THE OMAHA DAILY BJJ3E : THCKSDAY , JULY 0 , 1891.
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Sunday Ilro. Onn Vp r 200
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EMCCTUOCUTION mny bo ptiinlosa but
suicides continue to pritronixo the old
favorite routoH.
OMAHA batlly ncods Ilolona in her
business nnd Mnnttitm needs Nebraska.
"Wo must } jot toffothor somehow.
LIVKIMXGIIOUSH and Test buvo nd-
inittod onotiirh under oath to consign
thorn linmodintoly to the shades of pri
vate life.
IK who testilicd misconduct
- TIIK hidy to the
conduct of tlio steward and superinten
dent at Hastings was really such a bad
woman before nho mot those two persona
why was she given a place in the asy
lum ?
A LONDON paper suggests that mur
derers in this country who are to bo
killed by electricity bo chloroformed
before the current is turned on. The
suggestion is not a bad one especially
coming from n country which performs
its legal killing upon a acafiold with u
rope. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SKCUKTAUY OF STATE ALT.KN was
almost cruel in his examination of Llv-
oringhotiso. How could the thrifty ox-
grocer and ox-buttor maker of Grand
Inland bo expected to explain why ho
bought n largo quantity of tobacco at 40
cents per pound on the last day of the
quarter when ho know ho could buy the
same article the next day under a now
contract for 20 cent * per pound ?
TIIK Burlington.railroad is now within
200 miles of the Northern Pacific. In
other words an extension of 200 miles
will tap the cattle trade of the atato of
Montanju Omaha packers are getting
In need of cattle. They have facilities
for killing from 150,000 to 200,000 raoro
cattle than can bo obtained from the
present tributary territory. Montana
would furnish those cattle and a half
million head more to this market if we
had the proper railroad connection.
FAimiintY , the prosperous a nil outer-
prising county seat of Jollorson county ,
is rejoicing over the prospaot of an olo-
gnntnow stone court house to cost some
thing-near-0,00il. ' ! .TotToraon is ono of
the most fertile counties in the state
and Pairbury the brightest jewel on the
St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad line
between Hustings uiul St. Joseph. Both
the city and county are to bo congratu
lated upon the now court house which is
a permanent monument of the prosperity
and public spirit of as thrifty mid intel
ligent n community as can bo found In
Nebraska.
TIIK Htoamor Itobori and Minnlo took
n. cargo of arms and munitions of war to
the island of San Clomonto and there
delivered thorn to the Itata , a Chilian
insurgent vessel. The Robert and Mtn-
nlo was libeled in the United States
court. Judge lloss has dismissed the
suit and sot the vessel f roe. This loaves
the government practically without a
ground of action hgatnst the Itata except
on the charge of violating the harbor
regulations by leaving without formal
permission. The expenditure of $100-
000 , the exciting chase , the capture of
the Itata and all this grand stand per
formance is likely to bo useless if not
positively ridiculous. As hr.t boon before
fore remarked , the Itata Is a Tartar , and
the navy and state departments would
give the value of the vessel for some re
spectable way to lot tier go without further -
thor ceremony.
Joim A. MoSiiAXB denies the
paternity of the Fuller boom. The
ox-congressman Is too busy making
money to fool around political buzz
saws or providential boomerangs. Mr.
McShano was in national politics only
two yoara but ho learned a good deal In
that short period at some tlniuichil out
lay , lie lias boon getting oven with
his pocket book for about two years in a
manner which his friends pronounce
satisfactory. It is safe therefore to
inntco wagers that Chicago interviews
with him originate In some other fertile
brain than his own unlosu they refer to
some nort of commercial transaction
not oven remotely connected with
politics. Mr. McShano was the pro
prietor of a newspaper himself once and
lib knows pretty well when not to bo
interviewed.
A JL'ST AttttAlOXMBNT.
Tlio republican party of Iowa has do-
itouncod the democracy of that state as
Inslncoro In Its dealings with the saloon
issue nnd charged it with n deliberate
purpose to mislead and deceive In other
rospoctfl. The arralngmont is just. The
plank of tJio Iowa democratic platform
relating to the liquor question pretended -
tended to bo a reiteration of the party's
declaration two years ago , but it was vi
tally different from the preceding utter
ance in omitting the local option clause.
That this important feature ) was
deliberately loft iMt cannot reason
ably bo doubted in view of
the fact that the resolutions as printed
wore taken from the original copy of
the platform and a careful comparison
made before they were sent out to the
press , .which everywhere printed the
liquor resolution with the local option
clause omitted. Some of the loader.- * evi
dently became alarmed at the omission ,
which committed the party in favor of
permitting the trallic in liquors every
where , regardless of the wish of commu
nities that might bo largely opponod to
it , and a few days after the convention
tlio omission was supplied in the demo
cratic nowapapors. Ily what authority
the deliberate work of the committee
on ro.Milutions , approved by the
convention , was thus changed , does not
appear , but at any riito the real purpose
of the party is to bo fairly judged by the
plnnk as It originally appeared and this
justilled the republican denunciation.
