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Ixoturv Public.
GOVKUXOH JJoYD must hnvo boon
pcnrching for somothinp ; utitiquo or lie
never would luivo discovered Miles
Warren , whom ho has appointed com-
) nimliinl : of the Grand Island soldiers'
homo.
Tun Iowa Unitarians nro willing to
liavo tlio world's fair open on Sunday
for religions services and for inspection
of the art and educational exhibits and
they want tlio admission fee reduced for
the day.
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WK violate no confidence when wo say
that the best friends of P. W. Birk-
liausor are forced to admit that ho has
Bhown himself unfitted by education , experience -
porionco und temperament to direct the
public worlc of this city.
TUB enterprising1 ropresentntivos of
the two largo ilovator companies of this
city uro to ho commended for the inter
est they tire manifesting in the project
for making Omaha the greatest crain
market west of Chicago.
KANSAS CITV ia about to load herself
down with $2,000,000 in bonds from tlio
proceeds of which to build waterworks.
This IB more thnn tlio present entire
bonded debt of Omulm , but it will prove
n very profitable investment.
DENVKK felt a trillc milTed at the
holding of the commercial congress in
Kansas City. She has had her revenge ,
however. Sarah Bernhnrdt went through
Kansas City in a special car without
stopping and was onronto to Denver.
THEOKimcAKLY the now jury law is
a gem of purest ray eorono , but the en
thusiasm of some of our best citizens for
reform will probably roach ebb-tide at
the opening of the next term of court
when the judges refuse to excuse them
from jury duty.
Al'Uir , 27 is General Grant's birthday
nnd to tlio '
country's
surprise as well as
gratification the Grant Monument
asso
ciation will bo ready to lay the corner
stone of his
monument The present
generation may after all live to see the
shaft completed.
A IVHATJIHR prophet is the latest evi
dence of civilization among the Sioux.
His name is Good Voice nnd ho backs his
wredictions of good crop weather by
flowing 100 acres of wheat on his own
account. It is hoped weather prophets
of this character will become
as numer
ous as ghost dancers were last winter.
PENNSYLVANIA mine owners have
Imported from Chicago 100 Pinkerton
thugs. The Pennsylvania mine owners
do not profit by experience. They
sowed the wind when thoy-fillod the
places of American workingmen with
cheap contract laborers made up of the
BCUIU of all Europe. They are now
planting the whirlwind to reap a cyclone.
GROVKK CUJVBLAND Is hedging. Ho
now says Ills judgment against silver has
twice boon impeached by results , and
possibly by 1604 , the earliest period when
n free coinage measure would roach him
If elected president , ho might experience
a cliango of heart and favor the measure.
Grover does not propose to allow a little
matter of national finances entirely to
balk his ambition.
ALL the olllcors and members of Mrs.
Potter Palmer's
board of managers of
the world's fair are ladies , yet Phoebe
Couzins Is ungallaut enough to suspect
that some man is at the bottom of the
trouble which caused the board to dis
charge her from her secretaryship. A
habit is hard to break. Miss Couzins has
BO long looked upon man as her enemy
that facts do not convince her to the
contrary. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
INASMUCH as the democratic news
papers can ilnd nothing to criticize un
favorably in the remarkably excellent
series of addresses delivered by Ilarrl-
Bon on Ills southern tour , they are allog <
ing that ho edits them bnforo the Asso
elated press reporters are permitted to
send them out If true , this is no grave
charge. One thing is certain , nobody
else either writoB , speaks or edits thorn.
They are his own , and no encyclopedia
or private secretary deserves or claims
any credit for them.
MIXMlSOT.t'S
Tlio Minnesota Irglslaturo adjourned
lost Monday , and judging from the ex-
prodsions of the newspapers nothing that
lias happened In that state in recent
years caused so general n feeling of
gratification. The St. Paul 1'ioiiccr 1'rcss
suggested tlmt the event called for
praise and thanksgiving , and declared
that it was welcomed by everybody
"with joyful countenances and new
courage. " Men "looked like people
who had just hoard of tlio defeat of an
Invading army or the checking of ti
great pestilence. " The Minneapolis Tn-
bitne wild. "In the history of the
state , the legislature of 1891 will bo
chlolly known by the damage it tried to
do , but failed In accomplishing. " This
was one of the "reform" legislatures of
the present year.
The Minnesota legislature , like these
of Nebraska and Kansas , was composed
of moil , the majority of whom wore well-
meaning , but whoso vlowa of public af
fairs were narrow and crude , who wcro
without experience in legislation and
had no clear apprehension ol its effects ,
and nearly every one of whom had
some theory or hobby of his own
which ho sincerely believed in as a
panacea for tlio chief Ills in the body
politic. Thru.- into public life by a
popular uprising which had its OXCU.SQ
in a demand for just ynd reasonable re
forms that had been too long Ignored or
neglected , these inon entered upon the
most important duty that can fall to a
citizen xindcr a popular form of govern-
innnl. Imliiirul u'M.li tin hnnnsl , ilnslrn In do
their follow citi/oiiH homo good , but with
a most inadequate knowledge of every
problem except as it had af
fected the contracted environment in
which tlioy had passed their
lives. The importance of every public
question to which they pave their atten
tion was measured by what the } ' under
stood to bo its relation to the narrow
upbore of their own interests and those
of their immediate neighbors. Such
men easily became the dupes of dema
gogic ; agitators and
self-seeking politi
cians , who for personal advantage wore
ready to pilot them into any excesses , .
