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THE OMAHA DAILY IEEE , FRIDAY JUNE 5 , 18911 THE 1) AILY BEE _ _ K. UOSBWATBK EIIITOIU MORNING. 1 HMHOI'HtJIISOari'TION. Dully lice ( without HnriiliiyJOnn Vciir. . . . J B CO Unity nii < l Hiiitdiiy , One Veiir 1J w > Rlxinonllm 500 Tbrro inimlh. . ZjiJJ fiindnv Her. Ouo Vonr 200 Haturdnv HIT. Ono Ynur 1 < fl Weekly Hut-.Quo Your. . . . . 1 ) OITIUK3 : rrmihii , Tin- lion llulldlng. Poiith oiiinlm. Curmir N nml Wth StrrctA loimell lllnlTs , I ! . ' I'onrlHtri'nt. fJhlciico ( . .JllrtilTC'liiliiljrrof : Cimimnrcfl. Now York. lo ( < iii l , Unnl ( I.Vl'rllmneHulUllnB Washington , ft 1:1 : roiirteeiith street. COlJllKSI'ONDKNCIK. Allcmimtinlcatlnns rolntlnz tu nnwi ami rdltorlnl iiuitlor Bhoilld bo addressed to tlie Kdlturlnl Dcptirtinont. I1UHINKHH I.KTTKUP. AllbiiHlm-Ksloltent nnd lemfttiin'Tsshonld tm addressed to Tlin Uro Publishing r'niniiiiny , Oiniiliii. Drnft.t , rhivUsniid pastull't ! > orders to < > o made payable to tliu older of llio coin pnny. The BOG Publishing Company , ProDnclors THF IIEK IIU1LUINU. BWOKN 8TATKMKNT Of CIUOtJliATION fc'teto of Nnbnmkn , ! County cif DoiiRliii. f Ororct ! II. T/.srhiK'k , secretary of llio lln.i rutill.ililn ? rotniinny. dors nlmmi1y fvnnr that HID actual circulation ofTitK. DAILY HE * for tlin wet'K ending Jlay 'JO , JbOI. was ni follows : f-iimln.v.May'l ! Momlar. May ai liiRsdfiy. May SJ ifi,0. ! > j TV'fJnnsilay. May S ? ) ; ! ; Tliiirstlnv. MIIV SS = - ' Krlrtny.Mav ! M 2WH. Bnturdny , Muy : in ! . ' > ' ' Average 20.7-l-t ( JEOHOK I ! . T/.POIHUJK. Sworn to lieforo mo nnd mihm'rlhod In my picscncc lhls.WUi day of Muy.lVH. Notary 1'ubllo. ftntrof Nrtiniskn , I County of Doiiclim. f" It. Tm'tnirk , lolnp : duly swnrn , do- siiys that hn Is srcrctntyofTilKllKK irfniiiiiiiii ) , mat llui actual nvuruKn dully circuit ) lion of TIIK DAII.V IlKB fortlio month of Juno , 1BHvusS.OI ! ) : conic * : for.tiily. IH'O. 20.tr.ioplrs ! ; for Ani'iist , IB'JO , 0,7r.f ) copies ; for Keptcmlicr , 1HX ) , ai.f-70 conlos : for October. IfOO. 10,70 : ! cuplei ; for Novem ber , KH > , yiKi > ) copies : for December , INK ) , K/,471 / copies : fnr .liiniiary , 1MM , SiU ! < 6 copies : for February , 1H11. 2.VII2 copies : for March , IFfll.H.OC. copies , for April , 1801. ii.'J23 : copies , for Slay ISO ) . ! ,8IO copies. GROUPIE II. TZSCIIUCK. Sworn to 1-eforo me. nnd Hiilwrlhed In my presence , this I'd day of June. . A. I ) . . 18QI. N. I * . KKIU Notary I'ubllo. RKPOKTS from 'tho Gold Hill mining camp in Wyoming1 continue of the most oncouniginfr clisir.ictcr. JOHN J. IxoALLS hiiB not nbandonod polities. The desertion was rovcrsod. Politics nbandonod , Tdhn J. Ing-nils. IT is probably not necessary to call at tention to the fact that TinBKn'S : commercial columns are by far the boat published in the west. A LYON county , Iowa , farmer in the Iowa convention touched a keynote wlion ho remarked that the crops in his section looked very promising , in view of which ho saw little need for a now party. _ _ VURTH the Rockford "ehrist" outv/ittod the tar and feather party which indignant citizens of Kansas City organized , fpr his benefit. Ho has a great nerVe , .otherwise ho would not think of establishing a "heaven" in the border matropolis. AI..T , opposition among Ohio republic ans to IhOj.co-olection of John ' Sherman to the United States senate has disap peared. This is proof positive that Ohio republicans have recovered their wits entirely. It would hurt Ohio more than Sherman to retire him from public life. TIIK commander of the Itata deserves high rank among sailors. ITo success fully evaded the swiftest war ship of the American navy , and only surrendered after reaching his homo port. The American navy will receive no special credit for the llnal and voluntary sur render of the Itata. ON the day that the educational bill was advanced to third reading in the Illinois legislature two senators at tempted to nettle ii controversy with their flats. Thus do the eccentricities of the legislature which gave John M. Palmer a seat In the United States son- ute continue to assort thomsolvos. TIIK crosswalk fund has all boon expended - ponded and some of the ward counoil- luon are dissatisfied. The ward distri bution plan adopted by the council was wrong in principle. If the crosswalks have gene down wore most needed , oiti- ? .ons generally will bo entirely indilTor- ont as to ward lines connected there with. ALTHOUGH the wook's packing shows no enlargement in the west , Omaha maintains a slight increase over the pack for the season as compared with lust year while Kansas City falls oil 117,000 hogo. St. Louis holds her own but every other city , including Chicago nnd excepting Omaha , shows a decrease us compared with 1890. IOWA Independents want a mortgage tax imposed. If these people will com- uiunlcato with California -debtors they will discover the mortgage tax Is merely another burden upon the debtor class. The probable tax rate Is added to tUo interest rate the mortgagor pays. In California counties 8 per cent Is added to the annual Interest to cover taxes. TIIK Council DlulTs Xonpuml lends Its cheerful support to the proposition for holding the national republican conven tion In Omaha. This city and Us lively Iowa neighbor pulling together ought to make tholr Influence felt with the na tional committee. The two can accom modate the Immense crowds which an occasion like n national convention would bring into the Missouri valley. THE fact that his royal hlghnos" , the prince of Wales , la dragged Into court us a wltno s in a scandal suit Is a re markable exemplification of the fact thut the 1'nglhh law knows no exemp tions on account of position or power , The prlnco must necessarily fuel humlll- ntod and the English people disgraced nt the spectacle ho presents