THE OMAHA DAILY ] : : „ THURSDAY , APRIL 2,1 1802. /THE / DAILY BEE E. nOSEWATEU. KniTf n. ( PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY TMIMS OK SIWPCIUI'TION. Tlnlly Urn ( without. Sunday ) One Year. . . . $ B CO Dully nnd Sunday , One Your . 10 M etxMnnlhi . 600 Three Month * . 25 ° Vunilny lice. Ono Year. . 2 JO Fsturdny llco , One Year . J JjJ Weekly llec. Uno Year. . . . . IOC OITICCS ; Omnha. Tbo llco Building. PniithOinithn , corner N und -Oth Street * . Council IllufTs. 121'cnrl Street. Chlcnro Office , 317 ( number of Commercs. Ni-w York. IlopnxlMI ami l3.TrlbunoUulldlng Washington , 6S | Fourteenth Street. COUKF.SPONDKNOR. All communications relating to nnwi and editorial matter should bo addressed tc the Ldltorlil Department. Ht'StNESH I.ETTKK9. All 1m < ilnp letters anil remittances should Ipnddrwcd to The lice Publishing Company. Umnhu. Draft * , chock * and postolllco orders to bo made piiyablo lo the order of the com pany. Proprietor HWOUN STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. Bluloof Nobrnskn. \ . , County of Ilonelus. ) " Opnran II. T/schuck , secretary of The llco I'nbll.snlnit company , ( lees snlumnlv swnar that Iho iictnal circulation of TllK DAU.V line for the week ending April IB , IHH , was as fol lows ! Humluy.- April 10 . 29.100 Mamlny. April II . aV'30 Tuesday. April I' ' . "J. . .l Wcdncodny. April III . 'il.f.'J Thiir.sday , April 14 . " ' .W Krlday. April IS . KI.MW Katurday , April 10 . . ai.CUi Average . ai.ir.o OEOUCJE 11. T/.9C1IUOIC. Sworn to hoforo mo nnd subscribed In my jiroMMiiJO Ibis iOlb day of April , A. f ) . , 1892. . MAU : N. 1' . I'-KIT. Notary 1'nbllc. .Avrriigo Clrpiilntlnii lor Muralil,3ai > . RKSOI.UTIONS will not clctin the pub lic slrcotH. THK owners of the jiroposcd park tniets oviilontly innititnln tin oillciont lobbv. THAT BulTiilo , Wyo. , wire which ref - f uses to work Eccnis to have some sort of method in its obstinacy. HASTK in the park .mutter contrasts strangely with tbo want of it in paving- , grading and ether public improvements. TUB boulevard donations would no be withdrawn on account of condemnation tion proceedings to secure park lands. Such threats are merely nmdo to bolster the scheme to feint park lands upon the city nt extravagant prices. TlKiiu MOST IWH just emerged from his country residence on Blackwoll's island , whore ho has been serving his sentence for a year. lie is the same rod hot nnarchibt as of yore and his mouth will soon recover its wonted volume and vigor. _ _ TIIK notorious Ehrenpforta democrat , who was repudiated by his neighbors nt the polls last fall and who has since boon on the pay roll of tlio Union Pacific railway company has been made deputy l > y a republican successor. What does it moanV RAILIIOAD rates are now the solo ob struction to the upbuilding of a grain market in Omnha. iMilling-in-transit rates on all ether lines as well as the Union Pacific are all that is needed to place the movement for u grain market fairly on its feet. O political pabulum from copyrighted books and circulating it at public expense under Iho guise o speeches by congressmen is n con temptible trick , of which only a con Bcioncoless democratic or independent member would bo guilty. CAPTAIN HAYKS scorns to bo the com ing man for president of the Union Pa ciflo. Ills selection would indicate compromise between the Oould and con flicting interests , for ho was many years n trusted lloutonant in tlio southwest o the Wizard of Wall street RiU'Uiu.iCANS of this city should miilco it their business to vote nt the ] ) rlninry elections tomorrow. Thcs elections uro the first stop in the pond in ; presidential ciunpuign and It behooves hooves man who nro interested In the suproimu'y of the party In the impend ing Btrupjrlo to innnlfost tholr intoros in the selection of dolcjrntos to the nom hinting convonUotm that will rolloc their sentiment und choice. WITH the city attorney's olaborat opinion before him clonrly pointing ou the provisions of the law under which the city has the power to exorcise the right of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring parks nnd boulevards , will Mayor Hernia join with the majority of the council in the scheme to pay out 8-100,000 for park lands that could bo bought for 25 per cent less if the city did not enter the real estate market 119 a , compulsory purchaser ? SKNATOU HILL rofuaod to roapoud on the first cull of tlio vote upon Senator Kylo's amendment to the Arizona fund ing bill substituting the words "lawful monoy" for "gold coin" in the clause providing for the payment of interest bonds provided In the act. When the point of no quorum had boon made ho voted for "lawful money" nnd against gold coin. Ho discovered thtit the vote would not be a real test of sentiment and so ho felt safe in throwing out n crumb of comfort to the free silver mon who sought to make the unundmoiit have sonio bearing upon the froa coinage - ago question. democrats have passed n resolution favoring Governor Ponnoyor for vice president. Ponnoyor has uulnoved a world-wide reputation for his monumental solf-concolt. Ills popu larity among web-footed democrats is nothing to their credit. It was Ponnoyor that proclaimed himself the poor in of ficial position of the president of the United States and dcolnrod that ho would not greet the presidential party nt the Oregon state line , but would wait for them to pay court to him at' Saloru. Ho booamo ushamod of himself lutor and journeyed to the state lluu , but the people plo have not forgotten what a fool ho mnde of himself. nro nRpvntiCAX co.vt'BMmvs. The republican state convention of Pennsylvania was unequivocally a Harrison risen convention. The platform