That nothing was done by the Minnesota
seta legislature to bring disaster to the
material interests of the Btato ,
though the&o have already suffered more
or loss damage from what was threat
ened , is duo to the courage , vigilance ,
and untiring labors of the republican
minority in that body.
It is probable that the people of Min
nesota will not soon forgot tlio lesson
which they have learned , at some cost to
their present welfare , from their late
legislature , and that hereafter they will
not attempt to seouro reform by elect
ing as lawmakers men who
have neither the knowledge nor
the experience essential to the
wise and proper performance of
that most important function. They
will hardly again in the near future in
vite the danger that has thus far been
averted , and although the experience
has been somowhit expensive , it will
not have been wholly unprofitable if it
shall lead the people to renew their
confidence in the intelligence nnd patri
otism of the party to which Minnesota ,
in common with the entire west , owes
her material nrogre&s and prosperity.
The "reform"
legislatures of the pres
ent year have largely failed to accom
plish anything for tlio practical benefit
of the people they represented and in
every case the reasons for failure have
been the same. A repetition of the pop
ular mistake should bo nowhere possi
ble.
2' II' JlIllKIlA USER.
When P. W , Uirkhauser'a name was
proposed for the important position of
chairman of the board of public works ,
THK BEK expressed the opinion that ho
was incompetent for its duties and pro
tested on behalf of the tax
payers of the city against
placing a man wholly without
experience in charco of the expenditure
of largo sums of money upon street im
provements.
Mr. Birkhausor is n miller by trade
and a politician by profession. lie has
never boon engaged in an occupation
which would train him for the duties to
which the exigencies of politics and the
pressure of the ward workers of the
democratic party forced our good natur-
ou mayor to assign him.
He has boon a most conspicuous
failure. Ho has kept the department of
public works in constant confusion be
cause of ignorance of his duties and
in continuous brawls because of his ir-
rasciblo temper. Ho is without dignity ,
without ability , and in fact
docs not possess a single quali
fication for his placo. This his
boon painfully apparent to his best
friends and has drawn words of censure
from the mayor.
A man holding a public office who will
use publicly language which would
shame the vilest mouthed wonmn t
Billingsgate brldtrd is totally unworthy
to preside over the deliberations of any
department of the city. He openly
insults citizens who call to transact
business with him and has very nearly
precipitated at least two free fights on
the lloor of his office.
Although lie has boon chairman of
the board of public works for nine
months , ho has not mastered the fourth
part of the details of his oil loo. Ho is
absolutely dependent upon his clerk for
information uix > n some of the simplest
incidents of the ordinary proceedings of
business. What is worse , ho does not
possess the capacity to learn what his
duties aro. His malice toward certain
contractors has warped his judgment
and he has no more sense than to take
sides between rival applicants for con-
tracts.
Ho cannot or does not control
either his tongue or his temper.
Ho talks too much , too violently
und without proper regard to the facts.
lie may or may not bo honest , but he is
Incompetent. Ho has proved by his
official acts that THK Br.E was right. In
opposing his appointment on the ground
of his want of ability and experience
nnd ho has shown by his personal be
havior on several occasions that ho is
unworthy of the respect cf law-abiding ,
decent citizens.
If ho has a grain of sense loft ho
must perceive that ho is out of place
on the board of public works. If ho has
any regard loft for the proprieties of cit
izenship ho must know that ho has made
j a conspicuous ass of himself. Ho has
forfeited the respect and conlldonco of
the community , The only thing loft for
him to do is voluntarily to .tender his
resignation. If ho cannot BOO the neces
sity of stepping back into private life
the mayor should take stops toward his
removal.
VJLUK OlCL'HAN T1UHK ,
According to the statement of what is
proposed in the now treaty of reciprocity
with Spain regarding Cuba , the went
will have moro to gain from the arrange
ment than any other section of the
country. The Spanish government now
Imposes a heavy duly on cereals and
Hour entering Cuba from the United
Slates , and the roaiilt is that trade in
American breadstuffa with that island
has been entirely wiped out , Spain sup
plying most of the Hour that is consumed
thorn , which enters free of duty but
commands a price-nearly equal to that
which pays duty. Under the proposed
treaty the entry of American Hour prac
tically free of duty will lower the price
to about half that now paid and will
probably double the consumption , mak
ing u market , it is estimated , for a mill
ion barrels of American Hour annually.
Iiusidos this , the new tronty provides
for the admission practically free of
American wheat , beans and other agri
cultural products , together with lard and
petroleum , in all of which articled it is
reasonably to be expected that our trade
with Cuba will bo materially increased.
Dun nntiHlilnriiMnn IH trlvi > n In nnr 111111111.
fnctured products , but the largest imme
diate benefits of the treaty will bo to the
agricultural interest.
The trade of the United States with
Cuba amounts annually lo over
$50,000,000 in imports and to less than
Slt',000,000 in exports. Althou gh at our
very doors wo sell to Cuba
not to exceed one-third in the
aggregate of what her people buy , and
perhaps oven less than that , so that the
promise under the now treaty is an in
crease in our Irado with the island
to at least $2-3,000,000 annually , and this
will continue ) to grow under the moro
favorable conditions for the development
of the island which cannot fall to
follow the establishment of closer
commercial relations with the United
States. The past policy of Spain
with respect to Cuba has tended
to repress enterprise and retard
development , and this fertile and beau
tiful island is capable of sustaining a
much larger population than it now has ,
and of greatly enlarging its commerce.
