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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.MONDAY , MAY 15 , 1803. THIS DAILY BEE. K. ItOSKWATKIl , Ivdllor. PUHUS1IKI ) UVKUY MOItNMNG. TIUMH ; or sum-miITION. Pntly lleo million ! Sunday ) Ono Vt'iir. . I B 00 Drillv nml Sunday , Ono Vcnr 10 " < ) Hlx .Months , . . GOO Throe Mouths 'J W ) Bumlny lice , One Venr " 0 rinluririiy llee. Ono Year 1 &O "Weekly lie.-Ono Your 100 OI'IMPIW. Otnnlin , Tin' lluo Itulldlnjt. South OiMiilm , cortinr N nnd 2Hh ( Streets. Council Illlllls , It ! I'o.irl Stn-eU Clilciiiro onii-e , .117 Chamber of Commerce. Now York , Kooms 13 , U uud 15 , Tribune Jlnlldliu , ' . AVoHliliiKlOil , 513 Poiirtronlh ( Urcct. COIMM'.Sl'ONDnNCP.- All communication * relating to news and editorial mutter should bo uddrossud : To the Kdltor. IICHINFA * liKTTKIW. All hiiKliiP 4 letters nud remittnncas should bo addressed to The lleo I'lihllshln ; Co nipnny , Utmilin. DriiftM , checks and postolllco orders to bo madn payable to the order ot the com- pnny. THE BKI3 I'UnMSHING COMPANY. SWO IN HTAt'KMIl.NT OF CIltCUIiATlON. Btnlo of Notifmkn , I lonr.tr of Mor.Klnn , ( ( irortfti ft. Tmrliurk , ecri > tnrr of TUB DEE pub- lltlilnv conipnnjr , duos otomnljr sncnr Hint ttia ncltial clrculnllnn of InKIUIi.v IIEn for Iho week rndltiR Mnjr ] : ) , ! & ! ) ) , win ni follows : Hunilitjr , Mn ; 7 511.000 Monrtnr. Vuys ! 1.7 Itiofclnj' . Mnir II , Mtl3 ( Wcdnencliiy , Jlny 10 J1.PM Iliuradnr. .May II SJ.77J yrltlny. Alny 12 33,721 Snturdojr , M r 13 II.Ml ( JBO. II , TlZCIIl'CK , Sworn to bofornmo and subscribed In my pres ence tbla 13th day o ( May , Ifc'AI. N. I1 , h Kit * Notary Public. AvnniRn Circulation lor April , 18DJ. ! M,2Hl A 1)7' Itii tlnc > Democrat. Of the republican iircss of Nebraska TUB OMAHA HP.I : mono Is making the impeach ment fight. The other dailies , ilho World- Herald nnd State Journal , well knowing the rottenness thai exists , nro rather defending the fraud. This docs not surprise us in the Journal , n It has been n direct beneficiary to the theft , bill II does surprise us lhal Iho "World-Herald should kcop sllonl as lo the rottenness that It knows exists. WALt , ntroot IMS lost Its prestige as Iho dictator of the national financial policy. As A gambling resort Wall street is rapidly dcgonorutlng into a national nuisance. THE Chicago newspapers are now talk ing of running the big show until Octo ber 1 , 1891. SECRKTAHY CAKUSLB'S strong box now contains nearly $2,000,000 of free gold. It all came from the west , too. OP AI..L the arguments against prohi bition dynaniito is the least ofllcacious. The Muscatino saloon keepers have dis covered this fact to their sorrow. THE Impeachment trial has reached its second stage and commencing today tlio defense will have its innings. THE BEE will cnntimio to print the only reliable - liable rojwrts of the proceedings. THE exposure of the alleged anarchist plot to blow up the World's fair was a very clover advertising dodge , but it will not have a reassuring effect upon the nerves of prospective visitors. I tS Tim announcement that Rev. Sam S Small desires to ix > the presidential nom- ncc of the prohibition party in 1801I will enable people with rcminifccont tenden cies of mind to recall the fact that such n party is really in existence. THE nunonforcument of the Geary Chinese exclusion act is rapidly assum I f ing all the phases of a political issue in It k * ' the Pacific coast states. The feeling against the administration is especially Btrong in Oregon and Washington. A fcARRFUl , perusal of the evidence BO far adduced in the impeachment trial at Lincoln will convince the average reader that one-half of the effort of tlio defense has been expended in behalf of the asylum ami cell house boodlers. THE asmtmptlon that the republican newspapers of the country are criticis ing Cleveland's financial policy in the hope of precipitating u panic is the veriest twaddle. The warmest sup port accorded the administration in the recent Hurry came from the repub lican WHEN the run un the Plankinton bank at Milwaukee commenced Saturday Phil Armour , with the characteristic mod esty of a typical western man , chartered n special train and dispatched $1,000,000 in gold to the rescue. It is just this kind 'of financiering that will prevent a panic nnd it bus the gomiino western lltivor. INDICATIONS point to a largo gather ing of representative men from dilToront Htates in the union in response to the call of Governor Kniite Nelson of Min nesota for a great anti-coal camblim and other unlawful trusts conference. The convention will asfeejnblo in Chicago on Juno 5 and ( ! . Twenty-six governors have already responded to Gjvornor Nelson'a proposition for aiuih a conven tion , among them the governor of Ne braska , Russell of Massachusetts , Pattl- BOn of Pennsylvania and Altgold of Illi nois. Knob state Is entitled to ten dele gates , to bo named by the governor , and Governor Crounno has acted promptly In appointing the dolegallon from this fituto. TuiCBtatoof Washington is placing herself in the van of irrigating enter prise in this oauntry. The now system for the irrigation of the Yakima valley ' into which the water is about to be turned will convert about 00,000 acres > 10f sagebrush Into a fruitful garden. Plans are now being made for extending the Hystem ao as to reclaim about 25,000 ) iioros moro. The building of the great ditch with its myriad laterals has boon n undertaking of no email magnitude , and exports declare the entire work the most perfect in the country.Oth'or systems nro contemplated , and the impetus that [ irrigation is mire to give to agriculture and horticulture will enable Washing ton to contribute an immunt-o volume Bof produce to the markets of the country. Hero la another suggest Ion for the en couragement of irrigation enterprise nin the Btuto