adopted declares unbounded confidence in the president and commends In the hearti est terms the course of the administra tion on Intornatipnal questions , giving to Socrntary Blalno just credit for his shnro In the nchiovotnonta of American diplomacy. The efforts of Senator Quay and Iho ootnparntlvoly few republicans In Pennsylvania who nro unfriendly to Proaidont Harrison to turn the party against him signally failed. They were successful in controlling only thrco or four counties , wlillo In all the rest the sontlmont was overwhelmingly in favor of the president. The expression of the convention is therefore the practically unanimous voice ot the republicans of the state in favor of the ronomln ntton of President Harrison , nnd although the dologatos-it-lnrgo named by the con vention were not instructed , there can bo no doubt that their action at Minne apolis will bo hi accord with tha will of the party as minlfoitoJ in the county and stnto conventions. The Pennsyl vania delegation will vote unanimously for the president's ronomination. The Mii33achusott3 state republican convention was equally strosi ? in its endorsement - dorsomont of Pcosid'jnt Harrison and ins administration , which was co in- mended for Its vigor , justice , olllcioncy , freedom from sc.uulal and brilliant di plomacy. The republican delegates from Massachusetts to the national con vention are not instructed , but they , also , relloctlng tlio sentiment of the party in the state , will undoubtedly bo unanimous for the ronomination of Pres ident Harrison. On all national issues the platforms of both these conventions are sound , clear and unequivocal. They declare against free silver , demand the maintenance of protection , and endorse reciprocity , the Massachusetts republicans declaring that "any changes in the tariff necos- nary from time to time should bo made by tlio friends of protection , not the en- Kvory republican state convention thus far held has boon favorable to the ronominalion of President Harrison , and thcro is ovorv reason to expect that those to follow will bo equally pro nounced in support of the just claims of the president to bo again the standard bearer of his party. There nro still a 'ow dissatisfied politicians , governed wholly by selfish motives , who endeavor o create disaffection in the party , but heir influence is not widely felt nnd ivill have no weight nt all in the nn- iounl convention against the counsel of uch distinguished republicans as Sher man , Allison , Aldrich , Cullom , McKin oy nnd others who acknowledge the n-oprioty and justness of ronominiUng President Harrison. The intelligent : nnsses of the party understand and ap predate the excellent work of the ad' ministration , nnd while they tire willing to accord to every member of it a just shnro of the credit for what h&s been iichiovod , they know that to the presi dent belongs much Iho largest share. Both in the management of our domestic affairs and in tlio conduct of interna tional controversies the ability and sound judgment of President Harrison huvo been conspicuously shown , and no department of the executive branch of tlio government has boon without his constant , careful and vigilant attention. The endorsement of republican conven lions is therefore not more perfunctory approval , but a just recognition of the wisely directed and successful work o the president. SBAMTOK JULUS DKSldffS. Although It is Iho general opinion that Senator David B. Hill will not bo nominated at Chicago , ho is still regarded gardod as a rather interesting and im portant factor in the democratic situu tion. When Mr. Hill finds , ns it ii practically certain ho will find , if ho ha ; not already , that ho has no chance o being made tlio candidate ot his party to whom will ho throw his influence' ' Tills is n question which is receiving attention in democratic circles. Sonio persons who evidently have an entirely erroneous idea of the character of Mr , Hill as a politician have suggested tha it would bo a master stroke if ho shoult go to the national convention and jm Mr. Cleveland in nomination. The senator ator is capable of almost anything in tin line of political chicanery and tergiversation sation , but it is hardly conceivable tha ho could bo induced to do tills. Hi hostility to Cleveland is so invotornti and implacable- , und is so fully under stood , that Hill witli nil his capacity fo juggling nnd fnlso pretenses could no bring himself to stand before the 900 delegates of the national democratic convention nnd pronounce the words that would put Grover Cleveland in nomination. This would demand a measure of self-stultification which even Hill is not equal to. It Is possible that ho may conclude baforo the nuotlng of the convention not to actively antag onize the nomination of the ex-prosl- doiit , but this is not probable. Nor would It bo to the advantage of Cleveland - land to got Iho nomination under such conditions , since it would imply n bar gain with Hill and Tammany. There can bo but ono conclusion from the sltuntlon as it now stands , and that la that Hill Intends to dofo.xt'tho nomi nation of Cleveland if ho can do so In order to accomplish this ho must make n combination with some other ono of the possible candidates. It is said that just now ho is playing with Palmer , nnd that soiuo of his friends are talking of n ticket with the Illinois senator at the head and Governor Kussoll of Massa chusetts in second place. It la also said that the second oholco of soun ot the Hill mon is Gray of Indiana , of others Senator Brlco of Ohio , while SOIUD are favorable to Boles. Those various ro- portn show that Mr. Hill has not yet made up his mind whore to throw his