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THE OMAHA DAlLt 1WE : SUNDAY , MAY 28 , 1893-TWENTY PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. E. nOSRWATRIt , Editor. I'UUMSHKD KVEKY MOUNINO. TRI1MS OF StinscUU'TlON. . . . . ( without Sunday ) Ono Year. . 1,8 { * ] Dally ami Sunday , Ono Year. . i t"JJ Bl * Months B > TlircoMfinllis . , 200 Sunday Ilpp.Ono Year f yI | Saturday lice , Ono Year } pti Weekly lice , Ono Year l 00 ornt'Es. Omaha , Tlio tlco Ilulldlng. Bouth Omaha , corner N and 20th Streets. Council llluliH , 12 IVnrl Street. ClilcairoOlllra. 317 Cliiimbcrof Commerce. Now York , Itooins 13 , 14 nnd IB , Tribune Building. Washington , 013 Fourteenth Street. COIlUESl'ONDENCIl All rotntiiunlcntlonv relating to news and editorial matter nhnuld bo addressed ! lo the Editor. HUSINHsa UCTTEIW. All business letters mill remittance" * Miould bo addressed toTliolloo Publishing Company , Omaha. Draftnchocks mid ixisUiftleoorders tolioinadopayahlolo the order of the com- I > ahy. Partlrsloavlng tlioclly for the slimmer can liavo the HKK snnt their address hy leaving nn order at this olllcu. THK BKB I'UUMSHINO COMPANY. 8WOIIN8TATKMKNT OF CHICULATION. State of ftobrasta , I Cour.tr of DOURliu , i Ocorcio il. Tutcliuck.aecrotfirr of THK HUB pub- Ilihtng company , Ooe nolomnlf woiir tntl the actual circulation of TIIK DAll.v IIKCfoctliB week cnflltiK-Mny 37 , 1803 , wn as follows : flundar. May 31 . S .040 Mondnr , Mar . 13AI * Tne.dB7.Mnr 23 . 2-I.71C1 Wcdnomlny , Mnr S . M-5 Thurodnr , .Mnf 85 . KM > I2 r. Mar 20. SatureUr , Mar UKO. ll. TSZCIIUCK , Sworn to before mo and nubicrlboil In mj presence - once this nth Jay of May , 18IU. N. I' . Hell- Notary 1'ubllo The Itcii In Tun DAILY and SUNDAY IIKK U on sate In Chicago at the following places : _ rainier housu. I Grand raclllc.liotol. If Aildllurluin hotHl. I Great Northern hotel , Ooro hotel. Li'Intid lintel. Wells 11. Sl/ur , 180 Htato street. Files of TIIK HKK can bo KPCTI at the Ne- braika bullillng andtlio Administration bulld- ing.Kxposllioii'uroutids. AvornRO Olrrtilntlon for April. 1H03 , 24UH1 IN Tin : Central Amoriotm republics they do not hold olcutions. They'Him - ply Inmiguntto u rovolutiou anil settle the choice of n , now president hy the gaiuro of battle. OMAHA will bo called upon to enter tain u great many visitors during the coming month mid Him will put hur best loot forward. The Stitto Uuainoss Moil's association comes first with HOO rcpro- sontitivcs , then the National Railway Surgeons association with 1,1100 mem- bora , and after that the state convention of. the Kpworth lengtio with at least 1,000 delegates. THE encouraging advices that come to THE BKH dally from General Van Wyck'a sick chamber afford the gratifying hope that the veteran soldier and eminent citizen may ultimately recover his wonted health and vigor. The general Voids u warm place in popular regard and the animosities engendered by par- tisan contention have given pluco to sympathy in the presence of his grievous affliction. As ILLUSTRATING the characteristic elasticity exhibited by enterprising communities in this country in recover ing from any great calamity the probent flourishing condition of Johnstown , Pa. . may bo cited. In May , 1890 , that town was almost wiped out of existence by the bursting of n reservoir. At the data of this upalling destruction it had a popu lation of 9,5)2. ! ) Upon the site now stands a city of 21,544 inhabitants. TnEUi : is n whole volume in ox-Secre tary Foster's explanation of his failure. "My failure simply illustrates the great folly of permitting one's self to be in 4obt beyond the reach of reasonably 4uick asbots when the hour of dilllcult borrowing comos. My business was largely done with borrowed money. " And yet the greatest enterprises that have boon undertaken by prudent and brainy business men have boon carried through on borrowed money. ACCOHDJNG to government accounts the recent battle between the Nicara- ffuan troops and revolutionists , which it had boon proclaimed by the latter would prove decisive , is of negative value. So iho riotous demonstrations promise to continue indefinitely. But so long as the canal property and other American Interests are respected by both Hides , an it Booms they thus far have been , it matters little wore the wrangle pro longed to the definite conclusion of the traditional Kilkenny cat light. IT WILL bo dillloult for the citizens of Omaha to excuse the dilatory tactics of the Board of Education in the mutter of the erection of the now school buildings. Nearly two years ago the tax-payers voted bonds to the amount of 8400,00fr for the erection of the much nocdod buildings. Although eighteen months hove olnpsod none of the buildings are well enough advanced to warrant the bjsliofnut they will bo ready for occupancy - ' cupancy next fall. In the meantime the interest on the bonds goes right along. WIIILK there have been no unusual 1 notes of preparation for the observance of Memorial day , which will recur next Tuesday , it is presumed that the usual activity prevails In Grand Army circles everywhere looking to its celebration , This holiday , olovntlng in Its character and bountiful in all its suggestions and associations , must never bo allowed to full into disregard , and there is hardly a possibility that it will bo Whllo there remains among the living a number of union veterans siilllolont to hold an ob servance of the day. CAPITAL is evidently beginning tot understand the nlgnillcanco of the popu lar hostility to tniiits. The unfruit ful iosults of tV the efforts of sev eral of these combines to bor row money last week so indicate. Stocks of these corporations , that u tow wooka agoworo "gilt-edged" receive now little or no consideration. . No ono can long vlolato u natural law with impun ity , and those trusts exist in violation iiof the natural law of tratio us surely an of the ethical cede and legal statutes. Tboir Imminent condition merely again illustrates the truth of the trite adage that the mills of the gods grind slowly > , but they grjnd exceedingly flno. John- bed U written on their cuartora their day has departed. TIIK VISITING IIUSINKSS MK.V. During the present wcok Onmlia will bo called upon to ontortaln Hourly three hundred representative business men from nil parts of Nebraska. Thcso gentlemen como hero as the guests of the eovornl business anil comtncrclitl organizations of the city , and they will , with characteristic Omaha hospitality , bo royally entertained. Ono hundred and twenty-five local branches In Ne braska will bo represented by Hvo , energetic business men. The delegates will bo hero three days , and will hold dally business sessions , at which Un elaborate program will bo discussed. \VhIlo the business "oaslons of the visitors may have but little Interest to thWi general public , the pcoplo of Omaha Wi titkoa lively Interest in the visit of th retail merchants. Tlio extension of thOi Omnha'ii hospitality at these annual gatherings i will undoubtedly have the to ; to strengthen the bonds of friendly ; relationship which already tinlto ; the retail merchants of Nebraska with the wholesalers and manufacturers of the metropolis. It is perfectly proper for the business men of Omaha to ex press the wish that the retail merchants of the state shall come to this city for their supplies. It is equally proper for Omaha wholesalers and manufacturers to try and demon strate ! to the business men of Nebraska til this city can supply their trade upon t < 3 equally advantageous with these offered by any other commercial center in the west. Consequently the annual gatherings of the State Business men's association in Omaha are to bo encour aged. The same courtesy r that Omaha extends - tends to the retail business men of Ne braska might with equal propriety bo extended to the business men of western Iowa , northern Kansas , eastern Colorado and Wyoming. Omaha is bound to be metropolis of the northwestern * group of states , and the day when she can practically ticully control the trade of this great scope of territory can bo materially hastened by cultivating friendly relations - tions with , the business men who arc dc- veloping it. A N 1311'Ktfll IA U DA XV Kit , That pauperism and crime are upan the increase in the civilized world gen erally , and in the United States espe cially , is the almost unanimous assertion of ! those who have investigated the facts. Henry M. Boies of Pennsylvania , u mem ber of the National Prison association and other bodies of like nature , has made : a special study of this matter , and the statistics ho cites are start ling in their import , especially as applicable to his own state. There are in Pennsylvania alone 440 chari , table , reformatory and penal institutions. The number of criminals in that state increased 54.i ( per cent faster-than the population within the last decade. The cost of the county jails increased 91 pel cent in the last ten years , or four times as fast as the population , and like insti tutions in relative proportion. Pennsyl vania has appropriated within the last sixty years for the support of its owi : asylums and reformatories the sum o : nearly $115,000.000. , Mr. Boies think * this significant fact repeated in New York , at lenst , and approximately ii some other states. Dr. Westol W. Willoughby , in a papei in the current nuinbar of The America ) Journal of Z'oWic.i , quotes the declara tion of Superintendent Brock way of the Klmini , N. Y. , reformatory : "It is con ceded that within the past two decades crime has more than doubled. " Ho then directs attention to the still more start ling exhibit that , among all thu civil ized nations , in the United States is the greatest increase of crime found. In IS.'iO the proportion ot prisoners in this country was 2)0 ! ) to each million of the population. In 1870 the proportion hud risen to 8.'lt ! ; to 1.109 in 1880 , and the census figures for 1890 show a still further increase. In the last decade the number of in mates of penitentiaries , jails and re formatories increased 15.U percent. The whole population increased only 25.5 per cent. This shows an increase of crime almost double that of the total population , and supports the claim of Superintendent