o ( Nebraska. TltK SOUTH AXD UMrrOfMTfOff. It Is reported that the executives of tlio Routlicrn states nro receiving letters ( roiii immigration agents in the north * west proposing to send foreign settlers Ui the south. It la also Hftld that when the legislatures of the various southern Hlatos meet next winter some proposi tions will bo made to establish an immi gration agency abroad , to bo supported by the different southern states. The governor.of ) those states , It Is stiff- go.st 'd , appreciate the linportnnco of having agents abroad and would have advised Hituh n course at the recent con ference at Richmond had It boon doomed pro | > or nt that time. The convention of southern governors which met nt Richmond 11 short time ago for the purpose of formulating some plan tOHccuro Immigration to the south was not strikingly successful , but It very plainly Indicated that there Is a strong sentiment in the south favorable to im migration and that the movement to encourage it is likely to gain in strength. What the possibilities of succor are Is question. It Is a fact that only about one-hundredth part of the immi grants that como to this country declare their Intention to become citizens ot any of the states of the south , while the rest of them settle In northern states. What I * the reason for this ; * The ell- mate of the south is genial. The agri cultural capabilities of a large portion of that section nro unsurpassed. Land In the south is not dear , relatively , and there Is every reason to suppose that it will yield rewards to industry proportionate tionate to any other part of the country. There are economic reasons why the Bonth should bo the most tempting field for Immigration in the world. Yet so few of the people coming from the old world does it attract that an extraordinary effort is deemed necos- Lary to present its claims and advanta ges to the people who nro seeking homos in tin ) now world. While the economic conditions strongly invite immigration to that Lection , very little goes thoro. There seoina to bo but one explanation of tins , and that Is the social conditions that prevail in the south. In the tlrst place , the immigrant from Europe , if ho Imvo any intelligent information about' the social conditions in this coun try , knows that ho cannot occupy so favorable a poiition in the south , either as a small farmer or as n laborer , that he can in the west. The old aristocratic spirit has not gone out of the former bcction , while in the latter it has never assorted itself. It still remains true of the south that the toiler and the poor man must stand in the background. In the west this has never boon the case. Another obstacle to immigration to the south is the fact that the political conditions in that sec tion are unfavorable to free and Inde pendent action. They put a constraint both upon the opinions and the conduct of men , compelling : them to pursue a certain courbo in order to win success in any direction. Still another obstacle is in the loose re gard which the southern pcaplo have for law. The many instances of mob violence in that section , which there is no attempt to remedy , cannot fail to im press Europeans , familiar with the au thority of law and taught to respect it , that there is in the south an absence of that security for person and property which is to bo had in other portions of the country. It is evident that if the south is to ob tain the immigration which it desires and which it undoubtedly needs for its development and material progress , there must bo a radical change in the social and political conditions of that section. Unhappily there seems nt present but small promise that this will bo attained. .IMSrBtt AXI ) SKtlV.lXT. A recent decision of the supreme court respecting the liabilities of a railroad corporation to an employe for injuries received while in the service of the com pany does not seem to have attracted the attention its significance should commend. Thirty-six years ago Chief Justice Tanoy handed down his famous opinion in the Dred Scott case. Si.c of the asso ciate justices of the suprema court hold with him that the negro was so far in ferior that he had no right ? which the white man was , bound to respect. Only two justices of the court , McLean and Curtis , dissented from this opinion. It Is thought by some that tlm decis ion just handed down in this railroad case may prove as far-reaching on the law relating to master and bervant as the memorable decision had on the institu tion of uluvory. The opinion disposes of the case of the Baltimore & Ohio rail road against John Baugh , reversing the judgment of tlio circuit court and re manding the case for a new trial. A noticeable coincidence is , that the de cision , which was read by Justice Brewer , was reached by the same vote as the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case. Chief Justice Fuller jolnoil with .lustlco field in a lengthy dissent ing opinion , remarkable for the vigor ous language In which it is couched and iho drastic manner with which the con clusions of the majority uro contro verted. The circumstances of the case , related more fully than given in the dispute ! * , are these : Baugh , a locomotive fireman on the road , was injured , as ho claimed , In a collision at Bel- hilro , O , , through the negligence of the engineer. He brought suit against the company and win given u verdict for $13,750. The railroad com pany appealed from the circuit to the supreme court. The question consid ered was whether the engineer and fire man of this loujinotlvo , running without any train attached , wore fellow aorvants of the company , or . whether the engi neer was in the position of master , rep resenting the company. Justice Brewer and thu majority of the couvt hold the former opinion. In doing so ho reversed the dcclblon in * " the eas.e of