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ST. Louts has a citizen named
Boodlor , and It isnald that ho Is not that
kind of n mini a' all.
IT is estimated that the total cost of
discovering America was S7GOO. Taking
everything into consideration It was a
pretty good investment.
A I'UOMlNKNT physician says that
tobacco is a powerful antidote for
cholera. Seine men who have sworn oft
mnoklnff to preserve domestic peace will
Lo glad to hear this.
TUB farmers in some portions of Ne
braska are already planting corn and It
is expected that the planting throughout
the state will bo several weeks earlier
than it was last year.
A STAFF correspondent of the Now
York Tribune says that the Nebraska
World's fair building is beautiful in de
sign. This is a disinterested opinion
und for that reason wo quote It.
IT 18 the buust of Texas that she is
receiving 113 per cent of the immigrants
that go to the southern states. If this
continues an improvement in the social
condition of that state maybe looked for.
HON. TOUIAS CASTOR seems to have
the edge on fourth-class postmastershlps
in Nebraska. At any rate ho Is claim
ing credit for all recent appointments
and as far as wo know ho is welcome
to It.
EVEUY person who enters the World's
fair on a pass must have his photograph
on it. "Will any free born American
citizen submit to an Indignity similar to
that imposed upon heathen Chinamen
by the Geary law.
FIFTKEN hundred attempts at laws
wore made by the Minnesota legislature
during the session just closed , nu average -
ago of eight or nine apiece for each
member. No wonder the people are
glad that the session is over.
GEOUOIA has a ' 'land developing com
pany , ' ' backed by northern capital ,
\vhioii will go extensively into diver ;
silled farming and will pay a good deal
of attention to fruits. Georgia Is ono of
the few southern states that have Ideas
that are up to date.
A SUNFLOWER nine feet in diameter
will bo painted on ono of the interior
walls of the Kansas building at the
World's fair , and in the center will bo
the words , "Prohibition in Kansas. " A
bootleg would bo a mora suitable oru-
blom of the kind of prohibition that pre
vails in Kansas.
THE formation of Good Government
clubs In Now York for the purpose of
inlluoncing the administration of public
affairs Is an example that might bo prof
itably followed elsewhere. Bad govern
ment Is every whore duo in great measure
to the Indifference of citizens in respect
to the conduct of municipal affairs.
TUB mookory of the now administra
tion of the weather bureau Is being illus
trated just now. Aside from the rude
winds , aver which Mr. Morton evidently
can exorcise no control , the cold spell
is ominously bad for growing crops , and
the chill , snowy atmosphere of the past
few days Is enough to give a Polar boar
the ague.
TUB financial downfall of Mr. Pard-
riago , the Chicago wheat speculator ,
teaches a lesson that has baon often
taught before , but it is not tobooxpactcd
that it will have any affect. The truth
is that any man who engages In gambling
of whatever character dooi so with his
eyes open nnd perfectly understands the
risks Involved.
Accoitm.N'o to a recent report of the
Department of Agriculture the average
condition of winter wheat on the first of
this month was 7-1.4 against 81.2 last year.
State reports since nuulo do not Indicate
any general Improvement , and Nebraska
appears to bo no exception to the rule.
The affect of a poor winter wheat pros
pect will not , however , be felt in this
Btutuas in seine others.
THE female mlcroscopisUs at work in
the moot examining rooms at South
Omaha are just now the subject of dis
tinguished consideration at the hands of
Secretary Morton's axman. It Is re
ported that the department will rule
that the second cousin of a democrat can
detect traces of trichltuu quite 03 readily
as can tno daughter of a reuublicun's sis-
tor. It la also understood that in the
opinion of the headsman of the Agri
cultural department the government
paroaltamicroscopes will do bettor work
tinder democratic eyes. Tlio principle
of civil service promotion cannot bo ex
pected to apply to meat examiners until
Secretary Rusk's appointees have all
been ousted tor offensive partisanship.
inxomxn WAI.I ,
Tlio disposition shown by tlio oiiro-
tnry of the treasury IT adopt a lln.'itu'ltil
policy without coimiltlng the ( Milkers of
Wall street Is salt ! to l o ti mmrcc of mir-
prlse and chagrin to thojo ilmuti'lnrs ,
Koforring to the action of thu secretary
in suspending thu Issue of gold cortlll-
ciitcs without having given any previous
notice of his InlentloiH , a Now York
paper remarked that there wa < a general -
oral fooling of chagrin In the banking
circled of that city "at thin strange pol
icy of silence in view of the anxiety felt
in the business world at the steady deple
tion of the free gold in the treasury and at
the other pulley of Ignoring Now York's
financial men as though they had no ex
istences. " The complaint was nuulo that
no ndvleo had been /fought from the
financial center of the ejuntry , no
a lstanco a < < ked to help the treasury
maintain its gold rcsourco-i , no indica
tion given of how the administration
hopes to meet the problems. The atten
tion of the Treasury depart mont , it was
said , Hconm to have been given entirely
to the bankers and fiiiunoli'rs west of the
Allogbanies and suulh of Mason and
Dixon's line.
