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rr THE OMAHA DAILY BE FRIDAY. JUKK % 11503 , THE DAILY BJEK 12. HOSr.WATKtl , IMltor. KVKUY MORNING. TCRMS OK SUHSCUH'TION. pally Ileo ( without Sunday ) Ono Year. . 18 or Jallv and Sunday , One Year 10 Or Hlx Months f' Of Three Month * 251 fiiinday Hoe , Ono Year ? Of li pnturifay HPO. Onn Year } "C Vtecklyllco. Ono Year 1 OC J Ol'KIOES. i' ' Omaha , The Ileo llnlldlng , Mouth Otiiaha , corner N nnd 20th Strnot-S. Council muffs , 12 I'parl Strpot , Chli'iiffo onii'o , 317 Ohambor of Commerce. New York , Itooms 13 , 14 nnd 1C , Tribune Ilnlldlnu' . Wanhli-Kton , B13 Fourteenth Street , COItltRaPONDRNUE. All communications relating to nnws and tdltoi lal matter should be addressed : To the Lilltor. iUSINES3 , LKTTKUS. All business Jut lers and reinlltancos rlinutd Imaddrosicd toTho UPO I'libllslilnc Company Omaha. Drafts , checks and postofllco order f lobe made payable to the order of Die com pany , I'arl IPS leaving the city for the summer car have the HIK : Mmt their address by leaving nti order at this onion. TUB UKK PUBLISHING COMPANY BW01IN STATKMKNT OK CIUCULAT10N. Blnlo of NchrniVn. I Coiir.tr of Duuelas , I Ororso II. 1 rbnrk , Pcr tKrT of Tlin Her. pnh llihlnK company , rtoo solnmnly wonr lint Hie nctimlclrcnlntlnn of TDK DAII.V I1KK for thu wool . < ndlnK Mnj 3 , , 1S3.I , wai ns follows : fiundny , Mny Jl , Tliei.ilnr. Mny 1 XVoilnrmlnr , Mny 21 . . ninimdity , Mny 35 Ktldny. Mny : i : entunlnr , .Mnjr 27 OM ) . ii. TBZCIIUCK. Sworn lo before mo nnd aubicrlbo.l In mr pre > - 6 nco tills 57tll day of May , IW3. N. I' . KKII. . Notary I'nhllo The Itro In Chicago. TUB DAILY nnd SIISIIAV UBB Is on sale Ir Chlcnpoatthi ) following places : I'almcr house. ( Irand I'anlllc hotel. Audllorlum hotel. ( .real Northern holul. ( lorohntol. 1rf > land hotel , \\Vlls 11. Hlcr , tHO Htato street. Kill's of Tim HKK can be seen atthoNe hi a ka building and thu Adinlnlsi ration build Ing , Exposition arounds. AtriiiKnClrctiliitloii lor April , 1KI1.1 , 94.3H On , YKS , the Infnutti Kulnlia lias i husband. So liavo Mrs. Lease nnd J Ellen Foster. WESTIIHN nnd soutlioru Ncbraski Imvo boon drenulicil with heavy rnln within the past foxv days and anothe bountiful crop seems already assured. APTKII a delay of six months ono o the asylum hoodlora at Lincoln has heo : I ! bronnht to trial. The testimony so fa Dlicited sceniH to bo most damaging t the accused. IP the secretaries ) of the State Boari of Transportation arc over impoache tlioy will never have an opportunity c pleading overwork as an excuse for thei short coinings. JOE HOWARD said in Chicago that " , liar could not live ton days in a No\ York noxvspapcr oflleo. " And yet Jo has lived many years since the For Lafayette incident firmly established hi popular reputation. IT MAKES very little difference to th people of the state of NeGraska whotho the suit against ox-Treasurer Hill i tried in Douglas cburity or any othe county providing it is tricTl hy aa > in partial and unpurehnsable jury. I THK Bouthoruors who have been her oring the memory of JolTorson Davis a ostentatiously within the past week gti ! protest their now born love for the unloi Yet there xvas a very noticeable of th national flag in the decorations. NEITHER of the great political partlc of the country are claiming credit fc the enactment of the Geary laxv. Awn from the Pacific const it is likely to b < come ono of the most unpopular lav < over placed upon the statute books. I PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is said to hav ircmarkcd that the next examiner wh ( reports a bank to bo in good condition fxv days before it fails will lose his pos tion without notice. If he keeps h r \vord hank examination will mean eomi thing hereafter. , Tin : famous old ox-War Govornc Curtin joins in the universal protest < Boltltora and patriots agn'inst the trollc desecration of Gettysburg battlofiolt "They might as well desecrate- BOldiers' graves ns this Held on whic they fought and died , " Bays the go1 ornor. Tim few cases of sporadic cholera ri ported in Hamburg have failed to crcal a panic , cither in the Old World or i this country. Sensible people are b ginning to understand that fright more dangerous than cholera and tin the latter can be rendered compnn lively 'harmless by the proper obsor unco of eunltary laxvs. MH. W. II. IIOLCOMII , formerly goner manager of the Union Pacific , who Btill wiirinly ntlached to Onmh lias placed his services at tl disposal of the people of th oity nnd state for organizing a lo rate excursion to the World's fair e Nebraska day , Juno 8. Mr. Holoomli offer xvlll doubtless ho appreciated. . BOOUIS to us , however , that the propose oxourrilon should hiivo boon arrange for already by Commissioner Gonon Garneau , and through him given tli xvidoht publicity. This preliminary ntc to maku Nebraska day a SUCCORS shoul have been taken ton days ago. It mi not bo to'o late now. INDIANAPOLIS with not nearly tl population of Omaha esteems its stro car privileges entirely too valuable give axvay. It is estimated that tl city will receive an equivalent to a Inn Bum of ei 1,000,000 , within the no : thirty years for allowing n company run its street cars that length of tlm The franchise of the company that lu been running them oxplrod not Ion slnoo und the noxv franchise was sold . auction. The successful bidder was now company nnd iU olfor xvas to pi the city 10 per cent of its gross rocolp for