THE OMAHA. DAILY BLife TUBS DAY , MAY 23 ,
THE DAILY BEE.
K. HOSKWATKIl , Kdllor.
1'imUSHKI ) KVKKY MOUXINO.
TMIIM8 01' bUllfcCHIl'TlON.
Pully lice ( without Pimiluy ) Ono Year , . J 8 OO
lnllv anil Humluy , Ono Year . 1
HljrSInntln . . . . . . . BOO
Thrco Mntitli. . 2 CO
BniKlny line , Uno Vcnr. . . . . . . . . . . 2 ( K )
Kiitimfiiy lice , Ono Vuiir. . . . . ' u * '
Weekly Iteo , Ono Yi-ar . . . 1 00
OKKICKS.
Oninlin , Tlio lire Ilnlldlnsc.
South ( Jinnhn , coiner N and 2 < > th Street < i.
Council I II nlT-s 12 IVnrI Street ,
ClilnicnOfllcc , 317 C'lmmberot Coirimorco.
Now York , Itooms 13 , 11 nnd 15 , Trlbuno
513 1'oiirtpontli Street.
All rnmiminlcntloni mlntlns ; to news nnd
tutorial matter should bo addressed : 1o tlie
J : dltor.
IIUHINIvPS LKTTKIIS.
All biiilnetslellorji and rrtnltlnnr.o should
be iil ( < Ires < rd lo The Hue I'ntillshlnz Ito mpnny ,
Onuilia. lr.tfs ) | , uliL'ckii nnd | K > slolllco ordiir s
to lip nuulo payable to the order of tlio com-
Dany.
I'nHlosloavliiK thoclly for the summer can
himi tin ) ItCKsnnttliclr nddross by leaving an
order nt lids office.
TUB BKB PUnLTSHING COMPANY.
BWOIIN STATKMBNT Ol'ClltCUI.ATlO.V.
Blntodf .Ncbrnnkn , I
Ctnir.iy of DaitElnK , I
flcnrxo il. Tsichuck , nccrotnrjat THE ttKn pub-
llshlnn voiiipnnx , doaj notRiunlr oar tbnt tlio
toiiial circulation or mil IIAII v line fur tlia nook
'cnillnit Mnr 3U , I81U , was ns foil IITB :
f-iindsr. Mny II W.09.1
Mnnclnr , M.T 15 Vi.6.i :
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Wfilnosdnr , May IT 2.U30
Hliurtdny , Alnr IS
1'rldar. May IU
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( ito. li. THZCIIUCK.
Riroriiln licfornino nnd Jiubscrlbort In my presence -
enco ibis vOlh day of May , l 'J3. N. 1 * . Pint. ,
Nutnry I'ubllo
Avcrnco Clrrnlutton lor April , IS ! ) : ) ,
A > f cncournRlng itulicution of the
whalcsoino condition o ( the republican
party in that it manifests no disposition
for u ruimiBsanco of otno of its recent
leaders.
IF TUB figures presented by the four
"retained" experts arc to bo relied upon ,
we may BOOI expect to hour that the
Btato owes Bill Dorgan quite n largo
balance on the cell house contract.
A VISIT to the Manufacturers exposi
tion will open thb eyes of all Nebraska
pooulo who have not kept themselves
fully informed as to the real extent of
the development of the manufacturing
Industries of the state.
A FitKii bridge and a market house
would revolutionize the retail produce
trade of Omaha , which means that the
cost of living would bo reduced simply
by reaching out for the natural advan
tages that lie just outside our gates.
' IT "WOULD appear , to judge from all
accounts , that not n single state has yet
expressed satisfaction with its own ex
hibit at the World's lair. "It is not
what it should be , " and "it might have
been bettor , " is the universal refrain.
TnK action of the city authorities in
Holding back the sewer bonds until the
proceeds from their sale uro actually
needed will bo commended. It is by just
' -bueh eloso attention to economy that the
city's financial credit must bo main
tained.
Mil. JOHN E. UTT. the now freight
commissioner for the Omaha Commer
cial club , assumes the duties of his.ollico
today. IIo brings with him gratifying
assurances that several now wholesale
houses are lilccly to bo removed to tin
city in the near future.
Mil. PETKU ILKII of the great corn-
julce trust discredits the dispatch bear
ing news of the withdrawal of certain
distilleries from the combine. Mr. Her
intimates that it is easier to got into
Buch a corporation than to got out of it.
Notwithstanding his complacency the
report caused a break on the Stock ex
change yesterday from 174 to 13.
THE violators of the drastic prohib
itory law of Kansas , which does not pro
hibit the Holllng of intoxicants in that
atato , are likely to escape any very severe -
voro infliction of its penalties nftor all.
The attorney general has issued instruc
tions to the county commissioners
throughout the utato that they are em
powered to discharge violators of the
law who are hold in prison and are uim-
blo to pay lines and costs. Hereafter
the poverty of Kansas saloon keepers
may bo expected to become proverbial.
TllK determination of the attorney
general-of Kansas to enforce an old , for
gotten law requiring all corporations
doing business In that state to Illo with
the secretary of state annual statements
of all business done has caused commo
tion among the foreign companies. The
penalty for failure to comply with the
law is $200 for oaoli month of nogleot.
The opinion of the' attorney general re
quiring the establishment of state agents
( or fire Insurance companies has also
created u stir among'insurance men , who
miiko the threat that their companies
will withdraw from Kansas if the law is
unforced.