In the wit ness box , owing to tie } clrcumstanuos which bring him there , but the great other overshadowing fact that ho could not oBcupo the oxpouuro on account of his rank In n credit to the jurisprudence of a great nation. TIIK "PKW'J.K'SMHTl' " Iff tOtt'A. It was not n very ImpoHlngcouvcntlon , numerically considered , which mot at DCH Molncs on Thursday to launch the "pooplo'd party" In lowtu The txftond- anco was not half as largo ns had boon expected , and was almost wholly com posed of the old timers who have boon fighting the flnnnclal policy of the na tion for many years. It must liuvo boon a llttlo discouraging to tills element , after the Cndustrloti3 effort It has boon making to interest the farmers and workingmen of Town In the now party movement , to dis cover that very generally these classes have no sympathy with the departure. For months there has been unceasing labor to induce the producers of Iowa to abandon tholr old party allegiance and give tholr support to 4ho movement whoso distinctive policy Is the ub- treasury achotno , and the result is a con vention of : v few hundred of the discon tented , not ono-fourth of whom could justly claim to represent the intelligent and honest farmers of the titalo. But the pro-arranged performance wan car ried out. A ticket was nomin ated , a platform adopted , and the usual provisions made for carrying on u campaign , which from the begin ning made does not promise to bo par ticularly vigorous or interesting. The gcntlomon who have boon given the empty honor of a nomination for state olllccs will probably luivo to ftirnbh most of the "sinow.of war , " and they are very likely to ( ind this exceedingly tiresome long before pie day of election. The platform endorses" the movement inaugurated at Cincinnati and "tho wise and patriotic principles there adopted. " The chief of these is the de mand that the government shall Issue treasury notes in volume equal to the transaction of the entire business of the country on a "cash basis. " No practical man will need to have pointed out to him the absurdity of this demand. It is estimated that the volume of business transactions in the country last year exceeded ten billion dollars. What value would notes DOS- BOSS when issued to tlmt amount or to ono-fourth of the amount ? Would any farmer care to exchange his grain or any workingman give his labor for such paper promises ? When the gov ernment floated $100,000,000 in greenbacks it required nominally 82.80 of thorn to buy a gold or silver dollar. How many would bo demanded for a dollar of coin if the gov ernment should now put out treasury notes to the amount of not more than $2,000,000,000 ? More than 90 oor cent of the business of the country is done on individual credits , the basis of all credit. If individual credit wors abolished , which would bo the necessary "effect of compliance with the demand of the "people's party , " it must bo obvious to intelligent men that government credit could not survive , and the treasury promise to pay , pouring out in increasing volume , would inevitably follow the course of the Argentine cedula. The farmer who should borrow from the government such money at 2 per cent interest would find in time that ho was worse olr than when borrowing sound money at 10 or 12 per cent When it required five or six dollars in notes to purchase what ono dollar will now buy the advantage of 2 per 'cent interest would vanish. It would seem to 1)3 impossible th.it any intelligent farmer or wage worker can bo drawn into the support of this crazy schema , or if .so that they can bo hold to it after its fal lacy is pointed out. These classes are equally interested , and an much so as any other class , in a sound and stable currency , and neither in Iowa nor elsewhere - where will any considerable number of them countenance the demand for u policy which would destroy the founda tions of financial security , break down atonco Individual and national credit , paralyze every legitimate aid to material progress and prosperity , and terminate in disaster to all interests. H/,1 INK'S If the critics of the course of Secre tary Blalno in connection with the Bohring sea question are at all disposed to do him justice they will find in the latest published correspondence the opportunity to do so. They have per sistently maintained that the secretary of state was responsible for the delay in reaching some arrangement for a close season , although the proposal to sus pend seal catching this year lirst came from him , and they have alleged that ho was prompted to the delay by a desire to pro mote the Interests of certain political friends. They have said that the president , dissatisfied with the course of Mr.'Blaino , had at last taken the matter Into his own hands and pro posed to diroot it to a conclusion. The prolonged sickness of the secretary of state devolved the duty of taking charge of the correspondence in this matter upon the lirst assistant secretary , and , doubtless for that reason alone , the pres ident has given the subject more active attention than otherwise ho would have done. But there is not the slightest evidence of any dissatisfaction , and it does not appear that the pro posals of Mr. Blalno have boon in nnywiso changed. The correspond ence discloses the fact that the responsi bility for dolny has boon wholly with the British government. Ono of the moat relentless critics of the secretary of state is forced to say that "thoro Is the ap- pourunco of a lack of promptness on both sides , " which Is a virtual confession that what it has boon persistently urging against Mr. Blalno was unjust. So fat- as the charge Is concerned that the sec retary of state has boon especially solic itous to protect the interests of his friends concerned in the North American commercial