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TIIK D.MI.V and HIINIHV HKK Is on sale In
Chicago at the following places !
I'almor house. '
( Irani ! Pact lie hotel.
Auditorium hotel ,
Uicat Northern hotel ,
( 'ore hotel.
Lelund hotel.
Wells II. Hirer , IB ! ) Slate street.
riles of TIIK IlKtl can bo seen at the Ne-
hra kahulldlnK and the Administration bulld-
Inc , Kvposltlon itrounds.
Avcriipro Clrruhitlon tor.\prll , IHIKI , U-I'JH1
Tun foport thnt editors wore to take
back seats in the w iy of fudornl uppoint-
incnts scctns to have been without
foundation to judge/ from numerous re
cent selections.
THE crop outlook in the northwest
was never better is the encouraging testimony -
timony of the newspapers of that section -
tion , and indications are that Nebraska's
corn crop will exceed the famous yield
of 'HI.
NKWS coino.4 from Chadron thnt the
cowboy race to the World's fair lias
boon declared olT. The "humnnitnr-
inns" who have boon protesting so fussily
over the project will now probably bo
nblo to sleep nights.
Tun St. Louis" lifpublic imagines that
Congressman Bryan of Nebraska will
make , n formidable candidate for speaker
in the next congress. A contest between
the udminislration and u Nebraska free
silver democrat would bo a lively one.
, . TiiE'Michigan legislature has passed
a law compelling railroad companies to |
give all state ofllcials free passes. In I
Nebraska the railroads have alwayn
found it-profitable to give state ofrlcJnlp
free pnsses , nnd they lia\c never jjiji.3'tb
wait for a law ) plthor. | , .
THEKB seems to bo a Yair prospect for'
a speedy adjustment of the difference
between the Omaha jobbers and the
Union Pacific over Ihc 5-cent bridge dif
ferential. It is only a matter of surprise
that the discrimination againsl the
Omaha jobbers was not removed long
ago.
THE now bids for state printing will
bo opened today. It .is safe to presume
that the ring will not bo in it again , but
if thoro.aro . evidences of another com
bination to mulct the stale treasury the
Slalo Printing board must do its duty
and reject all bids as It did before when
THE BKU exposed the conspiracy.
WHAT the Iowa
republican state con
vention will do this year in relation to
prohibition is the question now agitating
the party. Tlio Sioux City Journal ,
whoso owner , Congressman George D.
Perkins wrote the strong prohibition
platform in 1801 , has como out editorially
for repeal , and there seems no doubt
that the next legislature will repeal the
law , whether it is democratic or not.
THAT is a gratifying assurance tolo-
igraphod by TUB BEK'S Wall street cor
respondent that as BOOH as United States
.district attorneys uro appointed in Now
York , New Jersey and Now England ,
aggressive action against the trusts that
will amount to something may bo ox-
. pooled from the administration. It is to
bo hoped it will prove moro substantial
than a word of promibo to the oar to bo
broken to the hope.
THE whisky trust is beginning to real
ize that it made a serious mistake in
attempting to bulldoze the Illinois at
torney general. Mr. Maloney says that
ho will have no trouble in showing in
the action ho has brought against the
combine that it is violating the inten
tion the state had in incorporating it.
This should prove enough to force its
dissolution and the same principle may
bo applied to every trust in the country.
COLONEL.lorn * T. Cmsi > , who twenty
years ago shared with Colonel Stillson
Hu toll Ins the ephemeral honors of dem
ocratic editorship in St. Louis , nnd who
now occupies the exalted position of
fish commissioner , is u rival against
that other eminent Missourlan , Colonel
II. J. LaUhaw , for possession of the
gubernatorial baton of Alaska. An ap
parently authoritative Washington ills-
iwtch Bays , however , that it is to bo
doubted either of these distinguished
democratic aspiiants will bo chosen ,
AGAIN the project of recasting the
Jioundary lines of Oregon , Washington
und Idaho is revived. The proposition
IB to make the Cusoado mountains the
line of division HO us to throw the west
ern sections of Oregon nnd Washington
Into ono tttnto and the eastern sections
of the two , with part o'r the whole of
Idaho , into another. But as it proved
impracticable to accomplish this when
Washington and Idaho wore territories
there is loss probability of doing no uow
that they have become states.
TUB 1MVKAGIIMKNT HE StTfl-
TAINKD1
It has boon n marked feature of Ne
braska journalism for yonrs thnt I must
Ira singled nut nnd in ado the mtbjcct of
calumny and misrepresentation whenever -
over the position taken by Tun UKB
tends to discommode political combines
and dislodge boodlora und jobbers , The
habitual course so long pursued by co-
temporaries that have subsisted
upon | drippings from the politi
cal pot and contributions from
supply contractors has boon sad-
liorcd to fllnco the legislature Iwctan
. .
the investigation that ended in tlio Im
peachment of members of the State
Board of Public Lands und Buildings.
