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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1893)
a IKWKWATKII , KVEIIV MOKXINO. THUMB OJ' 8U1ISCUIPTION. . . Hoe ( without PumUy > Ona Year. 18 00 Jiallv nil Huntlay , Ono Voar . 10 JHJ Six Months . , . f > 00 Tlireo. Months . . . . , . . , . M SCO Sunilny llvp , Onn War . 300 Pfttiiririy llm , Otip Yciir . . } oo Weekly lice , Olio Ycnr . . . . . 100 ornons. Omnli.i.Tlio lice lltilldlntfi South Oninlm , rorncr N und 20th Streets. Council lllulTM , 12 I'onrl Mrci'l- ClilciiffoOnira , ni7 Chamber of Coinmorcn , Nrw York , Hootiis 13 , 14 mid 1& , Trlbun * IltllhlltlK. \Vn hlngton , fi3 COltUKHl'ONDKNCR. All rntmnunlcnllons rrlutliix to new * and f dltorlil matter should bu n < ldrot od : lo the Keillor. IIUSINTPS I.ETTKUS. All bushiest Irllcru and roinUiiinces should IienildrptsiMl loThn lire L'liullihlnr Company. Omiilm. liNifin , < : ln'ck ntul iKMtortleeorduri to ho nindo payable to the order of tlio com pany. 1'nrt IPS loivlns tlic city for the summer cin linvu Ilio ItrUMMit tliclr address by leaving nn order nt tills olllcc. TUB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. MVOHN BI'ATICJlK.vr Of CIIICUI.AT10N. Elite of Noliriukft , I rour.tr of lloiiidM , I ( ! < ort0 II. iFrchuck , iccrotnrj of Tnr. llr.Kpub- Ililitnv ootnpntir , clnu notemolr nwenr that tlio otunlrtrculnttDn or'I HE IJAir.r nr.i ; ror tba week enillnu Mnr 20,16UI , wat in follows ! Vunclnr. Mnr H M055 ft Monrtnr. Mar IA 2.16J ftRf Tlienlar. Mar III " KW Wrdnomtnr , Mar 17 > 21,730 Rf Ihurprtnr , ilnr 18 * ' .U Trldar. Mr IV. " .I'M ' B lurc1nr , Mnr 20 3' . J cro. 11. TszniticK. Bworn lo before mo nmt subicrlbed In my pros- nco tlilalOth dar ol Slur. IB'/J. N. 1 * . Kit It. . Nolarr lHhllo Airrnno Circulation lor A ) > rll , 181KJ , 84,2Ht THE Iowa State Bunkers' association Is in Hussion nt Council Bluffs. It might bo a good idea to invite thorn across the rlvor for a few hours and tthow them a . progressive western metropolis. * * EASTEHN railway systems , notably the Pennsylvania and Lake Shore lines , wjll Bctul every uno of their employes for a two week's Vbcation at tlio World's fair. n. The example mlplit ho followed with profit hy western lines. EVERY prominent citizen- Omaha Ihoitld protest against "tho proposed change in the specifications for the now postolllco building. The substitution of sandstone for.granlto would cticiipon the building in cost and appearance and should not bo permitted. IT WILT * bo a great day for Omaha and South Omaha when the Hock Island com pletes tlio connection of its Nebraska lines with the lines which already tup the great cattle regions in Texas. There is a gratifying prospect that this work will bo commenced early this summer nnd pushed rapidly to completion. THE Interior department at Washing ton has finally consented to allow the Burlington system to cross the Crow Indian reservation. This will enable the , company to build to a junction with the Northern Pacific at Billings , Mont. , and thus bring one of the greatest live stock regions in the west within shipping reach of the Omaha markets. - . , * s . AS INDICATIN ? ! the disastrous .Ifosulw that invariably ensue from uncertainty as to the cconomio policy of the jgovorn- nicnt , the capitalists who wore contem plating the establishment of an extensive sugar plant in central Wyoming have decided not to make an investment until It is known what action will ho taken by the new congress in regard to the bounty act. DOUGLAS county is ono of the few counties in the United States which has appropriated a largo sum of money for the permanent improvement of country roads , and her efforts in this direction will bo watched with interest by people all over the country. Consequently , the men In charge of the work should make no mistake by countenancing the use of poor material. Tun people of the Black Hills coun try nrq congratulating themselves on the bright outlook in that section. The mining resources show increased nnd more substantial development than over before , and in all the leading towns of the Hills notable buildings and valuable r improvements are In progress. Immi gration Is flooding the country and capi tal is also coming In. Surely the pros- poet is an encouraging ono for this enterprising - " terprising and intelligent section of the vest. CAPTAIN WILLIAM II. HAMNEB of the Twentieth United Statoa infantry , who lias boon made major and , paymaster in the-army , was a sergeant of artillery with General Robert AntJorson at Fort gumptor when the first gun of the rebel lion was fired. At the elope of the war ho was appointed to a lieutenancy in the army and his recent promotion It Is said lias been made strictly rn his merits. Hois now stationed at Fort Asslnlboino. A private soldier in the regular army in IBM and thlrty-soven years thereafter a major in the much coveted position of paymaster shows that though promotion in the milltiiry may bo slow there is re ward for faithful and meritorious ser vices. THIS stookmon In Wyoming , Idaho , Montana and the Dakotaa had no sooner discovered , and congratulated thorn- selves thereon , that the cattle on the rungos were in hotter condition and the louses leas heavy than they had been led to suppose , than the railroads stopped in and nipped their expectations of ' profitable returns from