IF IT is necessary for state ollloinls to
make uoinmon C.-IUBO with indiotod crim
inals if they must stand or full with
mon who are known to bo dishonest if ,
In fuel , they are hand in glove with a
ring of conscloncolods contractors who
ara moving hoavou and earth to keep
out of the penitentiary the sooner they
are removed from their olllces the better -
tor for the good name of the state of
Nebraska. The thno ia surely coming
In this atato when mon In public posi
tions will bo required to reprove dishon
esty Instead of condoning It to punish
rascality instead of befriending it and
to exact justice instead of evading It.
Tins BEE has repeatedly called atten
tion to the low assessment put upon the
projwrty of the Bolt line in this county
In the liopo that it might bo raised to a
figure In keeping with the appraise-
iiiontw on privateproperty. . Wo have
wlizard of no action in support of Tun
BEU'S suggestion. Tlio matter has gene
by default as far as property owners are
concerned and they uro vitally con
cerned. It bus boon left to the county
assessors , whoso returns are all but Ir
revocable. It ls safe to predict , how
ever , that the ownorjj of the Bolt line
have given the mutter special considera
tion. When the appraisement IB made
public wo bhall BOO whether the Bolt
Mno tux agent knows his business.
CAXAJJJAX TllAMR AXD
According to the report of the Cnnn-
llan minister of finance the trndo of the
loiulnion with the United States last
vcardccllnort nearly $5,000,000 as com-
rwrcd with that of two years before. Ho
icrllcs this to the operation of the Me-
[ Cinloy tariff , and doubtless correctly ,
Bitico its effect wai to largely exclude
from the American market the natural
l > roducts of Canada. It would seem to
! jo a fair conclusion , then , that our own
Tanners gained to about the extent that
the agricultural interest lost. At
liny rate , the competition of our north
ern neighbors being largely cut off , our
own producers were afforded a bettor
lioino market. There would seem
Lo bo no escape from the fact that in
this respect the tariff law has not boon
a bad thing for the agricultural pro
ducers of the United States. The com-
jilatnts of the Canadian farmers show
that they understand this to bo the caso.
Everybody who Is familiar with our
commercial relations with Canada must
bopresutncd to know the history of the ef
forts to renew a reciprocity arrangement
between the Dominion and the United
States. It Is entirely true , as stated by
the Canadian minister of finance , that
the government of Canada has several
tlmos , since the treaty of 1854 was abro
gated twenty-seven years ago , manifested
a desire to enter into another reciprocity
arrangement , but it lias novcr shown a
disposition to'imiko tha concessions nec
essary to the accomplishment of that
end. The old treaty wns a one-sided af
fair , from which the United States got
the worst of it during the whole twelve
years In which it was in operation. The
Canadian government has never pro
posed , in seeking to negotiate another
treaty , to make any great departure
from the old ono , and so far as appears
it does not now propose to do so. Re
ferring to the lust attempt at negotia
tions , in February , 18)2 ! ) , the Canadian
minister of finance says it was
found impossible to frame a treaty
upon the basis of the mutual free inter
change of the product of both countries
nlono , which shows that the Canadians
simply wanted the old one-sided treaty
renewed , and when our government pro
posed to include manufactures and the
establishment of a uniform tariff as to
the rest of the world , the negotiations
wore dropped. The finance minister
explains why in the statement that "this
involved discrimination against Great
Britain. " and in that is to bo found the
insuperable obstacle to more inti
mate trade relations between the Do
minion and the United States so long as
the present political conditions in the
former continue.
The Canadian minister of finance ob
serves that it remains to be soon how
far the recent change of administration
in tlio United States will affect Canadian
interests. There is , doubtless , a hope
ful fooling among our northern neigh
bors that their plan of closer commer
cial relations with this country will re-
ccivo greater consideration from the
present administration than it did from
the preceding one , but wo do not doubt
that they uro doomed to disappointment
if they liopo to effect a reci
procity arrangement on" the old
lines which proved so unsatisfactory to
our people. A fair and equitable reel
procity treaty with Canada would be re
garded with favor by a very largo num
ber of the American people , but an
arrangement confined to the free inter
change of the natural products of both
countries would have no advantages or
benefits for the people of the United
States and no party , wo confidently believe
liovo , is prepared to enter into it. It
would seem that so long as Canada is
compelled to consult British commercial
interests there will bo small chance of
establishing much closer trade relations
with the United States than now exist ,
to the evident loss of a largo number of
the Canadian people.
A MKff.ICK TO COMMERCE.
It is the opinion of Now York mer
chants who have had long connection
with the Chinese trade that the enforce
ment of the provisions of the Geary law
would ultimately have a most disastrous
effect upon our trade with China. While
they do not believe that there will be
any decided action in the matter imme
diately by the Chinese government
they do think that in time retaliatory
measures will be adopted that will
greatly embarrass and load to a practi
cal suspension of trade relations
Those olTects , in the view of the
morulmnts cngagod in the Chi
nese trade- will not como al
onco. They will bo brought about grad
utilly. The Chinese government and
people do not court international compli
cations. On the contrary they avoid
them as far as possible. They are a
peaceable , temperate , commercial people
ple , but they uro not altogether incapa
bio of resentment , and when they como
to moro thoroughly understand the pol
Icy embraced in the Geary law it is the
belief of thcso most intimate with their
character that sonio policy of retaliation
will bo adopted to manifest their resent
mont. As wo have heretofore re
marked in reference to this , our security
curity against retaliatory measures
affecting the commercial relation
of the two countries will perhaps bo
found In the fact that China sells to tin
United States nbuut four times as mucl
na who buys from us , and her morcantili
interests may therefore reasonably bo
expected tooxort their Infhionco ugalns
any policy tending to injure coramorwiu
relations. The balance of trade lias ul
ways been largely in favor ol the Chlnesi
and this is a very important considera
tion with thorn.