inlludnco , but it also indicates that the matter la receiving sorlous considera tion from himself and his friends. It was thought for a time that Senator Gorman had a cort.ilnty of the Hill sup port In the event of the latter pulling out of the race , but the Maryland candi date has developed strong Cleveland tendencies. The ono thing nosured is , that Hill will continue to the end to antagonize the nomination of Cleveland , because obviously ho IMS nothing to g.Un by doing otherwise. Can ho hold his followers under such control ns will on- nblo him to exert nn effective Inlluonco In oolinlf of tiny ether candidate ? Will ho bo able to deliver the Now Yo.'lc del egation to n candhUto outside of that state ? It is somewhat doubtful , and yet every man In that delegation is prac tically plodffod to oppose to the last the nomination of Grover Cleveland. or iH/m.tno.v. Tlio Interest manifested by the coun try nt largo upon the subject of Irriga tion nnd the ox po rlmcnts In progress throughout the country by states , dis tricts , Individuals and the general gov ernment are rapidly solving the gro at problem of utilizing our arid lands. Statesmen are endeavoring to devise a plan whereby the work miy ba under taken upon a Boalo of magnitude com mensurate with Its importance. Thus far no crystallization of legislative opin ion has boon reached. The western states and territories have Informally assented to n plan which shall give them control of the arid lands within tholr boundaries. It may bo said , how ever , that this is still a crude sentiment with many diUlcultios in Iho way of har monizing the diverse views ontortai nod by the people of the communities di rectly interested. The immense ex penditure involved in the ider * of having the national government develop the lands stands as a bir to the prospects of early legislation upon that lino. The American people are equal to the solution of gigantic problems , however , and , though It may take time , eventu ally this ono will bo simplified and the best results possible will bo finally at tained. Special Ag.int Hinton. who has boon for two years at work investi gating the question of irrigation , will liortly issue his report. It is volum- nous and exhaustive , and promises to o a valuable contribution to the litoriv- tire ot irritrition , ns well aa a basis for" uturo action. Mr. Ilinton's duties ore confined to investigating condi- ions , and ho may not make any specific ecommcndations , but owing to an nn- agonism of long st-mdin g between him- elf and Major Powell of the geological urvoy it is quite likely the report will nvor the uloa of coding the lands to the tales , Inasmuch as this plan is opposed ) .v tlio latter official. Mr. Ilinton finds that moro land than s now under cultivation in the entire ounlvy lies in what is known as Ihe irid rogionte. In the lasl sevau yours * ho arna of irrigated land has increased by ; > ,500,000 acres. By the opening of Lho World's fair the United States will 10 cultivating at least 17,000,000 acres hal within' n decade has boon declared by learned nulhority to bo wholly irre claimable. Under Drojcctcd works nar- ially constructed 5,000,000 acres more nro soon to bo reclaimed. The discov ery of nrlosinn water In many localities s aiding Iho reclamation of vast areas. The era of development for the arid regions is approaching. M.llilKH A OllAltf MA.11KKT. Although our Board of Trade has la bored under great embarrassment , grat- fying progress has been made within , ho past year toward making Omaha tlio grain market for this section. Within eighteen months successive steps forward have been lakon. The legislature was induced nflor a bitter contest to enact into a law the measure known as the warehouse bill prepared under the direction and super vision of Iho secretary of the Board of Trade. The board devoted some time to securing the success of the measure and when it finally wont into effect the board took another long stop. It ad- milled Iho grain men into the organiza tion with special privileges , and mom- bora of Iho board of directors generously resigned to make places for the now olo- mont. The grain buyers nnd operators wcro next induced to tnko offices in the Chamber of Commerce building whcro the business is now concentrated. The open buard followed. This was not an unqualified success , l.ut it is not hope less and the call will bo resumed within it short time. The Headquarters of the grain department has boon established In tliis city and hero the chief inspector and necessary woighmastors have oHlcos. Nebraska grades of grain have boon adopted nnd Nebraska inspection has been accepted in eastern markets. A public warehouse has been opened and the beginnings of large transactions in grain realized. A State Grain Mon association was recently organized in this city with a view to combine the in terests of buyers and shippers. The warehouse Jaw wont Into effect August 1 , 1891. The developments in the direction of a grain market were al dependent upon that moisu'o : : , Consequently quently it has been less than nine months since the enterprise could take definite shape. Wo should fool reasonably satis fled with the progress made , especially in view of the obstacles in the way. The beginning of the last year saw Nebraska almost prostrate from crop failures. Money has boon hard to got .and enter prise has not yet recovered from the misfortunes of the preceding years. For those nnd ether reasons largo ware houses , malt houses and mills have not boon built , though now there are capi tal UU turning tholr attention to these investments with Inquiry and Interest. There is , however , ono serious obstruc tion which must bj removed