Nebraska Newspapers

    Ti-LE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TCTESDAY. JULY 28. 1891.
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MX months . 100
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"iiturclav lice. Quo Vear . . . 1 M
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Council ItlnlTs. 12 IVnrl .Struct ,
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All rnmn.tinlcnt'niH relating to ncw und
fil'torlnl ' in. HIT should bo addressed tc the
I.ditorliil l.rpiiltiiiciil.
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lpnllrri"cil ) to Tlin lleo I'nblMilneroinlmny.
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to Im made pnyablu to the order of Ilio coin
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Notary I'u'illc.
TllK world's fnir oominihsioiiors In
in London uro not allowed to # o hungry.
Tlin enterprising newspaper liars in
thn hostile camps of Chili itinko lionost
comment upon o von is in tlmt unhappy
republic absolutely impossible.
Ooio.vii , iJuisi1 miHt not count too
much on the spouUorihit ) of the next
congress oo lon-r us Colonel Mills has a.
largo democratic following anil the best
wishes ol the republicans for hi * success.
MATTIIIW IJITAV says lie will not re
sign his seat in the bonato. Of course
ho will not. His failure to resign the
chairmanship of the national committee
is proof positive that ho does not bollovo
in resigning anything.
COLOXKf , VINCKNT , member of par
liament for Sholliold , England , is
malting speeches in Canada against
McKinloy. The domucr.ttiu national
convention have just heard of it and
will probably hire him for the hoason
in Ohio.
TIIK cannery at Grand Island will begin -
gin this week to c.in corn and has the
product of 1,500 acres to consume.
Omaha will talco notice of this fact and
rolled upon the fro/.on idea that there
is no canning factory nearer Douglas
county farmers than Ulair.
Tins alliniii'o party in Kansas having
almost unanimously voted several weeks
ago to go it alone in the next campaign ,
the pyrotechnic style with which the
dnmooratio leaders of that state now an
nounce their irreconcilable opposition
to fusion will not fool anybody.
may bo technically an alien in
the eyes of the Nebraska supreme court ,
l > ut the district court of Douglas county
holds that his name is worth money in
the theatrical business and cannot bo
Btolon with impunity. "A good name is
bettor than riches. "
Tin : Ohio democratic convention hav
ing failed to apeak of Mr. Cleveland in
connection with the presidential nomi
nation in 1802 , that gontlom-in will goto
Ohio and hpoak of it himsolf. This is
only another illustration of the old ailngo
that if you want work well done you
should do It yourself.
infidelity must not bo charged
with faocroting infernal machines in the
prayer books. Had as it may bo its ad
herents have never resorted to dyna
mite in their opposition to religion.
French ingenuity and nihilistic skill ,
however , must assume the rosponslbllily
for this now scheme for destroying life.
TUB basilicas of bogus claim agents
nnd irresponsible sharks will be com
pletely destroyed by Tin : HIM : and
JSxaminer bureau. This bureau is a
responsible agency nnd it otters honest
t'lalnmnts an opportunity of p"osontlng
honest claims through reliable attorneys
for whom Tin : HUB and its associate
Bland as sponsors.
KANSAS CITY already IIIIH an elevator
of H,1110,000 bushels , and has three now
elevators in course of construction which
will add facilities for storing iiOO.flOU
bushels more. In ISO ! ) thorn were
handled in that city 5,797,100 bushels of
wheat , 1S,0 < > 0S)0 : ( ) bushels of corn , -1,707-
000 bushels of oats , and fttf.OOO bushels
of ryo. Those figures are very Instruc
tive to per.ions interested in making a
grain market in Omaha , and should
Htimulntu the construction of bovural
elevators.
STAIIS , mi Indian
educated at Carlisle Indian Bchoot , has
boo i givr n u tradorshlp at Pine Itldge
agency to succeed Jit in us A. Finloy , a
white man , who has recently figured in
a very unsavory scandal. Throe Stars
is a full blooded Sioux. Ho speaks , roads
nnd writes English and has boon a clerk
in a trader's nloro at the agency for bet
tor than a your , tie has the respect of
the whites and Indians alike and deserved -
served the consideration shown him.
Ills applntmont Is a small untter in it-
eulf , but marks the beginning of the
end of a white nnn's monopoly in trad
ing at agencies which politicians have
used to their advantage and which has
often been abused.
h
Justice Brewer in a longthj nnd very
interesting opinion Uollvnrod In the
circuit court yustotdny finds for the
Kock Island railway in its celebrated
suit ngninst fho Union Pacific railway
company for the specific performance of
a contract mndo between the two cor
porations in May , lb)0 ! ) , by the Adams
management nnd which the Gould di
rectory ought to avoid. The case la an
Important , ono , ns it incidentally in
volves the use of the Union Pacific
bridge and the Union depot and ter
minal facilities in Omaha by the Hock
Island and Milwaukee railways ) whore-by
both the roads namud would run solid
trains into Omaha.
The interest in the decision hn.s therefore -
fore not boon confined to railway circles.
The decision will bo very generally sat
isfactory in Omaha , as it is believed the
controversy hn.s boon largely responsible
for the delays in the construction of the
union depot and has blocked many other
contemplated railway ont-jrpriscs. The
ffti't. flint ( l n frtu'ii prviilw fin mil. rim t.hrtii *
trains into the city has long been n
source of serious cmbiiTiiHso.inont to
Omaha's prosperity. The decision has
been awaited with some impatience , but
the feeling prevailed in the city that
which ever way the court should hold
Omaha would bo benefited. It is proba
ble the Union Pacific will appeal to
the supreme court of the United
States. In fact it may bo accepted
as a foregone conclusion that an appeal
will bo taken , but a good long stop to
ward final settlement has been mndo by
.Tuslicu Hrower's decision.
