THE OMAHA DAILY BffiE : THUKSDAY , JUNE 18 , 1891.
DAILY B BE
K. KOSKWATKlT
PUBLISHED MOUNINO.
Dully Urw ( without Snni1iiy)0iin ) Ynur. . . . I ft M
Unity nml : < iiii < lny.Ono Vcar . 10 m
Blx months . JM
Thrre month ! " . S
Futidav lire , Otio Vrnr . 200
Hiitiinfiiv llco. Ono Vmir . If *
Weekly Her , One 1'pur. .i . lw
or PI end i
PniMin , Thr Jlro HiilMlng.
Houlli Oiiiiilin , Corner N unit With atroeta.
Council UlufK 12 IViirl SUi-nt ,
Olilcnuo lillrp,3l7i'lininli'rof | Commerce.
Nn York. llooim 111,11 nml l.Vlrlbmii ! Uultdlng
n , Mil I-'onrtci-ntli ttrt-oU
CC'ltllKM'ONnr.NCK.
Allrotnrininlcatloni reltitlntt to news and
editorial nuitlnitdiould bo addressed to the
Kdltorlnl pi-partinnnt.
lIliSINEHH I.KTTKUP.
roinlttam'psshould
AHImalm'sslc-tlTs iiml
be nrtdrcR od to Tlin Ilrp I'nblMilnp C'ompany.
Oiniihii. Drafts ohi-oKii mid postnlllrn urilnri
to IID inuUo piiyublo to thoordur of tlio coin
puny.
Tlic Bcc Fulilisliii CoinpiY , FroDricIors
TUB IlKK III'l
8WOUN KTATU1F.NT OF CIUUULATION.
Etulnof NH > raski : , ( . ,
Ommty of HoiiRlm. f "
arorai * II. Tzscliuek , unerotai-y of The Hi-o
PubllHliliiK company , dnos solemnly awnur
Unit HIP iii-tiinl I'lrenlntiuii of THK IIAII.Y UKU
for tlio wcuk utiillug Juno III , Ml , was.is fol-
Huml'ay. .TiiiinT . . . > .00 : >
Monday , JiinoS . jU-tfl
Tursday. .IiiiioO . . . -II..H1
Wcdncsdiiv. .liino ID . f' ' < ! is
Tliursdav.Mnni ) I ! . M.JW
ITlday , Juno IJ . M-0-
Baturdiiy , .lunu 13 . * ' " _ !
Average . U lH77
OKOUUK II. T/.SHIIUUIC.
Sworn to Itnfnro mo mid subscribed In mv
presence this liltli day of Juno , IM ) !
Notary 1'ubllo.
Elatnnf Nebraska. 1K-
County of Douglas , I
OeorKt * II. T/solniok. bolus duly sworn , de-
and snys Unit liolssi'i'rotury of Til R IlKK
'iihll.ililngc.impanv. ' that tlmauluiil averiino
dally clr- illation of TIIK IMII.V HI.K for the
month of Juno , 18x : > . was : .0K1 : copies ; for July ,
lh'.IO ' , ( ' , ; . ' enpiesi for August I > ! ' ) . -O.lcoplos ! :
for St'ptrml ir. 1-00 , SO.s'O cup'os ' ; for October ,
_ . . . : il2 topic . . .
April , Ifc'.il.iCI , ! copies : for May. Is'JI.0,810 '
cople.H. Uioiin : > : II. T/scmrCK.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my
piesenco this 2d day of Juno , A. I ) . 1801.
NT. Kr.tr , ,
Notaiy Public.
Du. TKST of _ the Iliibtlnga asylum
attempts to explain iiw.iyspuu.iiio charges
of irregularities by a general tloninl.
This will not do.
THUS * far in the Ohio campaign the
brilliant but slightly erratic Fornkor
has inaintainotl himself with becoming
dignity and bus said nothing to regret
or to bo regretted.
SICNATOU PjjUMii of Kansas will address -
dross the republican editors of Kansas
upon public topics in a few days. If the
senator will write out his speech and
atlnk to the toxt'ho will hivvo loss to explain -
plain in the next state campaign than in
the last.
THK state board of transportation is
as silonl : is the tomb upon the question
of establishing a schedule of maximum
freight rates in Nebraska. Tlio rail
roads have not given that body authority
to express an opinion or prepare the
schedule. *
THK Jews who are being expelled from
Russia are going In largo numbers to
Constantinople They could hardly se
lect a domicile loss to the liking of the
czar , and in no other country will their
chances of striking back at their oppres
sors come so soon or bo so offoctix'o.
Tun enormous deficiency at the Hast
ings asylum was ti suspicious circum
stance , but the definite details of per
sonal peculations amount to something
inoro than a suspicious circumstance.
Turn the light on. Lot the pcoplo know
just where the smoke comes from.
and Slavin , Iwo dospprato
dtl'/ons foil each ether with
/ , upon tor-
I'lllo vigor and Ktlrain crot the worst of
it. Tlio guuoral public thinks ho de
served , the punishment. If the fact wore
rovoraoU the public would fool exactly
the snmo way about Slavin. When two
bulldogs fight nobody except their own
ers will pirt : thorn or care which ono is
mangled most ,
Accoiimxt ! to well authenticated re
ports some of our metropolitan police
ofllcors have moro zeal than sonso. A
etrangor In the city is entitled to court
eous treatment , oven from the blue
roatod minions of the law. An ofllcor
thould bo very sure of his ground before
throwing a stranger Into jail upon the
charge of being a suspicious character.
The case of the Hiawatha business man
who was arrested without cause a few
days ago ought to coat an Indiscreet of
ficer his ollluirJ head.