buforo an other stop forward can bj undertaken. Olily one railway centering hero con cedes this city n milling-iu-trnnslt rato. So long as this continues interior ship- pern are forced by the discrimination in favor of eastern markets to ship through. This mllliug-in-trnnsit rate U now tlio kpy to the situation. When that is conceded - coded by all the lines passing through Omaha there is no excuse loft for capi tal and enterprise to remain up.irt upon thn proposition of building u grain market in Omaha. who desire to see this d 1st riot and state represented by mon who are for Harri&on witliout an if or an nnd or but should vote for mon at the primary election known to ho in uc- cord with their sentiment. The dark lantern politician B who want to go un- in&tructcd should have no place on the national delegation. In iv Political Srnip. SnUn Tribune. Governor Uo > a if Nebraska nttandoci a pnzo flpbt tbo ol for night , but tbo news comes lee late , fSt &ar too late. The supreme court has closed the case. The Next nupulillrnn dun. ( little-Democrat. Four years airokrogoii registered a repub lican victory at online when it was particu larly damaging'to the democrat * , nnd sbo will render a like service this year. American Yootli Kxtmclnr. lVnltii\/ilii | / Times. American beef is cortah.ly cheaper in Lon don tban It is in liiladolphla , but what the homo article lacks In the way of n tender price it makes up bv Its Increased toughness end wearing quality. l > ropcrtlvo Mlllrnlum. ' .Mliwfipolfs Trtbnnr , \Vhon Mr. David Hontiott Hill arises In n national democratic convention and places Mr. Urovur Cleveland In nomination for tbo presidency thcro will bo n great hustling for ascension robes , for verily tbo end will bo nlgb. Itnlni tar Tlirlr Wound * . ClilMan Tribune. If the terror-stricken capitalists of Europe find tbo dynamite qjiplosions too frequent ana tiostructlvo they will tauo their money bags und llco to tbo customary asylum. Lot us endeavor to oo reconciled. There is no help for it. They will oomo to this country. A Clinnlt of Oongonlcil Trntb. iVcifl Yor > : Ailrcitiicr ( < lcm ) . Carrying a state convention and carrying n state nt a popular election are not exactly ono mid the same . thing. Mr. 'Ctovolund , wltlv n largo nnd able stuff of assistants , wns unable to carry Uhodo Island , but bo had no trouble to dictate to the Massachusetts con vention. In tbo same way Mr. Cleveland may bo nominated at Chicago , but the chances nro that ho will lose the presidency. Just as lie assisted Mr. Wardwoll to lose the governorship of Uhodo Island. DoiiHirrullc lEovolt Ajrulust 11111. Frederick tl. Cowfei-t fn Ajirll Minim. The democrats who assembled at tlio recent meeting in the Cooper Union were Drought togotbnr to protect tha common right of democratic citizens by insisting that forms should not bu used to strangle sub stance. Tu tbo language of the notice , "a convention selected in midwinter , upon so short a call , cannot ho fiitrly and truly ro- prosoatatlvo of the democratic sentiment of tao state , and would Inevitably debar tbo mass of the domocratlc voters of the state of Now York from the volco wblcb they nro Justly entitled to in tbo selection of the democratic candidates for president and vice uresidont nnd the framing of the party's platform. " * * * Just remonstrances deserve - serve something moro than obiilltions of temper in reply. Strike , if you please , out answer if you can otherwise than by blows. Tbo great mnss of voters cannot bo frigbt- oncd Into silence nor threatened into sub mission. They aro' the people , and tbo people constitute -the court of last resort. Shams cannot live , long in the daylight of t'roo discussion. : . Judgment will , nt some time or ether , bo pronounced on the merits. Dlvor.to Vlu\v.s on liu ! < locltft Rill. St. Taul l lanw I'rcss. Nobody need suffer tbo slightest Injury from this bill , or oven experience any incon venience worth speaking of , except the estimable - timablo parties who maico fortunes out of palming off adulter.ttcd articles upon the public In place of Jiurb ones. Every Investi- : ation ever made In this Dcld shows the ox- tontoftbls iiofariou * business to bo simply appalling. It is next'to"impos iblo to obtain : i perfectly pure s'pecime'n of 'inoet of the commodities and drugs largely consumed nnd dealt witb in interstate commerce ; and it is not only tbo fraud upon tbo public , but thu injury to the public heaUltnat has to bo considered. It ia time that some measure of protection was adopted , aud this tbo Pad dock pure food Dill bcoms to offer us.- * * * Ifew Yurlt Telfvram , Thcro has seldom bo3ti a measure imposed upon tbo attention of congress so subversive of riglits , both state and personal , so sump tuary and so bo.stilo to business interests and commercial freedom nnd so exposed to ODUSOS and scandals in its administration. It is Itself a vast abuse. L'ho fact that this masked piccoof commer cial piracy has quietly stolen its way through tha United Slates sonata U a substantial menace to all classes of business men and a causa for serious alarm , Ousiuoss men should not rest until they hove miido their protests effective with the popular branch of the nation's legislature. Nebraska Dmitucniuvmul Silver. tfilcapn Herald. The Nebraska democratic convention acted in accordance with the true interests of tbolr state in choosing an honest money delegation lo the national convention and in defeating Congressman Uryan's resolution in favor ol unlimited silver by the paper mouoy short cut. cut.It It is surprising that such a man ns Mr. Bryan .should advocate the project for the dc basement ot the monetary standard. A man who is so thoroughly sound