V 4 THE OMAHA DAILY JJJEF , SUJNDA.Y , .A.UGUCT 17 , .1890. SIKTtBB PAGES. T.HK DAIM BJgE. " B , E03EWATER , Editor. _ _ i 'u L LSI m jiivm Y " 'MORNING. TKIlMH orTuiiclll I'T ION. Dully ninl Sunday , Ono \'vit . SIOOO Kl.x mimtln . . - . By Tlin-c nmntlii . 2M Hiiwluy lice. One Your . MCO Wuckly lluf. Olio Year. . 10 oivirns : ( iiiinlui , Tlio Her lliilllii ) . H ntli Omnlri. ' .Yirncr N nun ! .HJi Mrectl. Council lllnlK W IViirl PUPC-I. Clilciiiio Oftlro , : ilT ( Jlmiilln1C'ommorcr : . NIIW Vmk.i : mim iiH : iiml IVIVIIiiinu Iliillrtlns - riith'uutl. . All riirni'i-itiloiitlrm * rduMii1In IIPITI tind pillluflnl tiiHiicr should bo addies'.ud to ihu K < lllnrlal Pi-purl mrnl. IMTSINES ? I.KTTEHS. All l > uiii" ! ] l"tlorH mill t < 'mllt.iMon < nhoilld ' Omilllll. Hl-nflM. OllwU * mill | ' . ) stlill to lie niiiilc payable to tliu order of the oyrn- IIIIM.V. The lite Publishing Company , Proprietors , The HIM' H'ld'it , riirniini and Sevditoi-ntli b'ts. 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TIIK slalo banking hoai-d anil the state board of tr.insportntion have shown so few Hitfiih of lifo lately Hint the service of u coroner should bo cnlistud. TiiKi'onsiis gives Utah n population of two lnirdrcd and t\vonty-thi'uo thousand an injiircssivo trihuto to the patri- art'lial fecuiulily of Morinonisin. lini.vc ; the rct-ont strike on the Cen tral railway , Mr. Powdcrly , nccording to report , " \vasHllent. " It is prusiuncd that the reason for this was Unit Mr. Poivclurly liiid notliJii" ; to say. TIIK census of the churches shows , twunty-onu and a half million persons within the pale , or about 'one-third of tlio total population. Hero is a Hold for missionary work fur more inviting1 than the wilds of Asia or jungles of Africa. " K railroads interested have decided to ignnro tlio schedule of-freight rates ordered by the Iowa railroad commis- Hion. The fact that the corporations In variably ignore the orders of the com mission , when promulgated , and adopt them when pressed , renders an early compliaiifo with the now tnriIT almost certain. Tliu "American party" of California hns of course endorsed the prohibition candidate for governor , and the most HtHkiiijT thing about it all is that Dennis Kearney , the famous Sand Lot orator , proposes to furnish wind for the cam paign. In lieu of imported colonels , ho will perhaps lill the bill. Dennis is an American froniTippornry. Cor.oiJAPO'ssilver production aver ages two millions per month. The recent advance in price is estimated to have added four hundred thousand dollars lars to the value of the monthly product. "With HiK-h marked bcmolits ( lowing from favorable legislation , it is not surprising that the Imllionnires feel encouraged , lint where does the fanner's profit como in ? Tun Farmers' Alliance and People party receives very little encouragement HO far at the hands of prohibition organs nnd prohibition' leaders. Tlio Chicago .Acrer , tlu. < acknowledged leading organ of prohibition in the west , turns a cold filiouldor to the farmers of Nebraska with the following sarcastic declara tion : Wo s.vinp.ithtzo with you , farmers , but re member that this country will never tolerate aclasspurty. The true rofona party is the prohibition party. Como along with us. A KKAUXKY paper is trying to raise a great liubiih because Kearney was omit ted In the report of the movements of the Michigan editors on their way east from the 1'aellle Coast. Inasmuch ns all our regular correspondence from Kear ney emanates from the olHeoof the papei that is HO terribly distressed over the in cident wo would respectfully suggest that the people of Kearney who nro sen sitive enough to take olTenso nt this nllcginl slight of Kenrnoy direct thoit unkindly remarks to the fellow who is raising all the hubub. Till ! example sot by the Catholic and Methodist denominations in founding , national universities has spurred the Baptists to action. Leading members o that church have perfected plans for a national university in Now York on a Bcnla which promises to eclipse all rivals , .lolm D. Roekefellorof the Stand ard oil company is the guiding spirit of the movement. Counting his wealth by the hundreds of millions there is little doubt that tlio proposed endowment of twenty millions can bo readily raised. The project , as outlined by the Now York -7Vi'6iii ( ? , contemplates nn educa tional inotltutlon which will supply the youth of America with all the advan tages possessed by the best universities of Kuropo , It Is the purpose of the pro jectors toongago the nblost corps of pro fessors that money can secure and draw to tills great seat of learning students from all parts of the world. IMS/UiVtfro.V / COUNTY'S The deliberate tmd unprovoked mur- lor of N. H. Towrf , a respected fanner of Washington county , Nebraska , ami the probably fatal shooting o ( Miss Town , bllowed swiftly by the lynching of the murderer , have added a chapter to the criminal records of the state which every jood citizen must deplore. The shooi ng of Mr. Town mid hid daughter was most atrocious. Jt was pro- neditatcd , cold-blooilcd , and so fnr as appears , wholly without provo cation. The miserable perpe trator , evidently of mot malicious na ture , professed to have had a grievance , jut there is not tliox slightest reason to believe that there was any other ground for It than the fact that the farmer hail dispensed with hU services when ills an- toying attentions to Miss Town became Intolerable. This occunvcd several years ago , and It would seem that over t-lneo Pratt had inn-soil his hatred of Town , and with n fiendish determination to "got even , " ns ho declared