a railroad company against Ross , that wont to the supreme court from Minnesota somu years ago , and has since become a load ing case. In the RMS case the court hold that * 'a conductor of a railroad train , who has a right to command the movements of a train and control the persons employed upon it , represents the couipauy whllo performing those I duties ( nntl doe ? not boar the relation of fellow servant to the engineer nnd other employes on the train. " In the Bnugh case there was no conductor , as the en gineer was n helper , but rule ton of the company provided that in such cases the engineer became the con ductor. The majority of the court maintained that Baugh was n follow servant of the engineer , knowing with htm the peril of the trip , and by volun tary riding amt'iied the risk , and , therefore , cannot recover. The principal objection in Justice Field's dissenting opinion , supported by the chief justice , to the decision rend by Judge Brewer , is to the claim that the question is one of general law , In which the state laws nnd decisions of the courts of Ohio , the state in which the accident occurred , are not followed. The verdict and judgment In the court below , ho stated , were reached in con formity with the law as settled by the supreme court of Ohio nnd under the judiciary act of 1785) ) that was the law to control. Under the opinion of the ma jority , ho said , the Uoss case falls , and the law of master and servant is given a construction that will make it exceed ingly dllllcult for a co-omployo to sccnro damages. Pointing out the dangers in the opinion of the majority ho said the de cision "destroys the autonomy of the states , wipes out the state line and goes far toward building' up a powerful cen tralized government in place of the gov ernment of limited powers which was created by consent of the sovereign states. " This decision by the highest court in the land is certainly an important ono and will bo sure to attract greater at- toutlon than it has received as sosntu its full purport is generally known and understood. TUB complicated state of public alTatrs in the Republic of Nicaragua and the apprehensions necessarily felt as to the issue of the battle that seems pending between the government and revolution ists , commands the special attention of the people of this country. Nicaragua is the largest of the Cent'-al American states , with an area of10,500 square miles and a population ot nearly 'ilii,000. Its commercial intercourse with the United States is measured by about ! jilr > 00,000 of exports and as great a value of imports annually. But chief interest centers on this republic in that across its territory is to run the maratimc ship canal to connect the waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific. This is eminently an American enter prise , progressing under a charter granted by congress in 1880 to capitalists of this country. In view of the disas ters that have overtaken the Panama canal enterprise , the speedy construc tion of the Nicaragua channel becomes a matter of importance to the commerce of the world. The total length of the proposed route is 109 miles , but of this 142 miles are included in the River San Juan and Lake Nicaragua. The original total estimated cost was $90,000,000 , , and six years were sot for its construction. Moro rapid progress will have to be made on the work than heretofore to carry out this intention , and the troubles in the state are likely to retard operations. The reports received at Washington regarding the progress of the revolution are conflicting , n.s are also the statements respecting its incep tion. That it was incited and is sup ported by New York capitalists is de nied by the former secretary of the Nicaraguan - raguan legation in that city. That the troubles jeopardize American inter ests is evidenced by the fact that the United States government has dispatched a war ship to cither coast of the dis turbed republic. The Atlanta from Now York is cnvoyago for Groytown , and the Alliance from San Francisco for Corinto. Upon these will devolve the duty of protecting the interests of Amer icans , for the cities now in possession of the revolutionists embrace' those on the entire line ot the canal west of the lake and the principal portion of the canal from Groytown to the lake. SOMK years ag. > Michigan abolished the death penalty for murder. The judiciary committee of the lower branch of the legislature of that state has just reported in favor of restoring that ponnltv. The justification for this is found in the increased number of mur ders. A bill to restore the death penalty provides that only persons convicted by direct evidence shall bo hung , while those convicted wholly on circumstantial evidence shall bo imprisoned for lifo at hard labor. Under such a ln\v some murderers would escape hanging who deserved that penalty , but if a com promise must bo made this is perhaps the best that is possible , although cir cumstantial evidence is sometimes al most as convincing as direct evidence and it would bo rare indeed that convic tion for murder could bo bocurod with out it. But the important and instruc tive fact in this matter is that after many years of trial the people of Michi gan are not satisfied with life imprison ment as a deterrent to murder. Capital crime has increased out of proportion to the growth of population , and convic tions for murder in the 11 rat degree a"o no more numerous relatively under the present law than when the penalty was death. The experience of Michigan Is commended to the attention of those who advocate abolishing the death pen alty. There is a number of such in Ne braska , whoso efforts to seonro such legislation from the last legislature fortunately failed. Tin ? letter from a wounded veteran making inquiry respecting the oignill- cnnco of some of the