nnd so clear a thinker on the tariff question should bo no less sound on the money question. The same kind of knowledge and the same power ol correct oconoinio reasoning that conduct bin : to right conclusions respecting the tariff should conduct him to right conclusions in regard to money. His position is ns unaccou.icablo as that of a geometrician who should nucop : tha propo sition that the square upon the h > ; pothonuso of a right angled triangle Is equal to tbo sun : of the squares on tbo ether two sidas , and nt the same time deny that the sum of the an glcs of u triangle is equal to two right un- gios. gios.No No Nebraska politician can plead tbo sup posed IntCroats of bis stnto us an excuse for going wrong on thflmoney question. There may bo some OXCUJ.Q for Colorado or Nevada politicians , becausevljoir , states produce silver - vor nnd their interpatP would bo su bsorvec tosoinu extent by flp.y , policy calculated to increase the viluu. , < } fc.tUat metal , lint No braslta doci tut pf duce silver. It lias no mine owner * to oiutyt ) by turning tbo gov ernment lee o as a oull in the silver market Nebraska Is an 'agricultural ' .stale and no such atato would''bj ' ) beuelltcd by a policy which would glvo' ibis country thasllvo standard in placoofv | tno gold standard am derange tbo forclgw exchange market ami subject commercial1'transactions to all tin uncertainties \vhlCjh TJavo become all but in tolcrabln in the silver standard countries o : Mexico and UritUh-Irtdiu. The action of thyN6braka convention wii : servo to contradlct jio assumption HO generally ally nmdo thut ovoryoody west of the Mis sourl river is spending bu days ana nights ii clr.morlng for unlimited silver and a cliea ; dollar. It will have a wholojome oltec upon the national convention aim assist Ii stcorlni ; it clear of tbo iuistalni > of som former national democratic convention , JI/B.V Ol' XUTK. Among Iho recent piotnltiout victims of tin grim reaper Is John Lylu ICing , said to bj one of tbo host trial lawyers of Chicago's b.ir Ho was 1)7 ) years of ngo. A prominent Now Vorncr , rccontlv do- couseil , luu li'ft property valued at ? .V > , UOJ ( to his ton , and tau relatives of lha dccouiod an now endeavoring la provo that ho never b.u . u son. Tbo whole thing saemi to luvo bijou in his mind. Senator Morrlll w.u tJ yar * old lav Thursday. Ho has boon tbirty-savon year * n congress. He nas served longer In the latlonal legislature than any ether man now Ivln ? , n d ho Is the oldest in year * ot any member of that body. Or. Kooloy , wtio Is now at the head of the amotis Uwlght Institute , wns once a poor ioy. Ho learned tbo painter's trade In his oiith nnd tramped through Illinois looking or a Job. In 1S. " > 7 ho landed In Ualonn , but is ho could got no work nnd had no money 10 wus compelled to walk out of town. He ins money enough to pay railroad faro now. Kx-KIng Milan has relinquished his ncbt 0 rule over Sorvln for 2,000,000 francs , much of which has already uocu squandered at tbo gaming table. The royal blackguard will be 1 merry monarch whllo tbo rest of the money asts , and as for the future , that may take care of Itself. When poverty begins to pinch 10 may liavo some compromising information about Natalia to sell , In the approved manner of honoriiolo aristocrats. Dr. T.Ij.I'lood.odltorof The Chnutnuquan. wns nominated for congress by the republi can party In the Crawford , Erie , district n Pennsylvania lost wcok. The Crawford system of nominating is peculiar There Is 10convention of dologntosbul every voter In , ho republican party votes direct for his cholco , There were nearly 1JJ.UJO votes cast , nnd Dr. Flood received majority of 3,007. .t Is a republican district and Iho nomination s equivalent to nn election. For a quarter of a century Thomas A. Oar- field , Iho only brotbor of the martyred presi dent , has Uvod in obscurity on n small farm icar Grand Hapids , Mich. Ills claimed by friends that ho rnuialncd poor nil his llfu jucauso of early sacrillcos made for bis great jrothor and for the slinule-miudod Urandmn Jarilold. His , they say , wns a heroism ns oyal and noble as that of his brother. Thomas is now an old man of 07 , bent and worn with life's long strugclo. 1'nrdrldgo of Chicago , who is said to have made $2,000,000 in the last few days on a drop in wheat , glvos it us his solemn opinion that "nn education Is not nn ossrnitiul to money making. " Hero it another indictment agmust B college education. There nro mul titudes of bright college men all over the country who will never have anything moro Lban n modest though sufficient competence , xvhllo along comes Pnrdrldgo of Chicago , witb no college education at all , nnd by a simple twist of the wrist , so to speak , raUos in SJ.000,000. Franc Wilklo , n well known Chicago journ alist , is dead. His first opportunity ns n writer wns given him by his c'nHst ) ont in the First Iowa In fan trv ; his first newspaper was n volunteer shoot fssuod from n deserted jfllco in Mncon Cltv. His description of the battle of Wilson Creek , lu which his regiment - mont wns encaged , led to his connection with the Now York Times ns war correspondent. Ho did strong nnd urilllnnt won : during the war , nud In ISO : ! began the real work of his lifo on the Chicago Times , romalniuu lu the service of that paper until 1S9Ho was Story's right hand man whou the Times was at the height ot its prosperity nnd popularity. Mr. Wilklo wns 00 years of ago. KUIIOKH OF Till ! CO * t'JiyTlOX. New York World ( dom. ) : The democrats of Nebraska lollowod the wlso course adopted In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania of expressing their preference for n presi dential candidate , but leaving the delegation unlnstructod. bt. Louis Post-Dispatch ( dom. ) : The vie tory in the Nebraska democratic convention for an unpledged delegation to the nationhl convention shows that democrats nro hoed- inir the warniusr not to permit their enthusi asm for ODO man to run away with tholr dis cretion. Now York Sun ( dom. ) : The Nebraska democrats have made a grim attempt at in voking the ghost of Samuel Jackson Uan- dall to support Grover Clovolaud ou the platform which the great democratic loader mode for the treacherous Mugwumps' bene fit in ISSt. The efforts of the Stuffed Proph et's friends to wlpo from him the stnin of ' democratic disaster'is not only humiliating , but ropulslvo. Kansas City Star ( ind. ) : Youn < ; Mr. Bryan of Nebraska , who has made n great hit as a tariff reformer In congress , was tempted to lonva Ills post of duty this woclc and return to his siato to officiate in the democratic con vention ns the champion of free silver. Ho watched an opportunity und sprang his reso lution , when lo nnd beheld , It was , greatly to his chagrin and mortification , dofeatod. It ought to bo n lesson to the young statesmen. Philadelphia Ledger ( ind. rop. ) : Last year the Noornskn democrats resolved that * 'wo favor the frco comago of silver and that it inay bo nindo n full and legal tender for all debts , public and private. " . This year the NoDraskn democratic convention rejected a similar resolution In favor of free coinage by n vote of 247 to 22'J. ' The margin was not great , but it represents the complete convex slon of a state assumed to bo inuvor of free coinage. Chicago Herald ( dom. ) : It is surprising that such a man as Mr. Bryan should advo- calo the project for the debasement of the monetary standard. A man who is so thoroughly sound and so clear n thinker on the tariff question should bo no less sound on the money uuostion. The same kind of knowledge and tbo sumo power of correct economic reasoning that conduct him to right conclusions respecting the tariff should conduct him to rifht conclusions in regard to monoy. SI'UVIMHNS 01 ? Kllogcndo Illnittor : Suitor I have como to nslc for your daughter's hand , and atthosat-io time to ilepo lt my property of f > 0OiiO marks in your bank UnnUor What ! And to snob a rncklosa man you expect mo to Intrust my daughter ? Komlscho Welt : gchntnnbiirg You have eallod mo a swindler. IT yon don't take Hint buck tills mlnnto I'll maku yon smart for It , Klafurnmii 1 never take nnytbliii ; back Hull jumburg Never ? Then lend mu 10 llor ins. La Tribunal Ho ( at the dinner table to young wife ) My dear wlfoy , I begin to think thai there are a feiv misprint' * In your cook ery book. . London Tidbits : "Why , Jackson , this Isn't a bit tlio Kind of u house I supposed yon would build , " "No : I'm ratliur surprised my- solf. but the architect la very well satlsliocl. " I'l''aro : A man who has been insultud by Ilolroau angrily hands him his card with the words : "There , sir ! I Khali bu at homo all day tomorrow ! " To which llolroim gravely replies : "aosliall I , sir. " Holcll dn Dcmiinuho : A man far conn In drinkcallod ono night at tlio Paris mortuary ami In'roply lo the Inquiry of tbo astonished attendant in charge mild ; "I have nut boon homo for ths lust throa days , and I've com" to sco If I happened to hu hero ! " Ijagllcho : Mist rns ( to lady's maid applying for a Hiluatlonl Have you anv recommenda tions from the family you lived with hint ? Maid Oli , certainly , ma'um , Whllo I was there three of the daughters got murrlod , Olmrlvnrli "Jiaptlsto ! " "Mnnaluur ! " "Wbal'.s I lie lime ? " "Half-past- . " "Saporlolo ! Ua quick and fetch a oub. Train startH atin. : : " "A uab ? Hut tbero won't be time ! " "Two cabs , then ! " Molrt Illustros : Maslstrato-Ynu are cliur od wllh allowlni Barnes of chiuivu to > J < pl.'iyeil on your promises. The Acciihtd ( iiimcs of clmme , your nui ship ? 1 piotusl. All the gentlemen cheated without exception. * : A. I hoar your nephew Is stiidylmi for the medical profession ; Is bt in ikinir coo I progress ? II.-Oli ! yus ; he already bleeds mo to perfec tion. Ilumoristlscho Hlmltor ; A , Now , then , yoi old mUonyiilst , uoliiK to got married after all ? llowover ciuiio you to bo woundud by Cupid's darts ? H. They were tipped with Raid. A l > K3WUItA Till in.l 1.0(1 UK. AUninu Kvtntmj Jotinnl. Buld Clovolaml unto Hill , 'Twns an awful bitter pill Which vou tfiivo mt > when yon got thoio Hut ruallv It has helped mn , And the uinnlns blow you dealt mo .May irlvo mo many other mutes , Said David unto Grover , When I come to think It over II'H liunly that I iniidoa uad mistake. Hill when n mini's ambitious llu'-t nut to bo suspicious That other folks are also on ibo ' make. " Said Grover unto Dave. I hope you will lioliuvi * . Anil nuvur make another ugly "coup. " I know It's smart and cunning , Hut thi ) way tlio Uiliiif Is running I'm afraid we'll bath ba In the "soup. " H\lil David unto firovor. You can study "torls" and "trover I f you'ri ) biiutcn In the presidential race ; WIMlo I. poor Dtvid llonnou , Will bo burled" In irie senito , Ashumea , almost , ID show my faco. FAVORS FOR GRAIN SHIPPERS Milling in Transit Rates Ooncodod by the Missouri Pacific. OTHER ROADS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW tnlos ITnilrrVlilc1i tltn Horont Arrnngn- incut WIH Ha OpnriillvK Nnhrnskn 1'iirmoM Will Itrnptlin Itrnollt Other Lincoln > 'o Nolrn. LINTOI.X , Nob. , April 20. [ Special to TUB HKK.J After mi earnest agitation extending over a period ol moro ttiRii three months the members of tbo Stain Hoard of Transporta tion bcllovo they have succeeded In Raining n concession from the railroad companies that will