There is another direction , however ,
in which retaliation may bo applied
with serious and oven appalling consc
quonccs. Tills is toward the Amor
lean missionaries who are laboring t
extend Christianity in the Chinese em
plro. Thpso devoted and self-sacrificing
people are having u hard enough time
us It is to protect their llvoi and prop
orty from destruction nt the hands o.
the antagonistic elements that surround
thorn In the interior of the empire , nnd
very little would bo needed to Induce
these native elements to manifest their
feeling of hostility to the missionaries
in overt acts of violence. In that event
it Is possible that the iiujwrlal govern
ment would not go to any great trouble
o Interfere for the protection of
ho missionaries. It Is this fen-
uro of the matter which Is
ow receiving the attention of the
hurchos who have representatives In
hinn , and It la proposed to unlto all
'rotestnnt ' denominations In the earnest
.o scciiro the repeal , or nt least the mod-
fication , of the Chinese exclusion act.
The Methodists , who have the biggest
'orco of missionaries In China , have al-
eady taken action in this direction , It Is
> robablo that llko action will bo taken
iy the Presbyterian general assembly
low In session , and It is not to bo doubted
.hot other denominations will join in
.he movement.
These considerations nro likely to
lave inlluonco with the administration
ind with congress. There Is the most
alld of reasons for not enforcing the
aw In the fact that the treasury wtvs not
given the necessary appropriation to do
10 , and If the law remains inoperative ,
us seems inevitable , until the meeting
of the fifty-third congress , there is
every reason to expect that It will at
east bo modified to the extent of doing
away with the penalty of deportation.
That the intelligent popular sentiment
of the country la opposed to the law us
t stands has been most amply demon-
itrutcd.
nnKAKlXO UP TUB TltUSTU
Tlio imminent collapse of the Whisky
rust at a time when its officers and di
rectors wore preparing to bond its al
ready heavily mortgaged property to
Lhc extent of $8,000,000 , will prove a
startling piece of Intelligence to the
financial world. In the light of the de
velopments of the past few days , it
.vould sooni that the deliberate purpose
of increasing the bonded indebtedness at
so critical a point In the company's af-
'uirs amounted almost to ncriminal intent
10 fleece the invodtlntr public. The Whisky
trust comprises eighty distilling plants ,
seventy of which are nonproductive.
The combined plants are already heavily
bonded and have in addition a large nnd
constantly increasing floating indebted
ness. But by a system of financial do-
eoption the true condition of the trust's
alTalrs bus boon kept from the knowl
edge of the public ; and hud it not boon
for the action of four or five loading
companies withdrawing from , the trust ,
thus exposing the true condition of its
affairs , the now loan of $8000,000 ; would
undoubtedly have boon made and the in
evitable crash postponed a few years
longer.
The acute observer of the trend of
events in the financial world can already
see the evidence of an approaching
rush in all the so-called "industrial"
stocks , and the next two or three years
is likely to witness the complete dis
integration of many of the great com
binations of capital which now menace
the business interests of the country.
The action of the Now York banks in
refusing to accept trust stocks as col
lateral was the first blow at the trusts ,
and it went to the root of the evil , for
as soon as the banks withdrew their sup
port the buying public refused to pur
chase the securities. Deprived of a
market for their securities the trusts
will simply abolish themselves , for the
source of profit will , , have been cut off.
Fronvan anti-monopoly standpoint the
Whisky trust is , however , the least offensive -
fonsivo of all the great combinations.
The coal mining trust , the millers and
packers and ether combines that con
trol the necessaries of life and pro
ducts of the farm and cattle ranch , are
decidedly moro dangerous.
OMAHA'S JUnillKO TltADE.
A brief glance at the present condi
tion of the wholesaling interests of this
city will convince oven the most conservative
vative that Omaha's prestige as a job
bing center is steadily increasing. The
dry goods , boot and shoo , hardware
and grocery houses all report a heavy
increase of orders , while all agree that
collodions are fairly good , if not per
fectly satisfactory. The rapid develop
ment of the great northwest territory is
constantly opening now fields for com
mercial enterprise and the territory is
naturally tributary to Omaha. The
wholesale merchants of this city , realiz
ing the udvantago they possess , are ex
tending their operations in this direc
tion , and their constantly increasing
business , as shown to , a certain extent
by the clearance reports , is u flattering
indication that their efforts are meeting
with success.
In this connection the suggestions
made by ox-Senator Paddock in an in
terview printed in THE BEE Saturday
afternoon , uro pertinent and timoly.
Omaha certainly needs more wholesale
houses , especially in the dry goods line.
It is undoubtedly true that other whole
saling points in the west have the ad-
vantugu of this city in this line of trade ,
and the suggestion that they have been
doing u lurgo business in Omuha under
the very eyes of the local houses may bo
founded upon facts.
The now Commercial club may find
it profitable-to ascertain bycarolul In
vestigation the real extent of the busi
ness given by Omaha retail merchants
to wholesale dealers outside of the city.
The business turned away from Omaha
undoubtedly amounts to several million
dollars annually. A lurge proportion of
this vast sum of money should bo kept
ut homo , and in order to bring about amore
moro satisfactory stuto o ( affairs in this
respect it may bo considered advisable
to inaugurate u now home patronage
, tnovomont , tills time for the benefit of
local wholesale houses.