lie had lone after the shooting , though his [ ) hin of murder embraced an entire iunlly , ho awaited an opportunity to carry into effect his bloodthirsty pur- > osc. Traveling Hovoral hundred miles on his murderouscrrnnd , ho found Town and his daughter In the early morn ing , performing their regular work in complete unconsciousness of impending danger , nnd without a word of warning the llond shot the father to death and inflicted a wound upon the daughter that may prove mortal. And after the accomplishment of this bloody busi ness , Pratt not not only evinced no re gret for what ho had done , but only regretted that ho had boon unable to carry out his design of killing the entire Town family. Such are the salient circumstances of a tragedy that created the most pro found indignation among the neighbors of the murdered , man and aroused in them a purpose to visit upon the mur derer swift and summary punishment. Recourse to lynch law , wherovur the au thority of established law is in full oper ation , is always lo bo deplored. The safe guard of the slate and of sosioty is in the respect ofthe people for the laws and for these charged with their administration. Very likely there are nowhere men who inoro fully apnreciato thisthan do the former neighbors of the Towns who constituted the party who took the mtirdurer Pratt from the cus tody of the Sheriff and hanged him without the formality and thuriskofn judicial trial. They arc represented lo bo reputable and law abiding citl/.ons. Mut there are occurrences which exas perate the coolest toinpoi- and the most conservative judgement , and of feuch was the unprovoked shooting of Town and his daughter. It was a erimo so dastardly and atrocious as in the opin ion of these Washington county fanners to demand the application of summary justice. . They felt that this was u case which could not safely bo given over to the law's ' delay and the tcchtilealitios of judicial procoeduro. There was not the shadow of a doubt of guilt. The murderer , taken red-handed , acknowledged the crime mid only regretted that ho could not have consummated his plan of whole- Halo slaughter. From lirst to hist ho manifested a recklessness and defi ance that were simply fiendish. Is it at all surprising that a people who saw a respected member of their community stricken down without causa or provo cation and n young girl , innocent of offense , wounded unto death , should take the law Into their own hands and visit its severest penalty upon the cow ardly and brutal assassin V Did not every instinct , of self-preservation and every consideration of oven-handed jus tice naturally urge them to this course V It is sincerely to be hoped that Ne braska may never have another experience - once of this kind. In all its aspects It gives cause for profound rogrot. Cut none should censure the people of Wash ington county who took the law into their own hands without fir.3t carefully considering the circumstances which impelled thorn to lhir > action and the danger there is of the defeat of justice from the delays and technicalities of the law. srrv.n'iox ix KCKOVK. AVhon L.ord Salisbury said recently that the situation of alTnirs in Kuropo had not for yours scorned inoro pacific than at present , nnd conveyed the idea that thatomloney was all in thn direction of continued peace , ho doubtless did not speak simply as tin optimist predis posed lo look upon the bright sldoof things. Tlio English premier is a shrewd and careful diplomatist and not given to promises or assurances that have not a substantial foundation. IIo is doubtless quite as familiar as any other statesman of Europe with what is going on in other countries , and besides , when lie uvula his reassuring utterance Emperor William had been a guest of his grandmother , Victoria , and it Is by no means improbable that ho lot fall some hint or suggestion thatauthor- ix.ed the belief that his own desires and aims are entirely peaceful , and'if the German emperor seriously wishes to preserve the peace all the world will bo likely to conclude that ho can do so. There is certainly everything in the external condition of allaira as It now appears to encourage the belief that Ku- ropean peace may bo maintained Indefi nitely. Nobody apprehends any dis turbance to it during the present year , and a great deal will depend upon the result of .tho coming conference between Emperor "William and the czar in deter mining what may bo the situation next year. The meeting of the emperors is undoubtedly regarded with the very greatest interest throughout Europe. Emperor "William Is to arrive atNarvn , Russia , today , where a banquet will be given in his honor , and ho will wit ness the military maneuvers. On Thurs day ho will aopart for St. Petersburg ! ! , where ho will remain next Saturday and Sunday. The most elaborate prepara tions Imvo everywhere been made to do him honor , as if to attest us far.as public demonstration and pageantry can attest the friendly feeling of Russia toward Germany. The world will draw its own conclusions ns to the sincerity of all this , but it is worth whllo to note that the leading journal of Austria , where there is perhaps - haps the Icust disposition to look on the bright eldo of affairs , regards the ( ! or- inim emperor's vlwlt to the cznv ns n favorable - vorablo symptom which cannot fall to influcncci peaceful developments. After the conference with the emperor of lltts- sla "William is to vtaU the emperor of Austria in Silesia , nnd this nlso , the dis patches say , will bo a valuable con fIntui tion of peace. Dn the whole , therefore , the Kuropcan situation presents on all sides an