changes in the rules governing the pension otlico , of which mention was made in a recent issue of TUB Run , indicates the close attention paid by the old soldiers to the new methods under the present admin istration. The changes to which ho al- luilo ) are only part of a long series that Commissioner Loohron is placing in practical operation. Important as their observation must prove to claimants and tholr attorneys they do not possess approximate - proximate falgnilicanca to the .swooping order just is mod revoking the cele brated "completed ( Ucs"order of ox-Coin- inisiloiioiRuum This radical change In the method in vogue prior to 1889 is for the avowed purpose of dealing more equitably wllh just such cases M that our correspondent states his to bo. Its aim ' 9 * " take up for consideration hereafter nil pending claims ih the order In which the evidence is filed. But THE BEK'S old subscriber must recollect that there are n multitude of claims , fllod previous to the date of his application , that must take precedent. The rule requiring all aflldavlts filed to bo wholly typewritten docs not promise to increase the expense involved in prosecuting a claim. As it is the pension attorneys and claim agents prepare the affidavits and the process by typewriting should bo no more expensive than the employment of a good penman. Doubtless its chief object is to guard against the mistakes that nro liable tonrlso from illegible writing , nnd It should benefit rather than prove n hardship to the claimant. The rule requiring all correspondence In regard to claims to bo addressed to the bond of the bureau need not dolor the claimant making inquiries as to the status of his application nnd will most likely assure him more judicial consideration than ho would otherwise rocolvo. The special acts pensioning Mesdames Grant and Logan were passed under the Intuitive apprehension , It is probable , that these worthy bonollolnries would never marry ngain , and the utter im- probaolllty of the contingency renders it hardly necessary to discuss the olToct such an event would bo likely to have on their status on the pension roster. WASHINGTON state republicans are congratulating each other on the swoop ing and decided victory won in the re cent Spokane city election. The same result is also promised at the next dav of municipal reckoning in Seattle. The conditions that prevail in the public af fairs of those two strongholds of repub licanism in that state are remarkably similar. The retiring democratic ad ministration of Spokane , as that of Se attle , was carried into power by the wave of discontent that came from busi ness depression during a republican ad ministration. The same promises and questionable means were used in both cities to gain municipal control , and the subsequent management of the affairs of tooth cities has brion equally bad. The reform promises have boon broken , extravagance has boon the rule , neglect of duty has boon conspicuous in either city and democrats aj well as republi cans have bacomo heartily ashamed of the municipal officials. It is not likely that after tlio experience they have had the republicans of either city will vote the democratic ticket again , as many of them did last year , whatever the dissat isfaction that may exist. As indicating the carelessness with which the finances of Seattle have been handled , the city council has now pending three ordinances for validating certain warrants amounting in the aggregate - gate to more than $000,000 , which have boon informally , if not illegally , issued , and whjch must bo adopted to save the city from the stigma of repudi ating Its just dohts. Pivo bonding ordi nances are also pending , aggregating SI,07f , ,000. Seattle's present bonded debt is already SS.fiGj.OOO , and if this proposed now issue of bonds is author ized it will increase the city's total bonded debt to $ : t,040,000. Now the Iowa democrats are com plaining of Cleveland's Ingratitude. The incumbent of the white house has much to answer for. A'l Unilsr One Cunvni. Kana Cttu .innrnal. Ono must expend $15.00 in admission foes In ordci to see nil the shows at Chicago , hut lie can sen enough for 50 cents to make his head swim. o Not u Fnvornblo Tllilo for Trusts. C/ifc / an Tribune , Ono of the welcome siRiis of the times is the fact that the bonds issued by the now trust iu leather have boon withdrawn ' temporarily" from subscription by the banks , because the present seems an un favorable moment for soiling them. It v.-oulu boil good thing if all the other trust stocks and "securities1' were similarly found to bo unsalable , not only now but forever. Let HID Ilrail J'.i t llu Hurled. Chicago llcmlil. There Is n pcnor.il and Jlrm belief amonjr northern democrats that it la bad policy for the pcoplo of the south to perpetuate war recollections and to stimulate tlio perishing animosities of the war period by extravagant nnil untimely displays of thu unwholesome sentimentalist ! ! which they limy cherish on the .subject. It is nntiir.il that they .should love the memories of their he-roes ; that they should bestow the crown of martyrdom on those who died in their cause ; that they should love the faded and worn emblems of their calamitous faith , and that they should regard with a lasting , mournful interest the papes of American history stained with their tears and blood. Hut there Is a time for all things. Thcro I are proprieties in personal , political and material lifo which command observance. The individual who does not at the proper time lay aside mourning for n de.