The charge against the democracy of
Iowa of a purpose to deceive and mislead
in other respects is warranted by the
general record of the party and the son-
UinentH well understood to eVerywhere
dominate it. The professed friendship
for the soldiers and sailors of the union
IB wholly inconsistent with the arraign
ment of the icpublican party for in
creased appropriations largely made
up of pensions. A democratic presi
dent defeated every pension measure
which ho could iind the slightest excuse
for vetoing , and the democracy of Iowa
fully approved his action. It has not
since learned to think bettor of the
claims of ho union soldiers and sailors
to the bounty of the government. The
pretense of the democrats that they
favor the control and regulation of rail
roads as now provided for by laws passed
by republican legislatures will have lit
tle weight in view of the fact that the
corporations have had no inoro careful
friend thjvn the democratic candidate
for governor. Of equally questionable
sincerity is the professed concern of
the democracy of Iowa for ballot re
form , unless it bo granted that the parly
in that state is controlled by very dif
ferent views on this subject from those
which prevail with the party generally ,
and particularly with its southern and
dominant wing. Referring to the in
sertion of local option in the liquor plank
of the platform several days after the
convention , the Philadelphia Press
pointedly says : "Tho Iowa democratic
platform is a stuffed platform , as de
liberately stuffed as a South Carolina
ballot box. It is a forged platform , and
as deliberately forged as the tally sheets
in the election of 1885 in Cincinnati
were forged by the democratic election
olllcers. It is , in short , a typical piece
of democratic handiwork. " The intel
ligent voters of Iowa will not fail to
rightly interpret tlio insincere profes
sions and false pretences of the domoc-
racv of that stato.
souniKitir
The democratic party still mainly
depends upon 4ts southern loaders for
instruction. Their views dominate its
councils and by their direction its course
is guided. The reason is of course clear
and so long as the south remains solid
for democracy the loaders of the party
in that section will continuo in control
of it.
it.At
At the Tammany Fourth of July cele
bration the principal instructors in dem
ocratic principles wore Senator Colqultt
of Georgia , Congressman Crisp of the
same state and Congressman Mc-
Millin of Tennessee. All of these men
have a record for devotion to the in
terests of the south , political and eco
nomic , which no southern democrat will
find the least fault with. They are
essentially sootional politicians , who
'would not bo considered anything dilTor-
ont , because to do so would imperil their
political future. Senator Colqultt told
liis Tammany audiencu that the country
is "traveling in a career of bankruptcy"
and that the nation "is engulfed in the
jaws of boggo'ry and ruin. " Mr. Crisp
declared that "agriculture- chief in
dustry , lanqulshos , and our commerce is
destroyed. ' ' Mr. McMillin talked in
somewhat the same vein. And
when , they had finished talking
they sat down to a sumptu
ous banquet anil later went out into the
commercial metropolis of the nation
seeing on every hand the evidence that
gave the llo to tholr utterances.
Every fairly intelligent man knows
that the national treasury is not bank
rupt and that the country is not in the
jaws of beggary and ruin. The surplus
which democratic politicians inveighed
against for years as an awful menace
to the country is not so largo as at the
close of the Cleveland administration ,
but it is sulllclont for the immediate ro-
qulromonts of the government and there
Is not the slightest reason to fear that
ho trciibury will fail during the present
administration to moot every obligation.
Unquestionably the nation has been
more prosperous , but it is very far from
beggary or ruin , and business is steadily
Improving. As to agriculture it has ex
perienced a year of depression , though
the cotton crop of the south last year
was the largest of record. Kvory sensi
ble man knows that drouth and other
conditions over which human power
had no control , were chlolly rcsponolblo
for agricultural depression , but the crops
of the present your , with a certainty of
n more than usually large European de
mand , will put the Amorlcan farmer
( Irmly on his foot again , with
every probability of bringing in an era
of agricultural prosperity surpassing
any the country has ever known.
What do fair-minded weutorn demo
crats think of the reckless assertions ol
those southern democratic lenders ? Are
Hiieh men entitled to bo regarded as any
thing bettor than arrant demagogues ,
whoso counsel it is dangerous to listen
to ? They found favor at the hands of u
Tammany audience , but wo opine they
would got little consideration far tholr
opinions from the better cl ss of western
democrats.
COHNKH1NO'HBAT. \ \ .
A dispatch from Chicago Is going the
rounds of the press pretending to give
somewhat in detail a grand scheme for
a farmers' wheat cornor. It la barely
possible the loaders of the farmers' al
liance are attempting by co-operation
and secret manipulations to affect the
market prlco of the great \vhovt : urop
soon to bo garnered. It Is highly prob
able , however , that instead of the farm
ers' alliance doing this the shrewd Chicago
cage operators are attempting to bull
the wheat market for their own benefit.
Prieo.i will bo higher than for years
without doubt. Tho. American surplus
will bo needed abroad. The short crop
of last year in this country nnu the short
crop of this year in Europe have so ma
terially reduced the supply in
all the markets of the world
that good remunerative returns
are assured our farmers. THE
IJKU has steadfastly urged Nebraska
farmers to hold back their surplus for
the later markets and is still of the
opinion that such a course will bo im
mensely prollt.iblo. It has no faith ,
however , in any combination or farm
ers' trust for forcing high prices. The
scheme looks entirely too much like an
attempt of the operators In Chicago to
influence the market Immediately.
The warehouse law In Nebraska af
fords farmers the opportunity of which
they have long stood In need. If advan
tage bo taken of itsbonoficont provisions
this year the immcdiato necessities of
grain growers may bo relieved by bor
rowing upon a portion of the crop , stor
ing it for that purpose and holding it
and the remaining surplus for the bet
tor prices of the winter. Instead of at
tempting a corner of the market
the alliance can do its members
and tills agricultural stale n vastly
inoro important service by erecting
at once Iho warehouses necessary to
store the surplus. Under the now law
every elevator and warehouse where
grain or produce is stored for a com
pensation becomes a public warehouse.
The owners of private elevators are , by
the conditions , almost compelled to use
tholr storage buildings as public ware
houses , or to construct others for that
purpose. The ell'oot of thn law , there
fore , is practically to make all elevators
public property to the extent that they
must receive the grain of Iho farmer
without discrimination and sloro it upon
tlio conditions laid down in the now law.
