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THE OiMABA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JULY 25 , 1891-TWELVE PAGES. ? - JM11-Y Bjjjjjll K. KOSKWATIilt KIMTOIU PUBLISHED KVEKYMOKNING. rr IIMR or suiiPouii'TroN. f'nllr ' Dm ( without HiitiilnylOno Year. . . . t R CO Unity nml Hiinday , Ono Year . lOOT Hlx month * . fiW Thrrn month ! " . M HUmliiy lice. Onn rrnr. . 3 00 Sntnrdnv lien , Onn Your . IB ) Wtckly Ik'C.Onu Ycur. . . . . . 1 00 01 I'MC'KSl fmnhn , Tlir > ttrp Iliilldlng. f-'oiith Otiintin. Corner N find Kith Plreoti. Council IHiiim , I'J I'mirlKtrnot. Clilcneo ( .Hire , ill ? Chamber of Commerce. Now Ynrk. Hoonn 1M.14 nnil l..TrllJiiiio llulUllns Wushlnfitan , 6KI Fourteenth street All ronitMiinlpntons ! minting to nrw.i ml rdltorlnl mutter should bo addressed tc the I.ditorlnl Department. A II mis'ncMilottcrs nnd rcmlttunrpsshnuld bPiKlilrtsM'd to The Itco Publishing Comnnny , Oiniiliu. DrnflM , cheeks nnd tiostolllrn orders to bo made payable to the order of the com pnny. Hie Bee Firtlisliing Company , rrooriefors TUB IIEK lliillINO. ; ) BWOKN PTAT1-.MENT OF C1UUULATION. Hnti'of Nebniskii , I County nf Douglas , f" ficorgo II. T/Mclinok , fipcrotnrv of Thn Ileo I'nl'llslifng ' company , dons solemnly swmir that tint iictiuii elri.'nl.-ition of THK llAtt.v IlKK for thu wenli ending July 18 , IfJl , was as fol low : Sunday. July 13 20.7:10 : Momliijr. Julyllt SO.W17 Tuesdiiy , July 14 M.fi77 Wednesday. July 15 20,574 ThnrMlnv.Mulv ID 20.41(1 ( I'TMny , July l7 tfi.4'i ( ) Kutnrday , July 18 , i.7.0CU Average 27"il ) (5KO1H1K II. TCIIUCIf. . Fworn to before mi ) nnd .subhcrlbed In my presence tlil.s INtli day of July , A.O..1MU. N P. Vr.it , . Notary Public , f Into of Nebrnskn , I . ' . " ' Connlyof I'onglni. f" f eorgp It. Ty.selincl ; . being ( Inly swnrn.de- roses nml SII.VH that he Is .secretary of Tim HUB ruhllxliliig coin | ) nv. that lliu not mil average dally eln nlntlnn of 'I'm' DAII.V HI.K for the mnnth of .Inly , IfW ) . 2H.W. ' eoples ; for August , 1HKI. 20'MI fnplcHi for Septeinl'er. i-90 , i.1)B7U ) copies ; for October , ( Mm , ! Si,7i ! ! eoples : for S'o- vi-n ber. IHM , -.ISO eoples : for IMI' ' , Dpcpinber , 1WO , 2:1.171 : copies : for January , Ifi'.il ' 2fU4fi rnp'cn ' ; for 1'el runry , 1W1I. ' . ' "vlia copies : for Hnreh , ! ( ! ! ' , l.tHll copies : for April , 1WII , ill.OM poplpi ; for MIIV , 1MH. .n.Slii copies ; for Juno. 1MU , i.T..ni7 eoples. Crnmn : II. 'I XHOllircK. { worn to IIP Corn mo und mibserlbed In mo , presence thlsGth day ot Juno , A. l > . 1WII. N P. KKIU Notary I'uMlc. WIIOSK chestnuts wns Mr. Watson ox- pcctotl to jitill out of the llro ? IT WAS quito n spirited little noliticnl pqunll , but it IH ( ill over , iind no harm dono. Tun proosition | ) to add ! i complication to the gubernatorial quandary in Ne braska , does not moot with any general favor iiinonjj the ropublicnnu of the state. THK collapse of the Rowley building in South Omaha , which the city olllcors liavo hitherto occupied , oinplmsi/.os the necessity for a now city hall in Packing town. and Guatemala hnvo excep tionally largo colToo crops this year and America tremendous cotton and cereal crops. It appears to bo an American year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THK mooting at Lincoln .Inly 29 , called by the secretaries of the state board of transportation , Is one of inoro than ordi nary importance. Grain and produce dealers and growers should bo repre sented there. THIS chief danger from Italian immi gration in the tendency of the natives of Italy to muss themselves in communi ties. If they wore distributed through out the union they would readily assimi late with our population. GOOD feeling ought to prevail between the eities and citi/ons of Omaha and Lincoln. It is a small inindoJ person in either who would bo jealous of the other. There is no rivalry between the two which is not perfectly legitimate. OMAHA' people have in the national nnd state banks of the city to their credit subject to check the snug little Bum of $18Gi-,88o.87 ( , which is more than onu-third of the total of the de posits in all the hanks of Nebraska. DKNVEK will shortly have in opera tion a napor mill employing 150 men. Manufacturing capital is seeking invest ment in the west. This fact should help the Heal Kstato Owners' associa tion in its laudable ondouvora to secure factories for Omaha. IT PAYS to advertise a city or a state. The J'Yi ' < iifi ! < T , ono of the loading linan- ciul papers of the country , devotes an entire pnge to the facts and llguros re lating to the wealth of Nebraska as pub lished in a recent issue of THK BKK. Further comment is unnecessary. .TUDQK McKAY , the recalcitrant dis trict judge of Kansas , discovered to his chagrin that a judge on the district bench is subordinate to ono on the supreme premo bench. Ho also probably found out what ho ought to have known before that a knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence Is quito convenient for a judge. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ShiVKUAij weeks ago the department of justice instructed United States dis trict attorneys regarding the enforce ment of thu antl-truat law , uiud it is to bo presumed that action will speedily bo taken by those ofllcials wherever there exists any trust qr combination of iho character prohibited py the law. It has been decided by a United States court that the law h viUid , ' and there should bo no further delay in enforcing it. EVEHYTHINQ looks favorable for Omaha's ambition to entertain the re * publican national convention in 1802 , The Hold is clear of dangerous rivals west of Chicago. The world's fair will keep the big city on the lakes very busy , The political emergency is in our favor. The press of the country ivt largo Is by no menus hostile. We arc making friends for OnmhaVo shall have a delegation nt Philadelphia to urge our claims , lloth the senators have been invited to attend the mooting of the executive committee there nnd while that mooting docs not determine the location it la n Una oppor tunity for doing preliminary worlc. Every doljar expended in this enter prise IB returned in the advertising which Omaha receives at once. It is worth everything to this city to cross ewords over the convention with Chicago und Minneapolis. /A" THUKI : Mf/vjnr.iA'r Omaha ia a railway center of no moan consequence. Yet there are three great polntn with which she haa no direct rail communication : Duluth and the Lake Superior region , with its im mense lumberiron und copper resources , to the norlhoasl ; Montana , with her precious metals nnd stock ranges , to the northwest , and The Panhandle of Texas , southwestern Kansas , southeastern Col orado nnd Now Mexico , with their Im mense hards of cattle and sheep to the Boitthwcxt. Intermediately are vast rosouiVQ.s also which should bo opened to Omaha , but Duluth , Helena , and some point on the Santa Fo railway are the three objec tive points toward which Omaha should just now bo directing her eyes and pushing out her lines of communica tion. Omaha and Nebraska do not compote with any of the industries whi < w are making the three sections named wealthy and prosperous. Duluth and the country tributary are anxious to ex change lumber , iron and copper for Ne braska agricultural nnd packing house products. The success of the enterprise of shipping from Duluth to Kuropo in "whalobacic" vessels is sulllctontly as sured to warrant HID boast of that city that for grain shipments she is practic ally nn ocean port , and can successfully compote with any city on the great lakes as a grain center. In fact Duluth is only second to Chicago at ) a grain depot now. A direct line from Omaha to Duluth therefore means a great deal to Nebraska , and no effort should bo spared to bring such a con nection about. The packers of South Omaha state they have facilities for packing 150,000 head of cattle more than they are able to secure from the vast region tribu tary to this market. This should open the eyes of our elti/ons to the great im portance of our local stock market , for wo already cover an immense area of grazing country. The southwest and the northwest must bo united to the wast in order that our packing facilities may bo properly utilized , and lines to Texas and Montana will accomplish this. Fortunately for Omaha in the present depressed condition of the business of constructing railroads , independent lines from Omaha to the three points named are not necessary. Comparative ly short links in the chains of railways already in operation will opoa the sec tions in mind to our markets. The rail road committees of the board of trade and other organizations should take up these connections and work out the problem of increasing our trade by im proving our railway facilities. THK HOVA'DIA'O OF Mlt. ItLAIXE. The New York ISnn very truly says that Guitcau went to work with no more murderous purpose than animates the men who s < sok a victim in Secretary Blaino. A few newspapers , not all of them politically unfriendly to the secre tary of state , have persistently spread abroad stories representing the condi tion of Mr. Blaine to be most alarming and intimating that ho would never bo able to resume his oflicial duties. L.on since Mr. Blaine himself denied these statements a New York paper introduced a photographer and a pho- nographor to show that the secretary of state had become a physical and a mental wreck. Such cruel and wholly unwarrantable misrepresentations have naturally been most annoying to Mr. Blaine and his family , but the sensa tional journalism that is capable of doing such thing's takes no account of the injured feelings of its victims. It is wholly indifferent to the distress and suffering it causes so long as the finan cial returns are satisfactory. The papers guilty of this sort of thing are not necessarily malignant. Their editors would resent the intimation that they had any other motive in hounding Mr. Blaine than to give the public news which it is supposed to want. It is their idea of journalistic duty , while it is necessary to the business department that the news shall bo as sensational as possible. Hence bogus interviews , lying medical reports and other ex pedients of a no loss reprehensible character - actor are adopted. Since Mr. Blaine has boon at Bar Harbor it has boon stated that ho is the victim of half a dozun maladies from which recovery is hopoloss. The country has been told that ho was suffering from paresis , from 13right's disease , from paralysis , and these several stories have boon sent out in a form to give them credibility. If there is any politics in these misrep resentations , and it has boon suggested that there may bo , it will not have the desired olTcet. The persecution to which Mr. Blaine has been subjected since his sojourn at Bar Harbor has tended to make him stronger In the popular re gard , and when ho has recov ered sulllclontly to resume his of ficial duties the number of his friends will bo greater than over before. As 1o his political future there is reason to believe - liovo that Mr. Blaine is not giving him self the least concern noont it. He is unquestionably entirely loyal to the president and will remain so , nnd there has been nothing to warrant a doubt that President Harrison has the fullest confidence in his secretary of state. X OF Congressman Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts , has contributed an article to the Now York Jhcimler on the ques