their unexpected good fortune. The lines in the Western Freight association and those entering those range cattle districts liavu ad vanced rates on live stock from $2 to $10 per car , Accordingly the rates from Sheridan , Wyo. , on the B. & M. rail road ; Miles City and Forsyth on the v Ngrthorn Pacific ; Wolf Point , Mont. , on the Great Northern ; Whltowood , N. D. , on the Fremont , Ellihorn & Missouri Valley , and Douglas , Wyo. , on the same road are- nil adjusted on the same basis , 8105 to Chicago for thirty-foot cars. The rates on other cars from the uumo point are fixed on doforcntials. Thus It turns that whatever Industry may for the time become prosperous1 its ro- jnuuorutlvo gain must pay tribute to those corporations. run CHOP coxmrtoxs The government report of the crop conditions for May indicate * that the yield of wheat will bo loss than the av erage for the years of 1880 and 1890. Thorn "corns to ho no reasons to doubt that , however favorable the conditions may bo horcaftor , during the season there will IKS a reduced yield. Winter wheat has boon irreparably injured , nnd although the crop of spring wheat should be up to the average it will not make up for this loss. At the same time the foreign reports regarding wheat ore very unfavorable. Much of the wheat of AJgcrla and other parts of North Africa have been destroyed by drouth and the reports are unfavorable from wldo Eu ropean areas. All this points to a more than ordinarily largo demand upon the United Stales for wheat , and it Is an In- torestlng question whether wo will bo in position to meet it. According to a comprehensive study of the situation made by the New York & , with full average crops at homo the imparting countries this year will need to supplement their domestic sup- pi ics by the importation of some 308,000,000 bushels , "and hereafter such Importations , when home crops are not above the average , must bo augmented by the entire - tire requirements of such additions as may bo made to the populations of the importing nations. " Wheat production is decreasing in such countries , as a whole , says the iS'un , and whatever the additions to the annual requirements may be , they must bo mot by Increased imports. An increase of 10,000,000 to 11,000,000 bushels year by year is the estimate for the increasing population , and the question is , Whence can bo drawn the supplies to moot the demand ? The present aggregate requirements of Europe exceed 1,400,000,000 , bushels. This is 2'iO,000,000 less than is required for European consump tion. The annual increase to the European demand is 14,000,000 bushels. The resources of European coun tries for agricultural production are practically exhausted , so that those countries nv.nt continue to depend upon tlio supplies of other con tinents. The probability is that there will bo less for the year 18M than the average , not only for the reason that the crops are likely to bo below the average , but also because domestic requirements are growing in oven greater ratio than are those of Europe. It is an interest ing fact that the only wheat areas which have Increased during re cent years uro in the Balkan states and Argentina , and this has not been more than sufficient to offset the re duction in area in western Europe. Tak ing the world as a whole there appears to have been during the last five years no gain in wheat production , and so far as the United States is concerned it appears that the area under wheat is less than ten years agOj while domestic requirements are increasing annually by the measure of the needs of the 1,500,000 new people yearly added , "and em power to export broudstulls Is vanish ing quite as rapidly as the popu lation augments , and perhaps a little more rapidly , for the per capita rate of consumption advances as does the ratio of whites to the eorn-oating black population of the southern plantations. " With an average yield per acre , saya the New York Situ , and the area devototl to wheat growing remaining undiminished - ishod , wo can produoo about 455.000,000 bushels. "Of this we require about 378- , 000,000 bushels for iiso as bread , seed , and in the arts , at a rate of consumption no greater than obtained during the "period 1880-1S90 ; so that the exports of the season , in the event of an average crop , would bo about 70,500,000 bushels , plus such reserve stocks , above the average reserves of recent years , as may exist. " Accepting these calculations as sound , they suggest that American wheat growers may reasonably look for bettor prices for their grain. WHAT IttlilOATlUrf HAS DONE , According to the last census report about 4,000,000 acres of land had been reclaimed by irrigation , nnd doubtless this statement was too small. A writer in ono of the leading magazines who has evidently given a great deal of attention to this subject estimates that the irri gated areas under ditch in the arid regions is in round numbers over 17- 000,000 acres , or 20,840 square miles , of which about 12,000,000 , acres are cultivated by irrigntors. There is a considerable disparity in those figures , but there is reason to believe that the census sta tistics are wrong , as everybody at all fa miliar with the progress of irrigation will ho disposed to readily bollove. In fact , It Is probable that the magu/.ino writer has not included