Brockway , as applied to the last ton years. To cite further from the appalling record , relative census statistics and other ofli- clal reports show that while in 1850 the proportion of criminals in the United States to the total population was 1 to : i,500 , in 1891) ) it was 1 to 780.5 , an in crease of criminals of 415 per cent , as compared with the increase in popula tion of 170 per cent.Vithout taking ii into consideration the eleemosynary in stitutions for the honest indigent , some estimate of the enormous cost of sup porting the reformatories that this im- manse criminal population renders nec essary may bo made from the fact that in the United States there are fifty largo penitentiaries and over 17,000 county jails and numerous other like places of imprisonment. It Is calcu lated that $500,000,000 , would ho a low estimate of the cost of the erection alone of these institutions. Comparatively heavy also IH the b.ir- den imposed upon the country for the support of the pauper classes , a burden already intolerable and constantly in creasing. Its gravity is so milliuiontly recogul/.ed as to render an array of fuels and figures tinnocesiury to carry uonvlu- tion. In all the largo cities the ludi- gent class Is constantly increasing. Almost ilully come calls from some quarter for benevolent consideration. 10.n instance in point is a circular just re ceived from the bocrctary of the Sun Francisco unemployed. The declara tion of destitution and appeal for aid upon which It is founded is signed , it is claimed , under notarial bcul , by 11,000 , persons. The intemperate language In which It is , couched is illustrative of the growing tendencies of this class ton which recognition was so earnestly com mended at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in this city in May of last year. The address signed by all the bishops of that re ligious denomination declared : "Tho rapid accumulation of wealth In the hands of u few successful speculators , , the tendency to concentrate in u limited class of not always the most worthy , the grinding and soulless arrogance ol monopolies , working impoverishment to lie innRsos and oxtroino inequalities among the people without : ronpcot of norit , are not only prodttclng'dfthgorous and widespread discontent , but are ex iting hate and arousing tendencies vhlch will bo more and more difficult to repress , and which , If not arrested , will ireed riot and revolution. Thord Is lunger to the social and civil fabric. " It is not the province of this tirttclo to lotermino the causes that have led to this grave situation nor to suggest the omcdy therefor. All the schools of political economists and social ecion- , lsls are wrestling with the trcmondftus problems that confront them and striv ing to reach the conclusion. Tho. dog- nutic assurance of the San Francisco circular that the worst evil of all to n-odiico the destitution In that motropo- Is Is the "villainous system of'finances' s merely a reflex of the discontent and lute for the existing social and economic fabrlu and not that of Intelligent Investlj gallon. The practical solution of the tnporttint questions in which are in volved the temporal condition of the masses so as to ameliorate the lot of the irroutost number will be the absorbing tank of the thought , Intelligence and philosophy of the approaching century. THK I'HVl'OSKD HACK TO GII1C.H1O. \Vo do not know who is to bo credited with originating the Idea of a race from Chndron in this state to Chicago be tween cowboys mounted on bronchos , but if the purpose was to advertise Ne braska it is being well accomplished. Interast in the projected race is wide spread , though not nil of it Is of an ap proving character. Some persons are interesting themselves in the matter with a view to stopping the race , on the ground that it will bo barbarous , cruel , a disgrace to American civiliza tion , and so on. THK BKB is in receipt of a letter published elsewhere ' in this Issue , from the secre tary of the Aurora , 111. , Humane so ciety ' , who asks if the citizens of Ne braska are going "to tolerate this foul blot upon the fair fame of their admired and progressive state. " The writer of the letter pictures terrible suffering for the bronchos ridden in the we , and tlP promises that every effort will bo made to ! prevent the racers entering the state of Illinois. Wo have also received an appeal of George P. Angoll , president of the .American Humane Education so ciety and other similar organi zations , calling upon the news papers of the country to de nounce the race and upon humane 'societies to toke steps to prevent it. The subject was referred to last Sunday by Prof. Swing of Chicago in the course of his sermon , who characterized the plan of having the race as brutal. THK Bui : does not , propose to quarrel" with the persons who disapprove of the race or to cast the least doubt upon the sincerity of their convictions. This paper is ready to go as fur as anybody in condemnation of cruelty to dumb beasts. But wo desire to suggest to the persons who are agitating themselves over this matter that they are