The learned judge argues the points
In the case with his well known care and
ability , lie passes upon four questions :
1. The contract was properly cxcc'utcd.
2. It was not ultra vires. ! i. It is such a
contract as a court frequently may coin-
pel spwillu performance.I. . Specific
porfnrin.nieo must be decreed. In the
summing up the case is succinctly stated.
It is shown that the Union Pacific sought
the contract. There was no attempt at
fraud or concealment in entering into it.
The ofllcors made the contract and it
was approved by both the directors
and tlio body of the stockholders.
The rental was reasonably profitable
in the view of the defendant company.
The plaintitT had abandoned extensive
enterprises and expended over SI,600,000
in constructing a line from Omaha to
Lincoln in accordance with the terms
mutually agreed upon and would bo
serlou-ly injured if performance on the
part of the defendant corporation were
not decreed. Tlio interests of the
government in the Union Pacific are
tint endangered. The contract is to the
advantage of tha government , the
public ami the two corporations. The
conclusion was therefore favorable to
the plaintiff corpo'iition.
In the final paragraph of the written
opinion Justice Brewer enunciates a
doctrine which it is to bo hoped will
never bo gainsaid. It is the doctrine
that common honesty should prevail in
transactions between corporations as
well as individuals and ho .states it in
tlio following forcible language :
' 'It is to the higher interest of all ,
corporations and public alike , that it bo
understood that there is ti binding force
in all contract obligations ; that no
change of interest or change of manage
ment can disturb their sanctity or break
their force ; but that the law widen
gives to corporations ! their rights , their
capacities for largo accumulations and
all their faculties , is potent to hold
them to all their obligations , and so
make right and justice the measure of
all corporate as well as individual
action. ' '
ItOlKS ON. XATtOX.Ll , ISSUES.
Referring to national issues in his letter -
tor of acceptance , Governor Boies im
plies that from the beginning of the
government down to the act of 1873 sil
ver was coined as freely as gold. It is
unquestionably true that during more
than eighty years the two metals en
joyed equal rights in the coinage of the
mints , but there was a vast difference in
the amounts of each coined. From 1792
down to nnd including 1878 tlio total coinage -
ago of gold in the United States mint
was $810,1)05,880 ) , while during the same
period the total coinage of silver of all
sorts was $113,1-11,80 ! ) . Of the silver
coined Si7,090,8H : ! ( consisted of subsi
diary coins halves , quarters , dimes and
half dimes and three-cent pieces being
legal tender only for small amounts , and
the legal tender dollars amounted to
only $8,045,038. The act of 1&73 domon-
oti/ed only the latter , leaving the sub
sidiary coins to servo the same purpose
in the currency they had nlwava
borvod and still servo Thus In 81 years
the government had coined but little
more than eight million standard dollars
lars , and u very small amount of these
was in existence when the act of 1S7I !
was passed. Governor Boies also repeats
the state accusation lh.it this legislation
was onnctod without any intelligent dis
cussion of its merits , a charge that has
been lefutcd as often as made , but
which the advocates of free and
unlimited silver coinage persistently
adhere to. Tlio facts are that in 1S70
the secretary of the treasury recom
mended the legislation that was adopted
three years later , that It was the sub
ject of an elaborate report of a con
gressional committee , that n bill passed
the sens'to during the Forty-first congress -
gross , hue failed to pvss the house , and
that the Forty-second congress took up
the bill and passed it , the measure
receiving the support of both
parties. There was no opposition
to the measure for the reason
that silver was above par as
compared with gold , and as a dollar of
silver would have been worth more than
a dollar of gold there was no demand
then for the free coinage of silver. Mr.
Mantling , the first secretary of the treas
ury in tlie administration of President
1'lovoland , wild in his report of IhSO :
"Tho act of 1873 has been denounced and
limited for demonetising silver , which
it did not do. It retired no silver coin
from circulation. It caused no coin to
bo sold as bullion. It withdrew
the full legal tender quality
from no silver coined. Tlio arguments
that anything newly injurious to silver
was done by the not of 1873 , are argu
ments offered only by UUHO who are not
quite familiar with thulr subject. " And
this same democratic secretary of the
treasury said regarding the free coirwjjo
of silver that It would at once entail n
diver basis. "Offered by tlio open mint
to both motnls. " said Mr. Manning ,
"free coinage of silver for silver owners
into legal tender dollars would stop
the use of the mint for free coinage
of gold by gold owner * It would
stop the simultaneous circulation
of gold and silver dollars The
gold dollar would bo at a premium and
bo exported.1 Governor Boles might
got some useful Instruction from the
opinions regarding silver of Mr. Cleve
land's first secretary of the treasury.
In regard to the tariff Governor Boies'
deliverance will hardly impress his fol
lowers as being strong or convincing ,
and others will bo pretty sure to esteem
It very tame and commonplace for such
tin exigency as confronts him. The
farmers of Iowa uro not complaining of
the present tariff. They are not finding
It particularly exacting or oppressive.
They are p.tying no inoro than formerly
for moHt of the necessaries , and some
they can buy for loss money than a year
ago. If Governor Boies will study the
markets ho will find this to bo tlio case.
The democratic prophecy of evils to re
sult from the present tarllf has thus far
failed , and thoughtful people are losing
confidence In the representations
coming from that source. Condi
tions have changed very decidedly -
cidedly since tlio governor' of Iowa
last December pictured for the
edification of a free trade assemblage in
Now York the impoverishe and forlorn
situation of the farmers G2iisstnto. The
value of their products has advanced ,
their crops have prospered and the out
look is In every way bright and cheer
ing. Neither platitudes nor buncombe ,
which are the prominent characteristics
of Governor Boies' reference to tlio
tariff , will have any weight against the
practical facts of the situation.
tfllK.i i' .
