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All rnmmunlcntlons relating to now * and editorial matter should IHI addressed : To tlio 11USINEPS LETTERS. AlHiiislnrisloliors nncl remittances ihould lie mldreited to The tloo I'ubllililnz Uo ninany , Oniulin. Drafts , chocks and postofllco nroors tohninadopayahlo to the order of the com- imny. 1'nrtlpi loavlnsc the city for the summer can 1m vn the IIKK lent their nddresi by leafing an ordornt this olllcc. THK DEK PUBLISHING COMPANY. BWOI1N STATKMIC.NT Of ClIlCUIjATlO.V. Stntonf Nnbrittkn , I Coiir.tr of Ionila . f uromn II. Tttchuck , secretary of TriK BECpnb. Uniting compnny , dee > nolemnly iwcar Hint the nctnal clrculntlnn of TIIK DAII.r IIKK fur the wouk cnillnii > lny 13,1391 , WM m follows ! ( S hin < Uy. Mny T W.OOJ tf Monday , MoyS M.7IJ li * TuoAdfir. MET U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . < - > , ' ' 4 * Wertni-irtay , Jl y 10 Tlmriidny. M y 11 2-1.771 IFriday. . May II 'J'2I 1 Saturday , JUy 13 , 3I.U1 , f Orci. II. Tsr.ciiucK , Sworn In before mo nnil nubicrlbod In my rrcs- once Ibis I3tli day of Jlny , ISM. N. P. KKII , Notary Public. Airman Cl rriilutliin lor April , 1H1I.1 , 4aHl THE State Printing : Board Is to bo commended for Us action In Knocking out the printing combine. WAS the WorlA-UcniliV * alienee In re gard to the attempted Btnto printing steal a part of the price it was com pelled to pledge the gang at Lincoln for Its support of house roll No. 2'W ? THK impeachment trial will"at least settle the question us to whether the state institutions are managed by the Board of Public Lands and Buildings or by Bill Dorgnn. Up to the present time Dorgan seems to have had the best of it. FROM all parts of the country come complaints of exccsslvo railroad rates to the World's fair. It is not impossible that the financial success of tho'fair will bo seriously endangered by the action of the railroad managers in maintaining high rates. CIVIL service reform as practiced by the present administration is bearing down hard on the democratic country editors. It is now reported that the postmaster general refuses to remove oven fourth-class postmasters except on the grounds of oflicial misconduct or offensive partisanship. THERE should bo no occasion for _ _ alnrm over the somewhat precarious " "condition of one of the Lincoln banks. The Institution has been declared per fectly sound by the state bank examiner , as well as by ofllcora of Lincoln banks. It has withstood a run covering- period of three days , and is backed by all of the banks of the citv. THE position of the lower Farnam street editor in reference 10 the im peachment trial is explained largely by his connection with the lobby at Lincoln during the recent session of tlio legis lature. In order to secure the passage of a bill for his own personal advantage ho formed an alliance with tlio Dorgans , Agors , Seoloys , Majors and other mem bers of the state house ring. In return for tholr support ho agreed to sing very low in regard to the impeachment. EX-SECUETARY OF THE INTEUIOI JOHN W. NOIILE has dociilod to Imitati the example sot by numerous aspiring1 statesmen of late yours by Hettlin in territory with the object of growing into the United States senate when i i shall hnvo become a stato. IIo has com F mltted his destiny to the future of Okla homa , where ho has purchased land uni will make his homo. IIo thinks the statehood of this territory will not belong long deferred , nnd his ambition is to bo- coino one of the first senators from thoro. THE Louisiana sugar planters now concede the probability that the incom ing congress will repeal the present bounty , but hope In lieu thereof that an I ? , import duty will bo authorized on the ' - product. They would veil this taslt rec ognition of the utility of a protective tariff , however , by tlio pretense that what they njostly desire is a guaranty of a permanent policy. That is one of the chief arguments that holds against con tinual revisions of the customs schedule. Lack of confidence in its stability ren ders commerce uncertain. BEHOLD how wicked and ugly a thing it Is for political brethren to decline to banquet together in unity. The stal warts olMho California democracy as sembled around the festal board in Sun Francisco the other night to aid the re- cmitly rccotmtod-in domooVatlo repre sentative of the Third congressional dis trict , W. B. English , fittingly celebrate Ills victory. All wont mnrrily and well until AV. W. Footo , who nmdo a hard I flght against Will to for the United States sonatorshlp Iiwt winter , fell to wrangling with Congressman Tom Geary over the luttor'u railroad record. , The finale was a blow from the ponder ous list of the congressman that fell on i the jaw of the bcnutorial aspirant with L the trip hammer effect of sprawling him under the tablo. An Indiscreet Oakland 1 editor denounced the conquering con gressman , when half a dozen of the hit ter's friends fell upon him at one and I tlu > Bumo time , and his majiglod anatomy xvas swept up and carted homo. Hos tilities were hero suspended , but the subsequent festal proceedings interested 1 the participants no more. Foote ap peared lit court the next day "with his i lamps badly smoked"tavs the observant chronicler , and thus it la likely that San Francisco is also to be edified with a law suit growing out of the pecul iar exploits that vary the festivities of the democratic banquet tablo. ll.ltf T/fHOir/V / OFF TI1R HASIt , The Impoaoliotl ofllclnls now on trlnl before tlio