The hankcra of Now York ought to
have been prepare. ! for a great
deal of independence in the man
agement of the treasury under
Secretary Carlisle. lie has never
been friendly to Wall street ideas and
methodn. The tout is noted that as long
ago as 1& " ! ho made a speech in con
gress on financial questions in which ho
was disposed to make light of the pre
tentious of Now York bankers who
claimed to know all that Is worth
knowing of finance , and It is not known
that his opinion of Wall street financiers
has undergone any change since that
time. The distrust of them which he
then felt has undoubtedly remained ,
and it may liavo boon somewhat inten
sified since ho became secretary of the
treasury by the ballot ho is said to
entertain that the bankers of Wall
street arc in conspiracy to force him to
issue b jtids. It is pMsiblo that the secretary -
rotary is mistaken in this belief , but ho
is not alone in entertaining it , and it
will bo remembered that the precediujr
administration held a similar view.
President Harrison was firmly convinced
that there was a conspiracy of Wall
street bankers against the treasury and
lie persistently refused to make any con
cession to them. Secretary Carlisle maybe
bo in possession of information con
firmatory of this view.
It may bo freely admitted that
there is much unwarranted prejudice
against Wall street. Greed and
selfishness are undoubtedly the con
trolling motives there , as they are
in all centers of financial activity , but
there is not a total lack of patriotism
and of concern for the general welfare.
A common Incentive governs , for tlio
most part , the operations of the vast
interests which center in Wall street ,
but these interests are compelled to give
some consideration to others which are
essential to their maintenance. Wtill
street cannot lose sight of the rest of
the country. But so far as the govern
ment is concerned there is a strong and
very general popular feeling that it
sh'.uld ' have no alliance with Wall
street. For thirty yearn or longer tlio
financial policy of the government has
been practically dictated from that
source. Every secretary of the treasury
during that period lias gone there foi
counsel and has followed more or loss
closely the advice given him. The pop
ular demand for a divorce of tlio na
tional treasury from AVall street has
steadily grown in volume , but it lias not
been heeded. If the present secretary
of the treasury has determined to give
some attention to it and to look elsewhere -
whore for suggestions as to a financial
policy , he will got a-largo popular ap
proval. Tlio probability is , however ,
that Secretary Carlisle will be governed
very largely , if not altogether , by his
own judgment of what ought to bo done ,
and what can bo done within the lim
itations of liia lawful authority.
DAXGEllS OP M'1-Y/.mO.V.
The present financial crisis in Aus
tralia , which is so serious as to threaten
the .bankruptcy of the several colonial
govornrnonts and the financial ruin of a
great number of corporate enterprises
and private individuals , affords a strik
ing example of the dangers which at
tend overtrading and extravagant specu
lative operations. The inflation of
values far beyond the limits ol
reason and the persistent endeavor *
of land boomers to create by sheet
force what can never bo created
but by the process of natural
growth and development , have played
an important part in bringing about
this general collapse. The colonial
banks have allowed themselves to bo in
fluenced by the popular excitement , and
have lent their support to the b > omors to
such an extent that many of them have
been wrecked , involving losses whicl
amount far Into the millions. Not onlj
did they embark their own natural re
sources in backing this wild spirit of
speculation , but by the payment of higl
rates of Interest they secured deposits
of millions of pounds from England
which went to swell tlio great
sum required to sustain the false and
deceptive fabric which the imagination
of the people had created. The bubble
is shattered now , many of the banks are
ruined and the country is the poorer by
many millions of dollars , though , pjr-
liaps , the loss is offset to eomo degree by
the valuable experience gained. The
colonial treasuries , too , have been ex
hausted by means of the same spirit of
unnatural and oxce.ssivo enterprise. A
correspondent writing from Melbourne
says that "colonial parliaments and
tlie constituencies are averse to stop
ping expenditures upon now railways
and other public works , although those
undertakings are not paying the inter
est on the indebtedness-incurred in their
construction , and although , owing to
the comparatively slow ratj at which
population Increases , the provision
already made is greater than1 the real
requirements. When the opening of
fresh railway branches does nothing
inoro than to attract settlers from older
districts , their former holdings in many
cases going out of cultivation , the ad
vantages of tlio policy are dubious. "
There is much in the situation" in
Australia to remind Americans of the
various local 1)joins which they have
noon flourish und die in thin country ,
but tlioro is loss OXOUHO for the existence
of a wild spetuilutlvo fever in the Aus
tralian colonies for the reason that the
lack of Immigration renders it wholly
false and flutltlous , whllo the extraordi
nary inercuiO In population in tlio
United States has afforded some reason
able ground for the boomer to stand
upon. Ilowovor , It may bo sot down as
a fact , abundantly demonstrated by ox-
porlenco , that there can be no nub-
tnntlal and permanent prosperity that
.oe.s not rest upon the solid rock of nat-
iral development. The forcing process
HIS been tried in this country , and has
wen abandoned as worse than worth-
ess. True wealth never was and never
vill bo created by that means. The
imo for such chimerical notions has
gone by , and tlio American people are
n-ollting by tlio lessons learned when
.hoy were In vogue.