There is probably nothing in the state
ment that speculators are responsible
for the movement to corner whosit , al
though certain facts give the statement
a sort of plausibility. It appears , how
ever , from interviews with elevator and
milling men in the northwest that they
would b < > very well satisfied to have the
farmers hold back their wheat , rather
than to have it rushed in upon them as
is usually the case , but they do not think
the plan proposed by the projectors
of the movement is feasible. The general
oral opiniqsi among these men is that it
would bo a good thing for the farmers if
they would market their grain grad
ually , and it would bo favorable to those
who store and handle it , but they all
recognize the dilllculties in the way of
carrying out any such general combina
tion for this purpose as is proposed.
Chief among these is the fact that tlio
great majority of farmers cannot af
ford to hold their wheat. Not only
must they realize on it as soon
ns they can got it to market , but they
have no facilities for storing it. Nobody
can reasonably object to the farmer got-
tinir the highest price possible for his
grain , and of using every legitimate
means to that end , but a proper consid
eration for his welfare requires thsit ho
bo advised against experiments essen
tially impracticable , and any serious
attempt to carry out which might result
in far more injury than good to him.
So much lias boon said by way of in
forming tlio farmers regarding the
world's crop , and of warning them
ngninbt any designs of speculators for
depressing the market , that it is to bo
presumed most of thonThnvo an intelli
gent idea of the price their wheat ought
to command , and doubtless none who
can hold it back for what is considered
to bo n fair price will fail to do so.
There is reason to believe , therefore ,
that the speculators will not find it so
easy to control the market this
year as they usually have , and un
questionably this will bo a good thing
for the farmers and for everybody else.
Nobody sympathizes with the specula
tors , and if the farmers can got the bet
tor of them without themselves engag
ing in a worse form of speculation , by all
means lot them do so. But the scheme
of combining tlio wheat-growers of the
country as a gigantic trust to corner
wheat is not a judicious plan , oven were
it practicable , and it is not at all proba
ble that it will find favor with any con
siderable number of those farmers
oven who can afford to keep
b.ick their grain. As to the others they
will bo controlled by tlu necessities of
their situation , and in most cases those
are so urgent as to compel them to turn
their crop into money as soon as they
can get it to market. Meanwhile the
assurance holds good that all will receive
a fair return for their industry and
outlay.
A Sl'KCUl.ATlXd CITY OFFICIAL.
The deputy city clerk admits that ho
was acting here in the capacity of agent
for tlio Boron stone company , and as
sisted a local firm of contractors to secure -
cure a contract , lie insists tiiat ho is to
receive no remuneration for his services
from tlio Boro.i people or the contractor
but acknowledges that ho soils some of
the material to citizens as a side specu
lation after business hours. The of
fending olllcial Insists that his uncle in
Ohio is intero.itoil in the stone business
1'iul therefore desired to give the stone
a fair chance , and to accomplish this
throw oil his'commission.
The offense in this case is n palpable
violation of the charter provision pro
hibiting city otllcinls or employes from
becoming In any manner inter
ested pecuniarily themselves , by
agents , or as agents of others in city
contracts. There may.bo no teoluiie.il
penal violation of the Inw.for the gentle
man named may not have received aiiy
benefit from his actions thus far. lie
has , however , by his own admissions
sought to use hit , position in the interest
of a bidder upon public work. The
moral quality of his actions issulllclontly
suspicious lo warrant summary action
on the part of the city clerk and city
council.
There is a well grounded suspicion
among tax payers that some city oillelals
are deliberately using their ofllcotf for
thuir private pecuniary benefit. The
deputy clerk'H case is probably no worse
than that of others , but it is bad enough
and tends to the continuation of the bu-
liot that there are booillor.s in the var
ious branches of the city government.
Tin : commission that id in Kuropo In
vestigating tbo condition * of emigration
to this country has found that the
Kngllsh stonin-lhlp lines are not parties
to the unloading of undesirable oml-
grants upon \ * { States. It has
boon suspected tint those lines were In
the past not tt'llhout ' knowledge of the
shipment of jllitipei's the
by poor au
thorities of portions of Great Britain ,
and It Is gratifying to learn that this
opinion has bifon erroneous , or tit
any rate that ( huro Is no present reason
for ontortnltilng-lt. But the commission
will undoubtedjr } find , if It Is enabled to
make n thorough investigation , a differ
ent state of affairs In Germany and Italy.
There is not a shadow of doubt that
steamship lines of those countries have
accepted passage money from the au
thorities for both pan pars and criminals ,
although they may not bo doing so now.
It is quito prolublo , however , that the
commission will not bo enabled to estab
lish this. Ono good effect of the in
quiry will bo to convince foreign steam
ship managers that it is the purpose of
this government to enforce the law
against them , and when they fully un
derstand this the number of undesirable
immigrants will bo very small.
SiN'C'K the clouds have rolled by and
the board of education has elected all its
olllccrs and nearly all Its teachers , it can
now devote itself to the duty of improv
ing the methods of the transaction of its
business. A little intelligent applica
tion to details on the part of conscien
tious members will reveal a good many
small leak's , most , of which can and
should bo stopped. Economy in expendi
tures and business-like methods should
bo tlio watchword of the board.
Tin : Real Estsito Owners' association
is entitled to the credit of sending a delegate -
ogato to Philadelphia to appear before
tlie working members of the republican
national central committee In behalf of
Omaha s ambition to entertain the re
publican national convention next sum
mer.