The policy of Spain has boon to got
every dollar of revenue possible out of
Cuba , nnd perhaps the motive in keep
ing back development has been a fear
that this valuable possession could
not bo so easily held in colonial
dependence if her people wore
permitted to get abreast with the enterprise -
priso and progress of the rest of the
world. This will all bo changed as the
result of reciprocity , and Cuba will enter
upon a now era of prosperity , in the ad
vantages of which the farmers and man
ufacturers of the United States will ba\o [
the largest share next to her own pee
plo.
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WHO IS TO 11LA31K1
Who is to blame for the failure of the
Nebraska legislature to enact any meas
ures of relief that were promised to the
people during the last campaign'/ Why
did the legislature adjourn without pass
ing a usury bill to check the rapacity of
the mortgage sharks'/ Why did the
members fail to enact any
law reducing railroad rates'/ Why *
did thov not btrlko at tho1
tap root of corporate bribery of legisla
tures und conventions by prohibiting
the issue of railroad passes'/ Why didy
they fail to break up the monopoly of
the school book trust'/ Why have they/
passed no law restricting the greed ot
insurance companies and regulating ,
telegraph and telephone tolls'Anu
why did they pass no bill to bring about
tax reform'/
The independent loaders nnd organs
lay all the bhuno on the republicans and
the democrats. They charge the old
parties with all the venality and dishon
esty that scandalized the late legislature ,
and top off their denunciations with callIng -
Ing Governor Boyd and the supreme
court vile wretches , corporation tools
and public enemies.
But what are the facts ? The indepen
dents elected a majority of
both houses of the legislature.
They organized both houses , ap
pointed all the committees and had full
swing during the entire session. Only
two of their sonat ors are publicly de
nounced as traitors to their cause , and
these two wore offset by Senators IColporJ
and Van Houson , democrats , who voted/
with them from first to last. How , then ,
can rational independents explain away
the defeat of the anti-passibill , the Stev
ens maximum freight bill , the 2 cent per
mile passenger bill , and the various im
portant measures which the majority
was pledged to enact'/ All these bills
wore defeated by the votes of independ
ents , and that fact alone proves conclu
sively that the blame cannot bo placed
on the shoulders of tlio minority , made
up of members of the two old parties.
Why not look the truth squarely in
the face'/ The trouble with the Ne
braska Independents from the outset ha//
boon the overreaching ambition of their
leaders. John H. Powers , the president
of the state Alliance , had himself forced
upon his party us candidate for governor ,
and General Van Wyek , a man of na
tional reputation and with u record of
thirty years as a staunch anti-
monopolist , was crowded off the
track. Other olllcors of the Alliance
wore made cnndidtitos for state offices ,
and when they failed of un election they
monopolized the llrnt thirty days of the
session with a contest for spoils which to
them seemed of moro vital importance
than the relief of the people fro ui the
burdens that were oppressing them. The
best part of the session was frittered
away in wrangling and fighting over the
flcshpots and in futile attempts
to ovor-rido the constitution ns
regards the course to bo pur
sued in the conduct of executive
contests. While this unseemly stugglo
for office was in progress the corpora
tion lobbyists woru getting in their work.
By the time the contest was abandoned
the legislature was thoroughly dotuoral-
ijicd. Whisky,1tomon , cards , railroad
passes nnd cufrVney accomplished their
deadly worlc. ,
A striking Illustration of the demoral
ized condition of $10 legislature Is found
In the following , telegram which ap
peared In the J Now York Voice , and is
transmitted to tWo editor of Tin : Biu : bv
Mr. W. W. Cautwell of Plnttsburg ,
N. Y.J V' ' '
neronM
lji.scoi.NNeb , , , . , , April " . [ Special Bis-
pitdi ; ] The Nobmslin Irglsliitnro mljournod
3midiy : morning fit t o'clock. Tlio closing
nccnoj were n1 ( tyjgrace. Drunlccunoss ,
buffoonery ntiJ wanton destruction of state
property wcro the order of tlio night. Tuo
hour agreed upon for adjournment was 10
o'clock Saturday night. From that thuo on
it was a rabblo. Liquors wcro on tnp free at
various rooms In tuo capital building. The
"reform" party is no bettor than the old.
II. O. HlTTUXIinXPKH.
The hue and cry raised over the Veto
of the Ncwberry maximum rate bill is
simply the attempt of demagogues and
Impostors to hoodwink the people and
make them believe that the failure of
the legislature to give them relief was
all duo to a governor who was the cats-
paw of the corporations. Half of the
members who voted for this bill know in
advance that it would bo vetoed because
it WUH too radical , and expressed them
selves satisfied at its failure. It was
within their power to have passed amore
moro moderate measure like the Stevens
bill , but these arrant humbugs only
wanted to make political capital for
themselves in the next campaign.
Cardinal Wolsloy Is credited by
Shakosiioarn with nxc'liiitninir : "Put
away ambition ! By that sin fell the
angels. " The failure of the indopoj >
outs in the last legislature is directly
chargeable to their ambitious loaders
who want to bo governors , congress
men and state ofilcials , and uro riding
the alliance movement to death to sat
isfy their ambition.