Instead of discussing the issues involved ,
in the impeachment trlalon their merits
there has been a persistent effort to
impress upon the people the idea that
the impeachment was a malicious
persecution inspired by myself without
any other object in view than to craato
a sensation and smirch men who would
not do my bidding. This ingenious lie-
lion has been exploded effectually
just ns has the falsehood that the
impeachment hud been hatched in
a star chamber without giving the
accused olllcers a chance to explain
their misconduct. The Icslimunv on
.
trial has shown that each of the Ac
cused hud boon culled before the inves
tigating committee anil had ample op
portunity to clear his skirts.
I have been firmly convinced since the
disclosures wore made by the legisla
ture that the state house has boon a
hotbed of corruption.
The legislature has only skimmed the
surface. The impeachment was voted
only a few days before adjournment ,
after its paid term hnd expired. Enough
has leaked out since the legislature ! adjourned
.
journed to add forty articles of impeach
ment.
I am convinced there have been frauds
committed in the leasing of educational
lauds und in the leasing of Saline lands.
Tiio fact that the state was buying fur
. niture , carpets , stationery , and oven
lumber from u ring drug house shows
what methods have been in vogue under
the present board.
And now because Tun Bun has neon
, .
fit to assort that the supreme court
had no grounds for taking exceptions
to ' the closing remarks of Mr. Lambort-
t's
son"in , declaring "that for the purposes
of this trial the court was a political
body and not a judicial tribunal , " 1 am
arraigned as an ignoramus and a would-
be dictator. While it is true that my
law 1 knowledge was not gotten in a law
school or lawyer's oflico , I feel myself
competent to discuss the principles
underlying impeachment witli anybody
who has given the subject serious con
sideration. In support of tholiosltinn
taken by THE Bin : I , am content
to t qito Judge Story , who declares that ,
"Impcitcltnient iit u prorec < ling purely of u
yolitiml imtiirc. It in nol .so muck dc-
biyncd to pnnixh thy offcnler : us to . ecwc
the state ayuinst yrois official m'sle-
( ? ) ifior.s. ( ) Jt touches neither his person , nor
Iris pmperty , but simply diverts him of his
political capacity. "
In his great speech on the trial of An
drew Johnson , Charles Sumner , who was
perhaps only second as a lawyer to
Charles H. Gero and G. M. Hitchcock ,
said : "Tho character of impeachment
is a political proceeding with political
purposes and subject to a political judg
ment only. Even in cases of trousoai and
bribery the judgment is political | and
nothing moro. "
So much on this score. Prom-my
standpoint this is not merely a trial of
men charged with misdemeanors in
olllco , but a very severe test of the abil
ity of the people to enforce fidelity , in
tegrity nnd vigilance on the part of their
servants. It is not merely a trial of thr.eo
republican olllcials charged with mis
conduct and criminal negligence , but it
1-3 a trial of the republican party of Ne
braska. Primarily the party is Justly
responsible for the conduct of these otll-
clals. If the party falls to purge Itself
of the blot placed upon it by the bcaiulul-
oilbly loose methods pursued in thaatate
1j
house the party will bo plowed under
Ihla year and for several years to come.
Right here let me also oxpruas the
hope that the report now current ; that
the court will rolnstalo Iho impeached
oflicials with a reprimand is bnsolews. sdA
reprimand would make the supreme court
supremely ridiculous. A court of 1m-
peaohmont is not convoked to reprimand
ollleials charged with ida.
misdemeanors.
Thobo ofllclals were reprimanded
when Iho scathing report of the investi 1-
gating committee was adopled by 110
house. But the legislature , ropresonl-
Ing the in tholr tc
people sovereign capac
ity , decreed by an almost unanimous
vote Unit they bo Impeached anil tried
for misconduct The legislature by Its
vote to Impeach virtually declared that
in its judgment a. reprimand would
have no graver effect than pouring
water on a duuk's back.
AH to the charge that I am trenching
upon my prerogative as an editor and
attempting to dictate to the supreme
court , I simply scorn the imputation , I
claim the privilege as the editor of a
political pajwr to discuss u political trial
thut must bo far-reaohing Jn its olTeots
upon public morals and political cloatl-
nlos. When Twoedimn wus raaipunljn
Now York Iho Times which then was a
republican paper joined hands with
dem -
ocratic otllcluls to break up tlio robbers' '
ring. The light begun with an laivestl-
gallon was fought to a finish. There
vms no let-up when Tweed and his pal
were Indicted. There wn no attempt tex
x > fog tlio people nnd talk of malicious
persecution when Tweed fc Co , wore on
trial. There was no lot-up until Tweed hnd
l > cen put into a convict's parb and his
ring had boon all smashed into frag
ments. Wna any Chicago editor ar
raigned for violating court ethics when
the anarchists were on trial ? They did
not cease hammering away at the jury
nnd the court In behalf of good govern
ment until after the law had been vindi
cated. Those trials involved the lives
and the individual liberty of the ac-
cusei ! . They wore in no sense political.