\'KSTICA \ T1XU HKCll'HOCITr.
It Is not to bo doubted that tlio pres
ent administration instituted nn investi
gation of reciprocity with the idea of
Indlng .excuses for discrediting and
abandoning that policy. As a distinc
tively republican policy it has been per
sistently decried and opposed by the
lemocracy. It received no countenance
'rom the first administration of Mr.
Cleveland , it got no democratic sup
port in tlio Fifty-first congress , and
.lie platform of the hist democratic
national convention denounced it as
a sham , in this adopting tlio lan
guage of u number of the leaders
of that party. It is the desire of the
administration to vindicate , if possible ,
the declaration of the platform , or at
any rate to find excuse for doing away
with the policy , and it appears that
Secretary Gresham begun early upon
this task and lias been devoting himself
to it with great assiduity.
It is reported that President Cleveland -
land has determined , as the result of in
vestigation , to terminate the arrange
ments with Brax.il and with Spain for
Cuba and 1'orto Hlco , which are the most
important we have. Tlio pretext for such
proposed action is the alleged fact that
local officials in Cuba , Porto Rico and
Hrti7.il do not observe the requirements
of the reciprocal arrangements' , but col
lect upon articles entitled to free ad
mission duties that are practically pro
hibitive. Tliis is manifestly a very
Ilimsy pretext , if tlio alleged fact bo
true , for it is not to bo doubted that the
cause of complaint would be remedied if
the attention of the governments of
Spain and Bra/.il were called to it. This
is the course that would bo pursued if it
wore desired to maintain -the arrange
ments , but as it is obviously the
purpose to abandon them there
will of course bo no effort made
to secure a correction of the abuses said
to exist. Doubtless the administration
will find liUlo dillleulty in accomplish
ing its purpose , for it will have what
ever influence European countries can
exert to assist it. England. Germany
and France have regarded the aggres
sive commercial policy of the United
States in this direction with unconcealed
disfavor , and the fact that the results of
reciprocity have not been greater is duo
largely to the hostile influence of the = o
countries. This is especially true as to
Brazil , so that it is safe to say
that whenever this government shall
notify the Brazilian government
of its desire to terminate reciprocity
there will be no objection made. Aban
donment of the arrangement with Spain
might not be so easy , but there arc in
terests in that country which ougerly
desire it. The loss of those Interests has
been our gain and they will spare no effort
to recover a market that was taken
from them and turned over to Americans.
Thus the administration will find most
helpful support abroad whenever it
shall seriously begin the work , of strik
ing down reciprocity. Nothing it could
do would bo more heartily welcomed by
the commercial rivals of the United
States.
Reciprocity may not have yet accom
plished as much as was expected from it ,
but the statistics of increased trade
directly traceable t'j that policy conclu
sively show that it is mt n sham. It is
not in accord , however , with democratic
ideas of how American commerce should
be extended , and it is highly probable
that noticing of the policy will remain in
practical effect when the present admin
istration goes"out of power.
THE supreme court of Kansas has
lately bunded down a' decision that
brings insurance companies doing busi
ness in a state other than the one in
which they wore organized under the
provisions and regulations of laws prc-
liibiting trusts and combinations. The
case was one whore certain insurance
agents and adjusters representing for
eign companies who ivoro complained of
in the district court for violation of the
anti-trust law of the state , in combining
to control the price and rate of insurance
in the city of Oswcgo , appealed from an
adverse decision , and the supreme court
sustained the lower court. The plea
that the business of the foreign compan
ies was interstate commerce was
promptly denied by the supreme court ,
and , quoting Mr. Justice Miller , "the
business of insurance , as ordinarily con
ducted , is not commerce. " The doctrine
to bo henceforth recognized b that for
eign insurance companies have no right
to combine for tlio purpose of increasing
the cost of insurance to the policy hold-
ors.
IT is stated that the circular issued
by the secretary of the treasury during
the month of March , addressed to
United States marshals , has badly de
moralized the army of deputy marshals ,
and may seriously interfere with the
service of criminal processes in some
sections. The provisions of the sundry
civil appropriation act , passed in the
expiring hours of thu lust congress ,
reduce the earnings of these deputies tea
a minimum. Hereafter no marshal or
his deputy h to bo allowed more than
one mileage for each luila necessarily
traveled , irrespective of the number of
writs he may execute in making such
travel , nor any additional mileage inci
dent to the execution or return 'of any
writ of arrest , commitment , or removal ,
other than the 10 cents u milo now
allowed for each deputy , prisoner and
guard , nnd noimUongo on nny writ not
executed , HoTimst also take any person
ho may nrrost thu nonrost tnnjrlstrnto
having jurlftdjctlon for u hearing.