A DULUGATU from Minnesota to the
late so-called commercial congress at
Kansas City writes to the St. Paul I'in-
iiecr J'rcsti to bay that in his opinion the
congress was a fraud. Ho charaotorizos
it as simply "a dnmoeratio and farmers'
alliance political mass mooting , ' ' and
declares that there was no ehanco for
any proposition not acceptable to this
combination. So far as wo have
observed , this convention has re
ceived no favorable comment
from any source entitled to respectful
consideration , tid it is nowhere re
garded as representing intelligent
western sentiment. There will bo very
few to question the opinion , regarding
its character , of the Minnesota delegate ,
and the result of its dcliboiutions is ab
solutely without , influence anywhere.
Such gathering professedly in the in
terest of the waibtdo , ; this section infinite
harm in misrepresenting1 tlio real fool
ing and wishesvofjiti ) intelligent people.
JUDOK HAMEIJ , sitting in the district
court for Custcr county , struclc the fore
closure mortgage sharks a .staggering
blow bet\vociit'&o'optics on Tuesday ,
when ho notified attorneys aod all concerned
corned Hint no farmer struggling o
hold his land , cultivating it or living
upon it slioulfl bo robbed'by any snap
judgment. Ho refuses to confirm de
crees of sale until the owners of farms
have had u chance at another crop.
PATRIOTS everywhere no.to with great
satisfaction , nowlhat the president is
beyond the Sierras , that throughout his
journey in the south ho was everywhere
cordially received. No utterance of any
speaker , either of the presidential
iinri.v nr tbn rnnnnt.ion rnmmlt.tnns.
loaves any sting. The south has dem
onstrated her loyalty to the country , as
personified In the chief magistrate , in a
gratifying and significant manner.
Tin : fire limits recently adopted may
cover too much ground , but the council
must bo very careful in taking action to
reduce them. Wo ought to have a brick
and stone city and the restrictions
! against erecting wooden structures
should bo somewhat rigid. Brick is
nearly as cheap as lumber and will bo
cheaper if the
increased demand en
courages the establishment of largo
brick yards.
Kiizor-Itank KntiiuniuHin.
St. r-f it * i ? iiiiitrLm \
The boys who cheered for "Cleveland nnd
Democracy" whllo Mr. HarrUon was in Tex-
arkima were bettor fed than brod.
Gnllfirnln Motleny.
Sacramcn'n lite.
The Los Angeles Express says that south
ern California is indebted to the newspapers
next to tbo Almighty. The Omnipotent will
doubtless bo very well pleased" with the
compliment.
Democrat fo Goiisclcnuo Pricked.
.S ( . Louts /fcnuMfe.
From time to time the community is shocked
to learn that this , that and the other trusted
and honored man in the community has cone
wrong. The wrong-door seotns to hnvo fallen
suddenly. But ho Imi not. Ho has in every
case , wo may bo sure , boon preparing to fall
for years. „ _ „ ,
OughtHo , Hntlsllutl.
Mt fr .Sun.
Nebraska and ICniuus farmers are snhl to
ho now getting O0''co ' its a bushel for corn.
This ts a great uoaVIJotter than burning the
grain for fuel , ond'itlius ' somehow seemed to
como nbout under t'hti operation of the Mc-
Kinlcy hill. As iSug as the fanners of the
two states can go { thp prlco mentioned for
their com they little
wfjrjjo Inclined to run
oil into nlllauco or. any other kind of side
political movements. '
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No Mciri/iA . I tislncsN ,
Sal -Vrfj/u / ! Trfhwu.
Wo do not know who is arranging the
pro
gramme for the P&xVor congress to bo held
next month , but I giero Is not tnoro wbdom
behind it than was exhibited nt Kansas City ,
wo hope the congress will not be held. AH
such things nro an injury to the west ,
When u lot of men gather together , some of
whom do uot Know what they want , und
cannot express what they do want , ana
turn loeso all thulr vagaries at the same
time , It cannot but have au unfortunate of-
feet , and , Instead of any good coming from
It , it gives rise tn any amount of mlsappro-
hcnslou and misrepresentation. Ono gotitlo-
man says : "Tho meeting ut Kansas City
will only servo to clear the atmosphere nnd
make the work of the congress ut Denver
harmonious nnd otToctlvo.Vo hope that Is
true. Colorado has plenty of .sensible man ;
sbo has a few grout inon. . If they are com
ing to the front to arrang'o n programme ) for
their congress , all right. If they uro not ,
the congress had bettor tiovcr convouo.
> APA LAMB PROVED A LION ,
Au Irate Father Droakt Up a Olnndostino
Meeting of Lovow.
ETURN OF THE ELOPING COUPLE ,
Swindle oi' n Demented Man
A Klulc nn the Proposed Salt
Creek Channel Other
Ijlncnln Nmvo.