company , It is shown that ho asked no more than simple justice and the obligations of the government In its contract with the com pany demanded. Under the agreement entered Into between the government and the company tlu > latter is required to provide for the wants of the Inhabit ants of the Islands whore the company is privileged to kill seals , free of all costs and charges to such Inhabitants or to the United States , It would manifestly have boon most unjust In enforce the per formance of this obligation upon the company , and at the same tlmo for bid them to take any seal , nor would they probably have submitted to It. Secretary Blalno therefore urged that the company , in the event of a close season being established , should bo al lowed to take it , sufficient number of seals to rocomponro thorn for tholr out lay in taking care of the natives. The absolute fairness of this no reasonable nnd unprejudiced person will question , nnd the fact that It has boon conceded to bo fair by the British government is a conclusive answer to all adverse criti cism. Without provision of this kind the natives would almost certainly have suffered great privation and hardship , In which case these same critics who have so persistently misrep resented .Secretary Blalno would have been unsparing in denouncing the Inhu manity of the government. The real cause of delay in the negoti ations it ) to bo found in the deference of the British government to the views and wishes of the Canadian govotninont , and oven now It is apprehended that In case of the death of Premier Macdonald the delay would bo greatly prolonged. The latest published correspondence in this matter is a complete vindication of Secretary Blainc. THK H'OttLD'S'Vim COMMISSION. Nebraska has voted S0,000 from her state treasury for the world's fair ex hibit. The next legislature will proba bly add another 9 > 0,000. Private sub scriptions and local organizations will likely contribute us much more. It is the hope and expectation of the people of the state that a creditable showing will bo Hindu of her resources and attrac tions at the great fair. Ample funds will bo duly provided , and In the hands of good managers , Nebraska will roall/.o handsomely from the Investment. The commissioners contemplated under the act appropriating money for the ex hibit will make a successor failure of the enterprise , according as they shall bo able , honest and industrious. It is of the utmost importance that good men bo assigned to those positions. The sal aried ollicors especially must bo men in whoso integrity and judgment the people ple have unlimited confidence. Other wise the individual subscriptions , will fall far short of the requirements and a fiasco will result. TIIK BKK has no favorites to recom mend. It will bo entirely satisfied with appointments made if the ap pointees are men who can bo trusted to represent Nebraska properly and successfully. Wo cannot refrain from the sujrgostion , however , that the managers of the Nebraska exhibit should bo inon of indomitable industry , of good business ability and not more political hacks who have claims upon the gov ernor for either personal or partisan services. An attorney at law , a rail road clerk or a farm hand will hardly possess the required qualifications. It will take a broader knowledge of affairs than that of any of the gentleman so far cited to make the exhibition a success. The governor will make no mistake in taking time to canvass the special fit ness of candidates. CVtPTt/n/flO TIIK COUUT IIOUSRS. General Victor Vifqualn sounds the democratic slogan for the November elections. The platform of the party and the sinews of war will all bo directed to capturing the court houses. In other words , the democratic patriots propose to devote their time and energies to securing - curing county otllcors. In these local elections , tariff and free trade are not issues. The emoluments of the olllcos are the controlling influence which loads candidates to saorifioo time , energy and money for the ostensible good of the party. General Vifqualn was the adjutant general of Governor Boyd. IIo was Cleveland's consul to Colon. Do ! has long boon a dashing democrat full of fight and flourish. IIo voices a well grounded sentiment in saying the 'demo crats will this fall move upon tho'court houses. Tlio state campaign possofsofi comparatively little interest. Every county ollico secured outside of some twenty countieswhich are naturally dem ocratic , is an oileo ! gained to the party. In some of the western counties a demo cratic justice of the peace has never boon known , and only democrats , actu ated by sublime self abnegation , have over before boon willing to sacrifice themselves as candidates , and they did so for the solo purpose of maintaining an organization and securing a repre sentation in state conventions. The times , in the opinion of loaders of the buorbon party , are ripe for a general - oral assault upon the cash boxes and the soft places lit the court houses. With three parties in the field the weaker may sometimes stivo loaves nnd fishes while the stronger nro battling with each other In a hand to hand conflict to the death. The democrats have great hopes of fusion with the independents and combinations with Individuals which shall glvo thorn a few of the salaries to bo voted away In November. The dem ocrats will boar watching. They never glvo awny as much as they ask In re turn. Principles and parly purposes for the state and national canvass of next year wijl bo no material hindrance to tholr scheme. They will cheerfully sink those out of sight for the olllcos. Unless the republican independents and those whoso allegiance is unswerving to the old party have tholr wits about them the democrats will trick them out of a good many court houses. TUBblonnial