Nebraska Newspapers

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THIS IB the last week of procuration
for the Mnmifnotttrors exposition nnd it
should bo improved tu tliu utmost.
THEiti : ia a manifest disposition on the
part of the Nebraska ureas to put the
fall campaign in motion. Why not wait ?
Tlio people arc tired of politics.
IT MAY bo safely ussmnod that any
books or reuortlH that the impeached
Htato otllcialH mny need in their defense
hayo not beep Htolon or misplaced.
introduction of honest iholhods
In the state fjovormnpiit will leave but
poor picking for the rin a which liavo
for so many years fattened at the public
crib.
THK attorney general of the Sunflower
state lias gone into the courts in an ef
fort to break up the paper trust. At
torney General Olnoy isn't sayinp a
word.
TllE Colorado editors who had BO
many bitter words for the republican
national ticket last full are now confess
ing that the people of the United States
nro afraid of democracy.
IT is not yet too late for Auditor
Mooroand State Treasurer Bartloy to re
fuse to pay tbe state printing ring the
price it demands for the defense of the
asylum and cell house handlers.
TllE news of another great bank fail-
tire In Australia will not have a reas
suring effect upon the minds' of invest
ors. After all American investments
nro likely to prove the most desirable.
MANY of the state papers are com
menting on the expostiro of the state
printing combine in a manner which
must certainly cause a tingling of the
journalistic ears in tlio vicinity of Ninth
and P streets in Lincoln.
THE sale of Omaha district grading
bonds at a Imndsuino premium is proof
conelusivo that there is nothing wrong
with the city's credit. The fact that
the bonds nro short lived , all being pay
able in five years , makes the sale at so
high a premium all the more gratifying.
THE Washington quid mines now al
lege that the administration will sanc
tion a , compromise by which the repeal
of the Shorinan act is to bo accom
panied by the repeal of the 10 per cent
tax on state banlc notes. The statement
may bo taken with a liberal margin for
its truthfulness , as the president will I
doubtless hesitate before encouraging a
return to the disastrous days of an un
restricted Htato bank currency.
THE Washington Star says' that briefly
there nro four things which it is the do-
Biro of the domocrutio party loaders
that the coming congress should dispose
of as rapidly us possible. They are the
repeal of the federal election laws , the
levy of an income tax , the repeal of the
Sherman law and of the tax on state
bank currency and n complete revision
of the tarilT , making a very decided re
duction of the duties all along the lino. i
OF COUUSK the Nlcaraguan revolution
has been followed up by the assertion
that it was incited by Now York capi
talists. A Central or South American
revolution that was not incited by the
Gotham Fchomors would bo a novel opi-
fiodo In the history of the lower half of
the continent. Another .English corre
spondent is getting in his work.
THK prospects for a general rate war
between Missouri river points and Chicago
cage nro daily becoming more apparent.
While a bitter war would have a disas
trous effect upon the roads , there is a
widespread fooling throughout the west
that the present special rates to Chicago
are unreasonably high. A one-faro rate
for the round trip would bo more grace
fully and gratefully accepted.
SncitUTAHY LAMOKT seems deter
mined to weed out the leuvo and detach
ment service list of the army. Ho may '
reconsider his revocation of the order
granting flvo years leave to Lieutenant
Lemloy , who had engaged in the service
of the Colombian government , out of
compliment to that republic. It is said
that he did not understand fully the cir
cumstanced under which this unusually
long pariwl of leave of absence was
granted. Hut ho is now contemplating
revocation of the two years' ' leave of
.Captain George 0. Davis , who is filling ofa
contract with the Nlcargua Canal com
pany under u special aot of congress
authorizing the granting of the leave
without pay. The secretary evidently
does not propose that the cabinet otllcar
who holds the portfolio of the war de
partment shall be a more figurehead ,
pypn iu those "piping days of peace. "
CHIKKSB KXCLVStoy ACT OOXSTJTV *
TlOXAt. .
The supreme court of the United
States has decided the act of May ft ,
IHI'2 , commonly known as the Geary Inw ,
to bo constitutional. Flvo of the justices
Gray , Shtras , Ulatchford , Jackson and
Drown constituting n majority of the
court , concurred in the decision. Dis
senting opinions wore offered by Chief
Justice Fuller nnd Justices Field and
Browor. Justice Hat-Inn was absent.
The decision rests upon the power of the
nation , which is undisputed , to restrict
or prohibit the immigration of aliens
into thu country , anil it as-wrta that this
power may bo extended to require
the removal of such aliens from the
country. The court declared that the
legislative power of the government' had
in this act In no wise transcended any of
its constitutional limitations.
Justice Hrowcr , in dissenting from
the tk'oi.slon , said that if it wore uphold
there would bo no guaranty that simi
lar treatment might not Do accorded
other classes of our population. Justice
Field used very vigorous language in
his diwicnting opinion , characteriz
ing the net as "Inhuman , brutal
and violatlvo of the constitution
in every Bcction. " Ho regarded the de
cision as fraught with the gravest dan
gers to constitutional liberty. A motion
of the counsel for thu Chinese for u re
hearing and argument before the full
court was taken under advisement , so
that there will bo no proceedings to en
force the lu\v until the court has passed
upon thin motion , which it is to bo pre
sumed will be denied.