Visum is the Sic ilian patronymic of
a Washington doctor of medicine who
broke his head butting against a local
newspaper man's interview , which the
doctor pronounced falo. The reporter
branded the Irritated Italian as n liar
and the poor follow could not vindicate
himself. King Humbert was so plimsod
with Verdi's sentiments on the Now
Orleans incident that ho ha * knighted
him. Dr. Verdi's business was badly
damaged by this Interview. The decoration -
oration will destroy it entirely. If ho
accepts it , ho admits that tlio interview
was correct. If ho refuses , ho olTends
tlio king of Italy. The devil and the
deep sea are yawning for Verdi.
IK THIJ great Now York Life insur
ance company is actually in financial
trouble as is chargod.Tim HUB is of tlio
opinion that the rivals who are so glee
fully heralding the rumors and demand
ing investigations should bo the first to
offer puch temporary rolluf as is legiti
mate and proper to tide the company be
yond the danger of disaster. The fail-
tire of the Now York Life , if it wore pos
sible or probable , would inflict injuries
upon the business of tills country
generally and that of lifo insur
ance particularly from which neither
would bo able to recover for years.
There is probably moro malice than
foundation in the charges of irregulari
ties and financial mismnnagoment. The
insurance companies should bo as loyal
to each other as banks , and should follow
the banking custom of tendering assist
ance to solvent competitors in time of
temporary distress. It is to their inter
est to protect the business integrity of
each other.
THK onto
The Ohio republican convention did
whit it was expected to do in nominat
ing cx-Congres-wian William MrKinloy
for governor. Indeed , his nomination
was a logical necessity of the political
situation in that state. The republicans
of Ohio are a3 strongly committed to the
support of the tarllT policy as those of
any other state In the union , and there
fore Major McKinley , as the author and
ablest exponent of the existing law , la
of all men in his state the proper1 ono
to lend his party in a contest , the chief
Issue of which will bo the tarltT. Prom
the day when McKiuloy was de
feated for congress , duo to a lla-
trrantly unfair gerrymander it haa
boon plain that the duty and policy of
the rupubllcans was to make him their
candidate for governor , and if there has
over boon any bppo-iltlon to him lib en
thusiastic nomination demonstrated that
there Is none now. No one familiar with
public men needs to bo told that Wil
liam MeKlnloy is ono of the ablest
among them , and that he has the cour
age of his convictions. His career In
congress , beginning in 1870 and continu
ing down to the close of the last congress ,
with the exception of a part of his fourth
term , has given him high rank as a leg
islator and debater , and ho
easily hold in the last two con
gresses the first place among republicans
as an exponent and champion
of the policy of protection. Ho is a hard
tighter in a campaign , as was conspicu
ously shown in Ills last contest for congress -
gross , and it will not bo his fault if the
coming campaign in Ohio Is not ono of
the most vigorous und aggressive in the
history of that state , in which , during the
last quarter of a century , there have
boon many notable political battles.
The platform was made to fit the candi
date , but republicans everywhere will
approve most of its declarations and
demands. There is complete unanimity
among republicans in favor of encourag
ing and protecting the interests of agri
culture and of labor. There is no
difference x of opinion regarding
legislation against the influx of tlio
vicious and criminal classes of foreign
nations , and for the exclusion of laborers
brought hero under contract. The hos
tility of the republican party to trusts
and like combinations of capital Is expressed -
pressed in a law passed by the last con-
gross. The reservation of the public
lands for homesteads for American citi
zens , and the restoration to the public
domain of all unearned grants to rail
roads , are policies which find favor with
republicans everywhere. So with re
spect to some other features of the plat
form , they will have the approval of re
publicans , in all sections. But those
will bo merely side it-sues , or
not issued at all , in the
Ohio campaign. The McKinley tar-
ilT law and the course of
the democratic administration will bo
the real issues , and as to the latter at
least the republicans should have a very
decided advantage.
There appears to bo no doubt that the
Ohio republicans are entirely har
monious , and the enthusiasm of Uio con
vention indicated a strong feeling of con
fidence. The speech of ox-Governor
Foriikor , nominating Major McKinley ,
was of a character to silence all sus
picion regarding the fooling of Forakor
toward the other leaders in the
state , and it will have a goo d inlluonco
for he is still a power with a largo ele
ment of the republicans of Ohio. The
campaign will not bo fully on for some
weeks , but when it is open all along the
line It will be watched with greater in
terest than any other of the year. The
republicans have not failed in 80 years
to carry the state in the year preceding
the presidential election , and if the now
party movement does not prove a greater
source of weakness to them than is now
expected they probably will not fail this
year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE CONDI I IONS FAVOltAllLE.
The promise of a , bountiful harvest
continues good. That carries with it
assur-nco of general prosperity. When
the soil yields plenteously and the farmer
Is well repaid for his labor all industries
and all business thrive. Our agricul
tural resources are the foundation of
national prosperity , and whenever those
are abundant there will bo material pro-
gross. All the indications are that 1S91
will bo a year of exceptional produc
tiveness in the United States , and that
American farmers will possibly date
from this year a prolonged era of
greater prosperity than they have
over known. Reports from all
portions of the northwest are
of an oncojraging tenor. The sections
which last year wore rendered sterile
by drouth have now ample moisture ,
and * no apprehension is felt of a failure
of crops in thorn ; indeed , such acalamity
is regarded as now almost impossi
ble. In the middle west the conditions
are hardly loss favorable , all things con
sidered. There is complaint from portions
tions that too much rain has fallen for
the good of the corn-but this is by no
moans general and does not justify fear
that the crop will seriously sutler. Of
course It is by no moans secure against
injury , but the outlook is exceedingly fa
vorable , and there is reason to expoi.'L that
the corn crops of Nebraska and Iowa
will bo considerably in excess of an
average. That this faith exists among
those who have the best opportunity for
knowing the conditions and judiciously
estimating their value is shown in the
commercial Improvement in the interior.