mooting of the Gorman association of sharpshooters will be hold this year in St. Louis , The association is national in its scope , and its meetings attract thousands of Gorman citizens from all parts of the country. An effort will be made to have the mooting of 1S03 take place in Omaha , and the gentlemen who have taken the matter in hand can bo depo'ndod upon to do everything possible to Induce the associa tion to como here. So fav ns a money consideration Is concerned there will bo no dlflloulty , as any rea sonable sum can bo roauily scoured. If the effort to have the association select Omaha ( us the next meeting place is suc cessful , one attraction will bo provided for 1603 thut will draw thousands of vis itors to this city. The point to which nearly all excursions will bo directed that year Is fchVcago , but If O malm cat eocuro the Qnv/nati / sharpshooters wo shall bo fiuratofaii short period when this city will bo'M $ objective point of mini orotis oxcursniis | and thousands of vis itors. i " Tun advertisement is now being pub Hshcd nsklngrtJor ( bids for the Douglas street grade : 'irad the contract will bo awarded on tf 'H'Jth lust. So far this la good , and till , paoplo will bo pleased to know that this Important public im provement iJ'Ul , bo pushed without delay. It is to bo regretted , however that the people Interested in the St. Mary's avenue grade cannot complotn the preliminary details early enough to utilize the silt-plus earth of Douglas street in making the fills contemplated at the foot of St. Mary's nvonuo hill. OOVEUNOH TlIAYKK writes to TlIK BKK that ho has not appointed Judge Mason director general of Nebraska for the world's fair commission , and that ho has tniulo no promise or iigrcomont to appoint him. In fact , the governor says , ho has not yet taken up the subject of the world's fair commission and there fore there is no foundation for any of the rumors published regarding the matter. IIo also says ho has had no conversation with the nllianco loaders concerning an extra session of the legislature. UNLESS some calamity befalls the crops of this section the yield ol corn and smaller grain will bo unparalleled. It is expected that the country along the central branch of the Missouri Pacific in the far west counties of Os- born and Rooks in Kansas , will ship out moro than a train load of wheat for each mlle of railroad. The fsict is becoming moro and moro patent that this will bo the farmers' year. TIIK people of Omaha will forglvo the Dillon management of the Union Pacific lor many past sins if it shall oroot now railroad shops and open a car wheel factory in this city. They will not bo entirely placated , however , so long as the union depot remains unfinished. TIIK council lias ordered all contract ors having unfinished contracts for street improvements to proceed without delay to complete their work. This should brace up the board of public works nnd enable that dilatory body to perform its duty. SINCE RogonU-Burnlmm has announced that ho will not'seek a re-election to the board of regents of the state university a number of ambitions have sprouted and Omaha will prob'ibly ; olTor the state con vention the choice of tjvoor three candi dates. THE Omah sTreet railway company deserves credit for the enterprise it dis plays in building new lines for the .ac commodation 'of' the peoplo. It is an Omaha corporation and has entire con fidence in Omaha's future. IP you have- not already taken stock in the OiuahiijRoali Estate Owners' as- socintionj jdonsowithout dolav.Thoro should bo 15,000 'names on its list of members. POST MORTEMS are profitable to the surgeon engaged to conduct thorn. They are expensive to the county and in many instances wholly unnecessary. "THE board of public works lacks backbone" President Lowry to the city council. Why AVeUiiito. HaUlinon Atnertum. The north and south are closer today than over. The same Is true with North and South America. Peace and prosperity caused the first ; reciprocity ana republicanism the < second. Cincinnati IH Jealous. Cummeretiil-Qazrttr. An irnmlernnt girl has arrived In Now York with a nose live und seven-eighths inches long and is advised to go to Chicago and npply for an ongaRomout as news reporter on ouo of these wonderful dailies. royalty in Its Klcments. lliutdii Ailrertlwr. The countess of Clnncurty Is now singing In one of London's music linlls , the prince of Wales and others of the nobility appear as witnesses In n gambling case , nnd British blue blood seems bluer than over this wool : . Are AViuitciI. Dcailicmitli'J'lincs. A piclc , hammer and shovel in the hands of nn observant and careful man , used in the hills thla summer will como nearer to being n fateful certainty to bring a mau a llttlo fortune - tune than any thing clso ho can undertake. There are hundreds of veins of ore in our mountains yet that nro unclaimed and un touched. All that is needed is u llttlo Intelli gent energy ami Industry to find them. Uncertain Political Ctiii'lnnatl Hopubllcmi farmers , with the exception tt a few who are anxious to bavo their names ornament some sort of n third ticket , are reaching the conclusion that their best policy Is to stand by their old party. Thorc is no reasonable grievance that cannot be most surely corrected by nnd within the republi can organization , Hxporlonco has proved this. T heraforo , ' them should ho no drifting into uncertain and , jnuddy streams. Stand by the old and tried ship. The republican party is not tloilWuuy hido-bouud policy , It is not made up cat jackasses. It is pro gressive and moves -steadily with its face to the front. Stay tyilh It , and trust Its tried loaders. This Isf the safe course , aud the only snfo ono. Tim Ki'imlillciui .Vat oiiul Convoiitlo'n. ' A'rtnjiarnll. The nicotine of tlyjimtioiml republican