the llrst flx'o years. l'2l per cent fi the next llvo , 13J for the following flv ind 141 for the remaining fifteen. Th ia estimated at the uggrogato su named or ton times us much , us tl entire street railroad system of that oi was sold for live yoara ago. T//B QUESTION OFSTATR HANK /SSUE.S. TUB BBH of Thursday gnvo prom nont place to n uommunlcntlon com- nontlng on an editorial which appeared n this pnpor May 20 , in which the col npso of tlio numerous branches of the Columbia bank of Chicago , nil orgnn zed under state laws , was used to point out the danger of going back to the old system oi state bank issues , as proposed > y the democratic national platform , and now being strenuously urged by thi press of the south. The xvritor of the communication criticises our article a ; 'fnr-folched ' nnd illogical , " but he entirely falls to shoxr that oui > 03ltion is wrong or to give n sin flo valid reason for the policy whicli ho democratic party means to restore , f the demand of its platform for the repeal of the tax on state bank Issue ; neana anything. A Inrgo part of his communication is wholly irrolox-nnt te the subject , nnd so much of it ns 1 : pertinent rents upon a xvcak foundntior of more possibilities. The xvritor of the communicntior ndmus the generally bad character o ! .ho stntc bank currency before the xvnr , nit he thinks that noxv some genius mnj appear who will cnvolvo a plan thai xvill secure the country against n re ictltion of the old and disastrous ox < lorlcnco. This is n cheerful bert o ! optimism which will not havi nueh influence ) with practical raer who view such matters in the cold light of experience and established facts. It might not bo dllllcult to devise vise n system under which state banli currency xx-ould bo secure , but hoxv man > of the states could bo depended upon tc ulopt nnd adhere to such a system ; The southern states want the privilege of issuing currency on the ground that they need more monoy. Can any one pretend to say xvhoru they would stor in the omission of paper notes so long a < anybody could bo found to take them : Perhaps they xvould begin by provldinf a substantial security for their cur roney , but as soon as this plan failed t ( supply "an adequate circulating mo dium" they xvould not hesitate to xvidor the basis. The same may bo said o some of the xvestorn states , man ; of whoso people socm to bo incurabl ; afllictcd xvith the idea that thoouo'thinj ' necessary to prosperity is n boundlcs supply of currency. TIIK Dun said it its editorial that doubtless some of the states xvould make ample provision foi the protection of note Miolders , bu others xvould not , and as every stati xvould bo entirely free to detonnlno it own course in the matter the countr ; xvould inevitably in time bo Hooded xviti a depreciated currency , to the groal injury of xvago earners and small prc ducors , just as xvas the case before th xvnr. xvnr.Our Our correspondent suggests that ii txvonty years the national deb xvill bo all paid and that then th national bank currency xvill hav to bo xvithdraxvn , creating a cor traction of the currency , if no substitut is provided , of nearly one-fourth. Hi estimate of the amount of the nationa bank circulation is far too largo ; bul apart from this , is it xvorth xvhilo to bor roxv trouble ) about what may happoi xvcnty years or more hence ? Could no the optimism of our correspondent lea him to conclude that xvo shall find a xvn. xx hen the omcrgerfcy arrives to provid for a currency to take ttio place of th national bank notes , or , perhaps , to cor tinuo thorn as a part of the circulation Important financial changes are poss bio xvithin the next txvonty yean and the American people , groxvin xvisor from year to year , may b safely depended upon to provide then solves xvith a currency adequate to thoi needs nnd in harmony xvith their con morcial progress , and in order to do thi they xvill not have to go back 10 the dii credited system of the past. As xvi have heretofore said , it is practically in possible to have a currency of unifon value throughout the country xvho every state has the privilege of ai thori/.ing an unlimited issue of note under xvhatevor regulations it may pre scribe , and such n currency is indii ponsable to the security of nil interests The 10 per cent tax on state ban issues is not an unjust tax , because : does no harm to anybody. To say tht it is in the nature of class legislation , n our correspondent does , is obviousl absurd. It xvas necessary when it xvu enacted and it is manifestly necossar still , and although the next congress : democratic It is very doubtful xvhothc the tax will be repealed. Indeed it I pretty safe to predict that it xvill not bi GONTKSTN TO SETTLE. There xvill bo nine contests for seats i the lower house of the next congres Thomas E. Watson , the Georgia alliane leader , xvants the seat claimed by J. ( C. Black , democrat. Watson originate the query , "Whore am I at ? " Hu xvi probably learn when the house shall hav disposed of his case. P. II. Thrnsho the populist candidate , against Hon. 1 A. Enloo of Tennessee , is not satlsfio xvith the returns ns recognized. Tli Kansas fuslonist , II. L. Moore , contosi the scat of the celebrated "Farmc Fronston , " republican. In Virginia . Thomas Geode , populist , will contest fe thu seat of J. F. Kpcs , democrat. Thomr Settle , the republican holder of a seat i the North Carolina contingent , xvi have to prove his title