The court did not , of course , express
any opinion as to the wisdom or justice
of the law. As to the general public
opinion outside of the Pacific coast
statesj it is pretty safe to say that it
will be on the side of the minority of
the court. What the effect of the de
cision will bo upon our relations with
the Chineio government is nrobU'iniU-
ical , but the probabilities are that that
government will adopt a policy of
retaliation which may bo disastrous to
American interests In China. " While
the Chinese government does not
encourage the immigration of its
people and while it bus shown
great forbearance in respect to the dis
crimination auftiinst tlio rhiiieso in the
United Stales , there is reason to believe
that it will not longer tamely submit to
what it has come to regard as an unjust
and unwarranted persecution. After
this decision it will not be surprising if
Americans in China lind it expedient to
got out of that country as quickly as
ponsiblo. taking whatever is offered
them for the interests they may have
there.
LOH'Kll IIATKS DKM.IXDKD.
There itf a very general demand for
lower passenger rates to the World's
fair than the railroads are charging , ft
comes from all quarters , and it peeins
that there is u sort of tacit agreement
among the people everywhere that they
will not go to Chicago so long as the
present high rates prevail. A Kansas
City paiicr rumarks that "it is begin
ning to bo apparent that thu public in
this part of the country proposes to wait
for further reduction , ' ' and it suggests
that if the railroads do not reduce the
present high rates thousands will bo
kept away from the fair and- the not
earnings to the lines will bo low.
THK 13iE Is in receipt of a communi
cation from a firm of live Htock commis
sion merchants in South Omaha who say
they have been offered very comfortable
quartern in Chicago to attend the
World's fair but ' 'do
, not propose to pay
$ : > 20 for eleven round trip tickets and
will not go unless we can get tickets
for ono faro for the round trip. " It is
needless to hay that a. great many people
in this section who desire to go
to tlio fair feel that the trans-
portatlou charge is too high , and it
is not to be doubted that a con
siderable number of the people who think
thib way will not attend the fair if the
present rate is maintained. The pre
vailing SLintiment is that the railroads
are cndca\oring to take an undue ad
vantage of the public and the disposition
is to resent it. The practical way to do
this is by withholding patronage and
this is what many people have decided
to do HO long as the high rates are ad
hered to. The concession which the
railroads have made is trilling. Every
body knows that they can all'ord to do
better , and it would necin that self-in
terest would prompt them to make amore
moro favorable rate one that would
invite travel. They have manifestly
been governed , however , wholly by
the idea tlmt in any event they
would have all the patronage they could
take euro of , that the eagerness of the
people to vibit tlio fair would lead thorn
to go to Chicago regardless of the cost
of transportation. It is already appar
ent that this is not the case , and it is
practically assured that the railroads
will llnd before half of
thu six months
during which the fair will be open has
passed that the rates they have estab
lished will bring thorn lo-w not revenue
than would u lower rate having the ef
fect to onouurago travel. To people who
have the means to go to the fair for a
long stay the cost of getting there
may not out u very important llgnro ,
hut this class is comparatively small ,
and it is the largo majority , with lim
ited means and time , Into whose calcu
lations thu cost of transportation will
enter as a most important factor. The
man who wants to take his wife to the
fair and cannot afford to spend moro
than $100 for the privilege , half of
which ho must pay to the railroad com
pany , the remainder allowing him to
stay in Chicago only throe or four days ,
in which time ho could BCO cnly a small
part of the exposition and the ether at
tractions , will bo very likely to remain
at homo , and the number of such per
sons is large.
It is to little
perhaps purpose to ap
peal to the railroads to reduce rates.
They will only bo brought to do this by
practical results. It is in the power of
the public to compel a reduction by
withholding its patronage and no ether
plan will produce Iho desired effect.
IT AVOUI < D appear thnt the ordnance
exports have about concluded to report
unfavorably upon the pneumatic in
system now in place ou the cruiser \rO'
suvius. This determination Boetna
strange in face of the favorable reports
of the flr t twin which created nuoh high
tin tlcl pit lions of great practical results
from the now invention. Dut in this
connection the disastrous fallibility of
the department experts who attempted
to improve on Ericsson's Monitor maybe
bo profitably remembered by the secre
tary of the navy. The achievement of
Ericsson's little cheeso-bo.x raft , as It
was denominated by the old men-of-war
tars , revolutionized the whole system of
war ship building. The vessels con
structed on the revised plans ol the ox-
jHsrts proved utter nnd costly failures.
The chief reason these olllcors plvo for
doubting the practicability of the Ve
suvius gun ay.ttctn is the Impracticability
of working the valve gears with the cer
tainty and despatch required In actual
warfare. But so far as the press re
ports l ) of tholr testa show there was no
special xea.1 manifest on the part of the
ordnance experts lo secure the best pos
sible results from their experiments
with the pneumatic gunboat.
NK \ \ ' J/B Tl ion * XKKDKD.