And yet the men who wielded their pens
for good government were not subjected
to nmiso nnd hold up ns dictators.
Regarding impeachment ns Iho most
effective weapon to stainout ] ) boodlcrlsm
1 have supported the movement to depose
the slalo ofllcors whom I do not regard
ns worthy to remain custodians of public
properly and public funds. I am for
deposing them because as a citizen of
Nebraska I desire to see the state
wronclfcd from the grasp of reckless nnd
faithless jmblio servants , nnd I am for
deposing them bocnuso I desire to see
the party redeemed through n republican
court from the stain and reproach which
these ofllcials liavo cast upon It. In my
opinion a verdict of acquittal would bo
a serious blow to public morals. It
would bo hailed as a proclamation of
amnesty to dishonest ofllcials. It would
encourage Mosherism and Dorganism in
every county court house , in every town
cunucll and In every school board.
E. RosnWATEK.
HllEACll IX TIIK OltAA'I ) AUM\\
The charter of Noah L. Farnum post ,
Grand Army of the Republic , in Now
York , has been annulled by the depart
ment commander , Joseph P. Clcary , and
his action confirmed by Commanaer-in-
Chicf Weissort and an order has been
issued disbanding It. The cause alleged
for this nummary proceeding is con
tempt of the laws of the order and lliut
Iho post through its commander sent a
series of resolutions direct to posts with
out the approval of the department com
mander and national headquarters ; in
that it criticised the legislative power
of the country in passing laws which !
sland in the statutes of the United
Stales and should bo respected until re
pealed , and for condemning the sworn
olllcors of the government who&o duty it
is lo execute the laws.
The pith of the resolutions in qneslion
declare that , "Iho only veterans entitled
to pensions arc those who , by wounds or
disabilities incurred in thq service .of
their country , arc prevented from earn
ing a living in their respective callings ,
as they might have done had such wounds
or disabilities not been incurred , and
whose circumstances are such ns to
justify them in calling on the country
for aid and support. " Any old soldier
who applies for or accepts n pension , ox-
.cept under the conditions nbovo'sct forth ,
'
is'dcclarcd to bo , in the opinion of the
post , "guilty of conduct-calculated to
injure the gopjf men who werei and are
willing to givo'thclr lives for their coun
try without any regard save1 the np-
provul of their own consciences und that
honorable fume lhat is due to every
patriot. "
The authority under which the depart
ment commander and eoinmnudor-ln-
chief acted is contained in a resolution
adopted at the national encampment at
Minneapolis on Juno 25 , 1884 , which re
quires that all petitions , resolutions nnd
memorials by posts in regard to pension
logislalion bo forwarded to national
through department headquarters , and
thai posls bo forbidden to make separate
and Independent applications to congress
for legislation upon the subject of pen
sions.
Farnum Post and its commander , John
J. Finn , frankly admit the truth of the
charges and .specifications and Iherofor
it is clear thut the authorities are
legally justified in rescinding its charter.
The post did , when its attention was
called to the violation of this law , express -
press ignorance of the resolution , but
aggravated and justified the offenses by
subsequent discussion. It would seem ,
in view of this , that there was no other
expedient fortlio oIllcialB than to act as
they have done.
Yet the breach thus made will bo
used to attempt a general disruption of
the order , Already efforts are making
for concerted action with this end in
view. In the Juno number of the Forum ,
Allen R. Foote of the District of Colum
bia , familiar to the public us a writer on
Grand Army nnd pension affairs , makes
a move in this direction. Ho calls
upon every member of a Grand
Army of the Republic post to
lake the stulemonts and resolutions ,
and , nflor giving duo notice of his inten
tion , to otter them for adoption in his
post or army society. This is in utter
defiance of the rules governing the or
der , as just decided , und can bo con
strued ns nuught else than un effort to
foment open rebellion.
Leave out of question the motives
thnt actuated Farnum post and the com
rades and others who approve its action ,
Concede that they uro animated by a
desire to aid in swooping" away the
abuses that encircle the pension laws ,
und lo preserve the good imnio und un
blemished fume of the whole Grand
Army. Bo silent as to the propriety of
the method adoplod , it is yet the duly of
every member of Iho order to recognize
the possibility that the system of its ad
ministration may have made the body a
tool in the hands of cunning politicians
and dishonest pension agents. If such
is found to have boon the cuso honorable
veterans will address themselves to
purging the grand old army of the evils
thut have befallen it rather than to
iconoclustically pull down und doblroy.