This will cuV iIT n source of revenue
which yloldoiHho richest perquisites of
the marshal's' * tlfllco in the southern
slutc.9 , and rogMjs Whore there are government
'
ernment lanusi' The bill will also ma
terially reducij.tho bills of United States
commissioners < iwho received n per
diem of $5 for the examination of
those accused ' b'f violations of United
States law , as p justice of the peace Is
empowered under the. now law to com
mit or take ball for trial. This law is
in the interest of the people and will , It
Is hoped , put a stop to the fee-mills that
have flourished in the western states.
MR. MOSHKU , known to local fame as
an export bank wrcckcV , persists in his
determination to go to the pen. Ho is
said to bo Infatuated with the idea.
Now , somewhere , covered up deep In the
unfathomable recesses of his mind , ho
must have an object In strlkingihls un
natural pose. A man's relatives may
want to help him out of a scrape and
shield the family from everlasting dis
grace , but they will not put up $11)0,000 )
in cash as long as they feel that the ac
cused may be otherwise kept out of the
pen. It is possible , therefore , that Mr.
Mosher finds it necessary to offer him
self as a willing sacrifice. But there is
another view of the case. If wo read
the statutes correctly a cool million of
dollars could not save Mr. Mo.sher from
a term in the United States prison.
Whether the depositors of the defunct
bank get their money or not , the bank
wrecker must pay the penalty of his
misdeeds. A jury must determine the
measure of punishment.
ITVOULU scorn , from the reports of
their deliberations , that one of the prin
cipal purposes of the convention of
southern governors at Richmond was to
devise means to insure the south a
greater number of slices of tlio federal
olllco pic. In the address to President
Cleveland they bluntly ask him to award
tn the south a larger share of the diplo
matic representatives than has hereto
fore been accorded. As the records of
the appointments already made show
that the south gets the two ambassadors
to Great Britain and France , as many
ministers as the north , twice as many
consuls general , and but one less consul ,
notwithstanding that the states from
which they werb'feelectcd represent but
about 28 per centof the entire popula
tion of the United Statcs , this clamorous
greed for olllce on. the part of the south
ern people appear * glaringly inconsist
ent. ' ' '
COLONKI * WA'rtKitso.v bluntly tells
the president t hat ho stands "whore
the party placet } l\lm \ , on a free trade
platform , " and tihat every tax must bo
for revenue only. Colonel Morrison
talks in a mystdrious way of ' 'tariff re
form" only , without offering any in
terpretation of the tqrm , but says more
intelligibly that , ' "when it comes to a
question of taking- off the bounty on
sugar urtd'Of imposing on that article a
duty instead , my knowledge leads mo to
the opinion that the bounty will re
main. " This tne economic sago of the
Now York 101 asserts "would bo pure
protectionism : McKinley protectionism. "
all of which tends to show that by which
ever horn of the dilemma the adminis
tration approaches the problem it will
encounter a very difficult task.
HON. C. D. C'ASi'KH , the democratic
editor and statesman , is a candidate for
the postmaster-ship at David City. Tobo
Castor is lighting him in order that
Casper may be punished for his anti-
railroad work in the legislature. Con
gressman Bryan is doing everything
possible to bring , about Casper's ap
pointment , in which effort it is hoped
lie will succeed. Castor , however , is
working in the interest of the railroad
managers , who are determined that
Casper or any other opponent shall not
receive anything at the hands of the
present administration. Any man who
lias battled for the people as has Repre
sentative Casper deserves recognition
at the hands of the postmaster general.
Tun opinion of ox-Senator Ingalls
that "it seems probable that the historic
Blaine will not have the proportions of
the 'Bluine of Maine , " " may not accord
with the views of the critical Now York
par'c ' commissioners who think that
Roseoe Cjnkling was not big enough a
man to justify the placing of a statue of
the distinguished statesman in Central
Park , but it will meet the views of a
largo proportion of the intolliirent stu
dents of American biography , neverthe
less. There is no doubt the names of
both these eminent men will shine on
the pages of history as lustrous typos of
the able , patriotic and /.colons defend
ers of the union and interests of this
great republic.
AN KSTKKMKD democratic contempo
rary says that tjlK motto ' of this admin
istration is , "Tafcof'caro of tlio ofllcus ,
and the trusts and the tariff will take
care of themsolvpSSP This plan has cer
tainly been followed thus far , the filling
of the olllces hnvi\ab.sorbod ! \ ! almost the
entire nttentionr&ft the administration.
The trusts will i mbjubtedly take care of
themselves If tl y are permitted to dose
so , for they like nothing so well as being
let alone.
A rnittyVhUtli ) .
Philadelphia Times.
An EnKllsh-AuslK.Uian bank failing for
10,000,000 makes > > whistle oven iiway
over there Thow Jinount of whistlltiB
thosu closer are 1'Ul'lM ' to do may bo conjec
tured.
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ffetc YitrkSun.
Jerry Simpson has issued a readlne notice
to liia constituents in the Seventh Kansas
congressional district , explaining that ho
has nothing to do with thu distribution of
tlio federal patronage. Wo are surprised
and pained at Jerry. What has Jerry's
business as a populist been , if not to conduct
the world ?