en tirely peaceful aspect , but the world lm.3 learned how easily this maybe bo changed by dome unforeseen or not particularly nolod incident , and how ever , calm and um-tttiled the surface of nlTalw , so long as vast armies are hold in readiness for ttctlon and warlike preparations nro actively maintained , it is impossible not to feel that there is a lurking danger. And the wisest states men of the old -world believe that the only guarantee of a lusting ; peace \vlll be found in a general and oxhaustlvo war. MEtlfUX.i IIIBS. A dispatch from Now York states that Plnkerton is still rocrultlny men to guard the property of the New York Central road. According1 lo the same source of information the recruits " \voro \ a tough looking lot , " and before depart ing on their mission Hob Pinkerton is quoted as saying to them that they wcro not sent out to kill people , "but if your lives tire in danger you know what to do. " Since the strike on the New York Central begun the lines of that road have been patrolled by these mercena ries , the largo majority of whom are selected from the idle , rullianly and reckless classes , nnd nil of whom are armed with deadly weapons. They arc instructed lo use these weapons i f they believe their lives to bo in danger , and there uro instances enough since the practice of employing these Hessians came into vogue to show how ready and willing they are to follow instructions upon the slightest pretextor oven with out any pretext. Numerous murders , as cold blooded as any over committed , are recorded against Hnkerton detectives employed in the service of the corpora tions to overawe the people. Tun ! Hi5K has repeatedly denounced the employment of these armed bands of irresponsible men , controlled and directed by private parties , as a gross outrage upon tlio public and a most soi-1- ous menace to the rights and liberties of the people. Tlio system is in all roapcots inconsistent with republican institutions and wholly indefensible. It cannot bo justified either upon grounds of necessity or expediency. In every state of the union the laws are ample for the protection of private property , and not only the whole power of iho state , but in case of ex treme necessity tlio power of the general government , can bo invoked to enforce the lawn. "Why should the Now York Central officers appeal to Pinkerton for men to guard the property of that com pany when the sliorlil of every county through which the lines pass can bo called vtpon to do this mid has full au thority to act according to his judgment of what the exigencies of the situation require , and when , besides , the state has a large and well-equipped militia force subject at all times to the command of the governor ? Can there bo a doubt in the mind of any reasonable man that the authorities of the state of Now York are fully competent and amply able under the statutes to pro tect the property of any railroad in the state ? It is , moreover , their duty to do so whenever called upon , and the laws do not recognize the right of any others to perform Hint service. They clearly specify who shall bo tlio guard- tans of the lives and property of the people , and they do not include armed bodies of mon recruited by Bob Pinkerton - ton or any other private individual. The truth is that the employment of these Pinkerton so-called detectives by the corporations moans something more than the protection of property. Their service is more generally that of spies and informers than of guardians , and in the former capacity their opportunities for wrong atid outrage are greatly en larged. It is time that public sentiment wore aroused to demand legislation , national and state , for the suppression , of this system. Its toleration en courages the growth of an evil which is pregnant with danger to the rights , liberties and wolfairo of the people , and the longer It is permit ted to remain the more difficult It will bo to remove it. There is nothing llko It in any Kuropean country , and its exist ence nnd toleration in this republic is a , striking illustration ot the indilTcronco of our people to conditions which antag onize the ossontitil principles of free government. "Wlvon it has become a u regular and most profitable business to supply the great corporations with bands of armed men , under private con trol , to spy upon and ovornwo the people ple , it issurely time that the people began - gan to seriously consider what should bo done to guard their most sacred interests against so grave an evil. I'MTVKRISll IX AW Long before Charles Dickonspresontcd his un fading pictures of the London poor in "Hleuk IFouso" and "Oliver Twist , " thoquostion of iirovidlng for the unfor- lunatoH had boon uppermost iiithominds of Ih'itishstatesman and phllanlronhists. Dickens' revelations aroused the masses for a time , hut filially indilTorenco pre vailed and the army of pauparrf was In creased rather than diminished. Five or six years ago a modest painphlot was printed entitled "Tho Bitter Cry of Out cast London. " It contained nothing now , but was a plain , unvarnished state ment of the condition of the hum bler classes In the British 1110- tropolis , It niiulo no special preten sion to literary exeolloneo nor any effort to work up the reader by elaborate writ- lug , yet no publication niiula in London during the last half .canlury created such a tremendous sons'itlon , Edition after edition was exhausted , Copious extracts from the work wore printed in the great journals. It was at once mmlo the topic of loading articles and com munications unnnmborod in the loading papers and was discussed in weeklies and used as texts