RECOGNIZING the fallacy upon which
much of the recent discussion of the
Geary act is based , the Now York Times
defines its interpretation. the object
of the law and makes suggestions its to
its operations. Tlio views expressed are
not only valuable as those of the friends
of the administration but as represent
ing the Bontiment of the east , and in
deed of the whole country excepting the
extreme Pacific coust. While the dis
cussion has persisted In the assumption
that the object of the exclusion act was
"tho expulsion from the country of the
Chinese laborers ulrcadv resident hero , "
the writer points out that such < vas not
Its object. The primary purpose of tha
act was to revive the law for exclusion ,
which had expired by limitation , with
more rigid restriction. This was ex
pected to uot as a deterrent to Chinamen
thomselvoj ) , lnlo the country ,
and not as a rrtfcnlis of driving
out those already ' The refusal
of the Chinese to nroglstor and
tnko out certificates was not expected , or
Us possibility oven ifjufcht of. Their
failure to do so "haarglron n phase upon
Its operation and effect that was not
anticipated , and has g'jveJi all its present
importance of the pcnhb clauses , whoso
effect would bo a barbarism not thought
of when the net wns pending , reckless us
the action of congress 'undoubtedly was. "
The ether linpractlqabillty of comply
ing with the provisions ! i > f the act nsido
from material impediments is fully
recognized. "Tlio only way , " says the
writer "In which It Is now possible to
execute the Geary act is to take ad
vantage ofi the discretion allowed to
the officers of the government nnd not
make the arrests that 'may bo' made
of Chinamen who nro In fact lawfully
horo. The ndmlnistration can afford to
ignore the ravings of sand lot politicians
In Culiforina who call themselves demo
crats , and who would taku advantage of
( ho situation for n wholesale expulsion
of Chinamen. "
THE organization in Sun Francisco of
a company with n capital of 310,000,000 ,
the purpose of which is to undertake the
work on the western section of the
Nicaragua canal , promises to glvo a
fresh impetus to that enterprise. The
company is composed of a number of
California millionaires , so that there
will be no dllllculty In raising the capi
tal for that portion of the undertaking
which they propose to carry out , and
moreover they are men who nro
familiar with great enterprises
and will not bo dismayed at
any ordinary obstacles. California
has perhaps u greater interest in the
success of the Nicaragua canal project
than any ether section of the county ,
'and the financiers of that state who pro
pose to invest their money in the canal
may safely bo presumed to do so with a
clear appreciation of the possibilities of
the enterprise. It may as well be un
derstood that the completion of the canal
must depend upon private capital. The
popular opposition to the govern
ment becoming financially involved
in the enterprise is so strong
that there is very small proba
bility that the next or any suc
ceeding congress can bo induced to vote
any government aid or support to the
canul of the nature that has been asked.
It is very likely that the organization of
the company in San Francisco will have
the effect to attract Other capital to the
enterprise and give U the boom that it
needs. _ _
THE World's fair is nil right , but it
will not send a dollar into Nebraska.
The state manufacturers show in this
city is a revelation oJ | Njqbraska's manu
facturing resources. It will bo the
means of bringing many thousands of
dollars into this stato.
Why Not ?
tfeio Tone Sun.
Why not , on the Fourth of July nest , celo-
brnto American independence m the old-
fashioned way. with modern improvements ?
The Canadian Stylo. c
lonmto Star.
Under the agreement between the Street
Railway company and the city the sum of
Sl20,37U.ii8 was received last year , $05,239.83
of which was percentage of gnm receipts
and $55,1:1-1 : mileage.
The Man for the Crisis.
CMcagn Inter Ocean ,
.If Vlllard would only resign from his Pa-
cillc railroad and help Cleveland and Schurz
and Buck Ktlgour to steer the state craft
through the breakers this summer ho would
Drove his democracy by his works. They
need n good railroader near the lever.
Myalerloua IHuipponranco.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Nobody seems to be taking the slightest
interest in tho. whereabouts or movements
of the erstwhile robustious and numerous
Adlal Stevenson. Ho scorns to have boon
piled up somewhere in the political lumber
room where all the useless oads and ends of
the American political machinery are put
when campaigns avo. ended.
The Itiiolouca 7jf Snobbery.
New YnrTs Trtti'une.
As Mr. Gladstone survived the insolent at
tack of the mob in the streets of London , so
ho will not bo hnrmed by the bad manner : ) of
the ruftiuua In velvet who have Insulted him
nt the royal reception. History Is not made
by people of high or low degree hissing at a
statesman whoso politics they dislike. The
( lurry of excitement passes , and they iiro
conscious of having been brutal or ill man
nered. The statesman swayed by moral con
victions and humane purposes porsuvorcs in
his work as though nothing had happened.
The ShrlnkuRO la Viiluei.
1'htlatltliilita Times.
The loss in the industrial stocks nlono
since the 1st of January last Is over $100,000-
000 , and there is little chance that they will
over recover to an extent approaching the
prices they commanded three mouths ugp.
The $100,000,000 of loss sustained in these
securities represents about thouinount mndo
by the organizers of Industrial trusts , etc. ,
when they unloaded their shares upon tno
public. In other words , tlio speculators who
inflated tha Industrial stocks to rnoro than
double their value , as a rule , have their
prolltSgWhllo the public must pocket the loss.
The Now Turl'ir 1)111.
Hasten AileertUcr.
It scorns beyond question that tlio tariff
bill which the president expects to pass con
gress and to become a law ia belnu drawu up
by friends of the administration. Usually
laws are made by the legislators elected foi
that purpose ; but Mr. Cleveland wns elected
largely with the undcr'nandiiiK that ho waste
to direct his party on the tnrlll question. It
Is to bo hoped , however , that no tariff law
will be passed by congress without a chance
for the representatives of all classes inter
ested , both producorstlfrid'consumers , to bo
hoard In the commlttejpan In the debate on
the bill. If Hi
Heuatur Vun Wyolc.