If the Invohtlgntion which led up to
the impeachment trial now in progress
at thostato capital did nothing else , it
at least opened the eyes of the people of
the state to the fact that there is an ur
gent necessity for Iho adoption of now
and holler business methods in the con
duct of the Institutions under the direct
supervision and control of the Board of
Public Lands and Buildings. Till : 13KK
dues not wish to be understood as con
demning the management of all
thoslalo institutions Indiscriminately ,
for to do so would bo ttn injustice
to several superintendents whoso
methods have been deserving of the
warmest. commendation. But the ap
parent lack of uniformity in system , tlio
absence of all checks or restraints upon
the dishonesty of contractors , the fre
quent absence of any books or records ,
and the general incllicioncy of the sys
tem of purchasing supplies is deserving
of the sovcrc.it criticism.
Nebraska has twelve largo institutions
scattered in various parts of the state.
maintenance of- these institutions
costs the stale in round numbers
nearly $1,000,000 annually. Under the
system now in vogue this immense sum
of inonuy is expended in a hap
hazard matinor without little effort
upon the part of the proper authorities
to prevent waste or dishonesty. The
contracts for htipplics nro lot quarterly
in a perfunctory manner and after the
contracts nro once let the members of
the board claim that it is no concern of
theirs whether the supplies are actually
furnished or not.
The people of the stnto will insist
that such methods shall be done away
with and the affairs of the state institu
tions . placed upon a strictly business foot
ing. It will not IKJ a difficult matter to
accomplish. Even the "overworked"
stale officials could do it
if they had the interests of
the stuto at heart. A uniform
system of bookkeeping should be estab
lished , provision made for the examina
tion of nil supplies furnished under the
co'ntract , ) > othas < to quantity and quality ,
and a syslom of reports arranged by
which the needs of each institution can
bo ascertained every quarter. This
done , an inspectolon of the accounts-of the
several institutions could bo made expeditiously -
peditiously and at any time. The op
portunities a for fraud would bo greatly
diminished , and the general manage
ment of the stale's affairs would not bo
open to the criticism it now so justly de
serves.
D/.SHO.VK.SI' H.iMClXa MKTHODS.
Thefailuro of thu Columbian National
bank ] of Chicago , followed as it was by .1r .1f
the suspension of nearly a score of >
smaller banking houses in Illinois and
Indiana , is an object lessen which busi i-
ness men all over the country may well
11o
study with instruction and profit. The
hintory of this bank fully justifies the
distrust in which it was hold by the
legitimate banking interests of Chicago ,
and its failure has again demonstrated
the one great principle , universally
recognized in the financial world , that
no business can ho successfully and
honestly conducted upon a purely
fictitious capital.
The plan upon which the Chicago bank
in question was organized and conducted
will always bo an alluring one to dis
honest men. The owners equipped the [
bunk with but little capital , but by
organizing a score of branches , the capital i-
id
tal stock of all of thorn being recognized
by promissory notes , the projectors of
the system were enabled to draw from
omullor l > iisiiie-s : centers over a million
dollars in the way of deposits. When
the inevitable crash came the smaller
banks wore naturally drawn into the
ruin. The Chicago men suffered but
little , as they practically had nothing
to lose. The real sufferers were the
hundreds of tradesmen and working
people in the smaller towns.
The people of the cntiro country may
draw a few instructive lessons from the
collapse of this financial fabric which
had been HO hastily erected by incom
petent architects of fortune. They have
a right , in view of the circumstances ,
to look with distrust upon any bank Ot
organized and conducted along the iS
of purely legitimate banking methods.
A fully paid up capital stoolc , an udo-
qtialu reserve , an utter avoidance 0of
speculation , and a judicious conserva
tism in the mailer of discounts , are niu
trtio indices of a legltimut' ; business.
HIMUNC JIKAltl ) FH031.
It is reported that the Slate depart
ment has received tJS
voluminous dispatches
from Mr. Blount , now minister at
Hawaii , and that ho refrained from
making any recommendations , leaving
the president nnd the secretary of state
to draw their own conclusions. The re
port states , however , that ho does not
think , in the logio of the situation , that
the monarch should bo restored. The !
provisional government , so runs the re
port , is becoming inoro In harmony
with the wishes of the people everyday ,
The commissioner , having refused to
use his ofllco to restore the m ,
which of COITBO ho had no right to do ,
and having intimated that the Washing
ton government was not so Inclined , sot
aside that phase of the question , which
alto ijiot with ready acquiescence. The
mercantile and commercial interests ,
the commissioner is represented as re
porting , are largely In favor of some
| stable government brought about
through the Inlluonco of the United
States , whether U bo on an independent
basis or under the jurisdiction of the
United States.
Assuming this report to bo authorita
tive It shows that the administration had
from the first decided to lot the quosfl
tion of the future government of the
Hawaiian Islands bo determined by the
people of these islands , uninfluenced by
any outside pressure , and there Is every
reason to suppose that this policy will
be adhered to. Mr. Blount may bo cor
rect in the opinion that it is not in the
logic of the situation that the monarchy
should be restored. There is hardly n
possibility that It will bo. But It is not the
duty or the policy of this government to
take any part In deciding the result , ex
cept in the event that some ether power
should attempt to interfere. Tlio latest
advices from Honolulu entitled to cre
dence represent tlmt the interest favor
ing annexation is a good deal depressed -
pressed by reason of the inaction of this
government and.that business through
out , the island is extremely dull. The
provisional government , if not gaining
in power , seems not to bo losing. It Is
stated that Sprcckels , who it was sup
posed at thu outset favored annexation ,
is now vigorously opposing it , but his
views or wishes in the matter nro unim
portant , since his motive In any case
would bo wholly solflsh. A significant
utterance of the lending organ of thu
provisional government is quoted , in
which it is declared that "thoro will bo
no republic with the consent of the
American residents of Hawaii , who , it
they have not till the power they need to
decide what the future form of local
government shall bo , have the strength
to determine what shape it shall not
take. " This organ further declares that
if the government of the United States
under the present administration rejects
annexation "then the provisional gov
ernment will keep its ground until an
other quadrennial election shall have
been held in America , in the hope that
annexation will then bo granted. "
Should failure again come the organ
says the government will consider
whether or not the welfare of the islands
would be served by their proffer to
Great Britain. It declares that talk
about a republic is idle.and so is the plan
to have an oligarchy. As these
utterances are undoubtedly inspired by
Iho provisional government they are to
be accepted as showing the spirit that
actuates the men who are in control of
Hawaiian affairs.