against the oluii of A. II. A. Williams , democrat. Ill nols furnishes n straight fight botxvoo Robert A. Chllds , republican , and tli occupant of the heat , and Loxvis Stoxvan democrat. Colonel John O'Neill i Missouri xvants the scat hold t his republican opponent , Charles 1 Joy. S. G. Hllborn , a Californi republican will in all probability I ousted by W. U. Knglish , democrat , an Martin W. Wliatloy , a people's part man of Alabama , ia an aspirant for tli chair 111 led by his democratic opponon J iimns IS. Cobb. There-may also bo a contest furnlshc by the Fifth Michigan district , in whic Charles E. Bolknap , republican , xvill I the contestant , and George F. Richun son , who xvus the candidate of the dorai cratio nnd populist parties , the coi testoo. If this should prove u contest will bo the closest of all , und If thet had not been a recount in this distrii the position of the rival cnndldaU would bo reversed. Ilowovor , in all tl cases the votes nro close nnd this faol nnd thu unusual elements entering Intc the contests will render them more that ordinarily interesting. Clerk Kerr ol the house of representatives has notified the contestants and conteatoos to appear personally or by attorney before him foi the purpose of witnessing the opening of the scaled packages of testimony ir the respective cases. The middle of the present month is sot for this ceremony , HEATH OP SEXA-TOn CbAllKE. The announcement of the death ol Hon. Charles Clarke will bo received xvith most profound regret. Ho xvns young man of more than Ordinary prom' [ so. Modest and unassuming , ho was respected and admired by his associate ; for sterling qualities of brain and heart , xvhich made themselves manifest alike In social circles , among business men and in the arena of politics , His brief career in the state senate drew upon him the attention of the poo' pie of the whole state. Ho had the courage of his convictions and alxx-ays dared to stand for what ho believed to bo right. Ho remained at his posl of duty at the risk of his life when ho scarcely had recovered from the llrst attack of the malady to xvhlcli lie finally succumbed. Among the members of the senate no ono enjoyed a higher ostccm than the boy scnntot from Douglas and the memory of nc senator xvill receive n raoro heartfoll tribute. Cut oft in the prime of life , his death xvlll bo sincerely mourned , nol only by his largo clrclo of personal and political friends and associates , but bj the community of whloh ho had been ar exemplary citizen. ADVKfff UP TIIK MAll AIT A. For the information of the ecnatot from Platte , whoso surname is Jimnorth xvo xvould state that the origin of the im pending collector of internal revenue foi this district is traceable directly to thai portion of India xvhich is known by the ancient name of Maharashtra ( Sanscri * for the Great Kingdom ) . According t ( the British cyclopaidia the Mahrattai are essentially Hindoo. Tlio ordinary Mahrattas , xvho formed the backbone o the nation , presumably the North Dakotf democracy , Imvo plain features , uncoutl manner , cloxvnish aspect , short stature and a stout but wiry frame. Thougli not poxvcrful physically , as comparci xvith the races of the Punjab , knoxvi hereabouts as Platte , they have mucl activity and an unsurpassed endurance Born and bred near the mountain range they hax'o all the qualities of moun taincers. Among their native hills thoi have at all times evinced desporaU courage. Axvay from the hills ( Blacl Hills ) they do not display romarkabli x-alor except under discipline. Tht ancient oHlccs pertaining to the heads man and accountant are in working order throughout the Mahratta country The Mahratta war cry is "Hur , Hur Mahadco ! " xvhich translated Into com mon English means : "To the Victors Belong long the Spoilsl" Although , accordinf to the British cyclopasdia , the Mahratta : are not considered by Europeans a being among the most interesting of thi Indian races , xvo feel sure that the com ingMaratta xvho has roamed the plain of North Dakota will bo a Big Injun ii his noxv Maharashtra , the great interim revenue kingdom of Nebraska and thi two Dukotas. Iff HAWAII. The latest advices from Honolulu re port an excited condition of atlairs ii that city. This xvas brought about b the announcement of the policy of th United States as shown in the instrue tions of Secretary Gresham to Miuisto Blount. It is a policy of non-intot foronco in Ilaxvalian affairs , so far as thi people of those islands are concerned The American government xvlll occup , a position of absolute neutrality ns t the political parties in Haxvaii , simpl adopting such measures as may bo ne cessnry for the proper protection c American interests , but it xvll not permit any other foreign nt tion to interfere. There is nothing sui prising or unexpected in this position c the administration. It has been clearl foreshadoxvcd over since the arrival el ( Mr. Blount at Honolulu , and it is nc easy to understand xvhy its official ar nouncemunt should have created any oj cltcmont. This puts an end to the question of an ncxation , so far as the present adminif trutlon Is concerned. Neither xvill th United States extend a protectorat over the Hawaiian islands. Whatovo the people of that foreign torritor finally decide shall bo tholr govornmon will bo recognized and the United State xvlll hold the same relations to it as i holds to other foreign governments. Thu the traditional policy of this