Those who attempt to maintain private
elevators without provision for the pub
lic in some particular are likely to feel
the effects of the competition of the
dealers with public elevators very
keenly. The provident farmers will soil
outright to the men who have extra
storngo for such grain , as they desire to
hold for subsequent markets. The great
question now with the Nebraska farmer
is not so much what can ho get for his
wheat when ho thrashes it , but whore
can it bo stored after , it is thrashed ?
Wo have not granaries or elevators
enough to hold the surplus.
TIIK last Texas legislature passed a
stringent alien land law and now there
is an urgent dotnand from the farmers of
the state for its repeal. Their land
mortgage indebtedness to foreigners
amounts to some 845,000,000 , and as the
law prohibits aliens from holding title
to Texas land the consequence is
that the foreigners are threatening to
. call in their loans. This has caused a
very uneasy fooling among the bor
rowers and the governor is being urged
to call an extra session of
the legislature for the purpose
of repealing the law. There are
objections to the ownership of land by
aliens , but people who must borrow
money cannot expect to have all the
advantages on their side. The ex
perience of Texas in this matter ,
though it is not exceptional , may bo
useful as a lesson to other communities
in which there is an exaggerated pre
judice against foreigners owning land.
Wil.ni.VJt FoiiSYTHK , over whoso ap
pointment as ohiet of the horticultural
department of the world's fair there has
been a iloreo controversy , has mot his
enemies with documentary evidence of
the falsity of the charges made against
him and will probably bo confirmed ,
The country is very weary of this un-
s-jomly wrangle for which California is
responsible. It would bo a just punish
ment upon that state to throw all her
candidates overboard and select ono from
a state which has fewer factions. Colonel
Harrison Gray OU.4 of the Los Angeles
Times appears to bo conducting the
fight against Forsytho. This accounts ,
in part at least , for its extremely per
sonal and malignant character.
LKSS than six years ago when the
gasoline lamp contract was awarded ono
company bid 32:2 : per lamp per year and
the other $19. Tlio former company
pursued the tactics now employed by
the higher bjildor and delayed action
for weeks to bo defeated in the end.
The winning company in that contest
now supplies the light though the con
tract expired by limitation weeks ago.
It receives a little more than' $ ' . ) SO per
month under the old contract. This
may explain why it is engaged in dila
tory parliamentary sparring. It has
everything to gain and nothing to lose
by protracting the discussion and delay
provided , of course , the council will
keep its lights burning.
IT is perhaps a more coincidence , but
the councilman who daroj not bravo the
exposure of his recent olcctric tight experiences -
perioncos , is now on the ujdo of the
highest bidder for gasoline lamps. This
councilman seldom drops his broad
buttorcd side down.
WILL reputable mombarsof the school
board permit a gang of saloon loafers to
control the election of superlntondnnt of
schools or prevent tlio election of a irood
man ? What docs a bummer know about
the requisite qualifications of u school
superintendent ?
EVEUY taxpayer in Omaha must endorse -
dorso Mr. ChnfToo's proposition thnt If
one company offers a good gasoline
lamp at $15,00 per year and furnishes a
good bond UifTrivcnn bo no good ronson
forivwnrillng the contract to nnotnor
company bid M for tlio sntno sorvlco
nt $10.00 puiv'tlnmp. Tlio mombora of
tlio council rftho rottlso to siwo the
people 32.-IO pjjjf.'lnmi ) ewe It to tholr
constlttioticio.4 to explain tholr votes.
the cranky Individual
who throw a qhjjlr against and ruined an
$18,000 painting bocatibo It shocked his
supor-soiii'ilive/modesty , goes scot free
for want of the presence of the prosecut
ing witness. 'It * would now bo well to
Inka thoyoung'lhan ' nt hh word and In-
cnrcorntu him In an Insane asylum. Ho
certainly has not sense enough to bo at
TUB wntor works company Is nn enterprising -
torprising corporation. It not only in-
alsts upon pty ; for usolosS' hydrants In
the city , but for some never put In plnco
nnd others outsldo the corporate limits.
As TJIK UKK hiw previously inthniitod ,
It Is high time to dotormlno the rolntlvo
importance of Omnhiv mid the wntor
works compiuiy.
THIS law requires an inquest "upon the
dead bodies of such persons only as are
supposed to have died by unlawful
moans. ' ' The coroner is not expected
to summon a jury and put the county to
the expense of a formal Inquest where
the ciuso of death is clear and there
can bo no suspicion of unlawful moans.
WHAT nonsense for anybody to say
that Omaha cannot accommodate the
1,000 delegates who will attend Iho re
publican national convention nnd the
10,000 others who will como with thorn.
Only n citizen of Minneapolis or Chicago
would bo willing to circulate such a
story.
Boonue , boodle who's got the
boodle ? Some ( jpuncilmnn ought to
throw the light of the gaEohno lamps
upon thjs question to show why the low
est responsible bidder is not awarded
the contract.
Si'AUi.DiN'o street is a standing monument
ment to Iho carelessness and inefficiency
of Iho branches of the city government
under whoso supervision street improve
ment and repair work is performed.
THE board of public lands and build
ings will bo given definite power to clean
house whenever it appears necessary by
the next legislature.
OMAHA and Helena , Mont. , should extend -
tend their arms jtcross Wyoming and give
three cheers for the American principle
of reciprocitv.
THE suporintoijdent of school buildings
has commenced to clean house. lie will
find plenty of dust in the corners.
TUB SUNDAY BEE will contain a
highly Interesting loiter from Mr. Rosewater -
water , under Condon date.
EYEKYitomF ; west of Chicago favors
Omaha for JTuj , uoxt republican na
tional convention.
i coroner ruus , his Office fdnwhat
there is in itwid Wr all there is in it.
How many of the 1,137 fire hydrants
in Omaha have never been used ?