in the magazines and reviews. Its echoes were heard before the pulpit , the rostrum and the stage. The discussion of the housing of the London poor sent almost every otlior toptplt ) the rear. Kvorybody wiis miking About the "ulunnof London" nnd what tj ) do with thc'in. There was n general agreement that BOIIVJ- thlng must bo done , and soon. The only dllleronces of opinion were what that something should be. Stntes- mcn again d&Mared the existing condi tlon of affairs \ > bo a disgrace lo civili zation and thai it must bo ohuaged at any cost. - I And what was tlio rosultV The effect of the pamphlet died out ; scandals umoni ; the nobility nnd intrigues of the politicians increased , and the hungered , melancholy procession grew Itirgarnnd larger until today their condition is ap palling. A report to ourfitato department at "Washington , by "Wai. P. Smytho , of St. Louis , commercial agent at tluddorsllcld , England , under date of Juno 5 , which has just been printed In the consular bulletin slum-sail nlavinlng1 aspect of pauperism. Mr. Smytho says the progress ot lunacy scorns to bo spreading with a s-.id and al most startling energy. I'1 ISSOulonoin the county of Lancashire there \voro \ nboutsixty-eight hundred lunatics of all rail us. In IS'JO this number has in creased to nine thousand. The returns for England amiVnlos for 1SSO showed that over sixty-turn thousand lunatics were under treatment or hopelessly af fected , while the report for IS'Ji ' ) ahows that these figures have Inoreasel to seventy-live thousand. The report , says that 11 Is characteristic of the English tramp when driven lo necessity lo choose between the poor housoandstai'vatlon to slmuluto u miU torn of lunacy , and there by become a legitimate and inoireiisivo charge on an insane asylum. These figures on lunacy show that the Englisli systoin of caring for paupers is all wrong. The idleness of poor houses and the 111 treatment received by bridles and superintendents in their brief authority Htimuhito lunacy and pitiable wretchedness. A recent report of the state committee of Pennsylvania on lunacy shows an interesting fact in regard to tlw mental condition of the survivors of tlio Johnstown disaster and furnishes proof that a great percentage of insanity 11 the result of continued melancholy. Itwas thought by many that the survivors of that great disaster would lese their reason butitappcars that only fifteen cases were in any way caused by the catastrophe. The secretary saysot the showing : "In reviewing this very small total the con viction is strengthened that the great and overwhelming trials of lifo are much less liable to overthrow the reason than the continuous worry and attrition of minor evils and unavoidable contact with depressing surroundings. " So It appears that the alarming' ' in crease of England's insane is duo alone to the never-ending idleness of the poorhouse - house , where liopo aud ambition are both imprisoned. And it is indeed a sad travesty upon Nineteenth century Christian progress when with public treasuries overflowing with accumulated wealth wrung from the toiling masses , and millionaires counted by the score , that pau perism should bo anywhere al lowed to oxlst. It is the dutv of every nation to care for its own poor , not by keeping up almshouses and supporting tlio occupants in idleness , but by devising ways and means to giA'o honest , self-supporting employment to such unfortunates as by any chance are thrown upon the public charity. Few persons are paupers through choice. Tramps and boggnrs are made inoro of ten by the failure to secure employment than by inability or disinclination to labor. Healthful exercise with some reward in sight would make but few lunatics. Unfortunates unable to manage - ago their own affairs should bo treated us children of the government and shown tlio same consideration of Iho apprentice bound out to learn a trade , Tn this way thousands who nro doomed to despair under the present system would become solf-supporting. A SinLUS of schemes and a paucity of work Is the distinguishing feiltuns of the world's fair commission. Ilavintr do- cidcd to divide the show as a means of harmonizing- various factions , the managers arc at a loss for a feasible plan of draining asuHiciont area of the lalco front to insure a foundation. To fill one hundred and lifty acres of luke involves a vast outlay of time nnd money. An other plan proposed Is to build an im- moiiiio stone wall around the ello , pump out the water and plant the buildings on the bottom. Mayor Croglor has evolved a brilliant scheme , which has its sup porters. Ho suggests that a sulllcient area of the lake be piled up to accommo date all the buildings. In this way novel landscape and wntoT olTocls can bo produced , Islands , promontories , hang ing- gardens , Venetian streets spanned by artistic bridges , can bo arranged , the whole forming , on paper , a scene of bewildering - wildering beauty. This is all very pretty , lint the question is how many years will it tnko to construct these nr- titicial islands and how much will it cost ? TilK nocesiityfor additional hospital aecommodations'ln Omaha is apparent to every citizen. With a population in city and suburbs of one hundred and fifty thousand people , it is solf-ovidcnt that two hospitals cannot moot tlio needs of the sick. For this reason the efforts halng made to complete and put in op eration the Iminaniiol hospital deserve the prompt and substantial support of generous pcop\e \ , The small sum re quired to flnlHh the interior of the buildingstrongly"apieals ] to all citizens , and It is to bo hoped the amount will bo quickly