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liilltor.
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Umulin. Drafts , ihi-ck ; iinil posfonico orders
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order nt this olllco.
THKHHK _ l tJ USIimp COMPAQ.
fcWOU.X STA-rUMKNT OP CIUCULATIUX.
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Tin : OAII.V nnd SCMDAT IIKIS is on Kilo In
Chlcnirontthi ! following places :
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( Iraml I'ac-lllc lioli'l.
Auilllorlilin holul.
Crcat Xorlliorn hotel.
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\\VllH II. Hlr , 180 Siiilo street. . . .
I'lU'S of Tun ltii : : can bo si-on rtt the Ni-
liri"lu : building nnd ( ho Adnilnl.siratloii bulld-
K , I'AiHHltluii arouiuls.
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SKCUETARY MORTON luia retunicrt to
ArboiLoJffo. . Diajjruntlcd oillco
ecckcra will do well to Icoop off the
grass.
TilK death of Cyrus Fry , United States
marshal of South Dakota , will bo a sad
shock to his multitude of friends
throughout the west. He was one of the
most popular men in the state.
HON. JOHN D. UOAVB is a walking
delegate to thn ixnti-coal trust conven-
tlon. When ho come * back it is hoped
ho will bo prepared to attack the local
coal combine , which nourishes and
waxes fat.
THK Wyoming oil fields are being
boomed by the Denver papers. When
the Standard Oil company sees fit to
open them up to the commerce of the
world , they will bo opened , and not
baforo.
OMAHA. Is still looking for a direct
railroad into South Dakota. If the
Northwestern will not close the gap between -
' * tweon Hartington and Yankton an effort
should by all means bo inado to secure a
connection with the Hill system , which
now penetrates the bettor half of South'
Dakota. *
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Go iR : fOR FCOXVEK of Now York has
declined to appoint delegates to the anti-
trust convention because it is against his
principles , ho saya. The governor is ,
doubtless iu favor ol permitting the
trusts to continue to talco water. . . .Ho
may think that sooner or later thoy-will
all drown themselves.
JAMKS J. COHHKTT lias secured from a
San Francisco physician a certificate
that his liver is the natural size and
tliat-ho is in sound physical condition.
Now , if the noted knockor-out would se
cure a phrenological opinion as to the
normal proportions of his head a solici
tous public might rest more assured.
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the stcck commission men do not dwell
together In unity. Manager Babcoek
recently demanded of them better bonds ,
and they have retaliated by demanding
a reduction of oilico rents. Meantime
the farmer is holding his stock , in hopes
that the pi-ico will advance and that the
commission men will migrate.
ONK E. A. Meiira of North Dakota
has boon in Now York , where ho offered
"securities" for sale with a chromo at-
'tachmcnt. ' To every investor in a thou
sand dollars worth of his land mort-
ho nromised a free ticket to the
World's fair. Ho did not moot with '
flattering success , but 'is long on news
paper notoriety. Out hero in Nebraska
wo offer investors colored lithograph
chromott in the slmpo of interest bearing '
coupons. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A COItRKSTONDKNT nCGIlSOS TlIK'BKK
of talking about Irrigation at long rungo
and ignoring the work done in western
Nebraska. This is unfair. No other
other j-apor has had as inuoh to say
about the Htupcndous undertakings in
the way of irrigation ditches in No-
bra ilcu. Wo liavo described them , ad
vocated them and tiilkcd for moro ilDf
them. Irrigation will redeem western
Nebraska because it ia profitable and in
all respects feasible.
TIIK "outa" may again possess their
suspense with patience whiln the presi ; l-
dent and Ills cabinet liavo their outingi
Mr. Cleveland
will take a Boa voyage
outward of Capos Charles and Henry
next week ; Postmaster General Blssoll
has already gone for n visit to Buffalo ;
Secretary Morton has loft Washington
to visit Chicago and Nebraska for a few
days ; Attorney General OIney has
gene to Boston and Secretary Lament
will bo away about the same length of
time as the president .
PLE who becjmo excited by the re '
ported discovery of now bonanza gold
ft mincH In remote sections of the country
will display common sense by waiting to
liavo those reports veriliod before rush
ing off in expectation of diggingup > v
fortune in loss than uo time. There are
undoubtedly as rich unknown mineral
deposits us any hitherto discovered , but
it requires capital tq unearth them oven
when found. About as remunerative
digging * as alTord opportunity for a man
of moderate menus nowadays i the
average corn Hold.
The statistics of Immigration for the
month of February , March nnd April ,
while showing nn increase in the num
ber i of Immigrants since the beginning
of the year , when compared with the
statistics for the corresponding months
Ol lust year , show a very decided falling
nr " . The total immigration for the
throe months of the current year was ,
in round numbers , 130,000 , while for the
same months of 1892 it was 170,000. , It
is noted that while the tota hos declined
there has been a notable Increase in the
number coming from some of the
European countries , as from Germany -
many , England , Ireland , Scotland ,
Sweden anil Norway , and Italy. The
month of April brought a very consider
able increase , also , from Russia , Hun
gary and Poland , 03 compared with the
preceding months of this year , though
the total for these months was but littio
more than a third of the number from
those countries Jor the corresponding
months of last year.