Tlic CoimiKti of
Cincinnati umnwrctal-Giisette.
The Iowa republicans do not lack courage
a good element with which to back sound
policy In a campaign.
Awny With the Car Stove.
ffeut I'orlc M'arltl.
When electricity move * and boats our rail
way trains there will bo no inoro roasting of
people , us happonca iti the tunnel last Feb
ruary and on tlio Erie road this July.
They All Favor Oinu ha.
fitiln n Tcletjraiih ,
TUB OMAIU BKB is making a gallant fight
to secure the national republican convention
next year. In this move all coed republi
cans the state over will Join without a dis
senting voice.
liberty and I'ntrlotism Itlcmloil.
/uuisiis CUu Slur.
Between Hvo andvix hundred Uogs of beer
\voro consumed in Topolta on Saturday. It
is useless to attempt to interfere with the
exorcises of personal liberty , on the Fourth
of July , oven in Kansas.
Same Hero.
LYifciiTribune. ! .
"Now , centlomen , " gala the chairman of
the committee , -'before wo malco any report
on this orainaucn let us examine It again
carefully , section by section. There Is much
In it that wo cannot afford to consider
nastily. "
"How much Is there in it ! " inquired the
alderman from the 'Stoonth wan ) , absently.
The Havonna
I'/ilfmle/nMrt / / I'resi
But the real reason for the deadly charac
ter of the nceldont was that the freight train
of the day hns boon treated in weight per car ,
and its brake power has not boon greatly In-
crcnsoJ. The result is that the power of
checking speed lias not crown with the
momentum , uml freight trains , unless pro
vided with nlr hrakus , arc loss manageable
than tuoy woro.
KnlViriu.
UWan Ilerite.1.
And now Michigan has Joined the Austral
ian ballot prouoJilon , which hai mnrchotl
along In this waVill Massachusetts loil off in
IS iS. Thonoxtyoar iilno other states came
into line , anil .si ct/thon twontv more state. )
have joined , and now cumm Michigan , leav
ing but foui'tcoij sjutoi ntnoni ; the stragglers.
They may hangiji(5k ( for a liltlo while longer ,
but they will ultimately fall in anil kuop slop
to the Australian ) utusio.
Wliu : a Mfflo I ruth Will Do.
A newspaper * waj'U In progrois In on In-
'
dlauu town , nm\ \ jjrQWOUl of a yory simple
matter. A frue'.tj-ulu | editor boastlagly an
nounced thut lt' ) | democrats woru "in the
van , " and his republican contemporary
ngreed wlih him , remarking that ho saw
"them get Into the van and bo driven away
to the work house. " It U stniiiiio what a big
conllngratlon a liltlo lucifpr match sometimes
kindles. _
The Valun of I'ulillo I-'ranchlHUH.
riilailel ( > iMa I'resi.
Toronto , which Is wise enough to keep
streat railways uaiiar city control , has ru-
ccived three bids for lha privilege of operat
ing them , of which the lowest , on rocolnts of
$ JIriOOUOC , > , was $339,000 mid the highest $110-
000. The receipts of passenger railways In
this city are about $7,000,000 , anil the city , If
it had not. given away thcso valuable rights
fcr nothing , would today bo receiving a
revenue of ut least 31,000,000 u year for too
privilege of operating the lines on ,1-ccnt
fnves aud still making a handsome pro tit.
TIIK liIttKll A ItKOA I ) .
Philadelphia Press. The blunt nnd bump
tious German Ualser manifestly prefers to
play in England the rote ot the proverbial
bull In the china shop.
N ( Y. Advertiser ! It begins to occur to
the public that Iho young poloutato U too
much given to visiting. Ho loves to strut
and parade In full regimentals. It appears to
bu his great desire to bo constantly on ro-
viow.
N. Y. World : There Is logic In such king-
ing as Emperor William does. He reigns
mid rul < 53 , nnd so long ns the German pcoplo
prefer the rule of ono man to that ot all men
thcro Is work atidlols of it lor thu monarch
to do.
Kansas City Times : Tlio spectacle of
young Nephew William nnd portly old
Grandpa Wales falling on each olhcr's necks
and kissing must have been awe-Inspiring
to Iho worshipers of royally but decidedly
the rovcrso to sensible people.
Denver Hepubllcan : The visit of Iho Ger
man emperor to England will , likely , bo ono
of the most notable events of Iho year. It Is
Ihought In England to have great political
slgnlllciinci ] , and this will lompar the wel
come witli which ho will bo received ,
Minneapolis Tribune : The emperor's visit
comes ai u most opportune lime. Ho has
escaped many perils by coming at Ihls time
for his undo Albert Is In a penitent mood
just now , nnd isn't touching n drop. Neither
has ho known the feeling of u card or a red
chip for many days.
St. Paul Pioneer Press : The English
press seems to think Emperor Wilholm
should shave off his imperial bristles when
ho becomes a guest. Tlmy say ho has in
sisted on arranging thu details of his visit to
England to suit his own convenience regard
less of the comfort of otiiers ,
Kansas City Star : It was a bitter pill for
tbo prince of Wales to bo obliged to kiss the
emperor of Germany , slnco ho has always
had his pick of the prettiest women in Eng
land. The feelings ot Louis when Ulchollcii
said , "sire , love mo , " wcro fully appreciated
by the English heir apparent ou this gloomy
occasion.
Chicago Herald : Flushed with recent
diplomatic victories , iho young heir goes lo
England lo cause her frugal majesty lo spend
a disagreeable nmountof money in provisions
nt Windsor and lo make Iho British lax-
payer growl over Iho cost of mililary
pagoanls thai tnonn absolutely nothing but
empty show.
The Author : " 1 am troubliul with Insomnia.