con vention next year K exciting attention. Min neapolis is already In the fluid to got It. Chicago cage wuuts it , buUsho luii the world's fair , and ought to bo sfLflitled with something loss than the wholu earth. Omaha yearns for It , and as sho\Wiio within ono vole of getting the last convention her hopes are running high with nxooctutlon , The Nonpa reil bohovos It should ba hold at sorcio city In the central west , and woit of the Mississippi nearest to the western borders of lown. In the latter event Council Bluffs and Omaha can unite In ontortalnlug the crowds that will assemble at the tlmo. With a daylight rldo across Iowa of so many of our national loudars and public spit-Hod men In the most beautiful sou-sou of the year will beef of great udvimtuga to every material Interest of the atato. It U duo to this section of ilia country that the party should sot thu seat c ( national rccogi > ltlou to 1U own work by hold- lug the convention lit the mojt central city of this now northwest. The Nonpareil Iwliovo.s Council UlulTs is ready anil willing to Join Oumhu In securing aud eulortaliilni ; the con- vontlou A JOURNEY TO WASHINGTON , Departmental Olorks Availing Thomaclvcs of Educational Facilities. THE ADVANTAGES THUS ENJOYED , Awakening from Her I fcloop nnd Her Voting Men Itiiplilly I'liHltlnK to tlio Front. WASHINGTON' , May 23. [ Special Corre spondence of TIIK OKU. ] A trip to Wash ington in thcso days of rapid transit , Chicago cage , Burlington & Qulncy dining cars nnd Baltimore ft Ohio train comforts nro so en joyable , so short and so common an occur rence that it U merely an Incident and hardly demands moro than a passing notice , At this season of the year , however , wholi the great states of Iowa , Illinois , Indiana nnd Ohio are green and gay with grass , imiln , Ilowors and leaves it is particularly pleasant. Whoa ono has the companionship of siiuli gonttil Oinalm trav elers as A. B. Smith , general freight asont of the IJ , & M. ; t'r.ink W. Hills , assistant auditor of the Union Pacific ; William Kan- dull , freight and ticket auditor of the B. & M. Charles H.Ogdon and Captain tl. 13. 1'al- mcr , the meals nnd smoking rooms cnrouto and returning tnKo on un extra quality of en joyment , They nro all good tnlkors , good feeders , nnd , barring Ogdon's ciuarottos and Hills'want of bad habits there Is nothing more to bo desired ns follow participants In ovcryth'intr. Koch man had his story nnd each ono was entertaining. Smith started tlin Interest with n recital of his experience with tno nl- llanco legislature , which in his Judgment was the most remarkable legislative body over assembled. Hills worked in a , tale of the efforts of Al bert Woodcock , the late general land com missioner , to teach him to bo n politician. Uandall grow eloquent ns he related how General Superintendent Calvort dropped the tltlo of chief engineer In dull times many years ngo mid toolt good-naturedly to wres tling with freight at the Plnttsmouth local station at $7. ) per montlu The good-natnrod Scotchman patted him on the back ana en couragingly nd vised the energetic young man that ho could have no hotter training to make u good general superintendent. Ogden learnedly discoursed upon the vir tues nml legal ability of thu great Louisiana Judo Martin , upon whoso opinion us a pre cedent CJovemor Boyd's ' citizenship rests. Pnlmer has a wonderful variety of. remin iscences from Indian lights on the frontier to hairbreadth osunpos Irom rebels. Ho told also how ho brnko up un engagement for Stuvo Plkins and shielded him from the anger of the Union troops at Westport , iMo. , In war times , sending him safely to Denver as foreman of an ox train , whence ho re turned ns a wealthy Now Mexican delegate in congress to become Blaino's right bower as a prosperous West Virginia iron and com operator. The mountains of the state , which is now the homo of Stove Ellcins , are beautifully green with trees and smoky with colto and iron furnaces. The old-time log shanties and the begrimed hamlets are taking now shapes as prosperity settles all over the state and Yankee capital is making her wealthy. The beautiful valleys of I ho eastern slope , whom Maryland roichos down Into what nature in tended for West Virginia and the historic interest of Harper's ferry make the Haiti- more & Ohio trip from the Ohio river to the national capital interesting at every mllo. Washington nt any season of the year is charming , but Just now when the politicians are away nnd the lady clerks are out in new sprintr suits and the parks and boulevards nro bowers of beauty the city is uarticulnrly cleanly and attractive. It is a busy season oven for the capitalists of the national city , for Washington is enjoving a building mid real estate boom. The Potomac is nilvo with' craft and the plcasUro bout is out in now paint. That Potomac river from its source to its mouth is a thing of beauty and n joy forever , nnd ono can but wish it Ilowod through some appreciative section of the great west , so that its lovely rolling hills and serenely beautiful valleys might bo alive with western ontorurlso instead of nsloep with Virginia nml Maryland lethargy. My business east carried mo over into old Virginia down to the heart of the mother of Presidents to Charlottesville , looking down upon which is the lovely Monticollo.thohomo of Thomas Jefferson. Alexandria , "that tlu- ishod city" ot the old District of Columbia where stands the modest little church in which George Washington worshipped , wnoso linens were snippou in a sailing ves sel from England , is always interesting. The grass grows up unmolested among thn cobble stone pavements here nnd there nnd the { hostly warehouses of the early commerce of ; ho Potomac still stand on the river front. The street ear line which onoo startled her