permitting their imagination to run away with their judgment. In the first place it is to bo remembered that * the broncho is the toughest member of the equine family , possessing greater powers of en durance than the mule and capable of making a journey of 700 miles without suffering half as much as other horses would. The bronchos that will bo used in the proposed race will undoubtedly bo selected with reference to their being In first-rate condition , will bo trained as far as practicable , and will not bo so worked on the journey as to wear them out before the goal is reached. It is obviously absurd to suppose that they will bo ridden from start to finish at full speed , since to do that would bo to insure the failure of the race. The cowboy riders will know just what the beasts they ride are capable of doing without exhausting themselves and they will not urge them beyond their ability. Besides , the bronchos will undoubtedly receive much bettor euro on the journey than they or dinarily do in the matter of feeding and other requirements for maintaining their strength and powers of endurance. A few of the contestants may not adopt the prudential methods necessary to en able thorn to got through the race , but most of thoin will do BO. The objection that the race is to bo made in the hot weather of the latter part of Juno amounts to nothing when it is undcr- stood that the broncho can do its best work in such weather. It belongs to hot climato. The contest , If it take pluco , will bo a unique ono , and we frankly confess out inability to see any valid reason for in terfering with it. Wlillo we uro In full sympathy with the sentiment which de mands the protection of dumb beasts from crnolty , wo can see no sufficient ground for applying that sentiment In this case. Consequently wo cannot join with those who are protesting against the proposed race. ANGIUNT AND MUD Kit ft IHllldATlOX , There are millions of seemingly barren and worthless lands yet remaining in the western country that may bo trim jformod into fertile Holds by the antithetic sys tems of drainage and irrigation. It out of these vast areas thus reclaimed that thenceforth farms are to ba cut am ] made to order. It is to irrigation thai popular attention Is at , this time moro especially directed. Irrigation In this country Is In its fn fancy. In u recent article Tim , BKI discussed the comprehensive scheme ; for the redemption of arid territory In southern California. The system is U Include the whole Sulton territory. 'The ' topic possesses wonderful fascination fet every thoughtful observer. It is not necessary to point to the 1m inonso populations that the fertile un dulating prairies and rich calcareoui plains in the temperate agricultura lutltudusof the central and western state uru capable of sustaining. This is seoi and clearly understood , Yet it is nose so generally known that not only can much more dense mass of humanity bo supported in luxury in regions where ii r rlgatlon is an absolute necessity , bu that history teaches that present barren western deserts once sustained millions of thriving people possessed of practical knowledge and skill in the artificial use of water for agricultural purposes. In portions of Colorado , Utah New Mexico and Arizona there may todaj bo i eon numerous wuffw of the extensive systems of Irrlg.Gwh constructed by a people In the posv K. remote that little can bo learned pthoiu oven by tra- dlon. That tho.w Ifleoplo possessed su perior cnglneorljpwiklll and knowledge is evidenced by t j character of tlie canals , aqueduct * and artificial reser voirs they built , dtflio courses of those ancient water cljinnols ( over the now arid plains mnyWw distinctly traced , They afford unmujukabla evidence that the system of irwbatlon by which the Immense human 'masses , which arcluu- ologleul discovering testify once existed here , was a * complete as that of the niost ingenious skill of modern engineer- iiif , ' . But it is known that the raising of crops by some form or other of artificial moisture was co-existent with prehis toric timed In other countries. In Asia , * 'ancient Egypt and various sections of the old world , and in South America ruins remain that testify to the efficient knowledge the ancients possessed in this respect. The methods ot Irrigation extant at the present time in-tho old world dwarf any achievement wo may have attained In this direction. In Egypt over $20- 000,000 , have been expended within the present century on the dams and adja cent ditch systems alone at the apex of the delta of the Nile. In India the British government lias expended over $100,000,000 during the last thirty years In various irrigation enterprises. It may bo remarked , too , that these enter prises huvo paid a good interest on the investment. In Italy over 2,000,000 , acres are under irrlgatio'n. The Cavotu' canal , just completed , cost $10,000- 000 , but it has made the valley of the Po a veritable garden. The en tire irrigation system of that country is estimated to have cost no less a sum Mian $200,000,000 , but the maintenance of this artificial water supply means