It is probable that the figures for May
and Juno will exceed these of April ,
which in round numbers were 75,000 , but
there is reason to believe that the total
immigration for the year will bo very
much less than for 1S92It is thus
made apparent that the greater restric
tions imposed by the United States are
having the expected effect , and
the important question is whether
they are operating to keep out the
moro desirable class of immigrants
equally with these not so desirable , or
with respect to whom there is the
greatest amount of objection . An
analysis of tho-Blatistlcs docs not supply
an altogether satisfactory answer to this
question , but it is doubtless safe to say
that the proportion of undesirable immi
grants now coming into the country is
smaller than for many years , and it is
entirely probable that this will continue
to bo the case so long as the immigra
tion regulations aro. as strictly enforced
Us they liuvo been for the last year or
two. The people of European countries
have become pretty familiar with the re
strict ions which the United States has
impofed : upon immigration and the ex
traordinary care that is being taken to
enforce them , and this knowledge does
much to hold back the undesirable
classes from attempts to como hero. At
the same time the stdamship companies
have learned that they can no longer
safely take such risks as formerly in ac
cepting all sorts of people , and as a con
sequence are exercising greater cave as
to the character of tiie people they bring
over. The system of soliciting emigrants
oK
grants , if not abandoned , is carried on
with moro circumspection than formerly.
The fact that there is very little complaint
1p
plaint now regarding the character of
the immigration attests that a decided
improvement in its general quality has
taken ! place.
There has not recently been any in
timation ) as to whether the next con
gress will bo called upon to consider the
question of further restrictions , but it
is i to be expected that an effort will bo
made to amend the immigration laws in
nt
this direction. It is a mutter which
offers to certain politicians the oppor
tunity to , raako capital with their con
stituents and they will hardly allow a
session of congress to pass without mak
j ing an effort to increase the obstacles to
immigration. With the south anxious
to secure immigrants , however , it is
not at all likely that these politicians
will , get much encouragement from a
democratic congress.
A LAMB UKVKXSE.
The effort of ox-Minister Stevens to
defend and justify his course in Hawaii
will not stand the test of fair and im
partial examination. The fact that his
action in ordering the American Hag to
bo raised over the government building
at Honolulu , at the same time ordering
ashore marines from one of our naval
vessels to support that aation , was in
effect repudiated by the last adminis-
trillion , is a sufficient answer to the at-
tempt of Mr. Slovens to vindicate his
conduct , which was in every respect -
spoct . unwarranted and unauthor
ized. . There can bo no honest dif
ference of opinion as to what the plain
duty of the American minister was in
the circumstances. It was his right to
take whatever precautions ho deemed
necessary to insure the protection and
safety of American interests , but in
order to do this ho was not called upon
to take sides with the revolutionary
government , and give it the aid and
support of an American protectorate ,
] which ho did when ho caused the flag of
this country to replace the Hawaiian
flag and landed an armed force on Ha-
waiiun soil. Having tukou such proper
precautions as wore necessary to pro
teot American interests ho should
have communicated the situation
of utTuirs to this government and waited
for authority from Washington as to
what further action ho should tako.
This , however , was evidently too slow
and deliberate a process for Air. Stevens.
Tie was undoubtedly in the secret of the
revolutionary movement and heartily 10n
sympathy with it , and imbued with the |
idea that It would bo n great diplomatic
achievement to secure the Islands for
United States , for which history would
aocord him the largest measure of credit.
Ho usurped an authority entirely outside
of and beyond his diplomatic func
tions. Moro than this , ho ad 3I
hered to the wrong position ho
hud taken after ho had boon informed
by this government that his notion was
disavowed BO far as it proclaimed the
paramount authority of the United
S tut oj in the Hawaiian inlands , is
ignoring plainly implied is
from Washington. The Harrison ad
ministration was near the close of its
term , there was uncertainty as to what
the position of the
incoming administra
tion would hula the question , und Mr.
Stevens determined to make the most r.of
the opportunity which this state ofof
affairs alTorded to help the revolutionary
cause. In all tlio.se respects his conduct
was unprecedented , unwarranted and in
excusable.
Mr. Stuvons is not suspected ot hav
ing any personal Interest In the annexa
tion of the Hawaiian islands. It may
bo conceded that his motives in the matter -
tor have been entirely patriotic , that itUe
sincerely believes that Uea
it would bo a
great acquisition to the United States to
soouro possession of this foreign torri-
I
tory , but this does not oxouso his course
an a minister of the United Slates , with
wall defined diplomatic duties nnd
obligations as the representative o (
this ( rovornmont. As to what the
ox-minister says regarding thedo -
slrablllty of annexing the Hawaiian
Islands It Is not likely to make
any change In the public sentiment on
this question. Ho offers no hotter rea
sons for annexation than have boon pre
sented before and which have failed to
convince most thoughtful and conserva
tive people that it would bo wlso or safe
for tills government to depart from its
traditional pillcy and enter upon : that
of incorporating remote territory. The
advocates of annexation have exhausted
their arguments and they nro overbal
anced and outweighed by the practical
nnd the political considerations against
annexing the Hawaiian islands.