countr has boon maintained and it Is doubtfu whether the question of annexation xvil again become ono of serious considers tion xvith the American people for a least a generation. The discussion e the proposed incorporation of th Ilaxvalian islands xvith the United State has clearly demonstrated that the in tolllgont and conservative popular sent ! mont of this country is strongly opposa to the annexation of remote torritor nnd it is pretty certain to continue e for ninny years to come. What the political future of th Hawaiian islands xvill bo is probloraatlca It is not to bo doubted that a vor largo majority of the native poopl are in favor of restoring th monarchy , but they nro in no condltlo to carry out tholr xvlshos. They are no an aggressive people , and If they wer they are not prepared to offer any gron roblstunuo to the revolutionary partj xvhich embraces pretty much all th xvealth of the islands. The royalists , a they uro termed , cannot appeal to an foreign power , because this would brln them into conlllot xvith the Unite States , xvhioh does not propose to porml any foreign interference. The udvai tages of the situation are certainly xvit the revolutionists , and it is quit possible that they may bo abl to hold tholr ] > osltlou and cor tinuo the provisional government , o it is said they propose dolnj until there is n change of admlnlstra tion in the United States. Those mo joy they do not xvant n republic. The simply xvant the islands to belong t name other country , the United State preferred , They hixvo throfttonoA to look olsoxvhoro If lhji'cVmtry ) ' rofusoil to receive thorn , but thoj > Doubtless under stand that this xvould1 bo useless. No other country , it lj' ! qfo to say , not oven Japan , would' enter into ne gotiations with tlriihi nt the risk of having to nnsxYpr to the United States for such interference. There is probably small ohHtfcli of the restora tion of the monarchy and xvhnt other political conditions unaytnriso time alone xvlll determine. It is conceivable that troublesome complications may arise and that there maty bo opportunity tc gratify ambition for 4 or. But in any event the American , government xvlll have no part except Ibprotect * its inter ests and to see thnt no other foreign poxvcr Interferes in the final settlement of Haxvnltnn polltlcnl affairs. Mn. CARLISLE is flooded with sug gestions to remedy existing financial ovlla , but foxv of them nro worthy of oven passing consideration. A recent ono from the state of Virginia possesses interest of n reminiscent charactorhoxv- over , nnd special interest to n gentle man prominent In political affairs In Nebraska , for it is also his oxvn pot theory. It suggests that the best wny to preserve financial stability , and coin- cldonlally "the parity botxvccn gold and silver , " is to issue composite coin made mndo up of gold and silver metal and the proper alloy. But it may surprise the advocates of this innovation in the coinage system to learn thnt it is by nc moans now. Mr. Preston , the noting director of the mint , in examining the scheme was promptly reminded thnt it first came to the fore xvhon the Into Mr. Alexander II , Stephens was chairman of the house committee on coinage. That gentleman Introduced a bill providing for a "goloid or composite" coin of gold and silver xvith the proper alloy. The bill xvas not only favorably reported , but Mr. Stephens secured the legislation under xvhioh the United States mini struck off a number of sots of the pro posed coin. They looked pretty and xvoro distributed among members of the house , but that xvas the only progress made in their coinage. The incident is perhaps most significant in verification of the trite adage "There is nothing uoxv under the sun. " THE successful exploit of the "Expo sition flyer , " covering the distance bo txvcon Noxv York and Chicago in the reduced > duced time of txvonty hours , is a theme of general nexvspapor comment. It demonstrates that those xvho are able to pay may expect to soon have transportation - tion at their disposal with a minimum speed of at least sixty'miles an hour or all xvell-oquippod roajis.rBut the feat o : the millionaire train dpes not prove tc the public's satisfaction hat the great mass xvho patronize the railroads are tc derive any benefit froirfstho fast train service xvhich has jus t bc6n inaugurated What the common people want is loxvoi faros , not foxver hours ; Ono per cent ol the traveling public ijiaybo xvilling and can afford to pay extra fen' saving a foxi hours by riding on a luxurious flyer , bin to the other 09 per cent a saving of cosl and not of time isri > the great dosid- oratom. It xvould seem as" though re gard for their oxvn interests alone wouli lead the roads to adopt the policy the popular demand suggests. THE democrats of Kansas are nov fully axvako to the painful realization o ; the fact that they surrendered thoii party identity forever last year xvhot they formed a political alliance xvith the populists for the sake of controlling i few offices. Not only did the advantage accrue almost solely to the populists , but that party took legislative steps las winter to destroy as completely as possible siblo the identity of the democratic party in the Sunfloxvor state. A lav xvas passed by the leglslnturo which pro vided that no party xvhich at the preceding ceding general election nominated oi endorsed the candidates of an opposinf party shall bo entitled to reprosontatior