Country merchants have been buying
more liberally and there is loss talk of
depression and hard times among thorn.
Meanwhile the reports from Kuropo
continue to state that the crop pros
pects there are most discouraging.
There is no longer a doubt that the Eu
ropean wheat crop will bo so far
bulow the average this year that
th demand for breadstutTs from
other parts of the world , and espe
cially from the United States ,
will bo unusually heavy , ICxportors are
making largo engagements for fall do-
llvory , and cargo space is being nego
tiated for mouths In advance of the ship
ments to bo made when the now crop
s'hall begin to move freely. It Is the
opinion of good authorities that this
country will send moro grain to Euro
pean markets this year than in any pre
vious year during the past decade , and
if this shall bo the case good prices will
bo assured. The welfare of Amer
ican farmers in the Immediate fu
ture , If the excellent promise of pres
ent conditions Is realized , Is in
their own keeping , The only danger -
gor that now threatens their inter-
oats Is the mischief which may result
from unwise political action that will
destroy financial confidence , and by
driving capital to a policy of self-defense
create n disastrous stringency in the
money market. The menace of such
action has already had an elTcct In this
direction , and unless the farmers repu
diate , as it is not doubted most of them
will , all such demagogue expedients as
the Bub-treasury scheme , they will cer
tainly have reason before this year
closes to deeply regret their mistake.
a n.ii N
While regretting that the grain men
of Omaha have not deemed it expedient
to form a grain and produce exchange
as an annex to the board of trade , Tun
HKK Is glad to welcome the now organ
ization to the field. Wo are convinced
from the character of the ineorporators
and the carnestnois they display that
they moan to devote themselves with
energy and intelligence to the purpose
of creating in Omaha a grain market
which shall eventually make this the
greatest grain centre west of Chicago.
It should and doubtless will carry with
it the produce business already impor
tant but capable of great development.
Tltoro is today as much hope for build
ing up from this small beginning n
grain and produce market in this city
as there was a few years ago of creating
a stock market when a few enterprising
gentlemen made the beginning at South
Omaha. Some croakers in those days
made light of the undertaking alleging
that Omaha was too near Chicago and
Kansas City to hope over to bo a rival of
those crreat cities. The years have vin
dicated the foresight of the South
Omaha stockyards company and the
years will provo that the gentlemen
composing tlio Omaha grain and pro
duce exchange have begun hero an
enterprise which will in the future beef
of inestimable value to the city. Every
thing must have a beginning and it is
always unwise to despise the day of
small things.
The now organization Includes among
its olllcors and stock holders several of
tlio leading grain men of interior cities.
These gentlemen see that Omaha occu
pies the strategic position and they desire -
sire to bo interested in the movement.
The exchange will therefore roach out
to the producing sections and draw
strength from the resources of tlio men
who are in the field and direct the local
business.
The organization of a corporation does
not make a market. Tlio grain must be
hero for sale before purchasers como to
buy. Warehouses , flouring mills , cereal
mills , starch factories , malt houses , and
similar institutions arc necessary to give
strength to the business of buying and
sollinjr the raw material. The exchange
will therefore find that it has a heavy
task before It. A few thousand dollars
will answer for a beginning , but the
creation of a market hero involves the
investment of millions , and the first
efforts of the organization should bo
directed toward intorestingmilling men ,
tnalsters and warehouse men in Omaha
and Nebraska. The people of Omnha
expect great things of the gentlemen
who by forming the independent Omaha
grain and produce exchange deliberately
assume the responsibility of embracing
the first great opportunity which has
presented itself for making Omaha a
rival of Minneapolis , Duluth and Chicago
as a grain and produce center. They
are entitled to the co-operation of all
other organizations and of all good citi
zens.
THK smallIIOHS of the average demo
cratic mugwump editor is never BO pain
fully apparent ns when ho attacks the
postmaster general. After wearing out
the patience of decent people with
measly slurs upon his religious work
and char-actor they attempted in vain to
harm his business reputation. The lat
est effort appears in the headlines of a
local nondescript shoot , in which the
attempt is made to create the impres
sion that Chief Postolllco Inspector
Rathbono will draw two salaries for
the month of July , ono in his
present oilico and the other as
fourth assistant postmaster general.
The chief inspector IH given the usual
'iO days leave. His now ollico is not
in existence until July 1. His
leave expires. July 111. Ho may take
the oath any time after July 1 , but If ho
uses his leave ho cannot draw pay in the
now position until after July HI. The
law is very explicit upon the subject , so
much so that a clerk or olllcial drawing
a small salary , assigned to special duty
which If po'rformed by another would
entitle him to a larger remuneration ,
cannot bo benefited. It is out of-the
question in the departmental service for
any person to draw two salaries , and the
regulation is enforced to the letter oven
when Its enforcement is inequitable.
Tun successor to J. 13. Furay as mem
ber of the board of public works ought
to bo a citizen and a taxpayer , n gentle
man above reproach and tv man whoso
business experience has boon in line
with the duties of ills position. Above
all he should not bo a political rousta
bout. Wo have ward politicians in all
branches of the public service. It is
time to give member Egbert , who in not
a partisan , but who is a competent and
honest officer , an associate who thinks
more of the city's Interests than his own ,
and cares less about the politics of
public affairs than the welfare of
the taxpayers who pay him a salary.
Wo want a business board , not a politi
cal machine. If Mr. Furay is to bo re
tired for political or any other reasons ,
let us have a man in his place who
knows moro about pavements than poll-
tics.