TAKK TIIK nno.ii > OAVGE
Some members ot the Business Men's
association are taking a rather narrow
view of the relations that subsist bo-
twcon the producer , tradesman nnd
consumer. While they admit that the
tin-pail brigade is the b ckbano o ( the
tradesman they forgot that the tin-
pail brigade can only bo permanently
kept In a city where the necessaries of
life arc abundant and cheap.
The intrusion of the peddler whom the
retail trader wants to fence out by high
license is not an unmixed evil after all.
In tills city the poddlcr chiefly deala in
fruits and 'vegetables which are perish
able and would in nine cases out of ten
go to waste on the hands of the commis
sion house instead of furnishing- the
poorer-classes with what formerly "was a
luxury and is now regarded as essential
in every household.
The well-to-do classes patronize deal
ers who solicit ordo.-s at their doors and
deliver goods at their houses. If it is
wrong for the licensed peddler to hawk ,
his wares In the open street is It right
for the unlicensed dealer to hawk his
wares from house to house by his hired
clerk ? True , the peddler pays no store
rent , but he does pay house rent and ,
after all. docs not seriously interfere
with legitimate , traillc. If ho cheapens
the price of bananas , oranges and
grapes , or disposes of a few dollars
worth of domestic articles of trifling
price nobody is ruined. On the other
hand the peddler is a consumer of things
that ho must buy from the butcher ,
baker and candlestick maker. Ho is a
contributor to the income of other people
ple and it takes all kinds of people to
make a city.
It is altogether different when wo
como to consider the ruinous competi
tion of cheap John supply houses
ship inferior wares from Chicago and
St. Louis to Nebraska towns and under
sell the local dealer. This class of
middlemen contribute nothing to the
general welfare or building up of a com
munity. They draw from the towns ,
but never leave a penny , excepting- , possi
bly , the amounts paid to hotels by their
traveling salesmen.
AT THE recent meeting of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters in Now
Y/ork the usual complaint of the un
profitableness of fire Insurance was of
course heard. The president' ' of the
association in response thereto urged
us a practical means to increase the
prosperity of the business , the reduction
of expenses and increase of incom.3. In
view of the fact that the fire loss in this
country for the year 1892 is reported at
moro than 3151,000,000 , and the actual
amount of insurance paid by the com
panies exceeded $81,000,000 , a very com
monplace expedient would seem to bo to
curtail these heavy losses by taking
greater precautions against firos. One
of the surest means of accomplishing
this would bo by securing improvement
in i the construction of buildings ,
especially in the character of those used
for commoroial and manufacturing pur
poses. Tha report shows that the fireless
loss 1t 1 last year was a large Increase over
1i that t of the year preceding. The build
ing i and legislative committees of the
board I could not moro profitably engage
their t time than by devoting attention to
this t matter. The most disastrous fires
oceiu- principally in largo towns and
cities and is attributed principally to the
1T faulty 1 construction of the buildings.
Wise municipal legislation in reference
to 1 the character and style , of archi
tectural 1 construction , the increase of
safeguards and Improvement of fire-ex
tinguishing service , greater precautions
against the origin of fires and vigilance
in the suppression of incendiarism are
some of the matters that might profit
ably engage their attention.
The comptroller of the currency seems
to bo looking after the national banks :
with as much vigllonco as the circum
stances will permit , and it is not im 1i
probable that ho may find a number |
throughout the country in the condition
of the two in North Dakota which ho
ordered closed. The statement regard 1-
ing these Institutions indicates that
there has boon some very loose methods
recently In connection with the organ
ization of national banks , to say nothing
of carelessness in their supervision. The
evident purpose of the comptroller >
of the currency to discover the
weak institutions cannot fall to
have a wholesome offeot. It is stated that
the president is taking an earnest inter
est in the subject of bank supervision and
intends to glvo the comptroller the full
est support in hit * efforts to improve the
system of examinations , which to
generally has boon very bad f&r te
time. Not only are practical men only
to bo appointed as examiners , but they >
will bo required to give closer attention
to their duties , The reforms suid to bo ,
contemplated are all judicious , but it
will take time to institute thorn and
some will Imvo to await the action idof
congress. Sound and eonsurvutivo
bankers will welcome all changes in t'io
direction of improvement.
It1 vou want to start any wildcat
scheme of finance or commerce that may
be devised by short-haired women and
long-haired men , just locate in Kansas ,
whore all the crunks in creation are
allowed to experiment without let
or hindrance. The latest of
these crazy-quilt reforms is the
Echomi ) to tubdtltuto pasteboard checks
for money and cirouluto the pas ob"ards
I
among working poctplo hd fnrmora ivs
medium ! ! ot axahanga/iradoomnhlo with
commodities of oqujft "fjastoboard value.