tion of restricting Immigration. Mr. Ledge is ono of these who bollovo that tbe time has come for the adoption of a broader restrictive policy than is pro vided by existing laws , and that unless this 1 * done the quality of American citizenship must suffer. Ho assorts that the character of the present immigra tion is very much inferior to that of thu people who settled and built up the nation , .that much ot the immigration now consists of the most ignorant classes and the lowest labor of Europe. As thu ignorant come liuro at an ago when education is un likely , If not impossible , the worlc of Americanizing thorn is dlllloult , while they also introduce an element of com petition in the labor market which must have a disastrous effect upon the rate of American wngoa. "No intelligent man wovld Ihluk for u moment , " says Mr. Ledge , "of excluding honest Immi grants of desirable character who wish to como to the United States to become in good faith American cltlzons , but the time has certainly boon reached when wo should have intelligent legislation to exclude the ignorant and the vicious. " There Is nothing now in the views Of Mr. Ledge , and hta contribution to the discussion of this question would have more value if ho had taken tlo ) trouble to explain what la meant by "intelligent legislation to exclude the Ignorant nnd the vicious. ' ' It is , of course , entirely practicable to ascertain whether an immigrant Is ig norant or not. but how could it bo determined whether or not a man Is vicious ? Vlctousncsa Is not necessa rily associated with ignorance. It is do- volopcd in many very Intelligent people. It is a quality of human nature that Is widely distributed , and wo can conceive of no method by which it may be de tected until it manifests itself. The for eigners whoso vicious tendencies have caused the greatest amount of trouble in this country would pass any educational test likely to bo required. They are the agitators who are hostile to all established institutions , but it IH only after they got hero that their viciousncss becomes known. With regard to the ignor.mt , what should bo considered "intelligent legis lation' ? " Would it bo sullloiont to re quire that a foreigner should bo able to read and write in his native tongue'1 ; If so , there would bo few excluded and those who wore might bo quito as desir able , on every other ground than that of Intelligence , as these admitted , A man may bo illiterate and still bo an honest , law-abiding citizen , Mr. Lodge does not make out a strong c.iso , and ovctl were the fca ! > 3 ho professes well founded his vague suggestions of what should bo done will not relieve the minds of these who sympathize with his views. THK report that Venezuela had rejected - joctod the reciprocity treaty with this country turns out to have been erroneous , ana the gladness of these who welcomed the statement has given place to a wholly different emotion , The arrange ment negotiated at Washington has not yet boon accepted by the government of Venezuela , and it may bo necessary to modify it in some respects , but there is no reason to apprehend that it will bo rejected. The trade of Venezuela with the United States amounts to about cloven million dollars annually , and the southern republic will hardly endanger this commerce by refusing to establish closer trade relations with this country. Of course if she rejects reciprocity the president will exorcise the authority given him by the law and require that the coffee coming into our markets from Venezuela shall pay a duty. Such a discrimination would summarily shutolT the coffee trade with that country , which is the chief business with the United States. Tim Russian Jews who have been driven from the Muscovite provinces , and who are seeking homes in America , will not long remain paupers or become in any sense a menace to our prosperity if they shall bo distributed throughout the union. If they gather in largo num bers in the cities and are encouraged to maintain their Russian language and habits their presence will not bo desir able and their progress will bo retarded. It is gratifying , therefore , to observe that the Hebrews of this country appre ciate the situation and , are taking slops to locate these destitute but industrious people where the conditions shall bo fa vorable to their prosperity. The Baron Hirseh and other funds will bo utilized to this und. UNL.KSS some catastrophe not antici pated overtakes the crop Nebraska will crib 200,000,000 bushels of corn this year. The crop of 1889 was 150,000,000 bushels. The acro.xgo this year is largely in creased and with favorable conditions the yield per aero will likewise bo in excess of that of 1SS9. The estimated quantity required for homo consumption is thirty bushois per capita or about t8- ! 000,000 , bushois , leaving for export and extra feeding 107,000,000 bushels. listi- mating this at 20 cents per bushel , which is extremely low considering the condi tions , the corn crop will bring on the early market over $ ; i,000,000. ; ! THOSK of us who are at times inclined to grumble at the phenomenal conserv atism of Omaha banks and bankers may take comfort in thu thought that no Omaha banking company of any consequence quence has failed since Nebraska was admitted into the union. Possibly the situation would bo different If our bankers were loss cautious and more enterprising. IK THK now medical law is intended to protect physicians who demand $100 in advance as a condition of treating a dy ing man , it will bo neither useful nor popular. If it is to be used as a method of persecuting "specialists1' for adver tising their business in the nowspipors it may be popular and profitable with the "regulars. " IN VIKW of certain unfounded