THK electric light company bids on
2,000 candle power are lights with a two-
year contract at $150 per annum per
light. This is $30 per light pel annum
moro than Lincoln pays for the same
service. It is still too high.
Tin : county commissioners will please
note the fact that the principal ollico of
the Thomson-Houston electric light
company Is In the Fourth ward , wUorcas
the porsonnbiproportv of the corporation
ih returned fyp"ljn the nssos.Mnont book ol
the assessor oftho First. That assessor
has impeacherl his own judgment ol
values in tnjx 'nowspaporH. ' Look to it ,
gentlemen , that a quasi-public corpora
tion Is treated1 , ( precisely as private In
corporated b'uiJnoss firms are treated In
other wards ; jf corporations are fish in
the Fifth they cannot bo fowl in the
First ward.K' \
THK principal trouble with the Omaha
board of trndnMs that It sloops too late
In the morning. Wido-awako business
men cannot hold I ho whole procession to
give It time to put on a uniform and
march from the roar to the front. The
board has itself to blame for being side
tracked by the grain exchange. THK
UKK gave It fair warning weeks ago of
what has just come to pass.
I.V another column will bo found a
loiter from Miss Sarah Wool Moore of
the art department In the State uni
versity addressed to Hon. Ooorgo W.
Llnlngcr , which is commended to the
perusal of the Omaha board of educa
tion. The suggestions made should re-
colvo consideration and have their bear
ing upon the selection of an Instructor
in drawing. Miss Moore is good author
ity upon tiio subject.
INASMUCH as the city physician is in
doubt as to the character and scope of
the services for which' ho Is paid W.OOO
per year , the request of the board of lire
and police commissioners that they bo
defined by ordinance is entirely In or
der. The council , which has lately
been devoting itself very assiduously
and very creditably to its business ,
should not allow the question to go
longer unswttled.
MA YOU CUSIUNO'S veto of the ordi
nance creating the ollico of sanitary
commissioner with a salary of $2,000 a
year , waa sustained. The reasons given
by the mayor for disapproving it wore
cogent and clear. Ho is not in favor of
creating a sinecure for a ward politi
cian. In this particular ho relleots the
sentiment of taxpayers correctly.
THK board of county commissioners
must comply with the law. There is no
authority of law for extensive public
work executed without n contract or for
grading roads with funds provided for
constructing bridges. The county com
missioners have no authority of law for
creating doliciejicies--
THK council'has ; authorized the ro-
pnvomcnt of .tlio Thirtieth and Spauld-
ingr street 'intersection ' with brick.
Brick will nqt l oat , though it may sink.
Tlio trip to DCS Moines has borne fruit
with a promplpess and dispatchwhich is ,
to a certain n'og'reo , encouraging.
THK republican part/has been right
on every great public question for the
last HO years -'and all mankind , in
cluding the democratic party , have de
clared it to have boon right. William
McKinley , jr.1 , ' 'the next governor of
Ohio. ; - 4
A COMJIITTKE has boon appointed to
confer with the board of health relative
to rules for the government of that
body. Let them speedily como to an
agreement. There has already boon
an unreasonable delay in this matter.
llx ; Sll mil Ion Sized Up.
I'lilliHleliihla Ttinea.
Accepting the political iiiinounccmcnts of
thoji.ist week or so at their face value , wo
llnd ourselves confronted by the following
facts :
Mr. Harrsoa ( Is the choice of the repub
lican loaders.
Air. Hussoll Harrison declares that the
presldont does not want a second term , and
that the attacks on Mr. Blmno wore uiado by
hi * wicked partner , Arlioll.
The presldont will talto a rononiltmtioti.
Mr. niatno will bo the next ropuollcan
presidential candidate.
Mr. Blaino'a health precludes his being
considered by his party.
Mr. Blaine has lost bis mind.
Mr. Harrison is the real author of Mr.
Blulno's foreign policy.
Mr. Claino is the schoolmaster of the
world.
Mr. Cleveland will bo the next , presidential
nominee of the democrats.
The democratic loaders are leaving Mr.
Cleveland and booming Senator Gorman.
The third party Is sure to brins republican
defeat.
Democratic disaster is sura to result from
the formation of a third party.
Evidently , whether or not tlioro isn fourth
dimension in uriccs , there is. In politics.
Clinrmjtur Trial.
Atm York Telegram.
Judge McAdam of the superior court yes
terday rendered a decision of unique quality
and of great Importance. It Is calculated to
protect honest newspapers in their criticism
of bad men and to deter social outlaws and
equally desperate and despicable court room
shysters from bringing libel suits in revenge
or on speculation , it Is so plain and unob
jectionable an application of these nrlnclplo.s
of essential justice which undcrlio all Jaw
that it is n marvel that this point in the
method of procedure was not established
long ago. - , ,
This decision osthbllslios the right of the
defendant in n lloisult | to malco before trial
a legal examination of the party bringing the
suit to llnd out ifba has n character susrcp-
tlblo of damage. Judge Mc-Adain maintains
that whllo blcmljrjvs in the character of tlio
plaintiff in n llboll ult , not known to the
defendant at thotjmo of the alleged llbol ,
may bo unuvalliiig.to roliova from the charge
of malice , wharO'inalico Is not proved , they
may bo adduced cither In jiiatilluatlon or mit
igation , so far as t o question of damage Is
concerned , In Ijl opinion ha says :
In duti'rwlnlnf. h'liothoruhaniuier has been
Injun'd the jury'iliHciitUlud to Know who thu
complainant is. Whom hu bidoiiKs and how
iiHicn and wliat.Kludof character ho lin i-ap i-
rjlii of Injury , Mtmt ) thuy may IntollUentlV
llv Its lu'L'immr.v > v luo mid thn oxtontot thu
Injury. This is good common suntn as well as
law. When a purson wants an Injury rupiilrod
Ills M.viiy.s competent to uscurtuln thu rea-
Honablo value.