If the Statodopartmonthas received n t
report from Mr. Hlount it is probable
thnt the American public will not have
long to wait for an official statement of
its character , wbich in view of the gen
eral interest iutlio question ought not to
bo withheld. As to the position of the
administration toward the question ,
further than it has already boon dis
closed , there will very likely be llttlo
known until congress meets.
IT SEEMS n strange presumption for
one not a botut fide resident of a town to
seek to bccomg its postmaster. Yet
this seems to haye boon the ambition of
Koine one not a citizen of Denver , be
tween whose aspiration and the position
Postmaster General Bissell has inter
posed the policy of the department ;
ASTHE best way out of a perplexing
dilemma , the Chicago people are now
discussing the advisability of returning
the loan made by congress and cancel
ing the obnoxious Sunday closing agree
ment. But they won't do it.
Something to Crow About.
Denver Neia.
Nebraska's latest legislature did moro than
elect n free coinage senator and break up the
Lincoln nest of boodlers. It reduced the ap
propriations for state expenditures as com
pared with the preceding legislature $095.-
Kvidnnoa or Insanity.
Clilca.n Herald.
A new danger now threatens oftlco Bookers.
A man who appeared nt the white house
Thursday atul asked to bo appointed minis
ter to Mexico was hustled off by the police
nnd charged with being n lunatic. There
must have beea somclhiuK peculiar in his
manner. Things cannot , yet have readied
such a pass that a democrat imperils Ills
reputation for sanity merely by asking
drover Cleveland for un ofilcc.
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Tli.it Tired Frullu : ii Gonorul.
ll'iM/ioii/tim / / Vn l.
Suppose cabinet officers nnd heads of de
partments do become tired. They nro not
near so weary as the people who nru on the
outside waiting for the places. A lonp ,
dreary wait without a salary attachment
produces that tired , languid fooling in its
most enervating form. Jjot the oflleors of
the administration consider this question
from thu standpoint of humanity and jus
tice nud stop complaining of the oflluial
fatigue.
Tlio I.OMDII China Trucho * .
CMcaao Tlina ,
In China when n bank breaks the director
ate and executive oflluials are forthwith be
headed. I Tencti no bank In the lion-cry king
dom has failed within the memory of man.
Of course , such a rule couldn't bo adopted in
tlio United States , but a law might bo inndo
that ofllccrs of batiks that have once gene
Into liquidation bo prohibited from
in the banking business again. That would
in time weed out such mushroom institutions
us tliu defunct Columbia and Chemical banks.
-o-
Ktilo ot it I mtlu Minority.
Cellar Itaittdi ( n. ) ilazctte.
Hosubmisshm talk Is useless expenditure
of breath. Tlio prohibitory law must stander
or bo repealed.yJth | moro than half the
voters of Iowa voting against a law , and
with perhaps nnlfiwho vote in its support
really opposed to ithiprovislons. it does not
tuko n profound siildont of civil government
to foresee the danRCh to republican institu
tions created by such a condition. If a small
minority has any-sort of right to rotnlu rule
in Iowa that right'liiis ' never been delinod by
law. ) " ' '
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A I.urvR < ' > ! > of Truth.
llorlfater'oil. . .
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The onlclal co ? niation of the approprla-
tions mndo bv Sf Fifty-second conitress
shows that f > ortJVylS.S was appropriated at
the first session aud fMU,50n'J | ; at the sue.
end , n total for thorouKross of 11.027.101.517.
Tnis was the congras that was pledged to
retrenchment anil reform , Thq democratic
majority of thu house was chosen to super
sede a republican majority because the re
publicans had created "n billion-dollar" con-
press , but the democrats made "a billion-
dollar" record of their own. There Is vast
amount of humbug in American politics.
Morelf l.ocjl Hulibloi ,
l'liltmlcli > lilu Inquirer ,
There Is nothing at till in these three fall | |
urea to excite apprehension among any bul
thu adventurous oflleers or ether ambitious
banks. Taking the whole country through ,
business is largo In volume and satisfactory
to prolita. OOlcers of '
as young Institution's
who will accept anything in order to swell
their line of discounts are occasionally to
be found , but moro frequently at the
west than In any other section.
Inures of thl * U.'ud ' are chiefly local n.In
their effects ami servo as u lesson to the
business community while
seldom entailing
disastrous consequence * upou the country at
largo.
JtlKKO Vf TIIK HITVATlOlt.