rumors it Is perfectly proper to say once more that the Douglas street hog-back is on Its way to the low grounds and the suit contobting the right of the city to assess Farnam street property for the improve ment will in nowise hinder its progress. SIUTB has a controlling inlluonco in the board of public works , if indications point to facts. The city does not pay the board between ? f > ,000 and $0,000 a year to unable its chairman or anybody else to work out hlsmallco against other city officials , contractors or taxpayers. THK unobtrusive railroad magnate who controls the present management of the Union Pacific must have keenly felt the want of passangor accommoda tions at Omaha. It is to be hoped he thought out a suhoino for completing the union depot at an early day. SS the railways come to a hotter understanding about it thu veterans will bo able to go to Detroit and return at very trilling expense. S the district judges can bo porsuadcd to luavu thu city for u few weeks there Ultimo 116 paving done this year. InjuneJJtqiiB rlso up In the face of almost ovoryjipubllc Improvement pro . ' " posed. ? _ _ SOMH of thti'i'MrlpntotlR ' windmills o' ' this city shoiildjbo retired from public service or hlrtd ! ! to stop squeaking. Talk will kill a busliWss organization quicker than anythlngio-lse. THK Fifth . yfrird continues to hold weekly meetings ) for the discussion of municipal alTnlfs , The other wards of the city woultf ! ftb well to follow the ex ample of the Fifth. THK loss of eminent domain which re sulted from tinkering with the charter amendments last year promises to make itself felt in preventing the grading of Dorcas street. THKIJK should bo some way of com pelling the water nnd gas companies to lay their , mains without exasperating delays , preventing important public work. SOUTH OMAHA is ambitious to enter tain Hall and Fltzsimmons. Some of her citizens regard n prize light as nn evidence of enterprise. GENTLKMKN' , If you postpone the ex cursion to Montana until October you may just as well abandon it altogether. THK Indices In the olllco of the register of deeds appear tb point out more trouble than anything else. The Proper Designation. irlflloOH < ! / ( I'dSt. Gcncrnl Juoul Early's war stones sliould bo printed umlor tlio head of running ro- mnrks. if * Up i ho MnjorKy. ClHclniMtl rommerelal. Hamilton county will give the republican ticket ovur ton thousand majority , nnd the state of Ohio will Rive mow than thirty thousand. n F'iiot. John Sherman will DJ the next senator from the stnto of Ohio , and the democratic party in the stuto will have several ambi tions to lot , too luriro for the men who now own them. Sir. Depexv Is Out. I'mntt Leslie's , No ; the governorship is not what Mr. Dopcw wants. If ho' had baon olTorod the scnntorshtp ; If Uohnd boon c-illod to repre sent his country at the court of St. James , or if the presidency- were within reach , wo have no doubt thiit Mr. Dopow would have been found availnhlc , nbloanii willing to meet all the requirements of the situation. But the Kovornorship of New York Is not accord ing to his taste or fancy. Within n year or two something else may bo. No Work Ibr Willing Hands. Haul IjlncKfn Chicttau Time * . TALES'Ol ' ? HAIID LUCK. HDXDimns or MEX Wno AHB wii.uxo TO wonic XOW IDl.i : IN CHICAGO. THE NUMI1CK r.MIUUCKS AM , CI.ASSRS , FIIOM THE CXl'UUT ACCOUNTANT TO THE DAY msAproiNTiin tjr , Tyjnw EXI-ECTATIOXS TIIET HAUNT cmU' LonaiNO itousbs AND KUSTlUUANTd. O.ckorill Gruci.Iy Oniistio. Iff.M York Ailuertlar. If It bo true that ex-Prosldont Grover Cleveland has consented to make a half dozen speeches in behalf of Campbell in Ohio , wo are on the eve of a sensation. Of Into Mr. Cleveland has contented himself with writ ing essays. Ho wa never much of a stump orator , and it Is doubtful whether his appearance - anco in the Ohio catnpalgr. will add much to the gayety of politics , but it will bo certainly something of a curiosity to find Mr. Cleveland - land , with his coat off , working and vocifer ating for another man. It has boon several yirnrs since ho lent an unselfish helping hand to his party. If ho goes to Ohio to proclaim doctrine In a solemn way , ho will do it In the , face of the fact that the success of Campbell will mean a now and virile opponent in tha contest for the presidency. Perhaps , after all , Mr. Cleveland is an angel In adipose dis guise. We shall see. or Great Atlvintngo. lleilrl'c Deimiciat. Harvest excursions seems to have been de cided upon , after all. This is a wise move on the part of the railroads , for they are cer- nlnly as much interested in the upbuilding of the state ivs any one else. It Is to ho re gretted that there stiould have boon any back wardness in this matter. The slowness or indifference of nt least ono mil mail caused a report to go out that thora were to ho no har vest excursion * this year. The advantages of thcso excursions , bath to the railroads and the stale , are too apparent to need special mention. Tno citizens of Beatrice should make btirb that a fair proportion of the ex cursionists are permitted to sea this city as well as they wish. Beatrice has boon so well advertised in the east the past few years that ninny eastern people will want to pay her a visit. As the tlmo draws near for the Hrst excursion the board of trade or sotno other body of citizens should take proper notion in the matter. i VHK UA TE. WtllliimJoin J They gnvo tha whole long day to Idle laugh ter , To fitful song nnd Jest , To modes of soberness as Idle , after , And silence , as idle , too , as the rest. \i But when at last un-wi tholr way returning , Taciturn , late anU'ioath , Through the bro.uj tjnoadow in the sunset burning , , , u Tuoy reached the gate , ono line spell hin