This mode of oxohaillfes'wlll soon restore
to us the t > rlmltlvo\Xjstotn \ that ante
dates Noah and htsaric , , , The next thing
wo expect to hoar oj the manufacture
and export of Kansas pasteboard ex
change checks by jtjto' ' , Ihrltty and In
genious Connecticut * Y.ivnkoo who has
boon driven out of th'o green goods busi
ness by Uncle Sani'a.detectlvos.
THE state of NobfaSfta has sued ox-
Treasurer Hill in the courts of Douglas
county to recover Jccrjtaln money that
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evaporated during''tha Capitol bank
explosion last win(3fy 'Yesterday Mr.
Hill demurred , pleading lack of juris
diction. Ho observes that Lincoln is in
Lancaster county , the nrtuo of the dis
aster , and lie wants a Lancaster jury to
try the case. All this Is very queer.
THE BKK has never posed as an oracle
of the law , but has won its spurs as the
exponent of unadulterated horse sense.
Ex-Treasurer Hill , while In ofllee , had
in custody the funds of the state the
people. The district court of Douglas
county is u state court and in every
sense the peer of the Lancaster county
court. Up hero this important case can
bo tried by competent judges and by
a jury of unbiased citizens. At Lincoln
tha jury must necessarily breathe an
atmosphere that is made to order espe
cially for state officials nnd their camp
followers. The chances nro the jury
would bo composed of men whoso sym
pathies are , and have been with these
whom misfortune has overtaken and
wrecked. This is the truth about it.
Why not say so ?
PRESIDENT PAOB of the Manufac
turers and Consumers association ad
dressed the Business Men's meeting.
Ho advanced a proposition that will not
meet any great opposition at the hands
of printers and publisher. Mr. Page
scored the business men of Nebraska
who solid their orders for printing and
lithographing to eastern houses. Ho
said the publishers of this state
had cheerfully cooperated with
the men who had made homo patronage
popular in this state and were entitled
to bettor treatment. The logic of this
statement is so clear that no ono will
challenge it. Business men expect
much of the press and are not always
thoughtful when opportunity to recipro
cate presents itself. They must remem
ber that no enterprise can bo extended
throughout this state without the aid of
the press.
THE filing by the .Chicago-Groat
Western railway , m the counties of
Iowa which its lines penetrate , of a
mortgage of SSO.OOO.'OOO ' , given the Man
hattan Trust company of New York , is
construed by the Siqiix ity Journal to
mean that Mr. Sticl ioy' ' has at last ac
complished the schimio' of reorganiza
tion which liclias been
upon , | : working
for A year or mora. " Among the ex-
, ' 1
tensions projected by Mr. Sticknoy is
one line that will ' ia\'q Omaha as its
terminus. The present- financial strin
gency may , however dejay the Missouri
river line for this season , ,
A Hocleoinli/tr
aiobe-Derhocrat.
'
The only rcdoominf ; feature of the pro
longed session ot the Illinois legislature Is
the fact that it is making- , the sta to repub
lican for the next twenty years.
Fall tu Kxnliu Sympathy.
St , Louts Kcpubltc.
A few failures among the bip wholesale
coal dealers may malco the coal Icings who
have been extorting from customers during
the past winter a littio less anxious to hog
things next winter.
Levi P. Morton does not look llko Hercules ,
but it is suggcstivo of that Augean stable
Job whoa people announce that U ho will
carry Now Yorlcthla fall no ought to bo the
republican nominee for president ia 1890.
Jlourncru Mighty Scarce.
Dtipatch.
There Is every evidence that the Whisky
trust is suffering from severe exhaustion
consequent upon a recent uttacJc of delirium
trcmena. And there will bo few rcgrots out
side the ranks of the conspirators if the
combine never recovers.
Vflmt Itoforui Meant.
New Yok Tribune.
At the present rate of putting out the old
and putting in the now , when Mr. Cleveland
gets ready to promulgate his grand schumo
of civil service reform , by which the oflices
are.to be tilled by a commission and , once
filled , are to bo emptied only by death , ho
will havo. a full sot of democrats in them to
start with.
What About the CusuT
Clan Center lroarcss ,
By reviewing the evidence which the re
spondents gave in the Impeachment cases
ono would infer that they had been going
down in their own pockets to help build tbo
prison walls. Every Item they Rave in was
several thousand dollars short , but bad been
paid for. It might bo proper to ask where
they got tbo funds to uiuko up tbeir short-
ago.
Lot Them .Suitor tha Coiuunuouoeg.
JJtair Courier.
Wo have had but littio to say as to the
guilt or innocence of the accused state ofll-
ciuls , whosa hearing is now ever and under
consideration of thu supreme court. Wo leer
not wish to place the inun concerned under
tlio public censure undeservedly , but. only
remark that wo would trumblo with fear
weru wo In their pluco under the testimony.
We bolluvu that had
these gentlemen
paid more attention to details and
oxcrclsod ordinary prudence that nest
volumu of unfavorable ! testimony against
them , as the casa now stands , would never
have accumulated. lute a long chain of
oftlcial negligence that-careful
- oftlcials never
have to confront that 'now"'confronts thorn.