on the election boards. Inasmuch ai the democrats of Kansas endorsed al the populists' candidates last full , thoj xvill bo compelled to worry alonf through the coming campaign xvith election tion boards made up of republicans am populists. _ Turltoy Again Threatened. I'MlmlelpMa Times. It's remarkable thnt xvo didn't hoar of nni Mohammedans emigrating largely to this country till It xvas learned that the sultan ol Turkey Is an enthusiastic piano player. Democracy In 1'ttrll. St. / , < m ( Ileiiuliltc. A few months ago it scorned to bo xvltl the dcmocr.itic party only a matter o , triumphant progress from victory to victory Noxv It Is a question of xvhat can bo done t < prevent the party from Doing driven back. of I'luo.itorlnl Pursuits. St. 1'iinl I'tnneer ] ' : e s. Tno suggestion that Clnrkson bo pitted nguiiist IJolos for governor of Iowa contain ! a hint that next election day down tli on might bo a good time for tlio voters to g < ilshlug. A Shining Kiiimplo. Kansas Cltu 6'tnr. The example sot by Secretaries Greshan ami Herbert , ono a Co J oral general and tin other n confederate colonel In the late xvat in together attending 'tho ' Decoration da1 services in Wnsliliigton"is''ono which couli bo followed xvith profit V > tlio nation by th loaders of both sides on similar occasions Such incidents mako' 'Memorial day trul what U should bo. - < E , y flMie-Dcniocrat. The democrats protoAd to ho confident a carrying Iowa this yoarj.puj , in reality thoi chances In this direction are almost us pee us they are in Ohio , 'JlUro xvill bo no mon keying with prohibition on the n.irt of th loxva republicans , und consequently the xvlll present a solid Tfe ° W to their foes Under such conditions Wvy\ \ can always carr tholr state by from IS.OCXUb U0,000 or 25OOC , The Anti-Trust Uonvontlon. Most of the western i&vtcs nro to bo roprc sonted nt the convontldu to bo held In On ] cage on Juno 5 for the purpose of UovUlnj some moans of throttling the trusts. Tli convention should , at the least , forcibly dl root public attention to the vast poxvorwhlcl these Illicit combinations Imvo so rapidly at talncd. Hut ttio ronl thrattlingaot xvlll hav to bo performed In Washington at the hand of the coming congress. notiUer/ ' . /ViI ( < iddji/ia ( Pint. What Is called nnd miscalled "our bes society" never made a bigger ass of Us col lectlvo self than at the hifanU ball Frlda night , according to all the Now York papers The poor xvomen xvho acted us ' 'patronesses' were u nice , respectable lot , who probabl' ' ordinarily Unoxv about how to uohave , but litho the vain Uoslro to uaako bciloro that Nov York for onbprocloutmom&nl hitd A court , they mjvnftRpd to 'tnnko eftrofflaui fools of thamsolvov H U of no grant conncqucneo xvhothnr ppoplo boxr or courtesy In the right wny or do the rcht ! thine In npiironchltig Uic prlncMs , but If the thing Is to bo ilono nt ixll , It ought to bo done xvlthout turning Ameri can manners Into n laughing stock. Tlin ( Inn * Shoiihl Go. A'cic VorH Ailvtrtlitr. The mniorlty of the long list of dark crimes committed by the Chinese on the 1'acllk coast , xvhoro the "hlghbimlors" cut throats to order , nro doubtless chargeable to the In stigation of the Six Companies. The orpmil- zntlon Is thoroughly unnmcrlcau and un christian nnd ought to bo extirpated , root nnd branch. There Is no humane reason why It should bo permitted to exist. Lot it bo xvlpcd out. out.Tho The Annoxntlnn 1'ovcr. . And noxv It Is reported , although not by authority , that Nicaragua Is thinking of ask ing for an American protectorate. The logical sequence of annexing Hawaii or mak ing It n pnitcctorato xvould bo the annexa tion of such American countries ns Invlto It. Kntanpllng alliances nro loroliru to Amer ican policy. If anything Is to bo done with Haxvnll or any other foreign country nothing short of annexation nnd ultimate admission Into the union should bo considered. The Klimnrlnl Outlook Not Alarming , Ocoroe miHttlgc Olluon , In the Jime forum. Commercial squalls xvlll como perhaps , but nothing now presages a cyclone. The coun try has not been converting vast sums of lloatlng into llxcd capital ; U has not been caught xvith n largo number of Incomplete rallro.ids or enterprises of nny description , nnd prices nro generally loxv. There hat been enough skonticlsm lu financial und com mercial circles during the past year to act ns a brake on ambitious speculators and promoters meters , so wo should bo hopeful that such further liquidation ns may bo necessary will bu conducted gradually rather than through the form of an ncuto commnrclal crisis. Our Iti'lutluin with Clihm. New 1'ort Tribune. Mr. Ash ton , ono of the council for the Chlnoso In the recent litigation over the Geary laxv , Is authority for the statement that the Chinese government has given notlco to our State department that If thnt Inxv is enforced , all diplomatic ) relations xvith China xvill bo severed , nnd all Americans in China xvill bo ordoroJ to xvltlulraxv. This throxvs . an Important light upon the action of the administration lu virtually nullifying the laxv. There can bo little doubt that its course Is sustained by thu general sentiment of the country. No one wants to sco an impnssablo xvall erected be- txveeu the txx-o countries , or to have Ameri can IntorestsJn China seriously injured. A Pointer irom Intrn. Jlurltn. ton llauhciie. The moro xvo think of It the more xvo become come convinced that the South Carolina