That such u resolution as thut udopled
ut the Minneapolis encampment could
have been admitted is suggestive of an
attempt to limit the control of pension
legislation to the administration of the
body , which may or may not huvo been
a wise and disinterested effort. But the
interpretation that it will bear , and
which is given by the Now York Btato
department commander , approved by
Colonel Wolflsont , Justifies the criticism
thnt it Is nn ndtnlMtoil" of spirit thnt
forbids freedom of iijfswlusslon of this sub
ject , It affords oxotbw for Iho further
suggestive criticismjtMnt "Fora parallel
to thta .spirit ono iwiV * recall the cer
tainty with which the mention of the
'peculiar instltulioulof- south in the
tlnvs of slavery toucttbd politicians to
the quick. " ' ; ( nE ,
Few veteran soldiers iworo nwnro thnt
such a rule existed , and now that it is
known , is sure to MftoVjslfy rather than
retard the disoussiifn fa is sought by the
drastic exorcise ot flits'technical ' ruling
to suppress. Why was it clandestinely
put there ? Why ly ' a'iJ'Blumbered ' until
now , and what good'purpose can it sub
serve ? are questions that recur nnd sug
gest that the sooner it is erased the moro
satisfactory it will bo to nil concerned.
Itnl wns never inlendcd-'thht the meetings
nl the Grand Army of the Republic
should bcco'mo stnr chumbor proceed
ings. It was never inlondod that the
freedom , liberty and Independence of its
members should bo Interfered with in
any , respect. Itr was neVer Intended
thut the organization should bo
used ! to advance tho. political aspira
ti tions of any ono. . It was never
ll that it should bo used to sub
serve . the personal Interests of a , mem
ber to the disadvantage of others , ft Is
charged that this rule was adopted to
aid Grand Army men wlio were pension
agents , in their business. It is charged
that this rigid application of its tech
nical power has been to suppress criti
cism ! of the mistakes and errors that
have boon made In preceding pension
administrations. Moro , it affords ex
cuse for the bold assertion of the
enemies of honest pension legislation
that the Grand Army of Iho Republic
is determined to cover up the frauds
that have boon perpetrated by dishonest
members in respect to 'pension ! } . This
will not answer. Patriotic members
will not permit it. TUB BEE voiced the
sentiment that actuates every true
veteran when it insisted that the books
of the pension bureau should bo opened ,
and if it were found that frauds had
been committed , they should bo exposed
und their perpetrators punished. It
will not do to suppress free public dis
cussion of this or any other matter in
which the people , ns well us the vuter-
erans , are interested. Honest veterans
resent the attempt of politicians and
knavish adventurers to use Iho order
lo advance their corrupt schemes.
Patriotic men are indignant at the ef
forts of coffee coolers nnd bogus
volorans to nso Abe reputation of
the worthy members of the or
ganization to bolsto'r up and furbish
( (
bish tholr own wdrihlpu characters.
The drastic treatment > of < Farnum post
will increase this'iro tilo'ssnoss. The
jreaoh for a time maj' itioroase. But it
will bo wise if the worthy veterans of
the Grand Army 'obt judiciously nnd
[ > urge the organizalion' thoroughly
as it is hoped Judge ; Lrpphren will purge
the pension roster ofnhiworthy names.
That such unworlfty1nembors exist it
is no use to deny. Quo- need but look at
the roster of tho1' Department of No-
braika for confirmation , and their character -
actor and mothods/i'woro too bra/only
cxhibiled during the last campaign nnd
scssion.of the legislature to need specifi
cation. No wonder many honorable
veterans become regardless of the Grand
Army and take little Interest in its
affairs when such men are its chief con
trollers and its chief beneficiaries. No
wonder that patriotic soldiers are with
drawing from its ranks and talk of
organizing another association. Purge
the Grand Army of its unworthy drift
and sustain the old organization.
THE MINERS' STRIKE JN KANSAS.
The state of Pennsylvania hus&o _ long
been popularly regarded as the ono great
mining region of Iho counlry thnt many
people , especially hero in the west , will
bo surprised to learn of the magnitude
of the strike now being conducted by the
coal miners ot Kansas. Eight thousand
miners in the stale south of us are idle
and one of the greatest Industries of the
west Is almost completely paralyzed
by an unfortunate controversy over
the question of wngos. Not only
have the miners of Kansas quit
work , but tlio minors' union has
decreed that the strike shall extend to
tlio mines in Iowa , Missouri , Arkansas
and Colorado. If the proposal is carried
out the results will doubtless cause great
distress throughout tho-woslern slates.
The causes for the strike do not Ho
far below the surface. . The minors who
are now resting in voluntary idleness
declare that slowly but surely the oper
ators have reduced the scale of prices
unlil the point has been reached where
they huvo been compelled to take united
action. In support of tholr position the
.minors point to the fact that ton yours
ago the operators commenced to
develop Ihoir mines without capital
They wore oven compelled to go
into debt for the machinery used it
sinking Iho shafts. Today they are ul
most without oxcoptlon wealthy men
while , on the other hand , wages have
gradually boon reduced from $2.50 poi
"day lo u moro pilluucjo. The last report
of the stale labor commissioner of Kan
sas shows Iho ' &Vftngo } wages o
the miners in thut sl ojo bo but $1.10
per day. . < !