Should they bo roleasgjf Upon any tcchnl -
callty , thin same volume will remain in the ,
vaults , to stare at thcinfoi- future timo.
If no technicality provujls.tho impeachment
l"cannot fail , line turnouts , parties and
"hair powder" should iu tfro ) indulged In by
the servants of the publur when skill and It-
tention to business forifls ujrt of tha oath Itof
oHtce. They must suffer the consequence ,
whether they bo light V&dtthuthcr they bo
heavy.
Jellemun DitvU In HUtory.
The reinterment of-"thd
remains of the
lata JulTerson Davis 4uru uts occasion for
southern orators to pay formal tributes to his ,
memory , and 11 good dett' f rhetorical exag
geration Is to bo pardoned
U such a cnso ;
but whou the governor of Louisiana sol
emnly characterizes him na > > the greatest
man lu modern history , " the extravagance
roaches the point of absurdity. It Is not to
bo denied that Davis was u man of con
siderable ability , but ho lacked the
essential elements of greutiiuss. Ho does
not siund comparison for a moment with
other conspicuous llgurcsx > f his time There
?
were luhorout faults lu hla character that
prevented him from taking rank with states
men of the llrst clans , and from paining the
best form of popular respect and affection.
It Is not true that the south loved him In the
sense that the north loved Lincoln. Ho was
not a man who Inspired raveroiico and ton-
doruess on the part of thosu over whom ho
ruled. His temperament , his training , lib
trtstesdld not Wimmnnd hfm to Iho - .
llo wns autocratic , egotistical ntul mlprcmpiy
solllsh. There was novoi1 n time when ho
was on good terms with his itsioclatcs , or
when the people nf tlto south frit ns kindly
toward htm ns thov did toward other con
federate louden , lie was not truly heroic ,
nnd his place l.i history must always bo that
of n mnii who failed to live up to his oppor
tunities.
H ran never bo forgotten that when the
Ill-starred confederacy reached tlio last
ditch , and the only remaining question waa
that of the terms of surrrnder and the con
ditions of future poncoatid welfare , UavLt
was not present to share the humiliation nnd
the responsibility. When ho saw that the
end was at hand , hn hastily collected his
personal effects nnd tied from the scene , In
tending to escape to n foreign country. If
ho had been a man of rual greatness
ho would not thus have deserted the people
who had trusted him In the hour of
their extreme sorrow , but would have
remained with them , scornful of per
sonal consequences. Ills Illpht waa n con
fession of weakness for which there is no
excuse. When ho was captured In dis-
Kulse and brought bi\-k to face the situa
tion , the world looked ujion him con
temptuously , and his subsequent conduct
only served to still further depreciate his
reputation , llo tried to play the part of u
martyr , and only succeeded In advertising
himself as a man to whom life was a burden
nnd a misery because of his own folly and
madness. In permitting him to llvo on un
molested after the war the government that
ho had sought to destroy inlllctcd the sever
est possible penalty upon him. His parsls-
tent snarling , throughout these years of
waiting for death was not Indorsed by the
southern people. They tre.itod him with a
certain measure of honor on account of the
causa ho represented ; but in their hearts
they did not love him as they did Leo , for
Instance , and it is Idle to suppose that his
tory will over conceal or modify the simple
truth about him
Barhydt & Livingston of Ashford. liavo
started for Arkansas with several hundred
head of horses.
Lightning struck li. B. Thompson's barn
and granary near Cowlcs and both buildings
wore entirely destroyed with their contents.
A stable belonging to Barhydt & Livingston -
ston ot Ashford was destroyed by tire and n
lot of harness and other property was do-
stroyod.
The editors of newspapers located in towns
on the Burlington between Holdrego and
Cheyenne will hold a convention nt Curtis
Hiijurday and organize an association.
While W. M. Ilarnhelsel , proprietor of the
Kearn .y paper mill , was investigating sonic
machinery at the mill his hand was caught
between two rollers and the flesh on two
lingers was stripped from the bone.
The seventh annual session of the Long
Pine Chautuuq'ia will bu held from Juno ! ! 0
to July 113. The grounds nro undoubtedly
the prettiest in the state mid furnish nioro
opportunity for variety of recreation'than
any other Chautauqua grounds in the west.
A line program has been arranged for tha
occasion and u successful assembly is as-
surcd. "
Burglars rifled the depot nt Ames recently ,
but instead of talcing money they paid all
their attention to the tlckotca.se. They
took tickets out of the center of every bunch ,
which at their regular price could be sold for
about $1,5 < > 0. They stamped the tickets with
the station stamp and llxed them in every
way just as well as the agent could liavo
done. The agent did not miss the tickets
until ho received a communication from the
ofllclals that three tickets sold by him for
Portland , Ore. , had turmxl up in the hands
of brokers in Denver. This is the third time
the depot has been broken Into this year.
ASH
General Willie Mahonc of Virginia has de
cided not to make a farewell appearance in
politics.