As Judge McAdnm oHowhcro in this opin
ion observes , Juries are always accustomed to
consider ovidouco rolatiug to the previous
character of the party bringing a libel t > ult.
Tlio innovation in this decision in the
suit of Vincent A. Wicher airalnst the
Tribune association consists in allowing a
legal determination on the question of char
acter In advance of the prosecution of the
claim for damages. As the effect of this de
cision must bo to do away with a largo
amount of malicious and mercenary litiga
tion at thu public expense , as well as to encourage -
courage honest criticism from public motives
of bad men , it must meet the approval of
good citizens.
In the words of Judge McAdam , "ills
good coin mou scnsu as well as law. "
WANTS TO BE INVESTIGATED ,
Dr. Test Willing to Have the Hastings Asy
lum Books Examined.
ATTEMPTS TO JUSTIFY LIVERINGHOUSE ,
ills HXCMHO for Duplicating Hills A
MuuthiK of the State Ilmrd
Called Kml of a Itrcaoli
of Promise Case.
Ltxcor.N , Nob. , Juno 17. I Special to TIIK
IlEG.l Dr. Test , suporlutciidentof tlio flatt
ings asylum , WAS In the city this afternoon
and called on Attorney Uoncml Hastings and
Secretary of Htato Allan. Ho told thoio two
gentlemen that tie would IlUn to navu tuoui
examine the books ol the Institution.
To a HIII : reporter ho admitted that f.lvor-
Inghouso had duplicated bills , tint the doctor
excused it on the grounds that ho did so
simply to cot money out of the state to use In
the future for the Institution , for fear the
appropriations would not bo sufficient. Dr.
Test seemed to feel contldont from his talk
that Llvorliighouso's actions were all right.
Secretary of State Allan says that L-uiil
Commissioner Humpnroy has been tola-
graphed for and .1 mooting of thu board of
public lands and buildings will bo held to
morrow afternoon , if ho arrives , ulid thu Hust
ings .scandal considered.
In this morning's HKIJ part of the talk at
tributed to Cioneral Hastings did not belong
to him , but is nevertheless true.
iiisnisi'itr : : TO TUB IIKAII.
Considerable of a sensation was occasioned
nt the mooting of the council last evening by
three of thu memUors , namely , Chapman ,
Hums and Wlttman , refusing to vote for the
resolutions of respect and condolence to the
family of the late Hon. .1. D. Archibald , a
member of the council. Chapman was par
ticularly bitter against the resolutions.
Later Burns and \Vittinan gave In , butCliap-
man refused to do so. It appears Hint Cnap-
man had been preparing certain churgos to
brine against Archibald had ho lived.
Today the members of the Lancaster
county bar passed resolutions of res poet on
the late Jabiv I ) . Archibald. Among some
of the eoniptimi'nts paid to the dead were
the following ; "If'somo portions of his 11 t'o
were glvoi. to political consideration and
duties , ho did iiot on that account relax his
vigilance in nls professional .studios or be
come indifferent to a still higher success nt
the bar. On the contrary , ho had the am
bition to acquire nil the knowledge and all
the social intluom-c-which might bo useful in
his practice , and ho had the persevering
lirimicss to overcome every intervening ou-
stacla. The temper ot his mind was ncuto
and discriminating , inclining to logical de
ductions in ttlsqulsitton , and never misled by
the subtleties of his profession , but in all his
efforts was earnest , candid and laborious in
the causes and Interests Intrusted to him. "
Ill MA IIAIIIt'S VICTOItY.
Despite the applications of the counsel of
Miss Ilnttio Nuns for an extension of time to
permit her to comply with an order of the
court heretofore issued requiring her to ap
pear in Lincoln and submit to an examination
bv physicians to determine the exact s'ate of
her healtti , the great S-'O.OOO damage suit
against \VIlliam Uarr for broach of promise
and criminal intimacy has been dismissed by
TUdgo Tibbots because of her failure so to ap
pear. Hilly got so hilarious over his victory
that ho wont out and tilled up on a bottle ot
pop.
IIKHI ) ON' TIIIAT.
The trial of Harry liecd , who stands
charged with having robbed his employer
and roommate , a butcher , of $75 , was called
last evening before Judge Tibbots. Uooso &
Gilkoson appeared in his behalf end objected
to proceeding to trial at this term of court ,
ns by the terms of the recognizance ho is
held for triul nt the next term of court and
cannot , therefore , bo held for trial at this
present term. The court overruled tlio ob
jection and u compulsory process was issued
to bring into court a number of witnesses in
his behalf , among them being members of
the Ueod family. The case was being heard
today.
OllDS AND ENDS.
The regents of the state university have
decided to establish two new chairs'In the
university , ono for instruction in the Roman
languages and the other for Instruction in the
CJoncanic tongues.
In tlio case of Lydia V. ICay against Abel
II. Kay for divorce , Judge Hall has handed
down a decree llnding that defendant had
failed to support the plaintiff and her family ,
although of snlllclont ability so to do. The
mnrringo relation between them was therefore -
fore wholly sot asldo and the parties released
from the same.
TAMCING
Fifth Warders Hufoi'o the County
CoinmissimiriM Again.
The delegation from the Fifth ward was
before tlio county commissioners yesterday
afternoon , and through their chairman , Krod
Schnako , protested against the property of
tlio Fifth being assessed In the other wards
of the city.