I llo nwuko at nlKht houiufior hour thlnklns
ubontmy literary work. " His Krlunil : "Why
don't you get up and ruud portions of it ? "
Now York Kecordor : "llo called mo a liar
and a liorsotlilnf ; have T got a cnso iicninst
him ? " ho asked his lawyer. "A cane ? " ruplliul
the lawyer , rubbing hH hands In glen. "Iho
boat , sort of u case. The greater the truth the
the libol. yon know. "
Mfo : She-Would you bollovo it ? That
vicious little Jlrs.cslon has taught her
baby to call Its f.itlier 'grandpa. '
llo What did she du that for ?
She ifo that WUMOII shan't forgot that ho Is
old enough to bu her father.
THE VKIIV WOUST 11O1IK.
HatliiH TranKcrl ) > t.
Thcro are bummers and beggars who stand
on the ccrnur.
Always trying some mischief to hntch ,
Hut lln'y aren't half so bad as the fellows
who asli you
"Say. mister , please clvo us a match ? "
1'hllndulphla Itcc'ord : "Can you take tlio
shlnoolT licit coat ? " ho itskoil of the tailor.
"Oyos."wun the replv. "Wul I , If yon could
only iransft'rtlmt dazzling rofnlpency to my
slioes , 1 would not mind paying extra.
Illacttcr : YOIIIIK Wife How did
you llko that last dish , my dear ? I made It
myself.
Ho I thought , my love , that an angel must
have uookuil it. 1 knew that no cook did.
Miss I ) AnRolImi. why don't you marry
Lieu tenant X ?
iMiss A--First , because bo has no brains
and be can't ride , dnnco or play tennis. What
could wu do with him ?
Miss I ) Hut bo Mvinis beautifully.
MIs.sA O yes , but one cannot keep one's
husband In an aquarium , you know.
DOO WAV JIAI.I.AD.
A'cw ruiUeniM. / . -
The preacher sa. d unto his Hock ,
"I think you'll all a reo
1 need u rust. " The people said ,
"You do and so do wo. "
Then merrily the preacher man
llo sulled across the nea-
FAIIMIII : See here ; It I giva you a couple of
chicken * will you promise not to rob mo any
mo ruV
COI.OIIEII I'AIITV Yeth , boss. I'll promise ,
and I'll toll nil mv friends to como an' strike
the i > amo Ulno of a bargain wlv yo.
IJrnito's Miisnzlnn : "Theysay Ills Impossible
to ciiru neuralgia. "
"That'swlmt. I know. "
"What makes It stick to a person so , do you
suppose ? "
"Oh , I roc1on It's because It's got the
norvo. "
Gp.rmantotvn TolegraDh : "I fool llkoa wood
plln uftur it hard winter"your honor , hoiuur-
: nurcd. a.s bo rose from the bench and faced
Ilia licensers.
"How's that ? " kindly Inquired the Judge.
' 'All used Hi ) , your Honor. "
"Sixty days to recuperate , " smiled the
judge , and Itcamo U > pass.
Thorn's aomotlilne stransq , about dear May
Sho'd in-iko a funny editor :
Though I'd rather Kiss her any day
Tlinii l.o iinothtr's cred.tor.
Into jour envelope she slips
The kl.sves unavailing ; *
And. eoallnz them with ruby lips ,
Sends buck wliatu'ur Is iiialeablo.
Washington I'ost : "f like Trod. " said one
young wotimnim the piazza of the suiiiniBr
Iiolol. "because ho never tolls br.ind ( .lories. "
"Wfltl , " replied Miss Diishlrrjton , "for my
: , I think I'd prefer his stories a little
Cirt and not so Iimu , "
Pomervlllo Journal : One of the most attrac
tive aildit ions u tailor can make to a now .suit
of clolbc's Is a leeolptud bill for the suit In the
coat's breast pocket.
TIIK rOV.Kit.K3.
Kiljnr Miirc'f ( ll i\'cw 1'orft I
Ho ! for dreamland's happy harbors 1
Who's ' for dreamland by the ferry ?
Who's to breast thu waves that bind it ,
lireast Iho fairy waves and Iind it ,
Uich in Jloworiiig groves and arbors ,
Tho1 the boat's a timorous wherry
And the sailors , vague in features ,
Are the shadowiest of creaturesi
Hoi for dreamland ! Height for dreamland ?
Who's for dreamland , by Iho ferry (
Hero are scholars pale with musing ;
Hovelcrs that no more are merry ;
Maids whoso loves were empty anguish ;
Ijover.s that for life must languish ;
Patriots passionately choosing
AH the haughty hopes to bury ;
Sulptor , painter , bard , musician ,
With unreaehed ideals ulyslnn * * *
These for dreaml-md , these for dreamland 1
Straight lor dreamland , by the ferry 1
Off they push , nnd out they wander
Faring lleotly toward thu very
Mliulmost heart of thai graal curly
Cloud that roseate and yet pearly
Haunts the dubious distance yonder-
Hound where blossoming sprays of cherry ,
Apple , and nil trees are vernal
With n springtide pomp menial !
Hoi for dreamland ! Heigh ! for dreamland 1
Hulcyon dreamland , by the furry !
Proxltiont Iran's Trinl.
ST. I'AUt , Minn. , July 8. The trial of John
M. Egan , president and general manager of
the Chicago , St , Paul and Kansas City rail
road , for alleged violation of tbo intorsUto
commerce law , caino up before Judge Nelson
of St. Paul , and JudgeT'jayor ' of St. Louis ,
in tlio United States circuit court. The
specificcliargo is that Charles H. Holdrege ,
gonorul nussenger agent of the Kansas Cltv ,
sold lo tinarlos H. Polsch , an agent of ilio
Omaha line , 5,000 unlimited tloHeU to ( Jlil-
eiijto ut 7 each , which is 1150 under the regu
lar Chicugo-St. I'.uil rate. It is reported
hero that the Kansas City will admit the sale
of the r > ,000 tickets , but will attempt to escape
on a technicality.