dered thoni both. Her heart was troiVb'ffed with a subtle anguish , Such as hut wonit'ii know , That wait , and Icsiblovo speak or speak not , languish , aw And what they would , would rather they wqulit not so , ) 01 Till bo sold nmni ] ) nothing comprehending Of nil the wondrous gullo That women won win themselves with , and ' ' ° banding Kyos of ruicntlussiisklngou her the while "Ah , if beyond thisiduto the path united Our stops as faniiaiUoalli , And I might open It" His voice , affrighted At its own daring , faltered under his breath. Then she whom both his faith and fear on uhuutcd Far beyond words to toll , Fueling her woman's llnost wit had wanted The art ho had tint know to blundur so well- Shyly drew near a little stop , and niockln ? , "Sliall we not DO too late For tool" she said. "I'm quito worn out with wallclng ; Yes , thanks , your arm. And will you - open the gate I" Farmers Want Outli-H Itomovcil , OTTAWA , Qnu , July 31. A petition signed by 15,000 members of the order of Patrons of Industry hat uoen prosonK'd to the Dominion house of commons praying for the removal of the Import duty on binder twlno , suit und sugar and placing thvso urltcloa ou thu free list. t OTIH.lt l.l.MS TIl.tA' It u promised that n bill providing local self-government for Ireland will bo Intro- durcd at the next fle.iMon of parliament- The agitation for Imnio rule will uo on , without any reference to this Irrelevant measure. It will go on for tno proent under great tlUad- vantages , for both the Irish and KnglUli homo ruler * tnav ho said to havi lost their several loaders Mr. Parncll is , of course , dead , and nobody has appeared to take his * place. Mr. Gladstone Is nt last visibly nuar- ing the und of hU wonderful career , nid it li In the last ilet'reo unlikely that his successor will emulate the courugo anil devotion which nro so honorable to Mr. Gladstone , but which at the same time have evidently kept him out Of power over since ho cost In his political lot with that of the Irish homo rulers. The Tory Standard aborts that Ireland Is more peaceable now because of the falling oit In the contributions of the Irish-Amenc-ans. Tills may he true , but it Is n matter merely of inference Mid conjecture. NoboJy knows much about llto..o contributions , and though It U very likely that they have fallen off , It Is lluely that they will rise to their former level as soon as the Irish parliamen tary party has again n complete or ganization nnd n positive pro ramtho. While It is highly unlikely that the bill the tory minister means to introduce will satisfy the Irish claims , it would not bo very surprising If homo rule were at last at tained by nn alliance of the Irish and the torles. Such nn alllanco can scarcely take place during Mr. Gladstone's llfutlmo. It Is none the less true that the most real and seri ous of the obstacles to homo rule Is the appre hension of the Ungttsh dissenters that If the Irish were permitted to govern themselves they would use their liberty to promote the In'tcrosU of the Koman Catholic church. This fear Is the solo support of the liberal unionist party. The lories do notiiood to consult it , nnd If u tolerable solution of the land question could bo arranged , the religious question would not stand In thu way of thu passage of a home rule bill by conservative votes. * * * It is now nearly ten years since Great Britain , for the sake of protecting threatened British interests In Egypt , took military pos session of the country ; and , with customary tenacity of grip , she has held it over since. There Is , It is true , a shadowy form of an Egyptian government over which the sultan of Turkey exorcises a nominal sovereignty. There is also an Egyptian army , which has occasionally nonogood lighting on the Uppjr Nile against the Mahdi's fanatical soldiery. But in act and In fnit ! the British nro the real lords and masters of IC ypt. They occupy Alexandria , Cairo and other citlos with their troops , and they hold the most im portant posts in the civil administration of the country. The Egyptian ministers simply cxecuto thu policy of the English residents in everything that relates to the government. As the Anglicizing of Egypt rapidly pro gresses the former influence of France and of other European nations in the country is dis appearing. While in possession of substantial power in th'o famous land the Pharoahs and Ptolemys the British government has prudently re frained from formally annexing the country. Such a step could not bo taken without pro voking the earnest protests of the leading European powers ; nnd if tnkon in spite of this opposition it could hardly confer upon the English moro real power than they now cnjov in Egypt. A few years ago , lu the negotiations of a treaty with the sul tan for the withdrawal of British troops from Egypt , it was stipulated that the Eng lish might nt any time , when deemed neces sary , reoccupy the country without the assent of Turkey. But , under the persua sion of Franco and Russia , the sultan re fused to sign this treaty , and the Egyptian question still remains in statu quo. The British have gained by delays what they failed to cccompllsh by diplomacy , and the prospect for their dislodgomout from the Nile hind is moro remote than over. # Russia has a population of nearly ono h un- dred and twenty million human beings under the absolutely despotic control of ono man , all loyally devoted to him with the exception of n few nihilists , who would bo unable to avoid military service If called upon. One- sixth of the number nro capable of bearing arms and could bo pressed moro or loss ofil- ciontly into the military nnd naval service , including reserves. To tins should ba added the lighting component ofIU,000,000 of Kronen