the prosperity of that kingdom. In Franco , Spain , Austria and Belgium largo sums have also been expended to make lands , otherwise worthless , productive and fruitful. Crude and primitive as the irrigation methods of China and Japan are conceded to be , it is estimated that over 250,000,000 persons are sustained by them. In contrast with mature and magnifi cent systems the limited development the irrigating systems' of this country mve received is moro clearly under- tood. In fact Russia seems to be the uly country , wherlPthoro are vast ureas f territory dopc Jfent , for productive- icss on other mulsjuro than rainfall , hat has given us JjUlo attention to the ubjcct as has the tmitdd States. But ho czar is now pUiuuing extensive works or utilizing the rivers of his empire , vhich when coinpJojU ] will go far to re- novo the possibility of famine from the 'allure of crops ofFuucount of drouth. The amount of uwney involved in the itilton lake schcftie9 is said to bo over $2,000,000 , , and il' , ] ! not hazardous to rcdiet that it wills prove a profitable nvcstincnt. But there tiro1"onportu - iltiou for entorprisoiin this direction learer homethjui rAti ? .ona and Cali- ornm. It is a matter that interests the 'armors of Nebraska and adjacent states. As previously stated in these columns , .ho topographical features of the coun try point out tlio opportunity. The 'armors owe it to themselves , and cap italists to the state , to address them selves at once to a matter in which the interests and prosperity of the people are so closely involved. AT THK FAtri. The natives of Germany in the United States have a just right to feel proud of the interest which the Gorman govern ment and people have taken in the great Columbian exposition. Among the for eign exhibits that of Germany , it is the j universal testimony , is the finest. The fact that this is the case is duo , it seems , lurgoly to the interest of the emperor in the exposition. As the history of the matter - tor is now written , the manufacturers and merchants of Germany wore not at the outset disposed to look with favor upon the fair. Commercial reasons induced them to regard the enterprise with dis favor and their first impulse was to ig nore it altogether. Their argument was that there was little use making an exhibit here of goods against which a formidable tariff wall had boon erected , and while there were a few who wore not influenced by this fooling tno major ity wore , and for u time the prospect of Germany having any such exhibit as she was capable of making seemed very slim. slim.But But the emperor began to interest himself in the matter and from that mo ment there was a change. Germany had not appeared in the French exposi tion , and William determined that she should have no rivals in the American ' , and the Gorman empire should show its evidences of wealth , prosperity and ( grandeur , which she had declined to do in Paris. So it was that in May , 1891 , Germany declared strongly for the fair , and immediately other nations , thus In fluenced , enteredjjijlo the muttor. At the Phihulolphluicqxpositlon Germany hud 080 exhlbltorfemnd occupied 70,000 , square feet. At Chicago she has 0,200 , exhibitors , 2,400 foff the liberal arts and manufactures 'ibuilding alone , and occupies 500,000 , itjtjaro feet of space. She h'jnt 400 mechanics , artists and arti sans and labarorsjKfeplun , build , decor ate and Install , aiWT 220 duly appointed and authorized elli $ | ls to direct in all departments , Thooutlro appropriations of money for the purpose of the fair amount to nearly' ,000,000 , , almost $1- 000,000 , being appropriated by the Ger man governmontJahd , Prussia and other states contrlbutlil lho rest in special appropriations. J million dollars will hardly cover the value ot the German , exhibits , and the aggregate money value of the Gorman demonstration , transpor tation , salaries and all expenditures In cluded , Is put by the German commis sioner at nearly or quite $10,000,000. , The American people know how tots appreciate such friendly consideration as that manifested by Emperor William toward the exposition , the good effects of which wore not confined to Germany but extended to other countries in stim ulating them to irroater effort than they probably would otherwise have made. Thus wo are as a people Indebted to the Gorman emperor , not only for the splendid display mudo by Germany , bttl for much of the entire foreign exhibit , In thla mutter William manifested a broad , liberal , practical Intelligence altogether honorable to him. Tun proposition to secure to the Miss issippi valley a cheaper and moro direct freight route to the West Indies and South America is attracting the atten tion of commercial Interests. The plan ontbrnccs the establishment of a line of steamers from Ponsacola to Porto Hioo and Rio Janeiro and the other principal West Indian and cast South American ports. Advocates of the enterprise claim that the now route would effect a saving of 30 per cent in freight ratcc and four or live days In time of transportation. It is also urged In favor of the scheme that such