stipronio court for gross care lessness nnd shameful noglcct of duty hnvo uncovered a champion who has secretly aldod thorn ever slnco the legis lature commenced the Investigation which ended with the adoption of the articles of Impeachment. The fact Hint the latest apologist for ofllolal miscon duct Is the adolescent editor of the World-Jlcrald will occasion no sur prise In the minds of the people of Nebraska , who for several years have watched the erratic cnrcor of that Individual with foollngs of mingled curiosity nnd amusement. Fortified with n collection of excerpts from the editorial coUuns of TitK BfiK printed during thu state campaign last fall , this acrobatic purveyor of sophistry mnkos a labored attempt to provo thnt this paper is inconsistent in the position It has as sumed toward the impeached oflleials. In support of Its charges it quotes liber ally from editorials In which Tine , J3Ki : last fall tliscountod the tonsatlonal charges made by 12. C. Rewlck nnd de fended the olliclals from what at that thno ucomcd to bo the unjustifiable as- baults of a disappointed place hunter. THU BUK has no apologies to mnko for Its defense of the members of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings a defense - fenso made at n time when there was every reason to believe that they wore the objouts of the malicious and unwar ranted assaults of political aud perbonal enemies. Its treatment of the entire matter , not only in Its editorial utter ances but In Its news columns , was per fectly fair to tlio public atfd just to tlio oflleials. When Rowiek made his first public address THE BHE refrained from publishing his charges In detail until the oflleiuls who had been attacked could bo given an opportunity to publish their statement side by side with the al leged disclosures. The same issue of THE BJB : which contained Re- wick's charges in detail also contained interviews with Attorney General Uastlngs , , Commissioner Humphrey and Deputy Auditor Bower- man , all of whom characterized Ho wick as a , blackmailer and a disgruntled place hunter who had offered his silence as the price of an olllcc. The same issue also contained an 'interview with ex- Attorney General Loose , wlioso integrity had never been , challenged by any politi cal party , in whioh ho asserted emphati cally that the frauds charged by Hcwick were of such a nature that the Board of Public Lands and Buildings could not , in the ordinary routine of business , have detected. Neither is there anything in the atti tude of THE Bin during the campaign to justify the charge of inconsistency. It did not suppress a single fact ; but at the same time it accepted the statements made by the very men who are now on trial as true and worthy of credence. Going further , it gave the same oflleials the benefit of the endorsement of a politi cal opponent in the person of ex-Attor ney General Leeso. The course of THE BEE through the entire campaign was courageous , in that it printed in detail the charges made by the enemies of the ( state ticket ; fair , in that it cheerfully accepted as true and without reservation the statements made by the officials' who had been thus publicly assailed ; and loyal , in thnt it rendered the state ticket an honest , unqualified support , based upon an unprejudiced investigation of all the facts at that time alleged or hinted at an investigation as complete as possibly could have been made at the * time . But in its sickly attempt to score a point against the editor of TUB BEE the World-Herald overreaches itself by clos * ing its apology for corruption with ; gross mlsstatoraent of facts. It asserts , with the cureless disregard for the truth which has over characterized its edi torial vaporings , that "llosowator , as well as the general public , was informed as to those identical charges upon which the articles of impeachment wore based. Nothing new has nineo developed which may olTor as an excuse for his change o front. " The untruthfiilnoss of this statement Is apparent upon its face. It is n matter of record , as well as of general public in formation , that the articles of impeach ment wore based principally upon the report of the cell house Investigating committee , which was not presented to the legislature until late in the session. The Investigations of the grand jury wore not made untl December , moro than n month after the close of the campaign. The public was in blihsful ignorance of the frauds per petrated by Gorlmm Bolts and John D.irgnn until they were disclosed by the indictments of the grand jury. No one had over heard of the transaction by which the state olllcials spent $500 of the people's money on n junket undertaken solely for the benefit of the prison con tractor. The action of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings in appoint ing W. II. Dorgan as superintendent of construction of the new cell house , when he was at the same tlmo acting as the agent of the prison contractor , had never been oxpobcd. ' The sharp practice by which the state was com pelled to pay twr > and three prices for the material which wont into the cell house hud not been hinted at , as far as Tun BISK or the general public know , until the legislative Investigating com mittee made Its report. And yet , In the face of all thcso disclosures , nil made after the close of the campaign , It is brazenly assorted that ' 'iijthlng now has boon developed. " The state olliclals themselves , who tire now assaulting the oditar of THE BF.H through the columns of a paper * which dare not openly express the sym- pathy for them it actually feels , have no right to believe , nor do they believe , that this paper would have defended them , much less huvo supported them in thu campaign , had the real significance of the charged against them boon known before oloo- tion day. On the contrary , they know for an absolute certainty that THE BEE would have opposed their election with all the strength and energy it could have commanded. But bocatiio THE BEE relied upon tholr truthfulness and refused to lend crodenoe to the unsup ported charges of a man , believed nt the time to bo u disgruntled place hunter , as uuwortliy ot consideration , . they now cunningly Book to ohlotd thorn- solves bohlnd the very words of com- mondntlon inspired by tholr own un- trtithfulnofl1 * . That they have failed goes without the saying. A. Sl'KCK OP tt'AH. A speck of war has appeared on the cdgo of the northwestern horizon that Is at least of sudlclcnt Import to have called out the United States troops from Vancouver barracks. From what can bo learned of the matter It appears that the determination oftho , government to re sist the Intrusion of n railroad construc tion party on the Puyallup Indian reser vation in Washington Is the cause of the appearance of the military on the scone. General Ruger ordered Captain Carpen ter nnd his company of the Fourteenth Infantry to expel the Intruders. The road building from Tacoma into this reservation , it is claimed , is at the re quest of the Indians themselves. They are doing the slashing nnd grading and say they nro doing the work on tholr own sovoraltlcs , for which they have government patents. Puyallup chiefs appealed to Major French , who assembled them on the res ervation for the purpose of conference , that they were anxious for the railroad. They assorted their citizenship and legal rights , and Insisted that there was no United States law prohibiting them from improving their own lands. The major replied , however , that as an army ofllcer ho would have to put u stop to the operations , and hence his call for troops. A significant suggestion in connec tion with the matter is the assertion of the projector of the rail road enterprise that the Northern Pacific Railroad company is opposed to the project ; that they wish this right of way for themselves , and that they have offered the Indian owners 3750,000 for it. It is probable that the Indians have boon Influenced In tholr refusal by those who are opposed to the now line passing Into the hands of this corpora- tlon , nnd It is just as likely that the ox- porlcnccd army ofllcor who has super vision of the reservation understands the law governing the case , and has acted accordingly in protecting the rights of the aborigines. Yet if the situation is as represented by the Indians , they must have experienced n shock in having United States troops interfere with their novel enterprise. LAlfn'S LATKST Grovcr Cleveland evidently does not belong to that class of presidents who have been content with exercising the functions and prerogatives which per tain exclusively to the olllce of chief mag istrate , leaving the legislative branch of the government to work out in the contention and strife incident to parti sanship , its own policies. His prede cessors for moro than a century have endeavored , with a greater or lessor de gree of enthusiasm , to execute the laws conceived in the wisdom of congress. But few of our presidents have im pressed their individuality upon the laws now upon the national statute books , 'ind the people have so long been settled in their conviction that the framers of the constitution wisely separated the functions of the executive and legisla tive branches that they will bo illy prepared - pared for the startling innovations likely to bo witnessed during the next session of congress. It is pretty well understood that Presi dent Cleveland will have but little re gard for the pledges made and the prin ciples enunciated in the platform upon which ho was elected. While ho will not repudiate them , ho is likely to ignore them and formulate n policy of his own to moot the great questions with which his administration is to bo prominently identified. A tariff rnaasuro is already being constructed under his personal supervision. The silver question will bo similarly handled , and so will otlicrs. When congrcbs moots again , either in special session in September or in regu lar session in December , Cleveland's own personal Ideas upon these questions will bo presented in the shape of bills al ready prepared , and every effort of the administration will bo bant to secure tholr passage. The results of Cleveland's innovation will bo awaited with interest by the people - plo of the country. It may bo taken for granted that the democrat ! ' ; majority in congress will not tamely submit to the unusual and unwarranted interference with the purely legislative function. There will doubtless bo a division of the democratic majority along a now line and wo will have in congress two par ties , the "government" nnd the "oppo sition. " The party whip will give place to the government whip , and feature so long prominent In English parliamentary tactics engrafted upon our own congressional routine. Mr. Cleveland will doubtless spring many surprises upon his party , and his attempt to introduce now methods to the dollboratlonri of congress Is ono of them. THE establishment of shotgun quaran tine at the town of Hugo , Colo. , agalns the introduction of Texas