that Is worst of
ill to me , for I'm a man who , when ho has a
friend , loves to keep him as long as ho llvai.
Ono fact Is certainly very plain Indeed ,
namely , that there's n hard tussle on the pro-
irrammo for this convention , undone the re
sult of which 1 believe no one , however wist1 ,
can foresee , "
Tin ; African I'rnhlcm ,
Tlio solution of the African ploblt'tn'
isnptyot. It Is ono thlnsr to cnst IOM
African provinces , but quite another to
realize thorn when east , writes ( . 'olon < < l
ClmiUe-Loii"1 in Hiirpw'H Wocklv. A
deadly cllnialo , dark jungles anil vut
ilc.iorts , to nay nothing of the tri'iu-lii'i--
OIH African himself , are nil nolt'iitiiil
n < ronl9 to bar the progrosH of fjivntor
forces porlmps than even Kiif.'lnml nnd
Germany cnii employ. And then it Is
by no mcaiM certain thnt the ( Jormna
eiiglo and tlio Jirltish lion are to Iho
peaceably together in Africa. Their in
terests nro widely apart ; and hpxldtv ,
the latter is not lilcely to forgive thri
German for presuming upon taking half
of these stolen honors.
The protectorate at Zanzibar may yr-t
prove to have boon n poor oxchaiifjo for
Heligoland ; and oven if Iho session of
the Inltor plnco does not cost the llfo of
the tory ministry , It Is by no moans im
possible that It soon will provoke a per
emptory biiiiiinons from Franco to termi
nate the occupation of Egypt.
Itcpnhlicnti Stuio Convention. -
Tlio raptibllcnn electors ot tlio state of No > '
hrn&ka nro requested to sonil ili-legntps from T
tlielr several counties to meet In convention In
llio oily of Lincoln , Wednesday. July 'it , nH
o'clock p. in. , for the purpiHO of placing In
noiiilnallon candidates for Iho following slut *
olllces : "
Oovi-rnor.
Menlcnntit Governor ,
Secretary of St'ile.
Auditor ot Public Accounts. ,
Plato Treasurer.
Attorney ( icnor.-il ,
C'oinmlbblimorof 1'ublla .Lands nnd llnllcl-
Inss.
Simcr'ritendi'nt ' of 1'iihllo Instruction.
And Iho transaction of such otliiir business
as may eonio before llio convention.
Till ! At'l'OllTlONMnNT.
The several counlle.s are entitled to repre
sentation as lotions , tielng bascil UDOJT the
vnlo cast for lion. Gcoruo II. Hustings , presi
dential elector In 1818. clvlng one dolegiilo-al-
largo to each county , and one for each l.'tJ
votes and the major fraction lliareof :
V
Ills ri'comimmdcd that no proxies bo n I
milled to Uiu convention , nnil Unit the ilul > -
KiitiStrt ! | < uiitliiiiiithiirI < oil to cast , tlio full
vote of thu dulugullim.
lj , 1) . IticiiAiins , Chalnnau.
M'.t.r.Y Kcerutary.
I'oMtivcly cured IiySS
thNO r/tllo I'i/Is. S
They nl.io relieve M-s-H
IrfM fro-A Uj-xpi-ibla , IivJ *
dlfroHtlon anil Too Iioartj
Haling. A jicrtot re
edy forDlwtlncsn. Jfausua ,
lro-v.sliiCHS , Had Taste
la the Mouth. Coated
tonjruo , Pnln In the flIJo ,
TOHl'II ) I.IVIIK. Tuoy
the Dowels. Purely Vesctablo.
SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE ,
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY. .
Snhsorlbod ami UmiranloedCapital. . . f.00.001
I'aldln Oiipllul ; ) , < )
liuj-s and bulls Htoeks nnd lioiKls : nCKoliatrs
coiiiinorcliil jiapur ; ruuolvus mid nxiiLMacs
IriiMt.s ; actx at trans ftiriiKunt and truslon of
corporallons , takes olmrKO of oropurty , col-
leols luxes.
OmahaLoan & . TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S.E. Coi-ner 10th nnd Douglas Sts
I'ald In Capital I fii.on
Huhserlbod and Ouarunlood Oapllul.
Liability of Htookholdir.s )
C 1'ur Cent Inlcrost I'uld on I
KIIANK J. bANOK. lanhliT
OnicorsiA. U. Wyiiuin. iirehldunl , J. J. Iliown.
vlco-presldcnl \ . T , Wyinuii. Iroamin-r.
niroolors-A , U. Wyniaii. 3. II. Mlllaid. . ! . .1
llrowii.Quy O , IliirUin , K.V. . Nuslj , Tli
J. Kliuba.'l , Uuorgu U. l.ulo.