- - - Tribune'llio evidence In ths
lnix | at-hiiiont trial shows the mi.vlum con *
tractors were lightweights on the coal and
Hour ImMntxs , but heavyweights In the cm-
bc77.1lnc business.
RlnnrocHl header : Hill , Dor an. Moslicr.
Mien and others nro having quitea web or
damaging testimony brought against thorn ,
and if they are found guilty wo hojKi the
web will bo long enough to guide them to the
penitentiary.
Central City Nonpareil : Tlmt bold , bad
man In Omaha still keeps calling the atten
tion of the people , through the columns of
Tun HEH , to tup slack methods the state
board used In conducting the affairs of tholr
ofilcc. Hoscy believes 'n turning on the light
even though some people in iy bo found In
compromising positions.
Lincoln Herald : The Impeachment trial
w protnx'sslnff. The state U making a strong
ease and the chances are peed forconvlotion ,
Tim selection of Judge Doauo as the demo
cratic lawyer for the prosecution was fortu
nate. In performing ills dut.v lo the state
ho is also reflecting credit upon the party of
which for many years ho has been a promi
nent member.
Nebraska City 1'rftss : As to this man
John Dorgau U would bo cruel Indeed to
compel him to say a word that might In-
crhninalo him or Injure his Rood name. Ho
Is a stale's treasure , bo careful with him ,
Don't L'lvo him offense lest ho shaito the dust
of Nebraska from liU foot.Vo cannot
afford to lose him , for ho may yet bo placed
In a position to do the state yeoman scrvico
at CM cents per day.
York Democrat : In spite of the declara
tion of many of the republican papers that
the Impeachment trial Is proving a fnrco , It
U proving an era of bad If not criminal man
agement of state Institutions for years , The
evidence us far as tt has pone has proven
ono thins very conclusively and that is tlmt
the state has been robbed , In fact sklnno !
alive , by a crowd of follows who have > been
wardhift off suspicion b.y shouting "Stand
up for Nebraska" and robbing the state at
the same timo. The evidence so far Is all
that the prosecution has claimed nnd shows
that the legislature knew what It was doing
when it decided to haul the gang over the
coals.
Grand Island Independent : The prosecu
tion In the Impeachment case has In sub
stance finished the production of evidence
and has been moro successful than over
could have been oxpected. Great frauds
have been discovered In the erection of the
cell house , about one-half of the money ex
pended for It bavins KOHO Into the hands of
( swindlers , and greater frauds yet having
been found In the coal purchases for the asy
lum , thu state having been charged with
from two to thrco times as high an amount
of coal as really was delivered. This has
been proven satisfactorily by the books and
papers of the railroad. There scorns to bo no
evidence that thu Impeached olllcers have
participated In thcso frauds and
have received a shnro of the plunder , but tt
is evident that they havu acted in the most
careless way. sitting by quietly with closed
eyes and ears , permitting all these frauds
and steals to go on for years , without ever
intorferim ; for the protection of the state's
interests which It was their duty to defend.
This trial and Its probable result will bo a
Hi-cat lesson to all state ofllccrs , who will
learn ) that they must do tholr dut.v fully , and
it will also bo n lessen to our whole people ,
teaching them that not for the sake of 1m-
prudent economy , incongruous duties must
ho piled together into ono oftlco to bo loaded
on weak aud unwilling shoulders.
Thieves at Table Itock broke Into a car of
merchandise ; standing un a sidetrack and
made a good haul.
A ledge of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen has been organized at Table Itock
with ten charter members.
The Oild Fellows of Fairmont gave a ban
quet on the anniversary of the organization
of their lodge , ut which visitors were present
ent from Geneva and Exeter.
ficv. William Weeks , pastor of the Con-
; rcgational church ut Harvard , has returned
ionic with Ills bride and the people have
; iven the couple a welcoming reception.
Wliilo at work on the fairgrounds at Fair-
jury John AV. Horron caught his right foot
"in tlio grading machine , breaking his log
near the knee and sustaining a severe dislo
cation of the ankle.
i" A team of Shetland nouies ran away with
Mrs. John U. Lhnstnoro at .Sutlo.u nnd shu
was severely cut in the forehead and had an
inkle shattered by thu fall and will bo laid
up probably for a long titno.
A Fillmore county former had a narrow
eseapo while planting with n check rower.
'
Lightning'struck the wire , and following it
up demolished the planter , killed both
liorscs and shocked the driver into insensi
bility.
Children playing with matches flredabarn
at Arnpnhoo and the resulting conflagration
for a time threatened to destioy several big
uusincss buildings , but hard work by the
people contlncd the flames to the barn and an
adjoining hay stack.
While William Kimball was putting the
finishing touches of paint on the church
tnwcr at Hubbcil , the rope attached to the
staging and on thu ridgu board at the ex
treme top of the tower , which supported
him , suddenly gave way , precipitating him
to the ground forty feet below , fracturing
his right foot. Ho also sustained internal
injuries and bruises , which will conllno him
to his bed for sevural weeks.