LINCOIA , Nob. , April 22. [ Special to Tin :
3KK.J There was au exciting Httlo episode
u a grocery utoro near the corner of Kiev-
nth nnd L streets lust evening that drew a
mall crowd of Interested spectators. From
vlmt can bo learned W. B. Kodill.sli , u cleric
n the ofllco of the clorn of the district court ,
ms boon paying attention to Miss Grace ,
ho sovonteon-yoar-olil daughter of ( Icorco
V. Lamb , a well known ru.il estate man.
Ir. Lamb objected to the .voiinir man's vislti
nil fiovcnjl times told him that ho did not
vish his daughter to Keep company with him ,
But it Hccmed to bo a case of true love on
oth sides , and slnco the lever could not
onio to the house of his bolovoit the young
> ooplo found a trystlng place. Lust evening
liey had selected the grocery store us a
icetlni , ' place with
, the Intention of preceding -
ceding to Mr. Keildisti's homo to engage In
ho fascinating p.Jstlmo of I'rcsbytorlnn
nlllards , better known as croquet. Uysoino
iieans Papa Lamb caught on , nnd ho ap-
> cared at the trystlng place Just In lime to
oo the young people moot. Ho stepped up
o the young man and proceeded to rend the
In * , ntit. . Tn nuntlim * Hilnntn htnua uv i'
utorclnngod , and the next Instant Mr. Hod-
Isli made a backward pluii''o through the
ilg window ot the grocery store. Miss
-imb ; made nn attempt to help her fallen
icro to his feet , but the father gently but
Inn l.v led her homo , whllo Kcildlsh picked
ilmself up nnd went nome to repair the
lamago. There will bo no prosecutions.
TUB ci.oriiis : itinruN .
Deputy Sheriff Lungdon returned last
light from Clay Centre , Kan. , with his man ,
Jrof. Bnrt Beck , against whom there is
> euding the charge of stealing n pair of
nules. Beck is the married school teacher
vho rau oft from Seraglio with one of his
luplls , Miss Mury Zimmerman , daughter of n
vcultliy fnrinor. Miss Ximmcinmn is evi
dently deeply Infatuated with Bart , as she
stayed by him during his incarceration in
Cunsas nnd returned to Lincoln with him
ust night. This afternoon she called on him
at the county jail , where ho was taken. She
s not a bad looking young woman. She is
apparently not over eichteon years of age ,
and was tastily dressed when seen by n ro-
lortcr at the St. Charles hotel this morning ,
iho declined to say anything about the nf
air , hut .seemed decidedly repugnant about
; oing back homo , and will stay In the city
until she knows what they propose doing
vlth Hurt. Beck lias very little to say , also ,
as the circumstances are too 'strongly against
ilm , but ho dqnios that ho Intended to steal
ho team , nnd bticks to his story of turning
horn loose near Crete. Ho will probably
iavo n hearing in county court tomorrow.
5cck is a smooth talkor.
It Is said that the parents of Miss Zimmcr-
nan will prosecute Beck for seduction , in
case ho should slip through on the present
charge. Beck's wife
and children are still in
Vlissourl , but ho seonis to hnvo all his nlTec-
lon centered on the cirl. Mlsa Zimmerman
s evidently unaware of the gravity of her
step , and she seems to have but little knowl
edge of the world.
BBNT TO TUB ASYLUM.
Mrs. Jessie Chas'o , a tosidcnt of Bethany
Heights , was up before the insanity board
.his morning. In the absence of Dr. Carter
the examination was conducted by Dr. Low-
rey. Mrs. Chnsotis about forty-live years
old nnd the mother * of flvo children. When
stio was about fifteen years old sbo had nn
ittack ' of mania and was Incarcerated in an
'owa asylum. About ton years ago there
vero symptoms of a return of the disease ,
jut it passed oft" . There hove been irregular
attacks latterly , nnd the mania scorns to bo
on the Increase. Since Saturday she has had
to be watched , although she made no suicidal
attempts. The only disposition seemed to bo
to take unroasonaolo quantities of nourish
ment. She has a brother in nn asylum. The
board ordered her commitment.
SWIN'IILEII AN INSANE MAN.
A peculiar case was appealed to the su
premo court todny from Gage county. The
lapurs llled allege that one Lymnn W. Allgire
ook advantage of an Insane man miraod John
cccded in beating him out of property worth
? f,500. ! It is further nllogod that Mrs. Ppul-
scn through fear was forced to sign the paper
deeding the laud away. William F. Dowcy ,
guardian of Paulson , has brought suit to re
cover the property.
KICKS ON THE NEW SALT CltEKK CT1AN.VKI , .
Albert Welton has petitioned the district
court to a temporary Injunction restraining
the county commissioners from opening a
road along the south side of section 8G , town
ship 13 , range 8. Ho alleges tlmt tbo com
missioners are about to open a road which
will follow the bend in
Salt creek , thus running -
ning onto his land and shutting out that part
of the tract located within the bond , making
It unsalable. Ho wants the road to bo lo
cated on a straight line , crossing Salt creek
twico-and alleges that the commissioners
hnvo ilxod no time for the presentation of
claims for damages by reason or the opening
of such road ns by law required. That they
have appointed no appraisers to appraise the
damages to property holders , and are at
tempting to open the road without In any
manner compensating plalntlft for the dam
ages j he will sustain.
Judge Hall issued a temporary rpstralnlng
order and flxcd the time for hearing April ! >
at U n. in.
am ; MUST HUM UN SINULI : .
Today the will of Dirk Da Young , deceased -
ceased , was lllod for probate , The doceasnd
resided at Pel hi , Lancaster county , and
leaves to his widow Jnuo Do Young all his
property ns long as she romatns unmarried.
In casn she marries half the property goes to
four children. The will usks that a'son John
Do Young bo appointed administrator. Do
Young died March 2l. ! The property con
sists of personal possessions amounting In
value to ? SOU.