raised. Tim City of Paris tong held the palm as being tlio swiftest Atlantic stoatner that over sailed from Now York to Liv erpool. Hut the Teutonic last week beat this "ocean greyhound" by thirteen mlnutua "U'hilo those thirteen minutes do not signify anything pnrticularon the great dial of time , they servo to show Unit gradually tliu ocean steamship * are increasing their speed , and Unit llvo days will soon bo considered sulllolont time to cross the "briny deep. " IT is announced that thoOomto do Paris Is coming to America , This is by no moans Iho count's llrst visit to Am 'rlra , During the early part of the war ho wiu atliu-hcd toGonornt McOlollnn's staff in tlio Peninsula campaign nnd wrote a volume concerning It. Ono of the ob jects of liia Amor lean tour Is to revisit tlio "Virginia battlollolds nnd Incident ally vlow the marvellous clinngoH that luivo taken place in tlils country within the hist quarter of a ccntnvy. IHUlTtCAL. UUONV OltONV. . The N'ebrMkn democrat ! in their platform timnkcd God for the proficm tlau of the union.Vlicn this aborlRhinl pnckago wni revived by St. 1'otovnt the cclcstl.il K'tto ' bo culled for Gabriel who blew his bora and startled the Rrrot inigollo liost who wept tc.irs of Joy over tlio { jUl tldiiiju that the democrats lirtil at Ust praised tliu Lord Cor the overthrow of the satithovn confederacy ) nnd a shout that rent tbo heavens eiimo from tlio cherubim , "Tho mlllinluiii lint c-omo at hist. " P.cnernl Van \Vyelthas \ finally t.ikeii Tin : li.i.s ndvice and eonchuloil noMoicoupt tlic empty honor of a nomination for COIIKI'WS on the people's independent farmers' alliance titiiou labor ticket. Tlio gone ml Is too shrewd toulluw hlinsulfto boused asncatspaw. Dr. Casebcer of Lincoln 1ms slpned Iho al leged prohibitory business men's ' appeal to save our lioines. Tlilsislii arcortl.mco with tno ctennil Illness of things. Dr. Casebcerli suld to have been imported by our prohibition frli'iuli to Lincoln from the llccr dty of Mil waukee. Dictator Burrows of the funnel's' alliance still insists that ho Mono is pure. Tlio cir- ctunstimceof tlio Anioriems , who once threw tea ovcrboiini in IJoatoa Uurlior becnuso of Ingh te , is nothing compared to the fritrht- fill fnit that llftcon ponnils of super X tea was lost by a distributing nontof tno nlll- unco. Tlio small commission which Mr , Huv- rows rccciroil on this tea amounted to noth- inp , but hots liable to eonllscnto every alli ance tea-pot in the state , in his endeavor to Had the guilty party whom ho believes Himipirletl the stimulant. In the meantime ho is encased In blowing hU name in the bottle of all future consignments , so that , no ml- tnkcs may bo niadj. And wlillo ho la on- g.ifCOil In this Interstate trafllc the farmers sire admonished to continue In the "yood work" of sending on their contributions. The Nebraska democrats who honored James 1C. fioyu with the llrst place on their ticket demand that the stuto militia bo abolished. Tills recalls forcibly iho memor able siege of Omaha and tlio buttlo scenes of CampDumpwhere thostnto militiaunder , tlio gallant leadership of General Colby , covered itself with laurels and strntv , aiiJ where the Gatliflfr pun , the bayonet and the siibrodld less execution , than tbo demijohn. Wo presume this reminiscence inspired > lr. Gannon witli tlio patriotic Oeslro to have the militia abolished forever and lot General Colby roam forever at Urge oil his white Arabian charger in pursuty of rcdhcadcd rioters. A counter movement to the State Busi ness Men's nnd Danltcrs1 association lias been spt on foot by the prohibitionists. This is eminently proper atul appropriate. .It also scorns vor.v appropriate that among tlio shin ing lights who iipht for "God , homo and morality , " Is blazoned forth the unmoor the sanctimonious Mr. .loo Inihoff , who con ducted the Merchants ( now tlio Capitol ) hotel during the inilmiest days of Its oil room Jamborees , aud who amassed a fortune from the wicked rum trallic , which MiImholt now pronounces a great criinouudu curse. Since tlio Omaha Republican kicked the bucket , and the Kearney Enterprise changed front on tbo prohibition issue , the Lincoln Call lins full swing as the duly rocojjni/ed organ of the colonels who tramp about tills state spouting for "our homes. " It might have been altogether different had Rum , lioggcu and Kosoivatcr been disposed to accept tlio proposal of ttio deacon , and planlicd down HifiOOin legal tender cun-oncy or its equivalent. Just think what u narrow csctipa the prohibitionists hail , and how great moral champions are /lirtingi with the dovilwhcn ho didn't have his clioclc book with him. Jast think of it ! Of all sad \vot\U \ of tongue or pen , The saddest are th'so : It might have been aiiti-proulbition for the mere bagatelle ot $1,501) ) spot rush or an nccoptod draft on the I ) , and B. M. association. fc'ovei'o on tlin Smimls. Henry Jt , Stanley , who is now In Paris , is credited with saying : "I would rather riilo 1,000 miles than undergo anuthor public dinner. " This , cotnhifc from tbo hereof the dark continent , who has been accustomed lor years to the fetes and courtesies of the Hottentot nnd oilier ebony nobility , is a nurd rub on the French savants. Ve glories of the empire , \\lilther have you departcilJ A IJrt.'e/.i'vllIo I u locution , Tell mo , yo lakeside winds , That round my pathway roar , Do yo not know Home goodly spot jMonj ; yon curving sbore- Some liirifo and eligible space On which , with proper euro , A band of tired men can place A World's Uolumb us Fair ! With spray the winds my forehead wet And moaned , "Wo haven't ' found It yet. " Tlio KjirnuM'iuHl