within n short tlino glvo to the rain shippers of Nebraska points the full joncflt of milling in transit rate > . The en tering wcJgo came today In the shape of an order from the general manager of thn Missouri - souri 1'aclllc Hallway company directly tif- foctlne the privileges desired by tbo Omaha elevator mon. The Missouri Pacific will in the future permit grain to bo stopped lu transit for n period of six months and then rosluppcd to Its destination , giving the shipper the benefit of the through rate from the original shipping point to the final desti nation , with no Intermediary charges. The regulations governing those privileges may bo summarized briefly ns follows : Grain In ear loads may bo shipped from any station on the Missouri I'ni'lllo lines In fsobrnsku and Kansus to bo cleaned or shelled In transit at any station on Iho lines In u di rect route to the market on following condl- 1. Huch Bruin must he consigned to nil olova tor located on ii ilireotlnio hutweon lliu stn- t on shipping the grain and thu llnal dostlnu- tlon. thf grain to bo roshlpped to St. l.ouls or to points oust or south tif St. I.ouls. : . ' . Shippers must noiu on their shipping hills "to bo shelled or "to ho cleaned. " us thu case may bo. anil billing itgoniH must make lll < o notations on lulls of lading und way bills. Hllllnc agents will way bill such grain ut louul tarlir rates from point of shipment to olova tor point , issuing only louul bills of lading thorofor. ! ! . Turin rates will bo charged on the grain from the elevator point to destination , bllllim agents Issuing regular bills of ladlnir there- forjlhosnm of the rates Into the elevator point anil out to destination to bu the total rate of freight paid. 4. The nsuiit ; it elevator station will collect freight to his station and take up bills of lad ing on delivery of thograln. and If there Is re ceived from the same elevator within six months after doll very of tlio grain thereat u carload of grain consigned as per paragraph No. : ibu will refund the amount of overcharge ( which is the dlllcrenco between amount charged as pur paragraph No. a and amount which should bo charged as per paragraph > . It , Is Intended to glvo the elevator the benefit of the through rate on grain from or iginal point of shipment on this lluu to liiuil destination. Prominent members of the State Board of Transportation are of tbo opinion that this action of the Missouri PanlUu will eventually bring the same concessions from roads run ning Into Chic.igo. The socrot'aries of the ooard who have conducted the correspond ence with the Missouri 1'ucillc and other roads concur in the bollof expressed by tbo motnbors of the board. National ( itmrils .May Co to Omuhn. Adjutant General Vifquain today issued the following circular in reference to the national competitive drill at Omaha in Juno : Permission is hereby granted companies of tno Nebraska National guards to attend. armcu and equipped , tlio national onaamp- mcnt and competitive drill at Omaha , Neb. , Juno 1U to LO. IHJ2. The Attendance mint be voluntary , as no claim whatever against the state will be en tertained. Permission Is hereby granted to troops of other states to pass through Nebraska armed unu equipped going to or returning from the national encampment ut Omaha. .Moro Crossings nunmiulcil. County Attorney Hooppnor of Adams county appeared bcforo the secretaries of the State Hoard of Transportation and made n verbal complaint to the effect that one O. W. Hull , a road overseer of a roj district \ve.st of Junintu In Adams county , wants the U. & M. Ilailroud company to put in two cross ings over a laid out road in his district. Superintendent Culvert , to whom tbo matter was referred , replied that upon Jooklnir up the record no discovers that the roads referred - forrod to have never Been legullv laid out and that they are not public roads" In each case it would cost a great deal of money to muko the crossings , as they would have to bo on very high Illls or go underneath the tracit. Mr. Calvert Is ot tno opinion that the road ought to bo legullv laid out bcforo tbo par- tie Interested usk for crossings. If the Ad ams county people still wish it in the face of Mr , Calvort's assertion that tbo road has never been laid out and is not a public road a day will bo sot for hearing the case by the board of secretaries. .SuiHiriiitoiifloiit.s Stati ) Association. The Principals and Superintendents Asso ciation of Nebraska will hold its annualsiuto convention at the ofllco of the superintendent of public instruction at the siato house in Lincoln on Friday and Saturday , April UU and 30. The program is ivs follows : On Friday , e discussion of the Nebraska Columbian educational exhibit. On Saturday , u discussion of President billot's position regarding grammar schools , reports of committees and recaption and dis cussion of queries. Superintendent Oouily states today that thcro is every prospect of n largo and en thusiastic attendance , the discussion of the proposed educational exhibit t the World's fair being n matter In which every town and county l > c.spacmllj : Interested. Members ot college sinl university faculties nre invited to attend the convention nod participate in tbo proceedings , ( lo lp nt the Stnto Homo. The Omnha nnd South Texas lnnd com * pnny was Incorporated this afternoon. It has a capital of $100,000 , wllh Itn principal place of business nt Omaha with n branch nt Houston , Tex. , ami such other places an the hoard of directors may determine. Tbo general < oral nntura of the business to bo transacted will bo the buying and rolling of real estate The Incorporates nro O. M. Uartor , I'hllllp Potter and C. S. Montgomery. Commissioner