MAVOII CITSIIINCI owes it to good gov
ernment and his roputition to have both
great parties represented in the board
of public worlcs. Ono republican can
watch two democrats , and it is reason
able to assume that watching will do
them no injury.
WIIIN : a detective on the city force
goes into partnership with a notorious
woman to defeat the ends of justice it is
time to detect the detective and deprive
him of his authority as a police olllcor
Tut : crop of fall candidates for city
and county ollices is a little late in bios-
s-omingout this season , but there is no
apprehension of either a shortage or a
failure. It is now being irrigated.
NonroLic is to have her sugar factory
duplicated upon fulfillment of reasonable
conditions , nnd yet Omaha has taken no
stops to become the sugar center of this
great sugar boot region.
THE Union Pacific has ueon judicially
informed that in the oycs of the' law : i
contract is a sacred obligation whoso
terms cannot bo avoided except by mu
tual consent.
MONTANA and Wyoming extend to
Nebraska the right hand of fellowship.
Those three states possess reciprocal re
sources capable of infinite profitable de
velopment.
SATUKDAY , August 1 , the now ware
house law goes into effect. From that
day until the end of time Omaha will
grow in importance as a grain market.
IN si'iTU of the captious criticism of
the alliance organ the good work of securing -
curing alliance elevators in which to
store away grain goes bravely on.
OMAHA holds the key to the stock sit
uation and can turn the lock on all her
rivals if she attends strictly to business.
AFTKU the banquet August 20 the
board of trade ought to find time for
other business of importance.
Tin : Ore-millers' exchange promises
to bo a success. There is no reason why
it should bo anything else.
Cm/UN' TUAIN with all his eccen
tricity and Psycho flummery is always a
welcome guest in Omaha.
\ \ Iiy Calamity Howlers Mourn.
Krai neu Hub-
Nebraska's minoi of golden grain are being
worked to their full capacity.
11 ° tlio Court Known Itself.
fi'ew r < / ittruiuni.
Kansas Is going to sbow that ovoi : a farm
ers' alliance juduo must obey tbo supreme
court.
No Goo I fur At ; tu ; il Service.
Watson's scheme is llko "a painted snlnon
n p.ilatud ocean. " A nice tiling to look at
bu n. p. for actual service.
Good Service A | > prtoliitoli (
A'fofinim I'tiiiifci :
TIIK Ouurv Hi'i ; novonliil a better service
for Nebraska lliati wiiua it advertised each
county In tlio state , showing Its industries
and wealth.
Tlio loun
The Iowa republicans propose to carry the
state this year it * Unujj , m ijorlty , ona a fuw
more foolish speeches by Cov. ! Holes may Increase -
crease It to UO.IMU. '
1 *
11 fro.
Xeie I'ntli Triliiine ,
"Ttio coroner luyjuetoil liU duty" might
almost romalii u stwrotypocl , uowsp-ipor head
ing lu ttiii city. Kuroly no ether civilized
community is so cn'i'iilossly ' survoJ.
Nulir.iNku Tity'H Hijj Khoir.
( liicnyn Int'r'Oceiin.
Nebraska City will bo tlio exposition can
ter in Noiiraslm tills fall , ns tlio Nouraskn
City exposition will bo the otilv ono In tlio
stuto. H ulll opan August Ml mid close Sep
tember II. Tlio Uraml At my will also hold
its district reunion there during the exposi
tion. The exposition audit to lie u success
with NubrusUii exhibits nlono. This is a
great year for f.inneis and Nebraska Is ono
of tbo ytOH farmer status of tlio union.
.Marvelous Metal I'roiliietlon.
* Vu" I'n/h Tilinint.
Mr. Carncslu's rovlscd edition of the story
of triumphant democracy may contain souio
rcmurkaUlo additions. Tlio United ritntus Is
not only the largont pro4ucor of pig Iron , tint
she also puts out inoro copper than any ether
country In tno world. The census ropoit
containing this iinnuuncoment shows tbnt
Montana lias outstripped Michigan , wbllo
Arizona U making strides toward her posi
tion. Thcso changes nro , of course , In t\
measure explained by the tompsrary closing
of some of the great I.nko Superior mines ;
but the same cause romlors the gcnor.il In
crease ovou inoro surprising. Clearly an Im
portant stop is noted In llui rauo for commer
cial primacy.
The Ohio Test.
AVic Vnik Tfrnr-i ( .1/110) ) .
If tlio Ohio campaign Is of vital Importance
to thu republicans it Is not less so to the
democrats. It pro-units tlio "skirmish lino"
of the great contllct of no\t jcar wliiuh Is to
bo waged on the turlft Issue * * * It Is
likely that as the contest advances potty dif-
fereuces In both pirtlos will bo swept nsldo
and the result will become an actual test of
the power of the parties with the people
upon those questions that nro to determine
next year thu control of national affairs.
ot'v.M.v tiiiofir.f xrin : / > ; : / titrnti : .
Now York Recorder : Pounder n mil ley
would Imo to see the bathers at Asbury Park
wearing ear muffs , ovct coats nnd arctic over
shoes.
Now York Commercial Advertiser : Now
Ocean Urovo wants to clothe the president
of Its camp mooting with tar ami feathers ,
Instead of reserving thuin for the intension
nf the too scanty bathing stilts of the pincn.
The main trouble with Ocean drove appears
to be tlmt it is a little long of piety and short
of purity.
Morning Advertiser : If the people of
Ocean Grove do not happen to have their
jashmaks , ferjeos and long , gossamer wraps
with them , they can probably satisfy modc t-
oycd propriety byrappliig toweis around
their legs. This m.iv make thorn look to
worldly ciyes llko a lot of bandits in a comic
opera , and in that they may mar the general
sanctified appearance of Oi'oan ( Jrovo ; lint It
will keep them within the decree.