u line would establish a good trade between the Mississippi and the cities named. The Louisville Board of Trade has already endorsed the scheme. The transportation committee ot the Chicago Board of Trade Is said to bo favorable to It , and Cincinnati , Indianapolis , Kansas City , Memphis , Nashville St. Louis and Omaha are to bo asked to endorse and perhaps aid financially In the move ment. The St. Louis Jlepublic in allu- slon lo the project says that "tho moral support of that city will probably bo granted , but the financial aid is not MO certain and will not bo until moro is known of the company's plans. % > This is precisely the sentiment of the business men of Omaha respecting the proposed now Pensacola lino. THU Wyoming newspapers think there is very little foundation for the report that polygamy is openly carried on in western Wyoming. Nevertheless the hope is expressed for the reputation of the state that the charges will bo In- vestlgated by the proper authorities , and if found true that something bo denote to nut a summary stop to the outrageous practices. It is known that the United States olllcials lntho _ state have on several occasions secured Indictments against violators of the law. The fact , too. that It is very dilllcult to secure evidence in such cases , is suggestive that there is ground for suspicion that the law is not strictly observed. It would seem as though vigilant and honest olll cials could secure its enforcement , and their failure to do so would prove that the Salt Lake journalist had just reason for his drastic1 censure. CAPTAIN KBLLAK'S very common sense and practical views respecting the utility of the army canteen , should con vince the preachers in the Presbyterian general assembly at Washington that they have denounced something they know nothing about. The March of Improvement. CMcnao Tribune. Since It 1ms been found ixisslblc to make pure maple sirup from corncobs some cheaper material tlmn corncobs must bu usott here after fur thu manufacture of pure cider vl n- ogar. _ A MliilHterlal Hull. Indiana jinlts Journal. The presiding olllcor of the Presbyterian General assembly , who used tlio phrase "at thisatuKo of the game , " undoubtedly had reference to u properly conducted buso ball contest. Mlislnunritft ituil Demagoguex. UnlvcKton Kctcs. While American missionaries are carrying to the Chinese lessons of Justice and mercy American demagogues arc giving to ilium refined but forcible lessons of American in justice and inhumanity. Kx-Scnutur Vim \Vyck. Fi'ew I'orfc Commercial. Ex-Unitod States Senator Van Wyclc , who lies ill at Nebraska City , was prominent In this state until twenty , years ago. Ho was born In I'oughkeepsio , WHS district attorney of Sullivan comity , repeatedly went to con gress from this state , and through valiant services in the war rose to bo a brigadier general. At the ago of 50 ho "went west , " only lo now honors , Including an election to the United States senate. Flnancint NxpolonaUm in Australlu. The live colonies of Australia have only : i,000,000 population , yet they have contrived to got credit In Great Britain in oneway and another for nearly $7iO,000,00 ! ( > , while Aus tralian banks got from British depositors on certificates of deposit bearing interest JoOO- 01)0,000 moro. The annual Interest on this British money could not have been less than $50,000,000 , which is a larger sum than 11,000- 000 people can pay. But Australia has rail roads , public buildings , telegraphs , etc. , to show for the British money , while the Brit ish investor has nothing but finely printed certlllcates of indebtedness. Trust * mill Tlilnvery. tVifnt.o Tribune If the Whisky trust has collapsed there ought to bo some way of reaching the fellows who have conducted the affair to this termination. They should not bo permitted to escape bv the simple process of disband- incut. As well might a gang of robbers bo allowed to go unpunished bccauso they broke up after tlmling It impossible ) to hold together any longer. To some of the mem bers of the combine the result will bo a punishment , but not punishment enough. They should bo taken in hand by the strong arm of the law , not from u vindictive spirit but from a sense of duty to society , which ought to bo protected from future raids of the kind hy proving that the way of the transgressor Is ultimately hard however prosperous ho ma.y seem during a portion of his career , rROt'1.1 ! -I.V TlllNdS. ( Georgia's proapectivo crop of ! )0,000 ) water melons will endear that state to our interior affections. A Chicago policeman essayed to shoot a dog. Ills foot obstructed his aim and re ceived the bullet. During the past four months permits for buildings to cost ,817,1J.J ! were issued in Washington , I ) . C. Colonel Charley Jones ami Colonel Phoebe Couzons have joined the ranks oi the Mis souri colonels out of a job , Ono result of the cruiser Now York's lively pace will bo to put 00,000 premium In thu pocKets of the Cramps. Ex-VIco President Morton , who Is talked of as republican candidate of Now York , is ( H , but as nctlvo as many raon of 50 , The discovery