The protests were listened to , and Chair
man O'lCcoffo promised to take the matter
under consideration before adjourn men I as a
board of equalization.
Mr. Scbnako reviewed the revenue laws
and then commented upon the tnannor of
electing assessors. According to his ideas ,
assessors should bo elected for a term of not
loss than three years. They should receive
llxed salaries , like other city or county
officers. The city and county should share
the expense. After this ho opened out on his
and said "Tho waterworks
subject : com
pany removed its plant out of
the city limits in order to
avoid the pavment of municipal taxes. It Is
so with other corporations , and when it
comes to ovadln ; taxation , the corporations
escnno and the men most in need ot protec
tion have to pay the burden of the tax. "
To provo tills ho cited the o.iso of the elec
tric light company mid added that it does
not pay Us proportion of trto tax , nor does
tlio waterworks company , the gas company
nor the street railway.
U'nnts Ills Mother.
Charles ( Jonscheor is a twolvo-ycar-old boy
who Is trying to iind his mother. Ho has
been living at St. Joseph with his father , who
loft his mother six years ago. The mother is
Ktipposed to boa cook at some hotel in Omnha ,
and the boy who claims to have boon abused
by his father loft homo to como to hor. Hur
address Is unknown and the boy Is at police
headquarters.
1'rolMibly In Brazil.
Pnil.AiiKM'iiiA , Juno 17. It is thought that
Marsh , the fugitive prosidcntof thoICnystono
bank , is in Hra/ll , for which country hols
believed to have sniloil May JOLh , the cl.iy
following Ma disappearance from this city.
It Is holiovud thu * 'i-'U Ins wife furni.shod him
and a small sum loaned him by a friendlv
direUor of the Keystone bank was about all
the monuy Marsh loolt with him.
National Union Si-nali1.
Mii.WAi'iir.i ' : , Wts. , Juno 17.The tenth
nnnual session of the senate , tlio supreme
body of the National Union of the United
States , convened hero yesterday and will ro-
inaln In session until Friday. Too day was
taken up in preliminary work of the reading
3f annual reports. The reports show the
present membership to bu 'M , l'J"i and -1'J.i '
wunclls.
Suojil Iy Klro.
Ni'.w YOIIK , Juno 17. The well-known
mmmor resort , Seabrlght , N. J. , was vlslleu
by a disastrous tire last night , which reduced
uJ ushos the larger portion of the town. As
far us can bo estimated , about four hundred
buildings burned. Suvurnl hundred families
were romlured homeless and the total loss
will roach half a million.
TIlOIIH.-llKlH of'l'OXIIH l' ' ! l'll < * r-i.
ItAi'in CITV , S. 1) . Juno 17 [ Special to
Tin : HJB. : ] Train load after train load of
young Texas cattle are being brought luio
ilus region to graze. The cattle are received
it Douglas , \Vvo. , and unloaded nt Hello
fourcho , thu Klkhorn terminus. It is sai
that 0,000 head will bo brought in.
Simply out id1 Slgln.
Kenrntu Ilitli.
Nebraska stands "way up" lu the crop bul
letins.
A X A A CIKXT A t. H'.S IM I'Klt.
The flaltimoro American celebrated Its
USth anniversary on the l" > th Inst. with n
niaminotli trade edition , forming a panorama
of Baltimore's growth and the corrtupnmllnK
prosperity of the American. Like all Rro.it
lournnU , the American has had Its share ol
trials and vicissitudes , but it has woalhorod
the storms of moro than a century , and la
now anchored In a haven of security.
The records of the Amorlcau reflect the
nation's history. The present postal system
germinated In tnc mind of Its llr.st editor. In
1U paircs the Declaration of Independence
was otllchilly pnntud. The Imnuirtnl song of
I'Yinel.t Scott Key , "Tho Star Spangled
Hanner , " was llhst putjllshod In Its pages ,
and In its management a woman scored a
distinct success In Journalism. In all Im
portant events In statoaiul national life , the
American took an active part , and thu splen
did publlcschool system of thn state Is largely
duo to Its persistent advocacy. In war tlnun
It was conspicuous und almost nlono In that
hot-bod of uci sloti In supporting the union
cause , and in raising money for thu relief of
union men In confederate prisons.
A siiRgi'stlon of the growth of the
American can bo found In tl.o
record of tlio Sunday isstui. Ton years ago
this Issue had scarcely a dozen columns of
advertising. On January 1 , ItvSi ! , when the
now press was put in there were twenty-one
columns. Within two years this has'boon
Increased to forty odd columns. Last fo-
comber it exceeded all previous records by
reaching morn than seventy columns , with a
regular winter putrqmigu of upward of sixty
columns , und this 'spring , when tl.ero has
been no .special boom In trailo , the adverliso-
nient.s have ranged from llfty to seventy
columns each Sunday.
Under the management of ( Jonm-al Francis
Agnus , the American has become n powerful
republican Journal. Conservative in tola1 ,
forceful and aggressive In handling public
questions , It has earned lu present Influential
position and prosperity , and deserves the con
gratulations showured upon it on its
llSth anniversary.
The numerous lofty buildings projected In
Chicago are evidently IntiMidod to raise the
residents to a common altitude with thu mer
cury , .lust now it is out of sight.
Mr. SoaMquo ( loaning over thn bulwark )
\Velman , go to the steward and gut me some
thing ( w-n-h ) to keep my kidneys down.
Wolnmn No use , So.isiquo ; you wunt the
earth.
Washington Post : "Don't you think , " said
a young man , "that Miss Passcitrh's com
plexion shows signs of cr artistic treat
ment , you know ! "
"Yos ; she has to make up , you know , for
lost time. "
Boston Transcript : Mrs. Drown I de
clare ! Just hear that canary sing I It's ' al
ways so ; every time anybody begins to play
on the piano that bird begins to chatter. Mrs.