cuttle , showi the apprehensions that are aroused among stockmen of the district upoi which it wus proposed to unload the objectionable bovinos. However the prompt action of the Stati 3 Veterinary Board , It is thought , wll 1 prevent any sanguinary trouble. The ; have bunt word to inspectors a points in Now Mexico , through which the cattle must pass , not to permit thoui to bo moved further north unless satis fied that they had passed at least ninety > days In the region from which they wore shipped. If this limit can bo proven the board are confident that the cattle are harmless , and can bo brought into Colorado without fear of disaster , such as swept away over 20,000 lumd from the Lincoln county ranges alone in 1884. THE administration of the populist governor of the neighboring utato of Wyoming Is by no moans popular. Not only Is. ho , censured for his olllcial acts , but it is now charged that his too fre quent indulgence in indiscreet verbiage is tending to bring the character of the state into disrepute. The peopledo not take kindly to MB tolling strangers that Wyoming is not n state of progress , and the Hhoopmen think it unkind of him to dosorlbo , to people wlio never saw a western sheep ranch , the wool industry In the state to bo at a very low obb. The Cheyenne Sim xays that the vetoing of the stock associations appropriation bill gives cattle thieves n goldbn opportunity , as the small stock owners have absolutely no protection whatever for tholr cattle. But the editor Is almost Inclined to en dorse the governor's estimate of the state's progrcs-dvo condition , and the teason alleged thorofor is ono equally applicable to other communities. "In all our towns there is a class of people who make their money in the state and buy their goods outside. " The axiomatic fact is generally recognized , nnd the selfish motived that lend to It are well understood. Abitrncty ] , lloubtless , overg one has the right to .purchase . wlm' le : buys In the cheapest market , but prr.c- tically the oxorclso of this prcrogatU o Is not likely to prove advantageous to tho'intorcsts of the community In which ono resides. To patronize homo enter prise Is in the long run the wisest economy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE proposal of Mr. Gladstone to con fer the Inuroateshtp upon John Ruskln has elicited various opinions as to the possible motive of the premier. It Is re garded by some as an act of magnanim ity on the part of Mr. Gladstone , slnco Rusktn has never been In sympathy with him politically ; by others as ovldonco that in the opinion of the prime minis ter the eminent art critic Is thn best en titled ta this honor among the literary men of England ; nnd by still others that Mr. Gladstone's purpose was to bring the laurcatoshlp Into cjntompt ai a UJ3- less anachronism the latter a most Im probable theory. It Is not to bo doubted that Mr. Gladstone could give , If re quired , very plausible reasons for his se lection , but ono of them could not bo that Mr. Ruskin is a poet. The literary work'upon which his fame rests confess edly shows him to have possessed the poetic sensibility nnd spirit , but his claim to bo a poet , as the world under stands that term , rests upon a small vol ume of verse , of no crcat merit , written In his early years. Another thing that renders this selection dilllcult to understand is the fact that Mr. Ruskin is 84 years old and has given up active literary work , having for several years boon living in strict retirement. It is hardly probublo that ho will accept the honor tendered him , since it would add nothing to his fame , ana ho does not need the small emolument that goes with the position. A BOSTON philosopher draws an apt illustration of the impracticability of communism from the incident of the re cent discovery of the clam beds at the mouth of the Delaware bay. The people have a common right to the clams , "labor being the first title to the property , and usufruct being the only title to the property in clam lands. " The discoverer of the now mine resorted to the most ingenious devices to keep his find secret , but it would out. Others hastened to the diggings , and finally a Chicago speculator offered to take the whole output at 30cents a bushel. Then a whole army of diggers appeared , "all property rights being based upon the proposition that no mam has a right to moro of this earth ( ( belpw high-water mark ) than ho canjfjqrsQnally occupy , cultivate and improve. " And heroin is exemplified the failure of communism. Behind the speculator lies the power to legally got virtually all the clams. It is his capital which induces the diggers to voluntarily take money in lieu of clams. Thus a train is evidenced the impossibility of communism over becoming a success "until all men are born on the same level of intelligence , enterprise , energy and caste. " Kclltor.ul Keullxatluu. CMc 'oo ZW/wne. / Many an able democratic editor is begin , ning to fcol sorry already that ho elected Cleveland president Cunseorutcil Clinramloii. IndlcmapMt Journal. President Cleveland and William of Ger many have the same Job on hand compelling majorities of legislative bodies to vote as they do not wish. Itubbloi Alt lie UiiMt. PlitlatldpMa Ittf-ord. The reported failures of western bunks do not appear to hnvo resulted from causes of sufllcicnt imixH'tnnco to uwukon moro than local interest. As a rule , the bunks of the country nro in coed condition to protect tticir own credit and to euro for solvent customers. _ HtsHoll Ulnnts Ills * 1'roipcots. & ( . Paul Ptimtcr-l'rens , Postmaster General Bissell will never bo president of the United States , Any man so blind to the duties of statesmanship that ho refuses to remove a southern postmaster because - cause Ins complexion is not blonde is un worthy of a democratic nomination. In the opinion of the dominant wing of that party A Political Delmlon. Globe-Democrat , Colonel Clnrksou seems to think that there is n Harrison and an imtMIurrison fac tion in the republican party. This Is a de lusion. At this stage of the game the repub licans nro not putting anybody forward for 181)0. Two or three yours honcu will bo early enough for us to begin quarreling about can didates. Grorcr tlio Fcarloat. CMcjoo Inter Ocean. So it seems "My Commissioner" who so successfully pulled down the flag is to bo richly rewarded. But it will be noted that ho had moro power delegated to him by the president than had Minister Stovuns by the constitutional authority ot > the government. Kings would hcHltuto whc o the president treads fearlessly. , , Clearing the OecK * " fur Ifteo Truilo. ' To clear the decks fqi ; fcco trnda wo must first reform the tariff ; wu must study the nouds of the treasury. Wo must select for the tax list sticu urlicl&hyjyluld a maximum revenue with a minimum of protection. With such a list provlUi ( > A' money to moot the necessities of an cconau ical uovcrnment wo can put uvorytliin ols'if on the free Hat , Then shall realign i-JefTorson'a we - dream , " /reo commerce with p jiuUlons , " 1'ollOB Webber S. .Seavoytj.ojil f of polleo of Omaha , cannot bo successfully contradicted uhen ho says : "Above all tilings divorca the police force from politics. A policeman can't ' bo a poli tician and perform his duty. Politics is tlio natural enemy of a good pclluo forco. " Chief Seavoy expresses the unanimous opinion of all who huvo given the subject any thought. Until the police are made to un derstand that intorfcrenco In politics will result in tholr dismissal , a high degree of onlcieiicy cannot bo secured. Nothing is more demoralizing to discipline than ttm re liance placed by subordinates upon the in fluence of men whom they have helped Into oQlco to shield them unless it IKJ the con tinual scheming of tholr superiors to secure promotion as a reward for political services rendered. The convention of chiefs about to bo hold in this city will accomplish something U It shall dovlso some plan whereby the police can bo freed from the baueful lufiueuco of politics. ntnn.i OF A. rK.trunit. Nobrnskix City News : The Uneoln .Tour- al U dnlly doing nil It cixn to throw dlicrodlt pen the ( mpoachnicnt proceedings and ro- leets IIIXMI nil connected with the nroiocu- Ion. 'Iho News docs not sny Unit the stnto ilNeors will bo impoachod. n * they tnny bo .ived by some legal tochnlcallty , but from -ho - evidence ns published wo know that hero was something decidedly rotten In the mlldlng of the cell tiomo , the Insane ntylnm iianngomont nnd the flour dcnls. Wo bo- love the Journal. If It would tulmlt unv- hlng , will admit thnt fnot. The Journal ias wnxed too rich to admit or publish suij- hlng i-oncomlng the former stnto oflleorj. Schuylor Herald ! Up to this date cnoutjh ivlilonco ha ? already boon btouIit to light .11 tlm Impeachment trial at Lincoln to show .hat . thu affairs of this state have been In rcr.v poor hands for many years. The I.ln- olu Journal Is still defending the 1m- xiachcd republican oHIclals , but ninny of the nero respectable republican papers of the Into nro condemning them. That the re- lublicnn ring , thnt lias been in full control if the affairs of the stnto for over twenty rears , has boon corrupt to the core there Is 10 doubt. At last n dny of reckoning Is at umd. Those who have made It a practleo to rob the public treasury for years nro nt 'ast to bo brought to punishment nnd tnndo Lo understand thnt the pcoplo ( inventleast n few right * that even Iho members of the g. ) . p. nro bound to respect. Plattsuiouth Journal : The attorneys lor ho tlcfonso In tlio impeachment cases are csortlng to very Ingenious methods to so- : uro tholr clients' nuqulttiil. Ono of those Is the assertion that some of thcso charges , vcro made nnd printed hist fall Iwforo the election , and the election resulted In the vin dication of the oflleials. In other words , that ho people condoned the offenses. This is ory far-fetched , True , Mr. Uowlck had resented certain facts relating to the nsy- um frauds , but they bore none of the char acteristics of a judicial examination ; no body had bo3ti indicted , tried , convicted or acquitted on thcso charges , nnd the merits of thorn were Httlo known. Further , not a word was hinted of wrong-doing in the building of the cull liouso at the peniten tiary. The defense is.n great coming down from the attitude of Innocence assured nt the beginning of the trial. Grand Island Independent : There seems to bo no end to the attempts of greedy men to put their hands into the public treasuries. Wo have had repeated examples of that kind in our Hall county history , wo have experi enced the same thing on largo scale in the swindles and frauds which led to the Im- leachment proceedings. And now wo have t again before our eyes in the attempts made by n combination of corruptlonists , to t ko unjustly from the state treasury about $25,000 by state printing contracts which should give the bidders prices Irorn two to ton times higher than they ought to bo , and than they hnvo boon before. The head-center of this combination Is the Lincoln Journal coin- jinny , which ulwavs undertakes to got rich by tapping the state treasury. The Lincoln Journal favored the gang of state ofticials who nro under indictment , mid It Is mid always has been a defender of railroad ag gressions. That such n concern is trying to make the most unjust attacks on the state treasury is not surprising at all. ItEOlSTKll Oit 3IHIlt.lTB. Chicago News : The anti-Chinese legisla tion enacted by congress promises to boar fruit of n rather unpalatable kind. Mission aries announce that if Chinamen are deported - ported from this country under the Geary law , Americans will bo expelled from China. Kansas City Star : It is suggestive that the one justice on the supreme bench who might have been certainly expected to iiftlnn the constitutionality of the Geary law- Judge Field of California pronounces it ' 'In human and violutivo of the constitution in every section. " That sort of an opinion , uttered by a jurist from the Pacific coast , where the prejudice against the Chinese is most violent , is significant to say the least. St. Paul Globe : To what oxtcnt the en forcement of this law will disturb our rela tions with China , it Is dlftlcult to forocast. Chinese merchants , and the better class of that country are not excluded , and it seems probable that the advantages of trade with America will prevent Chltui from making any serious retaliatory movement. It is cer tain that China would suffer much moro by losing our tradn than wo would by losing its trado. Chicago Post : The supreme court's decis ion in the Geary Chinese exclusion case pre cipitates a situation which promises to be very painful to this country. On the ono hand , the foaoral law ofllcors confess their inability- enforce the act , which must therefore fall into contempt rnd breed dis order and lawlessness. On the other hand , there is every reason to bclio\o that the Chinese emperor will take reprisals in the manner already hinted at , by deporting all Americans from China. St. Paul Pioneer-Press : Against the ex elusion of Chinese desirous of coming to this country wo have nothing to suy. But this ox- " pulslou of those who are legally hero , who have boon regularly admitted and nro now guilty of no crime , is not only parallel to the unenlightened policies that wo have con deinned so severely in the case of other na tions , but It is sure to react moro disas trously upon our own citizens and not im probably to Involve us in a war which wo should nnd it hard to justify. Globe-Democrat : There nro about 100,000 of these pcoplo In the United States , and comparatively few of them have complied with the provisions of the law , having been assured by their friends and advisers that it would be declared null and void. The dis crimination against them is direct and abso lute and the court says that it is constitu tional. They have no chance of appeal to another tribunal. The case is finally set tled , and they must abide the consequences , whatever may bo thought of the act in point either of justice or of expedience. Chicago Tribune : Its immediate and uni versal enforcement , however , is clearly out of the question if the Chinese laborers per sist in tholr refusal to register , oven nfter taken into court , owing to the fact that not enough money was appropriated by the last congress to cover the expense of deporting any largo number ot the Celestials. Thnt does not mnko It any the less the duty of the ottlcors of the Treasury department to go ahead and arrest Chinese who are found In this country without a certificate , and to take them before a judge so that their cases may bo heard. Chicago Herald : It Is not Improbable that this decision which nfllrms the validity of the Cnlnoso exclusion and deportation act will bo resented by China. American mor- r.hants and missionaries in China may look for a similar edict of deportation. The Chinese government may cut off commercial intercourse. Diplomatic Intercourse may also cease. The Chinese government , ac cording to this decision , has n right to shut out Americans and to send away Americans now thoro. It is possible thnt the dema gogues who procured the enactment of this cruel law and others like It may have over shot tholr mark. NK1UM8K.I AND NJSIlltASK.l.VH , Oakland's schools will graduate a class of seven scholars Juno u. The Spring Ranch mill , built in 1873 , has been destroyed by tire , causing a loss of 915,000. A camp of Modern Woodmen of America has boon organized at Hubbell , with twenty charter members. About 75,000 pike and half as many Gor man cart ) have boon deposited In the lake at Oakland by the state llsh commission. John Bradford , well Known as the starter of several papers in Nebraska towns , has begun the publication of the Hoportor at Bethany , Lancaster county. ICloven head of horses perished In n tire which destroyed the barn of John Jansou iioarJunson. The flames are supposed to have boon of Incendiary origin. It is reported that General L. W. . Colby has sold sixteen of his young Arabian horses to a circus. Ho still retains possession of Zlutka I/inuni , or the waif of Wounded Knee , A Columbus laundryman of the pigtail persuasion has offoron a reward of a year's washing for the conviction of thu thief who stele his watch ana the return of the property , Mrs. Carolina Anderson of Omaha has brought suit against MoU Bros. , saloonlsts at LouUvillo , for $3,030 damages for selling liquor to her husband , which resulted in his failure In business , A stranger lured a team of