-ul relative ) Is regarded as of unsound mind or sickly sen sibilities. A peoiilo who nourish their sorrow - row long after their c.iuso and its consequences quences have disappeared , and whoso defeat has brought them countless blessings which tholr victory could not have produced , xhow n ridiculous weakness when they abandon the practical affairs of Ufa to Idle away their time as mourners in a graveyard whcru the sou covers a loss wXueh was their Incalcu lable gain. , , , J Aftur th tf'iiil ' C'omldno-i. CMfnyi ) Heeiinl In this year of political , religious and social congresses one ineiHlng moro or less in Chi I- cngo Is not numcrjt'a'lly , noticeable. Hut Iin Juno 5 anil I ) at Conlj-al Muslo hall a unique gathering will ho u'ssttmblod. In response iuM II rail frofn Governor Nelson of Minnesota at least twenty-six states of the union will send delegates to pjrtiefrttio.In . a convention hav ing for its object UiiMlofeat of coal combina tion1) in all parts of the United States , Nut only will ways amimeans bo discussed for proveuting combinations In coal , but efforts will bo made to coiifrtferacl the influences of ! ) nil trusts which optfratu In violation of state or national laws. * The convention'lU'Qutllncd is the result of the war which Minnesota's legislature so successfully waged' against the coal combi nation in that atatlfWst winter. A joint resolution elution which passed the Minnesota legisla ture authorized Governor Nelson to Issue th not call and provided for u representation of ten commissioners from each state to : > c up pointed by the several states. Twenty-six governors have responded and us many states will bo represented. Thu questions which are to be agitated at this convention concern every | > ortioii of the country. In spite of anll-lrusl legislation these Krc.it corporations have sprung uji everywhere until tney have affectou niiiiiy of the staple articles of commerce , It may bo iiuostlouod If everything soaffucled 1ms boon the worse for the ronauuiur , bul In any case iho objecl sought by such orgauUer.s has been to roip greater prollts by n control of the markets. Kor one reason or another anti-trust laws have been too long practically Inoperative. If the convention does nothing elm it will have demonstrated that the people of the country are shaking off tholr passlvenoss un der the aggrossiju of monopoly. VOVHT OF I'vnt.io orio.v , 'Nork temocr t ! Lincoln li becoming R rather sultry plneo for the croml th.it lim been pllfcrlru the state. The developments In the Impeachment trial nro not helping matters very much for them. Cmtcr County lle.icon : Head the evidence taken In the Impeachment trial. If the people ple hid rend moro In the Inst quarter of n century and worked less , they wjuld have hnd more money In tholr pockets. 1'lerco Call : The trial of our Impeached state ofllcinls has cornn.enrcd nnd wo hope that tholr doings will bo shown to the people In their true llpht. If found guilty they should bo given the full extent of the law , Lodge Pole Express : The Impeachment proceedings at Lincoln arc showing that somebody i.i sadly In need of punishment. The prosecution should bo upheld by every honest man In the state regardless of poli tics. tics.Central Central City Nonpareil : A the Impeach ment proceedings progress , the public dons not lese Interest hi the matter , tint , on the contrary , they are fast arriving nt the con clusion that for Incompelcncy nnd loose business methods , the state board takes a whole bakery. Pintle County Argus : The Impeachment court continues to hear damtrlng testimony against the corrupt state house ring. When completed the trial should bo compiled and ' "shed in a book form , with appropriate illustrations. Wo wonder It the State .lournal would like to bid on printing the book. Genoa Loader : The impeachment trial nt Lincoln , though like the nulls of the gods , "grinds slowly , " is getting there Just the suue. : and the mass of corruption being raked up Is truly nauseating. But lot the good work go on-and permit "no guilty man to csez po'1 If it impeaches every ofllclal and ox-oniciat back to Governor Uutlcr. Hen trice Democrat : It Is passing strange that Colonel Dorgan , Captain Hill , Ueorgo Hastings and otbor republicans of promi nence , who are very busv just now in an at tempt to dmigo the penitentiary that they built , should have such treacherous mem ories. They hardly know where they nro i\t , or where they have boon for the past year or so. Holdrcgo Citizen : Whatever may bo said about the waste of money in conducting the Impeachment trial nnd the big amount of money the attorneys will make out of the deal , there can bo no doubt that the state officials will bo more careful about the way they handle state money in the future. There has boon a terrible stink kicked up over the affair , and whatever may bo the outcome as far as the accused olllcials are concerned , the state will in 'ho future have its llnancial affairs looked after more care fully. Plattsmouth .lournal : . The persistent ac tivity of counsel for the defense In the Im peachment trial la take tidvantago of every technicality to limit the testimony of prose cution to the narrowest bonus possible , in dicates that the impeached ofllcials are not near so anxious to have the whole truth como out as they were when they Issued their address to the legislature a month ago. Their profession .of Innocence has vanished , and they st'iud in the attitude of ordinary criminals , anxious to oscauo by every possi ble Haw iu the indictment or lapse of the proicoutin ; ; counsel. Nebraska City News : John T. Dorgan , who is mixed up in a coal contract with some stats institutions in which the state Is sup posed to have got decidedly the worst , of it , has been excused by the supreme court from testifying iu the impeachment proceedings now being held at Lincoln , on the ground that thu testimony that ho might bo called ui)0ii ) to give would tend to his conviction as he is now under indictment by the grand jury. That is ono of ttio worst admissions the defense has yet made. If there were no crooned transactions why should Dorgan or any one else