The news of the 'Ib'nous illness of ox
Senator Vun Wyclc of/fcfsbraaka will bo reac
with regret by nearly all republicans. Until
bis defeat for ro-elcotlonold "Crazy Horse,1
as he was called , was ono of the most pletur
csiuo figures In Ainorlcoii'polltlcs. He was
also ono of tha most foiypful. and the country
did not 'gain much When ! ho was retired
YunWyek was an wldnjs'ow Yorker. Ho
made several campaigns in that state whlol
nro still remombcrucU-Uiorc , but finally
drifted to the west , where his ohMashlonua
ways sueodlly made him -a great favorite
with the grangers.
'TM KnclUli , You Know.
Cincinnati Commercial.
An Interesting report from Washington is
that the president has In prospect u change
in the civil service idea to tnuko it conforn
to the Englisli plan. Mr. Cleveland and his
policies have always been highly apprcclatec
In England , nnd the president bus rcclpro
catcd with a wurm ndmlrutlou of Britisl
methods. It la not' liUcly , however , that a
stiffening and extension of civil service ro
form schemes could meet with the indorse
went of democratic politicians audoftlce-
scekcra , who labored hard for Mr. Clove-
land's election , believing that in the ereti
of success they would , in accordance will
party precedent , bo rewarded.
T/l IMfKACnUiKUT TKMf.
Voice of thn SUtn I'r < > .
Atkinson Graphic : The pitiful old World-
Icrald Is trying to stMddlo the Impeach-
nout hobby after the manner that dlstlu-
ul.ihcd Its political tHiiiostmnshlp.
Doughs Kntorprlso : Iho ilofemo In the
mpeaehmcnt trinl has roniinciircd and If
hey provo all they claim In tliclr opening
tntcment II would hardly bo sufficient to
Icar them In the face of the damaging tcsti *
non.v that Iho prosecution ban produced.
1'Mlrbtiry Enterprise : The liupoachment
rial Is progressing slowly. No matter what
ho end is , it will no doubt bo the mcani of
aiming our state oftldals to bo on their
; unrd In the future and not to bo so anxious
o feather their nests nt the state's expense.
O'Neill Sun : TUB OMUU DKR Is doing
food work In lighting thn gang of state
HMISO tlilovcs. The Impeachment trial of
ho republican state oHleors discloses tlio
vorklngs of the most corrupt crop of vul-
ures that over preyed upon the ship of
Into.
Morrlck County Republican : The Worlrt-
lorald has little to say on the Impeachment
: ases. It ronlldenlly expects tlio odiclals
vlll bo acquitted , because It avers the su-
irouio court Is a ring court. Then It can
urn around and say to TUB lir.E , "I told
; ou so. "
Tlldcii Citizen : The impeached state onl-
clals now declare that their re-election last
"all Is n guaranty of their Innocence. This
) lon might carry weight but for the fact
.hat Nebraska voters have become a few
hies wiser slnco the last election. The in
vestigation has wrought n most wonderful
hnngo In public sentiment.
Grand Island Independent : Mr. Humph-
oy , commissioner of public lands nnd build-
'tigs , has testified in hl. < t own behalf In the
mpcachment trial , and has tried to repre
sent himself ns overworked nnd having no
line to glvo attention to the details of the
onicc. This is a Ilimsy pretext. H what ho
says-is true , ho ought not to have accepted
ho ofllce , or to have resigned. And wo do
lot believe that these olllcers overworked
hemselves. How uiuny hours did tney
work ?
Fremont Herald : These four architects
who gave testimony that the cell house was
in honest Job. ami whoso estimates varied
but a few dollars , evidently had the ailvant-
igo of being called when the penitentiary
obbors had to hnvo them. Ono of the arelu-
: ects called by the prosecution estimated the
cost at less than SUt.OOO , whtlo the other
side ran It up ns high us SW.OOO. There's
lomothlng wrong licro , somowhoro. The
ilghcst estimate was made by the lately
removed superintendent of the Omaha post-
onico building.
XKIIll.lSK.l Aftl ) NJUHtASK.lXS.
Cluulron has concluded to celebrate the
rourtli.
Tobias claims to have moro bicyclists than
any other town oC its size in the state.
For a subsidy n capitalist has offered to
> uild n ( louring mill and establish n bank at
ilazard.
A largo number of beet workers hnvo been
nit in the Holds near Norfolk thinning out
.ho beets.
The Baptists of Friend hnvo just appro
priately celebrated the tenth anniversary of
the dedication of their house of worship.
John Mcnko , a wealthy farmer near Wil-
> er , has been sued fordivorco on the grounds
of cruelty and violence. Mrs. Mcnko wants
alimony nnd the custody of the seven chil
dren.
A son of Martin Pinker , living near How-
2lls , was shot In the wrist and will lese his
tiand. He was standing with his arm across
the mu/.ilo of his gun , when his llttlo brother
4 years old , crept up behind him and dis
charged the weapon. IIo was in great luck
not to bo moro seriously Injured.
Miss Emma Hutchinson , the young wo
man who is to participate in the cowboy
race from Chndron to Chicago , is said to bo
a Sunday school teacher. Cockeyed Bill ,
Rattlesnake Pete and ether well known par-
tlcipantS'in the race , are reported to feel
"dead sore" over the matter , as they claim
its a put up Job to beat them by barring the
use of the only language known to the
bronchos.
The Beatrice Chautnuqua assembly will
hold its annual session m its beautiful homo
on the banks of the river Blue , Juun Hi to 23.