The effect of fuohV'fltr'iko will bo dis
. , . . . In iiit. . . ,
astrous to the indAjft'tes of the west
particularly jf the injjn/a / of Colorado are
shut down. The grunt steel , iron ant
smelting plants of < 3g'rido } depend al
most entirely upon Uia4 < ) cnl minors fo
the fuel necessary < to'"r'un their works
Tlio loss to Iho operators , the minors
and the dependent J/rtutpsfs wlll inoiin
up into the inillUns2Oiiits face tin
slriko appears ill-tii j ; Jn fviow of tin
prevailing commercial depression , bu
Iho sympathy of the p'e'uplo of the wes
will undoubtedly bo with the minors
They deserve to win If they huvo state
tholr case correctly ,
LIEUTENANT Qor4QNEk DAVJD C
HOUSTON of the UnlU Slates ongineo
corps , who died in Now "Yorkitho other
day in such a shocking- manner , was om
of the ablest and most brilliant officer
who over served in that branch of the
army. Ho graduated at' West Point In
1850 , second in a class of forty-nine mom
bars. Among his classmates worootho
brilliant ofllcors , such as Major Genera
Snmuol A. Carroll , Urigndlcr Qonorntn
O. M , I'oo , Gaorgo 1) . Bnynnl nnd .Iniuos
W. Forflyth. The confederate milltnry
chieftains , Fltv. Hugh Lee , 1 . I . I/minx
nnd Jnmos P. Major , were nlso tif the
nmo clu < w. Also Colonel Gull ford 1) .
Wloy , commanding the First Now
fork Light artillery , who win killed
vhlle heroically directing the defense
if n redoubt at the battle of Fair Oaks
in the 31st day of May , 1802 , when
Cnsoy's unfortunate division of Keys'
the Army of the Peninsula wai
ilmost wiped out. Colonel Houston's
ervlco in the field during the war was
mluoua and honorable. Slnco Iho war
ils work has established his lasting rop-
itatlon us n engineer. Thnt so brilliant
scholar , with such ft conspicuous and
lonorablo career , should have como to
ils death in .so lamentable n trimmer
vlll prove a startling shock and grlof lo
Ul who knew Iho distinguished Hiildicr.
TIIK B.M'OS/imV.
The mamifaoturors' exposition at the
'ollBotun ' has not thus fur received the
mlronngo which it merits. The ox-
ilannlion ii perhaps lo be found in the
ticlftmont weather of the past Week ,
but we are afraid that there is also a
ack of public interest in this enterprise ,
f such is the case it is unfortunate , for
if course , if Omaha will not properly
support an annual exhibit of the mauu-
'acturlng industries of the state , either
t will have to bo abandoned or hold
elsewhere , nnd Iho probability is that
the lallor allornallvo will ho adopted.
The exposition is replete with in-
structlon and entertainment for ovory-
Dody who takes an interest in industrial
achievement and progress , nnd as an ob-
[ ect lesson of manufacturing develop
ment in Nebraska it makes an appeal to
the pride and patriotism of every oitr/cn
which ought not to pass unheeded. A
Tow hours can bo profitably nnd pleu--
anlly passed there , nnd while the cost of
admission will bo moro than repaid by
what is to bo seen the patron has the
additional satisfaction of having con
tributed to the support of an enterprise
which if maintained cannot fail to bo
greatly promolivo of the manufacturing
industries of Nebraska , an object which
every citizen of the stale who expects
to remain hero ought to hilp to the
best of his ability.
The business men of Omaha , in every
department of trade , ought to feel
especially solicitous for the success of
the exposition , and if they were to
manifest a proper interest and zeal re
specting it success would bo assured.
The purpose which tlio Manufacturers
and Consumers association , under whoso
auspices the exposition is held , is seek
ing to accomplish , that of establishing
everywhere in the stale the principle of
patronizing homo industry , ought to
have the ardent support of every man
doing business in the stale ,
because ils aim ia Iho upbuilding
of all homo intoresls and Iho promotion
of the general welfare and prosperity.
It is to bo hoped the business men of
Omaha , of all classes , who desire to see
the industrial development of the state ,
will take this matter into eorious con
sideration und give substantial and gen
erous support to the exposition. They
should not only attend it themselves but
encourage their employes to do HO.
Workingmen should also interest them
selves in its success ) , and in bhort the en
tire community ought to give liberal
support to the enterprise , Iho object of
which is the general good.
IP INDIANS who take up lands in severalty -
oralty are to bo treated as thoPuyallups
in Washington and the Flathonds in
Montana are being served there will not
remain much encouragement for them
to abandon their semi-barbarous exist
ence to become self supporting citizens
of the counlry of their nativity. Tlio
Indians on the Puyallup reservation are
already full fledged voters. They are
enterprising and are improving tholr
lands. To advance their own convenience -
once they loused a right of way throuph
their farms to a railroad company and
engaged in grading the roadbed thorn-
solves. But for some reason not appar
ent the enterprise was objectionable to
the Indian agent und United Stules
Iroops were called in lo suppress the
work. A number of the Flntheads had
accepted lands in severally , but find
their attempts nt farming retarded by
the cncroachmonls of Iho wliiles , who
use their property for grazing
purposed and otherwise trespass
upon them. The agent in this
case was instructed to protect the
Indians , but ho finds the task a dilllciilt
ono. There is evidently work hero to
engage not only the attention of the Tn-
dian bureau , but of other branches of the
government ub well. To deprive the
aborigine who dons the garments of civi
lization and citizenship of any of the
rights thut uccrue to him thereby is us
sure a method as can bo adopted to dis
courage the red man to become inde
pendent and self-supporting , oven were
it divested of the complexion of Injus
tice , dishonesty und bad faith on the
part of the government.