people , who have n largo money power that Hussia lacks und which would bo found of even greater service than the Gallic troops , money being the slnows of war. Hussia could also count on olfacilvc aid from the Balkan states Servla , Hou- mania and Bulgaria making a grand total of not far below thirty million persons avail able for lighting material. This is the hy pothetical partnordhlp to bo arrayed against the Droibund and the other nations above named. The question is whether Germany , Austria-Hungary and Italy , with the possible help of Great Brltuln , would bo able to with stand the shack without the disintegration of one and all. Would not the consequences In clude a regaining by Franco of the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine ( now Elsass and Loth- ringen ) , n sweeping of Turkey from the map of Europe following a Kusshui capture of Constantinople , the appropriation of Italy by Franco and Greece by Hussia , and the aboli tion of England's nuwor in North Africa , with n menace of Its hold in Asia , following nn absolute Muscovite control of the Med iterranean i Alight not thu present neutrality of Bulgium be wiped out by giving to Franco the whole area northward down to and including Holland , with a reaching forth by Ilusshi on the western shore of the continent , so that Spain anil Portugal would present tno unly break In the domination of the whole scacoust line of continental Europe by Uussiannd Francol Perhaps this is not the exact plan on which thu map of that quar ter of the world would ho remodeled , and yet no ono can say that a complete victory of the luttor powers would stop short of that. And then : After the dreibund and its allies had been laid proUruto under the dual heel of the conqueror and mangled out of recognition by their former selvoi , what would prevent the greater tyrant from turning upon the less und verifying the prediction of Napoluou that nil Europe would bo ( either republican or ) Cossack I * In spite of all that has boon said about thu fatal political consequences of a match bu- twocn Prince Ferdinand of Humania nnd Mile. Vaparosco , there seems to bo chatico af lor all that the lovers mav have their own way , A correspondent in Vienna , writing on this nubjoct , says : "Among thu governing classes thorc Is an uncompromising opposition to the heir presumptive' * marriage , but among thu working classes In the towns und among the peasantry the idua of having a queen Uumnnlan born Is very popular. In deed , the success of the prince In his love affair seems to bo only n question of Umetuul tact. A few mouths hence HOIIIO at least among the politicians of Uoumunla will Und thcniiolvai driven to slilo with thow of their constituents who would r.uhor have Mile , llolcnu Yacuraico as their < , ucon than any Gorman princess , moro highly horn porli | is , hut leas In touch with their toolings. " Homo of the Roumanian newspapers intimate that Queen ElUabuth has favored the nvituh with tlio view of discrediting Prlnco Ferdinand and securing the succession fur ono of her own nephew * . the prince of Wied , but thu general opinion is that the royal poetess is wholly incapable of any such diplomatic op- tutcnoss as that. DEMANDS OFFICIAL ACTION , Scheme to Have tha Norfolk Asylum Man agement Investigated. DESPERATE LINCOLN HIGHWAYMEN , Citizens Itoldly Attacked In tlio llcnrt ol1 tlio City Two .Arrost.s Mmlo in Connection with an Asmuilt. LI.VCOI.X , Neb. , July 21. [ Special to Tun BnK.l It has boon rumored that the board of public lands , three of whoso members went to Norfolk yesterday , Is about to Investigate charges tnadu by ono John T. Lee ngalnst Dr. Wilkinson , superintendent ot the Norfolk hospital for Insanu. This is hardly probable , because the circumstances indicate ulterior motives on the part of Leo nnd the board has some ovldenco which lends It to think that ho has been trying to worlc n sort of a blackmailing scheme. A patfont nt the hospital died about eighteen months ago , nnd after n year or moro had passed , Leo anne to the board with a charge of malpractice and wanted n coroner's inquest. Ho has ap pealed to the nonrd several times , but with out satisfaction , although Dr. Wilkinson has expressed his entire willingness to have the matter aired. The board has evidence that Leo ottered to mnko no complaint If ho were given several months'employment , mid Rotno of the state oflloials also suspect that the matter is being agitated at the present time in order to help the olNcials of the Hastings hospital by making the comparison between the two In stitutions loss odious. ] IKll\V\Y.MlX ! : IN LINCOLN . Desperate footpads made two llorco assaults last , night upon parties they supposed to have cash. About hall past 10 o'clock Jnme.s Mooney and wife were ou their way homo from their restaurant ou Seventh street , and when near Seventh and Q they were nttnekod by a party of four men. Ono of the fellows struck at Mrs. Mooney with a club , und she smashed turn over the head with n pitcher thiit she happened to bo carrying. Mooney came to his wlfo's aid , anil all four men turned on him. They knocked him down with n club nnd then kicked him. An olllcor heard the woman's crioi and hurried to the spot , but the footpads had lied without gc.tting any money. Mooney's chest and back nro a mass of bruises from the nicking , his head is cut from the blow of the club and ono rib is fractured , but his injuries are not dangerous. Half an hour later lour men attacked John Fritz , day cook at Cameron's ros'aurnnt , near Fourteenth and T streets , whllo on his way home. They stopped.out from n deep shadow and ono of them grabbed Fritz by the throat without a word of warning. A second hit him over the head with a club , and