ItL'pe.il tlib Illilo l.nnrg.
ffew nrii 'ftmti.
Every now and then some meddlesome feeler
or some sapient convocation of animated
fossils umicrtakos to resurrect the ancient
"blue laws" prohibiting Sunday labor for
the purpose of suppressing somebody or
something that docs not have tbeirapproval.
There ought to bo a general onslaught upon
legislatures to got rid of those moldy and
worm-oaten enactments , which only servo
the purpose nowadays of uiublini ; fanatics
to gratify n ileslro to nimoy nnd worry people
Vho do not aympnthUo with their vagaries ,
I'lll Tlirm on Icp.
CfiicumuM Cammtrtlal , + ,
Criticism of the administration rolntlvo o
the hauling down of the colors nt Honolulu
Is well enough , but li Is proper to caution
some llcry patriots that It Is unlawful to Use
the /lag / for advertising purposes.
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Mlnmit'n lllriMl Ponltloil ,
WillaiMph'ti I'rrtu.
Commissioner lilount In Hawaii holds no
ofllco known to law , and ho Is the personal
representative of the president , ap | > olnteil
without warrant of law and superseding
the odlclal representative of the United
States nt Honolulu. H la neither legal nor
expedient for a president thus to sot nsldo
the laws which regulate our dmlotiwtlo re
lations and action.
Tint Court * mill tlio ( lorrymnnilors ,
lifabe-Ueinoont.
Gerrymanders have a poor ehanco for ox-
Isteni-o now. Several of thorn have been
knocked out by the courts within the past
year. The most recent Instance of the sort
is the Icglslr.tlvo district monstrosity which
has been declared unconstitutional by the
Now York court of appeals. These nro nil
serious attacks on the demooratle party , as
the gerrymander is a tlme-nonorcd demo
cratic institution.
lli'lum' ) | riirnvlaliln Position ,
Oifrdflo inter Ocain.
lleforo little Delirium engages In civil war
it will bo well for her to note that Germany
nnd Franco are both anxious to step across
the border and take charge of alTairs. This
would make Uclgium again the battleground
between old enemies , and there would be
another Waterloo to remind the little king
dom that it is much bettor to Uvo in ponce
with yourself than to have two old enemies
light in your house.
More tliiin Olio.
I'htlailfliihln llrconl.
The supreme court of the United States
has had occasion to declare- itself on the
question whether singular or plural pronouns
ought to be used in speaking oC the Unit ed
States. Tlio court sustains tlio constitu
tional form. The United States are , and of
right ought to bo , spoken of as more than
one. They are. in fuel , forty-four. They
are united states , which Inivo bound them
selves together In Indissoluble union for cer
tain purposes , retaining their sovereignty
and individuality for all other purposes.
UlnH mill Nov. Kin.
Gtnlie-Detnneitit ,
There are several plans under discussion
for chopping pieces off from states and terri
tories In the 1'ncillc coast region and making
now combinations , so as to eliminate Ne
vada , but all arc cumbrous and Impractica
ble. The easiest , simplest and best way to
abolish Nevada is to annex Utah to 1t. The
former is steadily decreasing in population ,
while the latter Is increasing. At the pres
ent tlmo Nevada has about 40,000 inhabit
ants while Utah has in tlio neighborhood of
IMO.OOO. A consolidation of these two com
munities wipes out Nevada.
I.K Of 1'HOMIXIiXVK.
Mr. Onion of Smith county is one of tlio
strong men of the Texas legislature.
Hear Admiral Benham , who commands ono
of the squadrons in the Hampton Roads
naval review , was commander of tlio vessel
that bore General Grant around the world.
Governor Northen of Georgia is a regu
lar attendant at church and Sunday school ,
and a prominent tlguro in the Daptlst con
ventions and other religious bodies. Ho de
votes much of his time to charitable work.
When an ofllee seeker apologias to Secre
tary Carlisle for augmenting the crowds
which visit the Treasury difpartmcnt on sim
ilar errands the Kentucklan cheerily re
plies : " \\c don't object to your crowding at
the polls on election day. "
Governor McKinley openly proclaims that
he would accent the gubernatorial nomina
tion again if his party offered it to him. The
governor still has faith in the tariff , and
says the future will vindicate the wisdom of
the bill that buars his name.
John Railoy , a Tennessee farmer In hard
luck , has just been made happy by the re
ceipt of § 641 from Frank K. Walldran of
Heading , Pa. , being in full payment with U
per cent interest for a horse which Walldran.
then n soldier , appropriated from Uailoy's
stable in 1861.
The honor of being the second on the list
of oldest postmasters in the United States
is claimed for Sidney G. Pruddon of Eaton-
ton , Putnam county. Ga. . who was apiwinted
under President Van IJuren in 1S40 , and
whoso commission u as signed by Postmaster
General John M. Nilcs.
The fatuous novelist , Robert Louis Stoven-
son.appears to bo domiciled in Samoa for this
term of his natural life. The climate of tlio
South sea paradise , which most white people
find extremely enervating , has restored him
to good health , but whenever ho leaves his
island home ho falls ill.