the Ijulmi-er. Jiciiccr { lines. The farmers'alliance ' of Xobrasknlms re solved that "eight IIOIUM make a long enough day's lubor for any class of worldngmuu ex cept rural bauds. " Why was the discrimina tion miidoflgninst farm hands ? Do tfiey network work as hard as any other class of laborers * Am they not cntitleit to the sanio privileges us others ! JDn they not deserve nnd need Iho same opportunities for recreation , reading and sflf-improvoinenti Jt luuy Indeed bo. urged that the exception was niado on Iho ground of necessity. AVhon grain is ripe It must bo liiirvwtod. When ill * In good con dition it must be housed or stacked or it will ho ruined by rain. Those works cannot fd- \vnys bo done In time , working eight liuuri a duy.But But similar exigencies arlso with manufac turers anil contractors. It oticn becomes Im possible for tlunn to keep their engagements unless their employes will work inoro than eight bourn u day. Their throatcned losses are ni great as these that would bo caused to tbo farmer by tlio ilostmction of his crops. If tlicy should pay oxtni wages for extra hours boyoml eight , wliy should not the farmer ? in tlio pleas for shorter hours for labor nothing 1ms ever bean .said for the farm hand , yet ha is the greatest sufferer of nil. IIo seldom knows Intermission of toil frotnsunrlo till dark. A twelve hours' working day would. boarulioUo him , nnd a tciihours' onon boon and Joy. Yet nothing is over said in his behalf. Is it because , the farm hands are not organized , and thus cannot compel attention nnd consideration by the power of a solid votol In the .N'obraikn case was the farm hand discriminated against because , the members of tlw nlll.muo nro tlio oao < * Hint employ him ? Can wo hi'llovo that self-interest is exerting Us balofulinllucnt'Oto so great tin extent over tliopliilimthropio and reforming alliance ? It is certainly time that tbo farm UiuiJ made himself hoard In insertion of his equal rifc'hts with other workmen. THE FUST DISTRICT CENSUS , The Official Oount Show a Total of Almost Tour Hundred Thousand. A GRAND SHOWING MADE BY OMAHA , Two Suits for Dlvoree Inslltuleil In tlio District Court A tferiium tin borer Kolibeil-St.ite House untl City N'CAVM. ' LIM-OI..V , Xcb. , , AuBiistU.-SiieolulloTiin [ Uni'-.l-TlioJlnal ofiletulcount of the First district of Kobmsku , after bait IK corrected ntul sent toSuiwrhitendent I'ortcrat'iisli \ - lnt'toii , is us follows : City ( ifOnmlm- I'lrM wnrtl lu'fl foi'uiid HUM ! 17J.VS Third waul Ul.lill I'oilMli iviu-d IT.ICH 1-'I fill waul SIili wnril , So vent 11 Hard. . . . KlHlilh MIIWI IT , i Mntliurcl. . 8f > iHi ftmthOmalm county Total . . ir.ll.KO county . GsY. Wnlioi . l,19fl AMlilimd . IJta I'omity . . IK , I Tot ul . . . . . . _ i , ; > si : Cuss roil illy I'ltitNinoiith . S.I58 Weeping Wilier . 1'W ) County . 14'Cll , Tiilul . . - . LM.ntl Llneoln I-'lrst wild . R.S711 Somud ward . , . T.Jlit Tlilnlvnrd . ( i.'JIO ' I'onrlh ward . , , Il.'O'l ' l-'lflli wunl . ] | , | < iii SI. Nlli waid . : t.fc.- > Sooi.tuvuid . , . -4,11)1 ) Tiilul . .V > .0 1 Luiicnsiui county . uoi.t : Tut nl . 7.ilil , Otoo coil lit V. . ! ! . " ! Total ( liiKt'Oounly . . City of Heatrlce . . J.'I.S'.Mi . L'llyof ' VYyiiiGiu . -W Totul . U0,0t'.i , county . 8l'3. ! Totnl Neiniiliii county . I-,1- ) ! I'uwneo ' county. . . . SWi , l'iwnee : City . 1,517 Total , ioC7 , : IMohnrdKnn county HUM I'u I Is UHy i'07 | lluinliului Jll' ' Total . iotioi , : liiilas ) ! ! enmity . 1.VJ.970 Siupyoiinty . n.ii.V ' biuiinlfi-s con nly . ai.V > ; t I'iiKstouiity . yi.UU I.iiiiviistfr county . 7" > , llil Dtoo county . S-4.KS ! lliiKe county . : iJiM > Joliniiin cuitnly . lO..MH Neiualia eouiily . J ' , UI" I'unee t-oiinty Ilieliai-dftoii eounty . n\m \ ' ' 1'otal CIIIIAT : ixi . Great popular indignation exists in Lincoln over the heinous criminal nssunlt made byC. P. Uaiiiinoiid on his fonrteen-yenr-old daut'li- tr , who IH just blossoming' Into youiifr womanhood. There nro licanl on every haiul hlntsof lynchliiKr , and all that Is neoossuryto curry the universal wish into exu-iitioii is u lender. Hud Hammond been released this niOL'iiliijj even on ball , it wns generally under stood in tlio Jiilfiliborhwd where ho lives that Jndfjo Ijjnch was to mete out justice to him. At II a. in. tlio inhuman father was talien from his cell lit the police stntion ami taKcn to JtistiecFosn'ortliv's court , wliere ho vns arraigned. 'J'lio testimony uKaiiibt Hniuuionil u-us overivliflinlni ; and dniiiuiii ) , ' and the \voritoflho hind probably ever board in u Lincoln justice court. TUi-oiiKliout tlio trial the fiend maintained , n sullen silence and as sumed iiidiiroreiioe.nndvheiiaslted totestlfy lefuscd lo do so. When his wife oiitnu lo hiniand , puttini ; hcrnnns wound his neck , aslcoil him -why lie had committed sueh n terrible crime , ho pushed her n.way nnd cast n licrco Blanco at her tliat would Imvo fro/en the blootlof even 11 pirate. After hearing' the disKUJting t'vidc'iico Justice Koxivorthy placed him under lll.OOJ bonds to appear belo - lo ro tlie district court. IIo was liiiiiiedintely tnkon to the county jiill , The shcrilf will iii- crcnso the guards about the place tonight fot- fear of a repetition of las > t night's ' Iviichlnir U-e at Blair. STIIUCKHV lIOIITN'IN'n. A barn belonging to II. P. Lovvat Eleventh mid D was struck by llghtiiliiif durlngr the storm this afternoon uiul wns burned to the ground. On account of the pruvulcucoof electricity in the atinosplicro no telephone message could bo sent to the lire department until it was too Into to save the struetuie. The IIOI-MJS and carriage \vororeinoveUin \ time to save them. Tlie lo s was about S0. A li.MI II.M.l.AM'i : . Mr. .Tamos U. Hnlluico tolti n startlliiK' itory about the conduct of the woman he imido his wife throa years ajro and a.sks fora divoi-co from her. lie rlmi-gos that since last l-'obiimry his wife lias been ( fiiillyof bad cou- diii-t\\'iti ! < IIin llausley , fonnorly a .sidooa- ke jiciul Albright , but now n'l-Obldeutof Oiniilia. Mr. Diiiiancosay.s furtliei- that his wlfnhusim ilUvltlmiitociiiM.ot' Ilutis- loy N the father , lie tiNii lialnn that JMrs. Hiillanceis inllio habitof p'ltiiij ; di-unk ami 1ms ] ec ) | > ; intixi'd his lifo whllo under thoiii- iluence of litiuoi- . mi : s7Aru'sMunxT. : . Auditor licntoii Is back at his du lcaffiiiii , ! ' . 