TIIOUOIIT Sill ! WAS HEAD.
Miss Bortio Perkins , livlngat 1220 S street ,
on stopping Into the apartments in tbo same
house occupied by a family numod Gravej ,
was horrified to lind Mr . Graves lyiup at
lull length face downward on the floor. She
attempted to rouse her supposing that she
had fainted but hnr body was rigid. Miss
Perkins reached the conclusion instantly
that the woman had accidentally poisoned
herself und gave the alarm to the neighbors.
Several ladles living near by hurried to the
house but nn examination of the woman
failed to Jlnd any signs of life , breathing hav
ing apparently stopped. Her husband who
is a barber by trade was notllled and ho cumo
homo In a hurry. An undertaker was called
and bo discovered that the woman wus alive.
Sue was dimply suffering from n bad attack
of spasmodic asthma and u two hours'treat
ment brought her around again. Mrs , Graves
is subject to thasu attacks but lust night's
appeared to bo severer than uitual.
Till : IIHU.'IT lIXLMI.VNfli : .
A mooting of the real estate exchange was
hold yesterday afternoon ut the oflicn of J. J.
Imholf , UK ) South Twelfth street. Mr.
Churchloy , representing the North American
Kovlow , Htutod that enough subscriptions to
that magazine hud been secured to Insure n
wrlto-up of llio city , the length to bo regu
lated by llio number of nninos secured.
Oh motion the checks given secretary Oil-
lllnn for the Dakota sufferers , mid which
hud not been used , wcro returned to the don
ors. Messrs. MrMurtry , Kitchen nnd Ken-
nard were named as a committee to .secure
a suitable room for the exchange.
Mr , McMurtry was nddod to the innnufnct-
tiring committee , nnd instructed to look after
that promised inaltross factory. Mr. Kitchen
reported on the movement to nccuro the locu
tion of warehouses In Lincoln , under the
provisions of the Shea warehouse ulll , passed
by the last legislature ) . The nmttor was gen-
generally discussed , mid offer * of larro
blocks of stocu wcro made to assist In the
cntorprhc. The next meeting will take place
Tuesday.
br.vrr. IIOUBI : NOTKS.
In the district court ofTlmyer county J.
H. Llclity brought stilt against J. O , Moore
mm others for S.'il ! , but got loft mid hud the
costs thrown on him. Today Llchly too.c the
case to the supreme court on alleged errors
In the lower tribunal.
The Kockford watch company is seeking to
recover Judgment against John Koynolda ,
Max Meyer & IIiu and others for S.VJS. To
day the case was taken Into the supreme
court.
The .stato board of equalization meets to
morrow unJ Friday In * the state auditor's
olticu Tor the purpose of attending to nil busi
ness relative to the assessment of railroad
property.
Walter Loose of the state library Is happy
over the fact that there is a rich vein of min
eral paint under his 1 Gil-acre farm , Immedi
ately east of Indhinola. The colors of the
paint are cre.un , orange and yellow and are
In thick veins or strata. Already the paints
hnvo been tried nnd found to bo of the very
best quality. Arrangements arc being made
for the mining of tbo samo.
ODDS AM ) KMIS.
J. Agrmit writes Chief Mcllck that the
parents of Henry Fix , who died of delirium
tr"inens Sunday morning In the city Jail , reside -
side ut Mitchell , S. D. , where the father is n
wealthy man. Agraut lives In Uruud Island ,
and claims to know the parties.
" " "
-
morning arrested and jailed L. N. Penning-
ton and W. Sheldon on the charge of petty
larceny. The pair arrived homo at an early
hour this morning with their team , the
wagon loaded up with chickens , which It is
.supposed they stole soniowhoro lust night ,
A white robe , also supposed to bo some other
person's property , was brought to the station
for identification. The young follows are
given the reputation of tougtis , and thopolloo
say both are living with women to whom
Ihoynronot married , Ono womim.has two
children , while the oilier Is only u girl In nor
teens.
A molting of the Lincoln branch of the
Business Men's association was held in tlio
Burr block this evening , Ofllcors for the
year wcro elected , and the delegates to the
state convention ut Omaha on May 10 wcro
named.
The total enrollment for this school year at
the state university was .ViU students , or sev
enty-live moic than last year. Ills a very
creditable showing for a year of drouth.
U J. ( JiTcn h suing F. W. Alnsworth for
WOO for .services duo for defending that man
in a law .suit.
The following named parsons have been
appointed by Superintendent Goudy ns mem
bers of the state examining committee : Mr.
\V. H. Skinner of CIroto , Mr. H , H. Corbott
of York and Miss May E. Hosford of Morth
Platto. The date of the next state examina
tion has boon llxcd for Juno 23.
The electric street railway company has a
force of twonty-flvo men busily at work
setting the poles on East Vine street , pre
paratory lo stringing the trolley wlro and
changing from borso power to the electric
system. The poles are on the ground ready
to bo sot along tbo route to University Place.
Secretary of State Allen loft for .McCook
this evening.
Stiito Treasurer Hill and Land Commis
sioner Humphrey are in Beatrice.
I'ASSlSIl JKSTS.-
ICato Field's Washington : Jones I hoar
you had a dog show in your town last week.
How did it go off !
Adams Splendidly. It was n howling
success.