Edward Johnson and Charles Orleans , two
desperados , have been arrested at Onl , the
llrst charge being that of carrying cnnccalnd
weapons. They are .suspected of being
horsu thieves and to have broken into sev
eral bouses and stolen property. Other
charges will follow the llrst. Thnro wore
founu upon their persons revolvers , knives ,
saws , wrenches , and in fact they had a full
ontllt for carrying on the business in which
it seems they are engaged , tlmt of burglary ,
highway robbery , olo. A letter was found
on the person of.Johnson purporting to ho
from Ills mother in Omaha. It is found ,
However , that they are traveling under lie-
ticious names.
AO.1I/J I'KUt'l.K 111' ' XOTK.
The duke of Kdlnburgh sports a gold ban-
Bio bracelet on his left wrist.
Mrs. Kansas Lease h
us Joined n peace so
ciety. The quality of the muzzle is , not
known ,
Mmo. AlhanI baa received the diamond
decoration of the Ordorof Chofokatfrom the
sultan of Turkey.
At three score and ten , Miss Charlotte M
Yonga Is turning out novels with much of
the tire and sentiment of youth. Yet there
is no evidence that she has told her lovo.
Dr. William Kverott , who 1ms been sent to
congress from Massachusetts , is ono of the
boat classical scholars in thu country. Hi
can quote offhand from almost any of the
classics.
Senator Morrlll of Vermont , the dean o.
the United States senate , Is fairly actlvo foi
a man of 8t. ; Ho was a conspicuous mernbei
of tlio congressional party at the Now Yorl
naval r svlow.
Thu death of his brother at the ago of 8 ! *
leaves I'rlnco Itlsmarck the solo surviving
inalo member of the house of Itlsmarck
Schoenliausor. The prince is largo enoujjl
to sustain the dignity of several families.
liobcrt O. Ingorsoll denounces war as bo
In ) ; inhuman and unnecessary. Yet ho la
ono of the heaviest stockholders in tin
Catling ( ! uii company. Ho may think ilia
ample war equipments are the best moans o
preserving peaco.
City Librarian John Taylor of Hrlstol
Tonn. , who ill oil u few clay.s ago , learned tin
trad n of a blacksmith when a youth and ole
vatoii himself uy his own talents and en
ergy. Ho was an authority on historical an
antiquarian subjects ,
M. do Glors , the great Russian diplomat ! *
and foreign minister , is now a bent old man
his pale , thin facu surrounded by u beard o
snowy whiteness , When ho walks ho loan
heavily on his secretary's arm and step
with the greatest carp.
Prof , Henry Drummond , who came fron
London lately , has been lecturing in Iloston
Though ho stated the proposition In ponder
ously intellectual terms , ho plainly classified
women as being all for peace mid repose
while man Is the nctlvo , energetic being
And now the activity and energy of th
women's protests nnd criticisms nro destroy
ing the professor's repose ,
Adjutant General TownsenJ. who died
Thursday , achieved desevvod distinction In
the army , where ho served for fony-sovon
year * , though ho was norcr in action. Dur
ing two wars ho was stationed In Washington -
ton , llrst as assistant adjutant general , and
during the rebellion and afterwards as
adjutaut general , lie boeamu us such the
rinclpul executive oftlcor of the War do.
wrtment anil was twlco brovottod for faith-
ul , meritorious and distinguished service * .
Ocorgo W. Chllds. nt Woottcn , his country
ilnco near Hryn Mnwr , has revived the
easnnt custom of listing friends who nro
Isltlng Mm plant mcmorlil trees , nnd ho
tins n monumental memorial forest springing
ipiln which there nro trees planted by
ampus Kngllshmen , by great artists such as
Christines Nllsson iwl celebrities such as
Irani , Hayard , Hancroft , the historian ;
tabert C. Wlnthrop , Hamilton Fish nnd
lany others.
Hlchanl Dennett of Hcntonvllto , Ark. , who
oconlly crossed the dark river at the age of
10 , left a record that will glvo him a front
iew among the masshacks on the other
horo. Ho voted the democratic ticket with
nfiiltcrlug regularity for eighty-nine years
ml loft four boys with the Injunction , "go
hou and do likewise , " There are some
nltlgatlng circumstances. Uluhnrd hob-
lobbed with Old Hickory and drew Insplra-
Ion out of the same bottle half a century or
moro ago.
J.\HItXA 1,1'SCIIKHS.
They Dhposo at Vniiilurlnr Vrlco'n Mur-
Icror With NrntitfM nnd Dlipstoh.
IJnnronn , Ind. , May If. . At ! ! :10 : o'clock
his morning a mob of 100 men appeared
icforo the Jail hero , forced the slierllT to
elvu up the keys and took John Terrell , who
mirdurcd Conductor L. F. 1'rlco at Seymour ,
from his cell nnd hanged him In the Jail
ard.
Torroll begged for his llfo , but his appeals
voro mot with sllcnco. The lynching was
conducted in the most orderly manner ,
Terrell's cries being the only sound heard ,
After lynching tholr man the mob re
quested that thu body not bo taken down
mill daylight , after which It dispersed.
The mob hanged Terrell to a tree In the
all yard within twelve foot of the railroad
.rack , so that all passing trains this morn-
tig can see his body. Ho was dressed as
though ho had been expecting them. They
completed the Job at UJX : ) o'clook. There
wcro forty-three men at the jail masked and
about ' fifty or sixty standing guard at
din'erent points over the city.