of a mammoth cave Ju Now Mexico loses much of Us timeliness because It cannot successfully compote with the governor of Oregon , In lier Chicago address Clara Morris said It wast not necessary for an emotional actress to coavcrtherself Into a human reservoir. Clara is considerate. Chicago abhors brlno on thu tide. Hollea Keller , the blind little prodigy from Boston , usked ono of the Justices of the supreme court Iu Washington If ho know a certain Boston lawyer , mill upon his replying la the 'negative retorted brightly ; "Why , are you not brothurs-lu-law } " A Kansas City editor has discovered the efllcary of soap und water and cordially in- vitea the residents to try It on. Should the advlco ba put in practice generally , towns to the southward ou the Missouri will be obliged to. fumigate the water. Doctors have a way of slilng up a man's pllonud billing nlm accordingly. For In stance the twu doctors who -attended John W. Maokay after Ho was shot sent In bills fortT.GOU and $5,000 respectively , or some thing llko $150 a visit. And yet bomu peoulu roar because $5 goua on the doctor's call , 1.1 cit.innin. Genoa Loader : Wlmtorcrtho result , the evidence shows n RTOM ncpllgom-o on llio part ofnccutcd officials which ono would hnnllv expect to find in business transaction * of strictly honest men. Blair Pilot : UcgrtrJIcss of the verdict of the supreme court In the Impeachment cnsca , enough hni been proven to effectually Impeach the accused oftlclaU In the estima tion of the general public. Tnolr political doom Is denied In this stnto whether the court convicts ornciilts. | Draml Island Independent : The old rail road paper , the Lincoln .loiirnal , lins also ROIIO Into the prophecy business , predicting the nccjulttal of Its friends , , the Impeached state ofilccrs , by public opinion. In ix long article full of assertions , vdthotit any ovl- donee , and without logical force , that paper praises the Innocence of these men who nl lowed all the robberies without Interfering with the frauds. Auburn Granger : Already the people have learned that not only something is rotten ' In Denmark , but that the whole shooting match Is batlly decomposed. In borrowed language the Orangor will remark that If the state ofllciah are to bo acquitted and allowed to go on unchecked us hereto fore , then wo are without , miy real safe guard , and n government by , for and of the people Is a failure. airfield Tribune : The course pursued by Tim OMAHA BF.I : In Its efforts to unearth the frauds connected with the management of tno state institutions nnd to brlnir the guilty parties to justice Is commendable. In fact , THK BUB has ulways been found waging ro- Icutlsss warfare on fraud anil corruption In high places. The fact that It may have- defended - fended ( thcso same ofllclals before the whole truth ! was linown docs not militate against i Its present commendable position. Sowarit Rights : Each day brings ono stop nearer the tlmo when the people will know whether or not these men wiio have been using the unices of high trust , to which they have been elected by the votes of the state , to enrich themselves or their friends shall bo punished. That they are guilty of the grossest kind of negligence , if not actual thett , no ono for an Instant doubts , but they have very serious doubts as to the probability of their receiving any uunlshmont. It Is generally thought that some loophole will Yw found through which they will make good their escape and avoid the punishment to which their acts moro than entitle them and for which in small fraction oven a private citi zen would bo summarily dealt with. Until wo have read the ultimatum of the court wo will continue to hope that full and complete Justice may bo dono. Grand Island Independent : When Mr. Humphrey appeared In the impeachment case as witness In his own behalf , ho did not accomplish much good for himself , as ho show pretty clearly that the overwork ox- eusu is a llimsy pretext. Ho gave a number of largo tlguros representing the arduous work ho had to do ; that during his two years' term ho had to keep 7"i,000 ledger accounts , had to give iW.OOO forfeiture notices , to make out 10,000 leases and so on , besides attending to all the other work of super intending the administration of the public institutions In which the frauds occurred that caused the impeachment. But In the cross- examination ho had to admit that not much of this apparently extensive work was done by him , that ho had three clerks and ono as sistant clerk who did the main part of this work and that ho only signed most of these papers. Most all of these papers are blanks which are lllled out by clerks , and the sign ing of from fifteen to twenty louses and llftv forfeiture notices per day can bo easily ac complished in from twenty to thirty minutes , oven if allowing plenty of tlmo for this work. This shows that the big llgurcs do not amount to much and are arrayed only to blind tUo hearers of such testimony. SRCVLAK SHOTS AT THK Globo-Democrat : Presbyterian clergy men who denounce Dr. Briggs from their pulpits are taking a course that is particu larly