White Yosj ono would almost think the
bird to bo human.
Detroit Free Press : At the literary club
the other evening Mr. Hohson , the famous
author , was asked if hu employed an amanu
ensis.
"Not now , " said ho. "My wife -.ised to do
my writing for me , but she went to a wo
man's rights meeting last winter and that
ended it. "
"How's ' that ! "
"Why , she said no woman of spirit would
allow u husband to dictate to hor. "
SOME n.u.r TUUTIIS.
Alltiiitn ronx/iluli'im. /
A man may be a statesman
'
With a g'reat , high-sounding namo.
Hut ho must have rocks , or abandon soclra ,
If hu would climb to fame.
The poet writes a deathless lay
For a dollar and forty cents ;
Hut thn baseball .slugger gets a V
When thu ball goes over the fonco.
A good man pnvichas tbo word of lifa
Hut wo call him dull and dry ,
And few thuro bo that hoar him ,
Or heed his warning cry.
But a faith-euro doctor comes along ,
And handles the blblu rough ;
And you hear a shout from the listening
throng :
"God bless UH ! tliat's the stuff I"
Smith , Gray & Co.'s Monthly : Landlady
-Mrs. Languid will not como down to hnr
meals any longer on account of her dyspep
sia. She has such n. disagreeable feeling of
fullness after eating , poor dc.ir.
Professor OldhoardorPray , give her my
congratulations , Mrs. Livermore , and assure
hur that I hope I may acquire a similar feel-
lug.
Harvard Lampoon : Pugilist I want vou
to design uio a crest with an appropriate
motto.
Designer Hero's Just what you want ; two
dukes rampant and the motto , "Blood Will
Toll. "
A XncKSSUtY KVII , .
tii-niif.r Klin.
Oh , for a dungeon in Cuba ,
Or a rosnito on some lonely pass ,
A few minutes somowhcro anvwIioM
Away from that "Keep Off thu Grass. "
Washington Post : "What is that I"
asked Charley's roommate as ho noticed a
loiter that his friend was looking at.
"That , " said Charley , whoso oyoi were
resting on tlio melancholy promise to bo a
sister to him , "is a rejected manuscript. "
A visit STOIIV.
Detroit l-'icc 1'itxs.
Ahito ! ubitol
The line grows tight ;
I feul a sudden tli rnl ol bliss ;
A mighty swish
Proclaims a Ilhh
At least a.s long as this :
Alas I alas I
It , comes to pass
( As oft it has with you , 1 wish ) .
I pull him out
IIu is a trout ;
As long , perhaps , as this :
Should Conn * to Omaha.
//iJi/dii/t / / llejinliliiii-i.
The next national republican convention
should bu field in the wusl. And Omahu Is
the most duslrablo place for the siuno to bo
hold.
mil /fmr.'ifHs < n J"trnit Kr /VMS. . '
Ho mot her at thn seaside , In tliu diz y social
whirl ,
A symphony of pink and white , a lovely sum
mer girl.
The bursting pasiion in hi.s breast was such
that It alarmed him , '
So truly and completely had the lovely vision
clmYme.il him.
Ho told his love and la his jtrong athlotio
arms encased hur ,
Until her cracking bonoi proclaimed how
tightly ho embraced hor.
She did not faint nor did she foci the slight
est touch of dizziness ,
For charming curtain creatures wus the
charming creature's business.
And oft in such encounter.- ! she Ins boon an
casv victor ,
Per she traveled with n circus and charmed
thu imrx-constrlctor.
SLAVES IN A FREE COUNTRY ,
Seven Hundred Italiiuis i i Almost Absolute
Eoiulngo in ( Jomicoticur ,
ROBBED BY UNPRINCIPLED CONTRACTORS'
Their Mnnnjr Taken from Thorn by
Trlrlu'i-y and Tliclr IilvrM Made
MI.Hii-nl > lo by liiHiilllclcnt
Food and .Shelter.
Fuiirtnt.n , CONN . , Juno 17. In tlio valley
back of the Falrlleld quarry thorn is a colony
of 700 Italians whoso HVIM are almost as bad
as though they were confined In the mines of
olborla , The man worn brought hero to
work on tin ) railroad by contractors who
have taken the contracts for tlio now road-
bod. They are In charge of Foreman Leonard
Sclnto , who carries a big i-ovolver mid an
ugly knife. Hu tells tlio mnn ho Is king and
will Imprison thorn forever If ho chooses Ho
hlivs thorn in Now York ns .sor.n as they
arrive , and knowing nothing of tlio . ufmi
of the country , they nxullly bolii'vo lum.
They tire paid 31.il.- > par day noinlnul'.v , hi.t
by a system of extortion they claim tliat
every dollar is taken from them.
It was formerly the custom to tal.o u | s , ' > -
sci'iptlons from them on various i n-toxis ,
each bolng oxpoctcd to contribute } \ . If ouo
refused Lo was discharged in a Htranpo
country and without money. Ttio < u w1 o
protested were also discharged. Swtimi
Boss Lcary usually managed the subscrip
tions. Ho delegated a man among card gmiir
to collect $1 from each man on ono pretext < r
iinnther , nomt'liinos to present an olllcialnii
a gold watch and chain , llion to present Mm
same man with a bicycle , then a diataxiul
ring for some other olllcial , and so on.
Onu day ono of the bosses wunt to tbo men
and said that ho had lust his pockotb ink c > m
taintngfV ) . Ho requested that tht-y roiitno-
nto thu usual dollar as a mark of theiri-stiM-m.