Terrell's crime was the' murder of Con
ductor L. F. Price of the Ohio it Misslsslnnl
mart. The assassination was as cowardly as
itiwas brutal. It seems that Ten-ell tendered
xn old pass when askud for his faro , which
iho conductor refused. After an altercation
TorruH'8 father paid Ills faro for him. Price
Lhcn left and was standing in the door with
: ils back toward Torrell , who was closely fol-
owing him , when the latti'r fired twice , each
Jiillot , piercing thu kidneys and passing for
ward and out through the stomach of his vic
tim. Price lingered a few hours , regaining
consciousness only within a fuw moments of
tils death. Following the arrival of the
linmlorcr hero thuro was most Intense ox-
cltcment.
o.v/,1 O.Y/J .ii.i.v ifir.r.Kn.
Kxploslnn In ii Slnilt nt Lincoln , 111 , , Iti-
HIlltH 111 l.OSH OT MfO.
LINCOLN , 111. , May 15.- Last night a gas
explosion occurred In the Citi/cns Coal shaft
400 ' feet from the entrance. The mine was
shattered nt that end. It was supposed
ten or n do/.en men wcro hilled and much
excitement followed , but Iho results turn
out far less serious. Michael Glcason was
buried t ; under tons of debris and killed , and
Joseph Pagu. minis boss , Mark Lyons and
Henry Wlllmott wcro moro or loss injured.
MKKItr lUIFLKS.
Troy Proas : IVoulo who pay doctor's hills
seldom doubt thu physician's ability to heel
himscir.
Philadelphia Uncord : No , Maud , dnar , you
are mlxtnkon In thinking that yon can clear
your vision by .straliiliigyour eyes.
llocliester Democrat : It U u sign thnt. thn
tri'cs have CDIIIH tostay anotberseason as MJOII
us they begin to leave ,
Hnrvanl rjiimpoon : "Tlini'Mup"snllloqul/Vl
llanley us liu cui'nu out of the pawnshop where
ho hud just lot I Ills watch.
Washington News : Iloart failure dorsn't do
half as much damage to lliu human race us
does swelled head.
Clnvolnnd Plain Dealer : "I hhall ilninon-
htrato the cmvs ami elirol , " said t borrow , as
ho followed tlio farmer who was dropping corn.
GalvostonNows : I'olltciipss , like . . . . . . , . , . . , . ,
had butter bu a little undurdono than over
done.
Indlan.ipolls Journal : -'Docs Irvlnxton
licup acarrliiKii .shicoliu married ? " "Obynsj
I .seo him wheeling It most every day. "
Atlanta Constitution : "Well , thu widow sued
the ud I tor. "
"Ol iinythliiR ? "
"Ono hundred dollars. Hut she didn't have
it long. "
"Why ? "
"Kdltor mnrrlod hnr. "
Washington .ylar : "What do you want ? " stio
asked through a Hinall opunlir. ! in tliu door
wa y.
"I'm lookln' fur a siiiiro | ! meal. "
"Well , " Him replied , with : i gesture toward
tlio wood pllu , "niipposo you begin with u
chop. "
- Harpers Ilu7ar : "No. " .said the poet. "I do
not wiisln much pan-r In composlllon. I wrllu
all my vni'M1 ( in a smlo. "
"Dullglitful , " Milil Cynli'iii. "Von cnn rub
tlipin rlKht out , thrill , iinil so destroy all evl-
deneo of your weakness. "
UOOMIXO TIIU
1'inirtcr.
"I would llkn to have a label , " said Iho
iniiplo syrup man ,
"Honii'tlijiis which a big trailo will In-
And Iho prlnior fl.M'd him up for hU each and
every can ,
Tills motto : "To the pure all Ihlnsa are
pure , "
THIf COLOR t.tNJt.
OMAHA , Nob. , May U , To the Editor c'
TiiRllRn : On the protest of trying to nsslrj
his race , and ostensibly to try to Injut' '
organized laoor , I notlco In today's URR tha
Mr. H. 11. Parks makes the following cougl
You must rmncmhor that thorn are "oat !
iNiiinit srcrot societies , " the Uwr and doings
which am known only by tholr moinm.
While they have no wrltton'law that liar * th ;
noKro , tlio fact of Ids not bclni a largo part <
thnlr organizations , n.s well us tin. ' largo nun ;
Ixirof applications m de by thorn , mill whlcv
havn liei-n refused , say to the world tlmt llm ,
Inivonii Hintrltti'ii Uw , iho Inttirproliitl int.
which Is ! "No negro need apply. " ' .
Mr. Parks may bo a very pious man an
well meaning , but In this case ho Is woniloi'1 '
fully far from the truth , and In justice t , '
tlio organized tellers ho should not milk ,
such statements unless hn knew what h
was talking about. Labor organisation
are not "oath-bound , " Theappllcatitslmpll
takes a pledge on his honor and them Is IK
oath about It , This system of trying toclas
labor organizations with anarchists Is almos
criminal and Is now being used by entire1 ! !
too many people who undoubtedly tire notst
Ignorant as that. Neither Is there any "ur
written law" which means "no negro nee
apply. "
In the local assembly No. BUI , Knights o ,
Labor , to which I belong there are scverr
colored people. Mr. K. K. Overall Is roi'
sMercil ono of the most popular organlro
laboring men In the city ami has repoatodt
presided over the Central Labor union wit
unqualllled Hatlsfactlon and Is now ehalrma ,
of the commlttue on homo Industry. Mi
Overall has achieved no more than can an ,
other good honest person who will nilopj
himself to thu workings of labor unions.