0. Howe , clorls of the hnnkiiiK boin-d , u-liolius til-oil enjoying a tluve wcoks' ' viieii- tloiilu the inountiiiiioiis districts of New llaiiH'sliitx1vill prolmbly rclnni Monday. Captain Hill , tbo stiitu treasurer , vho has been nt the Loii 1'Ino Lliautiiu ! < | ua for scv- enil days , will prolmbly return this criming. ( Japtaii' Stoc'ii , Iniiil comnilsslonei' , lias left on a trip that includes Wiihuo , Norfolk and the northern portluu of the stuto. Ho i\ill \ return Tuesday. Urad ( Jook , iloptity land commissioner , IH enjoying the soldiers' minion ut Hostou in company with Governor Tliaycr. Cool : will return the latter p.irr of no.vt week. Mr. I Insoy , tbo new engineer at the st.ito lieu e , is busy In 'ttinx the Htoaui , waltu- nnd elevator cciulpmcutii back into shape ug-ain. IIo found Ihomull in bad condition , ( .Jovornor .lelin M. Tli.iyer , jr. , U iicrfonn- liifT the disni lied function of chief o.xceutlvo of the state in tlio nbsonco of his fiither. Deputy Auditor Allnn ( f Ilio insurance ile- iiartniont , louvi'd this UVOIIIIIK lor Columbus , ( ) . , where ho will deliver an address next \VeilneHiliiy on "Unuiithoil/.ed Iiisuruuce , " Ijotoro tbo convention of state insurance aud itors. or Tinw.vir. . A telegnitn was received today f rein IS'cw York from tlio mollier of tlio waif , Fred Asti- moiv , who was klllod liy thu CM in herond.iy or two iigo. Klio asks that the lioy bo burled hero. As shounysnothlncr about ( inyliiB for tlios.imo . , and nothing Is said aliout Ids bciii nn heir , it Is bfliorod that either the report of Ills beiiiK heir to ja,0i ! ) > from relative re cently dccenscd Is a hoav , or the mother knows nothing about It. Unless tlio II. &M. rnilwuy companv pays iho expenses of burlnl tlioi'ountv will hnvo toiittcnd toil. The re mains will bo Interred this aftornooa , 11011111:11 or A iii'xuniin uoi.r.Ain , Ilormim Japer , a Oerniim laborer , Inis been workiiiff hard for sev eral months in the south part of the county and finally nccuuiulatnl over JUKI , Lust night uftoi- going on a spree with one Alfred "Webber , ho went to tlio depot hotel to stop for the nlcht. Instead of tuni- liiKhis inonoy over to the cleric before i-otir- iiiKliu Icept it In Ids pantaloons iiockct. Ho wasasai'nodto ( the same room with \Voblior. \ This mnriiiiiK when Ja cr ii\voko ho dis covered that Wclibor Iniddisiipjioarod , and on thrusting his liaiuls in hii pantaloons pockets ho found Unit the 100 was iilso iniss- liiK. It was naturally concluded that \Vol > In.1- and the inonoy loft tlio room at the hau time. 'I'lio supposed flilof Is about .1 feet < 5 Inchas , between twenty-ono and twenty-two yean old. has a lU'ht mustache , and were u suftniit , btuck trouson , strliied coat atid u broivn slnrt. A man aiiswcrlnc his descrip tion ivaasccii to irct oft a fa-lglit tniiu ii > morning \Voodliiwn. . wnnitK is JOHN' uinntl Miry KllettUlpby or NI l yNo. so < street , I.lvoriiool. KimltimlUUM ! t , > chietof iwltc-cof IJncola si'Clthniiif.irir.11 coiiccrnlnfr tlio wlioivnbotitj of her f.itin JolinUlnby. Slio IIIXM not liomtl from him - Js-Jatul ut Unit time ho us Jiiriuliii ; i this city , niAx.int VVXTSTO ni : rnnrit , \\llllnm H. 1'Vnzlcr snys ho U tlioDn.'i , ' . iHsHUstcilwitli theoutiandWi conihid oflu * S wife. Surah , nnd iuks for nillvon-o frmn in r / twohiivoheeniniirrlcdoiiij-nboiii a vur/ nnd a hnlf , and yol , after they bad bwn nnr rleil only ciKU weeks , 1'nizleisays , ins bn.i.- . violiited tier tnnrltal vows , nnd'sincn iii.it . tlmoluiMslioMn a iletorinlnntloii to bn u h.i.i woiiinn p'iioi-illy. , HoiiionMranivs iiMiii nntli hif ? and lie nslis for n ilivorco. sioi.i ! Tintci : nniiii : < , CoiistnMo C , J. Ploiiilnj ? of 1'liilllpsi.u- . ' , Ivan. , arrived In the city Unlay afli-i- O > MI Klloy Lilcyd of tlio sumo town , wlio siiii.t th r < H > horses from Ids lirotliei--ii-inu' ! , Sainiii-i Moore ofl'hllllpa eounty. The stonUc.n tiikrn about iliiyllRht Satwdav of lint \MH K and Kloiuliitt luu been ( liiiHiiiL' Mm , IM- slnco. The First Nat iciuil h.ml ( of I'hilhi-- ' burijliiisii niortjjiiie on th < i tlimhoist's .m.i . Is p.iylii ) , ' for tlio vursult oftho ihiof. \VINT TIIIMTO rvf. \ . lrlro pelltiuiiB for ivcovi'des nf jmhrnKVi np-aliist .Misc.iM. Siiyii ) ainl lu-tin Stm-o wcM'ClIleJ in the illstrlot court iluinnnniiu - The first was from ( Jlmrlnito \ , \i.i > ic''f , ChninpalKii county , Ohio , nnd sin * w.-uu J'.l ri.l5 ! from them , Tlio sivuml is Irom Hi i Ttiird Jsutloiul bank of Vrbuu , ( ) , wlm-U has a rliiltn of flilM.'Jtl aiininM tl -in. Tim third is from A. M. Clr.s ! - uuriimi [ | > aii'ii county , Oliio vhoiiHktifui'Jii - . is. Tin- fourth Is from John 0. Mut'iuilcy , \\h' \ > wants JlUl.fll. 