St. Louis Komi bile : If vou co to a water-
Ing place and see some other fellow's sister ,
In a clinging bathing suit , leaving her arms
and legs exposed as far as possible , then , for
you , there Is nothing Indecent about It. ob
jectively. You know , of course , the differ
cnco between the objective in tlio case of
another man's slater and
your own subjoct-
ivltv. In case It is yourown sister concerned
but that , as Mr. lludyiml Kipling has It , is
"another story , " and an entirely different
question.
Kansas City Times : The only surprise to
these familiar with Atlantic coast resorts is
tlmt such an order ns that issued by Presi
dent btolti's was not mndo long ago. Consid
ering all the restrictions concerning driving ,
rcfieshmenLs , railway aecommndat'ons ' , .nid
especially Sumtny observances , it is n wonder
that a feminine auklo was ever exp.osod on
the sunny sands of Asbury. The eternal lit-
ness'of things required the ono Html mandate.
New York World : Thus it mav happen
that the I3radloyl/cd fashion of bathing np-
pnrel will bo oven lighter than Hint required
In comic ot'Cra , nnd the last state of that
sedulously policed sea-beach will bo won > ethan
than its lirst. While this might attract the
frivolous worlulngs In crowds , it is , wo nro
sure , very far from Founder Bradloy's pious
intention to achieve such n result.
r.it > si\is , //A7'.s" .
ThuoTixlus to Clilcaso lust sprlns ? carried an
Omaha barber ulio throw up an 418 ; i wouk Job
toscrapua fortune In tlio Windy city. The
sl/e of the "fortune. " rnKcd In may bo judged
by tlio following note to a friend :
"I > tirl ; for Omaha tonight. Mout. mu at the
depot with .1 blanUut. l'\ogota hat. "
Minneapolis Tribune : Miss Smooth That
llouur on your coat Is a bucliuUn's button. Is
it not , Mi. Allalnu ?
Mr. A.Yes. . Miss Fmooth ; why do you ask ?
Mlssfaniooth I was uondorlnz If 1 ton-hod
the button tvould you ( lu thu lust ?
Now York Weekly : Sti.m ur What do you
viiluu your wnlto cow at ? It'arincr Kurron
bho ain't worth over $10. Taxing cows
thlaycai ? htr.uwr 1 am not the assessor.
I am an official of Ilio Quick Time r.illio.ul.
Youruott was. killed this morning. Huo's the
$10. IJODU diiv-
This time wo'll ire tohotno far place ,
\\Iiereslie will not appear ,
1'or It u cm Id spoil our run to meet
The girl \ > o had List ytar.
Philadelphia Times : It Is n good plan to
prepare for dog days by talcing bark.
T.ouoll Courier : A house dealing In ladles'
garments has this announcement : "I'oaiful
cut ; spring garu'ents half price. " Well. If the
raiments are fearfully cut half price Is
enough.
X MTTf.R AWKWAUD AT PlltSf.
IllllitllUltJolix JllUI IMl. '
When lovely woman
Dons "pants" iwlilun no man
Denies her rlelit to WIMFJ ,
Sho'II be no fright ,
Nor o'on a sight
To niultu the thoughtless stare ,
Yet wlLkcil men
Will siilcKor , when
With nhseiit-mindod air ,
Shu leaches back
'lo ur.ib thu "slack"
Of sUlits no longer there/
Detroit Kico 1'iess : Probably wh. i tlio
rod-ho.ided girls come to votu thuiu won't bu
so many dark hoises.
Washington IStar : "Are yon willing to work
for your living * " she ivsUod of the two tramps
who 'Aere sliin'llir- the poiuh.
Yo'm ' , wiiaio. " lopllol onuof tlu-iii nainost-
Iv , "nil" you kin hot wo does It dlgesiln' the
things the women along this loutu gives us
tor oat. "
Hurlln-'lon Itepnbllcan : The mercury enJoys -
Joys a sunny climb nowadays.
A KI7/ICAI. Wlllil'K.
lliMlmina American.
The W. O. T. U. caino down like a wolf on the
fold
On the fountain of soda , whose buvcrano cold
taupplios heated man with a nice , cooling
dilnk ,
Tor thuy vow that Its Ilavor Is tinctured with
"wink : "
That vanillas ami pliospnaios may stay on
tin ) list.
Hut In d.Urnenl.stylo the champagne must ho
missed ;
And thov'11 keep uu the light while a woman's
Till they leave that gay fountain a H//IC.I !
wreuk ,
Dntiolt 1'roe I'rois : "Husband , how do you
feel this inurnln jV" asKed Mrs Illaluo.
"I don't know , my dear , I haven't looked
over HID moinlng papeis yet. "
Philadelphia Times : 0onoril llutlor IIKVOP
cnloisa lloston diiigstoiu. Hols afraid that
hU wink might bo mlMindorslood.
Chicago Trlbnno : Customer This porous
piaster Is no jjoo I. Iwaiitoiiu lliat will slluk
or 1 want my nnmey hack.
Dim ; 1st ( to eleik ) James , hrliu mo ono of
thosu ( Juiiv plaslurs wo' > o Just opunud.
tiioitr o.v IUAI.TH.
AVni Yitrli llccmdcr.
[ Jay Gould Is side and lias gone to the
Hockv Mountains in search of health. ]
Gould's hick again. ( Some time ho'll dto )
The rumor tairly tnrills
The hygienic bourse and high-
lOr JJOIM the nrico of pills.
Quotations yesterday ull showed
Ills .stock of health was weak ;
The t'ronub would say It wr.s do I1 cau'd ,
That's watered , so to speult ,
His change of pulse was watched amid
A Hurry on the lloor ;
It opened with UK ) bid
And closed at U ! .