bo afraid to testify ' 'to the truth ami the whole truth. " Klmwood Leader : It is a mistake to at tempt to preserve the reputation of any political party by concealing frauds and wrong doing.s of public oflleers who arc re garded as the representatives of that party. To even oppose objections to a proposed in vestigation is to suggest the probable de sirability of such an investigation. An honest oftlcial feels no apprehension when an Investigation of his public acts in talked of. Men who have done no wrong , know as the entire public understands , that an in vestigation of their oftlcial conduct can only place them on a higher plane for recognition by the people. Popular Judgment in this country is eminently Just and equitable. ISDVltTHl.ll * Senator Proctor of Vermont , with two local capitalists of Knoxvillc , Teiin. , Is soon to erect the largest marble mill in thu world at that place. Up to the end of last year the trustees of the Peabodv donation fund have provided for the laboring poor of London 11.27H rooms , with wash houses and laundries , occupied by SO , 114 persons. The first organized strike In South Africa was made recently by the carpenters and joiners of Capo Town. They want an ad vance of wages from Us to 10s UJ n day , claiming that the cost of living has lately largely increased. They ask support of all workmen in South Africa , Ohio has a successful state employment bureau and thu last legislature created a state board of arbitration. Governor McKinley - Kinloy has appointed two members of this new board , one an employer of labor and the other a wnrkliigman. These two are to select the third member , If they can agree. It's like ' pulling teeth for some of the labor papers'to resist using what are known as "patent insUc.s " The use of these plates h contrary to union printers rules , though they would enable a labor organ to dispense with a vast amount of expensive composi tion. In some instances the plates are used iu spite of the printers protests , The removal of the headquarters of the Cigar Makers International union from Buf falo to Chicago is s-iid to bo well thought of. The cigar makers are now in the same buildIng - Ing in which the switchmen have their grand lodge headquarters , The membership of tlio International miio'i is about US.UOO. Its llnau dill condition is reported unusually sound. F. X. Hooper of Baltimore , Mil. , has in vented a rotary printing press which prints two colors ut once from Princeton curved stereotyped plates. The press is tlio Ih Hi In which this double color printing lias been accomplished by the rotary principle , and It can make a speed , as shown by a trial , of r . , r. > 00 Impressions an hour. It is said that thu machine can print anything , from the smallest label to a Hour bag. Wood pulp is rapidly becoming one of the most universally used of manufautured aril- cles. Not only is it found available for mak ing many of the necessaries and conveniences of man's lifo , aside from newspapers , but it U also appearing in artistic cofilns in which to bury him. It is interesting to note In this connection that there are very few areas of spruce lumber in the United States west of thu Adlrondacks. The Braes Worker thinks the ? 1XM,000 ( ) , which it estimates is spent annually In tlio holdlngof labor conventions , should be saved , II thinks that the mombars of organisations themselves should act on measures affecting the membership without waiting for conven tions or .spending cash for delegates ex penses , The constitutions ol all associations could bo changed , it believes , so that ques tions cou'd be regularly submitted to thu ' members for their votes' General Master Workman Powdorly ami A. W. Wright of the general executive board of the ICulglits of Labor , have formed a pub lishing company for thu purpose of issuing a Labor Day Annual. They propose to pub lish u.ieh year u large volume pertaining to industrial affairs , The lirst is to bo scut out to Knights of Labor assemblies , Farm ers Alliance branches and to thu leading hotels in November. Tlio Wo.i Is to present histories of organisations and sketches of oftlcors , together with sketches and Dor- traits of leading employers of labor , articles by well known writers on labor topics , etc. It Is to contain advertisements and be made as general in scope as possible without losing sight of the labor interest. An Iron worker , writing to the Iron Mold- ers' Journal on the subject of co-operation , gives this Interesting sketch of the Koch- dale Kqultable Pioneers' association : "It was a result of dissatisfaction , with the wages and the condition of trade , of twelve poor weavers , who mot to discuss their situation and advise as to some means to Im prove tnelr condition ; they mot one night In November , IBIS , and before they saparated they agreed to pay into a common fund the sum of 1 penny each par week , At the end of a year tint fund had grown to JU.'J , and the membership of thu embryo association hud increased to twenty-eight members. With this small capital they began business in .8 < 4. In 1830 the ftswlntlon sold X353.WI worth of Roods , loiwlnj ? not profit for that ono ] year of xa\OJ3. " Vnnco W. HJolmwho pronounce * his immo Yclm , " is believed to lie thoyoungpu telegraph - graph operator In the world. lie clicks oft nnd receives mcngc.int the lm | > ortatit oftleo nt Colton , Cftl. , U ) the entire satisfaction of hi * employers , and U complete mns'.ornt all the Intricate details of his profession. Hjolni wan 11 years old last September. JCWVC'.ITIO.V.l/- III 1803 Now York city p.itd for Its school bill W.OOO.OOO. Ex- Mayor Hewitt ot New York presented to the University of the City of New York the -lX ( ) volumes sent him while n member of congress by the Sultan Alxtul Unmcil II. A fellowship worth ( ff > 0 n year , hns been established nt the