calculated to prejudice the public mind in his favor. Now York Recorder : The awful charge is uiade against Archbishop Sutolli by some aristocratic Jersey priests that ho is not by birth a ' "nobleman. " The twelve apostles , it will bo remembered , wcro in .tho same plight. Pioneer-Press : There is nothing in par ticular amiss in the suggestion that if our missionaries are deported from China they can 11 ml plenty to do in the home field , where the field is not only white for the Harvest , but reu and black and several intermediate shades. Indianapolis Journal : That eloquent preacher who made a plea for Chinese Immi gration Sunday , based upon the text , "God hath made of ono blood all nations of men to dwell upon the face of the earth , " seemed not to have noticed the rest of the sentence , namelv , "and hath determined the bounds of their habitation. " Now York Advertiser : The churches are apparently almost unanimous in their pur pose to drive visitors and workinpmon In Chicago into the gin mills and devil's dives of that thriving city on Sundays during the World's fair. It is strange they cannot see that this is the legitimate result of their opposition to Sunday opening. Chicago Herald : Dr. Talmaco's awful threat that if the debt of his church was not Immediately paid ho would resign and move to Chicago , caused an opening of pocketbooks - etbooks in Brooklyn nnd Now York which resulted in the payment of every obligation and the announcement by the doctor that ho woula remain. Some other New York and Brooklyn preachers whoso flocks are behind In their dues might use the Chicago hogio man to advantage in the same way. The drift Chicago ward is now so pronounced that an easterner will give up his boots to stop oven ono man. ' co.vicwr YnnkoMStAtPAmnn ! A tonnutorofton low his bark bonnl. J o docs a boarding hoin kropor , Inter OCPAIII MM ! Tonelioy would tnftV } Jii't tlin trlfo for omostrii Rlln doctor. Wlij * Mio Is nlwnys giving oomo ono flti. Uochpstor Democrat : When a lover throw lUswpotliofirta klos he ISRonotMlj In tli- Itxsttlirocsof parting. Atlanta Constitution : Now comes the tnti who. when life onds. will | 7 nnd boll ant M w | of whom they'll ask nn lie itcscomls"U' : hot rnoitRli for you ? " lliKTiilo Courier : While a great many thing uro entirely UHTomit from wiat limy licoiii , - n rule the > hen goes as slio lays , riilladelphlaltecorel : An uptown youth l'f non a firm holUn or In dreams. Tlioothnriileh tc liu dreamed of n coiillagrntlon , iintl the nox day his employer "flrpd" him. - - - , - , - , J lold'a W nshlngloiit May -How wolili ° you ko tills world If thuro wore no men In ltotr llrlln lliuroN Just ono thing that wimli tiinko It ontliirahle wo wouldn't bo bothorcico with ehapurons. Somcrylllo Journal : The favorite wrap fo * small girls , according to u funhlon note , Is * reefer Jacket of inn ornnvy blua wool. Tit. . ii" orltn wrap for larger girls Is a coal hicevtt adriiuatoly ( filed. . < llmyrnlng , KJIIR ft Co.'n Monthly ! llnrry- I wiMit to M O Mlnnlu's father ycsterOay. ( harley What passed between youf in Harry Ills foot. Puck ! Missionary 1 have come , my bo * "Jghtedbrothor , to lend your people to a bctl , Native ( Jot no tlmo now. ICIng taking amwl ti < ur photographs , iiiu-cn trying on crhioilij' and people all learning to ride bicycles , Hot tor try the next village. Deliiilt I'ne Vrtm. Down by the quaint old wooden barn She stood that sweet June day : She caught my eye , In passing by , As nhu trilled her merry lay. I called to her In gentle tones Shu trilled Imr merry lay : And when 1 drew soinu nearer to Her , quick shu ran away. Down by the quaint old wooden barn I MIO It now us tliun , And clour today I hoar the lay Of another speckled hen. JIJAT FJIO31 PARIS. European KMtun Sc\o \ York HcraUi 1- rou A i.iTTt.R nun , . Tea rose bcngallno with white luco collar and cuffs and black silk stockings. I < ow cut patent leather shoes. THE WORLD-FAMED NEW YORK. LONDON. Will deliver his Introductory lecture on OR HIS NEW ART OF -AT- EXPOSITION HALUr r- MONDAY , MAY 29. f Afternoon at 3. Evening at 8. 1 HHKKTICKICTS nml TIckAtn'or Ihu coursenl .V rharltoii Minis Co. , I'M IoJKo mruut. or V. M , A. llaumi. Inntructlim cla cuur.u ut Y. M. C. A. Mny al t. Juno 1st unit 2d. Afturnoon nt J , a 18. DOWNING , KING' Jt COL Largest ManufnoturerR and Retailers of Clollilng In the West. Astonishment Was depicted on the countenances of all our visitors the past week not only on account of our mag nificent new quarters , but also the great variety of new goods never shown before. The weavers of the cloth con tained in our suits have not allowed any poor material to bo used in their make , and wo have made them up as well as tailors can do the work. Wo specially call your attention to the line of $10 suits that our tailors have made up to make an extra good im pression during our opening week There are many other choice suits in both the boys' and men's department that it will pay youto see. We can fit you with the latest style hat at half of hatters' prices. BROWNING , KING & CO. , nztlll Ml j S. W , COf , 16tll dud DOUSES StS ,