Secretary Carlisle's advisers are men of
young years and of oven younger appear
ance. Ilamlln , first assistant secretary of
tlio treasury , is 36 ana looks 30 ; Eckels ,
comptroller of the treasury , is 34 , smooth
shaven and boyish , anilv. . G. Curtis , the
other assistant secretary , is 3S.
Sir Edward Morgan , editor of the Cardiff
Express , probably is getting ready to write
a book on this country , interviewed by .1
New York reporter , ho said : "This is my
first visit to the United States. 1 have only
been here twenty-four hours , but I am im
pressed with the size and magnitude of your
country. "
Hon. Thomas H. Dudley , who died in
Philalolphia recently , was a most useful
and faithful servant of the government
during the war , when ho held ttio position of
consul to Liverpool , and had to guard as well
as ho could against British efforts to aid the
confederacy. Zealous and fearless in the
discharge of his duty , he earned such honors
a s were paid to the general in the field of
battle.
Vonkcis Stnlosmnn : fn the drama of llfo
the ocean has tlio principal rolo.
Toxns SlftliiR.- , : The yonst caUo and the
favorite weapon urn both ruUurs.
llostonTratucrlpt ! H is not dltilcult to bo
gcm-rons In a fault when that fault happens to
boonu'sowii.
Philadelphia Lodger : A demand U heard
that base bull umpires shall wur seine dU-
tlnctlvo ilress whllo on duty. Wliy not put
them in Umpire gowns ?
llo .lou rn nl : Ono of the things that
has : i tfmluncy to initkci a man foul tlrud Is to
start out on a line Anrll evening wltn his wlfo
logo to a cimeorl , and to have to walk the
last half mlle of the dlstanco to the hall with
n refresh I us April sliownr p-itturin ; ; blltholy
down upon IIIK nuw silk hat.
Hlnehainton Iii-ndi'r : The country mlnNtor
has no n-spuct for prlzo lighters , but ho slslis
whi'ii ho ruads of thu sums they ruallzo from
tholr pound parties.
Philadelphia Times : An undertaker In
Union. Tumi. , recently used Ills hoarj < In mir-
MiliiBhlx daughter , who had eloped with his
assistant. C-ould the iindiirlnker overtuker Is
a problum listt unsolved by the accounts.
Mfo : "Jack Trover , usked mo lust nltfht If
I would marry him. "
"And whnt illu yiiu hay/ " , „ . , ,
" 1 told him that pupa built nno addition to
thohuusi ) whetihlstcr Melon wus nmrrled nml
I didn't think ho could bo porsuudud to put up
another. "
Indianapolis Journal : Ile-MUs I.niira.
won't you Nlnit Mimi'thlni , ' ? 1 heard Mr. Hits
say thai hu often onlojrrd your slnirlm ; .
Hhu-SIr. I'ltts ? Why , I .don't know him at
lie Wull , that Is queer. Mo lives nhout
three blocks from horu.
Washington Star : "This , " passionately
.shouted the lecturer , as ho hold up Imforo the
autllenKO a large , black bottle , "this rupre-
sunts the vury essuncn and concentration of
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uilsory
"It certainly do , " assented Dismal Oawson ,
who hud drlfawl In to esenpo the rain. "It cer
tainly do. The olamij thing Is empty. "
A CJIVINO NEKI ) .
Da mo Fnslilon graciously decruod
That tronsors tullor-mudn
Must have a creuso. like shop-kout goods ,
Or ulso bu "In the shade. "
O , gracious I > ; im , go farther still ,
let now thy inundate bti
That troiiiern worthy of the name
Hu baxKy at thu Unt'o.
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Action Still l > aluy < l.
At the directors' meeting of the Platte
Hiver Canal company , held Wednesday evenIng -
Ing , the proposed plans of the company were
discussed , but uo definite action was taken.
lit snnnUlnff of thoitmltnronAof UitMllrretors
null that It would prohnhly bo sovural weeks
before- the project of the company could bn
submitted to the public In Uotnll.
l.lltlil.Klt AX AV.inttMi :
Suit for UnmnRo * UroiiRltt A < jnlii t Mil-
minrl Mlnl ter * ,
Micos . Mo. , April ) . A libel suit of re
markable character came up In court hero
today. H Is a suit for f'JO.OOO damages
brought by the St. James Military academy
against llov. , T. M. Oalscr of the Cumberland
Presbyterian chutvh , HIM * . \V. P. MeMurray
of the Methodist Kplscop.nl church South ,
Hov.V. . II. Hams of the first llaptlst
church , Hov. Duncan Drown of the first
Presbyterian church , and Rev. .1. T. Knyart
of the Methodist Episcopal church , nil of
this city. Tlio school Is an old ono nnd of
high standing. Up to ISM It was nn Episco
palian Institution , but In that year It was
sold , becoming a non-seiJtarliiii Institution.