John Howard , a Fairmont liveryman , five days ago , and , a $ no traeo has been found of thu rig or the driver , the conclusion has booa reached that the atrangcr was a thief. f.tltK TO TIIK F.ltlt. Aunoiu , Nob. , Mixy 17To the Hdltor of 'inn linn : Your odltorlnl , "l-ower Kilos Demanded , " strikes the rlht plitro. Rates nro too high and wo all k-iow It , nnd line many others propose to wait till they comedown down , or stay away. Wo have arranged n party of seven , but before wo will nay thorn $ yoo for tickets wo stay at homo. No doubt thousands nro In the .samo atato of mind. When the railroad companies got to lighting each other thov can put rates nt n ridiculously low Ilijiuv. like fS to San Fran cisco nnd other California points. Knch year they mnko rates nt 1 cent a mlle to encampments and such places. Ono rate for the round trip will bring moro money than thu present rate. Hnd they placed the rate at ono faro nt the opening of the exposition , Instead of 11,001) to 'JO.OOJ per day they would hnvo twlco thnt. Now puoplo nro wnltlntr for lower rato.s nnd when they come , for como they must , there will bo such n rush to Chicago that everything will bo packed full. I < ct the railroad companies understand that the people most ! "no reduction , no transpor tation. " N. p. S AMI ( JJC.V// „ Miss Elonnor Calhoun , grandnolco of John C. Calhoun , Is making some stir as an actress In Paris. Mrs. Anttclo , a 00-year-old resident of Port Ends , La. , was devoured by alligators in ad jacent swamps. A Plttsburg Inventor of n bear trap Is fully convinced of Its merits. The ilrst trial snapped off his leg. There is n real substantial side to ( lotion. Mrs. Amelia Bnrr makes from $10,000 to $15- 000 n yonr from her literary work. Henry M. Stanley siys ho has no Intention of returning to Africa. Ho will bo a candidate - date fora seat hi the British Parliament nt the next election. Dr. Conan Doyle , the novelist , began Ufa as an eye specialist , but his great success as a story teller has induced his abandonment of the former profession. Dr. Do.vlo was born in Edinburgh in 18.VJ . Frederick Walter , a Philadelphia ions- grinder , whoso poverty stricken appear- nnco appealed to the charitable , died recently , leaving slocks and bonds nud cash in bank of the aggregate value of fTil.fiOO. In the bright lexicon of the avaricious law yer there is no such word us honesty. The cstato of the late Richard Jessup of San Francisco , valued at SUO.OOJ , was completely nbsoibcd In four years by the lawyers o' the young hoir. Colonel John S. Mosby , the famous ex-con- federate guerilla , Is nearly 00 , and his hair is nearly white , but ho stands as straight as an arrow , walks with n tlriii step and seems to bo full of vigor. IIo is practicing law in San Francisco. Adjutant General Townsend , who died last week , though serving nearly fifty years in the army , boarinir a high character la every way and being several times brevottoJ for meritorious and distinguished services , was never in a battle. The mayor of Chicago is a man of bright ideas. When ho wants to 11 ro n persistent office hunter who abhors a harbor ho puts a llgntcd match to his whiskers , and allows the lake brcc/os to fan the conflagration us the owner recedes from view. Newspaper rivalry runs to quantity re gardless of quality. The 100-pago edition of the Now York World is to bo surpassed by the San Francisco Uxatiiinor , which an nounces n Columbian edition of ! ! > pages. Loss bulk and more brains would bo u de sirable diversion in the big cities. Kaiser Wilhclm is now said to pass a good deal of time wandering about Berlin in dis guise. Ho is reported to have gone through the Hebrew quarter of the city recently in the guise of a Hebrew peddler and to have discussed the condition of the Hebrews with a great number of the working class of the race. The Infanta Isabella , aunt of the young king of Spain , excels in all outdoor sports and exercises. She loads shooting parties In the royal preserves and brings down part ridges , woodcock , hares and rabbits. She rides after hounds in the solitary , rough country around Madrid and is often the first at the death of a fox. The Maharajah of Bhownuggcr Is the lion of the hour in London. Ho u an oriental potentate who has traveled from India to England to attend the opening of thp Im perial Institute and to fullill n long cherished dcsiro of paying personal homage to the queen and empress. Ho is an enlightened young man of 35 , who is considered ono of the most benevolent of the native rulers of India , having spent > ,000,000 , in charities. Comparing the paid admissions to the World's fair for the first twelve days with the first twelve of the Centennial , shows an increase for the former of 2Min2. ! On the opening day in Philadelphia , May 10,1870 , the attendance was 70,172 ; opening day in Chicago. 129.200. The receipts at the World's fair so far do not moot the expenses. Running expenses are estimated at $45,000 per day , requiting 00,000 paid admissions dally to make both ends meet. TUB IIKUIXQ NBA. I'llOSl'ECT. . J " " ' ' JftW York Sun. Put on the gloves , said Morgan ; And Kmsull put thorn on , And straightway wont for Morgan As sluggers oft have gone. Dut Morgan and his backers Are standing up llko nion. Tlioy find Homeliuw that.slugging Is mightier Umn the pan. And Undo Bam Is watching The deeds his Htatosmun do , And If ho llmU thorn wonk'nlng , He'll take a hand there , too And If. ho does , by thundnr ! I 1 1 t t * * I i * * * * ff * { * * * * * _ . _ _ | j. J | | | W-H-0-O-P 1 I LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DEMi Contract for the Omulm PostolTioo Workj ( Not Yet Awarded , COMPLICATED BY NUMEROUS B Ai n Itcunlt i > f tlm MtMimlenlnnillng In th , Sp-lllc4toni | : n Xe\r rropiiiltlim U ltc < | iioM ( > il \ijr \ Arrliltoc ! * to b ttln thn Mutter. .1 llt'HKtUor TIIK BUR , 1 ,1 filH I'VniitTKKNTit STHKKT . , V > l WASHINGTON , 1) . U. , nyls. I 'I There seems to bo a tie-up on the letting I of the contract tor the Ontalm | > ostonico Geddls , Seorllo ft Co. of Donvcr , who art1 constructing the now public building a Kansas City , wore tholonest blil-lors win * complied with the spocHlcatlons , butthoeon tract has not been awarded them , nnd Super vising Architect O'Uourko , who has th\ \ matter under consideration , now says I nmy bo several days before the contract Itj awarded. I 1'horo seems to bo no doubt that some complications have itrlson to delay mat- ' ' ter.i. At the tltno the bids were ro.ul , Mr , ' Sccrllo , who was present , objected to tlu\ \ reading of bidi for limestone or sandstone construction because these did not comply with the specifications. Ho win Informoqi by nn oflicial In the architect's ofllecthnl , the law required that every bid should lx road. Mr. O'Kourko intlniatcd today tc4 TIIK Unit correspondent that there scumou to bo so many different kind * of material proposed In the bids its to complicate mat * ! tors generally , v It is possible that there may bo a roulvor- ' , tlscniunt for bids , but hardly probable. . ' Oftuii wlioii complication ansos through ! misunderstanding in the spoi'illcutlous , etc. , ; now bids are requested to settle the matter. ; It is the bollof hero , though , that In the end' , Ucddls , Soerlte & Oo. will have the contract. ! Western I'mmloni. ' The following pensions granted nro re. ' t > ortcdi : . Nebraska : Original NInnlan D. Nichols , f Henry J , l-iowe. Inereaso Kichard Powell. ) OrlRtii.il , widows , etc. Judith A. Parker , ; minors of Cornelius Llnchan. Original . James Kvans , Increase Charles II. ! Ulakslco. Kuissuo William Foster. Orlg- inal , widows , etc. Mary 1'ylcs , Juliana Lcnnhard , Jennie 1C Dennis. Iowa : Original Christopher Goodloo , Asbury Jacks. Additional John Vogol- b.ich. Increase John Ulfrgiu , Peter Quluii. Hulasuo Thomas Kdwanls. Original , widows , etc. Nuucy Huldtworlh , Snrnh Kay , Mary Hall , minors of P. Hobor. Orig inal Isaac N. Miller , increase Charles Hcsmur , D.ivid MclCco , John M. Kuiiklo , Al fred U'Utolph. ' Hehsue Charles C. Danncr , , Samuel Murphy. Original , widows , etc. y I oulsa Tallow , Alaria Howard , Kilns Kvnns , . Ksthur D.uuicr , Sarah Kills ( mother ; , Polly Trlpp ( mothor. ) Widows , Indian twars Al- imni Ames. South Dakota : Hoissuo Charles T , Jof- .fers. Original widows , oto. Murthu C. 'Dike. ' Secretary Morton made the following ap pointments today for the bureau of unlmnl , industry lit South Omaha : David Hush to ; bo clerk at f'.Mli ; Philip Smith , to bo tagger | ntfrJO. P. S. If. _ j FLASHES Of FUX. } ChlcaKo Tribune : "That Is what ; I call jirntty hard lines , " mused the young man In jail , fooklng dejectedly ut the parallel Iron barb In his narrow cell window. Lowell Courier : The man who patronizes bars often lues trouble with Ills gait. , Chlcapo Inter Ocean : "Do you think a porous plaster can ruio htm of stuttorlnK ? " Doctor Yes ; when ho onmusto take It off ho will swear right along without stopping. Washington Star : "Who says ( hat woman's work JM never dun } " snld Uholly CliluUlns' lamUiuly as alia iippllod for his room runt. - , Yonkers Statesman : "Aro cnblo earn healthy ? " asks an uxclmngu. As n nuittor of fact , iK'lKhbor , the grip nuvor mudn Itnup- liuaranco lu this country until the Introduc tion of the cable curs. Chicago Kecord : Hello That uhotographor nmdo u horrid picture of m , llur Hrotlior llutho did nobly with thu ina- torlal he had to worlron. Troy 1'rcss : You can't expect a good deal from a poor card player. riilhiilulphla Hocord : Wagner music In bolus experimented with as a ruln-proUucur. ( ItulTalo Courier : The croinatloulst U never a loafur. IIo firmly bcllovos In every man urnlng his dust. Now Orleans Picayune : lUln baa no respect for the base ball playor. U fulls upon tuo Just and the unjust ; und also upon the umpire. Inter Ocean : "How was It Mlggs had to pay 81 for a cup of coiToo ? " "Woll , you see U9 HtutUirM , and they charged 10 for every tlruo ho ropoatud the word coffoo. " WHAT A FAI.t , TI1F.HE WAS. ' ' notion Courier. ] A dude through a theater alslo , Trlppod along with a Hitlsliou amlsla < l And aconflclunt mlon That rolloctod , I wlan , i * . A concolt of his ravishing stlslo. Hut ho tripped on n lurking chapeau , ' J Hhot forward n furlone or suau , Ana tlio Kuthurud dobrU Of tlio Hame Huemud to bin Llko a relic ot long , long uguau , COL Lurcoit Manufacturer ! au t KjtitllM of UlotUlnaltt tUsVurH. . We're Cleaning Up You'vo no idea what a relief it will bo when those everlasting hammers got out of the store. For years we've been hampered for room and for weeks we've been hammered for more room andnow we've got it then comes the cleaning up. We'll be ready to show off our now room in a few days now. We're so glad to get done that we feel like as if we might present a house and lot to those who come 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 a lot of suits , the prices on which have been hammered down to the lowest ebb. \ BROWNING , KING & CO. , v I S , W. Cor , 15th and Douglas Sts ,