An eastern publication announces a pre
mium chromo styled. "Tbo Lauding of
Columbus in Oil. " A Standard work , doubt
less.
less.Tho
The legislature of Michigan has sent to the
governor for approval a ' 'Jag euro" bill.
Should the measure become a law bums in
the second degree will bo taken out and shot
ut a gold euro institute.
A son of General Zabala , the. commander
of the Nlcaraguan insurgents , who recently
won a victory over the government troops ,
is attending school in Boston. Ho was much
elated at his father's military success.
Mrs. Anna C. Fall , a joung lawyer of
Maiden , Mass. , has been appointed special
state commissioner by Governor Hussell.
Mrs. Fall Is not permitted to unite couples
in marriage nor to read the riot act , although
authority to perform these acts is vested In
men holding similar offices.
F. G. Apploy , n member of the Pawtucket ,
R. I. , Boat club , has bad an aluminum-racing
shell made for him for the express purpose
of rowing all the way from Pawtucket to
the World's fair. Ho reckons on doing it in
from six to ten weeks , and If ho succeeds ho
will bo duly placed among the exhibits.
General Lord Wolsoloy , whoso vanity U
notorious , Is said to bo savage over the ar
rival in England of Lord Roberts , the retir
ing couimaudor-In-chtcf of the Indian army ,
who Is attracting an immcuso amount of
public attention. Wolseloy believes himself
to be about the greatest soldier England
ever produced , and reseats attentions shown
to any 0110 olso.
Lieutenant Nixon , who designed the
cruiser Now York , which beat all records
the other day , is a graduate of tho.Annapo
lis academy , but left the navy to enter the
ship yards of the Cranif s. The battleships
Indiana and Massachusetts nro being built
from his designs. Lieutenant Nixon was
sent to England to study naval architecture ,
but seems to have surpassed his touchers.
Philadelphia Record : "Why do you refer to
Mr. Ilrown as a cannibal , Ulnru ? " "llaciiusa In
thu summer tlmu hu llvu.s on hU father. " .
I'lttsburg 1'ross : Tlio latest thing In dress
la tha now boru baby.
VOKUO : Hordso Do you believe In the faith
euro ? Saldio Yea ; onu treatment cured all
thu faith I had.
Inter Oconn : I wonder how Bho koopi such
a boautlful creamy compo.\loii ! |
Mrs. Sullmllk 1 suppobo slio puts very little
water with It ,
I'hlladoliihla Tlmoi : As representative of
politics tbo euu'lo. at least U not a typical
national bird. It never thinks of fuutliurlii } ;
its own ucst.
Detroit Tribune : "My lines urn not cast In
pleasant places , " sighed thn pout , its ho Klooil
hi'lpli'Mly by and sawhluwlfu
throw hla hite.il ,
uil'ualon into thu kitchen stove ,
Indianapolis Journal : "I wonder If hli life
will bu a huppy one , " tiuld Jlrs. N'oocunplu , us
Hliu loaned over buby'M crib.
'Oh , yo.s , " aiiHWurnd thn happy father , "I
shall sue to it inybulf that bu hu * a rattle In
good Unit1. "
Ixiwull C'ourlar : It Is not unusual fornhlsh-
tumpcrcd person to maUu curs-ory atatunionts.
Troy I'roHsi The fact that a man's mind Is
made up Is no sign that his conclusions uru ar
tificial.
Troy Press : The camel is a lucky brute. It
never has to hump Itself.
Atlanta Constitution : -'Just from Wunhlng-
"
ton *
"You. „
"Have any luck ? "
"Lots , lluurded at n hotel , played poker
with u conurouman. shook hitndi wltu the
president and loaned a sunaior J10. "
JlI.KSil'.I ) BII.K.S'CK.
Detroit Tribune.
The bell thnt rani ; for liberty
IH prUcil 'Liovu all thu rest ,
Itx im sai'o grand to all thu land
It tolled , and now U blushed.
Hut not alone foruorvlcu tliun
Wo guard It well from ill
'Tis much esteemed , though cracked nd
huuinud ,
Uecausu It Uoopoth still.
Tint n.tY :
Kansas Cltti Journal.
Ono ovonlnu In the month of May.
llo begged that uhu would niuno the day.
Ha would uiiagest some time In June ,
Hut that , khu bald , would bu too soon.
"What did bit think of Kutirimryf"
lie thought that kbu was cruel very ,
Thuro surely wits no reason why
It should bo lutui- than July ,
At last him catno down to October
Would that suflliiuV llo iitlll looked sober ,
Just then bur father , nil IT an xtnrch.