It has been since In the ehargo of Colonel
\V. H. t ees and a faculty. Among other
things dancing has been taught and dance.s
given by the students. As n result , evi
dently forgetting the church no longer con
trolled It , the preachers named Issued an ad
dress denouncing the school , principally be
cause of thu dancing , in the following reso
lutions :
I'lr.st That \vo regard the Institution under
such administration us harmful totho moral
nnd religious Interest tif our community , nnd
on this ground wo hereby withdraw tiny In-
Iliience or commendation wo havu hurutoforo
Riven It.
Second--That wo urge upon the tnnmbnn of
our churches nml nil other friends of religion
and good moruls , flint thev absent themselves
from , mid discourage unit dlscountominrc In
every way all such KuthurliiKs at the academy
as long us dancing Is allowed In the building.
These resolutions were caused to bo pub
lished and republlshed , until out of n news
paper war prow the libel suit. A Inrgo nmli-
enco was present In court and when the case
was formally called the plaintiff asked toavo
to file an amended petition which was
granted nnd defendants then tiled an
amended answer. On the recalling of the
case both sides answered ready und the work
of selecting a jury began.
rhiri : ; < Mt with Criminal I.the ! .
TOPBKA , Kan. , April 20. County Attorney
Curtis tills afternoon Hied with Justice of
tlio I'eaco Chesnoy , a complaint , sworn to
by Cyrus Inland , jr. of Troy , charging It. S.
Osborne , secretary of state of Kansas , with
criminal libel.
In the complaint is sot forth fn full an in
terview with Mr. O.sborne , and published in
the Topckn Journal last Saturday afternoon ,
in which It was charged that Mr. Lcliuut , In
collusion .with Warden Case of the state
penitentiary , was tlio maker of a coal con
tract by which llrst-elass coal was billed to
him as slack. Leland denies ttiat ho re
ceived such a coal contract with the state
penitentiary.
rit.nx.
Mrvk'llli ICi'billa .Mako n Itlg Maul of
Hllvor.
El , PASO , Tex. , April 'JO. Chllnmhua ad
vices to the Times state that a p.iek tr.iin of
bullion from the Jesus Maria district , bound
for Chihuahua , was seized by the rebels
early this week nnd every dollar of property
confiscated. The value of the bullion is esti
mated at S-10,000.
Nothing has been learned since yesterday
of actunl hostilities in western Chihnanua ,
but news comes that there is great
suflering among the natives. Guerrero has
boon entirely depopulated and the miserable
inhabitants of that region are making their
way toward the city of Chihuahua. As
much of tile 1. 0 miles of. road is through a
desert devoid of water , the sufferings of the
poor wretches are terrible. News can only
bo obtained through travelers , as the stories
told by the natives cannot bo relied upon.
Tried to Hum lltn
The Janitor of the Clifton Hill school build
ing is trying to ferret out the perpetrator of
several tricks that have been played on that
institution during the past two weeks.
Some time ago ho happened to visit the
building at an unusually early hour , and was
just in time to extinguish a tire in the base
ment thai hud evidently been kindled with |
the intention of destrovifte the building , i
Had ho not discovered the blazojust as ho
did , tlio structure , which is of wood , would
no doubt have irpno up in smoke. A number
of lesser rascalities have been discovered ,
and the identify of the culprit Is so far .un
known.
Iot Mi * Trnm.
Yesterday afternoon about 1 ! o'clock , when
the wind was at its height , a team belonging
to Charles Westergard , a garbage man , were
forced into the river and disappeared from
view. This happened at the Jones street
dump , where tlio wagon was being unloaded ,
nnd tlio force of the wind was so great that
the horses lost their feet and went over the
embankment.
In the Hamlx ot n Receiver.
MiDni.Ksiioiiounn , Ky. , April 20. Captain
J. M. Brooks has been appointed receiver of
the MIddlesborough Hotel company. The
liabilities are $84,000 , mostly first mortgage
bonas held by tlio Central Trust company of
Now York. The hotel property is valued at
6200,000.
Allen Still 111 Suspnirte.
The Jury in the Clara Allen Case is still
out , and there is no reason to bcllove that
it will succeed in reaching an agreement.
The vote was seven for acquittal and live for
conviction on the tlrst'bnllot and forty-eight
hours of confinement have not been sufll-
olent to change tlio opinions of the Jurors.
* . , Kornuson Intended yesterday mornln ,
to ilUolmrKO the | ury ntulght If It Mill fiiUn
to nitroo , but chtinned hi * mind , and U wn <
kept In the Jury rooms all nluht main \ > \
prnlmhlo that It will bo dlstlmrgod tin
morning.
viuiisroi'iinit's nri rvie.
n Will Ho l/nvrllrd / With 1'roprr < rrc j
nuinle nt ' - Net - . *
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CutOAao , III. . April 20. Tiiosdn
afternoon next , in the presence of tli
mayor and city ollk'lalH , the olllcors o >
tlto World's Columbian exposition uiu |
many distinguished guests , there will b
unveiled at Lake Front park on Mlchi
gun avenue , opposite Congress street *
with appropriate ceremonies , a niagnll1
cent statue of Columbus , the gift of th ,
World's Coluiiiblan Kxposltion cotnpan f
to the city of Chicago. U will bo th'.f .
third nnmvorsary of the passage by congress /
gross of the World's fair act.