I'arniill'H CrtiHliliiK lit'uit. :
Di'm.ix ' , July B. The result of the election
yesterday at C'nrlovv fora suorvssor In parlia
ment to the lalo O'Ciormun Mahon resulted
in a crushing defeat for the Paniellito candi
date In the district , which Parnoll admitted
wuj his stronghold and whom , lie said , if ho
was dufuntod hu would admit thorn Is noth
ing loft in political life for him to full back
upon.
Elegantly Equipped Quarters of the Lincoln
Organiz.ition.
RENDERED J1ARMLESS BY FLOODS ,
Alnny Knrtitorrt In the alt Crook Hot-
touts Compelled to Abniuloii Tliclr
NVorilly 1'omosnlims
Import
ant Mutation.
LINCOLN , Neb. , July 8. [ Special to TUB
BKK.J Tonight the Turner socieiy of Lin-
coin formally dedicated Its new hall on the
northeast corner of Tenth and N streets.
The hall Is the Jlnost und best equipped In
the city , and will rank union , } the best In
the state. The main hall has a profusion of
gymnastic apparatus , and Iho larco stage at
the west end make it suitable for thoairlcal
purposes. At the cast end are a series of
rooms that contain every possible conven
ience , and which , by thro wing open Iho fold
ing doors into the main hall , can bo made to
double the capacity of the auditorium or
gymnasium , as it is called.
First , there ore a suite of rooms for ladies ,
a very large ono being sot aparl for a rending
room , and next to it is a dressing room. The
middle of the east end of iho main hall opens
dlreclly Into the gentlemen's rending room ,
then comes iho dressing room , shower bath
and other conveniences. Sidu by sldo with
this suite is a long room with n bar for liquid
refreshments. The Turners feel very proud
oHIinlr now hall.
'iho Lincoln Turner socioly sprung into
being iuss lmiu Uvo j.c.w „ tllo onlclnl
date being November 10 , I SMI. Mr. II. Wolte-
made of Lincoln nnd lion. Philip Andres
of Omaha wcro the pioneers in Iho move
ment. Mr. Waltomade was nleatitii nm4i.
dent and has served In that capacity over
.since. At present there are UXJ members ,
making it numerically the strongest Turner
organization in the state , although 11 Is iho
youngest. Of these , forty nro uetlvo Turn
ers , thirty boy pupils and over llfty ladles
and girls. All the active participants in the
gymnastic exorcises are unstinted in their
pralso of the sysletn and Iho bcnc.'its
derived.
The organization has be m managed by
pushing , enterprising men and Iho fact that
when the society was le-is than n year old it
took cnro of the annual state turnfest pul
ilnt once in Iho front rank of the Turner
societies in thu west.
This evening the hall was beautifully dec
orated with festoons uf oak leaves tno sym
bol of strength with Hags , llowura aud per
traits. On the north sldo of Iho hall were
the pictures ot America's statesmen , while
on the south sldo were arranged thepor -
Irnits of Germany's most Illustrious citizens.
Above Iho stage was tlio emblem of the
North American Ttirnerbund , eonslsling of
nn owl , sword , torch nnd a crown of laurel
and oak loaves. On the walls were the mot
toes , ' -Balm Froi" ( clear the track ) , "Gut
Iloil" ( srood liealth ) , and the motto of the
North American TurnerbunU , "Frisch , Frui ,
Starlc , Trou" ( bravo , free , strong , true ) .
On the baclc of Iho slago were largo Amer
ican and Gorman llaps.
A largo number of pcoplo gathered to par-
liclpato in the festivities of the evening.
Music was furnished by the Lincoln con
servatory orchestra and tlio Gormania maon-
ncrchor. Exhibitions of skill wcro given by
the various active turners Including wand
drills and dumb belt exercises by the ladles.
*
The various classes exhibited great pro-
llcicncy.
The address of woicomo was delivered by
Mayor Wolr who was in a happy mood. The
next speaker was Congressman W. J. Bryan
who complimented the society on its pros
perity and gave them considerable of what
they termed ' 'taffy. " Still they took it good
naturcdly nnd applauded him.
Hon. Pnilip Andrew , ono of the oldest turn
ers in America and father of the Nebraska
orgnnizations , then appeared und delivered iu
German nn interesting address on the sub
ject of "Physical Culture. " Ho dwelt at
longtb on the great boiielits to be derived
from systematic training nnd urged his hear
ers to divorce all tendency to sporting and
gambling from Iho lurnor exhibitions or
competitions and recommended that Iho.
honor of winning and Iho physical benclll to
bo derived from the tr.iiniiig bo'consldored
nlono. This , ho was glad to say , was the
policy of the Norlh American lurnera. A
noblu example was sot by Iho Greek and
Homau athletes who contesled for the laurel
wrealh alone. The turners were following
this example. The speaker condemned
the ordinary go-as-you-plcaso gymna
sium methods and commended the system
atic training of the turners. He commended
the Lincoln Turnverein for the wonderful ad
vancement made by it in only two ycara.
Ho spoke with pride of the fuel that the
turner societies in the United States not only
looked afler the perfect physical develop
ment of ils member , but also insislod on the
development of a patriotic spirit toward
America and iusinstitulions.
The taller portion of Iho evening was devoted -
voted lo dancing.
DAMAOINO FLOOD.