Jowelor's Weekly : Practical.loiter 1 nm
willing to pay a liberal price for a softosnap.
Jeweler James , orlng mo one of these
watch cases with the very weak springs.
Drake's Magazine : "Yes , iny daughter Is
goicg to take up photography. "
"Sho will certainly never use her negatives
on men. "
Good News : Excited lady Why don't
you Interfere to stop that dog light !
Bystander : I was Just a goiu' to mum ;
but you kin calm y'r fears now. My dog is
ou top at last , mum.
Epoch : "Do you know , Ethel. " said
Chappie , "that you dwell in my mind alto-
"I don't either , " said Ethel , "and. what is
moro , I shall never live in a Hat as long as 1
live. "
A. KNEAUY CLASS.
Drake' * ilagazlne.
Bakers , as a class , are right good men ,
And seldom cursed with greed ,
But the moro of dread they have to make ,
Tlio more they seem to knead.
Now York Weekly : Young man ( at race
course ) What Is the object of all this ?
Old Stairer To improve the breed of horses ,
sir to improve the breed of horses. Come ,
lot's take a drink , nnd then I'll glvo you some
pointers on how to bet.
Good News : Now Minister Hereafter it
will bo necessary to keep the windows tightly
closed during service. 1 was greatly annoyed
this morning by tbo nolso ol porno neighbor
ing factory blowing off steam.
Sexton That wasn't a factory sir. That
was the folks snoring.
1)E GOO It It E Kit CIIV'CH.
Indiana nils ffcwi.
I want to sen a chu'ch like dls :
Tooomfo't all thocomfo'tlcss.
A chu'ch wliuh people of doy would ,
'Ud coma un' plot out deeds ob good.
Wbah all do prciichun' , all da tcx'
E Jos "Wut good kin I do uox'l"
Un' I'so a-grwino to go uu" search
Ontol I fine d Good Deed chu'ch.
Whah folks 'ud git rlto tip un' say
Doy hopped some croatuh on 'Is way ,
Un' plan un' plot out deeds of gooj
I'd 11 ice to flue ct of 1 could 1
Some good man toll of money lent
To some pore man at no puh cent I
Ob bottah wages dut 'o paid
Beka.so 'o pick up 'cu 'Is ' trade ,
Un' how 'o gib n house un' lot >
To folks dat couldn't nobba bought I
Un' ohbryono git up un' speak
Ob good dooda dat doy done dnt wool *
Tain" no plnco whnh doy gees un' paj
Tositun' lieah a qulah praise ,
Un1 11 eah do prouchah rasp along
"Do too-eyo chaptnh ono-oyo John , "
But whah do quexshun ot'H bo :
"Has yon' do grace of chahltyj"
I'so hcord some people rise un' say
Doy foil doy "got do gho-io dat duy , "
But bos' ' rullgun | > oar to mo ,
ICs sumpun dat do folks kin scol
Un' of dey do some gon'rus deed
Dcv "got do ghoso" dat kin bo seed !
Un'1 boi' rulljruu.ull wock frow
"To do do good dat 1 kin do"
Good deed to bmthah , man and boast ,
Uu' pray for bunriso un do east I
Un' so I want n chu'ch Ilko dls :
To comfo't all do couifo'tloja ,
Whah people 'ull ' git up un' say
Dcy hepped BOIIIO croatuh on 'is way ,
Un' tell about dah deeds on good ,
I'd lllco to line ct of 1 could I
But .spuo 1 hab a lone-timo search
Bcfoh I line do Good Deed chu'ch.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Baking
ABSOLUTECV PURE
The Shah of Persia
Though nihniicfd Injoar * , has lialr of rn\pn
Jino. Gray lmln nro stilctly prohibited In
M.I dominions , and limce tlio Imga ship.
nionts to that country of Ayci's Jlair Vigor ,
by the use of which ( ho Hluli's atilijocts save
not only their hair tint their licail.i , Aycr'.i
Jlalr Vigor rt' < tore the natural color of the
hair , It should bo on cvciy tollct-tntlc.
" .Some tlmongo my hair began to fntlcand
to tall ontso liailly that I thought I should
be bald ; but the useof Ajer's llnlr Vigor
lm lotorcd the original color und nmdc my
hnlr strong , abimdiint , nnd hfalthy. It dncn
nut fall out any mine. " Addle Shnllur , MO
Knrost , , Clnrlimatl , Ohio.
"My hair ( which luul partly turned gray )
\vru icatored to Its joutlifnl color anil
licauty by the use of u few bottles of Ayei's
llulr Vigor. I shall continue to use It , as
there h no better drcsilngfor the hnlr. "
( Inldo Unjip , Gcoigrana , Ala ,
Ayer's Hair Viaror ,
rnrK ) nr
DK. J. O. AYEK & CO. , Lowell , Mnsa.
Sold tiy nil Irutil ; ; ti nnil IVrfmiicri.
AM U S1SM m
OMAHA
vs.
ST. PAUL.
THURSDAY.
Oamo called ut II o'clock p. in Sundays uti:80 ; :
o'clock.
BOYJ5S"ONB _ KIGH . ONLYT
THURSDAY. APRIL 2 J
HAM LIN'S FARCE COMEDY CO.
W.M. r.VAClv , AI.F HAMI'TON ,
MAX Ait.Noi.i ) , rums iui : iiu :
rilKl ) HANKIN ,
( ! K ( ) . MITCIIKIili , S I' TCIINKII.