TIIK feeling of confidence in business
circles outside of Wall street is very
aptly illustrated by the almost entire
indiiTorenco with which the general
public receives the news thnt the gold
reserve in the United Status treasury
will bo leas than $00,000,000 before the
close of the week.
How Abnut thn TriiiUT
( Jlnlit-nemocrat.
Olne.v'a pernicious activity against Sunday
opening at tlio.fair , coupled with his nor-
niclous inactivity in the IMSO of trusts , tMves
him a high place In the pulilio'a disregard.
Cool Nurye.
, fl < u > Yiirtt TritntiK.
' There was plenty of ice formed last winter ,
but according to the secretary ofona of the
ice companies it waa so thick that the cost
of cuttinc it was greater than usual. Hence
the price of lee will have to bu kept at a
high lltjuro during tlio coming summer. Wo
are at a less -which to admlro tlio moro the
logic or the audacity of this conclusion ,
On a roumlaUuu of Hand.
Mnctnnalt Cumtntrclnl.
" The fate of the Sowing machine , Cordage
and Whisky trusts teaches the insson that ,
after all , fair competition is the true llfo of
trade. It is not questioned that , in these
phangod times , largo accumulations of capital
uro required to conduct soinu largo affairs ,
but there are ethers that tlirivo better
through independent action by individual
concern * . Schemes for reducing : espouses iu
order that a few may uiuko large gains at
expense 6f the many , nro contrary to
principles of xteloiy , nnil they fro.
qiipnU" fall , ( is they nueht to full , licrnmo
they nro Inimical to the ItitcrosU of the
people nl largo.
llfltltir Itpnd tip mi Iho l.tw.
A'flP I'm ft IPniM.
Heforo Air Oluoy prwcodi to "onfurco the
ln\v"fortho oloMnij of the World's fair o'l
Hnmlny ho will do neil to Inquire diligently
wliothor nnjsifch law nxlUc. , or wliPtheV
conicrt'ss lias any ronstluitlonal power to
make any such law.
n l.ii.iu Itriitrn l'lo > .
.
Sir Charles Htusr-U Is tiring Iho Herltig
Kea tribunal with hU lour arguments in bn-
half of Knglnml , ( ltv.itUritaln hai yet to
present a speaker who has commniuled the
attention Hint Frederic Coudort of New
York enjoyed \yhllo presenting his arguments
for the United Stutri ,
Knrp ti'p tun Ininrrftt.
CfncfmiflU Cimimrrditl.
Decoration day li tlr.i wing near , and Iti
customary observance wlioiild not sufTor
through n lack of public Interest. Thn turf
is thick on the gravel of the bravo men who
died Iu the cause of the American union , but
memory nnd honor of them nnd their heroic
dccda should not perish from the land ,
m uiul lu.ultlnf ; ,
Xcw Voik Kirn In ; ; Hull.
The hooting nnd hissing of Mr. Gladstone ,
not by a mob in the street , but by a rather
select assemblage at n royal reception , la
about ns disgraceful nn Incident as any in
English history. Wo cannot think of nuy
other civilized counlry iu which such nn out
rage on such n man on suuli un occasion
could occur. In the United States It would
ho simply Impossible , oven In the moro excit
ing days of the civil war.
Men or Our Time.
/CCIM-M Cttu Ttmet.
This is n year of oiid. notable names. The
reference is not to the hundreds of foreigners
who will como to America to the World's
fair ! , bearing the noincnulnturo of their re
spective clinics. Ills ayo.irof odd nninos
for men of sudden fame. Hero Is a list that
sutrgcsts Itself ut a second's thought :
7.imrl Uwiggtns , banker.
Dahomey Dodds , warrior.
Holto .Smith , Journalist and ntatosnmn.
Sylvester Pennoyer , who Insulted the pres
ident.
Stanhope Sams , pool nnd statesman.
Colonel I"od Dlsimiko , statesman.
Colonel Dink Holts.odlcoseckcr.
And the year is yet young.
I'SOl'LK .I.V/J TlllXdS.
Accord ing to Cliauncoy M. Dcpow man
forms few frlcndshipsaftcr the ago otIt ) and
none at all after N ) .
Nathaniel S. Herry of Bristol , N. IL , Is the
oldest living ex-governor In the Unttyd
States. Ho was born September 1. 17IW , and
wai elected governor of New Hampshire in
18U1.