in his statement all the lands that are now subjected to irrigation. But making the largest allowance for the arid area already reclaimed it con stitutes but a very insignificant part of the vast region ? that must ultimately bo brought under irrigation in order to make It productive. If the census fig ures bo accepted , Io3t than one-half of 1 per cent of the entire arid urea has boon retained. If the ether state ment bo more nearly oDrroat , the percentage - contago is still loss than 1 per cent , Taking out much of the arid region that is mountainous or othurwiso unfitted for agricultural purpose oven with irriga tion and there still remains u vast region which if ever brought under cultivation and made to serve the pur poses of mankind , will bo capable of sub sisting a population larger than that of the country at present. It is beyond question , if the boat scientific opin ion bo accepted , that two-thirds of the arid region can bo re claimed , and it is a well oatabllshod fact that irrigated lands are the most valuable. According to the census re port the value which Irrigation gives to land is ever $ SO an acre. In California the average U estimated at 91r0t and in Borne section * evun JilghoiThu 'value of the irrigation systems already estab lish od and in successful operation is stupendous. In all , it is state a , about 930,000,000 has been spent In reclaiming land that was almost worthless heloro , and is now valued at 82)0,000,003 , or more than eight times the east of the investment in Irrigation. Wo recently noted a moat important now enterprise in this direction Under taken In southern California by a syndi cate composed principally of eastern capitalists and which inrolvei the reclamation of between 1,000,000 nnd 2,000,000 acres of land , with the proba bility that the schema will bo extended to embrace arid lands In northern Mexico and in Colorado. Investment in irriga tion has'provcd profitable in the past nnd there is no reason why it shall not con tinue to do so. The reclamation of the arid region must bo the work of private enterprise. That Booms beyond lucstion. This will require a much longer time for its consummation , per haps , than if it wore undertaken by the general government , but of its ultimate tccompllshmont thcro can bo no doubt. There Is reason to believe that in the not far ( utura this will prove to bo ono of the most attractive of enterprises for the investment of private capital AN The jobbers of Omaha have for years complained of the discrimination which taxes them G cents per hundred pounds on shipments across the Council Bluffs bridge to points in Iowa , but their com plaints have always fallen upon heedless cars. The Commercial club has decided to take up this grievance and endeavor to have the evil corrected. The now organization could not have selected a bettor starting point , nnd if its efforts nro successful the club will have justified the good judgment of its founders. Under the present unjust arrange ment , the Omaha jobber who fills an order to bo shipped to an Iowa point is compelled to pay a toll of 5 cents per hundred to get his goods ever the rlvor. On the ether hand , the Council Bluffs jobber may ship his goods across the river Into Nebraska points without being required to pay this toll. The unjustness - justness of the arrangement Is ap parent. The Council Bluffs jobber Is permitted to do business in Nebraska at the Omaha rate , while the Omaha job- tor must pay a tribute of 5 cents per hundred in order to do business in Iowa. The importance of the matter will hardly be realized by those who have not kept themselves fully posted as to the magnitude of the bhipmonts from Omaha to western Iowa points. At the meeting of the executive committee of the Commercial club yester day It was stated that the agri cultural implement houses of Omaha alone did $12,000,000 worth of businesslast year , but that If the pres ent discrimination is continued the busi ness would have to bo moved to the other side of the river. Again , new whole sale houses wishing to enter the Ne braska and Iowa field will bo quick to see that they can conduct their business from the Iowa side of the river to a much greater advantage and the con tinuation of the present rule is likely to prove detrimental to the future growth of the jobbing interests of Omaha. Every influence which has a tendency to retard the commercial growth of Omaha must bo discovered and removed. Healthy commercial activity is imp'os- slblo when surrounded by unreasonable restrictions. The Commercial club Is on * the right track and now 'that it has taken hold of the work in earnest it should not cease its efforts until every trade restriction is removed from the patli of Omaha's advancement. A siatriric.iXT PHOTES ? . The unfortunate agitation of the Sun day closing question at the World's fair is likely to assume a serious aspect. The workingmr < n of Chicago who a' o denied admittance to the fair on the only day they are permitted to rest frcm the monotony of daily toll , propose to hold a monster demonstration next Sun day to protest against the closing of the gates. They \ \ ill then march to Jack son park 75,000 strong and demand ad mittance in the name of labor. Such an assemblage would in all probability swoop aside the flimsy barriers and spread out ever the precincts of. "tho