Humphrey roUirnal from Washington this afternoon , Attorney ( Ion- oral Hastings is expected homo this evening , lion. .1 , n. Cessna of Hastings transacted legal business nt the capltol this morning. The oil inspection department Inspected 7V > ( ) barrels of oil during the month ol March. March.More More Horl < Island OIHclnls In Town. W. C. Purdy , second vice president of tin Hock Island aud also the treasurer and secretary - rotary of that company , has boon In Lincoln V today , arriving nt 1 i3u this afternoon from ths west. Mr , Purdy at once took carriages with other Hock Island ofllcials. on the grounds niut made u thorough inspection ot the company's recent purchases In Autolopo valley. Ho expressed himself as being wnll satis Hod. Ho also visited other parts of the city. His vUlt has revived. t io rumoti that there is still a prospect that the Hock Island wl'l ' transfer Its operations to tno west side and join with other companies In the erec tion ot n union passenger depot. \Vunls Tminty Thmisiuid Dollar * . James A. Kates was Injured last July by having bis right arm caught In the machin ery of the American Biscuit Manufacturing company of this city. Amputation was nec essary nnd now Kstos has instituted n suit for damages against Ilia company , placing the amount nt $ . ' 0.01)0. ) Ho was nn employe of the company at the tlino and alleges that the accident was caused by the dofoctiva character of the machinery which ho was compelled to work wllh. Mom Sympathy for Mayor Wi'lr. Tha following resolutions were adopted last night by assembly No. 573 Knights ot Labor : Whereas , There Is a conflict between the mayor ami the rest of the excise board ; there- faro , be It llusolvcd , That wo condemn the action of the majority of tlio above houril as ilotrl- menial to thu host Interest * of good govern ment and the laboring classes , therefore wo most heartily approve of the stand taken by the executive uf our city. Mrn. IMorcV's Strnngo Story , Mrs. Charles J. Ploroo is the dnfonaant in n suit for divorce Instituted by her husband some time since , out she does not propose la allow the case to go against her through lack of a proper dofonso. She tolls the court a story hung upon a thread of sensationalism that will glvo it an added interest. She al leges that after enduring his cruel treatment for months she wont to her former homo in Michigan in order to recuperate her shat tered health. Acting upon her husband's udvico she entered u prlvato insane us.vluii | and remained there llvo months , when shb was pronounced entirely cured. A luck of moiioy has prevented her ruturn to her hus band over since. She claims that her hus band sent her nwny and kept her away for two yoar.s with the deliberate intention of poisoning her mind nnd for the further pur pose 1 of obtaining n divorce on the grounds of abandonment. ; She 1131:3 for n divorce upon her own account , together with Iho custody of her thrco children. Hoard In ilia Court Ilooim. The Jury in the case of IJoll against tlio B. fc M. railroad in which the plaintiff nuod for damages for injuries received while In the employ of the company , returned a verdict of $ ToO for the plaintiff. Charles \Varnor , the half crazed Individual who attempted to assassinate Judge Borgelt and so nearly succeeded , will have u prelimi nary hearing on the charge of shooting with intent to kill next Saturday. Mrs. Sarah C. Hlchards was made happy with a divorce from her husband , who sno had nllogcd has mistreated hor.sinco 1S75. Sarah C. Wobstcr ask * judgment against O , A. Haymor for the sum of JIUi.51 on a note whicu defendant had assumed. The case against Mrs. Kigu.s for keeping a house ot ill repute was dismissed this morn ing , tbo sluto being unable to sccuro the necessary to&Umony to convict. C.ir.l , J''Olt / / { / ! /I.V/l. National Kcdcratlou of America Insur * nil Appeal lor Aid. Niw : YOUK , April ' . ' 0. An appeal by the National Federation of America to tbo friends of homo rule .fcr Ireland bus been Issued. In it ' 'Tho part runs thus : lory government bus boon driven Dually to bay. Advices from the other side point inevitably to an early dissolution of parliament. Tha general election following Immediately will decide the homo rule question for our genera tion , if not forever. Friends of Ireland In America , will you aid tno Irish people now ! Will .vou glvo the nocccssary material sup port , without which tbo battla cannot be won I The lory party has arranged to contest every seat in Ireland , to impose new burdens on our people , knowing their poverty. Tha heavy statutory fees must bo deposited whooy nominations are made. Tbo necessary funds should bo in our treasurer's ' hands before the dissolution of parliament in ardor to bo avnil- able at onco. Tbo hour for flnal effort is upon us. " The appeal is signed by Thomas A. Kmmott , president , and it Is reunested that contributions bo sent to Treasurer iSuqono Kelly , ! i3 Cooper Union , and they will bo acknowledged by receipt and through lha press. s co. fc.Y. \ . CoramL5U : iuJ O Watch Our Window The corner show window. Full partic ulars in Friday's Bee. Our designs for Men's Spring- Wear are new , fresh and desirable. Never had a finer assortment. Every style and color , to fit any shape , and to fit , too , just as if made expressly for you. Made like tailors make them , and sell for halt tailor's prices. We've got fine Spring Suits for # 10 , $12 , $15 , up to # 25 and # 30 , and you can't buy them unless we make them fit perfectly. What more do you want if they fit and wear as well as anything you can buy to order ? Browning , King & Co t& l I open sat i rda-sun ii p m i s.f. . Cor. f ; th and g.1. .