Situated in the most beautiful park in the
state , on thn cdgo of n leading and thriving
eity , with splendid rail way facilities nnd with
a magnificent history behind it , the Cliau-
tauquu is certain to become the most pros
perous Chatnuqua in all tbo west. Dr. W.
Li. Davidson , who successfully -managed the
assembly in IS'JO and 1891 , has been recalled
to the suporin tendency. A few weeks ago
ho was in Beatrice nnd hud a conference
with those interested in the work. Ho ls
now busily engaged in making the program
for the coming season and says that it will
be ouo of the very best that genius can devise -
vise or money procure.
i-Eorr.K AND
Our royal visitor is 29.
Mary Anderson's recollections of the stage
will.be published next fall.
Five hundred dollars Is offered for number
ono of the Isabella quarters.
Chicagoans dined nnd wined the Duke of
Verngua ana considerately sent the bill to
the state department.
Denver claims a population of 182,000 ,
based on directory names. The owners of a
majority of the names are living.
Something over $100,000,000 of water was
squeezed out of various stocks during the
past three months. No wonder great Hoods
ravage the oast.
Twenty-six governors have accepted Min
nesota's Invitation to meet in Chicago , Juno
5. and consider ways and means for throt
tling the coal trust.
The deportation of Chinamen Is about to
begin. What remains of ( XX ) burled in San
Francisco have been , boxed for shipment to
the Celestial empire.
The whisky trust wns capitalized nt $35-
000,000 , or nine times Its actual vnluo : Evi
dence of collapse now visible may bo traced
to nn overdose of aqua.
Having snubbed the president and rebuked
the federal supreme court , Governor Pen ,
noyer of Oregon hungers for a few moro oill-
cluls to stifle with his caloric.
It is in order for the husband of Mary
I > ace to send condolences to the husband of
Infanta KtilaHo. Both nro necessary , though
obscure , appendages to feminine promin
ence.
Sullivan's mouth was not equal to the ori
fice of n one-armed lawyer , so John lam
basted the legal luminary with his hams.
Result , the bruiser In Jail , the lawyer in the
hospital.
hot us have It right though a Jaw breaks.
Her full naino Is Murio-Kulnllo-Frunrolso
d'AssIso-Mnrguerite-Koberte- - Fran-
colso do Puulo-Chrltitlno-Marlo de la I'iotc.
Infanta KuhUio , for short.
Legislative absurdity Is not confined to the
rollicking west. The governor of Now York
has Juat vetoed a bill making the use of
cheese as an at tick ) of diet compulsory lit
the military'camps and prisons of the stato.
In the interest of historical accuracy and
the unfading fume of a neighboring city , it
should bo stated that the bloomer costume ,
so much lauded in Chicago , originated in
Council Bluffs , county of Pottawatlamlo ,
Iowa.
Colonel Amos A- Parker , who recently
died In ICeeno , N. It. , at the ago of over 101
years , Is said to have been undoubtedly tlio
oldest.college graduate In the United States.
Ho took his diploma from the University of
Vermont in 181 ! ( .
The defacement of the battlefield of
Gettysburg by a motor line will bo stopped.
The national government proposes asserting
the right of supervision over bittlollolds
under nn act of coneross. Chccklntr greeO
which seeks to outrage sentiment will meet
with popular approval ,
Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant has decided not to
buy the red tiousoin Washington where Mr.
Blafno died because of the protestations of
her family and near friends , who appear
superstitious over the bad record of the
mansion In the tragedies and recurring sorrows
rows of those who have Inhabited It ,
Ilufua Hatch loft Instructions in his will
that his sons learn a mechanical trade and
receive a commercial education. Ho forbids
them to gamble in any way for money ,
warns them against the use of tobacco In
any shape , and the use of lliiuor in any form.
Undo Itufus probably thought ho had gam
bled enough for the whole family.
Colonel Hob Ingersoll once visited the
Btoko hole of an Atlnntlo liner. After seeing
all that was to be seen ho drew u sovereign
from his pocket mid said ; "Hoys , I don't
believe la hell , but I guess you do. Wo
ron't lot ow beliefs enter Into eood fellow
ship , so hero's n nulit to drink my health
vlth. " Ami then ho went Into hl cnbln
tnd wrung out his clothes ,
.lonnlo , the last of the fnmoiu trlbo of
Joguu Hlvcr 1111111111.1 , dl'ml nt Jacksonville ,
Ore. , last wook. She li.itl anticipated her
lonth by preparing with her own hands n
niekakin burial robe , ornamented , with
ir.ttls. shnlls , transparent pebbles , etc. , to
nn extent thnt brought the weight of the
inner looking shroud up to nearly fifty
wunils ,
_
Ihn Xim | mprr Itcnillni ; Itnblt.
Aciu York IP l7il.
The newspaperro.'idlng habit Is ono which
rrows by what It feeds "on. mid the news-
Mpor Is Its npostlo nnd missionary , Moro
.litin nil ether forms of publication combined ,
t cultivates the habit of reading , nnd It Is
the wldo prevalence of that habit which
causes books to sell and circulate nnd gives
, o the magaxlncs the phenomenal success
they hnvo attained In the last ten years.
Our public schools loach all our people to
read. The newspaper supplies them with
troll table matter forroadlng , and stimulates
: hcm to tnnko use of Iho key of intelligence
furnished them by the schools.
Frnukly considered , the iucreaso In the
i.iblt of newspaper reading must bo ad-
udged to be altogether for good and for the
enlargement and enlightenment of the popu-
ar mind
TAUT A A It JtliTUUT.
nulTalo Ohtps ! Why dnoin't somebody getup
up n yeast trust ? U would bo siiro to work.