cltizons with the tinkling bolls of inter-city .ransportation has long since boon , akou up and its rails used for scrap iron. It broke the strongest jank of the city and the conservative Alox- andriuus put it out of the way as a rock of of- 'cnso. Tlio old Braddock house Is pointed out In the rear of a huge hotel of ! iOO rooms anted for $7 ! ) a month. The Marshall house s rebuilt upon the alto of the od ! scene of the illswortu tragedy. The whole city looks ns f it had been , as it was , the populous commer cial entrepot of a vanished niro. Old Alexandria is iiwukoningfrom horloiifr loop , as is all the rest of Virginia. Her com- norcial supremacy , wrested from her by Bul- Iinoro , and her population stolen by Wash- ngton , will bo restored. Young men are uking thu reins into thelrown hands and the Ino old L'entlcmen of Virginia are talcing cats inside the coach. Such bright young intivcs of the city as C. U. Curlin , Tom Cock- roll and a younger generation of smoots nnd Virnows are teaching their fathers how to nnko a city interesting in other ways than nsa i reminiscence. Just think of it ! the prc.sid- ng judge of Ilia corporation court of this un- .Iquntod cityis a youuu man under thirty- ivo. The old heads look on with sur- inso as Judge Norton delivers n ihargo to the grand jury from u bench vhich , In other days , was reserved for the 'oteran lawyers. J. T. Unnch , the clerk , is ot so youthful but ha Is equally awake to h ? iiiuv oriler of tliiiurs nnd Alexandria really * begins to talk about extensive manu factures , now whnrvoj , enlarged warehouses , real estate ofllcos and sales of town lots. There is a big hope driving awny the debris of a century at Alexandria. I wont out to Brontsvlllo , the county sent ol Prince ICdward county , a typical Virginia court house , county scat and court yard. The hamlet was alive with jurors , witnesses and lawyers , who all cnino to court In their own vehicles from distances varying from live to twoiity miles. There is n boll on thu top of the court house and the bailiff rlnp.s it to notify all concerned thut the "O ! vex , O ! yoz" of the sheriff \v\ll \ soon announce that tin ) honorable circuit court of the Tenth district of tno common wealth of Virginia is in .session. I remarked to tlio nblo and genial .ludgo James ICulth , 11 huiulsomo , portly man not fifty years old himself , us lie whittled n Virginia pine stick in thoshudy courtyard , that thn building was an old-timu court house , IIo informed me , hotvuvor , that I was mistaken , ns It hud been built only about lifty yuan ngo I On my wuy to Charlotuisvillo whore I waste to transact some business with Judgn Grlmsloy of Culpcppar , the judga of the Sixth district. I fell In with a young Virginian wtio wivs pleased to explain when I remarked upon the now llfo which scomod to pervndo the half do/on railroad towns und thu adjacent country , t'mt the "old fellahs was n ilyln' oil and gnittn' out of the way purty fast ana the younger generation wns taltin' hold onto things themselves and a niakln' 'em hum. " Ho "reckoned" ttat : ten years moru would see omo mighty bur im provements in all the southern country. The jiooplo wore recovering rapidly from thu losses of the rebellion and the boys wore. Imparting to the affairs of thu Old Dlmlnion u vigor which promised to IMUKO the few old men loft onoii tholr eyes wide with surprtHO and squirt tobacco julco very rollccUvaly Into the old llro places. I think ho U right for thu court at Charlotto-svillo Is presided over by Judge ( Jrimsloy , a young muu of vury bright mind , and I noticed there , nt Urontsvlllo nnd nt Alexandria that the agirrosslvo lawyer * woru under forty ycuw of ago , and the ontor- prUIns business men woru nearly nil of a generation which corrlos uo .scars from the rebellion. There Is a bright future 0110111111 ; for Virginia. Out returning to Washington , ono cannot help feeling proud of the n.itlonnl capital , The public building , the opportunities for education , the beautiful utrvou and pixrka. the well to do appearance of the people , and the prosperous growth nf llio city , nro nil matters In which Americans ought to take ( irldo. Washington is now the hnndsomost city In America und uvery ycaf Improves her appearance. For a young man or woman who hni tlxcd habits and an ambition , which the comforts and unso of n department posi tion will not extinguish , llfo In this city U nn education worth snomilnfi from two to flvo years to obtnln. Schools of nil kinds nro com'uetod with s | > winl reference to the hours of leisure of the government employes , nnd sx > cinl training In nny line mi\v be obtained by the industrious. My friend , A. W. Austin for Instnna1 , Is n fi00 clerk In the navy department nnd a .student In the National university law school. Ho graduates with 11 good knowledge of the principles ot tlie common law this .summer. Another young man who Was n stenogra pher In my division , Mr. A. M. Woostor , will llnt.sh his three year course In medicine next .spring. Others of my acquaintance nro In the schools of drawing , painting , phar macy , dentistry , elocution , natural science , languages nnd business. Judge Irvine of Omaha pursued his law fOur.se in Washing ton , as did Will Ourloy , 1 think. The only trouble Is that , like \Villliam A. Uwyor , T. C. Tlpton and other Nehrasknns , many men never got to the point when they nro willing to nbntmon the stlro thing of n department salary and the pleasures ot Washington life for thu rough nnd tumble uncertainty of occupa tions In'which individual effort and ability must contest tor place und success with those who know nothing of the ease of gov ernment employment. T. W. U. J'ASi > MAG JICSTH. "I suppose it's all up with votir flying inn- clilnol" "No , " replied the Inventor sadly ; "it Is very much otherwise. " New York Herald : "Tho Episcopal church will lese a good man if It loses Ilobcr New ton. " "Yos , but It's got nrtdginan. " "True. That's a heavy loss for the Bap tists , ohi" "Yes , unless the Baptists can got Park- hurst. " "What would the Presbyterians do then I" "Ulvo U up. Try to get Newton , maybe. " KXORI.SIOII. 