the others went through his pockets , taking all his money , about < i. Fritz managed to free himself'enough to give a yell , when the first footpud choked him so hard that the marks on Ills throat were plainly to bo scon this morning. Tlio highwaymen then Hod. J. W. McDermott , n bartender , and Thomas O'Hrion were arrested today on suspicion of being the sluggers. SHE WKST Ot'N'NINO. Mrs. John Lcavitt , living in a suburb known as Crescent Glen , wni before the insanity commissioners today , who thought her mind sliehtly unbalanced , but not sum"- ciently to justify them in ordering her con finement. Yesterday she stirred up a small reign of terror in her neighborhood by arm ing herself with a revolver and going gun ning for Mrs. Ostcnd Woodward. The latter discreetly skipped down town and swore out a warrant. Mrs Leavltt was arrested and taken ta the county jail , but "her husband secured - cured her release by promising to tiavo her put in nn appearance in the morning. When she returned homo Mrs. Woodward again became frightened and this morning swore out nn Insanity complaint. The linmo- diato cause of Mrs. Loavitt's threatening actions is said to bo in the fact that Mrs. Woodward has driven to town several times with Mr. Lca vitt. The unfortunate woman has had n sad experience. Two years ago the Loavltts lived near Soward. Returning homo ono day after a short absence they discovered their two children with their throats cut from oar to oar. The parents were sus pected nnd the terrible ordeal seems to have affected the mother's mind. 11,10 ItKAL lISTATi : DCAL. A deed involving glUO/M ) wortli ot Lincoln realty has just been recorded , O. II. Loftus having convoyed an addition at Colloiro View to nn eastern capitalist named AI. A. B. Martin. College View is the suburb which has sprung up about Union college , the now Seventh D.iy Adventist Institution. The sect bus decided to erect near the college a sanitarium similar to that at Battle Creek , Mich. , and the members of tlio locating com- imttco are said to bo interested in this big real estate deal. It is also reported that Mr. Martin intends establishing n manufacturing institution to glvu employment to the breth ren of his faith. RTATC HOl'SR NOTI'.H. Governor Thayer spent most of the day in Omaha. Attorney General Hastings , Commissioner Humphrey and Secretary Allen , are expected hack froni Norfolk tomorrow. The suit of lianghart Brothers vs William Lamb , involving an unsettled cigar account forlii : , has reached the supreme court from Gat-'o county. The printed session laws have been re ceived by the secretary of state nnd are being sent out. IffIM7H S//.I.SM AXi > SHOOT. Hlooily JSnttlo Uonvccn' VOIIIIK MOM Over a Ijiulv. RHIK , Pa. , July -I. Robert Caruthcrs of Baltimore , Md. , lies in the Eric infirmary horribly cut and slashed. Lewis Dero.y lies In tlio same institution with a bullet wound in his groin as the result of a sanguinary meeting today. Several weeks ago Deroy warned n young lady to whom ho and Garu- ttiers. word both pay Ing attention that she must ceasu receiving thb attention of his rival , or he ( Doroy ) would cut his throat. Uarnthant , in ignorance of Uoroy's ' threat , came from Connenut yesterday , and whllo ou his way to cull upon the young lady was sot upon nnd stabbed slightly by Doroy. Ueturning to Erie today the two young men mot unex pectedly 'near the yountr lady's house. Carutliors drew n revolver nnd Uuroyn knife , and being at close quarters they fought with tlio desperation of fiends. Doroy's most Korious wound Is that In the groin , whllo his rlviil Is iiisllKiirod for Hfo and is In a very critical condition , Kosu Still Dcolnrcs Ifur IIIIIOCCIKMS L\NIA ; TIII : , Wls. , July ! il.Rose.oldoskl was removed to Waupun penitentiary yesterday - day on a sentence of Hfo imprisonment for poisoning Kmmi Maty. Whnu leaving the county jail Rosa broke down completely nnd was carried across tha little stretch of lawn between the j'lll door and the gates , A few bympathetlc Indies were In readiness to assist tlio prisoner. Ono carried a hupii basket of llowt-rs which wore to help to brightnn her long and gloomy ride. Who still maintains her Innoccnco. To un attendant she said : "I am innocent. They have urged mo to have hope , for as long as I wa innocent everything - thing would come out right. But now 1 have no hope. I forgive them all. I harbor no hard feelings toward any. Even the jury who have so wronged mo , 1 forgive. " ,1 "SllOltT'lt < tlltKn" t'JM'JI. Ifnnsni City Times ; I'orhnp.i the post , ponomcntof the llnll-Fltnltnmons light at Minneapolis was ono of the results of the re cent Christian endeavor. St , Paul Globe : The greatest and host iu ! < vortlsoment the city of St. Paul has over hnj it gets In the breaking up of the prl/.o fight. The lav-abiding element triumphed. This fact was carried with lightning speed to uvory telegraph station , town and hamlet In America. St. Paul U well and favorably ad vertised. Philadelphia Proas : When Governor Mor. rlnm of Minnesota refined to aldress ( ho fl.OOO nntt-prlao-llght momorlalUon who marched from their hall of mass meeting to hinrn his views , he madotho greatest nilstiiliu of his political iMroar , although ho has since tried to i-orreet it. The American people have over held the holler that the public man who cannot speak his mind has no mind to sneak of. Minneapolis Tribune : The output of ona of the Mln.ionpolls mills UT,0N ( ) tmrivls daily of the bi-.st Hour known to terrestrial baker- ics. The solo output of I ho rit. Paul null Is world-wide advertisement , an expenditure of $ S,000 oa.sh and the arrest of one or two ol the employ-is. The milling boom of our sis. ter village UPS burstod and Minneapolis still holds the palm as thu greatest milling metropolis - tropolis nn the globe. St. Paul Pioneer Press : We deeply rnjjrot to say that not only the Minnesota Athlotla club but that gro.it re'Iglou.s ' and moral or ganization , the Young Men's Christ'an ' assn , elation of St. Paul , Is Involved In this unfor tunate predicament of being law breaker. ) with thu dllTeronco that , while the coming pri/.o light is the llr.st olTonsu of the Athlotla club , the Young Men's Christian association tins boon ongngecl In Mm habitual violation of the law over since it was enacted. Now York Times : There Is soiiiitUiing rather ludicrous in the rumpus which some of the good people of St. P.itll , Mlnti. , havu created over the sparring exhibition which n local athletic club has arranged to take ulaca tonight. As wo understand the matter , it ii to bo an exhibition match between two pugilists with gloves , in which no'thor of tin ) combatants is likely to bo much hurt. It U not a particularly edifying spectacle , but these who take an Interest in it are not neces sarily brutes and are not likely to be greatly brutali/ed. Chicago Post : There will of course ho scant sympathy for the plug-ugllos who -4 gathered at St. Paul to witness n mill bu- tween two of their idols and have been disap pointed of their "fun. " Kyon the ostensibly respectable citizens of the nlhlctlo club umlor whose protection the felony was to have been committed , and who , by the action of Gov- eruor Merriam , are said to have Incurred u money loss of about ? 1'J,000 , will not receive a moiety of the compassion to which thoyscom to think they are entitled. v M'ASSJA'K JKSTN. St. Paul's record of llouHslilnir Industries for the current yuir : will not Inulnde a "mill" by a dam site. Washington I'ost : "Don't you think the barltomi'.s volen has unusually Hue timbre ? " "Yes ; some chords of It. " An eastern publication offered a prize of $ . for tlio most astounding fish story ; nml thu nrl/o was awarded one I1' . 'I' . Kudsom. who sent In tlio following : "Sovoral days ace a friend and I wont fishing In Silver Lake but didn't catch anything. " Nn WOMIIMI in : IOOKII : > SAD. What did tlm telegram say , papa ? What dl'l the telegram say ? You look so worried , so pale and 111 why should wo not be gay ? la BoiniithliiK wrong ut the store , papa ? Is mother sick lit .sun ? What did tin ) lcl.i > ; ; riim say , papu , that you look MI .sail ut HID ? "N'olliliiK" yon .say. N'nw toll mo truo. Homo- llilnji's gimo wrimi ; I know , I'or'tisn't ofion you look that way , nor often yon answer inu M > . Hut hu iiiiHWorud not thu pleading child , and never a word did hn any. " Thu telegram rend : "The gray mare won and wu'iu In UiOKOiip today. " I.lfo : "What have you got In the b.v ; , lloso ? " "Kr or ham , sail -Unt I bought down at do village , sail. " "A limn , eh ? Why didn't you gat 'em to pluck the tall fuatliors ? " Knln Klold ; She Why < ! ! ( ' a young man 111i ) him marry that.ulditrly woninnV lie To get oven with horduu htur for bulng u Mister to him. Washington Star : "It WHS 1'opo. wasn't It , " Bald a ulerk Id Ills room miH : ) , " 'who lisped lu numbers for the numbers cinie : ? ' " "Vcs : what made yon ask ? " "I was Just thinking what a hi'iky ' man hu must bo ul H lottery. " THE Hir.M.MKIl VACATION. ll.ixliin A'eir * . "Tl.s now tlio tlroil city man Decides his fnalim > s noiid u tan. And hli > s him tosunm country town To got hl.s vlsii''e iiiilnteil brown , lie lives on vtuotuhlus that conn ) 1'aolied tight In cans , and nut a oriinib Of any thing Una's good ho gels , llul. all the .sumn hu nuvur frets. He rises In tlio early morn llefoie thu conk bus crowed tliudawn. N lugged by Knrmur Jiiysou to Tin ) fields all wet nnd coM with ( low , Is niadu to hay until II'H ' buck I''rum base to top buglns to cruel ; , Ami swelters lu thu boiling .sun From 1 a. in. tit p , in , I , lluli never , never klukH nt all. Hi ) keeps this up till early fall , And tl.cn returns oneo mure In town With treasury dwindle : ! clcmr way down , And xwimrs with not a variation lie's had an ulujant vacation. Hpoch : Olovurtnn If you won ) at tlio bull liiNt night , 1 HIIpilose yon noticed that MUi I'eterkln hail returned from 1'arlsV Dnsliaway Yes , I saw liur baok , Indlannpolli Journal : "Wluit do you sun- [ > < > > o Thompson did wbun thu Mat hu lives hi caught iitiri ) thu other day ? " "Sent In an nliirin ? " "No ; hu huuniim wildly uxellcd , iiiironlly. | ) | ; and threw his wlfo'.s pugoulof the third Htnry window. Killed the hriltu , of coutse ; und now him Is wondering If Tlnmipion didn't know Jutit what ho WHS doing all the time , " NOT A KODAK HKA1' , C' l ; ( 'ml Item. As they stood on thu beach whom the wavo- let.s play Sim laid her head on his siilln vest And lifted her llns In a pouting way And ho did thu rest. tilonk Ituvlnw : Oliin-Dlil yon sro Mli I'lillmulo ' In Inn- WHY I'urU butlilng divss ? .Mandc-No , I was with u guntlmiiuii us wo passed by , und I didn't dura look. Cilileiigo Tribune : Thu nxvhanun editor wai reading a hair-lifting account of a midnight " Wruplng skies ! " lie miorted. running bis cheats savaguly through the Hunting liund lines. "They wept , of course , because thuy inlntsoiiii'tliiiig. " , "Thutdousnt follow. " retire I tin ) ruul m- litiMilltor : , Inking off his eo it. "They mlglit have been weeping for .hu dead of nU'bt " Gain AnoUicr Victory. LONDON , July 31. Tlio election yesterday in North Ordvlsbouk division of Cambridge shire resulted in another victory for tha lib erals , Hou. Arthur Brand ( llbor.il ) received a majority of 2W over Duncan ( conservative ; . At the lust election Captain Helywln ( eon. sorvatlvo ) defeated John Kigby ( tome rule } by 1,087. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