The statue Is of bronze , the finest ol
its kind in America , nnd stands on a ,
pedestal thirty feet from base to top.
making the total elevation of the morni- ' *
mont fifty foot. The llguro Itself is of
solid bron/o , mounted upon ; i huge solid
block of the metal , which in turn rests
upon the granite pedestal. ,
Upon the western fuoo of the pedestal
are chiseled the words "Erected by the j
World's Columbian Exposition In Memory - i
ory of Chrlstopor Cuhimbus , A. D. I8IKI , "
ntul upon tlie bronze cup of the pedestal l
appears the date ' ' 181KJ" and the name
"Howard Kretehmar. Sculptor" (
Through the efforts of Mr. 1'eck some
time ago tin ordinance was passed by the (
city council , in anticipation of the gift ,
providing for its acceptance and main
tenance by the city.
Minister tfgiitt Mud Hueu Ord rt < il to Crnna
Sheltering Thxiil.
WASHINGTON- . C. . April 20.Senor Don
Anlbal Cruz , charge d'affaires of the Chilian
legation , was ono of the earliest callers at
the State department today ( which was dip
lomatic day ) . Ho held In his hands a news
paper dispatch announcing that Illcndol
I lolly and Colonel l-'uentcs. the alleged Bnl-
macedlsts to whom Mlt'lsterJEgan had af
forded shelter at the American legation , and
whoso surrender had been demanded by the
Chilian authorities , had made ther es
cape from the legation ; that Fuenlcs
had been captured by the Chilian
guards stationed in the neighborhood of
the United States legation , but that Holly
was still at large. Senor Cru/ had a long
interview with Assistant Secretary Adee ,
nnd subsequently Secretary Uresham gave
this statement to the press : "A ehargo was
pending against Fucntos and Holly for vie
latlng the municipal laws of Chili and Min
ister Egan was instructed by Secretary
( ircsham that lie should erase sheltering
them. "
Nothing was said as to whether the ref
ugees escaped before or after Mr Egan re
ceived liis instructions , or with or without
his supposed connivance. The oltleial corre
spondence on the subject will not bo given
out at present , if at all.
Identified tint .Murderer * .
iNDUNAi'OMs , Ind. . April 20.Mrs. . Ulster ,
the widow of tlio murdered druygist , who
was brutally shot down in his store on Mis
sissippi street a few nights ago by two
colored men , was taken to the jail today and
given an opportunity to so1 the two negroes ,
1'arkcr anu MeAgco , who nro under arrest
for the crime.
When the two men were brought out before -
fore Mrs Histor she exclaimed : "They are
the men who murdered my husband. " The
negroes began to expostulate , but were at
once rotur'ied to their colls. Two women
were originally arrested on circumstantial
evidence.
IVoprrfcH of tlio Cholera.
ST. PcTCHsiii'iui , April 20.-Tho olllcial
cholera statistics issued show that from
March III to March 27 there wore 400 now
cases and 120 deaths in the government of
Podolla , nnd from Mnre.li 27 to April 111 Hit
now cases and ftVJ deaths In the department
of Cofa. Elsowhcro in the empire there were
llfteen new cases and seven deaths re
ported.
Vir.SN'A , April 20. Two cases of cholera
and ono death are reported from Oluth m
Bukovina. Four cases occurred at Novu
Mammapovo.
ruun LIXK
Iff ic * .
My head feels stuffy and hot ,
My aural nurvos hU/Io and sing
/ mi this Is my annual lot
Whllo winter Is Ulrtlng with spring.
n'atlttii'jtim S/ar. /
Ho gnvo her caramels nnd rings ;
She loaves him alter all
Tosmllo on ono who knows more things
Than ho about base ball.
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Defiance ffem ,
It may bo becanso slio's In the swim
That each maid , If plump or thin as n lutli
When she prepares for a full dress ball ,
Attires herself us If for the bath.
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Chicago Inter iJcenn.
What nro the wild waves saying ,
AH they ( lash on the beach with vim ?
It may be a hint , to thu sea-serpent fuko
To hustloout Into thu swim.
ir < i8/ifnufun /
Tlii'i-o's imuxht x111 fret the spirit
Of a shame-faced , thirsty man ,
Like a soda water fountain
Un the prohibition plan.
st Manufaaturori an I
of Ulolhlnz la thaVurlt
Out of Sight
Because he's reading1 our
ad at the bottom of the
fourth page. It's about" our
new Hopkins hat , which is
having1 such a run in the
east. Hopkins hats are
not extreme in style but
just right , and in order to
introduce them they are of
fered for $1 less than such hats usually sell for. Wo
sell the Hopkins hat for $4. Our spring- suits and
overcoats for boys and men are "out of sight , " as
far as comparison with previous years is con
cerned. Our tailors have certainly done all they
could to make up the cloth so judiciously selected
into some of the handsomest suits over shown in
the United States.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Eloru