White city like an angry , irresistible flood. After all , it is the workingmen who have made the great fair what it is. From the , day that the first spadeful of earth was turned In Jackson park until the moment that President Cleveland icalled the completed exposition into life , the hand of labor moved unceasingly to accomplish the wonder at which the whole world today stands in admiration and amazement , Day and night for more than throe years the skill of the craftsman has boon exorcised , his in genuity taxed and his endurance stretched to the uttermost to accomplish what in any other nation on the earth would bo deemed the impossible. The mind which conceived the glories of the fair would have been powerless without the hand to execute. The great exposition stands today as the gift of labor to civilization. And now that the triumph of labor stands complete , the men who wrought this wonder of the closing century are debarred from the enjoyment of its beauty and the bo no lit of its instruction by a mistaken edict inspired by an al most inconceivable spirit of bigotry. It is not at all strange that the workingmen - men of Chicago should raise their voices In earnest and indignant protest. Tins adoption of a resolution by the general synod of the Reformed Presby terian church making it incumbent' on all Its members to withhold their pat ronage from the World's fair if opened on Sundays , is an application of the boy cott in a quarter least to have boon oxpootod. It will bo likely to have about us much olToet on the progress of thu great exposition , however , aa will another resolution , adopted by the tame body , determining that no church funds bo hereafter in vested in stocks which cause unneces sary work on Sunday , ' 'such at railroad securities , " have on the railroads. THE Interior department has decided on September 13 as the date for opening the Cherokee strip , but this may ho changed by circumstances not now foreseen. A number of knotty problems is still confronting the depart ment , chief among which is. some of the provisions of the net of the prosout con- groAs relating to this territory. It Is ututod that after much deliberation tun ofltclnl * of the doprfffhioht have satisfied themselves that thorols nothing in the net which rcndori'tmj homestead laws Inoperative and 0 { it consequently those laws wlU . nnpply in full force in the mattdr of the occu pying of the now lands. Another thing said to havo" Wen determined is that there is praclfpaMy no way of pre venting n rush. "Although the secre tary of the Interior sqino time ago de clared that the tactics which marked the occupation of the Oklahoma lands would not be allow.A when the Cherokee strip was oponcdj-'if 'rtow appears that the officials of tftb1 Department have abandoned this iiW > " nnd that in all probability the people who want lands In the strip will have to race for them as In times post. In that event very active and lively scram ble may IKJ expected. It is the intention of the department , howcvoiy to throw strong safeguards around sotl'iurs who actually design to umld homes for themselves , and to pro tect such persons from others who go Infer for the mere purpose of speculation. Further than tills tho.dopartment . is not disposed to hold Itself responsible. A RECENT census bulletin respecting the results of irrigation in the west af fords some interesting facts as to the practicability , progress and utility of bringing the sterile soil of this country Into profitable agricultural use through the moans of artificial moisture. Of the estimated 542,000,000 acres roolatmablo arid lands , only 3,031,381 , had boon re deemed from barrenness when the ron- sus was takon. Over one-half of this was in tha states of California and Colorado rado , the great bulk of the remainder was In the Rocky mountain states and only Gti.OOo acres in the Dakota ? , Ne braska , Kansas and Texas. The value of the land thus reclaimed , estimating that in the latter named states at $31.40 per acre and that in California at 8150 per aero , or an average for the whole area of $33.23 per acre , Is about $94,011- 000. The total cpat of bringing the desert thus under cultivation was $29- 011,000. The average first cost of bring ing water to the arid land was $8.15 per acre , and the annual coat in maintaining the irrigating channels $ 1.07 per acre. When It Is remembered that before being irrigated that portion of arid territory now rich with , fertile fields was utterly worthless , it is readily seen how prolitablo becomes irrigation enterprise. The figures show also Jthat but a modicum of such lands capable of redemption have thus far baen brought under water , so tHlft irrigation in this country is still in itg/ineipionco. / However , with the completion1 of the extensive ir rigation systems , n 'Colorado , Arizona nnd Washington already described in THE Br.E the total df'rec'laimed land will double the present 'fjgurps. ' Those enter prises will bo materially .advanced and a portion of them db'mpWod ' during the present season. It iymnd not prove dif ficult to find many t&ctions in Nebraska and adjoining' stat63wij ! ro opportunity affords for similar profitable investment. THE NiCAKAauAj * revolution , though ' not large , is forinidabi'o-and persistent enough. The decisive" battle so long pending Booms to''Havo ' been at lost fought , and If the accounts received are correct , the government has suffered the disastrous rout predicted. The presi dent of the republic is on the western coast prepared for flight , and the gov ernment is demoralized. The troops en gaged in the battle near Masaya did not number ever 2,500 , on cither side. In fact , the number of revolutionists en gaged is given at 1,500 , but the govern ment troops suffered largely , while the revolutionists escaped almost without injury , being protected by entrench ments. A dispatch sent on the eve of the battle , by one ofjtho revolutionary leaders to Washngton , gave assurance that the American public need have no fears about American interest ; that the revolutionists would protect every right. It may nowba expected that Bonilla , the head of the revolutionary party , will succeed Sosoca as president of the re public. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SEVEUAL years ago the great cattle kings of Nebraska and Kansas broke up their big cattle herds and sought more un broken ranges , whore they would not bo disturbed by the great flow of immigra tion. And now , in turn , those vast herds are again disappearing. In South Dakota , Montana and Wyoming the in flux of settlers is becoming so great and the desirable ranch locations all ever tlio ranges are being so rapidly taken up that the big cattle outfits are being fast disposed of , and soon the small cattle men and farmers will have complete possession of the ranges oven now re maining. Montana hau hitherto been a paradise for those cattlentDn , but the rapid increase of population has en croached upon the cow counties , and they , too , are being cleared for the ranchers. It will bo only a short time when the famous , immense western herds will bo n thing of the past , al though the aggregate of cattle raised will doubtless bo as largo and of a far superior quality. TrcuUln ? tliHaVo 1'utli. John Sherman la noHnio of the advisers of the present uumlulstrntlrm ' , but it is curryIng - Ing out his well knowu'-vlows In a way that entitles him to considerable credit , TliU Ilai H r.ocul Application , O dun tl Fin mer anil Lnbnrer , The man vrho ImiA'iniji that his success depends ujxm pulling sotrto ono else down makes a mistaku that uoarly always results fatally to himself. Hti will win by the exhi bition of his own merits , uot by forovur pointing out the defects of others , Demnrrdtla Crom 1'iirpoiei. JtOiitivHle Courier-Journal , Among the dcmocr.Uio sen-ators und repre sentatives , scattered between Din an3 Bccrshleba , ho who travels a milo uu hour is apt to find the way barred of everything ex cept cross-purposes uncl shallow nothings , varied hero and there by the coward's pica that wo must bo exceeding careful lost wo tread on somebody's toes. i A I1 'it Up Job. Kcliriulfi Otty Ktiei , The Lincoln pap srs with their character istic adneronco to .republican onlclaU are having a great deal to say about the testi mony of the export architects In their estl- mates of the cost of building the cell house at the penitentiary. According to the pa pers the architects who tesllllod for the state know nothing whatever or what they wcro talking ai > out. but the two who esti mated within (71 of each ether were uro- fevMonnU In Ihotr business. The testimony of the dofcnso smacks too much of A put \ip Job. In the InnguARO of Colonel Shnko * spcaro , "My Imi , mothinka thou dost pro test too loudly. " llenchlnjj for Kxtnrtlonori. Chicago tnlcr OCMII. Under the now statolnw of Now York a man who takes part In n combine or trust Is liable to a fine of f50,000 or Imprisonment for ono year , or both. People will eventually reach nil such extortions. They nro un- American nnd must go. Llvo nnd lot llvo is the American maxim. The Income Tux I.lno. An Income tax will bo denied And dis claimed n good ninny times to come ; but if the democrats rdOuco the tariff there Is no other course open but to tax Incomes or tax ar. As congressmen got $5,000 n yonr. It will probably su-lko most of thorn that this is Just abjjut whore the Into ought to bo drawn. Line * of ( Ircut Itofurtn. Minneapolis Tribune , Wo have It upon such excellent democratic authority ns the Philadelphia Record that the "restoration of the duties on sugar and coffee bolontrs ns essentially to the program of tariff reform as the removal of those duties belongs to protection. " A great truth succinctly expressed , but somehow U has not obtained wiuo currency in the democratic press of the west. Umlellled .TelTcroonlnn Simplicity. Keie York Tribune , The most frugal and mattor-okfact govern ment of Europe Is probably ttuttof Bulgaria , which , when the national legislature docs uot happen to bo in session , Is in the habit of hiring out the parliamentary chamber for theatrical entertainments. Tlio national representatives are mostly farmers in n small way , and they nro very regular In their attendance , slnco If they are not on hand to answer thn roll call , they forfeit their dally stipend of $3. Nebraska Mutt Kuconnt o Her Own. Ntbraika Cttu 1'ras. The manufacturers and consumers expo sition at Omaha is something that dcsorvcs encouragement of every Nobraskan. It be longs to the state alone , and Is for the state nnd its material welfare. That is why It is so important. It represents the plotiecr mnnufncturincr