plan of letting tlio state sell nil liquors xvould not be a bud ono at all for Iowa. Oox-ornor Till- man thinks that nearly 1,01)0,000 gallons of liquor will bo sold during the first year of the laxv , which ho calculates xvill not the state about J.VX,000. ) But Governor Tillman Is noxv in the liquor business and unac quainted xvlth its great possibilities. Allot a xvhilo ho xvlll understand that on 100,00(1 ( gallons of liquor ho ought to make at least a dollar profit a gallon nnd ho xvill see that uriccs are increased. And then think , xxhat a bonanza the trade xvill become. loxva ought to gtx'o the matter some serious ro > llcctlon. XEllKASlt.1. AVarron E. Chosnoy , ono of the eldest sot- tiers in Gage county , died at his homo near OoWitt , aged C5 years. The Gage County Teachers Institute xvill bo held at Beatrice July 5 to 15 nnd the in. structors will bo Profs. Pearso nnd Corbett , Mnurico Broxvn and John Murphy nro ir jail at Pawnee City axvaitlng trial on the charge of stealing n trunk from a BurllHgton train. The state of Beatrice once ir.oro contains the form of U W. Colby. The colonel proposes - poses to tarry in Gage county for txvo 01 thrco weeks. A Sxvedish farmer residing near St , T.lbory , Howard county , xvas struck bj lightning xvhilo crossing the railroad traoli nnd instantly killed. Fire destroyed the elevator belonging tc Mllboum & McGinnis at Mindcn. entailing ; ! loss or § 11,000. It Is supposed the llamea originated from lightning. Arrangements have already been made to rebuild. Kearney people hnvo extended an Informal Invitation to the manufacturers exposition to shoxv itself in the Midxvny city next time and the guaranty is gix'cn that the city xvlll not alloxv the exhibition to bo a failure. There xvas a time xvhcn the Kearney Jour , nal xx-as an oycsoro to a newspaper man. But that period is at an end , nnd under the direction of J. H. Inman the Journal is not only a typographical beauty , but a joy for- ox-er to those xvho read the thoughts it every day contains. Gcorgo Band , n 12-yoar-old Loulsvillo boy , xvns discovered robbing the money draxvor at the Missouri Paclflo depot ana was nrrostod , Ho pleaded guilty to the charge and said hi had robbed tiio draxver four or llvo times , Ho will probably bo sent to the reform school. Whllo Mrs. C. S. Ifayos xvas at the Nor folk comotcry engaged in decorating graves her dress skirt caught flro from some burn , ing rubbish nnd before the flames could be extinguished the skirt xvns almost consumed , A heavy petticoat saved Airs. Hayes d-onj being fatally burned. Ucccnt examinations among the orchards have not been very gratifying to the owners , says the Weeping Water Eaglo. Then seems to bo n shortage In the apple crop nil through this section of the country , Cherries xvill also ho n light crop. Peaches are better , the prospect being peed for n largo crop. The smaller fruits , such as rasp , berries , blackberries nnd straxvberrlos , promise xvoll at this writing. I'KOL'LK AXIt Ambassador Bayard sails for England to morrow. It xvns n tender and gracious net of the Spanish pr'ncoss ' placing n xvroath on the tomb of Grant on mur.iorlal clay. Brazil proposes to Import 100,000 Chlnnmei to till her coIleo plantations. Hero is i cluinco to make the Geary act offcctlx'o. The Inter-Ocean confesses that "Chlcagc In Its bulletin boards Is ns rural as nn.x frontier village of a thousand Inhabitants. ' And n thousand fold "louder , " Bonanza Mnckay says bo is In no sense t speculator. ' ! doubt , " ho nddod , "if I ox'c : bought 10,000 shares of stock In Wall streo In iny life. I do not believe In speculating.1 Georpo Iloso of Llbortv , Ind , , stopped chewing tobacco a few years ago and bognt munuhlng nuxvspapors ns u subsiituto. HI : funeral u few days ago xvas the largest suui in the toxvn In years. John Burns , the London labor loader , be gan his summer series of Sunday lectures n Uattoraoa park recently. Ho is said ti possess nn utmost old-f.isliior.od courtesy o manner In private intercourse. His groa hobby Is skating. The llrst xvlfo of Brlgham Young Is Ii Chicago xvith her daughter. She Is descrlboi us n sweet , dignified woman of Rovunty-txvc of medium size , xvlth n gentle face , kindl ; gray eyes , gray hair druxvn back over eltho sldo of her temples. Tlio condition of Senator Colqultt o Georgia is improving , und Is not now of ; sort to causa serious concern. Tim fcoliiij of returning health makes him moro Urn usually alive to passing ovcnts , nna lie expects pects to bo ready for duty nt the next roll call of the senate , As Pope Leo grows elder ho seems to h moro and moro fax'orablo to republican In stitutlons , In nn audlenco xvhich ho gruntoi last Thursday to Ylcomto Vex no at the Vuti can , ho afllrmod In more forcible Itinguag than over his vloxvs In favor of the 1'Vcncl republic and of democratic governments li general. Under the revised and revamped cede o morals In Baltimore , spooning is prohlbltoi in public parks. A young couulo recent ) ; caught In a smacking attltudo xvcro run ii and fined | 25 the man 30 , the girl $3 Should this drastic blue laxv remain ii force , the fair and festlvo Baltlinoream must take to the xvoods and pull the blinds Doxvn In Dallas , Tox. , "a handsome xrldov of UO , " smarting under insults heaped UIK > I her , grabbed a pistol and transformed hei traducer Into a human slave. She put til ) bullets Into his carcass. Five penutratcc his vital organs xvilhlu a space of