state university of Call- fornla , nnd Miss Kate Worts of the Oakland High school has been selected for the place. A Denver boy has won the highest honors In the Interstate oratorical contest at Colum bus , O. U was only n few mouths since that a couple of Denver boys carried off the honors in the Ilnrvnrd-Yalo oratorical con test. test.The The favorite student nt the Hast Mnlno conference seminary at Bucksport Is Dick Quick , the first mate of the fnur-masted schooner Tnlopa. who hnd the cour.igo to enter the institution without knowing even how to read or write , but in two terms with hnrd work lias become one of the smart pupils , nnd can now handle a pen as wollas a mnrllnosplko. Wellcsloy college has for nearly twenty years occupied a foremost position In the progress of eollpglato education for women In this country. Like all such institutions , however , the demands upon It have outrun Its means , nnd for some reason difltcult to understand , women's colleges attract fewer gifts , oven from women , than men's Institu tions. The nlumnrn association of the college has sot out to raise $1.000.003 of additional endowment. Half of this is desired for the geiior.il fund nud the rest for various pur poses , of which the most Important is a fund to nld young women unable to pay tholr own way. The gymnasium of the Women's College of Baltimore Is unsurpassed In its equipment , nnd has In ndditiou to the usual apparatus a set of Zander machines for particular movements in mechanical therapeutics. The requirements for admission are high , the sanions ttio entrance examination for special work in the college for the purpose of elo1 rating the position of the physical culturlst nnd to supply superior women us teachers. The physical culturcdeiurtmont Is In charg'J of a full professor , nud is on nn equal footing > with the literary studios , and the required work in physiology aim hygiene during the uulor year covers ninety hours. The school census of Atlanta shows an en- ciiuraglng condition of things in that city. The total school population is lf > ,7H' > , of which D/J-Jl is white uud ( i.-l'Jri is black. The fact that only , " > 8 whites and 215 blacks of school ago have never been to school and that only IICI whites and OTI bl.TUks of school ago iannot : rend or write , is a striking proof of the progress education Is hulking among the negroes in the south. It is true , proba bly , that the situation is moro favorable iu Atlanta than any where else. But admitting this , the fact that the most progressive city In the southern states can make so good a showing is encouraging , because every other city will bo emulous to couy its progress. IMOTK1) l.Kfl'ti ; Hnrvnrd Iiatnpoon : "What lorm Is applied to n 111:111 : that signs another man's name on u elieckV" "Ton years gunorullr. " Harvard Lampoon : "Time's up , " soliloquized Ilagley as hfrnmuoutof the pawnshop wheio he lias just luft his watch. " Brooklyn I.lfo : "Wo lost our cook a week ngo. " Williamson : "Let mo congratulate you. She Is cooking .it our house now. " Life : Von Dolun Do you bolltivo Unit St. Patrick drove tlio snakes out of Ireland ? SlncloiiU Not' 1. It was the heavy tux on whisky. Harper's Ilnz.iar : Ho ( exhibiting sketch ) It's the best thing I over did , Shi ) ( sympathet ically ) O. well , you mustn't lot that discour age you. Lifo : "Do you think you could over love a uoot enough to marry litinV" "Well , I might if ho were very rich and promised faithfully to swear off. " Kate Field's Washington : Farmer ( In pawn shop , surprised ut tins diversity ) 'I'on my soul I Drelb.ilKteln llcnv much do you vant on It ? Uebor Land nnd Mfttr : Hi owning Sinn Help ! Do tluow mo a llfo-bi'lt ! I'assi-nser ( a tailor ) Most liappy to oblige. What MM round tlio walsl , pleasuV 1'iick : Mrs. nienor-llliid That tailor of yours Is getting very familiar. Ho bad tlm In- holunru to salute mo on the street today. I think such people should be kept ata distance. Mr. Illmvor-lllud Well , my dear , I'm sum I've done all I could ! I've stood Umt man olT now for two years. Ilostmi Transcript : Duacon Jones Do you think It sinful to marry for money ? Parson Tiiim It never occurred to me so : on tlio con trary , sometimes 1 have thought tlio fee was too small. Slntmger Why don't llttlu Eva como on ? Undo Tom mill - > 'lio Is inaKliii ! 11 llttlo speech to tlmcompnuy , thanking It for tin ) pleasant way It bud le- inuiiiboreil hurC'Jd birthday. " Iviilo Field's Wellington : filnge Mnnnxer 1 thought 1 told you to hire only liamlBOino men usHiinusV Assistant Well , so I did. j "Why , tliruo ottlmni have carroty Imlr and I the roil turn-up nost's. " "Well , Uiey'iu vivutablo supcs.you know. " 'Tlshore llmt short HUISOII Tbatseonis Hlco a ( liTam Too w. i rin for Iliu oysler , Too cool for Ice croam. HAiitlmctit of Iho IVupIo of 111 * Imlml r lit * Itimnlltti yiir < Unn. . ) , p , HoNoi.ri.u , April SO. . To the Kdltorof Tirth o' ' llur. ! ThU present crisis In the nffnln fount the Hawaiian kingdom deserves nil the O.