' In the A. K. of thu Knights of Labor i
plainly says , "Wo recognize no ono r.tcf
creed or color as being moro favored tha1
another. " What more docs Mr. Park
want ! In Knights of 1/ibor assembly No
Till there are a largo number of coloves
people. Mr. Parks brings out ono cas
where a union has the word"whlto" In tltcl
constitution. 1 offer no defense for that
and there Is none to bo made ; but I wish t <
say to Mr. Parks that there is nnotho
union of tlio same craft that docs not havi
the word "whlto" In their constitution , s <
m that case there Is still a chance for th
colored people. Thu most of the labor or
gantzatlons are , from what I know of then/ ,
a living protest against raw. ' uuemiality.
Enough wind i now to business. 1 inak
this offer to Mr. Parks and I make It In i
sincere spirit. If Mr. Parks can find i\ '
colored person who wants to Join a lal > oiv
organization , who has a trade and the required - ,
quired amount of skill nnd a character that
will stand inspection , let him bring him tr-
mo with thu required Initiation fco and >
will do the rest , and if the organization tc ,
which ho applies refuses him admission
simply because be is coloicil , I will denounce ,
them moro bitterly tlmii ho has ami rofuaci
to further bo connected with such an unfair ,
and un-American institution. Now , I mean
business , and If Mr. Parks does , lot him conn
lo tlio front with applications. '
I do not make this offer to help the coloml
people , far from It , they ore highly capable
of taking care of thr-mselves , ibtit I make It '
and will stand by It to show that Mr. ;
Parks i.s entirely in error. His ussertloi ;
that seven-eighths of the colored population' ,
in the north and west como from the south *
Is decidedly right , which Is about the only
thing ho does say that Is right. Mr. Parks'1 '
may moan something by that , but I am at : * J
loss to know what Ills. I might answer bj
saying soven-eluhthsof the English people
como from Knglaml. 1 maintain that the ,
whole human race Is Iwlng wickedly and tin- *
reasonably oppressed and the same power
that oppresses the colored oppresses the
whites as well ; that power is the money
power of the world nnd it makes no discrim
ination. Ucspcctfully
I ) . CI.KM. DEAVKII.
FUAXVR i'JtKI'.tKIXO I'Oll ir.llt.
atrniiRtlicntni ; liorman I'ronllor
nnd Improving Iho Itallurny Nvrvlvo.
Hr.iu.iNMay 15.It is states on uml-
ofllcial authority that Franco is greatly
strengthening the defenses along the Ger
man frontier. Increasing the garrisons and
working night and day laying double tracks
on the line of the Paris & Nancy railway In
order to hasten the mobilization of French
croops. I'ho Frankfort X.eitung , comment
ing on these reports , says they are evidently
Intended to influence the result of timeout"
Ing elections.
Klll.il by n l > Hliii > r > \Vorkmmi. .
NEW YOUK , May 15. Henry Gebhardt was
foreman in a furrier's shop ami August
Wanner an employe under him. U'ist weak
Gobhardt discharged Wanner. Karly this
morning Wanner shot and killed Gebhardt ,
and then shot himself In thu head and is
dying.
UOXTRNT31KNT AT 11OMK ,
r/tl/niilrt / f'mmltfuldm.
Thn folk * that's not fer odlco N goln1 to tlio
Ai > ' they're sweatln' , un' tliey'ro fruttlu' , an
n-buttln' they'll bu tlu'ro ;
They're iiiakln' buy In Maytliuc , an' I reckon
li'sali rlKln-
Hut I'm llslilii' In the daytime un sleepln In
thu night !
The kimuils they're In Wiisbln'ton ; they'vu
li-fMhe miiloi tc Krnx.0 ,
An' Iho woods Is all a-llre , an' the cotton s In : i
lilir/.o ;
It's " ( Jrover , an1 thoelovur , " an' I reekon tliuy
n I r rljrlit ,
Hut I'm iWiln' In the daytime an' .sleepln'la
tliH nlfiht !
It'rt good to bo In ( Ji'ortfla ain't go" no wIMi to
Aslniitcns thar Is flshln' In tlio rivers boruat
I'er Mitnn ilnnn lost Iho 'pliitineilts an' cnssln'
OUt o'hlRllI . . . . .
Hut I'm Ilium * In tlio diiytlmu an'sleepln'lu .
tlio nln'it ' ! , , <
* I- I
& ea
Largest Mxnufxjciirjri .111 CiT ,
of Oloiums IJ UJ ivj.-i t.
We're Cleaning Up
You've no idea what a relief it will be when
these everlasting1 hammers
get out of the store. For
years we've been hampered
for room and for weeks
we've been hammered for
moro room and now we've
got it then comes the
cleaning up. We'll bo ready
to show off our now room in
a few days now. We'reso
glad to get done that wo feel
like as if we might present a
house and lot to these who
como to the grand opening
in a week or so provided they don't say anything
about hammers and speaking of hammers reminds
us that we're hammering out alot of suits , the
prices on which have been hammered down to the
lowest ebb.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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