The water in the bottoms west of Iho city
rose steadily last night , and Ibis morning Iho
entire bottom land from away on the north
round lo F slrcot , and between Fifth and
the city limits was covered with water. It
rose very slowly all morning , but ul noon
was practically stationary. At Iho foot of O
and N slrcels , whore Iho crcolc makes n
queer inward lurn , the \\ulcr was Iho worst.
A bunch of u half Uoien houses a short dls-
lance off Iho road to West Lincoln stand on
a litlle bit , of elevated ground ut about Third
and O streets.
During the Hood two weeks ago thcso
houses woru surrounded by water , but today
theru was in four of ihem a few inches of
wnler on Iho llrst , lloor , showing thut the
water was nt loasl Iwo feet higher lhan a
snorl llmo since. About two hundred yards
out uloiiLr iho road is the homo of an old fel
low who is known ns the "old hermit. " The
old fellow is reputed to bu wealthy , but lives
alone In squalor. Ho refused lo gel out of
his old shnaly lasl night , nllhough tlio water ,
owing lo the low position of Iho building ,
was up lethe window sills. Ho quietly look
up his bed , placed ll on Iho roof of Iho house
mid slaycd ihora all niglil. Ho was still oc
cupying his elavatou position at noon.
A number of the residents of the bottoms
movna out last night but Iho minority are
back in inolr houses lodny.
The water has invaded comparatively few
houses , and the police have been doing good
work in helping the impoverished. An aged
lady who lives alone In u house near First
and J slreols was lakon ' out this morning.
The water was several inches deep on thu
lloor of her bedroom , nnd she was found
lying in lied , She had been ill for some time ,
and was so prostrated lhal tbo oltlcors had to
lix up a bud for her on Iho wagon bed bottom.
Tno storm was widespread throughout tlio
stale and lha railroad companies have hud
considerable Irouhlo by reason of Iho high
waters , At noon all the lines on the Hur-
liiiL'tnn were open , however , except between
David City and Columbus , and the break
will bo repaired tills afternoon. There was
a bad washout east of Schtiyler , but the
track Is nil right now. The bridge at Wood-
lawn , which had been rendered unsufo by
Hie high walor of Oak crook , was repaired
lasl night. Salt creek Is giving iho Burling
ton the grcalosi iroublo. lialf the tracks In
iho yard an ) under water , mid consequently
cannot bo used.
AtJ J ) . m. the Sail creek flood was growing
wor.so. Tim water was rising rapidly anil
many families ivoro lleoing to places of
rofngo. North of the clly In Yolnndo Place
there is , or was , a colony of Uus.slans. The
district is entirely llooiloit 'and nil the fam" >
lies have taken to thu lnlUIdo for rofuco.
The wnuir Is sUndlng u foot deep on the
lloors of the dwellings. At Ninth nnd Now
Hampshire streets. Just north of / , the
water Is up to tlio second stories In the
houses and everything niMdo Is destroyed.
Miinv of the families stuck to tholr houto *
until it wn.s too Into to save most of tholr
valuables , whllo others loaded their i
sions Into boats and struck 'out for the up.
lands.
At Seventh nnd Y streets the colony ol
Hebrews nro drowned out , and the wntor li
having everything Its own way. Down by
the Burlington roundhouse- there are about
throe dozen houses , Inhabited by Russian * ,
The water hum is several feet deep on the
llrst lloor * , mid the Inhabitants have removed
their belongings to the tops of the buildings.
A curious part of the whole affair Is the
tenacity with whlrh the people cling to the It
houses. The majority refuse to leave , but
many have been laKcn away lu bo.ils.
Knirituw Uhl anil Fireman Grlllln brought
In engine 7:1 : on the Burlinutun tills after-
iwon from Mil Cord. They report thai nil llui
draws along the line are full to overflowing ,
and before reaching each culvurt they Iind to
stop nnd .send a man ahead to be sure the
culvert v/ns thcrct. This is the condition nil
thn way from Kmerald to West Lincoln. The
hollows tire Hlled with water , and the lakes
npl > car lo bo miles In width.
The report Is current that Blgolow's dam
is wealienliiL' , nnd lhal II may break at any
moment. This has been .s'pruuc ; ut every
Hood , but so was thu roiort | about the dam
above Conemaugh. Bigelow claims that if It
should go out it would not ral.so ttio water to
any appreciable extent , but people who ought
to know soy that If It docs many tu iho bottoms -
toms will bo drowned.
Health Ofllcor liartrnm , who Is busy at
tending to the temporarily homeless , Is lit-
ting up iho old Park school house at Eighth
and I'1 streets , for their accommodation. Ho
estimates that at least sovonty-livo families
have boon driven from homo by the hlgb
waters.
Thu Antelope Is also raging , and the water
is within two feet of the Missouri Pacific
bridge nt W and Seventeenth streets. Thtf
approaches to the bridge lo West nnd North
Lincoln have all been swept away. Th
rapid Iransll company has abandoned Iti
motors to Wesi Lincoln , iho water drowning
the Urns.
NAIIUUW rsl'Al'P.
A terrible accident , was narrowly averted ot
the North Lincoln electric line about 8 o'clocl '
this morning. While crossing the middle
bridge on Twelfth , spanning Halt croon , the
motor jumped the tr.ick , and broke away
I part of the sldo ol the bridge. Thcro woru
four passengers on board , but Ihcv were
more scared than hurt.
si.ioiiTi.Y Mixr.n.
A suit involving n largo amount of money
and the reputation of several well known
Nobrasknns w.xs Hied In ll.o district court
this mor-ilng. Thu plaintiffs wro Marc. C.
Upton , Jonathan ( Jhaso and his wife , mid tlio
defendants J. W. Khurwood nnd Lewis P.