enterprises of a young state nnd is an energetic effort to show to the world the nigh position Nebraska will cro long obtain. ITroo I.nbor thn Man 1'roiluctlvo. -ffew Oilcans Times. The truth is that cheap , aorvllo , Ignorant labor la never the best. It may build UP an aristocracy and create a race of rich land owners , ns It did in Jamaica untl the south in unto bellum days , but it docs uot enrich the country ; and Ignorant labor is never the best or thu moat productive. AVe nro raising more cotton today than wo over could in the days of slavery , ahd wo are ob taining batter results per acre in both cane and cotton. Corn llr.'iid Abroad. There is more encouragement in the ad ditional facts reported by Colonel Murphy. U appears that the Hoyal Board of Health of Germany , after a chomlcal examination , reported that American corn was the cereal needed to cheapen the army food supply , and American millrights rcK > rt that they have sent into many European countries the proper machinery for roducintr the grain of the maize to meal. The rye crop of Ger many will bo short this year nnd It is ex pected that poopla who hnvo looked on the matzo meal with hostility will bo tempted to try It and thus become familiar with its morlts. There Is some ground for encouragement for the American farmer in all this. If Europeans caa bo brought to appreciate the value of maize as a human food product our exports will come nearer to paying for our imports. _ War and the World * * Fair. JIarp'r'a WitMy , As the first great World's fair hold in London in 1831 was shortly afterwards fol lowed by the Crimean war , so some of its successors have had moro or less great wars closely on their heels , if the World's fairs did not bring on those wars they certainly did not prevent them. But Our Columbian celebration presented one spectacle which is probably without precedent , and should beef of good augury. Many of these who wit nessed the frrcat parade of sailors and marines on the streets of Now York on April 27 may not have Been mindful of the fact that they saw something that perhaps had never happened within the memory of the present generation , and would not bo possible anywhere else in the world ; sailors und soldiers of ten different nations , with arms in their hands , united in ono festive array Englishmen , Russians , Germans nnd Frenchmen belonging to the armed forces of rival powers that may , as is thought , at any moment como to blows among themselves peaceably marching with muskets on their .shoulders and swords nt their sides behind ono another in ono column. It was a spectacle emblematic of the position of this great American republic among the nations of the earth the great peace power of the world embracing ' in its hospitality the great war powers of the world for a celebration of human progress and mutual good-will. lloston Courier : A conundrum may bo called mucilaginous when It's u stlclccr. New Orleans Picayune : It Is nil plain sail- In for the poor girl when the jaunty little sailor huts are In fashion. Now York Times : When a young lady gets jiti Idou Into her lioud thutHhulx us hiindsumo an a picture , Isn't It about time nliu wua tulccu down ? Philadelphia Krcorrt : The diamond cutter's triulo iilrurds proof that It takes hard work to achieve brilliant results. Somervlllo Journal : The man who never iniiilu a mlstaliO In his lift ) liit'iiks his record when he begins tolling any ono about It. Detroit Proo Press : Jillat Penstock I am polngovor to I'arls this year to HCO If I cannot gut Homuthlng decent to wear. Miss IMnkcrly Vou have never been thcro bufore.havoyou ? Cleveland Plain Douler : "I shall ntato thu whole case In u Nuntonco , " as the Jud 'u said when he arraigned tlio prisoner. Philadelphia Times : Whatever It may provo ultimately , up to data tlio Unary luw Imsn't proved much of a Clilneao laundry chock. Judsn : She Ibii't your father a very dlgnl- , fled man ? Hi. Very. Why , ho wouldn't lot mo touch him for a hundred dollars. Now York Bun : "Plain drunk ? " queried the macliitrutu , . . . . "No. your honor , " replied the policeman who hid hroiiKht In the case. "Ornamented nlth delirium trlminln'N , your honor. " Lowell Courier : The Uhlnoso problem wor ries Prualclunt ( Jluveland. Why doesn't ho titlk with tbu ( 'lilnumen about It ? Any ouuof thoui could glvo him u ijueuo. DOJIl'.STIO JAItS. Kit/lias CtlU Journal. "An , yes. " aid Wup. " 'tis very sad To ttuo those newly wed Mixed up In family Jars before Thu honeymoon him Hod. I knew a pnlr whoso lives were wrecked Thlsjyuy bayoiid a doubt ; They nmnlud up In u balloon And had u falling out. " FlaY0rin Extracts MATIIRALFRUIT FLAVORS. Vanilla Of perfect purity- Lemon Of great strength- Grange Economy In their us * . R030 , l . Flavor a delicately and dellcloutly * the freth fruit MiflfMS/f.4 - \n .1 York people are petitioning for ftn uptown telegraph ofllco. A number of York people have chartered n sleeping car and will start for the World's fair Juno 5. Blackleg has carried off a number of steers belonging to Knoi Adanison , near Bayartl. Cheyenne county. Mrs. Caroline Smith of Mubboll , aged 70 years , died ns the result of liver trouble with which she had been aflllcted for five years. Mrs. KtiiA Hare , an aged Pawnee City lady , fell down a cellar way and struck on her head , -receiving Injuries