\nr' ' ' tention It Is receiving from Americans. . \ , , J. j , nro asked to further nml carry out the plnblowj ' of n certain party or faction existing nmoK * col , the imputation of n friendly land. T-hls * tb ( the exact truth. Will you permit mo to , ' a llttlo Into dotallt There nro now on these Islands two grot ( l parties the annexation party and the Ibe | I wailau clement , The former has a cloarjii"18 J * definite aim -to put the Ulamls under United States , These i > ooplo nro almost i foreigners they nro In some cases dcsccu nuts of missionaries ; very ninny of the othe. nro merchants , shop kcoj > u > ' nnd sugt planters. In addition to these are the iiuist Oiml < I'ortugtieso Immigrants , r. number of will' clerks and mechanics , nnd a fowllnwnllnn' ° d IF The nnncxntlonlsts comprise tlio Broa\t''ur- \ ' ( part of the foreign clement mm almost nlli0Jccl , the rich and educated population. Were oi form of government n moneyed aristocrat' they would bo the natural rulers , nnd , 1 l'1J ' ( fact , they propose to nrrnngo matter * i U1K _ that In case of annexation tlioy slmll lmVco-X' * exclusive control bore. This purpose rctu-oscnta lives n TO wed In Washington nn tholr newspapers hero , at first , made statements. After slowly waking up to th0 fact that the United States does not pr , ' pose to require property ( iiinllllcatlons ictlesV suffrage the Journals hero speak nuieli iAlol | ' giving the franchise to the unlives. lfllorl. ( private the whites laugh nt the Idea. It rndc repugnant to them that a dnrk-skiiined me will- should rule , merely because tlioy nro In thttiat , . majority. Democracy and clvle equality ui' very absurd notions In their eyes. Mono must prevail ; "force must rule , " us a Icull lug spirit among thu iinncMitlonlsts said t.rld. < mo last week. JvolL. Those who desire the Independence of th < sher country are its original Inhabitants in a inasnor- and also many of the foreign residents. O-S bo course , the tlawnttniis do not desivo forotgr i rulo. Their treatment of us Ins alway. been friendly , nnd to mo It seems harsh a fit ! cruel to deprive them of tholr country nttcf the right to cheese the form of go vow men t _ most acceptable to them. In carfu of abso-Jor- lute necessity , wo might , of course , luvudi the country and seize the islands. Tln\vti. \ J action of Minister .Stevens In establishing a JT protectorate and in backing up the rovolu. . . a ! ) , tiouary "provisional government" was slm ' ply an outrage upon an unoffending people. , . ' That ho and wo were Invited by the forciirr nr" faction merely aggravates the offense , l.lfe _ t and properly wore perfectly safe hero , nsKo- they are now , and have boon for the las\ \ , twenty years or moro. .ted i It may bo isKed why the Hawatlans sub- milted so easily to the overthrow of their , o ( ' laws and Ihcir queen by the foreigners. The answer is easy ; they ara a pcnceablo people , . they had no warning , no military ( save iiv. ' , . , handful of palace guirds ) ana no urms..Y , : Besides , they know hotter than to defy two'i'j ; United St-itos war ships. They rest tholr , : : ' cause upon our justice and honor. If wo i-oiillscato their country , they can hope for H no mlress. . " . It will be observed that I siv : not a word w about any reasons for or against annexation ; * ; I only aim to give opinion , as It i' hero In ' 9 , ' Honolulu and on this island of Oahil. It.,1 must bo distinctly understood tnnt tlio cry { . ! J ° for annexation Is foreign without any feel-1 ; ? Ing of friendship for the United States or for h > the welfare of the llawaiiaus , and wholly1 * " ' . for dollars and cents. Thu old missionary J1- clement forms only n purl of the movement , 'v * To Hud Just how people feel , one must mix among tncm , listen to clerks and cnrpenters > x and Portuguese laborers , and throw aside ' the stuff printed by the newspapers here. ; My authority for Hawaiian sentiment h conJi - vorsutlon with evcry-day natives and with 'y their leaders. i They are lighting annexation by mass J15 meetings , by patriotic leagues , by distribut. ' ing Hawaiian flags , by petitions to our comr missioncr , Mr. Blount , and similar methods.ll" I think they deserve to succeed. t Hnxnr O. CAUTBII. 1 , s G. From Iltnry Aiutln' I'oem IlMil nt the Jloitun 'i Menim tnl Mtctlnu- T And yet ho mlssi'd thumiwn of his ambition ; ' > llu , IIUo Napoleon , was with falliin ) dimmed ; And so by history's easily bllndad vision Ills poitrull Intlt In .shadow must bo lliiniLMl. - Ilellovu It not. No iii-Jro material gain , N'oolllre , not Columbia's ehlefostiirlnj. Can make success. The pouors within do- ' cldn. Not long ago a man worth millions died Ills heart inerociuelty , niprociaft his liraln Tlio drearlo.it fnllmo 'neatli thu pitying skies ! All true success Is wlmt n mortal makes Out of bis gifts and glvtis to brothur men ; . And hcn ono's llfo is lived for others' .saUim , Karh ttilentof the heart Is turned to ton. Was tills tlio secret spoil , , That made him lender ? More than twenty , , Without "gift or onieo to linstow , * ' ll moved thn minds of millions , and BO well That by his will the thlr.l-turm duiiRCr fell . . . ( For this nlono what priceless ilt-lit wo own ! ) < " Into that maelstrom dalk whence nothing ro'J 'J ' appears , There bo , withal , In life's mysterious inuzo Scorning failures , suns distresses , Knr suiierbur than successes. Some suns at suiting show moro glorious rnys. t Mid slnoudlng clouds , than thosn that roll > Ihioiigb cloudless ( inys. ' H'oii In defeat Illalne WHS a lendnrHtlll , ; ( J ' Thostrangni'onspli-iry of iiciMiliint That lobbed him ot unrth'H crowning compll- j , { ' his power lo tlirlll , ' \ A shaihxirpatliiHlohlsspl.milorliiiit ; ' , ' DiMipi'iiIni ! tliit.elnnlll : loyally , f . Thai persona ! Ho profound , i , , Which mulcts men love true royally , Moit truly , ttlion discrowned. - o < i "hip. J Miiiuf murjn na I of Olothliu l-i We're Cleaning Up You've no idea what a relief it will bo when those everlasting1 hammers get out or the store. For years we've been hampered for room and for weeks > ; we've been hammered for j * 0 1 more room and now we've 1 t got , it then comes the J cleaning- . We'll be ready- to show off our new room in a few days now. We're so glad to get done that wo fool like as if we might present a ' i house and lot to those who como to the grand opening- in a week or so provided they don't say anything- abouthammers and speaking of hammers reminds us that we're hammering out a lot of suits , the prices on which have been hammered down to the lowest ebb. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Store open e rjr evenlnjUH l j g ( YJOT / ( , 15th dlKl DOUSES StS.