The liat was passed nround and # -'f > i ) was
raised. All had to v-oulribute. U'lion Snp-
orinteuduutTurner died it Was roporti-d to
the poor follows that the railroad ivquirnd
them to raisu a bit ? sum to buy tlownrs. Thi-v
contributed WOil. The mt'ii stop in a low shi'd
about three hundred foot long built like a
hencoop , the only means of ventilation boini ;
n small window at ono end. The air is sti.i
Ing and the thormomutor at lee degrees.
Whun Scinto assumed control ho o tui-
ltshedastoioliou.su on the grounds and Mm
inuu were ordered to buy everything of him.
Since then the .suoscrintiuns have not bit > n
taken up. As sonn as any man learned ' )
talk English ho w.is discharged , for Sm'o
had no usu for any man who undoi-stnud IMS
rights. His prices were double the usual
cost of nil the articles ho sold. For tlio nitrht
usu of the shanty , which wascompui- , Hu
charged them fl.'U per month. Wln-ii UIJL
moil are biclt they aru not allowed to have a
doctor but must buy medicine which Sclnto
Hoops in stock and take it until they an * near
ly at death's door , when they are sent tj the
hospitals In New Vdrk.
Accompanied by mi officer and an Inlerpro-
tor a reporter interviewed the men Ki'in'o ,
followed by twenty ugly looking follows , ap
peared. Scinto grabbed the interpreter ami
began to shako him. The olllcer In the party
displayed his badge and said :
"Let that man alone : hu is in a free coun
try now. "
Shinto at once called his men away. Dr.
Dickinson said today :
"iJuring the past six months a do/.on It . 1
ians have I'omo hero lor trw.t mnt apii xa
that if Scinto learned of it they would bo dis
'
charged. Ono man , who ow'ed mo fJ , sent
that by n friend , ns ho dated not como to mo
again. The interpreter said that thm-o were
four others at the shanty who needed treat
ment but iluro not como. "
tu.oirx nv
The ill-cat HIiiHt a Partial Kallm-o , hut
It Was Siillicient.
New \'OHK , Juno 17. On a high cliff south
of Bethlehem , N. ' V. , thuro nssombled a lat'KO
crowd of uoplo , numbering over llvo thou
sand persons. They expected to witness the
greatest dynamite blast on record. It was
supposed to rend In frattmenti itio big llmo-
stone quarry of Peter Culhitmii of Albany , by
the usu of 5,000 pounds of the explosive.
Governor Hill , Mayor Manning of Albany ,
and the members of the common council of
that city , with other well known person. !
were present.
Hut the gigantic blast promised did not
ti'ko placo. The 1H7 big dynamite cartridges
which had been placed thirty fcot iloeu in the
Iimostono quarry , twenty fcot apart , wcroj
connected by four isulatod wires with *
switchboard. When the signal wiwwfrmm |
*
Miss Helen Callalian , daughter of thu , owner
of the quarry , pressed the button but \
no explosion followed. Exports said
the wlro had been cut , probably a discharged
employe , but an investigation failed to estab
lish this aim it was thought that tlio wires
were duleclivo.
Mr. Callalian and nn electrician w-nt to
the quarry and attached fuses to the car
tridges. Hy this means they were again
ignited mid three explosions followed , qach
ol which was heard for miles , but ! the off cot
was of course by no moans as startling or us
impressive as it would In.vo been had the
blunts all been fired at onco. T ID work was
done , however , and the big ledge was rent
and splintered.
It was oi'imated that tiO.OOO funs of rm-lc
were displaced. Immon-o boulders w > r <
hurled into the r , r , only to fall bacK ai < i ' o
broken into fragments on the rocks be ! > \ \
A reporter visited the scene after HID last i .
plosion. The explosions had mailo imiiu'ii > o
lissuros in the rocks , while scattered all < > vor
the ground were pieces of llmiMtono whii'li
wo.ru as finely hewed out as though they hail
boon passed through powerful crushing ma
chines. Thu ruuort of the explosion was
deafening. Thu earth was shaken for many
miles and many men said afterwards that tlio
detonations produced headaches.
An export in blasting , whllo spoaKiuir ! > a
reporter , said : " 1 think IL is a providential
thing that all the dyiiamlto was not cxpi l > d
at once , for if it had been all the wind' ' * vs
for miles about would have boon , sliatt' r-'d
and some pcolo | ) perhaps killed. I HUMI' ' ' " '
men who remained within a quartn of a
mlle of these blasts wt.'ra tumiitlnj ? fate "
Coinptrollnr Unlgan l > iiiloil ! II.
SK/'IIVMK.NTO , Cal. , .lunu 17. It is li til' ' !
at thu comptroller's ' ollico that Comptruli" * '
Colgnn has said hu would refuse to sign iho
warrant for 100,000 appropriated f < ' ! > * < >
world's fair. Furthnrmorn , ho hml im' ' ' " i
.sidorud the mutter at all. As thu iipurn [ m
tlon does nut becomu availnblo until uf < e
July 1 , Comptroller Colgan , It issnel . 1
pass on thn matter when It como ; ; buforo n , n
and not buforo.
Will Ilo u I'rolliiihln Trip.
HVufirii H'ure ,
The trip of Hon. ! ' . , Uosowater of TUB
IIii : : will result In great good for thu udvan -
incut of postal telegraphy In this I-.HIM' '
Mr. Koiowator will nr.iko a thorough ( tudj
it the system in vogue lu the old world.
Premium on I'oi-jiny.
Nebraska Is not nearly so poor as her as
sessment makes hur appear. The pr- - . . nt
ivstum of taxation Is a fraud , and i > ui. : t
premium on dishonesty and perjury.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't ' Report