Albright. The petition sots forth th it on
March 1'J , Ih'JI , Air and Mrs. Chase were Ihu
owners of some properly valued at $ < . > ,000 ,
at inu uurlhwiMt corner of Q and Twelfth
streets , and on Uiatilato sola thu same lo thu
defendants. There wis a mortgage of Slv
500 on the propirty , and dufondaiils agreed lu
assume $ I2MH ( ) of it.
At that time Sherwood and Albright
claimed to have a controlling interest in iho
lied Cloud National bank at Red Cloud , and
in consideration oj lliu deed lo Iho proportv
described , tr.insfcrrcrt to Chase $ i&ui , > worth -V
of bank stock , representing il to bo of pat
value. The plaintiffs cliargo that tins ullega.
lion was false and made with intent , to do.
ccivo and defraud lliem. They claimed also
lhat Iho bank was financially sound , and Al
bright , tlio cashier , nnulo a sUlcimml lo tliat
effect , when , as plalntitTs allege , the stale ,
mont was "cooked" and made with intonl In
defraud.
Among Ihe assets was a $30,000 morlgagn
given by Iho Ked Cloud roller mills , which
was represented to bo a llrsl lion , but which
proved lo bo about iiflh , and thu bank had la
expand S'.O'JO in satisfying other claims.
There was also a $10,000 note given by tlm
Ucd Cloud electric light company and In
dorsed by tno milling company. The elcctna
lijjhl people now claim that was only nn ac
commodation note and have succcsifullv re
sisted Its collection. Aloright had agreed to
lurn over Iho conlrol of the eleclrio light
company to Chase , but now refuses to do so.
To secure the balance of the mortgage bu
Lincoln property Case and Upton signed a
S , r > 00 bond to pay iho samo. Upton was to
be the casbitir of the bank under Chine , but
when Iho election cunm round W. S. Wood ,
presidoiil of the National bank of Conimorco
at Kansas Cily , a heavy creditor , through
Iho connivance and with the assistance of de
fendants elected ono Clary as cashier. Chasa
alleges lhat Wood , Clary and the defendants
entered Into a conspirnov lo nnd did finally
wreck the bank by depleting its assets and
scattering its funds. Thu details of tha
transaction nro sot forth ut great longlh , and
Chase asks Iho court to decree the transac
tions between them sot at naught , and ho Da
given 1m properly in Lincoln back again.
HIPS lOK : ri.UMllINO.
Bids were opened yesterday nc lha slala
house for inc erection of a boiler house and
system of plumbing and .steam heating for ,
the now industrial institute for girls , lo ho
creeled nl Geneva. The bids wcro as fol
lows : M. E. Ilurlburt , St. Joseph , Mo ,
* 10,88.V Hooker & Orr , Lincoln , SIl.TJT ;
Cooper & Cole Brother. ! , Lincoln , $ Ui.V)0 ) ;
Korsomeyor & Co. , Lincoln , $11,000. Nona
of the bids wcro npparaiilly satisfactory lo
Iho board as no award was .mado.
The members of Ihe board thought lhat
this would bo pulling lee much money into
lhat branch of Iho work. The entire appro
priation is bul $10,000. Of luis Iho building
ilsolf will cosl ? i3UO ; > . The architecture
will cost $1IO | ( more , and there are several
hundred * of dollars other expenses , so that
Iho § 10,835 for plumbing , hoatlncr and bodur
house would overrun the appropriation. To
day the board mot again , made some etinnijes
in the plans , and Kordinoyor it Co. said that
Ihe firm conid do Iho work for ? J-103 , , They
were given Iho contract.
TOO MUCH IIAIN' .
Farmers whoso Holds of grain , wheat ,
barley nnd rye , are ripe for harvest , and in
whoso many fields the reaping has boon in
progress , between tbo .showers for several
days , are groaning over tlio discouraging
weather condition. Hundreds of iicros bearIng -
Ing thu heaviest yield ever nrod'iood ' In Lancaster
"
caster counly are covered" with harvested
grain , much of it lying In unbound condition ,
or In sheaves , while many llol ts are soitured
in Iho shock , bul liable to sprout from Iho
olTocl of moisl woalhor. Tlio ground is
rendered lee spongy from rain lo a ( mil of
easy pulling of hurt osiers and reapers nnd
altogether Iho oullook is not very oncourai ; .
ing. Corn thai has been cleared of weed )
has boon doing nicely for tbo past ten days ,
Is nevertheless falling behind Iho average of
healthy seasons and although thrifty , is
liable , nnlots hot woathur succeeds , lo fall
into a frosty grash buloru mulurily.
nuns AND KMIS ,
Mr. H. C. Mahoiioy , who has boon manager
of thu local office of the Western Union tele
graph company fur thrCo years has b < .
succeeded by Mr. J. H. McGuire , who lus
bcon chief clerk in thu Omaha otllcu for u
number of yuars. Mr. Muhoney will leave
for Chicago in four or Hvo days ,
Messrs , Oakley , Atkinson and Sizar from
Iho commiuco on matters appertaining to
tlm national encampment of the Grand Army
of Ihu Hopubliu loft for Chicago yesterday
for the purpose of taking action with
reference lo securing iho noxl annual uvont
for Lincoln.
Captain J. A. Etnmons of The Nobro.sk \
State Democrat suggests that thu democratic ]
editors of Iho state meet nl Lincoln July ilO ,
In convention nnd make preparations for a
vigorous tight thu coming uutumn.
Deputy Sheriff C. W. Hoxlo handed In his
resignation this morning , to take offcct tin.
mediately , Mr , Hoxlo will taku a Well-earned
rosl. Ho has made a faithful and accoiiimo.
dating ofllclnl and retires wllhtlhu good will
nnd friendship of everybody In Lnnotuor
counly who knows him , and they nro lotion ,
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.