18U1.T
T o Kogistcr of Salem , Mass. , born with
the century , has suspended. The senior ed
itor is 80 years old nna the junior loolcs b.ick
over a period of forty years nows-himting
und thought molding.
Patsy Maguire. a Massachusetts hustler ,
points proudly to n record of thirty-throo
year's service on the democratic city com
mittee of Boston. Ho modestly refrains
from mentioning tlio reward ho looks for.
Prof. Virchow , the great pathologist , ns a
scientific relaxation is trying to evolve , bv
breeding , a race of bob-tailed cats. The ex
periment has not boon a success , although
it has been continued through twenty gener
ations. ;
Southwestern Kansas bombarded the
heavens ono day last week nnd brought
down , a shower. And the weather clerk is
mean enough to insinuate that the explosions
were timed to greet a natural rainfall.
Away with the scoffer !
The intellectual equipment of Chicago's
Columbian guards is quito as dazzling as
their uniforms nro gorgeous. They consider
the victim of a pickpocket too much of a Jay
lo run abroad. Consequently they run him
in for safekeeping.
Although ho has scattered his patrimony
lavishl.v in "Merrio Knglaml , " Willie Wallt'o
Astor is not receiving from meltids and
dukes the social recognition ho thinks him
self entitled to. There is danger ho will
shako the blnrsted country and come b.ick
to live with us.
.I. P. Loubot of Now York , lias received
from Pope Leo the title of duke , an honor
seldom conferred by the lioly see. Mr. Lx > n-
bet was created a count m 1888. Ho lias
presented statues of the pope to the Cath
olic university at Washington nnd to the
cathedrals at Carpinoti nnd Perugia.
Cornoitlc Ustimovitch.an Austrian painter ,
nermitted his political feelings to got the
TOtter of bis judgment In painting a largo
picture ot sinners in torment for a church at
Butrica , in Gnltcla , and worked in several
Polish statesmen as the moro prominent
llamo-scorohed sinners. The latter are
making it ns hot ns possible for him iu re
turn by suits for defamation of character.
A .lei soy City preacher places canny in the
category of rum , tobacco and other walleyed -
eyed evils , and proclaims a crusailo against
the vile habit of masticating sweets. Suc
cess to him ! The Jersey article has n Gut-
tonburg flavor , sugared over with the pale
cast of Hoboken glucose , and is said to lie
strong enough at forty paces to send nn ap
petite on n sick leave. Away with it I
"Rev. Dr. Willis Greene Craig , moderator
of the Presbyterian general assembly , " says ,
n writer In the Evening Post , "is about 110 |
years old and was born at Danville , Ky. Ho i
was educated at Center college nnd was
afterwords graduated from the thcologic.il
seminary at Danville. For nine years Dr.
Craig occupied the chair of church history
in the McCormick theological seminary at
, nnd In 1R9I WR trntufcrrcJ to th
olmlr of dldnctlo itnil | x > lpmlo theology , "
IVHMf IIAM'ti IIOH.\ .
Anovll thought U the mother of nn ovli
net. I
When you try to bo good try to bo good fo
something ,
IVxipIo who twrrow trouble never h.ivo ti
go fnr lo lltul It ,
Many n man Is tight In Ills heart who I-
wrong in his head. r
How wo all admlro the wisdom of thosi
who come to us for nil vice.
The man who trios to got to ho.ivon o > '
stilts will have many tumbles. -
The loan pig Is the ono that sqnc.Ms tho' '
most , hot the faultfinder make n note.
Tito man who .starts out to be a roformoi1
should bjvoll prepared for b ul ruuits ami' '
i-oinjh weather.
Sawing nil Inch from your vnnlstlck will
shrink thp door of heaven so much thnt you *
soul cannot outer.
More religion cnn bj loit In staving nw > ,
from prayer mooting on n rainy night tluvl
oan bu gained on n clear Sunday.
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Inter Ocean : "VVIml dhl shn see nlmitt nU
Otieiits to attract her ? " "Ho N Imlfdniul. " |
I'hlliiilrlphla Times ! Tlirro'.s something Mini
gvsllvn In tlio nssoclftllmi. Muyliu John rhlii {
mini wns wnllliiK to too the tmnnul shirt o '
before he gees lilmiolf. >
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Ilocheiti'r 1'cHt ! Thnletiiro duller ougU
to lie In a II i U5 friimn of nilml. f
Troy 1'rnss : It In probably called pin mono
became the luuhaml Is nlnck for It ,
I'hlliiiletlihla lit'cimt : ICngllsh us * hn !
spoke "What 11 rnro work of art I'lilletto"
hist paint lux It , " rt'in.'irUcd Itloliln. ' 'On tly
contrary , " replied Slobln , "I think .It Is par !
tlcnlarly u ll done. "
IndlnnnpoIlM Journal : Unicode I though }
you tvcrogoliiKtoinarry tint Wlthler llrownaii .
her farm so fust , lliiln'l you | uiii | | > d yd ' ? $
Turnup Yiis. I toll ) her I thought a ii'lJBI )
lior. hut I'll hodhiKcd If I know whether W.
uooeiiled or not. All she. sulil was "For
laud ssuku ! " \
Chicago Tribune : " You don't snom to hnvi ]
nny RkyKorapors In your town. " said the ( Mil
CIIKO hey on u visit to his cousin In HI. Louis.