1'lilhitMplitn Times. "Thoro is plcntr of room at the top , " So the wall known saying ran. And the sutnmorthermometer hotly sold : "i will got there if I can. " Now York Recorder : Waiter Twenty cents. Ton fur do cotfoo and 10 lur do cakes. Customer How about the beans I Walter You didn't have none. Customer Yes , in thu coffee. Epoch : Wife How can you expect nny reconciliation , when you hate my very pres ence ? Husband Oh , como , -you know that's notsu. Wito Not so ? Didn't you toll mo to go to thodoviH Husband But I know you'd bo sent back. Philadelphia Record : first Clerk Do you got a Saturday half holiday i Second Clerk Yes , but what we're after now is a Satur day half holiday that will commence on Mon day morning. Indianapolis Journal : She You will ask papa , will you not ; or must I ! " Ho Oh , I have seen him. Fact is , ho made the suggestion that it was about time for mete to propose. " AMATEUIt FA1IMINO. llistiin C iirfcr. "What didycu raise last year ? " said Clydo To Parkins , who a small est.olo Had purchased , and had thereon tried. At farming his novitiate. "What did T rnlso ? " quoth Parkins , tmito Alert to give thn answer fight "Expense account'bout ten degrees , My wife's conceit that I'm ' n 'chump , ' Upon my palms callosities And on my vertebrae a hump. " London Punch : Young Lady And now , Jane , what's the next thing to do after put ting the moat and potatoes in the stewpani Village GirlPlease , miss , wash tlio baby. "Poor Smith can't live lonir , and I'm ' sorry for the old fellow. " "What makes his ! " " ho's four case so hopeless "Why , got doctors. " He paid for nil the cream she ate , For the cakes , too , more than thrice. But his boodle failed cro Lor appetite And ho slipped up on the ico. Munsoy's Weekly : Algio You seem rather fond of puppies. Miss Smith. Miss Smith Yes ; but only of four-logged ones. Uo rot and cash are soon started In various \vavs and channels ; "The fool and his money are soon parted" Ditto as to his llanucls. [ Judgo. Truth : "Ignorant laborers should bo taugnt the peculiarities of dynamlto before they nro allowed to handle it. " True. It is time wasted to try to toacn thorn afterward. Life. Wo mot at dinner ; I wonder If ever we'll meet nenln Alas ! 'twas n cruel decree of fate That brought us together then ! I remember his every feature. And the look in his u.v < ! .s so brown , For ho was the clumsy cronturo Who upset his .soup on my gown. "Who Is that opulent looking man riding by in that carriage I" "Don't you know him ? That's Mr. Mould , Coroner Slowman's favorite undertaker. " KXKilt'fS OF ItKVII'KOVlTV. To CoiiNolldnto with tlin KnijlilN und rjT li s oC America. Toi'BKA , Kan. , . .lunoI. . The ICnights of Reciprocity grand ledge adjourned last evening - ing after having accomplished a largo amount of the most important business , n part of which was the Inauguration of n movement looking toward the consolidation of the ICnights of Reciprocity with another society known ns the ICnights und Ladles of Amer ica. This latter society has boon in existence in southeri1 Kansas since last November. Its objects nro Identical with these of the ICnights of Reciprocity , nnd while llttlo has been .said about it publicly it claims a mem bership of 5,000 mon and women. Following the lead of the fanners' nllianco , the Knights and Ladles of America recognize the power of women In politics nnd their co-operation Is cordlnlly Invited. There are suvon grand lodges of the Knlght.s of Itociprocity In ns many states , They nro In Maryland , Ohio , Initiatm , Iowa , Missouri , Kansas and Penn sylvania. TnimorH Organize n linlon. Mu.wu'KKK , WIs. , Juno 4. The tanners nnd curriers who have boon In convention hero for the past two days have adjourned after having perfected tholr national union. The following oftlcorn wore elected : John P. Allen , general president : Peter O'Kourko , Orleans , N. V. , gonorul vlco president ; John H. Couitlilln. Milwaukee , general secretary ; Uavld Cronin , Halo , Mich. , general statisti cian. The next convention will bo hold in Juno , 18'J- . ' , in Now YorX CALLS BONACIHI A FALSIFIER , Bishop Burke of Oliojonno Makes Chargci Against the Bishop of Lincoln. THE CIRCULAR SENT OUT BROADCAST , Inillan Coiiinilsslonci-H Hound Toe Oinatiii to Comment * ! ) an Inves tigation Had Death In nn inolirlnto Cnicxno OITICT ; OK Tnn HKB , K * " CIIICMIO. Juno 4. I lit. Rev. Mntirleo A. Hurko , Roman Cath olic bishop of Cheyenne , Wyo. , has Issued what ho called an appeal to the charitable. for the dlocoso of Cheyenne In which ho makes many serious charges against Rt , llov. Thomas llonncum , the bishop of Lincoln , Nob. The circular has been sent all over the country and It Is expected that It will create n stir in the province of St. Louis , of which both Cheyenne ni'd Lincoln nro suf- fragoan sees. It appears that Bishop Hurttu tried to have his dloceso attached to 0:10 : of the neighboring sees , , because It could not properly support n bishop , and with this end In view sent his resignation to Rome. The bishop of Lincoln was dnputi-d to go to Cheyenne nnd obtain Information regarding "tho present condition and future prospects of the illoco.su of Cheyenne. " The result was u report In which the bishop of Lincoln recommended Hint the dloceso bo kept up nnd that the present was exactly the tlmo In which n hard-worklug bishop could accom plish wonders. Th's ' report , whatever tlio motives for it miiht ? bavo boon , Hlshop Uurko speaks of as h "deplorable