which may prove fatal. Mrs. Peter Marsh , ono of the pioneers of Vvalioo. was found dead In bed. She had been stricken with paralysis during the night and had peacefully passed away In her sleep. Charles Wilbur , alias Charles Hughes , who escaped from Jail nt Madison but was recaptured , has offered to plead guilty to forgery If the ofllclals will only send him to the jwn and thus save him the horror of n summer's stay In the Madison county bas- tile. tile.Tho The 4-yoar-ohl son of William Delhi of Superior , whllo looking for his plaything under the cook stove ; chanced to knock down n leg , and the steve tilted to ouo sulo , emptying a kettle of hot water on the Ilttlo follow. Ills death resulted lu a few hours. The state association of German Congre gational churches Is lu session nt Crete. Some of the prominent men from abroad at tending the con volition are : Superintendent M. E. Eversr , D.D. , of Chlcatro. Superin tendent J. I > . Stewart , Pastor F. Buchort of Omaha , Pastor William Sucss of Hcrndon , Kan. , and others. People who cannot go to the World's fairer or who want to post up on It before going , will bo given ono of the best opportunities to see and hear all about the big show at the Crete Chautauqua. Lorsdo Toft , sculp tor for the Horticultural building of the fair , has been engaged to deliver two Illustrated lectures on the exposition. His views are wonderful , and his Interpretations delight ful , tor these who cannot attend the expo sition they are Invaluable , whllo for those who can nttcnd , they are the best possible preparation for going and review on return ing. KlitrS FOlt TUN Altai ! * . U t at dinner lu * the Hnculnr Service ui Announced \ostcrur. ! WASHINGTON' , D. C. , May 04. [ Special Tel egram to Tun BEE. ] The following army orders were issued today : Leave of absence for llftcen days , to tarfo effect upon the closing of the recruiting ren dezvous at Wheeling , W. Va. . is granted Captain Christian C. Hewitt , Nineteenth In fantry , recruiting ofllcor. So much of special orders as directs First Lieutenant Keuben B. Turner , Sixth in fantry , upon the completion of his duties at Fort Barrancas , Flu , to return to Newport , Ky. , and resume his duties as constructing quartermaster at Fort Thomas is revoked , and ho will proceed instead to Mount Vernon Barracks , Ala. , and under the di rection of the quartermaster general will take charge of the construction of a sewer and water supply sj stem and house drain age at the post , taking station at Mount Vornon. Upon the completion of this duty Lieutenant Turner will return to Newport nnd resume his duties as construction quartermaster at Fort Thomas. Assignments to duty of ofllcors of the medical department recently appointed nro ordered as follows : First Lieutenant Alex ander N. Stark , assistant surgeon , will proceed - coed from Norfolk , Va. , and report to the commanding ofllcer at Fort Monroe , Va. ; First Lieutenant John S. Kulp , assistant surgeon , will proceed from Wlllcoabarro. Pa. , and report to the commanding ofllcer Colum bus Barracks , O. ; First Lieutenant Edward L. Muuson , assistant surgeon , will pro ceed from Now Haven. Conn. , and report to the commanding ofllcer nt Jefferson Borrocks , Mo. , First Lieutenant Charles E. B. Flagg , assistant surgeon , will proceed from Indianapolis , Ind. , and report in person to the commanding ofllcor at the presidio of San Francisco , Cal. , First Lieutenant Charles Lynch , assistant surgeon wil1 pro ceed from Syracudti , N. Y. , nnd report in person to the commanding ofllccr at Fort Omaha , Nob. nv direction of the secretary of war , Cap tain Samuel M. Swigort , Second cavalry , is detailed ns a niombor of the examining board convoincd n Fort Leavcnworth , Kan. , March 10 , vice Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. M. young , Fourth cavalry , hereby relieved. Lieutenant Colonel Young will roturu to his proper station. iroaiExii'y ri.nn VUNUKESS. Interesting Papers Kend J y Notable Xo\v - L'npcr Workers , CHICAGO , 111. , May 21. One of the most interesting of the series of the Women's Press congresses , owing to the fact that It brought together n number of woman doing lines of journalistic work usually done by men , began nt 10 o'clock this morning. The presiding ofllcer Is Martha Howe Davidson of Chicago , a thoroughly posted writer on architecture. Mrs. Ida Tims Klockcr of In dependence , la. , who Is an authority on trotters , who has reported every race on the famous kite-shaped track at Independence , read a paper on "Women as Haco Unport- ers. " Miss Cornelia T. Crosby of Maine , better known to lovers of angling under her press name , "Fly Ilod , " and one of the most expert anglers In country , road a piper on "Woman as nn Au thority on Trouting. " Other papers road showing woman in unusual lines of work for her woro' a * follows ; "Women ns Uvulno' i Managers of n Now ppr , " by Barbara 1 ' Oalpln of MaMnchuscm ; "Woman ns - 1 Washington Correspondent , " by Mrs. Uut.cl Kunlmil Gardiner , the llrst woman ndmttti to the press gallery of the house of rcptf scntntlves , nnd Mrs. Kmlly-U Shorwoni also read n paper on "Women ns Congrcti atonal Uoportcrs. " Papers also were roht by the veteran "Jenny June1' ' on "Kditorlml nnd Department Work , " and others. KlfMfftfM IM.Vr.l SHVir , , j Thry rmlorno Ituolinnan