"Don't wul" said the St. Louis boy. "Coin *
ulon ) ! with me. " ,
Add ho took him ton tonsorlnl imrlor Of
Fourth Hlmtt and showed him u harbor 0 fee
JJ ! Inches high. ( '
Honiorxlllo Journal : Until it mini has trloc
to mulch a pleco of tlbunn for his wlfo h >
neviir runllres how many different color.
urtlstlu puoplu have Invented up to dale. '
Troy Press ; "I never ran umleistnml. Ml
Wldcimt , why It Is tlioy call your part of th'i
country the 'Woolly Weil. ' 'r
"It wouldn't hu any mystery , Miss Harlem
bridge , If > on Know the numliur of uaslor
lambs sheared out there. "
A TIUIIKIir. '
PhtlultliMa Iteainl j
"Iould | " 1
\ \ not HIIK alway ,
The peel sadly cried ;
" ( Hi , lot m'1 slnir i no lay ,
And then toKlory clulu. "
The pout sane his lay ,
And then as taken slclt. '
The coroner couldn't say J
Who throw the brick4 ! ,
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HKTT1S' TIIR VLAUS.
Jamen C. I'unlu In "tt'ashln tun. "
This ain't Joe llrown ! His ? Why , Joel
You'ru hunt , 'nd Kray , 'ml KO so slow
I thoUKht. 'twas some old man. Huthoro-
t'ursot I'd been anny ton your !
I hnd tocome , .Too. Hud to como
t'orono more Thirtieth 'o May' '
o M'l' the buys , 'ml help 'um n
In keepln' liecoratlun Day.
Hut whar yo bound for this time , JOB ?
To sol. Uiu llus. | Wo'II both on 'n no '
'Nil murk thu end o' tlio march tlmt'H don .
'Ncl call the roll o' tlio uoys that's gone.
Buy , .loo , you'n mu huvo cumu so near
Tlio still place where
Tlioy'ro csiinpud , that wo run almost hoar
'Km finswcr tlii-lr mimus iroin Over Thurot
Thcr's just ton snipes. 1 r'nioinlicr 'em nil-
Tun mun that's ant u mod Dotull ( 'all ,
I'lxo Huns fur mu , 'nd Hvis fur yon.
What's all tin ) rest , furV TouTl do.
'Nil tt liar's the rt'st o' Iho boys today ?
Thor' should bo twnlxe on 'H. conntlii' yuu.
I hope tlli'sl'tlfrt't teaK to stayltl' uway ?
That ain't tlio uuy limy itsOtor do !
'Taln'l rlL'ht ! Tliuy nil hail orli-r i-oino
To murk HID Knives fur 'JIorl.il Day ,
Mo matter 'f work Is pnslilu1 homo ! ' .
Why , .loo ! Yflii'rc cryln' ; What iillsyo , Jna
What's thut ? ( iood Ixird ! That can't bo sol
Alliluadlltit'liVi1 Why. .lop-liul lluir , ,
Thnt couldn't bo outt-ldo o'wur. /
Hid fall In battle ? Vos-vou'ri' right.
Wo'vo all bcun In a lonii , hiird ll 'lil.
They full hi battlLVt" , , ( hut's sol
'Nil that's the way wo'vo got to RO.
An' , , lei > , I'll but
Not ono o" ilium bov.s c'or lot ;
The colors otitun 'Is sl lit !
Wi-ll.Joo. Wo'\o cot llio.su flans to sot
I lore's ten fur mo , 'ml ten yon knop.
Tlicr'.s two of us Is wukln' yut
TONan' ) Knurd ovur them thut sleep !
Hut which of us two , .loc , d'yo H'poso
Will sut the UIIK fur thunoxL that. ROOM ?
, -TIU ! WOHI.O KAMKI-
A. LOlSETTI
NKW YOHK. LONDON.
Will delUor liU IntroJuctorr lecture on
Or IIU Now Art of
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EXPOSITION HALL. j <
Afternoon nl X Kvoenlnu nt 8. l {
niKKVlVKK I'M and TlcioH for tlio couno t Vut'
, t rimrlton Aluulo Co. , liC6 IJudgo utroel. or V. M , w
A. Huumi Instruction claw couraa at \ . M. O , tj\ \
liny alii. Juno l l unit aJ. Afturnoou at , ItTenly ]
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rsoU Mnnufncturora nnd Retailers
of Olotlilng In the West.
Astonishment
Was depicted on the countenances of all our
visitors the past week not
only on account of our mag-
niflco'nt 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
be used in their make , and we have made them up
as well as tailors can do the work. We 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 you to see. We can fit
you with the latest style hat at half of hatters'
prices.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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