thrci ml Iho Mxlh cut his Jugular. Bum 'R Injunction , "Umvnro 6 ? the Wlcl- clcrs" should bo conMtlcuously < ojtcd In Toxns. When Mmo. BlnVixtsky's body' WHS cre mated txx'o years ago the nshcs wcro divided Into three parts , tlm American , Kuroponn nnd Indian sections of thf ) Theosophic.il so ciety bolng each awarded n portion. An onyx casket , containing the American ahnro. XTBS recently placed In vloxv of the faithful nt n mooting of the American section In Noxv York. The ppary exploring expedition to Green land starts from Philadelphia Juno IB. The party xxlll consist of sixteen persons , In- eluding Mrs. I'oary , xvho ngaln faces the xx Inter arctic regions. Twelve persons xvlll remain In Greenland txvo xvlntcrs nnd con duct a scries of exploring expeditions In interior and North Greenland , perhaps ns far ns the North polo. General John S. Berry , secretary of the Baltimore park board , has earned the Unity. Ing enmity of thtj young people of that city by prohibiting "sparking" In the parks. The general says ttiat n man nnd a woman may sit on n bench together chatting as long ns they please , but the man must not put his arm around the woman's xvalst , and the xvomnn must not lay her head on the man's shoulder. Commander Davis , government escort of iMihillu , has mortally offended the bluo- nosed McAllisters nnd Io Poystors of Gotham. "I don't knoxv any moro about society hero , " ho says , "than I knoxv about society in Tlmbuctoo , and I don't xvant to knoxv anything about It. " Ho does knoxv that "xvoll dressed ladles nnd gentleman run around the carriages ( of the royal party ) llko frightened sheep. " "Wlmt nan the princess think of tlm American people , " ho asks , "when she sees thorn chasing lifter he * carriage ns If it xvcro the red xvheoled xvagon of u circus ? As to mo , It makes mo sick. " Which sentiment decent Americans every- xvhero xvlll echo. y ao TIIK H.ITBH. Uhonp l.'nrcn In Now tlm Onlor from Colo- rndo nnd MUnoiirl Utxir 1'olnts. CIIICAOO , III. , Juno 1. The Inauguration of the cheap rates from Colorado ntul the Mis- sourl river has started the ball to rolling , nnd noxv there Is no telling xvhero It xvlll stop. The llrst thing this morning the Alton announced thnt It xx-ould moot the rates es tablished by ttio Atchlson , nnd declared that n $117.50 round trip rate between Chicago cage and Denver and a $17.f > 0 rate botxvccn Chicago and the Missouri river xvould bo good for west-bound as xvoll ns for cast- bound trnnic. It went the Atchlson ono bettor by declaring that its one-xvay rotes both east and xx-cst xx-ould bo based on the round trip fares. The Atchlson at once made its eustbound rates goo J for xvosttKnmd trax-cl and proportioned Its one-xvay rates as the Alton had done. The Kook Island promptly cntno into line and made tho.samo rates , but left the Omaha rate untouched. That xvlll bo settled to- morroxv probably. The Burlington has made no otllcinl nnnouncoiuent , but It xx-as charging no moro than the others. Nothing xvas done loxvnrds proportioning the rates from the northwest today. It xvas reportcil that the Albert Lea route had made u S10.1 rate botxxeon Chicago and St. Paul , but the Rock Island officials de nied that this xvas so. They admitted , however , that the rates from the northwest xvould bo equalised xvith those from the Missouri river. Whllo the rates wore tumbling today the general passenger agents of the Western Passenger association xvero gathered In sol emn conclave , gravely discussing ways and means of harmonizing difficulties and of kcoplne up World's fair rates. They had harmonized nothing and they stiffened no rates , but after talking all clay and voting down a proposition to proportion rates from the northwest upon these from the Missouri river nnd Colorado they adjourned unti Saturday. After this resolution had been voted doxvn nnd the meeting had adjourned , nobody seemed to hnvo any idea but what the rates xvould bo proportioned as provided for in the defeated resolution. The apparent Incon sistency xx'as explained by ono member of tlio meeting asfolloxx-s : "Wo did not care to go on record , but somebody is going to proportion these rates nnd then all the rest of us xvill have to do the same thing. There are other xvnys of reducing rates than by voting on them. " The annual mcetlm * of tlio Chicago & Northxvestorn road xvas held today. All the odlcers , directors and members of the execu tive committee xvoro re-elected and tlio meeting xvas , for the most part , n moro formality. The annual statement shoxx-cd gross earnings for the year ending May 31 , ( the month of May being estimated ) of $32- 005,411 , the total income being 192,933,434 ; the operating expenses ( May being esti mated ) xvoro $28 , 03,053. The dividends on preferred stock xvero ? 1,50,432 ; ) : on common stock , $ Vi43,13y , leaving u surplus of $510,209. The surplus of the Fremont , Klkhorn & Missouri Valley road xvas $114.500 ; the deficit of the Sioux City & Pacific f 5 J,5-C ( , leaving a net surplus of fiVJr.W ) . " . The propc- sition to incorporate the Mllxva ikeo , Lake Shore & Western xvlth the Northxvcstcrn system xvas loft xvith thoollicials of tlio road , xvhich means that It xvill como in. It was expected that the mooting of the Western Passenger association today xvoula adopt ono and one-third faro rates for July 4 , botxvoen points xvithin 200 miles of each other , but It did not. The matter xvlll prob ably bo settled xvithin n fexv clays , however. Kiinsns city Walter * Strike. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Juno 1. The waiters xvoro locked out by several restaurants last night on account of a disagreement as to xvages and hours. This morning the lockod- out mon marched In procession to all the other restaurants employing union mon , und Ihnjr Ml Jdlncd the rank.- * , making . general , The places Of the * lrll ors wcrl supnllod with nonunion men. The hotel ? wore not affcotetl. D vvr A. roir.v , DUiMtroni Work of Cjclonn nt Uo rtfO MlM. . lllllil niul Injrtrnl. Kosniut.n , Mls . , Juno I , Aojrclouontrucll this tbxvti at 4 o'clock jostonlay nfternooil and nlmost xvlpod out the vlllngo. The roai or the wind drowned the crlos of thi xvowulcd. The neono XTM Bwfnl In grandeur ntul beggars description. Thj hilled arc us follows : HIOV. w. u nowDRt ; . MllS. BOWUUK. The list of the xvoundcd embraces the foil lowing : MllS. CU'TAIN MlU.BU. JOHN WATKH3. A. V. FOOTE. LUCAS VKAI , , colored. LINN UonixsoN , colored. Twenty houses xvcro olthor wrecked oj badly damaged. Among them xvoro thf Baptist and Methodist churohos nmt thi City Imnk. Mnny cabins occupied by coloroj people xvcro blown down nnd trooa ixnl fences \vcro carried by the wind llko s traw ] Ilnmnirn liy Wind In Arkiiinim. NASIIX-IU.B , Ark. , JuriiTl , Tlio wind xvnl very destructive all over this county , fence : ! barns , trees nnd crops of all kinds bolnl destroyed. A negro's e.ibln were blown elow on the edge of town with a family of four II It , but they escaped without fatal InJurJ Lightning struck the house of Mr. Joscpl Stuart , fatally Injuring ono of his daughters ! At Center Point a uumbcrof business house ! and the Baptist church \vi\s blown down ] A negro was kitted In the church. Thi Arkansas & Louisiana railroad sustained til Juries from water. The fronts xvoro lord from the store buildings of Atnsloy Brothers ! Cannon & Owens and .lames A. Hughes , nn the mill and factory of Mr. Hughes xvorJ wrorkod. The news from the country north ] of hero , where the storm Is supposed to have done the most serious damage , lias not boor received at this hour. .SJ7.V.11 KMKHIlISIKXT. . Phll.ulolphlu Times : Whllo some Irnx-ol on ] their own shapes , others \\nnt to xvalk all ox-o.fl exerybody ulso. " llo-ton Transcript : lllrks Did you heaj about Ilnvsh'tt clonth ? Ho died ijultn suddenly ! Wicks It xvas llko him. Hu always xvas i Impulsive , you know. Now Yoik I'ross : "Sho has promised tcl inniry him , Issho in lox-o xxlth him ? " T "Oh , no ; xxhatiix'ur fallings she may have I she Isn't vnK-ur. " 1 I.lfo'sl'iilpntlar : The Daughter of an Kdllol Why did you rojoal lilmV "Hu xvas not ac ] coinp.iiiloil by Mtamps " Inter Ocean : "Is It the same man thai ! brought the bill before ? " "VlS. " " 1)1(1 you say that I xvas out ? " "N'o ; 1 told him 1 thought ho was , " Now Orleans IMcnyuno : "Tho hoodlum mull ] po ! " Is the popular rry. And It does seem ns II ho must KO to picnics. Ohi'slcr News : The girl graduate Is again Inl x-loxv , nnd bi-foro tylnn to a | ol > of iiiumlliit sUH'klngs ami xvnslitiiK the dinner dlshos sh will .sweetly toll us how to comiuur the wholrl world and Chicago , too. I 1'lilladolphla Itccord : It xvus 11:30 : p , nil and thuv were ( ilM'tis.slnt ; the Chinese uuos- lion. "Well , " she said , "Mr , lloro , I prufor tlio Chinamen to some Atm'rlcan men. " "Why , I Miss Smith ? " "llccauso the Chtnoso mustgol und some Atnorlcnn men won't. " 4 UulTalo Courier : "They unumtatcd his log ( after all , oh ? Wlmt midu the doctors wait BO j IOIIK ? " "JudRln" from tholr bills , It must have boon to KVO ! 'cm a cliiinco to pull 11 before they took It otT. " A HIIVKIIK \\'itthln \ \ < il n Star. When winter conies , and on the street The Ice IK lying thick , And when It lifts us from our feet ) , Aut\ \ lands us on the brick , \Vo will not hurl upon that Ire Itmii.irlis with brlnislono decked : Wu'ro lunrnhi ) ; from Its present price To treat It with tespcct. TIIK aoon OLD n.ivs. FMd < n Chlction ACICJ. Ob. had I lived In the good old days VThi'ii the lehtnyoraurns ramped around , When the Flasniosanrussxram the bays And the Slvatlierliim puwed the ground ; Would 1 have spent my precious tlinu At xvoavlng golden thoughts In rhyme ? When the Tlnoceras snooped about And the I'tiirnflnctyl llappocl Its wlnn ; Whrn'tho llrontnps with the warty .snout Slosoynil around for herbs and things ; Would I linx'o botbored myself n'orimich About dlvlno atllatus and such ? The Dlnothorlnm nourished then , The I'torgotirs lashed the Boas ; The HhnmplioryiK'hus prospered when The ttcaphognnthus parched In tioesi And every creature wild or tame , ICejolced In some rococo name. 1'auso and ponder ; who could wrlto A trlolot or roundelay , Whllo a Megatherium yawped all night And a Hospcrornls yawped all day/ While , now and again , the bray Honorous Of Ulyptodon Aspor swelled the chorus ? If I'd boon almost anything Hut a pout , I might Imvo got along ; Those extinct monsters of hoof and wing Wei o not conducive to lyric nong ; Ho nature ) rnsorved this tundur bard 1'or the klndllur Ago of Pork and I/ird. COL Larcost Manufacturers and Uotallors ol Clothing la thu Wo U 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 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 you to see. Wo can fit you with the latest style hat at half of hatters' prices. BROWNING , KING & CO. , tlorooS uerua7tuu"lnzt"1 "fc ! sW. . Cor , 16th and Douglas Sts ,