Walked In and said < jutu ! Knillly , "ilarch ! "
I
K.vMi. . \ At
OAKLAND , Neb , , May ay. To the ICdllor of
TUB HBBJ The le.irllrrg odltorlal In your
morning Issue ot May 'M , onllUcd "An Ob
ject IX-MOII , " has attracted unusual atten
tion and stimulated debate the
among peo-
; > lo all over the state on tbo money question ,
The position taken , or rather the conclusions
mpllrd In that editorial , arc tony \ mind so
far fetched and Illoalcal as to challenuo thn
spirit ot resentment In the mliitt of every
true democrat who road the article. The
opinions of Tun Ltr.r. on financial questions
are generally regarded as reliable , but In
this Instance , whether It lie correct
or not , thcro Is n widespread feel
ing ot opposition to the Idea
"that the colbpso of the Columbia
bank of Chicago and Its dependent banks , lu
nuy manner furnlalies an argument against
the repeal by congress of the 10 per cent In
ternal revenue tax on state bank Issues , " or
"Umt if tlio tax was regaled and state
banking corporations rc-osiabllshcd the re
sult would bo that doiHisltors would tint In
national currency anil liavii their checks
paid In ( worthless ) state bank currency. "
or "that adequate safeguards would not by
law In nil the states bo thrown nuuind nil
these state bank Issues. " Tlio object of the
editorial to which I rofcr Is , ot course , to use
the Incident ot the failure of these so-called
"banks" as a covert attack upon the last
national dcmor-nllc platform and sup-
] > osed democratic policy on the cir
culating medium question , and If dem
ocratic interests were represented by a
democratic paper In Omaha , capable and'
willing to take up the gauntlet thrown down
In your ' 'object lesaon" attacic on the demo
cratic party , of course , wo common people
would keep silent and be sathllcd with our
champion. But no such champion has ap
peared. Not n word In Iho World-Herald , or
any other p.tpcr Unit I have scon , taking
Issue with your assumption that If demo
cratic policies prevail such lliiaiioial disaster
ns came to the Columbia band and Its de
pendencies would bo the rule , and , following
us a eonsoqueneo ot such policies , the currency -
roncy . ot the country would bccomo unreli
able.
This idea , no doubt honestly entertained
by your editorial writer. N undoubtedly
based upon the ante-bellum days , when
mom or less difficulty was experienced with
the unsecured and uncertain paper so of ten
designated by Tun HUK in provtou.s allusions
as "wildcat money , " ThU will Do roaully
admitted , and n return to an Irresponsible
paper currency period Is no more desired by
my uarty than yours. Tlio question cannot
bo discussed In all of its bearings In a
newspaper article. Hut it may bo said , In-
cldcnitally , that this Is an IIRO of Improvo-
. -ncnt and of such common sense and pr.ic-
tical Improvements that the immense re
sources of the Anglo-Saxon race seem to
bo-equal lo every emergency.
The winds were tomul too slow and uncer
tain for modern navigation and stonm was
harnessed : to facilitate the necessities of
comincrro. The merchant marine of a na
tion was threatened by an almost irrepressi
blDC < leviathan , and the heart blood of the
people stood still , In awe ot the Inevitable !
Inovltable i No , for tbo emergency there
was a man of genius , and the Merrlmai ; was
destroyed. The lucreaso In the necessities
of the pcoplo brought into existence the cot
ton gin , sewing machino. mowing machine
and many other Inventions as they were
needed , while in this generation , time ,
space , sound and distance , have been over
CO come by electricity. . An adequate circulat
in medium is tbo greatest factor in a na
tion's development , and its prosperity in
creases with thu expansion of that medium ,
pi in character it is soiifld ; or bo-
CO correspondingly depressed by its con
traction.
In twenty years the government debt , , in
all human probability , will bo paid and every
United States bond will have been called in
and canceled. This must result In with
drawal of those national bank bills , to
which your llnancl.il editors cling so te
naciously , and a contraction of tha cur
rency , It no substitute Isprovldeed , of nearly
one-fourth. How are you1 going to remedy
this ? What will bo the foundation of the
national banks when the government bond
is canceled ? AVbat will bo the security ot
the people handling their notes ? Do you say
congress will provide ? Do you mean that a
government debt is to bo maintained and in
creased , to bo borne by the masses , in order
that a moneyed class may bo maintained at
the expense , of the people ? A plutocracy
maintained by law to enslave and
eventually degrade the common herd }
I think not. I know that the
heart of the great editor of TIIK Bun
boats in sympathy with these striving for
the best interest of tbo people , and it 1s not
found In increasing by illegitimate means ,
the opportunity of the moneyed aristocracy.
Why then docs the democratic party op
pose the 10 per cent tax on state bank is
sues ?
liecausa it Is an unjust and oxcosslvo tax
in tbo nature of class legislation nnd prohib
itory in character. It was designed not to
raise a rovnnuo , out to destroy all opposition
to the national bank robbers , who conspired
during the dark days of tbo rebellion to con
trol for solflsh , personal ends the circulating
medium of the country , In order that they
might unjustly and enormously increase
their wealth ut the expense of tbo common
pcoplo. Durina which time the llnancial
operations of the government's agents were
no manipulated under the lullucnco of the
money lords of America and Europe , that nt
ono puriod a Shylock with $33,000 In gold
could exchange it for paper cur
rency to the amount of $100GUO.