1.1XXIK liKKIOUS JAI ) < V .1101,1i KHiinuwnon ,
AI.ICK CAKI.i : , LII.I.IAN MAKKIIA.M
IIO > < A rilA.STK ,
11OSK IIKItTIICIjKH.MAy
STIIO.N'CliST COMPANY KVKU OltOA.MXKI )
PAIJI , M. I'OTTI.'H'.S I'AltflCAI , RUUPUISK ,
THE FAKIR.
HIIX ihratn upon Woilncsilny morning ut rreulnr
THE GRAND
LnrKO nnrt prouInK unrlli-nco , '
uprimrlou * wlt'i
laimhtur , iittost the eointnnlly Incru.Hlni
; piipulir- :
THE LAUGHING EVENT OF
THE SEASON.
Hrpnotlrpil Mihjpoti Intircit dontlUc mlnils anil
fiiinlih purufiin fur the mirthful.
I'niml.ir prior * -rc. Sic unit 1V
BOYD'S Opera House
FOUR , NIGHTS.
COMMENCING A . . _ . . _ OJ
SUNDAY , AprdO -
( illAN'l ) MAT1N1CK WiiNiHlAV. : ;
IDEAL EXTRAVAGANZA COMPANY
IIUiOT : KltOM CI11CACU OI'KIIA 110USIC
Presenting tbo Great Operatic Spectacle , 1"
OH , FAT1MA AND THE FAIKY.
GORGKOua BOBNERV.
1IANU3OMI3 OOti'PUMI3B .
TWO CUtAND IJAUUIST-B. * J >
LKI ) IIV A1LI.K 1'AltlS. ( Jlorlous Truniforrnatlon
Scone. Halo iifni'iiH will la > iiln Kutunlny.
BOTD'S. WONiglit Only.S
Friday , April 24th.
Race for a
A COMEDY IN THUr.E ACTS.
BY O. BOUSOARRN.
A Select Company Headed by
MissGeorgle Conolline.
The Best Music on the Dramatic
DIME EDEN MUSEJB.
WKHK Al'llllj 20.
LK 1'KTIT FUKDDin , the Hront Child Chninctor
Artist , hlii l it nppi'iiranro
1MIKITV JliNNIKQUHH.UV , the Midget SouUrolto ,
full of iinieo nnil lioauty.
THK CONVKUTBI ) L'ANNIIIAIA
NKW KACKS. NHW SONUS.
NUW SPKC1AI/TIKS.
ONB DIMK ADMITS TO AII <
UnKuropenn fnu ) prupirnllun. Impart * n pcnrljr
conipluxlun , louks Ilku nprlriK wntor , no loatl or
claumvlnil liiKroilIonts , wnrrantiMl tlio butt In Atm > rlot. :
( ' npiickiiKi' , or 'l fur ! . * > . Scut niiywhuro propulU cm
rufulpt ot prli'O , or ( . ' . O. I ) . Klnslcr DrilK On. , I/vstlo j
Jt. liuillo nniltioodmiin Drug Cu.Omulm , A 1 > . Foster , { 1
Council lllulM.
1f
She Saved Her
MONEY ,
Anil a can every guod llounukeopor l > r nlwayn tiur *
UK uu I
CAMPBELL'S '
VARNISH STAINS.
It li Iho only nrllclo that hni over buun produrcil
bj wlildi ft hiiiifiikucpur c.in Hiithfiiflrirllr ro-ntulu
anil viunlKh "llh n.NK npplli'Mloii nnd with u.VE CHAT
all kliulKOf lluuieliolil Kurnlturniind Jmorlor Wood
work , In C'liKiuiv. WALNUT , MAiiofiA.vr ,
MOOD , l.KHIT OAK , ViniMIMON , KIIO.VV. Inllklllif It
look in itood u now. Tlio oxponio In llichtiti it la
put upnnrtKolil In llAi.r I'INT CANS Ht.'MrU. , ntid In
1'I.NTCAXsnt Ut cln. , ulthiT tin * HUOTU nimilvi. If
you ilti nut II nil Kiln lit Vour UtmUir'n , uik liliujd )
older It Tor you. Kurmiblri Omiiha by ItrchuriUim
Drue Co. , Wholcinlo Aiiunt.
FOR OLD AND YOUNG ,
Tnlt'sMvcr I'llla net n < < lilnilly on the
rlillil , dm li'llcnl < > fi-iiiiilii or liillriu ulU
ng yin tijion tlio vlgoroun limn.
KlvotnnniinilKtri'iigtli to tliorruk stem
ach , bowels , JiIiliinjHiiiiil liliidilur.
Ilit' ( it-cut J-'i'i-iivti l'ri'iisrl ) > ilun ,
Cure plnjrtMl uu I iiiiiiilioiiil , uiiiko * micloty n plim-
uro nnil innrrli'il jlfumitlufnctory In short It rr.i-
tore that vitality that belong' to a hrultliy younii
iiiuii. > 'u p.-iikiiio. : : ur 3 for li. Hunt PIT mull , In
n plain aualcil cnvt'lopn from uuiorvntlon , on receipt
nf prlco. The Klnalur Drill : I'M. . .McCornilck & l.unil ,
Uullo & lAiillo. Omaha. A. 1) . l-'ontor , Council Illul'j
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