misrepre sentation of the state ot affairs , full of false hoods ntul speculative exaggerations. " Thu bishop concludes by earnestly appealing for llnancial aid. notiNM ) KOH OMAHV. The Sioux commission appointed to deter mine the boundary between Pine Rldgo and Rosebud agencies nnd to adjust some minor dlflleiiltics between the Rosebud Indians and the Lower Hrules , left for Oinu'ia ' today on tholr wav to the scmio of action. The com mission Is composed of Chairman L'hurle.s K. Penrceof St. Louis , George 11. Harries of Washington and A. II. Applcman of Colum bus , O. In Omaha they will exhaust Gen eral Brooke's store of Information on the sub ject. Ttio real bonu of contention is the tribe ol Northern Clioyonnes. Though legally entitled to draw rations ut Pine Ridge thev 1110 actually on the Tongue river in Montana. It will bo remem bered thnt during the late Indian dilllculty this tribe was on the side of the troops against the hostiles , consonuontly they S _ neither desire to live among thu Sioux ut Pine x Ridge , nor do thu present denizens of tlio ngency want the Cheyenne friendllos. The people of Montana nro extremely anxious to get tncm situated elsewhere , but the people of the other now states uro satlsllod with the present condition of things and oppose their transfer. lllll : .V IHIUNK.Vltll. Charles Dunham , who sixteen months ago could draw his chock for $ ir > ( ) ,000 , died nt 10 o'clock yosturduy morning in n small room nt thoWashngtonlan _ ! homo. Dunham , in his business career , bought railroad patents and _ _ < was nn inventor himself. His ollico in Now York was nt 15 Wall .street. During his prosperity Oeorgo Gould , C. P. Huntlngtonr Russell Sago and Sidney Dillon were behind him , hut ho got to drinking heavily and Hung away money tight and loft. Ho never re gained consciousness after being taken to the homo. A young woman who was weeping all the time and proclaiming her relationship to the dying man , wns with him nt the last. Tuotim.Kti OK TIII : a\vni.'iijiiv. : Up to today not moro than 0 portent oT tha locked-out switchmen Imv.Uj.nueii tnjioir buck by. thu North westorn. Outsldo of' Chicago the percentage is the other Way. The reason given for this condition of all'iiira U thut tlio trainmen object to the ro-cngntfoirioyt of tlio Chicago .switchmen , feeling- that , tlio tables might bo turned if too ninny of thrjn I Cm nil tholr way back to the company's employ. At Milwaukee the trainmen .struck tuo 'other day for the purpose of securing the discharge of Ynrdmnsler Ford , who is u member of thu Switchmen's association. When the mutter was lirst brought to thu notice of the road ofllciuls they upheld Ford , but on the strino occurring they reconsidered their action and discharged the ynrdmastur. This e\ out has hud tlio effect of increasing the bitterness between the trainmen and .switchmen. When the supreme council assembles In Chicago on juiiui ; > iu consider mu wiuiurawui ui Switchmen's association a lively time is pectcd. TllACBY KITXIIIiltOUIl'S ' IIKATIF. Some of the relatives of Tracoy Kite- berger , the young woman from Hay Springs. Nob. , who died In this city while hero with James A. Finlny and family of Pine Rldgn ngoncy , have arrived hero und investigated her death. They have tnudo such representa tions in the matter tlmt State Attorney Longoneckor has begun un investigation lull the circumstances. The Herald linn ferreted the matter out , and according to the story it tolls , the girl was taken by Finlay to the house of Mr.s. Dr. Nntnan , where stio became - came the mother of n still-born inlnnt , whoso" paternity Is said to have been acknowledged by Finlay. Mr.s. Niithan und Dr. Nelson , who was called in consultation , nclcnowlcdco that the girl hud been subjected to a crim inal operation by some ono before coming * o Mrs. Nuthan's house. The c.uiso of death was given in the physician's certillruto as paralysis of the heart , though there were evidences of wivoro hemorrhage. INTO AN Ol'li.V Illlllini : . William McDonald , proprietor of u laun dry , was driving south of Ilalstod .street ncur the bridge lust night when hN horse bocama frightened und run nway. Thohrulgo was open. The animal run toward the river and wont in with the wagon and driver. Mc Donald was drowned. i-ioriK : IN CIIICAIIO. Among the western people in Chicago to day were the following : At the Grand Pncillo Francis C. ( jrahlo , Mrs. Unglohurt , W. F. Callnhan , John R Wohstor. N. D. Allen , C. D. Donnnn.Omnhu ; Mr. W. 11. Fish , Lincoln , Nob. j Mr. nml Mrs. 10. I'1. T. Pomoroy , lironnson , Nob. ; Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Wallace , Montana. At the Auditorium Mr. and Mrs , ICrnost K. Hark , Council Hluff.s. W. H. Crany is in the city to make arrange ments for the equipment of the now motor line to Halcyon HuighU In Omalm. Pullman will furnish the llnou caivi thut can bo turned out of his works , und the Wostlng- house company will furnish the motor oijuly-- munt. / : > t li Iutii.iii i TV , Itriittil Men Mint real a Imd and CIIUHU Ills Dentil , Ki : , WIs. , Juno 1. Throe young mon whoso names uro unknown have boon arrested at Waldo , twenty-four miles from Chobo3'gan , on the chnrgo of having caused thu death of fourtoon-yoar-old Fred Kepwood near Cascade , und the coroner lias fono to In vustlguto. Thu story of the barbarous cruel ty practiced upon the boy Is hurrlblo In thu oxtramu. It HOOIIIS Homo mon were washing oheoi ) In u mill dam when thu boy came along- The men offered young Kenwood u drink of liquor , which the latter refused. Thuy seized him and compelled him to drink the stuff , lid eluded his persecutors , but was recaptured and thrown Into the mill pond. Thu boy crawled out Into the woods and died from ex posure. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report PURE