Invest this In $100,000 interest-bearing bonds
Interest and principal payable In gold deposit -
posit these witn the government , in its
strong and impregnable treasury vaults , and
scml-annually draw his interest ; and In ad
dition issue hi.-j own notes , to the amount of
(00,000 , thereon , and loan them back to the
pcoplo at exorbitant rates of interest ; thus ,
under the guise of law , passed in the inter
est of the gold bags of the world by a sort
of loffM tedecrdemnln , without Any CfUit
lent , clianpo his moilcst cnpllnl or fcW.OOO t6
tllM.OOO. riirsd circumstances created In
the minds of the common people , who were
robbed by them nn avorsl'jn or natural pre-
judlco amlnst the tionotlclarles of the sys
tem and n natural Inclination to undo the
legislation that R.ITO thi m the Hold without
competition , one step ot which is lo repeal
the prohibitory state bank tax ,
That It U axccs-iivitin ono not oven the
npoloRlsts of McKlnloyUnt will .llsputo.
At the time It was lm | > o.todcvrrytlilnpossi
ble In the hoavem above , the earth beneath ,
nml the waters under the earth was taxed.
Hanks , railroads , express companies , Insur
ance companies , the Incomes of tbo rich nnd
successful manufacturers , associations , all
wealthy , as well ns all Industrial i-lassos ,
weni made to feel the weight of the Iron
hand ot unusual nnd merciless taxation. It
was explained , however , that these
unusual lmi > osltloiis were for temporary
emergencies , and as soon as the emergency
had D.iMcd the taxes would bn modllled or
repealed. Well , the crisis passed nearly a
quarter of a i-ciilury ngo , and all Interests ,
have boon rollovod nnd taxes redueeit ox-
ccpt upon the necessary comforts of the
pcoplo ami their moans for securing a necoa-
siir.v circulating medium. On the former
the clothing , food and comforts necessary to
the enjoyment of llfo , the pcivcntngcs cm.
taxed imports hnvo gradually l > ccii forced *
up from -tt per cent , whore .thoy wnro nt tbo
close of thn war , to 01 pur cent under the
MoKlnloy bill , nnd the prohibitory tax ot 10
per cent Hat on state batik Issues still re
mains ,1 monument to the exactions ot tlio
money power mid possibly a menace to tlio
perpetuity of an adequate circulating
medium.
The tax also Is odious to a democrat bo-
catiHO It Is In thu nntnro of class legislation.4
If It were ixxsslblo to do business as a stnto
bank , using tbeso state bank notes ns a | > art
of the bank's resources , It would bo neces
sary to submit In addition to local usucss-
incnts to this government Imposition.of 10
per cent on the actual circulation ) while na
tional banks pay nothing on theirs nnd banks
of deposit only pay their pro rati : on actual
capital , oi-about 1 per cent on thu same , us
they do under our present system of assess
ing. Hut of course It never was cxpectmt
that any ono could or would pay this' 10 per
cent , nnd the law was passed to destroy and
not to build up the Institutions.
Now. what would happen If It was re
pealed ? State bunks might bo chartered by
authority of the legislative cnactnumts of
different states and the circulating medium
Increased by the issue of their notes. Now
If this could ba dona under such circum
stances and safeguards as to tiiaka these
state bank notes just ns safe ami reliable us
the national b.uik notes are , what objection
would oven the llnnnclal editor of Tin : DIIH
have to their issue ! Vo you say it cannot
bo done ) I answer that by saying , ns at the
start , there Is a man for every omorgancy.
Would not it bo iwsslblo for the bunks of
Omaha to Issue a currency based ou the
bonded indebtedness of your great city ,
which is not over $1 to the 2-0 of your actual
valuailoiijthnt would bo as secure and reliable
as the national bank notes they issue based
on the debt of the nation f Could not tho.
banks of Lincoln , Fremont , Norfolk , Grand' '
Island , Hastings and other of our permanent
cities do tbo sumo thing ? Would not our
school district , town , county and other
municpal indebtedness , that must long out
last the government's obligations , furnish a
steady , conservative and reliable b.-isls for
the circulating of these tools of trade ? All
of which must bo but temporary expedients ,
preceding that time when prosperity shall
so bless our rich and productive country that
all indebtedness shall bo liquidated and wo
shall llnally reach the only true and stable
busts gold and silver. A. n. CUAUUB.
At the Ho id of tha Procession.
Kcanieu Jtntrnal.
Tun OMAHA. SUNDAY Bun was ngroat paper
and a credit to that pushing publishing com
pany , as well as to Omaha nnd the great
west. There are many good newspapers ia
the midwest , but Tun Bun keeps well up
towards the heud of the procession us a
newspaper among them all. Wo tako. a just
state pride In It as such , whether wo llko it *
editor or his political positions or not.
A lllM JfJlOJl
Edition Sew I'or.'t Herald.
A nousB nnirss.
Light changeable silk , the corsage drnpcc ,
over the bosom nnd showing underneath i
velvet corsolot. Lace trimming on the cow
sugu and shoulders ever the tullu alcoves.
Largest Manufacturers nnd Kotallorl
of Ulothlnt ; lu tbo 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
be used in their make , and we 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 you to see. We can fit
you with the latest style hat at half of hatters'
prices.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Etoroo . | . - > . ( JWi