of lown for A\ ftlMnitt ScrreUry of Agrlcultnr * . ) r Wwms-orox HUIIKAU or TIIR HUB , ) fit ! ! KotWTKKMit STIIRRT , Yii WASIIISOTOX , D. C. , May 24. ) i Several candidates for the assistant so * . rotnryshlp of agriculture have appcarti' [ upon the scene within the past fo\r days. Vji 1. Buchanan of Iowa is an applicant and hiBi the endorsement of the farmers t farmers' organizations of the west , at > great pressure Is being exerted In his boh.il Buchanan Is a warm personal friend of Go' > oinor Boles nnd Is warmly endorsed not onf' by the governor , but others proii.Incnt { " Iowa's newly found democracy. Maryland I * putting forth a oandldnto for the position ll the person of Owen Norrls. Mr. Norrls v strontrly backed lor the Dlnco by Sonatu. Gibson , nnd has the unanimous cndorsomct of the outlro Mar ' ! lml delegation. AVonlerti I'onidom. The following pensions granted are ported : . Nebraska : Original John M. Smlt Increase Benjamin F. Showaltcr. HoL' 1 sue Andrew M. Smith. Original WIdoV > c | etc. Jane Smith. Iowa : Original Benjicl miu I. Jones , Ell Frazlcr , Herman llousqucm Charles S. Mlnney. Increase Stcphc. * Kobeson , Henry Knmborllmr , William < vi Kccd. Hclssuo Ezra Cronkloton , Marson. Helssuo nnd Increase A. Hmlojoj James W. .larboo. Original Widows , oto.fi J Adalllno Hall , Mary Park , minors of JatnA M. Bock. ' I'crtoiinl Mention. J. F. Pral was today appointed postma'C tor at Morse Bluff , Saunders cuonty , Kir braska. i ' Secretary Morton today appointed W. r" III11 of Nebraska to uu nn assistant InsiincUr,1 In the bureau of animal Industry at fl,4U > pur annum. Q Miss Anna Guorko has been appointed ab assistant mlcroscoplst at South Omaha , t , fake effect Juno 1. P. S. H. V , < ir/micr THUJT _ _ _ _ _ * c Thor Load to nit Iiivottlirjtldii of llllnoK * Attorney ( li > n ral. ' * SritiNURiRU ) , 111. , May 24. The nttorno" general was called upon this morning to oi4 plain to a legislative investigating commlttcf why ho began suit against the Whisky true' at n time when such action would have 1 bearish ofTcct on the stock market , and upo * what information or authority ho began suet suit. The committee aUo asked the attornoi , general for inlormatlon as to whfs furnished the money to onablohlm toomploYj } such eminent legal assistance us Judg V Moran and Mr. Mayer of Chicago to wagi war on the trust. But Maloney Hough ) refuge behind his olllcl.il position nnd do ; cllncd 10 answer the inquiries of the com' mlttco , despite broad insinuations frol qucntly made that his suit against the trust was a part of a stock Jobbing scheme to bow otlt certain speculators. TulklilR Over thn Situation. PKOKU , 111. , May 31. The Whisky directors are In secret session. President Grccnhut was seen shortly after the session opened , but could glvo no idea of what action would likely bo taken. The whole matter of the recent developments wlUba gone over , und preparations made to light the withdrawals. Ailvnnnm ! un the Stock Kxchnnge. NBW YOIIK , May 3-1. There were gooil supporting orders in Whisky trust stock at tlio opening of the Stock oxclrango this morning , und after declining * as' to 15jS it rallied to lli" , In splto of the withdrawal ol tha Monarch distillery. Later thcro was an adtatico to 17. - ' * * DUiiRtrpiiK 'nrnr } Forest J'lren. MOUNT JldM.v , N. 1. , May 3-1. Forest flroi are raging in the vlcl ity of Mayford. Grout cranberry and cedar swamps and thousand of acres of timber II..YS burned. The inhubf Hants of the pineries are Hoeing for safety , The loss so fur Is § 200,000. Short Breath Chest Pains j Palpitation , weak and Bora lungs , pleurisy , coughsi I colds , asthma and bron- k chills relieved in ONK ' MINUTE by the CtmcuRA f ANTI.PAIN PI.ASTKK , thai first end only instantaneous pain-killin& l strengthening plaster. For weak , painful kld jtj neys , back ache , uterine pain * nnd wealcnes.tj It is simply wonderful. It vitalites the nervoui forces , and hence is unrivalled for ncrvoui pains , weakness , numbness , nnd paralysis. ? BcyonJ question the surest , safest , sweetest ana best plaster in the world. Price : > sc ; five , $1.00. AtalldrugflitiorbynuUtl POTTKK DHUO AMU ClIBM , CORP. . UoiCOD. ,1 % arso3t Manufacturers und Hotullora of UlotUluB In tboYosU " 0 , what a night ! " Everybody was there and not one of them , we are sure , went home in such a condition as hero depicted. The picture has nothing1 to do with the reception it is only used because we had no ether except a picture of Co lumbus , and that would n't do , you know. It was a great night , though , and everybody enjoyed themselves and admired those $10 suits that go on sale today. These suits were made especially for our opening week , and you may rely on them being - ing a little extra. The following was handed in during1 the reception by one of the guests : Dour nrownliif ? & Klnir , If you only just know , How p itleut wa're waited for yju to not through : With your nolao and your plaster , your nulls and your hoei , Wheru wo toro all our dro e und itubbed all our toi. You'd Klvo ui sucli Ijnrtfulru un never before , Were Uiouiht of. In uny UKUAIIU ; storu Oroat , wo know , linn boon thu oxuonio aud d uUy , Hut it will repay you In ninny u wuy. For In all of our memory , we OHM not reaall Buoh a beautiful change from a hole In the wall. BROWNING , KING & CO. , StS ,