I'htlailHlphhi Itocord : 1'lopion : "D.iltbloy ,
Inn nrlNI , bai a uroutdoalot Insto. " Kllpson :
"lie ouelit to , lie uses such u very largo
palotto. "
WtishhiBlonHlar ! "Ooodj" murmured John
with usallslli-d grin , "inn nllmi snmeo organ
pllnder. Mi-llcnn man sny , 'MIovo on. ' Me
say , "Mo mlovo , you pay. ' "
Harper's Iliunr : "I ( ; o Inspector Dogberry
of thn custom boiisn has refused to lot DlRgs ,
tlio rrwkery Importer , land. "
"On what grounds ? "
"Said lie will nclilnamun. "
Philadelphia Iiodgor : H the Princess Ku-
Inllo yields ) to tlio wlslipi of these w I HI tire
iilaiinliiK roynl welcomes for her she will bo
icIlliMl with kindness , and that would bo a
Spanish Infantaulde.
Inter Ocean : Assovoro as rhcmmattam U a
great many uro bunt on having it.
Chicago Tribune : A firm of plastering con
tractors In Ithodo Island linn gone to the wall.
Troy Press : A tack iii.ichlnn ought to put
up a .strong argument. It makes Ita point so
easily.
Indianapolis Journal : Knowledge Is power ,
except In the casu oC the man who knows lie Is
licked.
Cleveland IMaln Dealer : Minks 'flint , was : v
pretty shrewd scheme of Smith's at Uble.'iBo.
Mule $4,000 out of It In two weeks ,
.links What was II ?
"Oalvanl/.lng restaurant biscuits nnd soiling
them for souvenir half dollars. "
D11KS3 llllFOUM.
Kama * Citu .unirnal.
Wo look on with good liniiior
\Vlioii , with martyr spirit llrcd ,
Reformers don the bloomer
Anil stand forth to lie admired ;
The thought of nil our women , though ,
You UK , old , thin , plump and stout ,
In bloomers. Is unoimh to make
A fellow's liulr fall out.
II1K DAKOTA llltOXCIIO.
Yankee lllntte.
lie was llttlo , bo was wlckod , mid they fed
him with a stick ;
And tluiy took him out to water ny just brlns-
IIIK him tliecri-uk ;
And tliuy built a barn around him , nnd they
wroloupoii hoard :
"Hero's a koK of giant powder with a box of
matches stortMl , "
Slnj : hey , this little broncho owned by
Jones.
Once a follow came to rldo him vowed to ride
him tlion and there ;
Jones entreated , prayed and warned him , but
ho only wasted nlr.
IIo hud heard about this broncho and ho didn't
Kl vei : darn ;
Ho could ride him and ho'd do it so they look
him to HID barn ,
' i Sins hey , this llttlo broncho owned by
Jones.
They wont , and pot n windlass , and a hawser
from thn r.-uicli ,
And thnv hitched V mto ; the broncho In inm'i -
ner firm iind .stanch ;
Thou secured two tuumsof horses , made them
pull like very Nod ,
And they imllecf until they pulled that little
broncho through Ihnsliud ,
Sin ? hey , this llttlo broncho owned by-
Jon us.
Now.thls llttlo broncho would have boltedbut
tlioy ll.vo.d him very BOOH
IIo was bridled up by telegraph nnd saddled by
balloon ;
Then they shocked htm with a batt'ry , and
were nlilo , ns result ,
For to slmot , tliu rider on him with a kind of
catamilt ,
HlnC hey , this little broncho owned by
Jones.
Llko a horse of fitono ho stood there , to the
wonder of the crowd ,
And bu never moved a muscle and the people
thought him cowed ;
Dut with suddenness ho started and so quickly
moved Iho pilr :
Horse and rlilor that they seemed a whirling
shadow In the air ,
Sing hey , this Illtlo.broncho owned by
Jones.
In a trlcn the bronco vanished none knows
where unto this day ;
Hut they gutlmred no his rider on a hill , ten
miles away.
"Here's a ke of Riant powder with a box of
matches stored , "
They turned this legend over and they wrote
upon the board :
"Tills Is sacred to the mom'ry of a limn who
couldn't ride ;
He lonclind oITu box of matches , kindly sco
the olhor sldo.
Him ; boy , this llttlcibroncho owned by
Jo no * .
FUNDS ARE RUNNING SIIORlj
Why GrAnlto Mivy Not Bo Usad
Onmlw'g Federal Building.
CHEAP MATERIAL MAY BE REQUIRED
Sii | > frrl ! nc Architect O'ltourke , Sirli >
Considering tlip Moil ( it Kpxiltri < rf lilng | 1
fur IMiU Alone IliU l.lnivVlll II
Ooonliin 'Much llolnj'f '
WiSHIXOTOX nitllCAU OF Tlin llr.K , ) a
Mil I'Vt'UTr.KNrii ' KTIIKKT , > i
WASIIIXOTON. I ) , C. , Maya * 1 '
Senator Mandor.iou telegraphed Supcr 'li
Ing Architect O'llourko today that ho xvotili,1 ]
uotcomo \\'nshlngton to advtio with bin ,
In rcgnnl to bids on the Omaha building , bui
had alroidy wrlttou letter which will
rlvohoro tomorrow. Mr. O'Hotirko callo ? !
attention today to the wldo difference bfjj
twcon the different materials of construct !