Ills respiration ontor'd on
Its course atS-J ,
I3ut tumbled down to 21
Before the day was through.
Ills tomp'intur , llko nil thu rail
Showcul much activity :
At ilrst it hint tin upward zest ,
Hut uroppud toJH.
Decline In physiologic blocks
On which Ciould has his imw ,
\\'as due , according to tie ) UOQB ,
To some cachcctlo cause ,
All which impresses very much
That though a imn of wealtti
M.iv bull up rall-oaJ .stouten and such
Ho cannot bull hn | hoalth.
ENCLOSED
Lisbon Citizens Gomplniu Tlmt They Have
No Railway Facilities.
THREATEN TO BOYCOTT THE BURLINGTON ,
Itonril or Trniisportntlon
to Compel the Compiiny lo llnntllo
tlio IniiiuMisc Crops of
IVrklus Comity.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Jnlv 27. [ Special to Tur.
HKK. | The secretaries of the board of trans
portation have returned from I'erlslns county ,
whither they wont to Investigate a complaint
nuninst the H. & M. Lisbon Is n small sta
tion lying between two snnd ridges. Some
time ago the agent was taken away and the
business was largely transferred to Drandon ,
a station three or four miles west. Uotwean
Lisbon and Brandon Is n range of sand
hills , making It inconvenient for the
people of Mm valley In which
Lisbon Is located" to reach Brandon. A similar
rid co cuts them oil from ( li'.uit , a station on
the east. Lisbon Is operated ns a Mag station
but the people occupying the valley want an
airent at that point to receive and ship { their
crops. They imiko nfllduvlt that theru nro
1.000 ncirs ofhoat alone in the valley south
of Lisbon , and the } threaten , If that station
is not re-established , to haul their grain to
Ogalalla on the Union 1'aclllc , u distance of
twenty miles from the t . & M lino.
Tlio si'iTotniies report nmgnlllrent crops in
the vnll . \ , oven the sand hills being covered
with , % luxuriant growth of grass. They nro
inclined to the hopeful view tlmt it will enlv
bo necessary to call the attention of H , Ac Al.
onicials to the gioiit amount of freight to bo
shipped In order to sivuro the establishment
of Lisbon as n full-Hedged station , nt least
temporarily.
r\ns roil TIII : siruors. : .
The secretaries are already confronted
with the question of cars for moving
this year's crop. It Is expected that
there will not bo enoiih cavs to
meet alt demands promptly , and the so tetar-
los have beou appealed to fora rule to govern
the distribution of them. The elevator men
want their requisitions to have iirlorlty because -
cause of the magnitude of their business.
The small dealers want nn apportionment
that will glvo them a bhiro of the cars at
suitaulo terms. The secretaries , contemplate
going to railroad hcaUquaiteis in Omaha to
iearn what rules nro uroposod by
the general managers. It is In
ferred that , after Investigating this mat
ter , they will make u report to tlio state
Board roconimoiuilng a rlcid rule tlmt shall
bo binding on the railroads.
arvTis ot tints i.ocvrr.p.
The governor has decided that the Ne
braska national guards shall have their on-
cammnont at tirand Island. To gratify the
old veterans it will bo heldi'uring ' the Grand
Armv of the Republic reunion the lirst wcolt
in September , and the governor has selected
grounds adjoining the old soldiers' camp.
NriW\SK\'S KNOIIMOI s CHOI1.
N. II Kendall of Kendall A ; bmlth , Lincoln ,
wllo operate an extensive svstomof eleva
tors on the IJ. A : M. tallroad. said :
"I have been travel ! ig extensively In the
"
territory in which wo operate , nnd" must
sav the outlook is exceedingly llatterlnu.
There will bo such n crop of small grain as
was never before ralsod in Nebraska. Barley
is somevN nat stained and will bo only a fan-
crop , but wheat , ryo. oats and lla.v
show \\ondcrfully increased yield par aero.
1 think wheat will exceed the average by
Id l-t ; per cent and oats by nearly 51) per cent.
From my observations and the report of our
agents wo ostiumto that the Nebraska oat
crop will average from thirty to thirty Hvo
bushels per aero , but I have seen llelus that
will thiesh fully seventy to the acre. Wo
estimate tli.it winter wheat will yield nil
iivnrngo of twenty bushels and spiing wheat
llftceii bushels.V'o have not
yet gathered nnv satisfactory statistics
on Max. I am confident wo will have a good
crop of corn , but the weather of the next
two weeks , or sa\ three , will determine
whether it will be exceptionally largo or not.
Corn is about two weeks late , but 1 can no-
tlco a decided improvement In the past week.
1 think it will make an average crop , nearly
odtial to that of l ss. nnd there U a nossibii-
itv , with favoring weather , of its being con
siderably larger. Oidinanly about the
Hist of August wo can forecast the
crop with i disenable assurance. That
point might bo delayed two weeks , and yet ,
under favorable conditions , corn would pro
duce the Immense yield It now promises. At
any rate wo tire not concerned , being satis
fied that there will be a good crop. A 110-
tlfoablo tiling this year is the lact that crops
average about the same all over the state ,
except in tlio oxticmo western part , where
the altitudennd cold nights will always makn
it impossible to grow corn successfully.
"Persons from Box Butte are sancutno
cnoui'h to assort that their county will show
it greater yield per aero than land in this sec
tion , il Ihlnk they are misled bv comparing
the outlook with their own crop in former
years , for my Judtromontis that the yield will
bo approximately the same in all parts of our
territory. Of course this makes the privpect
in the west partlcularlv bright. The outlook
for prices Is good. Wo nio pay
ing ( H ) cents a bushel for wheat as
against 61) ) last year , and 1 think
that price Is a low us it will go. O its com
mand IS cents. There Is a possibility of ti
MiL'lit decline , but that price is about lixnd.
It is lee early to sav wli.it coin will bring ,
but It eannot co as low as a year aco. Wo
had had several big crops in siuvossion , caus
ing a lurgo surplus to accumulate , and of
course the price went down If the corn
crop carries out its promise our agrtuiltiual
products this year will bring into Nebraska
inoro money than during anv other voar in
the history of the stato. Good times uro sure
to come. "
nr.TTiNd TO TUI : vriiiwr.
The members of the board of public lands
nnd buildings , acting on the suggestion in to
day's Uir : , have concluded to at once sum up
their lindings In the case of Superintendent
ToJtnml Steward Liveriiighousoof tlio I lust-
Ings hospital for insane. Thov will make a
loview of the evidence already In , and
will supplement it with Iho fuels
brought out bv the export examiner.
Attoinoy Cicnornl Hasting bus been asked to
'
pivpaio'tho record and will begin it tomor
row. The board will not report to the gover
nor until 10 receives the piollminar.y leport
of Iho examiner , which Is promised this week
sure and possiiilv as early as Thursday.
.irnoMi.sT roil TIII : oniKit MIX.
Hov. Dr. O. Crcli'hton , chancellor ot
Wosluuin university , 1ms run up against a
genuine A merle in Dogberry. Last March
ho bought a borsooi U. M Cireono , who war
ranted him to be sound , p'lylnu' ? ' 0) ) . The
animal was not as represented , ho alleges ,
and the chancellor began suit before a country -
try justice to recover the pilco of. the hone
ami the cost of his Keeping , amounting In all .
to ( ! - * ) The good doctor has just taken the |
case to the district court. The Justlio gave
Judgment for $1-0 , but it w.is .in Ureonc's
favor.
WIMOItr I'lNlNI IPIIIMI.
Judge Tlbbots of Lancaster county has Is
sued u tomp'orarv injunction rcstiainingStato
Auditor Honton from registorlnir and Secre
tary of State Allen from certifying lo bonds
of the amount of $15,00) ) Issued bv the city of
Wymore. The m lion was brought by Charlm
M Mnrdook. The bonds were Issued for the
alleged purpose of funding aim pay-
in" the outslanding warrants and
other indebtedness of Wymoro. At
the election .lulv 7 there were
I'M voles for and fi'J against bonding. Mr.
Munlock alleges thnt tha Issuance of thosa
bonds Is part of a .scheme to onrlch K P
Reynolds , jr , who Is mayor of the city , and
also a large .stockholder In the t-'lrst National
bank. He says that at otno previous tuna
W > more Issued bonds to the amount of $ . )0.ooo )
for the construction of waterworks , that limy
cost largely In excess of that sum and th.it
Iho city council allowed lho < o extra claims
lo the amount of f 10,000. The mayor and the
city clerks Issued warrants for tlipso claims
although there was no fund from which they
could bo paid. Murdock asserts that all this
was illegal , and then ho states that the ma
Jorlly of iheso warrants have come Into tlio
First National bank Ho charges that Iho
bank bought the warrants nt discounts van
lug from . ' . - ( to M pOr cent Mr
Koynolds has been nctlvo In se
curing the Issuance of Iho bonds
voted .Inly 7. Helms ion t messages to the
council urglni ? Iho proposition ns a means to
save the city's credit ami has published stm
liar statements In the nowsimpors over his
name. Al least that Is utmt Mr. Munlock
alleges on behalf of himself and other pro
testing circus Ho also says that Iho total
Indebtedness sought to bo refunded am omits
to nnlv SIM. I'J.I. mill ho thinks ttinin u'nm Ir
ici'lllarltlcs in the election. Ho wants the
Injunction made perpetual , and the court
will have a hearing in Lincoln August ir.
I'luvrK win. UTOISTIOIRN \ ,
Mts. M. A. H. Martin of this cltv has r.v
celvcd the following letter from .Mrs. Potter
Palmur , president of the board of lady man
agers of the world's fair ;
l.o.MKlN. I'm ; . . .Inly It. Mis. Martin My
Heir i.ailiinr Vonr letter of Jnnn IS Is n >
I'oUed , mid I read wlih great Interest and
ple-isnro of your aeillly nndout In reiriiid
to voiir stall ) woik. 1 appieelilii thedllh
eultles you haMi been laboring under
In NclliMsku with all the excite
nient attendant upon the change of
iidmlnlsiritlon. but lam glad that jon aie n
frli-nd of the nuw goMirnur , us It will lneltiu <
him fmoiablv towmds our Inn UK for ei -
po-lall ) uiuit to be reco nl/ed In all tin-
states. I ha\e been Imxlna a Miry busy trip.
1ml HID nevertheless iniieh letled a ml ie-
fri'thod by the eh.uige of scene and routine. I
ha\i ) been fortuinife enoiiuh to ha > e tlio op-
port unity of pieselitlin ; our plans to till ) nmsi
prominent people In I ranee , and I am glad to
say that the uro\eminent ha * divided to ap
point a nmmnsslon ofMimen lo I'o-operato
uHh our hoard. I lianKIng jou onee morn for
voiir pli ) is.uu letter and for J our enthusiasm
In our work , I am voiy conllulU ,
llKltrilA M. 11. 1'AI.MKIl.
MiiiiK srimrii. HMts.
The land commissioner has llgiircd out Iho
school lands which will conic to the state
with the orgnnl/ation of tlio now counlv of
Hold. Of thu land that has been smve.unl
and \ \ hichill soon be ready for lease , theru
nro I'HH , ( > acres. ' 1 no school lands In town
ship i"i , in r.uiu'o ID to 111 inclusive , have not
been survovod. Then theio nru about six
thousand netos of indomiiitv land duo the
state , \ \ hlch thu laml commissioner has yet
to select , mauing an aggregate of about
tuentv-oven thousand acres. Thu count }
will bo organi/ed nuxt month , and the com-
ml sioner thinks thu school liiusls will bo ap
praised In time to bo altered for lease about
September I. Thu stain Is cntlllud to thu
sixteenth and thirty-second sections In each
township , but theru are only two full town
ships in the county.
1:1.1:1 : : ntic SHOCK.
O. C. Munford was dangerously It no" fa
tally shocked today by coming in contact
with a Hvo electric w'lro. lie was driving
across South street when a lire al.um wire
fell across tno backs of his horses , knocking
them down. Munford jumped fromhlsso.it
to help the animals , whoa the wlro twitched
around and stride him in thu ncclc. Ha
grabbed hold of it to throw it olT nnd fell to
thu ground unconscious. The fall do-
lachcd thu wiro. but when nicked til ) ho was
apparently dead. A doctor was called and
after several hours' work rosloicu htm to
consciousness. Munford's neck and hands
are sovcioly though not dangerously burned ,
but it is feared the shock of the elcctria
current will result in death. It appears that
the wire broke before falling and completed
anew circuit by dropping across an electrio
street car wire.
sTvrn noi'sc xorns.
The Atlas insurance company of London ,
England , Is scekli g to do business In Ne
braska.
Beatrice school house bonds to tlie amount
of Slfi.OOO and bearing date of September t
hnvo been ptesented to tbo auditor for icgls-
tration
Superintendent Candy loturncil today from
tfio national teachers' convention.
Deputy Attorney ( Jenernl Summons wont
to Beatrice today.
f. 13. Korris of the governor's olllco loft
today for an outing In Colorado.
THAT AlKSUST IIANQUHT.
MunVlio Will IMitko tlio
iiHMilH for It.
Following nro Iho member * of the commit
tees from the Omaha board of tr.ulo and the
South Omaha Hvo stock ox-chango who have
charge of the [ thins for tha banquet to bo ten
dered the elevator owners , grain and atock
men of Nebraska and western Iowa In this
city on August SO :
Arrangements Kuclid Martin , C. F. ( ! ood- , <
inin , J. A. Connor , 15. 10. Bruce , D. II.
Wheeler , II. O. Clark , Chiiles H. Fowler ,
.lames Stuphcnson. Max Meyer , * . ! . A. Haitu/
Transportation James Stuphenson , I ) . II ,
Wheeler , II. I ! . Clark , Bernard Fowler , * Al
bert Noo.
Priiitlng-C F. Woller , A. B. .luijiilth , * J.
A. Hrainnrd.
Invitations . ! . A. Connor , U' . N. Nnson ,
II.V. . Yules , S. A. McWhortor. * ! . B.
Blnnchard , ' ( ! cargo Burkeumcjalnh ( , W.
A. L. tllbbon , J. B. Christian , * W. K. Wood ,
A. Waggoner , * . ! . C. Hlrnoy.
f'tuiinru L D Fowler , J. A. Wnkollold ,
C 10. Sinihos , l''rauk JohnsonI. F. Blaek ,
W. N. lUbcocK. * I' . B. MePhurson.
Bamiuot 10. H Bliico , C F. ( lOodman , W.
N. Nason , A. P. Hopkins , R P. Peek.
Uecoption L u I'owior , i i ; . MW.UIu. . .
S. Chase , I'lnrU Wooilimut , .1. S. Bridy , 10.
A. Cuduhy , Frank Wnito , C. O. Loheek ,
Thos. Kilpatrirk , S. I ) . Barkalow , * H C.
Bostwlck , kl ) . L. Campbell , * W B. Wall-
work , * P. T. McCratn , Mas. C. Martin.
lOntortainmont II. T. Claiku , Oeo. H.
Crosby , Chris I [ liftman , C. II. Blown , * A.
It. Slater.
Music-Max Meyer , J. II. Hviun , * A. C.
Foster.
Members South Omaha Uic Stock \.i- \
chanxc.
MISS imi < ; < ? .s' i\.iuuu.s. :
Tlioy are Very SermiiH hut Not NCIJOH-
mirlly Kami.
Miss Franc M. Brlggs , the Omaha school
teacher "who was Injured Thursday night In
ii runaway accident near Shoihomi Fulls ,
Idaho , rolurnud home Sunday with Dr.
IJoorso L , Miller and u party In a special car
attached to thu Union Paelllo oveilauO llyer.
The car was switched to the IJ. it M. traeu
and a special engine took Iho pirty to Doer-
Held , where carnage were In waiting to iv
rnovo them to thu rosldunco of Dr. Mlllor tit
Sovmonr pant.
In explaining how the accident occurred ,
the doctor dialed that the paity t oolc a car
riage at Sho-dionn and attended an entertain
ment eight miles out In tlio country. Mlii
Brlgt's nad just unwicd the carriage in the
p irty was about to return homo , when thu
horses became friu'htunod and ran away.
Tlio driver wa-s seriously Injinod In allempt-
Inif to stop them , and ftllss Brlggs was hurt
by falling upon her head as she jumped from
the icur of the carnagud. 'I ho shock caused
concussion of Iho bialn , and In addition to
this she sustained u bad scalp wound and u
sprained nnklo. llor injuries aroseiloin , hut
her physician says that thuy are not necos-
lar lly fatal , nnd thinks ( the will recover.
A number of the young lady's friends
called at the Miller residence last evening lo
learn thu extent and severity of her Injuries.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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