'Iho llfth is froiii iwii. ( tlciia oftlio&auiocountv , lie iiliuun.slii'H : ) from thodcfi'iidants. Thisiinilii's an n rtjiv- Satoof jJI.Olti.M . ) . TheSajres hrotlu rs m-- non-residents , bu t own couMdewtdo pro pi ii \ liereimcl the Oliio cruliton learned of tlio tuct. nous rr sninvnt.T , p , Conriii Rubin , the nuiiiaporof the imw defunct Western mutual ban-lit associatum at llcatrlco , iitryliiK his 'pivntico honilat.iiu ! In tbo iusiifaiico uiisiui'ss. Thistlmoho Ims chosi-n Washington , 1) ) . O. , us his Hold of operations and announces hiimelf as vice pi-osldeiitandpeiuTid nninaci-r of a brand now oi-Kmi/.ntkm ndledtho N'atlonal Caiillal 11 fu association , i.iiiviiiXTitroit Tin : STATE r.vin. Mr. rjiiiihniu ot Omiihti , nocompaiilodby Mr. N'elson , Ilio inveiilor of portnlilo lnb.\ - rin tlis , uero In tliis city ntul on tlio fair RWMitidsjcstcnla.r , locatin > ! iit t lie' latter plai-o a Mite for a iniimniDth Inbjrlutli , which Ims lieen secured for the ooniiiiufairas one of iho leaillnc ? aUrnctions. 'J'he laliyrintli vill l > u striictui-e HOxKto feet , with a multitude or winding walkin \\hii-h a majority of ib explorers will KCtso lost thnt tlioy ean lln I tholr wny iioilherlu nor out , but will Imvi'io depend iiiotitlio [ thirteen fjates pioviik-d fm- thi'ir accommodation la tun iliffoiviit w.ilU. nnd which nro so constructed that llu\\ nn visible jiiul cim bcopcMied only from mio' -nln nndlcadiiifj out ofthe l.ibyniith niulan- | > - poseil tobo used only bv these wlin a Innt tlioir ilcfeat in attempting to di'-cnuT tliu lL-oiicr wiy through. NOTKS iroiT TIII : cnv. Mr. FiiinkStipek , n widower of ilfty-ilm years , ami Mra. AUrj * Snitnuk , awidnw laily of forty-live , woi-o milted inv > 'd Im-lc Ihis liv j\ctiu ; County Judi-i' . Mayor tti-iilinni Is seriouwly illtoda ) . Kusa llcasleylio \ -\vii3 rutnodby ii hoirt- leas lover , hai jjono temporarily to the luniui lor fallen ivoinon at Mi if aril . Sbowilliv- turniifotablyut tlio sension of the district couit to testify a iilnsttho man that plnjcd her false , Tlio TjirifT \ tlio Miiiu Tiling. Kt , ItDitli flltilic-Dtinm-rit. The republican party demands that Hm tnrilT bill bo ennclodvhtitcvcr \ becomes of tlie federal t-lectlon bill , U'lic I'rluoiif * I'cacr. h'liilMiii Cilu Times. As nil example of hoiv thoroughly she is in earnest as n nov-fouml rriund or imivcrsiil peace , Germany will lie-in nt once thoex- ponilltnwof a trillo of ? r0i,000 ) in multinc Helgoland smother OibiMltir. At this itito , by tlio time the ' .Teuton hm boeoiiioeutirelj' fjj hiniMlUolu Ills nature , the ( lOrinan Uvpavoj- ij will bo Hat brolce. A. HiiNlncs.s Advance. Dctnlt , Ifte fee * * . Everyone lmo\vs that the liistallinont buil- iiesshnspiincd a linn footliold In tills coun try , but the newest deal in this line sur passes nil others on record. .A Hungarian miner bus recently coiniiletcd a trimsaction In I'onnsylvanin , liy ivhich ho transferred his wife to mother man for the consideration of $100 , S . " down nnd the balance in monthly In stallments of F . The danger of such a denl Ls that the buyer may tire oftils bargain aii'l iibaiulon his pui-cliiiso after bavins pnidau lustallmcnt or two , 4 OAUJHXAUi XIOA\'MAX'S \ ' l OICJI , LcaJ , kindly IlKht.nmiil . thoencirclinj gloom , Koad thou me on ; The night is dark and lumfar from liomo , " f end tlio-i moou. ff f Koei ] thiiu my feet ; I < l ) notn.sk to SOB , The distant hecnoj one stop's enough for mo. 1 1 was not over tluis , nor prayed that thou ' Khoulilstloail mo on ; I loved to choose and see my path ; but now I cnl thciii moon. I loved tlio wish duy , and , spite ) of friuvi , I'rido ruled my will ; romi-mber not pjst years. - So Idiitr thy iiowerlinsblestino , sure It i-tilt \Vill lead moon O'er moor anil fen , o'or cnijatnl toiwnt , till ' ' is ' 'J'bonlfilit font' , Ami with tlu'inoin ' thfhu uiiirol faces smile , Which I hue" loved loiin since , and lo.-st tiulnlu. . . . . , . . . . , _ Ti-t'es III tlio Nortliivost. Ill the fore.stK ot YYiiblilii tnii and 13rlt- Isli t'oluniliia 1 have frequently BCIMI trues di'lnpinu ' ropiounly during clear , bright days when no do\\'wwvi.sihlo olsowlicro , Kips a writer In tlio Sezutlo 1'obt. Tlio dripin/\viisKO | ) profuse that tlioffroiind undcrnoalh viiHiiliiiuglautiu-- iitol. The phuiiomi'nonfn ' this i'wo : WIIH ca.iii-od by Ilio renini-lcnblo eomlonsliiH : power of tlio U-avoHof tlio lir , nml itor- curred onlv when the. rcliitivo humidity wimnotir the tlwv point. The dripping cojiHW iiftoi-ld or 11 o'clock in the morn- iny , bult-cs < iiiiiijmit in- near bunwt. In llnliluvt's "Vovnuot,1' ) , thc-ro is an nc- eount 6lllHwkim1 M > eoiid vnyuyn to Af- i-iiM nml jVmcM-leu. n-ritlon by titfi'iilli'- innn who nulled with Hawkins in wlildi wo ai-o told that In the island of 1-Y-r. . there isn weuplng tivo that biiiiliitin | tiuimiJiinnJbonsts nf the itland with drink , there buhiy nootliur avalhililo wntnr supply , l-'urtliei * , ho stateti that In Ciiiiieit 'ho ww miiny wcoplnj tn-us , butof tispccios illtl'oreiit from that uf Form. * OMAHA. A.ND TRUST ' COMPA.NTY. Sulworlbod nnd Guaranteed Capital..e. " ' < W,000 I'ald InCapllnl lMflm HUVH and acllt slooltJiiiiillioiiilaj rieKf > tl t"H ooiniiiorclul imp-r : rucolvca iiniJ uxucutuii trmlHj auto as triimfcr HKtut anil tnistcii < > t Cdrporall'jiis , tulieu charge of property , col- losls . taioa. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Omalitt Loan & Trust Co SAVINGS BA.MK. S E Connor lOtlinnd Douglas Sts I'nld In Capital . . . . - " ' " " HiibmirlljuU unil Giinriinti-oil Cuiltul. | , . tiiubllllr of Btooklioldurs G Vet Cent Iiilprmt Pnld oiipo ] l-'UAMf J.I/AMI 1C OniciirsiA. I ) . Wyiiiiin , pruililunt ; J.J. Urowu , vlco-pronl > luatW. , \Vjfinun , troniuror , Dlrcotiirni A. tJ.\VyMiin. J. If. Mlllanl. ) . J Jlrown. UuylJ. llnrtmi , 12. W. Nuvu , Tboiu J , Klmbulltlouru , II , Luliw. u