In the bids submitted ,
The lowest gr.xnlto bid that of CIcddos' '
Socrlo & Co. of Denver is fcWI.lllX ) .
lowest bids on other materials r.ingo m thy
neighborhood of jtt0,000. ! For hurt Hodfor-
ono firm proposes the lowest bid,4 which , l !
$227.0iH ) , andunotlitu'of blue HciUonl$2iTUO : ( {
wltllo thcro Is still another for $ ' 230,000. Ii
view of the fact that thcro Is yet nvatlnbl'
only $ .Til,2H , of the appropriation , the super
vising architect Is considering seriously th\ .
offer for roiilvcrtlaomunt for bills and thn
construction-la cheaper material than gran"
Ito , V
Senator MandcMon's loiter will probabb. } '
aid In solving the problem ,
IVrmimil Mention. ? !
I'M ward A. Kreldlor ot Montana nnd
ex-soldlor , who has been chief of the prc' ' ,
cmptlon division of the land olllco sliioo JulM
14 , 18UO , and whoso resignation wns aceoptetf
recently , has been succeeded by Uaymouo" '
Flasuh of Uichmoud , liul , The salary of the ;
position is $2,000. l
Kx-Seerctary Noble has written to
friend in the Interior department that he ;
has no Intention of changing hid residence , '
from St. Ixniis to Oklahoma. It had bcon <
reported that the ex-secretary Intended ru- :
moving to Oklahoma uiul seeking election to ]
the United States senate when the territory
wns admitted.
John M. Burkes of Lincoln has applied for ,
the position of surveyor of the part. at1.
Omaha. O. I. Watorhouso ot Kldor-x , Ia. , >
wants to bo spoul.il agent ot the Treasury ]
department. I
* AVc.itorn IVnslons. :
The following pensions granted nro ro :
ported : :
Nebraska : Increase William Lnthropl
George KLrman. Uoissue Charles L. Ever ,
itt. Original widows , etc. Mary Jane Lav/V
rcnco , minor of John V. Closson. Orlglnol-Jj-
Amos Wostfall , Conrad llollonbeok. Inl , . '
crease HeubenV. . Huff. Heissuo Johr.v
Hastings. Original widows , etc. Ilannalft
Oreutt , Emily Wisboy. .
Iowa : .Incroaso I/.u'ayetto Hooves. Ro4 % >
issue Fernando C. IJaclc. Original widows ,
etc. Susan Richards , Tcmporauco Qulck.f. :
1'almer Uttor. father , Original Joseph A-j-
Craver. lleissno John Potts , James Ij , "
Canady. Original widows , oto. AnnU * '
Claver , mother , minor of George 1'iorco. 1-
Nc < r Xolirunkii J'ogt mils tori. if ,
The following fourth-class postmasters ; ' !
were appoiiuod in Nebniska today : Elm
Creek , Johnson county , J. W. Younguian ; X
Graf , Johnson county , George Holiout ; lioso-if
land. Adams County , W. Carter. "f
P. S. IL \
Army ORlonrii tar Inillitu Acont . }
WASIIINOTOX , D. C. , May 23. Upon the '
request of Secretary IIolco Smith the secretary -
tary of war has furnished the Interior de
partment with a list of army ofllccrs from
which ho recommends that selections bo
nuado for Indian agents. Secretary Smith
said today that in cases where the civil , '
agents were inpfHcient or for any ether
i-ojispn were unsatisfactory , they would lbo' '
displaced by army olllcers. It was his pur- <
po.so to plucu an army ofllcer in charge of ,
every aijency , except these where the
Indians were in an advanced state of clvlli- '
zation , and that within a reasonable time ho ' '
expected to have at least two-thirds of the
agencies under the control of army olllcers.
Will Make n rormonul Investigation. '
WASHINGTON , D. C. , May 22. Mr. Alfred j
do Claparedo , minister from Switzerland tov , ,
the Unltcrl States , loft Washington for Chi-j
cage this afternoon to Investigate the urrostl
of P. n. Nemltz , agent of the Swiss oxhlblt-,4
ors at the World's fair on the charga of sell-i
ing ,1 diamond brooch held in bond In tho'i
government customs olllcos. A dispatch was i
received by the minister from William Por-
rcnoud , Swiss commissioner to the World's )
fair , stating briefly the facts in the case and. t
giving notice that ho had dismissed No-/1
mliz. Mr. Claparedo decided that the tnat-j-
tor could bo better Investigated by himself )
in person , and ha therefore decided to go at ,
once to Chicago. ' ' i
Free Gold In the Tromury. -
WABIIINOTON , D. C , , May 23. The frorf ,
gold in the treasury , according to the troas I *
uror's book , Is $2-120OOp. 'J'his does not taki *
Into consideration tlio gold shipped fror '
Now York last'Saturday. When this Is sul >
traded , the gola ivsorvo of § 100,000,000 wllH
stilt remain intact , but the margin will by '
thin. The week opened today with lar f'1 *
receipts , and it Is probublo that thodo l.i
statement on Juno 1 will make a better o.-V
hibit than the May statement.
Manufiioturori u-i I
of Ulotlilua lu tlu
. Invited Out.
Don't send regrets. If you do you'll regret the
regrets. Our hand
some now store is
complete , and we
will celebrate the
event Wednesday
night by a public re
ception. * Ladies are
specially invited.
Handsome illustrated
World's fair portfolia
given to every visitor. Meanwhile we are doing
business in the handsomest and most convenient
store in the west. Special attention is asked to our
splendid furnishing stock. Summer underwear
we have in great abundance at prices from 50o a
garment up. Watch for our great suit sale which
begins Thursday morning.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
lorooLeu,0raa7t1u13lDZtm a-n ! S , W , Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts ,